As the economic effects of the lockdown intensifies, lower to middle income people of Khulna keep finding it harder and harder to meet their grocery bills. In such a dire time, subsidised daily necessities courtesy of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) should be a saving grace. But its shortage in its stocks compared to the people’s needs.

Yesterday was the last day of this year’s Ekushey Boimela. Marked by a delayed start and a lockdown announcement midway, the book fair -- originally scheduled to end on April 14 -- ended two days earlier due to the surge in Covid-19 cases across the country.

An employee of Ekushey Television was run over by a train, while talking on mobile phone, in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area this morning.

A man died in the Double Mooring area of Agrabad in Chattogram this morning after a wall collapsed on him while painting it.

Two people suffered burn injuries in a gas explosion in a multi-storey building in Narayanganj city last night.

With hospitals across the country, particularly in the capital, struggling to cope with a surging number of Covid-19 patients, the severely curtailed lifespan of a facility opened last year exactly for this purpose has drawn staunch criticism

Demolition process of a five-storey tilted building in Chattogram city started in the afternoon yesterday.

At least three workers sustained burn injuries in an explosion while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram yesterday.

At least 10 journalists, who were sacked from daily Janakantha recently, were injured in an attack during a protest in front of the newspaper’s office in Dhaka’s Eskaton area yesterday afternoon. ===-

Leaders and activists of left-leaning student organisations yesterday demanded that the government build a field hospital to deal with the Covid-19 situation.

Another case has been filed against “Shishu Bokta” Rafiqul Islam Madani under the Digital Security Act in Gazipur.

A 16-year-old who works as domestic help was abducted and raped in the port city’s Akbarshah area.

Works of the fast-track projects will continue amid the strict lockdown to be imposed from Wednesday to contain the sharp rise of Covid-19 cases and deaths.

A controversy has stirred up centring a painting of celebrated writer, playwright and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed that either got lost or stolen during the time of his death in USA in 2012, and has now resurfaced in Cumilla after almost nine years.

Pregnant mothers, mothers with newborns, children below five years of age, patients needing emergency care and those with chronic illnesses,

It is very important to work in an integrated way to control the price hike of essentials during the upcoming month of Ramadan, said speakers at a webinar yesterday.

At least 10 journalists, who were sacked from the daily Janakantha recently, were injured in an attack during a protest in front of the newspaper office in Dhaka’s Eskaton area this afternoon.

Process for demolishing a five-storey building, which tilted at Enayetbazar-Gowalpara area in Chattogram city last night, started today.

Police evacuated all the residents of a five-storey building at Enayetbazar-Gowalpara area in the port city after it tilted around 9:00pm last night, our Chattogram correspondent reports.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh and the British Bangladeshi community have lost a true friend and ally with the demise of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.