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.

The outbreak of coronavirus has made it apparent that there is no respite even in death for those who suffered from the disease.

Locals -- including people from low-income groups -- snatched VGF relief rice from a truck in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet, citing irregularities in distribution.

The Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) ministry allocates an additional Tk 52.25 crore for the different local government bodies to tackle the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

The government today instructed local authorities to relocate all kitchen and fish markets to khas land or other suitable areas during the coronavirus crisis to ensure social distancing in those markets.

Another 168 British citizens stranded in Bangladesh due to flight suspension amid Covid-19 pandemic leave Dhaka for London by a special flight of British Airways.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon Bangladesh’s development partners to ensure “unprecedented levels of support” to the country in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

India hands over its second tranche of emergency medical supplies containing 1,00,000 Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 sterile surgical latex gloves to Bangladesh to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Readymade garment (RMG) workers in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar take to the streets, protesting layoff and demanding wages for the month of March.

Forty-five districts out of 64 are now under total lockdown as a part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the closure of all courts across the country till May 5 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Two children and a teenage boy die of Covid-19 like symptoms in Kurigram and Jhenidah.

Five people -- including one child -- died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says in a briefing.

India’s battle against Covid-19 pandemic has become “a people-driven movement” as they are rising to the occasion to help each other, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says.

An 80-year-old man, who tested positive for coronavirus, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

The United States recorded 2,494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported Saturday night by Johns Hopkins University.

The Iskcon Temple in Dhaka’s Swamibagh has been placed under lockdown in adherence with directives from the IEDCR, police say.