Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the officials concerned of the government to prepare a list of distressed people for providing assistance so that they can face the tough times evolved over the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, the commerce ministry is working with field level administration and law enforcement agencies in a bid to keep supply of daily essentials and its prices in a stable state.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife says that she has recovered from being ill from Covid-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus.

The authorities of Mohammad Ali Hospital in Bogura have started admitting patients with coronavirus symptoms from today.

Thousands of low-income people, especially those who are depending on their daily income to survive in Dhaka city, are in a bleak situation due to a 10-day government shutdown to fight the coronavirus epidemic. To ease their sufferings, many people and voluntary organisations are coming forward with help. Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, a member of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU), is one such individual. Shaikat is feeding around 200 people daily.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra and actor Soni Razdan are among the thousands who are applauding the efforts of Minal Dakhave Bhosale - the virologist behind India's first coronavirus testing kit.

A seven-month-old baby, who was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on Thursday on suspicion of coronavirus infection, has tested negative.

Jack Ma -- one of the richest people in Asia and founder of Alibaba -- today donated another thirty thousand coronavirus testing kits and other medical supplies to Bangladesh.

A 22-year-old, who had fever and headache, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Mobile operators in the country have started sending text messages to users to determine potential carriers of coronavirus.

A US infant has died from the COVID-19 illness, officials in the state of Illinois said on Saturday, marking an extremely rare case of juvenile death in the global pandemic.

No new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said during a press briefing.

Police arrest six persons from different areas in Dhaka on charges of spreading rumours and misleading information on the coronavirus outbreak.

US President Donald Trump decides against imposing a broad two-week lockdown on New York and its neighbors after a strong pushback from local political leaders and warnings of the panic it could spark.

Qatar has recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry says.

Spain’s coronavirus fatalities rise by a record 832 people overnight to 5,690 as hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed and a police chief fought back tears announcing a colleague’s death.

After the government shut down malls and banned unnecessary gatherings to contain the spread of coronavirus, people have also limited the number of trips to kitchen markets.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $300,000 in emergency grant for Bangladesh in its first of the planned support that the lender is preparing to help the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The outbreak of coronavirus is deepening in the country and the risks on public health and overall economy is getting high.

The government has initiated a process to draw a digital map to track coronavirus cases and find out areas susceptible to contamination by using mobile users’ information -- a move that may help portray the real picture of a possible outbreak.