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UK unemployment, wages growth drop: official data
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate has unexpectedly dropped to 4.2 per cent and wage growth has slowed to the lowest level in nearly two years, official data showed Tuesday...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers....
Student leaders for state reform meet UK mission officials
State Reform Student Movement chief coordinator Ahmed Ishak and its economic coordinator Didarul Bhuiyan on Friday joined a tea party hosted by British high commission in Dhaka...
UK Muslims reel after far-right violence
Noor Miah was a student when riots broke out in northern England in the summer of 2001, with angry young British South Asians clashing with police after a series of racist attacks and incidents...
UK probes Amazon partnership with AI firm Anthropic
Britain鈥檚 competition regulator on Friday said it had launched an inquiry into a partnership between US e-commerce giant Amazon and Anthropic, an American developer of artificial intelligence...
Ex-鈥橧S bride鈥� loses UK citizenship removal appeal bid
A woman stripped of her British citizenship after leaving the country as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter lost a bid Wednesday to take her case to the UK鈥檚 top court....
Dominant Britain smash world record on way to team sprint gold
Emma Finucane spearheaded Britain to the first track cycling gold of the Paris Olympics in the women's team sprint on Monday, with the world record shattered five times in the session.
UN for end to violence, British PM for swift action to ensure democracy
United Nations high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk on Monday said that the shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop while the British prime minister Keir Starmer underlined...
Barclays bank posts sliding profits in first half
British banking group Barclays on Thursday logged sliding first-half profit on a dip in revenue and as it set aside more money for bad debts in the United States...
UK mosques on alert over far-right protests
British Muslims voiced fear about far-right protests that have targeted UK mosques in recent days. Community leaders bolstered security at Islamic centres before more demonstrations planned for Saturday.
France, Britain win triathlon golds
France鈥檚 Cassandre Beaugrand and Britain鈥檚 Alex Yee won gold as the Paris Olympics triathlon went ahead Wednesday in a huge relief for organisers, and the star-studded USA chased a spot in the men鈥檚 basketball quarter-finals...
Djokovic downs Nadal as Daley dives to fifth Olympic medal
Novak Djokovic overcame a gritty Rafael Nadal comeback Monday in probably the last chapter of their epic tennis rivalry at the Paris Olympics, where British diver Tom Daley grabbed his fifth medal in five Games...
UK finance minister to reveal fiscal audit of 鈥榖roke鈥� Britain
Finance minister Rachel Reeves on Monday was to claim Britain is 鈥榖roke and broken鈥� when she was to reveal the findings of an assessment into the country鈥檚 public finances ahead of a forthcoming budget...
Dozens of countries finalise digital trade deal talks: Britain
Dozens of countries have finalised years of negotiations towards a 鈥榞roundbreaking鈥� agreement drawing up global digital trade rules, Britain said Friday.
UK deports illegal migrants to Vietnam, East Timor
Britain鈥檚 new Labour government on Thursday said it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative administration鈥檚 plan to...
Brook leads England into strong position against WI
Harry Brook鈥檚 unbeaten fifty guided England into a strong position at stumps on a see-saw third day of the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge...
Unemployment in UK steadies as Labour vows action on jobs
Britain鈥檚 unemployment rate remains at 4.4 per cent, official data showed Thursday, as the country鈥檚 new Labour government vowed action on helping people...
French PM poised to take caretaker role
French prime minister Gabriel Attal was set to resign but stay on as head of a caretaker government Tuesday, officials said, with no replacement in sight as...
British Council to host documentary, exhibition
The British Council is scheduled to host a documentary titled Khatak: The Story of an Unknown Giant, and a three-day exhibition titled Rays of Hope, celebrating the marine mega fauna of the Bay of Bengal by Bengal Elasmo Lab, University of Dhaka, at the council premises in Dhaka on August 8...
The old evil
IT COMES back in a rush, the stench of raw sewage, the groan of the diesel, sloth-like Israeli armoured personnel carriers, the vans filled with broods of children, driven by chalky faced colonists, certainly not from here, probably from Brooklyn or somewhere in Russia or maybe Britain. Little has changed. The checkpoints with their blue...
UK economy returns to growth, boosting new government
Britain鈥檚 economic output grew better-than-expected in May, official data showed Thursday, handing an early boost to the country鈥檚 newly-elected Labour government...
Tulip Siddiq appointed Britain鈥檚 city minister
Tulip Siddiq has been appointed Britain's city minister, responsible for the financial services sector, reports Bloomberg....
Europe stocks drop before Powell鈥檚 Fed testimony
Europe鈥檚 main stock markets slipped Tuesday as investors tracked new political landscapes in France and Britain and looked ahead to testimony from Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell...
UK鈥檚 biggest water supplier piles on debt
Britain鈥檚 embattled Thames Water on Tuesday said its debt continues to rise despite increased revenues, leaving the group with cash reserves taking it through only until May next year...
BP takes hit on cut to oil refining in Germany
British energy giant BP on Tuesday said it would take a financial hit of up to $2 billion after recently announcing it planned to reduce oil refining in Germany...
Starmer鈥檚 success and the trials ahead
IN A defining shift for British politics, the centre-left Labour Party has clinched a resounding victory, marking its dramatic comeback after a devastating defeat just five years...
British documentary wins top prize at Czech film festival
鈥楢 Sudden Glimpse to Deeper Things鈥� by Northern Irish director Mark Cousins won the top Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary film festival on Saturday, said organisers.....
After defeat, Conservative Party warned of extinction
Britain鈥檚 Conservative Party, thrashed by Labour at the general election, on Saturday faced the task of rebuilding as leading right wingers warned it could face...