UK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations, according to government figures. EDF, owned by the French government, will be entitled to £1bn in annual payments as soon as Hinkley Point C, in Somerset, comes on to the grid in 2030. The sum is due under ...

Fascia, the connective tissue that holds together the body’s internal structure, really hasn’t spent all that long in the limelight. Anatomists have known about its existence since before the Hippocratic oath was a thing, but until the 1980s it was routinely tossed in the bin during human dissections, regarded as little more than the wrapping that gets in the way ...

It’s the coat most associated with a beloved children’s character, so it makes sense that the duffel is a familiar sight in playgrounds across the country. But this year it is also – once again – quietly enjoying a moment on grownups. In the Christmas advert for Waitrose, comedian Joe Wilkinson wears a duffel coat while in the supermarket with ...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House, reports reuters. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators say was carried out by an ...

Balia Government Primary School in Paikurati Union, Dharmapasha Upazila, Sunamganj, has become a stark example of how mismanagement, political influence, and systemic malpractice are compromising education. With only 21 students enrolled, the school operates more like a bureaucratic formality than a place of learning. Despite government orders to remain open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, classes often start late, ...

Dushmantha Chameera produced a sensational spell of fast bowling, taking 4 for 20, to guide Sri Lanka into the final of the T20 tri-series with a tense six-run win over Pakistan on Thursday. Defending 184, Sri Lanka held Pakistan to 178 for 7, despite captain Salman Ali Agha’s career-best unbeaten 63. Pakistan had already secured a spot in Saturday’s final ...

Portugal captured its first FIFA Under-17 World Cup title on Thursday, edging Austria 1–0 in the final of the expanded 48-team competition, where European sides swept the top three places. Benfica striker Anísio Cabral struck the decisive goal in the 32nd minute, timing his run perfectly to meet a low cross at the far post and tap into an empty ...

Iran is to boycott next week’s World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas to several members of the delegation, the Iranian football federation announced on Friday. “We have informed FIFA that the decisions taken have nothing to do with sports and the members of the Iranian delegation will not participate in the World ...

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia’s health condition is ‘extremely critical’, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday. He made the remarks while speaking after Jummah prayers at a doa and monajat programme held at Nayapaltan in the capital seeking Khaleda Zia’s recovery. Mirza Fakhrul said Khaleda Zia has made immense contributions to the ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said that if his party is elected in the upcoming national election, it will form a government that includes the BNP and all political parties. He said this remark while speaking at a youth–student and citizens’ rally organised by the party’s Dhaka-17 unit in the capital’s Bhashantek area on Friday morning. “We do ...