Babuganj Upazila Health Complex in Barishal has been locked down after three people, including a nurse, test positive for Covid-19

A physician of Savar Upazila Health Complex has tested positive for coronavirus, says the civil surgeon of Dhaka.

India’s 25 districts in 15 states, where Covid-19 cases were detected earlier, have contained the spread as there are no reports of new infections in the last 14 days, the country’s health ministry said.

Former White House candidate Bernie Sanders endorses onetime rival Joe Biden for president, saying it was time to unite in the effort to defeat Donald Trump in November.

A union parishad chairman was arrested in Pabna and a former BCL leader was fined in Tangail for discrepancies surrounding distribution of relief rice during the coronavirus pandemic yesterday.

A 25-year-old woman and her family returning from Dhaka were not allowed to enter their village in Mohammadpur union at Noakhali’s Chatkhil upazila.

Three rights platforms for the garment sector in a joint statement expressed concern over the termination of 10,000 workers from different garment factories following the coronavirus outbreak.

A man tests positive for Covid-19 in Narail’s Lohagara upazila yesterday, the first confirmed coronavirus case in the district.

One person died of coronavirus infection and another tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram today.

Three more people, including a 10-year-old madrasa student, test positive for Covid-19 in Jamalpur today, bringing the number of coronavirus cases in the district to 11 so far.

D-8 nations -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey -- are scheduled to virtually meet on April 16 for a discussion on the novel coronavirus outbreak and to heighten cooperation between the nations.

Outgoing Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammad Javed Patwary has been appointed as Bangladeshi ambassador to Saudi Arabia.

At least 44 people became victims of “extrajudicial killings” during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country, according to a report prepared by seven eminent citizens of the country.

Three mobile carriers – Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- want more spectrum allocation to serve their customers better during the shutdown situation, as usage has increased by 30 per cent over normal.

India will extend visa of foreign nationals including Bangladeshis -- whose visas have expired since February 1 or would expire on April 30 for being stranded in the country due to lockdown for coronavirus pandemic -- till April 30 free of cost.

A total of 328 US citizens left Dhaka this evening on a special flight arranged by the US government for those who opted to return home amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Police arrest seven college students for their involvement in the rape of a 17-year-old girl, videos of which were captured on camera and later spread among people in Sirajganj’s Ullapara upazila.

U Pannya Jota Mahathera, one of the foremost Buddhist religious leaders in Bangladesh, breathed his last at a private hospital in Chattogram city today.

Four more people in Shariatpur have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the district's total confirmed cases to five.

WaterSHED Holdings Singapore Ltd recently launched the first-ever portable hand washing solution of in world -- called HappyTap -- in Bangladesh.