Tata Steel has confirmed a deal to sell its Long Products Europe business, including its Scunthorpe plant, to UK-based investment firm Greybull Capital. The move will safeguard more than 4,000 jobs, but workers are being asked to accept a pay cut and less generous pension arrangements. Greybull said it was arranging a £400m investment package as part of the deal. ...

David Cameron’s mother gave him a £200,000 gift after his father’s death which could potentially avoid inheritance tax, his accounts show. In a first for a UK prime minister, Mr Cameron has released a summary of his tax returns from 2009- 15 as he tries to defuse a row over his finances. The two £100,000 payments were made a year ...

Minister Tobias Ellwood said: I am shocked and appalled by the murder of Nazimuddin Samad and strongly condemn this attack on free speech claimed by Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent. Violence is never the answer. The right to life of all citizens of Bangladesh must be upheld, as must the right to freedom of expression and open debate. I ...

The bi-yearly General meeting and election of British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries will be held on 2oth of April.  Candidates have already started submitting their candidacy and 13th April would be the last day for withdrawal of candidacy.  On 13th of April BBCCI will also finalise the nominations of the candidates. The board meeting will be held at BBCCI ...

‘When tough decisions have to be made, I’m not sure the wife of the prime minister needs a special advisor’, says MP Samantha Cameron has a personal stylist who is employed on a civil servant’s salary Reuters The salary of a “special adviser” who helps Samantha Cameron with her social diary and fashion style is being paid for by the ...

Chowdhury Muyeed, 51, and Asma Khanam, 47, to be sentenced on April 8  Essex couple set up fake companies to pay wages to Bangladeshi migrants ‘Sophisticated’ rouse allowed the migrants to claim housing benefit Accomplice Habibur Rahman, 36, also faces jail for similar con Judge Nigel Peters, QC, said it was ‘housing benefit fraud on a huge scale’   A married ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : EU authorities in Brussels will unveil long-awaited proposals to overhaul  European asylum rules, following the arrival of more than 1.1 million refugees and migrants last year. The rules, known as the Dublin regulation and dating back to the 1990s,  require refugees to seek asylum in the first country they arrive in. This system has been under ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Panel Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament, Mahmud Us Samad Chowdhury MP is coming to the UK for a brief personal visit.  He will be arriving in Heathrow Airport on 13th April by Biman. He will attend as Chief Guest in meetings organised by ex-residents of Sylhet 3 (Dakhin Surma, Fenchuganj and part of Balaganj), which will be held ...

Channel  S is broadcasting British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2015 gala dinner and award ceremony on Sunday 10th of April at 3pm on Sky Channel  814.  A repeat broadcast of the this event will ake place  on Friday 15th of April 11pm. British Bangladesh Who’s Who is an annual publication and a celebration of all individuals from various sectors who are ...

Channel  S is broadcasting British Bangladeshi Who’s Who 2015 gala dinner and award ceremony on Sunday 10th of April at 3pm on Sky Channel  814.  A repeat broadcast of the this event will again take place  on Friday 15th of April 11pm. British Bangladesh Who’s Who is an annual publication and a celebration of all individuals from various sectors who ...