Shah Cement has taken an initiative to provide food items and handwash to construction workers and their families considering that many such workers have become jobless during the coronavirus situation, says a press release.

With the coronavirus situation taking a turn for the worse in the country, a sigh of relief has come to port city residents, as Chattogram General Hospital (CGH), the oldest and second-largest government hospital in the city, is getting ready to open an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) soon.

Around 5,000 prisoners, who have been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, are yet to know how long they will have to serve in jails, as the Supreme Court has not delivered its verdict on the long pending review petition involving the dispute over the tenure of life imprisonment.

Twenty anti-tobacco organisations yesterday urged the government to temporarily ban the sale of cigarettes during the coronavirus pandemic.

Save the Children has made an urgent call for international assistance to help Bangladesh meet a surge in demand for ventilator machines to cope with the Covid-19 outbreak, and to help avert a humanitarian disaster in the country.

The government has launched a national hotline, 333, for providing humanitarian assistance and food to the needy during the nationwide shutdown amid the coronavirus outbreak.

As life has almost come to a halt due to shutdowns triggered by the coronavirus pandemic, lower income people across the country are left to languish.

His Friday mornings are spent looking at the Kirtankhola river, sitting along Barishal Launch Ghat pontoon, waiting for launches to arrive, with a weariness on his face. The moment one arrives, he will hop on-board or wait near the exit to sell water bottles to passengers.

Chattogram General Hospital (CGH), the oldest and second largest government hospital in the port city, is going to open an intensive care unit (ICU) within short time.

Abdul Majed -- the convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members -- who was arrested today, can now file a petition with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court through jail authorities seeking exemption from the Bangabandhu murder case.

Abdul Majed, convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was hiding in India’s Kolkata for about 23 years before arriving in the country recently.

Captain Abdul Majed, convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was sent to Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj -- hours after he was arrested in Dhaka today.

The government has rescheduled the office timing for the upcoming Ramadan from 9am to 3:30pm for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions.

Telemedicine is an innovative sector of healthcare that allows patients to consult doctors remotely. Now, it is proving useful during the coronavirus pandemic. Pulse Healthcare Services is one such cloud-based telemedicine platform that has come forward.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $404 million loan for upgrading the Sylhet-Tamabil highway to four lanes, aiming to improve Bangladesh’s intercity travel and cross-border connectivity.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the closure of all courts across the country, including the appellate and High Court divisions, till April 14 due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

More than 300 undocumented Bangladeshi migrant workers have reportedly applied for their voluntary repatriation from the Maldives amid fear of coronavirus outbreak in the island nation.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) yesterday asked private universities to stop assigning their current students grades through online exams and evaluation, and to stop enrolling new students sans admission tests, due to the shutdown of educational institutions in light of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the country.

A Dhaka University student, who had been suffering from cancer, died yesterday after several hospital authorities allegedly denied him treatment in fear that he had coronavirus.

It’s a melting pot of activities. Children are playing on the alleys, groups of youths are playing dice, adults gossiping on the street, and opened shops are crowded by both buyers and onlookers.