mosquito

Dust, mosquitoes, dry skin: Dhaka’s real winter dilemmas

Dhaka winters bring rooftop parties, but also three menaces: mosquitoes, dust, and dry skin. Resilient Dhakaites fight back with coils, sprays, lotions, and creative solutions, transforming winter’s challenges into a season of quirky defence.

Moshar Machine promising a solution to mosquito menace

When the entire country is grappling with mosquito menace, a Bangladeshi entrepreneur and his team have come up with an ingenious solution that promises to be an effective tool in mosquito control.

Keeping mosquitoes at bay: Remedies, precautions, and solutions

From skin irritation to serious diseases like dengue, if not taken proper precautions, mosquitos can be quite a threat to your health. Let’s explore some remedies and effective solutions to keep yourself safe.

Innovative approaches to preventing dengue

Advancements in genetic engineering have led to the development of genetically modified mosquitoes that are resistant to dengue virus infection.

Why do mosquitoes target some people more than others?

The many factors that make you more susceptible to mosquito attacks.

Pest control: how to deal with cockroaches and other vermin

Termites, cockroaches and other pests like mosquitoes, ticks, rats and mice are very common in summer

HC questions authorities’ failure to curb mosquito menace at Dhaka airport

The High Court questions the authorities’ failure to curb mosquito menace at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka.

Mosquito Menace in Capital: DNCC, DSCC doing little to contain it

The capital's mosquito population seems to be rising, but the two city corporations are doing little to contain the menace.

Editorial / Penalising residents for mosquito proliferation?

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSSC) has come up with a bizarre solution to tackle the runaway problem of combating mosquito infestation in its jurisdictional area. Authorities have stated that they will conduct house-to-house inspections and fine or jail residents who are found to have unclean environments that help breed the deadly Aedes mosquitoes.

June 17, 2015
June 17, 2015

Drones to catch mosquitoes, predict epidemics

To prevent epidemics, American tech compnay Microsoft is developing autonomous drones that collect mosquitoes to look for early signs of potentially harmful viruses being spread by them.

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