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Measles is highly contagious, spreading through coughs and sneezes, and has no specific treatment once caught.
At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 plunged into the Padma River in Bangladesh while attempting to board a ferry, with rescue operations ongoing.
"We haven't received supply from the depot, but the bike riders weren't convinced and vandalised the station," said petrol station worker Ashrafuzzaman Dulal told AFP.
Bangladesh votes on Thursday in the first parliamentary elections since a 2024 uprising ended Sheikh Hasina's rule -- and also holds a landmark referendum for sweeping democratic reforms.
In the dense hill forests along Bangladesh's border with war-torn Myanmar, villagers are losing limbs to landmines, casualties of a conflict not of their making.
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