“Shonge Achi”, a voluntary and humanitarian organisation, recently distributed food among 7,000 poor and lower-middle income families in different parts of Dhaka.

On World Thalassemia Day (May 8), Bangladesh Thalassemia Foundation, Sandhani, Medicine Club, and Platform observed the day by creating public awareness online, amid the Covid-19 outbreak, said a press release.

Another police personnel infected with Covid-19 dies at the Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.

Most of the shopping malls and markets in Chattogram city will remain closed till Eid-ul-Fitr, despite the government allowing markets to reopen from tomorrow.

Harvesting of mango is set to begin this year on May 15, through plucking of Guti varieties of the fruit.

Though a High Court bench was ready to hold hearing on the sensational Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case, it cannot start the proceedings as the court functions are closed due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Lipi Akter started processing her migration to Saudi Arabia in early March, expecting financial solvency there will help her raise her children back home.

A pregnant woman and two children were killed and six others injured in a septic tank explosion in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila yesterday morning.

Teachers of kindergarten schools in Barishal have appealed to the government for financial support so that they are able to tackle the hardship they are facing due to Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2016, while working on a book of photographs of birds of Bangladesh, I visited Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary several times looking for birds that I had not found elsewhere.

To render medicare to non-Covid-19 patients living in remote areas, Cox’s Bazar district administration has initiated a mobile hospital service.

Dhaka New Market Business Association decides not to reopen the markets from May 10 due to the growing number of Covid-19 infected persons in Dhaka and elsewhere.

A Dhaka court places three people on four-day remand each in a case filed over forging the signature of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

One hundred and fifty-seven Bangladeshis, who were stranded in Australia due to a ban on international flights amid the coronavirus pandemic, have departed Melbourne for Dhaka on a special Sri Lankan Airlines flight.

The Directorate General and Health Service has issued technical guidelines in order to reopen businesses, educational institutions, public transportation, and passenger flight services amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Grameenphone announces a series of initiatives to stand by frontline health professionals, its customers and its retailers fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.

Aslam Rahman, staff reporter of Bhorer Kagoj, passes away after being ill for the last 10-12 days.

A Union Parishad chairman and two members were suspended yesterday due to their alleged involvement in irregularities in VGF rice distribution, said a press release issued by the LGRD ministry.

The health ministry yesterday directed all deputy commissioners to prepare and preserve a list of all RMG workers in their respective districts.

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