The government has suspended all programmes celebrating Bangla New Year to avoid public gatherings amid growing concerns of the spread of coronavirus.

Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim has said the government has taken all necessary steps to address the demand of milk, eggs, fish and meat amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus.

Against the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak, Gloria Jean's Coffees Bangladesh comes up with a dish called “Immune Booster”.

Six people, including three children, of two families have be taken to isolation ward in Sonaimuri Upazila Health Complex in Noakhali on suspicion of coronavirus infection, doctors say.

Amidst the coronavirus outbreak, Rajshahi University authorities have decided to donate Tk one crore to prime minister’s relief and welfare fund.

The finance ministry has unveiled the guideline for disbursement of the Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented sectors to tide them over the economic fallout of the global coronavirus pandemic.

Ten shops have been gutted in a fire at Arshinagar area of Narsingdi municipality.

Assistant Commissioner (land) Kazi Nazib Hasan, who sustained severe injuries after being hit by a motorcycle while performing duties in Jhikargacha upazila in Jashore district, has been moved to Combined Military Hospital, Dhaka.

Three youths including a police constable are arrested after being beaten by locals for allegedly extorting money from businessmen of a bazar at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.

Police arrests a youth on charges of raping a physically challenged girl in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon.

Saudi Arabia is urging Muslims to wait before making plans to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage until there is more clarity about the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the kingdom’s minister for hajj and umrah has said.

A 26-year-old, suffering from fever and breathing problem, has died 15 minutes after being admitted at Narail General Hospital.

At least five Bangladeshis died of Covid-19 in New York in five hours yesterday, according to a journalist.

World Bank has approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh address needs of the host communities and the displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district for their health services, response to gender-based violence, social protection, basic services and infrastructure.

A free transport service for caregivers, including doctors and nurses, has launched so that they can conveniently go to hospitals at a time when the country is fighting coronavirus.

One more coronavirus patient has died in Bangladesh while three new cases have been confirmed in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

The global death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has continued to worsen despite unprecedented lockdowns, as the head of the United Nations sounded the alarm on what he said was humanity's worst crisis since World War II.

A man undergoing treatment at isolation ward of the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in Dhaka with respiratory problems dies.

Facebook and Instagram remove videos of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying they spread misinformation about the coronavirus, a day after Twitter does the same.

China's decision to lock down the city of Wuhan, ground zero for the global COVID-19 pandemic, may have prevented more than 700,000 new cases by delaying the spread of the virus, researchers have said.