Local and national NGOs, civil society groups and journalists call upon the government to launch a wide-range of awareness campaigns on coronavirus in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar and lift the restrictions on using mobile phones and internet and resume 4G facilities at the camps in Ukhiya and Teknaf.

Bangladesh is currently weighing all options to bring back several hundred of its citizens stuck in India during the 21-day lockdown that was enforced there since March 24 following the global outbreak of coronavirus.

At least 89 Bangladeshis with valid passports return home from India through Bhomra Land Port in Satkhira.

A 55-year-old woman, who was suffering from fever, cough and respiratory problems, died at home in Sunamganj early this morning.

Owners of an eco-resort in Gazipur volunteere their premises to be used as an isolation centre for people on institutional quarantine or those diagnosed with coronavirus.

Nine Bangladeshis, who returned from the UK, are sent to institutional quarantine as they all had high fevers.

Police Headquarters calls upon all not to spread misleading information and rumours against police as it is demotivating the officials who are working for the welfare of the country amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested a member of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team in a drive that was carried out at Rajuk Uttara Housing Project today.

A total of 269 US citizens leaves Dhaka on a special flight arranged by the US government for those who opted to return home on their personal choice amid the outbreak of COVID-19.

The UK High Commission in Dhaka advises British citizens currently living in Bangladesh to be prepared to stay in the country until commercial flights resume.

The government will manufacture ventilators by engaging with local technological conglomerate Walton and with the support of Medtronic, an international medical device company, as the country grapples with the growing coronavirus outbreak.

Police in western India fire tear gas to disperse a stone-pelting crowd of migrant workers defying a three-week lockdown against the coronavirus that has left hundreds of thousands of poor without jobs and hungry.

Police arrest one accused in a case filed over gang-rape of a school student in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna.

Chandpur district police officials today urged everyone distributing relief among those in need to make sure standards of physical distancing are being maintained to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A shut-down is being enforced across the country to prevent the spread of coronavirus and tourist spots, including Kuakata’s beaches, have also been closed. With human activity at these spots grinding to a halt, nature has found ways to flourish.

Sexagenarian Husne Ara Begum was struggling to take her pregnant daughter to a hospital in Chattogram city in the wee hours today. There was no traffic jam on the road, but there was no possibility to get a vehicle at that time either as the 10-day shutdown is on in the port city like other parts of the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. She had to take her daughter to the hospital at any cost and as soon as possible. Finding no other way, Husne Ara finally decided to call police around 12:00 am, seeking help for her daughter.

Bracing the nation for a death toll that could exceed 100,000 people, President Donald Trump extends restrictive social distancing guidelines through April, bowing to public-health experts who presented him with even more dire projections for the expanding coronavirus pandemic.

A twelve-year-old, who was being treated at the isolation ward of Jashore General Hospital, died today.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that the home-quarantine period of 30 lower court judges, who came from Australia on March 15 after a two-week training, ended yesterday and they are now doing well.

Samples of a 45-year-old-man, who died with coronavirus-like symptoms in Bogura’s Shibganj upazila on Friday, tested negative, say officials.