Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed hands over safety equipment to Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) so that police personnel who are discharging duties amid the outbreak of coronavirus are better protected.

A total of 166 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India’s Chennai for over a month, returned to Dhaka on a special flight of the US-Bangla Airlines today.

World Child Cancer (WCC), a UK-based charity organisation, extends its helping hand to the doctors and nurses involved in cancer treatment in the time of coronavirus pandemic in Bangladesh.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today handed over locally manufactured Covid-19 test kits to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for final approval from the government.

The newly appointed Rab Director General Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun has warned of taking stern action against any one found carrying out narcotics smuggling, criminal or militant activities during this period of coronavirus.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said it will set dates for reopening member factories gradually.

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute in Savar begins testing samples for coronavirus infection from today.

A seven-year-old, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.

Nine people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, DGHS says.

Two Chinese pharma companies that supplied 5.5 lakh rapid testing kits to India for Covid-19 said they are ready to cooperate with Indian agencies probing allegations of poor accuracy of their products.

A doctor working at Kurmitola General Hospital has tested Covid-19 positive -- the first physician to be infected at the hospital dedicated for treating coronavirus patients.

As the country has been experiencing rainfall over the last two days, Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecast more showers or intermittent nor’westers at many places across the country including Dhaka, this week.

A couple, who fled from their house in Dhaka after testing positive for coronavirus, is taken to the isolation ward of a hospital in Kushtia.

Hollywood studios are shuffling more release dates as a result of the coronavirus, including sequels to “Doctor Strange,” “Spider-Man: Far From Home” and “Into the Spider-Verse.”

On an average, nearly 30 doctors across the country have tested Covid-19 positive daily in last one week, according to a tally of Bangladesh Doctors Foundation (BDF), an organisation of physicians.

Coronavirus patients will get ICU support at Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) from now on as an 18-bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with ventilators has been set up at its isolation unit.

In a late night order easing Covid-19 lockdown curbs, the Indian government allows the reopening of neighbourhood and stand-alone shops, including those located in residential complexes in municipal areas, but at 50 percent strength of workers and taking necessary precautions.

China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, say three people familiar with the situation.

With financial support from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and partnership with Marks & Spencer (M&S), CARE Bangladesh’s Health Access and Linkage Opportunities for Workers Plus (HALOW+) project has come forward to extend support for frontline and field level health workers and community people to combat Covid-19.

The government of Oman repatriates 288 Bangladeshi workers who were imprisoned or were about to be deported on various grounds, including not having valid documents.