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In the past few years, thousands of hardworking individuals have arrived in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa. They have been contributing significantly in vital sectors such as health and social care, hospitality, and transport. Not only in their workplaces, but together with their families, these individuals have become a vibrant part of the local community. Many of them ...

  24 May 2025, London, UK: With over 650,000 people across the UK, and a rising presence in politics, business, and academia, the British Bangladeshi diaspora is one of the most influential diaspora communities in the world. To foster deeper collaboration between the UK-based Bangladeshi diaspora and Bangladesh development, Oxfam officially launched its new initiative “Bridge to Bangladesh”. Unveiled at ...

A 43-year-old woman and three children – a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four – have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, at about 01:20 BST. A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in ...

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen two high-value London properties owned by Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, son of prominent Bangladeshi businessman and former investment adviser to Sheikh Hasina, Salman F Rahman, according to a report by the Financial Times (FT). The freezing orders were issued as part of a civil investigation into alleged embezzlement by individuals linked ...

  Responding to the Prime Minister saying that more pensioners will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments next winter, Liberal Democrat’s for Wanstead Village said: “The world’s longest u-turn continues. This will be cold comfort to many vulnerable pensioners in Wanstead Village who lost out on vital payments last winter. “Keir Starmer’s backtrack is far too late for the millions ...

    CLLR Shibley Alam has been announced as the 50th civic mayor of Tameside. She will take office at the council’s annual meeting on Tuesday 20 May. She is not only the first woman born in Bangladesh to be a mayor of Tameside, but of any authority in the north of England. Currently serving as the borough’s deputy mayor, ...

  London: The legendary journalist, columnist, author of the immortal Ekushey song. On the third death anniversary of “Abdul Gaffar Choudhury”, a prayer and Milad Mahfil was organised on 19 May 2025 at the Brick Lane Mosque in East London. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury’s four grieving children, Anupam Reza Chowdhury, Tanima Chowdhury, Chinmayee Chowdhury and Indira Chowdhury, organised this memorial gathering ...

THE 141st Mayor of Warrington has been confirmed as the annual meeting of the council. Cllr Mo Hussain will take on the role alongside Deputy Mayor Cllr Sagheer Zaman. The Great Sankey councillor has been a champion of the Warrington community for more than 45 years, with more than 30 years dedicated to voluntary service. A spokesman for the council said: “Deeply ...

  London, 20 May 2025 — In a landmark event for freedom of expression and human rights, two powerful Bangladeshi documentaries were screened yesterday at Portcullis House, House of Commons, shedding light on the harrowing events of the July Revolution 2024, which saw a brutal crackdown on student-led pro-democracy protests in Bangladesh. Hosted by Apsana Begum MP, Chair of the ...

    Dr. Omar Mohammed Shafi, the first British Bangladeshi doctor from the distinguished Rafi Shukku family of Deulgram, Beani Bazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh. This proud achievement is shared by his family, as Prof. Dr. Omar Mohammed Shafi also received both a medical doctor and a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the same convocation, marking a historic moment for the family and ...