, May 12 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday urged the interim government to take effective steps to improve healthcare services, aiming to reduce the need for people to travel abroad, particularly to India, for treatment and thus save foreign currency.

"Why should we spend dollars going to India for treatment? Why should we give money to those who constantly create various narratives and spread propaganda against us?" he said at a discussion meeting.

He suggested that the foreign currency spent by Bangladeshis in India could be invested in the country's doctors and nurses to enhance the quality of healthcare services and strengthen the sector with necessary resources.

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