New job postings nosedived 87 percent year-on-year in April on the leading job search sites in Bangladesh, highlighting the strain the country’s labour market has been going through because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Vladimir Lenin once said, “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”. Can anything be more relevant to explain the present?

"The virus is slowing us down to the speed of poetry.” – Billy Collins

A 23-year-old woman, who died from coronavirus-like symptoms at Thakurgaon Sadar Hospital, was buried by volunteers in a donated parcel of land, away from her family and her village.

Noted chartered accountant Kanchi Lal Das passed away at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) after he was diagnosed with Covid-19. He was 77.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private airline Novoair will each operate seven flights while US-Bangla Airlines will operate 10 flights daily on the Dhaka-Chattogram, Dhaka-Sylhet and Dhaka-Saidpur routes from June 1.

A pharmaceutical company in Pakistan said it plans to import the antiviral drug remdesivir, which has shown promise in treating coronavirus patients, from Bangladesh.

The local government ministry suspends vice-chairman of Tangail district’s Sadar upazila for his alleged involvement in obstructing relief distribution and assaulting a project implementation officer.

A total of 20,938 people -- including 287 children -- who were accused under criminal charges, have secured bail from the lower courts across the country in the past 10 working days.

A newborn baby has tested Covid-19 positive in Chattogram General Hospital.

The Indian government-run Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) succeeds in establishing stable cultures of coronavirus from patients’ samples, in a development virologists say could help develop a vaccine against the contagion.

Indian capital Delhi today recorded a sharp rise in the number of coronavirus deaths due to the inclusion of fatalities that were “reported late”, our New Delhi correspondent reports quoting officials.

Twenty-three people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

An octogenarian man who tested positive for Covid-19 infection, died at his village home in Panchagarh, while a 23-year-old youth died with coronavirus-like symptoms at Thakurgaon.

The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) write a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking her intervention for early resumption of trade with Bangladesh through land ports, which has remained suspended due to the coronavirus outbreak.

India reports its highest 24-hour spike of novel coronavirus cases, with 7,466 recorded in a day, according to the country’s health ministry.

The National Technical Advisory Committee for Covid-19 has warned of the possibility of a rapid rise in coronavirus cases if health and safety measures are not implemented properly and strictly.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra Founder and Trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who tested positive for coronavirus on May 24, is currently doing well in home isolation and has sought the blessings of countrymen.

While the country sees the numbers of Covid-19 patients and deaths surge sharply, the government yesterday announced the end of the temporary shutdown.

The rate of Covid-19 infection has increased during the Eid holiday as about one out of every five people tested in the last four days showed positive for the virus.