Bangladesh needs more nurses according to a recent article in The Independent, one of the country’s leading English-language newspapers. In addition to describing public sector nurse education, the writer comments on the role of private sector universities and the challenges they face. She cites senior officials in the Bangladesh Nursing Council, who suggest strengthening the government’s Directorate of Nursing Service “so that development issues of this significant sector can be properly addressed…. They also emphasized appointment of officials with nursing background at the policy making level in the health and family welfare ministry.”