United Kingdom
Five UK universities offering scholarships to Bangladeshi students for the 2025 September session
The quality of education, the international acceptance of a UK degree, the two-year post-study work permit, and many other factors make the UK a great place to study.
18 April 2025, 05:00 AM
Absurdity of justice
Since Margaret Thatcher, we have had that problem in spades in the UK; blame for failure is bounced around between ministries and private contractors, between policy ideas and those responsible for implementation.
20 March 2025, 09:30 AM
UK lauds PM Hasina's leadership in tackling climate change
The United Kingdom has appreciated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s enduring leadership in tackling climate change -- both domestically and on the international stage.
8 October 2020, 13:25 PM
UK urged to persuade int’l communities to share responsibilities of Rohingya refugees
A parliamentary body of the United Kingdom has called upon its government to strengthen its efforts to persuade the international community to share the responsibilities of the Rohingya refugees now being sheltered in Bangladesh.
23 May 2018, 06:13 AM
Watchdog confirms UK findings on nerve agent used on Russian ex-spy
The world's chemical arms watchdog says it had confirmed Britain's findings on a nerve agent used in an attack on a former spy last month, which London said came from Russia.
12 April 2018, 13:39 PM
'You'll be sorry,' Russia tells Britain at UN nerve agent attack meeting
Russia tells Britain at the United Nations Security Council that "you're playing with fire and you'll be sorry" over its accusations that Moscow was to blame for poisoning a former Russian spy and his daughter.
6 April 2018, 06:46 AM
UK and EU agree Brexit transition terms
Britain agrees to a potentially unpalatable deal to avoid a "hard border" for Northern Ireland to win agreement from the European Union that it would retain most EU benefits for nearly two years after Brexit.
19 March 2018, 14:11 PM
Can't pass an order on reclaiming Kohinoor: India SC
India Supreme Court says it cannot pass an order for reclaiming the Kohinoor from the United Kingdom or to stop it from being auctioned.
21 April 2017, 09:24 AM
Flame of reconciliation to burn brightly at Commonwealth Games
The two decade reconciliation process which has seen Australia confront its treatment of indigenous people has been fully embraced by 2018 Commonwealth Games organisers, Gold Coast Elder Ted Williams told AFP.
31 March 2017, 07:16 AM
Bangladeshi youth wins British Queen’s young Leaders Award
Bangladeshi youth to receive Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2016 for his leading role in transforming the lives of others and making a lasting difference in his community.
21 June 2016, 14:09 PM
British MP dead after shooting attack
A British lawmaker has died after she was shot and stabbed during an attack in her constituency, police say.
16 June 2016, 13:50 PM
Granny’s polite Google search goes viral!
Using Google to search for things on the internet has become a common part of most people's daily lives. But it seems the internet giant may just have found its politest searcher - 86-year-old May Ashworth.
16 June 2016, 07:11 AM
Himsagor mangoes now going to UK
A consignment of mangoes from Chapainawabganj was sent to the capital on Monday for export to the United Kingdom.
7 June 2016, 18:00 PM
Sadiq Khan's Democratic Islam
The man of the hour in the United Kingdom, if not in Europe, is obviously Sadiq Khan – Pakistani by origin, Muslim by faith, and newly elected Mayor of London.
17 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Trump says unlikely to have good relation with Cameron
Donald Trump says he is unlikely to have a good relationship with David Cameron because the British prime minister cast the US presidential candidate as "divisive, stupid and wrong" for proposing a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
16 May 2016, 11:01 AM
Trump will make 'exception' for Sadiq Khan
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump says the newly elected mayor of London would be an "exception" to his proposed ban on Muslims travelling to the US.
10 May 2016, 04:35 AM
Govt appoints new envoys for 4 countries
Bangladesh government has appointed new envoys to United Kingdom, Belgium, Sri Lanka and Pakistan, foreign ministry says.
18 April 2016, 08:18 AM
Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain to make Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday cake
Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, a Bangladeshi baker from UK, announces that she will be baking the Queen's 90th birthday cake.
16 April 2016, 04:57 AM
Panama papers: UK tax havens 'should face direct rule'
David Cameron should consider imposing "direct rule" on the UK's overseas territories and dependencies if they do not comply with tax law, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says.
5 April 2016, 09:30 AM
More obese than underweight, study says
There are now more adults in the world classified as obese than underweight, a major study has suggested.
1 April 2016, 06:40 AM