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It’s the holy month of Ramadan – a time when mosques open their doors, community centres welcome in their neighbours, and even churches and synagogues offer up their spaces as Muslims break their fasts – and people of all faiths and none are often asked to join. Coventry Cathedral is holding its own multi-faith iftar. In Manchester, they’re combining an ...

Sadiq Khan today told Londoners he would be using Ramadan to “get out there and build bridges” between the capital’s different communities. The Mayor, a practising Muslim, said he hoped that the holy month would help “break down the mystique and suspicion” that existed around his  religion. In a message to mark the start of  Ramadan, he said it was ...

European migrants coming to the UK will have to prove that they can speak good English and be subject to an Australian-style points system if Britain votes to leave the EU, according to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Priti Patel. The three leading Conservative out campaigners, who all sit in David Cameron’s main or political cabinet, have issued a joint ...

Cllr Khales Uddin Ahmed has been appointed in as the new Speaker and Cllr Sabina Akhtar has been appointed as Deputy Speaker in the AGM of Tower Hamlets Council held on 18th May. They will carry out their duties for 2016/2017 financial year. The Mayor’s cabinet have not seen any changes. Cabinet members for the last financial year will be ...

On Monday 23rd May 2016, Councillor Syeda Amina Khatun MBE was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the Sandwell Council and Councillor Steve Eling was appointed the Leader. Councillor Syeda Amina Khatun MBE is a Labour councillor in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Councillor Khatun was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999 and was ...

Tower Hamlets Speaker Abdul Mukit Chunu organised a meeting in his office to felicitate the prominent businessman and chirman of JMG cargo Monir Ahmed.  The speaker handed over a felicitation memorandum to Monir Ahmed on 24th May in his office in East London. Tower Hamlets Councilor Sabina Akter conducted this meeting.  Guests who were present in the meeting included General ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow told in a meeting that people who are supporting Vote Leave Campaign, making an excuse that it could help alleviate the Curry industry crisis, are absolutely on a wrong trail. She also said that if the current conservative Party wants to bring people from Bangladesh, they can now. To bring people from ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Luton Borough Council has appointed its first Mayor of Bangladesh origin at a special meeting held on 25 May at Luton Town Hall. The Mayoral Investiture held at Council Chamber formally appointed Tahir Khan as the new Mayor of Luton to serve 2016-2017. Tahir Khan was elected Mayor of the Borough of Luton at Annual Meeting ...

    The Prime Minister also said Boris Johnson was ‘on the wrong side’ of the Brexit debate David Cameron has said Boris Johnson could succeed him as Prime Minister when he steps down before the next general election. When asked whether he stood by his previous suggestion Mr Johnson, George Osborne and Theresa May were all figures who could succeed him, the Prime Minister said he ...

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband has issued a “call to arms”, urging young people to register to vote in next month’s EU referendum. The absence of millions of young voters from the electoral register could lead to a victory for the Leave camp in the EU referendum, he warned. Mr Miliband said their “optimistic generation” can keep Britain in the ...