Mosquito repellent brands grin as phobia reigns

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito, Dalai Lama once said. This quote best sums up the power of the insect: the need for combating it has spawned a Tk 1,600 crore market in Bangladesh. And thanks to the city corporations’ inadequacy in checking the mosquito population, the market for the insect’s repellent is ever expanding.