Heath minister AFM Ruhal Haque told parliament on Monday that the maternal mortality rate reduced by 40 per cent in last nine years. Quoting the Bangladesh Maternal Mortality and Health Care Survey 2010, he said that maternal mortality came down to 194 in 2010 from 322 per one lakh in 2001.
Replying to a question from Awami League lawmaker Shahiduzzaman Sarkar, the health minister in his scripted answer also said that the maternal mortality rate had reduced as the family planning department was implementing different programmes for expectant mothers.
In reply to another question from Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun, the state minister for cultural affairs Abul Kalam Azad told the JS that steps would be taken to put up a statue of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, London.
-With New Age input
