A two-year-old child died of flu-like symptoms in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila this morning.

The principal branch of Agrani Bank, located on the ground floor of its headquarters in Dhaka’s Motijheel, has been locked down after one of the employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) has submitted a proposal to the finance minister seeking Tk 450 crore grant for salary payment of start-up business employees and office rent for six months.

The story of a Malaysian man, who walked 70km over three days from Kota Kinabalu to get to his hometown of Kota Marudu (some 120km away) with a dog as his companion, is getting much attention from internet users.

Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi asks industry owners not to terminate their employees, even if the factories remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cox’s Bazar district has been put under lockdown today to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A 22-year-old man dies with Covid-19 symptoms in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj.

Three more died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, IEDCR says.

The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh arranges a non-scheduled commercial flight to take back the Australians currently in Bangladesh.

A female student of Jagannath University (JnU), who lives in Dhaka’s Uttara with her family, tests positive for Covid-19.

Due to a lack of response from people wishing to participate in this year’s hajj, the religious affairs ministry extends the deadline for registration till April 16, according to a notice issued in this regard.

The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ends a two-month lockdown, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China.

President Donald Trump threatens to cut US funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China, where the authorities lifted a two-and-a-half-month travel ban on Wuhan, the city that spawned the global coronavirus pandemic.

China Railway Group Limited (CREC) has donated Personal Protective Equipment and other safety gears to the Combined Military Hospital and Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka to extend support to the Bangladesh government’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak.

His Friday mornings are spent looking at the Kirtankhola river, sitting along Barishal Launch Ghat pontoon, waiting for launches to arrive, with a weariness on his face. The moment one arrives, he will hop on-board or wait near the exit to sell water bottles to passengers.

Things look ominous as coronavirus infections keep surging in the country with the authorities reporting five new deaths and 41 confirmed cases yesterday, the highest in a single day.

With the advancement of the pandemic, the citizens of Bangladesh are leaning more and more towards adopting Mobile Financial Service (MFS) as their method of money transfer, buying products and services, buying mobile balance and making bill payments.

The Covid-19 pandemic is still having severe impacts on many countries and it is not at all clear how long it will take to play out globally.

Two elderly South Korean coronavirus patients recovered from severe pneumonia after being treated with plasma from survivors, researchers said yesterday, offering hope in the face of the global pandemic.

The health crisis created by coronavirus has turned into an economic crisis now. It is not clear to me why the “stay at home” order has been called “holiday”.