India’s Supreme Court orders that Covid-19 tests in approved government or private laboratories should be conducted free of cost.

Six houses of Tabligh Jamaat members who returned to Dhaka’s Savar from Sylhet are placed under lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The local administration in Rangpur has locked down 10 houses in Khandakar Para village in Mithapukur upazila’s Balarhat union, after a student there tested positive for coronavirus today.

People of low-income groups, including daily wage earners, formed an hour-long human chain at Chowrangi intersection in Panchagarh town on Panchagarh-Dhaka highway this afternoon, demanding relief material immediately.

Narsingdi district will be put under lockdown from tomorrow to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

She is a cardiac patient. Yet, this 35-year-old doctor did not evade her duties -- knowing the added risks -- during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. She continues to work at Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital.

Two people suffering from respiratory illness die in Brahmanbaria.

A two-year-old child died of flu-like symptoms in Moulvibazar’s Kamalganj upazila this morning.

The principal branch of Agrani Bank, located on the ground floor of its headquarters in Dhaka’s Motijheel, has been locked down after one of the employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Venture Capital and Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) has submitted a proposal to the finance minister seeking Tk 450 crore grant for salary payment of start-up business employees and office rent for six months.

The story of a Malaysian man, who walked 70km over three days from Kota Kinabalu to get to his hometown of Kota Marudu (some 120km away) with a dog as his companion, is getting much attention from internet users.

Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi asks industry owners not to terminate their employees, even if the factories remain closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Cox’s Bazar district has been put under lockdown today to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A 22-year-old man dies with Covid-19 symptoms in Dowarabazar upazila of Sunamganj.

Three more died of coronavirus infection in the last 24 hours, IEDCR says.

The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh arranges a non-scheduled commercial flight to take back the Australians currently in Bangladesh.

A female student of Jagannath University (JnU), who lives in Dhaka’s Uttara with her family, tests positive for Covid-19.

Due to a lack of response from people wishing to participate in this year’s hajj, the religious affairs ministry extends the deadline for registration till April 16, according to a notice issued in this regard.

The Chinese city where the coronavirus epidemic first broke out, Wuhan, ends a two-month lockdown, but a northern town started restricting the movement of its residents amid concerns of a second wave of infections in mainland China.

President Donald Trump threatens to cut US funding to the World Health Organization, accusing it of bias toward China, where the authorities lifted a two-and-a-half-month travel ban on Wuhan, the city that spawned the global coronavirus pandemic.