Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester Mayor, cruised to victory in a high-stakes by-election in northern England, paving the way for him to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the leadership of the Labour Party and the United Kingdom Burnham handily defeated his closest challenger, Robert Kenyon, the candidate for the anti-immigration Reform UK, in the seat of Makerfield, vote results ...

A newly signed US-Iran deal to end the Middle East war was already under strain on Friday, after talks in Switzerland were postponed and fighting flared between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. The developments came after Iran’s supreme leader announced he had only allowed the preliminary deal to the stop war to go ahead despite reservations, and as his top ...

Two more children have died with symptoms of measles in Sylhet Division, raising the total number of deaths linked to the disease outbreak in the region to 76, health officials said today (19 June). Mohammad Nur-e-Alam Shamim, assistant director of the Sylhet Health Services Division, said the two children died while undergoing treatment at separate hospitals over the past 24 ...

The Mayor of London has been accused of unleashing a “dark blizzard of disinformation” around fare evasion on the capital’s transport network. Last week Transport for London (TfL) boasted of increased checks and penalty fares issued to passengers who preferred not to pay their way on trains, buses and trams around the city. However, the overall evasion rate of 3.5 ...

Filipino conjoined twins Olivia and Gianna Manuel were successfully separated on Thursday following a complex six-hour surgery performed under Saudi Arabia’s Conjoined Twins Separation Program (SCTP). The operation was carried out at King Abdullah Specialized Children’s Hospital in King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, by a specialized medical team led by Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, Supervisor General of KSrelief and head of ...

The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) has reduced gold prices by Tk4,374 per bhori, setting the new price of 22-carat gold at Tk228,556 per bhori (11.664 gram), including VAT. The revised rates came into effect from 10:00am on Friday, BAJUS said in a statement. The association said it reviewed the local market after the price of pure gold declined and adjusted ...

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam has called for stronger international action to protect civilians, uphold international humanitarian law and sustained international support for repatriation of the Rohingyas to their own country Myanmar. Speaking at a high-level panel of the 2026 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment at UN Headquarters, the State Minister stressed the need for accountability for violations ...

Jonathan David scored three goals and Canada won its first World Cup match while all but securing a spot in the knockout round with a 6-0 victory over Qatar on Thursday. Qatar was reduced to nine players because of red cards in the chaotic match. Assim Madibo was handed a red early in the second half after a tackle on ...

Deposits held by Bangladeshis in Swiss banks have increased significantly, rising by 41.49% in a year to reach the second-highest level on record, according to the latest annual report of the Swiss National Bank (SNB). The SNB report, released on Thursday, said deposits linked to Bangladeshis in Swiss banks stood at 834.1 million Swiss francs in 2025, up from around ...

The cabinet on Thursday gave in-principle approval to the draft of the “Gambling Prevention Act, 2026” at its 10th meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. The meeting was held at the Cabinet Room in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban this evening. The draft of the law was placed by the Ministry of Home Affairs. According to the summary of the ...