Contactless card payments are set to exceed £100 and potentially become unlimited under new proposals to allow banks and other providers to set limits. The proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) mean entering a four-digit PIN to make a card payment could become even more of a rarity for shoppers. If approved, purchases which can cost more than £100 ...

Ariana Grande claimed the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, winning Video of the Year for Brighter Days Ahead, which also earned Best Pop Song. The ceremony took place near New York City. The 32-year-old artist appeared visibly emotional while accepting the award, thanking her fans for their ongoing support. “Thank you for growing with me ...

Election Commission (EC) has released a draft list of 42,618 polling stations for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, increasing the number by 468 from 42,150 stations used in January 2024 election. EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed shared the update with reporters on Wednesday at Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka, stating that each polling station was planned for an average of 300 ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman and senior leaders have met British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke and discussed issues of mutual interest, including the upcoming national election. The High Commission said the meeting which was held on Wednesday, was part of a ‘series of meetings’ with political parties in Bangladesh. They discussed the UK’s partnership with Bangladesh and ...

Sanjida Ahmed Tonni, a prominent figure in the July student uprising, has been elected as the Secretary of Research and Publication in the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) and hall union elections. Running as an independent candidate, Tonni secured 11,777 votes, according to the official results announced on Wednesday (10 September) at the university’s Senate Building. A student of ...

President Donald Trump issued a rare public rebuke of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday following an Israeli strike targeting Hamas operatives in Qatar. Trump emphasized that he had no prior knowledge of the attack and expressed concern over its timing and implications for ongoing peace negotiations. Speaking to reporters during an unusual visit to a Washington, D.C. restaurant, ...

Flames engulf Singha Durbar palace, home to Nepal’s government and parliament buildings. Photo: Narendra Shrestha/EPA Following the resignation of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli amid intense nationwide protests, hundreds of demonstrators stormed Nepal’s Parliament on Tuesday and set the main building on fire. The escalation came a day after security forces opened fire on protesters attempting to breach parliament premises ...

Jamaica beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday to stay top of their CONCACAF (North American) group, while Curacao and Honduras also won. Jamaica’s Bailey Cadamarteri opened the scoring in the 36th minute off a headed pass from Greg Leigh and Jon Russell added the second in the 57th minute at Kingston. Jamaica had opened with ...

Apple CEO Tim Cook seemed to be channelling predecessor and design genius Steve Jobs on Tuesday when he unveiled the iPhone Air, the company’s slimmest handset yet and the biggest change in eight years to a lineup fans and analysts saw as stagnating. Cook kicked off the company’s annual product launch event at its Cupertino, California, headquarters with a Jobs ...

Former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Abdul Baten, has been made accused of opening a college branch in Sunamganj’s Madhyanagar upazila by ignoring government policies and using fake certificates. An investigation revealed that the Layechh Bhuiyan High School was established in 2016 with funding from Qatar Charitable Society (Qatar Charity). Despite the funding, the school was named after Abdul ...