Shakil (25) and Samta (22) are a gypsy couple. Together with their child and two more families, the gypsy troupe of 11 travel from one area to another, never staying in one place for long. Locally known as “Jajabars”, they earn their bread by collecting and selling valuable items lost in rivers, ponds, and canals.

CGIAR, a global partnership of international organisations involved in food security and research, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, will

Awami League Lawmaker Abdul Matin Khasru has provided food assistance to 5,000 poor families in Burichang and Brahmmanpara upazilas in Cumilla.

Nearly half of the lower-income group living in coastal areas do not have any idea about the Covid-19 virus and primary protective measures against it, a non-government organisation claimed yesterday, based on their survey.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, asking him to step down from his post as “he has failed to take necessary measures to protect people from the outbreak of coronavirus”.

Around 150 intern doctors are living under quarantine since Tuesday, as all hostels of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (SBMC) were locked down after four of the interns tested positive for coronavirus.

Authorities of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) yesterday handed over a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine to the Microbiology Department of Mymensingh Medical College (MMC), to test samples of Covid-19 suspects in Mymensingh region.

The survivor of the Rana Plaza tragedy, who worked on the sixth floor of the building, severely injured both her legs in the incident. But after taking treatment for a long time and sheer willpower, Yanur, on a wheelchair, moved on with her life.

Terming Covid-19 is a challenge to life and livelihood, ActionAid Bangladesh and some grassroots development organisations suggested the government to go for long term package to ensure food safety and employment.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the ongoing closure for all courts across the country till May 5 due to the coronavirus outbreak in line with the government’s decision to extend the shutdown of offices.

Government authorities in Bahrain have recently started moving thousands of Bangladeshi migrant workers from their squalid living facilities to makeshift establishments, to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Noted theatre personality Usha Ganguly, who gave a new diction to Bangla theatre in Kolkata, died at her residence in South Kolkata yesterday at the age of 75.

Former cabinet secretary and former chairperson of Public Service Commission Saadat Hussein passed away on Wednesday. He was 73.

A slum in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area has been locked down after one of its residents tested Covid-19 positive.

As the Covid-19 pandemic cripples the world and its economy with thousands of cases every day, the biggest victims are the poor, who cannot afford to stay home. Keeping them in mind, independent filmmakers from Bangladesh and beyond have created ‘Film for Humanity’.

A Supreme Court lawyer sends a legal notice to director general of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Prof Dr Abul Kalam Azad, asking him to step down from his post as “he has failed to take necessary measures to protect people from the outbreak of coronavirus”.

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Birdem General Hospital has been closed after four patients undergoing treatment there tested positive for coronavirus.

A service called “Doctors’ Safety Chamber” has been set up in front of Narail Sadar Hospital to ensure safety of its doctors, nurses and other staff members working on the front lines, taking care of coronavirus patients.

A total of 339 US citizens left Dhaka early yesterday as the United States government arranged the fourth chartered flight for those who opted to return amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Two new laboratories are going to open in Chattogram by next week for testing Covid-19 samples, aiming to increase the testing capacity to 350 from the present capacity of around 150 a day.