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Cardiac Implants For Children: Top hospitals using unauthorised devices

by Moudud Ahmmed Sujan in The Daily Star, Sept 30, 2023Unauthorised companies are smuggling a number of cardiac medical devices into the country and selling those to some of Dhaka’s top public and private hospitals without proper vetting, raising questions about health regulations and patient safety. Over the last one and a half years, these unauthorised devices were used to treat children with congenital heart defects at the government-run National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and…

Sri Lanka’s higher education ministry cracks down on ragging

report in economynext.com, Sept 18, 2023 at 5:12 pmSri Lanka’s Higher Education Ministry is to introduce new regulations and a hotline for tips against bullying, or ragging, in universities, an official said. “Minister for Higher Education Suren Raghavan has introduced an advisory committee consisting of main institutions, the Ministry, Sri Lanka Police, Ministry of Defense, Presidential Secretariat and the Human Rights Commission,” Secretary to the Minister of Higher Education, Dilshan Jayakody told EconomyNext today (18).…

Lower house passes its regulations without curtailing Speaker’s powers:

Report in The Kathmandu Post, April 3, 2023The House of Representatives on Sunday endorsed its regulations through majority votes after the ruling parties agreed to withdraw some of the provisions aimed at curtailing the powers of the Speaker, a UML nominee. The ruling party lawmakers including those from the Nepali Congress and the CPN (Maoist Centre) had earlier registered proposals to amend the draft regulations to require the Speaker to seek consent of the parliamentary…