Egypt has placed over 300 families under quarantine in a Delta village to stem the spread of the new coronavirus after two deaths were recorded this month originating from the area.

Beds, ventilators and masks soon could all be in short supply in US hospitals rocked by the novel coronavirus, with doctors worrying they may have to start choosing which patients to treat.

Chile and Peru announced a total closure of their borders on Monday while Latin America’s largest airline said it was reducing operations by 70 percent as the region scrambled to stem the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic.

The US Justice Department abruptly dropped its criminal case Monday against the company controlled by a confident of Russian President Vladimir Putin that allegedly funded the campaign to meddle in the 2016 elections.

Israel’s internal security agency Shin Bet yesterday confirmed it has been mandated to collect information about citizens to fight the spread of the deadly coronavirus, a task it was undertaking with “immediate” effect.

The president of the European Commission said yesterday that, after speaking to a German biotech firm, she hopes a vaccine against the novel coronavirus strain will be available this year.

A spat between the US and China over the novel coronavirus escalated yesterday as President Donald Trump angered Beijing by referring to the pathogen as the “Chinese Virus.”

Defying government instructions, at least three schools in Gazipur and Narayanganj yesterday held programmes marking Bangabandhu’s birth centenary with the participation of almost all their students and also guardians amid coronavirus scare.

Four people were killed and 10 others injured after a portion of an under-construction college gate fell on them in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj yesterday.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, their foreign minister and aides have the final round of talks for six hours when they go on a river cruise on River Sitalakhya.

Although a week has passed since journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol went missing, his family could not file a case in this regard as two police stations in the capital are passing the buck on each other.

Germany’s foreign minister said yesterday the rights to coronavirus vaccine research were not for sale, following reports Donald Trump wanted the US to buy exclusive access to a potential vaccine developed by a German biotech firm.

A suspected mugger, who allegedly killed a woman while mugging her in the capital’s Mugda area last month, was killed in a “gunfight” with the Detective Branch of Police (DB) in Khilgaon area early yesterday.

The European Union will close its borders to all non-essential travel “for an initial period of 30 days” as it attempts to contain the ongoing spread of the coronavirus on the continent.

King Felipe VI of Spain moved Sunday to distance himself from his scandal-hit father, stripping him of his palace allowance and renouncing what he was due to inherit from him.

Detectives yesterday pressed charges against the lone accused, Majnu, in a case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on January 5.

Biman has so far suspended flights to 11 out of the 18 international destinations it serves and more routes could be cut as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage countries across the globe.

Saudi Arabia announced the detention of hundreds of government officials, including military and security officers, on charges involving bribery and exploiting public office, and said investigators would bring charges against them.

Bangladesh has sought support from other countries to provide safety and care to the Bangladeshis residing abroad while assuring that foreigners in Bangladesh would be taken care of during the global coronavirus outbreak.

South Africa repatriated dozens of its citizens from China on Saturday over the coronavirus, the health ministry said, the first such move by a sub-Saharan country as cases across the region continue to rise.