Eight houses were gutted by a fire that broke out at Pashchim Hajipara in the district town on Friday night. Witnesses said the fire originated from a kitchen stove at a house in the area at about 8:00 pm and it soon engulfed the other adjoining houses. On information, two fire fighting units rushed to the spot and extinguished the ...

Hugo Pierre, TUSC candidate for Poplar and Limehouse, made the following statement on Eric Pickles imposing indefinite direct rule on Tower Hamlets Council: ‘The Tories, backed by a cowardly Labour Party (publicly slammed by Mawrey, the electoral commission judge), have organised a coup against Tower Hamlets Council. Not in a million years would they ever win control of our council ...

The body of a minor body was found hanging from the ceiling of his house at Electric Supply area of the city on Friday. The deceased was identified as Ramjan Mian, 14, son of Habil Mian of the area.  Police said a neighbour saw the hanging body of Ramjan through the window of a room at House 35 under ward ...

At least 15 people, including women, were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a trifling matter at Katlipara village in Bishwanath upazila of the district on Friday morning. The injured were identified as Kolshuma Begum, Shajna Begum, Abdul Momin, Akbar Ali, Nizam Uddin, Abddul Hekim, Abu Saeed, Ali Amzod, Mehergul Bibi, Taj Uddin, and mediator Ershad ...

Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers with 25bottles of Indian contraband phensidyl in their possession on the Lamabazar and Moglabazar-Sylhet on Wednesday afternoon. The arrested are Abdul hamid and Alauddin, On a tip-off, a team of police led by Sub-Inspector S Sorkar coming from Lamabazar and Moglabazar area and arrested them.

A Tea Lobur allegedly committed suicide at Tarapur Tea Garden Gohorpur in Sylhet on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Romas bumish, 27, Son of Shitol bumish, a resident of the Tarapur Tea Garden. On information, police recovered the body and sent it to Sylhet Osmani Hospital morgue for autopsy.The reason behind the suicide could not be known yet. Officer-in-charge ...

Life in Sylhet became normal early this month after nearly two months of violence during BNP’s indefinite blockade and general strikes but locals are still scared of making bus journeys. The Sylhet-Dhaka road connects Sylhet with several districts, but this is the road where some of the vicious petrol bomb attacks left many injured as well as killed during the ...

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by taking poison at Malikandi village of Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj district on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rokeya Begum, 45, wife of Ekhlus Ali, a resident of the village. Local people said, Rokeya mother of five children, took poison in her room in the afternoon. On information, police recovered the body and sent ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : With the 2014 election declared void, Tower Hamlets is  of the east London borough in 2014 was declared ‘void’ by Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey, who sat as a judge in the special High Court hearing. At the special High Court hearing, Election Commissioner Richard Mawrey also ordered Mr Rahman to pay £250,000 in costs. One of ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:  The London Labour Party has announced that John Biggs has been selected as Labour’s candidate for the re-run mayoral election in Tower Hamlets on 11 June.  John Biggs said:  “I am delighted to have been confirmed as Labour’s candidate.  “Tower Hamlets must now move on from the divisive politics of Lutfur Rahman and his disgraced regime of corruption ...