Actor Ferdousi Ahmed Lina took her last breath on April 18 at the age of 63. She had been suffering from kidney complications for a while and was undergoing dialysis.

Around 400 workers and employees of Mars Design Ltd in Savar’s Hemayetpur demonstrated in front of their factory yesterday, demanding overdue salaries.

On March 25, The New York Times ran a story about Americans stepping up to face the coronavirus pandemic by sewing masks for their healthcare providers as well as the general public.

An aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) carrying medical aid returned to Dhaka yesterday from China.

Four people have died of coronavirus-like symptoms in Khulna, Khagrachhari, Noakhali and Bogura since last night.

For the last one month, while about 500 ultra-poor people in Rajshahi’s Godagari were waiting to buy their shares of government allocated relief rice at Tk 10 per kg, a local rice dealer had been refusing them.

An alleged yaba trader is killed in a “gunfight” with Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) members in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The government has urged Bangladeshi citizens stuck in India to have patience, assuring them of their gradual repatriation after bringing back patients from South India.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-income families who cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-class families that cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

Four special flights will be operated from Dhaka to London between April 21 and 26 to take back British citizens and their direct dependants.

Around a thousand fish egg collectors at Halda river, a unique natural breeding ground for carp fish in South Asia, are hoping for a high yield this year due to drop in pollution following the countrywide shutdown to tackle Covid-19.

A coalition of leading development organisations yesterday called on the government and other development actors to prioritise needs of the marginalised by taking comprehensive, inclusive and far-sighted measures to protect them amid the evolving coronavirus situation.

With coronavirus positive cases increasing in the country, many are expressing dissatisfaction over the small number of tests being conducted every day and wondering about the possible reason behind this.

Like the kingfisher dive-bombs into rivers to prey on small fish, these boys plunge into the Kirtankhola to collect stray watermelons every day of the season.

As the clock hits 12:30pm, a group of people can be seen busily organising meal-plates at the Mazaa restaurant in front of Mohammadpur Tajmahal Road’s Krishi Market.

Law Minister Anisul Huq’s mother Jahanara Huq died yesterday at a hospital in the capital. She was 86.

Some employees of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) yesterday assaulted a journalist while they were selling locally-brewed alcohol at its Barishal office, defying the ongoing shutdown.

The law ministry has opened a national helpline -- 16430 -- to provide legal aid to the poor, especially the labourers, without any cost during the ongoing crisis.

Mobile courts under Dhaka District Administration today fined 61 people nearly Tk 71,800 for ignoring government directives on physical distancing in Dhaka and nearby areas.