India reported its first confirmed case of coronavirus in the army with a 34-year-old soldier posted in the Himalayan mountains of Leh in Ladakh testing positive, according to army sources.

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday suspended prayers inside all its mosques except the holiest two sites in Islam as it steps up efforts to contain the new coronavirus, state media reported.

The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days, according to a new study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness called Covid-19.

A team of Gonoshasthaya-RNA Biotech Limited, a concern of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, has been developing a kit to detect the novel coronavirus at an affordable price.

Bidyanondo Foundation, a voluntary organisation working primarily for education of underprivileged children, today started spraying disinfectants in public transports as a preventive measure against possible spread of novel coronavirus.

The World Health Organization (WHO) calls on Southeast Asian countries, including Bangladesh, to urgently scale-up aggressive measures to combat Covid-19, as confirmed cases crossed 480, and the disease claimed eight lives in the region.

A Biman flight carrying 406 Bangladeshis who went to Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport today.

National flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines has suspended flights on the Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur route.

The Taj Mahal in Agra and several other key historical monuments across India shut to visitors as part of the country’s ramped-up measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced measures to restrict movement nationwide, starting from March 18 until 31, in a bid to stem the rising number of coronavirus cases.

Two more persons have been infected with novel coronavirus (Covid-19), raising the number of patients to 10, IEDCR Director Prof Meerjady Sabrina Flora said today.

A 64-year-old COVID-19 patient has passed away at Mumbai’s Kasturba hospital taking total fatalities to three India. The other two deaths have been reported from Delhi and Karnataka.

British actor Idris Elba says he tested positive for the new coronavirus, joining Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, among the first major celebrities to contract the respiratory disease.

The first human trial to evaluate a candidate vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle, US health officials has said Monday, raising hopes in the global fight against the disease.

Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalised.

India shuts down all educational institutions, gymnasiums, museums, cultural and social centres, swimming pools and theatres till March 31 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

At a time when hand sanitisers are being hoarded in the panic over the coronavirus outbreak, the most effective tool to combat the virus -- the soap -- should not be overlooked.

Bangladesh has urged all countries to "stand united" and help each other overcome the coronavirus outbreak, which may paralyse the whole world.

The cabinet issues set of directives, including sending returnees from abroad to a 14-day compulsory quarantine as part of precautionary measures against the coronavirus.

Unilever, along with mobile operators Robi, Grameenphone and Banglalink today asked all their employees to stay at home and work online as a preventive measure against coronavirus infection.