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  Mirror Desk:   “The world must not forget that it was Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s extraordinary courage, compassion and humanitarian decision to open up border and heart to more than 7,50,000 Rohingyas in 2017 that saved the world from witnessing a human catastrophe,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Md Shahriar Alam MP while addressing the ...

King Charles may offer Prince Harry and Meghan Markle an apartment in Buckingham Palace as their UK residence when they visit the country, a report said. This comes after King Charles told the couple to vacate their previous UK home, Frogmore Cottage, and passed it on to his brother Prince Andrew, Hindustan Times reported. The Mail reported that King Charles ...

UK’s Indo-Pacific Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan arrived in Dhaka on Friday (March 10, 2023) to discuss security, democracy, human rights, trade and the Rohingya crisis. Trevelyan will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen as well as hold talks with civil society organisations, humanitarian actors, climate experts, and business groups, report agencies. As Bangladesh continues its development ...

  Bangladesh High Commission, London marked the historic 7 March by hosting a high-profile panel discussion titled “Contemporary Thoughts on Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib’s Historic 7 March Speech: A UNESCO Documentary Heritage” at the mission’s Bangabandhu Lounge on Tuesday where speakers observed that the Speech delivered by Bangladesh’s Founding Father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on 7 March 1971 is considered as ...

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will on Monday meet US President Joe Biden and Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese to discuss the emerging AUKUS security pact, the UK leader’s spokesman said Wednesday. The meeting comes with Australia set to seal a nuclear-powered submarine deal with Britain or the United States, seen as part of the trio’s efforts to counter China’s growing ...

   Bangla Mirror Desk:   A budget to support people through tough times and invest in their future Mayor freezes council tax outside of Adult Social Care precept £16m investment in young people, includinguniversal free school meals, education bursaries and more youth services More than £7m to help tackle climate change £4.4m for community safety including new police and enforcement officers Target of 1,000 affordable homes a year  Supporting residents through the cost of living crisis; giving ...

British High Commission Dhaka organised a reception for Bangladeshi scholars who were awarded the UK Government’s prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships. Robert Chatterton Dickson, the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh, congratulated scholars on completing their master’s degrees and welcomed them into the greater UK Chevening and Commonwealth alumni family. Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarships are awarded to individuals from all backgrounds ...

Ahead of attending the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will be meeting his counterpart External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday as they are expected to discuss progress on the UK-India 2030 Roadmap that aims to bolster the two countries’ ties in defence and security, trade and investment. He’s visiting India to attend the G20 ...

Rishi Sunak has said his new Brexit deal puts Northern Ireland in a “unbelievably special position” because it gives the nation access to both the UK and European Union markets – making it the “world’s most exciting economic zone.” The prime minister, in Northern Ireland to promote his newly negotiated trade agreement with the EU, told firms there they should ...

  The Government streses the importance of family life, but families are failed by the Home Office’s migration policies and practice, which also undermine society, according to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee. In its report ‘All families matter: An inquiry into family migration’, published today, the committee says that current migration rules are at odds with ...