British Parliament

UK Supreme Court rules PM Johnson's suspension of parliament was unlawful

The United Kingdom's Supreme Court rules that Prime Minister Boris Johnson had acted unlawfully when he advised Queen Elizabeth to suspend parliament weeks before Brexit - and that therefore the suspension was void.
24 September 2019, 10:04 AM

London attacker Khalid Masood was a criminal with militant links

A British-born former teacher and Muslim convert, Masood had shown up on the periphery of previous terrorism investigations that brought him to the attention of Britain's MI5 spy agency.
24 March 2017, 05:01 AM

Islamic State claims responsibility for British parliament attack

Islamic State (IS) is responsible for the attack outside Britain's parliament which left five people dead and around 40 injured, says Amaq, a news agency of the militant outfit.
23 March 2017, 12:31 PM

5 dead, around 40 injured in UK parliament 'terrorist' attack

Five people are killed and about 40 injured in London on Wednesday after a car ploughed into pedestrians and a suspected Islamist-inspired attacker stabbed a policeman close to Britain's parliament.
22 March 2017, 15:03 PM

Jo Cox MP death: David Cameron, Jeremy Corbyn unite in tributes

David Cameron pays tribute to murdered MP Jo Cox, calling her "one of our most compassionate campaigners". While speaking alongside the prime minister in Cox's West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Parliament will be recalled on Monday, and labelled her death "an attack on democracy".
17 June 2016, 04:59 AM

JS greets Tulip, Rupa, Rushanara

The Jatiya Sangsad passes a thanksgiving motion unanimously for Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Rupa Huq and Rushanara Ali on their winning in the British parliament elections.
7 July 2015, 15:17 PM

PM returns from UK

Wrapping up her six-day visit to the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returns home.
18 June 2015, 05:07 AM

UK MPs want pressure on Bangladesh to end disappearance

10 British MPs move so that the UK government put pressure on Bangladesh to stop disappearances and extra-judicial killings.
25 March 2015, 04:36 AM