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People’s Budget by Mayor Lutfur: 

   Bangla Mirror Desk:   A budget to support people through tough times and invest in their future Mayor freezes council tax outside of Adult Social Care precept £16m investment in young people, includinguniversal free school meals, education bursaries and more youth services More than £7m to help tackle climate change £4.4m for community safety including new police and enforcement officers Target of 1,000 affordable homes a year  Supporting residents through the cost of living crisis; giving ...

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British High Commissioner Dhaka hosts reception for Chevening and Commonwealth scholars in Bangladesh

British High Commission Dhaka organised a reception for Bangladeshi scholars who were awarded the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships. Robert Chatterton Dickson, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, congratulated scholars on completing their master’s degrees and welcomed them into the greater UK Chevening and Commonwealth alumni family. Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships are awarded to individuals from all backgrounds ...

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UK Foreign Secretary in India, to launch scheme for young professionals

Ahead of attending the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will be meeting his counterpart External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday as they are expected to discuss progress on the UK-India 2030 Roadmap that aims to bolster the two countries’ ties in defence and security, trade and investment. He’s visiting India to attend the G20 ...

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Sunak: Northern Ireland in ‘unbelievably special position’ with access to EU and UK markets

Rishi Sunak has said his new Brexit deal puts Northern Ireland in a “unbelievably special position” because it gives the nation access to both the UK and European Union markets – making it the “world’s most exciting economic zone.” The prime minister, in Northern Ireland to promote his newly negotiated trade agreement with the EU, told firms there they should ...

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Migration policies harming families and society, says Lords Committee  

  The Government streses the importance of family life, but families are failed by the Home Office’s migration policies and practice, which also undermine society, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. In its report ‘All families matter: An inquiry into family migration’, published today, the committee says that current migration rules are at odds with ...

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Betty Boothroyd, first and only woman speaker of the Commons, dies aged 93

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first and only woman speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93. The Dewsbury-born politician was the Labour MP for West Bromwich for 27 years and served as speaker of the House from 1992 till 2000. Current speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led tributes to the straight-talking trailblazer, saying she was not only “an inspiring ...

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British PM to urge G7 to speed up military aid to Kyiv

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Friday tell G7 allies they must increase aid to Kyiv faster to give Ukraine a “decisive” battlefield advantage, a statement issued by his office said. “For Ukraine to win this war — and to accelerate that day — they must gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield Instead of an incremental approach, we ...

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Shamima Begum who joined ISIS as a teen loses UK citizenship appeal

A British woman whose UK citizenship was revoked after she traveled to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State group has lost an appeal in her fight to have her citizenship restored. Shamima Begum, now 23, was 15 when she and two other girls from London joined the extremist group in February 2015. Authorities withdrew her British citizenship ...

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Bangladesh mission in London observes Int’l Mother Language Day

Bangladesh High Commission in London has observed the ‘Shaheed Dibos (Martyrs Day)’ and ‘International Mother Language Day’ in a befitting manner with a call for observing the day as the ‘London Multilingual Day’. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Saida Muna Tasneem made the call to London Mayor while speaking at a special discussion titled ‘Safeguarding Indigenous Languages through ...

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