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Careers fit for the future as WorkPath joins forces with leading broadband firm

Future engineers from across Tower Hamlets have been given the opportunity to get a hands-on insight into the role. Around 40 residents of the borough were able to handle equipment and try their hand at different wiring techniques thanks to a new partnership between leading broadband firm Hyperoptic and WorkPath, the council’s dedicated employment and training service. When Hyperoptic needed ...

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Mayor John Biggs responds to coroner consultation and calls for the greatest flexibility to restore trust in the service

  Mayor John Biggs and his Statutory Deputy Mayor Sirajul Islam have today called for the greatest flexibility in dealing with cases to restore trust in the coroner service. They have responded to the consultation on how to prioritise cases by calling for residents to be supported during a time of bereavement, and welcomed the fact that the proposals include ...

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Hobiganj will soon see an agricultural University: Abu Zahir MP

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has given us independence.  There is no establishment in Habiganj that carries the name of Bangabandhu, to pay off the debt of our the Father of our Nation, we have established Sheikh Hasina Medical College in Habiganj, in his daughter’s name.  If your love is with us, we can do a lot for the welfare of Hobiganj.  MP of ...

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CPRMB meeting to protect minorities

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: A meeting of Campaign for the Protection of Religious Minorities in Bangladesh (CPRMB) was held on 27 July in Essex to review activities and exchange views on future events in furtherance of their goals and objectives. With the CPRMB’s President Devasish Das in the chair, the interactive session appreciated of CPRMB’s recent participation in a meeting at ...

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All European Bangabandhu Porishad’s triennial meeting held

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: On 22 July the Triennial General Meeting and election of the All-European Bangabandhu Porishad (AEBP) was held in East London’s Microbusiness Centre. Outgoing Acting President Ahmad Hossain Joarder chaired and Joint Secretary S M Mustafizur Rahman conducted the meeting. Vice President of the UK Awami League Professor Abul Hashem was present as the chief guest and Dr ...

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Jubdol Uk Branch has been organised protest meeting

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi  Jubdol –Uk Branch  has been organised  protest meeting  at B N P office . Jubdol Secretary General S Karim yesterday said they will face their Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman’s conviction in a money-laundering case both legally and politically.The Protest meeting was special guest M A Malik president of BNP. “We’ve got disappointed and aggrieved by the High ...

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UK JASOD observes Taher Dibosh: Posthumous trial demanded

The UK JASOD had organised a meeting to commemorate 40th ‘Taher Dibosh’ on 27 July at the Montefiore Centre, East London. Taher Dibosh is observed to remember the political activism of Col Abu Taher (Bir Uttom) who was hanged to death on 21 July 1976 following a military tribunal inside the Jail. In 2011 the High Court overturned the judgement ...

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Amar Jonmobhumi to honour British Bengali journalists

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Nadeem Qadir, Minister Press at Bangladesh High Commission announced the launching of a project titled ‘Amar Jonmobhumi’ to honour British Bengali journalists at a Press Briefing held on July 22, 2016 in Café Grill, Brick Lane, East London. In announcing the scheme, the Minister for Press said while in post in London he realised the ...

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BHRC organised its special general meeting

Humanist should act without any greed and gluttony and individualism.  To be a humanist, one needs give up his egotism and people who can give up their petty interest and dedicate themselves for the benefit of others, only they can be true humanist.  The speakers at a special general meeting of Bangladesh Human Rights Association UK branch told this. The ...

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