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Bangla Mirror desk : The discussion titled “Eid Celebrations of Bangladeshi Muslims in Britain: Past and Present” and the annual cultural program, organized by the UK Bangla Reporters Unity, were held in a joyful atmosphere. This significant program and cultural event celebrating Eid among expatriates was held on Sunday (12 April 2026) evening at a center in East London, under ...

Police in London said they had arrested more than 500 pro-Palestinian protesters at a demonstration in support of the banned group Palestine Action on Saturday. Officers carried away activists to cheers and clapping from other demonstrators who gathered for the sit-down demonstration in the capital’s Trafalgar Square. The protesters held placards in support of the banned group Palestine Action, making ...

Akbar Hossain, who had been serving as Minister (Press) at the Bangladesh High Commission in London, has resigned from his position. He announced his resignation in a statement posted on his verified Facebook account on Friday night, confirming that he had left the position. Hossain cited personal and family circumstances as the reason behind his decision, stating that it had ...

Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration. In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a ...

Trinidad and Tobago, April 6, 2026: An exchange meeting was held with the leaders of the Islamic Mission Guild of the Caribbean and South America (IMGCASA), one of the prominent Dawah organizations in the Caribbean and South American region. The meeting was organized on Sunday (April 5) with a visiting British-Bangladeshi delegation from London. The guests were welcomed by the ...

Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas. Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for young people, the London mayor ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday fixed 19 April for the hearing on charge framing against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged flat fraud in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz fixed the new date and transferred the ...

Six million voters, more than 1,800 councillors across 32 boroughs. The simple numbers behind what could be one of London’s most complicated elections. On 7 May every council in the capital will go to the polls to decide who will run their authorities over the next four years. And no longer, it seems, can Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal ...

Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, as a matter of principle, never comments on interest rate policy in either domestic or international meetings, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on April 5 in response to a media report regarding recent investor meetings in London. People who attended the meetings held by Şimşek and Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan with foreign investors ...

Ahead of the local elections on Thursday 7 May, we have produced short guides to London’s 32 boroughs. Where is it? The London Borough of Ealing is in west London and is bordered by Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham. What’s it like? Ealing, known as the Queen of the Suburbs, has a rich history stretching back over ...