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  Muhammed Shahed Rahman : The ninth death anniversary of Barrister Nora Sharif, who was honored with the ‘Foreign Friend’ award by the Government of Bangladesh, was celebrated in East London. From the Agartala conspiracy case to the great liberation war of 1971, Barrister Nora Sharif has always stood by the Bengalis. The people of Bengal will never forget the ...

Hate crime champions are to be recruited in Hackney in a council drive to keep people safe. Residents from across the borough’s community will be asked to get involved. There were 1,077 hate crimes in Hackney between November 2022 and October 2023, Met Police figures show. Susan Fajana-Thomas, Hackney Council’s cabinet member for community safety, said champions would be “a ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said “lives could have been saved” if he had been allowed to attend early coronavirus Cobra meetings, claiming Downing Street kept him “in the dark”. Speaking at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Monday, Mr Khan accused the government of ignoring his repeated requests to attend the emergency meetings in March 2020. He said it left him ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman:     UK Awami League’s press conference has been completed by inviting all parties to participate in the upcoming national parliamentary elections of Bangladesh. United Kingdom Awami League has invited all the parties of Bangladesh to participate in the next national parliament election on January 7th, 2024 by answering various questions of the journalists present at ...

Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central London in a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday demanding a permanent ceasefire, a day after the exchange of hostages held in Gaza for prisoners held in Israel amid a four-day temporary ceasefire. Protesters old and young chanted for a ceasefire as they marched down Park Lane to Whitehall, some draped with Palestinian flags, ...

British music store HMV will on Black Friday return to its former flagship store on London’s Oxford Street after a four-year absence, offering vinyl, clothing and merchandise in a vote of confidence for physical stores in an increasingly online age. The 363 Oxford Street address hosted the very first HMV store in 1921, opened by composer Edward Elgar, and was ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk:   A delegation from the Study Circle London, a UK-based British-Bangladeshi think tank, handed in a memorandum to the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on 20 November 2023 at 10 Downing Street to express concern over recent violence in Bangladesh and to seek cooperation between the UK and Bangladesh. The delegation, led by Study Circle coordinator Jamal ...

Mirror Desk :   The British Bangladeshis have made their own place in multicultural Britain with contributions in their respective fields and have been playing a major role in the growth of this country. The British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication emphasises the success of the Bangladeshi community and showcases it to both the British and Bangladeshi community in the UK. ...

    Saima Wazed, Advisor to the Director General of the WHO for Mental Health and Autism and Thematic Ambassador for Vulnerability of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) has recommended that the Commonwealth organize a dedicated climate and mental health resilient day at the first-ever Health Day to be held at the COP28 in Abu Dhabi. Ms Wazed, also the ...

  ■ Bangla Mirror Desk ■ Najmun Nahar recently attended a conference for ‘Climate Vulnerability and Mental Health: Voice of Women’ in common wealth Office London which was organised by Bangladesh High Commission uk. This is the seventh visit of Najmun Nahar in London, she likes to visit London as the Bangladeshi community is so integrated and welcoming.   After ...