Amidst the Covid-19 outbreak, most offices have already gone into a work-from-home process. The younger, tech-savvy crowd is all for it because most are already using apps like Slack, Basecamp and even the humble Facebook Messenger to communicate.

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) yesterday said its members can consider shutting factories to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.

The roads are empty. People are hunkering down at home and not coming out other than for essential needs at the kitchen markets, supershops, and pharmacies.

Inadequate intensive care facilities across the country remain a major concern in treating elderly Covid-19 patients who are deemed most vulnerable to the deadly virus, say experts and health officials.

It was truly unprecedented for the Dhaka dwellers. On the first day a 10-day shutdown, imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus, they woke up yesterday to a city that they never had seen before.

To support them and benefit the citizens, The Daily Star, Sheba.xyz and Samakal have launched an initiative, ‘Mission Save Bangladesh’, which aims to provide groceries to underprivileged communities, provide financial support for small businesses, and deliver community-based support.

Saarc health professionals agree to launch a website to share information, expertise and best practices to prevent spread of coronavirus.

The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh offers its clarification on a news article titled “India refuses entry to 70 citizens at Benapole check post for coronavirus lockdown” published by The Daily Star on its website on March 24.

More than 2,500 army personnel divided in 290 teams are discharging their duties in 61 districts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor-elect Atiqul Islam and BD Clean, a youth-based platform, have joined hands to distribute food among the poor and low-wage earners as public transport services have been suspended in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

A Bangladeshi healthcare company called Digital Healthcare Solutions has launched a coronavirus symptom check online and is available free of cost.

A citizen of Belarus working at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Pabna has been sent to Dhaka for tests on suspicion of coronavirus infection.

More than three billion people around the world are living under lockdown as governments stepped up their efforts against the coronavirus pandemic which has left more than 21,000 people dead.

A special flight from China carrying medical equipment to help combat the spread of coronavirus lands at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Government officials of Golapganj upazila in Sylhet have decided to donate their Baishakhi allowances in a bid to support the underprivileged local people during the coronavirus outbreak.

A total 364 Malaysia and Bhutan nationals stuck in Bangladesh returned to their countries through different flights between last night and this morning.

Five more people tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 44, according to the IEDCR.

A Bangladeshi doctor -- Misbahul Ferdous -- stationed at Fuwai Hospital in China, says the hospital received immediate help from a Bangladeshi cardiologist during their time of need, while tackling the coronavirus outbreak at its height in the country.

Local administration enforce isolation of three families -- comprising 12 members -- at a village in Basail upazila of Tangail as one of the families take shelter in the village after recently fleeing from the area in Dhaka’s Mirpur that is under lockdown.

A 65-year-old Kashmiri man who tested positive for Covid-19 has died in India’s Srinagar city.