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Community Network Association organised its annual meeting at Brady Arts Centre in East London on 24th January.  The meeting was presided over by organisation’s President Md Sobhan Ali.  The Chief and Special guest in the meeting were MP for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali Chowdhury MP and Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs respectively. Samina Begum and Emdadul ...

Thousands of nominations have been received from the public for The British Muslim Awards presented by Al Rayan Bank, which is testament to breadth of talent and success, making it apparent that British Muslims across the nation are waving the flag of success. Ibrahim Rahman, who lives in Cambridge, has been shortlisted in the Services to Media category.  Ibrahim will ...

UK living Bangladeshis welcomed Shafiqur Rahman Chowdhury, General Secretary of Sylhet District Awami League.  He arrived on 24th of January in a brief trip to the UK. While addressing the people who attended the event, Shafique Chowdhury said that Bangladesh stands tall today in the world.  This country has build Padma Bridge in its own financing. Padma Bridge is not ...

State Minister for Finance and Planning M A Mannan MP officially inaugurated Ayub Nagar Residential Area project on 8th January at a civic felicitation at Dular  Bazar in South Chatok.  The Ayub Nagar Residential area is project initiated by UK residing Joynal Abedin who has also came up with the slogan “my village, my town”. At the civic felicitation, the ...

Tower Hamlets Council is the highest new local government entry on the UK’s Stonewell Index. The council has been named as one of the best employers for lesbian, gay and bi-sexual staff. The organisation was praised for recognising LGBT heroes across different strands of diversity and using creative mechanisms to work with the  community and celebrate diversity. The council entered ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :: Popularly known as Mother of all living & martyred freedom fighters Shahid Janani Jahanara Imam who led the movement to seek justice for the victims of Bangladesh War in 1992 has finally materialised by the formation of International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in 2010 by Sheikh Hasina’s alliance government said guests at UK Nirmul Committee’s 24th anniversary. ...

Tower Hamlets Council is the highest new local government entry on the UK’s Stonewell Index. The council has been named as one of the best employers for lesbian, gay and bi-sexual staff. The organisation was praised for recognising LGBT heroes across different strands of diversity and using creative mechanisms to work with the  community and celebrate diversity. The council entered ...

Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan and security minister John Hayes were joined by Mayor John Biggs alongside Tower Hamlets staff and headteachers for the launch of a new online initiative to safeguard our children. The launch of Educate Against Hate was held at Bethnal Green Academy on January 19th. The Educate Against Hate website is a collection of ...

Tower Hamlets Council, Tower Hamlets Homes and local housing associations today launched a housing amnesty across the borough. The initiative will help recover illegally sublet social housing and stamp out fraud, costing residents and the council an estimated £13m per year. Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, said: “It is wrong for people to make a quick buck at the ...

Chatok-Dowara Surma Jubo Parishad recently distributed rickshaws to the poor and deprived local people to help them with employment.  UK living representatives of the organisation organised a meeting to mark the cheque giving of this benevolent initiative. The meeting took place in a restaurant in East London on 5th January.  Organisation’s President Fajrul Haque Enam presided over  the meeting and ...