Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has directed its field offices to take necessary steps to stop passengers on goods-laden vehicles during the ongoing shutdown.

Six members of a family were infected with Covid-19 in the Sabujbagh area in Dhaka. The family includes an elderly couple, their two daughters and two granddaughters -- one two-and-half years old and the other only six months old, said Mahbub Alam, officer-in-charge of Sabujbagh Police Station.

The International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh is working together with the Prison Directorate and the Ministry of Home Affairs to enhance the preparedness of the 68 prisons across the country in the face of a possible outbreak of Covid-19, the ICRC said in a statement today.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a lawyer on charge of spreading rumours on social media about coronavirus outbreak.

Amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus, around one hundred readymade garment factories are opened in Savar and Ashulia area of Gazipur ignoring the call of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

Brac University authority has postponed it decision to assign students grades without holding semester finals.

Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) urges government.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government’s plan to reduce the backlog of cases at the courts will not be possible this year due to the fallout over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Young Bangla -- a voluntary youth group of Centre for Research and Information (CRI) -- has been raising awareness among young people involved in volunteering in their communities across the country in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh Police says that it is not allowing anyone to enter or leave Dhaka, except for emergency services.

The authorities of Chittagong University (CU) have decided to donate Tk one crore to prime minister's relief and welfare fund to support the government in the ongoing battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.

The Maldives has requested Bangladesh to take back undocumented Bangladeshi workers from the island nation due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said.

A 60-year-old farmer, who was suffering from flu-like symptoms, has died, hours after local administration locked down his house along with six others in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla.

One more coronavirus patient has died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, taking the total number of deaths to nine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.

Local administration has locked down Ambagan area in Narayanganj Sadar upazila after a 55-year-old resident died of coronavirus in the area.

A woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of Manikganj, hours after a man was diagnosed with the virus and local administration locking down the municipality area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the government’s plan to address the possible impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Tk 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages.

A Narayanganj doctor undergoing treatment at Kurmitola Hospital in Dhaka with fever, cold and cough has tested positive with coronavirus.

Even though the progress of some mega projects involving China and Japan has slowed down amid the ongoing coronavirus situation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says the projects will be completed on time.

Police lock down a supershop in Khulshi area of Chattogram city and send its 14 staffers on home quarantine in connection with the first confirmed coronavirus patient in the port city.