UNB, Dhaka :
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked her party leaders and activists to participate in cleanliness drives to prevent mosquito-borne disease dengue.
“The government is working to tackle dengue … the leaders and activists of the party should work alongside it,” she told a special extended meeting of the party at its headquarters.
Sheikh Hasina, now in London, joined the
meeting via teleconferencing. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader briefed the media.
“People should be aware of dengue. We’ve to regularly clean our households,” she said, urging everyone to tackle the situation with patience, according to Quader.
There has been a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases this year. The disease has now spread to 50 districts. The government has confirmed more than 13,600 dengue cases between January 1 and Monday.
The majority of the dengue patients are from Dhaka. Earlier this month, the WHO said the dengue situation is alarming in Bangladesh but it was not out of control.
Prime Minister Hasina also warned against spreading rumours.
“Everyone has to be patient and be aware of rumour and refrain from taking the law into one’s hand,” she said.
Rumours of child abduction led to the lynching of a number of people across the country. There have also been rumours of human sacrifice for the Padma Bridge project.
“Everyone has to be especially careful about rumours,” she said, adding that creating panic by spreading rumour is tarnishing the country’s image.
“Legal actions will be taken against those spreading rumours,” the Prime Minister added.
Speaking about the situation regarding dairy milk, she noted how suddenly a professor made a comment. “But did anyone think about its real results?” she asked, and doubted whether the importers had ill-motives.
Last month, Bangladeshi researchers claimed to have found traces of detergent and antibiotics in samples of pasteurised and unpasteurised milk produced by several companies, triggering a debate over safety.
The High court on Sunday instructed all the pasteurised milk-producing companies, including Aarong, Milk Vita, Pran and Fresh, to refrain from producing, marketing and selling milk for five weeks.
Awami League Presidium member Mohammed Nasim, its joint general secretaries Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, its organising secretaries Ahmed Hossain, AFM Bahauddin Nasim and AKM Enamul Haque Shamim were, among others, present at the meeting.
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked her party leaders and activists to participate in cleanliness drives to prevent mosquito-borne disease dengue.
“The government is working to tackle dengue … the leaders and activists of the party should work alongside it,” she told a special extended meeting of the party at its headquarters.
Sheikh Hasina, now in London, joined the
meeting via teleconferencing. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader briefed the media.
“People should be aware of dengue. We’ve to regularly clean our households,” she said, urging everyone to tackle the situation with patience, according to Quader.
There has been a sharp rise in the number of dengue cases this year. The disease has now spread to 50 districts. The government has confirmed more than 13,600 dengue cases between January 1 and Monday.
The majority of the dengue patients are from Dhaka. Earlier this month, the WHO said the dengue situation is alarming in Bangladesh but it was not out of control.
Prime Minister Hasina also warned against spreading rumours.
“Everyone has to be patient and be aware of rumour and refrain from taking the law into one’s hand,” she said.
Rumours of child abduction led to the lynching of a number of people across the country. There have also been rumours of human sacrifice for the Padma Bridge project.
“Everyone has to be especially careful about rumours,” she said, adding that creating panic by spreading rumour is tarnishing the country’s image.
“Legal actions will be taken against those spreading rumours,” the Prime Minister added.
Speaking about the situation regarding dairy milk, she noted how suddenly a professor made a comment. “But did anyone think about its real results?” she asked, and doubted whether the importers had ill-motives.
Last month, Bangladeshi researchers claimed to have found traces of detergent and antibiotics in samples of pasteurised and unpasteurised milk produced by several companies, triggering a debate over safety.
The High court on Sunday instructed all the pasteurised milk-producing companies, including Aarong, Milk Vita, Pran and Fresh, to refrain from producing, marketing and selling milk for five weeks.
Awami League Presidium member Mohammed Nasim, its joint general secretaries Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman, its organising secretaries Ahmed Hossain, AFM Bahauddin Nasim and AKM Enamul Haque Shamim were, among others, present at the meeting.
