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Banlga Mirror Desk: Few politicians would be foolish enough to say publicly they’d prefer not to be elected because of the unpopular decisions that await, but next month’s election in Britain is one some may privately regard as a poisoned chalice. Britain’s economy is one of the fastest growing in the developed world, but whoever wins still faces challenges that ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Chairman of Brick Lane Mosque Committee and prominent community leader Ataur Rahman passed away.  He died in a hospital in East London on 15th April at 5.50 in the afternoon (Inna Lillahi…. Rajiun).  His dead body was then taken Chanvorang village of Bishwanath on 18th April and buried there next to his mother’s grave on the 19th. ...

Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed a previous IFS projection as irrelevant. The Scottish National party’s flagship financial policy of full fiscal autonomy could lead to a shortfall of nearly £9bn in Scotland’s finances by 2020, according to the latest projections from the Institute of Fiscal Studies – a gap that would only be closed if growth were to double that predicted ...

Ed Miliband today accused David Cameron of “playing fast and loose” with the United Kingdom, as senior Labour figures began speaking openly of post-election talks with Nicola Sturgeon. David Lammy, who is bidding to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor, was among the figures who spoke of a “common alliance” and holding talks on “common ground” between the two parties ...

Less than a quarter of voters think either the Conservatives or Labour can be trusted to keep election promises, a damning poll reveals today. As David Cameron and Ed Miliband spend another week in apparent deadlock, research by Ipsos MORI reveals that 63 per cent think their parties will “promise anything to win votes”. In today’s poll, 57 per cent ...

Egypts first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, sentenced to 20 year in jail Ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday on charges of inciting violence and facilitating the killing and torturing of protesters in 2012. The case is subject to appeal. Morsy stood trial with 14 co-defendants, including some of his presidential staff. Morsy, ...

A Japanese maglev (magnetic levitation) train speeds during a test run on the experimental track in Tsuru, 100km west of Tokyo, on May 11, 2010. A Japan Railway maglev train hit 603 kilometers per hour (374 miles per hour) on an experimental track in Yamanashi Tuesday, setting a decisive new world record. A spokesperson said the train spent 10.8 seconds ...

Hundreds of people were cleared from an area of central London and at least one person was injured after a building collapsed at a construction site today. Emergency services were called to Serle Street and Portugal Street in Holborn after witnesses reported hearing a “massive crash” and seeing plumes of dust. A 56-year-old man was treated at the scene before ...

Italian authorities have so far rescued 28 people alive, including a Bangladeshi, according to reports by CNN and the BBC. Quoting the rescued Bangladeshi, CNN reported many were trapped inside locked doors when the boat packed with hundreds sank in the Mediterranean sea on Sunday. The identity of the Bangladeshi citizen was not yet known— nor was it confirmed whether ...

Some 337 Bangladeshis evacuated from Yemen have reached home in two special flights of Biman from India’s southern state of Kerala. They were evacuated by the Indian naval ships and later carried by passenger ships to Kochi port in Kerala state on Saturday. Biman Bangladesh Airlines flights carried them to Dhaka from there early on Sunday. The first flight landed ...