All bus services between Rajshahi and Dhaka, Chattogram have been suspended for indefinite period to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque says the government will lock down the most vulnerable areas of the country -- such as Madaripur and Faridpur -- if the coronavirus outbreak worsens.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 19, 2020

Top European Union leaders has welcomed the European Central Bank's surprise 750-billion-euro bond buying stimulus package and vowed they would do whatever it takes to protect the bloc's economy.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra today received government approval to import raw material which are needed to make the coronavirus-detection kit that was developed by the organisation.

Health department in Brahmanbaria is looking for a Qatar returnee, who escaped from hospital.

Three Supreme Court lawyers send a letter to the president and prime minister, requesting them to declare state of emergency due to the outbreak of coronavirus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines today suspended its flights to Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Singapore, spokespersons of Biman said today.

Dhaka University authorities ask its resident students to leave their dormitories by tomorrow evening amid coronavirus fears.

The High Court has directed civil aviation and tourism ministry to hand over all overseas returnees to law enforcing agencies -- to keep them in quarantine to prevent spread of coronavirus.

Four new persons are diagnosed with coronavirus in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours.

Trading at the Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges has been halted in a desperate bid to stem losses amid coronavirus fears.

The Dhaka airport authorities had sent seven people, who landed from different countries, to a nearby hospital in the last 24 hours, according to the airport director.

The coronavirus pandemic could trigger a global economic crisis destroying up to 25 million jobs around the world if governments do not act fast to shield workers from the impact, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.

Four hours after stopping work, in demand of personal protective equipment (PPE), interns at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital have joined back.

China marks a major milestone in its battle against the coronavirus pandemic as it records zero domestic infections for the first time since the outbreak emerged, but a spike in imported cases threatens its progress.

The United States is suspending all routine visa services as of Wednesday in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman for the State Department said, an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people.

Internationally-acclaimed folklorist and poet Dr Ashraf Siddiqui passes away at a hospital in Dhaka at the age of 93.

Police detain one person in Tongi, Gazipur for his alleged involvement in selling masks and gloves that were discarded after use in hospitals.

A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali.