Health

Budget 2025-26: Health sector gets Tk 41,908cr allocation

TDS Desk: The government will allocate Tk 41,908 crore for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in the upcoming fiscal year 2025-26, marking a modest increase aimed at strengthening

40 differently abled get supportive equipments in Sirajganj

Staff Reporter: At least 40 differently abled (physically challenged) people in Sirajganj have got supportive equipments at a free of cost to make their lives and livelihoods ease and comfortable.

Cervical-and-Breast cancer-causing virus found in an average of 4.27pc of women

Staff Correspondent: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) – a major cause of cervical cancer – has been foundin an average of 4.27% of women in Bangladesh in a study over the past

Sustainable funding essential to curb hypertension

Speakers at World Hypertension Day discussion meeting Staff Correspondent: The risk of hypertension and hypertension-related deaths is growing increasingly in Bangladesh. Although provision of free anti-hypertensive medicine has already commenced

Home Adviser promises safe environment in medical services

BSS: Home Affairs Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday reaffirmed the government’s commitment to ensuring safe and secure environment in the medical services. “Recent incidents of

Prof Yunus sees “window of opportunity” for changes in health sector

TDS Desk: Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday expressed optimism about bringing significant changes to Bangladesh’s health sector with the combined efforts of all involved in delivering healthcare services