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

Fifty-five eminent citizens and organisations today issued a joint statement demanding the government to take immediate steps, including providing food assistance and other necessary things to one crore at-risk families for at least three months, to protect citizens amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), a rights organisation, appeals to the prime minister to make a stimulus package of Tk 300 crore for junior lawyers across the country who rely on the court to function for their income.

Stray dogs kill three fawns and their mother in Rajshahi zoo.

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses grave concern over patients being denied treatment in many hospitals of the country due to coronavirus fears.

Remittance hits a 15-month low in March due to the economic fallout in the global economy stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.

Kajol -- the editor of the daily Pokkhokal -- went missing on March 10. He left home and went to his office in Hatirpool. His son, 20-year-old Monorom Polok, wrote a heartfelt letter to his father in the hopes that he will see it, wherever he is.

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested three members of banned militant outfit, Ansar al-Islam, in Rajshahi on Wednesday night.

Two Bangladeshis have been named on this year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list.

As the crisis originating from the coronavirus deepens, people, especially the poor and needy, are looking up to their local leaders to deliver.

Brac has allocated a budget of Tk 15 crore to help low-income families in urban slums, semi-urban and remote areas whose livelihoods have been impacted due to social distancing measures taken to stem the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mymensingh Medical College (MMC) started testing for coronavirus cases yesterday. Four people were tested for the virus using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine.

A collective effort is being taken to tackle the mosquito menace in order to prevent the spread of dengue fever in the capital, said Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Tajul Islam yesterday.

Two people were killed and 15 injured in road accidents in the last two days, report our correspondents.

Asia Distilleries Private Ltd of Panchagarh, a sister concern of Razzak Group, has started producing hand sanitisers in response to a growing demand for hygiene products during the coronavirus outbreak.

A group of Dhaka University students are on a mission to help those who are most struggling during the coronavirus outbreak. They are raising funds through donations and distributing daily essentials among impoverished people.

Nur Nahar Halim, mother of Mercantile Bank Ltd Managing Director Md Quamrul Islam Chowdhury, passed away yesterday in her daughter’s home at New Eskaton, Dhaka. She was 82, says a press release.

A group of citizens in Chattogram have come forward to he aid of stray animals, who have been scrounging for food in the deserted streets of the city.

Taslima Khatun’s livelihood was dependent on selling flowers on streets, but for the last one week, the roads were empty and there was no one to buy flowers from her.

A national steering committee led by the Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Ministry will be formed to eradicate mosquitoes to prevent a dengue outbreak.