The three-week coronavirus-induced lockdown across India may have cost the national economy Rs 7-8 lakh crore, analysts and industry bodies say.

Babuganj Upazila Health Complex in Barishal has been locked down after three people, including a nurse, test positive for Covid-19

A physician of Savar Upazila Health Complex has tested positive for coronavirus, says the civil surgeon of Dhaka.

A union parishad chairman was arrested in Pabna and a former BCL leader was fined in Tangail for discrepancies surrounding distribution of relief rice during the coronavirus pandemic yesterday.

One person died of coronavirus infection and another tested positive for Covid-19 in Chattogram today.

D-8 nations -- Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey -- are scheduled to virtually meet on April 16 for a discussion on the novel coronavirus outbreak and to heighten cooperation between the nations.

At least 44 people became victims of “extrajudicial killings” during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country, according to a report prepared by seven eminent citizens of the country.

Three mobile carriers – Robi, Banglalink and Teletalk -- want more spectrum allocation to serve their customers better during the shutdown situation, as usage has increased by 30 per cent over normal.

India will extend visa of foreign nationals including Bangladeshis -- whose visas have expired since February 1 or would expire on April 30 for being stranded in the country due to lockdown for coronavirus pandemic -- till April 30 free of cost.

Four more people in Shariatpur have tested positive for coronavirus, bringing the district's total confirmed cases to five.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today announced allocation of Tk 750 crore for insurance of doctors, nurses, health workers; field officers; members of law enforcement agencies, armed forces, BGB; and other government employees, who are risking their lives to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today said the government should provide cash aid to 1.9 crore poor households across the country to help them cope with the ongoing coronavirus crisis and the subsequent blow to the economy.

District administration announces that Netrokona will be placed under lockdown until further notice, in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The central bank has asked banks to provide incentive to their employees who are working during the ongoing closure declared by the government in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The Asian Development Bank tripled the size of its response to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic to $20 billion and approved measures to streamline its operations for quicker and more flexible delivery of assistance.

Distribution of relief materials among an additional 800 needy families at Akhaura in Brahmanbaria has started, amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Five more die of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, Health Minister Zahid Maleque says.

Local administration seizes 158 sacks of government rice from a shop belonging to an Awami League leader in Khagrachhari’s Matiranga upazila.

A 55-year-old man with coronavirus symptoms, who was in an isolation centre at Rangamati General Hospital, dies.

Another Sunamganj woman has tested positive for Covid-19.