The country yesterday recorded 312 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with seven deaths due to the disease.

Editors of two online news portals have been sued under the controversial Digital Security Act (DSA) after the media outlets ran reports on misappropriation of OMS rice in Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi upazila recently.

With coronavirus seemingly unstoppable, global powers are in a rush to stock quality PPE (personal protective equipment).

Defying government orders to maintain social distancing and self-isolation, thousands of people from different areas flocked to Brahmanbaria’s Sarail yesterday to attend the namaz-e-janaza of the leader of an islamic organisation.

Coronavirus deaths have surged past 154,000 worldwide with nearly a quarter of them in the United States, where President Donald Trump lent his support to protesters rallying against lockdown orders.

At least 370 garment factories have failed to pay their workers’ salary within the stipulated time of April 16, said the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE).

Forty-seven percent of 159 garments workers, who were interviewed for a study by Brac University’s James P Grant School of Public Health, reported not receiving their wages and felt uncertain about their current job status with their respective employers.

The coronavirus outbreak threatens to spiral out of control as the authorities reported nine more deaths and 306 new cases of infection in 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday.

Urging the people to face the coronavirus situation with courage and patience, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said they should not be disappointed with or afraid of the situation.

Irregularities in distribution of subsidised food items among the poor continue mainly due to political interference in selection of dealers though the government has apparently taken a tougher stance to stop such malpractices amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The US-Bangla Airlines will operate eight special flights on Chennai-Dhaka and Kolkata-Dhaka routes from April 20 to bring back over 1,000 stranded Bangladeshis who went there for treatment.

The garment factories are not reopening on April 26, which was fixed by Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) earlier.

The Covid-19 crisis has affected the entire world and hit the developing countries like Bangladesh even harder -- a fact that calls for greater global cooperation and solidarity.

Deaths from Covid-19 hit a new high as the authorities said another 15 people died in 24 hours till 2:30pm yesterday, taking the official death toll to 75.

A sub-inspector of police was arrested yesterday on charges of shooting a man dead and injuring another in Gazipur over what officers said were personal issues.

Seven people have died after showing coronavirus-like symptoms in six districts in the last two days.

At least 32 ethnic Rohingya died on a ship that drifted for weeks after it failed to reach Malaysia, officials of the Bangladesh coast guard said yesterday, following the rescue of 396 starving survivors.

At least five people, including two children, died with coronavirus-like symptoms across the country yesterday.

While most expecting fathers dream of holding their child for the first time to feel the joy of holding his future in his arms, the reality was very different for one Shariful Islam.

Salaries of about 87 percent of the garment workers have been disbursed, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) claimed yesterday as workers staged demonstrations demanding wages in different parts of the country, mostly in the capital and its adjacent districts.