Workers Party of Bangladesh (WPB) proposes that no job cut should take place at industries and offices in the wake of the coronavirus fallout in the country.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader says a vested quarter is spreading rumours on social media to mislead people over the coronavirus issue and party men must be alert to curb those.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir underscores the need for forming a national committee to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus across the country.

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

The European Union welcomes the release of Begum Khaleda Zia, chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and former Prime Minister of Bangladesh, on March 25.

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam has said seeking the court’s opinion to suspend jail sentence of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and release her from jail is not mandatory for the government.

As the government today decided to release Khaleda Zia for six months on humanitarian grounds and considering her age, BNP asks leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies not to gather at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University where she is under treatment.

The government today decided to release BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for six months on humanitarian grounds and considering her age, Law Minister Anisul Huq said.

The weekly cabinet meeting will not be held tomorrow.

Describing the coronavirus as national and global disaster, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir calls upon people irrespective of political and religious faiths to work together to curb and prevent the spread of the virus in the country.

The government has decided to cancel all Independence Day programmes at the National Marty’s Memorial in Savar and the reception programme at Bangabhaban amid fears over the coronavirus.

AL candidate for Dhaka-10 by-polls Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin failed to cast his vote as his fingerprint did not match with the server information, an assistant presiding officer has said.

Election Commission (EC) today decided not to postpone by-elections to Dhaka-10, Bagerhat-4 and Gaibandha-3.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great leader.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the government is mulling over closing educational institutions in view of the coronavirus outbreak.

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s fight against the coronavirus is being “severely hampered” by US sanctions, as state television reports that the death toll from the illness rises to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier.

US President Donald Trump takes a coronavirus test, and his administration extends a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.

Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will hold a videoconference to chalk out a strong common strategy to fight the COVID-19 in the region.

Indian authorities order the release of Kashmir’s most prominent politician, Farooq Abdullah, one of dozens of leaders held since August, when the federal government withdrew the troubled region’s autonomy.

After the detection of first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, Awami League-led 14 Party Alliance shortens the year-long programme to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, considering public health concerns.