Country’s overall internet bandwidth usage has increased by 11 percent in the last two weeks as users are at home during the coronavirus outbreak.

A Brac study finds that 14 percent of respondents do not have any food at home because of the countrywide shutdown in effect from March 26 to curb the spread of coronavirus.

The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus has reached 100,000, while the tally of cases has passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally.

District administration announces that Kishoreganj will be placed under lockdown until further notice in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A journalist is sent to jail in Cumilla after he was arrested in a case filed over spreading rumours on social media.

Two persons test positive for the novel coronavirus in Chattogram, raising the number of confirmed cases in the port city to seven.

Two physicians and one lab technician were sent to institutional quarantine in Patuakhali as they treated a coronavirus patient defying WHO guidelines.

A sixth-grader dies by suicide in Rajshahi after she was raped allegedly by her brother-in-law.

A Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) mobile court fined eight people of a bridal party Tk 80,000 in Savar because they had arranged a wedding programme in defiance of government directives to stay home in order to curb the spread of coronavirus.

A couple of hundred Rohingyas, including some allegedly suspected coronavirus patients, have gathered across the border to enter Bangladesh through Ukhiya and Teknaf borders.

The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) provides food to 2,221 people under the city corporation who had called their emergency hotline till today, a press release says.

Regional rights body ‘Fortify Rights’ has called for Malaysia to release detained refugees and prevent arbitrary detention of new arrivals to minimise health risks due to Covid-19.

First-terminal exams of primary schools will not be held at scheduled time as the government has extended the general closure till April 25.

The burn unit at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the capital is going to turned into a centre for treating Covid-19 patients amid the growing number of detections in the last couple of days.

Local administration announces that the entire Noakhali district will be put under lockdown to prevent transmission of coronavirus across the country.

A total of 123 citizens of Germany and several other European Union countries, who were stranded in Bangladesh following the outbreak of coronavirus, leave Dhaka for Germany.

A mobile court in Sadar upazila of Brahmanbaria today sealed off a hand sanitiser factory for running its business illegally and manufacturing the product using harmful ingredients.

The coronavirus pandemic has affected numerous industries over the globe, and print media is not an exception, regrettably. Starting from ensuring authentic news to securing the health and safety of journalists, COVID-19 has undoubtedly made it onerous for the industry to remain resilient. The Daily Star, being the leading English daily in Bangladesh, has attempted to address the circumstances through a philanthropic approach.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) once again urges the authorities of private universities to refrain from taking examinations and conducting admission activities online.

Local administration has locked down Cumilla district to contain the spread of the coronavirus situation, after a meeting of the District Disaster Management Committee was held at the deputy commissioner’s office.