Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appeals to citizens to observe a self-curfew on March 22 as part of a trial-run to test social isolation to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

A special flight of Saudi Arabian Airlines today brought back 406 Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in the kingdom, on a special flight after the Gulf nation suspended air communication with several countries, including Bangladesh, to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Leaves of all staffers and officials engaged in the health sector have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak across the country, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Around 200 elderly people are seen gathering in front of Dargah Gate branch of Sonali Bank in Sylhet city to collect their old-age allowance, defying the government directive on avoiding large gathering as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The government has instructed concerned authorities to halt all political, cultural and religious gatherings.

Movement of public transport has been limited in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Juma prayers at a mosque -- 201 Gambuj Mosque -- in Tangail’s Gopalpur upazila have been suspended to prevent the risk of coronavirus spread.

A number of relatives of councillor candidates for the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation elections returned from abroad lately and are participating in election campaigns instead of being in home quarantine, the district administration has found.

All bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka, Chattogram have been suspended for indefinite period to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says the government will lock down the most vulnerable areas of the country -- such as Madaripur and Faridpur -- if the coronavirus outbreak worsens.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today received government approval to import raw material which are needed to make the coronavirus-detection kit that was developed by the organisation.

Three Supreme Court lawyers send a letter to the president and prime minister, requesting them to declare state of emergency due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today suspended its flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore, spokespersons of Biman said today.

Dhaka University authorities ask its resident students to leave their dormitories by tomorrow evening amid coronavirus fears.

The High Court has directed civil aviation and tourism ministry to hand over all overseas returnees to law enforcing agencies -- to keep them in quarantine to prevent spread of coronavirus.

Trading at the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges has been halted in a desperate bid to stem losses amid coronavirus fears.

The Dhaka airport authorities had sent seven people, who landed from different countries, to a nearby hospital in the last 24 hours, according to the airport director.

The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global economic crisis destroying up to 25 million jobs around the world if governments do not act fast to shield workers from the impact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

Four hours after stopping work, in demand of personal protective equipment (PPE), interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital have joined back.

China marks a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it records zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatens its progress.