A Bangladeshi migrant worker was shot and wounded in Lebanon on Sunday during a commotion among Palestinians over the Israeli aggression.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral cease-fire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli media said late Thursday.

President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Moscow would "knock out the teeth" of any power that tried to take a chunk of Russia's territory.

Microsoft Corp is pulling the plug on its once omnipresent browser, Internet Explorer, next year as it prepares to battle market leader Chrome with its slicker Edge browser.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described Gaza as “hell on earth” for children, appealing to Israel for rapid and unhindered aid access and telling the 193-member General Assembly he would launch an appeal for humanitarian funding.

At least 118 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today.

An activist of Hefajat-e-Islam, an accused in three violence cases in Narayanganj’s Sonargaon, died in police custody at a hospital in Dhaka today.

Inefficiency in preparing documents related to vaccine purchase from China and Russia is causing a bit of delay in getting them, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said today. The minister also said health ministry is behind the delay in this case.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines operated four chartered flights to India from China since May 17 to send different medical equipment including oxygen cylinder and oxygen concentrator to the neighbouring country.

​When another wave of Covid-19 is wreaking havoc in the Subcontinent, Bangladesh’s vaccination programme has come to a sudden halt. As mass vaccination is the only plausible way out of this pandemic, how is the government planning to manage the situation?

Three people were killed in lightning strikes at Shibganj and Nachole upazila of Chapainawabganj today.

Israeli fighter jets continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several more as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defied calls for a de-escalation.

Senior journalist Rozina Islam's arrest and the failure of the Bangladesh authorities to provide concrete evidence of a recognisable criminal offence raise concerns that she is being targeted for her critical reporting, Amnesty International said yesterday.

​In a democratic system, where power comes from the masses, where the state works for the people -- information ensures that governance is accountable. It is the primary job of a journalist to secure the people’s right to know.

BNP Chattogram City unit President Shahadat Hossain was released from jail on bail yesterday, a month and 22 days after his arrest.

President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call Wednesday that he expected “significant de-escalation” by day’s end.

At least 133 more Bangladeshis, who were stuck in India, returned home through the Gede-Darshana border in Chuadanga today.

People of different walks of life in Manikganj formed a human chain today protesting the harassment of Prothom Alo’s Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who was arrested on Monday in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

A Roads and Highways Department (RHD) project, which has already set a rare example by completing three major bridges on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway on time and saving around Tk 1400 crore, has received a prestigious award from Japan.

The Central Medicine Store Depot (CMSD) will buy 40 oxygen generator machines through direct purchase method to tackle the growing oxygen demand with the spike in coronavirus cases.