Sixty-five Bangladeshi students have been honoured with 鈥楾op in the World鈥� awards at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards 2024, a prestigious event co-hosted by the British Council and Cambridge International Education at a hotel in the capital on Saturday...
The British Council recently hosted the Gateway to UK Education 2024 Symposium, bringing together 78 representatives from schools, education agents, counsellors, and UK universities...
British lawmakers will hold a landmark debate on Friday on a divisive and emotive bill that could set the UK on its way to legalising assisted dying for terminally ill people...
British business lobby group, the CBI, on Monday hit out over the Labour government鈥檚 tax hikes on firms, saying the 鈥榟eavy burden鈥� risked cuts to hiring and investment...
British farmers massed in London on Tuesday, calling on the Labour government to scrap plans to change inheritance tax rules for land ownership, which they say threatens the agriculture sector and food production...
British parliamentary under-secretary of state for Indo-Pacific Catherine West will visit Bangladesh on November 16-17 to discuss ways to strengthen ties with Bangladesh on key fronts...
The British Council on Tuesday organised Scholars鈥� Award 2024 distribution ceremony to honour 36 students who achieved excellent results in their May-June 2024 Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel Qualifications conducted by the British Council for UK Exam Boards...
A British Council report said on Wednesday that 46 per cent youths in the country were facing gender discrimination.
THE Police Act 1861, originally enacted during British colonial rule over the Indian subcontinent, still governs the police in Bangladesh in the 21st century. Designed to consolidate British power following the Great Rebellion of 1857, the Act prioritised maintaining colonial control over protecting citizens鈥� rights. It created a hierarchical police structure to...
The British Council celebrated the 65-years legacy of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission with an event at its auditorium on Fuller Road in Dhaka on Saturday.
The British delegation assured the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bangladesh of assistance in bringing back laundered money from the United Kingdom to Bangladesh...
The British Council, the United Kingdom鈥檚 international organisation for cultural relations and educational programmes, has announced the launch of its Study UK Alumni Awards, said...
The British Council Partner Schools Principals鈥� Meet 2024 was held at the Radisson Blu Water Garden in Dhaka on Sunday, said a press release on Monday.
IN BANGLADESH, the forms of address used in official settings are not merely ceremonial but deeply rooted in the historical and socio-political fabric of the nation. These linguistic conventions, significantly shaped by the legacy of British colonial rule, uphold hierarchical structures and define the power dynamics between governing authorities and the public...
British Council announced the appointment of Stephen Forbes as new country director for its Bangladesh operation...
British prime minister Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO...
The US and British top diplomats vowed on Wednesday to work together for Ukraine鈥檚 victory as they discussed further easing rules on firing Western weapons into Russia, whose alleged acquisition of Iranian missiles has raised new fears...
British trade unions host their annual meeting in Brighton on Sunday as they call for the new Labour government to fix public services and improve working conditions...
Today is the 14th anniversary of the death of poet, essayist, researcher and literary critic, Abdul Mannan Syed...
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke met BNP chairperson Begum khaleda Zia and enquired of her health conditions on Wednesday night...
Fans are not the only ones eagerly awaiting next year鈥檚 Oasis reunion tour; British hoteliers and pub owners are looking forward to a boom in business, with hopes of a Taylor Swift-style economy boost...
British high commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Monday met BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir....
British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday greeted Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus on his assumption of office of the chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh and expressed his desire to work with him and the government for peaceful transition to an inclusive and democratic future....
The British high commissioner to Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke, reiterated her government鈥檚 support for the interim government led by its chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday.
State Reform Student Movement chief coordinator Ahmed Ishak and its economic coordinator Didarul Bhuiyan on Friday joined a tea party hosted by British high commission in Dhaka...
Noor Miah was a student when riots broke out in northern England in the summer of 2001, with angry young British South Asians clashing with police after a series of racist attacks and incidents...
A woman stripped of her British citizenship after leaving the country as a teenager to marry an Islamic State group fighter lost a bid Wednesday to take her case to the UK鈥檚 top court....
United Nations high commissioner for human rights Volker Turk on Monday said that the shocking violence in Bangladesh must stop while the British prime minister Keir Starmer underlined...
