Dengue cases

Dengue taking its toll on little ones

Eighteen-month-old Tabassum Alo was crying on her mother’s lap in the children’s dengue ward at Mugda Medical College Hospital yesterday afternoon.

Late admission leading cause of dengue deaths

Eighty-one percent of dengue patients who died this year were admitted to hospitals only after running a fever for three or more days, health authorities have reported, highlighting delayed hospitalisation as the leading cause of fatalities so far.

Dengue infection rate 81% higher than last year

The country yesterday recorded the highest single-day dengue toll, with 12 deaths and 740 new cases reported in the past 24 hours, raising grave concerns over the escalating outbreak.

No let-up in dengue woes

With five new dengue-related deaths reported yesterday, the nationwide toll this year has risen to 155, showing an alarming trend.

Address IV saline crisis urgently

Shortages of dengue medicine should not have been an issue at this critical time

We can’t treat dengue patients with so few nurses

Government must address the shortage in public hospitals

Dengue Outbreak: 21-40 age group hit the hardest

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

Dengue Outbreak: More cases now outside Dhaka

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.

Dengue patients deserve optimal care

Hospitals must be better equipped to treat incoming patients

August 23, 2023
August 23, 2023

Dengue Outbreak: 21-40 age group hit the hardest

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

August 19, 2023
August 19, 2023

Dengue Outbreak: More cases now outside Dhaka

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.

August 10, 2023
August 10, 2023

Dengue patients deserve optimal care

Hospitals must be better equipped to treat incoming patients

July 26, 2023
July 26, 2023

14 more die of dengue, 2,653 hospitalised

Among the deaths, 10 were in Dhaka

June 23, 2023
June 23, 2023

Our dengue control methods are beyond inadequate

The situation has further deteriorated in June with the onset of monsoon, which is the breeding season for Aedes mosquitoes.

May 18, 2023
May 18, 2023

Early action key to dengue control

Lessons from past years must reflect in decisions by relevant authorities

January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023

Highest dengue deaths last year

At least 281 people succumbed to dengue last year, while 62,382 patients were hospitalised, the highest deaths and second-highest cases ever recorded in the country.

November 17, 2022
November 17, 2022

Why is dengue deadlier this year?

When there were more than one lakh reported cases of the dengue virus in the country in 2019, the death toll was 179, but this year 216 people have died so far from dengue even though cases are around half compared to three years ago.

November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022

Nov 16 morning: Dengue, Bandarban shooting, Climate financing, Russia-Ukraine War, FIFA World Cup

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November 16, 2022
November 16, 2022

Hospitalised dengue patients near 50k

The number of dengue patients hospitalised across the country this year is almost 50,000, the second time this has happened in Bangladesh.