Transport workers in the Sylhet Division have announced an indefinite work stoppage from 6am on May 19, demanding the withdrawal of what they say are false cases filed against several leaders of the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the federation’s Sylhet divisional committee yesterday night (14 May). Leaders said the cases ...

The government has approved the establishment of a public medical college in the northern district of Thakurgaon. The health ministry’s Medical Education and Family Welfare Division announced the decision on Wednesday. With the latest move, the number of government medical colleges in Bangladesh has risen to 38. The country also has five medical universities offering higher studies in medical science.

India and the United Arab Emirates have signed pacts on strategic defence cooperation, petroleum reserves and supply of liquefied petroleum gas, an Indian government official said on Friday. The pacts were signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE.

Kylian Mbappe was greeted with a chorus of boos and whistles from Real Madrid’s own fans as he returned from ‌a hamstring injury during his side’s 2-0 LaLiga home win over Real Oviedo on Thursday. The French forward missed Sunday’s 2-0 El Clasico defeat by Barcelona that saw their bitter rivals wrap up ⁠the league title with three games to ...

U.S. President Donald Trump entered his final talks with Xi Jinping on Friday touting economic wins that gave markets little to cheer, while Beijing warned Washington about mishandling Taiwan and said its war with Iran should never have started. Trump is making the first visit by a U.S. president to China, America’s main strategic and economic rival, since his last ...

After two consecutive increases, gold prices have declined in the local market, with the price of 22-carat gold reduced by Tk2,216 per bhori. The new rate sets the price of one bhori (11.664 grams) of 22-carat gold at Tk242,495. The information was announced in a statement issued by the Bangladesh Jewellers’ Association (BAJUS) on Friday morning. The revised prices came ...

The Australian High Commission in Bangladesh co-hosted a networking event this week bringing together alumni of two of Australia’s flagship development initiatives — the South Asia Regional Infrastructure Connectivity (SARIC) programme and Australia Awards. According to a Facebook post on Friday by the Australian High Commission in Bangladesh, the event provided alumni with an opportunity to reconnect, exchange ideas and ...

Iran’s foreign minister urged BRICS nations on Thursday to condemn what he called violations of international law by the United States and Israel, including “their illegal aggression against Iran”. His remarks at a two-day meeting in New Delhi underscore divisions within the expanded BRICS bloc, as the US-Israeli war in Iran casts a shadow over the gathering of foreign ministers. ...

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 ...