Shah Husain Imam Eid has always been a special occasion. But this time it stands apart from the Eids in recent years. The rather unique backdrop to the festival is as much carved out by our cricketing success as it is riddled with despicable acts of inhumanity. The joy of ODI series victory against South Africa, a highly rated national ...

By Kayes Ahmed Social media is in a state of froth about the beating to death of 10 year old Rajan at the hands of callous murderers. The Minister is huffing and puffing and promising swift and certain justice. However, no one is spending a New York minute to ask, how is this possible? How come ordinary people, like the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk House price rises of 5% a year and a shortage of affordable homes are set to swell the ranks of “generation rent” over the next decade, so that by 2025 more than half of those under 40 will be living in properties owned by private landlords. A report from economists at accountancy firm PwC suggests the number ...

Bangla Mirror Desk In a press conference on monday 20thJuly, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs- who has just completed his first month in office- spoke about some of the changes he has made in the first few weeks of his time in power. The Mayor was formally elected in the early hours of 11th June, but officially started ...

Bangla Mirror Desk What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century. The British ...

Bangla Mirror Desk The synagogue building stood between East London Mosque and London is now the property of the East London Mosque.  Up to now the Jewish people used to pray here, from now on only Muslim people will pray.   East London Mosque purchased this Synagogue building on 15th of July with a cost amounting 15 million pounds. Mosque Committee ...

On Monday 13 July, London Enterprise Academy celebrated excellence pupil performance in their first year at the new Free school in Whitechapel.  Principal Ashid Ali said “you have made this day possible, through persistence and hard work, through external or internal motivation, and through your love of learning, and we commend you for it”. He then thanked the parents for ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah   Tulip Siddiq MP for Hampstead & Kilburn celebrated Eid with her supporters on 19 July at White House venue, Barking, East London. The event was attended by a huge number of her party activists, supporters and well wishers. Andy Burnham MP, running for Labour leadership, Keith Vaz MP, Chair Home Affairs Select Committee, Shadow Minister for ...

Prime Minister David Cameron has greeted Muslims around the world ahead of their biggest religious festival Eid-ul-Fitr. Bangladesh’s Muslims will celebrate the day after a month-long fast on Saturday, if the moon is sighted on Friday. Cameron urged families and friends who come together to celebrate the festival to think about “the better Britain and world we must build together”. ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : David Cameron is prepared to look at making workers pay into flexible saving accounts to fund their own sick pay or unemployment benefits, Downing Street has confirmed. The idea was first floated by Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, who said he was “very keen” to have a debate about encouraging people to use personal accounts ...