Staff Reporter
At least 1,719 patients infected with dengue were admitted to hospitals in the last 24 hours across the country till 8am on Friday, demonstrating a slight fall in the number of patients than Thursday’s figure according to the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
However, no death was recorded during the period.
Of them, 759 were diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease in Dhaka city and 960 outside the capital.
The number of dengue patients was 1,929 on Thursday, 1,880 on Wednesday and 1,200 on Tuesday.
This year, Bangladesh saw a record number of dengue cases.
A total of 49,999 patients were admitted to hospitals after being infected with dengue this year and of them 40 died, according the official estimate.
Among those admitted, a total of 42,243 have been released from hospitals and clinics after treatment.
However, the death toll is much higher as
He said, a notification will be issued if the list gets Prime Minister’s approval. When asked, the official said, the private educational institutions, which fulfilled all the conditions, have been incorporated in the list.
Earlier, the Education Ministry sought application from private educational institutes for the MPO enlistment.
Of the total applications, around 2,500 institutions are found to be eligible to come under the MPO scheme. However, the Ministry of Education has finalised a list of 1,763 institutes for this year’s PM’s approval.
MPO is the government’s share in the payroll of non-government educational institutions. Under the scheme, the government gives 100 per cent basic salaries to the teachers of non-government schools. The teachers also get a small amount every month as allowances through the scheme.
Private educational institutions were included in the MPO in 2010. Since then no new educational institution has received MPO.
