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Mothers who are between their first and third trimesters of pregnancy should maintain strict isolation in the days of coronavirus.

Local administration rescued an elderly person with Covid-19 symptoms left at a char of Jamuna in Pabna’s Bera upazila on Monday.

The UN Refugee Agency warned of life-threatening consequences if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time in Bangladesh amid the global outbreak of Covid-19.

Soviet Ambassador to Bangladesh Valentin Popov today calls on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Gono Bhaban. Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad also attends the meeting.

Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the coronavirus outbreak that has killed tens of thousands and turned the world upside down comes from the animal world.

Nigeria yesterday confirmed its first coronavirus case in the insurgency-hit northeast of the country, a medic with Doctors Without Borders who died from Covid-19.

The coronavirus lockdown imposed in Madagascar’s three main cities was to be progressively lifted from yesterday, President Andry Rajoelina said, adding that a Malgache “remedy” for the disease had been successfully tested.

Twenty five rights activists, researchers and development professionals have urged the government to resume 4G mobile internet inside the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar to ensure flow of information that could help prevent coronavirus transmission.

Germany and other parts of Europe took tentative steps to ease lockdown measures yesterday but officials warned the battle against the coronavirus pandemic was far from over.

A gunman who drove a mock-up police car killed at least 16 people including a female constable in a shooting rampage across Nova Scotia, Canadian federal police said Sunday, the worst case of its kind in the country’s history.

Police and local administration officials recovered over 4 tonnes of rice, provided under the government’s “rice at Tk 10 per kilogram” programme meant the for poor, in three districts since Sunday.

Garment workers were beaten up allegedly by a local union parishad member’s men when they gathered in front of a factory for their dues in Savar’s Ashulia yesterday.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has been affecting virtually the whole world as both casualties and the number of infected are on the rise.

Clear and stagnant water at construction sites are the most hospitable breeding ground for Aedes mosquitoes and steps should be taken immediately to address the problem, experts said.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calls upon doctors to devote themselves to alleviate human suffering . “Let the humanitarian ideals

The government yesterday suspended chairmen and nine members of three Union Parishads on charge of their involvement with irregularities in distributing relief materials amid the coronavirus outbreak.

In major cities of Bangladesh, people generally do not know much about their next-door neighbours even though they may have been living side by side for years.

Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, the Council of Senior Scholars, urged Muslims worldwide to pray at home during Ramadan if their countries require social distancing to curb the spread of the coronavirus, state news agency SPA reported yesterday.

The non-government organisations want the government to engage them in tackling the crisis caused by Covid-19 which has far-reaching impacts on people, health and economy, especially on the poor and vulnerable communities across the country.