Licences to be cancelled if private hospitals deny treatment: minister

Health minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday said the government would take stern action including scraping licences if the private hospitals and clinics..

TK 5000Cr Stimulus Package Exporters express reservation to criteria

Exporters on Wednesday expressed reservation to criteria set against the release of stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore announced ..

Shutdown hardly enforced

Patrolling in the city and elsewhere was lax which led people to come out of their houses amid the countrywide shutdown while gatherings for food ..

Awami League finds no need to form national committee

The Awami League does not find any plausible reason to go for a national committee that Bangladesh Nationalist Party has proposed to tackle the coronavirus situation.

News media is with you, we expect you to be with us: Editors’ Council

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused the worst public health crisis in living memory in the world, including Bangladesh. ..

No test facilities outside Dhaka, Chattogram

Despite repeated promises, the government could not ensure decentralising of testing facilities for COVID-19 patients across the country ..

1 more identified, 4 die with symptoms

Another woman was infected with the novel coronavirus in Bangladesh in the 24 hours until Monday morning, raising the country’s total number of coronavirus patients to 49...

People back in lax mode, violating social distancing

A significant number of people went out of their homes on Monday, the fifth day of the 10-day public holiday, violating the government order for maintaining ..

Coronavirus holiday halts release of many despite bail

Many inmates were not released as their bail orders did not reach the prison authorities due to the 10-day public holiday in place from March 26 over corona ..

Lockdown disrupts supply chain of agro produces

The country’s farmers in different districts have started incurring losses due to low prices of their produces, especially the seasonal vegetables..