Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury

How a rickshaw-puller changed the course of Dr Zafrullah’s life

“Should I go back to the UK? If I can’t serve my countrymen, I might as well go back.”
26 April 2024, 18:00 PM

Drik honours Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on 34th founding anniversary

Drik Gallery celebrated its 34th founding anniversary by honouring the extraordinary Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury and his contribution to ensuring equal access to healthcare for all.
6 September 2023, 03:00 AM

Dr Zafrullah’s real utopia

Zafrullah’s socialism was useful in contrast to ones offered by the dominant leftist parties of the country, characterised by theoretical obscurantism, fractiousness, political irrelevance, and their inconsequentiality to the daily lives of the masses.
28 April 2023, 05:55 AM

Radical pragmatist, champion of women, public-health advocate

Like the dreaded knock, I was afraid that one of my friends would one day ask me to write something about him, a memorial.
26 April 2023, 08:00 AM

People paying last respects to Dr Zafrullah at Shaheed Minar

Dr Zafrullah will be given a guard of honour at the Shaheed Minar, where his body will be kept till 1:00pm
13 April 2023, 04:46 AM

A nation-builder like no other

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury will be remembered for his tireless pro-people activism
12 April 2023, 17:11 PM

Our one and only Zafrullah Bhai

A true patriot, he not only played a key role in the birth of Bangladesh, but devoted his life to make the dream of our independence a reality.
12 April 2023, 14:00 PM

The man who walked the talk

He has shown us that politics need not be a dirty word, that healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and that dialogue and respect can take us further than we ever thought possible.
12 April 2023, 10:06 AM

A revolutionary’s journey

The first time I saw Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury was in 2007, for a story in our weekend magazine in The Daily Star, on his Nagar Hospital on Mirpur Road, where anyone, no matter how poor could get medical care at subisidised costs
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

People’s doctor no more

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away at the Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital last night
11 April 2023, 18:00 PM

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury no more

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury died tonight at the Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital
11 April 2023, 17:49 PM

After a 6hr wait, Dr Zafrullah can't meet rail authorities

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury joined Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Howladar Roni in protesting railway's irregularities, poor administration, and harassment.
25 July 2022, 10:06 AM

Narayanganj mosque blast: Dr Zafrullah calls for burn units at each district-level hospital

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has called upon the government to launch burn units at every district-level hospital and provide the medical professionals relevant training to treat patients with burn injuries.
6 September 2020, 12:31 PM

Dr Zafrullah’s health worsens following symptoms of secondary pneumonia

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s health condition has worsened after he developed secondary pneumonia following his bout with Covid-19 infection, said a press release circulated by Gonoshasthaya Kendra today.
30 June 2020, 15:11 PM

Zafrullah Chowdhury feeling better now

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for Covid-19 on May 24, is now feeling better.
9 June 2020, 13:49 PM

Dr Zafrullah receiving plasma therapy, doing well

Gonoshasthaya Kendra's founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested Covid-19 positive according to the organisation's newly developed Rapid Dot Blot test, has been receiving plasma therapy.
27 May 2020, 11:58 AM

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury found Covid-19 positive in Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s rapid test

Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has tested positive for Covid-19 as per the report from the organisation’s newly developed Rapid Dot Blot test.
25 May 2020, 15:06 PM

Attacked for my links to Oikyafront

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday claimed that the organisation was attacked because of his involvement with the Jatiya Oikyafront.
3 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Zafrullah's Bail: HC passes dissenting order

A High Court bench yesterday delivered dissenting order on a bail petition by Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury in an extortion case.
29 October 2018, 18:00 PM

Now accused of stealing fish, fruit

After being sued in land grabbing and extortion cases, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury now stands accused in a case filed for stealing fish and fruit, among other charges.
25 October 2018, 18:00 PM