Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) yesterday launched an ambulance service for its members and their families in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.

Defying home quarantine orders by the government to fight the novel coronavirus, many expatriates were reported to be freely roaming around after returning to the country recently. Amid such circumstances, mobile courts yesterday fined seven people in separate drives, report our correspondents.

Unidentified men approached journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol’s motorbike and appeared to tamper with it, the day he was last seen before what is feared to be an enforced disappearance, Amnesty International said yesterday.

Amid the rise of coronavirus cases in the country, two political parties yesterday urged the government to enforce a 15-day complete shutdown in the country, to contain the spread of the virus.

Allegation is raised against some police personnel of beating a man to death in the city’s Uttarkhan area.

Awami League candidate Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin has won the by-election to Dhaka-10 constituency which was held amid staggeringly low turnout today due to coronavirus scare.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) undertakes a number of measures including operating mobile courts to compel the people who are advised to stay in quarantine to curb and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Detective Branch of police arrested a bus driver and helper yesterday on charges of killing of an on-duty police official in the capital’s old airport area, Sahadat Hossain, additional deputy commissioner of DB police, told The Daily Star.

The setting up of a quarantine centre at Rajuk Apartment Project near Diyabari in Dhaka’s Uttara is currently being delayed, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said today.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says the government will soon import 10,000 testing kits and 10,000 protective equipment from China to fight the spread of coronavirus.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges everyone to not hoard food and other essential items out of panic, as the country has enough stock of everything.

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina casts her vote in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) by-polls to Dhaka-10 constituency at Dhaka City College centre.

Amid complaints and police reports centring the abuse of a specific painkiller as substitute for yaba and heroin, Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has issued a ban on sale of the medicine by pharmacies and hospitals which are not registered to procure it.

Despite the home quarantine ordered by the government to fight coronavirus, many expatriates were reportedly roaming around freely after returning to the country. In such circumstances, mobile courts have fined 10 people in separate drives yesterday.

Today is the sixth death anniversary of Faiz Mohammed, a former project manager of Augmedix.

To prevent price hikes due to increased demand for essential goods surrounding the coronavirus, mobile courts yesterday fined 68 traders and business organisations across three districts, report our correspondents.

Six people were killed and 12 others were injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday, report our correspondents and two news agencies.

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday urged all to stand by people shunning political differences to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the country.

A Mymensingh court yesterday sent a youth to jail after arresting him in the capital on Thursday in connection with abducting a schoolgirl.

Amid fear of coronavirus spread, teachers in port city yesterday started participating in a training session to discharge duties at polling centres as presiding, assistant presiding and polling officers for the upcoming Chattogram City Corporation polls.