The High Court on Monday asked the authorities to form a seven-member committee with specialist physicians to formulate a guideline to stop spread of Thalassemia disease. The court gave 30 days to constitute the committee. The HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub Ul Islam passed the order after hearing a writ petition. High Court questions hike in price of performing hajj It also asked the authorities concerned to submit the guideline once it is prepared within six months. The HC issued the rule asking the government to explain as to why effective steps should not be taken to control Thalassemia and why a column should not be attached in the marriage registry book related to the Thalassemia of bride and bridegroom. Eight people including the secretaries to the Cabinet, Prime Minister’s Office, Heath Ministry, Secondary and Higher Education under Education Ministry, Law Ministry, Religious Affairs Ministry and Directorate General of Health Services were made respondents to the rule. High Court bans streaming of ‘Faraaz’ in Bangladesh Advocate Manzill Murshid stood for the petitioner while assistant attorney general Abul Kalam Khan Daud and Toufique Sajwar Partho represented the state. On June 15, Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed the writ petition seeking steps to stop spread of Thalassemia disease attaching reports of spread of it published in different newspapers. Barred from Ekushey Book Fair 2023, Adarsha goes to High Court The petition also sought publicity about social awareness about the spread of the disease among the students, public, government officials and others.  

The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the authorities concerned should not be directed to add information about thalassemia to the National Identity (NID) card. The HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Kazi Md Ejarul Haque Akondo issued the rule after hearing a writ petition. Advocate Eunus Ali Akond stood for the writ petitioner while deputy attorney general Arbind Kumar represented the state. Also read: 7 years in condemn cell despite acquittal: HC orders judicial inquiry Secretaries to the Cabinet, health. law, home ministries, Election Commission, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council have been made respondent to the rule. The HC also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the authorities concerned should not be directed to enact a policy for inserting information about thalassemia in the NID card of a person. Eunus Ali Akond filed a writ petition seeking insertion of thalassemia information into the NID card on May 31. On May 25, a legal notice was served in this regard. According to the petition, if any thalassemia patient marries a person carrying thalassemia disease then there is a risk of their children getting affected. But if a thalassemia-free is married to a patient of thalassemia, in that case, their children will be free from the risk of thalassemia. Also read: HC summons ACC IO over exemption of accused in Sonali Bank loan scam case They wanted an option at the NID card to insert information about thalassemia to clarify whether the card holder has been infected with the decease or not to prevent marriage of two thalassemia patients

The World Thalassemia Day will be observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere in the globe to raise awareness about the disease.