A 60-year-old farmer, who was suffering from flu-like symptoms, has died, hours after local administration locked down his house along with six others in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla.

One more coronavirus patient has died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, taking the total number of deaths to nine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.

Local administration has locked down Ambagan area in Narayanganj Sadar upazila after a 55-year-old resident died of coronavirus in the area.

A woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of Manikganj, hours after a man was diagnosed with the virus and local administration locking down the municipality area.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has extended the suspension of all international and domestic flights until April 14.

A Sudanese refugee has gone on a knife rampage in a town in southeastern France, killing two people in what is being treated as a terrorist attack.

A little over 82 percent of Covid-19 patients in India are below the age of 60 years, according to health ministry data.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the government’s plan to address the possible impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Tk 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages.

A Narayanganj doctor undergoing treatment at Kurmitola Hospital in Dhaka with fever, cold and cough has tested positive with coronavirus.

Even though the progress of some mega projects involving China and Japan has slowed down amid the ongoing coronavirus situation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says the projects will be completed on time.

Police lock down a supershop in Khulshi area of Chattogram city and send its 14 staffers on home quarantine in connection with the first confirmed coronavirus patient in the port city.

A fire that broke out at a wholesale banana market in Dhaka's Karwan Bazar is brought under control.

At least 186 people of 35 families are placed in isolation in Shariatpur after a 90-year-old man from the locality died from being infected by the coronavirus.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) suggests its members to shut down their units till April 11 considering the ongoing coronavirus situation in the country.

People are taking more digital services now than during other times amid the government-declared general holiday, Mahatab Uddin Ahmed, chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi, says during a Facebook live session.

The central bank today requested law enforcement agencies to not create any roadblocks for bank employees while going to and from their office during the ongoing shutdown declared by the government.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government will be forced to revoke the licence of private healthcare service providers who refuse to treat patients during the coronavirus crisis.

In a noble gesture, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan offers his four-storey office in Mumbai to be used for treating Covid-19 patients.

Seven people are placed in home quarantine as a woman dies in Shariatpur after she was hospitalised with fever and headache.

The district Detective Branch (DB) of police have arrested UP chairman Alauddin Paltu on charges of irregularities in distributing rice allocated to fishermen under the VGF (Vulnerable Group Feeding) programme in the Kakchira union under Barguna’s Patharghata upazila.