The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishment (DIFE) has started telemedicine healthcare services related to the coronavirus for workers in formal and informal sectors from today.

Visitors of Pakshey railway office in Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila are often surprised to see the awful condition of five graves of Liberation War martyrs near the Pakshey divisional railway office, often try to read the nearly deleted plaques.

It has been more than two weeks when they came to Bangladesh’s Burimari land port in Patgram with their trucks carrying jute seeds imported from India. But 61 drivers of the vehicles from that country are still stranded there.

Once unproductive and full of water hyacinth, a five-decimal pond at Moulvibazar’s Nuna village has become the centre of attention in the region, as a youth successfully farmed pearls in the waterbody.

In Chong Mro, a Jhum farmer of remote Langkom Mro Para under Lama upazila of Bandarban, is worried about arranging food for his family as their earning virtually stopped during the ongoing lockdown imposed to check the spread of novel coronavirus.

Rights group Ain O Salish Kendra and a faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists demand withdrawal of the case filed against four persons including editors of two online news portals under the controversial Digital Security Act after the media outlets ran reports on misappropriation of OMS rice in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi upazila recently.

Several hundreds of destitute people stage demonstration in Ashulia area of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, for food amid the ongoing shutdown enforced to contain the transmission of coronavirus.

A 30-year-old man has tested positive for coronavirus in Chapainawabganj, making him the first case in the district.

The government is set to launch a short code 333#5 for farmers to sell their produce using the platform, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak says.

Sixteen migrant rights bodies and civil society organisations appeal to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to create a fund for distressed migrants and their families in Bangladesh affected by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Only thirteen beds out of 1,292 are enhanced with ICU facilities in eight districts of Rangpur Division to treat Covid-19 patients.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal seeks more assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) to tackle the financial crisis thanks to the coronavirus outbreak.

Two officials of Shariatpur Palli Bidyut Samity are killed by a lightning strike at Shariatpur's Damudya upazila.

Local administration, under the supervision of army, is working on preparing at least 10 establishments at different places in Chattogram to ensure safe quarantine of around 4,000 Bangladeshis likely to return home from abroad through the port city within the current month.

Displaced women and girls are facing a heightened risk of gender-based violence during the coronavirus crisis, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Gillian Triggs, warned today.

Hundred and sixty-four Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India for over a month, return home.

About 1.5 million residents in Dhaka will benefit from improved sanitation services following the approval of a $170 million loan by the Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).

Five people have died with Covid-19 like symptoms in five districts.

World Food Programme (WFP) has started distributing food to the most vulnerable families in Cox’s Bazar impacted by the countrywide shutdown due to coronavirus (Covid-19).

Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College has started coronavirus testing in its microbiology lab.