Thirty-five teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), who had earlier resigned from their posts over ‘misconduct’ of the SUST vice chancellor, revoked the decision yesterday, The decision was taken after a meeting between the protesting teachers and acting vice-chancellor of the university Ilias Uddin on the university campus yesterday morning, said SUST acting proctor Md Emdadul Haque. ...

The London Labour Party has announced that John Biggs has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the re-run mayoral election in Tower Hamlets on 11 June. John Biggs said: “I am delighted to have been confirmed as Labour’s candidate. “Tower Hamlets must now move on from the divisive politics of Lutfur Rahman and his disgraced regime of corruption and mismanagement. ...

Some 35,000 athletes will begin their gruelling 26.2 mile journey at 10.10am on Sunday when the London Marathon mass event gets underway. Charity runners will begin the course at three different start points in Greenwich Park and Blackheath, south London, before the routes converge just before the three-mile mark. The first six miles take place in Greenwich before the route ...

A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing more than 1,100 people, touching off a deadly avalanche on Mount Everest and toppling a 19th-century tower in the capital Kathmandu. There were reports of devastation in outlying, isolated mountainous areas after the midday quake of magnitude 7.9, Nepal’s worst in 81 years, centered 50 miles ...

The first black or Asian prime minister will be a Conservative, David Cameron has said, in a speech on opportunities for ethnic minority Britons. The prime minister told in audience in south London he looked forward to the day, as he outlined plans to increase the number of ethnic minority Tory MPs. Mr Cameron also pledged to boost minority ethnic ...

A man looks at his home which was damaged by a shell which landed from a nearby missile base after the base was struck by a Saudi-led coalition air strike, near Sanaa April 23, 2015. REUTERS A man looks at his home which was damaged by a shell which landed from a nearby missile base after the base was struck ...

Bangladesh has invited Thailand’s biggest energy firm to bid for exploration in the Bay of Bengal, to which the Forbes Global 500 company has responded positively, an official statement in Dhaka said Ambassador to Bangkok Saida Muna Tasneem extended the invite to Thai Energy Minister Narongchai Akrasanee on Thursday Narongchai said PTT Exploration and Production Pcl, as the state oil ...

India and Bangladesh has finalised a draft agreement on coastal shipping to allow river vessels to carry cargo between the two countries. Government sources said that the agreement was finalised during a secretary-level talk held at New Delhi on Friday. The arrangement would allow River Sea Vessels (RSV) to carry cargo between the two neighbouring countries. In terms of berthing ...

After ODIs, Bangladesh went bang, bang before a delirious crowd in Mirpur to break their jinx against Pakistan in the Twenty20 Internationals on Friday. The Tigers toyed with the 2009 World T20 champions on way to a incredible 7-wicket win at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. The timid performance by the likes of ‘Boom Boom’ Shahid Afridi should ...

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has been thrown out of office after being found guilty of corruption and illegal practices during election. The results of his re-election as mayor of the east London borough in 2014 was declared ‘void’ by Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey, who sat as a judge in the special High Court hearing. The Bangladesh-born politician was banned ...