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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 8 runs

Bangla Mirror Desk : 9 March, 2016 After Tamim Iqbal’s smashing unbeaten 83, Bangladeshi bowlers on Wednesday secured their first victory against against Netherlands in their first match of ICC T20 World Cup qualifying match at Dharmashala in Himachal of India on Wednesday. Tamim Iqbal declared man of the match for his unbeaten 83 off 58 adorned with six fours ...

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Asia Cup Final- India clinches Asia Cup title

 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 ...

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Bangladesh, India to play Asia Cup final Sunday

5 March, 2016 Bangladesh will face mighty India in the final of the 13th Asia Cup T20I at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday. The high voltage final of the five-nation Asian tournament will start at 7:30pm (local time) amid passionate excitement of country’s cricket loving people. On the way to final, the 10th ranked Bangladesh started their ...

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Bangladesh reaches final defeating Pakistan

 Bangla Mirror  Desk 2 March, 2016 Bangladesh reached in to the Asia Cup final defeating Pakistan by five wickets at Shere Bangla National Stadium in city’s Mirpur on Wednesday night.   This victory takes Bangladesh on India in Sunday’s blockbuster Asia Cup T20 final, leaving all other activities including two league games as mere academic exercise.   The tigers stunned ...

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North West London Bangla Academy celebrates International Mother Language

North West London Bangla Academy celebrated the International Mother Language day by organising a discussion meeting as well as hand-writing and drawing competition for the kids. The event was held on the 22nd of February at a venue in Colindale with the presence of Barnet councillor Zakia Jubairi as the chief guest. Convenor of North West London Bangla Academy Shah ...

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