At last, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, became the subject matter of a Hollywood action movie. After visiting a lot of African countries and the Middle East, the American culture industry found the existence of a small country (big in population size) in South Asia to explore a crime thriller. Though most of the movie is set in Dhaka, apart from some plate shots the entire shooting took place in India and Thailand.

Kaan Pete Roi, the first emotional support and suicide prevention helpline in Bangladesh, announces that it will extend its operating hours and keep the helpline open with support from SAJIDA Foundation.

Ovibash Karmi Unnayan Programme (OKUP) has appealed to the prime minister to announce a social safety net programme for returnee migrant workers and their families, who are not being included in any of the social protection schemes declared by the government.

More than 200 shops -- mostly grocery, clothing, pharmacy, hardware, library -- were destroyed in the fire. Construction of a fire station was started in 2015 in Thanchi but the work has not been finished yet.

The number of physicians infected with Covid-19 across the country has crossed 400, according to a tally by the Bangladesh Doctors Foundation.

The government today instructed local authorities to relocate all kitchen and fish markets to khas land or other suitable areas during the coronavirus crisis to ensure social distancing in those markets.

Forty-five districts out of 64 are now under total lockdown as a part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Medical store-- Rx Medicine--based in Uttara has started to deliver medical supplies during the ongoing shutdown enforced to curb the spread of novel Coronavirus.

Gaibandha's first two Covid-19 patients, an expatriate in the US and his mother, have recovered from the disease and returned home from the hospital recently. Taking to The Daily Star, the mother and son told their story of winning the coronavirus battle.

With financial support from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and partnership with Marks & Spencer (M&S), CARE Bangladesh’s Health Access and Linkage Opportunities for Workers Plus (HALOW+) project has come forward to extend support for frontline and field level health workers and community people to combat Covid-19.

Bangladesh Bank today asked banks to open their branches in Dhaka's Motijheel and Dilkusha areas and Chattogram's Agrabad and Khatungonj areas, and carry out cash transaction-related operations from 10am to 2pm.

Police today recovered the bodies of a mother and her three children from Sreepur upazila of Gazipur.

A total of 218 members of police were tested positive for Covid-19 across the country while discharging their duties, according to a tally of Police Headquarters.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) today ordered the authorities concerned to transfer all types of import-laden containers from Chattogram port to 19 private inland container depots (ICDs) in the district.

Grameen Healthcare Services Limited (GHS) provides food and welfare support to 135 families as part of a three-month long “Food Support Initiative” to help the families that are in dire need for support amid fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

Grameenphone secured Tk 1,070 crore in net profits in the first three months of the year with 25.8 percent year on year growth, shows its first-quarter financial statement today.

An unplanned grand experiment is changing Earth. As people across the globe stay home to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, the air has cleaned up, albeit temporarily. People are also noticing animals in places and at times they don’t usually. When people stay home, Earth becomes cleaner and wilder.

A local health worker of a non-government organisation has tested coronavirus positive in Mujibgangar upazila of Meherpur.

A prison guard who used to discharge his duties for ailing prisoners at different city hospitals was tested positive for Covid-19 today.

The Editors’ Council (Sampadak Parishad) today expressed deep concern over cases filed under the Digital Security Act against two editors and demanded immediate withdrawal of the cases against them in a letter.