Chief Whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury on Tuesday stressed the need for ensuring good management in the health sector to increase public confidence further in the country’s healthcare services. “The Prime Minister has a special attention to the health sector of Bangladesh.  The number of hospitals and their beds has increased in the country.  The modern medical equipment and the number of specialist doctors and nurses have increased. Despite this, people are still going abroad for medical treatment,” he said. Read: Coronavirus: Ex-chief whip Shahid infected The chief whip was addressing as the chief guest at a programme in the Milon Hall of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). Cancer Mission Foundation arranged the programme  to provide assistance to cancer patients. “It is essential for the doctors and hospital authorities to ensure good management so that the public confidence in the medical services of Bangladesh will increase further,” he said. Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury said the wheel of Bangladesh economy remains moving forward even amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It has been possible to tackle the pandemic due to the Prime Minister's foresight and timely decision-making as well as steps to reach the healthcare services to the doorsteps of the people, he said. He said many Bangladeshi meritorious doctors and teachers have shown their professional competence successfully in various reputed hospitals and education institutes in foreign lands. “Had they returned home and provided such services here, the nation would be benefited and the tendency of going abroad to receive treatment would decline largely,” said the Chief Whip. He urged all the concerned to work sincerely to ensure international standards in education and healthcare systems. Read:Short, long-term plans needed for water transport sector: Chief whip Noor-E-Alam Chowdhury said hadn’t Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman been born, Bangladesh would not be independent. And hadn’t his abled daughter Sheikh Hasina been in the government, the development pace of Bangladesh would not have accelerated, she said. Many mega projects, including construction of Padma Bridge, Metro Rail, Nuclear Power Plant and Karnaphuli Tunnel are possible due to the sincerity, honesty, hard-work and competent leadership of the Prime Minister, said the Chief Whip. BSMMU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, and Housing and Public Works Secretary Md Shahid Ullah Khandaker also spoke at the function presided over by President of Cancer Mission Foundation Prof Dr Md Moniruzzaman, said a press release.

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) virtually inaugurated a month-long cultural festival on Sunday, initiating live cultural shows in 10 Upazilas across the country that will run till January 31.