Bangla Mirror Desk: Bangladeshis living in the UK and elsewhere in the world celebrated the 45th Independence and National Day on Thursday to mark the declaration of independence. The country has made remarkable progress in a number of areas over the years after independence although there is a long way to go to attain advanced stage of development. Bangladesh’s independence ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Labour Party has introduced a special bus to help to run the campaign for its Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.  The campaign bus started its journey from Labour Party Head Office in central London on Tuesday 24 March with named ‘BAME Bus’. Around 45 BAME members, including seven of Bangladesh origin, are taking part in the ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Tower Hamlets Council has signed a 125-year long lease on a multi-faith burial ground.The new burial site in Sidcup in Bromley, just a short drive from the borough, will secure burial plots for the use of Tower Hamlets residents when the number of graves both nationally and locally is diminishing.  Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman visited the ...

After waiting of a long time, lots of sufferings and movements, the direct flight is going to start from Osmani International Airport on March 29, 2015. It is being possible, as the refueling station in the airport is now in operative. On Monday noon, it starts functioning by supplying fuel to two air craft as a testing case. It will ...

Three shops were gutted as a fire broke out at Rainagar area of the city on Thursday morning. Witnesses said the fire originated at a bedding shop owned by Lokman Miah around 11am. Soon it engulfed the adjoining two shops. On information, firefighters rushed to the spot and doused the blaze. The extent of losses caused by the fire could ...

Sylhet district administration and City Corporation together with various political, social and cultural organizations and educational institutions including SUST chalked out elaborate programmes to celebrate the Independence and National Day here tomorrow with much enthusiasm and patriotic zeal. The day’s programmes will begin with heralding of 31 gun salutes at Sylhet District administration hill and placing of floral wreath at ...

The World Tuberculosis Day-2015 was observed in Sylhet districts as elsewhere in the globe on Tuesday with much enthusiasm and in a befitting manner. This year the theme was “Reach the 3 Million: Reach, Treat, Cure Everyone”. A colourful rally and a discussion meeting, in this connection, were arranged here on Tuesday. The rally was brought out from the civil ...

Teachers and students here formed a human chain on Tuesday demanding speedy trial and exemplary punishment to the killers of Abu Sayeed, a student of class four of Shah Mir Government Primary School in city. Madani Kafela Bangladesh formed the human chain at 5:30pm at in front of the Sylhet court point in city where several hundred took part. Speakers ...

Police have detained the chief of a district robber gang in possession with two firearms and ammunition from his his residence in South Kolabari under Companyganj upazila in Sylhet. A police team from Companyganj besieged the house and detained him around 3:30am Wednesday. Companyganj OC Delwar Hossain said: “Twelve rounds of ammunition and two firearms were recovered from his possession. ...

 Chhatak should not be confined to be an Industrial City.There are many kinds of delicious summer fruits also grown here. Litchi is one of them. Thousands of families have been cultivating the mouth watering delicious fruit for hundred years. It is grown in the border side of India. Manikpur,Godabari,Chanpur are famous for the art. These villages have really name and ...