BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was released from prison yesterday after 776 days.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday announced a stimulus package of Tk 5,000 crore for the export-oriented industries to fight the adverse impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy.

There has never been a documented incident where Covid-19 has transmitted from a print newspaper, print magazine, print letter, or print package, according to the world’s top doctors and scientists.

The nation is observing the Genocide Day today, commemorating the brutalities and cowardly attacks carried out by the Pakistani occupation forces on the unarmed Bangalees on the black night of March 25, 1971.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday ordered a 21-day lockdown of the world’s second most populous country, following China’s example to halt the coronavirus pandemic that has now forced more than 2.6 billion people to remain at home.

The government has repeatedly been asking people to stay home in a desperate attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. It also announced closure of all public and private offices to make people stay indoors.

Amid mounting concerns over the spread of coronavirus, police have so far been able to locate and ensure the quarantine of only 2.7 percent of the total number of returnees from different countries in the last three month.

The government has decided to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, suspending her sentence for six months.

Another coronavirus patient, aged around 70, has died while six new cases have been confirmed by the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).

The government has decided to suspend all public transport services to slow the spread of novel coronavirus, inching closer to enforcing a lockdown.

Patients who have not tested positive for the coronavirus but are generically sick are caught in a quandary -- to go to the hospital or not?

The government yesterday announced closure of all public and private offices from March 26 to April 4 as part of its efforts to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

An Italy returnee with coronavirus-like symptoms died at a Bhairab hospital in Kishoreganj on Sunday night.

Police have almost isolated Uttar Tolerbagh in the capital’s Mirpur with particularly strict restrictions on people leaving the neighbourhood.

Amid concerns about the scarcity of Personal Protective Equipment for health workers at public hospitals, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday claimed that the government has adequate PPE in stock to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

Restrictions were imposed on movement in Tolarbagh of Mirpur after a neighbour of a deceased Covid-19 patient passed away yesterday evening, said local MP Aslamul Haque Aslam.

Italy, Iran and the United States reported soaring new death tolls as the coronavirus pandemic marched relentlessly across the globe yesterday, prompting a scramble in hard-hit regions to set up more hospital beds and replenish the dwindling medical supplies needed to keep health workers safe and saving patients’ lives.

Amid growing concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus, shop owners yesterday announced that they will keep all markets and shopping malls across the country shut for a week from Wednesday.

Following concerns over shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for doctors and nurses, a concerted effort by five organisations is set to produce four lakh pieces of equipment.

Amid growing concern over the spread of the novel coronavirus, shop owners yesterday announced that they will keep all markets and shopping malls across the country shut for a week from Wednesday.