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Calls for new controls on landlords

Bangla Mirror Desk :: London has become one of the most expensive cities in the world to rent a home, prompting politicians to call for New York-style controls on landlords. In 18 of London’s 33 boroughs, the median rent for a one-bedroom flat is more than £1,000 a month, statistics from the government agency that values properties for the purposes ...

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Bethnal Green Schoolgirl’s passport confiscated

A High Court judge has ruled to take away passport off a Bethnal Green Academy schoolgirl to stop her joining ISIL. The 16-year-old is a student at Bethnal Green Academy and is believed to be close friends with four other students who have already travelled to Syria.  They are believed to have wed Islamic State fighters. High Court Family Division ...

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Bangladesh High Commission in London observes the National Mourning Day

Bangla Mirror Desk :: The National Mourning Day and 40th Death Anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was observed on Saturday 15 August 2015 by Bangladesh High Commission in London in a befitting manner and with due solemnity. Members of expatriate Bangladesh community, officials and staff of the High Commission participated in a programme arranged ...

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UK Awami League organises 15th August condolence meeting

Bangla Mirror Desk :: United Kingdom Awami League organised a condolence meeting to commemorate the 40th death anniversary of leader and founder of Bangladesh, Bagnabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.   The condolence meeting was held at Monte Fiore Centre in East London. President of UK Awami  League Sultan Mahmud Sharif presided over the meeting. Genetal Secretary Syed Shajidur Rahman Faruque conducted the ...

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Bangladeshi origin Zia Haider’s novel wins Britain’s oldest literary prize

Bangla Mirror Desk: Bangladeshi origin writer Zia Haider Rahman has won the James Tait Black Literary Prizes, Britain’s oldest literary award, for his debut novel In the Light of What We Know. The novelist has joined some of the world’s greatest names in literature, including DH Lawrence, Graham Greene, Angela Carter and Ian McEwan, by winning the prize this year. ...

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A Level results celebrated in Tower Hamlets

Following two years of hard work, students across Tower Hamlets today (August 13) celebrated as they opened their A Level results. Results at Mulberry were extremely strong – with Head Teacher Vanessa Ogden indicating that 75 per cent of students achieved A* to C grades. 80 students from the school hold offers for Oxbridge or Russell Group universities. Cllr Sirajul ...

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Jobless total on rise in the UK

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK unemployment ticked up to 1.85 million in the April to June period, a rise of 25,000 on the previous quarter. It is the first time in two years that there have been two consecutive rises in the number of people out of work. But over the last 12 months employment levels are still markedly higher with ...

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RDF Global maternity hospital volunteers visit Lake District

Emdad Rahman Volunteers and charity workers for the Rural Development Foundation Global (RDF Global) enjoyed a weekend at the Lake District as the charity announced it’s latest plans in the run up to the opening of a maternity hospital in Bangladesh. RDF Global is a non-profit charitable foundation established in 2006, with an aim to develop maternity and women’s healthcare ...

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Muslim Charity Run 2015 a Massive Success

Bangla Mirror Desk: Hundreds of runners took part in a most popular fundraising event Muslim Charity Run 2015 from over 20 charities at Victoria Park, Bow, East London on Sunday 9 August. This year’s run evolved from the previously successful Run 4 Your Mosque. On a gloriously sunny day with temperatures peaking at 25 degrees, runners – young and old ...

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East London family of five arrested over terrorism

A married couple and their three daughters have been arrested in east London on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. A 51-year-old man, two women aged 53 and 19, and two girls aged 17 and 16, who are understood to live in Tower Hamlets, were held on suspicion of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing ...

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