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Bangla Mirror Desk : A British-Bangladeshi mother and her 15-year-old daughter tragically lost their lives on Wednesday afternoon after drowning off the coast near Colchester, UK, while attempting to rescue a young child. Although local reports initially indicated three casualties, confirmed two fatalities in the incident. Abul Kalam Azad, Convenor of UK BNP, and Khosruzzaman Khosru, Member Secretary, confirmed that ...

The mayor of London has launched a new £58.7m fund to make the capital’s social homes more energy efficient. The new Home Energy Saving Fund is backed by investment secured from central government following the launch of its Warm Homes Plan earlier this year. City Hall said the funding would benefit up to 5,000 households living in some of London’s ...

London’s biggest employers have warned that firms across the capital are struggling to find the skills they need as artificial intelligence reshapes the job market. The plan, drawn up by an AI steering committee convened by the business group BusinessLDN and Deloitte, calls on the mayor of London, the government and businesses to do more to prepare Londoners for AI-driven ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 18 July: Tens of thousands of people joined a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London on Saturday, calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza, greater humanitarian assistance, and renewed diplomatic efforts to bring about a lasting ceasefire. Among those taking part was Hussain Ahmed Hira, an activist with Bengalis for Palestine, who once again ...

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, has responded to the Mayor of London’s concession announced today, which comes just weeks after Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Lewisham councils launched a legal challenge against the decision to slash the affordable housing quotas from 35 per cent to 20 per cent. The new proposal from the Mayor of London would exempt Tower Hamlets and several other boroughs from the proposed reduction in affordable ...

Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters descended on central London for a march calling on Andy Burnham to take a hard line on Israel. There was a strong presence of uniformed officers for Saturday’s National March for Palestine where the Metropolitan Police had imposed strict conditions under the Public Order Act to prevent serious disruption to residents. Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn ...

   Bangla Mirror Desk:   A memorial meeting and prayer service marking the 48th anniversary of the racist murder of Ishaque Ali was held at a community centre in Tower Hamlets, East London, on 16 July. The event, organised by the Altab Ali Foundation, paid tribute to Ali, who was killed in Hackney in 1978, and highlighted the continuing fight ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   An international seminar titled “Bangladesh at a Democratic Crossroads: Human Rights, Political Inclusion, and the Future of Democratic Governance” was held at the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, on 13 July 2026. The event, organised by the Canada-based Global Center for Democratic Governance (GCDG), attracted a full audience in Oxford and was viewed online ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan was on Thursday appointed to the House of Lords, parliament’s upper chamber, by outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Khan was one of 26 new appointments confirmed by the government just days before Starmer is due to hand over power to Andy Burnham on Monday. The appointment means Khan and the others — who come from across ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – 16 July 2026. Representatives from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) and the British High Commission Dhaka have concluded their first joint visit to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, highlighting the impact of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom’s growing humanitarian partnership in support of the Rohingya refugees. During the visit, the delegation met ...