Two female workers of a readymade garment factory, from an “ethnic minority” community, were raped allegedly by a driver and his associate in Bandarban last night.

Leaves of all staffers and officials engaged in the health sector have been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak across the country, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Movement of public transport has been limited in Madaripur’s Shibchar upazila in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended all driving licence tests till March 31 due to the prevailing coronavirus situation.

All bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka, Chattogram have been suspended for indefinite period to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today received government approval to import raw material which are needed to make the coronavirus-detection kit that was developed by the organisation.

Health department in Brahmanbaria is looking for a Qatar returnee, who escaped from hospital.

Three Supreme Court lawyers send a letter to the president and prime minister, requesting them to declare state of emergency due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Trading at the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges has been halted in a desperate bid to stem losses amid coronavirus fears.

The Dhaka airport authorities had sent seven people, who landed from different countries, to a nearby hospital in the last 24 hours, according to the airport director.

Internationally-acclaimed folklorist and poet Dr Ashraf Siddiqui passes away at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 93.

Police detain one person in Tongi, Gazipur for his alleged involvement in selling masks and gloves that were discarded after use in hospitals.

A man is stabbed to death in a clash between a group supporting a ward councillor and another supporting his rival candidate at Kattali area in Chattogram.

Defying laws intended to conserve the nature and forests in the country, different organisations affiliated with the government continue to destroy natural topography in the name of various development projects across the country.

Bagerhat’s world heritage sites Shat Gambuj Mosque area and the Sundarbans, which used to be buzzing with tourists, sees fast decline in the number of visitors, apparently amid worry due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Dear readers, today I’m taking you to Borokhori village in Magura to introduce a successful young entrepreneur. I have been working to popularize mushroom cultivation from the mid-80s.

Detectives on Tuesday night arrested four youths from Ishwarganj upazila in connection with a case for killing an auto-rickshaw driver in adjacent Nandail upazila on Saturday.

A man, who sustained severe injuries during a clash between two rival groups of villagers allegedly over a disputed land in Baliadangi upazila on Tuesday, died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) yesterday.

Tilai Joychondi village in Sadar upazila has already earned the reputation of ‘safe vegetable producing area’ as a good number of farmers are cultivating in environment-friendly way for producing poison-free vegetables.

Trial run of the first train for Dhaka’s metro rail project has begun in Japan, Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited says in a Facebook post.