The education ministry asks the authorities concerned to take necessary steps over students and guardians treating the closure of educational institutions as a holiday and visiting different areas of the country.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi urges all not to buy essential commodities beyond needs as there are adequate stocks in the country to meet the demand.

The High Court (HC) has granted a four-week anticipatory bail to Bangla daily Manabzamin Editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury who was sued under Digital Security Act on charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media”.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) imposes a ban on gathering at Patenga sea beach in the port city this afternoon to prevent risk of spreading coronavirus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines was forced to cancel at least 15 flights on five domestic routes and another on an international route from Dhaka.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the cover of “Voice of Millions” on the occasion of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.

Four doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) were sent to home quarantine yesterday, since all four handled an identified coronavirus patient without any protective gear for over a week.

A Bangladeshi -- who tested positive for coronavirus infection -- has died, Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) says.

Rapid Dot Blot, a kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra, can detect coronavirus within 10-15 minutes at a minimal cost, founder of the organisation Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury has said.

The Abrar Fahad murder case was transferred to the Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 of Dhaka for quick disposal.

A man, who was sent to Dhaka's Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital from Gazipur recently, has tested positive for coronavirus.

A Dhaka court has framed charges against Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general of police, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, in a bribery case.

A rights organisation has filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking directives on the authorities concerned to close all the courts across the country to contain the spread of coronavirus.

India reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus in the army with a 34-year-old soldier posted in the Himalayan mountains of Leh in Ladakh testing positive, according to army sources.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests one person from Chattogram city for allegedly spreading rumours about coronavirus on social media.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended prayers inside all its mosques except the holiest two sites in Islam as it steps up efforts to contain the new coronavirus, state media reported.

Joe Biden has been declared the winner of last week’s Democratic presidential primary in Washington state, giving him victories in five out of six states that voted March 10.

The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days, according to a new study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness called Covid-19.

China announces that it is retaliating against US restrictions on Chinese journalists, with actions that include rescinding the press credentials of American correspondents with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

Bidyanondo Foundation, a voluntary organisation working primarily for education of underprivileged children, today started spraying disinfectants in public transports as a preventive measure against possible spread of novel coronavirus.