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As much as third of Britain’s curry Houses can face closure as a result of tough immigration laws  and shortage of workers. A combination of tough new immigration laws – exacerbating an existing shortage of skilled chefs – and the reluctance of a new generation to work in the sector is threatening to undermine an industry that provides jobs for ...

Bangladesh Caterers Association has expressed their deep sadness and frustration after losing the tribunal on ownership of the building.  However, they said they will be respectful towards the verdict. Press and Publications Secretary of BCA Anis Ul Haque Chowdhury read out the press release in a press conference held at Regent Lake Banqueting Hall on 2nd February.  BCA President Pasha ...

Great British Bake Off champion, Nadiya Hussain, was last night crowned the most influential British Bangladeshi at a prestigious awards ceremony at London’s City Hall. Celebrating its fifth year, the British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration (BBPI) list is a celebration of the success of the UK’s Bangladeshi community. Guests at the event included a wide spectrum of the British Bangladeshi ...

A mother who took her toddler son to Syria has been jailed for six years for joining the so-called Islamic State. Tareena Shakil, 26, is the first woman from the UK to return from the self-declared caliphate to be convicted of the offence. Sentencing her, Mr Justice Inman said she had shown no remorse and had known her son’s future ...

says AS-levels show if an application is likely to be competitive Would-be students at Cambridge University will have to sit written tests as part of the application process, the university’s admissions director has announced. The move will affect students applying for courses starting in autumn 2017. The tests will be tailored to each subject and will be taken before or ...

Sadiq Khan, the Labour candidate to be mayor of London, is to tell potential voters he is prepared to stand up to Jeremy Corbyn and not be his “patsy”. Khan has been targeted as the Labour leader’s “man in City Hall” by his Tory rival Zac Goldsmith, while David Cameron has warned Londoners they would be “lab rats” for the ...

A draft deal to meet David Cameron’s EU reform demands – including new powers for national parliaments to block unwanted laws – will be unveiled later. European Council President Donald Tusk will publish the text shortly. Mr Cameron is aiming to convince the rest of the EU to sign up to his demands at a summit on February 18-19. If ...

Rushanara Ali MP attacked the Government’s recent decision to replace maintenance grants with loans for lower income students through the back door using a statutory instrument which avoids proper parliamentary scrutiny. Despite substantial opposition the Government used an obscure parliamentary committee to push through their changes to higher education funding on 14 January 2016. This denied debate to a policy ...

Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs, held his first Mayoral Assembly at Swanlea School on January 21. More than 80 residents, business owners and voluntary sector partners attended to feedback ideas and concerns about the Whitechapel Vision; work being done to create jobs for local people; support for businesses and local anti-social behaviour issues. Discussion was particularly lively around affordable housing ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: David Cameron has been accused of using inflammatory language about refugees after referring to people in camps at Calais as a “bunch of migrants”. The prime minister made the comments in the House of Commons on Wednesday as he criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s call for Britain to do more to help refugees in French camps. Pointing at ...