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Four children suffering from measles were recommended for admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last Thursday, but three of them have died. The surviving child, Jannatul Mawa, was admitted to the ICU on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, three more children have been recommended for ICU admission.
Thirty-seven defeated candidates in the 13th National Parliamentary Election have filed petitions with the High Court's Election Tribunal challenging the results, alleging vote rigging and various irregularities.
The official campaign for the Bogura-6 and Sherpur-3 by-elections begins today (March 16).
When two-and-a-half-year-old Nusayba from Chatmohar in Pabna passed away on March 12, her father received a call from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital exactly four days later. He was informed that a bed had been allocated for Nusayba. This ‘posthumous call’ regarding a bed for a deceased child is a significant indictment of our governance in the 21st century. The same unfortunate situation has occurred with Nahid from Terokhadia and 10-month-old Jihad from Durgapur, who have been denied access to a mechanical ventilator despite waiting endlessly. The disheartening admission from the medical team indicates that there have been 53 deaths in the past two and a half months; of these, 44 young lives were lost prematurely in the two weeks from March 10 to 24 due to insufficient intensive monitoring. The greatest irony of progress is that just a few kilometers away from where children are dying daily due to inadequate treatment, a modern specialized children's hospital with 200 beds, constructed at a cost of approximately Tk35 crore in the Ghora Chattar (Behrampur) area of the metropolis, has been fully operational since 2023. Despite having state-of-the-art facilities, including 56 intensive monitoring beds and a central oxygen system, the hospital is awaiting approval for its manpower structure (organogram) due to bureaucratic delays. This official inaction has become more significant than the lives of children today. It is particularly astonishing that the 12-bed child intensive monitoring center currently functioning in the main hospital lacks official approval; it is being operated under its own special management. Is a file concerning a manpower structure on the administrative desk of a state capable of executing large-scale projects worth thousands of crores of taka more important than the lives of 44 children?
Kamal Lohani’s full name was Abu Nayeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani. He was a renowned journalist, cultural activist, and political figure in Bangladesh. Lohani began his career in journalism with the newspaper Dainik Millat. Later he joined Sangbad, where he initially worked as a senior sub-editor and was later promoted to shift-in-charge.
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Hopes surrounding the election have turned into disappointment and fear for many women in Bangladesh, including those who were at the forefront of the July mass uprising, according to a report by the British national daily The Guardian.
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India has once again highlighted the brutal atrocities and genocide committed by the Pakistan Army in the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during 'Operation Searchlight' in 1971. The country said Pakistan continues to deny the crimes of that genocide to this day, and India fully supports Bangladesh's aspirations for justice.
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Nature has taken on a fresh look after the rains at the end of Chaittra. The trees in Rajshahi, known as the capital of mangoes, are adorned with green buds. The earthy scent and fragrance of flowers have breathed life into villages. As the new season begins, farmers are dreaming golden dreams. With favourable weather combining sunshine and rain, mango trees are filling with small mango buds. The canopy of green leaves interspersed with flowers and buds creates a stunning natural tapestry. After rice, mango is the most reliable crop for farmers in this region.
