Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has sent a legal “cease and desist” letter to Sir Keir Starmer demanding he stop saying she “crashed the economy”. Her lawyers argue the claim made repeatedly by Sir Keir is “false and defamatory”, and harmed her politically in the run-up to losing her South West Norfolk seat in the general election. Truss was the ...

Gold ornaments worth Tk 3.5 crore was stolen between Wednesday evening and yesterday morning from a jewellery shop at a Sylhet shopping mall. Nurani Jewellery is on the third floor of Al Hamra Shopping City in Sylhet city’s Chowhatta area. Its proprietor Md Jabed Chowdhury said when he came in the morning to open the store, he saw a new ...

Asian markets struggled Thursday after a tepid lead from Wall Street, with investors growing increasingly worried about the outlook for inflation and US interest rates as Donald Trump’s second presidency looms. A report saying the president-elect was considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal cover to impose tariffs on all imported goods added to the sense of uncertainty ...

Bangladesh Health Watch (BHW), as a civil society platform expresses deep concern over the recent outbreak of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) which is reportedly on the rise in China, has now started to spread in the UK, and recently in our neighboring country India. HMPV virus is a respiratory virus that poses a significant health risk, particularly to children, older ...

BNP has filed a complaint with the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) over the killing of its 2,276 party men in crossfire across the country and the disappearance of 153 leaders and activists from 2008 to 5 August, 2024. Salauddin Khan, a member of the party’s case and information committee, filed the complaint on behalf of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul ...

Relatives of dismissed members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have staged protest at Shahbagh intersection. Around 1:05PM on Thursday, they started for Shahbagh from Central Shaheed Minar premises. They went to Shabagh at about 1:30PM and blocked that important street to press home their three-point demands– justice for the victims of the 2009 Pilkhana massacre, the reinstatement of dismissed ...

During this transitional season, deciding whether to carry a stole or a light wrap can be puzzling. Mornings may feel hot and humid, while nights turn chilly, often accompanied by a sore throat, cough, and a runny nose. While over-the-counter antibiotics and cough medications offer temporary relief, a sore throat can be excruciating, making swallowing painful and leaving the throat ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin emphasised the Election Commission’s commitment to conducting fair, transparent, and acceptable elections, stating, “Our goal is clear, and we have no doubts about achieving it.” He made these remarks during the inauguration of a day-long workshop titled “Challenges and Ways to Overcome the Voter Registration Process” held at the Bengal Convention Hall in ...

Saudi Arabia is currently grappling with torrential rains and unprecedented flooding that have submerged streets and neighborhoods across multiple cities in the kingdom, according to various media reports. This weather phenomenon, triggered by an atmospheric depression, is expected to persist in the coming days. On Tuesday, the National Meteorology Center issued alerts at various levels throughout the kingdom, including a ...

Meta said Wednesday that it will allow some Facebook users to view eBay listings on its Marketplace service, as it tries out a possible way to resolve European Union charges of anticompetitive behavior that the bloc leveled last year. The social media company said it’s launching a test that will let Facebook users in Germany, France and the U.S. browse ...