Address the manpower crisis in public hospitals

Adopt structural reform in healthcare sector, not piecemeal fixes

Imagine a future where a tablet or phone in a village clinic can perform the work of expensive lab tests and specialists.

Authorities must enforce regulations, improve healthcare access

We must strongly advocate for a people-centric health budget.

Licence renewal failures are undermining healthcare integrity

The erosion of trust in doctors is creating crisis for the healthcare sector.

Inadequate facilities, irregularities driving many patients abroad

In 2014, then health minister Mohammad Nasim at an event in Rangpur Medical College Hospital officially announced the inception of a patient referral system for Rangpur division.

Bangladesh falls short in leadership and commitment to improving the healthcare system.

Authorities must remain careful, ensure supply of clean water

Nur Alom stood in front of the squalid tin-roof building and wondered if he had made a mistake, travelling all the way from his village in Bagerhat to the Chest Disease Clinic in Khulna city.

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's leading research-based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has decided to close its medicine manufacturing unit in Bangladesh after over six decades of operation.

In a bid to give access to medical diagnosis facilities, India relaxes its medical visa for Bangladesh nationals.