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Youth demand higher tobacco taxes, price hike ahead of upcoming budget

They cited estimates suggesting that nearly 2 lakh people die prematurely each year from tobacco-related diseases—around 18% of total deaths in the country.

A surge of measles cases has led to a growing influx of infected children at the DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, with new patients arriving daily, many of them referred from other hospitals and mostly children. Photo taken on 8 April 2026. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

11 children die with measles symptoms in 24hrs

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WHO says Bangladesh at high risk from measles, urges measures to close immunity gaps

A child receives an oral Malaria vaccine at Chileka Health Center, in Lilongwe, Malawi in this undated handout photo. Photo: Benny Khanyizira/UNICEF/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

WHO approves first malaria treatment for infants

A surge of measles cases has led to a growing influx of infected children at DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, with new patients arriving daily, many of them referred from other hospitals and mostly children. Photo taken on 8 April 2026. Photos: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

7 children die from measles, measles-like symptoms in 24hrs; toll rises to 240

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Old drug, new promise: How aspirin is emerging as a cancer fighter

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Urgent investment in care economy needed to reduce inequality: Experts

Amid a severe measles outbreak in Dhaka, a large number of children are receiving treatment at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, where new cases are rising daily, and patients are being referred from various hospitals. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

MJF expresses alarm over measles outbreak affecting children

Amid a severe measles outbreak in Dhaka, a large number of children are receiving treatment at the DNCC COVID-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali, where new cases are rising daily, and patients are being referred from various hospitals. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

5 more children die from measles, measles-like symptoms in 24hrs; toll rises to 233

A woman nebulises a child undergoing treatment for measles at a hospital. Photo: TBS

26 children die in first 20 days of April at CMCH with measles and pneumonia symptoms

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No refusal of measles patients citing lack of beds: DGHS

Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Photo: Collected

Child dies of measles-like symptoms in Mymensingh

Agreement signing ceremony between Bangladesh’s Rhythm Group and India’s Manipal Hospitals held in Dhaka today (23 April) to streamline medical tourism and enhance healthcare access for Bangladeshi patients. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh's Rhythm Group, India's Manipal Hospitals sign medical tourism deal