Bangladeshi expatriates in Qatar, whose identity cards have already expired or have been living there illegally due to other reasons during the coronavirus pandemic, can take free treatment at hospitals in the Gulf country.

Bangladeshi expatriate teachers and students in at least eight countries express concern over the rapid spread of coronavirus and call upon all people in the country to come together in fighting the pandemic.

The central bank has said clients will be permitted to settle their interbank cross cheques to enable the government and businesses to provide emergency support to people during the ongoing countrywide closure.

Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany's Hesse state, has died by suicide apparently after becoming "deeply worried", state premier Volker Bouffier says.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Mahabubar Rahman has said the food shops, bakeries and restaurants can be kept open in the port city but only on some conditions for the sake of people.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asks the officials concerned of the government to prepare a list of distressed people for providing assistance so that they can face the tough times evolved over the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

Amid growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, the commerce ministry is working with field level administration and law enforcement agencies in a bid to keep supply of daily essentials and its prices in a stable state.

Three people were killed in a fire originated from a mosquito coil at a house at Bauniabad in Mirpur.

A medical evacuation plane exploded in a ball of flames during takeoff in the Philippine capital, killing all eight passengers and crew on board, officials say.

As of 7:30pm today (March 29), Dhaka’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stands at 91 -- a giant leap forward from a typical range of 260-319 at the beginning of the year.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife says that she has recovered from being ill from Covid-19 disease caused by the new coronavirus.

One more child from Tripura community dies of measles in Dighinala upazila of Khagrachhari.

Construction work of Rooppur Nuclear Plant Project (RNPP) at Pabna’s Ishwardi upazila is running without any hassle thanks to close medical observation at the project site, amidst the threat of the coronavirus outbeak.

While most Dhaka residents are staying home to help contain the spread of coronavirus, hundreds of people throng the Azimpur office of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) today to pay their electricity bills

The authorities of Mohammad Ali Hospital in Bogura have started admitting patients with coronavirus symptoms from today.

The freight train services for transporting imported goods-laden containers from Chattogram Port to Dhaka Inland Container Depot (ICD) resumes about 30 hours after it was suspended.

Some US citizens will be leaving Bangladesh on a chartered flight arranged by the US government, US embassy officials in Dhaka say.

Three policemen of Barishal Metropolitan Police (BMP) are withdrawn and attached to Barishal Police Lines for their alleged involvement in assaulting two photojournalists in Barishal.

Thousands of low-income people, especially those who are depending on their daily income to survive in Dhaka city, are in a bleak situation due to a 10-day government shutdown to fight the coronavirus epidemic. To ease their sufferings, many people and voluntary organisations are coming forward with help. Tanbir Hasan Shaikat, a member of Dhaka University Central Students Union (DUCSU), is one such individual. Shaikat is feeding around 200 people daily.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra and actor Soni Razdan are among the thousands who are applauding the efforts of Minal Dakhave Bhosale - the virologist behind India's first coronavirus testing kit.