The isolated Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has reported its first case of the coronavirus after a US tourist tested positive, the prime minister says.

A police constable of Barishal Police Lines reportedly dies by suicide in Barishal city.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 6, 2020

Holy Cross College and Notre Dame College debating clubs have won the USAID’s International Women’s Day Debate Competition-2020 Award respectively.

The number of positive cases of novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 in India has risen to 31 with the latest being reported from West Delhi, where the patient has a travel history to Thailand and Malaysia.

A student of Islamic University (IU), who was visiting Rajshahi University campus, is allegedly beaten up by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men.

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an $8.3 billion measure to help tackle the coronavirus outbreak. The legislation would provide federal public health agencies money for vaccines, tests and potential treatments, and help state and local governments prepare for and respond to the threat.

In a column published in The Hindu, the former Indian PM has made a heartfelt appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to convince the nation not through words but deeds:

At least 22 people are killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Cumilla, Savar of Dhaka, Feni and Mymensingh.

At least six people are killed as a micro-bus catches fire after colliding head-on with a bus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria.

Nearly a decade after Md Sujon, a grille-shop owner in Sabujbagh, was murdered, the investigation into the case reveals that the crime was orchestrated by his ex-wife’s brothers and her lover for Sujon trying to stay in touch with her after divorce.

Brac, a Bangladesh-based non-government organisation, has been ranked the top NGO in the world in 2020, for the fifth consecutive year.

The High Court directs the police administration to immediately deploy law enforcers to stop digging and construction works within the archaeological site of Mahasthangarh in Bogura in order to protect the proposed world heritage site from encroachment.

The UAE Embassy in Dhaka organises a colorful rally and a special physical exercise programme marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

Here are the news headlines so far on March 5, 2020

Health authorities will issue health clearances from Saturday to Kuwait-bound Bangladeshi expatriates who are currently unable to visit the Gulf country as it has restricted entry of passengers from Bangladesh in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) will monitor mosquito control activities engaging 11 teams, in a bid to curb the mosquito menace, from March 7.

The High Court today set April 15 to deliver its verdict on a writ petition seeking adequate compensation for Russel Sarker, who lost his leg after a bus of Green Line Paribahan ran over him in April 2018.

The stand release of Pirojpur district and sessions judge after denying bail of a former lawmaker and his wife and another judge granting them bail hours later have posed serious questions about the independence of the judiciary, rights body Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) says.

All primary schools in Delhi are ordered to be shut till March 31 in view of the coronavirus scare.