on behalf of the United Kingdom and our co-host, the Government of Canada, I’m delighted to welcome you to this conference. Just two months ago on 16th May, a 28-year-old Mexican reporter called Francisco Romero Diaz got a call before dawn about an incident at a local nightclub in Playa del Carmen. Romero specialised in exposing organised crime. He responded ...

The UK economy probably shrank for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter, according to Bloomberg’s latest survey of economists. The prediction for a 0.1% contraction marks a downgrade from June, when economists only predicted stagnation. The survey came as retail industry reported another drop in sales and said “the picture is bleak.”Second Quarter Slowdown Economists predict the ...

Jeremy Corbyn has challenged the next Tory leader to hold another referendum before taking Britain out of the EU, saying Labour will campaign for Remain. Mr Corbyn says the party will take this position to stop “no deal or a damaging Tory Brexit”. But he does not say what he would do if he won a general election and was ...

London, Jul 9 : Prime Minister Theresa May backed Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of diplomatic cables that branded the U.S. administration as “inept.” May stood by Kim Darroch amid the controversy over the release of the documents published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. ...

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website.The ICO said it was the biggest ...

Photo: In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. London, July 8 : Britain’s ambassador to the United States described the Trump administration as “diplomatically clumsy and inept” and said he doubted it would become “substantially more normal,” according to a leaked diplomatic cable published ...

Dhaka, July 7 : Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md Jahurul Haque on Sunday said there is no scope of arbitration with Grameenphone and Robi as per the existing law over realising dues from them. “The path of dialogue is open but the mobile phone operators must pay the dues. They can sit with us anytime they want. However, ...

London, July 7 : Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister, has said he would require immigrants to Britain to learn English, echoing remarks made by Nigel Farage, the former leader of the populist UK Independence Party. “I want everybody who comes here and makes their lives here to be and to feel British, that ...

Some Conservative members have been issued with more than one ballot paper to vote for the next party leader and prime minister, the BBC has learned. One party insider estimated that more than a thousand voters could be affected. Members are warned that voting twice will mean they are expelled, the Conservatives said. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson will unveil his crime ...

By Shofi Ahmed: Snapping up the top flight demands to fork out a big buck. Give more to get more when that’s the norm Shakib Al Hassan, the Bangladeshi cricket ace is big indeed. He is on top of the tree the top all-rounder in the world. And the dowry he has to give for this is nothing less than ...