, April 4 -- Three children died in Kushtia with symptoms of measles within 24 hours till Saturday morning.

The deceased were identified as eight-month-old Ibrahim, son of Chanchal Hossain of Daulatpur upazila, Afran, son of Al Amin from Bhadalia village and five-month-old Aiza, daughter of Momin of Kushtia district town.

Among the deceased, Ibrahim, died around 10:30 pm on Friday at Kushtia 250-bed General Hospital, Aiza died around midnight at Kushtia Medical College Hospital and Afran died around 6 am on Saturday at the same hospital with similar symptoms, said Dr Hossain Imam, resident medical officer (RMO) of Kushtia 250-bed General Hospital.

Deputy Director of Kushtia Medical College Hospital Dr AHM Anwarul Islam said the number ...