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A five-year-old boy died when he fell from a kitchen window on the 15th storey of an east London tower block, an inquest has heard. Aalim Ahmed, previously named locally as Aalim Makail, landed on a railing at the bottom of the residential block in Plaistow. His body was identified by his family and his cause of death has been ...

A teenager has been found guilty of murdering a 16-year-old boy by stabbing him with a ninja-style sword bought from the internet. A 17-year-old, who cannot be named due to his age, stabbed Rahaan Ahmed Amin in the chest as he chatted to friends in an east London park last summer. Following a three week trial at the Old Bailey, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Moniah Miah, a 23-year-old boxer from Manchester, has achieved a remarkable milestone by securing a victory in his first professional boxing fight. Despite facing initial resistance from his family due to the uncommon nature of boxing in the Bengali community, Moniah’s unwavering dedication and passion for the sport ultimately earned their support. Moniah’s journey in boxing ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Members of UK Bangla Reporters Unity held a friendly chat and exchange of views with prominent Kolkata-based journalist Sharmila Maiti, who is visiting the UK, last Tuesday, 21 May 2024, at a restaurant in East London under the chairmanship of the President of UK Bangla Reporters Unity Ansar Ahmed Ullah. The event was conducted by ...

    Apsana Begum MP heads up a cross-party MPs call for “a Public Inquiry into the fire at New Providence Wharf in Poplar and Limehouse” which occurred on May 7th 2021. MPs from the cross-party All Party Parliament Group (APPG) on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform have written to the Government expressing concerns that “that adequate lessons have not been learnt from ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   On Sunday, May 19, a memorial meeting was held at the London Bangla Press Club office in East London on the occasion of the second death anniversary of Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, a renowned writer, journalist and composer of the classic Ekushey song, jointly organized by Sheikh Russell Memorial Association UK and 26 TV, UK. United Kingdom ...

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 ...