President of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh Md Abdul Hamid has arrived in London on 23rd August for treatment of his eye-problem and health checkup. President Hamid is scheduled to have eye treatment at Moorfield Eye Hospital and heart checkup at Bupa Cromwell Hospital. The President was received by Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Md Abdul Hannan, President ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: After a successful 23 years of serving in travel and tourism industry, British Bangladeshi enterprise Air Express opened up a new project specialising in Umrah.  The inauguration of this new project ‘gohaji.com’ was held in LMC Hall in East London on Friday 21 August.  Senior officials from Al-Hosam, the Saudi associate company of Air Express and ...

Bangla Mirror desk :: Indian restaurant owners have called on David Cameron to introduce short-term work visas so that they can fly experienced staff to the UK to plug a curry chef shortage that is forcing closures across the country. Enam Ali, who founded the British Curry Awards 10 years ago, is preparing a submission to the Prime Minister and ...

Poet Kamrun Nahar Runu’s poetry reflects the real picture of modern day society.  She has vividly portrayed the picture of today through her poetry, at the same time, she depicted the past efficiently and provided the guidance for the future. Speakers attending the publication event of Botamkhola Bihsnna Bikel’ expressed this view. The publication event was held in a restaurant ...

Skillsmatch, the award-winning recruitment service run by Tower Hamlets Council, is hosting two events to help residents find work. On Thursday, August 27, there will be a Tower Hamlets Homes apprenticeship event, taking place from 10am and 1pm at the Skillsmatch office next to Poplar DLR station. It will attempt to place young people into work with the many organisations ...

One youth named Kamrul Hassan Rubel died at a gym in Birmingham while lifting weight.  He was taken to hospital with a head injury and died after seven days. His Namaje Janaja was held on 22nd August at Coventry Jame Masjid in Birmingham. Rubel’s brother Khairul Hasan told that Rubel went to a local leisure centre for exercise on that ...

Sheffield Awami League UK recently organised a discussion meeting to observe the National Mourning Day and Bangabandhu’s 40th Death Anniversary. President of Sheffield Awami League and prominent leader M Mohid Ali Mithu presided over the meeting.  While addressing the audience, he said that, we would not have the independent Bangladesh if Bangabandhu was not born.  He also emphasised that Banganbandhu’s ...

Today British High Commissioner, Robert W Gibson CMG, welcomed to his Residence sixteen potential future leaders of Bangladesh. The sixteen are all recipients of the Chevening Scholarship Award to study in the UK this academic year.  When congratulating them the High Commissioner said: “Chevening is the UK Government’s international flagship programme which allows future leaders, influencers and decision-makers from around ...

A Season of Bangla Drama is to return this November with a celebration of diversity and culture. Fourteen theatrical productions have made the final cut supported by Arts Council England, Canary Wharf Group, Queen Mary University of London and Tower Hamlets Council. The festival brings together British and Bangladeshi writers, actors, directors and producers – all of whom have faced ...

                      Hajj: A Lifetime Spiritual Journey   <<Dr. Mozammel Haque>>   ISLAM IS A PRACTICAL RELIGION which lays down a complete code of life. It makes various provisions for creating peace and harmony in the lives of mankind as well as in the universe. Peace and harmony can be achieved only when there is solidarity and universal brotherhood among human ...