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  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Cumberland Council member Abdul Harid, who represents the Belle Vue ward, was appointed by the charter trustees of the city of Carlisle, made up of 12 Cumberland councillors. Cllr Chris Southward, who represents the Denton Holme ward, was voted in as the deputy mayor of Carlisle. A formal ‘mayor making’ ceremony will be held later this year. ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   British MPs and Peers participated in a high-level roundtable on Freedom of Religion or Belief in Bangladesh in the UK Parliament on 17 May. The event took place under the auspices of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Bangladesh Study Circle London. While speakers underlined the secular aspiration of ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   London: Councilor Atiqul Haque became the mayor of Wiltshire’s Salisbury City Council for the first time, shining the face of Bangladesh in Britain’s multinational society. He is the first British Bangladeshi Muslim Mayor of Salisbury City Council. On Saturday 13th May, Salisbury City Council announced his name as the 762nd The Right Worshipful Mayor of Barra ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The Street is Not a Home is a unique book that was written and illustrated with children who have survived on the streets of Dhaka. It was launched in Dhaka at the Dhaka Lit Fest and has now been printed in the UK. The book includes four stories based on the lives of eighteen real children. ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   London: It is our responsibility and duty to make Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury win the Sylhet city election regardless of party affiliation. He is not only the nominated candidate of Awami League, he is also the representative of all expatriates irrespective of party affiliation. If Mr. Chowdhury is elected mayor of Sylhet city, he will play a role in building ...

  The new Executive Committee of Red Bridge Community Trust (RCT) has been constituted with Mohammed Ohid Uddin as President and  Shaheen Chowdhury as the General Secretary. In the general meeting held at the residence of Mohammed Ohid Uddin in Newbury Park  on Sunday 15 May 2023, the former executive committee of RCT was unanimously abolished and a new executive ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman :   British expatriate businessmen have demanded an end to harassment of expatriates in Bangladesh and protection of their investments. This demand was announced at a press conference organized at the London Bangla Press Club on Tuesday 16 May 2023.  Director Abdur Razzak read the written statement at the press conference. The press conference was organized ...

  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 ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk :   The 69th general meeting of the traditional Greater Shahar Para Jubo Shongo was held in London. The meeting was held on Tuesday (May 9, 2023) in the hall of a restaurant in East London under the chairmanship of Jubo Shongo President Akhtar Kamaly and secretary Abdul Awal Kamaly.  In the meeting, a comprehensive review ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman :   Tower Hamlets Friends of Labor organized a local government election victory celebration in East London. On Thursday (4 May 2023) local government elections held across Britain saw a celebration of the Labor Party’s landslide victory. On the initiative of Tower Hamlets Friends of Labour, last Monday (8 May 2023) in the hall of a ...