Tawsia Tajmim

Tawsia Tajmim is a Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard. She specialises in health reporting. She can be reached at tawsia.tasu@gmail.com
 

Rohan with his mother at the Burn Institute, as his sister receives treatment inside. Photo was taken at the burn institute on 21 July by Ashraful Haque
Health

How to help a child overcome trauma, Dr Helal explains

Mahreen Chowdhury why died while trying to save her students following the plane crash at Milestone School and College on 21 July 2025. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Milestone crash: Maherin Chowdhury had plans to improve the school in her ancestral village

An ambulance crowded in the aftermath of the plane crash in the capital on 21 July. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS
Milestone Tragedy

Wails of despair and pain reverberate at national burn institute

Infograph: TBS
Health

Govt outlines Tk16,738cr health, nutrition programme for five years

Infograph: TBS
Health

The physical cost of early marriage

Dr Mohammad Zakir Hossain, managing director of Delta Pharma Ltd and secretary general of the Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (BAPI). Sketch: TBS
Interviews

Pharma industry grew with policy support, needs it again to survive: BAPI secretary general

Infograph: TBS
Health

Govt plans to reinforce liver transplant capabilities in the country

Infographic: TBS
Health

Healthcare access still a struggle for women with disabilities

Govt moves to curb cardiac deaths by expanding care, cutting treatment costs
Health

Govt moves to curb cardiac deaths by expanding care, cutting treatment costs

Sketch: TBS
Health

Transforming healthcare: How Parisha Shamim is redefining patient care at Labaid

Photo: TBS
Health

Triple threat: Dengue, Covid cases surge as chikungunya reemerges

Dengue situation feared to be dire this year
Health

Dengue situation feared to be dire this year

Infographic: TBS
Health

Govt plans 'One Blood Network' to reduce hassle of finding donors