Disaster resilience and climate change have been and continue to be high on the development agenda for Bangladesh.

Internet is keeping the world somewhat walking in the darkest hours of the Covid-19 pandemic. And mobile telephony is the tool that is keeping Bangladesh limping.

A team of Bangladeshi scientists at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has successfully managed to complete the genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 i.e. Coronavirus in Bangladesh very recently.

With the pandemic-induced lockdown battering livelihoods and choking cash flow across the board, the tax authority is working to give a breathing room to businesses and individual taxpayers in the low-income bracket.

Imagine entering a market in your locality that has essentials like rice, potatoes, vegetables, facemasks, and soaps maintaining social distance, and that too for free!

Transparency International Bangladesh demands exemplary punishment for those involved in irregularities in preparing lists of beneficiaries of the government’s cash support for 50 lakh poor families.

Describing the sorry state of marketing of seasonal fruits due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the agriculture ministry today made 10 recommendations, including reduced toll at Bangabandhu Bridge on return food-laden truck and inclusion of seasonal fruits in relief items.

Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh took office as the mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) today.

Migrant rights groups want a comprehensive plan and transparent mechanism to reintegrate the migrants who are returning from abroad after losing jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A group of youths under the banner of Bangladesh Chhatra Union of Cox’s Bazar district have come forward to provide free iftar and sehri to around 200 homeless people per day.

The traffic police constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police who had Covid-19 symptoms and died at Chattogram General Hospital early on Friday was infected with the virus, test confirmed.

Within a matter of three days, a student of Dhaka University lost his father, who died after being diagnosed with Covid-19, and then his elder brother, who passed away after suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the ongoing closure for all courts across the country including the Appellate and High Court Divisions of the Supreme Court till May 30.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque inaugurates the newly constructed isolated building to treat Covid-19 patients at Anwar Khan Modern Medical College Hospital in Dhaka.

It is important for nations to work together and do as much as possible to make the world healthier and free from Covid-19, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted today, responding to US President Donald Trump who said his country would donate ventilators to India in the fight against the pandemic.

At least 241 police personnel have been infected across the country in the last 24 hours, making the total jump to 2382, according to a tally of the Police Headquarters.

A mobile court comes under attack in Monirampur upazila of Jashore while conducting a drive to enforce health guidelines to prevent the spread of coronavirus infections.

Sixteen people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Five nurses of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital (SOMCH) have tested positive with coronavirus.

Three days into the death of Dr Abul Mokarim Md Mohsin Uddin with Covid-19 infection, his niece who used to live with the family in Dhaka's Dhanmondi, has lost the battle with the virus.