The impact of Health Budget 2024-2025 on Universal Health Coverage of Bangladesh According to the World Health Organization, universal health coverage ensures that everyone has access to high-quality health services without facing financial difficulties, regardless of when and where they need them. Universal health coverage encompasses essential health services such ...

𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 – 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 The amount of allocation for the Health sector was Tk 292.45 billion (5.14 per cent of the budget) in 201-20FY, which was raised to Tk 380.52 billion in the ongoing budget of 2023-24FY. The allocation in the budget remains ...

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 The government of Bangladesh allocates minimal funding to mental health, with current mental health revenues accounting for only 0.44 percent of the health budget. The lack of financial commitment is exacerbated by the fact that mental health continues to be neglected ...

On Thursday, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, or CAA, granted citizenship certificates to 14 individuals in the first batch. In addition to highlighting important CAA aspects, Union Home Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla gave the candidates their citizenship certificates in Delhi. Four West Bengali constituencies with a majority Muslim population also ...

In 1994, Recep Tayyip Erdogan became the mayor of Istanbul. The city is home to 16 million Turks sourcing one-third of Turkey’s economic activity. In the local election of 31st March 2024, Erdogan’s AKP lost the political grip of strategically important cities including Istanbul and Ankara. What is the backstory? ...

“It is time to end the vicious cycle of bloodshed, hatred and polarisation.”- Antonio Guterres What is at stake today is beyond the fate of millions of Palestinians and the survival of Israel itself. It extends to the stability of an entire region and the integrity of the rules-based global ...

★ সারসংক্ষেপে সাম্প্রতিক ইতিহাসঃ বিগত ২০২২ সালের এপ্রিলে প্রথমবারের মত জনসম্মুখে প্রকাশ ঘটে কুকি-চীন ন্যাশনাল ফ্রন্ট বা কেএনএফ নামক একটি পাহাড়ী সন্ত্রাসী গোষ্ঠীর। বম জনগোষ্ঠী অধ্যুষিত এই সংগঠনটি মূলত ৬টি পাহাড়ী ক্ষুদ্র-নৃগোষ্ঠীকে প্রতিনিধিত্ব করছে বলে দাবী করে। সেগুলো হচ্ছেঃ বম, পাংখোয়া, লুসাই, খিয়াং, ম্রো ও খুমি। এই ছয়টি সম্প্রদায়ের প্রত্যেকেই ...

United Nations regional organizations 75th anniversary was held at headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The programme was about “When does education drive growth and when does it not? Education policies for transformative growth” and the keynote lecture delivered by Mr. ...

‘To not only have the viewpoint of the NGOs but to see from the perspective of the Bangladesh government as a Bangladeshi national to protect the sovereignty of Bangladesh’, stated Shamima Akhter Jahan Popy, one of the panelists in the webinar titled ‘Resilience Amidst Hardships: Inside the Rohingya Camps’ held ...

“There is not much of a hope for Bangladesh at the moment but there is also no cause for dismay.”– Shahab Enam Khan, Professor IR, Jahangirnagar University. This statement regarding the prospect of Myanmar’s civil war spilling into Bangladesh might not be headline-worthy. After all, “we’re fine” is rarely a ...