Jamalpur civil surgeon and five others have tested positive for Covid-19 in the district.

Bangladesh Public Service Commission has finalised its recommendation to recruit 2,000 doctors and 5,000 nurses to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

Many vendors, who are now jobless due to the ongoing countrywide shutdown, are engaging in the sale of PPE to make a living. Public health experts warn that the use of these PPE suits can be fatal for health and a source of Covid-19 infection.

In many parts of the world, common people are still indifferent to social and physical distancing. At the time of the Covid-19 epidemic, in our country, people from urban and rural areas are still wandering outside, gathering at the market, in the tea shop without any kind of precaution or social distance.

A health worker was quarantined in a small thatched-hut on a raised platform just inches away from a water body at Gopalganj's Kotalipara upazila for seven days until she was rescued yesterday afternoon.

The Kotwali police station of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken an exceptional initiative to ensure social distancing for preventing the spread of Covid-19.

Tech company Walton hands over prototypes of three locally developed ventilators to the Information Communication Technology division for placing it before the Directorate General of Health Services for clinical trials.

Member of a voluntary organisation has been accused of urging Hindus to convert to Islam when providing relief in Sreemangal upazila of Moulvibazar. This has led to widespread criticism on social media.

Needs Assessment Working Group (NAWG)​ said vulnerable regions require immediate support to cope with the impacts of a coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines is to operate three special flights -- one from Dhaka and two from Japan -- to repatriate citizens of the two countries following a ban on scheduled passenger flights due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Three people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

US President Donald Trump is repeatedly warned about the dangers of the novel coronavirus in intelligence briefings in January and February, The Washington Post reported late Monday.

There are now almost three million confirmed cases of coronavirus worldwide, and over 200,000 deaths have been reported.

The head of the World Health Organization yesterday warned that the new coronavirus pandemic was far from over and said that he was “deeply concerned” about the impact of the disruption of normal health services, especially on children.

On April 16, as coronavirus continued to spread through the country, the government declared all of Bangladesh to be at risk from the pandemic.

With high hopes, on March 19, Washiqur Rahman, a resident of Sobhanbag, had placed an order with Chaldal, the country’s leading online grocery store. Three weeks in, he had failed to secure the delivery despite several back-and-forth with the company.

The government has decided not to do rapid testing for Covid-19 as the World Health Organization has yet to approve such a test, the health ministry has said.

When the country is grappling with community transmission of novel coronavirus, more than one third of doctors at private hospitals surveyed said they have still not been provided with any personal protective equipment (PPE).

Coronavirus infections in Bangladesh crossed the 5,000 mark recently. To make matters worse, the silent spread of the virus is beginning to take a toll as more and more asymptomatic cases are being detected.

It is worrying that a UN position report has found that Bangladesh has the fewest social protection initiatives in the Asia Pacific region.