Health Services Division

Health Services Division (স্বাস্থ্য সেবা বিভাগ) is a Bangladesh government division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare responsible for healthcare in Bangladesh.[1] Jahangir Alam is the Secretary of the division.[2]

Health Services Division
Formation2017
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
WebsiteHealth Services Division

History

In the 1970s the ministry had two divisions but they were combined in 1985. Health Services Division was established on 16 March 2017 through the bifurcation of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.[3][4]

On 17 April 2021, Rozina Islam, a journalist of Prothom Alo, went to the Health Ministry office in the Bangladesh Secretariat for reporting.[5][6] She was confined in the ministry for five hours and her cell phones were seized. She was then arrested from the Ministry.[7] Sibbir Ahmed Osmani, Deputy Secretary of the Health Services Division, filed a case against her around midnight of 17 April 2021 with Shahbagh police station under the Official Secrets Act.[8]

References
  1. "Barishal most vulnerable region". The Daily Star. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  2. "Country to produce TB vaccine soon: Health minister". The Daily Star. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  3. Nath, Dhiraj Kumar (2 April 2017). "Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  4. "Health sector reformation and challenges of implementation". The Daily Star. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  5. "Prothom Alo journalist Rozina taken to police station after 5 hours' confinement at Secretariat". The Daily Star. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. Staff Correspondent (17 May 2021). "Journalist Rozina Islam taken to police station after 5-hour confinement at the secretariat". Prothomalo. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  7. "Prothom Alo journo Rozina Islam arrested in Official Secrets Act case". Dhaka Tribune. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  8. "Court rejects remand plea, sends Rozina Islam to jail". The Business Standard. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.


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