Reform UK is pledging mass deportations of asylum seekers who arrive in the UK in small boats. The party’s leader – Nigel Farage – has told The Times that there is a “massive crisis” in the UK, which threatens national security and could lead to public disorder. Under the plans, people could be arrested on arrival, detained on disused RAF ...

The UK’s third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control, creating an uncertain future for nearly 1,500 workers in Rotherham and Sheffield. Insolvency courts granted a compulsory winding up order sought by creditors owed hundreds of millions of pounds by Speciality Steels UK (SSUK) – part of the Liberty Steel metals empire of controversial tycoon Sanjeev Gupta. The company, which ...

Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the Jatiya Nagorik Party (NCP), has said that they will not participate in any upcoming national elections unless a new constitution is adopted. Speaking at a press conference held at the party’s temporary central office at Bangla Motor in Dhaka on Saturday, Akhtar emphasized that holding elections under the existing constitutional framework would undermine democratic ...

Home Adviser Lieutenant General (Retd.) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has said that strict steps will be taken to prevent entering any kind of weapons in the country, not only during the election period, but also at other times. Jahangir Alam, also the adviser of the ministry of agriculture, made the remark while responding to reporters’ queries after visiting the Bangladesh ...

Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon for a two-day official visit. He landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka via a special flight, where he was received by Foreign Ministry Secretary Asad Al Siam. During his visit, Ishaq Dar is scheduled to meet with Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Tawhid Hossain, ...

For Dakota Johnson, it was important to showcase both her acting and producing talents for the romantic comedy film Splitsville. “I’m more valuable, I think, on set and in post (production), because I know the beat, like the heartbeat of the film while we’re making it,” Johnson told Reuters. “I’m good at helping on set. And then in post, I’m ...

The collapse of an under-construction railway bridge over a major river in China has killed at least 12 workers and left four others missing, state media reports said, reports AP. Aerial photos from the official Xinhua News Agency show a large section missing from the bridge’s curved aquamarine arch. A bent section of the bridge deck hangs downward into the ...

Anti-tobacco youth activists in the capital staged a march on Saturday, demanding that the government immediately revoke its decision to meet with tobacco companies and ensure the rapid passage of the proposed amendment to the tobacco control law. The march began at the Central Shaheed Minar and concluded at Shahbagh, drawing hundreds of young people and representatives from various anti-tobacco ...

A human chain demonstration was held at Sreemangal Railway Station platform in Moulvibazar, demanding the launch of new trains on the Sylhet-Dhaka and Sylhet-Cox’s Bazar routes, along with the renovation of the Sylhet-Akhaura railway line and six other related demands. The protest was organized on Saturday at around 3:30 PM by citizens of all walks of life from Sreemangal, in ...

After a four-month pause, Bangladesh has resumed rice imports from India through Benapole Land Port. On Thursday night, nine trucks carrying a total of 315 metric tonnes (MTs) of rice entered yard No-31 of the port at around 9:30 pm, Shamim Hossain, director of Benapole Port, said on Friday. According to port sources, the last rice import through the port ...