Russell Brand has appeared in court for the start of his rape and sexual assault trial. The 51-year-old comedian and actor has been charged with three counts of rape, three charges of sexual assault and one allegation of indecent assault, which are alleged to have occurred between 1999 and 2009 in London and Bournemouth. On Monday at London’s Southwark Crown ...

The UK’s AI minister has warned it is “likely, if not inevitable” the country’s cyber defences will at some point be breached. Speaking at a press conference, Kanishka Narayan pointed to an incident of a rogue OpenAI agent hacking an Australian government website in June. He said while no medical records are known to have been accessed in the attack, ...

Reform UK has announced plans to effectively close down the UK’s asylum system for a full parliamentary term if elected. The party said all new asylum applications would be rejected and existing applications voided, with all claimants marked for deportation. It said no grants of humanitarian protection or refugee status would be made, while legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes ...

Chancellor John Healey faces having to find £35bn to avoid cuts to public spending while meeting defence promises in his first Budget, an influential think tank has warned. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said that if the government wants to raise defence spending to 3% of national income by 2030 and lift health spending without squeezing other departments, it ...

Andy Burnham has said Russia did interfere with the Brexit referendum and warned that similar activities were taking place in France and Germany. The prime minister told The Rest is Politics podcast that upon arriving in No 10, he had asked about possible Russian interference in the 2016 vote, adding: “I’ve had the clear answer that, yes, there was.” “I ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A group of unidentified assailants hacked a local Juba Dal activist to death in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet early Sunday. The deceased, 32-year-old Badrul Alam of Hadarpar village under Rustampur union, is a former organising secretary of the union unit Chhatra Dal and an aspirant for the general secretary post in the Gowainghat upazila unit of Juba ...

The EU Commissioner for Migration and Home Affairs Magnus Brunner paid a courtesy call on the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shama Obaed Islam at the ministry on Monday. Ambassador of the European Union to Bangladesh Michael Miller was also present, said a press release. The discussions covered cooperation on migration management, returns, combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The ...

Ingredients: • Hilsa fish 6 pieces • Pineapple 1 medium • Onion paste 2 tbsp • Ginger paste ½ tsp • Red chilli powder 1 tsp • Turmeric powder ½ tsp • Chopped onion ½ cup • Oil ¼ cup • Salt to taste • Green chillies 6 • Thick coconut milk 1½ cups • Sugar 1 tsp Method: 1. ...

A Dhaka court on Monday placed two retired army officers–Lt Col (retd) Kazi Gulshan Ara and Lt Col (retd) Debashish–on a four-day remand in a case filed with Pallabi Police Station in Dhaka under several charges, including sedition. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Didarul Alam passed the order after a hearing, State Prosecutor Harun Or Rashid said. Earlier, the duo were brought ...

Restrictions on flight operations at Saudi Arabian airports have disrupted 51 direct and transit flights from Bangladesh, affecting 5,418 passengers, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). According to CAAB data released on Monday (October 12), a total of 12 direct flights and 39 transit flights were disrupted due to limited flight operations at Saudi airports. Of the ...