Bangladesh dengue outbreak continues as Aedes survives winter
“As Aedes mosquitoes can still be found, dengue will also be there, although fewer in numbers. We can’t free ourselves from dengue.”Public health expert Dr Mushtuq Husain said mosquito attacks may ease in winter, but Aedes population will not become zero“Because Aedes larvae cannot survive when the temperature is below 13 degrees Celsius. Temperatures in Bangladesh haven’t hit that level yet,” he explained. And although there is no rain, water used by people accumulates in houses because of their unawareness, Dr Mushtuq said. He also fears that the number of dengue patients at high risk may be much higher than counted because many serotypes of the disease have been found in Bangladesh.
Source:bd News24
January 12, 2024 23:19 UTC
Biting cold disrupts daily life in Bangladesh leaving citizens huddled
Shivering cold has hit Bangladesh in mid-winter, with dense fog at night and chilly wind at daytime disrupting daily life severely. Children and the elderly are hit by a rise in cold-related diseases such as pneumonia, while biting cold has hit the earnings of the low-income people, especially daily wagers. Rickshaw-van puller Korban Ali was waiting in Chuadanga town, late in the morning for passengers but there was none. Chuadanga recorded the lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 9.6 degrees Celsius on Friday.
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January 12, 2024 20:57 UTC
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Source:Daily Sun
January 12, 2024 19:21 UTC
Five dead, six wounded in Yemen air strikes: Huthi official
Five dead, six wounded in Yemen air strikes: Huthi officialSANAA, Jan 12, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - American and British air strikes on targetsin rebel-held Yemen killed five people and wounded six, the Iran-backed Huthiforces said on Friday. "The raids led to the death of five martyrs and the injury of six others fromour armed forces," Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree wrote on X.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 12, 2024 16:27 UTC
Quader sacks top Raushon loyalists Kazi Firoz Rashid, Sunil Shuvo Roy
GM Quader has sacked senior Raushon Ershad loyalists Kazi Firoz Rashid and Sunil Shuvo Roy from their positions in a move to consolidate his grip on the Jatiya Party as a long drawn power struggle plays out. The purge came five days after it suffered a debacle in the general election. Chairman GM Quader relieved Co-chairman Rashid and presidium member Sunil from all party posts, including presidium membership, in accordance with the party constitution with immediate effect, according to a statement signed by Mahmud Alam, the party's joint office secretary, on Friday. The statement, however, did not provide specific reasons for this decision.
Source:bd News24
January 12, 2024 14:57 UTC
Ease Stress With A Daily 'Brain Dump' Routine
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January 12, 2024 14:32 UTC
Couple gets life term for murder in C'nawabganj
Couple gets life term for murder in C'nawabganjCHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 12, 2024 (BSS)- A Chapainawabganj court on Thursdaysentenced a couple to life-term imprisonment in a case filed over the murderof a man in 2014. The convicts are Md Khairul Islam, 49, son of Israil of Palsa Mission Bazarunder Baliadanga union of Chapainawabganj sadar upazila and his wife Lalbanualias Laili, 39. Additional District and Sessions Judge-2 of Chapainawabganj Md. Another accused of the case named Shafiqul Islam was acquitted as the chargesbrought against him could not be proven, the court sources said. Later on March 20, 2014, deceased's father filed a murder case withChapainawabganj Sadar Model thana accusing nine people.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 12, 2024 12:08 UTC
Policeman's wife falls to her death from Motijheel building
The wife of a police officer has died after falling from the eighth-floor of a building in Dhaka’s Motijheel. She was found near building No.3 at the AGB Colony on Friday morning and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, where doctors declared her dead, according to Sub-Inspector Fatema Akter of Motijheel Police Station. Hamida lived in the building with her husband, Saddam Hossain, who works at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Her mother and younger brother live in the same house and care for the couple's two children,” said Fatema. Motijheel Police Station chief Abul Kalam Azad said Hamida’s mother and brother were at home during the incident.
Source:bd News24
January 12, 2024 11:34 UTC
Hasina appoints Mahmood Ali to revive Bangladesh's sagging economy
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali in charge of reviving Bangladesh's economy battered by the shocks of war and three years of COVID-19 curbs. A career diplomat before joining politics, the new finance minister faces the daunting task of shoring up an uneven recovery in the faces of global headwinds and weak confidence among consumers and the private sector. In 2012, Mahmood Ali was given the responsibility of helming the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief. He played a crucial role in developing Bangladesh's relations with several countries for five years. In 2014, Ali helped stave off the brewing maritime boundary dispute between Bangladesh and India.
Source:bd News24
January 11, 2024 21:18 UTC
New cabinet dreams of a ‘Smart Bangladesh’. But revitalising economy, reducing inflation are first priorities
Kujendra Lal Tripura is the state minister for Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs. He was appointed as the state minister for information and broadcasting. Patuakhali Awami League leader Md Mohibur Rahman has been given the responsibility of state minister for disaster management and relief. The principal of Alhaj Jalal Uddin Degree College in Kalapara’s Dhulashar, he is also the vice-president of the district Awami League. Sylhet district Awami League leader Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury will be the expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister.
Source:bd News24
January 11, 2024 20:20 UTC
Flagstaff Police Department arrests man for sexual exploitation of a minor
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January 11, 2024 20:02 UTC
Bangladesh records 46 new dengue cases, no deaths in a day
Hospitals in Bangladesh have recorded 46 new cases of dengue fever in a day, taking the tally of infections this year to 590 after the worst outbreak in the country’s history in 2023. The death toll remained unchanged at four with no fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in the 24-hour count to Thursday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services. In 2023, Bangladesh recorded 321,179 hospitalisations and 1,705 deaths from the viral disease. In the latest daily count, hospitals in Dhaka admitted 14 more patients, while the other districts recorded 32 new cases. Of the 330 dengue patients undergoing treatment in hospitals across the country in the morning, 180 were in Dhaka and 150 outside the capital.
Source:bd News24
January 11, 2024 19:29 UTC
Saber Hossain Chowdhury made environment minister
DHAKA, Jan 11, 2024 (BSS) - Newly appointed Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Saber Hossain Chowdhury today said despite various global economic and environmental problems, he is committed to working to provide a better environment to the country's people under the leadership of Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said although Bangladesh is not responsible for climate change, Bangladesh is suffering from adverse effects of climate change, a ministry press release said. "I will work to build global public opinion against climate change," he vowed while talking to reporters after the oath taking ceremony at Bangabhaban here today. He was appointed as Special Envoy of the Honorable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for Environment and Climate Change in June 2023 and played an important leadership role for Bangladesh and LDCs in global climate talks. In a distinguished career, Saber Hossain has excelled in various roles and responsibilities in Parliament, Government, political party and sports administration.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
January 11, 2024 18:24 UTC