Bangladesh Bank will provide half of the Tk 20,000 crore stimulus package announced by the government for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises sector -- to deal with the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says neighbourhood stores selling essential goods can remain open from 6am till 4pm.

Covid-19 is resulting in unanticipated impacts around the globe. From crippling global supply chains to ripping financial markets apart. And from closing down organisations around the world to heralding in a new era of work-from-home, the pandemic has effectively placed us all in an indefinite period of social distancing.

At least 34 Covid-19 patients are currently being housed in intensive care units (ICUs) of different hospitals in Dhaka.

National airliner Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private air operator US-Bangla Airlines will operate six special flights from India to bring back around 1,000 stranded Bangladeshis from the neighbouring country.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined that lockdown across the country “has yielded positive results” as it has managed to save thousands of lives in the past one and half months during the coronavirus outbreak.

Number of recoveries possibly higher as only hospital data available at the moment, it says.

France's privacy watchdog CNIL on Sunday gave a conditional green light to a government-backed scheme to monitor people infected with coronavirus.

The number of physicians infected with Covid-19 across the country has crossed 400, according to a tally by the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claims New Zealand has scored a significant victory against the spread of the coronavirus, as the country begins a phased exit from lockdown.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says all educational institutions will remain closed till September if situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.

A doctor working at the health desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka tests positive for coronavirus.

At a time when testing for the coronavirus is urgently needed to save lives and arrest the spread of the Covid-19, the government’s drug administration seems to have gone down the lengthier route to examine a testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.

There has been a stunning slump in demand for meat and eggs since coronavirus arrived on these shores. And the dizzying speed at which the lethal pathogen went about upending life in the country prompted many farms, slapped by unprecedented losses, to cut back on production by more than half.

Forbes, an American business magazine, featured eight women global leaders, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who “deserve to be recognised” for their efforts in dealing with Covid-19 challenges to reshape the future.

Bangladesh is coming up with the fewest social protection initiatives in the Asia Pacific region, finds a United Nations position report prepared by the organisation’s regional bureau.

Directorate General of Health Services has started working to scale up its coronavirus testing capacity with a target of testing over 5,000 people daily by the first week of next month.

A section of owners yesterday reopened their garment factories with a part of their workforce amid continued protests in different districts demanding arrears.

The Covid-19 infection has taken the world by surprise. Human culture is not accustomed to the idea of exponential growth.

Shafiul Alam, a worker at a garment factory in coronavirus-hit Gazipur, returned to his village home in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila on April 15.