Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday instructed the Armed Forces to perform their duties with professionalism, neutrality, and inter-institutional coordination to ensure participatory, fear-free and fair national elections. The Chief Adviser gave the instruction at a views exchange meeting with senior officials of the Armed Forces over the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election and Referendum-2026 at the Helmet Auditorium ...

BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam has said the party remains firmly committed to improving healthcare services for the general public and standing beside people during times of crisis. He made the remarks on Monday (26 January) while speaking at a free specialised medical service and medicine distribution programme at the TNT ground in Korail slum, organised on behalf ...

Barcelona capitalised on two defensive mistakes by bottom-of-the-table Real Oviedo to seal a 3-0 victory at a rain-drenched Camp Nou on Sunday, regaining top spot in LaLiga. Goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha, and an acrobatic Lamine Yamal strike powered the Catalans to 52 points, one ahead of Real Madrid, while Atletico Madrid trail in third on 44. Barca struggled to ...

A court here today sent eight officials and employees of Sylhet Medical University to jail in connection with an Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) case over alleged irregularities in appointments. Sylhet Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court Judge Munshi Abdul Majid passed the order after rejecting their bail petitions. The officials who were sent to jail are Procurement Officer Abdul Munim, Section Officers Rinku ...

A total of 86 people have been arrested after protesters supporting a Palestine Action-linked activist on hunger strike breached the grounds of Wormwood Scrubs prison. The group refused to leave when ordered to do so, allegedly blocking prison staff from entering and leaving while threatening police officers, the Metropolitan Police said. The Met said several demonstrators also managed to get ...

The RMT union is set to stage a protest outside Transport for London’s (TfL) board meeting at City Hall as it continues to campaign for cleaners on the network to be brought in-house. The demonstration, to be held on 4 February, follows TfL’s decision to award a new five‑year cleaning contract to the outsourcing company Mitie. TfL says the agreement ...

London has the fastest growing backlog of court cases in England and Wales, with some victims waiting years to get justice. Nearly 19,000 criminal cases are outstanding in the capital, figures given exclusively to the BBC’s Politics London programme by the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) show. The courts backlog in London rose by 24% in the 12 months to September ...

Thousands of people have marched through an East Sussex market town to protest against UK government plans to house asylum seekers on a former military site. Crowds of men, women and children walked to Crowborough from the base, where the Home Office plans to house up to 500 male asylum seekers as part of plans to end the use of ...

Labour must do all it can to avoid a “psychodrama” over Andy Burnham’s possible return to parliament, Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has said. Mahmood is chair of Labour’s national executive committee (NEC), which was due to meet later on Sunday to decide whether Burnham should be allowed to seek selection for the Gorton and Denton byelection, which would involve ...

The price of gold has reached an all-time high in the country, hitting over Tk2.57 lakh per bhori (11.664 grammes). Jewellers have increased the price of the precious yellow metal by Tk1,575 to Tk2,57,191 per bhori due to a hike in the price of pure gold in the local market. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring of the ...