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Londoners are being asked for their views on the potential pedestrianisation of Oxford Street. Sir Sadiq Khan hopes that altering the famous shopping street will increase visitor numbers, create jobs, and boost growth for London. The consultation is the mayor’s latest attempt to change the street; his attempt in 2018 was blocked by the then Conservative-run local authority. Last year ...

    The Swadhinata Trust has announced plans to celebrate its silver jubilee anniversary throughout 2025. As part of this, the Trust has unveiled plans for a number of events to mark this major milestone, starting with an anniversary Mela at the world-renowned Russel group institution, Queen Mary University of London, on 5 March and a new, redesigned website to showcase ...

On Tuesday, February 25, a delegation from the UK Bangla Press Club met with the Honorable High Commissioner, Mrs. Abida Islam, at the Bangladesh High Commission. The High Commissioner warmly welcomed the delegation. The delegation was led by the President of the UK Bangla Press Club and renowned columnist Reza Ahmed Faisal Chowdhury Shoaib. Other members present included former President ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :   Karim Foundation Trust UK has distributed Tk 12 lakh in cash to  200 helpless and extremely poor families in Jagannathpur Upazila on the occasion of the upcoming holy month of Ramadan and Eid. This money was distributed to over 200 families in Kishorpur, Noapara, Mojahidpur, Ulukandi, Gainakandi, Khalishapara, Ramapatipur, Burhanpur and Gazirkul villages of Pailgaon ...

A record number of people were arrested in London last month for working illegally, the Home Office has said writes Issy Clarke In January UK immigration enforcement teams carried out 209 illegal working visits and made 142 arrests, a 70 per cent increase from the same period last year. Across the country, officials made 609 arrests in premises including nail ...

Retired Metropolitan Police Officer Chris Hobbs today shares his thoughts on last Saturday’s protests in central London. Tourists and visitors in the vicinity of Eros in Piccadilly, who could be seen chatting to and posing with smiling Met officers for ‘selfies,’ would assume that there was nothing untoward occurring in central London. However, those familiar with policing would be quick ...

More than £71 million of Ulez charges have been paid over the last six years, according to released by Transport for London (TfL). Statistics published in response to a Freedom of Information request showed that drivers in Croydon paid more (£4.1m) than any other borough since the clean air zone’s introduction in 2019, followed by Hillingdon (£3.8m), Ealing (£3.7m) and ...

London Office : Abida Islam officially has joined the assumed charge as Bangladesh’s Additional and Plenipotentiary High Commissioner to the UK and Northern Ireland on January 27. She was previously appointed as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Mexico. Before that, she served as Ambassador to South Korea. Abida Islam joined the Foreign Service cadre in the 15th BCS. As a professional diplomat, ...

  The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Domestic Abuse and Violence are calling on the Government to introduce a minimum of 10 days of paid leave for survivors of domestic abuse at work. Apsana Begum MP, Chair of the APPG on Domestic Abuse and Violence, said: “For around 1 in 10 domestic abuse survivors, abuse continues in the workplace, impacting ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : UK Bangla Reporters Unity’s new EC committee’s inauguration 2025 and UKBRU Award 2024 to honor the creative work of talented and talented young journalists in the UK has been completed. The event was held on Sunday (January 19) afternoon at a hall in London in the presence of media personalities, Sudheejans. Outgoing Secretary of UK Bangla ...