A fishing cat gave birth to two kittens at the zoo of Bangladesh Bonyo Prani Sheba Foundation in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila yesterday morning.

With an aim to aware people on how to help prevent the spread of coronavirus, government officials in Rajshahi launched a campaign yesterday.

Woodpeckers are specialized birds. They have unusual features and capabilities that work together to achieve one goal: to find insects that are hidden inside the bark of trees or other covered areas such as termite or ant hills.

A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Banani area on Thursday night.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati yesterday demanded immediate shutdown of garments factories for a temporary period to protect RMG workers from the novel coronavirus.

Nagorik Oikya yesterday demanded rescheduling of by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies and elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) instead of March 21 and 29 respectively, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka and Sylhet in last two days.

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia will be paid by their employers even if they do not have to work amid the Covid-19 outbreak in the Southeast Asian country.

Authorities of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram are waiting for the decision of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh regarding closing the airport for all international flights until further notice in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Rapid Action Battalion arrest three suspected Ansar-Al-Islam members, who used to look after the finances of the banned militant outfit, from Dhaka and Sylhet in the last two days, the elite force says.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) forms a committee to fight and prevent the spread of coronavirus in the area of Dhaka under its purview.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has temporarily suspended its flights on Bangkok route.

The government has announced the closure of National Zoo located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area from today to March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrests an alleged woman leader of “Neo JMB” from Dhaka.

Divisional directors of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), district civil surgeons and upazila health and family planning officers can take legal actions through running mobile courts to tackle the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

A 19-year-old youth is stabbed to death by unidentified criminals in Dhaka’s Banani area.

The government authorises the Bangladesh army to run two quarantine centres in Dhaka in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The case filed over the rape of a Dhaka University student in the capital’s Kurmitola area on January 5 was transferred yesterday to the 7th Special Tribunal for Prevention of Women and Children Repression of Dhaka for its trial.

The International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) will award grants worth USD 400,000 for women researchers and scientists, in commemoration of birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The High Court yesterday directed the civil aviation and tourism ministry to hand over all overseas returnees to law enforcing agencies -- to keep them in quarantine for up to 14 days on their arrival, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.