When deserted roads have become a common sight with the nationwide shutdown in force to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a gathering of a few hundred people elbowing each other is what caught our correspondent’s eye outside the Bandar Police Station in Chattogram.

A Bangladeshi national is shot dead by Border Security Forces (BSF) on Indian territory along the Thakurgaon border.

A case is filed against suspended inspector (investigation) of Amtali Police Station, Manoranjan Mistry, in connection with the death of a man at the police station on March 27.

The biker, who allegedly ran into Assistant Commissioner (land) Kazi Nazib Hasan while he was on duty in Jhikargachha upazila in Jashore, has been arrested.

A total of 327 Japanese citizens leave Dhaka on a special flight arranged by the Japanese government for those who opted to return home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Three persons including a police constable were arrested after they were beaten by locals for allegedly extorting money from businessmen at a bazar in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram on Tuesday night.

As the coronavirus crisis drags on, spread of misinformation on the internet just doesn’t seem to stop. Despite strict government directives against it, the misinformation “virus” keeps going viral on social media. However, a novel attempt to stop it came to light on Tuesday.

A woman was strangled to death allegedly by her husband in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh yesterday.

China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd (CHEC), a state-owned Chinese company, has donated 3,000 coronavirus detection kits, 3,000 sets of PPE and 20,000 surgical masks to the government, said a press release.

Assistant Commissioner (land) of Jashore Kazi Nazib Hasan, who sustained injuries after being hit by a motorcycle while on duty in Jhikargachha upazila, was moved to Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka yesterday.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday called for strict and unbiased enforcement of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s pledge that no irregularity will be tolerated in government response to the Covid-19 crisis.

Three weeks after journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol went missing, his family on Tuesday came to know that a second case was filed against him under the Digital Security Act on March 10, the day he was last seen.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday urged the government to set up a special “Leave No One Behind” fund to alleviate suffering of marginalised communities and workers in the informal sector, caused by Covid-19 pandemic.

World Bank yesterday approved $350 million in grant financing for three projects to help Bangladesh address needs of the host communities and displaced Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar district for their health services, response to gender-based violence, social protection, basic services and infrastructure.

A total of 327 Japanese citizens are scheduled to leave Dhaka this morning on a special flight arranged by the Japanese government, for those who opted to return home amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Rajshahi Medical College began testing for coronavirus from yesterday, using the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine installed at the laboratory of its virology department.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) -- with the help of the government, councillors and locals -- is all set to support around 66,000 underprivileged families.

When thousands of homebound people on March 24 thronged Airport Railway Station in Dhaka, sepoy Saddam Hossain of Railway Nirapatta Bahini (RNB) was given the responsibility to deter people from getting on the train roof.

Two people suffering from fever, runny nose and cough die in the isolation unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

Cox’s Bazar Medical College (CBMC) is going to start testing samples for coronavirus infections from tomorrow.