World Bank (WB) Group President Ajay Banga today said the global lender would provide US$ 3.5 billion to support reform initiatives of Bangladesh’s interim government. The WB president announced the assistance at a meeting with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at the UN Headquarters here on Wednesday (local time). ...

Bangladesh Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday called for increased trade and economic cooperation with Nepal. The Chief Adviser made the call when he met the Prime Minister of Nepal, K.P. Sharma Oli, on the sideline of the UN General Assembly at the UN Headquarters in New York. Energy cooperation, trade and people to people interactions between the ...

Amid much debate over the export decision, Bangladesh started to export the country’s national fish with the first consignment of 18 tonnes to India through the Benapole land port on Thursday ahead of Durga Puja. “The consignment reached the port in Jashore by six trucks. Later, the quality of the fish was checked and it was allowed to go to ...

“Boris Johnson was such a numpty, have we got another numpty now?” asked Tal, a business analyst, after the end of the Labour party conference on Wednesday. His question summed up the mood of the voters More in Common spoke to in a focus group in Hendon, a seat Labour won in July by just 15 votes. The group had ...

British police called on Thursday for anyone with allegations against former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed to come forward and said it would look to prosecute others after multiple women accused the late billionaire of sexual abuse and rape. A BBC documentary aired last week said Al Fayed had sexually abused female staff at his London department store Harrods and ...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer next week, a commission spokesperson said on Thursday, as he continues a charm offensive to reset ties between the UK and the European Union. “There will be a meeting between the President and Prime Minister Starmer next week,” said the spokesperson, without providing further details. Starmer ...

Ealing Advice Service (EAS) which provides help and advice to around 6,500 residents each year is to recieve an additional £73,000 from the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan to support its work in the borough. The service, which has been running for more than a decade, offers advice and legal help across a wide range of areas including welfare benefits, ...

Euston has erupted into travel chaos as all trains from the station has been suspended. Pictures from the concourse show crowds of frustrated passengers afters being informed their journeys have been delayed or cancelled. The incident was first reported shortly before 12.45pm this afternoon (Thursday, September 26). National Rail has confirmed an issue has occurred between Shepherds Bush and Watford ...

Treating patients during the pandemic was like responding to a daily terror attack, the Covid inquiry has heard. Giving testimony, Professor Kevin Fong, spoke of staff he met during a hospital visit being in “total bits”. The former national clinical adviser in emergency preparedness at NHS England recalled a conversation with an intensive care doctor during a visit in December ...

US woman dies after first use of ‘suicide pod’Dr Fiona Stewart, a lawyer on the board of Last Resort, exhibits the organisation’s ‘Sarco’ pod in July. A 64-year-old US woman took her own life inside a controversial suicide capsule at a Swiss woodland retreat, with police on Tuesday saying several people had been arrested. The space-age looking Sarco capsule, which ...