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UK, Bangladesh working to boost trade: Sarah Cooke

British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was working with Bangladesh to unlock new trade opportunities, support business-friendly reforms and connect UK buyers with high-quality Bangladeshi products...

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KSA signs deals worth $6.4b to help rebuild Syria

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Thursday signed major investment and partnership deals with Syria, valued at $6.4 billion, to help rebuild the war-ravaged country’s infrastructure, telecommunications and other major sectors...

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Hasina’s close aides try to transfer assets in UK

Several Bangladeshis who are under the Anti-Corruption Commission scrutiny in Bangladesh appear to have either sold, transferred or refinanced property in the United Kingdom since the past year’s mass uprising that toppled the Sheikh Hasina-led authoritarian Awami League regime...

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UK police arrest over 100 Palestine Action supporters

UK police arrested over 100 people in London and other cities for supporting Palestine Action in a third consecutive weekend of protests over the government's decision to ban the activist group using anti-terror laws....

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UK informed of assets of Bashundhara chair’s sons

The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent to the relevant authorities in the United Kingdom information on properties allegedly owned by Bashundhara Group chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan’s two sons — Safiat Sobhan and Sadat Sobhan — over allegations of...

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Ex-high commissioner Saida Muna faces inquiry over Tk 2000cr embezzlement

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday started an inquiry into allegations of embezzling and laundering Tk 2,000 crore against immediate past Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem and her husband Generation Next Fashions Ltd chairman Tauhidul Islam Chaudhury.

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Yunus off to London on four-day official tour

Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus left Dhaka Monday evening for London on a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom aiming to enhance bilateral relations...

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Prof Yunus to visit UK from June 10–13

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Muhammad Yunus will pay a four-day official visit to the United Kingdom from June 10 to 13, as Dhaka and London look to reinvigorate their historic partnership through broader cooperation in trade, investment, governance, and global challenges of mutual concern.

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AIUB secures British Council TNE exploratory grants

American International University-Bangladesh in collaboration with two universities in the United Kingdom has secured two project grants from the British Council under the Transnational Education Exploratory Grant programme...

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UK backs fair, inclusive election in Bangladesh

British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was supportive of the consensus building and reform process to help create a condition for ‘free, fair and inclusive’ elections in Bangladesh...

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British Council concludes Varendra Museum training

The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom’s department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...

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Fleeting Moments depicts symbolism of flowers

The United Kingdom based Bangladeshi artist Zahura Sultana depicted the beauty and symbolism of flowers in her solo art exhibition titled Fleeting Moments at Abinta Gallery of Fine Arts, Badda in the capital.

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Human rights of all must be protected: seminar

The United Kingdom’s human rights ambassador and deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, Eleanor Sanders, at a seminar in Dhaka on Wednesday said that human rights of all must be protected regardless of race, religion or caste...

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Social health insurance scheme

ADVOCACY for initiating a general practitioner-based primary health care system, practised in the United Kingdom and in many former British colonies, looks quite rife in Bangladesh whereas the financing avenue urged for the same is the social health insurance-based model, known also as the Bismarck model, initiated in Germany in 1883. The...

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KSA opens Mecca, Medina to foreign investors

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Monday said foreigners are from now on allowed to invest in Saudi-listed companies that own property in Mecca and Medina, Islam’s two holiest cities...