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  On 30 January, Mayor Lutfur Rahman officially launched The Mayor’s University Bursary Award at Queen Mary University. The Mayor’s University Bursary Award will support eligible students with living costs at university. Eligible students can apply for a £1,500 payment to support with costs associated with their undergraduate studies, including accommodation, books and resources. The total funding of £600k will support ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Raju Kamaly, a British Bangladeshi takeaway chef, recently became a viral celebrity by uploading hilarious videos or inconsistencies at the end of work at a Tiktok restaurant . His viral TikTok ID is Bank Grill. https://www.tiktok.com/@bankgrill At the Bank Grill restaurant in Oldham, England, there is now a long line of fans and customers. As of writing ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   London: On Sunday January 29 at 2:00 PM, the Society of Bengali Writers’ UK publication ‘Shwa-Chinta’ Little Magazine unveiled the cover of the second issue and visiting Britain with Mohammad Nawab Ali the owner of Basia Publishing House the publisher and distributor of ‘Shwa-Chinta’ Exchange meeting.The meeting was held under the chairmanship of AKM Zillul Haque ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   London: Being associated with teaching for fifty years, teacher Shaukat Ali Aganon has lit the light in life, shown the right path to the misguided. In a word, the role he has played as a man-builder for more than half a century unparalleled Imitation.Discipline, disciplined life and the education he gave to be involved in honesty, is playing ...

  London: Bangladesh Human Rights Commission Secretary General Humanist Dr. Saiful Islam Dildar has approved the 19-member England Committee of the Human Rights Commission.In a notification on 24th January 2023 human rights leader and joint editor of Bangla Kantha magazine, , Mohammad Sahidur Rahman, the life member of the organization as the onarary president, and Journalist Matiar Chowdhury the deputy ...

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman:     On Monday 16 January UK Bengalis paid their last respects to prominent journalist Ajoy Paul. On the day, from 1.30 to 2.30 pm, the body of the recently deceased journalist was kept at the altar of the central Shaheed Minar in Altab Ali Park, East London, for the tributes of all people. The event was ...

  Responding to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill having its Second Reading in Parliament, Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “I fully support the rights of workers to defend their pay and conditions, and this includes the right to strike. “A successful and fair economy cannot be created without the full involvement of its workforce and there ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   Ashiq Mohammad, former sub-editor of Daily Sylheter Dak has passed away (Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raziun) His janazah prayer was taken place after Zuhor prayer in the Bricklane Jame Masjid London on Saturday. He was buried at Forestgate Cemetery London. Ashiq Mohammad has passed away at his home in Bethnal Green ​​East London at ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk:   On Tuesday, the 10th of January, the new Executive Committee (EC) of UK Bangla Reporters Unity (UKBRU) was inaugurated in London Bangla Press Club premises, East London. The outgoing president, Ansar Ahmed Ullah, the UK representative of Daily Star, presided over the inauguration ceremony and the General Secretary, senior reporter of Bangla Songlap, Muhammed Sajidur Rahman, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   A Bangladeshi-born Finnish citizen, Dr Mojibur Doftori, has been elected as Vice President of Finland’s capital Helsinki’s Green Party Committee. The executive committee unanimously elected him as one of the two Vice Chairs. Among other tasks, the Committee will work on the party’s April 2023 Parliamentary Election manifesto, selection and fielding of candidates, and devising and ...