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Challenges and Opportunities of Social Media  and formal education

  Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   Education does not exist outside of the social or technological contexts in which it is located. Thus, it is little surprise that both users and developers are proposing and exposing teachers and students to new affordances of social networking tools. In addition, researchers are beginning to understand and appreciate the learning designs and value that ...

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UK terrorism threat downgraded to ‘substantial’

The UK’s terrorism threat level has been downgraded from “severe” to “substantial”, the Home Office says. Home Secretary Priti Patel said the UK was still at “a high level of threat” and an attack could “occur without further warning”. The terrorism threat is now at its lowest since August 2014. Substantial is the third of five ratings at which the ...

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Speaker’s election: Three left in contest to replace John Bercow

MPs have made their pitches to succeed John Bercow as Speaker of the House of Commons in the first election for the powerful post in more than a decade. The Speaker keeps order in Commons debates and calls MPs to speak. Seven candidates were in the running, including Labour’s Harriet Harman and deputy Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle. That list was ...

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Report shows increased satisfaction with council care and support

  Latest figures show 67 per cent of adults using Tower Hamlets Council’s social care services are extremely satisfied with their care, an increase of nearly 10 per cent from last year. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, announced the publication of the Local Account, the annual report of adult social care, during the council’s Cabinet meeting on Wednesday 30 ...

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Sustaining democracy in disaster

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The major players in the international community have accepted the outcome of January’s elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the name of stability. In doing so, they have failed the Congolese people. Moreover, they have fallen short of the aspirations of the UN’s sustainable development goals, which call for accountable and inclusive institutions. ...

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12th year celebrating the best of the British Bangladeshi community.

  London, Friday  1st November 2019 – The official launch of The Bangla Mirror Group British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2019 publication and award gala dinner will be held in the prestigious Meridian Grand on Tuesday 12th November 2019. The Bangla Mirror Group, publishers of the British Bangladeshi Who’s Who publication, held a press conference on Friday 1st November 2019   at ...

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A great news to make British Bangladeshi proud

An incredible achievement of  14 year old  Amal Rana from Essex who is going to participate in UK’s hugely popular Talent Show Junior Bake Off 2019. Amal will be the First British Bangladeshi who has this opportunity to participate in this show out of four thousand Bakers in UK. There are few articles has been published already and an advert ...

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Over 50 residents attend latest ‘Ask the Mayor’ event

Last night, John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, attended George Greens School on the Isle of Dogs to answer questions and hear concerns from over 50 residents as part of his regular ‘Ask the Mayor’ events. The session was chaired by Councillor Sirajul Islam, Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Member for Housing, who welcomed attendees before the mayor set the scene ...

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General election: Labour ‘wants to get stuck in’ to campaign

Labour MPs are ready for a general election campaign, Caerphilly MP Wayne David has said. The UK is heading for a general election after Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour is ready for the “most radical campaign ever”. “It’s going to be a hard fight, [but] we will win through and win this historic election,” Mr David said. But ...

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Would student vote go missing in December election?

  If a general election is held on 9 December, most students in the UK will still be at university – but by the end of that week, most would be heading off for the Christmas holidays. With potential election dates being debated by MPs, close attention is being paid to the student vote – which is likely to influence ...

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