Labour Party’s John Biggs has become the mayor of London borough Tower Hamlets after the election of the previous mayor was declared void. The London Assembly member took the east London borough’s top post, winning 32,754 votes to take the job previously held by Lutfur Rahman. Biggs was runner-up last year to Rahman, who was removed from office in a ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah At a press conference held on Thursday, 11 June, in an East London venue the UK Awami League announced that Bangladesh’s Prime  Minister Sheikh Hasina will be arriving in London on Friday, 12 June, on a five day personal trip. The UK Awami League will receive her at the hotel on Friday afternoon. In addition a citizen ...

Newly elected councillor for Stepney Green, Sabina Akhtar, made a heartfelt speech  as she was duly elected to serve the ward on June 11. Ms Akhtar, representing the Labour Party, received 1,643 votes, closely followed by  the Independent candidate Abu Talha Chowdhury with 1,472 votes. She said: “I am overwhelmed and so happy. I would never have made it without ...

Dr. Mozammel Haque Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom delivered a speech in the House of Lords in which Her Majesty said that measures will be brought forward to promote social cohesion and protect people by tackling extremism. There was discussion and debate on this speech at the House of Lords. Lord Sheikh and Lord Ahmed ...

By Fatema Miah Ramadan is an Arabic month which is well known to the world, obviously to the Muslims also to Non-Muslims because of the importance of Muslims preserving the fast. Ra madan is the Ninth Lunar calendar month of Arabic year and the Arabic Lunar calendar months are followed by entire Muslim (Ummah) population throughout the world. Ramadan word ...

Joint Declaration between Bangladesh and India during Visit of Prime Minister of India to Bangladesh June 6-7, 2015   1.                  At the invitation of the Prime Minister of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of India, Mr.  Narendra Modi, paid a State visit to Bangladesh from 6-7June ...

Dr. Abu Reza Indian need for an optimal mode of transit across Bangladesh is well recognised. To extend friendly cooperation to India, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman displayed his foresight and sagacity by restoring the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade in 1972 which had been suspended by the Pakistan authorities in 1965. The protocol, importantly, was conditioned on the ...

Bangla Mirror  Desk: Schools will be able to monitor radicalisation of pupils online using new spy software which detects key words used by extremists, it has been announced. Up to 40 per cent of secondary head teachers are expected to adopt the software, which is an upgrade of existing anti-bullying technology already used in their schools. Several companies are producing ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina has arrived in London to visit United Kingdom for five day on June 12. A highly placed source at the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ganabhaban said that this will be her five-day personal visit to Britain. During her visit, Prime Minister Hasina will spend time with her younger sister Sheikh ...

Bangla Mirror desk: A businessman has become the first person in the UK to be jailed under forced marriage laws introduced a year ago. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was sentenced to 16 years in prison on Wednesday after making a 25-year-old woman marry him under threat last year. The man, who was already married, “systematically” ...