Global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia, the government says as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue.

The US death toll from the novel coronavirus rose to more than 40,000, the highest in the world and almost double the number of deaths in the next highest country Italy, according to a Reuters tally.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) and other emergency medical supplies to the Bangladesh government to support preparedness and response in regard to the Covid-19 outbreak in Cox’s Bazar.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday slammed the Brahmanbaria administration over the failure to stop the gathering of thousands of people at the namaz-e-janaza of an Islamic party leader ignoring the shutdown.

The Republic of Korea is a shining example of how to effectively deal with the outbreak of the highly contagious virus Covid-19. In an interview last week, the Korean Republic ambassador to Bangladesh, Hu Kang-il, talks with The Daily Star about how his country has successfully managed the situation so far.

While one-fourth of the world’s population is under home-quarantine to contain the spread of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, another crisis is brewing behind closed doors—domestic violence.

As COVID-19 continues to roll out and thwart the fates and fortunes of people in the doldrums, the government of Bangladesh is poised to take several initiatives to help combat the health and economic crisis that is sweeping across the nation.

The pandemic and its economic impact will be felt very strongly by the poor.

It is true that during the worst of times the best in us emerge. And that is what we have seen in many of the people in Bangladesh in various ways—the doctors in the lead, despite acute shortage of personal protective gear. And that includes expatriate Bangladeshis too.

While people around the world have been meticulously trying to maintain social distance in a bid to fight the deadly coronavirus, it seems many people in Bangladesh just couldn’t care less about it to contain further spread of the virus.

Voluntary organisation Swapno Chaka has taken an initiative to deliver food among middle-income families for free, who cannot publicly seek support over the financial crisis following the coronavirus outbreak.

It is believed that around 1.3 crore people have become jobless in the country so far due to the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting lockdown.

The country yesterday recorded 312 confirmed cases of Covid-19 with seven deaths due to the disease.

The government will provide two months’ basic salary as incentive for doctors and other health workers who are on the front line in the war against Covid-19 pandemic.

Local administration announces that Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila will be locked down from Monday morning in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has asked the authorities concerned not to spray harmful disinfectants directly on human bodies.

A coronavirus testing lab will be set up immediately at the Narayanganj 300-bed hospital in Khanpur to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of people suffering from flu-like symptoms and those diagnosed with coronavirus.

Non-government organisations call upon the government to engage them in tackling the crisis caused by the outbreak of coronavirus, which is having far-reaching impacts on people, health and economy, especially on the poor and vulnerable communities across the country.

The government forms a 17-member national technical advisory committee in a bid to tackle the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) carrying medical aid to help combat the spread of Bangladesh Air Forcereturn to Dhaka from China.