Home secretary says government is ‘preparing for all contingencies’ Sajid Javid has refused to rule out the possibility that a no-deal Brexit could cause a sharp rise in crime and widespread protests escalating into weeks of civil disorder, saying it was important that police prepare for any such eventualities. Contingency plans for a no-deal departure drawn up by the National ...

By Raihan Ahmed Topader: General Osmani was born on 1 September 1918 in an affluent and aristocratic family in Dayamir, a village in Sylhet Bangladesh. He passed the Matriculation examination from Sylhet Government Pilot School in 1934 obtaining 1st division mark and was awarded the Pretoria Award for securing the highest marks in English. He attended the prestigious Aligarh Muslim ...

Boris Johnson has attacked Theresa’s May’s Brexit plan, saying she had “wrapped a suicide vest” around the British constitution and “handed the detonator” to Brussels. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, the former foreign secretary said the Chequers deal had opened the UK to “perpetual political blackmail”.   Mr Johnson quit his post in July after the plan was agreed ...

Up to five bodies have been found in a house in suburb of Perth, according to police in Western Australia. The dead include women and children. Assistant commissioner Paul Steele said the incident was “tragic” but that there were no ongoing safety concerns.   He said officers made the discovery on Coode Street in Bedford after a man attended a ...

Apple is set to unveil new iPhones, aiming to gain fresh momentum in the premium segment of a global smartphone market showing signs of fatigue.   In its usual secretive style, Apple has remained mum about revelations planned for Wednesday’s event at its spaceship campus in Silicon Valley, but the timing fits its pattern of annually introducing new iPhone models.  ...

An Afghan official says insurgents have attacked a checkpoint in the western Herat province, killing at least nine Afghan security forces and wounding another six. Gelani Farhad, the provincial governor’s spokesman, says the attack late Saturday ignited a gunbattle in which around 10 insurgents were killed and five wounded. He says the attack was likely carried out by the Taliban, ...

Beijing, Sep 9 : China’s trade surplus with the United States widened to a record $31 billion in August as exports surged despite American tariff hikes, potentially adding fuel to President Donald Trump’s battle with Beijing over industrial policy. Exports to the United States rose 13.4 percent to $44.4 billion, ticking up from July’s 13.3 percent growth, according to customs ...

The death toll from a powerful quake that triggered landslides in northern Japan rose to 35 Saturday, as tens of thousands of rescue workers raked through the mud for survivors. The majority of the dead are from the small rural town of Atsuma, where a cluster of dwellings were wrecked when a hillside collapsed from the force of the 6.6-magnitude ...

    Housing cabinet members from 19 London boroughs have joined forces to call for an end to letting fees and extortionate deposits that private renters are currently forced to pay. Councillor Sirajul Islam signed the letter on behalf of Tower Hamlets Council. The councillors have echoed the Mayor of London’s calls for the Government to strengthen the Tenant Fees ...

The shadow chancellor said Chuka Umunna’s demand that the Labour leader ‘call off the dogs’ was ‘unacceptable’ The shadow chancellor has dismissed suggestions of a purge of Labour critics and said Chuka Umunna’s call for Jeremy Corbyn to “call off the dogs” was offensive. John McDonnell claimed Chuka Umunna was “inventing stories” after the senior MP claimed moderates were being ...