Rushanara Ali has been appointed Britain’s parliamentary under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, as announced on the UK government website on Tuesday. Earlier this month, Rushanara Ali was re-elected as MP from Bethnal Green and Bow, receiving 15,896 votes. Ali has held the seat since 2010. She was the first person of Bangladeshi origin ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a status quo on High Court verdict that declared the scrapping of quotas in government jobs as illegal. Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan said, “We will hear the arguments from all the aggrieved students through their lawyers. And the court will consider their statements during the disposal of main petition.” After ...

Bangladesh and China on Wednesday signed 21 instruments including three renewed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) and made announcement of 7 more projects to elevate “comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership” from “strategic partnership” between the two countries. The instruments were inked in the presence of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang after the delegation-level talks between the two countries ...

Bangla Academy award winning poet Makid Haider passed away on Wednesday morning. He breathed his last at about 9:05am at his Uttara residence in the capital, Makid Haider’s son Asif Haider confirmed. The body of the poet will be taken to Bangla Academy premise at 2pm for people from all walks of life to pay their last respect. He will ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was accorded a red carpet reception as she reached the Great Hall of the People to have a bilateral meeting with her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang in Beijing on Wednesday morning. On her arrival at the premises of the Great Hall of the People, the Prime Minister was received by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang, reports ...

Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the Copa America final after goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi gave them a 2-0 win over Canada in Tuesday’s semi-final in New Jersey. Argentina will face either Uruguay or Colombia in Sunday’s final in Florida, a match that could represent the last shot at silverware for several senior squad members including ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid glowing tributes at the Monument to the People’s Heroes at the Tian’anmen Square in Beijing. She paid homage to the Chinese heroes by placing a wreath at the Monument, reports BSS. The national anthems of the two countries were played on the occasion while the bugle sounded the last post. After laying the ...

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The agitating university students who are against the quota system in government jobs, on Tuesday announced a day-long blockade, dubbed ‘Bangla Blockade’ across the country for Wednesday (July 10). Nahid Islam, coordinator of the student movement, announced the programme at a press briefing held in front of the Central Library of University of Dhaka (DU) on Tuesday afternoon. He also ...

The main part of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Moscow is scheduled for Tuesday. The official Russian-Indian negotiations will be held both in a narrow and in an expanded format. The parties will discuss not only bilateral cooperation, but also the international situation. There are no plans for media statements following the conversation, but Moscow and New Delhi ...