Sexagenarian Husne Ara Begum was struggling to take her pregnant daughter to a hospital in Chattogram city in the wee hours today. There was no traffic jam on the road, but there was no possibility to get a vehicle at that time either as the 10-day shutdown is on in the port city like other parts of the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. She had to take her daughter to the hospital at any cost and as soon as possible. Finding no other way, Husne Ara finally decided to call police around 12:00 am, seeking help for her daughter.

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said that the home-quarantine period of 30 lower court judges, who came from Australia on March 15 after a two-week training, ended yesterday and they are now doing well.

BSMMU has set up a “fever clinic” at Bangladesh Betar Bhaban in Shahbagh. Doctors are regularly providing services at the “clinic”, set up at the ground floor of Betar Bhaban, BSMMU said in a press release.

A newborn was rescued from a dumpster in Ice Factory Road area under Chattogram’s Sadarghat Police Station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold a video conference with govt officials of all 64 districts on Tuesday to coordinate the ongoing activities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Authorities must look into the measles outbreak in Chattogram Hill Tracts and take steps to contain it, two organisations said yesterday.

After the first day of televised classroom lectures for secondary school students yesterday, guardians proposed that authorities address loud background music and unclear whiteboard. They also proposed the government should air these lectures through Bangladesh Television and if possible through some other private TV channels.

Civil administration and police in different districts have started distributing assistance to poor and underprivileged people who are facing severe hardship during the countrywide shutdown.

Three members of a family sustained burn injuries after a fire broke out at their tin-shed house in the capital’s Bhasantek area on Saturday night.

Jack Ma, one of the richest persons in Asia and founder of Alibaba, yesterday sent 3 lakh masks to Bangladesh.

They were cooks by profession and had a reputation for cooking quite well.

Every night before going to bed, Jannatul used to lock the room of the house they lived in.

The chicken is the most ubiquitous bird in the world. There are over 23 billion chickens in the world, providing nutrition to humanity. How did it come to be? It was domesticated from a wild bird, the Red Junglefowl, over five thousand years ago.

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.

Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, United Hospital has set up a telemedicine service for those those with urgent medical needs or those needing routine follow-up.

Roushan Begum passed away yesterday morning at her home of old-age complications, says a press release. She was 87.

A seven-month-old baby, who was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus infection, tested negative according to a test report by IEDCR.

Rangpur Medical College has started installing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machine, a required component for Covid-19 diagnosis. However, the kits required for testing have not arrived yet.

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.

Three people were killed in a fire originated from a mosquito coil at a house at Bauniabad in Mirpur.