Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury on Thursday urged officials to work collectively and with urgency to meet public expectations during the new government’s first six months in office. He made the remarks at an introductory meeting with officials and staff on his first working day at the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and ...

Former Awami League MP from Thakurgaon-2, Md Dabirul Islam, has been released on bail from Dinajpur jail, one and a half years after his arrest. He was released around 7:10pm on Thursday, confirmed Farhad Sarkar, acting jailer of Dinajpur District Jail. Earlier the same day, a court in Thakurgaon granted bail to the former MP. Following the fall of the ...

Britain’s former prince Andrew was arrested Thursday on suspicion of misconduct during his time as a trade envoy, as UK police investigations into allegations emerging from the Jeffrey Epstein files gathered pace. The arrest of a royal family member is unprecedented in Britain’s modern era, as police said they were also searching two properties — in eastern England and west ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday promised $10 billion for a new “Board of Peace,” an amorphous new institution focused first on Gaza that is being launched just as he threatens Iran with war. While US warplanes and aircraft carriers headed toward Iran on his orders, Trump welcomed some two dozen allies from around the world to the gleaming Washington building ...

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he looks forward to working closely with Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to strengthen their partnership and advance shared priorities. “I look forward to this next chapter in the partnership between our two countries,” he said in a letter extending his congratulations to PM Tarique on his victory in the Bangladesh elections and ...

A light earthquake with magnitude of 4.1in Richter scale jolted different parts of Sylhet today. The tremor occurred at 12.46 pm, according to a message issued by Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD). The epicenter of the earthquake was Chhatak, Sunamganj , which is 187 km north-east from BMD Seismic Centre, Agargaon, Dhaka.

Nine people were injured, with seven taken to the hospital, after a double-decker bus crashed into a bridge in Croydon. The latest collision happened on Park Street near George Street in Croydon at about 11.30am today. It is the second incident involving a bus in south London within 24 hours after another crash in Southwark yesterday involving two double-deckers. Several ...

British dual nationals may be able to use expired UK passports to prove to airlines they are British when controversial new immigration rules come into force, the Home Office has said. The new rules, coming into force next Wednesday, require anyone coming into the UK with British dual nationality to present a British passport when boarding a plane, ferry or ...

Iam 30ft below the surface of the Blue Grotto, a crystalline diving hole in central Florida. Between the water’s embrace and the restriction of my wetsuit, my blood pressure finally stabilizes. The long, deep breaths I pull from my respirator keep my heart rate nice and low. I feel lighter than I have since April 2022, when I first contracted ...

Copenhagen on the Thursday before Valentine’s Day is intoxicatingly romantic. That’s not hyperbole – you could breathe in and be drunk on it. The canals have frozen over, which only happens about once every 13 years, and couples are skating on them. You can see cosy bars from miles away because they’re strung with fairy lights – apparently not just ...