At least 44 Bangladeshis who were stuck in India were put under institutional quarantine after they returned through Benapole border today.

The government has announced office timing for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan -- from 9:00am to 3:30pm -- for all government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous institutions.

The government has instructed people to offer their daily prayers at homes instead of mosques to prevent coronavirus transmission.

The UK has announced 21 million pounds in funds to support Bangladesh to contain the spread of coronavirus, including the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) has declared closure of all factories under the eight EPZs in the country from April 6 to 14.

Local administration has locked down five villages in Moulvibazar’s Rajnagar upazila, a day after a coronavirus patient died there.

Two suspected yaba traders have been killed in a “gunfight” in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Three more died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, DGHS says.

Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has extended the closure of all courts across the country, including the appellate and High Court divisions, till April 14 due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $404 million loan to improve Bangladesh’s intercity travel and cross-border connectivity.

The United States is entering what a senior official warns would be the "hardest" week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US or a tiger anywhere, federal officials and the zoo has said.

An official of Anti-Corruption Commission has died of coronavirus at Bangladesh-Kuwait Friendship Hospital.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is admitted to hospital for tests after suffering persistent coronavirus symptoms 10 days after testing positive for the virus, though Downing Street says he remains in charge of the government.

All shops and business establishments including eateries in 12 cities and district towns will close early every evening to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Four people are killed and one other injured in separate incidents of lightning strikes in Patuakhali.

All shops in Chattogram city, including markets and grocery stores, have been instructed by the Chattogram Metropolitan Police to remain closed for 11 hours from Monday evening.

A 30-year-old man has tested positive for coronavirus in Jamalpur, the first case in the district.

Civil society members, including economists and public health professionals, stress on a coordinated way to tackle the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country.

India’s national airlines -- Air India -- which is ferrying European and Canadian citizens stuck in India amid nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak, has garnered praise from Pakistan’s Air Traffic Controller (ATC) while flying over the country.