Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announces a bailout/stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore for export-oriented industries to fight the impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy.

The government has appointed three special public prosecutors (PPs) headed by Advocate Mosharraf Hossain Kajol for conducting the murder case of Buet student Abrar Fahad Rabbi on behalf of the state before the trial court.

As the demand of personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors is rising due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, Cybernetics Robo Academy in Sylhet and CRUX have made some face shields and released an easy tutorial guide for everyone.

A 46-year-old pneumonia patient, who had been awaiting a coronavirus test, dies in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital today.

Spain registered 738 fatalities from the coronavirus over the past 24 hours in the steepest increase of the death toll since the epidemic hit the country, the health ministry reports.

A bank officer’s house is robbed in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

There has never been a documented incident where Covid-19 has transmitted from a print newspaper, print magazine, print letter, or print package, according to the world’s top doctors and scientists.

Veteran photographer Nemai Ghosh, whose nearly 30-year-old association with Satyajit Ray earned him the title “Boswell with a camera”, dies in Kolkata aged 86.

Five children of the Tripura community who were critically affected by measles have been airlifted to Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) from the remote Lungtian para under Sajek union of Rangamati.

Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers raided a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul killing 25 people before security forces killed all of the attackers, the government says.

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus, his household says.

A fire breaks out at a spinning mill in Shreepur upazila of Gazipur.

Five Bangladeshis have died of coronavirus in New York so far, according to local journalists.

The number of active internet connections in the country soared by 738,000 last month to reach 99,984,000, very close to the 10-crore landmark, according to the statistics published by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).

Hundreds of leaders and activists of BNP gather in front of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) in anticipation of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release, despite the risk of spreading coronavirus.

BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia has been released this afternoon, 25 months after she landed in jail in a graft case.

India has donated 30,000 surgical masks and 15,000 head-covers to Bangladesh to help prevent spread of Coronavirus.

A 35-kilometre long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway that was created yesterday evening due to a homebound rush of people leaving the capital, started easing since 10:30am today, reports our Tangail correspondent quoting law enforcement officials.

Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has asked people to call 01944333222 and 10655 for any suspected cases of coronavirus.

The High Court has expressed hope that the authorities concerned will ensure the supply of personal protective equipment (PPEs) for law enforcers and journalists, who are performing their duties amid the coronavirus outbreak.