The commerce ministry today lifted the restrictions on the delivery of most online businesses of non-essential products, including clothes, electronic goods, books and other items.

The Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) today extended the period of full waiver on the storage rent of import laden containers till May 16.

Biman and US-Bangla Airlines are likely to operate 10 more special flights from India to bring back Bangladeshi nationals stuck in the neighbouring country for over one-and-a-half-months following Covid-19 pandemic, the Bangladesh High Commission in India says.

A coronavirus testing lab has been set up in the Centre for Advance Research of Dhaka University in the social science faculty building.

Philippine regulators today shut down the country's largest media company and a frequent target of President Rodrigo Duterte's tirades, a day after its 25-year congressional franchise expired.

Eight more garment factory workers tested positive for Covid-19 in Savar, raising the total number of infected RMG workers in Savar upazila with coronavirus to 20.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, in line with the government's decision, extends the ongoing closure of all courts across the country, including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court, till May 16 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Four ready-made garment workers, who tested positive for Covid-19 in Sunamganj’s Tahirpur upazila, have returned to Gazipur to join work.

Workers of a readymade garment factory stage a demonstration in Savar’s Ashulia on the outskirts of the capital, demanding arrears and protesting the prolonged closure of the factory in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.

The unforeseen coronavirus crisis has been causing an inevitable and maybe a necessary market correction. Although if anything is obvious in business, it is that there will always be threats and upheavals for the CxOs to grapple with. Some of these threats are within the organizations, and some are external or superficial. The coronavirus crisis is just the newest such case in point.

All educational institutions will remain closed till May 30, on the occasion of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, says secondary and higher education secretary Mahbub Hossain.

The story of India’s crackdown on Kashmir last August was difficult to show to the world. The unprecedented lockdown included a sweeping curfew and shutdowns of phone and internet service.

Two officials of Sonali Bank’s Nandigram branch in Bogura were stabbed by muggers on the Natore-Bogura highway in Shajahanpur upazila of the district earlier today.

On May 4, Mission Save Bangladesh in association with The Daily Star and Samakal arranged an hour-long live session on “Innovation and Corporate Social Responsibility during Covid-19”. The panel of experts for the discussion comprised of: Yasir Azman, CEO, Grameenphone Limited, Mominul Islam, managing director and CEO, IPDC Finance Limited and Sabbir Hasan Nasir, executive director, ACI Logistics Limited (Shwapno). They discussed on some of the key aspects of this issue.

Kishore Kumar Das, founder of Bidyanondo Foundation, has announced that he will no longer remain chairperson of the volunteer organisation.

India will take back its nationals, who are stranded in Bangladesh during the ongoing shutdown enforced due to the coronavirus pandemic, by air.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh extends the ongoing suspension of passenger flight operations with all countries, except China, until May 16 to contain spread of Covid-19 in the country.

The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel across the country has reached 1,153 as of this noon, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.

Sixteen intern doctors of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College test positive for Covid-19 days after another intern doctor of the same batch was reported positive.

Gen Lab, a youth-led social enterprise, has initiated an urban art-based project -- Peace Caravan -- to inspire and educate urban youths and professionals to adapt with a sustainable, inclusive and peaceful social living through means of art and digital presence.