Four people, including a physician, test positive for coronavirus according to tests conducted at the Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID).

The Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) asks all teachers of secondary schools to lend farmers a hand in an attempt to speed up the harvest of Boro paddy as flash flood can occur in several districts at any time.

A doctor and seven medical staff of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) test positive for Covid-19.

The government forms a high-level taskforce to ensure proper disbursement of funds from the stimulus package that the prime minister announced and on setting factory reopening dates to keep the economy’s wheels turning.

Bangladesh says the OIC member states need a regional and global response based on unity, solidarity and compassion to overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association (BSAA) calls upon its member shipping agents to extend office hours from tomorrow to meet import delivery orders (D/Os) in the usual manner.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed says they would not allow anyone to cook and sell iftar items on the streets and footpaths during the upcoming month of Ramadan, in order to avoid public gathering and spread of coronavirus.

A team of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrests a man in the capital in connection with spreading “defamatory” remarks about Md Moyeen Uddin, the first doctor in the country to die of Covid-19 on April 15.

Politics, economics, and sociological journal Sarbojonkotha proposes an alternative action plan to the government to manage the ongoing public health and economic crisis.

The remittance flow to Bangladesh is projected to decline by 22 percent due to the economic crisis induced by Covid-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to a World Bank report.

Grameen Healthcare Services Limited (GHS) provides food and welfare support to 135 families as part of a three-month long “Food Support Initiative” to help the families that are in dire need for support amid fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

Authorities of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal yesterday locked down four hostels after four intern doctors tested positive for Covid-19.

A total of 349 Bangladeshis return home after being stranded in India and Singapore due to flight suspensions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the backdrop of a number of attacks on healthcare workers amidst the Covid-19 pandemic across India, the Indian cabinet today approved an ordinance amending an existing law to provide for stringent punishment -- including up to seven years imprisonment and Rs five lakh fine -- for perpetrators of such assaults.

A man in Narayanganj reportedly flees from his house after he tested positive for coronavirus and was informed in this regard.

A ten-month-old boy of Chattogram has tested Covid-19 positive.

Officials of the counterterrorism unit yesterday arrested a suspected member of banned militant group Ansar al-Islam from Kotwali area in Dhaka.

A 38-year-old man and a police official have tested positive in Bandarban’s remote Thanchi upazila.

Thirteen people, including six healthcare professionals, have tested positive for coronavirus in Brahmanbaria district in the last 24 hours.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain will hold a meeting with Supreme Court judges tomorrow to decide about the judiciary as its functions remain halted since March 26 due to ongoing coronavirus outbreak.