Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman has said the interim government’s foremost responsibility is to establish a democratic and accountable administration through elections, not to serve the interest of any particular political party. He made the remark while speaking virtually at a Hindu Representatives’ Conference organized by the Matua Bahujan Samaj Oikya Jote at Krishibid Institute in Dhaka ...

The Home Secretary is set to announce a major shake-up of the immigration and asylum system later this month, the BBC has learned. Shabana Mahmood will model some of her new measures on the Danish system – seen as one of the toughest in Europe. It is understood officials have been looking at Denmark’s tighter rules on family reunion and ...

Jeremy Corbyn’s new left-wing party is in a stand-off over £800,000 held by Zarah Sultana, who is meant to be founding the party with him. The funds are from the initial wave of donations when the movement, currently operating under the name Your Party, was announced in July. While Your Party was being formally registered, the money was collected by ...

For the first time in its nearly 700-year history, the Lord Mayor’s Show this year became the Lady Mayor’s Show. Dame Susan Langley DBE is not the City of London’s first female lord mayor – she’s the third in 697 years – but she is the first to take the lady mayor title. The show is a procession from the ...

London’s historic Highgate Cemetery is set for an £18m regeneration after the local authority approved plans to improve the site. Camden Council has approved plans to overhaul the north London site as part of a 25-year “revitalisation” project to combat the effects of climate change and general decay, restore existing structures and construct new buildings. One of capital’s “magnificent seven” ...

A residential school described as a lifeline for autistic children will close next month after a south London council agreed it could no longer keep it open. Bradstow School, in Kent, will shut on 31 December after the Wandsworth Council’s cabinet approved its closure, following what officers described as the “only option” left amid ongoing financial challenges. The council had ...

Assistant teachers of government primary schools faced police obstruction during their march from Central Shaheed Minar toward Shahbagh on Saturday afternoon. Law enforcement deployed water cannons, tear gas, and sound grenades around 3:30 PM, leaving several teachers injured and dispersing the procession. The protest was part of a larger movement that began at 9:00 AM, with thousands of teachers gathering ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has urged political parties not to take to the streets repeatedly over demands for a referendum, saying the current constitution does not provide for one. Speaking at a dialogue on “Janatar Ishtehar” at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka on Saturday (November 8), he said, “The interim government was formed under the current constitution ...

Attorney General Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday called on political parties to commit to formulating a robust anti-discrimination law, stressing that voters would withhold support unless such a pledge is made. “Political parties will not get our votes unless they make a commitment to formulate this act. We need a strong act, as a vague law cannot provide any remedy. We ...

Tea production in Sylhet region is apprehended to suffer a massive shortfall this year due to drought-induced foul weather and high prices of fertilisers. Industry insiders anticipate the fall in tea yield while there’s no chance to achieve the year’s target as the main season of production has already been over. The year’s tea production target of 102 million kilograms ...