At least 31,412 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus -- some 22,260 of those in Europe -- since the epidemic started

The authorities have decided to continue setting up the dedicated hospital for coronavirus patients in the capital’s Tejgaon industrial area which was halted for a day due to protesting locals.

The countrywide school shutdown, enforced to curb further spread of the coronavirus, can be an ideal time for parents to teach their children morality, personal hygiene and share various tales, especially folk.

Mainul Islam was waiting by his rickshaw near an almost deserted Nakhalpara Rail Gate in the capital for over 20 minutes.

The countrywide shutdown was a timely step by the administration. It was a necessary inconvenience to stem the spread of COVID-19 and ward off the likelihood of the kind of situation that was and is being faced in many countries.

Bashundhara Group has given the government the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the city’s Kuril area to be converted into a hospital to treat Covid-19 patients.

Today the whole world is struggling to manage the global crisis of COVID-19 and Bangladesh has been listed as one of the 25 high risk countries.

Dhaka is eerie quiet, much like most capitals and countries around the world as they grapple with a common enemy -- the spread of the coronavirus. Bangladesh is currently in the midst of a country-wide shut down that has been in force from March 26 and will extend till April 4.

The present pandemic COVID-19 has created havoc in the world throwing millions out of jobs and means of livelihoods.

Spain yesterday reported a national daily record of 838 coronavirus deaths in a fresh warning to the world that long-term lockdowns may be needed to halt the deadly march of a disease that has claimed more than 31,000 lives.

Three days ago, on March 25, listening to a briefing on the then available latest global statistics about the COVID-19, I learnt that the global total of recorded cases was then a little over 400,000, spread across over 169 countries.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the people not to worry about the Covid-19 and to be prepared to face any situation that may occur in the wake of the virus outbreak.

As Bangladesh enters fourth week since it reported the first Covid-19 case, public health experts now call for expanding and speeding up the testing process immediately to understand the scale of the outbreak.

The Shakib Al Hasan Foundation, an initiative of Bangladesh’s ace all-rounder, united with Mission Save Bangladesh -- a joint initiative of The Daily Star, Sheba.xyz, and Samakal and now Shakib’s foundation -- on Saturday to aid in the fight against coronavirus.

The government has started work on devising a method to allocate its Tk 5,000 crore stimulus package for the export-oriented sectors announced by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on March 25.

Mobile operators are receiving a barrage of questions from users after sending them text messages seeking information on their health condition as part of a government plan to draw a digital map to track coronavirus cases and detect potential risk zones.

The government and the Bangladesh Bank have come up with several initiatives in response to the evolving public health and economic crisis.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday distributed necessary food items among 1,000 poor families in the capital’s Tolarbagh and its adjoining slums in Mirpur.

Some members of a garment factory alliance have been producing biodegradable general-use masks from surplus fabrics to distribute among the poor for free.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police Commissioner Md Mahabubar Rahman has said the food shops, bakeries and restaurants can be kept open in the port city but only on some conditions for the sake of people.