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Police reopen Wimbledon school crash investigation

The parents of one of the two children who died in the Wimbledon school crash have said they hope a new investigation will end the “hell” they are going through and believe the victims “deserve answers”. Franky Lau and Jessie Deng’s daughter Selena was one of two children who died and 12 injured when a Land Rover drove into the ...

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Call for action to stop violence in Chittagong Hill Tracts

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Jumma Peoples Network UK, in association with Amnesty International, Survival International, and Friends of CHT organised a peaceful demonstration at the UK Parliament Square in London on Saturday, 19th October, against the recent violent communal attacks on the Indigenous Jumma peoples by Bengali settlers in the presence of state forces in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, ...

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Mohammad Feroz a senior leader of the Cardiff Bangladeshi community one of the organizers of the liberation war in exile is no more.

  Matiar Chowdhury:   Mohammad Feroz, a prominent community figure who was one of the organizers of the liberation war in exile, is no more (Inna…Lilla…Hi….Rajiun). On Thursday October 17, 2024, at 12:30 PM London time, he died while undergoing treatment at the Heath Hospital in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. He was 80 years old at the time of ...

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UK Bangla Reporters Unity Badminton Tournament ’24 Completed

  Muhammed Shahed Rahman :   Annual Badminton Competition of UK Bangla Reporters Unity has concluded. A total of fifteen teams took part in the competition held at Newham Leisure Center on Monday (14 October 2024) at 4pm. UK Bangla Reporters Unity President Ansar Ahmed Ullah presided over the prize distribution ceremony after the game. Chair of Newham Council Cllr ...

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Redbridge Community Trust’s Management Committee meeting held.

   Redbridge Community Trust’s Management Committee general meeting held on last Sunday, October 13, at a restaurant in Romford Road, Forest Gate, London .  President Mohammed Ohid Uddin presided over and General Secretary Rotarian Shahin Shah Alam Chowdhury conducted the meeting . In the opening the Quran recitated by Kamrul Hossain Delwar. After everyone’s introduction, in the feedback session for the committee members, a decision has been ...

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Macmillan Cancer Support Coffee Morning held at Tower Hamlets

    The London Bureau of Tower Hamlets Council’s Transport Department held a coffee morning event to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. Macmillan caters to people of all walks of life regardless of race, religion, caste. Funds raised are used to provide medical care for terminally ill cancer patients. A cancer patient can be cured by this donation of ...

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The wealth of British-Bangladeshis in Bangladesh is unprotected

By Muhammed Shahed Rahman: Center for British Bangladeshis (CFBB) has organized a seminar on “What to do to protect the assets of British-Bangladeshis in Bangladesh”. In this seminar held on Friday (October 11) evening at LMC in East London, the speakers said that the resources of British-Bangladeshis in Bangladesh are not protected. A class of opportunity-seeking people are always on ...

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Shah Abdul Karim Folk Festival held in London

Muhammed Shahed Rahman :   Baul Shah Abdul Karim Folk Festival-2024 was held in London with the participation of more than half a hundred artists in a splendid atmosphere. It was organized for the first time by Aryan Film and Globe TV at the Brady Arts Center in London. The program was hosted by UK BD TV cultural director and ...

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EastHands Hosts Final Charity Capacity-Building Workshop to Empower Local Communities

  London, 10 October 2024 – EastHands proudly held its final charity capacity-building workshop today at the London Bangla Press Club in East London. The event, attended by over 30 participants, marked the culmination of a series of targeted training sessions aimed at equipping staff, trustees, volunteers, and committee members with the skills necessary to strengthen their community engagement and ...

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Racist attack or something else? British Bangladeshi Rais Uddin was killed by a white neighbor in London

  Matiar Chowdhury:   A British Bangladeshi named Rais Uddin (48) was killed by a white neighbor in Newham area of ​​East London, the capital of England. According to family sources, he died on Monday evening London time while undergoing treatment at St. Bath's Hospital in Central London. The deceased Rais Uddin lived with his family in the Customs House ...

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