We note with alarm that the number of people infected with Anthrax is already 87 and counting as health officials are predicting more cases in the coming weeks.

Forty more people are reported to have been infected with anthrax in last 24 hours in a single village at Ullapara upazila in Sirajganj, according to the upazila health office.

DISEASES contracted from birds and animals have become a serious threat to humans all over the world and Bangladesh is no exception.