Speakers at a protest meeting organised by Bangladesh Human Right Commission Jalalabad branch demanded the highest punishment for child Samiul Alam Rajon in speedy trial tribunal.  The speakers also mentioned that we all need to raise social awareness on child rights in Bangladesh so that there are no more child killings of torture like Rajon.  They also mentioned that a ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: One in six jobseekers has their allowance stopped by Department and Work and Pension each year, a national newspaper claims. The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government’s increasingly severe welfare policies. A recent analysis shows that of those unemployed for 12 months up to April ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali MP has urged everyone to register their names to take part in the mayoral candidate nomination for forthcoming London mayor election. She also said that if someone registers his or her name, they can also vote for Labour leader election. Rushanara Ali said this in a press conference ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: Tony Blair should stand trial on charges of war crimes if the evidence suggests he broke international law over the “illegal” Iraq war in 2003, the Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said. Corbyn called on the former prime minister to “confess” the understandings he reached with George W Bush in the run up to the ...

Many voluntary sector groups were left disappointed that their applications for funding were turned down by the Commissioners appointed by the Government to manage Tower Hamlets Council’s grant making. A total of 368 applications were made for funding under the Main Stream Grants 2015/18 Programme. Funding was agreed by the Commissioners for 131 of these applications at their Decision Making ...

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, held his first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon (28th July). Mental health services, re-procurement of waste management contracts and a report on the council’s budget were among some of the items on the agenda for discussion. The Cabinet agreed savings of £340,000 for the year 2015/16 as a result of a salary sacrifice from Mayor Biggs and ...

India announced to provide $62 million more line of credit in the remaining $800 million tranche. India today announced to increase the cash amount of the $1 billion credit line for Bangladesh that was given mostly to boost connectivity. The country is providing $62 million more in the remaining $800 million tranche, said a press release of the Indian High ...

A salesperson cleans the floor at a Samsung showroom as the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge go on sale to the public, at the Grand Indonesia mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters/File For four years Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has basked in the success of its Galaxy smartphones, making billions of dollars competing with Apple Inc in the premium mobile ...

Incessant rain has washed out play on the third day in the second and last Test between Bangladesh and South Africa. The downpour had abated before the lunch break and umpires Richard Kettleborough and Paul Reiffel had declared resumption of play after tea at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. As the teams were warming up under the cloudy ...