Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Md Asaduzzaman on Saturday said the new President will be elected at the regular parliamentary session scheduled for September. There is no need to convene a special session of Parliament to elect the country’s new President, he told reporters responding to a question at the CIRDAP auditorium in the capital. When asked whether legal ...

United Nations General Assembly has adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution, “Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace,” reaffirming the international community’s commitment to dialogue, tolerance, solidarity and peaceful coexistence. Introducing the resolution, Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury underscored that building peaceful, inclusive and resilient societies requires sustained dialogue, mutual ...

The former chairwoman of the London City Lionesses has been ordered to sell her £7 million home by a court. Diane Rosemin-Culligan was told to sell the property as part of a divorce settlement with her financier ex-husband by Court of Appeal judges. Ms Rosemin-Culligan and Anthony Culligan were told last year to divide their assets equally. The couple are ...

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has said Prime Minister Andy Burnham is not looking at bringing in rent controls in England. She told BBC Breakfast that changes made through the Renters’ Rights Act, which came into effect in May, were “already having a significant impact on the market”. She added that controls which had been implemented in some areas of the ...

Andy Burnham has launched the new No 10 North in Manchester, saying the office would get “growth in every corner of the country”. The branch of Downing Street in north-west England will form part of the prime minister’s aim to shift power from Whitehall and Westminster to regions. With his new Chancellor John Healey standing behind him, Burnham told staff ...

Witnesses say a heroic day-tripper managed to haul two children back to shore during an incident where a mother and daughter drowned. Beverly Smit, 60, described the unnamed rescuer swimming out to sea three times as the tragedy unfolded in West Mersea, near Colchester, on Wednesday evening. Shally Rahman, 41, and Samiha Rahman, 15, were trying to rescue a seven-year-old ...

Leaders of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement said on Friday that the government has sought time until Saturday afternoon to respond on their demand for the education minister’s resignation over exam paper leaks, following talks between the two sides. The talks came hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike, raising hopes that the two sides could reach a ...

Speaker of Parliament Hafiz Uddin Ahmad has assumed the responsibilities of acting president following the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Speaking at a press conference at the Jatiya Sangsad on Friday afternoon, Hafiz said the former president had submitted his resignation letter to him. “The president has submitted his resignation letter to me. In accordance with Article 54 of the ...

Although modern diets push “no‑carb” lifestyles, rice remains irreplaceable in our culture. Our love for it is so well‑known that we are often teased with the phrase “bheto Bangali.” A plate of piping hot rice with daal and a homely, thin broth of free‑range chicken curry cooked with potatoes, onions, ginger, garlic, and red chilli is not just food; it ...

Bangladesh’s decades-long fight against hepatitis B and C is showing positive results, but health experts warn the country is entering a new phase of its liver disease epidemic as fatty liver disease rapidly emerges as a leading cause of chronic liver disease. A new study by the Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) found that cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...