Contact tracing to rapidly isolate people who could be infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reduced the length of time people were infectious in the community over 4 weeks (from 14 January to 12 February 2020) in Shenzhen, China, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal.

The government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown for most public and private offices until May 16.

As the number of Covid-19 deaths and infected patients keep going up, experts blame it on inadequate case detection and isolation measures taken up by the authorities.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for greater protection of journalists who are providing the “antidote” to what he has characterised as a pandemic of misinformation surrounding the Covid-19 crisis.

Government agencies and banks have almost completed their preparations to implement 18 stimulus packages worth Tk 95,619 crore to tackle the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.

In recent years, Dhaka was developing an eating-out culture for iftar and sehri, like in the cosmopolitan cities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia,

Private universities seek a stimulus package from the government to shore them up amid closure of these institutions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

A female assistant commissioner (AC) of Jamalpur Sadar and six others are diagnosed to be positive for the coronavirus, raising the total confirmed cases in the district to 74.

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University has formed a committee that will supervise validation of the home-grown rapid test kit developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.

Import and export between Bangladesh and India through Benapole land port resumed after its closure for a month following the Covid-19 outbreak.

Reeling from a severe cash crunch amid global air travel restrictions owing to the coronavirus pandemic, Biman Bangladesh Airlines finally gets the approval for a loan of Tk 1,000 crore from Sonali Bank.

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller has paid special tribute to the journalists “who work tirelessly, often under stressful and dangerous conditions” to inform public about the Covid-19 pandemic.

The pan-India lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic has led to coming to light of some priceless memorabilia associated with master director Satyajit Ray at the loft of his house on Bishop Lefroy Road in south Kolkata.

At least five Bangladeshis died of coronavirus infection in the state of New York in the last 24 hours.

Five people died of coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

A total of 18 doctors have recovered from Covid-19 so far in the country, according to Bangladesh Doctors' Foundation.

The number of Covid-19 infected police personnel across the country has reached 741 today noon, according to a tally of Bangladesh Police Headquarters.

Another police official infected with Covid-19 dies at Central Police Hospital in Dhaka.

Barishal district administration has allotted seven hotels for the accommodation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The experimental drug remdesivir has been authorized by US regulators for emergency use against COVID-19, President Donald Trump announced Friday.