A fire apparently started by an overloaded ventilator killed five novel coronavirus patients in an intensive care unit in a Russian hospital on Tuesday, news agencies report.

Police rescue three wild cat cubs in Laksham upazila of Cumilla.

An alleged drug peddler is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Sadar upazila of Jashore.

India’s state-owned Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and its constituent lab National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) in Bangalore have developed a non-invasive ventilator to treat Covid-19 patients.

The White House directed all people entering the West Wing, where the daily operations of President Donald Trump's administration are carried out, to wear masks after two aides tested positive for the coronavirus, administration officials says.

A 50-year-old rickshaw-puller with coronavirus-like symptoms has died at the isolation ward of Naria Upazila Health Complex in Shariatpur.

A total of 265 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in Indonesia and the UK return home on two special flights of Lion Air and Biman Bangladesh Airlines respectively.

A total of 265 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in Indonesia and the UK return home on two special flights of Lion Air and Biman Bangladesh Airlines respectively.

After a 46-day break, Supreme Court lawyers start filing cases with the High Court for their virtual hearing and disposal amid the ongoing closure stemming from the coronavirus outbreak.

Four retired and two serving members of the army died of Covid-19, Inter Service Public Relation Directorate says.

Almost all the Boro paddy in haor areas has been harvested despite labour shortages due to the coronavirus outbreak, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque said today.

As part of US assistance to Bangladesh’s COVID-19 response efforts, US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl Miller and representatives of the US military’s Indo-Pacific Command hand over essential personal protective equipment (PPE) to Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD).

The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) bans 43 products of different brands, including some well-known and regional ones.

The Dhaka University authorities have decided not to go for online classes before Eid-ul-Fitr as a large number of students have no or limited internet access.

A Supreme Court lawyer today filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the authorities concerned of the government to immediately take necessary steps to prevent killing Halda river dolphins and to protect them.

A total of 829 public and private university teachers in a joint statement says that authorities of private universities should use the institutions’ reserve funds to pay salaries of their teachers and staff.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the police force is rising rapidly as 207 more cops tested positive in the last 24 hours across the country.

At least 23 prison guards and two inmates tested Covid-19 positive in different prisons across the country, a jail official says.

Two supposed activists of Awami League (AL) are killed during a clash between rival groups of the ruling party in Jhenidah’s Shailakupa upazila.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), today extended its tripartite deal with Myanmar for improving conditions in Rakhine state for Rohingyas to return and live with other communities.