In a letter to the organising committee of Indo-Bangla Friendship Fair, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman recalls with gratitude the great help and assistance advanced by the people and the government of India,

Global efforts to join forces against the coronavirus pandemic faltered yesterday after Donald Trump halted funding for the World Health Organization as number of infected people globally soared past two million mark.

Two suspected robbers were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion in Bejgaon bus terminal area of the district’s Sreenagar upazila on Tuesday.

North Korea marked the anniversary of the birth of its founder Kim Il Sung in subdued fashion yesterday, with mask-wearing citizens placing flowers before his statue in Pyongyang as the country imposes strict anti-coronavirus measures.

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.

At least five persons died of Covid-19-like symptoms in five districts since Tuesday.

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

Saudi Arabia has quarantined thousands of people in hotels, some in luxury suites, to combat Covid-19, throwing a temporary lifeline to an industry struggling just months after tourist visas were launched.

A Vietnamese entrepreneur in Ho Chi Minh City has invented a 24/7 automatic dispensing machine providing free rice for people out of work following an ongoing nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A Sirajganj court on Sunday sent seven college students to jail in two cases filed in connection with raping and spreading the video clip of the incident via internet.

Several thousand transport workers and their families in Tangail have been passing days in hardship since bus services were suspended on March 26.

As evening falls, an eerie silence now replaces the usual cacophony of honking buses, hawkers shouting out their wares, and music blaring from sidewalk shops at Gabtoli Bus Terminal.

Spain reopened parts of its coronavirus-stricken economy yesterday as slowing death tolls in some of the worst-hit countries boosted hopes the curve may be starting to flatten and lockdown restrictions could soon be eased.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today calls upon the people irrespective of their political opinion, cast or creed to take a determined vow to dedicate themselves to the welfare of the suffering masses of Bangladesh.

Due to the countrywide shutdown to curb the spread of coronavirus, children have been confined to their homes and their daily routines have changed completely all of a sudden.

At least six people, including two women, died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms in six districts since Saturday afternoon.

With the countrywide shutdown to curb the spread of coronavirus now in its third week, boredom is likely to set in for a large majority of the population self-isolating at home.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman retains the defence and cabinet affairs after reallocating portfolios among the members of his expanded cabinet today.

Defying the government’s request to stay home to stem the spread of coronavirus, Sharif Hossain left his house in Sonargaon before the crack of dawn last Friday.

President Hassan Rouhani urged Iranians to continue to respect measures to guard against the new coronavirus as “low-risk” business activities resumed in most of the country on Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported.