A woman is killed and five other pedestrians injured when a lorry hit them at Biam Goli area under Hatirjheel Police Station.

The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy has risen by 49 to 197, the Civil Protection Agency says, the largest daily increase in fatalities since the contagion was uncovered two weeks ago.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 7, 2020

About 30 people are still trapped in a collapsed hotel used for coronavirus quarantine in the city of Quanzhou, in southeastern Fujian Province of China.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the appeal of Bangabandhu’s March 7 speech is everlasting, and this historic address of the Father of the Nation will continue to inspire everyone around the world for ages to come.

Stating that Khaleda Zia’s physical condition is deeply concerning, her sister Selima Islam says they are doubtful whether they will be able to take the BNP chief out of the hospital alive as the government is making delay in releasing her.

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus reaches 145 after another 21 people are confirmed to have died during the last one day, among them a conservative lawmaker from Tehran.

GK Shamim has secured bail from the High Court in two separate cases in the first week of February, it has emerged.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s birth centenary celebration will not be successful as the government has kept BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.

The fact that there has been no justice delivered to Taqi -- seven years after his heinous killing -- reflects the overall culture of impunity existing in the country, Emeritus Professor of Dhaka University Serajul Islam Chowdhury has said.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the outbreak of coronavirus might affect foreign guests’ presence at Mujib Borsho celebration.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 7, 2020

Police arrest three individuals on charge of extorting businessmen in Kotwali area of Chattogram city in the name of “Mujib Borsho celebration”.

The Indian government backtracked Saturday after slapping a 48-hour ban on two TV channels for what officials called biased coverage of New Delhi riots.

A speech-impaired seven-year-old was raped in the city’s Kamrangirchar area last night.

“Startup Chattogram Bootcamp 2020” is hosted in Chattogram’s Hotel Agrabad.

Three weeks have passed since the murders of Munni Rahman and her two children in Dhaka’s Dakshin Khan. The prime suspect, Munni’s husband Raquib Uddin Bhuiyan, still remains traceless.

Two more bodies have been recovered following capsize of two boats carrying a bridal party in Rajshahi’s Sreerampur last evening.

Saudi Arabia has reopened two of the most holy religious sites in Islam, Al-Haram Mosque in Makkah and Al-Masjid al Nabawy in Madina, after they were closed for sterilization to halt the spread of the new coronavirus.

Two flights of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to Kuwait are cancelled following a one-week ban the country imposed on flights to and from seven countries over coronavirus outbreak.