Careworld Limited organised its New Year get together party in his own office in East London on 21 January. Former Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets Cllr Ohid Ahmed, Bangla Mirror Editor Abdul Karim Gani, Barristar Kazi Shahen Shah, Ajom Ali and other company executives were presented as special guests in the colourful event. In their welcoming speech, Managing Director of ...

David Cameron has vowed to reduce the annual benefits cap from £26,000 to £23,000 “within the first few days” of a Conservative victory in the general election and remove the housing benefit from 18-21 years old who are jobless. The Prime Minister said the £135 million in savings generated by this further squeeze for benefit claimants would be used towards ...

The present Pasha-Munim committee has again retained the leadership of Bangladesh Caterers Association, the organisation which represents the Bangladeshi restaurateurs in the UK. The panel was elected without any contestants. The newly elected committee emphasised that they will continue their hard work towards the alleviation of struggles and problems that the curry industry is facing now. Election Commissioner Mahmud Hasan ...

The British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration 2015 celebrated the success of 100 British Bangladeshi’s on the 27th January at an exclusive launch event in Canary Wharf, London. The list highlights talent across 20 categories and showcases the contributions and achievements of 100 British Bangladeshis to every walk of British life. The 2015 list and the BBPI Person of the Year ...

Last year we wrote an article entitled ‘National Water Security Index of Bangladesh: What does it indicate?‘ to give an overview on National Water Security Index (NWSI) in the context of Bangladesh. Our article was based on the Asian Water Development Outlook 2013[1], which is a compilation of water resources development indicators in Asia and Pacific region published by the ...

TThe Bangladesh cabinet has endorsed lifting of an embargo in place since independence, on investments in foreign countries by local businesses and individuals, under a liberalised foreign exchange regime. A daily reported that the “preferred sectors in the new investment criteria includes deposits in banks and investments in stocks, real estate and other industrial units in foreign countries.” The report ...

Three G tech dependant full HD TV channel SA Television celebrated its two years completion by organising a colourful event in SA TV’s own office in East London on 19 January. Director Shirin Akhtar Samantha gave the welcoming speech.  In her speech she said that SA TV is building bridge between the homeland and the UK.  This channel is already ...

Labour councillors, backed by local MPs Jim Fitzpatrick and Rushanara Ali, have tabled an emergency motion for Tower Hamlets Council meeting, 21 January, calling on Mayor Lutfur Rahman to rethink his waste management procurement process to prevent a waste crisis in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Mayor Rahman has already pulled a Cabinet paper detailing the process for commissioning ...

Bangka Mirror Desk:: Every election presents a choice. With around 100 days until the General Election in May, it’s clear that the choice in 2015 will define the East End for a generation. Times remain incredibly tough for people in East London. Families are £1600 a year worse off since 2010. Child poverty is spiralling. People’s pay has fallen 9% ...

The Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets has said that we all need solidarity of our human conscience in order to come out from the terrorist attack in Paris and the aftermath of it. He also said that, rather than creating divisions on the basis of religion or colour, we should see terrorists as terrorists. He said this in a meeting ...