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    The new Daffodil Oxford Centre for Excellence in Hospitality, based within Daffodil International University, Dhaka, is a collaborative project involving key figures from Bangladesh and UK hospitality and higher education.  As well as providing opportunities for graduates to pursue careers in Bangladesh, the intention is that many will find opportunities for further study and employment in the UK. ...

    Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Shuchishmita Maitra (Auhona), from Essex, achieved the top grade 9 (A**) in all her 10 subjects in her GCSEs. Shuchishmita travelled 70 miles every day, to and from, to attend Southend High Grammar School for Girls, and managed the remainder of her time efficiently, whilst participating in all different extra-curricular activities.  With the support ...

Traffic has reduced by a third in Wapping as a result of a bus gateway installed by Tower Hamlets Council to improve road safety and air quality. The gateway on Wapping High Street is enforced by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. The drivers of motor vehicles passing through the gateway at peak times on weekdays, against the rules, receive ...

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has backed a new national campaign ‘Time Out to Help Out’ which would see workers continue to be paid their full normal wage if they are requested to self-isolate under the NHS Test and Trace system. Many of those who are asked to self-isolate and who cannot work from home are faced with ...

Destruction caused by a seventh-floor kitchen blaze of a house in multiple occupation (HMO) in Whitechapel could have been much worse had it not been for a warning from diligent council officers less than a year earlier. Firefighters were called to the blaze in Sidney Street on Friday 14 August where they found the kitchen in flames. Thankfully, it did ...

On 17 August 2020 a three member UK Nirmul Committee team comprising of Syed Enamul Islam, Vice Chair, Harmuz Ali, Vice Chair and Jamal Ahmed Khan, General Secretary went to see Bangladesh’s High Commissioner to the UK, Saida Muna Tasneem at the Bangladesh High Commission in Kensington to hand over a memorandum addressed to Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of ...

  The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has made a last-ditch appeal to the Government to bring in additional protections for private renters before the eviction ban is lifted at the end of this week (23rd August). Although the Scottish and Welsh governments have moved to increase protections for private renters, there have been no such plans from Westminster despite ...

  The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has branded the Government’s decision to scrap Public Health England (PHE) during the Covid-19 pandemic as ‘irresponsible and astonishing’. The Government’s plans, first announced in a Sunday newspaper, will see the ex-boss of the TalkTalk mobile phone company Dido Harding take control of a new agency called the ‘National Institute for Health Protection’ (NIHP). ...

  Parts of Brick Lane will be temporarily pedestrianised next week to provide safe spacing for walking and outdoor seating for restaurant customers. The temporary closure is being delivered by Tower Hamlets Council using funding from the Department for Transport. From Thursday 27 August, sections of the iconic street will be closed to vehicles to promote social distancing while providing a timely boost to restaurants facing some of the ...

    A council officer who volunteered to put her experience supporting start up businesses to use as a mentor for the borough’s young people has been named London Enterprise Adviser of the Year. By day, Deborah Millington works with budding entrepreneurs to help them put their ideas into action. Last year she saw an opportunity to use the knowledge ...