A total of 13 people died and 706 tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said today.

Prof Nazmul Karim Chowdhury, vice chancellor of Fareast International University, dies at Dhaka Medical College’s burn unit, now dedicated for treating Covid-19 patients.

An alleged yaba trader is killed in a “gunfight” with Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Ukhiaupazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Cardinal George Pell was aware of child sexual abuse by Catholic clergy in Australia as far back as the 1970s and failed to seek the removal of accused priests, says findings of a top-level inquiry.

A 250-bed Hospital in Moulvibazar has been declared shut temporarily after ten of its doctors, nurses and healthcare providers tested positive for coronavirus.

A former US soldier captured in Venezuela says that he was contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas' airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States.

At least six people, including a child, have been killed and around 100 hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant in Visakhapatnam in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

President Donald Trump renews his criticism of China over the global coronavirus pandemic and says it has been worse for the United States than Pearl Harbor and 9/11.

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of the risks of returning to lockdown if countries emerging from pandemic restrictions do not manage transitions “extremely carefully and in a phased approach”.

Bangladesh and India discuss ways of working together to protect migrant workers of both countries who are employed in the overseas labour market, especially in the Middle East.

Another police official died from coronavirus at a city hospital, while a journalist died after showing coronavirus symptoms.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra will start giving 1,200 home-manufactured rapid testing kits in phases to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) from Saturday (May 9) for validation.

A top commander of a banned terrorist outfit, who was on the run for eight years, was killed in an “encounter” with security forces in his native village in Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials say.

A Sri Lankan national has been tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram.

India sends emergency medical assistance consisting of 30,000 RT-PCR Covid-19 test kits to Bangladesh under the Saarc Covid-19 Emergency Fund.

Bangladesh is going to repatriate at least 28,849 Bangladeshi migrants from Middle Eastern countries where they were either in the jail, deportation camps, or jobless, says Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Scarcity of food in their natural habitats has prompted monkeys to venture out to localities in many areas of Bangladesh.

Ten people, who were diagnosed with coronavirus in Sylhet and Bogura last month, leave hospitals after their recovery.

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque says nearly 90 percent Boro paddy in haor areas of the country have been harvested so far despite the Covid-19 pandemic across the country.

With no people in sight, the animals housed at Bangladesh National Zoo in Mirpur-1 seem to be having the time of their lives (however much is possible within the confines of a cage).