American International University-Bangladesh in collaboration with two universities in the United Kingdom has secured two project grants from the British Council under the Transnational Education Exploratory Grant programme...
UK lawmakers held a rare Saturday parliamentary debate as the government seeks to pass emergency legislation to stop the last British factory that can make steel from scratch shutting down.
British pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Friday announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in China, despite the detention there of its former head of operations over alleged illegal activity...
The British Council has recently conducted a workshop titled Learning, Sharing and Safeguarding at the Bangladesh Madrassah Teachers鈥� Training Institute in Gazipur...
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday said that the United Kingdom was supportive of the consensus building and reform process to help create a condition for 鈥榝ree, fair and inclusive鈥� elections in Bangladesh...
Russia said Monday it was expelling two British 鈥榙iplomats鈥� on suspicion of carrying out espionage activities, in a move slammed by London as 鈥榤alicious and baseless鈥�.
The British Council in partnership with the United Kingdom鈥檚 department for culture, media, and sport organised a closing ceremony for the four-month Varendra Research Museum training programme at the Varendra Research Museum in Rajshahi on Tuesday...
The British Council has recently announced the recipients of the Connections Through Culture Grant Programme 2024.
British American Tobacco shares slumped on Thursday as it warned of tougher regulatory headwinds in Australia and Bangladesh after a sizeable writedown in Canada dampened its return to profit...
The names of the winners of the Study UK Alumni Awards 2024-25 in Bangladesh have been announced at a ceremony hosted by the British Council in Dhaka recently.
Shahman Moishan, an associate professor at the department of Theatre and Performance Studies at Dhaka University, won the Study UK Alumni Awards in the Culture and Creativity category on Tuesday at British Council in Dhaka...
The British government on Wednesday said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship...
British lawmaker Rupert Lowe sparked controversy with a post on his official X account, criticising the use of Bangla sign at a London Underground station.
Pop megastar Ed Sheeran has denied that he unlawfully serenaded the Indian public after police said he lacked the necessary permission to play and abruptly terminated a street performance.
Keir Starmer has urged other world leaders to take an HIV test, after becoming the first serving British prime minister and G7 leader to take a public test on camera...
British energy giant Shell on Thursday announced a 17-per cent drop in annual net profit owing to weaker oil and gas prices as well as asset write-offs...
The British Council Bangladesh has recently hosted an event titled Commonwealth Scholars Welcome Home to celebrate the achievements of Commonwealth scholars who recently returned after completing their studies in the United Kingdom...
Prince Harry settled on Wednesday a hotly-disputed lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch鈥檚 UK tabloid publisher, which apologised for hacking the British royal鈥檚 phone and agreed to pay him 鈥榮ubstantial damages鈥�...
Seventeen land and human rights organisations on Tuesday demanded punishment for those involved in land grabbing from the Santal community and the arson attack on a Santal house in Gobindganj of Gaibandha...
British lawmaker Rupa Huq has criticised a 鈥榦ne-sided account鈥� of Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government, led by chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus, alleging it was falsely presented under the banner of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth, causing confusion...
British prime minister Keir Starmer signed a 鈥榣andmark鈥� 100-year partnership agreement with Ukraine during an unannounced visit to the war-torn country on Thursday, seeking to shore up support for Kyiv before Donald Trump returns to the White House....
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry has called on British-Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 key sectors, including energy, technology, education, human resource development, the blue economy, and tourism...
British city minister Tulip Siddiq lived in a second property reportedly given to her family by an ally of her aunt, now deposed Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, reported The Telegraph on Saturday.
Chief adviser鈥檚 special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi on Saturday invited British businessmen and businesswomen, including people of Bangladeshi origin, to invest in Bangladesh, saying the Interim government has undertaken sweeping reforms to attract foreign direct investment...
British city minister Tulip Siddiq was given a central London apartment by a person linked to the Awami League, led by the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, reports the British newspaper The Financial Times.
British American Tobacco Bangladesh has announced plans to invest Tk 28.38 crore to boost its production capacity, according to a disclosure made on the Dhaka Stock Exchange website on Thursday.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the death of drama artiste and anti-British movement leader Kali Krishna Majumder.
BEGUM Rokeya is remembered and celebrated for her immense contribution to the establishment of women鈥檚 rights in British India. Her satirical literary works have modified the thoughts, beliefs, customs and stories of contemporary Muslim society. She rightly pointed out the worthlessness of the tradition that the Muslim society had imposed on women...
The British government said Wednesday that it has agreed to a partnership with Qatar that will see the Gulf state invest 1 billion pounds ($1.3 billion) in climate technologies...
AN INVESTIGATIVE report by a British news agency once again shows that politicians and businesspeople linked to the deposed Awami League have laundered huge wealth off Bangladesh. The report, conducted by the Observer in collaboration with Transparency International that British newspaper Guardian published on November 30, shows that prominent Bangladeshi politicians and businesspeople own top-flight...