Today on BHRF
Health-directorate figures show admissions up 38 percent over last week, with the heaviest load in Mugda, Mitford, and the Shaheed Suhrawardy hospitals.
By Rumana Akter·
An IEDCR pre-monsoon survey has flagged 14 wards with Breteau indices above the WHO threshold — most clustered around the new metro alignment.
By Rumana Akter·
Across six districts, BHRF documented patients being turned away, prescriptions left unfilled, and psychiatric wards used for non-clinical purposes.
Reported by Sabrina Chowdhury·
Newsroom
An editorial on the gap between hospital-admissions data and ward-level transmission, and why we still cannot answer the simplest question parents are asking.
By Hasan Mahmud·
Hospitals in Dhanmondi, Mohammadpur, and Mirpur are reporting sustained increases in nebulisation visits among under-fives, paediatricians say.
By Imran Hossain·
Two-day intensive in Dhaka — applications close 12 May. Open to working journalists from print, broadcast, and online newsrooms.
By Hasan Mahmud·
Three decades of midwifery investment, community clinics, and Bangladeshi exceptionalism are running into a stubborn last-mile problem.
By Nasrin Sultana·
Our committee's full submission to the parliamentary standing committee on health, with seven recommendations on graphic warnings, point-of-sale display, and e-cigarettes.
By Tobibur Rahman·
The four-week intensive, supported by Internews and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, produced eight publishable investigations across health and the environment.
By Nasrin Sultana·
The DGHS additional director-general talks to BHRF about the post-COVID surveillance reset, what data the country still does not collect, and why.
By Hasan Mahmud·
Bangladesh's health spend as a share of the national budget has barely moved in a decade. The case for a 10 percent floor has stopped being aspirational.
By Arif Khan·
icddr,b modelling suggests that the dengue and chikungunya transmission window in the coastal belt could lengthen by six to nine weeks within a decade.
By Rumana Akter·
Leadership
BHRF’s executive committee — elected from the membership — steers the forum’s programmes, training, and policy advocacy.
Notice board
Calls, deadlines, statements, and member announcements.
Nominations for the two open executive committee seats (Joint Secretary and Office Secretary) are open until 31 May 2026. Members in good standing may submit nominations to the General Secretariat via the membership portal.
BHRF and PROGGA convene a joint press conference at the National Press Club, Dhaka. Press passes available for accredited journalists with at least 48 hours' notice.
BHRF invites applications from working journalists with at least two years' experience covering health or science. Twelve fellows will be selected. Shortlisting on 8 July; mentorship pairing on 15 July.
The records section of the BHRF office has temporarily moved to Room 204 while the ground-floor renovation continues through to mid-June. Members requesting archived materials should write to the office secretary in advance.
Members are reminded that the second-quarter renewal window closes on 15 June 2026. Renewal preserves voting rights ahead of the 18 June AGM and ensures uninterrupted access to BHRF training and fellowship calls.
The Forum has published a brief statement expressing concern at the criminal-defamation provisions in the proposed amendment to the cyber security act and their chilling effect on health-policy reporting.
What’s next
BHRF Training Centre, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
2026
BHRF Training Centre, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
2026
Cox's Bazar district, Bangladesh
2026
Our mission
From outbreak coverage to long-form investigations on private health spending, BHRF’s members report on the decisions — and the silences — that shape how Bangladesh stays well.
