Four people have been injured after gunshots were fired in south London. Metropolitan Police officers were called to Coldharbour Lane, Brixton, just after 05:00 GMT on Sunday to reports of a fight and shots fired. Officers found one woman at the scene suffering from gunshot injuries and she was taken to hospital by ambulance. Three men arrived at hospital, one ...

When Bella Betterton fell victim to a recruitment scam and had £3,000 stolen, she felt “attacked” and “distraught”. The 18-year-old had been contacted by scammers first via WhatsApp messages and then phone calls and thought she had taken part in a real job interview. But the fraudsters tricked her card details out of her to steal the money. New figures ...

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today acknowledged the significant burden placed on low and middle-income people due to the escalating prices of daily essentials. He assured that the government is committed to maintaining the affordability of these commodities. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasized the need for concerted efforts to keep commodity prices at a manageable level, ensuring ...

Ruling out any external pressure, Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Sunday said Bangladesh will stick to its foreign policy principle – “friendship to all, malice towards none” – against the backdrop of a divided world. “All the countries in the east and the west have expressed their willingness to work with us, with the government. At the end of ...

The new cabinet members began their office on Sunday (January 14). A traffic jam has been seen in the secretariat since morning as many came here to congratulate the ministers on their first day. The secretariat has already replaced the nameplates for ministers and state ministers. On the first day in office, the ministers will take charge of their respective ...

The High Court on Sunday directed the authorities concerned to appoint 285 physically-challenged persons in government primary schools across the country on quota basis. Justice Naima Haider and Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque pronounced the judgement after hearing on a rule issued earlier over the issue. Writ petitioner lawyer Adv Mohammad Siddique Ullah Miah confirmed the matter to media. He said ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that no one would stop Israel from achieving victory in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “No one will stop us — not The Hague, not the Axis of Evil and no one else. It is possible and necessary to continue until victory and we will do it,” Netanyahu told a ...

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters marched in Washington, London and elsewhere on Saturday as part of a “global day of action” to demand an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza fighting and to oppose US and British support for Israel. In Washington, large crowds waved Palestinian flags as the mostly young protesters — many wearing the traditional keffiyeh — gathered in a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the new tenure of her government would give foremost priority on keep rolling the development spree alongside containing the price hike of essentials and increasing people’s purchasing power. “Our prime task would be keep continuing the ongoing development, contain price of essentials and increase purchasing power of the people,” she said while speaking at ...

BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, the station’s first female presenter, who went on to become its longest-serving host, has died at the age of 83. Nightingale joined the station in 1970 and remained the only woman on the line-up for 12 years. She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock ...