Conducting a health and safety audit, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has so far found 144 factories in satisfactory level amid the concern of deadly Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

Barishal district administration has allotted seven hotels for the accommodation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

India's defence forces will conduct fly-pasts by fighter and transport aircraft and shower petals from helicopters on hospitals treating coronavirus patients tomorrow in a show of gratitude to doctors, medical staff and other frontline health workers battling the pandemic.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reports, following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.

The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday.

A manufacturer of a possible Covid-19 vaccine being developed by British scientists says it may know by the end of May if it can make a million doses a month with a view to building stocks for commercial supply when the vaccine is approved.

A total 115 new case are reported positive for Covid-19 in four districts of Sylhet division as per tests conducted at different laboratories in Dhaka and Sylhet on Friday.

Canada is banning the sale of military-grade assault weapons in the aftermath of the country's deadliest mass shooting recently, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

A total of 224 citizens of the UK and 26 US citizens leave Dhaka on separate chartered flights arranged by the governments of the respective countries for those who opted to return home amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Malaysia has detained hundreds of refugees and migrant workers for illegally living in the country, rights groups say, at a time of movement and travel restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.

The pandemic of Covid-19 is clearly still a global health emergency and is of particular concern as it spreads more widely in countries with weak health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

Shahiduzzaman Sarker, lawmaker of Naogaon-2 constituency, has said that he tested positive for Covid-19.

With more and more police personnel being infected with the highly contagious virus, the 250-bed police hospital in Dhaka is struggling to accommodate patients.

Police arrest two persons this afternoon for their alleged involvement in assaulting a doctor in Kishoreganj on Wednesday evening.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has given a set of guidelines on ways to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the workplace.

Farmers in haor region have so far harvested about 77 percent of their Boro paddy amid shortage of workers due to the lockdown induced by Covid-19 pandemic in the country, the agriculture ministry says.

India announces an extension to the ongoing 40-day nationwide lockdown for two more weeks from May 4 onwards due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Dhaka Bar Association announces Tk 12.29 crore loans for its 5,485 lawyers for a year to face the situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak.

A total of 141 police personnel, including 68 of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), have tested positive for Covid-19 in the 24 hours leading up to 2:30pm today, raising the number of confirmed cases of police to 677 across the country.

Kidnappers, allegedly of Rohingya origin, shoot one of three hostages after their ransom was not paid. Earlier, they demanded Tk 3 lakh for the farmers, but now they demand Tk 20 lakh as ransom for the two other hostages.