Although the government announced a special stimulus package for the country’s poor and extreme poor families recently, according to economists and researchers, it is hardly enough to feed people who are most vulnerable during the ongoing lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak in the country.

We are deeply saddened to hear of the death of an assistant professor of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, who succumbed to the coronavirus at the Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka on Tuesday.

The technical glitches that had created problems in the production of Covid-19 testing kits at the Gonoshasthaya Kendra pharmaceutical factory in Savar have been addressed, and the healthcare organisation plans to hand over the kits to the government for approval for mass production by April 23.

Garment workers continued demonstrating on the streets for the fourth consecutive day yesterday demanding last month’s pay.

Due to the continued shutdown, people are staying home to contain the spread of the highly contagious and the deadly coronavirus.

Like elsewhere, use of disposable gloves and masks has increased rapidly in Sylhet due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but most of the items are not being disposed of properly and thrown on roads, posing a serious health risk.

Amid allegations over theft of rice meant for poor, the government has postponed the open market sale (OMS) and taken an initiative to issue cards for lower-income people across the country to sell them rice at Tk 10.

Flaws in detecting suspected coronavirus cases and collecting samples might be contributing to a relatively low number of positive cases compared to other countries at similar stage, say experts.

The government incentives announced so far to deal with agricultural fallout of Covid-19 provide little relief for farmers awaiting harvest of Boro, the principal crop of the country.

Bank employees will be entitled to a health insurance coverage of Tk 5 lakh to Tk 10 lakh if they are infected by coronavirus while delivering services to customers, according to a notice issued by Bangladesh Bank.

It is crucial that China and the United States properly manage their relations amid the coronavirus pandemic, top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi tells US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The families of each migrant worker who died from coronavirus abroad will get Tk 3 lakh as compensation from the Wage Earners’ Welfare Board (WEWB) under the expatriates’ welfare ministry.

A total of 312 Bangladeshis, including 13 cabin crew, returned to Dhaka from Saudi Arabia.

Google announces it will launch an emergency fund to help local news outlets struggling to maintain operations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

Mugda General Hospital in Dhaka launches 3T (test, trace and treatment) services in a bid to curb the Covid-19 outbreak.

Bangladesh Bank asks lenders not to impose any interest on credit card bills due on April 1, during the coronavirus pandemic.

A doctor and a staffer of Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital have tested Covid-19 positive, hospital sources confirm.

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) on April 14 issued a statement saying the government will take legal action against factory owners if they fail to pay workers by April 16.

The number of cases of Covid-19 reported worldwide passes two million, according to a Reuters tally.

The government is setting up quarantine centres for 4,000 persons in Dhaka and some other districts around the capital for those who will be repatriated from different countries, mainly from the Middle East.