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  Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman has reneged on an election promise to freeze council tax rises, leaving residents facing a dire financial crisis. At a time of widespread economic hardship the Mayor has decided to increase the maximum council tax, resulting in Tower Hamlets residents paying an extra 4.99% in annual tax. Tower Hamlets Labor Group condemns Mayor Lutfur ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     A Bengali-origin Finnish politician, Dr Mojibur Doftori, has been elected as a Member of the Political Working Group, “Europe in the World”, of Belgium-based European Movement International (EMI). The current President of EMI is Guy Verhofstadt, former prime minister of Belgium and a current Member of the European Parliament (MEP). This movement has member organisations across ...

  Known as ‘Discoverwithr9ulu’ on Tiktok, Ruhul has gone viral with his amazing videos of Sylhet, Bangladesh. His videography skilfully captures the natural wonders of Bangladesh, executing precise camera movements to achieve the desired visual composition, leaving viewers in awe of the country’s unparalleled beauty. With the graceful movements of his drone, Ruhul takes viewers on a bird’s-eye journey through the vibrant ...

  The first elected independent councilor of Tower Hamlets, East End Community School teacher and founding president of the Greater Noakhali Association, Muhammad Nurul Haque is no more. He passed away on Thursday, February 8 in Gazipur, Dhaka. Innalillahi wainnailahi Rajiun has been informed by a source – for the past one and a half years he was living with ...

Ambassadors, High Commissioners, and Permanent Representatives of more than 40 African countries, members of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) praised Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for offering 10 marine cadetship scholarships from Bangladesh for African LDCs and SIDS at the IMO. At a reception hosted by Bangladesh High Commission London in honour of African members of the IMO who supported Bangladesh’s ...

Over a century ago, Barbados welcomed its first known Muslim, Bashart Ali Dewan, a silk merchant from West Bengal, in 1910. His arrival marked the beginning of a community, with more Bengalis joining him and establishing homes in various parts of Bridgetown, such as Wellington Street, Milk Market, and Tudor Street (upstairs Bata Shoe Shop). Following the Bengalis were the ...

London authorities have announced a reward of £20,000 for information that will lead to the arrest of Abdul Shakoor Izedi, a suspect in a horrifying acid attack on a mother and her daughters in the Clapham area of South London. Izedi, an Afghan refugee who entered Britain illegally in 2016, is considered dangerous and should not be approached. The incident ...

    Demand for school places in London is set to plummet as birth rates decrease, new data shows. The capital is expecting a total drop in demand of about 7,900 places for the first years of primary and secondary over the next four years. For primary this equates to a drop of some 128 classes and 134 for secondary. ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Community activist Jamal Khan has been given a civic reception after being awarded the title of Freedom of the City of London. Dewan Mahmudul Haque, representative of Bangladesh High Commission in the UK, was the chief guest at this civic reception organized by Pravasi Balaganj – Osmaninagar Upazila Youth Association UK at the local London Enterprise ...

By Matiar Chowdhury : Zakir Hossain, a senior journalist of Bangla media in Britain, received the Best Reporter Award of & quot;London Bangla Press Club  " for his special contribution in journalism. He was awarded this honor by the London Bangla Press Club, the oldest organization of British Bangladeshi journalists in London. Last January 28, 2024, at the Impression Event ...