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Bangladesh independence leader Rahman's killer executed

Nearly 45 years after the assassination, killer of Bangladesh's independence leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been executed on Saturday midnight

Bangladesh's founder' killer Majed to be hanged tonight

Abdul Majed, the convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the nation's founder, and most of his family members, will be executed tonight

Bangladesh reports three more coronavirus deaths, 58 new cases

The death toll from the coronavirus in Bangladesh has risen to 30 after three more fatalities were reported. Another 58 people tested positive for the virus from 958 samples during this period, taking the tally of infections to 482, according to Health Minister Zahid Malik

Bangladesh receives food aid from Muslim nations

Envoys of Muslim countries in Dhaka have provided six tonnes of food aid for people living under the poverty line and hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak

Hard times for Bangladeshi expat workers

Several thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Middle East, Italy and some Southeast Asian countries are facing acute shortage of food and other essential commodities as their income sources remained shut amid shutdown enforced by the countries to contain coronavirus spread

34 Rohingya camps in Bangladesh put on lockdown

Bangladesh authorities have put 34 Rohingya camps in Cox's Bazar as well as the entire district on lockdown amid a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the country, it was reported

123 European citizens leave Dhaka on chartered flight for Germany

A total of 123 citizens of Germany and several other European Union countries, who were stranded in Bangladesh following the outbreak of coronavirus, left Dhaka for Germany this afternoon

Bangladesh seeks $700m in IMF lifeline: Nikkei

Bangladesh is seeking $700 million in financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund after rolling out its biggest-ever stimulus package to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, Tokyo-based Nikkei Asian Review reports

Bangladesh extends lockdown to April 25

The government has extended the nationwide lockdown to Apr 25 amid a surge in coronavirus cases and deaths from the disease across the country

Bangladesh apparel factory owner dies from coronavirus

Mohammad Taslim Akhter, the managing director of Prince Garments, lost the battle for his life at the Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital around 3:30pm on Thursday

Combating coronavirus: A tall order outside Dhaka

As the number of coronavirus tests outside Dhaka has increased, more Covid-19 cases have begun to surface, which experts say paints a grim picture of the spread of the virus in the country

Bangladesh confirms 112 new coronavirus cases as death toll climbs to 21

Bangladesh has confirmed 112 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising the tally of positive tests to 330

15 more die in 24 hours

At least 15 people have died with coronavirus symptoms in 10 districts of Bangaldesh since Tuesday afternoon. The district health officials collected samples from most of the victims' bodies for testing while local administrations locked down the victims' houses along with their neighbouring buildings

Countries Bangladesh to take back its undocumented workers

On top of the coronavirus crisis and the feared economic aftershock, Bangladesh is now facing pressure from different countries to take back undocumented Bangladeshis working there

Singapore reports over 100 Bangladeshi COVID-19 patients in two days

As many as 102 Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore are among the 248 new coronavirus cases reported by the city state in two days