Owners of buses plying different long routes on Chattogram-Rangamati and Chattogram-Khagrachari roads yesterday provided free service to passengers on the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

At a time when the government has declared shut down of educational institutions and discouraged gatherings as precautionary measures against the possible spread of coronavirus in the country, candidates for the upcoming port city polls seem unperturbed by it and are continuing to hold rallies and public meetings.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) yesterday launched a hand-washing campaign for pedestrians in the capital, to contain the spread of coronavirus infection.

Dhaka University (DU) authorities yesterday started celebration of Mujib Borsho, marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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.

Amid growing concern over the novel coronavirus, a huge number of people, mostly students, are leaving Dhaka as the government on Monday announced all educational institutions closed from March 17 to 31.

Islamic Foundation yesterday advised people who are returning home from abroad -- suffering from coronavirus-like symptoms such as fever, cold and cough -- to avoid going to mosques and public gatherings to contain the spread of the virus.

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

Today is the 41st death anniversary of Abul Mansur Ahmad, a renowned litterateur, journalist, and politician of the sub-continent. He passed away in 1979.

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.

A week has passed since journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol went missing, but his family could not yet file a case. Two police stations have been giving Kajol’s family a runaround over the issue.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) launches a handwash campaign for pedestrians in the city with a view to contain the spread of coronavirus infection.

President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pays rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the great leader.

Multinational consumer product company Unilever, and telecom operators Robi, Grameenphone and Banglalink yesterday asked employees to stay at home and work online where possible, as a preventive measure against coronavirus.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday underscored the need for ensuring transparency in financing and financial transactions to uphold the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The father and an uncle of a five-year-old, who was brutally killed in Sunamganj’s Derai upazila on October 14 last year, were sentenced to death in the murder case.

All private banks of the country have taken a special programme marking the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

A businessman was killed during a scuffle with his friend at the bar of a hotel in the capital’s Banani area on March 11, police said yesterday.

The nation is set to celebrate the inauguration of Mujib Borsho today, with programmes revised in light of the recent coronavirus cases.

BNP leader Abdullah Al Noman yesterday complained to the returning officer that police and Awami League activists are barring BNP supporters from campaigning ahead of March 29 Chattogram City Corporation election.