Dhaka, Nov. 4 -- The government has constituted a three-member commission to investigate alleged irregularities, delays and administrative failures in the procurement and distribution of measles vaccines and their adverse impact on public health.

The Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Wednesday.

Former High Court Division Justice Mamnoon Rahman has been appointed chairman of the commission, while Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons (BCPS) President Prof Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir and Additional Secretary of the Health Services Division ANM Moinul Islam are its members.

The move comes amid a measles outbreak in which the combined number of confirmed and suspected deaths has reached 1,269 in the country thi...