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Bangla Mirror Desk: Almost a third of the UK population experienced income poverty in at least one year between 2010 and 2013, official data shows. The figures, published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday, show that approximately 19.3 million people had a disposable income of below 60% of the national median at some point during the four-year ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Thousands of the UK’s Bangladeshi community members and members from other communities celebrated Bengali New Year 2015 on 17th May with live music and performances on stage together with various stalls offering food and drinks in Victoria Park, London. Glamour’s costumes and traditional food were among the highlights at Bengali New Year celebration in East London. The ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Rushanara Ali, the first Bangladeshi origin member of the House of Commons, has become a candidate in the position of Deputy Leader in the Labour Party, the Opposition in the UK parliament. Daniel Hassel, Labour Councilor of the Bromley South ward of the Tower Hamlets Council and Syed Mansur Uddin Shikhon, media adviser of Rushanara Ali have ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Independent candidate Rabina Khan has said that if she is elected, she will continue the provisions of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), free school meal, free home care service and council tax freeze and prioritise to keep the top position in housing league table. Supported by the former Mayor of Tower Hamlets LutfurRahman, Rabina Khan said this in ...

For the progression of our country and to continue the rapid development of Bangladesh, we all need to work together and forget differences among us. Jatio Party MP Abdul Munim Chowdhury Babu said this in a meeting organised by UK living people of Nabiganj. The meeting took place at Heathrow Airport on 17th May. He also said that, Banglaesh is ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Eminent journalist Nadeem Qadir joined the office of the Press Minister of Bangladesh High Commission in the United Kingdom on Monday the 18th of may 2015 Government last year made Nadeem press minister for two years. But he could not join on time due to official complexities. On the arrival of Nadeem in the morning local time, ...

Boris Johnson has announced he wants to crack down on “unsafe” rickshaws in central London. The Mayor of London said he is seeking new powers to regulate pedicabs – the official name for the vehicles – because they clog up roads in the West End and are potentially unsafe. Mr Johnson declared his ambition after pledging to cap the number ...

Bangla Mirror: The fight is on for the battle to become the Mayor of Tower Hamlets now that the General Election is out of the way.  After a huge defeat in General Election, Labour Party has decided to spend its full force to capture the borough. Labour’s John Biggs was first to declare his name two days after last month’s ...

Bangla Mirror News:  Labour candidate John Biggs announced his selection of three deputy mayors – Cllr Sirajul Islam, Cllr Shiria Khatun, and Cllr Rachel Saunders – all experienced community leaders in Tower Hamlets.  He announced this in advance while launching his campaign officially in front of senior Labour Leaders.  His official launching kick started in Scarlet Dot restaurant at Spitalfields ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: The Tories are already putting some clear blue water between the coalition and the present majority government. Firstly, the new Business Secretary Sajid Javid has promised new tougher strike laws — ensuring that a minimum turnout of 50 per cent turnout is required for all strikes, while 40 per cent of all members will need to back a strike affecting ...