Bangla Mirror Desk : Dual-fuel customers of the big energy firms have missed big savings by not switching suppliers, early evidence from a competition inquiry suggests. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has been investigating the energy market since last summer. It says that from 2012 to 2014, more than 95% of dual-fuel customers of the big firms would have ...

London Bangla Press Club has organised a condolence meeting to condole the death of prominent journalist Aminul Haque Badsha.  The meeting was held in Montefiore Centre in East London on 13 February.  A huge number of journalists, political leaders, activists and community members took part in the meeting to pay their tribute to the deceased journalist.  LBPC President Nobab Uddin ...

Tower Hamlets Homes has taken an imaginative approach to improving the energy efficiency of 17 high and medium rise blocks. A novel technique was used to insert cavity wall insulation into more than 480 homes quickly and without disrupting residents. Instead of erecting scaffolding, THH used specialist engineers commissioned by Keepmoat contractors, to abseil down the sides of the buildings. ...

Following on from the recent announcement of new legislation of banning smoking in cars when children are present, Tower Hamlets Council is strongly supporting Public Health England’s campaign for smokefree homes and cars. The ban to end smoking in cars in England will come into effect on October 1 with fines up to £50 for those caught not following regulations. ...

From February 16 to March 1, 2015 Tower Hamlets is supporting ‘Fair Pay Fortnight’ – a campaign run by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to raise awareness about Britain’s cost of living crisis. The TUC say that working people in the UK are seeing their living standards squeezed harder every year. The cost of energy, food and housing is soaring ...

One of London’s largest Decent Homes programme sails past another milestone, as the 5,000th home is made decent, with new kitchens, bathrooms and other improvements. Tower Hamlets Homes have come a long way since the programme began in 2010.  When they started the vast majority of homes managed by Tower Hamlets Homes (77%) were not up to the decent standard. ...

New footballs plus £350 of other football equipment was handed over to Salman Uddin and members of Bethnal Green based youth group, the Shadow Youth Alliance, by THCH resident and Committee member, Fred Hunt, on Friday, 13 February. The haul, including 40 training tops, a dozen footballs, water bottles, training cones and other football goodies was due to a successful ...

 The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has said it prevented aGreenpeace India activist from boarding a flight to Britain in January, where she was scheduled to brief members of Parliament on the effect of mining on indigenous communities in central India, because her visit was “prejudicial to the national interest” and would hurt India’s image abroad. Priya Pillai, an activist ...

France and Germany believe the ceasefire in Ukraine is “generally” being observed, a statement from the French presidency says. But the countries’ leaders, who helped broker the truce, said some “local incidents” must be “quickly” resolved. Shelling has continued around the besieged town of Debaltseve. However, fighting in the area is reported to have lowered in intensity since the ceasefire ...

Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shia Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead. It was the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in less than a week after their dissolution of parliament this month unraveled security ...