The government has once again extended the ongoing shutdown of public and private offices till May 30 in an attempt to prevent further spread of the coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced that the government would provide Tk 2,500 crore to two specialised banks to help the youths and expatriate Bangladeshis who became jobless amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh faces the challenge of massive job creation as several lakh migrant workers are likely to return in the coming months following a sharp decline in overseas jobs due to the coronavirus-induced global economic slowdown, experts said.

Nervous residents of China's pandemic epicentre of Wuhan queue up across the city to be tested for the coronavirus after a new cluster of cases sparked a mass screening campaign.

US President Donald Trump further hardens his rhetoric towards China saying he no longer wishes to speak with Xi Jinping and warning darkly he may cut ties over the rival superpower's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Despite the risk of the spread of the coronavirus, Chattogram’s Agrabad branch of Al Arafah Islami Bank has been continuing regular activities despite one of its staff testing Covid-19 positive.

There will be no Eid jamaat at Eidgah or open grounds this Eid-ul-Fitr due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, people have been asked to offer Eid prayers at nearby mosques, following special instructions.

Two Rohingya refugees, who fled to Cox’s Bazar following persecution in Myanmar, tested positive for Covid-19 today.

The coronavirus pandemic is complicating Philippine efforts to move hundreds of thousands of people into evacuation centres where social distancing is hard to enforce as a strong typhoon pummeled through its eastern provinces.

The number of children detained has increased since public court proceedings were postponed in March amid Covid-19 outbreak in the country, Unicef Bangladesh says.

The government extends the ongoing suspension of all public transport till May 30 to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

A writ petition is filed with the High Court seeking its directive to the authorities concerned to set up “yellow zones” at the entrance of every private hospital, clinic and diagnostic centre.

Canada proposes a global alliance to tackle the challenges in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.

Fourteen people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warns, calling for urgent action to address the psychological suffering brought on by the pandemic.

The new coronavirus may never go away and populations around the world will have to learn to live with it, the World Health Organization warns.

Even a few months back, I didn’t realise that work from home on a daily basis was possible.

The central bank yesterday rolled out long-term special repo, following the lead of the Reserve Bank of India, to help banks, many of which are cash-strapped, prop up their liquidity base such that they can adequately prime the pump during these extraordinary times.

As India’s 1.3 billion people struggle to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the country’s 28 states stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Farmers’ combined efforts help the nation get a steady supply of vegetables throughout the year.