Prothom Alo Senior Correspondent Rozina Islam walked out of jail this afternoon, seven days after she was arrested in a case filed by the health ministry.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said there has been no change in Bangladesh's position towards Israel as it still does not recognise Israel.

The owner of a container ship that blocked the Suez Canal in March says the canal authority was at fault over its grounding as it disputes the vessel's detention and a compensation claim, a lawyer representing the owner said on Saturday.

The body of a man was recovered from a jute field in Budhar Banshertal area of Mahendranagar union in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila.

Three persons including a Bangladeshi expatriate businessman were killed in a road accident in Oman.

Two accused confessed to a magistrate yesterday that they were directly involved with the killing of a trader in front of his seven-year-old son in Dhaka's Pallabi area on May 16.

Chattogram police arrested three -- Monir Hossain (40), his wife Khuku Moni (28) and a CNG driver Mahfuz -- on May 21 for stealing Tk 27 lakh.

An Indian former hospital worker with no medical education is running a small unlicensed clinic, tending to patients with breathing difficulties and checking their oxygen levels as they lie on cots on the mud floor.

Cyclone centres three times more than required are being set up in compliance with health guidelines, keeping in mind the coronavirus situation, to provide shelter to coastal people if Cyclone Yaas hits Bangladesh.

An 85-year-old woman was burnt to death by alleged killers of her son at Jamrildanga village of Kalia upazila in Narail early today.

​The national budget is once again upon us. This year, the government is going to place the annual budget for 2021-22 fiscal year when the Covid-19 pandemic is taking a toll on the national economy. The Daily Star has tried to find out how much damage the virus has caused to economic activities and how it affected investment in the country? What are the steps the government now needs to take to overcome the challenges? To find answers to the questions, Star Business Talks approached Rupali Chowdhury, president of Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry and managing director of Berger Paints Bangladesh. Watch the full interview here.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate 140 cyclone and flood shelters besides laying foundation of 50 Mujib Killas across the country tomorrow, State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Dr Mohammad Enamur Rahman has said.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and Thursday as part of Washington's efforts to build on the Gaza truce, a source briefed on the planning said on Saturday.

A Saudi expatriate, brutally tortured allegedly by his wife and in-laws in Sadar upazila of Cox’s Bazar yesterday, died at Chattogram Medical College Hospital this noon.

Several thousand Saudi Arabia-bound Bangladeshi migrant workers are facing untold sufferings due to new travel advisory issued by the kingdom that requires medical insurance covering the risk of covid-19 infections and hotel reservations for institutional quarantine.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Enamul Hasan Farooqi, personal assistant of Hefajat-e-Islam's convening committee Amir Junayed Babunagari, from Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila last night over mayhem in the upazila on March 26.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the youths to take up fish farming as their livelihood to exploit the huge scope of employment in this sector.

At least 314 people were killed and 291 were injured in 239 road accidents in the country from May 7 to 20, Road Safety Foundation said today.

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam today said punitive measures will be taken against those found responsible in Aedes mosquito breeding through water accumulated in and around their homes, despite repeated warnings.

Thirty-eight people have died from Covid-19 during 24 hours (till 8:00am today), according to a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).