Thirty-five people died, 2,423 were infected and 571 recovered from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

A team of Chinese medical experts, who have first-hand experience in containing coronavirus and treating patients with success, is expected to arrive in Bangladesh with necessary medical equipment on June 8.

Two people including a motorcyclist were killed and one person was injured after a Bihanga Paribahan bus hit them in Dhaka's Bangla Motor area this morning.

A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, is released and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd previously tested positive for Covid-19.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, jointly with CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation Patrick Verkooijen has written an article in The Guardian, saying that Bangladesh can offer lessons for others facing dangers like super cyclone Amphan and Covid-19.

Prosecutors in Minnesota on Wednesday upgraded charges against the US police officer primarily implicated in the killing of a handcuffed black man, and charged three other officers over the death, which has ignited nationwide protests.

Digital Healthcare Solutions launches a one-stop screening (triage) and sample collection for Covid-19 patients at Mugda Medical College Hospital in Dhaka.

Bangladesh has urged its trading partners to practice responsible business conduct during the coronavirus pandemic that is rattling the global economy, mostly the developing countries.

Many people in Hong Kong plan to commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown by Chinese troops in and around Tiananmen Square by lighting candles across the city on Thursday, circumventing a ban on the usual public gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic.

At least five persons, including a freedom fighter died of Covid-19-like symptoms in four districts over the last two days.

Bangladesh has urged the European Union to put more pressure on Myanmar to take back Rohingya refugees living in makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar.

A doctor infected with coronavirus died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital this afternoon. He had earlier been diagnosed with leukemia.

One of the four burglars today confessed to looting Tk 80 lakh from National Bank on May 10, adding that he had received Tk 25,000 for his part in the job.

The authorities of United Hospital have been sued for the death of five patients in a fire at the hospital’s coronavirus unit on May 27.

Britain will not walk away from the people of Hong Kong if China imposes a national security law that would conflict with its international obligations under a 1984 accord, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said today.

Around 300 Bangladeshi workers who were brought back from Kuwait demonstrated at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday demanding money from the government to return to their homes.

Three people, including a freedom fighter, died with coronavirus-like symptoms in Shariatpur, Manikganj, and Pabna districts in the last 24 hours.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra has asked Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) to suspend the performance trial of the coronavirus antigen kit after detection of discrepancy in collection of saliva.

A Dhaka court today placed two people on a two-day remand each in connection with a case filed over trafficking of the 26 Bangladeshis killed in Libya on May 28.

The High Court today ordered the chief judicial magistrate of Chapainawabganj to immediately conduct an inquiry into the jailing of a man, who reportedly shares a name with the accused in a drug case.