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Local hero Chris Searle, a student teacher who was sacked for publishing a collection of his pupil’s poems returned to Stepney. Chris was joined by BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Alan Dein at the Local History Library on November 12 as part of the Globe Road Poetry Festival. In 1973 Chris was working as a teacher at Sir John Cass School ...

The Chief Executive Officer of Shipar Air Services and general body member of FBCCI Mr Khandakar Shipar Ahmed has arrived in the UK to take part in the 2nd UK-Bangladesh E-commerce Fair. He will be representing Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in the fair before he returns to Bangladesh on the 22nd instant. Mr Khandakar Shipar ...

Calling upon the Bangladesh government to restore the atmosphere of political coexistence in the country, UK Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal demanded the quick release of senior opposition leaders, including Dr. Khandakar Musharraf Hussain. The call was made in a meeting of UK Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal, which was held on the 3rd of November 2015 at a Bethnal Green restaurant in east London. Dr. ...

Metropolitan Police officers, part funded by the council, have been enforcing smoke free legislation across the borough in a series of initiatives. Partnership Task Force (PTF) officers joined the council’s smoke free and public health teams to remind residents that smoking in a car with a person under the age 18 is now an offence. Under the legislation that was ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: ‘Rising Silence’ a fundraising panel discussion on Sexual Violence in Conflict and the Birangona Women of Bangladesh was held on 5 November, Kobi Nazrul Centre, East London as part of A Season of Bangla Drama festival. Birangona means ‘Brave Woman’ and this was the honorific granted to the hundreds of thousands of survivors of the campaign ...

By Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: A meeting was organised by the ‘European Action Group on Climate Change in Bangladesh’ (EAG) on Monday 2nd   November 2015 at Montefiore Centre, Hanbury Street, East London to discuss issues relating to the environmental movement in Bangladesh and what might emerge in COP21 conference in Paris later this year. The principal guest speaker at the ...

Rapper Wiley has today been presented with the MOBO Paving the Way award at the school he attended as a boy, Bow School. Wiley attended a ceremony which unveiled a commemorative stone installed at Bow School, which recognises his accomplishments within the world of music. The stone features lyrics from Wiley’s song Bow, E3: “I’m so E3, the whole of ...

Sheikh Fahima Tarin Ahmed has received Bachelor of Science Degree from South Bank University this year successfully.  She is the first child of Sheikh Shamim Ahmed and Sheikh Rakia Ahmed  Raki of North London.  Sheikh Shamim Ahmed is currently the Vice-president of Human Rights Commission UK, Joint Treasurer of Inotganj-Digholbak Ganadabi Parishad, Vice-chair of Sheikhbari Kalyan Trust and prominent community ...

Hobibpur-Keshabpur Madrasa Society UK held an emergency meeting in a hall in East London on 19th October. Chairman of the society Alhaj Arfiq Ali presieded over the meeting and Abu Tareq Shipon and Masud Rahman jointly conducted it. Guests who addressed the audience included Treasurer of the society and prominent community leader Md Hasnu Miah, Trustee of British Bangla Education ...

Patients and visitors at Whipps Cross University Hospital are now able to immediately identify the senior nurse on their ward following the launch of new ‘Nurse in Charge’ badges. As part of Barts Health’s drive to ensure safe and compassionate care, the distinctive red badge will be worn by the senior nurse on every shift at the hospital. Associate Director ...