Another 6.65 million US workers file for unemployment benefits last week, the most ever recorded, as the coronavirus forces businesses to shut down nationwide, the Labor Department reports.

Hackers working in the interests of the Iranian government have attempted to break into the personal email accounts of staff at the World Health Organization during the coronavirus outbreak, four people with knowledge of the matter tell Reuters.

The Police Headquarters (PHQ) calls upon all to inform the local administration or police before distributing any kind of relief to ensure physical distancing.

The feeling of being a father in indescribable, and it is more so when it’s experienced for the first time. A Bangladeshi migrant in Singapore, whose wife has just given birth, is yet to experience this as for the past two months he has been ill. His physical condition has been worsened by coronavirus infection.

Brac allocates a budget of Tk 15 crore to help 100,000 low-income families in urban slums, semi-urban and remote areas whose livelihoods have been impacted due to the social distancing measures taken to stem the Covid-19 pandemic.

The government closure of all services except those deemed essential to combat the spread of coronavirus has now been extended till April 11. And owing to the shutdown, life has come to a grinding halt.

A 70-year-old man dies while in home quarantine in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila.

Jaya Ahsan is practicing social distancing by staying at home, as the nation copes with the coronavirus pandemic. She has been looking after her plants, spending time with her family, and trying to stay positive in these tough times.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte tells security forces they should shoot dead anyone causing “trouble” in areas locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has provided $1.3 million financial assistance to avoid trainees from dropping out under the Skills for Employment Investment Program (SEIP).

The government will start a special open market sale (OMS) of coarse rice at Tk 10 per kg from Sunday (April 5) in all cities and district towns to ensure food for the urban poor amid the countrywide shutdown.

When deserted roads have become a common sight with the nationwide shutdown in force to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a gathering of a few hundred people elbowing each other is what caught our correspondent’s eye outside the Bandar Police Station in Chattogram.

A 49-year-old Oman returnee, who was under home quarantine till March 31, dies at home in Dowarabazar upazila under Sunamganj.

Transaction hours at all commercial banks are extended by one hour -- up to 1pm – during the ongoing nationwide closure.

Thirteen more Bangladeshis died of coronavirus in New York and New Jersey in 15 hours, from 7:00am (NY time), a local journalist says.

At least 1000 samples of suspected Covid-19 patients are to be tested across the country by tomorrow to assess the situation.

Two more persons have tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 56, says DGHS.

The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 late Wednesday, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University.

All students from grades I to VIII in schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of India will be promoted to the next class as their final examinations could not be held due to Covid-19 and the three-week lockdown, says an order passed by the Indian government.

A state-run scientific research institution of India claims to have developed an anti-microbial coating that could kill a range of virus types including Covid-19 when applied on different surfaces such as textile and plastic.