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Bangla Mirror Desk:   Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership in Bangladesh’s extraordinary education sector success was praised at the 22nd Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers held in London on May 16-17, 2024. Bangladesh was particularly commended for its recent achievements and transformations in the education sector, in particular for a stronger emphasis on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) over ...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could find out on Monday whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch UK legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States. The Australian national, aged 52, is seeking permission to appeal against a ruling allowing him to be sent to face a US trial on espionage charges. The two High Court judges in ...

  Bangladesh Health Minister Dr. Samanta Lal Sen sought support from the Oxford Vaccine Group at the University of Oxford to establish a vaccine centre in Bangladesh while visiting the University on Tuesday (14 May) where the AstraZeneca vaccine was developed during the Corona pandemic. During the visit, the Minister met with the Director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, Professor ...

  Bangladesh and the United Kingdom held their first ever Joint Working Group meeting on Home Affairs on Thursday in London at the British Home Office and signed the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) on Returns. British Minister for Countering Illegal Migration James Tomlinson-Mynors KC, and Bangladesh High Commissioner in the UK Saida Muna Tasneem opened the JWG meeting and witnessed ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk :   London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council Deputy Speaker Barrister Saif Uddin Khaled has been appointed Speaker for the upcoming 2024-25 Municipal Year, he was appointed Speaker by majority vote of Councilors at the Annual General Meeting held at the Town Hall Chamber in Whatchapel on Wednesday evening, May 15. He replaced the recent Speaker ...

Campaigners have called for a ban of so-called floating bus stops in London. The design, which has a cycle lane between the stop and the pavement, is intended to allow bus passengers to get on and off safely while cyclists can keep moving. Transport for London (TfL), which has funded 160 of the stops, says the likelihood of being injured ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Bangladesh’s Honorable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, is on an official visit to the United Kingdom. The primary purpose of his visit is to attend the high-level Conference on “International Response to Antimicrobial Resistance” scheduled for 16 May. Since his arrival in London on Saturday, the Minister has been actively involved ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Apsana Begum MP has called on the Government to create a Visa scheme that allows Palestinian individuals affected by war to be allowed into the UK during a Parliamentary debate on a petition that was signed by over a hundred thousand people. Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “In Gaza we are witnessing collective punishment, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   On Monday afternoon, a group of students from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) set up an encampment outside the Queens Building to protest the ongoing crisis in Gaza and call for action from the university administration. The encampment, dubbed the ‘QMUL Liberated Zone,’ is a demonstration of solidarity with the people of Palestine. The students ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Tozammel Tony Haque MBE  passed away last night. Innalillahi wa Innailaihi Rajiun. He was a Senior community figure in Birmingham, one of the top organizers of Bangladesh’s great liberation war, joint convener of Sheikh Mujib Defense Fund, former ambassador. Mr. Tony Haque played the role of one of the leading diaspora organizers in the great freedom ...