The Rangpur Medical College Hospital is in a crisis, with the authorities seemingly nonplussed about the dysfunctional state of the hospital

Medical treatments are about to get costlier as production cost for manufacturing  drugs will go up by at least 25 per cent following a recent hike in gas and power charges, according to manufacturers.

Public-private partnerships can lead to a more equitable and accessible health sector.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has temporarily recovered from heart problems after stenting.

Both BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and Awami League MP Haji Salim are convicts. Both needed treatment abroad. Even though family members of Khaleda Zia have asked the law minister and government repeatedly to take her abroad for medical treatment, they were denied by the authorities. Yet Haji Salim, who's been convicted for 10 years over corruption, has returned home after receiving medical treatment in Bangkok, Thailand. There has been soaring criticism in the national media regarding the treatment by the government in regard to the two convicts.

Newly-appointed Health and Family Welfare Minister Jahid Malek says the government will soon start the process to extend treatment facilities for elderly people aged above 65 years free of cost.