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By Bulbul Hasan: Some lives leave ripples; others leave radiance. Dr. A. K. M. Hafiz was one whose presence quietly brightened every space he entered — through his kindness, intellect, and profound belief in the goodness of people. To those who knew him, he was more than a physician; he was a healer in the truest sense — of bodies, ...

For the first time in its nearly 700-year history, the Lord Mayor’s Show this year became the Lady Mayor’s Show. Dame Susan Langley DBE is not the City of London’s first female lord mayor – she’s the third in 697 years – but she is the first to take the lady mayor title. The show is a procession from the ...

London’s historic Highgate Cemetery is set for an £18m regeneration after the local authority approved plans to improve the site. Camden Council has approved plans to overhaul the north London site as part of a 25-year “revitalisation” project to combat the effects of climate change and general decay, restore existing structures and construct new buildings. One of capital’s “magnificent seven” ...

A residential school described as a lifeline for autistic children will close next month after a south London council agreed it could no longer keep it open. Bradstow School, in Kent, will shut on 31 December after the Wandsworth Council’s cabinet approved its closure, following what officers described as the “only option” left amid ongoing financial challenges. The council had ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 6 November 2025: The British peer Lord Carlile of Berriew has warned that Bangladesh faces “serious challenges” following more than a year of political unrest, urging the country’s leaders to ensure that upcoming elections are fair, inclusive and independently monitored. In a statement issued from the House of Lords, Lord Carlile said the international community ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 5 November 2025: The Bangladeshi Workers’ Council (UK) has sent a memorandum to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Professor Muhammad Yunus, urging the immediate and unconditional release of Advocate Anwar Hossain Sumon and thirty seven other detained trade union and labour leaders, and the withdrawal of all false charges against them. The memorandum, sent ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: November, 4 The Bangla Mirror Group, the publishers of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication, held the official launch and press conference at the Seminar Room, Business Development Centre in East London to announce the much anticipated publication. British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2025 publication and award gala dinner will be held in the prestigious Meridian Grand on ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK BNP President M. A. Malik and General Secretary Koysor M Ahmed have received BNP nominations for two seats in Sylhet division in the upcoming national parliamentary elections. M. A. Malik will contest under the symbol of rice sheaf from Sylhet-3 (South Surma-Fenchuganj-Balaganj) constituency, while Koychar Ahmed will contest from Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) constituency. During the 15-year Awami ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Tower Hamlets recently paid tribute to one of the area’s earliest Bengali settlers with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for Ayub Ali Master. The ceremony took place on Sunday, 2 November, outside Drewett House on Christian Street, the site where he founded the Indian Seamen’s Welfare League in the 1940s. The event began with an introduction ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside 10 Downing Street on 10 October for an emergency protest calling for an immediate end to the bombing of Gaza. The rally, organised under the slogans “End the Genocide” and “Stop Bombing Gaza,” urged the UK government to demand a ceasefire and take stronger action to protect Palestinian civilians. Among ...