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An “evil man” who strangled his wife for having an online affair and dumped her body in a river has been sentenced to life in prison. Aminan Rahman, 46, from east London, attacked 24-year-old Suma Begum during a video call with her boyfriend last April, the Old Bailey previously heard. The court was told how Rahman put her into a ...

    Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     In response to the call of the UK Awami League, a rally of thousands of people was held in front of the Parliament in London today, 29 July, to protest the violence, arson and destruction that occurred in Bangladesh around the ongoing quota movement. Responding to the call of the United Kingdom Awami ...

A man has been stabbed to death and two teenagers injured following a fight in an east London park. Police had been called to Plashet Park, East Ham, at about 19:30 BST on Saturday over reports of an altercation. A man, believed to be 20, was found fatally injured and died at the scene. Two teenage boys were also discovered ...

Thousands of supporters of the far-right activist Tommy Robinson have filled Trafalgar Square in central London after a march. He claimed the event was the “biggest patriotic rally” the UK had ever seen. A counter-protest by Stand Up To Racism and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s Peace & Justice Project also took place in London. The Metropolitan Police said a ...

    The families and relatives of the deceased who are staying in Sylhet have demanded an exemplary trial for the killing of Daily Jalalabad investigative reporter and Daily Naya Digant’s Sylhet correspondent / ATM Tura who were shot by the police in Sylhet. In a press conference in London on Friday, the family complained that the police are not ...

  Poplar and Limehouse MP says scrapping the two-child benefit limit “could lift hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and send out a positive message of hope.” Commenting on the King’s Speech debate in Parliament, Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “People in Poplar and Limehouse voted for change, and they are looking to Parliament – ...

      A street party was organised with the earnestness of promoting Glencoe Neighborhood Harmony. One of the founders was Redbridge Community Trust’s Treasurer Anamul Haque, Mrs.Anam and Leanne and many others organized the party. Various food, drinks, food for kids ice cream and more fun food and chat was the main aim of this party. On the afternoon of Sunday ...

Commenting on the student protests in Bangladesh, Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “I am shocked and appalled that students have been killed or brutally injured in Bangladesh, whilst protesting against the Government quota system. “I remain concerned for the safety of students and civilians in Bangladesh anticipating in these protests. The violence towards them, unlawful killings, the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   All European Bangabandhu Parishad’s vice president, Ansar Ahmed Ullah, recently received his PhD degree from Queen Mary University, and the organisation organized a reception for him. Under the chair of the executive president of the organisation, former mayor of Tower Hamlets Salim Ullah and under the direction of general secretary S M Mustafizur Rahman, held on ...

  London, 12 July: At the commemoration and memorial publication of the late journalist and community activist Shahab Uddin Ahmed Belal, speakers called him ‘a friend of the needy’’ and said that Shahab Uddin Ahmed Belal thought of others without thinking about himself and that charitable work was one of his vows. This rare man will live in the hearts ...