Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged all, including the local administration and people, to protect their respective areas by not allowing outsiders for a few days to prevent the coronavirus spread.

At least six people, including two women, died after showing Covid-19-like symptoms in six districts since Saturday afternoon.

With the countrywide shutdown to curb the spread of coronavirus now in its third week, boredom is likely to set in for a large majority of the population self-isolating at home.

Prime Minister Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman retains the defence and cabinet affairs after reallocating portfolios among the members of his expanded cabinet today.

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.

Some 14 percent of the country’s low-income group people saw their food stock turned down to empty amid countrywide shutdown enforced by the government to contain coronavirus spread, according to a Brac survey report.

At a time when the country is struggling to deal with the coronavirus crisis amid shutdown, some public representatives and Open Market Sale (OMS) dealers have been misappropriating rice meant for vulnerable group feeding and OMS projects.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday sent a legal notice to the authorities concerned of the government requesting them to make a list of the country’s financially vulnerable people and distribute food and medicines among them through the army within a week.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries to be cautious about lifting restrictions introduced to curb the spread of the new coronavirus as global death toll from the pandemic soar passed 100,000.

Nearly three months after the International Court of Justice’s ruling on the Rohingya genocide case, Myanmar President has asked civil servants, military officials and the general people “not to commit genocide”.

Along with clothes and hands, it is also necessary to disinfect accessories such as rings, bracelets, watches, mobile phones or even wallets.

The prime minister of Nepal Kirtinidhi Bista has sent a message of greetings and good wishes on behalf of his majesty’s

Vegetable farmers are incurring severe losses amid the countrywide shutdown that has been imposed to contain coronavirus spread.

A union parishad member was shot dead by unidentified criminals in Jurachhari upazila of Rangamati on Friday night.

Some couple of hundred Rohingyas have allegedly gathered across the Myanmar border on the other side of Naf river to enter Bangladesh.

The Singapore government has promised food, wages, and treatment costs of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are in isolation in the country’s dormitories.

Falsehoods and rumours thrive during a crisis and even more when the crisis revolves around a threatening disease.

The first Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh commences its session on April 10, 1972, with a promise to give the new nation a

Several thousand Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Middle East, Italy and some Southeast Asian countries are facing acute shortage of food and other essential commodities as their income sources remained shut amid shutdown enforced by the countries to contain coronavirus spread.

The University Grants Commission yesterday said it would not accept the private universities’ request to postpone its decisions on stopping awarding grades to students without holding semester finals, enrolling new students without admission tests, and holding tests online.