A seven-month-old baby, who was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus infection, was sent to Dhaka along with the mother for better treatment this afternoon.

Local administration enforce isolation of three families -- comprising 12 members -- at a village in Basail upazila of Tangail as one of the families take shelter in the village after recently fleeing from the area in Dhaka’s Mirpur that is under lockdown.

A man is killed in a road accident at Tejgaon’s Satrasta area in Dhaka, despite roads in the city being vacant as the suspension of public transport services begin this morning.

A 65-year-old Kashmiri man who tested positive for Covid-19 has died in India’s Srinagar city.

A man was killed in a clash between workers -- demonstrating over arrears -- and police in Dinajpur’s Birol upazila last night.

Students of the chemistry department of Moulvibazar Government College produce hand sanitisers and distribute them free of cost among the underprivileged people of the district.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines suspended its operation on all routes except for two - London and Manchester - until April 15 due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

US deaths from the coronavirus pandemic have topped 1,000, in another grim milestone for a global outbreak that is taking lives and wreaking havoc on economies and established routines of ordinary life.

Today is Bangladesh’s Independence Day. In the wake of the deadly novel coronavirus, the government has suspended all programmes of the day.

An Australian far-right extremist charged with murdering 51 Muslim worshippers in last year's mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques unexpectedly flips his plea to guilty.

A 30-year old man, who was placed in isolation at Khagrachhari Sadar Hospital after being admitted with fever and breathing complications, dies less than six hours after he was admitted.

Britain will have test kits available within days to be sent to households to establish whether people have contracted the new coronavirus and developed immunity, a health official says.

A member of Parbatya Chattogram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS-MN Larma) is shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Baghaichhari upazila of Rangamati.

Mugda General Hospital is to start telemedicine service round the clock for the people of Dhaka-9 constituency (Sabujbagh, Basabo) so that people do not need to come out of home to get medical treatment.

Prisoners at Bagerhat District Jail will now be able to talk to their loved ones over phone.

A courier service is busted by a mobile court in Rajshahi for illegally ferrying passengers to the district from Dhaka.

Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB) complains that the staff of mobile and internet service providers are facing restrictions from the law enforcement agencies at different places across the country.

Senior health professionals from Saarc countries will hold a videoconference tomorrow to exchange information and best practices to combat coronavirus in the region.

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal says Bangladesh could lose 1.1 percent of its GDP growth due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Due to a lack of aspiring pilgrims for this year’s hajj, the religious affairs ministry today extended the deadline for registration till April 8.