Prof Dr Shakeel Ahmed, in-charge of Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID), had been feeling unwell since Saturday. But the doctor did not take it seriously and continued his duty in the laboratory. Yesterday, he decided to test his own sample and found the result Covid-19 positive.

Several urban artists have taken to Cuba’s walls to express anguish but also hope regarding the coronavirus pandemic - some in public spaces, others in private for fear of running into trouble with Communist authorities.

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expresses deep shock and sorrow at the death of Niloufer Manzur, a renowned educationist and the founding principal of Dhaka’s Sunbeams School.

The health ministry asks the Chattogram district administration to acquire two private hospitals in the port city for treatment of patients infected with Covid-19.

Japan has tightened border control and widened the ban on entry of people from countries, including Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A physician of Narayanganj dies of coronavirus at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

As the number of deaths of Covid-19 patients are increasing on a daily basis in the country, relatives and family members often find it difficult to bury the deceased due to the confusion over the virus’s spread from the dead body.

Thirteen people, including an Upazila Nirbahi Officer and a medical officer, tested positive in Jamalpur district in the 24 hours till 2:30pm today.

Rapid antibody tests for Covid-19 are for surveillance purpose only, an Indian High Court noted today and said a final decision on conducting such tests in containment zones across Maharashtra is to be taken by the state government.

Businesses that have failed to file value-added tax (VAT) returns of March and April 2020 because of the countrywide shutdown will be able to file the returns within June 9 without incurring any penalty, says the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

The number of police personnel who recovered after testing Covid-19 positive crosses 1,100.

Twenty-one people have died of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra's founder and trustee Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, who had tested positive for coronavirus infection yesterday, is doing well.

A total of 145 Covid-19 patients are detected in Narayanganj, the highest in a day in the district so far.

The WHO suspends trials of the drug that Donald Trump promoted as a coronavirus defence, fuelling concerns about the US president's handling of the pandemic that has killed nearly 100,000 Americans.

Renowned educationist and founding principal of Sunbeams School, Niloufer Manzur passes away at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka.

Bangladesh has joined a select group of countries that manufacture world-class, large-scale Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as Beximco sends a shipment of 6.5 million PPE gowns manufactured to the US brand Hanes for ultimate delivery to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

China has announced its decision to pull out its citizens -- including students, tourists and businessmen -- from India who are facing “difficulties” in the country and want to return home in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of 80 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in South Korea return Dhaka by a special flight of Asiana Airlines.