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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 ...

  By Matiar Chowdhury:   Despite the objections of some human rights organizations and opposition parties, the criticized "Rwanda Bill" was passed by the British Parliament. As a result of the passing of this bill illegal immigrants who have received asylum in Britain will have to go to the Central African country of Rwanda. The bill was passed by the ...

State Minister for Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Shafiqur Rahman Choudhury MP has called on the UK government to ease visa conditions for Bangladeshi restaurant workers who want to work in the UK’s hospitality and catering sectors. Shafiqur Rahman Choudhury MP was speaking as a chief guest at a high profile dialogue hosted on Thursday by the UK’s All-party Parliamentary ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The Chhatak Education Trust UK executive meeting was held on April 22 in Birmingham. Under the chairmanship of President Mr Ruhul Amin, Joint General Secretary Monsuzzaman Mohan and Joint General Secretary Ananta Kasem Hizol, Chief Patron SM Sujan, Advisory Council President Mr Alhaj Bashir Miah Qadir, Senior Vice President Mr Alhaj Ghulam Azam Talukder, Vice President ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   24 April 2024 Expatriates welcomed Minister of State for Expatriate Welfare and Foreign Employment Shofiqur Rahman Chowdhury at Heathrow Airport. The state minister addressed everyone there and said that according to the directives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, all measures will be taken to prevent harassment of expatriates. Prime Minister is very sincere about expatriates. ...

Six people have been arrested at a St George’s Day event in central London, the Metropolitan Police has said. A man was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after “a police horse was targeted” in Westminster. Three have been held on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, one for suspected assault and one on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. ...