Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md. Sakhawat Husain on Monday said the government’s special measles vaccination campaign has achieved encouraging success in tackling the recent outbreak of the disease. “More than 20 million children across the country have already been vaccin
Seventeen children have died of measles or measles-like symptoms across Bangladesh in a 24-hour count. It is the second time in a month that the daily death toll has hit a record of 17. The previous instance was on May 4. So far, 87 people have died of confirmed cases of measles since Mar 15, acc
Sixteen children have died of measles or related symptoms in the past 24 hours, while 128 new cases of the disease have been confirmed. Of the 1,306 people who have come to hospitals with measles-like symptoms over the period, 1,169 have been admitted. So far, 86 people have died from confirmed c
The United States on Friday temporarily banned the entry of lawful permanent residents who have been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in the previous 21 days, citing concerns over Ebola. US citizens, nationals and green card holders had been exempt from a 30-day E
Thirteen more children died from measles and similar symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Saturday, taking the total death toll to 512 since 15th March 2026. This is the second-highest single-day toll since the outbreak of the highly contagious but preventable disease in March this y
A new policy brief has warned that vaccine gaps could worsen antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Bangladesh amid the ongoing measles outbreak, which experts say has been driven largely by low immunisation coverage. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP), led by One Health Trust and icdd
Persons with disabilities have demanded special allocations in the upcoming national budget, along with financial and institutional reforms to ensure the protection of their basic rights, in line with the election manifesto of the BNP government. The demands were placed at a press conference organ
Labaid Cancer Hospital and Super Speciality Centre held the soft launch of its state-of-the-art Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) and Cell Therapy Centre at an event on Thursday, marking a significant milestone in Bangladesh’s healthcare sector, according to a press release. Claiming the ini
Seven more children have died of measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in a 24-hour count. Of them, three have died of confirmed measles cases and four have died with related symptoms. During this period, 208 new measles cases have been confirmed. The regular bulletin on measles from th
Rana Flowers, the UNICEF representative to Bangladesh, has added fuel to the ongoing criticism of the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunusgovernment's vaccine management, revealing that the UN agency sent multiple written warnings about an imminent vaccine shortage. Speaking at a press conference in Dhak
