By Rashed Belal: Bangladesh could be among the next countries to face visa restrictions from the United Kingdom, following the government’s announcement of tough new measures aimed at nations that refuse to take back illegal migrants. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed this week that Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the first countries to be formally ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   19 November 2025: The Commonwealth Secretary-General, Hon Shirley Botchwey, will begin her first official visit to Bangladesh this week to engage with a range of stakeholders at a pivotal moment in the country’s national journey. Her visit, from 20-24 November 2025, comes ahead of Bangladesh’s general election expected to be held in February 2026. In Dhaka, ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Today marks the death anniversary of Comrade Srikanta Das, the celebrated exponent of gana sangeet whose voice became synonymous with political struggle in Sylhet and beyond. Das, who died on 19 November 2009, remains revered for using music as a tool for resistance from the anti-British movement to the 1971 Liberation War. Born in 1924 in rural ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   London, 18 November:  The 16th annual edition of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who was unveiled at a distinguished gala ceremony at the Meridian Grand Hall, recognising the outstanding achievements and contributions of British Bangladeshis across the United Kingdom. The publication continues to showcase the community’s remarkable progress and its significant role within multicultural Britain. Baroness Pola ...

  Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Hannah Dalgleish as its new Director of Regeneration and Development. She will join the council in early 2026. Hannah brings 19 years’ experience across public and private sectors, delivering complex mixed use regeneration schemes. Most recently she held senior roles at Waltham Forest Council, including Director of Capital Delivery and Acting Corporate Director of ...

Indoor play areas, TV rooms, a cinema, and even a bowling alley are redefining what modern living looks like in social rent and affordable homes in Tower Hamlets. With space to build in short supply and more than 29,000 residents on the council’s Housing Register, there has never been a greater need for innovative design and planning to help address ...

  By Matiar Chowdhury:   An exhibition of the Holy Quran translated into 75 languages ​​and Interfaith Week have been inaugurated at Baitul Ahad Mosque to change the misconceptions of followers of other religions about Islam. The mosque's imam, Samar Ahmed, and the mutawalli, Mr. Seti, said that this arrangement is so that followers of other religions can easily gain ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : A discussion meeting was held with Sirajul Islam, the Labour Party’s mayoral candidate for the upcoming London Borough of Tower Hamlets council election, with members of the UK Bangla Reporters Unity. The exchange of views held at the Pure Chai-conference room in White Chapel, East London on Thursday (November 13) was presided over by Professor Md. ...

    By Matiar Chowdhury:   Balochistan National Movement UK Chapter on the occasion of Baloch Martyrs’ Day on 13 November 2025, A discussion meeting and cultural event was organized in memory of the Baloch freedom fighters at the Caribbean Centre on Dickens Street in Peterborough, England. A large number of freedom-loving Baloch men and women living in Britain participated ...

  UK Minister for International Development, Jenny Chapman will confirm UK support for Rohingya refugees, including and women and girls, while visiting Bangladesh this week (13–14 November 2025). During her visit, Minister Chapman will see UK-funded programmes supporting Rohingya refugees to help prevent Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). The UK continues to call for the safe, voluntary, and dignified return of Rohingya refugees to ...