Asad Haider, a resident of port city’s Rahattar Pool area, has been suffering from peptic ulcer for a long time. He was prescribed medicines for three months. One of the medicine he has to take is Sergel (Esomeprazole 20mg).

Empty roads, shuttered shops and few people in sight, the effects of the coronavirus can be seen everywhere across the country. And yet, even during these times, work must carry on for many residents of the city.

Defense lawyers for convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam are preparing a petition containing at least 10 grounds for seeking review of the Supreme Court verdict, that upheld his death penalty for his involvement in genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War.

Days before the nation started to panic over the crisis of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical professionals and sufficient resources for infected patients, a private medical college hospital in Sylhet was prepared.

The machine for Polymerase Chain Reaction testing, known as PCR, has reached the laboratory of Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday evening, and will be used for detection of coronavirus.

A man was killed and his wife injured allegedly by their son in Sylhet yesterday. Police said the incident happened at Sunampur of Golapganj upazila.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyer Advocate Sanaullah Miah died at a hospital in Dhaka today.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sayeed Khokon announces that they would distribute one month’s food among 50,000 low-income earners, ultra-poor and the homeless following the coronavirus outbreak.

Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) announces closure of knitwear factories in Narayanganj till April 4 -- in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus

Days before the nation started panicking due to the crisis of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical professionals and medical resources for infected patients, a private medical college hospital was prepared.

A seven-month-old baby was put in an isolation ward at Kushtia General Hospital on suspicion of coronavirus infection yesterday.

Amid coronavirus outbreak, Bangladeshi migrant workers in Saudi Arabia will have an opportunity to extend their work permits for three months without paying any fee.

Due to lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), doctors at Khulna Medical College Hospital seem to be reluctant to treat people with coronavirus symptoms, causing sufferings or even death to the patients.

Biman extended its suspension of all flights except for two routes -- London and Manchester -- until April 15 due to the global coronavirus outbreak.

Amid the coronavirus outbreak, Amnesty International yesterday called upon the authorities in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries to put human rights at the heart of their responses.

For the last one week, Rumpa Saha, who has been suffering from waist pain, is trying to get appointment of a prominent nephrologist in port city.

It seems like Bangladesh Road Transport Authority’s (BRTA) wake-up call has come too late.

China yesterday donated medical supplies, including 10,000 testing kits, 10,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1,000 infrared thermometers to help Bangladesh fight the coronavirus outbreak.

Nine-year-old Raihan is the only child of his family. His mother Rabeya Begum named him Omar Faruk Limon at birth, with Raihan as the nickname. Six years ago, his limbs became disfigured due to polio.

As Dhaka joins the rest of the world in the fight to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, some of its frontline respondents appear to have been left in the lurch.