The home secretary will “robustly defend” the decision to strip Shamima Begum of her British citizenship, as European judges scrutinise the move, according to a government source. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called for an investigation, but a government source said the decision had already been upheld by UK courts. Ms Begum was 15 when she travelled ...

Five-year-old Sumaiya should have been racing to school with children her age. Instead, she lies curled up in a small room in the Begunbari slum in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel, falling ill far more often than any child should. Her stunted height and frail frame tell the story her family struggles to hide: years of undernutrition, and a daily battle to afford ...

UK house prices fell unexpectedly in December, according to a top mortgage lender, with the market finishing the year with the weakest annual growth in more than 18 months. The average property price slumped by 0.4% to £271,068 compared with November, according to Nationwide, confounding City forecasts of a 0.1% rise. The UK’s biggest building society also said that the ...

Victoria Jones, the daughter of the actor Tommy Lee Jones, has been found dead in a San Francisco hotel. Jones, 34, was discovered in the early hours of New Year’s Day, according to TMZ, which cited law enforcement sources. A spokesperson for the San Francisco fire department confirmed the news, telling media outlets that paramedics had been called to the ...

And God Created Woman, the title of the 1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot a global star, is the phrase that captures the magic of her. Bardot had an allure that was dazzling in its glamour, yet so natural that to gaze on it felt like a gift from the heavens. In style, as in life, timing is everything – ...

Zohran Mamdani has been sworn in as mayor of New York City, becoming the first Muslim and the youngest person in generations to take the oath of office in the United States’ biggest city. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan just after midnight on Thursday, placing his hand on a Quran as ...

Chattogram Royals delivered a commanding performance in first match of the day in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), thrashing Dhaka Capitals by 10 wickets with 44 balls to spare, thanks to brilliant unbeaten half-centuries from openers Adam Rushington and Mohammad Naim Sheikh. Put in to bat first at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Capitals were bundled out for a modest 122 ...

Family members of late BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia visited her grave on Friday morning to pay their respects. Among those present were Sharmila Rahman Sithi, wife of her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and Zaima Rahman, daughter of her elder son Tarique Rahman. Several other relatives, along with senior leaders and activists of the Bangladesh ...

The Planning Ministry, entrusted with steering Bangladesh’s development agenda, ends 2025 under mounting criticism over its persistent failure to accelerate public project implementation, culminating in what officials privately describe as a record-low implementation pace under the Annual Development Programme (ADP). Despite repeated assurances, reform pledges and frequent high-level review meetings, the ministry closed the year with chronic delays, persistent underspending ...

Staff reporter : Voting was held at the club premises on Thursday, and the results were announced in the evening by Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam Muqtabis-un-Noor, Editor of Daily Jalalabad, has been elected President of the Sylhet Press Club, while Mohammad Serajul Islam, Sylhet Divisional Correspondent of the Dhaka Tribune, has been elected General Secretary. Voting ...