Growing up in a joint family had its perks. For example, there was hardly a chance to get bored. On the rare occasion I did get bored, I vividly remember my mother threatening to make me memorise my time-tables if I complained. It was a much dreaded punishment. It makes me wonder how the children are coping in this pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic is spreading at an exponential rate and policymakers are racing against time to find effective solutions.

European countries experimented with further lifting coronavirus restrictions yesterday as New Zealand declared victory over the pandemic, even as global cases topped seven million and deaths mounted in Latin America.

As many as 43 staffers and officials of the Parliament Secretariat have been infected with Covid-19 so far at a time when the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban gears up to go into budget session.

The civil aviation ministry plans to resume regular flight operations on international routes on a limited scale from the third week of the current month.

A total 3,049 Bangladesh Police personnel have so far recovered from Covid-19 across the country.

The High Court asks the government what Covid-19 patients were being prescribed centrally and how the patients were being monitored across the country.

Seeking to facilitate availability of experimental drugs for severely-ill Covid-19 patients, the Indian Health Ministry has issued a draft notification for manufacture, import and "compassionate use" of any unapproved drug that is in the phase-III (human) of clinical trial globally.

Ten ventilators and an ambulance with modern equipment will be provided to Cox’s Bazar Medical College Hospital for the treatment of Covid-19 patients in the district.

The local administration declares Nohakhali sadar and Begumganj upazilas as red zones and imposed lockdowns there for the next 15 days from tomorrow to contain the spread of Covid-19.

East Rajabazar area of Dhaka will be locked down as a red zone from Tuesday night to contain the spread of coronavirus.

A 10-member Chinese medical team with expertise in treating Covid-19 patients reached Dhaka.

Three people, including a minor, died with coronavirus-like symptoms at Khulna Medical College Hospital early today.

Forty-two people died with coronavirus infections, 2,735 were infected and 657 recovered in the last 24 hours, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) says.

New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says, making it one of the first countries to do so.

Fresh coronavirus cases soar to a new high in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total past 2.56 lakh, while malls, restaurants and shrines are set to reopen in several areas across the country.

BNP’s Dhaka North unit general secretary Ahsanul Hassan passed away after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.

Bangladesh is celebrated as a development success in South Asia and has outperformed many of its neighbours on social development indicators.

Cattle markets of Thakurgaon and Panchagarh districts pose high risks during the ongoing community transmission of Covid-19 as social distancing and hygiene issues are hardly maintained.

With deaths due to Covid-19 rising in Chattogram, bereaved families are facing yet another grim reality -- not being able to bury their loved ones with full rituals due to the fear of exposing themselves to the virus. In many cases, families and community members have not been able to attend the funeral prayers either because of physical distancing measures or due to fear of the infection.