Every cloud has a silver lining and so has the Covid-19 pandemic. It saved the government and taxpayers around Tk 2,500 crore since March last year.

A hidden gem is what British banking giant HSBC dubbed Bangladesh's bourse earlier last month.

Streets in the capital and elsewhere remained almost empty yesterday, the second day of the seven-day "strict lockdown" the government enforced amid rising cases of Covid-19.People mostly left home to say the Jumma prayer or to go to the kitchen markets.

"It's the fifth meeting since I created the group and this meeting will continue regularly," Destiny Group Managing Director Md Rafiqul Amin was seen in a video telling the participants of a Zoom meeting.

On the first day of the weeklong nationwide "strict lockdown", most roads, including that of Dhaka, were eerily quiet with law enforcers going tough on people out without a valid reason.

The arrival of around 45 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine over two days is set to boost the country's vaccination campaign.

Describing China as a trusted partner in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed the need for exploring more avenues to take the bilateral strategic partnership to a new height.

Bangladesh's abstention from voting the UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, which condemned the country's February 1 military coup and called for restoring democracy and preventing arms flow, has raised questions if Bangladesh is supporting Myanmar military regime.

Health officials yesterday reported 143 deaths, the highest in a day since the first cases of Covid-19 were detected in the country.

On average, labour courts take ten times more time to pass a judgment than they are legally allowed.

At least five Covid-19 patients died in Satkhira Medical College Hospital after a disruption to their oxygen supply on Wednesday night.

The threat of terrorism is far from over and done with.

“Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that,” said iconic American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

With the evening sun going down and the sky turning a dusty pink, a quietness descended at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, 2016, towards the end of Ramadan that year.

The health directorate yesterday reported the country’s highest single-day Covid-19 case count of 8,822 and the second-highest death toll.

Eighty percent people of the country will be vaccinated for Covid-19 within the first quarter of next year, Health Minister Zahid Maleque told parliament yesterday.

Today is the first death anniversary of Latifur Rahman, founder chairman and CEO of Transcom Group, a well-known and highly respected business house.

Law enforcers have been deployed on streets to make sure people stay indoors as the government starts enforcing a seven-day countrywide lockdown today to stem the surge in Covid-19 infections and deaths.

The authorities of Comilla University have decided to take departmental action against a teacher who pointed out an anomaly in the 2019-2020 admission process because they found him guilty of leaking the information to the media.

The parliament yesterday passed the next fiscal year’s tax measures that met critics and advocates of the provision to whiten black money in the middle.