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Spending plans approved at Newham Council mark a “turning point” for the borough, Labour Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz has said, though the authority is grappling with huge pressures including its temporary accommodation costs. During a debate last week, however, opponents from the Newham Independents group branded the council’s budget “austerity by another name”. On Thursday (February 26) councillors debated and voted ...

Award-winning rapper Ghetts has been jailed for 12 years for killing a student in a hit and run while speeding and over the drink-drive limit. The grime artist, whose real name is Justin Clarke-Samuel, failed to stop after his BMW hit Nepalese national Yubin Tamang, 20, in north-east London. The 41-year-old defendant admitted causing death by dangerous driving and dangerous ...

Members of the UK Parliament and diplomats from several countries have highlighted the importance of protecting and promoting linguistic diversity, describing multilingualism as vital to cultural identity and global understanding. They made the remarks at a programme organised by the Bangladesh High Commission in London to mark International Mother Language Day 2026, said a press release. The event was held ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman: A seminar on Bangladesh’s elections and relations with its neighbors, including India, was recently held in London. On Tuesday (February 24, 2026) evening, a seminar titled ‘Post-election Bangladesh’s Relations with India and its Neighbors’ was held at a hall in St. James’s Park, Central London, organized by the ‘Link India’ think tank (charity). The participants of ...

A Dhaka court here on Thursday ordered issuance of a Red Notice through Interpol to arrest Tulip Siddiq, niece of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in a case filed over allegedly taking a flat illegally from a private developer in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz passed the order, allowing a petition filed by ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   London, 25 February 2026: An integrated plan has been adopted for the next five years to expand the scope of services of East London Mosque and achieve financial self-sufficiency. Under the plan, priority will be given to attracting young people to the mosque, increasing opportunities for women, long-term support for new Muslims, services for elderly ...

The Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Abida Islam, has described the country’s recent national parliamentary election as a definitive milestone in its democratic history. Speaking at a panel titled “Bangladesh Election: What Next?”, she emphasized that the government, led by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, is firmly committed to upholding democracy, the rule of law, and human rights through ...

Bangla Mirror desk: With the holy month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitar, Karim Foundation Trust has distributed 10 lakh taka in cash to 200 families. On the 23 february  monday, 200 underprivileged families in Kishor pur, Pailgaon Union, Jagannathpur Upazila, including neighboring villages Khalishapara, Noapara, Mojahidpur, Ramapatipur, Ulukandi, and the surrounding villages, were given 5,000 taka in cash to each family. ...

Bangla Mirror desk : Nur Uddin Shanur, advisor to the organization, presided over a condolence meeting held at a restaurant in East London in memory of the late Kamal Uddin Khokon, former president of Dhaka Dokkin Unnoyon Shongsta UK. The discussion program was moderated by the organization’s General Secretary Abdul Bashir. On Sunday evening, the organization’s president, Abdul Latif Nizam, delivered ...

Under the initiative of UK Bangla Reporters Unity Paying tribute to the martyrs of the 1952 Language Movement at the Shaheed Minar premises in Altab Ali Park in East London, the speakers at the poetry recitation and discussion meeting said – Ekushey February is our pride, seventyone is our consciousness. If the importance of language is not understood at home ...