Garment export falls drastically, by 83.74 percent to $194 million in the first 15 days of April compared to the same period last year, according to data from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

While the administration is struggling to check the spread of Covid-19, some unscrupulous people did not miss the ‘opportunity’ to occupy land on the western bank of the Sheakathi river on Patuakhali-Galachipa route in Phedainagar area of Jainkathi union of Patuakhali Sadar upazila.

Poverty has forced hundreds of fishermen to catch fish in the Brishakhali and Sugandha rivers of Jhalakathi amid the ongoing countrywide shutdown to combat Covid-19.

A local Awami League (AL) leader is building illegal structures, filling up about 20 decimals of land of a government canal at Kartimari Haat, a village market in Jadur Char union under Kurigram’s Roumari upazila.

The three out of the five Bailey bridges, constructed in the 90s, on Kalihati-Borochowna road in Kalihati upazila are now in a ramshackle state.

At this time when countrymen are in distress amid the nationwide shutdown but many MPs are not seen in their constituencies, one lawmaker from Sylhet -- Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury, parliamentarian for Sylhet-3 constituency -- has been an exception.

With only five kilogrammes of rice left in the house, In Chong Mro, a Jhum farmer from Bandarban’s Lama upazila, has no idea how he will feed his family after two to three days.

A 39-year-old Bangladeshi construction worker infected with coronavirus is transferred to the general ward from the intensive care unit of a hospital in Singapore.

Five people sustain injuries as police allegedly beat up some people who were trying to return to their homes in Khagrachhari after their workplaces in Chattogram shut down.

The Bangladesh Bank decides to extend the banking operation across the country during the ongoing shutdown.

Thousands of readymade garments workers demonstrated in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Savar and Gazipur demanding their due wages.

Four employees of the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) test positive for Covid-19.

Seventeen people, including ten police personnel of the same station, test positive for the novel coronavirus in Gopalganj district.

Despite the ongoing nationwide shutdown to contain the spread of coronavirus, dozens of shipbreaking yards have started to reopen at Chattogram’s Sitakunda upazila today, compelling workers to rejoin work.

A police official in Manikganj’s Naokhanda Mouza has donated 10 decimals of his land to be used for burying unclaimed bodies of those who died after contracting coronavirus or showed symptoms of it.

A woman was diagnosed with Covid-19 days on Sunday night, days after giving birth to a child at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital last Friday.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood has said the commission will investigate the source of money of house owners if they ask doctors, nurses and health workers to vacate their homes.

A 10-year-old girl dies with coronavirus-like symptoms in Sylhet.

Two more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Jaintiapur and Gowainghat upazilas in Sylhet, the district’s Civil Surgeon Premananda Mandal said today.

Bangladesh's coast guard says it rescued at least 382 "starving" Rohingya refugees floating in a large boat in the country's territorial waters after nearly two months at sea.