New Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed yesterday warned of stern action against those involved in misappropriation of relief goods during the coronavirus pandemic.

The coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh has not only put the lives and livelihoods of people at risk, it has also caused a surge in unemployment, with the informal sector taking the biggest hit.

Duration of the upcoming seventh session of parliament is likely to be brief to avoid Covid-19 transmission, said sources at the parliament secretariat.

Around 30,000 restaurants across the country were eagerly waiting for this year’s Pahela Baishakh, expecting that they would get booming sales. But none of them could have imagined what would happen in the coming days.

Pahela Baishakh celebrations are never complete without flowers. Be it for decoration, presenting a bouquet to someone special or gracing the hair of women and children alike, flowers are an indispensable part of the spirit of the festivities.

To ensure social distancing, the capital’s Dhupkhola kitchen market -- which usually sits on the roadside -- was shifted to Dhupkhola playground on Sunday.

Cultural activists of Barishal city have arranged a Mangal Shobhajatra that fits the time. Adapting with the ongoing shutdown all over the country, the activists are taking the age-old tradition online this year.

As summer approaches, mosquitoes are becoming quite the headache for port city dwellers.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday served a legal notice to the government requesting it to conduct mobile court to give exemplary punishment to those involved in irregularities in relief distribution and misappropriation of relief materials during the ongoing crisis due to coronavirus.

D-8 nations -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey -- are scheduled to virtually meet on April 16 for a discussion on the novel coronavirus outbreak and to heighten cooperation between the nations.

Outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary has been appointed as Bangladeshi ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

A total of 328 US citizens left Dhaka this evening on a special flight arranged by the US government for those who opted to return home amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Police arrest seven college students for their involvement in the rape of a 17-year-old girl, videos of which were captured on camera and later spread among people in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila.

U Pannya Jota Mahathera, one of the foremost Buddhist religious leaders in Bangladesh, breathed his last at a private hospital in Chattogram city today.

Four more people in Shariatpur have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the district's total confirmed cases to five.

Physicians of Bangladesh for Bangladesh (PBB) launched hotline numbers to ensure health services to the patients of coronavirus and other diseases during the ongoing closure declared by the government in order to contain the spread of the virus.

A Supreme Court lawyer has served a legal notice to the government, requesting it to operate mobile courts to give exemplary punishment to those who are involved with irregularities in relief distribution and in misappropriation of relief materials during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

The central bank has asked banks to provide incentive to their employees who are working during the ongoing closure declared by the government in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The duration of the upcoming seventh session of parliament is likely to be very brief to avoid a gathering, amid the nationwide shutdown to contain the spread of Covid-19, sources at the parliament secretariat say.

Workers of four garment factories including three of the same owner, take to the streets for the second consecutive day at Savar and Ashulia areas demanding due salaries.