Shows and tours MUST be booked in advance.Tours are led by our entertaining and informative guides who will bring to life the work of the BBC's brand new, state of the art, multimedia broadcasting centre in the heart of London. These are external links and will open in a new windowSeven Islamists have been sentenced to death for a 2016 attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed.The attack on the Holey Artisan cafe in Dhaka was carried out by a group of five men, who took diners hostage.Eight people were on trial, accused of planning the attack and supplying weapons.
However, the BBC Shop and Media Cafe’ is still open to the public. "The attitude toward internet cafes should not be to simply close them down, but to improve regulation," he says. The tours are run by live guides who are experts in media broadcasting and who will take groups directly into some of the studios here, in addition to providing an entertaining rhetoric on the history of the BBC.
"What kind of Muslims are these people? A man who shot a father-of-two in a south-east London cafe has been jailed for life after he admitted the murder. Sitting on the top of Upper Regent Street, it is built entirely of Portland Stone and is now a grade II listed building.
Media caption A Dhaka resident captured the sound of gunshots during the raid in 2016. Family members and friends of the victims had gathered in the vicinity, anxiously waiting for news.Bangladesh Army Brig Gen Naim Asraf Chowdhury said the victims had been "brutally" attacked with sharp weapons.
Five were killed during the attack, eight in later anti-militant operations, the paper said.At least 80 suspected militants were killed and more than 300 people arrested during a wave of operations that followed the attack.Before that there had been a string of deadly attacks on secular writers, bloggers and members of religious minorities.The Bangladeshi government repeatedly denied international jihadist groups, such as IS and al-Qaeda, were behind these attacks, usually blaming the JMB instead.But security forces were subjected to intense criticism for failing to prevent the violence. Some teenagers are so deeply entrapped by such internet cafes that their minds are severely distorted." Internet cafes are becoming an ever more frequent sight on street corners throughout China and are provoking fierce debate, with the government seeking to curb them while intellectuals argue their merits as a source of information. Information for journalists, bloggers and online commentators including latest news about the BBC, media packs and programme information. As of 30th April 2016, the BBC no longer offers tours of the Broadcasting House. Abet Laminati’s impressive Colours range features in BBC media cafe High Pressure Laminate from Abet Laminati has been used to furnish the Media Café in the newly refurbished BBC Broadcasting House in central London. The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster. My husband died for his country and is considered a martyr," Umme Salma told BBC Bengali. There's also a great view over the BBC Newsroom so do come back and visit us soon! Up to 15% …
"So-called internet cafes scattered around the country are particularly blighted by the 'online poison'. Media caption A Dhaka resident captured the sound of gunshots during the raid in 2016. The cafe’ overlooks the BBC Newsroom which means you can still see where all the action happens! Since the attack, Bangladesh authorities have led a brutal crackdown on militants it sees as a destabilising force in the predominantly Muslim country.Public prosecutor Golam Sarwar Khan, speaking after the verdict was delivered, said the charges against the accused "were proved beyond any doubt". Against this background, some such as scholar Zhang Wei argue that the existence of net cafes has become a necessary part of modern Chinese life. And there were huge human rights concerns over how the operations were conducted.The government claims it dismantled Islamist militant groups. Journalist Wu Yan for his part says internet cafes are being set up most rapidly in "underdeveloped" regions and suggests they will "help narrow the gap between urban and rural areas". Bangladesh cafe siege: Briton Hasnat Karim to be freed Bangladesh cafe siege: Chef's family waits for answers Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.The first radio broadcast from the building was made on 15 March 1932, and the building was officially opened two months later, on 15 May. But I'll consider myself lucky because I've been showered with respect and support.
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