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In an auspicious occasion Chairman of Brent Central Mosque, Raja Mohammad Riyaz, presented the cheque of £1,000 to the Community Liaison Officer of international NGO Muslim Aid, Mr Mohammad Willayat Khokhar MBE. This amount was given exclusively for the poor and the needy. In the picture: Qari Nazir Ahmad, Mirza Zafar Iqbal, Raja Nazar Hussain, Mayor of Brent Cllr Parvez ...

Internaional Affairs Secretary of Bangladesh Awami Professionals League, M A Quddus has arrived in Lodnon on 17th of July.  He spent a significant amount of time in Bangladesh before returning to the UK. Vice-president of Awami Professionals League Mohammod Nazimuddin and Press and Publicity Secretary Abdul Qadir Chowdhury Murad welcomed him at the airport. Leaders who were present there wished ...

Private Television Chanel NTV recently celebrated its 13th anniversary in Greater Manchester with the slogan ‘In time with future’. Cllr Shefali Faruque started the anniversary event by cutting a cake.  Manchester representative of NTV, Abdul Matin presided over the event and Greater Manchester representative Delwar Hossain presented the anniversary party where a number of NTV journalists and community activists took ...

UK Awami League Sheffield branch organised a meeting on 12th of July in protest of terrorist attacks in Gulshan, Sholakia and in other places.  The meeting was conducted by General Secretary of Sheffield Awami League Saifullah Khaled where Founder President of Sheffield Awami League M Mohid Ali Mithu delivered the speech as President. In his President’s speech, Mohid Ali Mithu ...

Sussex Bangladeshi Caterers Association is organising ‘Sussex Chef of the Year 2016’.  The winners will be awared on 1st of November at the Assembly Hall of Worthing at Gala dinner.  The organisation recently organised a road show at a restaurant in Brighton to inform this.  At the meeting, the organisation informed that Sussex will be divided in four zones and ...

Umarpur Union Welfare and Development Organisation organised its Eid re-union and credit giving ceremony on 11th of July at a hotel in East London. President of the organisation Md Jilu Miah presided over the meeting and General Secretary Badruzzaman Chowdhury conducted it.  First Secretary of Bangladesh High Commission London was present as the Chief Guest at the Event. Guests who ...

Community organisations are playing an important role in development of the development in their local areas which he witnessed while he was travelling to Sylhet this year. He also praised highly of the work undertaken by Lamakazi Welfare Association in treatment of local eye patients. He told this in the annual Iftar Mahfil and Charity fundraising at Impression Hall in ...

Cheshire Asian and Minority Council organised a discussion meeting and Iftar Mahfil on 22nd June in a restaurant in Chesire. Chairperson of the organisation Abdun Noor initiated the pre-iftar meeting with his welcoming speech. In his speech he mentioned that they have orgnaisede the meeting and Iftar party to bridge the communities and professionals across the UK. The discussion meeting ...

By Emdad Rahman Community members united to remember the victims of 7/7 as Britain fell silent on the 11th anniversary of the July 7 attacks in London. A whole host of community activists joined community education group The Gift of Knowledge (GOK) at Aldgate Underground Station. Roses were handed out to commuters as a sign of peace, unity and unconditional  love. ...

A lunch had been arranged recently by “Khawateen” a ladies welfare organisation at Greenman Community Centre. Khawateen has been involved in community welfare since last 27 years. The gathering was attended by the group of people from Barnet Refugee Service.  A presentation was given by the Operational Manager to raise awareness about the issues facing the Refugee Service due to lack ...