Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates health service for Covid-19 patients at Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital in Dhaka by announcing it a “designated hospital”.

A total of 302 Bangladeshi nationals, who were stranded in India and South Korea amid flight suspensions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, return home on separate special flights.

A Jubo League leader is killed in Companiganj upazila of Noakhali.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain today formed three High Court benches -- comprising of one judge each -- to hold virtual hearings and disposing of urgent cases during the ongoing closure due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Another 154 British citizens who were stranded in Bangladesh due to the suspension of regular flights amid the Covid-19 pandemic, have left Dhaka for London aboard a special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

Transport workers who lost their livelihood recently due to the nationwide shutdown induced by the coronavirus pandemic, demonstrate in Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh demanding urgent food aid.

Bamboo had been used in construction of a government primary school in remote Kurukpata area under Alikadom upazila of Bandarban.

Procurement of Boro paddy directly from farmers began today using mobile app ‘Krishoker Hasi’ in Khulna.

A youth has been arrested for raping a fourth-grade student in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat.

An elderly woman dies at the isolation ward of Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) with coronavirus symptoms.

A college student is hacked, and later dies in Pabna General Hospital.

Local suppliers allege being held hostage by clothing brands, which are forcing manufacturers to sell their wares at a lesser than agreed upon price.

The central bank almost doubles the volume of funding of three refinance schemes for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to protect the marginal entrepreneurs from the ongoing economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

President Md Abdul Hamid issues an ordinance allowing virtual court functions for hearing and disposing of cases.

Yet another official of the Anti-Corruption Commission, who had tested positive for coronavirus, has died during undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dhaka.

India today began transporting essential commodities by railways, weeks after bilateral trade was hampered due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Prison authorities release 113 inmates from jails in Tangail, Rajbari, Gazipur, Lalmonirhat and Bagerhat districts in a bid to curb risk of Covid-19 spread in the prisons.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the digital security act is being rampantly misused during the crisis period of coronavirus outbreak across the country.

A pregnant woman, who suffered burns in an attack -- allegedly by the son of her landlord -- in Kushtia town on April 28, dies at a hospital in the district.

A total of 165 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India for over a month and half has returned home by a special flight of US-Bangla Airlines.