Pinning down the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help in working out how Covid-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior WHO official told AFP.

No cacophony of metals clinking, no yelling of experts to apprentice mechanics, only skeletons of under-repair vehicles parked by the roadside testifies that there used to be automobile workshops on Motiheel’s Culvert Road. These days, an eerie silence pervades the area.

Bangladesh is set to request the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within a week to extend $700 million in emergency financing to help the country avoid being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Another doctor, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at a hospital in the capital.

A team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) yesterday successfully completed the genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Bangladesh.

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A member of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party died from Covid-19, and at least 166 others have tested positive as of yesterday, said an official of the force.

The number of fatalities and infections due to novel coronavirus is increasing alarmingly in Bangladesh with the country recording 19 deaths and 1,162 new cases in 24 hours -- the highest single-day spike.

Even a few months back, I didn’t realise that work from home on a daily basis was possible.

The central bank yesterday rolled out long-term special repo, following the lead of the Reserve Bank of India, to help banks, many of which are cash-strapped, prop up their liquidity base such that they can adequately prime the pump during these extraordinary times.

As India’s 1.3 billion people struggle to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the country’s 28 states stands head and shoulders above the rest.

Farmers’ combined efforts help the nation get a steady supply of vegetables throughout the year.

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is to set up eight booths to collect samples of suspected Covid-19 patients.

“Herd immunity” is the ultimate answer to any pandemic, and Bangladesh, by no choice of its own, is rushing towards it to keep coronavirus at bay.

A total of 929 people died in Bangladesh with Covid-19 like symptoms since March 8, according to a report of Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS) of Dhaka University.

With many police personnel being infected by Covid-19, different divisions of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have decided to send fruits, vitamin supplements and some other essentials daily to infected cops.

A total of 689 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India, Malaysia and Singapore return home by four separate special flights.

Police have arrested a 60-year-old man in a case filed over the rape of a fifth grader in Gaibandha’s Sadar upazila.

Manikganj district administration has announced the closure of shopping centres and shops of the district from today, after reopening on Sunday.

A member of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (BAVDP) has died with Covid-19 infection and at least 166 others have tested positive so far.