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Holy Shab-e-Qadr today

Soon the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts will be calm: Obaidul Quader

KNF attack to loot money and show capability: RAB

Kidnapped manager of Sonali Bank returns to his family

Home Minister to visit Bandarban tomorrow to inspect situation

Dengue cases likely to increase in next two months

Dhaka, July 10: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said that people in 57 districts across the country have been affected by dengue. Of these, 60 percent of the patients are in Dhaka, while the remaining patients are affected in various districts.

159 Covid-19 cases detected in one day

Dhaka, May 30: In the last 24 hours, 159 cases of coronavirus have been detected in Bangladesh. Among them, 139 residents of Dhaka city, 15 residents of Gazipur, 2 residents of Netrokona, 1 resident of Noakhali, 1 resident of Sirajganj and 1 resident of Sylhet district. However, there was no report of death due to corona during this time.

Nipah virus under control: Health Minister

Dhaka, February 14: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said that the Nipah virus is now under control in the country.

9,708 HIV positive patients in the country

Dhaka, January 23: Currently, the number of HIV positive patients in the country is 9,708, and 1,890 people have died of it. Health Minister Zahid Maleque gave this information at the National Parliament session on Sunday.

Govt to give health card to everyone

Dhaka, January 11: The government has taken the initiative to provide medical services to all people through health card. Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said this on Tuesday (January 10) at the 'BSRF dialogue' program at the media center in the Secretariat. The dialogue was organized by the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum (BSRF).

232 people died of AIDS in Bangladesh in one year

Dhaka, December 2: Two hundred and thirty-two people died due to AIDS in one year in Bangladesh. Besides, from November 2021 to October this year, 947 people were infected with AIDS in the country. Basically, labourers working in the Middle East are dying of AIDS.

Death penalty is the maximum punishment for drug adulterers: Health Minister

Own Correspondent, Dhaka, Nov 7: Health Minister Zahid Maleque said that the maximum punishment for drug adulterers is death penalty, second - life imprisonment, third - rigorous imprisonment up to 14 years. He said that there is such punishment in the Special Powers Act 1972.

Zahid Maleque's pain of not becoming a doctor diminished after taking charge as Health Minister

Own Correspondent, Dhaka, Sept 2: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque reminisced about his educational career and said, "Once I was admitted to medical school, but I could not become a doctor. There was that regret for a long time, but now it's gone. Because, although I could not become a doctor, now I have become the Health Minister, the minister of doctors."

Not many Bangladeshis go to India for treatment: Health Minister

Own Correspondent, Dhaka, August 30: Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque has claimed that not many Bangladeshis go to neighbouring India for treatment.