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Ahead of International Women’s Day on Sunday 8 March, Rushanara Ali MP last night marked the occasion by hosting a large public event alongside Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Harriet Harman MP. Part of Labour’s Woman to Woman campaign, the event celebrated the history and contribution of women in Bethnal Green and Bow and provided an opportunity for local ...

University heads received an average of £260,000 per year and 18 received pay rises over 10%, according to a salary survey from the UCU lecturers’ union. The biggest earner in 2013-14 was the head of Nottingham Trent University whose total benefits were £623,000. Last week, university leaders warned against cutting tuition fees to £6,000, arguing that budgets were under threat. ...

TUSC parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow Glyn Robbins joined scores of other local people taking part in a national day of action to Save the NHS (Saturday 29th Feb).  Petitions were collected in Roman Road and later outside the Whitechapel Idea Store (photo attached).  Heath care services have been threatened in Tower Hamlets where a strong campaign has ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Avijit Roy, a US-based blogger of Bangladeshi origin, was hacked to death on the streets of Dhaka on 26 February by terrorists trying to stifle free speech. His wife and fellow blogger Rafida Ahmed Bonya suffered head injuries and lost a finger. She remains in hospital in a serious condition. Roy, who ran a popular site ...

Crossing the divide: dozens of designs have been submitted for a new Nine Elms to Pimlico bridge. All of them struggle with the differing elevations of the two sides. This one deploys snaking ramps in an attempt to overcome the problem New bridges — for cyclists and pedestrians — across the Thames in central London are set to change the ...

By Abdul Karim Goni :: British Curry Awards Founder Enam Ali MBE has said that moving British visa office from Dhaka to Delhi is quite saddening for me and also discourteous for the Bengali Community in the UK.  He said this in a press briefing held in East London on 24 February.  An influential figure in the area of diplomacy ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: The largest private airline in Bangladesh, United Airways set to launch new routes direct from Europe to Bangladesh and once again offers expatriates the chance to be part of its success. United Airways (UBD) announced an ambitious investment plan on 23rd February that will attract the funds it needs to operate new routes from major UK ...

Imagine a girl called Sofia – 19 years-old. She could be your daughter, or cousin. You might know a young person like her – your granddaughter, or your next door neighbour. Born in Tower Hamlets, she was educated in a state-of-the-art school and enjoyed it. She was surrounded by committed teachers ready to help launch her onto the next stage ...

Glyn Robbins is standing in Bethnal Green and Bow as the General Election candidate for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).  He is standing in the election on May 7th because he wants to see an alternative to the cuts, privatisation, racism and war peddled by the establishment parties and a left alternative to the right-wing anti-migrant UKIP, a ...

The family of a Glasgow woman who may have encouraged three London girls to join Islamic State say officials “failed” to stop them leaving the UK. Aqsa Mahmood, 20, who went to Syria to be a “jihadi bride” in 2013, reportedly had online contact with one of the girls who flew to Turkey last week. It is feared that Kadiza ...