A 64-year-old COVID-19 patient has passed away at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital taking total fatalities to three India. The other two deaths have been reported from Delhi and Karnataka.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great leader.

British actor Idris Elba says he tested positive for the new coronavirus, joining Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, among the first major celebrities to contract the respiratory disease.

The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials has said Monday, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease.

Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised.

On the eve of the 100th birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) underscores the need to ensure transparency in all financial transactions to uphold Bangabandhu’s ideals.

India shuts down all educational institutions, gymnasiums, museums, cultural and social centres, swimming pools and theatres till March 31 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The ongoing month-long Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) 2020, which began in the port city’s Railway Pologround on March 5, is suspended until further notice, aiming to prevent spread of coronavirus (Covid-19).

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At a time when hand sanitisers are being hoarded in the panic over the coronavirus outbreak, the most effective tool to combat the virus -- the soap -- should not be overlooked.

Bangladesh has urged all countries to "stand united" and help each other overcome the coronavirus outbreak, which may paralyse the whole world.

The cabinet issues set of directives, including sending returnees from abroad to a 14-day compulsory quarantine as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus.

Unilever, along with mobile operators Robi, Grameenphone and Banglalink today asked all their employees to stay at home and work online as a preventive measure against coronavirus infection.

Locals stage demonstrations in Thakurgaon’s Haripur upazila town protesting the rape of an SSC examinee.

A man has been arrested on charge of raping a 12-year-old girl in Jashore’s Keshabpur upazila, police say.

Google has made the premium features of its Hangouts video-conferencing platform free for all users until July 1, in a bid to help businesses and schools to operate seamlessly from home, under coronavirus-induced social distancing.

Three assistant commissioners, who were allegedly involved in torturing Kurigram journalist Ariful Islam were withdrawn this noon.

The government will brief diplomats stationed in Dhaka at 6:00pm today at State Guesthouse Padma on the coronavirus issue.

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Oman has suspends air communication with Bangladesh from this evening, Deputy General Manager of Public Relations at Biman Bangladesh Airlines Tahera Khandaker tells The Daily Star.