In a pragmatic effort, police starts visiting different places in Manikganj to oversee whether those who returned to the country from abroad are maintaining the conditions of home quarantine to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati demands the immediate shutdown of garments factories for a temporary period to protect their workers from the coronavirus outbreak.

Sri Lanka imposes a nationwide weekend curfew as South Asian countries escalate efforts to check the spread of coronavirus across the densely populated region of 1.9 billion people.

Britain has asked 65,000 former nurses and doctors to return to work and will deploy final-year medical students to fight the coronavirus health crisis, the health ministry says.

California issues an unprecedented statewide “stay at home” order for its 40 million residents and Washington warns Americans to return home or stay abroad indefinitely, as the number of coronavirus deaths in the country hits 200.

Rapid Action Battalion arrest three suspected Ansar-Al-Islam members, who used to look after the finances of the banned militant outfit, from Dhaka and Sylhet in the last two days, the elite force says.

Authorities at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport have started marking inbound passengers with stamps bearing the date till which they will have to stay under home quarantine.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) forms a committee to fight and prevent the spread of coronavirus in the area of Dhaka under its purview.

As public transports and mass gatherings pose a high risk for Covid-19 transmission, the government will consider suspension of bus, train and launch services in the country if the coronavirus situation worsens, ministers say.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has temporarily suspended its flights on Bangkok route.

The United States sends Iran a blunt message: the spread of the coronavirus will not save it from US sanctions that are choking off its oil revenues and isolating its economy.

The government has announced the closure of National Zoo located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area from today to March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrests an alleged woman leader of “Neo JMB” from Dhaka.

Election Commission launches a training for teachers who will discharge duties in polling centres as presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers amid the fear of coronavirus spread, while the government shut down educational institutes, sports events, social, religious and cultural gatherings to contain the virus.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 20, 2020

Divisional directors of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), district civil surgeons and upazila health and family planning officers can take legal actions through running mobile courts to tackle the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

Jatiya Press Club is going to suspend all activities and services of the club from March 21 to 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Islamic Foundation in a statement asks all Muslims to offer sunnah prayers from their respective homes before going to the mosque to offer their two rakahs of faraz Jummah prayers in order to contain the spreading of coronavirus.

A 19-year-old youth is stabbed to death by unidentified criminals in Dhaka’s Banani area.

A Bangladeshi who landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) is hospitalised for having high fever.