Ad-din Medical College Hospital, already under investigation following the deaths of six newborns last week, had not renewed its fire safety licence since 2023 and was operating without an approved fire safety plan, according to Fire Service and Civil Defence officials. The 700-bed private hospital had been instructed in January to submit a fire safety plan and comply with safety ...

This was an interesting and varied test, with a range of burgers from classic, 1960s-style bean patties to ultra-processed meat analogues. Even though the latter have become far more convincing of late, I find it hard to trust the more processed examples, because they’re made with a blend of dozens of ingredients and synthetic additives designed to deceive the palate, ...

Two 24-hour Tube strikes are due to go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday after an agreement could not be reached over the voluntary introduction of a four-day week with condensed hours. Drivers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are due to walk out over Transport for London’s (TfL) “continued refusal to engage meaningfully with the union’s concerns over ...

The second tranche of documents relating to Lord Mandelson’s appointment as the UK’s ambassador to the US will be published on Monday, three sources involved in the process have told the BBC. While Number 10 has refused to confirm the publication date, a government spokesperson said the latest batch “will be among the largest publications ever laid in Parliament”. Lord ...

The UK will not have to pay Rwanda millions of pounds over the collapsed asylum agreement that was cancelled by Keir Starmer shortly after he took office, an international court has ruled. The Rwandan government had sought to sue the UK for more than £100m, saying it had breached the terms of the deal. Signed by the previous Conservative government, ...

Nvidia has announced a new chip for PCs as it moves into the consumer market for devices integrated with AI technology. “This reinvention of the computer is as big of a deal as the reinvention of the phone into what we now know as the smartphone,” Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang said as he unveiled the RTX Spark chip. Huang ...

Plans for a single patient record for the NHS in England will be debated for the first time by MPs on Monday. The aim is to combine GP, hospital and social care data so patients don’t have to keep repeating their medical history unnecessarily at appointments. A&E clinicians, who often cannot access GP patient records, will be able to quickly ...

Bangladesh women’s cricket team captain Nigar Sultana Joty expressed excitement at the opportunity to lead out her country in yet another global International Cricket Council (ICC) event. Ahead of the upcoming all-important ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in England and Wales, the Bangladesh skipper also mentioned that it is an absolute privilege for her captaining the Tigresses for the third ...

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Anindya Islam Amit has said that the government increased fuel prices to align domestic rates with the international market. Speaking to reporters on Monday afternoon, the state minister said the government had no alternative but to take the unpopular decision. He also noted that the fuel price adjustment would have no impact ...

Veteran politician and Awami League advisory council member Tofail Ahmed passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. He was 82. Tofail, one of the organisers of the 1969 Mass Uprising and the Great Liberation War, breathed his last while undergoing treatment at Square Hospital around 3:30pm, family sources confirmed. He is survived by his daughter and numerous ...