Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Dr Zafrullah’s real utopia

Zafrullah’s socialism was useful in contrast to ones offered by the dominant leftist parties of the country, characterised by theoretical obscurantism, fractiousness, political irrelevance, and their inconsequentiality to the daily lives of the masses.

Remembering Zafrullah Chowdhury / Radical pragmatist, champion of women, public-health advocate

Like the dreaded knock, I was afraid that one of my friends would one day ask me to write something about him, a memorial.

Zafrullah: Tribute to a freedom fighter and revolutionary

Zafrullah believed that incremental change was not enough and that the social order itself needed to be changed.

Try and be someone like Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury

His departure is part of life’s natural course. But we have to hold steadfast to his ethics.

A nation-builder like no other

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury will be remembered for his tireless pro-people activism

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury / The man who walked the talk

He has shown us that politics need not be a dirty word, that healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and that dialogue and respect can take us further than we ever thought possible.

People’s doctor no more

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder and valiant freedom fighter Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury passed away at the Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in the capital last night

Dr Zafrullah’s health worsens following symptoms of secondary pneumonia

Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s health condition has worsened after he developed secondary pneumonia following his bout with Covid-19 infection, said a press release circulated by Gonoshasthaya Kendra today.

Combating Covid-19: Gonoshasthaya Kendra to set up 15-bed ICU

Gonoshasthaya Kendra is going to set up a 15-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at their city hospital in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi, according to a press release.

May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020

Gonoshasthaya Kendra gives 200 rapid testing kits to BSMMU

Gonoshasthaya Kendra gives Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) 200 locally developed rapid testing kits for validation.

May 6, 2020
May 6, 2020

Gonoshasthaya to give BSMMU 1,200 kits from May 9 for validation

Gonoshasthaya Kendra will start giving 1,200 home-manufactured rapid testing kits in phases to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Saturday (May 9) for validation.

April 30, 2020
April 30, 2020

Gonoshasthaya gets permission to have its Covid-19 detection kits tested

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has received permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to have the locally manufactured kits for Covid-19 detection tested.

March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020

Gonoshasthaya gets govt approval to import material for coronavirus-detection kit

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today received government approval to import raw material which are needed to make the coronavirus-detection kit that was developed by the organisation.

November 4, 2018
November 4, 2018

Attacked for my links to Oikyafront

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury yesterday claimed that the organisation was attacked because of his involvement with the Jatiya Oikyafront.

October 27, 2018
October 27, 2018

Gonoshasthaya Kendra attacked

Vandals broke the windows, doors and looted office equipment of a building of Gonoshasthaya Kendra in Savar yesterday, amid cases being filed against its founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury.

August 30, 2015
August 30, 2015

ICT order on Zafrullah’s contempt deferred

A tribunal in Dhaka defers the date of passing order on contempt of court proceedings against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury to September 1.

July 7, 2015
July 7, 2015

Order on contempt plea against Zafrullah July 12

A special tribunal in Dhaka fixes July 12 for passing an order on a petition filed for initiating contempt of court proceedings against Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury for his comments over the tribunal.

June 21, 2015
June 21, 2015

ICT recalls arrest warrant against Zafrullah

ICT-2 recalls arrest warrant against Zafrullah Chowdhury for non-payment of a fine it had imposed on him for contempt of court.

June 16, 2015
June 16, 2015

SC stays Zafrullah's fine till July 5

The Supreme Court stays until July 5 a special tribunal’s verdict that had fined Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury Tk 5,000 for criticising the punishment of Dhaka-based British journalist David Bergman by the same court.

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