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Bangla Mirror Desk :: Curry has been one of Britain’s most loved foods since the 1940s. Currently it is a huge industry generating over £4.1 billion for the economy with over 15,000 outlets in the UK from big cities to the smallest of villages. Yet the industry is struggling to survive weighed down by staff shortages, immigration laws, competition from ...

Newly appointed British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake recently said that her country would continue to work with the government, political parties, democratic institutions, and other stakeholders to help ‘flourish democracy’ in Bangladesh. Blake, the first female High Commissioner from UK to Bangladesh, made the remark while talking to journalists at her first interaction with media after taking over ...

The 24-hour Tube strike due to start tomorrow evening and last most of Wednesday was dramatically called off this afternoon. Leaders of the RMT decided to suspend the strike after receiving a revised offer from London Underground (LU) in the bitter Night Tube and pay dispute. All other Tube unions decided last week to suspend the strikes to allow further ...

Too few teachers – particularly history teachers – are being trained to teach the Holocaust in England, the Education Select Committee says. Although good Holocaust teaching material is available, the majority of teachers are “self-taught” with little professional development, MPs say. They also call for steps to be taken to preserve the words of Holocaust survivors for future generations. Ministers ...

The government is looking at calls to take in thousands of unaccompanied refugee children who have made it into Europe, a Cabinet minister says. Charities have been calling on the UK to admit 3,000 child refugees as part of its response to the migrant crisis. International Development Secretary Justine Greening said ministers were considering “whether we can do more” for ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :   The UK will provide £30million in new funding to help the most vulnerable people, including children and infants, arriving in Europe and fleeing the Syrian conflict, the International Development Secretary for the UK Justine Greening has announced. Meeting the urgent needs of around 27,000 children that have fled to the Balkans, Greece, and Italy, the ...

David Cameron has held a meeting in Downing Street with the jailed former president of the Maldives and his lawyer, Amal Clooney. Mohamed Nasheed thanked the Prime Minister for his support after he was temporarily released from prison to allow him to travel to London for back surgery. The Maldives government has requested that Mr Nasheed return to the islands ...

Google has struck a £130 million deal with the taxman to pay money it has owed for the past 10 years. The internet giant said it had reached an agreement with HM Revenue and Customs covering taxes since 2005. It means Google will start to pay tax “based on revenue from UK-based advertisers, which reflects the size and scope of ...

Millions of Tube users will be left waiting until the last moment to find out whether there will be a full train service next week. The RMT – the largest of the Tube unions – will not decide until Monday whether to go ahead with a 24 hour strike currently set to start on Tuesday evening. The delay forced London ...

David Cameron is facing a new battle with Brussels over asylum rules as he embarks on a push to finalise his EU renegotiation deal. The European commission is expected to propose scrapping arrangements that mean refugees have to claim asylum in the first country European they arrive in. Abandoning the so-called Dublin regulation could leave the UK and other northern ...