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...
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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...
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....
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.
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...
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...
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.....
Shell sees heavy writedowns in Q2
British oil giant Shell said Friday that it plans writedowns of up to $2 billion for its second quarter due to a shelved biofuels project in the Netherlands...
Former prime minister Liz Truss loses seat at UK election
Former UK prime minister Liz Truss, in power for 49 chaotic days in 2022, sensationally lost her seat at the British general election on Friday as the Conservatives suffered a landslide defeat....
Sunak, Starmer clash in final TV debate before election
The two men bidding to be British prime minister faced off late on Wednesday in a bad-tempered, last head-to-head TV debate before the country鈥檚 general election...
British-Israeli soldiers in war-crimes zone
BRITISH nationals are serving in some of Israel鈥檚 鈥榗raziest鈥� combat units in Gaza where they view Palestinian fighters as 鈥榬ats鈥� and 鈥榓nimals鈥�...
UK minister compares election betting scandal to Partygate
A senior British minister compared the latest scandal involving Tory candidates accused of betting on the election date to Partygate, a series of...
British Council conducts 5,400 Foundation English Tests
The British Council has organised a certificate and award-giving ceremony to acknowledge the successful delivery of 5,400 Foundation English Tests to the...
Sunak apologises for skipping main D-Day event
British prime minister Rishi Sunak apologised on Friday for leaving the D-Day commemorations in France early to give a domestic television interview, the...
UK parliament dissolves ahead of general election
The British parliament dissolved on Thursday ahead of a July 4 general election, which looks set to bring Labour to power after 14 years of Conservative rule....
AstraZeneca to build $1.5b cancer drug facility in S鈥檖ore
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that it planned to build a $1.5 billion plant in Singapore to manufacture next-generation drugs to treat cancer.....
British royal photography goes on display in London
A new exhibition opened on Friday tracing a century of British royal portrait photography, from the official coronation image of King Charles III to an...
UK offers $50m loan for SME, women businesses
British International Investment, the UK鈥檚 development finance institution and impact investor, has announced a loan commitment of $50 million to BRAC Bank, a leading SME bank in Bangladesh, to support small businesses and women entrepreneurs...
Isle of Man lawmakers vote on legalising assisted dying
Lawmakers on the Isle of Man vote on Tuesday whether to allow terminally ill people to end their lives, potentially making it the first place in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying.
UK girl鈥檚 hearing restored after groundbreaking gene therapy
An 18-month old British girl who was born completely deaf is believed to be the youngest person to have their hearing restored after undergoing groundbreaking new gene therapy...
Israel鈥檚 brutality draws on British rule
ISRAEL鈥橲 present use of collective punishment against Palestinians owes much of its origins to British rule in Palestine...
Bangladesh wants preferential trade benefits to British market until 2032
Bangladesh has sought preferential and duty-free quota-free market access for Bangladeshi exportable, including apparels, into the British market until 2032 to support sustainable transition.....
British actor Bernard Hill known for roles in Lord of the Rings, Titanic dies
British actor Bernard Hill, best known for his supporting roles in 鈥楾itanic鈥� and 鈥楾he Lord Of The Rings鈥� trilogy, died on Sunday aged 79, his agent announced.
Monisha Abraham to join BAT Bangladesh as managing director in July
Monisha Abraham will replace Shehzad Munim as the managing director of British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh, effective from July 1, 2024, said an official announcement on Saturday.
BNP leaders, British HC hold meeting
A team of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday held a meeting with...
Salman Rushdie to release 鈥楰nife鈥� memoir
British-American author Salman Rushdie releases his memoir 鈥楰nife鈥� on Tuesday, recounting聽the harrowing experience of being stabbed at a public event in 2022 and how he overcame the near-fatal ordeal....
