A German parliamentary vote on the controversial third Greek bailout on Wednesday has been overshadowed by an expected rebellion in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party. The Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian CSU allies are divided over the €86bn ($95bn; £61bn) bailout. Some MPs suspect that part of the Greek debt will be written off – a “haircut”, which could ...

A Latvian co-pilot who admitted drinking whisky and beer hours before an airBaltic flight from Norway to Crete has been jailed for six months. Two flight attendants were also given prison sentences of 45 and 60 days respectively. The co-pilot, 38, was found to have a blood alcohol level of almost seven times the legal limit. He told the court ...

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has claimed victory in the island’s parliamentary elections and called on the country to unite. Initial results suggest that his United National Party has won enough seats to form a coalition with its allies. This would thwart former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s hopes of returning to office as prime minister. Turnout in Monday’s polls was ...

India will seek damages of 6.39 billion rupees ($99.3 million) from Swiss group Nestle after a food scare involving reports of excess lead in the firm’s popular Maggi noodles forced a nationwide recall, a government official said on Tuesday. Nestle, which has been accused of unfair trade practices, would be the first foreign firm to be asked to pay damages ...

Following two years of hard work, students across Tower Hamlets today (August 13) celebrated as they opened their A Level results. Results at Mulberry were extremely strong – with Head Teacher Vanessa Ogden indicating that 75 per cent of students achieved A* to C grades. 80 students from the school hold offers for Oxbridge or Russell Group universities. Cllr Sirajul ...

Dr. Mozammel Haque This July marks the first anniversary of the Israeli attack on Gaza named, Operation Protective Edge. We are also remembering the attack on London’s transport system on 7 July 10 years ago and, also the Srebrenica Genocide, 20 years ago. Since Israeli assault on Gaza in 2014, two parliamentary delegations visited Palestine; discussions and debates took place ...

By A. Rahman Two dates – August 6, 1945 and August 9, 1945 – will remain firmly etched in the minds of humanity as the example of the world’s worst man-made disaster and cruelty. People will recoil, as long as human civilisation lasts, at how the evil nature of human beings can cause such enormous death, destruction, and sufferings — ...

By Fatema Miah On the 28th of July 2015, Saudi beheading news published on the front page with a full picture. In the picture it shows a scene of the beheading individual is blind folded forced down on his knees among few other people, including uniformed police officers, another official and the be-header dressed up in traditional white Arab long ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: The launch of online ordering service provider, Chef Online Smart Restaurant Solutions, was announced on Monday 10th August at Crowne Plaza London Docklands to a guest list of media, restaurateurs and key figures from the UK hospitality industry.  Hosted by LBC presenter, Lisa Aziz, the evening marked the first formal event to unveil online ordering plaftorm, Chef Online ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah A new business association by the name of ‘Syedpur Business Forum’ was announced at a  press conference on Monday, 10 August, held at Sonargaon restaurant, Banglatown, East London. The newly formed Business Forum’s convenor Syed Khaled Miah informed the press &  media of the association’s aims and objectives. He said the purpose of the Forum is to ...