The White House’s first black first lady will depart next year. Two commentators consider Michelle Obama’s legacy as she prepares to leave office. Peter Slevin, author of Michelle Obama: A Life We are not likely to see another American first lady do the hula hoop on the White House lawn, practise kickboxing on an official video, dance in public to ...

Israel’s prime minister has rejected a White House claim that it was surprised by his decision to turn down the offer of talks with President Barack Obama. US officials complained on Monday that they had learnt via the media that Benjamin Netanyahu had cancelled a planned visit to Washington next week. But Mr Netanyahu’s office said Israel’s ambassador had said ...

The kidnapped son of a Pakistani governor assassinated in 2011 has been found alive, just over a week after his father’s killer was hanged. Shahbaz Taseer was taken by gunmen in Lahore in August 2011, months after his father Salman was killed for opposing Pakistan’s blasphemy laws. The assassin, his bodyguard Mumtaz Qadri, was hailed as a hero by many. ...

  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 ...

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, ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk : 7 March, 2016 India finally clinched the T20 Asia Cup 2016 title beating host Bangladesh by eight wickets in a rain-hampered 15-over curtailed match at Shere Bangla National Stadium on Sunday night.   A calm chase from Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli helped India make light work of their chase of 121 as they won their ...

Bangla Mirror  Desk : 6 March, 2016 Heavy rain and stormy weather before over an hour of starting nation’s most desired and expected Asia Cup final match between inspired Bangladesh and confident India likely to be washed out and trophy would be shared among the two finalists. Heavy rain started around 6:00pm on Sunday evening and minutes after wild wind ...

Bangla Mirror Desk 5 March, 2016 A 10 percent drop in price for healthy foods and a 10 percent increase in the price of unhealthy foods could potentially prevent a significant number of people from dying from heart disease and stroke, suggests a new study.   Using a computer-based model, the researchers from Harvard University in US revealed how price ...

Bangla Mirror Desk 05  March 2016 Different versions of the gene variant don’t cause changes to overall weight or BMI, but they do affect women’s hip circumference. Now you know what conditions a woman’s body shape and how susceptible she is to diabetes: A genetic variant! This variant near the KLF14 gene regulates hundreds of genes that govern how and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk 5 March, 2016 A common blood test already used to measure people’s risk of developing heart disease could also predict a patients’ risk of having a second ischemic stroke, new research has found.   Ischemic strokes result from blockages preventing blood flow to the brain, and they are responsible for approximately 85 percent of all stroke cases. ...