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    Bangla Mirror Desk :   MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised through events for Salisbury and Wilton Rotary, Salisbury Hospice Charity and Wilton Riding for The Disabled and chosen by Mayor of Salisbury 2023-2024 Cllr Atiqul Hoque at the start of his year. The last event was organised by members of the charities and took place on Saturday ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   After 7 long years and with great enthusiasm, the election of Bishwanath Pravasi Education Trust UK has been completed. The election was held on Sunday 5th May at the Impression  Hall in East London in the presence of the largest number of trustees from various cities in the UK. It is known that out of ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   LONDON, May 5, 2024 – The Tower Hamlets community came together on 4 May to observe the annual Altab Ali Day, honouring the memory of Altab Ali and marking the Bengali community’s historic struggle against racism and discrimination. A commemorative ceremony was held at 6pm at Altab Ali Park, where wreaths were laid, poetry recited, and ...

Apsana Begum MP has tabled a Parliamentary motion to mark the anniversary of the racist murder of Altab Ali (4 May 1978) which pays “tribute to the Bangladeshi community and allies in East London’s resistance to far-right extremism and institutional racism”. Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “The East End has a proud anti-racist and anti-fascist tradition. As ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:     London, 3 May 2024 – The Altab Ali Foundation has called on the Government of Bangladesh to officially acknowledge the contributions of the Bengali diaspora to the country’s independence struggle and economic development. A delegation led by Chairperson Nooruddin Ahmed and Secretary Ansar Amed Ullah met with Bangladesh’s State Minister for Expatriate Welfare and ...

Londoners face a wait until Saturday afternoon or evening – or possibly even Sunday – until they discover the name of their next mayor. This is because votes will not start to be counted until 9am on Saturday, even though polling stations closed at 10pm on Thursday. But several key “bellwether” constituencies could give an early indication of whether Sadiq ...

Protesters and police have clashed during a protest in south London over the planned transfer of asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset. The police were called at about 08:40 BST to a hotel in Peckham where activists had surrounded a coach. They were trying stop the asylum seekers’ removal to the barge. Some activists were seen being ...

Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, Minister of State for Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment visited the UK Bangladesh High Commission in London on Tuesday, Saida Muna Tasnim, the High Commissioner welcomed him. Later, he visited the library in the new building of the Consular Service High Commission. Deputy Minister Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury met the officials of all levels of the High Commission ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   A discussion meeting titled “UK NRB Relations and Foreign Employment” was held on the initiative of UKBCCI, one of the top business organizations in Britain, with Bangladesh Expatriate Welfare State Minister Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury MP, who was the chief guest of the program. Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, said about the various demands of the expatriates that the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Hon’ble Minister of State for Expatriates Welfare and Foreign Employment Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury MP called on British-Bangladeshis to play a special role in building the Smart Bangladesh announced by the Prime Minister to sending remittances through legal channels. He said, “The money sent by expatriates to Bangladesh through legal channels will be protected and there is ...