Ansar Ahmed Ullah  :: UK Gonojagoron Moncho organised a rally on 29 July following the appeal verdict of Saka Chowdhury at Altab Ali Park, East London. At the rally pro liberation organisations, individuals, freedom fighters and members of martyred family members gathered to express their relief at the verdict. They sang, spoke and gave patriotic slogans. War criminal Salauddin Quader ...

Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “The decision made to open a Jack the Ripper Museum instead of one celebrating the history of women in the borough is extremely disappointing. It has become clear that the council’s planning department was misled by the applicant. We completely understand the concerns of the local community and elsewhere. “I have withdrawn from ...

UK living former Bianaibazar Upozila and College Chatro League leaders organised a meeting on 30th July to felicitate fomer President of Bianizbazar Chatro League Poet Abdul Hasib, former General Secretary of Bianibazar Government College Students Union Enam Uddin and former student leader Abdul Quddus. The felicitation meeting was held in a restaurant in Brick Lane. Former Joint Convenor of Bianibazar ...

Brighton and Hove Friendship Club organised its Eid reunion on 27th July at Brighton seaside.  This colourful, vibrant and lovely event combined Pitha Festival, Children’s face painting and vivacious cultural performance. The event was jointly conducted by Mijanur Rahman Mijan and Koyes Ahmed. Club’s founder Shoebur Rahman Shoeb addressed the audience at the beginning. President of Bangladesh Caterers Association and ...

Speakers at a protest meeting organised by Bangladesh Human Right Commission Jalalabad branch demanded the highest punishment for child Samiul Alam Rajon in speedy trial tribunal.  The speakers also mentioned that we all need to raise social awareness on child rights in Bangladesh so that there are no more child killings of torture like Rajon.  They also mentioned that a ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: One in six jobseekers has their allowance stopped by Department and Work and Pension each year, a national newspaper claims. The figures contradict official claims that only a small minority of jobseekers have been affected by the government’s increasingly severe welfare policies. A recent analysis shows that of those unemployed for 12 months up to April ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali MP has urged everyone to register their names to take part in the mayoral candidate nomination for forthcoming London mayor election. She also said that if someone registers his or her name, they can also vote for Labour leader election. Rushanara Ali said this in a press conference ...

Bangla Mirror Desk :: Tony Blair should stand trial on charges of war crimes if the evidence suggests he broke international law over the “illegal” Iraq war in 2003, the Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn has said. Corbyn called on the former prime minister to “confess” the understandings he reached with George W Bush in the run up to the ...

Many voluntary sector groups were left disappointed that their applications for funding were turned down by the Commissioners appointed by the Government to manage Tower Hamlets Council’s grant making. A total of 368 applications were made for funding under the Main Stream Grants 2015/18 Programme. Funding was agreed by the Commissioners for 131 of these applications at their Decision Making ...

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, held his first Cabinet meeting on Tuesday afternoon (28th July). Mental health services, re-procurement of waste management contracts and a report on the council’s budget were among some of the items on the agenda for discussion. The Cabinet agreed savings of £340,000 for the year 2015/16 as a result of a salary sacrifice from Mayor Biggs and ...