Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) orders that all recognised kitchen markets and super shops must close by 5:00pm.

The government has extended the ongoing suspension of all types of public transport operations till April 25 -- to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The United States becomes the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

In a sign of solidarity, ambassadors of several Muslim countries on their individual capacities provide six tonnes of food for those facing the brunt of the shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Three more died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Local electronics manufacturer -- Minister Hi-Tech Park Ltd -- has designed a ventilator and necessary medical equipment for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, and will send those to two private medical colleges in the capital for pre-testing.

Switzerland has announced assistance of 2.8 million Swiss francs (Tk 25 crore) for Bangladesh for immediate response to fallouts for the coronavirus pandemic.

Suffering for 10 days with Covid-19 like symptoms, a 35-year old woman dies in Brahmanbaria town.

A six-month-old, who was put under isolation at Khulna Medical College Hospital (KMCH) with coronavirus symptoms, dies.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is able to walk in hospital some 24 hours after leaving intensive care treatment for COVID-19, as Britain records nearly 1,000 daily deaths from the virus for the first time.

Two more persons, including a policeman, test positive for coronavirus in Shibalay and Harirampur upazilas of Manikganj.

A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 13 feet (four meters) -- twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries on to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus and voiced alarm it was taking hold in Africa.

Country’s overall internet bandwidth usage has increased by 11 percent in the last two weeks as users are at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

A Brac study finds that 14 percent of respondents do not have any food at home because of the countrywide shutdown in effect from March 26 to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus has reached 100,000, while the tally of cases has passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally.

The Singapore government has promised food, wages, and treatment costs of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are in isolation in the country’s dormitories.

Falsehoods and rumours thrive during a crisis and even more when the crisis revolves around a threatening disease.

Several thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Middle East, Italy and some Southeast Asian countries are facing acute shortage of food and other essential commodities as their income sources remained shut amid shutdown enforced by the countries to contain coronavirus spread.

South Korean officials yesterday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again.