A 19-year-old youth was stabbed to death by unidentified miscreants in Dhaka’s Banani area on Thursday night.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Sanghati yesterday demanded immediate shutdown of garments factories for a temporary period to protect RMG workers from the novel coronavirus.

Nagorik Oikya yesterday demanded rescheduling of by-elections to three parliamentary constituencies and elections to Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) instead of March 21 and 29 respectively, to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

The Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested three suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka and Sylhet in last two days.

Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia will be paid by their employers even if they do not have to work amid the Covid-19 outbreak in the Southeast Asian country.

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.

Authorities of Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram are waiting for the decision of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh regarding closing the airport for all international flights until further notice in order to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Rapid Action Battalion arrest three suspected Ansar-Al-Islam members, who used to look after the finances of the banned militant outfit, from Dhaka and Sylhet in the last two days, the elite force says.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) forms a committee to fight and prevent the spread of coronavirus in the area of Dhaka under its purview.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has temporarily suspended its flights on Bangkok route.

The government has announced the closure of National Zoo located in Dhaka’s Mirpur area from today to March 31 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrests an alleged woman leader of “Neo JMB” from Dhaka.

Divisional directors of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), district civil surgeons and upazila health and family planning officers can take legal actions through running mobile courts to tackle the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).

A 19-year-old youth is stabbed to death by unidentified criminals in Dhaka’s Banani area.

The government authorises the Bangladesh army to run two quarantine centres in Dhaka in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Demands for locating and ensuring the safe return of journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol continued yesterday, nine days after he went missing.

A special flight of Saudi Arabian Airlines yesterday brought back 406 Bangladeshis, who had been stranded in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf nation suspended air communication with different countries, including Bangladesh, to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A mobile court in Muktagacha upazila of Mymensingh yesterday sent a recent overseas returnee to mandatory quarantine, and fined his wife.