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
 

Aedes larvae density high in Tejgaon, Pallabi, Moghbazar, Eskaton
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Aedes larvae density high in Tejgaon, Pallabi, Moghbazar, Eskaton

File Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
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Biggest saline producer runs at 25% capacity for 'capital crunch' 

Hospitalisation of dengue patients highest in 10 districts
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Hospitalisation of dengue patients highest in 10 districts

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'I pray no parent loses their child to dengue as I have'

Cosmetics quality in focus as Drug Admin to take over as controller
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Cosmetics quality in focus as Drug Admin to take over as controller

File Photo: Rajib Dhar
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Saline shortage prevails in private hospitals, pharmacies

Dengue patients at Mugda Medical College & Hospital. The photo was taken on Saturday, 2 September 2023. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
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Dengue deaths: 81% of patients died within 3 days of hospitalisation

Attendants of hospitalised patients sleep in the open. Despite the risk of dengue infection, many do not use mosquito nets on the premises of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital. The photo was taken early Thursday morning (31 August). Photo: Rajib Dhar
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Aedes mosquitoes spreading fast in villages

Parvez Ahmad, chief operating officer of Zaynax Health. Photo: Courtesy
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Zaynax Health: Delivering affordable healthcare access

This recent picture of Gazipur's Tongi area shows the air consumed by dust from construction work and the emissions emanating from unfit vehicles. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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Air pollution keeps shortening Bangladeshi people's lives as density grows: Study

Illustration: Collected
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One in 12 elderly people in Bangladesh suffers from dementia: Study

A mother feeds her dengue-infected child at Mugda Medical College and Hospital in the capital. The total number of deaths from this mosquito-borne disease crossed the 500-mark yesterday. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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Dengue strain shift: Den-2 takes centre stage, causing complications

Broken items lie strewn on a corridor at Dhaka Shishu Hospital, highlighting the mismanagement there. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar
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Why government hospital maintenance in a mess