Probashbangla24 online Desk : There has been a surge in reports of hate crime directed at people in England and Wales because of their religious beliefs, new figures show. It rose by 40%, from 5,949 last year to 8,336 this year, according to the Home Office data. Most religious hate crime – 52% of all offences…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Theresa May is attempting to get her top team to unite behind her as Brexit talks enter a crucial phase. The prime minister briefed the cabinet earlier on her efforts to unblock talks in Brussels, currently deadlocked over the issue of the Irish border. European leaders meet on Wednesday in one of…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A British student has been charged with spying in the United Arab Emirates, officials have said. The UAE government said on Monday that Matthew Hedges was accused of “spying for and on behalf of a foreign state”. Mr Hedges, a PhD student at Durham University, was arrested on 5 May in Dubai…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Bill Turnbull has described dealing with cancer every day as “relentlessly boring” and admitted he asked doctors to stop his “unbearable” chemotherapy. The former BBC Breakfast anchor, who’s now a presenter on Classic FM, said: “I just couldn’t bear it any longer.” After that round of chemo in July – his eighth…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Speaker John Bercow is facing calls to quit after a report into bullying in the House of Commons. Women and Equalities Committee chairwoman Maria Miller and senior Labour MP Sir Kevin Barron both said new leadership was needed. It comes after Dame Laura Cox said bullying and harassment were not being dealt…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have begun their first overseas tour as news of Meghan’s pregnancy made headlines across the globe. The royal couple arrived in Sydney and were given the first of many gifts for their baby. Australia’s Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and his wife Lynn presented them with a…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Scotland’s pro-independence leader vowed on Monday to vote against any Brexit agreement that fails to preserve much closer EU-UK ties than currently under discussion. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said British Prime Minister Theresa May was offering a false choice between a “no-deal Brexit and a no-detail Brexit” — a fudge that leaves…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A Brexit-supporting member of the cabinet has a simple analogy to explain whether Theresa May’s government can survive. The government will crash onto the rocks if it ends up with no deal on Brexit or indefinite membership of an EU customs union, this minister told me. “So we need to find a…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A 300-year-old timepiece made by England’s most famous clockmaker has sold at auction for hundreds of thousands of pounds. The bracket clock from 1690 was made by Thomas Tompion – named by the auctioneer as “Father Time”. The clock had been found on the Belper estate of a man linked to the…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Twin brothers have squashed their own record for the UK’s heaviest pumpkin grown indoors. Ian and Stuart Paton, 57, broke their existing record with a giant 174 stone (1.103.9kg) vegetable at the Jubilee Sailing Trust Pumpkin Festival in Netley, Southampton, on Saturday. Their previous record of 162 stone (1.029kg) was set last…