Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern claims New Zealand has scored a significant victory against the spread of the coronavirus, as the country begins a phased exit from lockdown.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says all educational institutions will remain closed till September if situation caused by the coronavirus outbreak does not improve.

A doctor working at the health desk at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka tests positive for coronavirus.

An Indian woman has been allegedly gang raped in a school in the desert state of Rajasthan where she was quarantined for a night by the police amid the nationwide coronavirus lockdown, a police official says.

North Korea has never announced who would follow leader Kim Jong Un in the event he is incapacitated, and with no details known about his young children, analysts say his sister and loyalists could form a regency until a successor is old enough to take over.

Humans are currently going through some very trying times. And government leaders continue to struggle in understanding and determining which way the Coronavirus pandemic will steer the world.

The outbreak of coronavirus has made it apparent that there is no respite even in death for those who suffered from the disease.

Local administration arrest a union parishad (UP) member along with 1.59 metric tons of relief rice meant for Vulnerable Group Feeding (VGF) programme at Kuchaipotti Union Parishad in Shariatpur's Goshairhat upazila.

Locals -- including people from low-income groups -- snatched VGF relief rice from a truck in Zakiganj upazila of Sylhet, citing irregularities in distribution.

The Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) ministry allocates an additional Tk 52.25 crore for the different local government bodies to tackle the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak.

The government today instructed local authorities to relocate all kitchen and fish markets to khas land or other suitable areas during the coronavirus crisis to ensure social distancing in those markets.

Another 168 British citizens stranded in Bangladesh due to flight suspension amid Covid-19 pandemic leave Dhaka for London by a special flight of British Airways.

A mobile court has fined two traders in Dhaka’s Badamtoli wholesale fruits market TK 12 lakh for selling rotten and expired dates.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) calls upon Bangladesh’s development partners to ensure “unprecedented levels of support” to the country in its efforts to fight the Covid-19 crisis.

India hands over its second tranche of emergency medical supplies containing 1,00,000 Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) tablets and 50,000 sterile surgical latex gloves to Bangladesh to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.

Readymade garment (RMG) workers in Narayanganj, Gazipur and Savar take to the streets, protesting layoff and demanding wages for the month of March.

The Non-Government Teachers' Registration and Certification Authority (NTRCA) has postponed registration examinations of the 17th batch of non-government teachers.

Forty-five districts out of 64 are now under total lockdown as a part of the government’s measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the closure of all courts across the country till May 5 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Medical store-- Rx Medicine--based in Uttara has started to deliver medical supplies during the ongoing shutdown enforced to curb the spread of novel Coronavirus.