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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to deliver a special address today at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London as part of his ongoing diplomatic visit to the UK. The speech will take place from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (London time) at the Main Hall of Chatham House. The session will be recorded, live-streamed, ...

Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey hasexpressed interest in assisting Bangladesh with political reforms ahead of the upcoming national elections. She made the remark while she was called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus at his hotel in London on Tuesday. “We will be happy to provide the support if Bangladesh requires it, especially the support for constitutional reforms,”Botchwey said. Botchwey ...

A delegation of British parliamentarians from the All Party Parliamentary Group met with Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday in London, engaging in discussions centered on shared priorities and deepening bilateral cooperation. The meeting, held at Professor Yunus’s hotel residence, was attended by key members of the Chief Adviser’s delegation, including Special Envoy Lutfey Siddiqi, National Security Adviser Dr. ...

  The Head of the Interim Government of Bangladesh, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus, arrived at London Heathrow Airport this morning at 7:05 AM, He was welcomed by the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the UK, Abida Islam. “This is a very important visit,” said acting Foreign Secretary Ruhul Alam Siddique, noting that Professor Yunus will meet His Majesty King Charles ...

Senior executives from two leading global corporations met individually with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in London on Tuesday, engaging in discussions on matters of mutual interest. Wouter van Wersch, Executive Vice President of Airbus, and Charles Wyley, Executive Vice President of Menzies Aviation, each held separate meetings with Professor Yunus at his London residence, according to Abul Kalam Azad ...

Arrests for illegal work have surged this past year as police focus on “unscrupulous” employers who exploit undocumented migrants, the government says. Immigration officers arrested more than 6,400 people in the past year in raids at businesses across the UK, data released by the Home Office shows. It said the figure is 51% higher than the previous year. It did ...

The government is struggling to cut the amount of foreign aid it spends on hotel bills for asylum seekers in the UK, the BBC has learnt. New figures released quietly by ministers in recent days show the Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of overseas development assistance (ODA) this financial year – that is only marginally less than the £2.3bn ...

Scottish Labour has taken Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse from the SNP in a closely fought by-election. The party’s Davy Russell won with 8,559 votes, with a majority of 602 over the SNP. The vote followed the death of SNP MSP Christina McKelvie, who had represented the constituency since 2011. Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar said his party had “proven the ...

  Zia Yusuf has resigned as the chairman of Reform UK, saying working to get the party elected was no longer “a good use of my time”. In a post on social media, Yusuf did not expand further on his reasons for stepping down. However, it comes after he said it was “dumb” for the party’s newest MP to call ...

On June 10, Chief Adviser to the Government of Bangladesh and Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus will arrive on a four-day state visit to the United Kingdom at the invitation of the British government. A source said that he will receive the ‘Harmony Award’ from the British King Charles and will meet with the Prime Minister  Keir Starmer MP. Meanwhile, ...