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Ansar Ahmed Ullah A proud Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with the rest of her family watched from the VVIP gallery of the House of Commons as her niece, Tulip Siddiq, made her maiden speech to the UK Parliament. Tulip Siddiq, daughter of Sheikh Rehana, gave a nine-minute speech dwelling on her community and her family. Tulip Siddiq is among ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah Bangladesh’s’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was praised for development during meeting with new British MPs. Newly elected MPs to the UK parliament met Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday, 15 June, at the Westminster at a reception hosted by Keith Vaz MP. Some thirty MPs including Bengali members Rushanara Ali MP, Tulip Siddiq MP and Rupa ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah Bangladesh is making remarkable progress in the areas of poverty reduction, increasing enrolment at primary schools, lowering infant mortality rate and maternal mortality ratio, improving immunization coverage and reducing the incidence of communicable diseases said Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. Media Adviser to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, who is accompanying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on a visit ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah Bengali ex patriates have always stood by Bangladesh in crisis said Bangladesh’s Prime Minister who is on short personal trip. She was addressing a gathering on 14 June in a reception organised by the UK Awami League in her honour at Park Lane Hotel in central London. She said the UK Bengalis have always supported Bangladesh from ...

A special flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage, landed at the Heathrow Airport at 15:41. She is accompanied among others by State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Md. Shahriar Alam, Media Adviser to Prime Minister Mr. Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury and Press Secretary to Prime Minister Mr. A K M Shameem Chowdhuri. Bangladesh High Commissioner in ...

Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman has been elected as the chairperson of Asian Clearing Union (ACU).   He was elected as the next ACU chairperson in the 44th annual meeting of its board of directors in Dhaka on Saturday, central bank General Manager AFM Asaduzzaman told bdnews24.com. The governors of the central banks of India, Pakistan, Iran, Nepal, Bhutan and ...

Labour Party’s John Biggs has become the mayor of London borough Tower Hamlets after the election of the previous mayor was declared void. The London Assembly member took the east London borough’s top post, winning 32,754 votes to take the job previously held by Lutfur Rahman. Biggs was runner-up last year to Rahman, who was removed from office in a ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah At a press conference held on Thursday, 11 June, in an East London venue the UK Awami League announced that Bangladesh’s Prime  Minister Sheikh Hasina will be arriving in London on Friday, 12 June, on a five day personal trip. The UK Awami League will receive her at the hotel on Friday afternoon. In addition a citizen ...

Newly elected councillor for Stepney Green, Sabina Akhtar, made a heartfelt speech  as she was duly elected to serve the ward on June 11. Ms Akhtar, representing the Labour Party, received 1,643 votes, closely followed by  the Independent candidate Abu Talha Chowdhury with 1,472 votes. She said: “I am overwhelmed and so happy. I would never have made it without ...

Bangla Mirror  Desk: Schools will be able to monitor radicalisation of pupils online using new spy software which detects key words used by extremists, it has been announced. Up to 40 per cent of secondary head teachers are expected to adopt the software, which is an upgrade of existing anti-bullying technology already used in their schools. Several companies are producing ...