Chattogram Hill Tracts Affairs Minister Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing has been admitted to Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.

NGOs and civil society groups demanded that the government undertake a long-term plan involving them in tackling the novel coronavirus which is likely to continue for a while and will heavily impact livelihoods.

Former Sylhet city Mayor Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran is being taken to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka by a special helicopter of Air Force as his physical condition deteriorated due to Covid-19 infection.

Dr Mirza Nazim Uddin, a senior consultant (medicine) at Square Hospital in Dhaka, has died with Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Local administration declares three areas in Narayanganj to be red zones, and imposed lockdown for the next 15 days starting today, to contain the growing number of coronavirus cases in those areas.

Creating employment opportunities in both private and public sectors, and attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can be game changers even amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

MP’s wife claims he has not been arrested

A sub-inspector of police in Chattogram who died with coronavirus-like symptoms on Saturday, tested positive for coronavirus.

A woman showing symptoms similar to Covid-19 infection was left behind by her son in front of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) two days ago.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has donated Tk 10 crore to the Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) to continue its healthcare and other services to people.

Police charged baton and dispersed a group of health workers demonstrating in front of the Civil Surgeon’s office in Sunamganj today.

Forty-two people have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Two more workers, who suffered burn injuries in an accident at Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills (BSRM) yesterday, died while they were being shifted to Dhaka from Chattogram for better treatment early today.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has submitted an application before a Dhaka court to show Kamal Uddin alias Haji Kamal -- a suspected ringleader of a human trafficking -- as arrested in a case filed over the killing of 26 Bangladeshis in Libya last month.

The High Court today refused to grant bail to Sohel Rana, suspended manager of Farmers Bank's Tangail branch, in a case filed on charges of misappropriating and laundering Tk 9.28 crore from the bank.

Former health minister and Awami League MP Mohammed Nasim’s health condition remains unchanged and he is in “very critical state” now.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has said today that Bangladesh’s GDP growth will be no more than 2.5 percent this fiscal year, and that poverty will soar by 35 percent.

Rab claimed to have arrested 13 members of a fraud gang, who had misappropriated over a crore from mobile banking users.

A Rohingya man, identified as a robber by law enforcers, has been killed in a “gunfight” with police near Shalbagan Rohingya Camp in Hnila union under Teknaf upazila last night.

With 207 police personnel testing positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the total number of infected in the force jumped to 6,206 in the country till today.