Garments workers of a factory have demonstrated in front of their unit in Ashulia demanding reinstatement of their jobs and reopening of the factory.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has received permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) to have the locally manufactured kits for Covid-19 detection tested.

Three people undergoing treatment at the isolation ward of Manikganj General Hospital, have died.

Two police personnel who were infected with Covid-19 have died since yesterday.

A police constable of Chattogram Metropolitam Police Headquarters tests positive for coronavirus after his samples were tested at the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks on the phone to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, and discusses the regional situation in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

It wasn’t only an underage boy, but also his father and several others, who took part in the sensational killing of four members of a family in Gazipur. Three of the victims were also raped before murder, following which the criminals looted the house to get money for gambling and buying narcotics.

An 80-year-old man in Rangpur returns home after recovering from Covid-19 after 14 days of treatment.

Local administration in Khagrachhari reports the first case of Covid-19 in the district.

UNDP, with support from Australia, provides 5,000 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for urban waste cleaning workers of Dhaka North and South City, Chattogram and Narayangaj city corporations.

The government has launched a medical call centre and a hotline to be used on the instant messaging app imo for 22 lakh Bangladeshis living in Saudi Arabia.

Two ministers, four lawmakers and several other government officials today launched two programmes in Sunamganj -- paddy procurement and handover of harvesting machines -- but all seemingly forgot to follow the government instruction on physical distancing.

UN human rights expert Yanghee Lee has called upon the United Nations to step up its efforts to protect civilians in Rakhine and Chin states of Myanmar, alleging ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity being committed by the Myanmar military there.

The Dhaka University (DU) authorities decide to allow only enrolled students to stay at the dormitories once the university opens.

Ride-sharing service OBHAI has launched special travel arrangements “OBHAI Sheba” to commute healthcare workers and patients to hospitals or healthcare centres amidst the current Covid-19 crisis.

PepsiCo in Bangladesh, along with the global food and beverage company’s philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation, has partnered with Brac, the world’s leading NGO, to provide over 1.4 million meals to low-income and ultra-poor families impacted by coronavirus pandemic across Bangladesh.

Chatmohar Upazila Health Complex of Pabna has been locked down after one of its health assistants (lab technician) was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines extends the suspension of all international and domestic flights till May 15 amid the global Covid-19 pandemic.

A suspected Rohingya drug peddler is killed in a gunfight with Detective Branch (DB) of police in Ramu upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

An international meteorological organisation has accepted Bangladesh's list of 13 new names to be given to tropical cyclones that develop over the North Indian Ocean (NIO) which includes the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea.