The article provides a sequential account of the newspaper coverage that looks at how two Bangladeshi national dailies reported stigma and discrimination related incidents when the pandemic upsurged; and also presents a comparative analysis of the news coverage. In order to examine the key issues and focuses, news items which mostly contain the elements attached to social stigma and discrimination were taken. In addition, the patterns of coverage are substantiated with the findings of thematic content analysis of the stories that appeared in the online versions of the two newspapers in the selected periods. The news coverage reveals varying pattern of stigmatization in the first outbreak in 2020 that reflects how the community treated the foreign returnees and people suspected of having Covid-19 infection. The newspapers also reported the issues concerning denial of burial to those who died of Covid-19, and violation of health rights at different levels. But in the second outbreak in 2021, news stories did not report elements of stigmatization as the key focus. It also appears that the newspapers' focus on Covid-19 shifted over time, and coverage of each period was identified with new issues and priorities.