VFS Global, which has been a partner of the UK government since 2003, has won the global contract for overseas UK visa and citizenship services. This award is the latest in a long line of wins for the world’s leading visa, passport, and citizen services provider, reports UNB. In 2024, VFS Global will deploy 240 Visa and Citizenship Application Service ...

A dream debut by Matthew Forde helped guide the West Indies to a series-clinching four-wicket win over England in the decisive third and final match of their One-Day International series at Kensington Oval in Barbados on Saturday. In a rain-affected encounter, the 21-year-old Barbadian delighted the few home supporters among a majority English audience with figures of three for 29 ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the Awami League (AL), will formally start the election campaign for her party from a rally in Sylhet scheduled to be held on December 20. AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader informed this while talking to reporters at the Dhanmondi party office in the capital on Sunday ( December10). He said, “Prime Minister ...

The acclaimed actor, Jaya Ahsan, is not only known for exceptional acting skills but also for mesmerising and trendsetting outfits. Like a muse for the couturiers and a beacon of inspiration for fashion aficionados, Jaya Ahsan’s fashion sense can only be described as a sartorial symphony. As this talented actor is making waves with her Bollywood debut, Kadak Singh, let’s ...

Smile Direct Club has shut down months after filing for bankruptcy in the US, leaving some customers confused and stranded as their treatment is ongoing. Best known for selling clear aligners remotely, the firm said it had made the “incredibly difficult decision” to wind down operations late on Friday. The US-based dentistry company was offering aligners for about £1,800 without ...

The Metropolitan Police lacks the funding it needs to meet London’s “unique demands”, Sadiq Khan has said. The mayor has written to Home Secretary James Cleverley to call for an increase in the National and International Capital City (NICC) grant. NICC is a mechanism provided to the Met to support the additional costs of policing a capital city – including ...

Former immigration minister Robert Jenrick has said Rishi Sunak is making “a political choice” to revive Rwanda asylum scheme in a way that is unlikely to work. In his first interview since quitting his post, Mr Jenrick told the BBC the draft law was “weak” and would be “bogged down” by legal challenges. Everyone who “understands” asylum law thinks the ...

At least 25 people, including two journalists, were injured in a clash between police and BNP activists during the party’s human chain programme in Sayestanagar of Habiganj upazila on Sunday marking International Human Rights day. The bullet-injured victims included two journalists—My TV correspondent Niranjan Goswami and Desh TV correspondent Amir Hamza. They have been sent to private hospitals in Habiganj. ...

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday directed the concerned ministries to transfer two police commissioners, a deputy commissioner (DC), five police supers and three officer-in-charges (OCs) as a part of holding next parliament elections in free, fair and neutral manner. “The EC ordered to transfer police commissioners of Barishal and Sylhet, deputy commissioner (DC) of Brahmanbaria and police supers of ...

World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that the war between Israel and Hamas is having a catastrophic impact on health in the Gaza Strip. “The impact of the conflict on health is catastrophic” and health workers are doing an impossible job in unimaginable conditions, the UN health agency’s director-general told the opening of a WHO executive ...