Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday said the World Bank (WB) will provide Bangladesh with $100 million to control the mosquito-borne disease dengue that killed more than 500 people this year.

13 more people die, 2,070 hospitalised in 24 hours

A study conducted at a Dhaka laboratory has found that three out of every four dengue patients got infected with the DENV-2 type, the most severe of all dengue virus types

Almost 35 percent of the people who died from dengue are aged between 21 and 40 years, according to the health directorate data.

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At least nine more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

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With 2,134 dengue patients hospitalised yesterday, the health directorate said when the outbreak will end cannot yet be firmly predicted.

With 2,192 new patients admitted to hospitals yesterday, dengue cases hit a record high since its first official outbreak in 2000, crossing the 1,00,000-threshold in eight months this year.

At least 10 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

Authorities have failed to control Aedes mosquitoes as the activities taken up in this regard are unscientific, resulting in a surge in dengue cases across the country, a group of entomologists said yesterday.

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Authorities are adopting "bizarre" methods in the name of mosquito control amid the surge in dengue infections, a group of entomologists said today

At least 13 more people died from dengue in the 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease

For the first time in the country’s history, dengue cases outside Dhaka district have outnumbered cases inside the district, raising an alarm that the situation may worsen outside Dhaka.

At least nine more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am today as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease