Bangla Mirror Desk : Families with two children could lose up to £1,690 if the Government implements deep cuts to tax credits in its drive to slash spending on welfare by £12bn a year, ministers have been warned. David Cameron began preparing the ground for deep cuts as he called for an end to the “merry-go-round” of the low-paid handing ...

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth might have to move out of Buckingham Palace for an extended period under plans being considered to allow builders to carry out millions of pounds of repairs to the crumbling building. The 300-year-old palace needs about 150 million pounds ($240 million) worth of work to fix the roofs and replace old wiring, ancient decorating and dated plumbing, ...

Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs announced his new cabinet to manage Tower Hamlets Council at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Wednesday 24 June. Mayor Biggs has appointed three deputy mayors with cabinet member duties from the Labour Party. Cllr Sirajul Islam, is Statutory Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Housing Management and Performance; Cllr Rachael Saunders is Deputy Mayor ...

Londonbdnews24.com will play a significant role for the development of our committee as well as displaying a positive image of Bangladesh.  Speakers attended at the Iftar mahfil of Londonbdnews24.com mentioned this.  The Iftrar Mahfil was held on Monday 22 June in Mumbai Square in East London. Tower Hamlet’s newly elected Executive Mayor John Biggs was present at the event as ...

Emdad Rahman Ashfaqur Rahman Nobel took five wickets as Scintilla CC bounced back from their previous loss to beat Redbridge CC by seven wickets at the Peter May Stadium. Redbridge won the toss and chose to bat first. They were bowled out within 23 overs – 118/10. The outstanding Nobel took 5/16 in 5 overs and was supported by Abul ...

Paris officially launched its bid for hosting the 2024 Olympic Games on Tuesday, a century after it last staged the global sports’ pinnacle event. The French capital had earlier made unsuccessful attempts on three previous occasions-1992, 2008 and 2012. Bid chairman Bernard Lapasset said that they believe that this bid and their goal to host the 2024 Games would excite, ...

Thiago Silva and Roberto Firmino scored in each half to seal Brazil’s place at the quarter-final stage of the Copa America as they defeated Venezuela. Silva volleyed home a corner from Robinho – starting in place of Neymar following his tournament ban – early on before Firmino converted Willian’s cross, with Miku scoring a consolation. Brazil will now face Paraguay ...

Under-fire India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in a sarcastic tone said that if his removal from captaincy can help Indian cricket move in right direction then he is game for it. “I am always the one who is responsible for anything bad that happens in Indian cricket. Everything that happens is because of me. Even the Bangladesh media is smiling,” ...

Emdad Rahman has completed an abseil off the roof of the Royal London Hospital to raise money for London’s Air Ambulance and a planned second helicopter for London’s capital. Emdad joined an array of abseilers including celebrity Larry Lamb to take the plunge off the helipad situated on the roof of the East end based hospital. Emdad said: “I grew ...

Eurozone leaders have broadly welcomed new proposals for Greek reforms amid hopes a deal can be struck within days to stop Greece defaulting on its debt. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Greece’s latest offer constituted “some progress”. But she said more work was needed and “time is short”. Greece must repay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by ...