The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert says, as signs grow that the coronavirus pandemic is peaking.

Five more people in Tangail have tested positive with coronavirus, bringing the district’s total to seven, say officials.

A six-year-old boy, who tested Covid-19 positive, dies at a hospital in Chattogram, doctors say.

Police in Lima on Sunday arrested a Chinese citizen for illegally conducting rapid Covid-19 tests on the public with newly-delivered kits stolen from Peru's health ministry.

Top oil-producing countries agreed on "historic" output cuts to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis and a Russia-Saudi price war, sending crude prices soaring on Monday.

Garment export earning in the first week of April fell by 77.76 percent to $129.40 million compared to the corresponding week of the last year, according to data from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

A police barracks in Chattogram’s Dampara area is locked down after a traffic constable of Chattogram Metropolitan Police tested positive for coronavirus in the port city.

Coronavirus pandemic has changed not only actions and attitudes but also the doctrines and philosophies of states and economies worldwide.

Over the past few weeks, I have heard variations of “I don’t know why but I don’t think Bangladesh will be affected by Covid-19 in the way that other countries have been.”

It is a sad reflection on the society that at a time of such unprecedented national crisis some of us continue to be slaves of our baser instincts. Otherwise how is it possible for a human being to misappropriate rice allocated by the government for the most indigent section of the population all over the country?

Billions around the world celebrated Easter Sunday from lockdown at home as the European death toll from the virus topped 75,000 despite cautious hope that the pandemic is slowing in the continent.

Defying the government’s request to stay home to stem the spread of coronavirus, Sharif Hossain left his house in Sonargaon before the crack of dawn last Friday.

Bangladesh has installed the South Korean model kiosks to collect samples for Covid-19 tests across the country with the support of a non-government organisation.

At a time when underprivileged people across the country are suffering from hunger and unemployment, theft of relief goods and corruption in the management are making matters worse.

While we are haunted by the spectre of coronavirus damaging our society, its health and the economy, there is another “virus” that has been destroying us from inside for decades.

Low-income people, including daily wage earners who are hit hard due to the fallout from the coronavirus outbreak, snatch materials from a truck carrying relief goods for 600 people of three wards in Jamalpur municipality.

A 48-year-old man tests Covid-19 positive in Rajshahi's Puthia upazila, making him the first confirmed coronavirus case in the district.

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary says people will remember how police officials came forward risking their lives to help the nation in this critical situation.

Bangladesh Bank asks concerned authorities to take necessary steps for declaring mobile financial services (MFS) as emergency services amid the ongoing closure following the coronavirus outbreak.

Authorities put Barishal district under lockdown until further notice in a bid to prevent spread of novel coronavirus.