Bangladesh has joined a select group of countries that manufacture world-class, large-scale Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as Beximco sends a shipment of 6.5 million PPE gowns manufactured to the US brand Hanes for ultimate delivery to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks to Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina over phone and extended greetings on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr to her and the people of Bangladesh.

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake jolts Dhaka and some other parts of the country.

China has announced its decision to pull out its citizens -- including students, tourists and businessmen -- from India who are facing “difficulties” in the country and want to return home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 80 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in South Korea return Dhaka by a special flight of Asiana Airlines.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra’s founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has tested positive for Covid-19 as per the report from the organisation’s newly developed Rapid Dot Blot test.

British clothing retailer Edinburgh Woollen Mill (EWM) Group has hit back after the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) threatened to blacklist the company for not paying its suppliers in the country and not responding to the calls of the association, by terming their threat “unproductive”.

Despite the joyous occasion of Eid, frontline fighters in the battle against the coronavirus carry on with their jobs -- doctors, nurses and hospital staff celebrate Eid with Covid-19 patients, who are away from their families just like the people in charge of their wellbeing.

A 27-year-old policewoman dies on Eid day, while on duty, at Puthia Police Station in Rajshahi.

A Bangladeshi barge carrying fly ash sank in a river in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district today after hitting a submerged pontoon jetty damaged by cyclone Amphan.

Twenty-one people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Hundreds of Muslims attended Eid congregations at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque as well as other mosques in Bangladesh instead of Eidgah grounds today amid a risk of Covid-19 infection.

Google is celebrating the 121st birthday of Bangladesh’s National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam with a doodle.

India overtakes Iran to become one of the 10 worst-hit nations as it recorded the biggest single-day jump in the number of coronavirus positive cases for the fourth consecutive day with 6,977 new patients across the country in the last 24 hours, taking the total to nearly 1.38 lakh cases.

A constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP), who passed away at Chattogram General Hospital with Covid-19-like symptoms on May 23, tested positive for the virus yesterday.

Muslims in Bangladesh are celebrating the biggest religious festival without any outdoor activities this year to prevent the transmission of coronavirus.

Three persons, including the driver of a private car, were killed after another car hit it from behind in Dhaka's Kalyanpur last night.

Former Awami League lawmaker from Dhaka’s Mohammadpur-Dhanmondi constituency Haji Maqbul Hossain passed away while undergoing treatment at Combined Military Hospital in the capital.

Myanmar authorities claimed to have submitted a compliance report to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Turkey-based Anadolu Agency reports.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has been engaging different international rights groups to ensure that international retailers and brands pay local suppliers.