The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Sylhet

Five people including four children died of a unknown disease while over 100 people were affected in Lathi village in Goainghat upazila in two days since Saturday.

The dead were identified as Hena Begum, 5, her mother Mostafa Begum, 28, Ria Begum, 3, daughter of Anwar Miah and two daughters of Aminuddin-Rumi Begum, 6 and Alkuma Begum, 2. Besides, 14 people who have symptoms of the mysterious disease have been admitted to hospital. A medical team from Sylhet led by civil surgeon Dr. AZ Mahbub Ahmed went to the upazila for investigation of the disease.