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.

Dengue continues to spread with another 1,649 hospitalised in 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday.

With dengue cases rising fast even outside Dhaka, experts now fear that a second variety of Aedes mosquito is responsible for the rapid spread of the viral disease.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) launches a cleanliness campaign in the offices of its all units and adjacent areas in Dhaka to control the dengue outbreak.

Two people including a child have died of dengue fever in Madaripur and Faridpur.

Dengue cases are still surging across the country as 1,649 more new people are hospitalised with the mosquito-borne deadly virus in 24 hours till 8:00 am on Saturday.

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

Experts are worried that dengue outbreak would remain a serious threat at least until October and they are not ruling out November.

Dengue has spread to 50 districts with a record 1,096 patients having been diagnosed with the viral disease yesterday alone.

The High Court has asked the government to monitor whether the hospitals charge extra from people who are going to test for dengue fever.

Showing symptoms of dengue, Kazi Jabunnahar, 29, went to a nearby private hospital from her Banasree house about two weeks ago.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital, like other hospitals in the capital, has been dealing with an outbreak of dengue fever which has resulted in growing number of patients being admitted to the hospital and in much higher numbers than its capacity.

Last Sunday, when Shahjadi Akter’s five-year-old daughter began running a fever, she rushed the child to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from her Hosni Dalan house. Doctors there diagnosed her with dengue, but could not admit her due to a lack of beds.

There are very little mosquito control activities in the newly formed 36 wards of the two Dhaka city corporations. The north and south city corporations of the city do not even have any funds allocated for combating mosquitos and managing garbage in the areas.