High Commissioner of the United Kingdom (UK) Sarah Cooke paid a courtesy call on chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masud Karim in the city on Thursday. The meeting underscored the importance of strengthening bilateral cooperation in counter-terrorism, intelligence sharing, capacity building and joint initiatives, according to a press release. Both parties ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has been accused of misleading parliament after it emerged that Peter Mandelson was made Britain’s ambassador to the US despite having failed to clear security vetting. The New Labour grandee had already been announced by the prime minister as the UK’s most senior diplomat in Washington in December 2024 before he went through the usual ...

Georgetown, Guyana : A high-level meeting held at the Presidential Office of Guyana on Wednesday, April 8, brought together President Mohamed Irfaan Ali and a visiting British-Bangladeshi delegation, fostering discussions on several key initiatives in a warm and cordial setting. The engagement was further marked by the presence of Terrance Michael Drew, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, who ...

Zaima Rahman, granddaughter of late BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, received the Independence Award on behalf of the former prime minister at the official ceremony held at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital on Thursday afternoon. Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, Khaleda’s eldest son and Zaima’s father, handed over the award in recognition of Khaleda’s contributions for the country’s independence struggle, democratic ...

April 14, circa 1996. One can still remember the hush, the reverence, the excitement when a small bottle of the deep red liquid was opened. The hue of the alta, dazzling and instant, was an essential adornment for brides, dancers and women celebrating festivals. Add some clacking and clinking churis to the hands, and voila! The ultimate Bengali look was ...

The premises of Kadamhata High School in Moulvibazar’s Rajnagar upazila was transformed into a vibrant scene of celebration yesterday afternoon as current students, alumni and guardians gathered to honour a teacher whose decades of service left a lasting imprint on the community. Ranu Gopal Roy had joined the institution as an assistant teacher on January 22, 1995, and retired as ...

It is a revolution that might just save the NHS – and the high street. Imagine being able to have your eyes tested, mole examined or get an appointment with a consultant without going to your local hospital – and maybe fit in some shopping or a cinema visit afterwards. That, increasingly, is what people in Barnsley are doing after ...

World Bank (WB) President Ajay Banga has appreciated the detailed sector-wise election manifesto of the ruling BNP and affirmed all out support for Bangladesh. The WB president made the assurance at a meeting with Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in the Washington DC on Wednesday on the sidelines of IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings, according to a message received here ...

Freedom or the country’s prosperity is quite impossible without democracy, Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Bir Bikram, has said. “The parliament formed through free and fair elections will take Bangladesh forward,” he said while talking to reporters at Barishal Circuit House here on Thursday (16 April). The Speaker said it’s only possible to achieve economic progress by establishing a firm and ...

State Minister for Public Administration Md Abdul Bari on Thursday informed the National Parliament (Jatiya Sangsad) that the government has initiated investigations into allegations of corruption and partisan influence in the recruitment of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadres during the tenure of the Awami League government. Speaking during the question-and-answer session on the 15th day of the first sitting of ...