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Coronavirus takes 39 more lives, 2,907 test positive in 24 hrs

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MNA National Desk: Thirty-nine more people died from coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours till Monday, according to the statistics of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With this, the death toll due to the deadly virus infection reached at 3,438, Additional Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Dr Nasima Sultana said. Besides, 2,907 people tested positive for the virus during the same period, raising the number of such cases in the country to 2,60,507, she added. However, some 2067patents have recovered from the disease bringing the total figure to 148,370. Prof Dr Nasima ...

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ABM Khurshid Alam appointed as new chief of DGHS

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MNA Editorial Desk: The government has appointed Dr ABM Khurshid Alam as the director general (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services following the resignation of its former chief amid a series scams related to Covid-19 test. Public Relations Officer of the Health Ministry Maidul islam Prodhan told Dhaka Tribune that the appointment of Alam, who heads the Surgery department of the Dhaka Medical College, has been finalized. The new appointment comes hours after the government said on Thursday that it has scrapped the contractual agreement and appointment of Abul Kalam Azad as the chief of the DGHS, a ...

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Director general of DGHS Abul Kalam Azad resigns amid controversies

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MNA Editorial Desk: Abul Kalam Azad has resigned as the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services, a key agency in the fight against the pandemic, amid a series of scams related to COVID-19 tests. The director general of health services submitted the resignation letter to the public administration ministry on Tuesday, Health Secretary Abdul Mannan told media. Prior to his appointment as director general in 2016, Azad was the additional director general for planning and then administration at the DGHS. The government extended his appointment on contract after the end of his tenure. He had also worked as ...

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ACC team visits DGHS to investigate graft

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MNA National Desk: A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has suddenly gone to the office of the Directorate General of Health Services early Sunday afternoon. They entered the Health Bhaban at Mohakhali in the city at 12:45pm and came out of the building at about 3:30pm. The four-member ACC team led by deputy director Abu Bakar Siddique went to the DGHS and talked to the DGHS Director-General Professor Dr Abul Kalam Azad. Abu Bakar Siddique later told journalists that they sought some documents related to Regent Hospital appearing at the DGHS in person. “But, they didn’t give us those ...

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Ministry, directorate not at loggerheads: Health Minister

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MNA National Desk: Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday said that the ministry and the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) do not have any problem with each other. The minister came up with the remark while responding to reporters at a briefing in his office, reports UNB. “The ministry can seek explanation from DGHS which is part of the government’s job,” he said. “The government is carrying out inquiry into the fraudulence activities of JKG and Regent Hospital. If the allegations are found to be true, then stern action would be taken against them. Exemplary action must be taken ...

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DGHS orders list of all China returnees in last 14 days amid virus fears

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MNA Editorial Desk: The Directorate General of Health Services has directed local authorities to draw up a list of all returnees from China in the last 14 days amid the outbreak of a fatal coronavirus. Deputy commissioners, police superintendents and civil surgeons have been asked to prepare the list in their respective districts, the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said in a statement on Wednesday. The decision was taken at a meeting of the DGHS headed by its Director General Prof Abul Kalam Azad on Tuesday, the statement said. “Civil surgeons were informed about the overall situation ...

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