One more Tripura child died of measles in Lungthian Para of Rangamati’s Baghaichhari upazila early today taking the death toll in the recent measles outbreak in the area to seven.

The Supreme Court authorities declare general holiday for all courts across the country including its Appellate and High Court Divisions from March 29 to April 2 as part of its efforts to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

Department of Livestock Services (DLS) provides 1,155 sets of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for doctors and healthcare providers in Sylhet division.

A physician who was screening passengers at Brahmanbaria’s Akhaura International Immigration Checkpost has been sent to IEDCR in Dhaka for coronavirus test.

Twenty people including eight doctors were asked to go into home quarantine from Cox’s Bazar General Hospital, after a patient being treated there tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19). A South Tekpara area was it under lockdown.

Bangladesh Army has started patrolling in Narayanganj to support the district administration to ensure social distancing and implementation of other precautionary measures to curb coronavirus transmission.

The government today decided to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for six months on humanitarian grounds and considering her age, Law Minister Anisul Huq said.

The holidays for employees of Trading Corporation of Bangladesh and Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection have been cancelled to keep control over the prices and supply of essentials.

The UK-returnee, who died in isolation at a Sylhet hospital on Sunday, was not infected with coronavirus, according to a report of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

The closure of all types of educational institutions, including coaching centres, has been extended till April 9 due to the coronavirus outbreak.

All flights on domestic routes will be suspended from 12:01am today, Mohibul Haque, senior secretary of the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry, told The Daily Star.

All train services would be suspended from this evening, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has announced suspension of launch service from this afternoon to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

At least 20 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash between two factions of ruling Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy at Baraibari village in Madaripur Sadar upazila yesterday.

Only an insignificant portion of the returnees from abroad in Jashore district went in home quarantine.

More than 50 cattle infected by lumpy skin disease (LSD) have died in the last couple of weeks, triggering panic among farmers in Sunamgnaj’s Derai and Shalla upazilas.

An unapproved kitchen market, occupying two plots of BSCIC (Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation) industrial area in Tangail, remains an issue of conflict between the BSCIC authorities and locals and traders of the market.

Media houses will continue to operate normally, but mass gatherings should be avoided, Information Minister Hasan Mahmud says.

Kitchen markets, pharmacies and hospitals will remain open during the March 26 to April 4 general holiday, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam says.

Confidence Group and Bangladesh Independent Power Producers Association (BIPPA) jointly start distribution of 4000 personal protective equipment (PPE) to fight coronavirus epidemic.