Fazle Hossain Badsha, lawmaker from Rajshahi-2 (Rajshahi Metropolitan city) has tested positive for coronavirus.

On the first day of the week-long lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19, main roads and thoroughfares in the port city were largely free of vehicles but crowds were noticeable in the alleyways of Atura Depot, Hemsen Lane, Rumghata, Shasher Para, Bahaddarhat, and Chandgaon.

Denmark will cease to administer AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine entirely following its possible link to very rare cases of blood clots, several Danish media outlets reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.

Five magistrates of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate’s (CMM) Court in Dhaka have been infected with Covid-19 recently.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia may have contracted the Covid-19 virus from a staffer of her house.

To curb the increasing number of Covid-19 infections in the country, the ongoing restrictions on movement have been extended till 6:00am of April 14.

Coronavirus infections in the South Asia sub-region surpassed the grim milestone of 15 million on Saturday, a Reuters tally shows, led by India’s record daily infections and vaccine shortages.

BNP today proposed the formation of an “all-party committee” to contain the second wave of coronavirus in Bangladesh.

India’s opposition Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for an immediate halt to export of Covid-19 vaccines amid a record-setting spike in fresh cases of the virus.

The COVAX vaccine facility has delivered nearly 38.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 102 countries and economies across six continents, six weeks after it began to roll out supplies, according to a statement on Thursday.

Struggling to cope with the severe second wave of the coronavirus, India today decided to inoculate people with Covid-19 vaccines at work places (both public and private sector) from April 11.

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has urged all countries of the world to work together to tackle the coronavirus pandemic that is affecting the life and livelihoods, health and economies of the world.

Several European countries are considering mixing up COVID-19 vaccines for citizens who received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s shot, an unprecedented move that highlights challenges for governments struggling to tame fresh rises in infections.

The government has decided to resume public transport services in major cities -- from 6:00am to 6:00pm -- from tomorrow, amid the weeklong restrictions to curb coronavirus spread.

South Korea has provided 95,000 Covid-19 rapid test kits to Bangladesh as part of its humanitarian assistance efforts.

The Chattogram district administration yesterday instructed that all sorts of shops and restaurants will close by 6:00pm till April 14 to curb the spread of coronavirus.

A special committee to fix public transport’s fare has proposed a 60 percent hike in bus fare, hours after the government directed all public modes of transport to operate on 50 percent of their capacity and maintain health safety guidelines.

Nearly 110 people were fined in Narayanganj city today for not wearing masks to control the spread of Covid-19.

Enamur Rahman, the state minister for disaster management and relief, has tested positive for Covid-19.

News of general holiday over Covid-19 run by different media outlets is false and baseless, health ministry sources said today.