The largest extent of Bangladesh is its land area. At present per capita land availability is only 0.21 acres. Due to housing construction, urbanization and development activities, the amount of land available per capita continues to decline. According to the Soil Resources Development Institute, about 1 percent of agricultural land is converted to non-agricultural use […]
Ad-Din Foundation executive director Sheikh Mohiuddin has rejected allegations that he took lakhs of taka to save the license of the hospital following the death of six newborn babies. “I did not take money for him (the health minister),” he said on Monday afternoon while replying to a question at a press conference held on […]
For these offences, the hospital was fined Tk 100,000 under the Consumer Rights Protection Act and Tk 200,000 under the Safe Food Act, taking the total fine to Tk 300,000, which was recovered on the spot. Apart from the fine, the hospital authorities were directed and warned to improve the overall environment, ensure adequate lighting […]
On Friday, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Additional Director General (Administration) Professor MD Zahid Raihan told Prothom Alo that the investigation report would be submitted on Saturday. The minister said, “The mothers of the children are at different places. Their views will be heard and those cases will be included in the investigation.” He […]
Six newborns, aged between one and three days, died on Wednesday morning during treatment in the post-operative delivery ward of the hospital. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has constituted a three-member committee to investigate the incident. Professor Zaheer Raihan said, “We did not see any ventilation system in the room where the children […]
“All the children were crying. It felt as if the child’s heart was about to burst. We couldn’t understand why they were crying. My granddaughter eventually died crying.” These were the words of Masuda Begum, the grandmother of one of the six infants who died at the capital’s Ad-Din Hospital. Six newborns died in the […]
Shah Rukh was in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to watch the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Sunrisers Hyderabad. King Khan was accompanied by his daughter Suhana Khan, younger son AbRam and manager Pooja Dadlani. KKR co-owners Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta and Suhana's close friends Ananya Panday, Shanaya Kapoor, Navya Nanda […]
Michael Tomlinson, Britain's secretary of state for countering illegal migration, said: “Accelerating expulsions is a key part of our plan to stop people coming or staying here illegally. Bangladesh is a valued partner and it is fantastic that we are strengthening our relations with them on this and many other issues.” He added, “We have […]
Similar emails were received in two government hospitals, including Burari Government Hospital and Mangolpuri's Sanjay Gandhi Hospital, on Sunday afternoon. Delhi Police has started investigating the matter. The list of these hospitals includes — Dada Dev Hospital in Dabri, Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital in Hari Nagar, Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital in Dilshad Garden, […]
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was taken to Evercare Hospital in the capital on Wednesday evening for a health checkup. She reached the hospital from her Gulshan residence at around 7:05 pm, said Shamsuddin Didar, a member of her media wing. He said the BNP chairperson will undergo a series of tests at the hospital as […]