Bangla Mirror Desk:   New MP pledges to tackle homelessness, champion affordable housing and improve opportunities for young people in Camden. Sagal Abdi-Wali has won the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, making history as the first British Somali woman to become a Member of Parliament. The 42-year-old, who arrived in the UK as a child refugee from Somalia with her ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   The Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) has shortlisted 48 restaurants from across the United Kingdom for its prestigious Restaurant of the Year 2026 competition, following a rigorous selection process involving hundreds of entries. The winners will be announced at the 19th BCA Awards ceremony on November 1, 2026, at the five-star Park Plaza Westminster Bridge Hotel in ...

  Dhaka, 8 October 2026 – The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the United Kingdom have agreed a new framework to strengthen cooperation in tackling organised immigration crime and protecting citizens from criminal networks that exploit vulnerable people through fraudulent migration schemes. The framework establishes a mechanism for cooperation between the UK and Bangladesh. ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   An estimated 250,000 people marched through London on Saturday 10 October to mark the Global Day for Palestine and three years since the start of Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza, renewing calls for the British government to end its support for Israel. The demonstration brought together Palestine solidarity campaigners, trade unionists, community organisations and human rights ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   9 October 2026,The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP, and President of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on October 8. The delegation of the British All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh has this week held a number of high-level meetings with political and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The funeral prayer of media personality Toufique Imroz Khalidi was held at the Brick Lane Jame Mosque in East London. Bangladeshi journalist and media personality Toufique Imrose Khalidi died in London. He died in London on October 2, 2026. His funeral prayer was held at Bricklane Jama Masjid in East London after the Zuhr prayers on ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has called on visiting British lawmakers to help strengthen parliamentary cooperation between Bangladesh and the United Kingdom and encourage greater UK investment in Bangladesh. He made the call when a delegation of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban on Thursday. The delegation was led by ...

The Bi-Annual General Meeting and Election 2026 of the Greater Deulgram Welfare Trust UK was held on Monday, 5 October, at a restaurant in Romford. The meeting was conducted in two sessions. The first session was chaired by outgoing President Abdul Shukur Ahmed and conducted by General Secretary Sultan Ahmed and Joint Secretary Dulal Alam. The programme began with a recitation from the Holy Quran by Mohammad Zakwan. ...

  The UK parliamentary delegation, led by UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh Chair Apsana Begum MP, and Deputy Speaker of the Bangladesh Parliament Barrister Kayser Kamal MP, met at the Parliament on October 6. A delegation of British Parliamentarians has arrived in Dhaka for a week-long visit, organised by the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Bangladesh. The ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Thousands of people marched through the East End of London on Sunday to mark the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, with demonstrators pledging to “stop the far right”. The demonstration, held on 4 October 2026, saw marchers travel from Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel to St George’s Gardens in Cable Street to ...