Emdad Rahman : Mir Jawwad Uddin, 16, a pupil of the London Islamic School has been crowned the 3G Boss of 2016 by community broadcaster Channel S and the Canary Wharf Group PLC. Jawwad, who has memorised the Quran and is studying to become an engineer took part in a reality TV show which pitted some of the Uk’s brightest ...
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Mohed Ali Mitu hopes to fight with Boat symbol in Sylhet 2
Funder President of Awami League Sheffield branch and member of UK Awami League executive committee Mohammed Mohed Ali Mitu expressed his interest for candidacy for Sylhet 2 (Osmaninagar, Balaganj and Bishwanath) form Awami League representing Boat symbol. He told this in a meeting held in a reastaurent hall room in sylhet on Saturday27 Februaty in a view exchanging meeting with ...
Read More »Redbridge Welfare Association UK celebrates International Mother Language Day
We can now stand proud and say that we are Bangladeshi and Bengali is our Language. All the languages around the world are now recognized internationally as a result of the sacrifice of lives of Bangladeshis. Everybody of us will need to work together to promote and retain this language amongst everybody. The speakers told this in a meeting organised ...
Read More »New services from MoneyGram and Post Office
Bangla Mirror Desk :: MoneyGram (NASDAQ: MGI) and Post Office Limited celebrated a milestone in their successful long-standing business alliance by marking their 20-year relationship and their 20-millionth money transfer transaction today at a ceremony at London’s British Museum. Pam Patsley, MoneyGram’s executive chairman, joined Paula Vennells, chief executive officer for the Post Office, to host the day’s events. As ...
Read More »UK bars cargo on direct flights from Dhaka
United Kingdom is barring all the direct cargo services form Dkaha. In a web post dated Mar 8, UKGOV website said that their recent assessments of the Shahjajal International Airport found some international security requirements were not being met. “Airlines carrying cargo between Bangladesh and the UK on indirect routes are being asked to ensure it is re-screened before its ...
Read More »ESA disability benefit cuts are to go ahead
Bangla Mirror Desk : Cruel cuts to benefits for sick and disabled people will now go ahead, after Lords were forced to back down in their opposition to Government plans. Ministers were twice defeated by Peers over plans to slash Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 a week. But the measure was today pushed through the upper chamber, in ...
Read More »Saree Soiree Charity Event to celebrate Mother’s Day & International Women’s Day
A wonderful evening was had by all who attended the Saree Soiree event on Sunday 6th March organised by Dr Momotaj Islam and Miss Tia Khanam, at the Osmani Centre. The ladies got into the spirit of it by coming in colourful sarees and there were just as many gentlemen to support them. During an evening of informative and moving presentations, ...
Read More »Alarming rise of zero-hour contracts
Bangla Miror Desk : The number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by 104,000 to 801,000. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed that 2.5% of the employed UK workforce were on zero-hours contracts in the quarter to last December, up from 2.3% in the same period of 2014. The data showed there were around 1.7 million ...
Read More »Lord Avebury remembered by the Bengali community
By Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Following the death of Lord Eric Avebury, the UK Nirmul Committee (International Forum for Secular Bangladesh) organised a condolence meetingon Thursday 25 Feb, 6pm at the Montefiore Centre, East London in memory of the Lord who tirelessly worked for the betterment of Bangladesh. The meeting was chaired by Nirmul Committee’s central executive member Ansar Ahmed ...
Read More »Bangladesh beat Netherlands by 8 runs
Bangla Mirror Desk : 9 March, 2016 After Tamim Iqbal’s smashing unbeaten 83, Bangladeshi bowlers on Wednesday secured their first victory against against Netherlands in their first match of ICC T20 World Cup qualifying match at Dharmashala in Himachal of India on Wednesday. Tamim Iqbal declared man of the match for his unbeaten 83 off 58 adorned with six fours ...
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