As the coronavirus pandemic bears down on vulnerable nations in Africa and South Asia, experts say there are only weeks to help fill chronic shortages of what medics need to help people breathe.

The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) has been making a guideline for reopening the garment factories, most of which have been asked to shut down by the sector’s apex trade body on April 11.

The world is facing widespread famine “of biblical proportions” because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of the UN’s food relief agency has warned, with a short time to act before hundreds of millions starve.

President Donald Trump yesterday vowed to sign an order partially blocking immigration to the United States, as health experts warned a second US coronavirus wave could be even more destructive.

Dilruba Begum began feeling unwell on April 20 night. When she told this to her family, they checked her blood pressure and found it to be normal.

Dhaka remains the worst affected division in the country with over 85 percent of all confirmed cases of the coronavirus.

The government forms a high-level taskforce to ensure proper disbursement of funds from the stimulus package that the prime minister announced and on setting factory reopening dates to keep the economy’s wheels turning.

Bangladesh says the OIC member states need a regional and global response based on unity, solidarity and compassion to overcome the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association (BSAA) calls upon its member shipping agents to extend office hours from tomorrow to meet import delivery orders (D/Os) in the usual manner.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed says they would not allow anyone to cook and sell iftar items on the streets and footpaths during the upcoming month of Ramadan, in order to avoid public gathering and spread of coronavirus.

Politics, economics, and sociological journal Sarbojonkotha proposes an alternative action plan to the government to manage the ongoing public health and economic crisis.

The remittance flow to Bangladesh is projected to decline by 22 percent due to the economic crisis induced by Covid-19 pandemic and shutdown, according to a World Bank report.

Authorities of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal yesterday locked down four hostels after four intern doctors tested positive for Covid-19.

A total of 349 Bangladeshis return home after being stranded in India and Singapore due to flight suspensions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the backdrop of a number of attacks on healthcare workers amidst the Covid-19 pandemic across India, the Indian cabinet today approved an ordinance amending an existing law to provide for stringent punishment -- including up to seven years imprisonment and Rs five lakh fine -- for perpetrators of such assaults.

A man in Narayanganj reportedly flees from his house after he tested positive for coronavirus and was informed in this regard.

A ten-month-old boy of Chattogram has tested Covid-19 positive.

A 38-year-old man and a police official have tested positive in Bandarban’s remote Thanchi upazila.

Thirteen people, including six healthcare professionals, have tested positive for coronavirus in Brahmanbaria district in the last 24 hours.

Seventeen police personnel of a station have been infected with coronavirus in Gopalganj, district officials have confirmed.