Two persons have died in Khulna and Khagrachhari districts, after suffering from high fevers, colds and breathing complications.

Today is Bangladesh’s 49th Independence Day.

More than 2,500 army personnel divided in 290 teams are discharging their duties in 61 districts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

US-Bangla Airlines, one of the leading private airlines of the country, today presented different types of safety equipment, including masks, sanitisers, gloves, along with handheld thermal scanners to The Daily Star.

At a time when personal protective equipment (PPE) are in high demand by doctors and caregivers, administrative officials in Sylhet have been seen using those in violation of the directives circulated by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor-elect Atiqul Islam and BD Clean, a youth-based platform, have joined hands to distribute food among the poor and low-wage earners as public transport services have been suspended in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Two alleged members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team are arrested from a madrasa in Jhikargachha upazila of Jashore.

A four-year-old girl is allegedly raped by her father at Newtown area in Jashore Sadar upazila.

Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited will provide video conference systems and Artificial Solution (AI) to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to help fight COVID-19.

A Bangladeshi healthcare company called Digital Healthcare Solutions has launched a coronavirus symptom check online and is available free of cost.

A couple who returned from the UK is sent to the Coronavirus Isolation Centre at Sylhet Saheed Shamsuddin Ahmed Hospital from Sylhet Osmani International Airport.

A citizen of Belarus working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna has been sent to Dhaka for tests on suspicion of coronavirus infection.

More than three billion people around the world are living under lockdown as governments stepped up their efforts against the coronavirus pandemic which has left more than 21,000 people dead.

The government appoints Justice Md Shawkat Hossain, a retired judge of the High Court, as chairman of the Administrative Appellate Tribunal for two years on a contractual basis.

A special flight from China carrying medical equipment to help combat the spread of coronavirus lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Two government college teachers have been suspended following their "critical" Facebook posts over the shortage of PPE for doctors.

Government officials of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet have decided to donate their Baishakhi allowances in a bid to support the underprivileged local people during the coronavirus outbreak.

A total 364 Malaysia and Bhutan nationals stuck in Bangladesh returned to their countries through different flights between last night and this morning.

Five more people tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 44, according to the IEDCR.

A Bangladeshi doctor -- Misbahul Ferdous -- stationed at Fuwai Hospital in China, says the hospital received immediate help from a Bangladeshi cardiologist during their time of need, while tackling the coronavirus outbreak at its height in the country.