An agro feed mill has been locked down after one of its workers tested positive for the coronavirus in Gazipur’s Kapasia upazila.

Garment factory owners today decided to keep their factories shut up to April 25, in line with the government's decision to extend the ongoing closure.

Bangladesh police have instructed emergency supply product and medicine shop owners -- who have permission to keep their shops open after sunset -- to not to allow any strangers to go inside unless it is an emergency.

No one will be allowed to go out of their homes after 6:00pm from today onwards to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.

A fire broke out at a building on Banani Road 12 in Dhaka this afternoon.

Christian Church authorities in Bangladesh are conducting online prayer services during the holy week ahead of Easter Sunday on April 12, after closing the doors of the churches across the country to avoid any public gathering amid the coronavirus pandemic.

A branch of Bank Asia has been locked down as a coronavirus positive patient visited the bank two days back.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) introduces two hotlines to aid in sending relief materials to poor people in the city area amid the coronavirus situation in the country.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) initiates one-way movement in recognised kitchen markets in the capital to curb the spread of coronavirus, with shoppers now being asked to enter one way and exit another.

Bogura Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College will begin testing coronavirus samples next week as it has received the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine.

Authorities of Dhaka University have made an announcement saying that all classes and examinations will remain suspended until further notice due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

TigerIT Bangladesh Ltd has succeeded in making a prototype for a low-cost ventilator, constructed entirely using locally-sourced materials, said a press release.

Training activities and trial test for coronavirus detection was inaugurated yesterday at Barishal’s Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital.

CARE Bangladesh provided healthcare workers in Gazipur, including doctors, 100 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE), said a press release.

United Group has donated Tk 5 crore to Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund on Sunday to help combat the coronavirus outbreak, according to a press release.

The Detective Branch (DB) of police yesterday claimed to have arrested the former Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL) official for killing his wife and two children in Dakshinkhan area of the capital in February.

Due to a lack of response from people wishing to participate in this year’s hajj, the religious affairs ministry yesterday extended the deadline for registration till April 16, according to a notice issued in this regard.

President of Liberal Democratic Party Oli Ahmed yesterday demanded that the government either declare a state of emergency or impose a curfew to contain the coronavirus outbreak in the country.

Thousands of transport workers in the port city are facing financial troubles due to the ongoing government declared shutdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.

Amid a supply shortage of imported fruits -- that reportedly meets 60 percent of the country’s demand, prices are rising in markets at the capital.