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Jun 24, 2016. Britain has voted to leave the European Union, forcing the resignation of Prime Minister David Cameron and dealing the biggest blow to the European project of greater unity since World War Two. Global financial markets plunged on Friday as results from a referendum showed a near 52-48 percent split for leaving a bloc that Britain joined more than 40 ...

24 June 2016 The FTSE 100 and the pound plunged after the public backed Brexit by a narrow majority of 52 to 48 per cent. His voice cracking with emotion, Mr Cameron said he would stay in office for three months to “steady the ship” then hand over to a new Prime Minister. Boris Johnson was seen as a likely front-runner in ...

24 June 2016 London voted strongly for Britain to stay in the EU, with just five boroughs backing Leave. Some 2.26 million people in the capital, or just under 60 per cent of voters, supported Remain. But Leave won in Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Bexley, Hillingdon and Sutton. Voter turnout was 69.7 per cent, lower than in some parts of the country, ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The gifted and talented students of London Enterprise Acacemy took part in the UK MENSA IQ Test.  IQ or Intelligence Quotient is an attempt to measure intelligence. This generally means the attribute of intelligence refers to quickness of mental comprehension (or mental agility). Intelligence is often confused with knowledge, wisdom, memory, or other attributes and in ...

Banglapsot, the famous newsweekly published from London, organised its annual Iftar Mahfil and discussion meeting on importance and significance of Ramadan. A huge number of community activist, political leaders, businessmen, journalists and members of the community took part in the meeting and Iftar Mahfil, which took place at a restaurant in East London on 19th June. The event was presided ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk : Immigration! It’s the one topic that some rightwing presses likes to pretend we can’t talk about – even though much of the media never stops banging on about it. With the EU referendum now has taken place, things have gone into overdrive, with politicians on both sides talking about it at almost punishing length. And ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Staff who fall ill should be able to stay off work for up to two weeks before they need a sick note in order to relieve the strain on overstretched GPs, leading doctors believe. Leaders of the British Medical Association want the time an employee is off work because they have certified themselves as sick to ...

  Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs and his cabinet members met on 19th June to approve a multi-million pound capital works programme. They also decided whether improvements to the council’s information and communications technology (ICT) provision are sufficient to avoid a change of service provider. The ambitious capital works plans aim to significantly improve the borough’s schools and health provision. ...

Remain campaign boosted as 80% of migrant community back EU membership New super poll from Telecoms giant Lebara, of its migrant customers in UK, follows concerns that EU referendum has made Britain seem “xenophobic” Part of ‘The Other Referendum’, a campaign standing up for UK migrants 21st June 2016 (London): Over 80% of Britain’s migrant communities have declared they want a ...

    Senior Awami League leader Syed Ashraful Islam has urged expatriate Bangladeshis in the UK to vote for remaining in the European Union. Britons will vote on Thursday on whether to quit the 28-nation bloc amid warnings from world leaders, investors and companies that a decision to leave would diminish Britain’s influence and unleash turmoil on markets. “I will ...