Civil surgeons to seek limited magistracy powers
As the first-ever Civil Surgeon Conference begins today, the doctors are expected to seek limited powers of magistracy to take prompt action against illegal healthcare facilities.
11 May 2025, 18:29 PM
Health reform: Commission proposes four national health support networks
The Health Sector Reform Commission has recommended building national networks for four vital healthcare support services to ensure the availability, quality, and coverage of health services.
10 May 2025, 21:35 PM
Hospitals, diagnostic centres: 95% pvt facilities running without renewed licences
Thousands of private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres continue to operate without renewing licences due to lax monitoring by the authorities, raising serious concerns over patient safety and quality of treatment.
9 May 2025, 18:05 PM
Regulate diagnostic costs, launch social health insurance
The Health Sector Reform Commission has recommended creating a national “Essential Diagnostics List (EDL)” and setting fixed prices for diagnostic tests to improve quality and ensure cost-effectiveness in diagnostic services.
6 May 2025, 18:00 PM
Make primary healthcare free for everyone
The Health Sector Reform Commission has recommended that the government make primary healthcare its constitutional obligation and provide it free of cost to ensure universal access.
5 May 2025, 18:01 PM
First-ever civil surgeon conference on May 12-13
The government is going to organise the first-ever civil surgeon conference next month, aiming to facilitate direct dialogue between central authorities and top district-level health officials, as well as to strengthen coordination among various government agencies.
17 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Lifesaver on the Meghna: Floating hospital brings hope to char people in Chandpur
Eighteen medical staff, including three doctors, provide services there
10 April 2025, 18:00 PM
Health sector: ACC seeks work order details for Salman’s entities
The Anti-Corruption Commission has requested information from health authorities regarding any work orders issued over the past 16 years to entities owned by Salman F Rahman, a former adviser to the prime minister on private industry and investment.
7 April 2025, 22:15 PM
Road Crashes: Funds there, victims yet to get compensation
Although vehicle owners have been giving money for the fund for road accident victims since January, the authorities could not yet start handing out the compensations yet.
9 March 2023, 18:00 PM
‘It should be realistic, not imposed’
Motorcycle manufacturers and assemblers have formally opposed the draft that transport authorities have prepared to control bikes in a bid to curb road crashes.
5 March 2023, 18:00 PM
Facilitating Work of Metro: Gabtoli terminal to be relocated in a year and half
Gabtoli Bus Terminal, the largest and the busiest inter-district bus terminal in the capital, has to be relocated for the construction of a metro rail line. This may lead to suffering for tens of thousands of passengers.
2 March 2023, 01:20 AM
Mixed reactions as BR starts implementing new ticketing system
While many passengers welcomed the initiative, taken by BR to prevent black marketing of tickets, others, especially those of lower income groups, found the process very complicated
1 March 2023, 06:58 AM
Mrt Line-5 Construction: Southern route to cost 35pc higher than northern
The government is going to construct another metro rail line, whose construction cost per km is some 35 percent higher than that of a similar metro line.
27 February 2023, 01:30 AM
Mrt-5 Northern Route Alignment: RHD, metro rail authority at odds
The metro rail authorities and the Roads and Highways Department are in a tussle over the route alignment of MRT-5 (north), physical work on which is expected to start in July.
25 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Casualties in Road Crashes: Campaigners question govt’s low numbers
For the first time, the road transport and bridges ministry has made public the statistics of road accidents and casualties for a particular month, January.
14 February 2023, 01:15 AM
4 key railway lines likely to open before polls
Chattogram-Cox's Bazar rail line, Khulna-Mongla rail line, Dhaka-Bhanga section of the Padma Bridge Rail Link, and Akhaura-Laksam double line are supposed to significantly improve communications
13 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Joydebpur-Ishwardi double line not before 2028
After China abruptly withdrew from its role of financier of the Joydebpur-Ishwardi Double Line Project a couple of years ago, Bangladesh Railway (BR) is now reviving it with Japanese assistance.
12 February 2023, 01:00 AM
Concrete paving: Potential game changer in road construction
Ready-mix concrete is on a truck. An excavator carries and pours it onto the surface of an under-construction road. Then an automatic concrete-paving machine joins in and does the rest.
8 February 2023, 01:40 AM
No licence, no bike
Nobody will be allowed to buy a motorcycle without a driving licence. Also, one would need a licence to get a motorcycle registered with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority.
4 February 2023, 01:20 AM
Fitness sham: Impounded during robbery attempt, vehicle gets BRTA clearance
Police on March 15 last year seized a mini-truck for using it to attempt a robbery. Since then, the vehicle has been kept at Cumilla Sadar South Police Station. Despite this fact, the mini-truck (Chattogram Metro-NA-11-2608) got its fitness certificate in November.
2 February 2023, 01:40 AM
Bangabandhu Railway Bridge: Minister optimistic, challenges aplenty
Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has said the construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge will be completed within the August 2024 deadline.
31 January 2023, 01:00 AM
2 mega projects set to kick off
Physical works of two mega infrastructure projects involving around Tk 70,000 crore will get underway this week, setting off a flurry of activities for the next several years.
28 January 2023, 01:20 AM
From slumber to whirr of machines
Pitalganj, next to the Shitalakkhya and located around 1.5km south of Kanchan Bridge in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila, is like any other village across the country.
25 January 2023, 01:30 AM
Padma Bridge to get costlier
The long-cherished Padma bridge is set to cost more after the bridges division sought more funds and time to complete the structure even though it is open to the public since June last year.
20 January 2023, 01:30 AM
BRT line-3: Promises falling flat
When the government took up a project in November 2012 to build a 20.50km road dedicated for buses between Dhaka airport and Gazipur, the plan was to operate spacious and comfortable articulated buses.
18 January 2023, 01:00 AM
Underground metro rail construction starts Jan 26
The physical work of the country’s first-ever underground metro rail line will begin on January 26, setting off a flurry of activity for the second biggest infrastructure project in Bangladesh.
15 January 2023, 18:00 PM
Dhaka-Ctg Rail Link: Project on cards to build chord line
Bangladesh Railway is moving forward with its plan to build a chord line from Dhaka to Cumilla via Narayanganj to shorten the distance between the capital and the port city.
12 January 2023, 01:20 AM
Metro network unlikely by 2030
The building of a 130km metro rail network in Dhaka and its adjacent areas is not likely to meet the 2030 deadline due to delays in preparations.
6 January 2023, 01:00 AM