Wes Streeting has quit the cabinet as health secretary and called on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying there should now be a leadership contest. Streeting, who is on the party’s right, has long been gathering support for a challenge and has spent the week gathering names of MPs for his nomination. But in his letter to Starmer, ...

The board of Britain’s largest private hospital operator has backed a buyout proposal worth £1bn from its second biggest shareholder, a hedge fund manager known as “the Rottweiler”, sending its shares soaring by nearly 50%. Spire Healthcare, which owns the Claremont hospital in Sheffield and St Anthony’s hospital in south London, said it had received a non-binding proposal worth 250p ...

Pubali Bank has inaugurated the “Pubali Bank Green Lounge” at Osmani International Airport, Sylhet (Domestic Terminal). The opening of the lounge is part of its “continued commitment to delivering customer-centric, modern and premium banking services”, the bank said in a press release on Thursday. Pubali Bank Director Rumana Sharif, Director Rana Laila Hafiz and Managing Director and CEO Mohammad Ali ...

Last year, a study by Randox Health found that almost one in three women who attended its UK clinics have an iron deficiency, which is to say that June isn’t alone. Yes, there are good sources that vegetarians can tap into, but we first need to address a few key points: “The heme iron you get from animal sources – ...

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare with support from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) organised a seminar on Thursday at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Center in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area of the capital. The seminar focused on “The Project for Capacity Building of Nursing Services Phase 2 (CBNS-II)”, a technical cooperation initiative of the ministry and the multilateral donor agency, ...

The long-awaited third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will, once fully operational, nearly double the airport’s current passenger handling capacity, according to the Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), Air Vice Marshal Mostafa Mahmud Siddiq. He shared this expectation during a courtesy meeting with the members of the Bangladesh Aviation and Tourism Journalists Association (BATJA) at ...

Prime Minister’s wife Dr Zubaida Rahman on Thursday inaugurated the “Shishu Swarga Model” programme as part of healthcare and rehabilitation activities for people with disabilities. The event was organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare at Korail slum in the capital on Thursday afternoon. Before inaugurating the programme, she visited different stalls displaying educational materials and essential items ...

Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon said on Thursday that the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of 2027 will begin on 7 January, while the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations will start on 6 June. He made the announcement at a press conference held at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Thursday afternoon. The minister said the ...

European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Michael Miller on Thursday paid a courtesy call on Opposition Leader Dr Shafiqur Rahman at his office at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. First Secretary for political affairs of the EU Delegation Sebastian Rieger-Brown also attended the meeting. The meeting was held in a cordial atmosphere, where the two sides discussed various issues of mutual interests ...

Senior journalist Anis Alamgir on Thursday granted permanent bail in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission. The order was issued by Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Sabbir Fayez.