One more coronavirus patient has died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, taking the total number of deaths to nine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.

Local administration has locked down Ambagan area in Narayanganj Sadar upazila after a 55-year-old resident died of coronavirus in the area.

A woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of Manikganj, hours after a man was diagnosed with the virus and local administration locking down the municipality area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the government’s plan to address the possible impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Tk 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages.

A Narayanganj doctor undergoing treatment at Kurmitola Hospital in Dhaka with fever, cold and cough has tested positive with coronavirus.

Even though the progress of some mega projects involving China and Japan has slowed down amid the ongoing coronavirus situation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says the projects will be completed on time.

Police lock down a supershop in Khulshi area of Chattogram city and send its 14 staffers on home quarantine in connection with the first confirmed coronavirus patient in the port city.

Since the country went into shutdown, people have had to adapt themselves to spending days cooped up in their homes.

Local pharmaceuticals have produced a drug called Favipiravir -- an anti-flu and viral infection medication -- said to be effective in the treatment of coronavirus patients in China.

India yesterday reported its biggest jump in number of new coronavirus cases as top doctors warned of an “onslaught” that could cripple the health system to levels far beyond what Europe and the United States are experiencing.

It has only been a month of isolation, yet it feels like “One hundred years of solitude”.

Never in recent history has Dhaka city been this hungry. Even when disaster struck elsewhere in the country -- when crops failed, homes washed away by rivers, villages flooded -- the city always had space to take in more.

While organisations and individuals keep coming up with support for the poor amid the countrywide shutdown, many lawmakers are yet to be seen on the ground.

In a situation where the covid-19 virus has overwhelmed some of the world’s best resourced healthcare systems, Bangladesh—like other developing countries—must brace for the worst.

Many were walking for miles, many travelled in crammed pickup vans and trucks meant for carrying goods. There was no scope for maintaining social distancing, which is crucial to contain the spread of coronavirus.

On March 25, 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced, in her address to the nation, that the government would provide an incentive package of Taka 5,000 crore for export-oriented industries.

With multiple coronavirus testing facilities now detecting more cases, experts feel even more people from every region need to be tested immediately.

With educational institutions closed for the foreseeable future to curb the spread of coronavirus, children are increasingly becoming restless in their homes, cut off from the outside world, their friends, physical activities and instructions from teachers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a set of very comprehensive directives. But, as we know, with all directives, there are three phases to it—its issuance, its speedy, efficient and systemic implementation and finally, its strict monitoring.

The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government recommended the use of face masks for everyone.