On March 28, Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital (SBMCH) in Barishal readied a 11-member roster -- three doctors, six nurses, and five technologists -- to work at its 150-bed Corona Isolation Unit from the next day. However, four out of the five technologists backed out almost immediately.

Researchers at a Hong Kong university say they have developed an antiviral coating which could provide 90 days of “significant” protection against bacteria and viruses such as the one causing COVID-19.

Sanity, said a line in an old movie, exists in every contract. It is so in every social compact that precedes the establishment of any society or social grouping.

Shop owners yesterday urged the commerce ministry to allow the opening of retail and wholesale stores from the first of May seeing that several garments factories were given the go-ahead to reopen.

Four million students of tertiary education in Bangladesh—in over 5,000 institutions including public and private universities, affiliated colleges, and professional institutions—are in shutdown, which will continue until September if the situation does not improve.

Farmers will enjoy agriculture loans at 4 per cent interest as the government looks to perk up the growers who will feed the nation amid the coronavirus-induced economic uncertainty, the central bank said yesterday.

As Britain faces a shortage of personal protective equipment for health care workers battling the coronavirus outbreak, London’s tailors are putting their cutting and sewing machines to use to fill the void.

The UN human rights office voices concern about more than a dozen countries that have declared states of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic where police have arrested or detained hundreds of thousands of people and killed others.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has asked all Bangladeshi ambassadors to Middle Eastern countries to ensure Bangladeshi migrants get food assistance if needed.

A man in Jhenaidah, who earns a livelihood by driving a human hauler, donates Tk 50,000 which he managed to save all his life to stand beside those who have been hit hard by economic fallout due to coronavirus outbreak.

Narail district will be under lockdown for an indefinite period from 3:00pm tomorrow to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

A cobbler in Rangpur donates Tk 20,000 to the Prime Minister's Relief and Welfare Fund to help combat the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.

A number of people, who have lost their jobs during coronavirus outbreak in the country, stage a demonstration blocking Tangail-Mymensingh highway in Ghatail upazilia of Tangail demanding food for their survival.

Bangladesh has sought the support of the United States for the country’s RMG sector, which has been badly hit by fallout from the coronavirus outbreak.

Bangladesh Bank will provide half of the Tk 20,000 crore stimulus package announced by the government for the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises sector -- to deal with the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) says neighbourhood stores selling essential goods can remain open from 6am till 4pm.

Covid-19 is resulting in unanticipated impacts around the globe. From crippling global supply chains to ripping financial markets apart. And from closing down organisations around the world to heralding in a new era of work-from-home, the pandemic has effectively placed us all in an indefinite period of social distancing.

At least 34 Covid-19 patients are currently being housed in intensive care units (ICUs) of different hospitals in Dhaka.

National airliner Biman Bangladesh Airlines and private air operator US-Bangla Airlines will operate six special flights from India to bring back around 1,000 stranded Bangladeshis from the neighbouring country.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined that lockdown across the country “has yielded positive results” as it has managed to save thousands of lives in the past one and half months during the coronavirus outbreak.