Most adults in the UK should be receiving treatment for high cholesterol but are not, while a quarter have untreated high blood pressure, the country’s biggest medical-research project suggests. Funded by government and industry, Our Future Health analyses people’s genes and lifestyle to prevent disease. The millionth volunteer of a hoped for five million adults has just enrolled. One of ...

British Steel plans to close down its blast furnaces in Scunthorpe, putting up to 2,000 jobs at risk. The business, owned by China’s Jingye Group, wants to replace them with two electric arc furnaces – one at Scunthorpe and one at Teesside. The construction is expected to take between two and three years. British Steel said it aimed to transform ...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has described allegations that a Conservative MP committed multiple rapes as “very serious”. He urged anyone with evidence of criminal acts to go to the police. It comes after reports that former Tory Party chairman Sir Jake Berry wrote to police to make them aware of the claims after leaving the post last year. Labour and ...

Unimart, a premium superstore and subsidiary of the United Group, has launched its flagship outlet at Ambarkhana Point in Sylhet. The outlet was inaugurated on Saturday (4 November) with the presence of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, United Group Chairman and Managing Director Moinuddin Hasan Rashid, Unimart Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Murtaza Zaman, and other distinguished guests from Sylhet, ...

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said there was “no drama” despite his team failing to build on their Clasico triumph, dropping two points in La Liga’s title race with a 0-0 derby draw against Rayo Vallecano on Sunday. Los Blancos spurned several chances as they drove Rayo back throughout at the Santiago Bernabeu but could not find the last-gasp winner ...

Bangladesh (BAN) and Sri Lanka (SL) will square off in the 38th match of the ongoing ODI World Cup. The match will be played at the Arun Jaitley Stadium in Delhi on Monday, November 6. The Shakib Al Hasan-led side are coming off six consecutive defeats. They are currently standing ninth in the ten-team table, having won only one game ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday fixed November 12 for holding hearing on an appeal challenging a High Court verdict that declared Jamaat-e-Islami’s registration illegal. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan, set the date today. The petitioners’ lawyer Tanya Amir was present at the court. Jamaat filed the petition against ...

A total of 228 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order on the last day of the 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the main opposition BNP. Shariful Islam, public relations officer (PRO) at BGB headquarters, confirmed the development on Monday morning. On Sunday, 27 BGB platoons were deployed in Dhaka ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a three-day official visit to Saudi Arabia, performed the holy Umrah at the Holy Mosque of Masjid Al Haram in Makkah on Monday morning. The Prime Minister along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana first performed “tawaf” around the holy Ka’aba Sharif and later walked and ran between Safa and Marwa, reports BSS. She ...

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu was picked up by Detective Branch (DB) of police from a house in Dhaka’s Cantonment area on Sunday midnight. Around 12 midnight, a group of 15-20 plainclothes men, identifying themselves as DB, picked up Dudu from his sister’s Cantonment residence, claimed BNP chairperson’s press wing member Shamsuddin Didar. The BNP leader’s nephew Hasnat Ashraf Robin ...