The government has urged Bangladeshi citizens stuck in India to have patience, assuring them of their gradual repatriation after bringing back patients from South India.

Even as the number of coronavirus cases in India surged past the 15,000-mark and death toll past 500, the government says several steps for prevention, containment and management of the contagion are yielding good results in 23 states and federally-ruled territories across four districts.

Coronavirus deaths surged past 100,000 in hardest-hit Europe as hundreds of Americans frustrated by lockdown orders and egged on by President Donald Trump staged protests in several US cities.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-income families who cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-class families that cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

The director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it "impossible".

India has tightened its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy, making mandatory its prior approval for foreign investments from bordering countries to curb "opportunistic takeovers" of domestic firms following the Covid-19 pandemic.

The assistant superintendent of police of the Sarail-Ashuganj circle and two other police officers of Sarail Police Station of Brahmanbaria have been withdrawn following the gathering of thousands of people at the namaz-e-janaza of an Islamic party leader, ignoring the shutdown over coronavirus pandemic.

US President Donald Trump warns that China could face consequences if it was "knowingly responsible" for the coronavirus pandemic.

Legendary British rock band Pink Floyd announces that they will be streaming concert footage on their YouTube channel every Friday, joining the ranks of many other performing artists.

A special train from Dhaka, which was supposed to bring in money for salaries of staffers and for other expenses of the Sylhet Railway Station, allegedly carries passengers violating the “lockdown” order of the district administration.

Export earnings in March declined by 18.29 percent year on year to $2.73 billion due to a fall in shipment of apparels, according to data from the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

Amusement parks across the country have begun to feel the sting of the shutdown due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, especially since this is usually peak season for them.

The Police Headquarters in a statement ask people not to allow strangers in their homes.

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) issues two separate orders allowing more import goods to be stored at the 19 private inland container depots (ICDs) and asking that Dhaka ICD-bound import containers be temporarily shifted to a river terminal at Munshiganj.

Dhaka University authorities have locked down the house tutor’s building of Amar Ekushey Hall after a guest there tested positive for coronavirus.

A Kushtia court has sent a female student of a private university to jail in connection with a case filed under information and communication technology act for copying and sharing Kushitia deputy commissioner’s newsletter on her own Facebook page.

Mobile courts under Dhaka District Administration today fined 61 people nearly Tk 71,800 for ignoring government directives on physical distancing in Dhaka and nearby areas.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today in parliament said her government will take steps to set up Intensive Care Units (ICUs) at every district hospital.

Inclement weather. Lack of buyers. Shortage of workers. And impending flashfloods. These very real developments, coupled with a belief that prices of their harvest are set to fall, have Boro farmers in Sylhet’s haor region looking down the barrel. The government-declared stimulus package and assurances of buying up a huge amount of paddy and rice, which are meant to help, also ring hollow to many farmers.