Another coronavirus patient, aged around 70, has died in Bangladesh while six more new cases have been confirmed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

China has announced that a lockdown would be lifted on more than 50 million people in central Hubei province where the coronavirus first emerged late last year.

Public transport services will remain suspended from March 26 to April 4 across the country to prevent spread of coronavirus, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said.

Myanmar reports its first confirmed cases of coronavirus in two men who recently travelled to the United States and the United Kingdom.

The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, the World Health Organization (WHO) says, with more than 300,000 cases now recorded and infections reported from nearly every country.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose by 602 on Monday, the smallest increase for four days, while the number of new cases also slowed, raising hope that the most aggressive phase of the epidemic may be passing.

A clearly unhappy Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says people defying advice to isolate themselves to fight a coronavirus outbreak should “go home and stay home” or face sanctions.

Syria says it has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, in a person who came from abroad.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for a global ceasefire so the world can focus on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

Sheba.xyz, The Daily Star and Samakal have jointly started a fund for the underprivileged and those who are deemed most at risk from the coronavirus.

Four members of a Rohingya family are quarantined after they arrived in Leda Camp (No 24) in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila.

The university authority enforces a lockdown in Buet's Dhakeshwari teachers' quarters as a coronavirus case was confirmed there.

Detectives arrest a man in Chandpur for allegedly spreading a rumour about the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

A Muslim imam from Bangladesh died in The Gambia after preaching in several other countries, becoming the tiny West African nation's first coronavirus fatality, the health ministry says.

In face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) is disinfecting roads by spraying bleaching solution.

Authorities have decided to use three resorts as institutional quarantine facilities in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

The United States should lift sanctions if it wants to help Iran to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says, adding that Iran had no intention of accepting Washington’s offer of humanitarian assistance.

Army will start assisting local administration at divisional and district towns from tomorrow -- to ensure people are maintaining social distance and taking precautionary measures.

All government offices will be closed from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the cabinet secretary says.

All government offices will be closed from March 26 to April 4 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the cabinet secretary said today.