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Cabinet minister Mark Harper denies Tories have a problem with race

A senior cabinet minister has denied the Conservative Party has a problem with race after accepting at least £10m from a donor who is accused of racism. Transport Secretary Mark Harper told the BBC he was in “the most ethnically diverse cabinet there has ever been”. Mr Harper said his party welcomes members “whatever their race”. Donor Frank Hester apologised ...

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Two Bangladeshis honoured at The Diana Award

Bangladesh’s Nafira Nayeem Ahmad and Shamim Ahmed Mridha are two of twenty young people honoured with the Legacy Award for The Diana Award’s 25th Anniversary. On March 14, William, the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, paid tribute to and convened with twenty remarkable young individuals hailing from various parts of the world. This gathering was ...

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UK provides Tk 73.2cr humanitarian support to Rohingyas

The UK is providing an additional £5.2 million (Tk 73.2 crore) of humanitarian support to forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals in Bangladesh. The British High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday said the UK announced this at the launch of the 2024 humanitarian appeal for the Rohingya response in Bangladesh, the Joint Response Plan, in Geneva on Wednesday. Implemented by the World ...

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Inclusion of women in political parties makes democracy more effective: Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said that the inclusion of women in political parties leads the country towards a more effective democracy. She made the remarks while participating in the discussion titled ‘Leveraging Parliamentary Democracy for Political Empowerment of Women: Bangladesh Perspective’, organized by the Bangladesh High Commission at Churchill Hall of the House of ...

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UK to pay failed asylum seekers to move to Rwanda under new scheme

Failed asylum seekers are to be offered up to £3,000 to move to Rwanda under a new voluntary scheme. The plan, first reported by The Times, is understood to be a variation of an existing voluntary returns scheme, where failed asylum seekers receive cash to return to their home country. It will be open to anyone whose asylum claim has been ...

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£117m to protect UK mosques and Muslim schools from hate attacks

More than £117m will be spent to protect mosques, Muslim schools and community centres in the UK from hate attacks over the next four years, the government says. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the investment would give “reassurance and confidence” to British Muslims. It will be spent on measures including CCTV cameras, alarms and fencing. The announcement comes in response ...

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Thousands expected at London protest calling for immediate ceasefire in Gaza

Thousands of protesters are expected to gather again in central London to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the fifth major pro-Palestine demonstration in the capital so far this year. Saturday’s protest comes a day after Dame Sara Khan, a UK government adviser on social cohesion, said attempts to portray protesters on pro-Palestinian marches as extremist were “outrageous” and ...

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UK PM Sunak’s mother-in-law appointed to Indian parliament

The mother-in-law of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was on Friday appointed to serve in India’s parliament, capping a career working for the philanthropic arm of her billionaire husband’s tech firm, reports AFP. Sudha Murthy, 73, is the former chair of the Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the global tech behemoth Infosys her husband N.R. Narayana Murthy co-founded in ...

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We must face down extremists undermining democracy, says Rishi Sunak

The UK must face down extremists trying to “deliberately” undermine the country’s “multi-faith democracy”, Rishi Sunak has warned. The PM said Islamists and the far-right were “two sides of the same extremist coin” who loathed Britain. He also expressed concern about the regular protests taking place in response to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Mr Sunak spoke at a lectern outside No ...

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