Dust threatens public health

… from the government on the steps taken to remove dust, smoke and other deadly elements causing damage to public health in four city corporations — DSCC, DNCC, Gazipur and Narayanganj. Contacted, DSCC Chief Executive Officer Khan Mohammad Bilal said …

2 cases of bird flu found in Bangladesh

Bangladesh discovered two outbreaks of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry last week, according to reports from the World Organisation for Animal Health and a senior Bangladeshi health ministry official on Monday. A first case was found at a poultry farm in Dhamrai, just outside the capital, Dhaka.