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Children receive treatment during Bangladesh's measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles outbreak: Death toll reaches 863 as 3 more die in 24 hours

With the latest update, the number of suspected measles deaths rose to 767, while the number of laboratory-confirmed measles deaths remained 96.

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

Measles: Death toll reaches 860 as 6 more children die in 24 hours

Representational image of a hospital. Photo: Magnific

Bangladesh writes to China to inspect 1,000-bed friendship hospital project site

Children receive treatment during Bangladesh's measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles: Death toll reaches 854 as 5 more children die in 24 hours

Hospitalised dengue patients at a Dhaka hospital. Photo: TBS/File

Dengue admissions top 500 daily, hospitals ready to open dedicated wards

File Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Triple burden of malnutrition cuts Bangladesh's economic growth by 8%: Experts

Children receive treatment during Bangladesh's measles outbreak. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Measles treatment costs push 89% of Bangladeshi families into debt: Study

An illustration photo shows boxes of Wegovy (semaglutide) tablets in this illustration picture taken in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US June 16, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Obesity battle heats up again as Novo claws way back into race with Lilly

A vial of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine is pictured at the International Community Health Services clinic in Seattle, Washington, US, March 20, 2019/ Reuters

No genetic evidence of vaccine-resistant measles strain in Bangladesh: icddr,b

The photo was taken at Mugda General Hospital in the capital. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Dengue: 2 more die, 423 hospitalised in 24hrs

Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives Minister Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is pictured at an eye treatment camp in Thakurgaon on 2 August 2026. Photo: UNB

Fakhrul promises eye camps in every upazila

Photo: Mehedi Hasan

DENV-3 dominates dengue infections this year as experts fear more severe complications

Health and Family Welfare State Minister MA Muhit. File Photo: Collected

Rabiul Hossain restored sight to millions: State minister