Hearing about the whole incident on the district hotline, Dr Gaffar donned his gloves after years and he, along with another colleague -- anaesthetist Dr Iqbal Mahmud -- rushed there, around 15km away from district town, to conduct the operation.

The government has extended suspension of all passenger flights to and from 10 countries till April 7.

A stationary seller comes under attack by another shop owner as he was selling facemasks at a low price in a local market in Chattogram’s Rangunia upazila.

Angry workers of a Chinese company at Ishwardi EPZ besiege the factory and stage demonstration demanding the owners shut it down and allow leave for the workers amid the coronavirus outbreak.

On behalf of the administration, upazila nirbarhi officer of Manirampur today apologised to the three elderly persons who were humiliated by the assistant commissioner (Land) of the upazila in Jashore on Friday.

A citizen of Finland collapses by the road at Mirboxtula in Sylhet city.

The samples of a 30-year-old man, who died at a Khagrachhari hospital after being admitted there with fever and breathing complications, test negative for the novel coronavirus (Covid-19).

The Dhaka Metropolitan Police has handed out instructions to its officials on handling the shutdown.

A youth and an 80-year-old woman have been admitted at the Corona Isolation Centre at Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital with coronavirus-like symptoms.

A 45-year-old-man, suffering from a cold, cough and fever, dies allegedly after receiving no treatment in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila.

The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) imposes the highest alert at different areas along the Bangladesh-India border in Jashore’s Benapole to prevent suspected coronavirus-infected people from trespassing into Bangladesh side.

About 100,000 migrant workers in Maldives, including many Bangladeshis, are at added risk from Covid-19, Human Rights Watch has said, urging authorities to ensure their access to healthcare.

Locals at different parts of Hathazari upazila are placing logs and placards with warning messages, and digging holes in the middle of the roads so that outsiders are unable to enter their villages, in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Owners of vehicles whose fitness clearance would expire within this 10-day shutdown period announced by the government, will be able to renew the clearance within June this year without paying any fine.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary has asked law enforcers around the country to remain tolerant, polite and professional with public while performing duties.

Four alleged yaba traders have been killed in separate “gunfights” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar district.

An assistant commissioner, whose photos of publicly humiliating elderly people triggered outrage among netizens, has been withdrawn, the Ministry of Public Administration has confirmed.

A 38-year-old school teacher was burnt to death as a fire broke out at her house in East Vandaria village in Vandaria upazila of Pirojpur district early today.

Five labourers are killed and 11 others injured as a cement-laden truck overturns in Tangail Sadar upazila.

A divisional taskforce -- comprising army officials and civilians -- to fight the Covid-19 outbreak has decided to use the intensive care unit (ICU) of the private Parkview Hospital in Chattogram city to treat coronavirus infected patients.