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  Dhaka, 8 October 2026 – The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the United Kingdom have agreed a new framework to strengthen cooperation in tackling organised immigration crime and protecting citizens from criminal networks that exploit vulnerable people through fraudulent migration schemes. The framework establishes a mechanism for cooperation between the UK and Bangladesh. ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   An estimated 250,000 people marched through London on Saturday 10 October to mark the Global Day for Palestine and three years since the start of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza, renewing calls for the British government to end its support for Israel. The demonstration brought together Palestine solidarity campaigners, trade unionists, community organisations and human rights ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   9 October 2026,The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP, and President of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on October 8. The delegation of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh has this week held a number of high-level meetings with political and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The funeral prayer of media personality Toufique Imroz Khalidi was held at the Brick Lane Jame Mosque in East London. Bangladeshi journalist and media personality Toufique Imrose Khalidi died in London. He died in London on October 2, 2026. His funeral prayer was held at Bricklane Jama Masjid in East London after the Zuhr prayers on ...

Lord Sadiq Khan has told how he is working with the Government on international trains stopping at a second major London station. The London Mayor’s intervention will raise hopes of services to and from France, and other European countries, halting at Stratford International in the east of the capital. He posted on X: “Stratford is one of Europe’s great regeneration ...

More than 1,000 dockless bikes have been seized from Westminster’s streets since May as part of a council crackdown on obstructive parking. Westminster City Council said it had also issued more than 5,300 fixed penalty notices to bike operators during the same period, amounting to more than £53,000. Caroline Sargent, the council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for enforcement, said: ...

The Bi-Annual General Meeting and Election 2026 of the Greater Deulgram Welfare Trust UK was held on Monday, 5 October, at a restaurant in Romford. The meeting was conducted in two sessions. The first session was chaired by outgoing President Abdul Shukur Ahmed and conducted by General Secretary Sultan Ahmed and Joint Secretary Dulal Alam. The programme began with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Mohammad Zakwan. ...

Eleven people were arrested at several pro-Palestinian demonstrations held in London on Wednesday. Among them were five people arrested on suspicion of inciting racial hatred at a protest outside the office of the Board of Deputies of British Jews in north London, the Metropolitan Police said. The force said the other arrests were made at student pro-Palestinian protests elsewhere in ...

  The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP, and Deputy Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Barrister Kayser Kamal MP, met at the Parliament on October 6. A delegation of British Parliamentarians has arrived in Dhaka for a week-long visit, organised by the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh. The ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Thousands of people marched through the East End of London on Sunday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, with demonstrators pledging to “stop the far right”. The demonstration, held on 4 October 2026, saw marchers travel from Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel to St George’s Gardens in Cable Street to ...