The governor of Texas temporarily halts the state’s reopening yesterday as COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations surged and the country set a new record for a one-day increase in cases.

A schoolboy, who broke his leg in an accident, died after receiving “wrong treatment” from a group of “fake physicians” in Pirojpur’s Sadar upazila yesterday.

Former Director General of Islamic Foundation Shamim Mohammad Afzal passed away at a city hospital tonight. He was 63.

Renowned Bengali writer and journalist Nimai Bhattacharya passed away in Kolkata of India’s West Bengal at the age of 89.

An 81-member executive committee of Bangladesh Doctors’ Foundation was formed today.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra claims its antibody testing kit did not get permission from the Directorate General of Drug Administration.

Most of the Rohingya refugees living in Cox’s Bazar are not aware of coronavirus and its intensity, according to a survey jointly conducted by KNH Germany and Samaj Kallyan O Unnayon Sangstha (SKUS).

As there is a high demand for hand sanitiser due to Covid-19 pandemic, they set up a factory and started producing hand rub without using its prime element -- isopropyl alcohol.

UNB Editor Mahfuzur Rahman has fully recovered from Covid-19, a month after testing positive for the virus.

Two separate flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines repatriate 670 Bangladeshi citizens stuck in Bahrain and Maldives for several months due to the suspension of regular flight operations in the wake of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Amid nationwide criticism over suing a student under Digital Security Act (DSA), the authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) decided to withdraw the case.

Permanent and makeshift markets of sacrificial animals will be arranged maintaining the health guidelines and social distancing measures this year, Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam says.

Police today arrested the husband and father-in-law of DU student Sumaiya Khatun who was found hanging at her in laws’ house in Natore on Sunday night.

Sohel Rana used to make a living as a rickshaw-puller in Dhaka city. The youth from Natore was married and had two children, with the family living with him in in the city.

The government has taken a decision to extend pre-primary education, an important component of early childhood learning, to two years from existing one year.

Prof Satya Prasad Majumder has been appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) while Prof ASM Maksud Kamal has been appointed as the Pro Vice-Chancellor (education) of Dhaka University, replacing Prof Nasreen Ahmad.

France and Germany express their backing for the World Health Organization in fighting the coronavirus on Thursday, with Germany saying it will contribute some half billion euros in funding for the UN agency this year.

Three persons died under the wheels of two separate trains in the city’s Kuril area since last evening.

The government has decided to use Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital’s Chankharpul for treatment of coronavirus patients.

Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said coronavirus testing facility will gradually be expanded to all districts.