Telecommunication minister Tarana halim has said that this present government is working actively towards a prosperous Bangladesh. This present government has given the voting rights to non-resident Bangladeshis.  She has also urged all expats to come forward and invest in country’s telecommunication sector. Tarana Halim MP said this in a meeting at the house of President of Sheffield Awami League ...

Stevenage Borough council and community innovation and creative enterprise Pod53 organised an Indian and Bangladeshi curry cooking training for children and young adults aged between 11 and 19.  The training session was held on 6th August at Pod53 hall room.  Around 50 children and young adults took part at the training session and quiz competition. Celebrity Chef and BCA central ...

The community is being urged to voice their concerns about crime at a Residents’ Question Time on Tuesday, August 18. Tower Hamlets Safer Neighbourhood Board is hosting the second in a series of events, where residents can ask questions of Tower Hamlets Council’s Community Safety team and police. Cllr Shiria Khatun, Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for community safety, the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: UK unemployment ticked up to 1.85 million in the April to June period, a rise of 25,000 on the previous quarter. It is the first time in two years that there have been two consecutive rises in the number of people out of work. But over the last 12 months employment levels are still markedly higher with ...

Emdad Rahman Volunteers and charity workers for the Rural Development Foundation Global (RDF Global) enjoyed a weekend at the Lake District as the charity announced it’s latest plans in the run up to the opening of a maternity hospital in Bangladesh. RDF Global is a non-profit charitable foundation established in 2006, with an aim to develop maternity and women’s healthcare ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Hundreds of runners took part in a most popular fundraising event Muslim Charity Run 2015 from over 20 charities at Victoria Park, Bow, East London on Sunday 9 August. This year’s run evolved from the previously successful Run 4 Your Mosque. On a gloriously sunny day with temperatures peaking at 25 degrees, runners – young and old ...

A married couple and their three daughters have been arrested in east London on suspicion of Syria-related terrorism offences. A 51-year-old man, two women aged 53 and 19, and two girls aged 17 and 16, who are understood to live in Tower Hamlets, were held on suspicion of possessing information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing ...

Prime Bank owned PBL Exchange has already earned a positive reputation in sending money to Bangladesh in most secured and fastest way.  It is also actively working to provide the remittance benefit to all the non-resident Bangladeshis.  Director of Prime Bank Mafiz Ahmed Bhuyan told this in a Get Together meeting at a restaurant in East London as chief guest. ...

The NHS is potentially vulnerable to fraud due to loopholes in the issuing of European Health Insurance cards, the Department of Health has admitted. An investigation by the Daily Mail found people who had never worked in Britain were able to obtain a free EHIC card in the UK, the paper says. Health services abroad were then able to claim ...

Scientists have come up with a new strategy to increase early diagnosis of cancer that not only save many lives but also cut the cost of treatment. According to Cancer Research UK, more than 90 percent of people diagnosed with stage one of the eight most common cancers were alive after 10 years compared with 5 percent found at stage ...