Dhaka, June 4 (IANS) At least four more people have died from measles and measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh on Thursday, raising the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 605 since March 15 this year amid an escalating health crisis in the country, local media reported.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday morning.Among the four fatalities, one was a confirmed measles death, while the remainin…
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Dhaka, June 4 (IANS) A Bangladeshi court has sent former MP and Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to jail in connection with a murder case linked to a shooting incident during the July 2024 demonstrations in Dhaka’s Uttara, local media reported.Confirming the development, Sub-Inspector Md Shamim of the prosecution division said that Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Zakir Hossain issued the order on Wednesday following a petition from the investigating officer.Rahman was arreste…
Dhaka, June 3 (IANS) At least seven more children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Wednesday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 601 since March 15 this year, local media reported. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning.Among the latest fatalities, all were identified as suspected, Bangladeshi daily Dhaka Tribune reported.Reports suggest that while the number…
Dhaka, June 2 (IANS) At least six more children died from the measles outbreak in Bangladesh on Tuesday, taking the total number of confirmed and suspected deaths to 594 since March 15 this year, local media reported.Amid the worsening health crisis in the country, 309 deaths from measles and related symptoms were recorded in May alone.According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the six deaths were reported in the 24 hours leading up to Tuesday morning.Among the latest fatali…
Dhaka, May 31 (IANS) Two more children have died from measles-like symptoms in Bangladesh in 24 hours till 8 a.m. on Sunday, raising the death toll to 585 since March 15, local media reported. Both the deaths have been classified as suspected, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the latest casualties, the total number of suspected measles death in Bangladesh has reached 495 while the confirmed deaths stood at 90, United News of Bangladesh reported.As many as 1,32…
Dhaka, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing growing cultural intolerance with attacks targeting shrines, minorities, journalists, and cultural organisations – allegedly carried out by groups linked to the country’s radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami. The repeated involvement of Jamaat affiliated workers suggests tacit backing, while administrative inaction — even during attacks witnessed by police or security forces — has intensified public concerns over political pressure and impunit…
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Bangladesh is staring at unfinished labour reforms and if systemic change, especially higher minimum wage amid rising living costs and action on forced labour, is not achieved, the new government is likely to face major worker protests in the garment sector and beyond, a new report has warned.The government’s response will be crucial as to whether it prioritises low costs for brands or workers’ dignity, according to the report in WWD.com.There were fresh hopes for la…
London, May 29 (IANS) Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s legal counsel has written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, raising serious concerns about the UN Fact-Finding Report published on February 12 last year regarding Bangladesh 2024 protests, calling the findings “highly inaccurate”. In his letter addressed to Turk, Steven Powles said that it had also emerged from official records of the former Muhammad Yunus-led interim government that th…
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) A United States-Bangladesh trade deal, signed by Dhaka’s then Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, has come under severe criticism since an elected government under Prime Minister Tarique Rahman assumed office this February.The government will take steps regarding the trade agreement signed with Washington while preserving Bangladesh’s sovereignty and rights, ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker and Economic Affairs Secretary of the party’s central comm…
Dhaka, May 26 (IANS) Bangladesh is witnessing an alarming rise in violence against women and children, triggering widespread concern and outrage among human rights organisations.Amid increasing gender-based violence across the country, multiple alleged rape and attempted rape incidents involving women and children have been reported from several districts, sparking renewed concerns over the public safety of vulnerable groups, local media reported on Tuesday.The police took the accused into custo…