With measles patients still on the wards, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital has no separate dengue ward; more than 70 children fill 30 dengue beds. A paediatrician says a fever alone is no cause for panic, but danger signs are.
HealthThere is no specific antiviral for dengue; rest, fluids and easily digested food are the mainstay, and home remedies to raise platelets are unproven.
Dirty grounds and blocked drains at many Dhaka schools and colleges are breeding Aedes mosquitoes, and the district administration has ordered head-led 'Clean School Teams'.
Twenty-nine of the 130 patients at Pirganj upazila health complex in Rangpur have dengue, while only 9 of 23 doctor posts are filled and caesarean services have stopped.
HealthDhaka's additional divisional commissioner Md Azmul Haque said dengue mosquitoes now bite day and night and breed in dirty water too; the district council will run clean-ups across the district for three months.
The DGHS reported six dengue deaths in 24 hours and a record 2,158 hospital admissions; this year's toll is 225 deaths and 73,694 admissions.
AgribusinessOn 29 June 2026, Dhaka North City Corporation administrator Md Shafiqul Islam Khan said 29 canals under the corporation, including Muslim Bazar canal, would be freed from illegal occupation in phases on the Prime Minister's instructions. He announced it while opening a tree-planting drive that is part of a five-lakh-tree programme.
Daily lifeTulsi, mint, lavender and citronella give off scents mosquitoes dislike, but in Kenyan trials the best potted plant kept away only about 40 percent of mosquitoes, and researchers called such plants a complement to bed nets, not a replacement.
For many dengue patients in Dhaka the heaviest cost is not medicine but the fruit and drinks they are told to consume, though doctors say cheaper alternatives work just as well.
Adding the right nutrients, vitamins and superfoods to the diet can help dengue patients fight the virus and recover faster.
Fruit sellers outside Mugda Medical College Hospital are charging dengue patients' relatives well above prices elsewhere in Dhaka.
Alongside medical advice, dengue patients need nutritious food; here are the foods to give them and what to avoid.
With 123 more dengue patients admitted in 24 hours, the number of people hospitalised with dengue this year has reached 22,131, the health directorate says.
