Bangla Mirror Desk :: It’s a tough time for international students in the UK, and their plight has only been made worse by home secretary Theresa May’s recent announcement of changes to the immigration rules. In a recent confidential letter, May wrote that universities should “develop sustainable funding models that are not so dependent on international students”. And business secretary ...
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Rushanara Ali supports Labour’s amendment on Government’s Welfare Bill
Bangla Mirror Desk :: MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali MP have supported strongly the Labour’s amendment on Government’s Welfare Bill. After Rushanara Ali voted for Labour’s amendment to the Government’s Welfare Bill, she said: “As well as cutting incentives to work, this Government’s Welfare Bill will mean more than 3 million struggling families will be worse off ...
Read More »Abdal Ullah selected for GLA ballot
Abdal Ullah has been selected at the Poplar & Limehouse CLP all members meeting held on Tuesday 21st July. There was an exceptional high turnout on the night. Abdal received over 51% of the total votes in the first round with 94 votes, beating Howard Dawber the Strategic Director of Canary Wharf Group who came second with 40 votes. Abdal ...
Read More »East London Muslim Charity Run is taking place on 9th August
Bangla Mirror Desk :: After holding Run for Your Mosque campaign successfully for last three years, this year East London Mosque is organising Muslim Charity Run. This charity fundraising campaign will take place on 9th August at 10 o’clock morning at Victoria Park in East London. The registration for this charity run is going on now. People who are interested ...
Read More »UK to secure £750m Asian trade deals
David Cameron says business deals worth more than £750m ($1.2bn) will be made during his tour of South East Asia. Mr Cameron is to be accompanied by 31 British business leaders on the trade mission, which starts in Indonesia. The UK prime minister says he wants to forge links with the area’s rapidly growing markets for British goods and services ...
Read More »House owning starts to end for the under-40s
Bangla Mirror Desk House price rises of 5% a year and a shortage of affordable homes are set to swell the ranks of “generation rent” over the next decade, so that by 2025 more than half of those under 40 will be living in properties owned by private landlords. A report from economists at accountancy firm PwC suggests the number ...
Read More »We want a culture of transparency: John Biggs
Bangla Mirror Desk In a press conference on monday 20thJuly, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs- who has just completed his first month in office- spoke about some of the changes he has made in the first few weeks of his time in power. The Mayor was formally elected in the early hours of 11th June, but officially started ...
Read More »1370-year-old ‘Quran script’ found in Birmingham
Bangla Mirror Desk What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham. Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence. The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained unrecognised in the university library for almost a century. The British ...
Read More »East London Mosque appeal for 1.1 million pounds to pay off Karje Hasana
Bangla Mirror Desk The synagogue building stood between East London Mosque and London is now the property of the East London Mosque. Up to now the Jewish people used to pray here, from now on only Muslim people will pray. East London Mosque purchased this Synagogue building on 15th of July with a cost amounting 15 million pounds. Mosque Committee ...
Read More »Awards Celebrations marks first year successes at London Enterprise Academy
On Monday 13 July, London Enterprise Academy celebrated excellence pupil performance in their first year at the new Free school in Whitechapel. Principal Ashid Ali said “you have made this day possible, through persistence and hard work, through external or internal motivation, and through your love of learning, and we commend you for it”. He then thanked the parents for ...
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