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  Shine a spotlight on the extraordinary women who are helping to balance the scales for gender equity and making a local impact, at the Tower Hamlets Women’s Awards 2026. Now in its third year, the awards celebrate the achievements, leadership and impact of women across the borough. First launched in 2024 by Tower Hamlets Council, alongside the Women’s Commission, ...

Matiar Chowdhury :   This is a an independent and indepth analysis of Bangladesh Liberation War and what happened post 5th August. The fall of the elected government and rise of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus and his student advisors. Authored by Christopher Blackburn (Director Swiss Bangladesh Stratagic forum) Robert Bob Lancia (United States Navy Chaplain & State Representative Washington) Priyajit ...

The four-year sentence comes on top of a two-year sentence for corruption charges handed to Siddiq towards the end of last year. In December 2025, she was found guilty of influencing her aunt to use “her special power” to secure a plot of land in the outskirts of the capital Dhaka. The Hampstead and Highgate MP described the process as ...

  Scrapping council tax for foster carers – £780k to cover all costs £22.5m for adult social care to support increasing demand in addition to having introduced universal free homecare for all residents who need it £2.58m to extend food waste collection to 124k flats £453k for team to support home schooled children Pilot to extend leisure centre opening hours ...

  The new girls centre follows feedback from young people  Part of council’s wider £13.7m investment into Young Tower Hamlets Council achieves milestone of opening 20 youth centres in the borough since 2022 at a time when many youth centres have been closed across the country Tower Hamlets has London’s youngest population – average age of 30 Council’s youth support already includes universal free school meals for all primary ...

S K M Ashraful Huda: A discussion and publication event on two poetry books by poet and journalist Muhammad Rahmat Ali has been held in London. A discussion was held on his poetry books ‘Bilater Brishti’ and ‘Ami Jhokon Chole Jabo’ in the presence of British Bangladeshi writers, poets and literary figures at the event held at the Darpan Media ...

The Mayor is falling short of delivering the affordable homes that Londoners need most, a City Hall report has concluded. The social housing system is failing to keep pace with increasing demand from families and disabled Londoners, the London Assembly Housing Committee have said in a new publication. There is especially a lack of affordable family-sized and accessible homes in ...

A major rail line remains partially closed between Euston station and Watford Junction following a large fire in north London, affecting some services to cities including Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. About 70 firefighters tackled the blaze, which started at about 09:30 GMT at a commercial building on Regent’s Park Road in Chalk Farm, London Fire Brigade (LFB) said. It ...

  A senior British MP has warned that the credibility of Bangladesh’s future elections is at risk unless all political parties are allowed to participate freely in the democratic process. Robert John Blackman CBE MP, Conservative Member of Parliament for Harrow East, made the remarks while addressing a high-level seminar titled “Bangladesh at the Crossroads” at the House of Lords. The event, ...

A COOKBOOK with delicious recipes from around the world, a film which captured waves of migration, and photography exhibition of community portraits and storytelling were just some of highlights at an event celebrating community cohesion in Tower Hamlets. Hosted by the council, The Best of the World in One Borough event on January 22, brought together community groups who had ...