A five-year-old boy dies of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Mymensingh. The victim was identified as Mohammad Jarif, son of Mohammad Arif hailed from Mymensingh city’s Shikarikanda area.

Hospitals at district and divisional headquarters are seeing a huge surge of dengue patients referred from upazila hospitals for better treatment. Civil Surgeon of Patuakhali Dr Hedayatul Islam said, “Many dengue patients are being referred to district hospitals from upazila health

The number of dengue patients in the capital has begun to show an upward trend in the past two days, following a fall during the Eid vacation. According to the Director General of Health Services, 1,929 patients were infected in the last 24 hours across the country till 8:00am

A total of 1,200 new patients infected with mosquito-borne disease dengue are admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours.

Five people have died of dengue fever in the last two days in Dhaka, Laxmipur, Khulna and Pabna districts.

President Abdul Hamid urges the authorities concerned to encourage people all to keep their houses and surroundings clean for preventing dengue.

Health department has identified new 10 more dengue patients in Bagerhat.

Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka opens two new temporary dengue wards. Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates the two wards consisting of 100 beds each.

Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin says the dengue situation has taken a serious turn in the country for lack of prior preparations to face it.

A fourth grader dies of dengue after she went to visit her grandparents with her family in Rajapur town of Jhalakhathi.

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

Another person died of dengue fever taking the unofficial death toll to 66 in the recent outbreak of the mosquito-borne tropical disease in the country.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader asks the authorities concerned to refrain from spraying ineffective mosquito medicines.

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.

Most of the people who died of dengue this year suffered shock syndrome and were second-time infected, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

Hinting at a conspiracy regarding dengue outbreak around the country, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says there is no country in the world which does not have the viral disease.

Three people die after they were diagnosed with dengue and were being treated at different hospitals in Dhaka.

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.

The adult female Aedes mosquito population in the capital is now around 14 times higher than it was in the pre-monsoon period, a government survey has found.

The wife of a senior police official died of dengue fever at a hospital in Dhaka.