Bangladeshi expatriates in some European counties, especially in Italy, find themselves in a precarious situation amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, with many of them left with no jobs and stuck at home without adequate supply of daily essentials.

Despite growing concern over coronavirus, schools in the capital appear to be ill-prepared to contain any possible spread of the virus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday opened the country’s first expressway -- Jatrabari-Mawa-Patchchar-Bhanga -- to traffic.

Bangladeshi airlines and bus operators yesterday suspended regular passenger-carrying trips to India following India’s sweeping travel restriction on foreigners to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Hours after granting permanent bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case, a High Court bench yesterday withdrew its verdict.

More and more countries, led by US, yesterday shut their borders over the coronavirus pandemic that has sparked unprecedented lockdowns, widespread panic and another financial market meltdown.

The coronavirus has spread to 116 countries and territories, with each implementing its own measures to contain the disease. The goal is to prevent the Covid-19 from becoming endemic in their populations. But it is a race against time and there is no one-size-fits-all solution. Here’s a look at some of the measures that the affected countries and regions have taken so far.

Noting that the government was making an all-out effort to fight coronavirus, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to follow the instructions regarding prevention of the virus.

Bangladesh tied a bow on their sheer dominance over Zimbabwe when the home side completed a clean sweep over the visitors with a comprehensive nine-wicket win in the second and final T20I at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Still bearing the trauma of her last dialysis, Marjia Rabbani Shoshi was speaking with a smile until the subject of the Organ Transplantation Act 1999 (amended in 2018) came up.

Measures taken by the IEDCR following the detection of three coronavirus cases have lately raised some concerns.

As part of efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus infections, the government is converting six hospitals in and around the capital into facilities for treating COVID-19 patients.

The World Health Organization described the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic for the first time yesterday as Britain and Italy announced multi-billion-dollar war chests to fight the disease.

Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research has requested all returnees from the coronavirus-hit countries to self-quarantine for two weeks from the date of their arrival to prevent the spread of the virus in Bangladesh.

Although the diagnosis of novel coronavirus is so far only Dhaka-based, the authorities prefer not to expand the testing facilities to hospitals outside the capital right now due to a lack of trained manpower and unavailability of the necessary technology.

About 60 million Italians were told yesterday to stay in their homes to help battle the most deadly coronavirus outbreak outside China, as some Asian nations expressed hope that their outbreaks were abating.

The government has asked all students of secondary schools and colleges to wash their hands frequently and avoid any kind of gathering as preventive measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.

Despite growing concern over the spread of coronavirus, health screening of incoming travellers remains lax at the country’s five busiest land ports.

After a commanding 48-run win in the first T20I, host Bangladesh will be looking to complete the two match T20I series with a clean sweep when they take on Zimbabwe in the final game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. The game is scheduled to begin from 6:00pm BST.

A teacher’s left arm was severed below the elbow and at least 15 students of Dhaka’s Willes Little Flower School and College were injured when a bus carrying them on a study tour hit a parked truck from behind on Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj yesterday.