Anti-racism protesters rally across United Kingdom
Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children.
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Images like dry flower from my notebook
BANGLADESH was created behind my back. Since I was a reporter with the Statesman, I was surprised that I was being kept away from the Bangladesh war where friend Raghu Rai was producing brilliant photographs and Peter Hazelhurst of the Times, London, was well on his way to winning the reporter of the year award in the United Kingdom...
Huge cash recovered from car by students
A car loaded with Tk 88,50,000 and three people, including the driver, were detained by students, who were controlling traffic in Narsingdi in the absence of the police as in other places...
UK, Canada welcome interim government in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom and Canada in separate statements have extended support to Bangladesh鈥檚 newly formed interim government led by Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus...
UK 鈥榦n high alert鈥� for more far-right rallies, Starmer says
The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, warned on Friday that the UK authorities must 鈥榮tay on high alert鈥� in the coming hours and days, amid fears of further far-right riots in English towns and cities.
Bangladesh envoy to UK expresses allegiance to upcoming interim govt
Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem expressed her allegiance in advance with the interim government that would be formed soon...
Hasina meets Ajit Doval, may seek UK asylum: Indian media
Sheikh Hasina, who resigned from her position as Bangladesh prime minister on Monday, met with Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad, approximately 30km from Delhi...
Mugda hospital to be made self-sufficient: minister
Environment, forest and climate change minister and chairman of hospital management committee of Mugda Medical College Hospital, Saber Hossain Chowdhury, said that...
Home ministry鈥檚 probe body visits Narsingdi jail
The six-member investigation committee formed by home ministry鈥檚 security services department visited Narsingdi district jail on Sunday for inspection...
Prison to be renovated soon: div commissioner
The Dhaka divisional commissioner Md Sabirul Islam said on Saturday that the Narsingdi district jail would be renovated soon to make it liveable for inmates...
11 cases filed, 184 arrested over violence in Narsingdi: SP
A total of 11 cases have been filed in connection with the clashes between quota reform protesters and law enforcers, and the looting of weapons from Narsingdi prison, said Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman, Narsingdi superintendent of police, at a press conference at his office on Friday morning...
201 UK academics stand against 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� on protestors
Condemning the 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� by the state against quota reform protesters in Bangladesh, 201 academics, including both Bangladeshis and non-Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom, on Thursday issued a statement, expressing full solidarity with the student movement...
64 prisoners arrested, 10 surrender to court
Inspector general of police Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun on Monday claimed that 64 prisoners were arrested after 826 inmates of the Narsingdi district jail broke free on Friday...
2 more prisoners arrested, 156 surrender
The police on Wednesday arrested two female prisoners who were among 826 inmates of Narsingdi district jail who broke free on Friday, increasing the number of the arrested to 97...
95 more prisoners arrested, 136 surrender to court
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan claimed on Tuesday that law enforcers had arrested 95 prisoners after 826 inmates of Narsingdi district jail broke free on Friday...
Security beefed up at prisons across Bangladesh
The prison authorities on Saturday said that security had been beefed up in jails across Bangladesh after the inmates of the Narsingdi district jail broke free on Friday...
Finance ministry dismisses GDP correction
The finance ministry on Tuesday dismissed the reported apprehension about reduction of gross domestic product and per capita income following correction of the export earnings in the just concluded FY24...
Two workers electrocuted in Narsingdi
Two workers were electrocuted and five more injured while installing new poles for Palli Bidyut at Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Tuesday...
UK to provide 拢30,000 to flood-affected people in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom is providing 拢30,000 or Tk聽4.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to support flood-affected communities in Sylhet, where over three million people have been impacted and 260,000 are displaced...
Saudi Aramco share sale rises to $12.35b
Saudi Aramco netted $12.35 billion, $1 billion more than expected, from a secondary share sale after exercising an over-allotment option, the deal鈥檚 stabilising manager said on Wednesday...
Q3 GDP growth聽6.1pc
The country鈥檚 growth in gross domestic product in the third quarter of the concluding FY24 stood at 6.12 per cent.
Fingerprints of five killed in Narsingdi not found in EC database
Fingerprints of five unidentified people killed allegedly under the wheels of a passenger train in Narsingdi on Monday, were not found in the database of the Bangladesh Election Commission, the police said on Tuesday....
Labour govt drops Rwanda policy for asylum seekers
Three asylum seekers who brought court action to block the UK鈥檚 attempt to send them to Rwanda had their cases resolved on Tuesday, after the incoming Labour government ditched the policy....
6 crushed under trains鈥� wheels in Narsingdi
Six unidentified people were killed allegedly under the wheels of passenger trains in two separate incidents in Narsingdi district on Monday...
BNP congratulates new British PM, Iran鈥檚 president-elect
The BNP has congratulated Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on his party鈥檚 resounding victory in the United Kingdom election and his election as the prime minister of the country....
Keir Starmer: United Kingdom鈥檚 methodical new leader
United Kingdom鈥檚 new prime minister Keir Starmer is an ex-human rights lawyer and public prosecutor who will have to focus his relentless work ethic and methodical mind on fixing the country....
Labour party hopes for historic win as UK voters go to polls
Britain voted on Thursday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of...
Joint task force to protect Bangladeshi job seekers in KSA: Hasan
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud has said a joint task force of Bangladesh and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will be formed aimed at protecting Bangladeshi job seekers from fraud...
Lawmaker Suman files GD over death threat, alleges police inaction
Independent lawmaker for Habiganj-4 Syed Sayedul Haque Suman filed a general diary on Saturday with the Sher-e-Bangla Nagar police station in Dhaka over receiving death threat....
Court able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has said that courts are able enough to catch wrongdoers wherever they hide...