The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a formal investigation into allegations of embezzlement and money laundering involving nearly Tk 2,000 crore against Bangladesh’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Saida Muna Tasneem, and her husband, Generation Next Fashions Ltd Chairman Towhidul Islam Chowdhury. Speaking at a press conference on Monday, ACC Chairman Mohammad Abdul Momen confirmed the initiation of ...
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College student raped inside running bus in Habiganj, driver detained
A bus driver and his assistant raped a college student inside a bus belonging to ‘Maa Enterprise’ in Habiganj’s Nabiganj upazila on Sunday night. Police and Bangladesh Army personnel, however, managed to detained bus driver Md Sabbir Miah from the spot. But the helper of the bus, Liton Miah, fled the scene. Confirming the incident, Nabiganj Police Station OC Sheikh ...
Read More »ICT orders newspaper notices summoning Hasina, Asaduzzaman
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has ordered the publication of newspaper notices summoning ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan to aapear before the court within one week to face charges of crimes against humanity. The directive was issued on Monday by a three-member bench of the tribunal headed by Justice Golam Mortoza Mojumder. The court ...
Read More »Benefits reform must be pushed through, says PM Sir Keir Starmer
Sir Keir Starmer has hit back at potential rebels in the Labour Party over his plans to cut the benefits bill, insisting “we have got to get the reforms through.” MPs will vote in the coming weeks on a package of measures aiming to cut the benefits bill by £5bn by 2030 – including making it harder for disabled people ...
Read More »MI6 appoints first female chief in 116-year history
MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in the foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. Blaise Metreweli, who joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999, will become the 18th chief of the organisation and take over from Sir Richard Moore later this year. She is currently responsible for technology and innovation at the service and said she ...
Read More »UK’s largest road tunnel project awarded £590m
A project to build the UK’s largest road tunnel has been granted £590m by the government. Constructing the Lower Thames Crossing, linking Tilbury in Essex and Gravesend in Kent, will cost an estimated £10bn. Plans for the 14.5-mile (23km) route were approved in March after a 16-year process that has already cost £1.2bn. Chancellor Rachel Reeves said the crossing would ...
Read More »‘It makes you very close to people very quickly’: The influential style guru behind the stars’ red-carpet looks
As the Oscars approach, Kate Young – the stylist who dresses Scarlett Johansson, Dakota Johnson, Margot Robbie and others – talks risk taking, intimacy, and why method dressing drives her “nuts”. On any given Oscar Sunday, Kate Young is sipping black coffee while perched in a movie star’s bedroom. “If the ceremony starts at 8pm, we’re there in the morning,” ...
Read More »Mood swings fuelled Heston Blumenthal’s genius. But the highs got higher and the lows got darker
“We just wanted a relaxing conversation with our dad and we weren’t able to have one,” says Jack Blumenthal. “It was horrible. And it was constant.” Raw pain is etched on Jack’s father’s face as he finally realises how his undiagnosed mental illness – and erratic manic behaviour – hurt the ones he loves the most. In a new BBC ...
Read More »Bangladesh face off SL in 1st Test in new WTC cycle
Bangladesh is determined to continue their good performance on the opponent’s ground as they take on Sri Lanka in the two-match Test series opening game tomorrow (Tuesday) at Galle International Cricket Stadium. The match starts at 10.30 AM (Bangladesh Standard Time) and will be aired live on T Sports. The match marks the start of the fourth World Test Championship ...
Read More »UN delegation lauds Bangladesh’s steps on enforced disappearances
A visiting delegation from the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) on Monday praised the interim government of Bangladesh for taking significant steps to address the issue of enforced disappearances. The delegation, comprising WGEID Vice-Chairperson Grażyna Baranowska and member Ana Lorena Delgadillo Perez, specifically welcomed Bangladesh’s accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All ...
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