Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, star of "The Mask of Zorro" and dozens of other films, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is in quarantine.

Around nine percent -- nearly 20 lakh -- of Dhaka city dwellers could be Covid-19 positive with roughly 78 percent of them exhibiting no symptoms, according to a study.

Australia recorded its biggest one-day rise in Covid-19 deaths yesterday although a slowdown in new cases gave hope that a second wave of new infections in the state of Victoria may have peaked.

There is a “vast global gap” between funds needed to fight the coronavirus pandemic and funds committed, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday, and the WHO was only “10% of the way” there.

The health ministry is going to sit next week to decide phase-III clinical trial of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, its Secretary Abdul Mannan said.

Bangladesh’s officially confirmed novel coronavirus cases went up to 260,507 with the detection of 2,907 new cases in 24 hours till 8:30am yesterday.

Amid a spike in coronavirus transmission, the government asks field-level administrations to conduct mobile court operations and awareness campaigns on wearing masks.

Thirty-nine people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said during a briefing today.

Thirty-four people -- 31 male and three female -- have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), has said.

Divisions with higher populations are witnessing higher numbers of Covid-19 deaths.

A group of independent human rights experts at the United Nations have called on countries to lift -- or at the very least, ease -- sanctions to allow affected nations and communities to access vital supplies during the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

Thirty-two people have died from coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, Dr Nasima Sultana, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), says during a briefing.

Many Asian countries have seen a drop in coronavirus infection rate in the last couple of months but in Bangladesh’s case it remained over 20 percent.

India’s official coronavirus case tally hit two million yesterday, doubling in three weeks as the pandemic sweeps into smaller cities and rural areas, with experts warning the real toll could be much higher.

27 die, 2,851 infected, 1,760 recover in 24 hours.

Renowned actors and Ekushey Padak awardees Ramendu Majumdar and Ferdousi Majumdar have tested positive for Covid-19.

The World Health Organization on Thursday warned against "vaccine nationalism," saying vaccine-hogging richer countries would not be safe coronavirus havens if poor nations remained exposed.

A professor of Chittagong University (CU) died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the port city’s Parkview Hospital.

Over 23 people on average have died every day since March 18, the day the country recorded its first Covid-19 death.

Economic recovery around the world could come faster if any Covid-19 vaccine is made available to all as a public good, World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says.