Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

Thousands of people have begun to leave Dhaka for their village homes ahead of the Eid, ignoring the risks of contracting the coronavirus and spreading it to many others.

Expert panel warns government about 29,000 returning from Middle East and says institutional quarantine a must to avert bigger disaster.

The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May 30 to curb further spread of Covid-19 in the country.

The government has extended Food-Friendly Programme for one more month, while the OMS programme for around 13 lakh listed people in urban and semi-urban areas will continue to help the low-income people hit hard by the shutdown.

A government-appointed committee has said the Covid-19 outbreak may peak in the weeks around the Eid, but several independent experts said it is too early to make such a prediction.

Road Transport and Bridges ministry has directed Roads and Highways Department (RHD) and metro rail authority to resume work of all projects amid shutdown to maintain continuity.

Bangladesh and India are likely to resume rail operations to transport essential commodities and medical supplies between the two countries.

Even a month ago, small trader Didar Hossain had quite a decent life.

The national technical advisory committee on Covid-19 recommends reconsidering the government's decision of reopening shopping malls and other businesses, saying such a move could lead to further transmission of the deadly coronavirus.

The much-hyped Padma Bridge project is likely to miss its current deadline of June 2021 which may increase its cost again, officials said.

More than one lakh doctors, nurses and staff of 69 private medical colleges and hospitals will not get any bonus during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, but will get their full salaries.

Canadian company Niko Resources was negligent and thus liable for the blowout that took place at Chhatak gas field in Tengratila of Sunamganj in January 2005 while Niko’s Bangladeshi subsidiary was carrying out drilling operations there, a World Bank tribunal found.

The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown for most public and private offices until May 16.

It all changed after his father passed away. Mehedi Hasan Rasel, after graduating from a leading public university, had joined a private job and earned a handsome salary.

Thousands of garment workers yesterday returned to work in industrial belts in Dhaka and elsewhere amid the nationwide shutdown, raising fears of a rapid spread of the novel coronavirus.

When the whole country is fighting to check Covid-19 spread, the current spell of rain may increase the density of Aedes population in the absence of enough anti-mosquito drives in the capital, say experts.

When the country is grappling with community transmission of novel coronavirus, more than one third of doctors at private hospitals surveyed said they have still not been provided with any personal protective equipment (PPE).

A couple -- both doctors working at Agailjhara Upazila in Barishal -- recovered from coronavirus after taking treatment at hospitals for around 10 days.

The government yesterday extended the ongoing shutdown of most of the public and private offices till May 5 in a bid to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country.

Amid a sharp spike in coronavirus cases, the government may extend the ongoing shutdown by at least another week as part of its efforts to contain the outbreak.