Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the government’s plan to address the possible impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Tk 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages.

ASA, an NGO in Bangladesh, has decided to provide food assistance to 1.5 lakh poor families, which will be worth around Tk 12 crore, said a press release yesterday.

The Supreme Court yesterday issued a circular saying that all the temporary orders granting bail, staying case proceedings and issuing status quo will be extended till reopening of courts.

The government must create a fund to sanction grant for Bangladeshi migrant workers who are at the risk of losing jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic, demanded Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit yesterday.

Empty streets and people everywhere walking around in masks have made business owners in the capital weary, as a number of recent reports suggest that some criminals are looking at the countrywide shutdown as an opportunity.

Workers’ Party of Bangladesh (WPB) yesterday proposed that no job cut should take place at factories and other sectors for at least a year, due to the coronavirus outbreak.

With the shutdown in place to contain the spread of coronavirus, many ongoing development works of the two Dhaka city corporations have come to a standstill.

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Three people were killed in separate road accidents yesterday -- both involving goods-laden trucks -- in two districts, report our correspondents.

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A fire that broke out at a wholesale banana market in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar is brought under control.

Nurse recovering from Covid-19 recounts her ordeal

It was a depressing Tuesday for Kanchan. For breakfast she had leftover rice from the previous night, and did not eat a single morsel till dusk. She then prepared a meal for that night and the next day, calculating and measuring so she has enough food for the days to come.

The life of visually-impaired Nizamul was already quite difficult, as his meagre income from his roadside insecticide shop in the city’s Bhasantek could barely provide for his wife and three children.

Dhaka yesterday yet again ranked first among cities with the worst air quality, in the Air Quality Index (AQI).

A pack of stray dogs, presumably starved due to the shutdown, yesterday killed and ate three fawns and their mother deer at Rajshahi zoo.

It was a bright, sunny morning in early March. Reaching Satchori National Park, I discovered my guide Rahim had not arrived.

The law ministry is yet to give any decision about the release of 3,000 prisoners from jail on bail as the relevant proposal did not reach the ministry.

Two doctors in Kishoreganj are providing free medical service over mobile phones amid the ongoing coronavirus situation.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is currently receiving treatment at her Gulshan residence, is doing well but worried about the prevailing coronavirus situation in the country.