15+ hour, 39+ min ago   (131+ words) The minister's Assistant Private Secretary Mohammad Selim said he was receiving treatment at home, bdnews24.com reports. Speaking on Sunday night, Selim said: “He had a cough for a while, but it has intensified over the past two days. That is…...

19+ hour, 1+ min ago   (211+ words) Bangladesh has recorded three more deaths among people with measles symptoms in a 24-hour period. The Directorate General of Health Services said 63 people tested positive for measles during the same period, bdnews24.com reports. Two deaths were reported in Dhaka Division…...

21+ hour, 54+ min ago   (486+ words) Four million measles vaccines are expected to begin landing in the country this week as the health ministry will launch another special vaccination campaign on September 25 amid unabated measles infections and deaths. Meanwhile, seven more children died with measles-like symptoms…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1443+ words) For some children, measles arrives before they are old enough for their first routine vaccine. For others, it comes after they have moved beyond the age covered by the emergency campaign. That gap is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore as…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (160+ words) Six more people died of dengue in Bangladesh in the 24 hours to Thursday morning, marking the second-highest daily death toll from the mosquito-borne disease this year. With the latest fatalities, the number of dengue deaths in the country has risen…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (300+ words) Thursday • 10 September 2026 Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain said today (Thursday) a nationwide special measles vaccination campaign will begin on September 25. "From September 25, a large-scale measles vaccination campaign will be launched again across the country," he said,…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (905+ words) Bangladesh, which once came close to eliminating measles, is facing its worst outbreak on record, with more than 1000 suspected and confirmed measles-related deaths reported since March as hospitals struggle with overcrowding, shortages and a continuing influx of sick children. The…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (187+ words) Bangladesh has reported nine more deaths from dengue over the past 24-hour period, marking the highest single-day toll recorded so far this year. During this period, 1,571 new patients were admitted to hospital with the Aedes mosquito-borne disease. The Directorate General…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (474+ words) Bangladesh's dengue outbreak is accelerating, with 42,590 people hospitalised and 117 deaths recorded this year, as a sharp September surge strains hospitals and raises fears the mosquito-borne disease could intensify further in the coming weeks. At least four dengue patients died and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1697+ words) Sunday • 6 September 2026 Intan Permatasari's mother simply couldn't refuse her daughter's pleas for food. By the time she was 4, Intan had outgrown all the kindergarten uniforms and had to wear home-sewn clothes to school. Bullied relentlessly by classmates as her struggles…...