The governors of New York, New Jersey and Louisiana pointed to tentative signs on Monday that the coronavirus outbreak may be starting to plateau in their states but warned against complacency as the death toll nationwide approached 11,000.

That capitalism is cruel should come as no surprise to those who understand either the meaning of cruelty or the logic of capitalism.

While there is unanimity that community transmission is happening only in clusters, experts differ with the administration that there should be no cause for concern.

At least 25 people were injured during clashes between police and garment workers on April 6 in Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila after workers started demonstrating for their salaries for the month of March.

The government will purchase 50 per cent more paddy from farmers in the Boro harvesting season that begins from the latter half of this month with the view to encouraging farmers and for distribution to those who saw their livelihoods evaporate for the outbreak of coronavirus in Bangladesh.

On 5 April, the honourable prime minister has announced the second stimulus package in view of addressing the adversity of coronavirus on our economy.

With the spread of coronavirus touching new heights every day, a loud and clear message to stay indoors and maintain social distancing has been sent out to the world.

With a heavy heart, dairy farmer Mohammad Rajib on Sunday emptied the pails of milk he got from his 14 cows into a manure pit.

The blood donations different voluntary organisations and blood banks receive have decreased sharply amid the outbreak of novel coronavirus, raising fears that many patients in need would not get the blood.

Mainland China yesterday reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown.

Mentioning that April is a crucial month regarding the Covid-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said anybody with symptoms of coronavirus infection must see a doctor and must not hide symptoms.

A number of families in remote villages of five upazilas in Bandarban are going hungry as their food supply is dwindling and there is no sight of relief coming their way following the coronavirus shutdown.

As the coronavirus crisis upended their livelihoods, tens of thousands of low-income people including day-labourers in Dhaka are struggling to pay their house rent.

A statement by Save the Children Australia said most of Bangladesh’s intensive care beds and ventilators are in major urban centres, making it difficult for remote communities to access those.

Starting today Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) has started testing for coronavirus using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine.

A 55-year-old woman dies with coronavirus-like symptoms in Rupsha upazila of Khulna.

People of at least 33 villages in Lalmonirhat and Moulvibazar have opted for self-lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

The government has launched a national hotline, 333, for providing humanitarian assistance and food to the needy during the nationwide shutdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College begins testing samples for coronavirus (Covid-19).

Three more members of Tabligh Jamaat in Singair upazila of Manikganj have tested positive with coronavirus, two days after local administration locked down Singair municipality as a Tabligh Jamaat man was identified as Covid-19 positive.