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A residential school described as a lifeline for autistic children will close next month after a south London council agreed it could no longer keep it open. Bradstow School, in Kent, will shut on 31 December after the Wandsworth Council’s cabinet approved its closure, following what officers described as the “only option” left amid ongoing financial challenges. The council had ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 6 November 2025: The British peer Lord Carlile of Berriew has warned that Bangladesh faces “serious challenges” following more than a year of political unrest, urging the country’s leaders to ensure that upcoming elections are fair, inclusive and independently monitored. In a statement issued from the House of Lords, Lord Carlile said the international community ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 5 November 2025: The Bangladeshi Workers’ Council (UK) has sent a memorandum to the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh, Professor Muhammad Yunus, urging the immediate and unconditional release of Advocate Anwar Hossain Sumon and thirty seven other detained trade union and labour leaders, and the withdrawal of all false charges against them. The memorandum, sent ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: November, 4 The Bangla Mirror Group, the publishers of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication, held the official launch and press conference at the Seminar Room, Business Development Centre in East London to announce the much anticipated publication. British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2025 publication and award gala dinner will be held in the prestigious Meridian Grand on ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK BNP President M. A. Malik and General Secretary Koysor M Ahmed have received BNP nominations for two seats in Sylhet division in the upcoming national parliamentary elections. M. A. Malik will contest under the symbol of rice sheaf from Sylhet-3 (South Surma-Fenchuganj-Balaganj) constituency, while Koychar Ahmed will contest from Sunamganj-3 (Jagannathpur-Shantiganj) constituency. During the 15-year Awami ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Tower Hamlets recently paid tribute to one of the area’s earliest Bengali settlers with the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for Ayub Ali Master. The ceremony took place on Sunday, 2 November, outside Drewett House on Christian Street, the site where he founded the Indian Seamen’s Welfare League in the 1940s. The event began with an introduction ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside 10 Downing Street on 10 October for an emergency protest calling for an immediate end to the bombing of Gaza. The rally, organised under the slogans “End the Genocide” and “Stop Bombing Gaza,” urged the UK government to demand a ceasefire and take stronger action to protect Palestinian civilians. Among ...

The decision by several local councillors from east London to campaign for political office in Bangladesh has drawn sharp criticism in the United Kingdom, raising concerns about divided loyalties, ethical responsibility, and the limits of existing UK law. Tower Hamlets councillors Sabina Khan of the Aspire Party and Ohid Ahmed, an independent, are seeking nomination to contest Bangladesh’s February 2026 ...

  Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has said that the upcoming national election will have no value unless a referendum is held beforehand regarding July Charter. He stated, “Jamaat does not give anyone false assurances, we only say what we can truly do. We do not imagine anything beyond the moral hopes and aspirations of the people.” Highlighting corruption as a ...

150 residents attended an afternoon tea with The Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, and Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, Cllr Sabina Akhtar. Afternoon tea was followed by live singing and dancing, which was joined by Pearly Queens. The 150 residents attended from across Tower Hamlets, including from the East London Pensioners Group, the Emmot Close ...