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Greece debt crisis: Eurozone refuses bailout extension

Eurozone finance ministers have rejected a Greek request to extend a bailout programme beyond 30 June. A Eurogroup statement said Greece had broken off negotiations over a new bailout deal “unilaterally”. Late on Friday, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras called a surprise referendum for 5 July over the terms of any new deal. Greece has to pay €1.6bn (£1.1bn) to the ...

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Kuwait Shia mosque blast death toll ‘rises to 25’

The death toll from a suicide attack on a Shia mosque during Friday prayers in the Kuwaiti capital has risen to at least 25, the interior ministry says. Another 202 people were wounded, it added. Images circulating online show bodies on the mosque floor amid debris. The blast hit the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east ...

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Islamic State kills at least 145 civilians in Syria’s Kobani

Smoke rises in the Syrian town of Kobani as it is seen from the Turkish border town of Suruc in Sanliurfa province, Turkey, June 25, 2015. REUTERS Islamic State fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobani and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on Friday as the second worst ...

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Patients’ family and friends invited to Come Dine With Us

Our patients feel lucky for the food they are offered, revealed our Come Dine With Us initiative ran at The Royal London Hospital on 17 July 2015. Come Dine With Us runs on wards across our hospitals, inviting friends and families of patients to dine with their loved ones for an afternoon in order for us to receive valuable information about ...

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Climate change: Is the Dutch court ruling ‘a game changer’?

It reads like the script of a movie. Climate change campaigners go to court to force their government to take tougher action on greenhouse gas emissions. But it became reality in a Dutch court on Wednesday, when a judge ruled that The Netherlands must do more to combat the threat of climate change. As a low-lying country, the country is ...

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East London Mosque buys the adjacent Synagogue

Bangla Mirror Desk:  East London Mosque is now in the process of buying the synagogue which stands between East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre.  The Mosque committee and synagogue authority has already completed the written agreement.  East London Mosque Committee told this in a written statement in an Iftar Mahfil and press conference held on Tuesday 23rd June. The ...

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Emdad takes leap of faith

Emdad Rahman has completed an abseil off the roof of the Royal London Hospital to raise money for London’s Air Ambulance and a planned second helicopter for London’s capital. Emdad joined an array of abseilers including celebrity Larry Lamb to take the plunge off the helipad situated on the roof of the East end based hospital. Emdad said: “I grew ...

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Mayor John Biggs visits Chef Tomy MIah

Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs met celebrity Chef Tomy Miah on 23rd June.  Mayor John Biggs praised highly of Tomy Miah’s cooking during the meeting.  While talking, Tomy Miah hoped that this experienced politician will continue his hard work and carry on the development of the borough.  During the meeting, Tomy Miah entertained the Mayor by his specialities ...

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Tower Hamlets council launches smoke free parks

An event was held last week (Tuesday, June 16) to launch all council managed children’s playgrounds as smoke free areas. This voluntary scheme has been introduced to help encourage parks users to refrain from smoking around children. They have been implemented to protect the health of young children and their parents across the borough. The council’s Smoke Free team – ...

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Greater Kamal Bazar residents falicitates Ali Ahmed

London living former Greater Kamal Bazar residents organised a felicitation meeting for the visiting Sylhet District BNP Joint Secretary Ali Ahmed in a restaurant in East London on 19th June. Community Leader Abdul Raqib presided over the meeting and Bakhtiar Khan conducted it.  Guest who addressed the audience included Md Ali, Emdad Hossain Tipu, Misbauzzaman Suhel, Abed Raja, Enamul Haque ...

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