London, Jul 9 : Prime Minister Theresa May backed Britain’s ambassador to the United States on Tuesday after President Donald Trump cut off contact with him following the leak of diplomatic cables that branded the U.S. administration as “inept.” May stood by Kim Darroch amid the controversy over the release of the documents published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper. ...

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal attack” on its website.The ICO said it was the biggest ...

Photo: In this Friday, Oct. 20, 2017 photo, British Ambassador Kim Darroch hosts a National Economists Club event at the British Embassy in Washington. London, July 8 : Britain’s ambassador to the United States described the Trump administration as “diplomatically clumsy and inept” and said he doubted it would become “substantially more normal,” according to a leaked diplomatic cable published ...

Dhaka, July 7 : Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Md Jahurul Haque on Sunday said there is no scope of arbitration with Grameenphone and Robi as per the existing law over realising dues from them. “The path of dialogue is open but the mobile phone operators must pay the dues. They can sit with us anytime they want. However, ...

London, July 7 : Boris Johnson, the front-runner to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s prime minister, has said he would require immigrants to Britain to learn English, echoing remarks made by Nigel Farage, the former leader of the populist UK Independence Party. “I want everybody who comes here and makes their lives here to be and to feel British, that ...

Facebook say glitches affecting its platforms have now been resolved. Users across the world had been unable to upload or view photos, videos and other files. The problems had affected its Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp apps.”The issue has… been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone,” it tweeted. It added that an unspecified issue had been accidentally ...

London, Jul 4 : Vodafone has become the second UK mobile operator to turn on its 5G network, offering faster speeds and the opportunity for new services, reports the BBC. The network is going live in seven UK cities, including Cardiff, London, Manchester and Glasgow. Making a success of the service could be crucial to the firm which has seen ...

Photo: In this May 2, 2019, file photo Mark Carney the Governor of the Bank of England speaks during an Inflation Report Press Conference at the Bank of England in the City of London. London, Jul 3 : The British economy appears to be showing signs of falling into recession as uncertainty over Brexit combines with a less benign global ...

London, Jul 1 : Transport companies are being asked to bid to provide extra freight capacity to be used in the event of a no-deal Brexit on 31 October reports BBC. The hurried ferry procurement process as the UK prepared to leave the EU on 29 March cost taxpayers more than £85m. That included £34m in a settlement and legal ...

Dhaka, Jun 30 : Telecoms giant Nokia has disowned the comments one of its senior executives made about rival Huawei, reports the BBC. Nokia’s chief technology officer Marcus Weldon told the BBC that the UK should be wary of using the Chinese hardware. He said Huawei’s telecoms kit had vulnerabilities that meant it posed a risk to 5G networks. In ...