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
 

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Health

Dengue continues to wreak havoc even in December

An illustration showing cardiac stents. Illustration: Freepik
Health

Heart patients suffer as importers halt stent supply after price cuts

Drug Administration fixes prices of 129 cataract lenses
Health

Drug Administration fixes prices of 129 cataract lenses

Table: TBS
Health

Cardiac stent prices cut by up to 46%

Representational image. File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Education

Weakness in English dents HSC results

Representational Image. Agnidrohee Spondon, 17, undertakes an online assessment as part of remote learning as schools remain closed in Bangladesh due to Covid-19. Photo: UNICEF
Education

Hartal-blockade takes toll on students

This file photo shows a grandmother cradling her 1.5-year-old granddaughter on her lap as the mother of the child tries to fix the saline flow at Mugda Hospital in the capital on Sunday, 6 August 2023. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Health

Pharmas asked to boost baby saline production as pneumonia, diarrhoea on rise

Over 14% diabetes patients face catastrophic health expenditure
Health

Over 14% diabetes patients face catastrophic health expenditure

Phlebotomine sandfly, a tiny 2-3 mm long insect vector.
Health

Bangladesh focuses on surveillance to sustain Kala-azar elimination success

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University witnesses relatively low patient pressure as most avoided visiting the facility in the capital on Sunday – the first day of a 48-hour countrywide blockade called by BNP and Jamaat. Photo: Tawsia Tajmim
Health

Blockades take a toll on the ailing

Coins, Hijab pins and batteries: What your toddler swallows when you aren't looking
Health

Coins, Hijab pins and batteries: What your toddler swallows when you aren't looking

Diabetic retinopathy: A growing cause of blindness in Bangladesh
Health

Diabetic retinopathy: A growing cause of blindness in Bangladesh

Death of constable in Fakirapool: 'I just want to go to my father', 7yr old Tanha keeps saying 
Bangladesh

Death of constable in Fakirapool: 'I just want to go to my father', 7yr old Tanha keeps saying