Bangladesh Bank will provide half of the Tk 20,000 crore stimulus package announced by the government for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises sector -- to deal with the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says neighbourhood stores selling essential goods can remain open from 6am till 4pm.

Covid-19 is resulting in unanticipated impacts around the globe. From crippling global supply chains to ripping financial markets apart. And from closing down organisations around the world to heralding in a new era of work-from-home, the pandemic has effectively placed us all in an indefinite period of social distancing.

At least 34 Covid-19 patients are currently being housed in intensive care units (ICUs) of different hospitals in Dhaka.

National airliner Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private air operator US-Bangla Airlines will operate six special flights from India to bring back around 1,000 stranded Bangladeshis from the neighbouring country.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined that lockdown across the country “has yielded positive results” as it has managed to save thousands of lives in the past one and half months during the coronavirus outbreak.

Number of recoveries possibly higher as only hospital data available at the moment, it says.

France's privacy watchdog CNIL on Sunday gave a conditional green light to a government-backed scheme to monitor people infected with coronavirus.

The number of physicians infected with Covid-19 across the country has crossed 400, according to a tally by the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claims New Zealand has scored a significant victory against the spread of the coronavirus, as the country begins a phased exit from lockdown.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says all educational institutions will remain closed till September if situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.

A doctor working at the health desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka tests positive for coronavirus.

Directorate General of Health Services has started working to scale up its coronavirus testing capacity with a target of testing over 5,000 people daily by the first week of next month.

A section of owners yesterday reopened their garment factories with a part of their workforce amid continued protests in different districts demanding arrears.

The Covid-19 infection has taken the world by surprise. Human culture is not accustomed to the idea of exponential growth.

Shafiul Alam, a worker at a garment factory in coronavirus-hit Gazipur, returned to his village home in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila on April 15.

What does a “contract” actually mean? I am sure many garment factory owners have been pondering over this issue these past few weeks. Here’s a simple definition of a contract: “A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.”

Covid-19 has spread all over the world in a manner that is very unprecedented. Like most of the affected countries, Bangladesh has been compelled to impose a lockdown, resulting in people staying at home and restraining economic activities.

That many people infected with coronavirus are hiding information about the disease is a cause for concern because such behaviour is putting

Among the depressing news about the galloping rate of the coronavirus infection in Bangladesh, it is very heartening to learn that our doctors have