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Bangla Mirror Desk : David Cameron’s plan to force young people to work for benefits would see them working 30 hours a week for a fraction of the minimum wage, it emerged on Wednesday 18 Februray. The proposals would put young adults who have been out of work, education or training for six months (“neets”) into compulsory community work such ...

Home Secretay Theresa May MP has urged the voters to vote for Conservative party for the economical development and future security. She also said that Conservative Party believes in Value of Bangladeshis. It is working to reduce the misuse of tax payer’s money.  Conservative Party is trying to bring balance between people who are on social benefit, can have their ...

Universities in Wales could fall behind those in the rest of the UK unless the way students are funded changes. That is the warning from the head of the body holding the purse strings for Welsh colleges, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, Hefcw. Students from Wales pay the first £3,500 of tuition fees but the Welsh government picks ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Dual-fuel customers of the big energy firms have missed big savings by not switching suppliers, early evidence from a competition inquiry suggests. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the energy market since last summer. It says that from 2012 to 2014, more than 95% of dual-fuel customers of the big firms would have ...

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman has announced that funding will be set aside for six new police officers for the Borough, in order to assist the Met in building community relationships and making Tower Hamlets a safer place to live. Tower Hamlets can be proud of its record on community policing in recent years, from its ‘Dealer a Day’ initiative ...

Rushanara Ali MP cross-examined banking chiefs on claims that disproportionate numbers of customers, money transfer businesses, Muslim charities and other organisations were being denied access to basic banking facilities. Over a year after challenging banks and regulators on their approach to money transfer businesses in her Save Remittance Giving campaign, Rushanara raised questions to banking representatives at a Treasury Select ...

Tower Hamlets Council this week announced its purchase of the old Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel. The historic, grade II listed building, which was the site of hundreds of years of medical history, will be transformed into a civic hub for the people of Tower Hamlets. The old Royal London Hospital was sold to the council for £9 million. The ...

Renowned journalist Khondker Aminul Haq Badsha has died after prolonged illness at London’s Orpington Hospital on Monday night, 9th February at 11.30pm. He was suffering from heart complications and recently had suffered from a stroke. Aminul Haq Badsha was the deputy Press Secretary to Bangladesh’s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. During Bangladesh’s Liberation War in 1971 Aminul Haq Badsha, ...

Following months of rigorous training and campaigning to win the hearts and minds of the young electorate, Deng Yan San was duly elected to serve as the next Young Mayor. There were scenes of triumph and cheering as the results were announced by the returning officer, John Williams, at the results and inauguration evening held at the Town Hall  January ...

The court proceedings against the current elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets has taken a new turn.  Accusations of electoral fraud against the returning officer for Tower Hamlets Council have been withdrawn. Many of the observers are now thinking this could be a major turning point to weaken the electoral allegations of any wrongdoings by the current Mayor.Mr Williams was accused ...