We welcome the rule issued by the High Court that asked the government to explain its decision to impose a 7.5 per cent VAT on medical colleges and engineering colleges or universities, because this is not only discriminatory---the public university students do not have to pay huge tuition fees---but…

A report in this paper on Monday says that brokers and agents of private clinics and hospitals have been diverting poor patients from the Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH). This is business for them exploiting the ignorance and helplessness of the patients and their relatives. The report is symbolic,…

Cataract eyedrops Sir, Scientists are trying to cure the most common cause of blindness — cataracts — with eye drops. Cataract is responsible for about 51pc blindness cases worldwide, making it the most common cause of blindness according to data from the World Health Organisation. The situation…