The staff of Burger King, a global fast food franchise, have shared a set of iftar meal with the frontline health professionals of Kurmitola General Hospital, Mugda Medical College and Hospital and Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital in Dhaka, as a token of appreciation.

India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government will try to resume international passenger flights -- suspended since March due to coronavirus outbreak -- before August this year.

A newborn was found on a road in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila tonight.

Staying mentally strong is of utmost importance in order to recover from Covid-19, an Awami League lawmaker who was diagnosed with the virus has said following his recovery.

The UK and Switzerland are calling for greater global collaboration to ensure access to digital remittance services to support people during the coronavirus outbreak.

A Dhaka University team has decoded genome sequence of five samples of Sars-CoV-2.

A total 279 Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (BAVDP) members have been infected with Covid-19 after 11 more of the force tested positive in the last 24 hours in the country.

Abu Hena Morshed Zaman, deputy secretary general (Additional Secretary) of the Bangladesh National Commission for Unesco, has been appointed as the director of the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD).

Eid-ul-Fitr, the largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country tomorrow (Monday) as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh on Saturday evening, said Md Nurul Islam, secretary to the Ministry of Religious Affairs.

National and local NGOs working in coastal areas today asked the government to repair embankments damaged in Cyclone Amphan on an emergency basis to save crops in the upcoming monsoon.

Coronavirus infections are on the rise in prisons as four more jail guards and one inmate tested positive in last 24 hours in the country.

At least 1,364 current and retired members of armed forces and their family members have so far tested positive for Covid-19, according to Inter Services Public Relation Directorate.

The number of Covid-19 cases across India saw the biggest single-day spike, for the second consecutive day, with 6,654 new patients being reported in the last 24 hours.

About 2,000 educational institutions have been partially or completely damaged in super cyclone Amphan that ravaged the country’s coastal areas on May 20.

Two lower court judges have tested positive with Covid-19 while the condition of a High Court judge infected with the virus is improving, Law Minister Anisul Huq said today.

A total of 722 police personnel who tested Covid-19 positive earlier made recovery till today.

The Royal Thai Embassy has arranged the third repatriation flight today for 154 Thai nationals in Bangladesh via Thai Lion Air special flight SL2225.

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 Bangladeshi national has been shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Jaflong border in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet.

A drug peddler has been stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Sabujbagh area of Dhaka last night.