Police, admin struggle to keep people at home
Police and administrative bodies are trying to keep people at home by fining hundreds of people for ignoring instructions against unnecessary..
Ramadan begins
The Holy Ramadan, the lunar month of self-purification through fasting and abstinence, begins in the country on Saturday as the new crescent ..
Next budget likely on June 11
The government is scheduled to announce the new fiscal budget in parliament on June 11, although the process of its preparation has been..
Destitute women, children throng street corners for relief as shutdown continues
The streets of Dhaka are far from wearing the look expected of a city under lockdown when a highly contagious virus continues to ravage most its densely populated areas.
Trump disregards science as chaos overtakes coronavirus response
Alarming new signs are emerging that the Trump administration is shunting science aside in the battle against coronavirus.
Abigail Disney on Disney furloughs: 'What the actual f---'?
Abigail Disney is flabbergasted over the Walt Disney Co.'s decision to furlough hundreds of thousands low-paid workers after paying its executives millions of dollars.
Trump on Twitter tells US Navy to 'shoot down and destroy' Iranian boats that harass US ships
President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday that he has instructed the US Navy to "shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats" that harass US ships.
The healthiest way to brew your coffee -- and possibly lengthen your life
For many of us, the day doesn't start off right until we have that cuppa joe.
Global virus deaths top 180,000, WHO warns ‘long way to go’
The World Health Organisation has warned that the coronavirus crisis will not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight...
Dhaka needs no Indian army to fight COVID-19: FM
Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday said that Bangladesh did not require services of the Indian Army team for containing COVID-19 pandemic.