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

Bangladesh National Zoo has been closed since March 20 amid the coronavirus outbreak, but new life has arrived there regardless, as a baby giraffe was born on Saturday.

The Grameen group of organisations have come forward with various initiatives to help combat the coronavirus crisis.

US-Bangla Airlines has received government permission to operate cargo flights, in a bid to facilitate export and import.

A sense of apprehension has gripped doctors and healthcare providers in Chattogram, after the first coronavirus patient of the port city potentially infected his medical attendants at a private hospital by excluding vital information from his contact history.

Some 300 sex workers of a brothel in Mymensingh city are in need of immediate relief as most are passing days unfed ever since a lockdown had been enforced there to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The coronavirus pandemic has created high level of psychological stress on people living in informal settlements in Dhaka city, said Brac University, citing a new study report.

After a short-lived respite from mosquitoes and dengue, residents of different parts of Barishal are now again enduring the menace as the number of mosquitoes has been on the rise.

Coronavirus infection has spread to 75 areas in Dhaka city, with 313 residents of the capital testing positive till today -- about 50 percent of the total confirmed cases.

The authorities of Rajshahi University and Chittagong University extend the suspension of all classes, examinations and administrative activities until further notice due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

A dentist with covid-19 symptoms died in Dhaka this morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced a new stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore to provide financial assistance to farmers in rural areas for boosting agricultural production facing the fallout of Covid-19.

Apart from over 3,000 petty criminals, the governemnt is planning to release 1,413 inmates who were sentenced to life-term imprisonment and have alresdy served more than 20 years in jail, amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

The streets of Dhaka have been deserted by humans, but one thing has remained constant there even during the shutdown. The city’s resident strays are still roaming the streets, some scampering about by themselves, some sprinting in groups.

A fire at grid substation at Ulon in Rampura area led to power cuts in the southern parts of the capital yesterday.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud urged journalist leaders and managing committees of television channels to ensure health security and clear dues of journalists working for private channels.

Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) has pledged Tk 200 million to help the nation in its fight against the novel coronavirus.

The 28th span of the much-anticipated Padma Bridge was installed yesterday, bringing into view 4.2 kilometres of the structure.

The government has extended the ongoing suspension of all types of public transport operations till April 25 -- to contain the spread of coronavirus.

With the number of samples increasing everyday for testing Covid-19 in Chattogram, the lone laboratory of Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) is struggling to cope with the demand.