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North Wales Bangladesh Community Association organised a seminar on Saturday 30th January to raise the importance of Bengali language and its culture to the new generations of Bangladeshi youth living in the UK. The seminar took place in a local Islamic Cultural Centre in Brill in North Wales.  President of North Wales Bangladeshi Community Association Abdus Salam presided over the ...

Ocean Estate Tenants and Lease Holders Association has organised an emergence meeting not to cut the emergency warden budget which is used to safeguard the old and vulnerable residents. The meeting was held in Enson House in Stepney Green on 27th January with the co-operation from Cllr Mahbub Alam and Chief of Stepney Salvation Army Ian Watkins. Guests who addressed ...

To safeguard and uphold the independence, sovereignty and human rights in Bangladesh, a group of community activists has recently formed an organisation in the UK naming Shoto Nagorik  Committee. The formation of the organisation was declared in meeting in East London.  A 27 members committee was declared in the meeting where Maolana Rashid Ahmed was stated as the Convenor  and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Elias Miah was an active member of Jatiya Party of Bishnath, Sylhet who left Bangladesh in 1998 bound by political situations. He arrived in the UK in 2000 after travelling many countries. Mr Miah has dedicated most of his time into Jatiya Party. However, due to the fact that despite being an opposition party Jatiya Party ...

    Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Syed Ryem Salim has recently graduated from the East London University in architect. He acquired a first class second honours. Talented Ryem scored top marks in all subjects from the very beginning. Though Ryem is slightly disappointed as his tutors had predicted and he had hoped for a first class first. Ryem recently appeared ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: British MP Sadiq Khan and Dr Rupa Huq have joined London based popular online daily Great Britain News (GBnews24.com) as patrons. This was announced recently by GBnews’s chairman & Editor in Chief Rakib Ruhel. He said, ‘GBnews is dedicated to serve the community with a team of journalist, with the support of our patrons, from here ...

Don’t miss out on the colourful festivities to see in the Year of the Monkey. Chinese New Year is celebrated across the world, with the biggest celebrations outside of Asia taking place in London. Events to mark the Year of the Monkey include a grand parade in Trafalgar Square on Sunday, February 14 and in Tower Hamlets the council is ...

Community Network Association organised its annual meeting at Brady Arts Centre in East London on 24th January.  The meeting was presided over by organisation’s President Md Sobhan Ali.  The Chief and Special guest in the meeting were MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali Chowdhury MP and Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs respectively. Samina Begum and Emdadul ...

Thousands of nominations have been received from the public for The British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank, which is testament to breadth of talent and success, making it apparent that British Muslims across the nation are waving the flag of success. Ibrahim Rahman, who lives in Cambridge, has been shortlisted in the Services to Media category.  Ibrahim will ...

UK living Bangladeshis welcomed Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, General Secretary of Sylhet District Awami League.  He arrived on 24th of January in a brief trip to the UK. While addressing the people who attended the event, Shafique Chowdhury said that Bangladesh stands tall today in the world.  This country has build Padma Bridge in its own financing. Padma Bridge is not ...