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Teachers have voted to ballot for a boycott of all primary school tests, after claims that children in England are the “most tested in Europe”. The National Union of Teachers’ conference heard warnings that schools had become “exam factories”. Delegates criticised “chaotic” changes to primary assessment and voted for a ballot to boycott tests taken by seven and 11 year ...

Storm Kae is set to bring high winds to coastal regions for the rest of the Easter weekend. A naonwide weather warning for wind has been issued and drivers are being told to watch out for strong gusts on roads and the possibility of fallen trees. The Met O!ce has also issued yellow weather warnings for northern Scotland on Sunday. ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Former students of Madan Mohan College Sylhet residing in the UK celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the College on 20th march 2016 at the Royal Regency, East London. Madan Mohan College is one of the oldest colleges of Bangladesh established in 1940 and is still a very popular and a respected educational institution.  Because of historical ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah : The UK Nirmul Committee remembered the Genocide of the dark night of 25th March with a light vigil on 25th March, 7pm-8pm at the Central Shahid Minar, Altab Ali Park, East London. At a short discussion chaired by Nirmul Committee’s former secretary Syeda Sultana Naznin Shakha and conducted by Nirmul Committee’s Asst Sec Jamal Khan pro ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Bangladesh will celebrate its 46th Independence Day and National Day on 26th March with due solemnity and festivity. On March 26, 1971, father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared Bangladesh’s independence following the crackdown on unarmed Bangalis on the midnight of March 25 by the Pakistani occupation forces. After a nine-month bloody War of ...

Bangladesh High Commission London organised a children’s art competition to observe Bangabandhu’s 96th Birthday and National Chidren’s Day 2016 on 20th March in High Commission office in London. The participants were divided in two age categories.  Around 20 children took part in the competition.  High Commissioner Md Abdul Hannan and Press Minister spoke briefly about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. In ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Support in Britain for membership of the European Union has declined, two polls showed, suggesting a dispute within the ruling Conservative Party may be undermining Prime Minister David Cameron’s campaign for the country to stay in. Three months before Britons vote on whether to remain in the EU, bookmakers upped the chances that a British exit ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : BNP Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s name has been deleted from Interpol list. Data which also been supplied to Interpol has been deleted too as they were proved to be untrue. Commission for the Control of Interpol’s Files informed this to legal firm Londonium Solicitors in a written statement. The letters mentioned that after investigating all the data ...

Sunday 20 March 2016 Almost 4,000 people were referred to the UK government’s flagship counter-terrorism scheme last year – nearly triple the figure in the previous year, and an average of 11 people a day. The rise in referrals, which came amid concerns over Britons returning to the UK from fighting in Syria, followed moves by the government that placed ...

The former work and pensions secretary accused David Cameron and George Osborne of seeking to balance the books on the backs of hard-pressed working people and suggested people on benefits were being targeted because “they don’t vote for us”. He also branded the Chancellor’s cap on welfare spending “arbitrary” and warned that the deficit was being eradicated in the wrong ...