Sir Keir Starmer faced a grilling from Kemi Badenoch over Tulip Siddiq’s resignation and the economy as the two leaders clashed at Prime Minister’s Questions. The London MP quit as a Treasury minister on Tuesday after a ministerial standards watchdog probe into links to the political movement of her aunt, the exiled former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina. As City ...

Sir Keir Starmer has made his first trip to Kyiv as prime minister, vowing to put Ukraine in the “strongest possible position” in 2025. Arriving on Thursday morning, he accompanied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to lay flowers at a wall of remembrance for those killed in the war with Russia – telling reporters the UK will “never let up” on ...

The UK economy grew for the first time in three months, driven in part by a boost in trade for pubs, restaurants and the construction industry. Official figures showed an expansion of 0.1% after the economy shrank in each of the two previous months. The return to growth will be a welcome sign for the government after recent turbulence in ...

Patients are dying in corridors and pregnant women are miscarrying in side rooms as overwhelmed hospitals struggle to cope, nurses say. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said evidence provided by more than 5,000 of its members across the UK this winter also showed cupboards, car parks, bathrooms and nursing stations were being turned into makeshift areas for patients. Nurses ...

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday met Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two sides had in-depth exchanges of views on Bangladesh-China relations, bilateral cooperation and joint celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between China and Bangladesh. Foreign Adviser Md Touhid Hossain will pay an official visit ...

The Constitution Reform Commission has proposed to introduce a bicameral legislature system with the upper house (Senate) and lower house (National Assembly) in a bid to make the parliament more dynamic and functional. The proposed tenure for both chambers will be four years and an individual would be allowed to serve as prime minister for a maximum of two consecutive ...

Blue Origin launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight Thursday, sending up a prototype satellite to orbit thousands of miles above Earth. Named after the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rocket blasted off from Florida, soaring from the same pad used to launch NASA’s Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft a half-century ago. Years in the ...

The Bangladesh Jewelers Association (BAJUS) has announced an increase in gold prices, with the cost of 22-carat gold rising by Tk 1,155 per bhori to Tk 1,39,443. The revised rates will be effective starting Thursday, January 16, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. At the revised rates, 22-carat gold will cost Tk 1,39,443 per bhori (11.664 grams), while ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday said a charter of new Bangladesh will be formed by building national unity through talks. “…what we want to form is to make a charter of the mass uprising, which will be the charter of new Bangladesh. It will be based on unity. There will be elections; there will be all but we ...

The Constitution Reform Commission has proposed to introduce ‘Bangladeshi’ instead of ‘Bengali.’ The commission submitted its report with proposals to Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office in Dhaka on Wednesday (January 15) morning. In its proposals made in report, the commission proposed to abolish the ‘People of Bangladesh are Bengali as a nation.’ They (citizens of Bangladesh) will ...