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The problem on the existence of a positive in the interval $]a,b[$ solution of the boundary value problem $$u^{\text{'}\text{'}}=f(t,u)+g(t,u)u^{\text{'}};u(a+)=0,u(b-)=0$$ is considered, where the functions $f$ and $g]a,b[\times ]0,+\infty [\to ℝ$ satisfy the local Carathéodory conditions. The possibility for the functions $f$ and $g$ to have singularities in the first argument (for $t=a$ and $t=b$) and in the phase variable (for $u=0$) is not excluded. Sufficient and, in some cases, necessary and sufficient conditions for the solvability of that problem are established.