Over one lakh dengue-infected people received treatment at different hospitals across the country since January this year, says Directorate General of Health Services in a regular update.

Four persons infected with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, have died in four districts including Dhaka.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says the government will carry out anti-Aedes mosquito drives throughout the year to protect country’s people from the mosquito-borne deadly dengue disease.

Three more people, including two children, die of dengue in Dhaka, Rangpur and Faridpur.

Three people, including a garment worker, died of dengue today, bringing the unofficial death toll from the disease to 121 this year.

A joint expert team of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) of the United Nations will assess the feasibility of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) in controlling Aedes mosquitoes in Bangladesh.

Around 84 per cent out of total 49,999 patients, who have been admitted to hospitals across the country, have returned home after recovery.

A mobile court of Dhaka North City Corporation has fined the owner of a building Tk 2 lakh after finding Aedes mosquito larvae in a dirty rooftop at Gulshan-2 in the capital.

Three persons reportedly die of dengue at two hospitals in Dhaka and Rajshahi.

At least 2093 dengue patients were admitted to hospitals in last 24 hours across the country, of which 842 were in Dhaka city and 1251 outside Dhaka.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will start spraying new insecticide in the city areas from tomorrow to kill mosquitoes and destroy its larvae.

Health experts fear the exodus of thousands city dwellers during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha vacations could further spread the dengue outbreak in the city, as mosquitoes might use the empty homes, schools and offices as prime breeding grounds.