Thirty-seven people died, 2,911 were infected and 523 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) urologist Monzoor Rashid Chowdhury dies from Covid-19.

As India entered the second day of the phased exit from coronavirus-induced lockdown, the death toll due to the contagion rises to 5,598 across the country.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has sent some medicine to Pakistan for critically ill Covid-19 patients by a special cargo flight.

As the deadly Covid-19 virus continues to climb the grisly charts, an intense race is already on, globally, to discover the next vaccine, the next panacea.

Regional rights bodies across Asia and the Middle East fear millions of migrants -- if repatriated home without compensation amid the coronavirus pandemic -- may face indebtedness and their families may slip into poverty.

Leading health experts yesterday called on the government to be cautious in its measures to ensure health and safety in the aftermath of offices and different sectors reopening amid high numbers of daily confirmed coronavirus cases.

Attributing the surge in Covid-19 cases to increased public movement in the capital and elsewhere, experts warn that the country will see darker days ahead if the government fails to ensure physical distancing and make people follow the other health guidelines right away.

The government is likely to put the capital, Narayanganj and Gazipur in the “red zone” with severe restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections in the city areas.

Carlos Sosa, a Salvadoran waiter in New York, used to send up to $500 a month back home to his mother to help pay for her medical bills and food. But now, after the coronavirus hit and he lost his job in early March, Sosa has burnt through his savings and the wire transfers have stopped.

Dhaka University authorities yesterday stopped coronavirus testing facilities at its laboratories.

The major economic indicators of the country’s balance of payments (BoP) shrivelled in the first nine months of the fiscal year on the back of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic.

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem.

Former health minister Mohammed Nasim, also a presidium member of the ruling Awami League, tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka's Shyamoli.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to conduct necessary tests including that of Covid-19 and provide treatments to expecting women on priority basis at all government and private hospitals across the country.

Despite testing positive for Covid-19, a man in Tangail rejoined his workplace and worked for six days before returning to his village to celebrate Eid with family.

This year’s budget session will take place with the presence of only those lawmakers who are essential for the day-to-day activities of the parliament in a bid to maintain social distancing and curb the risk of coronavirus infection.

The government is planning to divide the entire country into three zones -- red, yellow and green – depending on the severity of the spread of the coronavirus infection, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Ninety-one new cases, including those of five Rohingya refugees, have tested positive for Covid-19 at the IEDCR field office in Cox’s Bazar Government Medical College.

Twenty-two coronavirus patients died, 2,381 were infected and 816 recovered in 24 hours in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.