As the government has decided to reopen shopping malls, all types of shops and businesses on a limited scale from May 10 ahead of the Eid,

Cultivated fishes including carp and shrimp in a number of enclosures in Bagerhat are dying due to scarcity of water amid the hot weather prevailing for the last couple of weeks.

Some 96 garment workers and a staffer have been found Covid-19 positive in the last 28 days in the country since April 9, according to a report of Bangladesh Garment Shramik Sanghati (BGSS).

Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) has expressed grave concern over the recent suing of a cartoonist, a writer and journalists and the subsequent arrests of several of them under the Digital Security Act (DSA) on unsubstantiated grounds.

The US has provided over $22 million to complement Bangladesh’s ongoing efforts in preparing and responding to the spread of novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Dhaka dwellers will only be allowed to visit markets, shops and shopping malls located within two kilometres of their respective areas.

A laboratory for testing samples of suspected coronavirus patients was inaugurated at Noakhali Science and Technology University today.

The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel continues to grow daily with at least 90 officials testing positive in the last 24-hours across the country, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves an additional $500 million loan to strengthen the Bangladesh government’s efforts to manage the impact of coronavirus pandemic on the country’s economy and public health.

A total of 13 people died and 706 tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Prof Nazmul Karim Chowdhury, vice chancellor of Fareast International University, dies at Dhaka Medical College’s burn unit, now dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients.

A 250-bed Hospital in Moulvibazar has been declared shut temporarily after ten of its doctors, nurses and healthcare providers tested positive for coronavirus.

President Donald Trump renews his criticism of China over the global coronavirus pandemic and says it has been worse for the United States than Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of the risks of returning to lockdown if countries emerging from pandemic restrictions do not manage transitions “extremely carefully and in a phased approach”.

In a press conference in mid-March, WHO head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had memorably said it is not possible to “fight a fire blindfolded” and

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

The government has taken initiative to bring back Bangladeshis, who are stranded in the US for over six weeks, by a special flight next week.

For traders, Eid is the busiest time. From shop owners to vendors on the street, the two Eids are the occasions for the most volume of sales in a year. A lot of plans and life goals rely on making a good profit during the festivals.

The Chattogram port handled 86,783 twenty-foot equivalent units of containers in April, the lowest single month throughput in six years, as the coronavirus pandemic put a brake on global and domestic trade.

In a major progress, 95 percent boro paddy in haor areas has been harvested till yesterday despite a shortage of harvesters due to the Covid-19 pandemic.