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Afghanistan’s first female conductor

For many years, the Taliban banned music and the education of girls in Afghanistan – and although many women still find themselves restricted, one 17-year-old has become the country’s first female conductor. Kabul is a noisy place with helicopters, sirens, and heavy traffic. But walking into a building in one of the city’s quieter neighbourhoods, I’m welcomed by quite a ...

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SeaWorld to phase out killer whale display in San Diego

The SeaWorld theme park in the US state of California is to phase out controversial public displays by killer whales, its chief executive has said. Joel Manby announced that 2017 will be the last year of the show in San Diego. He said that the move was part of a strategy that seeks to reverse falling visitor numbers at the ...

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Khandakar Shipar Ahmed participates UK-Bangladesh E-commerce Fair

The Chief Executive Officer of Shipar Air Services and general body member of FBCCI Mr Khandakar Shipar Ahmed has arrived in the UK to take part in the 2nd UK-Bangladesh E-commerce Fair. He will be representing Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in the fair before he returns to Bangladesh on the 22nd instant. Mr Khandakar Shipar ...

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UK Chhatradal demands Dr. Khandakar Musharraf Hussain’s release

Calling upon the Bangladesh government to restore the atmosphere of political coexistence in the country, UK Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal demanded the quick release of senior opposition leaders, including Dr. Khandakar Musharraf Hussain. The call was made in a meeting of UK Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal, which was held on the 3rd of November 2015 at a Bethnal Green restaurant in east London. Dr. ...

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Police clamp down on smokers

Metropolitan Police officers, part funded by the council, have been enforcing smoke free legislation across the borough in a series of initiatives. Partnership Task Force (PTF) officers joined the council’s smoke free and public health teams to remind residents that smoking in a car with a person under the age 18 is now an offence. Under the legislation that was ...

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Birangona discussion held

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: ‘Rising Silence’ a fundraising panel discussion on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Birangona Women of Bangladesh was held on 5 November, Kobi Nazrul Centre, East London as part of A Season of Bangla Drama festival. Birangona means ‘Brave Woman’ and this was the honorific granted to the hundreds of thousands of survivors of the campaign ...

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Meeting with Bangladesh’s Poribesh Bacchao Andolan

By Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: A meeting was organised by the ‘European Action Group on Climate Change in Bangladesh’ (EAG) on Monday 2nd   November 2015 at Montefiore Centre, Hanbury Street, East London to discuss issues relating to the environmental movement in Bangladesh and what might emerge in COP21 conference in Paris later this year. The principal guest speaker at the ...

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1st unofficial Test: Bangladesh A all out for 268 against Zimbabwe A

Bangladesh A team now touring Zimbabwe were all out for 268 runs in 83.3 overs against hosts Zimbabwe A on the first day of the four-day first unofficial Test match at the Harare Sport Club ground on Monday. Two down Mosaddek Hossain hammered 66 runs off 99 balls including seven fours and two sixes, lower order Saqlain Sajib contributed an ...

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Grime artist Wiley returns to Bow School

Rapper Wiley has today been presented with the MOBO Paving the Way award at the school he attended as a boy, Bow School. Wiley attended a ceremony which unveiled a commemorative stone installed at Bow School, which recognises his accomplishments within the world of music. The stone features lyrics from Wiley’s song Bow, E3: “I’m so E3, the whole of ...

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Sheikh Fahima Tarin obtains Bachelor of Science degree

Sheikh Fahima Tarin Ahmed has received Bachelor of Science Degree from South Bank University this year successfully.  She is the first child of Sheikh Shamim Ahmed and Sheikh Rakia Ahmed  Raki of North London.  Sheikh Shamim Ahmed is currently the Vice-president of Human Rights Commission UK, Joint Treasurer of Inotganj-Digholbak Ganadabi Parishad, Vice-chair of Sheikhbari Kalyan Trust and prominent community ...

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