Transaction hours at all commercial banks are extended by one hour -- up to 1pm – during the ongoing nationwide closure.

Thirteen more Bangladeshis died of coronavirus in New York and New Jersey in 15 hours, from 7:00am (NY time), a local journalist says.

At least 1000 samples of suspected Covid-19 patients are to be tested across the country by tomorrow to assess the situation.

Two more persons have tested positive with coronavirus (Covid-19) in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the number of the confirmed cases to 56, says DGHS.

The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic topped 5,000 late Wednesday, according to a running tally from Johns Hopkins University.

All students from grades I to VIII in schools under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) of India will be promoted to the next class as their final examinations could not be held due to Covid-19 and the three-week lockdown, says an order passed by the Indian government.

A state-run scientific research institution of India claims to have developed an anti-microbial coating that could kill a range of virus types including Covid-19 when applied on different surfaces such as textile and plastic.

With reports of one more death and five new cases in West Bengal, there has been a steady rise in the number of Covid-19 –affected patients during the past few days in the state of India.

The head of the World Health Organization voices deep concern about the rapid escalation and global spread of COVID-19 cases from the new coronavirus, which has now reached 205 countries and territories.

Legendary jazz musician Wallace Roney has died at the age of 59 of complications from the novel coronavirus in New Jersey, reports CNN.

A journalist is physically assaulted allegedly by a union parishad chairman and his associates for publishing a Facebook Live video depicting irregularity in relief distribution in Habiganj.

In the middle of the devastating coronavirus crisis, we have come across some good news about the environment.

Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday urged the government to set up a special “Leave No One Behind” fund to alleviate suffering of marginalised communities and workers in the informal sector, caused by Covid-19 pandemic.

Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) -- with the help of the government, councillors and locals -- is all set to support around 66,000 underprivileged families.

As the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic shifts from China to the developed West, all too many rich countries are acting selfishly, invoking the “national interest”, by banning exports of vital medical supplies.

When thousands of homebound people on March 24 thronged Airport Railway Station in Dhaka, sepoy Saddam Hossain of Railway Nirapatta Bahini (RNB) was given the responsibility to deter people from getting on the train roof.

Coronavirus (the virus causing the disease Covid-19) has two universal problems: no vaccine or drug has been developed as yet, and the diagnostic tools are scarce.

The Covid-19 pandemic has touched almost every territory of the world and terrified its 8 billion population.

Even though the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) says that there has been community transmission of the coronavirus on a limited scale, approximately only 1,606 individuals have been tested so far—and when that number is compared to the projected population of 164,283,529 in Bangladesh, such an evaluation by the IEDCR seems grossly inadequate, to say the least.

The decision of the authorities to extend the country-wide shutdown for another week is a commendable one, and we express our full support for this timely pronouncement.