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UK PM Starmer meets Italy’s Meloni for illegal immigration talks
Sep 16, 2024A day after another shipwreck involving Channel migrants claimed eight lives, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Italian colleague Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Monday to talk about combating illegal immigration. After garnering a resounding parliamentary... -
Blinken to head to UK for talks on Ukraine, Mideast
Sep 9, 2024The State Department announced on Saturday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to London next week to engage in discussions regarding the Middle East and Ukraine. This announcement was made in advance of... -
Home Advisor seeks UK support for police reform
Aug 28, 2024Home Advisor of the Interim government Lieutenant General (retd) M Jahangir Alam Chowdhury today sought cooperation from the United Kingdom (UK) for police reform as the government has taken an initiative to make the law enforcing... -
EU, France, UK slam Israel minister for Gaza starvation comment
Aug 9, 2024A far-right Israeli minister was denounced by the European Union, France, and the UK on Wednesday for implying that starving two million Gazanians would be “justified and moral” in exchange for the release of several prisoners... -
Qantas scraps non-stop UK flight due to Middle East unrest
Aug 8, 2024Due to Middle East tensions, Australian airline Qantas canceled its non-stop Perth to London flight on Thursday, citing the decision as a “precaution”. The aircraft, which typically travels a nonstop 17 and a half hours, will... -
UK water firms face big fines over sewage: regulator
Aug 6, 2024On Tuesday, a UK regulator announced that it was considering fining the three largest water suppliers in England a total of o168 million ($214 million) for their inadequate sewage handling. According to Ofwat, Thames Water, the... -
Air chief leaves for UK on official visit
Jul 15, 2024Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, the chief of air staff of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), departed today for an official visit to the UK, which will take place from July 16–23. According to a... -
Ex-Labour leader Corbyn wins as independent in UK election
Jul 6, 2024Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, a veteran left-winger suspended by the party following a drawn-out anti-Semitism scandal, won re-election to parliament on Friday as an independent candidate. Corbyn, 75, who has represented the London constituency... -
PM greets new British Premier Keir Starmer
Jul 6, 2024Following his party’s historic victory in the July 4 elections, British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer was congratulated by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on becoming the new prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great... -
Prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in almost three years last month
Jul 2, 2024Prices in British shops rose at the slowest pace in almost three years last month, according to industry figures that underscore how inflation has cooled even if Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is unlikely to see much...