It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person — and millions of Americans will get a ringside seat. The Democratic vice president and Republican former president will face off in Philadelphia on Tuesday in their first — and possibly only — televised debate before what promises to be a nail-bitingly close 2024 election. The ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) has officially lifted all restrictions on cash withdrawals from banks, citing improvements in the law and order situation. The announcement, made by BB Executive Director and Spokesperson Md Mezbaul Haque, indicates that from Sunday, customers can withdraw any amount of money without limitation. This decision comes a month after the central bank imposed restrictions in response to ...

Aryna Sabalenka dedicated her US Open title to her family who “never gave up on my dream” after a third Grand Slam title was achieved in a year of personal torment. World number two Sabalenka defeated Jessica Pegula 7-5, 7-5 to add a maiden New York crown to her back-to-back Australian Open titles. This year’s US Open was the first ...

The government has faced criticism over this week’s approval of plans to pump treated wastewater into the River Thames in south-west London. The Teddington Direct River Abstraction (DRA) would see treated sewage pumped into the river above Teddington Lock through an underground pipeline from Mogden Sewage Treatment Works. Twickenham MP Munira Wilson said the Thames Water scheme could damage the ...

The government is set to introduce a bill in the Commons next week which will ban landlords from evicting tenants without a reason. Ministers are expected to bring the Renters’ Rights Bill for its first reading. The draft law, which will apply in England, will also give tenants the right to request a pet. A ban on no-fault evictions has ...

Britain’s health regulator said on Wednesday that the available data does not establish a link between a popular class of diabetes and obesity drugs, including Novo Nordisk’s NOVOb.CO Wegovy, and suicidal thoughts. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) began a review of safety data for the class of drugs, known as GLP-1 receptor agonists, more than a year ...

Legendary former Liverpool captain Ron Yeats, described by Bill Shankly as a “colossus”, has died at the age of 86. The ex-Scotland defender was part of the Liverpool side that won the Second Division title under manager Shankly in 1962. Yeats went on to win two top-flight titles, the FA Cup and the Charity Shield three times, helping establish Liverpool ...

A number of farmers have achieved massive success in cultivating bean in the summertime in different places of the division. Although bean is known as a winter vegetable, two varieties of the vegetable released by Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU) have showed huge success in its farming during summer, said Professor Md Shahidul Islam of SAU horticulture department. He also said ...

Hundreds of job seekers staged demonstration blocking Shahbagh intersection in Dhaka on Saturday to press home their demand for extending the age limit up to 35 years for government jobs. The protesters carried a banner urging the chief adviser’s attention to their demands. They said that the current age limit for civil service applications is 30. They have been carrying ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday visited critically injured persons of the student-mass upsurge at the National Institute of Neurosciences and Hospital as he inquired about their health. “He (Professor Dr Yunus) saw the conditions of four students who were being treated in the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital,” its director Professor Dr Quazi Deen Mohammad told the ...