Doctors across the country have called off a two-day suspension on patient visits in their private chambers to protest the arrests of two physicians over the deaths of a mother and her newborn at Dhaka's Central Hospital. Prof ABM Khurshid Alam, head of the Association of Surgeons, announced
Teachers from privately-run secondary schools have occupied both sides of the road outside the National Press Club in Dhaka to demand the nationalisation of those institutions. The protests, which began on July 11, continued on Tuesday as the teachers vowed not to budge from their stance until the
European Union’s Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, is scheduled to visit Bangladesh next week to discuss issues of mutual interest. He is likely to be in Dhaka on July 24 at the invitation of the government of Bangladesh, a diplomatic source said, reports UNB. During h
