The Dhaka city dwellers continued to throng grocery stores, super shops and kitchen markets yesterday amid looming threat of coronavirus, causing a hike in prices of essential commodities.

More than 10,000 people have now died in coronavirus pandemic that has swept from China throughout the world, forcing the confinement of tens of millions in their homes.

The carelessness of the returnees from abroad over following self-quarantine rules is putting their family members and relatives at risk of contracting coronavirus, statistics show.

The government must scale up its efforts to trace and quarantine all the people who might have come in contact with the coronavirus patients to contain the spread of the virus, say experts.

Millions of people could die from the new coronavirus, particularly in poor countries, if it is allowed to spread unchecked, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Thursday, appealing for a coordinated global response to the pandemic.

India cricket captain Virat Kohli and his actor wife Anushka Sharma on Friday issued a joint appeal for self-isolation to combat the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, which has left the world in disarray.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announces that her government will provide free food grains under the Public Distribution System for the next six months, which will benefit 7.5 crore people of the state to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

Sri Lanka imposes a nationwide weekend curfew as South Asian countries escalate efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people.

Britain has asked 65,000 former nurses and doctors to return to work and will deploy final-year medical students to fight the coronavirus health crisis, the health ministry says.

California issues an unprecedented statewide “stay at home” order for its 40 million residents and Washington warns Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the country hits 200.

Authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have started marking inbound passengers with stamps bearing the date till which they will have to stay under home quarantine.

As public transports and mass gatherings pose a high risk for Covid-19 transmission, the government will consider suspension of bus, train and launch services in the country if the coronavirus situation worsens, ministers say.

The United States sends Iran a blunt message: the spread of the coronavirus will not save it from US sanctions that are choking off its oil revenues and isolating its economy.

Election Commission launches a training for teachers who will discharge duties in polling centres as presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers amid the fear of coronavirus spread, while the government shut down educational institutes, sports events, social, religious and cultural gatherings to contain the virus.

Three new coronavirus cases have been detected in Bangladesh, raising the total number of confirmed cases to 20, an IEDCR official confirmed today.

Divisional directors of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), district civil surgeons and upazila health and family planning officers can take legal actions through running mobile courts to tackle the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The health ministry receives an allocation of Tk 200 crore in additional funds for taking necessary measures to contain the spread of coronavirus in the country and to treat patients.

The government authorises the Bangladesh army to run two quarantine centres in Dhaka in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Italy's death toll from coronavirus overtakes that of China, where the virus first emerged, as hospitals say they are being overwhelmed and the government prepares to prolong emergency lockdown measures.

Bayer AG says it has donated 3 million tablets of the malaria drug Resochin to the US government for potential use to treat COVID-19.