Rayhan Ahmed Topader: Most of us have not directly experienced in our lifetimes the impact of full-scale war; but our official policies are still helping to support large-scale slaughter and long-term misery elsewhere in the world. Think of Yemen, where up to 14 million people are on the edge of famine as a result of a war that continues ...
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Bangladesh Caterers Association organised a press conference on 13th of June at LBPC office in East London.
BCA Says Its Campaign With The Migration Advisory Committee Has Been Recognised Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) welcomes the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) call for an end to restrictions preventing those offering a take-away service from employing chefs outside the EU. BCA is a not-for-profit organization, representing over 12,000 British Bangladeshi restaurants and takeaways in the UK since 1960. It ...
Read More »Asian shares mixed over concerns about oil tankers, trade
Photo : In this June 6, 2019, file photo specialist John Parisi, left, works with traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, June 13. Tokyo, June 14 : Asian shares were mixed Friday as investors weighed a variety of factors, including suspected attacks on two oil ...
Read More »Tory leadership contest: Boris Johnson tops first ballot
Boris Johnson has secured the highest number of votes in the first ballot to select the Conservative party leader and next prime minister. Three contenders – Mark Harper, Andrea Leadsom and Esther McVey – have been knocked out, in the secret ballot held in the House of Commons. Mr Johnson received 114 votes, Jeremy Hunt was second with 43, and ...
Read More »Influence of British Empire on Islamic law
Fatema Miah: I am told to move off the Islam topic, to avoid writing about Islamic in fear of it might stirs up negative reactions in individuals specially the Muslims and there are all different conmunities of Muslims with own perception through their own preferred schooling (sect). Specially Alim society they have ascertained of right of acclimation and authority. ...
Read More »UK home secretary puzzled by exclusion from Trump banquet
Photo : Conservative leadership contender and Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid delivers a speech to launch his campaign to become the next Conservative prime minister, in London, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. London, June 13 : Britain’s interior minister said Thursday that he is puzzled about why he wasn’t invited to last week’s state banquet for U.S. President Donald Trump at ...
Read More »Scottish leader: Brexit signals need to chart future path
Photo: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during an event in Brussels Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Brussels, Jun 13 : Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says Brexit and the “horror show” of the British government leadership contest are signs that Scotland needs to chart a different future path, probably outside the United Kingdom. Sturgeon said Tuesday that “increasingly, Scotland and ...
Read More »Earthquake tests new wireless network in far-flung Alaska
Photo: A wireless hotspot device on a police patrol car laptop in Anchorage, Alaska. Anchorage, Jun 13 : The police chief of Alaska’s largest city hurried out of the department’s glass building after the ground began to shake. Phone lines jammed and even police radios were spotty after a major earthquake, but his cellphone was recently equipped with a national ...
Read More »Theresa May to stay as Conservative MP after quitting No 10
Theresa May has said she will remain in Parliament as MP for Maidenhead after stepping down as prime minister. Mrs May told the Commons she would sit on the backbenches after she leaves office at the end of July. Her predecessor, David Cameron, stood down as an MP within months of leaving No 10, while Tony Blair triggered a by-election ...
Read More »Brexit: Boris Johnson says he is ‘not aiming for no deal’
Boris Johnson has sai he is “not aiming for a no-deal outcome” for Brexit at the launch of his campaign for the Tory leadership. But he said the threat of no deal was a “vital” negotiation tool and the UK “must do better” than the current deal. At his campaign launch, Home Secretary Sajid Javid said Mr Johnson was “yesterday’s ...
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