Emdad Rahman : Newark Youth London celebrated another great year by delivering a successful awards event at Mulberry School, east London. Newark Youth London was formed in 1984 by a group of young people aged between 9-12 years old. This group congregated at the old London Hospital Car Park in Newark Street (now the Centre of the Cell building) and ...
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Budget 2016: George Osborne warns of cuts of 50p per £100
Chancellor George Osborne has warned the UK has to “act now rather than pay later” ahead of this week’s Budget, with further spending cuts planned. He said the cuts would be “equivalent to 50p in every £100” of public spending by 2020, which was “not a huge amount in the scheme of things”. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show ...
Read More »Budget 2016: George Osborne warns of cuts of 50p per £100
Chancellor George Osborne has warned the UK has to “act now rather than pay later” ahead of this week’s Budget, with further spending cuts planned. He said the cuts would be “equivalent to 50p in every £100” of public spending by 2020, which was “not a huge amount in the scheme of things”. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show ...
Read More »1952- A Lesson of Linguistic Choice; Piece of Humanity from Bangladesh. Celebrating International Mother Language Day 21st Feb:
By Piya Mayenin : ….Maa go tomar koley, tomar boley, kotoy shanti bhalobasha, aa mori Bangla bhasha…. People originating in the sub continent should know that in 1947 India and Pakistan was divided on the basis of religion solely. Moreover newly formed Muslim Pakistan consisted of East and West Pakistan which was nevertheless divided oblivious to the myriad linguistic and ...
Read More »ESA disability benefit cuts are to go ahead
Bangla Mirror Desk : Cruel cuts to benefits for sick and disabled people will now go ahead, after Lords were forced to back down in their opposition to Government plans. Ministers were twice defeated by Peers over plans to slash Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 a week. But the measure was today pushed through the upper chamber, in ...
Read More »Saree Soiree Charity Event to celebrate Mother’s Day & International Women’s Day
A wonderful evening was had by all who attended the Saree Soiree event on Sunday 6th March organised by Dr Momotaj Islam and Miss Tia Khanam, at the Osmani Centre. The ladies got into the spirit of it by coming in colourful sarees and there were just as many gentlemen to support them. During an evening of informative and moving presentations, ...
Read More »Alarming rise of zero-hour contracts
Bangla Miror Desk : The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 104,000 to 801,000. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that 2.5% of the employed UK workforce were on zero-hours contracts in the quarter to last December, up from 2.3% in the same period of 2014. The data showed there were around 1.7 million ...
Read More »Lord Avebury remembered by the Bengali community
By Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Following the death of Lord Eric Avebury, the UK Nirmul Committee (International Forum for Secular Bangladesh) organised a condolence meetingon Thursday 25 Feb, 6pm at the Montefiore Centre, East London in memory of the Lord who tirelessly worked for the betterment of Bangladesh. The meeting was chaired by Nirmul Committee’s central executive member Ansar Ahmed ...
Read More »A woman must not forget that she is an International Woman until Equality is achieved.
8 March 2016: International Women’s Day By Piya Mayenin International Women’s day (IWD), Mothering Sunday, Mothers Day are celebrated in 6th and 8th March respectively which are the official dates and time to remember Women and their contributions. However we do not remember women in the same way on those days. Whilst Mothering Sunday, Mothers day and ...
Read More »A Breath of fresh Air
By Nabila Rafique , Legal Advisor, AZURIST The Business Summit organised by British Bangladesh Chamber of Woman Entrepreneurs (BBCWE) at Crowne Plaza on the 24.02.2015 was a much needed concerted effort by a group of driven and passionate females. Lead by the awe inspiring yet graceful Dilara Khan the organisation is the flagship platform for British Bangladeshi woman to discuss, ...
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