A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general of police, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of Anti-Corruption Commission, in a bribery case.

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh bars three Bangladeshis from entering the country after they arrived from Sweden in a Qatar Airways flight.

Family members, friends and colleagues of the missing journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol form two separate human chains demanding that the authorities find him immediately.

The High Court directs the health ministry to issue a gazette notification by tomorrow declaring coronavirus a contagious disease and including the virus in the list of communicable diseases.

The High Court (HC) has granted a four-week anticipatory bail to Bangla daily Manabzamin Editor-in-chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury who was sued under Digital Security Act on charge of “publishing false news and circulating it on social media”.

Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) imposes a ban on gathering at Patenga sea beach in the port city this afternoon to prevent risk of spreading coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the cover of “Voice of Millions” on the occasion of Bangabandhu’s birth centenary.

Four doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) were sent to home quarantine yesterday, since all four handled an identified coronavirus patient without any protective gear for over a week.

Mobile courts in different districts fine at least 12 expatriates for not abiding by the government-mandated home-quarantine of 14 days.

A man, who was sent to Dhaka's Kuwait Bangladesh Friendship Government Hospital from Gazipur recently, has tested positive for coronavirus.

A Dhaka court has framed charges against Mizanur Rahman, suspended deputy inspector general of police, and Khandaker Enamul Basir, suspended director of the Anti-Corruption Commission, in a bribery case.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrests one person from Chattogram city for allegedly spreading rumours about coronavirus on social media.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday started celebration of Mujib Borsho, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A team of Gonoshasthaya-RNA Biotech Limited, a concern of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, has been developing a kit to detect the novel coronavirus at an affordable price.

Amid growing concern over the novel coronavirus, a huge number of people, mostly students, are leaving Dhaka as the government on Monday announced all educational institutions closed from March 17 to 31.

Islamic Foundation yesterday advised people who are returning home from abroad -- suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms such as fever, cold and cough -- to avoid going to mosques and public gatherings to contain the spread of the virus.

Bidyanondo Foundation, a voluntary organisation working primarily for education of underprivileged children, yesterday started spraying disinfectants in public transports as a preventive measure against possible spread of novel coronavirus.

Today is the 41st death anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist, and politician of the sub-continent. He passed away in 1979.

Thengamara Mohila Sabuj Sangha (TMSS) has taken an initiative to provide training to 10,000 students on computer application courses on the occasion of the birth centenary celebrations of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

On a warm spring evening last week, Mohsin Ali, a resident of Mirpur-12, went to a local store to buy mosquito coils. Almost as if sensing his intentions and determined to deter him, a swarm of mosquitoes formed a cloud over his head, diving in at every chance.