Mahmudul Hasan

With technological innovations and precautionary measures to contain the novel coronavirus, Uber is confident about providing safe travel to passengers as the top global ridesharing platform looks to resume operations in Bangladesh.

After passing nervous two months thanks to the countrywide general shutdown, hitting the Dhaka streets again has become a compelling need for Md Belal Hossain, who drives a car under a ridesharing service.

Eastern Bank (EBL) yesterday rolled out the electronic Know Your Customer (e-KYC) system to allow account-opening without filling in any documents, in a bid to help clients maintain the maximum level of social-distancing during the ongoing pandemic.

With butterflies in their stomachs, a host of clothing brands took up their shutters after one-and-a-half months after the government allowed them to reopen ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, their biggest sales season that rakes in one-third their total annual sales.

When the multinational company Shaker Hossain introduced work from home option from the third week of March, just as the rogue coronavirus was gaining a foothold in the country, he was beside himself with relief.

In recent years, Dhaka was developing an eating-out culture for iftar and sehri, like in the cosmopolitan cities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia,

The soft drinks industry has been pounded by the outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh at a time when it typically enjoys mounting sales for the rise in mercury.

Thousands of restaurant workers in Dhaka and across the country are set to get no salaries for April as the shuttered establishments have either laid them off or sent them on leave without pay amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Much of the workplace in Bangladesh has shut down, sending millions of employees home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic.

The existential question confronting many right now: how do you look put together when even simple grooming could spread the virus?

On Sunday, Salman Islam, a resident of the capital’s Panthapath area, rushed to the nearest pharmacy to buy malaria drug hydroxychloroquine after watching on the news that the US President Donald Trump touted it for treatment of Covid-19.

Local airlines -- Biman, US-Bangla, Novoair and Regent -- are on course to losing Tk 350 crore in revenue just this month alone for the coronavirus pandemic, which has forced countries to close borders and brought air travel to a near-halt.

Coronavirus has upended much of the daily life in most parts of the world. And Dhaka, too, is not left behind.

It started from the second week of this month. At first, Md Mahbub Zaman, the owner of Genial Buffet in the capital’s Dhanmondi, thought the cancellations for party bookings were coincidental.

In the general run of things, a steady stream of chatter buzzes across the lobby of the Pan Pacific Sonargaon, as the upscale hotel in the heart of Dhaka hosts more than five events a day.

US-Bangla Airlines, the largest local private airline in terms of fleet size, plans to open new routes for Bangladesh’s domestic travellers, especially to and from Sylhet.

Air connectivity in Bangladesh should be more accessible and developed to expand domestic tourism, said the chief of a private carrier.

Joyous exclamations and hurrahs of youngsters erupted amidst the tranquillity of the pressurised cabin as the wheels of an ATR 72-500 started rolling on Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport’s runway. They were nowhere near nervous boarding an aircraft for the first time. Instead the sounds of bliss grew as the aircraft rose over 15,000 feet.

The government has significantly raised the prices of tobacco products to curb consumption.

Hatil has invested over Tk 200 crore to renovate its Zirani Bazar factory in Savar with state-of-the-art machinery, including automated