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MNA International Desk: London Bridge has been cordoned off by police, with a BBC journalist reporting hearing gunfire. BBC reporter John McManus said he saw a group of men involved in a fight on the bridge. Police then arrived and shots were fired, he said. The Met Police confirmed that it was dealing with an incident at London Bridge and advised people near the scene to follow directions from officers on the ground. McManus told the BBC News channel: “Just a few minutes ago I was walking across London Bridge on the south bank to the north bank of the ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home from London on Thursday morning, wrapping up her official visit to the United Kingdom (UK). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage members landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at around 10:45am. Earlier, the flight departed from Heathrow International Airport in London for Dhaka at 6:55pm (London time) on Wednesday. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem saw the premier off at the airport, reports BSS. Sheikh Hasina went to London on July 19. During her stay there, the prime minister ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will attend a conference of Bangladesh envoys in Europe, the first of its kind, in the British capital of London today. “The prime minister will join the conference at a hotel in the British capital this afternoon (London time),” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said. He said 15 Bangladesh ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives posted in different countries of Europe will attend the conference. They are Abu Zafar (Austria), Mohammed Shahdat Hossain (Belgium), Muhammad Abdul Muhith (Denmark), Kazi Imtiaz Hossain (France), Imtiaz Ahmed (Germany) , Jashim Uddin (Greece), Abdus Sobhan Sikder (Italy), ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for London on Friday on a 17-day official visit to the United Kingdom. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage will depart Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here for London at 9:30am on Friday, reports UNB. The flight is scheduled to reach Heathrow International Airport in London at 3.55 pm (local time). “During the visit, the Prime Minister will attend a Conference of Bangladesh envoys who are in Europe, in London, the UK capital city, on July 20,” said PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. At ...

MNA International Desk: US President Donald Trump renewed his verbal attacks on London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, calling him a “stone-cold loser” after the mayor criticized the British government’s decision to offer a state visit to Trump, reports Reuters. “@SadiqKhan, who by all accounts has done a terrible job as Mayor of London, has been foolishly ‘nasty’ to the visiting President of the United States, by far the most important ally of the United Kingdom,” Trump said on Twitter shortly before Air Force One landed at Stansted Airport near London. “He is a stone cold loser who should focus ...

MNA Career & Education Desk: Daffodil International University (DIU) Alumni UK arranged a reunion at Palm Tree hall in London. Baroness Manzila Pola Uddin, Member of the House of Lords, UK was present in the programme as the chief guest while Dr Md Sabur Khan, Chairman, Daffodil Family attended the function, held on Sunday, as the special guest. Dr Donald Slowan, Chairman, Oxford Cultural Connective, S M Zakaria Haque, Commercial Counselor of Bangladesh High Commission in UK and Dr Azizur Rahman, Bangladeshi originated British Businessman were present as the Guest of Honour in the program, according to a media release ...

MNA Feature Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s sister and Bangabondhu-daughter Sheikh Rehana’s birthday today. She has turned 63 years. She was born on September 13, 1955. Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana were saved while Bangabondhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was killed by the traitors on August 15, 1975. Sheikh Rehana was with her elder sister in Belgium at that time. She moved to London with her family later and is permanently residing there. While Sheikh Hasina later returned to Bangladesh and took the leadership of Bangladesh Awami League and became Prime Minister for three terms. In spite of her living in ...

MNA National Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq, who has been undergoing treatment in London for cerebral vasculitis, is now on life support in a hospital there. Mizanur Rahman, personal assistant to the mayor, on Tuesday evening said Annisul has been kept under life support in the hospital since Monday as his condition was deteriorating. The DNCC Mayor was shifted from the intensive care unit of the hospital to another hospital for physiotherapy on October 31. Annisul, who had been suffering from neurological problem (dizziness and lack of balance) was diagnosed with cerebral vasculitis at a London ...

MNA National Desk: Awami League presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam’s wife Sheila Islam died undergoing treatment at a London Hospital in local time early hours of Monday. She was 57. Sheila Islam breathed her last at University College London Hospital’s ICU unit at about 3:00am. Her daughter Rita Ashraf was beside her. Sheila Islam was suffering from cancer for a long time. Before visiting London, she also took her treatments and chemotherapies for cancer at a hospital in Germany. She was a former teacher of a London school. The news of her death spread on the ...

MNA International Desk: An acid attack in east London injured at least six people on Saturday, with police saying they had arrested one man, although they did not believe the incident was terror related. Police said they were called just before 8pm (1900 GMT) to the Stratford Centre, close to London’s Olympic Stadium, following reports of a group of males spraying what was believed to be a noxious substance. London Ambulance Service tweeted that they had treated at least five patients after sending paramedics and a fleet of ambulances. The injuries were believed to have been sustained in different locations, ...

MNA Science & Tech Desk: A petition organised by Uber against London’s decision not to renew its operating license has gathered 500,000 signatures, little more than 24 hours after the decision was announced, a website monitoring its progress showed on Saturday. The online petition was started on Friday after transport authorities in the British capital deemed Uber unfit to run a taxi service and stripped it of its license from next week. The petition calls on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, who also acts as chairman of local regulator Transport for London, to reverse the decision to withdraw Uber’s license to ...

MNA National Desk: The condition of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq is gradually improving although he is still in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a London hospital. “He (Annisul) sometimes opens and closes his eyes as well as moves some parts of his body,” said his personal secretary Mizanur Rahman. Physicians expressed the hope that the mayor will recover soon, he said to news agency. Annisul, who had been suffering from neurological problem (dizziness and lack of balance) for the last several months, was admitted to the neurology hospital in London on August 13. He was ...

MNA International Desk: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on a packed London subway train the same day that injured at least 29 people. “The bombing on a metro in London was carried out by a detachment of the Islamic State” group, it said in a statement published by its Amaq propaganda agency. Authorities said the incident was caused by an improvised explosive device that had been left inside a bucket in a supermarket cooler bag on a busy subway car. Twenty-nine people were injured, most suffering flash burns, but no one was killed — unlike ...

MNA National Desk: Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Annisul Huq was admitted to a hospital in London with nervous system complications. Annisul Huq is now in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of hospital as he is suffering from a brain disease called cerebral vasculitis. The mayor had been suffering from various health complications for the last two months. Earlier, on Jul 29, Huq went to London to visit his daughter. “He was suffering from cerebral vasculitis. It was not detected in Dhaka. He was suffering for the last two months with occasional spells of dizziness and lack of balance,” ...

MNA National Desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia reached London on Sunday on a personal tour for her medical treatment. Earlier she left for the UK on Saturday evening to receive medical treatment and spend time with her family members there. She flew to London by an Emirates Airlines flight. The BNP chairperson’s personal assistant Abdus Sattar and her party’s young leader Tabith Awal are accompanying her. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the chairperson is going to the UK to receive her eye and feet (arthritis) treatment. A BNP leader close to Khaleda said she may ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left for Sweden via London on Tuesday for the first-ever bilateral visit. A VIP Biman Bangladesh flight left Dhaka with the prime minister and her delegation on Tuesday at 12:10pm. The flight is scheduled to arrive in London on Tuesday night. She will stopover in London for a day to spend time with family members. Her niece Tulip Siddiq has been re-elected MP in the British elections on Jun 8. This will be the first ever bilateral visit (June 15-16) by any head of state of Bangladesh to Sweden. The premier will ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: In the arena of Bangladeshi cinema, one name buzzed in everyone’s ear last year – Aynabaji. Not only at home but the film did very well even at abroad. After winning the hearts of countless viewers in France, United States, Canada and Australia Aynabaji has now amazed the citizens of London in the United Kingdom. The first show in London went houseful and all of the tickets were completely sold out and Aynabaji like other places around the world also achieved tremendous success in the Capital of United Kingdom. Audiences here are gathering around the ...

MNA International Desk: London’s Iconic Tower Bridge closed to vehicles for three months on Saturday for its first major maintenance works in nearly half a century, reported news agency. The 122-year-old drawbridge by the Tower of London—whose roadway leaves are lifted to allow tall ships on the River Thames to pass through—carries 21,000 vehicles and some 40,000 people per day. “This heavy use has had an effect on timber decking of the bridge, which was last refurbished in 1970,” said a statement from the City of London Corporation, which owns the Victorian Gothic landmark. “To ensure that the bridge continues ...

MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: Harry Potter magic smashes Asia for the final time on Sunday morning, as aspiring witches and wizards crowded into bookstores to get their hands on the first copies of a new play that imagines the hero as an adult. Launch parties for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” were held hours after the play’s premiere in London, setting the stage for a return of the series that has captivated readers and movie spectators worldwide. Nearly 300 fans hurried through the doors of Kinokuniya bookstore on Singapore’s Orchard Road at 7:01 am to become one of ...

MNA Sports Desk: Bangladeshi superstar and Sussex pace-man Mustafizur Rahman missed Sunday’s Royal London One Day Cup match against Gloucestershire due to a shoulder injury. The fast bowler was feeling pain during the last match, his second in the Natwest T20 Blast, which prompted his club to rest him for today’s game. “The previous shoulder pain has returned. I have met a physician here.” Mustafiz told to media over phone from England on Sunday. The Satkhira lad is scheduled to undergo a scan on his shoulder today or tomorrow. His teams and the fans need to wait till then. He ...

Sadiq Khan, a proud Pakistani-born bus driver’s son became London’s first Muslim mayor. He is so liberal that, he backed gay marriage and even launched his campaign in a pub. The Labor Party MP also put tackling terrorism and ‘rooting out its cancer’ at the heart of his election manifesto and pledged to put the capital on a ‘war-footing from day one’. Mayor Khan was helped into City Hall by Tory rival Zac Goldsmith’s campaign, which was even branded ‘racist’ by his own party after he claimed Labor ‘thinks terrorists are its friends’. But his political career has been dogged ...

Sadiq Khan has urged London voters to choose hope over fear in the Mayoral election as he attempts to bring policy back to the forefront of an increasingly bitter mayoral campaign. Khan, the Labor Party candidate bidding to be the first Muslim mayor of London, has repeatedly had to fend off accusations of links to extremism made by the Tory campaign for Zac Goldsmith. In his last speech before Londoners go to the polls on Thursday, Khan outlined his vision for a better London. Contrasting his oft-referenced humble origins with those of the billionaire Goldsmith, he reiterated his pledge to ...