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Bangladesh registers fifth death from coronavirus, cases unchanged at 39

Bangladesh has confirmed one more death from coronavirus infections, taking the total to five, according to the government’s disease control agency

BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia released

Opposition BNP Chairperson and former PM Begum Khaleda Zia has been released this afternoon, 25 months after she landed in jail in a graft case

Hasina announces Tk 50bn in virus fund for worker wages

Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has announced a Tk 50 billion package for workers employed in the export industries to help factory owners cope with the impact of the coronavirus

Bangladesh suspends rail, bus, ferry services

Bangladesh has cancelled passenger trains as the country strives to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading locally

Prime Minister to address the nation today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address the nation this evening

Cops clueless about most of the returnees

Amid mounting concerns over the spread of coronavirus, police have so far been able to locate and ensure the quarantine of only 2.7 percent of the total number of returnees from different countries in the last three month

Bangladesh suspends train, bus, launch services, domestic flights to check movement of people across the country

The government has decided to suspend all public transport services to slow the spread of novel coronavirus, inching closer to enforcing a lockdown

Bangladesh suspends all domestic flights from March 25

Bangladesh's Civil Aviation Authority has decided to suspend all domestic flights from Wednesday, Mar 25 to April 4 in an effort halt the spread of coronavirus infection