Worthing Bangladeshi Badminton Club recently organised its Badminton tournament successfully for the 7th time. Jamal-moinul duo became the champion of the day long tournament. Emu-Monon duo became the runners-up.   32 teams took part in the tournament form all over the UK. The prize giving ceremony was held on 29 March in Worthing Leisure Centre in Sussex. Club President Abdullah Mukul ...

Tower Hamlets TUSC supports the campaign to save the Bangladeshi Parent Advisory Service. Our candidates sent messages of support to yesterday’s march: Glyn Robbins, Bethnal Green and Bow: ‘This campaign has the 100% support of TUSC.  It is disgusting that this vital service is under threat, but it’s indicative of the wider threat to our NHS.  Good health is not ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah The UK Nirmul Committee and pro-liberation Bengali diaspora remembered the genocide of the dark night of 25th March, 71 in a ‘Light Vigil’ on Wed 25th March, 6pm at Central Shahid Minar, Altab Ali Park, East London. People who gathered in Altab Ali Park paid homage to those who lost their lives on the night of 25th ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah Bob Churchill, Director of Communications at the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) commented, “We are deeply saddened that yet another rationalist voice has been so brutally silenced in this vile backlash against bloggers. Our thoughts are with Washiqur’s family and we stand in solidarity with the many individual thinkers and writers from Bangladesh who exercise their right to discuss religion frankly and critically. ...

UK Awami League Dorset Branch organised a discussion meeting in Bournemouth on 26th March to observe the 44th Victory and National Day of Bangladesh.  The meeting was presided over by the Convenor of Dorset Awami League Yahia Miah and was conducted by Member Secretary A M Afjol. Dorset Awami League’s Advisor and Senior Awami League Leader Abdus Shahid was present ...

Bangladesh Nationalist Party Sussex Branch organised a discussion meeting and Duwa Mahfil to observe the 44th Independence and National Day on 26th March at a restaurant in Brighton.  Sussex BNP President Haji Rofique Miah presided over the meeting and Organising Secretary Bakhtiar Khan conducted it. Guests who addressed the audience included Senior Vice-President Tofuzzol Hossain, General Secretary Golam Rabbani Sohel, ...

Channel S recently organised a Bengali hand writing competition in 29 March in Lonodon Enterprise Academy in East London called Sundor Kore Bangla Likhi. Around one hundred competitors from around the UK took part in the competition.  These one hundred candidates got this chance to take part in the competition by receiving Yes card. The competition was divided into two ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk: According to recently conducted polls Conservative and Labour are pretty much neck and neck.  Three new polls have come out on 1st of March where YouGov have the Tories and Labour tied on 35 per cent. Populus also has a dead heat, with both parties on 34 per cent and Lord Ashcroft’s weekly poll has the Tories ...

The official inauguration of London based Bengali web portal Londonbdnews24 took place in Montefiore Centre in East London on 24th March in presence of notable and senior journalists in the UK. President of London Bangla Press Club Nobab  Uddin and General Secretary Emdadul Haque Chowdhury officially launced the website. Chairman of Londonbdnews24.com Abdul Basit Badsha presided over the launching event ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Rushanara Ali campaigned for Labour to renew its commitment to the future of Bengali teaching in schools, in response to Government plans to cut Bengali language qualifications from the school curriculum alongside other foreign languages including Guajarati, Punjabi, Turkish and Polish.   Rushanara said: “From start to finish, this Government has caused chaos in our education system ...