Local pharmaceuticals have produced a drug called Favipiravir -- an anti-flu and viral infection medication -- said to be effective in the treatment of coronavirus patients in China.

India yesterday reported its biggest jump in number of new coronavirus cases as top doctors warned of an “onslaught” that could cripple the health system to levels far beyond what Europe and the United States are experiencing.

It has only been a month of isolation, yet it feels like “One hundred years of solitude”.

Never in recent history has Dhaka city been this hungry. Even when disaster struck elsewhere in the country -- when crops failed, homes washed away by rivers, villages flooded -- the city always had space to take in more.

While organisations and individuals keep coming up with support for the poor amid the countrywide shutdown, many lawmakers are yet to be seen on the ground.

In a situation where the covid-19 virus has overwhelmed some of the world’s best resourced healthcare systems, Bangladesh—like other developing countries—must brace for the worst.

Many were walking for miles, many travelled in crammed pickup vans and trucks meant for carrying goods. There was no scope for maintaining social distancing, which is crucial to contain the spread of coronavirus.

On March 25, 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced, in her address to the nation, that the government would provide an incentive package of Taka 5,000 crore for export-oriented industries.

With multiple coronavirus testing facilities now detecting more cases, experts feel even more people from every region need to be tested immediately.

With educational institutions closed for the foreseeable future to curb the spread of coronavirus, children are increasingly becoming restless in their homes, cut off from the outside world, their friends, physical activities and instructions from teachers.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has issued a set of very comprehensive directives. But, as we know, with all directives, there are three phases to it—its issuance, its speedy, efficient and systemic implementation and finally, its strict monitoring.

The new coronavirus might spread through the air via normal breathing and speaking, a top US scientist said Friday as the government recommended the use of face masks for everyone.

Americans yesterday came to grips with recommendations to wear masks against the coronavirus, while Spain added to hopes that Europe could be turning a corner in the pandemic with a second daily drop in deaths.

The World Health Organization has said that medical masks should be prioritised for health workers, but it opened the door to greater public use of homemade masks or other mouth coverings as a way to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

At least seven people, including two children, died of Covid-19-like symptoms in six districts since Friday night.

Inflation edged up slightly in March owing to the rise in prices of non-food items although coronavirus-induced panic-buying before the country was placed on a lockdown made some food items expensive.

Since the country went into shutdown, people have had to adapt themselves to spending days cooped up in their homes.

At least 186 people of 35 families are placed in isolation in Shariatpur after a 90-year-old man from the locality died from being infected by the coronavirus.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) suggests its members to shut down their units till April 11 considering the ongoing coronavirus situation in the country.

People are taking more digital services now than during other times amid the government-declared general holiday, Mahatab Uddin Ahmed, chief executive officer (CEO) of Robi, says during a Facebook live session.