Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized smuggled goods worth Taka 1.43 crore during separate drives from different areas in Sylhet border, said a press release of Sylhet BGB-48 Battalion this morning. A man was also arrested in this connection. The BGB conducted the drives on Friday and Saturday at Sonarhat, Utma, Sreepur, Sangram, Bichnakandi, Banglabazar, Sonalichela borders areas, the release ...

Andy Burnham has warned against “underestimating the peril the party is in” at a fringe meeting at the Labour party conference. The mayor of Greater Manchester continued his criticism of Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership at events at the Liverpool conference, telling audiences he would not shy away from debate on Labour’s future. Despite a backlash from MPs, Burnham said Labour ...

Sir Keir Starmer has labelled Reform UK’s policy of scrapping indefinite leave to remain as “racist” and “immoral”. The policy, which could effectively lead to hundreds of thousands of people who are here legally being deported from the UK, was announced by party leader Nigel Farage last week. Sir Keir added he did not think Reform UK supporters were racist ...

Jaguar Land Rover has said it will resume some production in the “coming days” after a cyber-attack forced the carmaker to suspend operations. Work at its three UK facilities in the West Midlands and Merseyside were halted on 1 September after a cyber-attack the night before. The BBC understands manufacturing will resume first at the engine facility in Wolverhampton on ...

The doctors union, the British Medical Association (BMA), has warned that potentially serious health problems could be missed by GPs, and lead to patients being harmed, when a new online booking system is launched across England on Wednesday. But Health Secretary Wes Streeting says ministers are putting the interests of patients first and had already agreed clear safeguards with the ...

Halifax Panthers completed rugby league’s Wheelchair treble by beating London Roosters in the Super League Grand Final to finish the season undefeated. The Panthers, who had already won the Challenge Cup by beating Roosters, and pipped them into second place on points difference to take the League Leaders’ Shield, had pacy pair Rob Hawkins and Jack Brown in top form ...

Artificial Intelligence may be the key to transforming the workplace – but how could it affect you? If your job involves repetitive or automated tasks the impact could be significant. Research has suggested nearly a million jobs in London could be changed by AI, affecting more than 200,000 telemarketers, 150,000 bookkeepers and more than 95,000 data entry specialists. The research ...

Two areas in London have been shortlisted for the construction of new towns under the housing secretary’s plan to “get Britain building again”. Crews Hill in Enfield and Thamesmead in Greenwich have been put forward for development, and construction of the Enfield town could begin before the next general election. Enfield Council leader Ergin Erbil said the 21,000-home development would ...

Former Appellate Division Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik has been shown arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over allegations of accumulating and concealing wealth beyond known sources of income. The case, filed on September 11 by ACC Deputy Assistant Director Papon Kumar Shah, alleges that Manik acquired assets worth BDT 5.39 crore through misuse of his ...

Imran Khan, a prominent American investor of Bangladeshi origin, called on Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Saturday. He expressed his interest in investing in Bangladesh. Khan, 48, came to the U.S. at the age of 18 to study and earned fame as an investment banker focusing on tech companies. Professor Yunus invited him to invest in the country’s burgeoning ...