June 17, 2026
Prof Jamalun Nessa, a former teacher at Dhaka University, has been appointed to replace him
Senior Advocate Yunus Ali Akhand filed the petition with the court in the public interest on Monday
The newborns in a neonatal ward were taken ill and suddenly died over the span of a few hours
"We will hold a press conference in the afternoon and publish the report of our investigation committee," a hospital spokesman says
The probe panel needs more time to talk to the mothers of the newborn and hospital staff to clarify the situation, an official says
Investigation reports may be published in 72 hours, DGHS chief says
He suspects the six infants died due to a “lack of ventilation”
“It's such a big hospital. I came hoping that they would take responsibility,” says one grieving grandmother