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, ...

At a time when everyone is obsessing over croissants and avocado toast as the best breakfast options, flavorful Indian breakfasts are finally getting their moment in the global sun. In its latest edition of the 50 Best Breakfasts in the World, food guide TasteAtlas has named three Indian staples among the top contenders: Misal, Chole Bhature, and Paratha. A Maharashtra ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has announced that testing will resume at selected public hospitals across the country on a limited scale within the next 10 days. Professor Dr. Halimur Rashid, Director of the DGHS’s Infectious Diseases Control Wing, confirmed on Tuesday that testing will initially begin at hospitals equipped with RT-PCR laboratories. “We are preparing to restart ...

BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has left for London to attend a pivotal meeting between Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, set for Friday (June 13). Khasru departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Tuesday night, confirmed Chattogram Metropolitan BNP Convener Ershad Ullah during a briefing with journalists in the port city. The ...

A man died after being electrocuted at Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar district on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Raju Pashi, 27, son of Uma Pashi of Joichondi union under the upazila. According to locals, he was electrocuted when trying to install power cutouts in a tea garden in the upazila. Kulaura Police Station officer-in-charge (OC) Md Golam Afsar ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday dismissed any speculation about his participation in Bangladesh’s future elected government, saying neither he nor any of his cabinet colleagues have any such intention. “No way, no way,” Prof Yunus responded firmly when asked if he might seek a role in the next democratically elected government. “Our job is to ensure a ...

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus and BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman’s upcoming meeting in London will bring a fresh breeze for democracy, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has expressed a hope. “The party has already presented logical grounds for holding general election in December timeline.” He hoped that this meeting would play an important role in safeguarding ...

Several thousand people took to the streets of New York City on Tuesday to protest the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump. The demonstration followed a wave of nationwide outrage over recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting undocumented immigrants. Protesters initially gathered at Foley Square, a plaza near a courthouse where several migrants were detained the previous ...

Shares in Hino Motors, the truck manufacturing unit of Toyota, fell sharply on Wednesday following the announcement of a planned merger with Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus, a subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler Truck. The merger, seen as a strategic move to stay competitive amid global trade tensions and the rise of Chinese electric vehicle makers, will create a new Japanese ...