Authorities in Bangladesh have put 321 foreign members of the Tabligh Jamaat into two mosques in Dhaka as India has quarantined thousands after hundreds linked to a gathering of the organisation were diagnosed with COVID-19

Around 2,500 Bangladeshis have been stranded in India due to travel bans imposed along with a lockdown to stem the coronavirus infection

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the people to visit physicians if they experience any symptom of coronavirus and not to pay heed to any rumour about the virus as she issued a 31-point directive last night in view of the Covid-19 outbreak

In around a month after reporting its first coronavirus case, Bangladesh has far fewer number of deaths and infections than many other countries, but the mortality rate is comparatively higher

Two Bangladeshis have been named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list 2020. Esrat Karim, founder of AMAL Foundation, was named under Social Entrepreneurs category while Raba Khan, of the jhakanaka project, was named under Media, Marketing and Advertising category

Bangladesh plans to release 3,000 prisoners, who are facing trials in different cases, amid fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the country's crowded jails, it was reported

The Bangladesh government appears to be cracking down on free speech as COVID-19 hits the country, silencing those who express concern over the government’s handling of the epidemic, Human Rights Watch said

The Bangladesh Bank will release the fund to the commercial banks while the entrepreneurs will apply for the loans by submitting estimates of the money they need to pay wages and allowances of workers and employees

The government has moved to suspend all public programmes marking Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, as part of its efforts to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus

As many troops as necessary will be deployed to stem the coronavirus outbreak in Bangladesh, Chief of Army Staff General Aziz Ahmed has said

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government decided to extend the ongoing nationwide holidays for five more days till April 9 to contain the spread of deadly coronavirus. "We had earlier announced a 10-day general holiday from March 26 and it'll be extended for five more days till April 9," she said

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on food production and overall planning to confront the imminent global economic crisis which the novel coronavirus shutdowns may cause

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday signalled that the shutdown of offices and workplaces due to the coronavirus pandemic may be extended to April 9

The Bangladesh government is likely to extend the ongoing shutdown for at least a week as part of its efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus

As many as 269 US citizens and their nine pet dogs, who were stranded due to strict travel curbs over the coronavirus pandemic, have left Dhaka by a special flight.