Law enforcers have cordoned off two houses in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna as unidentified criminals set explosive-like objects on the premises.

Local administration has locked down a village in Chapainawabganj’s Gomostapur upazila after a man died with coronavirus-like symptoms there, the district’s civil surgeon said.

Facebook Inc says it would start surveying some US users about their health as part of a Carnegie Mellon University research project aimed at generating “heat maps” of self-reported coronavirus infections.

As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warns that the world needs nearly six million nurses.

Allegations of irregularities and corruption are surfacing over the recently completed rehabilitation and maintenance work on more than 600 kilometres of different levees in Sunamganj.

Students of PC Nall Memorial High School in Netrakona are deprived of playing as hundreds of sand-laden vehicles have been plying through a portion of the school playground for years.

Despite bumper production of fruits, growers in Rangamati are incurring losses as the price has fallen drastically in the local markets of the district due to coronavirus outbreak.

The 89th birth anniversary of legendary film actress Suchitra Sen passed in silence yesterday as there is strict restriction on public gatherings to check the spread of global pandemic Covid-19.

Chattogram district administration placed 16 apartments of a four-storey building on lockdown in Khulshi area after residents of an apartment violated a quarantine order issued to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Freedom fighter Rakhi Das Purkayastha has passed away aged 68.

A local Awami League leader suffering from heart disease and breathing difficulties dies in Tangail’s Gopalpur upazila.

The Cabinet approves the draft of the Fish and Fish Products (Inspection and Quality Control) Bill, 2020 with provision for minimum five years’ imprisonment, Tk 5 lakh fine or both as punishment for violation of the law.

The laboratory installed at Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital is all set to start coronavirus testing.

At least 25 people, most of whom were garment workers demanding their pending salaries, and three policemen were injured during a clash at Mymensingh’s Bhaluka upazila this morning.

The cabinet today directed administration and law enforcement agencies to implement government directives on social distancing in a stricter manner to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

No people or vehicles will be allowed to enter or leave Chattogram metropolitan area except in case of emergencies, Chattogram Metropolitan Police says after the countrywide shutdown imposed to check coronavirus transmission has been extended until April 14.

A woman, aged around 40, is stuck in the no man’s land along Bangladesh-India border in Khagrachhari’s Ramgarh area for four days, as neither country has agreed to take her in yet.

Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has welcomed the stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to overcome the impact of Covid-19 crisis.

Residents of a village in Sylhet Sadar upazila stage demonstration demanding government relief during the ongoing shutdown.

The 11th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) will go into its seventh session on April 18.