A section of owners yesterday reopened their garment factories with a part of their workforce amid continued protests in different districts demanding arrears.

The Covid-19 infection has taken the world by surprise. Human culture is not accustomed to the idea of exponential growth.

Shafiul Alam, a worker at a garment factory in coronavirus-hit Gazipur, returned to his village home in Pirojpur’s Bhandaria upazila on April 15.

What does a “contract” actually mean? I am sure many garment factory owners have been pondering over this issue these past few weeks. Here’s a simple definition of a contract: “A written or spoken agreement, especially one concerning employment, sales, or tenancy, that is intended to be enforceable by law.”

The outbreak of coronavirus has made it apparent that there is no respite even in death for those who suffered from the disease.

Locals -- including people from low-income groups -- snatched VGF relief rice from a truck in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet, citing irregularities in distribution.

The Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) ministry allocates an additional Tk 52.25 crore for the different local government bodies to tackle the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

The government today instructed local authorities to relocate all kitchen and fish markets to khas land or other suitable areas during the coronavirus crisis to ensure social distancing in those markets.

Another 168 British citizens stranded in Bangladesh due to flight suspension amid Covid-19 pandemic leave Dhaka for London by a special flight of British Airways.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon Bangladesh’s development partners to ensure “unprecedented levels of support” to the country in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

India hands over its second tranche of emergency medical supplies containing 1,00,000 Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 sterile surgical latex gloves to Bangladesh to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Readymade garment (RMG) workers in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar take to the streets, protesting layoff and demanding wages for the month of March.

Forty-five districts out of 64 are now under total lockdown as a part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the closure of all courts across the country till May 5 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Two children and a teenage boy die of Covid-19 like symptoms in Kurigram and Jhenidah.

Five people -- including one child -- died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says in a briefing.

India’s battle against Covid-19 pandemic has become “a people-driven movement” as they are rising to the occasion to help each other, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says.

An 80-year-old man, who tested positive for coronavirus, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH).

The United States recorded 2,494 more coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according to figures reported Saturday night by Johns Hopkins University.

The Iskcon Temple in Dhaka’s Swamibagh has been placed under lockdown in adherence with directives from the IEDCR, police say.