A complaint has been filed with at Uttara West Police Station against journalist Anis Alamgir, actress Meher Afroz Shaon and two others. But it has not yet been registered as a formal case. The complaint was lodged around 2AM on Monday by Arian Ahmed, central organiser of the July Revolutionary Alliance, under the Anti-Terrorism Act. The other two named in ...

A child died after drowning in a pond at Chunarughat upazila of Habiganj district on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Samia Akter, 6, daughter of Kaushik Hasan, a resident of Jalilpur village under Mirashi union in the upazila. According to locals, Samia accidentally fell into a pond near her home while her family was unaware in the morning. ...

Manchester City moved back to within two points of the Premier League summit with an impressive 3-0 win against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park. Goals in each half from Erling Haaland and Phil Foden then a late Haaland penalty ensured City got their fourth league victory in a row to keep the pressure on leaders Arsenal, and it was a ...

BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia remains in stable but unchanged condition, with doctors reporting only slow and limited improvement, according to a member of the medical board overseeing her treatment in Dhaka. The medical board said Khaleda Zia is showing signs of improvement, but not at a significant level. Minor progress has been observed in some areas, ...

Journalist Anis Alamgir has been allegedly taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, though the reason for his detention has not been disclosed yet. Alamgir himself confirmed the matter to an online news portal on Sunday night at 8:50 PM, stating over the phone, “I am currently in DB custody.” However, attempts to reach multiple ...

Sir Sadiq Khan says he finds the racism allegations against Nigel Farage to be “incredibly credible and believable” based on his own experience. The Reform UK leader vehemently denies claims he was racist to fellow pupils at top private school Dulwich College in the 1970s and 80s, which a party spokesman has dubbed “a witch hunt”. Harvard Professor Steven Pinker ...

The former health minister Andrew Gwynne has dismissed as “idle speculation” reports he could resign his seat as part of an Andy Burnham “coup” against Keir Starmer. Allies of Burnham were reported on Sunday to have identified a shortlist of seats to allow the Greater Manchester mayor to return to Westminster in the new year. One of these seats is ...

The US government’s claims that Europe faces “civilisational erasure” because of mass migration are an attempt to score political points against Muslims, the home secretary has suggested. Shabana Mahmood dismissed the idea that European civilisation and national identities were under threat because of migration and said the UK had managed the challenges of multiculturalism “very well”. Her comments are the ...

Rachel Reeves’s attempts to overhaul Britain’s planning laws have been dealt a blow after a senior lawyer whom she appointed as an adviser decided to leave the government after just four months. Catherine Howard will leave the Treasury when her contract ends on 1 January, despite having been asked informally to stay on indefinitely. Howard is understood to have warned ...

It is a familiar pattern in news coverage of recent months: a horrific, often sexual, crime is committed by an asylum seeker or foreign national. A flurry of headlines and commentary follows, suggesting that men from the country, ethnic group or religion in question have a propensity to commit these types of offence. A common theme was crystallised by the ...