In the first swine flu death case in Bangladesh, a female patient who infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus died in hospital on Sunday.

The patient, Mita Charkrabortee, 37, came from Savar aera, some 30 km northwest of capital Dhaka, and died at 10.30 pm, said Mejba Azad, media coordinator of the Lab Aid hospital where the woman was admitted.