Kamran Siddiqui

Kamran Siddiqui (Pen Name) is a Senior Staff Correspondent at The Business Standard who covers migration and manpower, civil aviation, tourism and hospitality, education and diplomatic affairs. He has been working in the field of journalism for more than a decade. He can be reached at kamranbdasia@gmail.com

Thousands of RMG workers were seen on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway rushing towards Dhaka as the general holiday for this sector to stem coronavirus spread in the country will officially end today. TBS Photo
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Hundreds returning Dhaka amid shutdown

60 plus are more prone to death, data show
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

60 plus are more prone to death, data show

List of Bangladeshi migrants dying from Covid-19 getting longer
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

List of Bangladeshi migrants dying from Covid-19 getting longer

Guards remained vigilant to stop anyone from entering Motaharer slum in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area on early April. The slum was put under lockdown after a resident there tested positive for Covid-19. File Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Dhaka slums edge closer to starvation amid lockdown

File Photo: Workers of Fashion Flash Ltd are gathered at the factory gate in Dakshinkhan of City’s Uttara to demand their due salary and wages on Tuesday. Photo: Mumit M
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Desperate for food

Tour operators’ sufferings linger amid coronavirus crisis
Trade

Tour operators’ sufferings linger amid coronavirus crisis

A restaurant in Dhanmondi became empty in the middle of March amid fears of coronavirus spread, forcing the owner to shut down the restaurant temporarily. Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed Paulash/TBS
Bangladesh

50% restaurant staff could lose jobs

Residents at the Geneva Camp in Dhaka's Mohammadpur area also fear about their livelihood. The photo was taken on Friday. Photo: TBS
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

‘Not coronavirus, it’s hunger that we fear’

​​​​​​​Posh hotel employees fear job losses   
Economy

​​​​​​​Posh hotel employees fear job losses   

A health official scans body temperature for an incoming flight attendant at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. This photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Health

Italy returnees, families allege mismanagement at Ashkona camp

The Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital in the city has been restricted from public entry as the facility is being used as an isolation centre in the wake of global coronavirus outbreak. The photo shows Ansar members are on guard of the centre, all wearing face masks. Photo: Rehman Asad
Health

At isolation centre it's all about strict vigilance

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Bangladeshi migrants' fate uncertain as coronavirus prompts travel ban

The use of face masks has increased drastically amid an intensifying concern about the novel coronavirus. Medical experts say wearing face masks while going around might be useful as they offer some protection blocking liquid droplets. This photo was taken from the New Market area in the capital yesterday. Photo: Saikat Bhadra
Health

Be alert, don’t panic: Experts