Bangladesh dengue situation

Dengue can be deadlier this year

Authorities must ramp up efforts to control it

Woman dies of dengue in Dinajpur

A dengue patient dies at a hospital in Dinajpur town.

One more dengue patient dies

The number of dengue patients admitted to different hospitals across the country within a 24-hour span yesterday came down to 527, the lowest since July 24, when the number started rising rapidly.

Anti-mosquito Drive: Mobile court denied access to minister’s home

A city corporation mobile court tasked with inspecting buildings to find mosquito larvae was barred from entering the Baridhara residence of Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.

Govt to provide assistance to insolvent families of dengue victims: Tajul

LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam says the government will provide financial assistance to the insolvent families of the people, who died of dengue this year.

Dengue Situation: Now alarming also outside the capital

For the last one week, hospitals outside Dhaka are receiving more dengue patients than those in the capital.

Aedes: Govt officials asked to keep close watch on cattle markets

The government has asked all the district administrators, police superintendents and mayors across the country to keep their close watch on the cattle markets sensing chances of increasing mosquitoes breeding from the markets.

Cooperate with govt to eliminate dengue: Quader

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged people to cooperate with the government instead of criticising it unnecessarily to tackle the dengue prevalence.

Govt allocates Tk 51cr for eliminating mosquitoes

The government has allocated Tk 51.5 crore to help Dhaka city corporations and municipalities fight mosquitoes.

August 5, 2019
August 5, 2019

District hospitals short on dengue detection kits

Public health professionals in several districts have demanded an urgent supply of dengue detection kits as they are struggling to deal with a surge of patients due to the kit shortage.

August 5, 2019
August 5, 2019

Dengue claims 5 more lives

The Central Police Hospital in Rajarbagh, which sees an average of 200 patients a day, has been without the NS1 kits needed for dengue detection since July 30.

August 3, 2019
August 3, 2019

Double trouble for the poor

Rabbi’s dengue fever has left him and his family devastated. The nine-year-old boy, living with his parents in Tejgaon, started having a fever on Monday. The temperature kept going up and the

July 31, 2019
July 31, 2019

Dengue situation may linger till Sept: DGHS

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says that the ongoing dengue situation in the country may linger till September unless immediate steps are taken in this regard.

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