On April 22, 1970, about 20 million Americans, 10 percent of the US population at the time, took to the streets, raising their voices for a better, more liveable planet. They saw how badly the environment was being contaminated and what needed to be done to protect nature. This led to the establishment of Earth Day, celebrated every year on April 22.

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has suddenly and drastically changed the way we lived in the world, only a few months ago.

Over 1 lakh handloom and power loom workers, the ones that weave the famous Tangail saris, are in dire need of help after they went out of work since their factories were shuttered nearly a month ago amid the outbreak of the Novel Coronavirus.

The restaurant business has predictably taken a big hit due to the coronavirus outbreak as people have remained mostly locked in their homes during the past weeks. The sector was one of the first affected in Bangladesh as the number of customers started dwindling since late February, forcing businesses to either lay off or send home their employees without pay.

The coronavirus pandemic is exacerbating threats to press freedom around the world, with authoritarian states including China and Iran suppressing details of the outbreak, activists said on Tuesday.

The UN Refugee Agency warned of life-threatening consequences if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time in Bangladesh amid the global outbreak of Covid-19.

The postponed Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations may begin at the end of next month.

As the country has been in the third stage of coronavirus transmission when the virus spreads quickly within the community, experts have called for the immediate launch of widespread antibody tests to clearly understand the extent of infection.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is to undergo Covid-19 testing after it was confirmed that he met a man, who was later found to have contracted the virus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that all available evidence suggests the novel coronavirus originated in animals in China late last year and was not manipulated or produced in a laboratory.

Two men with breathing problems die in an isolation unit at Mohammad Ali Hospital in Bogura.

The local administration in Satkhira sends 170 brick field workers, who had arrived from Narsingdi, on institutional quarantine as part of measures to contain the spread of coronavirus.

UNDP and United Enterprises & Co. Ltd (UECL) have jointly taken an initiative to provide food support to 5,000 destitute women in Jamalpur, Kurigram and Gaibandha in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Karwan Bazar, one of the biggest kitchen markets in Dhaka city, has been closed for retail sales as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The UN Refugee Agency warns of life-threatening consequences for Rohingya refugees and host communities if annual monsoon preparations cannot be completed on time amid the global outbreak of Covid-19.

Another 164 Bangladeshis, who were stranded in India for over a month, return home by a special flight.

Habiganj's Lakhai Upazila Health Complex was declared closed after a doctor and two nurses of the hospital tested positive with coronavirus.

A total of 264 UK and 154 Turkey citizens left Dhaka on special flights this afternoon. They had opted to return home amid the Covid-19 outbreak, for which their governments arranged their return flights home.

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) today filed a case against a Union Parishad chairman of Perli in Narail for misappropriating 2,550 kg of rice meant for relief.

Two people die in Khulna and Patuakhali with coronavirus-like symptoms.