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Dhaka mosquito-control allocations rise up to 707%, yet dengue persists

Dhaka mosquito-control allocations rise up to 707%, yet dengue persists

Dhaka North accounted for 70% of decade-long allocation

A Dhaka hospital's Dengue ward. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS

Dengue claims 2 more lives, 157 new cases reported in 24 hours

Mir Shahe Alam speaks to reporters after inspecting an Aedes mosquito search and larva destruction drive at several establishments on Roads 107 and 112 in Gulshan-2. Photo: UNB

Task force committee to continue monitoring anti-mosquito drives in Dhaka: State minister

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

Bangladesh records 3 more suspected measles deaths; fatalities reach 689

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

Measles outbreak: 3 more die, death toll rises to 686

A growing number of children infected with measles are receiving treatment at the DNCC Covid-19 Dedicated Hospital in Mohakhali amid a severe outbreak in Dhaka. The hospital is seeing a steady rise in new admissions every day, with many patients being referred from other healthcare facilities. Most of the affected patients are children. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

Post-measles complications rising among children

The gate of Ad-din Medical College Hospital in Mogbazar, Dhaka. Photo: Collected

Foreign medical students face internship uncertainty after closure of Moghbazar Ad-din hospital

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Govt sets timeline to fast-track 35 ministries' NCD control action plans

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Dengue claims one life; 139 new patients hospitalised in 24hrs

Health workers dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) at the Evangelical Medical Center, one of the facilities at the forefront of the response to the Ebola outbreak, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 31, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola cases in Eastern Congo surpass 1,000 as death toll reaches 254

Patients and their attendants occupy the floors of the Kidney Disease Department at Chittagong Medical College Hospital on 21 June 2026. Photo: TBS

Threefold patient load strains Chattogram kidney services

Photo: Noor A Alam

Cancer care takes centre stage in govt's health services expansion drive

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Two dengue patients die, 220 hospitalised in 24hrs