Creative book publishers have been fighting an uphill battle to survive for over a year as their sales have nosedived for the pandemic that depressed demand for fiction and non-fiction among consumers.

​Today, after 7 days of imprisonment, Rozina Islam is finally out on bail. But, the story is far from being over.

On the day the government announced that restaurants can resume live dining under certain conditions, a restaurant owners’ group said today that Covid-19 restrictions have hit the industry hard and many outlets are facing bleak prospects.

Construction work of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum at Dahagram of Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat has been halted due to obstruction by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF).

The body of Hafizur Rahman, a student of Dhaka University who was missing for the last seven days, was found at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue today.

At least 88 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today.

Authorities today said they are preparing 814 shelters to move and evacuate people should Cyclone Yaas hit the south-western coast.

At least 14 people died and a child was seriously injured on Sunday when a cable car linking Italy's Lake Maggiore with a nearby mountain plunged 20 metres to the ground, local officials and rescuers said.

The low pressure over east central Bay of Bengal today gathered strength, turning into a deep depression that is very likely to become severe cyclonic storm Yaas by May 25 and cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar islands by the next evening, the Indian Met department said.

A Western Sahara independence leader at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Rabat and Madrid must answer legal charges in Spain before leaving the country, Spain said on Sunday.

The Supreme Court today cleared the way for Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) to stop stone business of MAQ Enterprise and to confiscate and auction the stone at the foreshore of Buriganga River in Munshikhola area under Kadamtali Police Station.

An Egyptian court today rejected a complaint by the Japanese owner of a container ship that blocked traffic in the Suez Canal for six days in March against the vessel's continued detention by canal authorities, a lawyer said.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today arrested a union parishad member along with 80 pieces of yaba tablets in Saturia upazila of Manikganj.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed to have arrested a suspected member of banned militant group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh in Rangpur.

Jatiya Party chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader today said only granting bail is not enough, the case against Prothom Alo Senior Journalist Rozina Islam must be withdrawn.

The health department is aware of “black fungus” and a guideline to prevent and treat the infection will be released soon.

A Dhaka court today placed three accused on a four-day remand each in a case filed over the killing of trader Md Shahinuddin in front of his seven-year-old son in the city's Pallabi area on May 16.

Just out of jail on bail, Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam articulated her determination to continue journalism despite all odds.

The European Union on Sunday denounced a proposal by Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission to dissolve deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), which overwhelmingly won the general election in November.

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) and Novavax Inc (NVAX.O) entered into a deal with the South Korean government to manufacture their COVID-19 vaccines, as the country has been under pressure to secure more and faster deliveries of US-made vaccines.