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London Office : Sultan Mahmud Sharif, president of the UK chapter of the Awami League and a key organiser of the Liberation War from abroad, has died in London. The 85-year-old passed away on Saturday at a hospital in the British capital. He is survived by two daughters and several grand children. Born on Jan 16, 1941, in Sarukhali village ...

  Five people have been hospitalised, with three in a life-threatening condition, after a suspected arson attack at a restaurant in east London. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the fire on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, at 21:00 BST on Friday. Three women and two men were injured in the blaze, and were taken hospital where they ...

A West London council is considering taking legal action against the government over the placement of asylum seekers into hotels. This follows a High Court injunction won by Epping Forest District Council on Tuesday. The Conservative-led Hillingdon Council is now weighing up its options. Council Leader, Councillor Ian Edwards told the Local Democracy Reporting Service [LDRS] that the council must ...

Hundreds of books have been left strewn across the pavement by council-employed contractors outside a former library in south London. The books were pictured by local news website Inside Croydon in large piles outside Broad Green Library, which closed late last year as part of cost-cutting measures at Croydon Council. Mayor Jason Perry apologised, saying the way the books had ...

The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh. The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country’s corruption watchdog set out the case against her and 20 other individuals, including her aunt, her mother, her brother and her sister. She is accused of influencing her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   More than 100,000 demonstrators marched to Downing Street on 9 August, calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end arms supplies to Israel and take action regarding the situation in Gaza. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was the 21st national march in 22 months. Protesters voiced concerns about Israel’s announced plans regarding Gaza ...

Scores of foreign Transport for London (TfL) staff could be deported because of rule changes which mean they no longer qualify for visa sponsorship. More than 60 employees who came to the UK on skilled worker visas may have to leave because salary thresholds have gone up and key transport roles have been taken off the eligible list. TfL said ...

At least 365 people have been arrested at a demonstration in London in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, police say. Scores of people simultaneously unveiled handwritten signs with the same message “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” at the protest, organised by Defend Our Juries at Westminster’s Parliament Square. The government proscribed the group in July under the ...

  Bangla  Mirror Desk:   8 August 2025: NRB Hospital, a non-profit initiative of expatriate Bangladeshis, has announced their much-awaited Phase Two  fundraising Event and dinner, to be held on Sunday, 28 September 2025, at 7 pm, at The City Pavilion Venue in Romford. This historic evening with the help of expatriate Bangladeshis will be the beginning of a new ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney, has resigned as Labour’s homelessness minister. The news comes hours after it was reported that Ali allegedly gave her tenants four months’ notice in November 2023. This notice reportedly stated that their £3,300-a-month lease would not be renewed. The property was later found to be listed at £4,000 per month. The former ...