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  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 ...

London: Ramadan teaches us moderation. The best way to achieve self-purification is fasting. Everyone should preserve the sanctity of Ramadan; Abstaining from all forms of injustice, injustice, oppression, obscenity and wickedness, Keeping others away; Do not misbehave with anyone; To treat everyone with forgiveness and kindness; Inquiring about relatives and helping them, by doing which peace prevails among every person ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Under the supervision of UK Bangla Reporters Unity, journalists, civil society and community Actvist participated in the discussion on the significance of Ramadan in the iftar and pre-iftar speeches of the organization. The speakers in the discussion – urged to sincerely stand by the helpless people of the society in this month of Ramadan for humanitarian ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     Saiful Islam, a Bengali chef, has been granted by the UK Home Office to live in Britain following a twenty-year-long campaign. A letter from the Home Office dated 28 March stated that he has been granted permission to stay in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Saiful Islam, aged 27, came to the UK from Bangladesh with ...

  Speaking about the Illegal Migration Bill during Day 1 and Day 2 of its Committee of the Whole House, Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “The Illegal Migration Bill amounts to a refugee ban and attacks the rights of people most at risk of serious harm and persecution across the world. Behind the numbers and statistics are ...

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem has said there are strong documentary and eyewitness evidence that genocide was committed on Bangladeshi soil in 1971, yet the world has failed to recognise it. She made the remarks at a special discussion, titled ‘1971 Bangladesh Genocide and International Recognition’. Observing the Genocide Day (March 25), Bangladesh High Commission in ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   On the initiative of North England Bangladeshi TV Journalists Association, discussion and exchange meeting with journalists of UK Bangla Reporters Unity was held in view of Independence Day. Kazi Ziaul Hasan, Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner, Manchester, UK, was present as the chief guest at a restaurant in Oldham on Monday (20 March 2023) afternoon . The ...