Expressing satisfaction with the steady growth in bilateral trade, Bangladesh on Thursday urged Australia’s outgoing envoy to advocate for the establishment of an Australian visa processing facility in Dhaka and to work towards easing visa procedures for Bangladeshi nationals. Acting High Commissioner of Australia to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson paid a farewell courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at ...

Police recovered the body of a youth from a heel at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibzar district on Thursday morning. The body was recovered from Kurunji area at Kurma tea garden under Islampur union in the upazila. The deceased was identified as Depan Munda, 35, son of Proshad Munda, a resident of the area. It was learnt that locals spotted the ...

Former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar was released from Keraniganj Central Jail on Thursday afternoon after 17 years. He walked out of the prison around 1:48PM, senior Jail Superintendent Suraiya Akter confirmed. Since morning, BNP leaders, activists, and people from his native Netrakona area started gathering in front of the jail centering Babar’s release. “After 17 long years, ...

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 ...