The government is preparing an emergency reconstruction and development programme worth Tk 1,000 crore to normalise economic activities and increase overall production.

An alleged drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab at Banani in Dhaka early yesterday.

With law enforcement agencies now busy tackling the coronavirus situation, drug dealers have seemingly taken advantage of the consequent reduction in monitoring and become active again in different spots of the capital.

Veteran Bengali novelist Debesh Roy -- a fierce fighter against communalism who was conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award for his novel ‘Teesta Parer Brittanto’ -- died at a private hospital in Kolkata late on Thursday night, his family members said.

China yesterday urged the United States to meet it halfway and strengthen cooperation in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic after President Donald Trump threatened to sever bilateral ties.

Garment factory owners yesterday proposed paying workers 50 percent of their basic salaries as Eid bonus.

Three journalists, including the editor and the publisher of a local newspaper in Meherpur, have been sued under the Digital Security Act for publishing a report that allegedly defamed the reputation of a former lawmaker.

Although Dhaka has by far the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country, two neighbourhoods at the heart of the city have managed to crush the Covid-19 curve.

The European Union’s medicines agency suggested yesterday that a vaccine for the coronavirus could be ready in year, even as the World Health Organization warned that the disease may never go away.

At least 14 people were injured as a spinning mill workers and police clashed in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila yesterday morning.

Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Limited (Z&Z), a sister concern of local garment exporter Noman Group, formally launched what it said anti-coronavirus fabrics in Dhaka yesterday.

In an order issued by Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, all forms of dealership, distributorship and agency for cloths produced in local mills are banned today.

The coronavirus outbreak risks sparking a major global mental health crisis, the United Nations warned yesterday, calling for urgent action to address the psychological suffering brought on by the pandemic.

In an interview with Pran Chopra, former editor of Statesman (India), Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday said the recently concluded trade agreement between Bangladesh and India would be beneficial for both countries.

Europe moved ahead with its emergence from coronavirus lockdown yesterday and laid out plans for summer tourism, but the pandemic gathered pace elsewhere and America’s virus pointman warned against reopening the United States too quickly.

Police yesterday arrested Md Abdus Sattar, 60, for raping a 10-year-old in Gaibandha’s Sadar upazila.

Saudi Arabia will enforce a nationwide 24-hour curfew during the five-day Eid al-Fitr holiday later this month to fight the coronavirus, the interior ministry said Tuesday, as infections spike.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra yesterday supplied 200 locally-made rapid test kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for performance trial.

Indonesians who violate social distancing rules in the capital could soon find themselves forced to clean toilets to atone for their sins.

At least 10 garment workers were injured when goons attacked them while they were demonstrating at their factory demanding full payment for April in Fatullah of Narayanganj yesterday.