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Stocks of six key vaccines, including Measles and Polio depleted

Bangladesh is facing a shortage of six essential childhood vaccines, including those for measles, polio and tuberculosis, raising concerns over child immunisation across the country. Under the national immunisation programme,

Cabinet committee approves emergency import of 260,000 tonnes of fuel

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved in principle the emergency procurement of 260,000 metric tonnes of fuel including diesel and crude oil to strengthen national reserves

Bangladesh’s fuel stock stands at 192,919 tonnes: Energy Division

The total stock of all types of fuel oil in Bangladesh stood at 192,919 tonnes, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division said on Tuesday (31 March). Division’s spokesperson and Joint

Iran, Israel trade strikes as US mulls Gulf ground assaults

Israel and Iran exchanged more missile fire Monday as concerns that the United States might escalate the Middle East conflict by launching ground raids against the Islamic republic’s Gulf islands

Bangladesh govt struggles to tame fuel demand

About 2.8 lakh litres of hoarded fuel oils have been recovered since Friday from different parts of the country, but still the government is struggling to check the high demand

No fuel crisis, market strained by panic buying, hoarding, minister tells JS

Energy power and mineral resources minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku on Monday told the Jatiya Sangsad that there was currently no fuel shortage in the country while an artificial pressure

Most measles cases found in infants below vaccination age

A significant proportion of measles deaths and infections in Bangladesh have been reported among infants below nine months of age, the age at which the first dose of the measles

Minister’s claim on measles immunisation contradicts official data

Health minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain’s claim that there had been no measles immunisation in Bangladesh over the past eight years contradicts the government data and international health agency records.