At least 38 children have died of measles and related complications this year as the infectious disease is spreading in the capital and several other districts.

One more child from Tripura community dies of measles in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.

Five children of the Tripura community who were critically affected by measles have been airlifted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) from the remote Lungtian para under Sajek union of Rangamati.

Medical examinations have confirmed measles as the cause of death of nine children at Tripura Para in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.

A German biologist who offered €100,000 (£71,350; $106,300) to anyone who could prove that measles is a virus has been ordered by a court to pay up.