Bangladesh Bank lowers policy rates further to increase liquidity supply

The Bangladesh Bank on Thursday again reduced the policy rates — cash reserve ratio and Repo rates — aiming to increase money supply ..

BSMMU professor infected with coronavirus, colleagues quarantined

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University professor Shahidullah Shikder has been infected with novel coronavirus.

No bar to execute Mujib killer Majed

President Abdul Hamid has turned town the mercy petition of retired army Captain Abdul Majed, one of the convicted killers of the country’s founding ..

WHO defends coronavirus response after Trump criticism

The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday defended the organization's response to the coronavirus pandemic,..

Chinese workers in the US are losing their visas with their jobs. But flying home to China is too expensive

After her company laid her off last month, Tang Chen couldn't sleep. For days, her heart kept racing. There was one question at the front of her ..

The 24 most wildly irresponsible lines from Donald Trump's latest interview with Sean Hannity

Even as his administration -- and the country -- continue to battle the coronavirus, President Donald Trump keeps finding time to call into Fox News' host Sean Hannity's show.

Wuhan opens, sparking hope despite rising global deaths

Thousands streamed out of the Chinese city of Wuhan Wednesday after a lockdown on the birthplace of the coronavirus was lifted, offering..

Social distancing largely ignored during relief distribution

People largely ignore social distancing during relief distribution in the city, exposing them to coronavirus attack that has already killed ..

BNP demands release of accused in political cases

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday wrote to the home minister demanding release of all accused in political cases from jail at this coronavirus situation in the country.

Slum people in a fix as NGOs suspend health services

Non-government organisations engaged in providing the slum-dwelling urban poor with different services, including health services, have suspended ..