Four children suffering from measles were recommended for admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital last Thursday, but three of them have died. The surviving child, Jannatul Mawa, was admitted to the ICU on Saturday afternoon. Meanwhile, three more children have been recommended for ICU admission.
Police have recovered the body of a woman with her throat slit from a rented house in Palashbari, Gaibandha. A severed male genital organ was also recovered from the scene.
Three people have been killed and at least seven injured in separate lightning strikes in Jhenaidah and Naogaon.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Mohammad Sakhawat Hossain has expressed strong anger over the deaths of children due to a shortage of ICU ventilators at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. He said strict action should be taken against those responsible for such negligence.
Thirteen Bangladeshi fishermen along with three fishing trawlers have reportedly been abducted by the Arakan Army from the Naf River in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.
A sudden thunderstorm with hail in Panchagarh on Friday night (March 27) claimed the life of a 65-year-old woman and left at least two others injured.