Indonesians who violate social distancing rules in the capital could soon find themselves forced to clean toilets to atone for their sins.

A large number of garbage management workers in the capital have been working without any protective gear, putting themselves at grave risk of contracting coronavirus and other diseases.

Pinning down the source of the coronavirus pandemic should help in working out how Covid-19 has “invaded the human species” so quickly, a senior WHO official told AFP.

No cacophony of metals clinking, no yelling of experts to apprentice mechanics, only skeletons of under-repair vehicles parked by the roadside testifies that there used to be automobile workshops on Motiheel’s Culvert Road. These days, an eerie silence pervades the area.

Bangladesh is set to request the International Monetary Fund (IMF) within a week to extend $700 million in emergency financing to help the country avoid being overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Another doctor, who tested Covid-19 positive, has died at a hospital in the capital.

A team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) yesterday successfully completed the genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Bangladesh.

The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is to set up eight booths to collect samples of suspected Covid-19 patients.

“Herd immunity” is the ultimate answer to any pandemic, and Bangladesh, by no choice of its own, is rushing towards it to keep coronavirus at bay.

A total of 929 people died in Bangladesh with Covid-19 like symptoms since March 8, according to a report of Centre for Genocide Studies (CGS) of Dhaka University.

With many police personnel being infected by Covid-19, different divisions of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) have decided to send fruits, vitamin supplements and some other essentials daily to infected cops.

A total of 689 Bangladeshi citizens stranded in India, Malaysia and Singapore return home by four separate special flights.

Police have arrested a 60-year-old man in a case filed over the rape of a fifth grader in Gaibandha’s Sadar upazila.

Manikganj district administration has announced the closure of shopping centres and shops of the district from today, after reopening on Sunday.

A member of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (BAVDP) has died with Covid-19 infection and at least 166 others have tested positive so far.

A team from Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) successfully completes the genome sequencing of the SARS Cov-2 virus in Bangladesh.

Nineteen people -- the highest number in 24 hours so far -- have died with coronavirus infections, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

Gonoshasthaya Kendra gives Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) 200 locally developed rapid testing kits for validation.

Another doctor has died with coronavirus infection at a hospital in Dhaka.

Twitter Inc becomes the first major tech company to allow employees who can work remotely to do so indefinitely, as the coronavirus outbreak forces unprecedented changes in work culture across the world.