Gymnasiums are closed, exercising outside is restricted and self-isolating mandates are forcing people to make big changes to their workout routines.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman calls upon the people to do away with strikes and gheraos and invest their energies into rebuilding the country. He asks them to maintain discipline and increase production in industries and in fields.

The authorities have decided to continue setting up the dedicated hospital for coronavirus patients in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area which was halted for a day due to protesting locals.

A group of US citizens, including some diplomats, will be leaving Bangladesh today in a chartered flight arranged by the US government amid fears of coronavirus pandemic, US embassy officials in Dhaka have said.

Violating a court directive, some unscrupulous people continue to illegally lift sand from the Someshwari river, posing a threat to ecological diversity.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today emphasises the need for mass education in the country. He observes that without

The countrywide school shutdown, enforced to curb further spread of the coronavirus, can be an ideal time for parents to teach their children morality, personal hygiene and share various tales, especially folk.

Angela Merkel’s long-struggling conservatives have rebounded in the polls thanks to the government’s handling of the coronavirus crisis and widespread faith in the outgoing German chancellor’s ability to manage the upheaval.

The Chattogram district administration and metropolitan police distributed relief materials to 480 poor and low-income families yesterday.

Some members of a garment factory alliance have been producing biodegradable general-use masks from surplus fabrics to distribute among the poor for free.

The life of Bede community members in Shariatpur has come to a halt as they are prevented from earning their livelihood by roaming around localities amid fear of coronavirus spread.

A woman and her two children were burnt to death as a fire broke out in their house in the capital’s Mirpur early yesterday.

The 10-day shutdown that has been imposed to prevent contagious spread of coronavirus induced a sleep-like quiescence on the streets of Dhaka. Both security guards and users of the ATM booths in the capital are feeling the pinch of such an unprecedented emptiness.

As Roksana Akter started having labour pains, she was immediately taken to a private hospital in Lakshmipur’s Chandraganj area on Friday morning.

Four alleged yaba traders were killed in separate “gunfights” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila early yesterday.

As the coronavirus situation intensifies, people are concerned about how to stay healthy.

The government will sue people under the Digital Security Act for sharing or publicising rumours or confusing or unverified information on social media or through any other means during the 10-day closure to fight coronavirus.

Sporadic rain and a relatively empty capital will make for an ideal breeding environment for the dengue-causing Aedes mosquitoes.

Bangabandhu today urges the people to dedicate themselves to the task of national reconstruction of the country subordinating

Ireland is to impose a lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Friday.