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Muslims and non Muslims unite for community peace vigil : Respects paid for Istanbul and Brussels

Emdad Rahman : In light of the atrocities committed in Istanbul and Belgium, Citizens UK, Darul Ummah, St Georges in the East and St Mary’s Cable Street joined other community groups and individuals to hold a peace vigil. The short service, which included different faiths took place at Watney Market Square during lunchtime and included speeches from community representatives and ...

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Residents honoured at Community Safety Awards

Residents were honoured at the Tower Hamlets Community Safety Awards at a ceremony that took place at Regents Lake Banqueting Venue in Bow on Tuesday (22 March). Prizes were awarded to members of the community who made a significant contribution to making the borough a safer place during 2015. Special recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Community Safety was awarded to Nicholas Cheeseman ...

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NRB bank runs accounts and products promotions workshops in London and Manchester

NRB Bank Ltd organised an accounts and products promotions workshop which started on 14th March and will end on 27th of March.  Chairman of NRB Bank Iqbal Ahmed OBE, other directors and sponsor shareholders were present at the inauguration of the workshop.  The workshop took place in Bangladesh Welfare Association office in East London and also in Manchester. The workshop ...

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BCA Essex Region calls on every one to work together to resolve crisis

Bangladeshi curry industry is now passing the tough most crisis period of living time.   Discriminative immigration rules, crisis of skilled chef, front and kitchen staff are forcing the restaurants in closure.  To sustain this industry we all need our combined approach to lobby to mainstream politicians, Lords and in parliament. The speakers told this in a meeting organised by Bangladesh ...

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IPYG Hosts Human Rights Day Peace March in Pietermaritzburg

  University Students walk together for peace Pietermaritzburg, South Africa ─ In commemoration and raising awareness for the 21st of March ─ Human Rights Day in South Africa, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG) hosted a peace march at Freedom Square, Pietermaritzburg. More than 150 youth from different local organizations and community members participated dressed in South African colors. The event was ...

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Bangladesh to celebrate 46th Independence Day

Bangla Mirror Desk : Bangladesh will celebrate its 46th Independence Day and National Day on 26th March with due solemnity and festivity. On March 26, 1971, father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence following the crackdown on unarmed Bangalis on the midnight of March 25 by the Pakistani occupation forces. After a nine-month bloody War of ...

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Bangladesh High Commission London organises Children’s Art completion to observe Bangabandu’s birthday

Bangladesh High Commission London organised a children’s art competition to observe Bangabandhu’s 96th Birthday and National Chidren’s Day 2016 on 20th March in High Commission office in London. The participants were divided in two age categories.  Around 20 children took part in the competition.  High Commissioner Md Abdul Hannan and Press Minister spoke briefly about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In ...

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Support for EU membership in decline

Bangla Mirror Desk : Support in Britain for membership of the European Union has declined, two polls showed, suggesting a dispute within the ruling Conservative Party may be undermining Prime Minister David Cameron’s campaign for the country to stay in. Three months before Britons vote on whether to remain in the EU, bookmakers upped the chances that a British exit ...

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Tarique Rahman’s name deletde from Interpol

Bangla Mirror Desk : BNP Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s name has been deleted from Interpol list. Data which also been supplied to Interpol has been deleted too as they were proved to be untrue. Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files informed this to legal firm Londonium Solicitors in a written statement. The letters mentioned that after investigating all the data ...

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Adarsha Uchcho Vidyalaya and College Dowlotpur organises re-union

Adarsha Uchcho Vidyalaya and College of Dowlotpur of Bishwanath organised reunion of its former students in the UK at Impression Hall in Newham.  The event took place on 7th of March where a huge number of former students came and made the event colourful. Hafeez Maolana Mohammod Kawasr started the event reciting from Quran.   The reunion was presided over by ...

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