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The rate of price rises will remain higher for longer, the Bank of England has warned, as it raised interest rates to their highest in almost 15 years. Interest rates were increased to 4.5% from 4.25% – the 12th rise in a row on Thursday. Bank boss Andrew Bailey said high food costs meant it was taking longer for inflation ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the Awami League (AL) government, like the UK, also wants free and fair elections in Bangladesh. She said this when the UK Foreign Minister James Cleverly along with his wife Susannah Sparks called on her on Saturday. “We also want fair elections. My party always maintains democracy in the country. We have given the country’s ...

The Archbishop of Canterbury crowned King Charles in a lavish coronation ceremony in London on Saturday, placing the 360-year-old St Edward’s Crown on the monarch’s head as he sat upon a 14th century throne in Westminster Abbey, report Reuters, AP, AFP. Charles, who succeeded his mother when she died last September, was earlier presented with an array of historical regalia ...

UK police drew condemnation after arresting leading members of the anti-monarchy group Republic as they prepared to protest along the route of a procession for the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. Officers from London’s Metropolitan Police force detained six organisers from the pressure group and seized hundreds of their placards, Republic said, just hours before Charles’s crowning. Republic ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday attended the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London. The ceremony, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, sees His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside the Queen Consort, BSS reports. Sheikh Hasina earlier on May 5 attended King Charles III’s reception for heads of state and government or overseas representatives in ...

A Joint Communique has been signed between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom to establish ‘Aviation Partnership’ for the overall development of Bangladesh’s aviation sector. After signing the Joint Communique, through a delightful tweet, UK Investment Minister Lord Dominic Johnson expressed UK’s commitment in strengthening Bangladesh’s aviation sector and commented that Bangladesh’s aviation industry will be strengthened through an effective Aviation ...

King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s richest men, but he’s similar to many of his subjects in one very basic way: His family life is complicated — very complicated. There’s a second wife, an embarrassing brother, and an angry son and daughter-in-law, all with allies who aren’t shy about ...

Foreign royals, world leaders and other overseas dignitaries have gathered at Buckingham Palace tonight for a glittering reception hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla the night before his historic Coronation at Westminster Abbey. Some 100 heads of state will be in London for the ceremony tomorrow, with international representatives from 203 countries due to attend. Among the global ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today exchanged pleasantries with the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, a biennial summit of governmental leaders from all Commonwealth nations, here this afternoon. On her arrival at the Commonwealth Secretariat, Sheikh Hasina was received by Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland. The summit was ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event in London. The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall. At the event, Sheikh Hasina had Interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth at the Delegate’s Lounge. She will join the Commonwealth joint family ...