Militant hideout: A house owner's curse
The Taj Manzil of Kalyanpur in Dhaka saw a drastic change in last one and a half years after nine suspected militants, who had holed up there under the guise of tenants, were killed in police operation codenamed “Storm 26” on July 26, 2016.
8 January 2018
Nuclear Medicine Instt gets cancer detection device
With an aim to detect cancer at its primary stage, the Nuclear Medicine Institute (NMI) is going to install a PET/CT scanner from early January next year.
24 December 2017
Noble effort in unlikely place
Sekandar Ali, a morgue attendant, who worked on more than 80,000 bodies in his 35 years in the profession at Dhaka Medical College, also nurtured a rather wholesome hobby.
16 December 2017
‘I want to go back to my mother'
Worried, nine-year-old Ismail spends most of his day sitting on a bed at the neurosurgery department of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
5 December 2017
Execute verdict quickly
Relatives of a number of army officers killed during the Pilkhana BDR carnage yesterday expressed satisfaction over the High Court judgment.
27 November 2017
Rezia walks again
For the first time in five years, Rezia can walk.
The 40-year-old woman had been struggling with her severely swollen right leg that weighed almost 60kg for years. She did not think that she would walk again.
11 November 2017
Dumped dangerously
Anyone walking down the street in front of the main entrance to the DMCH emergency unit would encounter an awful sight: used syringes, bandages, dressings, saline bags and many other medical waste littering the pavement.
5 November 2017
Probe fails to find AL men!
The police probe into the 2015 attack on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's motorcade in the city's Karwan Bazar has failed to identify any of the attackers though photographs of many of them were published in the media.
The BNP chief's convoy came under attack during a campaign for city corporation election in April. Two and a half years later, her motorcade was attacked twice within only four days this week in Feni.
1 November 2017
Six doctors for 70,000 inmates
If you are poor and in jail for some reason and you happen to be seriously ill, you are probably out of luck. But if you are a rich inmate or have political clout, you do not even need to be sick to have extended holidays at the country's leading government hospitals.
25 October 2017
Blue Whale Challenge: Simply a sick online game
With many parents oblivious, an online game has literally been taking the lives of teenagers across the world for the last few years and the game has reached Bangladesh.
10 October 2017
Muskan hopes for cure
Sitting on a tiny bed on the sixth-floor of the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), tiny Muskan hopes of one thing only -- to go
5 October 2017
Lukewarm response to nurses' new uniforms
The government decision to change the nurses' uniform is being implemented slowly as the majority of the health care providers are reluctant to take up their new attire.
10 September 2017
Surgery patients overrun Nitor
Patients had to queue up and wait long hours to undergo surgery at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic
4 September 2017
Govt Hospitals on Eid Holidays: Many patients released
Eight-year-old Hridoy had a surgery at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital two weeks ago after he had suffered severe injuries to his abdomen while swimming in the Gournadi, Barisal.
30 August 2017
The long wait...
Five-year-old Mahin was over the moon as he would celebrate the festivities of Eid with both his parents this year.
29 August 2017
Teen gangs violent again
Remember schoolboy Adnan Kabir?
27 August 2017
Hoping for the best
Watching a baby crawl across the floor is probably the best sight to behold for parents. But Shahida and Raju Mia, a couple from Gaibandha, are deprived of it, as Shahida last year gave birth to conjoined twins, who could hardly move as per their wish let alone crawl on the floor.
30 July 2017
Too much to bear
Every time he left Dhaka Shishu Hospital, his parents would have a feeling that their son recovered completely.
17 July 2017
Uncertainty grips victim family
Three members of a family, who were critically burned in a gas line explosion in the capital's Gendaria on July 5, are fighting for their
11 July 2017
Moni waits for miracle
Her parents had been waiting for their 12-year old daughter's death.
11 July 2017