{"id":5367,"date":"2015-07-20T11:49:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T10:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5367"},"modified":"2015-07-20T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T10:49:33","slug":"tulip-invites-bangladesh-cricket-team-to-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/tulip-invites-bangladesh-cricket-team-to-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulip invites Bangladesh cricket team to UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tulip-Siddiki.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5368\" src=\"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Tulip-Siddiki.jpg\" alt=\"Tulip Siddiki\" width=\"293\" height=\"172\" \/><\/a>Tulip Siddiq, Bangladesh origin British MP has congratulated Bangladesh cricket team on their consecutive ODI series wins and announced a reception for them in the UK.<br \/>\nThe granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held out the invite while speaking at the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr at an east London auditorium on Sunday.<br \/>\nAbout 1000 people joined Tulip\u2019s event celebrating the Eid \u2013 among whom were five Members of Parliament including the senior Labor Party leader.<br \/>\nLabor leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham, the party\u2019s London mayoral hopeful Sadiq Khan MP, senior Asian MP Keith Vaz, MP Mike Gate, and MP Stephen Timms were among the guests at Sunday\u2019s program.<br \/>\nTulip\u2019s mother Sheikh Rehana, sister of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was present.<br \/>\nThe first-time Labour MP thanked all for their support in her election to the House of Commons.<br \/>\nShe said a reception, bigger than Sunday\u2019s celebrations, would be organized if the Bangladesh team came to London.<br \/>\nGreeting the two other Bangladesh-origin MPs, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq, she said, \u201cI want to greet the cricket team of Bangladesh. We want the team to come over here. We invite you. We want to give you a reception.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Hampstead and Kilburn MP also said she wished Burnham would be the leader of the Labour Party and if that happened, she would take Burnham to Bangladesh.<br \/>\nBurnham said they gathered not only to celebrate the Eid but also to celebrate the election of Tulip, who he said \u2018is going to be one of the biggest talents in the Labour Party in the next decade or more\u2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/tulip-invites-bangladesh-cricket-team-to-uk\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tulip Siddiq, Bangladesh origin British MP has congratulated Bangladesh cricket team on their consecutive ODI series wins and announced a reception for them in the UK. The granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman held out the invite while speaking at the celebrations of Eid-ul-Fitr at an east London auditorium on Sunday. 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