By  Barrister Anis Rahman OBE:   The Referendum in 2016 took place under intense pressure from Eurosceptic, hard line Brexiteers of the Conservative Party. The result was not a landslide victory – 17.4 million voted in favour of Leave (52%) and 16.1 million in favour of Remain (48%) – but a narrow 4% margin in favour of leaving. It is ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The International Organization for Migration, an intergovernmental organisation linked to the United Nations, said the Bangladeshis wished to return home. But relatives and aid groups claimed that when a Bangladeshi envoy visited the boat the migrants were forced to accept their repatriation under the threat of having food, water and medical treatment being taken away. When all ...

Record numbers of 18-year-olds in England have applied for a place at university, figures from Ucas reveal. The admissions service statistics show 236,350 school leavers – 40% in total – had applied by this year’s deadline of 30 June – 3,970 more than in 2018. This comes as a government review recommended cutting tuition fees in England from £9,250 to ...

Former prime minister Sir John Major has told the BBC he would seek a judicial review in the courts if the new prime minister tried to suspend Parliament to deliver a no-deal Brexit. Sir John said such a move would be “utterly and totally unacceptable”. Using a judicial review, anyone can apply to challenge the lawfulness of decisions made by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brexit is causing poorer children to fall further behind in learning foreign languages, says the British Council. Parents in disadvantaged areas are telling teachers languages will be less useful after Brexit, it says. It warns that GCSEs and A-level languages in England are seen as being hard subjects in which to get a good grade. The government said the overall ...

Fatema Miah:   The Rohyngya issue still hasn’t been solved. Rohingyas are suffering on the hand of Myanmar military under  Myanmar government or vise-versa, the Myanmar government is in syncronity with it’s government, there is no doubt. Every possible approach tried from outside to end military insurgency against Rohingya people. Vast majority Rohingya people escaped and took shelter in Bangladesh ...