One more coronavirus patient has died in the last 24 hours in Bangladesh, taking the total number of deaths to nine, Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said.

Local administration has locked down Ambagan area in Narayanganj Sadar upazila after a 55-year-old resident died of coronavirus in the area.

A woman tests positive for coronavirus in Singair upazila of Manikganj, hours after a man was diagnosed with the virus and local administration locking down the municipality area.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled the government’s plan to address the possible impact of coronavirus on the country’s economy, declaring an allocation of Tk 72,750 crore under a set of stimulus packages.

A Narayanganj doctor undergoing treatment at Kurmitola Hospital in Dhaka with fever, cold and cough has tested positive with coronavirus.

Even though the progress of some mega projects involving China and Japan has slowed down amid the ongoing coronavirus situation, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen says the projects will be completed on time.

Police lock down a supershop in Khulshi area of Chattogram city and send its 14 staffers on home quarantine in connection with the first confirmed coronavirus patient in the port city.

Americans yesterday came to grips with recommendations to wear masks against the coronavirus, while Spain added to hopes that Europe could be turning a corner in the pandemic with a second daily drop in deaths.

The World Health Organization has said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers, but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

At least seven people, including two children, died of Covid-19-like symptoms in six districts since Friday night.

Inflation edged up slightly in March owing to the rise in prices of non-food items although coronavirus-induced panic-buying before the country was placed on a lockdown made some food items expensive.

Since the country went into shutdown, people have had to adapt themselves to spending days cooped up in their homes.

Local pharmaceuticals have produced a drug called Favipiravir -- an anti-flu and viral infection medication -- said to be effective in the treatment of coronavirus patients in China.

India yesterday reported its biggest jump in number of new coronavirus cases as top doctors warned of an “onslaught” that could cripple the health system to levels far beyond what Europe and the United States are experiencing.

It has only been a month of isolation, yet it feels like “One hundred years of solitude”.

Never in recent history has Dhaka city been this hungry. Even when disaster struck elsewhere in the country -- when crops failed, homes washed away by rivers, villages flooded -- the city always had space to take in more.

While organisations and individuals keep coming up with support for the poor amid the countrywide shutdown, many lawmakers are yet to be seen on the ground.

In a situation where the covid-19 virus has overwhelmed some of the world’s best resourced healthcare systems, Bangladesh—like other developing countries—must brace for the worst.

Many were walking for miles, many travelled in crammed pickup vans and trucks meant for carrying goods. There was no scope for maintaining social distancing, which is crucial to contain the spread of coronavirus.

On March 25, 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced, in her address to the nation, that the government would provide an incentive package of Taka 5,000 crore for export-oriented industries.