‘Awareness, not panic’: cycle rally on Barguna’s roads to curb dengue
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Barguna, 11 November 2026 (BSS): A cycle rally to raise awareness on dengue prevention was held in Barguna with the theme ‘Not panic, dengue is prevented through everyone’s awareness’.
The district information office organised the rally at 10am on Wednesday. UNICEF, Science and Education Youth Foundation and Barguna Cycling Community cooperated.
Deputy Commissioner Ms Taslima Akter inaugurated the rally by cutting a ribbon on the Deputy Commissioner’s office premises.
The rally then went around the town’s important roads. Participants showed placards with dengue-prevention messages to people along the way.
In her inaugural speech, the Deputy Commissioner put special emphasis on preventing the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes and keeping one’s own home and surroundings clean to curb the dengue outbreak.
She said not panic, but everyone’s awareness is the biggest way to prevent dengue.
Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Animesh Biswas, Additional District Magistrate Sajal Chandra Shil, Information Officer Selim Mahmud and Barguna Press Club President Md Hafizur Rahman, among others, were present.
By the numbers
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, a total of 1,02,861 people were infected with dengue in the country from 1 January to 31 December 2025, and 413 died — BSS reported this on 13 July 2026.
District angle
According to the Directorate General of Health Services, five people died of dengue in a single day on 13 June 2025, the highest in a single day that year up to then; four of them were from Barguna district in Barishal division — The Business Standard reported this.
Sources
Original report: BSS
Background sources: The Business Standard (Bangla), 13 June 2025; BSS, 13 July 2026
