Conservative spending plans will mean £70 billion of cuts to public spending if the Tories win the election – more than double the amount admitted to by David Cameron and George Osborne – an analysis by Labour exposes today.  In a major speech in central London, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said that the unprecedented and extreme scale of these ...

Prime Minister David Cameron today announced 49 new free schools for communities across the country, strengthening the Government’s mission to give all parents the choice and security of a good local school. The move brings the total number of free school places created since 2010 to almost a quarter of a million, making this policy the most successful new schools ...

“I think the toughest job on earth today would be the minister of transport for India and if I had a life again that is the job I would want, that or captaining the England cricket team,” Archer told the audience here on his 11th visit to India. “If I hadn’t been prime minister, I would have been the minister ...

The historic 7th March, a Red-letter day in the history of the Bangalees’ long arduous freedom struggle, was observed in the Sylhet district like elsewhere in the country on Saturday in a befitting manner amid much enthusiasm. On this day in 1971, great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his epoch-making speech of independence at the Race Course Maidan, now ...

Nizam Uddin Saleh :: The ongoing blockade and general strikes of the BNP have largely hampered studies at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet. No classes and examinations have been held at the university for quite a long time, which have subjected the students to a long session jam. The length of the session jam at some departments ...

Police have raided the Sylhet home of Shafiur Rahman Farabi, prime suspect of writer-blogger Avijit Roy’s murder. No one was at home during the search at the city’s Munshiparha on Sunday morning. Farabi’s mother and sister have been living there for one year. The apartment was locked from the outside, said Sylhet Metropolitan police’s Additional Deputy Commissioner Md Rahmat Ullah. ...

“Defying the Laws of Gravity”, a photography exhibition of by seven Bangladeshi photographers opened on March 5 at one of London’s leading multicultural arts venues, Rick Mix. This exhibition is a part of celebration of the 44th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, says a press release. Chairman of global photo agency Majority World and Managing Director of Drik, Shahidul Alam introduced ...

Lucky Enam is powerful figure of Bangladeshi theatre. In a career spanning over four decades, she has enriched the stage with their artistic talents and expertise. The actor-director spoke with this correspondent on International Women’s Day. Excerpts: What is your take on International Women’s Day? Lucky Enam: Women have been struggling for ages to establish their equal rights in the society. ...

Arno Kamolika is an expatriate Bangladeshi classical dancer (based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) who has taken Bharatnatyam as her forte. An alumnus of BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), she further studied History of Art and Architecture at University of British Columbia and worked there as a Research Assistant. In a recent interview with The Daily Star, Arno ...

David Cameron has called on Labour’s Ed Miliband to rule out a post-election deal between Labour and the SNP in the event of a hung Parliament. The PM said such a pact would be the “worst outcome” of May’s election. “You cannot let the people who want to break up our country into the government of our country,” he said. ...