When Sumaiya Akter got a divorce around four years ago, she had nowhere to go with her baby boy. Her own parents had died when she was a child.

Chattogram district administration placed 16 apartments of a four-storey building on lockdown in Khulshi area after residents of an apartment violated a quarantine order issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The laboratory installed at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital is all set to start coronavirus testing.

At least 25 people, most of whom were garment workers demanding their pending salaries, and three policemen were injured during a clash at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila this morning.

The cabinet today directed administration and law enforcement agencies to implement government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

No people or vehicles will be allowed to enter or leave Chattogram metropolitan area except in case of emergencies, Chattogram Metropolitan Police says after the countrywide shutdown imposed to check coronavirus transmission has been extended until April 14.

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Tajul Islam today said involvement of NGOs and civil society is needed along with government efforts to tackle the coronavirus crisis.

India’s President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and all members of the Indian parliament voluntarily decide to take a 30 percent cut in their pay and allowances for a year from April 1, 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak and the expected adverse effect on the economy.

The Supreme Court judges have donated Tk 10 lakh to the prime minister's fund as part of effort to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus.

Residents of a village in Sylhet Sadar upazila stage demonstration demanding government relief during the ongoing shutdown.

In an effort to prevent coronavirus transmission, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) issues a directive asking concerned authorities to keep all types of shops and business centres -- except pharmacies -- closed by 7:00pm on a regular basis.

At least 44 Bangladeshis who were stuck in India were put under institutional quarantine after they returned through Benapole border today.

Local administration has locked down five villages in Moulvibazar’s Rajnagar upazila, a day after a coronavirus patient died there.

Queen Elizabeth tells the British people that they would overcome the coronavirus outbreak if they stayed resolute in the face of lockdown and self-isolation, invoking the spirit of World War Two in an extremely rare broadcast to the nation.

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

The United States is entering what a senior official warns would be the "hardest" week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo has said.

An official of Anti-Corruption Commission has died of coronavirus at Bangladesh-Kuwait Friendship Hospital.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to hospital for tests after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street says he remains in charge of the government.

All shops and business establishments including eateries in 12 cities and district towns will close early every evening to limit the spread of coronavirus.