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2 lakh deaths, Tk87,000 crore in losses — yet cigarettes remain cheap for youths

Bangladesh has the highest tobacco-use rate in South Asia. About 35.3% of adults use tobacco, compared to 28.6% in India and 19.1% in Pakistan.

Health workers get dressed 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 recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa

UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere

Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern

WHO kicks off annual assembly amid hantavirus, Ebola crises

A US passenger from the cruise ship MV Hondius, affected by a hantavirus outbreak, is instructed by personnel after disembarking a boat, at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Why the hantavirus outbreak is different from Covid-19

A person wearing a mask stands aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius at the port of Granadilla de Abona after being affected by a hantavirus outbreak, in Tenerife, Spain, May 10, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay

Passengers begin evacuating from cruise ship hit by hantavirus

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS

WHO chief seeks to reassure Tenerife residents over hantavirus cruise ship arrival

Tenerife South Airport, where the cruise ship MV Hondius was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, is expected to arrive at the port of Granadilla de Abona, in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, on 9 May 2026. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

European states to send planes to evacuate citizens from hantavirus-hit cruise ship

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

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Photo/BSS

WHO warns of catastrophic risks after strike on Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant

Argentina completes withdrawal from WHO, citing sovereignty and policy differences

Displaced Palestinian children gather at a tent camp in Gaza City, February 3, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas/File Photo

Around 4.9 million children under five died in 2024: UN

WHO chief Tedros says 12 dead in strike on primary healthcare center in Lebanon

WHO chief Tedros says 12 dead in strike on primary healthcare center in Lebanon