বাংলা | Epaper

বাংলা E-Paper 📍 Dhaka 📅 Wednesday | 28 October 2026, 12 Kartik 1433 PID registration number 06

HEADLINE

● Graduate Unemployment Rising, Talent Leaving the Country ● Gas fire burns for 35 hours in Cox’s Bazar, raising explosion fears ● Govt plans to recruit 100,000 health workers: PM ● Spain train crash kills at least 64, injures several ● BD losing billions in freight charges amid shortage of domestic ships ● Plan taken to boost natural production of indigenous fish: Minister ● 11-party alliance demands army deployment, UNO's removal

Measles symptoms claim two more lives

Published : Wednesday, 28 October, 2026 at 4:50 PM

Observer Online Report

Two more people have died with measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, while 1,412 new suspected and confirmed cases have been reported, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

The information was disclosed in the DGHS's regular measles report on Wednesday.

Of the latest deaths, one was reported in Dhaka division and the other in Sylhet division.

Since 15 March, the total number of deaths from confirmed measles and measles-like symptoms has risen to 1,242. Of them, 105 deaths were attributed to confirmed measles, while 1,137 involved patients with measles-like symptoms, according to the DGHS.

The report also said 1,322 people developed measles-like symptoms in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of suspected cases to 225,106.

In addition, 90 people tested positive for measles during the same period, bringing the cumulative number of confirmed cases to 23,631.

sks

Also read

Beyond stroke paralysis: How physiotherapy helps restore independence

Dengue claims nine more lives in 24 hours

17 deaths reported in 24 hrs as Dengue, Measles toll mounts

Australian sunscreen brands face stricter rules

Dengue and measles symptoms claim 11 lives, 3,606 hospitalised

Six more die with measles symptoms; All 78 new cases from Dhaka

Sugary intake may worsen antibiotic-related gut damage

7 more die from dengue, daily hospital admissions hit yearly high

Editor : Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury

Published by the Editor on behalf of the Observer Ltd. from Globe Printers, 24/A, New Eskaton Road, Ramna, Dhaka.
Editorial, News and Commercial Offices : Aziz Bhaban (2nd floor), 93, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka-1000.
Phone: PABX- 41053001-06; Advertisement: 41053012; 01793317829, 01550707291, 01550707296
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]. [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], ‍[email protected], Online-email: [email protected]

🔝