Dhaka, July 29 -- Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Md Atiqul Islam on Monday said five magistrates were conducting drives at different public and private hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to check excessive charges for dengue test.

"The magistrates who started work on Monday will slap fine on those will be involved violating the government's order to charge Tk 500 for the test," he said while speaking at views-exchange meeting with the editors of print, electronic and online media on 'dealing with dengue and building a clean city' at Gulshan Club in the city.

The DNCC mayor also urged hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centres to treat patients from a humanitarian point of view and take charges fixed by the government fo...