Five more people in Tangail have tested positive with coronavirus, bringing the district’s total to seven, say officials.

As India mulls extending the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak by two more weeks, the country’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has proposed that labour-intensive industries be allowed to resume operations at 20-25 percent capacity with strict adherence to social distancing and sanitisation norms.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) will use drones from today to ensure that people maintain social distancing and do not come out of their homes except for emergency.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is to address the nation at 7:30pm on the occasion of Bangla New Year 1427.

A six-year-old boy, who tested Covid-19 positive, dies at a hospital in Chattogram, doctors say.

Police in Lima on Sunday arrested a Chinese citizen for illegally conducting rapid Covid-19 tests on the public with newly-delivered kits stolen from Peru's health ministry.

Top oil-producing countries agreed on "historic" output cuts to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a Russia-Saudi price war, sending crude prices soaring on Monday.

A 70-year-old man with breathing problems, dry cough and stomach ache who reportedly hid the information from his physician, dies at his residence in Shariatpur’s Jajira upazila.

Garment export earning in the first week of April fell by 77.76 percent to $129.40 million compared to the corresponding week of the last year, according to data from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

A local Awami League leader is suspended from his post after being arrested for attempting to steal 168 sacks of rice meant for Open Market Sales (OMS) in Bogura.

A police barracks in Chattogram’s Dampara area is locked down after a traffic constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police tested positive for coronavirus in the port city.

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members fire blank shots near Ghumdhum border in Bandarban’s Naikhyangchhari upazila to stop the entry of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar.

Legal tangles have continued to cause unusual delays in hearing and disposal of the sensational 2001 Ramna Batamul carnage case at the High Court for nearly six years, as three separate benches of the court have refused to deal with the case for different reasons.

The central bank today said defaulters will not get any credit facility from the Tk 30,000 crore bailout package declared for the industrial and service sectors.

Low-income people, including daily wage earners who are hit hard due to the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, snatch materials from a truck carrying relief goods for 600 people of three wards in Jamalpur municipality.

A 48-year-old man tests Covid-19 positive in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila, making him the first confirmed coronavirus case in the district.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary says people will remember how police officials came forward risking their lives to help the nation in this critical situation.

Bangladesh Bank asks concerned authorities to take necessary steps for declaring mobile financial services (MFS) as emergency services amid the ongoing closure following the coronavirus outbreak.

Authorities put Barishal district under lockdown until further notice in a bid to prevent spread of novel coronavirus.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from a London hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at his country residence of Chequers, his office said on Sunday.