As many as 313 Bangladeshi followers of Tablighi Jamaat, according to the religious organisation, are stuck in India and living in dire straits following a nationwide manhunt by the Indian authorities.

Bangladesh extremely vulnerable to COVID-19 as thousands of Bangladeshis are already suffering from chronic diseases because of their past exposure to air pollution, according to the study conducted by Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

Hungry people, some with children, begin to gather near Raju sculpture on Dhaka University campus after midnight, and by 3:00am, there are almost 400 of them sitting down expectantly on the street.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is today given lifetime membership of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu).

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he now believes as many as 100,000 Americans could die in the coronavirus pandemic, after the death toll passed his earlier estimates, but said he was confident a vaccine would be developed by the year’s end.

Parts of the world are starting to emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and to cautiously resume some sort of normal life, but the new coronavirus will pose significant risks until vaccines are developed, the WHO’s top emergencies expert said on Sunday.

Despite repeated calls from the union leaders for paying the workers of closed factories at least 65 percent of their gross salaries for April, the owners at a meeting yesterday refused to offer any more than 60 percent.

Bangladesh wants labour-receiving countries to ensure that Bangladeshi migrants who lose their jobs amid the coronavirus pandemic get at least six months’ salary.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today reopens Dhaka Cotton Mill at Postogola. Addressing a meeting at the mill premise, the prime minister calls upon workers to devote themselves to increasing production in industries.

At least three persons have died with Covid-19-like symptoms in Faridpur and Noakhali since Sunday night.

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro railed against the country’s lockdown Sunday in a speech to thousands of anti-confinement demonstrators as the number of confirmed Covid-19 infections passed 100,000, with more than 7,000 deaths.

A fugitive in a child murder case was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab in Gazipur’s Konabari area early yesterday.

Until the coronavirus crisis hit the country, banana grower Shamsul Alam was confident about making a profit of Tk 20 lakh to Tk 70 lakh from his banana plantation in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila.

Swiss army conscripts are taking the fight to the coronavirus pandemic by field-testing a Bluetooth-based smartphone app aimed at stopping a resurgence of Covid-19.

A suspected drug peddler was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Chatkhil upazila of Noakhali early yesterday.

The government has suspended all hajj activities following lukewarm response from intended hajis and advice from Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The European Union will set up an international medical programme to lead the global response to fighting coronavirus with an initial pledge of raising $8bn (£6.3bn) to find a vaccine and treatment for the pandemic.

Hundreds of workers of a garment factory yesterday staged a sit-in inside the factory in Gazipur’s Sreepur, demanding their arrears.

Risk of poor students dropping out from primary schools is growing as the government stipend distribution remains halted for six months and school feeding programme withheld for over a month.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares today that the machinations of the foreign agents would not be able to undo the hard-earned freedom of Bangladesh. Speaking at a meeting organised by secretariat employees,