Children

Five children drowned in a dead river channel, a branch of the Padma River, in Char Chakla village under Debinagar Union of Chapainawabganj Sadar Upazila at around 1pm on Friday. The victims were Sumaiya, 10, and Ariba, 8, daughters of Masud; Sumaiya, 10, and Suraiya, 8, daughters of Nezam Uddin; a

Six more people have died with measles symptoms in Bangladesh, raising the total number of deaths from confirmed measles and measles-like symptoms to 803 since March 13, according to a measles update released by the Directorate General of Health Services on Wednesday. The report said 708 of the deat

Bangladesh recorded five more deaths with measles symptoms in the 24 hours to 8am on Friday, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. No new deaths were confirmed as measles-related during the period, although five suspected deaths were logged in Dhaka, Chattogram, Sylhet and Rangpur

Four more people died with measles symptoms across Bangladesh in the 24 hours to 8am Friday, taking the total number of deaths since 15 March to 702, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. No deaths from confirmed measles were recorded during the latest reporting period. The health