Former Bangladesh minister鈥檚 massive fortune in UK under investigation
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started an inquiry against former Awami League government鈥檚 land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury over allegations of laundering money to the...
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Govt seeks UK assistance to investigate overseas assets of Hasina, allies
The interim government of Bangladesh has sought assistance from the United Kingdom to investigate the overseas wealth of allies of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, as the new administration intensifies its crackdown on members of her ousted regime, according to a report by The Financial Times on Wednesday...
What to know about UK鈥檚 plan to change travel entry requirements
The UK government this week announced an overhaul in non-visa entry requirements for visitors from next year.
ACC seeks info on 38 officials of 10 Bangladesh embassies
The Anti-Corruption Commission has sent a letter to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeking information about 38 officials and employees of Bangladesh embassies in 10 countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, over allegations of abuse of power and embezzlement of public money...
Five anti-graft bodies seek global action against laundered money of Bangladesh
Transparency International Bangladesh and four UK-based anti-corruption organisations have called for the immediate freezing of illegal assets held by Bangladeshis in several countries including the United States, the United Kingdom and European Union nations...
Two press ministers鈥� contractual appointments in UK, US scrapped
The contract-based appointments of two Bangladeshi ministers (press) in the United Kingdom and the United States have been terminated....
UK announces 拢450,000 more for flood affected people in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom has decided to provide additional 拢450,000 (Taka 7 crore) of vital humanitarian assistance to support more than 36,000 people affected by flooding in eastern Bangladesh, where more than five million people have been impacted....
UK keen to help Bangladesh reform bank,w revenue sectors
The United Kingdom on Tuesday expressed its keen interest to help Bangladesh reform its banking and revenue sectors alongside the capital market...
UK minister Tulip facing question over living in 拢2m house
Tulip Siddiq, a senior Labour minister of the United Kingdom and niece of Bangladesh鈥檚 deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was facing urgent questions Saturday night after it emerged that she is living in a 拢2 million house owned by a close political ally of her aunt, London-based the Daily Mail reported on Sunday...
Anti-racism protesters rally across United Kingdom
Thousands of anti-racism demonstrators rallied across the UK on Saturday to protest recent rioting blamed on the far-right in the wake of the Southport knife attack that killed three children.
Images like dry flower from my notebook
BANGLADESH was created behind my back. Since I was a reporter with the Statesman, I was surprised that I was being kept away from the Bangladesh war where friend Raghu Rai was producing brilliant photographs and Peter Hazelhurst of the Times, London, was well on his way to winning the reporter of the year award in the United Kingdom...
UK, Canada welcome interim government in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom and Canada in separate statements have extended support to Bangladesh鈥檚 newly formed interim government led by Nobel laureate professor Muhammad Yunus...
UK 鈥榦n high alert鈥� for more far-right rallies, Starmer says
The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, warned on Friday that the UK authorities must 鈥榮tay on high alert鈥� in the coming hours and days, amid fears of further far-right riots in English towns and cities.
Bangladesh envoy to UK expresses allegiance to upcoming interim govt
Bangladesh high commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem expressed her allegiance in advance with the interim government that would be formed soon...
Hasina meets Ajit Doval, may seek UK asylum: Indian media
Sheikh Hasina, who resigned from her position as Bangladesh prime minister on Monday, met with Indian national security advisor Ajit Doval at the Hindon Air Force base in Ghaziabad, approximately 30km from Delhi...
201 UK academics stand against 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� on protestors
Condemning the 鈥榖rutal repression鈥� by the state against quota reform protesters in Bangladesh, 201 academics, including both Bangladeshis and non-Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom, on Thursday issued a statement, expressing full solidarity with the student movement...
UK to provide 拢30,000 to flood-affected people in Bangladesh
The United Kingdom is providing 拢30,000 or Tk聽4.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to support flood-affected communities in Sylhet, where over three million people have been impacted and 260,000 are displaced...
Labour govt drops Rwanda policy for asylum seekers
Three asylum seekers who brought court action to block the UK鈥檚 attempt to send them to Rwanda had their cases resolved on Tuesday, after the incoming Labour government ditched the policy....
BNP congratulates new British PM, Iran鈥檚 president-elect
The BNP has congratulated Labour Party leader Keir Starmer on his party鈥檚 resounding victory in the United Kingdom election and his election as the prime minister of the country....
Keir Starmer: United Kingdom鈥檚 methodical new leader
United Kingdom鈥檚 new prime minister Keir Starmer is an ex-human rights lawyer and public prosecutor who will have to focus his relentless work ethic and methodical mind on fixing the country....
Labour party hopes for historic win as UK voters go to polls
Britain voted on Thursday in a general election that polls predict will hand the opposition Labour party a landslide win and end nearly a decade-and-a-half of...
War crimes convict Mueen-Uddin allowed to revive libel case against UK home secretary
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has allowed Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin, a Bangladeshi condemned war crimes convict living in London for decades, to revive his...
UK to provide 拢500,000 in humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh鈥檚 affected communities
The United Kingdom is providing 拢500,000 or Tk 7.5 crores of vital humanitarian assistance to communities affected by Cyclone Remal in southwestern Bangladesh....
DCCI urges UK to import more from Bangladesh
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Sunday urged the United Kingdom to import more from Bangladesh...
US, UK, EU call on all states to cease flow of arms, aviation fuel to Myanmar
Australia, Canada, the European Union, the Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States reiterated their call on all states to prevent or cease the flow of arms or military and dual-use material, including aviation fuel to the Myanmar military....
UK PM Rishi Sunak calls general election for July 4
United Kingdom鈥檚 prime minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not the doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government鈥檚 expected defeat....
RMG exports from Bangladesh to UK fall by 23.6pc in Jan-Mar
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the United Kingdom in the first quarter (January-March) of 2024 fell by 23.61 per cent to 616.39 million pound compared with...
10,000 Bangladesh nationals staying illegally in Britain likely to be deported soon
The United Kingdom is set to deport around 10,000 Bangladesh nationals who were unsuccessful in their asylum claims last year, according to a report by The Telegraph.
Bangladesh, United Kingdom sign SOPs on returns
Bangladesh and the United Kingdom held their first-ever joint working group meeting on home affairs in London at the British home office and signed the standard operating procedures on returns...
Writ seeks probe into ex-minister Saifuzzaman鈥檚 reported property of Tk 2,770cr in UK
A Supreme Court lawyer on Thursday filed a writ petition seeking a directive to investigate by the government authorities the reported Tk 2,770 crore property of former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury in the United Kingdom...