A new political coalition National Democratic Front (NDF) has been formed, which includes the Jatiya Party faction led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and as well as Anwar Hossain Manju’s Jatiya party-JP. The alliance was declared by Anisul at a press briefing on Monday.Media Monitoring Service Anisul has been selected as NDF president, while the chief coordinator is Janata Party Bangladesh ...

The medical board treating BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia is hopeful that she may recover in Bangladesh with proper treatment, even without being taken abroad. A doctor from the board, wishing anonymity, said on Sunday night that her condition has slightly improved, reports UNB. “Madam is better than before. We are trying our best to treat her here. We believe ...

A three-year-old girl is among those who were treated by ambulance crews after a group of men used pepper spray on a woman they had robbed of her suitcase at Heathrow Airport. Officers were called at 8.11am on Sunday to reports that multiple people had been assaulted by a group of men at the multi-storey car park at Terminal 3. ...

The actor Sydney Sweeney has said she should have addressed the controversy surrounding her American Eagle jeans advert, which was accused by critics of flirting with eugenics, saying not doing so “widened the divide” between people. Sweeney, who made her name in HBO’s Euphoria and has since become a leading Hollywood star, told People magazine she regretted staying silent during ...

Young unemployed people will be offered training or job opportunities in construction, care and hospitality as part of a UK government scheme, but could have their benefits cut if they do not take up offers. Pat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, announced on Sunday that 350,000 new training or workplace opportunities would be offered to young people on universal ...

The formerly Conservative-supporting boss of the supermarket Iceland is to be made a Labour peer when the party appoints another 25 representatives to parliament’s upper house later this month. Keir Starmer will appoint Richard Walker to the House of Lords, the Guardian understands, the culmination of an unusual and rapid political transformation for someone named as a prospective Tory MP ...

One in seven people in England who need hospital care are not receiving it because their GP referral is lost, rejected or delayed, the NHS’s patient watchdog has found. Three-quarters (75%) of those trapped in this “referrals black hole” suffer harm to their physical or mental health as a result of not being added to the waiting list for tests ...

Zarah Sultana, who co-founded Your Party with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn over the summer, said “there has to be conversations around electoral alliances” as she suggested this could help stop Nigel Farage, the Reform UK party leader, from becoming prime minister at the next general election. Young people on benefits will be offered job opportunities in construction and hospitality ...

After discussions with the government, traders have decided to raise the prices of edible oils in the domestic market, following the cancellation of an earlier plan to increase soybean oil by Tk 9 per litre. According to a media release issued on Sunday by Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association, the price hike will take effect from Monday. ...

Australia delivered another commanding performance to defeat England by eight wickets in the day-night second Ashes Test in Brisbane, surging to a formidable 2–0 lead in the five-match series. Australia wrapped up the second Test with ruthless efficiency on Sunday, chasing down a modest target of 65 in just 10 overs. Captain Steve Smith sealed the victory in style, launching ...