Dhaka March 14, 2025, 7:09 pm
At least 8,500 workers from 65 factories located in the country's six industrial zones have lost their jobs since the nationwide lockdown began, the police say.
The news industry is in such a shabby condition that it will collapse without proper subsidy and attention from the government
The Government of Bangladesh has allowed partial opening of the economy
It also directed the subordinate court concerned to hear cases related to emergency bail through virtual presence using technology during the ongoing holidays
The drives aim to help prevent breeding of Aedes mosquitoes during the current month (May) and in the upcoming rainy season
Mentioning that people are suffering a lot due to the COVID-19 shutdown,
The US Embassy in Bangladesh urged its citizens to join Ambassador Earl Miller
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked fourth worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning.
As businesspeople have been permitted to keep shopping malls and markets open on a limited scale from Sunday,
The statement also criticized the role of Editors Council as even several mainstream media also fired many of their newsmen and workers during the pandemic
The cabinet on Thursday approved the ordinance to allow courts to work digitally via videoconference
A visibly annoyed Momen questioned whether these diplomats “wanted to do politics or contest elections in this country”
They demanded full salaries for April and reopening of apparel factories
When vegetables growers of Kushtia were passing days in great worries about marketing of the produces, the army came forward to give them relief to some extent by buying vegetable directly from the field.
Bangladesh has extended a ban on visas-on-arrival for nationals from all countries to May 16
Eight people died of coronavirus and 636 tested positive in the 24 hours to 8:00am, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said on Saturday.
A total of 157 Bangladeshi citizens, who were stranded in Australia due to the ban on international flights amid the coronavirus outbreak
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has stepped up its support to Bangladesh going beyond Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar to help address the challenges amid coronavirus pandemic and the growing needs at the nationa
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday criticised statements posted on social media by some diplomats on media freedom terming those remarks "unfortunate, disappointing and unacceptable".
The air quality of Dhaka showed no sign of improvement on Saturday morning even after rain in the previous night.