Iran announces another 85 deaths, pushing its total number of fatalities from the coronavirus outbreak to 514 amid 11,364 confirmed cases.

Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters march on parliament in Bangkok wearing black T-shirts to mourn the state of Thailand under an army-aligned government, in the first street protest for several years.

Greece’s first female president, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, is sworn in for a five-year term at a ceremony scaled down due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Japan says it is determined to hold a “safe and secure” Tokyo Olympics on schedule, after US President Donald Trump suggested a one year delay because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 13, 2020

Nepal has closed all of its Himalayan peaks including Mount Everest this climbing season because of fears of the coronavirus outbreak, says a government minister.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposes a strong joint strategy involving SAARC countries to fight the coronavirus threat in the region.

A rickshaw puller and his passenger are killed as a truck rams into the rickshaw on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested the leader of fraud gang, who had been misappropriating money from mobile banking users, from Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

The ruling Awami League-backed panel has won six posts including that of the president out of 14 posts in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election.

The Australian stock market trimmed a week of heavy loses Friday, ending up four percent after a last-gasp rally.

A suspected robber is killed in a reported gunfight with police in Chandina upazila of Cumilla.

All 112 people, including 23 Bangladeshis, who were admitted to a quarantine facility in India for over a fortnight after their return from China, have tested negative for coronavirus and are expected to be released today, a senior official says.

One of the two persons who recovered from COVID-19 infection, left the hospital and were sent home, Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, director of Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), said today.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife announce they were self-isolating Thursday as she undergoes tests for the new coronavirus after returning from a speaking engagement with "mild flu-like symptoms."

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that many more families would see their loved ones die from coronavirus, as the government’s chief scientific adviser says Britain likely has as many as 10,000 people infected.

India has reported its first coronavirus death when the test result of a 76-year-old man, who died recently in Kalaburagi district of the southern state of Karnataka, confirmed that he was positive for the virus, the state government says.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are in self-isolation after she came down with flu-like symptoms and was tested for the new coronavirus, according to an official statement on Thursday.

US President Donald Trump says he is not concerned about being exposed to the coronavirus after dining with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose press aide tested positive.

Citing the Communicable Diseases (Prevention, Control and Eradication) Act, 2018, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) yesterday published a circular that said hiding information about any coronavirus patient is a punishable offence.