Prime Minister and BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday paid tribute to party founder and former President Ziaur Rahman on the occasion of his 45th death anniversary. Tarique Rahman first laid a wreath at Ziaur Rahman’s grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in his capacity as Prime Minister. He later placed another wreath as BNP Chairman, accompanied by members of the party’s ...

The 45th martyrdom anniversary of former President of Bangladesh, proclaimer of independence, one of the sector commanders of the Liberation War, founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), and advocate of multi-party democracy, Ziaur Rahman, will be observed on Saturday. On May 30, 1981, he was killed at the Chattogram Circuit House by a group of disgruntled army officers as ...

Three people, including a child, have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London, the Metropolitan Police has said. Emergency services were called to Churchyard Row in Elephant and Castle at 07:29 BST on Wednesday following reports that people had fallen from height. A man, a woman and a child were found at the scene. Despite ...

​Defending champions Bangladesh secured their place in the SAFF Women’s Championship semi-finals with a 4-2 victory over the Maldives, but head coach Peter James Butler was left visibly frustrated by his team’s profligacy and shocking defensive lapses. Despite taking a comfortable 2-0 lead inside 34 minutes, starting with Anika Rania Siddiqui’s strike a mere 11 seconds into the match, Bangladesh ...

Stock markets were mixed while oil prices fell again on Friday on investor optimism that the United States and Iran would reach a deal to extend their ceasefire. Oil markets have been up and down this week as investors assess the chances of a breakthrough between Washington and Tehran that could potentially resume shipping through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Friday visited different parts of the capital to personally inspect the ongoing operations for removing sacrificial animal waste after Eid-ul-Azha. The prime minister began the inspection around 4pm, driving himself through several key areas of the city, said his Deputy Press Secretary Jahidul Islam Rony. During the visit, Tarique Rahman travelled from his Gulshan residence ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced an eight-day programme marking the 45th martyrdom anniversary of the party’s founder and former president Ziaur Rahman. The programmes include hoisting black flags nationwide, discussion meetings, photo exhibitions, prayer gatherings, and the distribution of food and clothing among the underprivileged. The announcement was made on Friday (29 May) by BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul ...

A child has died with symptoms consistent with measles in Sylhet in the past 24 hours till Friday morning, raising the death toll linked to the outbreak in the division to 58 this year. The information was confirmed on Friday morning by Dr Md Mahbubul Alam, director of the Sylhet divisional office of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). ...

Shabana Mahmood’s plan to house more asylum seekers in former army barracks is facing a major hurdle after the high court ruled that a policy change forcing torture victims to share rooms was unlawful. According to a judgment seen by the Guardian, the government failed in its duties when it forced survivors of trafficking, torture and other serious forms of ...

At 14, I decided to learn a martial art. I told my parents it was to defend myself on the mean streets of Congleton – a market town in Cheshire largely devoid of danger – when, in truth, it was because I wanted to be like Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I joined a kickboxing club, and what could have been ...