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Sharif Ahmed Majumder1 v. Secretary of State for the Home Department       (IA/31380/2014) Judgment Date: 23 March 2016   We act for the appellant, Mr Sharif Ahmed Majumder, in this appeal. Mr Majumder was represented by Counsel, Mr Michael Biggs of 12 Old Square instructed by Universal Solicitors at the hearing before the Presidential Panel. Background BBC Television ...

School children were taught about a range of subjects to help keep them and others safe at a Junior Citizen event supported by the council. The Junior Citizen event for Year 6 (10 to 11 year-old) pupils was held from 14-24 April and is designed to educate children about the dangers they might face as they prepare to move to secondary school. ...

Emdad Rahman : In light of the atrocities committed in Istanbul and Belgium, Citizens UK, Darul Ummah, St Georges in the East and St Mary’s Cable Street joined other community groups and individuals to hold a peace vigil. The short service, which included different faiths took place at Watney Market Square during lunchtime and included speeches from community representatives and ...

Residents were honoured at the Tower Hamlets Community Safety Awards at a ceremony that took place at Regents Lake Banqueting Venue in Bow on Tuesday (22 March). Prizes were awarded to members of the community who made a significant contribution to making the borough a safer place during 2015. Special recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Community Safety was awarded to Nicholas Cheeseman ...

Adarsha Uchcho Vidyalaya and College of Dowlotpur of Bishwanath organised reunion of its former students in the UK at Impression Hall in Newham.  The event took place on 7th of March where a huge number of former students came and made the event colourful. Hafeez Maolana Mohammod Kawasr started the event reciting from Quran.   The reunion was presided over by ...

Jagannathpur Upozilla Welfare Trust UK conducted free eye clinic in Usharkandi Union whrer thousands of people form Usharkandi and neighbouring unions took this service.  The eye clinic took place in Usharkandi Borofechi Model Government Primary School.  People who came for treatment received medicine, spectacles and advice. Local UP Chairman Ayub Khan inaugurated the eye clinic while Vice-President of the Trust ...

Tower Hamlets Speaker Abdul Mukith Chunu MBE hosted a charity dinner at Brady Art Centre on 8th March. Speaker Consort Mrs Fatima Chowdhury organised the charity dinner which also observed the International Women’s Day.  Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs was present as Chief Guest at the dinner. Fund which was gathered from the charity dinner would be given ...

Sylhet Friends Club Wales organised a discussion meeting and cake cutting event to observe the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu. The discussion meeting and cake cutting take place in a restaurant in Wales on the first hour of 17th March. Shahbaj Ali of Sylhet Friends Club Wales presided over the meeting and Mohammed Selim conducted it. Sylhet District Awami League Health ...

The Supreme Court of Bangladesh upheld a death sentence on Tuesday imposed by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICTB) on a media personality and ex-central president of Bangladesh Islami Chattra-Shibir for killing of a freedom fighter during the 1971 war of independence.  Save Bangladesh a UK-based human rights organisation especially working for Bangladesh called for a protest meeting on Tuesday to ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah : As part of Tower Hamlets Women’s History Month, the Swadhinata Trust in association with the Idea Store organised  an event titled ‘Inspired by Jahanara Iman’ to celebrate the life of writer and political activist Jahanara Imam on Saturday 19 March  at the Idea Store, Whitechapel. Julie Begum of the Swadhinata Trust invited women to come and be inspired by Jahanara ...