The pandemic and its economic impact will be felt very strongly by the poor.

It is true that during the worst of times the best in us emerge. And that is what we have seen in many of the people in Bangladesh in various ways—the doctors in the lead, despite acute shortage of personal protective gear. And that includes expatriate Bangladeshis too.

While people around the world have been meticulously trying to maintain social distance in a bid to fight the deadly coronavirus, it seems many people in Bangladesh just couldn’t care less about it to contain further spread of the virus.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-income families for free, who cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

It is believed that around 1.3 crore people have become jobless in the country so far due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown.

The country yesterday recorded 312 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with seven deaths due to the disease.

The government will provide two months’ basic salary as incentive for doctors and other health workers who are on the front line in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday slammed the Brahmanbaria administration over the failure to stop the gathering of thousands of people at the namaz-e-janaza of an Islamic party leader ignoring the shutdown.

Local administration announces that Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila will be locked down from Monday morning in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has asked the authorities concerned not to spray harmful disinfectants directly on human bodies.

A coronavirus testing lab will be set up immediately at the Narayanganj 300-bed hospital in Khanpur to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of people suffering from flu-like symptoms and those diagnosed with coronavirus.

Non-government organisations call upon the government to engage them in tackling the crisis caused by the outbreak of coronavirus, which is having far-reaching impacts on people, health and economy, especially on the poor and vulnerable communities across the country.

The government forms a 17-member national technical advisory committee in a bid to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) carrying medical aid to help combat the spread of Bangladesh Air Forcereturn to Dhaka from China.

Even as the number of coronavirus cases in India surged past the 15,000-mark and death toll past 500, the government says several steps for prevention, containment and management of the contagion are yielding good results in 23 states and federally-ruled territories across four districts.

Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in hardest-hit Europe as hundreds of Americans frustrated by lockdown orders and egged on by President Donald Trump staged protests in several US cities.

The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it "impossible".

The assistant superintendent of police of the Sarail-Ashuganj circle and two other police officers of Sarail Police Station of Brahmanbaria have been withdrawn following the gathering of thousands of people at the namaz-e-janaza of an Islamic party leader, ignoring the shutdown over coronavirus pandemic.

US President Donald Trump warns that China could face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coronavirus pandemic.

Legendary British rock band Pink Floyd announces that they will be streaming concert footage on their YouTube channel every Friday, joining the ranks of many other performing artists.