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“LADIES and gentlemen, please may I have your attention. We have a medical emergency on board. If you are a doctor please make yourself known to a member of cabin crew.” Thankfully this isn’t a phrase we hear often, but when Dr Kazi Azad heard this announcement during a recent flight he didn’t hesitate to put himself forward. Dr Azad, ...

British-Bangladeshi Rayhan Kareem has been awarded a gliding scholarship by the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. Rayhan was delighted to receive the scholarship saying “it was the best day of my life”. He was one of five lucky recipients of the annual award out of hundreds of applicants. The gliding training will take place in the Portsmouth Naval Gliding Centre ...

Al-Siddique Welfare trust organised a meeting on 15 June in Micro Business Centre in East London to discuss about founding an eye hospital in Chatok.  The participants discussed the planning and fund raising on establishing a hospital in Jathua area near Sylhet-Shunmaganj Highway. President of the Trust Mohammod Ali Talukdar presided over the meeting.  General Secretary Ruhul Amin and Joint ...

Speakers attending the launching event of ‘Khudha O Shoundorjo’ told that, Writer A K M Abdullah has portrayed practical thinking and reflected the real life situations in his recently published novel. A K M Abdullah has successfully depicted the story of deprived and dispossessed people of our society with his creative power of writing. A number of poets, journalists and ...

Diabetes Week runs from June 14-20 and is seen as a time to bring supporters together to increase awareness and provide further advice, support and information on the condition. The national campaign, led by Diabetes UK, is encouraging people to share their hints, tips and stories of how they manage their condition and still live life to the full, using ...

Belgium BNP organised a protest meeting in front of European Parliament in Brussels demanding immediate reinstating of democracy in Bangladesh.   The participants urged the members of EU parliament to help restore the democracy in Bangladesh and help the country to get rid of neo-dictator Sheikh Hasina and her ruling government. The protest meeting was held in 15th June which was ...

Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) Essex region organised an executive committee meeting in a restaurant in Harlow. Speakers attended the meeting univocally mentioned that curry industry is facing a crisis period now.  This industry is now suffering from staff crisis, UKBA interference in opening hours and harassment of restaurants owners and so on. The speakers emphasised that to save this industry ...

Greater London Awami League organised a discussion meeting on six point movement on 7th June in a restaurant in East London.   Speakers at that meeting emphasised that Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibor Rahman’s six point movement was the undeclared call for independence.  They also said that sovereign Bangladesh is the result of Bangbandhu’s six point movement. President of Greater London Awami League ...

Jagannathpur British Bangla Education Trust organised its executive committee meeting on 4th of June in a restaurant in East London.  Organisation’s President Alhaj Sajjad Miah presided over the meeting and General Secretary Mollik Shakur Wadud conducted it. Speakers who gave speech in the meeting included Tresurer Hasanat Ahmed Chunnu, Member Muhib Chowdhury, Rafique Miah, Nurul Haque Lala Miah, Md Iliyas, ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah :   Nadeem Qadir who has recently taken the post of Minister Press at the Bangladesh High Commission in London said he was on a mission to promote Bangladesh positively. To promote beautiful Bangladesh and in that effort he wanted the co-operation of the UK based Bengali journalists to assist him. He was speaking at a dinner ...