A Rohingya man has died from Covid-19 in Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhia upazila.

The World Bank says that it expects the coronavirus and resulting recessions to leave “lasting scars” on developing and emerging market countries, with the worst damage on oil exporters and those suffering financial crises.

A staffer of Dhaka Metropolitan Police has died of Covid-19 while undergoing treatment at the Central Police Hospital in the capital.

India is “very far away from the peak” as far as the spread of Covid-19 infection is concerned and preventive measures taken to check the spread have been very effective, the government said today.

Thirty-seven people died, 2,911 were infected and 523 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Dhaka Medical College Hospital's (DMCH) urologist Monzoor Rashid Chowdhury dies from Covid-19.

As India entered the second day of the phased exit from coronavirus-induced lockdown, the death toll due to the contagion rises to 5,598 across the country.

Beximco Pharmaceuticals has sent some medicine to Pakistan for critically ill Covid-19 patients by a special cargo flight.

The government is likely to put the capital, Narayanganj and Gazipur in the “red zone” with severe restrictions in the wake of rising Covid-19 deaths and infections in the city areas.

Carlos Sosa, a Salvadoran waiter in New York, used to send up to $500 a month back home to his mother to help pay for her medical bills and food. But now, after the coronavirus hit and he lost his job in early March, Sosa has burnt through his savings and the wire transfers have stopped.

Dhaka University authorities yesterday stopped coronavirus testing facilities at its laboratories.

The major economic indicators of the country’s balance of payments (BoP) shrivelled in the first nine months of the fiscal year on the back of the economic fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic.

The first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic may be waning. For vaccine developers, that could be a problem.

As the deadly Covid-19 virus continues to climb the grisly charts, an intense race is already on, globally, to discover the next vaccine, the next panacea.

Regional rights bodies across Asia and the Middle East fear millions of migrants -- if repatriated home without compensation amid the coronavirus pandemic -- may face indebtedness and their families may slip into poverty.

Leading health experts yesterday called on the government to be cautious in its measures to ensure health and safety in the aftermath of offices and different sectors reopening amid high numbers of daily confirmed coronavirus cases.

Attributing the surge in Covid-19 cases to increased public movement in the capital and elsewhere, experts warn that the country will see darker days ahead if the government fails to ensure physical distancing and make people follow the other health guidelines right away.

Former health minister Mohammed Nasim, also a presidium member of the ruling Awami League, tested positive for Covid-19 and has been admitted to Bangladesh Specialised Hospital in Dhaka's Shyamoli.

The High Court directs the authorities concerned to conduct necessary tests including that of Covid-19 and provide treatments to expecting women on priority basis at all government and private hospitals across the country.

Despite testing positive for Covid-19, a man in Tangail rejoined his workplace and worked for six days before returning to his village to celebrate Eid with family.