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  BGMEA warns British firm of action if deal broken

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:45am on May 23, 2020

  Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has threatened British retail company Edinburgh Woollen Mill that it would restrict the company’s business in Bangladesh for...

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  MPs criticise inadequate government virus testing

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:55pm on May 19, 2020

  British lawmakers on Tuesday heaped fresh pressure on the government for its handling of the coronavirus outbreak, calling its testing regime ‘inadequate’ in the early...

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  Prickly pastime: Cactus inspires lockdown art project

  Agence France-Presse. London | Updated at 01:10pm on May 19, 2020

  What do a match-studded turnip, celeriac embedded with coffee capsules and a kiwano melon decorated with lollipops and pins have in common? ...

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  UK could start easing virus lockdown next week: PM

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:46pm on May 06, 2020

  British prime minister Boris Johnson said Wednesday he could begin to ease a nationwide coronavirus lockdown next week, but warned he would do nothing that...

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  UK scientist behind lockdown quits after breaking rules

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:35pm on May 06, 2020

  A top scientist who advised British leaders on coronavirus lockdown measures said on Tuesday he had resigned from a key government panel after admitting to...

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  Johnson’s partner gives birth to baby boy

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:25pm on April 29, 2020

  British prime minister Boris Johnson’s partner Carrie Symonds on Wednesday gave birth to a ‘healthy baby boy’ in a London hospital, a spokesman for the...

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  British PM back to work with hope

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 12:18am on April 28, 2020

  British prime minister Boris Johnson on Monday made his first public appearance since being hospitalised with coronavirus three weeks ago, saying Britain was beginning to...

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  198 more British nationals leave Dhaka

  Muktadir Rashid | Updated at 10:11pm on April 25, 2020

  A total of 198 more British citizens left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on a third special flight of British Airways facilitated by the...

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  Recovering UK PM in good shape

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:33pm on April 24, 2020

  British prime minister Boris Johnson, who is recovering after contracting the new coronavirus, is ‘in very good shape’, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Friday....

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  UK unveils large-scale study to track coronavirus

  Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 11:23pm on April 23, 2020

  The British government announced plans Thursday for a major study to track coronavirus in the general population, with as many as 300,000 people expected to...