A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that needs living cells like humans, animals, plants and even other microorganisms including bacteria for budding. Viruses are much smaller than bacteria which contain DNA or RNA genome.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to engage local representatives more in containing the novel coronavirus in the country.

Twenty people -- 16 male and four female -- have died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

A constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has died at Chattogram General Hospital with Covid-19 like symptoms.

CARE Bangladesh in partnership with The Daily Star organized an online discussion on the rapid assessment undertaken by CARE Bangladesh's Urban Health Team on urban health affected by COVID-19 in Gazipur.

The European Union (EU) has said it is mobilising over 334 million euro [equivalent to around 31 billion BDT] for the fight against Covid-19 and its consequences in Bangladesh.

Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the uncertainty of the future weighs heavily on many people’s minds. At a time like this, having a healthy psychological state may be one of the most significant issues.

We are cooking at home more than ever before because of COVID-19, and grocery shopping has become one of the few essential errands we leave the house for.

As the COVID-19 epidemic exploded, many hospitals began creating triage policies to prepare for the possibility of having to ration ventilators.

Current smokers and people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have an increased risk of severe complications and higher

A team of Bangladeshi scientists at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) has successfully managed to complete the genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 i.e. Coronavirus in Bangladesh very recently.

‘Lives or livelihood?’ is the conflict haunting nations worldwide and Bangladesh is no exception. Whether to impose stricter restrictions to contain the virus or to relax such measures to earn livelihood has become the prime dilemma in the combat against the novel coronavirus.

Fourteen people died with coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Evercare Hospital Dhaka has conducted the first ever convalescent plasma (CP) therapy in Bangladesh recently, says a press release. Successfully conducted in many developed countries recently, this therapy is a promising research treatment to combat the global pandemic of coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Patients and some clinicians still are concerned that physical activity, particularly vigorous physical activity, might be associated with excess risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA), despite considerable evidence to the contrary.

About half a billion people worldwide are living with genital herpes, and several billion have an oral herpes infection, new estimates show, highlighting the need to improve awareness and scale up services to prevent and treat herpes.

People with cancer appear to be at increased risk of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and their outcomes are worse than those of individuals without cancer. This is especially valid for cancer patients with other diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, kidney disease etc.

While having no promising success so far against the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), social distancing and quarantine are the only preventive measures advised by experts around the world.

Bangladeshi students of international universities stuck in their home country during pandemic find ways to continue their courses.

The doctor who treated the first Covid-19 patient in the United States has he fears a second outbreak of the disease when lockdown measures are lifted.