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By Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Bangladeshi Painter Shamsul Alam’s solo exhibition opens at Spitalfields Studios on Greatrex Street, E1 5NF, East London, until Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Opening hours are from 11 am to 6 pm. Bangladeshi painter Shamsul Alam (Inan) tells a real story in Nisargechitra, it is this story that makes his canvas come alive. One of the ...

International human rights experts reviewed and analysed historical documentary evidence on the atrocities that took place in Bangladesh in 1971. They reiterated the demand for immediate international recognition of the genocide committed by the Pakistani military in 1971. They also called for the spirit of the liberation war to be reinvigorated. A new generation must be taught the lessons of ...

By Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Sumaiya’s murder in Sylhet’s Balaganj, a protest event was held in London in the presence of a large number of conscious citizens. The expatriate people are vocal in demanding exemplary punishment by bringing the killers to justice. On Tuesday (25 April 2023) evening at the Micro Business Center in East London, the protest meeting organized ...

Ahead of Report Stage (26th April) of the Illegal Migration Bill, Apsana Begum MP is proposing a range of human rights amendments and protections for pregnant migrants.  Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said:   “This Bill will imprison pregnant women and put their health and the life of their unborn child at risk. “Migrant women, who should have finally escaped persecution, will ...

  Ahead of the ten-year anniversary since the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh killed at least 1,132 workers and injured more than 2,500, Apsana Begum MP has tabled a parliamentary motion condemning the ongoing poor labour conditions, low wages, and unsafe work environments, with a high incidence of work-related accidents and deaths, faced by workers in the garment sector worldwide. Apsana Begum, ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman :   In front of Tower Hamlets new Town hall Whitechapel, people from curry industry and other professions stood with placards in their hands to demand Eid holiday in the UK on the two Muslim Eid.  Seeing that, many more consumers and conscious citizens of the community joined in the demand of Eid holiday. On Tuesday (18 ...

  More than 98 per cent of children due to start primary school in September have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools – a higher proportion than last year. The London Borough of Tower Hamlets received 3,039 primary school applications this year. 91.7 per cent secured a place at their first preference school – more ...

Bangla Mirror desk: In the presence of a large number of friends living in different cities of Britain, on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, a prayer and iftar party was held by the Bondu Somabesh, Jukthoraijjo. On Sunday (April 16, 2023) evening at an elite restaurant in Bricklane, Banglatown, East London, Bandhu Shomabesh, Jukthoraijjo President Toraj Uddin ...

Chhatak Education Trust UK welcomed students who came to Britain for higher education from Bangladesh. Chhatak Education Trust, which consists of expatriates from all over Chhatak Upazila of Sunamganj living in Britain, organised a spectacular reception and an Iftar gathering for the students who came to study in the UK. Tower Hamlets Speaker Councillor Shafi Ahmed was present as the ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Soon after the independence of Bangladesh, four freedom fighters, Jamal Hasan, Anwar Ahmed, Mahmud Abdul Quayum and Syed Akhtar Ali, set out on a world cycle tour on a special mission. They wanted to thank the people of the world who supported Bangladesh’s Liberation War. They started their tour from the front garden of 32 Dhanmondi. They ...