Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has expressed deep concern over the current health condition of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia. He is closely monitoring her medical progress and has instructed all relevant authorities to ensure she receives every necessary treatment and support. Wishing for her speedy recovery, the Chief Adviser appealed to the nation to keep ...

Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has taken the oath as Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami for 2026-2028 term. The oath-taking ceremony was held on Friday evening at Al-Falah Auditorium in Dhaka. The election process for the party leadership was conducted through secret ballots among members (rukons) nationwide from October 9 to October 25. After the voting concluded, the responsible team carried out the ...

Labour MPs have said they believe Keir Starmer’s leadership is safe until at least the May elections, after a budget that avoided any major damaging measures but which few MPs believe will revive the party’s fortunes. More than a dozen previously loyal MPs told they did not believe the budget would shift the fundamentals required for the party to beat ...

Keir Starmer is facing backbench anger after ministers abandoned plans to give workers day-one protection against unfair dismissal, a U-turn that breaches the Labour manifesto. MPs including a former minister who spearheaded the employment rights bill with the former deputy leader Angela Rayner have voiced concerns over the climbdown announced by the government. Ministers have axed the proposal to remove ...

UK energy bill payers will hand over £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, the French company building two nuclear power stations, according to government figures. EDF, owned by the French government, will be entitled to £1bn in annual payments as soon as Hinkley Point C, in Somerset, comes on to the grid in 2030. The sum is due under ...

Fascia, the connective tissue that holds together the body’s internal structure, really hasn’t spent all that long in the limelight. Anatomists have known about its existence since before the Hippocratic oath was a thing, but until the 1980s it was routinely tossed in the bin during human dissections, regarded as little more than the wrapping that gets in the way ...

It’s the coat most associated with a beloved children’s character, so it makes sense that the duffel is a familiar sight in playgrounds across the country. But this year it is also – once again – quietly enjoying a moment on grownups. In the Christmas advert for Waitrose, comedian Joe Wilkinson wears a duffel coat while in the supermarket with ...

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House, reports reuters. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators say was carried out by an ...

Balia Government Primary School in Paikurati Union, Dharmapasha Upazila, Sunamganj, has become a stark example of how mismanagement, political influence, and systemic malpractice are compromising education. With only 21 students enrolled, the school operates more like a bureaucratic formality than a place of learning. Despite government orders to remain open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, classes often start late, ...

Dushmantha Chameera produced a sensational spell of fast bowling, taking 4 for 20, to guide Sri Lanka into the final of the T20 tri-series with a tense six-run win over Pakistan on Thursday. Defending 184, Sri Lanka held Pakistan to 178 for 7, despite captain Salman Ali Agha’s career-best unbeaten 63. Pakistan had already secured a spot in Saturday’s final ...