Queen Elizabeth cuts the cake Nadiya Hussain, winner of the Great British Bake Off baked for her, as she walks through Windsor on her 90th Birthday. Queen Elizabeth has greeted thousands of well-wishers from across Britain and beyond as she celebrates her 90th birthday, demonstrating the world’s oldest monarch’s intent to keep doing the job she has performed for more ...
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Malia Bouattia elected NUS National President at Brighton conference
The National Union of Students (NUS) National Conference in Brighton has chosen Malia Bouattia as president for the next academic year. The former NUS black students’ officer beat current president, Megan Dunn, with 372 votes to 328 to land the highest national role in student politics in the UK. Ms Bouattia is the first black and minority ethnic (BME) woman ...
Read More »Enam Ali MBE becomes the President of BBCCI
Enam Ali MBE has become the President of British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries which was held on 20th of April. Monir Ahmed, Managing Director of JMG Air-Cargo was elected as Finance director for the organisation. The bi-yearly General meeting and election of British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries was held on 20th of April in a hall in East ...
Read More »British High Commissioner’s message: Her Majesty The Queen’s 90th Birthday
This year, we have the honour of celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 90th Birthday. We celebrate Her Majesty’s dedication, service and commitment to the United Kingdom, and the Commonwealth. Our celebrations are shared: Bangladesh is a highly valued member of the Commonwealth family and I am delighted to be part of the festivities in Dhaka in my first year ...
Read More »Legal aid residence test thrown out by supreme court
Government attempts to introduce a discriminatory residence test for anyone claiming legal aid have been summarily thrown out in a unanimous supreme court ruling. Halfway through a two-day hearing, the bench of seven justices in the UK’s highest court abruptly halted the case and announced on Monday afternoon that it had found against the Ministry of Justice. The surprise ruling ...
Read More »The Queen at 90: A countrywoman at home with the family, horses and her ‘rock’ Philip
As the country prepares to celebrate the 90th birthday of the Queen — the first reigning monarch to reach the milestone Dynasty: the Queen with Prince Charles, Prince George, Prince William, the Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at Trooping the Colour last year Rex She once confided that, had she not become Queen, she would have liked simply to be ...
Read More »George Osborne: UK would be ‘permanently poorer’ outside EU
The UK would be “permanently poorer” outside the European Union, Chancellor George Osborne has warned ahead of the in-out vote on membership on 23 June. A Treasury analysis suggests an EU exit could see the UK economy 6% smaller than it would otherwise be by 2030. Mr Osborne said the smaller size of the economy projected in the report was ...
Read More »Theresa May to get enhanced role in EU referendum to win over wavering Tories
17 APRIL 2016 Theresa May is the In campaign’s secret weapon to win over eurosceptics and will be given an enhanced role in the final two months of the referendum, leading pro-EU strategists have said. Senior figures in the Remain campaign believe the Home Secretary’s record in tackling crime and terrorism gives her an unparalleled position to deliver warnings over Britain’s ...
Read More »Bengali surgeon performs world’s first live-streamed surgery
Ansar Ahmed Ullah : On Thursday 14 April the world witnessed the first medical operation streamed live in 360-degree video, allowing medical students and trainee surgeons across the world, including Bangladesh, to view the procedure in real time via website. A surgeon at the Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, Dr Shafi Ahmed said before the operation that he believed the approach, ...
Read More »Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain to make Queen’s birthday cake
The Great British Bake Off champion Nadiya Hussain has revealed that she is to bake the Queen’s 90th birthday cake. The winner of the popular BBC show said she would be serving an orange drizzle cake with orange curd and orange buttercream. Revealing the news on ITV’s Loose Women, Hussain said the cake would be “very citrusy”. She had considered ...
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