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Police have made their first arrests at a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday with one held under the Terrorism Act over a placard that could incite hatred. Scotland Yard said it had made three arrests at Piccadilly Circus, where a sit-in protest was staged following previous demonstrations in Oxford Circus and outside Broadcasting House. One was held after ...

    Muhammed Shahed Rahman :     An executive committee meeting of the Greater Sylhet Development and Welfare Council in UK East London Branch initiative was held at the GSC head office. Barrister Ataur Rahman, Central Chairperson of GSC, was present as the chief guest in the meeting held recently under the chairmanship of Abdul Malik Kuti, the organization’s ...

The London police guns and gangs unit is investigating two separate shootings that occurred within an hour of each other this weekend, which they say are unrelated. They’re also probing a third case that was called in Monday morning. Police say that the first two shootings took place at 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. on Saturday at homes on Rhine ...

  A preparatory meeting of the Redbridge Community Trust (RCT) for the upcoming awards ceremony for students of Bangladeshi origin living in London was held on Sunday, 5pm at Apple Real Estate, Oaks Lane.  President of Redbridge Community Trust (RCT) Mohammed Ohid Uddin presided over the meeting. Secretary of Redbridge Community Trust Shaheen Chowdhury was congratulated by the RCT for ...

Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters have marched in London and across the UK to urge an end to Israel’s attacks in Gaza. Demonstrators gathered on the streets of the capital holding flags and banners as they demanded an end to the bombing. There have been nine arrests, some of which are being treated as suspected hate crimes. Protests also ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     Chief Editor of Our Voice Online and former Deutsche Welle DW journalist Dr. Hossain Abdul Hai got a Fellowship for Covering Rare Diseases from the National Press Foundation (NPF) from the United States of America (USA). Publishing the final selection of the global fellows, NPF congratulated 25 journalists who were selected for NPF’s 2023 ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Greater Sylhet Council UK is announced at a representative meeting in New Udyam through a pledge of £50,000 from lifetime members. The Convening Committee began its journey by announcing that 100 Life Members would take £50,000 to take Greater Sylhet UK forward at a new initiative. Within the next 6 months, with great enthusiasm and new ...

London mayor Sadiq Khan, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham are among those who want the Labour leadership to strengthen its position and back a full cessation of violence between Israel and Hamas. Sir Keir is united with Rishi Sunak, the US, and most recently the EU in pushing for “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting, ...

LONDON: A woman who left Britain to marry a fighter of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group when she was a teenager began her appeal against the revocation of her citizenship in a UK court on Tuesday. A lawyer for Shamima Begum, 24, told the Court of Appeal in London that the Home Office had failed to consider its legal ...

South Londoners will soon benefit from improved transport links as a bus route is set to be extended to the newly built Springfield University Hospital. The extension to route 315 will mean buses will run between West Norwood and the new hospital in Tooting. The frequency of the 315 will remain every 20 minutes Monday to Saturday during the day ...