Students of Dhaka University and Rajshahi University are demanding suspension of academic activities, fearing potential coronavirus (COVID-19) spread.

A total of 152 Bangladeshis have returned to Dhaka from Italy. They were primarily tested and then taken to Ashkona Hajj Camp.

Begona Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez, has tested positive for coronavirus, the prime minister’s office says.

Italians came out to sing together from windows and balconies and applaud their hard-pressed doctors and nurses as the death toll from Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak kept climbing.

President Hassan Rouhani says Iran’s fight against the coronavirus is being “severely hampered” by US sanctions, as state television reports that the death toll from the illness rises to 611, up nearly 100 from a day earlier.

US President Donald Trump takes a coronavirus test, and his administration extends a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American life.

Leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) will hold a videoconference to chalk out a strong common strategy to fight the COVID-19 in the region.

Two new coronavirus-infected patients have been detected in Bangladesh.

No inbound passengers from European countries, except England, will be allowed entry to Bangladesh till March 31 over the coronavirus outbreak in the world.

Nearly eleven hours after the 142 Italy returnees were taken to the Ashkona camp, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has now said they can go home but will have to self-quarantine.

A mobile court has sentenced a Manikganj homeopath to six months in jail for claiming to have a cure for coronavirus (COVID-19) and trying to market the products.

Dhaka University’s pharmacy department has started making hand sanitiser following an ongoing shortage of the product at stores due to coronavirus panic.

A newborn has tested positive for coronavirus in the UK, making the baby possibly one of the youngest cases in the country, UK’s local media reported.

Twenty-three Bangladeshi nationals, quarantined in the suburbs of the Indian capital for 14 days, arrive home.

The third patient, out of the three reported coronavirus cases in Bangladesh, have been diagnosed negative.

Saudi Arabia has suspended all international flights for two weeks, starting Sunday, to prevent the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA said on Saturday, citing an official source at interior ministry.

Terming coronavirus situation in Bangladesh “normal”, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the government will take initiatives, including closing educational institutions, if needed.

At least 30 Italy-returnees, out of 142 who were quarantined at Ashkona Hajj Camp, have been protesting outside the camp claiming “mismanagement by the authorities”.

Police arrested an engineer in Boalkhali upazila under Chattogram last night for spreading rumour over coronavirus on Facebook.

President Donald Trump declares a national emergency in what critics say was a long-delayed admission of the gravity of the coronavirus crisis that's triggered the shutdown of schools, sporting events, offices and travel in the world's richest country.