The previous global financial recessions gave a lesson that any economic fallout can be tackled smoothly if the health of banks is protected from the crisis.

In the wake of a demand crunch for electricity and gas due to the pandemic, the government has cut the spending on power and energy for fiscal 2020-21 as it has allocated Tk 26,758 crore for these sectors -- 4.6 percent down year on year.

The proposed budget has brought no cheers for stock investors, who have been battered by a prolonged slump in indices, but promised measures to develop the country’s bond market.

The stimulus packages and measures announced by the government are inadequate to revive exports from the fallouts of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to industry leaders.

Sabbir Hossain of Munshiganj returned home from Malaysia in mid-March when the Southeast Asian country was planning a lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Though farmers have been hit hard by the pandemic, no special stimulus package for small farmers was announced in the proposed budget, frustrating agriculture experts and economists.

The cost of using a mobile phone would go up by more than 5 percent as the proposed budget looks to hike the supplementary duty on all kinds of SIM services to 15 percent from the previous 10 percent.

Ever since Belayat Ahmed completed his graduation two years ago from a college under the National University, he applied to different private companies and submitted his resume to a few job boards.

Taxpayers in the low-income bracket have something to feel good about.

Year after year, opportunities given by the government to whiten black money has failed to attract significant declaration, so the new budget proposes a new, lucrative offer -- invest and nobody, not even the income tax authority, will be able to question its source.

Mitul Akter’s father came to her chamber at Regent Hospital in the capital’s Mirpur yesterday morning. He tested positive for coronavirus a few days ago.

With the need to ensure uninterrupted oxygen supply at public hospitals having become increasingly critical in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, there appears to be a glimmer of hope as the authorities concerned are moving towards installing oxygen tanks in more hospitals.

The first day of the lockdown in the capital’s East Rajabazar was enforced strictly yesterday, with no one except those on emergency duty, including doctors, nurses and journalists, allowed to go outside.

With the novel coronavirus infections spreading across the country, critical patients outside the capital and divisional headquarters are increasingly becoming vulnerable due to ill-equipped district hospitals.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government would continue to take measures to ease people’s sufferings and protect their livelihoods amid coronavirus pandemic.

The Covid-19 death toll reached 1,012 with half of the deaths reported in the last 16 days.

It seems the universe keeps conspiring against Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal. When it is his moment to shine, some misfortune strikes. Last year, it was dengue, and this year, it is the raging coronavirus that has left him at the centre of what could possibly be Bangladesh’s most acute economic -- and human -- crisis yet.

The country’s first metro rail project, Mass Rapid Transit-6, may miss its completion deadline in December next year if the construction suffers any further delays.

Ninety-five percent of the people surveyed across the country suffered a loss of income due to shutdown and social distancing measures enforced by the government in late March to contain the spread of the Covid-19, says a Brac survey.

Thousands of critical cancer, heart, kidney and liver patients have their treatments on hold as medical tests they require have been off for lack of radioactive isotope for the last two months.