Saima Wazed Putul, the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional director for the South East Asia Regional Office (SEARO), has been sent on indefinite leave from yesterday, according to Health Policy Watch. The action was taken four months after Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed two cases against Saima Wazed , daughter of ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, for fraud, forgery and misuse of power, said the report published yesterday. WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus notified staff in a brief internal email that Saima Wazed would be on leave from yesterday and that WHO Assistant Director-General Dr Catharina Boehme would "serve as the Officer in Charge" in her place. Boehme would reach the ... Read More>>

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday (August 18) urged the Hindu community along with other believers other faiths in the country not to think themselves as minority, saying that all people irrespective of their religions will enjoy equal rights in Bangladesh. “We want people of all faiths would live with equal rights. You are people of this country, you have equals rights here, you have the same rights as I have,” she said. “You would always think that you are the citizens of this country and you will enjoy equal rights,” the premier said while exchanging greetings with the Hindu community leaders on the occasion of holy Janmashtami. “We also want to see you in that way. Please don’t undermine yourselves. You take ... Read More>>