UK’s Minister for Health and Secondary Care Rt Hon Andrew Stephenson CBE MP called on Bangladesh Health Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen at the House of Commons on Wednesday. During the meeting, Minister Sen emphasized the need to bolster Bangladesh-UK health sector collaboration, especially on digitisation of Bangladesh’s health sector, skill development of Bangladeshi young doctors, reintroduction of ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk :   London Borough of Tower Hamlets Council Deputy Speaker Barrister Saif Uddin Khaled has been appointed Speaker for the upcoming 2024-25 Municipal Year, he was appointed Speaker by majority vote of Councilors at the Annual General Meeting held at the Town Hall Chamber in Whatchapel on Wednesday evening, May 15. He replaced the recent Speaker ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   An exhibition of profound historical significance, titled ‘Hunger Burns: The Bengal Famine of 1943’, was inaugurated on 11 May at the Watney Market Idea Store. The exhibition was based on Diya Gupta’s book India in the Second World War, which recovers a global history of the Second World War, revealing two-and-a-half million men from undivided India ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Dr Samanta Lal Sen, Bangladesh’s Honorable Minister for Health and Family Welfare, is on an official visit to the United Kingdom. The primary purpose of his visit is to attend the high-level Conference on “International Response to Antimicrobial Resistance” scheduled for 16 May. Since his arrival in London on Saturday, the Minister has been actively involved ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Apsana Begum MP has called on the Government to create a Visa scheme that allows Palestinian individuals affected by war to be allowed into the UK during a Parliamentary debate on a petition that was signed by over a hundred thousand people. Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, said: “In Gaza we are witnessing collective punishment, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   On Monday afternoon, a group of students from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) set up an encampment outside the Queens Building to protest the ongoing crisis in Gaza and call for action from the university administration. The encampment, dubbed the ‘QMUL Liberated Zone,’ is a demonstration of solidarity with the people of Palestine. The students ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   Tozammel Tony Haque MBE  passed away last night. Innalillahi wa Innailaihi Rajiun. He was a Senior community figure in Birmingham, one of the top organizers of Bangladesh’s great liberation war, joint convener of Sheikh Mujib Defense Fund, former ambassador. Mr. Tony Haque played the role of one of the leading diaspora organizers in the great freedom ...

    Bangla Mirror Desk :   MORE THAN £30,000 has been raised through events for Salisbury and Wilton Rotary, Salisbury Hospice Charity and Wilton Riding for The Disabled and chosen by Mayor of Salisbury 2023-2024 Cllr Atiqul Hoque at the start of his year. The last event was organised by members of the charities and took place on Saturday ...

  Bangla Mirror Desk:   After 7 long years and with great enthusiasm, the election of Bishwanath Pravasi Education Trust UK has been completed. The election was held on Sunday 5th May at the Impression  Hall in East London in the presence of the largest number of trustees from various cities in the UK. It is known that out of ...

  The British Muslim community’s charitable spirit and generosity was honoured by an exhibition at Trafalgar Square on Monday, 6 May. Britain’s largest Muslim charity, Islamic Relief, marked forty years of generous contributions from the British Muslim community. The exhibition displayed a photo series of the amazing work Islamic Relief has achieved with the help of the Muslim community, on the ...