Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Health

Tax exemptions to boost healthcare infrastructure, medicine production

Tk4,166 crore allocation has been proposed for providing free medical services to the poor people and Tk1,000 crore for the Expanded Program on Immunisation

Public hospitals to open pharmacies offering low-cost medications
Health

Public hospitals to open pharmacies offering low-cost medications

Professor Md Sayedur Rahman, special assistant to the chief adviser for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, called for increased investment in universal health at the 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development (CPD58) at the United Nations Headquarters on 7 April 2025. Photo: PID
Bangladesh

Bangladesh calls for increased investment in universal health

Health ministry makes 29 civil surgeons OSD
Bangladesh

Health ministry makes 29 civil surgeons OSD

July uprising participants with eye injuries at a hospital in the capital. File Photo: TBS
Health

Health cards to be issued to July uprising injured from tomorrow

Dr Abu Jafor. File Photo: Collected
Health

Abu Jafor appointed director general of DGHS

Experts panel formed for health sector reforms
Health

Experts panel formed for health sector reforms

Representational Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Only MBBS, BDS holders can use 'Dr' before their names: Health ministry

Health Services Division issues directive against negligence in medical care
Health

Health Services Division issues directive against negligence in medical care

An image created during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), 1996 to 1997, shows the hands of a patient with a rash due to monkeypox. Photo: Reuters
Health

Health ministry issues mpox alert: Vigilance at entry points; no cases detected in Bangladesh yet

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Health

Parliamentary committee asks ministry to take action against corruption in Health Services Division

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

The ails of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's structural divide