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Ken Livingstone has been sacked as a presenter on LBC radio in the wake of his controversial comments about Hitler that sparked an anti-Semitism storm. The former Mayor of London is understood to have been let go after eight years with the station over the claims Hitler was a Zionist before he “went mad and ended up killing six million Jews”. ...

This week Bangladesh celebrates the birth of its National Poet, Kazi Nazrul Islam, better known as “Rebel Poet”. 117 years after his birth Nazrul’s writings remain works of great literature with significance for all of us. As the poet himself wrote ‘I don’t belong to just this country, this society. I belong to the world’. Bangladesh was born as a ...

25 May 2016 London is overwhelmingly backing a vote to Remain in the European Union, a major opinion poll reveals today. The capital is a clear 60-40 in favour of staying in Europe’s family of 28 nations, discounting don’t knows. Exclusive research by Opinium for the Evening Standard reveals the 5.6 million eligible voters in London are far more pro-EU ...

Taxpayers forced to hang on the phone while calling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) lost the equivalent of £97m last year, a spending watchdog has said. The National Audit Office (NAO) said the quality of service at HMRC “collapsed” over an 18-month period between 2014 and 2015. Call waiting times tripled during that time, as some customers were kept on ...

25 May 2016 The population of Tower Hamlets is growing faster than anywhere else in the UK Nine out of the 10 fastest-growing local populations in Britain are London boroughs, according to new official forecasts today. The new list of local authority areas is headed by Tower Hamlets where the population is projected to soar by more than a quarter, or ...

This year, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar starts on or around 7th June 2016 and lasts until 6th July 2016. Adults are required to fast from dawn to sunset, but those in poor health or who have deteriorating health, the very elderly and mothers who are breastfeeding are exempt from doing so. Residents who suffer from any chronic ...

By the British Government’s Minister of State for the Commonwealth: Rt Hon Hugo Swire MP   In just a few weeks, on Thursday 23 June, the UK will vote in an historic referendum to decide whether it should remain in or leave the European Union.   I firmly believe that the UK will be stronger, safer, and better-off staying in ...

Migration from Asia and the Middle East to Western Europe could provide the kind of vibrant boost to arts and culture as movement from India and Pakistan did to UK food tastes over the past 40 years, a leading artist and academic has said. Professor Bashir Makhoul, practising artist and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Birmingham City University, believes the movement of ...

A “reckless” restaurant owner has been jailed for six years for the manslaughter of a customer who had an allergic reaction to a curry. Paul Wilson, 38, suffered a severe anaphylactic shock in January 2014 after eating a takeaway containing peanuts from the Indian Garden in Easingwold, North Yorkshire. Mohammed Zaman, 52, was found guilty at Teesside Crown Court. The ...

Bangla Mirror desk : The speakers at a round-tabel meeting at East Lonodn urged all community members to protest against the proposed Dual Citizenship Law 2016. The speakers mentioned this law as damaging and detrimental for the Bangladeshi people who are living abroad. If the law passes in Bangladesh Parliament, if a person becomes a dual citizen of another country, ...