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Life support demands immediately to release Shafiq Rehman in London.

The all walks of expatriate Bangladeshis living in London demand immediately to release of prominent journalist, intellectual and writer Shafiq Rehman organised by ‘life support’s Shafiq Rehman’ at Al Hamra Restaurant in London. Speakers claimed to free Shafiq Rehman , express freedom of speech and freedom of the press. They also strongly demanded to withdraw false case of Shafiq rehman ...

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AYESHA QURESHI MBE APPOINTED AS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

Ayesha Qureshi MBE was appointed a Justice of Peace JP for the East London Local Justice Area with courts sitting at Stratford and Thames Magistrates’ Courts. Ayesha took her Oath of Allegiance and the Judicial Oath at a swearing-in ceremony held on Tuesday 28th June 2016 held at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Ayesha is the founding editor of the prestigious British Bangladeshi ...

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Hate Crime Reports Up 57% In Brexit Aftermath

  Bangla Mirror Desk : The number of alleged hate crimes reported to a police website have risen by 57% after the UK voted to leave the European Union. The 85 reports to True Vision between Thursday and Sunday came as the Prime Minister called for racially-motivated attacks in the wake of the vote must be “stamped out”. Gwent Police ...

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Jeremy Corbyn facing leadership challenge

  Bangla Mirror Desk: Labour MPs are expected to announce a challenge to Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership after a motion of no confidence in him was supported by three-quarters of the parliamentary party. Two possible candidates are the party’s deputy leader Tom Watson and ex-shadow business secretary Angela Eagle. But Mr Corbyn has said he would not “betray” his supporters by ...

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Hate crime – Mayor’s statement

In a recent statement Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “Whilst we don’t currently know what wider impact Brexit will have, the reports of a short term rise in racially motivated abuse in some areas is very concerning. Thankfully we have not yet seen any evidence of a spike in these incidents in Tower Hamlets but I have asked ...

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No access to single market without freedom of movement: EU

Bangla Mirror Desk: European leaders insisted Britain must allow freedom of movement if it wanted to access the single market during their first meeting in Brussels without the UK. “There will be no single market a la carte,” said Donald Tusk, the EU Council president, as the group met to set out the terms of engagement for any divorce talks ...

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Who will be the next Prime Minister?

Bangla Mirror Desk: Boris Johnson and Theresa May will battle it out to prove to the Conservative Party that they are the leader to reunite the country in the wake of the Brexit vote, as the race to become the next Prime Minister starts in earnest. Both candidates have spent a frantic 48 hours in Westminster mustering support, with nominations ...

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25 children reported killed in Syria: UNICEF

Twenty-five children were reportedly killed in air strikes that hit heavily crowded areas in a town in eastern Syria, the United Nations children’s agency (UNICEF) has said. Quoting reports from its local partners in Syria, UNICEF said health workers were reported to have pulled bodies of children from under rubble in the town of al-Quria in Deir al-Zor province, which ...

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Air Pollution To Kill Millions By 2040: International Energy Agency

Premature deaths from air pollution will continue to rise to 2040 unless changes are made to the way the world uses and produces energy, the International Energy Agency said today. Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world’s fourth-largest threat to human health, behind high blood pressure, dietary ...

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English language may be dropped by European Union after Brexit

The English language may be one of the casualties of Brexit as it emerged that no state other than the UK has registered it as a primary language among the 28 countries within the European Union. English has been the top choice for European Union (EU) institutions but Britain’s vote to leave the union last week could trigger a ban ...

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