Every monsoon brings out the same distressing reality of Dhaka --- the capital of the country continues to be woefully ill-prepared for dealing with rain. It does not require a heavy downpour for hours to incapacitate the city; a moderate rain for an hour is enough for that, inundating roads, halti

The consistent efforts of Bangladesh towards improving eye health are being recognised around the world which is why the country has been accorded a key role in the first-ever Global Summit for Eye Health, said Peter Holland, Chief Executive of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindne

Awareness about the conservation of environment and the role of tree plantation has improved in Bangladesh in recent years. Now an impressive spectacle of green ambition is evident, particularly during monsoon. Government departments, non-government organisations and corporate entities launch tree

A health system shows its true character not in how it manages routine illness, but in how it responds when a life hangs by a thread - after a highway crash, during a heart attack, when a child's pneumonia turns severe, or when a newborn fights for survival. By that measure, Bangladesh is falling s

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has announced that Bangladesh will soon open the country's first investment office in China to attract investment from the world's second largest economy. It is a welcome initiative as China is the third largest source of foreign investment globally and holds the poten

When six neonates died at Ad-din Hospital at Dhaka's Moghbazar in a span of only three hours on May 27, the entire nation was shaken. The tragedy triggers grief and outrage. In a country where medical negligence surfaces so frequently, people expected a thorough investigation into the incident and

Traffic congestion in Dhaka has become so severe that it wastes a major portion of the working hours of the commuters. Depending on the distance between their houses and workplaces, they need to start commuting much earlier than they would require in a normal traffic ecosystem. Many of them need to

If anyone in Bangladesh is to consult a doctor they need to carry with them previous medical records - prescriptions, diagnostic test reports, etc -- even if they visit the same doctor they consulted before.  Why? Because healthcare is not automated yet here.  Medical records are not main