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Mosquito Menace in Capital: DNCC, DSCC doing little to contain it
The capital's mosquito population seems to be rising, but the two city corporations are doing little to contain the menace.
Murphy's Brother-in-Law
The red marks on my three month old's face are definitely not mosquito bites. And mosquitoes are something we are REALLY scared of.
Fighting mosquito menace
The health and family welfare ministry in association with the two Dhaka city corporations organised a 'symbolic' awareness campaign on Saturday
Monsoon and the mosquito menace
Mosquitoes are a pest with no equal. Though not all mosquitoes transmit life-threatening diseases, those that do kill approximately 725,000 people worldwide every year. When not fatal, the diseases...
Facts behind Zika virus alarm
Global health officials are racing to better understand the Zika virus behind a major outbreak that began in Brazil last year and has since spread to many countries in the Americas.
Mosquitoes go out of control
City dwellers have been facing severe mosquito problems for the last couple of weeks, as the two city corporations have failed to take
S America holds crisis meeting as Zika 'nightmare' spreads
South American health ministers hold an emergency meeting on slowing the spread of the Zika virus, dubbed a "nightmare" by hard-hit Brazil, where it is blamed for brain damage in babies.
Low Zika risk for Bangladesh
Risk of Zika virus infection in Bangladesh is low as the countries affected by the mosquito-borne disease are far away, an expert said here yesterday.
Risk for Zika virus infection in Bangladesh low: Experts
Risk for Zika virus infection in Bangladesh is low as the countries affected by the mosquito-borne disease are far away, experts says.
Drones to catch mosquitoes, predict epidemics
To prevent epidemics, American tech compnay Microsoft is developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs of potentially harmful viruses being spread by them.