Daily Archives: February 26, 2015

Umrah!!

By Fatema Miah :: The mystical glory vision, under the glary heaven that staring down at the disciples, and there ahead stands the enormous heavenly surrounding wall of boundaries. It enriched the glorious holiness in your vision. The heaven staring down at your, enriches your glorified inner passion, the deep humble, dedication to the Lord of the universe. It draws ...

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Losing Young Britons to Terror through Disunity

By Piya Mayenin :: The ISIS led since 2010 by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is so hardline and violent that Al Qaida led by Ayman al-Zawahiri, who is based in Pakistan has disavowed them. Isis is highly fanatical; killing Shia Muslims and Christians whenever possible, as well as militarily and under tight direction by top leaders. What would drive three teenagers ...

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Bangabandhu’s unfulfilled dream

BY  SHABBIR AHMED :: The students of history of South Asia know it too well that the partition of India into two nations did not bode well for us, the inhabitants of the then East Pakistan.Punjabi clique ruled our motherland for a long time and that includes the military and the communal forces of Pakistan. These Islam-based communal forces tried ...

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A reflection on Language Day

By M. Sophia Newman::  This weekend, Bangladesh celebrated Language Martyr’s Day once again. The holiday is one of my favourites – a celebration of the genuinely beautiful thing that brought me to Bangladesh in the first place. Yet I am too afraid to celebrate. In 2011, I came to Dhaka on a scholarship for ten weeks of intensive Bangla-language study. ...

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Polythene bags being sold freely in Sylhet

Polythene shopping bags are being sold freely in the markets of the district, violating the ban imposed on its production, marketing and use. According to sources, a section of dishonest polythene makers in connivance with some unscrupulous traders are supplying the polythene bags to the markets in the excuse that coloured polythene bags are prohibited, and there is no ban ...

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Bring back visa service to Dhaka

By Abdul Karim Goni :: British Curry Awards Founder Enam Ali MBE has said that moving British visa office from Dhaka to Delhi is quite saddening for me and also discourteous for the Bengali Community in the UK.  He said this in a press briefing held in East London on 24 February.  An influential figure in the area of diplomacy ...

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United Airways flying high with European expansion plan

Bangla Mirror Desk :: The largest private airline in Bangladesh, United Airways set to launch new routes direct from Europe to Bangladesh and once again offers expatriates the chance to be part of its success. United Airways (UBD) announced an ambitious investment plan on 23rd February that will attract the funds it needs to operate new routes from major UK ...

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Rushanara Ali MP is helping teens into employment

Imagine a girl called Sofia – 19 years-old. She could be your daughter, or cousin. You might know a young person like her – your granddaughter, or your next door neighbour. Born in Tower Hamlets, she was educated in a state-of-the-art school and enjoyed it. She was surrounded by committed teachers ready to help launch her onto the next stage ...

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Bride’s cousin killed at marriage venue in M’bazar

A youth was killed and several others were injured over a trifling mater at a marriage ceremony venue in Moulvibazar Sadar upazila on Sunday noon. The deceased was identified as Humayun Ahmed, 21, son of Abdur Rahman of Pashchim Sadhuhati village of the upazila and a cousin of bride. Local and police sources said, the marriage between Khaleda Akther, daughter ...

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Glyn Robbins standing as an MP candidate from Bethnal Green and Bow

Glyn Robbins is standing in Bethnal Green and Bow as the General Election candidate for the Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC).  He is standing in the election on May 7th because he wants to see an alternative to the cuts, privatisation, racism and war peddled by the establishment parties and a left alternative to the right-wing anti-migrant UKIP, a ...

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