Kamal Siddiqui It was the time of the first martial law in the country, imposed  by General (later field marshal) Ayub Khan. I heard of some of the excesses of martial law functionaries in Narayanganj. Everyday abba would come home from office in a most dejected mood. The reason was that he was member of a martial law court headed ...

By Fatema Miah Isn’t the Current worlds unsettle status continuation of past political ignorance and result of harbouring injustice? Today world facing a very critical state of war between political legitimacy and uncompromising terrorism. War is ongoing between the modern democratical western policy versus malicious deadly terrorism from Middle East and Asian countries. When the Developed countries of west are ...

BY ENAYET RASUL BHUIYAN Of course some persons may contend that the traditionally emotional Bangladeshis, so ardent lovers of cricket and aspiring for cricketing glory as a way of expressing their emotions and patriotism, are naturally prone   to shifting blame on something else to hide their  beloved side’s under performance. But a realistic assessment must show up that this was ...

By Dhiraj Kumar Nath Communications and travel by roads, railways, and waterways were difficult in 1971 in ways that are inconceivable today. There lacked the remarkable, with practically no roads, comfortable river transport, and railway links throughout the country in those days. Telecommunications which connect us today were both unthinkable and unprecedented in March 1971.We came to fully hear about ...

A general meeting of UK Biman Approved Travel Agents Association was held on 12th March 2015 in Whitechapel. The speakers at the meeting demanded the immediate start of Sylhet –Dhaka- London direct flight without change of aircraft in Dhaka. The Minister for Civil Aviation and tourism Rashed Khan Menon had said last year that direct flight might start by February ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: The UK’s annual inflation rate fell to zero in February as the slide in the cost of oil continued to act as a brake on prices.Inflation dropped from 0.3 per cent in January to a record low, against economists’ expectations of a fall to 0.1 per cent. The news hit sterling, which was down 0.4 per cent ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Bangladeshis living in the UK and elsewhere in the world celebrated the 45th Independence and National Day on Thursday to mark the declaration of independence. The country has made remarkable progress in a number of areas over the years after independence although there is a long way to go to attain advanced stage of development. Bangladesh’s independence ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Labour Party has introduced a special bus to help to run the campaign for its Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.  The campaign bus started its journey from Labour Party Head Office in central London on Tuesday 24 March with named ‘BAME Bus’. Around 45 BAME members, including seven of Bangladesh origin, are taking part in the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Tower Hamlets Council has signed a 125-year long lease on a multi-faith burial ground.The new burial site in Sidcup in Bromley, just a short drive from the borough, will secure burial plots for the use of Tower Hamlets residents when the number of graves both nationally and locally is diminishing.  Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman visited the ...

Bomb throwers will also be tried like war-time criminals. ———- M A Mannan MP State minister for finance and planning MA Mannan MP has said, the present government is education- friendly government. The govt. is working to build up students as competent citizens of the country. He was speaking as chief guest at 15th Stipend Distribution Programme organized by Jagannathpur ...