4 July 2016 A law firm is taking action to ensure the formal process for the UK leaving the EU is not started without an act of Parliament. Mishcon de Reya, lawyers acting for a group of business people and academics, said it would be unlawful for a prime minister to trigger Article 50 without a full debate and vote in Parliament. ...

Nigel Farage today dramatically quit as Ukip leader saying he wanted his “life back” following the historic Brexit vote. In a surprise announcement that will spark another leadership contest in British politics he said he could not hope to achieve more than the Brexit vote. Within seconds his move was greeted joyfully by one of his internal rivals Douglas Carswell ...

Twenty hostages were killed in the siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka that police ended by force on Saturday. They were construction consultants from Japan, Italian businesspeople in textiles and three students from American universities. Two of the students were studying at Emory University in Georgia: Faraaz Hossain from Dhaka and Abinta Kabir from Miami, Florida, who was visiting family ...

Theresa May is racing towards victory with six in 10 Conservatives backing her to replace David Cameron, latest polling data has revealed. With levels of support stronger than the combined total of her four rivals, the Home Secretary appears to be on course to take the keys to No 10. Mrs May was backed by 60 per cent of Tory voters, ...

By Fatema Miah All over the world People have completed reciting, and reading Quran over the month of Ramadan. Most have read complete Quran all over from the beginning to the end, and some have repeatedly done the same many times; more than once, twice, three times or more. May Allah accept our recitations, readings efforts and performances, Ameen. Ramadan ...

Mr. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir) has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NRB Bank Limited in its 39th Board meeting held on 27 June 2016. Prior to his new role, he was the Vice Chairman of the Bank. Mr. Rahman a seasoned businessman and well versed in a broad range of trade ventures around the ...

Boris Johnson crashed out of the Tory leadership today after being sensationally “knifed” by key ally Michael Gove. The former Mayor of London abandoned his dream of becoming Prime Minister at 11.53am, seven minutes before the deadline for nominations. After setting out what would have been his manifesto for the Tory leadership, he said: “That is the agenda for the ...

Britain may not leave the EU because no prime minister will want to preside over the break-up of the UK which would follow such a move, according to an expert on the UK constitution. Dr Jo Murkens, an associate professor of law at the London School of Economics, said the EU referendum could be interpreted as a 2-2 draw because ...

Sadiq Khan today held urgent talks with the Government’s Brexit czar about London remaining in the single market. The Mayor met Tory Oliver Letwin, in charge of negotiations with the EU, to discuss keeping the doors open for London-based firms. City Hall insiders said “nothing was off the table” at the Downing Street talks to protect the capital’s status as a financial ...

  By Syed Badrul Ahsan The people of Britain have made their choice over their future in Europe. They have voted, by a margin of 52 per cent to 48, to leave the European Union forty three years after coming into it in 1973. The irony ought not to be missed. Forty three years ago, it was a Conservative Prime ...