Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Sunday met Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin. The two sides had in-depth exchanges of views on China-Bangladesh relations and other issues of common concern.  

Currently, there are 12,37,32,274 voters in the country. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin announced the total number at the inauguration of National Voter Day in front of the Election Building in Agargaon on Sunday. The EC published the final list which was finalised in 2024. CEC Nasir Uddin said, “We have promised the nation to hold free, fair ...

Londoners are being asked for their views on the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. Sir Sadiq Khan hopes that altering the famous shopping street will increase visitor numbers, create jobs, and boost growth for London. The consultation is the mayor’s latest attempt to change the street; his attempt in 2018 was blocked by the then Conservative-run local authority. Last year ...

Regulated rail fares have gone up in England and Wales by 4.6% and the price of most railcards has risen by £5. The government says fares need to rise so it can invest in the rail system, but Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander acknowledged passengers were “frustrated” by delays and cancellations. Although the government plans to renationalise three rail operators this ...

The Brit Awards belonged to Charli XCX on Saturday night, who completed her transformation from underground hero to bona fide pop star by winning five awards including best artist and song of the year. Ezra Collective, Sam Fender, Stormzy and The Last Dinner Party were the other big British winners on Saturday night, while Fontaines DC and Chappell Roan bagged ...

“I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts – that’s why I decided to sell my kidney,” says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar. Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war. He could barely feed his young family and was badly in debt. They all lived in his mother-in-law’s house, in ...

Doctors in the Indian capital, Delhi, have performed a life-changing surgery on a 17-year-old boy to remove his “parasitic” twin that was attached to his abdomen. A parasitic twin is an underdeveloped conjoined twin that relies entirely on the host twin for survival. They are extremely rare, with less than one case occurring per 100,000 births. The teenager who had ...

A law to give terminally ill adults on the Isle of Man the right to end their own lives is entering its final stages, making it potentially the first jurisdiction in the British Isles to legalise assisted dying. Anyone over the age of 18 and with a prognosis of 12 months or fewer to live would be eligible, under the ...

All government, semi-government, autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations will go on from 9AM to 3:30PM as holy month of Ramadan begins today (Sunday). Meanwhile, banking transactions will begin at 9:30AM and continue until 2:30PM. But bank office hours will extend until 4PM. The offices will run with a 15-minute Zuhr prayer break from 1:15PM to 1:30PM every day. Currently, banks open ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member, Salahuddin Ahmed, has raised questions about the newly formed Jatiya Nagorik Party’s (NCP) demands for a “Second Republic” and a “Constituent Assembly Election.” He stated that those advocating for these ideas either do not understand their implications or are conspiring to prolong an undemocratic process in the country. Speaking at a discussion titled ...