May 2024

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is bringing changes to the curriculum and the method of education mainly to cut dependency on learning through memorisation. "We want our children to get scope to flourish…

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday accused the Awami League government of creating a privileged group and facilitating the plunder of the country's resources through corruption. "AL government is forming a group.…

Bangladesh's relationship with the US is now stronger than it ever was in the past, Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said yesterday. He also said the US president wrote a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina immediately after the…

Plans for the UK to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda have been passed by Parliament. The Rwanda Bill was introduced to allow the scheme to go ahead after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful. What is the Rwanda asylum…

Protest groups such as Just Stop Oil and Palestine Action could be banned in a similar way to terrorist organisations, under a proposal from the government’s adviser on political violence. An upcoming report from Lord Walney, which BBC…

Late goals from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson lifted Chelsea to a 3-2 victory at Nottingham Forest, who edged within a whisker of securing their Premier League survival on Saturday without being able to pop the Champagne corks.…

 England's James Anderson will retire from test cricket after the first match of the series against West Indies at Lord's this year, he said on Saturday, ending a 21-year career in which he became the most successful ever pace bowler.…

Zimbabwe won the toss and will bowl first in the fifth T20I against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. Bangladesh have three changes in the lineup from the fourth T20I as Mahmudullah Riyad, Mahedi Hasan and…

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday backed a Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending the UN Security Council "reconsider the matter favorably." The vote by the…

More than 300 people were killed in flash floods that ripped through multiple Afghan provinces, the UN's World Food Programme said Saturday, as authorities declared a state of emergency and rushed to rescue the injured. Heavy rains…