The head of the World Health Organization yesterday warned that the new coronavirus pandemic was far from over and said that he was “deeply concerned” about the impact of the disruption of normal health services, especially on children.

Seventeen police officers in Peru have died after contracting novel coronavirus while enforcing the nation’s pandemic lockdown, officials and state media said.

Locals looted a truck of Food Friendly Programme rice at Kaliganj bazar in Sylhet’s Zakiganj upazila yesterday morning after raising allegation that a dealer involved with the programme was conspiring to misappropriate the subsidised staple.

At a time when testing for the coronavirus is urgently needed to save lives and arrest the spread of the Covid-19, the government’s drug administration seems to have gone down the lengthier route to examine a testing kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.

Five people, including two children and a teenage boy, died after showing Covid-19 symptoms in four districts yesterday.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calls upon the Bangalee nation to build a socialist Shonar Bangla as dreamed by Sher-e-Bangla AK

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) is facing trouble as it can’t store imported fuel oil anymore. Its tanks are almost full as the demand for fuel in the country decreased by 60 percent due to the nationwide shutdown since March 26.

Finding the perfect fringe during these times of confinement may prove to be an expensive gamble after German police went underground to uncover two makeshift hairdressing salons on Saturday.

Forbes, an American business magazine, featured eight women global leaders, including Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who “deserve to be recognised” for their efforts in dealing with Covid-19 challenges to reshape the future.

Spanish children were allowed outside yesterday for the first time in six weeks as countries eased lockdown measures and reopen economies gutted by the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly three million people worldwide.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper was reviewing on Friday the results of an investigation into a major Covid-19 outbreak on an aircraft carrier, as pressure built to reinstate the warship’s fired captain.

The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia’s fragile public health system has provoked a flurry of innovation from robotics to digitalisation efforts to bolster the North African country’s pandemic response.

India plans to fast track the review of some investment proposals from neigbouring countries such as China following concerns new screening rules could hit plans of companies and investors, three sources told Reuters yesterday.

“This virus has affected everyone -- it did not even show any compassion for those already considered excluded, marginalised, and invisible.”

Six people, including a 16-month-old baby girl, died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms in five districts yesterday.

Five Bangladeshi private universities made it to the second edition of the Times Higher Education’s pioneering Impact Rankings, which assess the social and economic impact of universities, using metrics based on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

President Donald Trump said he was being sarcastic when he raised the possibility of using disinfectant inside people’s bodies to fight the coronavirus, seeking to walk back comments that alarmed medical professionals worldwide.

Can dogs detect Covid-19? A British charity believes so, and has begun training canines to sniff out the coronavirus following previous screening success with various illnesses.

Bangabandhu is today quoted as saying India will not and cannot negotiate any settlement with Pakistan on the prisoners of war issue without Bangladesh’s concurrence.

A person who later turned out to be coronavirus-positive had gone to Dhaka Medical College Hospital on April 8 after having visited a few other hospitals.