Bangla Mirror Desk: Bangladesh trounced South Africa by nine wickets in the 3rd ODI at Chittagong to win the 3-match series 2-1. A fantastic batting performance from the openers paved the path for a memorable series-win for Tigers, the first over Proteas. The 154-run stand by Soumya and Tamim was the highest against South Africa, beating Soumya-Mahmudullah’s 135. When the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : David Cameron is prepared to look at making workers pay into flexible saving accounts to fund their own sick pay or unemployment benefits, Downing Street has confirmed. The idea was first floated by Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, who said he was “very keen” to have a debate about encouraging people to use personal accounts ...

Marking the festival of Eid ul-Fitr and the end of Ramadan, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “On the auspicious occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, I send my warm wishes to all residents, particularly to Muslims in Tower Hamlets and the UK. “It is a day for everyone to come together and celebrate. “As we enjoy this day which marks ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Open ground Eid Jamat will be taking place in Tower Hamlets again. This coming Friday or Saturday (subject to the moon), Eid Ul Fitr Jamat will be held at Mile End Stadium in East London.  The organisers confirmed this in a press conference held on 14th July. Tower Hamlets Council approved this open ground Eid Jamat ...

Poet Al Mahmud is a living legend of our time.  He has composed a huge number of timeless poem and verses. Poetry is his passion.  With his eternal composing, he has increased the honour of Bengali language. He is the pioneer of the modernism Bengali poetry. He is our pride and pride of Bengali language. Writers and Researchers in London ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah A public meeting was held in London on 14th July at the East London Microbusiness Centre organised by Amra Sylhetbasi in UK against the brutal killing of Rajon, a 13 year old child brutally killed in Sylhet last week. The Meeting was presided by former student leader Zia Uddin Lala, former GS of Sylhet Madan Mohan College ...

A panel appointed by India’s Supreme Court has suspended two top Indian Premier League teams for two years over a corruption scandal. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have been found guilty in an illegal betting and match-fixing probe. The panel also suspended Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan of Super Kings from all cricket-related activities for life. The ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic saw off seven-time champion Roger Federer in four sets to win his third Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam title. The Serb, 28, won 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 to overtake the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl in the all-time list of major winners. Federer, 33, had hoped to become the first ...

Mahmudullah returned back to form in the 2nd ODI against South Africa playing a good hand in the record 135-run stand with Soumya Sarkar for the third wicket. He registered a fifty on July 12 coming back from the finger injury after a poor run in the three ODIs against Pakistan in April 2015. The reliable middle-order batsman experienced a ...

Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a hat-trick in one-day international cricket during the first one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. Rabada bowled Tamim Iqbal in the third ball of his second over and then had Litton Das and Mahmudullah in the next two deliveries to complete the set, joining Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam, ...