Uzbekistan has made history by qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. Led by head coach Timur Kapadze, the team secured their place in the final round for the first time after a goalless draw against the United Arab Emirates in Abu Dhabi on Thursday, June 5. With that result, Uzbekistan became the fourth nation to secure a spot in the ...

At least 70 people were reportedly pushed into Bangladesh by India’s Border Security Force (BSF) early Thursday through border points in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, officials confirmed. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) said it detained the individuals from multiple locations early Thursday after they crossed into Bangladeshi territory without documents. According to BGB sources, 53 people were pushed in through the ...

There is no bar on BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman to return to the country, said Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday. “He can return to the country any time if he wants,” the adviser made this remark during briefing to reporters after visiting Salna Highway Police Station. While responding about recent push-in issue, ...

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has declined a request by Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to Bangladesh’s interim government, to discuss the recovery of billions of dollars laundered by the deposed Awami League regime, according to the Financial Times (FT). Yunus told the FT that the UK should feel “legally and… morally” obligated to help track down funds “stolen” under the ...

The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed, Bangladesh’s former minister of land. The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Saifuzzaman, a political ally of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina of the now-banned Awami League. Saifuzzaman is under investigation by Bangladesh authorities ...

Rachel Reeves has announced an extra £29bn per year for the NHS in England, along with funding boosts for defence and housing, as she set out the government’s spending plans until the end of the decade. The chancellor also promised more money for artificial intelligence and transport projects, saying “renewing Britain” was at the heart of her plans. But the ...

The government has set out plans to end the use of hotels to hold asylum seekers by 2029, a move Rachel Reeves says will save £1bn a year. Unveiling her Spending Review on Wednesday, the chancellor pledged £200m to “cut the asylum backlog, hear more appeal cases and return people who have no right to be here”. Ministers say hotels ...

The UK has agreed a deal with the European Union over Gibraltar’s status after Brexit. Talks on rules governing the border between Spain and the British Overseas Territory have been ongoing since the UK left the EU in 2020. The UK said the agreement would avoid the need for checks on people and goods crossing the Gibraltar-Spain border. For travellers ...

All the talk of departmental budgets and fiscal rules may feel somewhat distant from the cost of food shopping and your finances. The Spending Review is not a Budget in which taxes are changed or a host of new policies announced. But, don’t be fooled, it will have an impact on you and your money. Here are seven ways you ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the UK’s £3.4bn deal to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control of a UK-US military base on Diego Garcia. At prime minister’s questions, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called it a “terrible” deal and asked “why on earth” British taxpayers should be paying for tax cuts in Mauritius. Last week, ...