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Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq has referred herself to the PM’s standards adviser after controversy over her links to her aunt’s political movement in Bangladesh. It comes after the minister was named last month in an investigation into claims her family embezzled infrastructure funding in the country. Siddiq had faced growing calls for an investigation after reports in recent days she ...

Tulip Siddiq, a British treasury minister and ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina’s niece, has used at least three London apartments as her official address despite the properties being once owned by people close to Hasina’s despotic regime. The current residence of Siddiq’s mother and Hasina’s sister Sheik Rehana also has ties to a glaringly questionable pro-Awami League figure. The UK-based Financial ...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has received a knighthood, one among a number of politicians named in the New Year Honours list. Sir Sadiq said it was already the “honour of my life to serve the city I love” and that he was “truly humbled” to have been made a knight. However, senior Conservatives including shadow home secretary Chris Philp labelled ...

  The mayor of London has warned people to be aware of scammers ahead of the capital’s official New Year’s eve fireworks event. Sadiq Khan said tickets for the famous annual display, which takes place around South Bank and Victoria Embankment, had sold out having gone on sale in October. “Ticketmaster is the only place to buy resale tickets – ...

A man has appeared in court charged with four counts of attempted murder after pedestrians were hit by a car in London’s West End on Christmas Day. The car was travelling on the wrong side of the road in Shaftesbury Avenue, Soho – in the capital’s theatre district – when it hit four people at 00:45 GMT on Wednesday. One ...

  Tower Hamlets came alive with vibrant sounds of dance, music, and poetry on Sunday, 15th December 2024, as residents gathered at the Brady Arts Centre to celebrate Bangladesh Victory Day. This community event, organised in collaboration with the Soytten Sen School of Performing Arts and supported by Bangladesh Udichi Shilpi Gosthi, marked a significant moment of unity and cultural ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   A special screening of “Rising Silence,” a documentary about survivors of Bangladesh’s 1971 Liberation War, marked International Human Rights Day and Bangladesh Victory Day at Eastbourne Town Hall on 16 December. The event, organised by Crossing The Screen in collaboration with Bombay Avenue and the United Nations Association Eastbourne, drew prominent attendees, including Eastbourne MP Josh ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Apsana Begum, Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse, has expressed her concerns regarding the recent increase in the No Visa Required (NVR) fee for Bangladeshi origin foreign nationals. In a letter addressed to Mr Mohammad Hazrat Ali Khan, the Acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh in London, Begum highlighted that the fee would rise to £70 ...

    Redbridge Community Trust UK commemorated the 54th Victory Day of Bangladesh  at Ayan’s Restaurant in Forest Gate, East London. The event was presided over by the trust’s president, Mohammed Ohid Uddin, and conducted by the general secretary, Rtn. Shaheen Shah Alam Choudhury. The honourable guests included Syed Monsur Ahmed khan,  Secretary of Friends of the National Heart Foundation ...

The Bangladesh Probashi Kallyan Parishad (BPKP) celebrated Bangladesh’s Victory Day at the historic Guildhall in the City of London, marking the pivotal day of 16 December 1971 when Bangladesh secured its independence. Hosted by Cllr Munsur Ali, Chair of the Culture, Heritage and Libraries Committee, the event brought together nearly fifty members and management committee representatives of BPKP for an ...