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 ...
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Almost 4,000 people referred to UK deradicalisation scheme last year
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 ...
Read More »Iain Duncan Smith delivered a devastating attack on the Government in his first interview since he dramatically resigned over cuts to disability benefits
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 ...
Read More »Refugee summit: David Cameron to send Royal Navy warships to Libya ‘to deter migrants’
David Cameron wants to deploy Royal Navy vessels close to the coast of Libya to deter thousands of migrants from embarking on the perilous sea journey to Europe this summer. The Prime Minister told European Union leaders at a summit in Brussels that he is extending the deployment of HMS Enterprise on anti-trafficking operations in the central Mediterranean at least ...
Read More »Edinburgh to London train journey time to be cut to four hours
New trains with faster acceleration will cut journey times on the East Coast Main Line by up to 22 minutes. The Virgin Azuma Trains, which will be launched in 2018, will enable passengers to travel between Edinburgh and London in four hours. The operator claimed they would accelerate from 0-125mph about 40 seconds faster than the current fleet. Sir Richard ...
Read More »Sugar tax surprise in Budget – but growth forecasts cut
George Osborne has unveiled a tax on sugary drinks in a wide ranging Budget dominated by gloomier growth forecasts. The chancellor blamed the slowdown on a “dangerous cocktail” of global risks and said the UK had to “act now so we don’t have to pay later”. He announced an extra £3.5bn in spending cuts – and sparked controversy by warning ...
Read More »Jeremy Corbyn says budget has ‘unfairness at its very core’
Jeremy Corbyn has accused George Osborne of delivering a budget with “unfairness at its very core” with corporations benefiting from “mates’ rates” in a series of tax deals. In one of his strongest performances at the dispatch box, the Labour leader saidthe budget marked the culmination of six years of failure as he reeled off a series of targets the ...
Read More »UK unemployment drops by 28,000
UK unemployment fell to 1.68 million between November and January, down 28,000 from the previous quarter, the Office for National Statistics says. The rate of unemployment remained at 5.1%, maintaining a decade-low rate. Some 31.42 million are in work, 478,000 up on a year ago. The employment rate is 74.1%, the joint highest since current records began in 1971. Average ...
Read More »Bangladesh High Commission London confers awards to British-Bangladeshi outstanding academic achievers
London, 12 March: Bangladesh High Commission London organised a ceremony today at the Kensington Town Hall in Central London to confer awards to the British-Bangladeshi students who have achieved outstanding results in the 2015 GCSE and A Level examinations. A total of 127 students who achieved at least 10 A/A* in GCSE and 3 A/A* received crests and certificates from ...
Read More »Newark Youth London Awards Ceremony 2016 celebrates youth achievement
Emdad Rahman : Newark Youth London celebrated another great year by delivering a successful awards event at Mulberry School, east London. Newark Youth London was formed in 1984 by a group of young people aged between 9-12 years old. This group congregated at the old London Hospital Car Park in Newark Street (now the Centre of the Cell building) and ...
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