A metal object that fell from the sky created at least a 15 feet hole at Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram this afternoon.

The Aviation Operators Association of Bangladesh (AOAB) calls upon the government to waive all kinds of aeronautical/non- aeronautical charges of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh incurred from February till improvement of the coronavirus situation.

Describing the coronavirus as national and global disaster, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon people irrespective of political and religious faiths to work together to curb and prevent the spread of the virus in the country.

Around two decades ago, Joynal Abedin would not have thought of owning a property or business institution as he was struggling to earn a livelihood. The man, hailing from Shimulia village under Mirpur upazila of Kushtia, worked his land and had a small business.

Bidyanondo, a non-profit social welfare organization which has been engaged in distributing personal protective equipment for free owing to a growing demand during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, have appealed for grants from the masses.

Allegation is raised against some police personnel of beating a man to death in the city’s Uttarkhan area.

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Awami League candidate Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has won the by-election to Dhaka-10 constituency which was held amid staggeringly low turnout today due to coronavirus scare.

Close to one billion people worldwide were confined to their homes on Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000, with 4,000 alone in worst-hit Italy where the daily number of fatalities has shot up relentlessly over the past week.

Iran’s death toll from the coronavirus outbreak rises by more than 100 to 1,556 and the total number of people infected now exceeds 20,000, a health ministry official says.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undertakes a number of measures including operating mobile courts to compel the people who are advised to stay in quarantine to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Founder of Alibaba and one of the richest persons in Asia, Jack Ma, has announced that his firm will donate emergency supplies to 10 Asian countries including Bangladesh.

The Special Session of Jatiya Sangsad has been postponed following outbreak of the coronavirus across the country, Joynal Abedin.

The World Health Organization (WHO) suggests Bangladesh government take urgent action to fight the coronavirus outbreak.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will support Bangladesh in tackling the coronavirus outbreak, said Manmohan Parkash, ADB country director for Bangladesh.

Thirty families of a building in Mirpur have limited their movement after a neighbour, who tested positive for coronavirus, died in a private hospital.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 21, 2020

Unidentified men approached journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol’s motorbike and appeared to tamper with it, the day he was last seen before what is feared to be an enforced disappearance, Amnesty International says.

The government has decided to cancel all Independence Day programmes at the National Marty’s Memorial in Savar and the reception programme at Bangabhaban amid fears over the coronavirus.

The Detective Branch of police arrested a bus driver and helper yesterday on charges of killing of an on-duty police official in the capital’s old airport area, Sahadat Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of DB police, told The Daily Star.