Health Minister Zahid Maleque has fended questions from the press through a video conference and at one stage was asked whether anyone in his ministry is infected with coronavirus or whether he himself was quarantined.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the affluent people of the country to extend their helping hand during the crisis created by the global coronavirus outbreak.

A seven-month-old baby, who was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on Thursday on suspicion of coronavirus infection, has tested negative.

At least 207 Bangladeshis have returned home from India through Bhomra Land Port of Satkhira in the last 48 hours, according to immigration police.

Jack Ma -- one of the richest people in Asia and founder of Alibaba -- today donated another thirty thousand coronavirus testing kits and other medical supplies to Bangladesh.

A 22-year-old, who had fever and headache, dies at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital.

Nearly 4,000 cleaners under the employment of the Chattogram City Council are working with the risk of contracting coronavirus looming over their hands. The Chattogram City Council informed The Daily Star that almost 10 tonnes of waste from the clinics and hospitals in the city are sifted through by these workers without any protection.

As the 21-day pan-India lockdown completed its first week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has apologised to the people for difficulties caused by the restrictions, but asserted that there was no option other than the tough decision to save human lives.

A 40-year-old patient undergoing treatment at the isolation unit of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital in Barishal has died.

The coronavirus is uniting the global community in an effort to reduce the spread of the disease, and treat those already infected. To that end, many musicians and singers in Bangladesh have come together to encourage people to stay home, and help reduce the feelings of isolation and anxiety by bringing people together through music.

Mobile operators in the country have started sending text messages to users to determine potential carriers of coronavirus.

A 70-year-old, who was admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital with flu-like symptoms, has died.

A US infant has died from the COVID-19 illness, officials in the state of Illinois said on Saturday, marking an extremely rare case of juvenile death in the global pandemic.

No new cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) said during a press briefing.

Police arrest six persons from different areas in Dhaka on charges of spreading rumours and misleading information on the coronavirus outbreak.

Test transmission of recorded classes for secondary students through Sangsad Bangladesh Television have started, aiming to minimise academic session loss as the educational institutions are closed.

Three members of a family sustain burns in a fire in Dhaka's Bhasantek area.

US President Donald Trump decides against imposing a broad two-week lockdown on New York and its neighbors after a strong pushback from local political leaders and warnings of the panic it could spark.

Qatar has recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry says.

Spain’s coronavirus fatalities rise by a record 832 people overnight to 5,690 as hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed and a police chief fought back tears announcing a colleague’s death.