For the last one month, while about 500 ultra-poor people in Rajshahi’s Godagari were waiting to buy their shares of government allocated relief rice at Tk 10 per kg, a local rice dealer had been refusing them.

An alleged yaba trader is killed in a “gunfight” with Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) members in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The government has urged Bangladeshi citizens stuck in India to have patience, assuring them of their gradual repatriation after bringing back patients from South India.

The assistant superintendent of police of the Sarail-Ashuganj circle and two other police officers of Sarail Police Station of Brahmanbaria have been withdrawn following the gathering of thousands of people at the namaz-e-janaza of an Islamic party leader, ignoring the shutdown over coronavirus pandemic.

A special train from Dhaka, which was supposed to bring in money for salaries of staffers and for other expenses of the Sylhet Railway Station, allegedly carries passengers violating the “lockdown” order of the district administration.

Export earnings in March declined by 18.29 percent year on year to $2.73 billion due to a fall in shipment of apparels, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

The newly appointed Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today directed police to ensure the ongoing shutdown is enforced to control the spread of coronavirus.

The Police Headquarters in a statement ask people not to allow strangers in their homes.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issues two separate orders allowing more import goods to be stored at the 19 private inland container depots (ICDs) and asking that Dhaka ICD-bound import containers be temporarily shifted to a river terminal at Munshiganj.

Dhaka University authorities have locked down the house tutor’s building of Amar Ekushey Hall after a guest there tested positive for coronavirus.

A Kushtia court has sent a female student of a private university to jail in connection with a case filed under information and communication technology act for copying and sharing Kushitia deputy commissioner’s newsletter on her own Facebook page.

Mobile courts under Dhaka District Administration today fined 61 people nearly Tk 71,800 for ignoring government directives on physical distancing in Dhaka and nearby areas.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament said her government will take steps to set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at every district hospital.

Inclement weather. Lack of buyers. Shortage of workers. And impending flashfloods. These very real developments, coupled with a belief that prices of their harvest are set to fall, have Boro farmers in Sylhet’s haor region looking down the barrel. The government-declared stimulus package and assurances of buying up a huge amount of paddy and rice, which are meant to help, also ring hollow to many farmers.

A coalition of leading development organisations today called on the government and other development actors to prioritise needs of the marginalised with taking comprehensive, inclusive and far-sighted measures to protect extreme poor population in rural and urban areas amid evolving coronavirus situation.

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has advised all city dwellers not to be on the streets with their vehicles during the ongoing closure unless for emergencies, or else they may face legal action for defying the directive.

Six recent studies by the Brac James P Grant School of Public Health (JPGSPH), Brac University and Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW) explore the toll the coronavirus outbreak is taking on the general and mental health of people in Bangladesh.

Defying the nationwide shutdown to curb the transmission of Covid-19, thousands of people today took part in the janaza of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish’s ‘Nayeb-e Amir’ Maulana Zubayer Ahmad Ansari, held at a madrasa in Bertola village under Sorail upazila of Brahmanbaria district.

The House went into its seventh session this afternoon for a very brief period due to spread of Covid-19 in different parts of the country.

Bangladesh Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Golam Moshi has urged Bangladeshis living there to call 937 for health advice if any of them suffer from coronavirus-like symptoms.