Government takes fast initiatives after increasing the dengue outbreak including Dhaka and Chattogram city.
Ten teams from the Local Government Division (LGD) have been deployed to combat the rising dengue infection and fatality rates this month.
Formed on September 23 during an emergency meeting, these coordination and monitoring teams are working across the country, including Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), to curb the spread of dengue.
Out of the ten teams, four are operating in DSCC areas, three in DNCC, and one each in Narayanganj, Gazipur, and Chattogram City Corporation. A separate team has also been assigned to high-risk zones, including municipalities like Savar, Dohar, Tarabo, and Rupganj. Each team, comprising seven members led by LGD officials of additional secretary or joint secretary rank, collaborates with the chief executive officer of the respective city corporations or municipalities. These teams visit at least three dengue-prone areas daily to oversee and support dengue prevention efforts.
In addition to submitting detailed reports to the LGD data collection committee, the teams are actively raising public awareness, conducting cleaning operations, eliminating mosquito breeding grounds, and exterminating larvae and adult mosquitoes. Furthermore, 3,214 mosquito control workers are engaged in these campaigns across city corporations and high-risk municipalities.
Bangladesh position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2024 has slipped by three notches.
According to the latest report published on Friday, Bangladesh scored 19.4, ranking 84th among 127 nations against last year 81st position with a score of 19.
The level of hunger has been classified as “moderate.”
The decline in the ranking this year points to increased hunger, particularly among children, with many suffering from acute malnutrition.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen today said that China commitment to develop Dhaka-Beijing relations remains unchanged no matter what changes have taken place in the domestic situation of Bangladesh.
“China is looking forward to working closely with Bangladesh to cement our traditional friendship, deepen friendly exchanges and mutually-beneficial cooperation in various areas,” he said, according to a press release issued by the Chinese embassy here.
The envoy made remarks while he along with visiting Chinese naval fleet Qi Jiguang and Jing Gangshan commanders called on Chattogram Naval Area Commander Rear Admiral Masud Iqbal, Bangladesh Navy Fleet Commander Rear Admiral Md Moinul Hassan, and Chittagong Port Authority Chairman Rear Admiral S M Moniruzzaman in Chattogram here.
A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its driest regions with more water than they had seen in decades.
Southeastern Morocco desert is among the most arid places in the world and rarely experiences rain in late summer.
The Moroccan government said two days of rainfall in September exceeded yearly averages in several areas that see less than 250 millimetres (10 inches) annually, including Tata, one of the areas hit hardest. In Tagounite, a village about 450 kilometres (280 miles) south of the capital, Rabat, more than 100 millimetres (3.9 inches) was recorded in a 24-hour period.