A French medical body urged pet owners on Wednesday to take precautions like washing hands after stroking dogs or cats, saying the risk of catching COVID-19 from animals “cannot be ruled out”.

Italy’s air quality has improved since the country went into coronavirus lockdown, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said Wednesday, a trend seen elsewhere in Europe as well.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday reported its first death from the new coronavirus as the total number of infections spiked to 767, according to the health ministry.

At least eight people were killed and 12 others injured in three road accidents in Bogura yesterday.

In a historic address to the nation broadcast and telecast today from his office, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declares his commitment towards establishing socialism in Bangladesh and presents his nationalisation scheme.

Ignoring the government advice to stay home, people in droves continued to leave Dhaka for their village homes yesterday.

The Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) yesterday requested all not to publish news and photos on the basis of false, misleading and hypothetical information on the members of armed forces deployed across the country to combat coronavirus.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police in Sadar upazila of Kushtia early yesterday, after several hours of his arrest.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman today at a meeting with Rayer Bazar Awami League members says,

Three children went missing after a trawler with around 60 passengers on board capsized in the Padma near Shimulia ghat in Munshiganj’s Louhajang upazila last night.

Nigeria on Monday urged people in its largest city Lagos and capital Abuja to stay home, as the country shut its land borders to halt the spread of coronavirus.

The US Department of Justice said it was delaying court hearings for asylum seekers ordered to stay in Mexico while their cases are being decided, due to the coronavirus.

Hospitals in the German state of Saxony will take on at least six Italian coronavirus patients who are unable to receive treatment in their own country, state premier Michael Kretschmer said Monday.

Britain’s leaders yesterday urged people to respect an unprecedented countrywide lockdown, saying that following advice to stay at home would stop people dying of coronavirus.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed yesterday urged G20 leaders to help Africa cope with the coronavirus crisis by facilitating debt relief and providing $150 billion in emergency funding.

South Africa reported more than 150 new coronavirus cases yesterday, taking the new tally to 554, the highest in Africa, a day after it ordered a three-week lockdown.

More than 60 suspected undocumented migrants from Ethiopia were found dead yesterday in a cargo container in Mozambique’s northwest Tete province, a senior hospital official said.

US President Donald Trump on Monday said antimalarial drugs that are under investigation to treat the new coronavirus could be a “gift from God” despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven medicines.

In Turkey, sprinkling hands with cologne has long been a ritual for a visit to the barber, a meal at a restaurant or even a trip on the bus.