Millions of voters are set to cast their ballots in the UK’s first July general election since 1945. Polling stations, set up in buildings like local schools and community halls, will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 BST on Thursday. Around 46 million voters are eligible to elect 650 members of Parliament to the House of Commons. The results for ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government has reached the healthcare services to the doorsteps of the people. “We have reached healthcare services to the common people,” she said while witnessing a presentation on the health sector transformation to ensure universal healthcare for all at her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka on Wednesday morning. She briefly described the measures ...

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday said the Awami League government’s stance against corruption is nothing but “a national joke”. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the dummy government has stated that the Anti-Corruption Commission, being independent, will follow its own procedures in handling allegations of corruption against individuals, regardless of their level of power,” he said, ...

Most of us are familiar with the term premenstrual symptoms (PMS), which is a combination of physical and psychological symptoms that many women experience before the onset of their period. However, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) may be a new term for many, which is a more severe form of PMS – affecting an estimated three to eight per cent of ...

The High Court in its judgment in a case challenging the Labour Appellate Tribunal order that had stayed the conviction of Grameen Telecom Chairman and Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus and three others in a labour law violation case, has observed that there is no provision for staying a sentence before disposal of the appeal. “The sentence will remain effective ...

One of the star hotels located in Banani, Dhaka, Royal Park Residence is most renown name for elegance and luxury. Fully Sri Lankan managed Royal Park Residence has been continuously surprising its guests with world-class hospitality service, authentic Sri Lankan cuisine as well as domestic and international cuisines and interesting offers for 25 years. Kebab is a name of different ...

Here are some key issues at stake in the UK general election on Thursday: Will jaded voters turn out? The main opposition Labour party is widely predicted to win and has been determined not to take any risks, making for a lacklustre election campaign. For the past two years, polling has suggested that Labour is 20 points ahead of the ...

Britain’s political leaders made a final push for votes Wednesday on the last day of an election campaign expected to return a Labour government after 14 years of Conservative rule. Ex-premier Boris Johnson staged an 11th-hour rallying call for the flagging Tories but an ally of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded their party was staring at an “extraordinary landslide” defeat. ...

Voting for the first time in a British election, Prathesh Panjak and other immigrant voters are excited to take part in the July 4 ballot, hoping they can influence change in the country that they have chosen to call home. The opposition Labour Party is widely expected to win by a landslide, replacing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative Party which ...

People in the northeastern region of the country were witnessing a flood for the third time, exactly within one month. “Northern regions of Bangladesh and some states of India have witnessed torrential rainfall as monsoon are set early impacted by cyclone Rimel, resulting in floods for the third time in Sylhet and Sunamganj,” said FFWC Executive Engineer Sardar Udoy Raihan. ...