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Healthy diet unaffordable for 38.6% Bangladeshis, South Asia’s second-highest: UN report

The report estimated that 38.6% of Bangladesh's population could not afford a healthy diet last year, compared with 63.0% in Pakistan.

Experts and participants pose for a photo at a media sensitisation workshop organised by Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) in Chattogram on 21 July 2026. Photo: TBS

Health experts stress quality maternal care to cut maternal deaths

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India approves its first dengue vaccine

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Dengue death toll reaches 37 as 3 more patients die in 24hrs

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

Measles: Death toll reaches 793 as 5 more children die in 24 hours

Accumulated rainwater inundates roads in Chattogram. Photo: Collected

Public health risks rise after flood damages thousands of tube wells, toilets in Ctg

Bangladeshi pharmaceuticals must collaborate with MNCs to improve their capacity in research, development and other critical manufacturing arenas. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Drug pricing deadlock stalls hundreds of new medicines, strands investment

Participants pose for a photo at a seminar titled "The Resurgence of Measles: Recent Outbreaks in Bangladesh and the Path Forward," organised by the Department of Microbiology under the School of Life Sciences and the BRAC University Microbiology Student Council at the university auditorium on19 July 2026. Photo: Courtesy

Tackling measles requires stronger routine vaccination, research and coordinated action: Experts

People gather outside Al Zara Specialized Hospital. Photo: TBS

College student dies after appendicitis surgery in Faridpur; probe committee formed

Child under treatment for measles at DNCC Covid-19 dedicated hospital in the capital. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Measles: Death toll reaches 788 as 4 more children die in 24 hours

Vast areas of Sheikh-er-Khil in Banshkhali remain submerged after days of heavy rainfall and hill runoff, leaving hundreds of families homeless and awaiting relief and rehabilitation. The photo was taken from Ward No. 5 of Sheikh-er-Khil on 14 July 2026. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Diarrhoea cases emerge across Chattogram after floods, over 200 hospitalised

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One dengue patient dies, 242 hospitalised in 24hrs

Child under treatment for measles at DNCC Covid-19 dedicated hospital in the capital. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Measles death toll reaches 784 as 4 more children die in 24hrs