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Greater London Awami League organised a discussion meeting on six point movement on 7th June in a restaurant in East London.   Speakers at that meeting emphasised that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibor Rahman’s six point movement was the undeclared call for independence.  They also said that sovereign Bangladesh is the result of Bangbandhu’s six point movement. President of Greater London Awami League ...

Jagannathpur British Bangla Education Trust organised its executive committee meeting on 4th of June in a restaurant in East London.  Organisation’s President Alhaj Sajjad Miah presided over the meeting and General Secretary Mollik Shakur Wadud conducted it. Speakers who gave speech in the meeting included Tresurer Hasanat Ahmed Chunnu, Member Muhib Chowdhury, Rafique Miah, Nurul Haque Lala Miah, Md Iliyas, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :   Nadeem Qadir who has recently taken the post of Minister Press at the Bangladesh High Commission in London said he was on a mission to promote Bangladesh positively. To promote beautiful Bangladesh and in that effort he wanted the co-operation of the UK based Bengali journalists to assist him. He was speaking at a dinner ...

The changing face of Whitechapel over the coming years was the focus of a Future of London event last week (Thursday, May 28) – Communities in Transition. A number of speakers engaged with planners, developers, and local residents in a lively discussion about what change would mean for Whitechapel. Speakers included key players in Whitechapel’s transformation, such as: •    Tower ...

  As part of the Ramadan public health campaign set to be launched next Tuesday, key speakers including Barts Health NHS Trust Public Health Director, Dr Ian Basnett and Imam Faruq Siddiqi, the Trust’s Muslim Chaplain, will reinforce the importance of seeking medical advice prior to fasting, if a patient suffers from any chronic illness or health complication. Ramadan is ...

Shamsul Islam Selim has been elected as the first Bangladeshi councillor from Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.  His home district is Sunamganj in Sylhet. Cllr Selim was elected from Castle Without ward from Conservative Party.   Even though he was elected from Windsor, he does not live there but runs his business here. Shamsul Islam Selim is also the first ...

Sunamganj District Association organised a meeting in Del Centre in East London on 1st June.  A huge number of UK living former residents of Sunamganj took part in the meeting.   Organisation’s convenor Shah Jillul Karim presided over the meeting and Member Secretary Anisuzzaman Azad conducted it. Prominent politician Abul Lais Miah addressed the audience as the chief guest of the ...

Poor families in Korail slum, Kapazia, and Sylhet Town benefiting from free day care services six days a week Apasen International was proud to announce this week that it has started providing its first free health and education services in Bangladesh to poor families with children with severe learning disabilities, autism, and other special needs. Working with the highly respected ...

Bangladesh is the role model of development in the world now. Dr. Abdul Momen, permanent representative in United Nations from Bangladesh, has told this in a view-exchanging meeting with Sylhet Shommiloni at Monte Fiore Centre on 23 May. He also said that Bangladesh is advancing in faster pace. Especially, this country has achieved a lot in agriculture, education, health, poverty ...

Non-resident Bangladeshis will feel honoured if Bangladesh government declares one day of the year as NRB day. Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN Dr A K Abdul Momen told this in a meeting held in a networking dinner organised by Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) on 24 May. He also pledged that he would lobby this to Bangladesh ...