Amid widespread outrage over police excess in enforcing restrictions on people’s movement, the authorities yesterday issued several directives asking police and other officials to act professionally.

The human dimensions of the COVID-19 pandemic reach far beyond the critical health response. All aspects of our future will be affected—economic, social and developmental. Our response must be urgent, coordinated and on a global scale, and should immediately deliver help to those most in need.

Protests erupted in Tejgaon Industrial area yesterday over the plan to set up a dedicated hospital at a building in the area for treating coronavirus patients, halting the refurbishment works for hours.

In an effort to stem the spread of the coronavirus infection, all educational institutions were ordered shut from March 18 to 31. Now it has been extended to April 9;

In the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, Bangladeshi corporate giant Beximco Group has come forward to provide personal protective equipment (PPE), medicines, and test kits for protecting the frontline healthcare professionals who are dealing with the Covid-19 patients every day.

Mission Save Bangladesh, a joint initiative of The Daily Star, Sheba.xyz, and Samakal, unites with The Shakib Al Hasan Foundation.

Gono Kalyan Trust, a nongovernment organisation, has donated Tk five lakh to Gonoshasthaya Kendra to help it continue its research on how to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus, a press release says.

The government has initiated a process to disseminate information about coronavirus and collect health information of mobile phone users from the mobile phone users through popular mobile applications.

The government will sue people under the Digital Security Act for sharing or publicising rumours or confusing or unverified information on social media or through any other means during the 10-day closure to fight coronavirus.

Transparency International Bangladesh has underscored the need for creating a special fund equivalent to 10 percent of the country’s gross domestic product to face the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon today inaugurated a month-long food distribution programme for those in need during the ongoing closure of government and private institutions to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A 21-year-old woman has been put under institutional quarantine at Jajira Upazila Health Complex in Shariatpur today.

The US Department of State and US Embassy Bangladesh have arranged a special chartered flight for US citizens and their families departing Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces creation of the Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund with voluntary contributions from all.

A manufacturer at the Chattogram Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) -- Smart Jacket (BD) Limited -- has received a working order for 50,000 more sets of surgical jackets from the Ministry of Health.

The government has extended suspension of all passenger flights to and from 10 countries till April 7.

Angry workers of a Chinese company at Ishwardi EPZ besiege the factory and stage demonstration demanding the owners shut it down and allow leave for the workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.

The Chinese embassy today confirmed that none of the 40,500 test kits sent to Bangladesh are from Shenzhen Bioeasy Biotechnology -- the company which was under question by the Spanish government on Thursday for supplying “faulty” kits.

A youth and an 80-year-old woman have been admitted at the Corona Isolation Centre at Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital with coronavirus-like symptoms.

A 45-year-old-man, suffering from a cold, cough and fever, dies allegedly after receiving no treatment in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.