UK PM faces backlash over booze party during lockdown at Downing Street

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was under fire on Tuesday after it emerged his private secretary had invited over 100 people to a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of Downing Street during the first coronavirus lockdown.
11 January 2022, 13:51 PM

22nd Commonwealth Games: Queen’s Baton to reach Dhaka from Sri Lanka tomorrow

The Queen’s Baton for the 22nd Commonwealth Games, scheduled for July 28 to August 8 in Birmingham, England will arrive in the capital on Thursday on a five-day tour in Bangladesh.
4 January 2022, 18:21 PM

Britain's Queen Elizabeth spoke of loss of her husband in unusually personal Christmas message

Queen Elizabeth II in her Christmas Day message shared the pain she felt after the death of her husband as she encouraged people everywhere to celebrate with friends and family, despite the grief caused by the ongoing pandemic.
25 December 2021, 17:47 PM

London cancels New Year event over virus surge

A major New year celebration in London will be cancelled, the British capital's mayor said on Monday, as worries mount over a surge in virus cases sparked by the Omicron variant.
21 December 2021, 06:03 AM

Looking forward to next 50 yrs of UK-BD ties, Joy Bangla: Johnson

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has extended his thanks to British Bangladeshis for everything they have done in their struggle against Covid-19 and said they look forward to the next 50 years of friendship between Britain and Bangladesh.
17 December 2021, 18:28 PM

Assange suffered ‘mini-stroke’ in prison: fiancee

WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange had a mini-stroke during his battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States, his fiancee Stella Moris said.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM

UK’s Johnson welcomes 2nd child with wife Carrie

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday became a father again, after his wife, Carrie, gave birth to a girl, Downing Street said. The “healthy
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM

UK’s Johnson left reeling over Christmas party scandal

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday faced a political backlash for imposing new virus restrictions and public fury about whether a Downing Street Christmas party last year broke lockdown rules.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Tel Aviv ranked world’s priciest city for first time

Tel Aviv is the world’s most expensive city to live in as soaring inflation has pushed up living costs globally, according to a survey published yesterday.
1 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Barbados stops pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth, becomes republic

Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history.
30 November 2021, 13:00 PM

Blast outside Liverpool hospital was terrorist incident: UK police

A blast in a taxi outside a hospital in England that killed a man was caused by an improvised explosive device and is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear, police said Monday.
15 November 2021, 14:42 PM

Pro-Palestine protest forces Israeli ambassador to flee London School of Economics event

The Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom Tzipi Hotovely had to flee a London School of Economics event yesterday amid a large protest led by pro-Palestinian activists.
10 November 2021, 16:54 PM

UK envoy for transparent, participatory next polls

The next general election in Bangladesh should be held in a transparent and competitive atmosphere with participation from all political parties, said Robert Chatterton Dickson, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, yesterday.
27 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Facebook will fuel further unrest

Facebook Inc will fuel more violent unrest around the world unless it stops its algorithms pushing extreme and divisive content, whistleblower Frances Haugen told the British parliament on Monday.
26 October 2021, 18:00 PM

COP26 climate deal: Harder than 2015 Paris talks

Success at the upcoming COP26 climate summit is “definitely harder” than the 2015 Paris talks which resulted in a landmark accord, the British minister presiding over the gathering warned yesterday. 
23 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Britain set for £7b transport investment

Britain’s upcoming budget will invest almost £7.0 billion ($9.6 billion, 8.3 billion euros) on transport outside London, the Treasury said yesterday, as part of plans to cut economic inequality. 
23 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Queen Elizabeth resting after a day’s hospital stay

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, 95, was resting yesterday and undertaking light duties after she spent a night in hospital for the first time in years for what Buckingham Palace termed “preliminary investigations”.
22 October 2021, 18:00 PM

Queen Elizabeth to spend the day resting after overnight stay in hospital in years

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, 95, will spend Friday resting and undertaking light duties after she spent a night in hospital for the first time in years for what Buckingham Palace termed "preliminary investigations".
22 October 2021, 09:02 AM

Queen Elizabeth declines 'Oldie of the Year' award

Britain's 95-year-old Queen Elizabeth, who has reigned over her nation for almost seven decades, says she feels too young at heart to be awarded the title "Oldie of the Year", an aide has revealed.
20 October 2021, 09:43 AM

UK PM sets out green ambitions with some caveats

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday set out his ambition for a green revolution that would force Western economies to kick their centuries old addiction to fossil fuels.
19 October 2021, 18:00 PM