Of the 20 deaths, 10 were reported in the capital

A month ahead of the Aman harvesting season, prices of rice have gone up by Tk 1 to 3 per kg over the last one week in the capital’s kitchen markets.

With 1,558 new dengue cases reported yesterday, the total number of dengue cases has surpassed 2.5 lakh, marking yet another milestone for the mosquito-borne disease this year.

Azizul Haque, a resident of Mirpur-14, went to a nearby kitchen market to buy vegetables yesterday morning.

12 more die, 1,558 hospitalised in a day

At least eight dengue patients died, seven from Dhaka, in the last 24 hours till yesterday morning.

Says commerce minister

Chattogram Custom House auctioned off around 24.5 tonnes of apples for Tk 5.05 lakh, where the price per kilo was Tk 21, in an open auction on Wednesday

1,214 deaths, 2,49,543 cases this year

Mohammad Kawsar Hossain, 65, a resident of Jhenaidah, has been undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital since Saturday, after he was admitted with dengue.

16 more die, 2,495 hospitalised in a day

Of the deaths, four were reported in the capital

At least 12 more people died from dengue in 24 hours preceding 8:00am yesterday as the country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease.

Death toll now 1,181; total cases 2,42,089

At least 11 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

A recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has revealed that women who identify with an “evening chronotype,” meaning they prefer staying up late at night, face a higher risk of developing diabetes compared to those with a “morning chronotype,” who prefer going to bed early. This association remains significant even after accounting for other known risk factors.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) joined the wider United Nations in appealing to Israel to immediately rescind orders for the evacuation of over 1 million people living north of Wadi Gaza. A mass evacuation would be disastrous—for patients, health workers, and other civilians left behind or caught in the mass movement.

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. This year’s theme was “Mental health is a universal human right”.

In areas where babesiosis (an illness caused by a parasite of the Babesia spp., which infects and destroys the red blood cells) is prevalent, neurological complications associated with this disease are not uncommon.

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are primarily responsible for the transmission of dengue, zika, and chikungunya viruses.