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Bangladesh High Commission London celebrates Bengali New Year

Bangladesh High Commission in London celebrated Bengali New Year 1423 with festive inspiration and jovial mood. To observe this day, the High Commission organised a colourful cultural performance on 1st of May at Baden Powel Hall in Central London. High Commissioner Md Abdul Mannan wished everyone a happy and prosperous new year in the beginning of the event. This was ...

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Universal benefit on ‘knife edge’

Bangla Mirror Desk : The future of the government’s biggest public sector reform programme, universal credit, rests “on a knife edge” because Treasury cuts have reduced it to an exercise in cost-cutting, potentially leaving millions of working families worse off, experts have warned. The original aim of universal credit (UC) – to encourage people to work more hours by letting them keep ...

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Live fundraising for Kawsar Chowdhury on 11th of May

Bangla Mirror Desk : The colleagues Kawsar Chowdhury, Senior Staff Reporter of Dainik Sylheter Dak, has organised a press conference to raise fund for his treatment. He has been suffering from Liver and Kidney conditions for a long time. Journalists from electronic and press media and representatives from various community organisations took part in the press conference which took place ...

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Fifth Muslim Charity Run on 8th of May

Bangla Mirror Desk : As a continuation of four successive charity runs in the past, East London Mosque has announced the fifth Muslim Charity Run, which will take place on 8th of May at 10.30 am in Victoria Park. The Mosque Committee announced this in a press conference held in London Muslim Centre on 25th of April. The leaders of ...

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Veteran community activist Dr B B Chaudhuri has passed away

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :  President of UK Nirmul Committee and veteran community activist Dr B B Chaudhuri died of heart attack on 1 May in Dhaka at the age of eighty five. The British Bengali community deeply mourns the death of one of its finest members Dr B B Chowdhury. For several decades he served the community as a popular ...

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Afridi concerned over Pakistan cricket’s future

In a recent conversation with the Geo Super Channel, former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi expressed concerns over the declining standards of cricket in the country. He emphasized on the fact that the Pakistan Cricket Board needs to go back to the basics and start working at the grass-root levels if they wish to improve. Afridi quoted that currently he sees ...

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BCCI secretary proposes 10-year jail for fixing

Match-fixing or spot-fixing is now nothing new to cricket. Many cricketers have fixed matches and some of them are banned too. Pakistan’s Mohammed Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salmat Butt were banned and jailed for fixing a Test match in England. However, Amir is back to cricket. India’s S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan, New Zealand’s Lou Vincent and Bangladesh’s Mohammad ...

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Bangladesh girls thrash India, retain title : AFC U-14 GIRLS’ REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

The future of women’s football in Bangladesh is all set for a bright future as the Under-14 national side continued their outstanding display in the AFC U-14 Girls’ Regional Championship, clinching their second successive title beating neighbours India in the grand finale in Tajikistan last Sunda This is only the second ever title for any Bangladesh women’s team, senior or ...

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Kohli recommended for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award

Indian Test skipper Virat Kohli has been nominated for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is the country’s biggest sporting honor. Prior to Kohli, India’s limited overs skipper MS Dhoni and legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar have been given the prestigious honor. Sachin Tendulkar received ...

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Leicester win Premier League title

Leicester City have won the Premier League title in one of the greatest sporting stories of all time, reports BBC. Tottenham’s 2-2 draw at Chelsea on Monday confirmed a stunning achievement for Claudio Ranieri’s side. Leicester started the campaign as 5,000-1 outsiders for the title after almost being relegated last season. But they have lost just three league games in ...

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