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The changing face of Whitechapel over the coming years was the focus of a Future of London event last week (Thursday, May 28) – Communities in Transition. A number of speakers engaged with planners, developers, and local residents in a lively discussion about what change would mean for Whitechapel. Speakers included key players in Whitechapel’s transformation, such as: •    Tower ...

  As part of the Ramadan public health campaign set to be launched next Tuesday, key speakers including Barts Health NHS Trust Public Health Director, Dr Ian Basnett and Imam Faruq Siddiqi, the Trust’s Muslim Chaplain, will reinforce the importance of seeking medical advice prior to fasting, if a patient suffers from any chronic illness or health complication. Ramadan is ...

Shamsul Islam Selim has been elected as the first Bangladeshi councillor from Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.  His home district is Sunamganj in Sylhet. Cllr Selim was elected from Castle Without ward from Conservative Party.   Even though he was elected from Windsor, he does not live there but runs his business here. Shamsul Islam Selim is also the first ...

Sunamganj District Association organised a meeting in Del Centre in East London on 1st June.  A huge number of UK living former residents of Sunamganj took part in the meeting.   Organisation’s convenor Shah Jillul Karim presided over the meeting and Member Secretary Anisuzzaman Azad conducted it. Prominent politician Abul Lais Miah addressed the audience as the chief guest of the ...

Poor families in Korail slum, Kapazia, and Sylhet Town benefiting from free day care services six days a week Apasen International was proud to announce this week that it has started providing its first free health and education services in Bangladesh to poor families with children with severe learning disabilities, autism, and other special needs. Working with the highly respected ...

Bangladesh is the role model of development in the world now. Dr. Abdul Momen, permanent representative in United Nations from Bangladesh, has told this in a view-exchanging meeting with Sylhet Shommiloni at Monte Fiore Centre on 23 May. He also said that Bangladesh is advancing in faster pace. Especially, this country has achieved a lot in agriculture, education, health, poverty ...

Non-resident Bangladeshis will feel honoured if Bangladesh government declares one day of the year as NRB day. Bangladesh’s permanent representative to the UN Dr A K Abdul Momen told this in a meeting held in a networking dinner organised by Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) on 24 May. He also pledged that he would lobby this to Bangladesh ...

There is winning and there is defeat in every election. I am not sad that I could not win, my party has formed the government with single majority, and this is my achievement. Conservative Party candidate for Barking and Dagenham Mina Rahman said this in a election reflection meeting held in House of Commons on 24 May. She also said ...

Red Chilly Curry Club Championship 2105 took place on 24 May in a colourful manner. The whole day event took place in Mulbury place in East London where 28 teams from London took part. The competition started at 11 o’clock morning and continued till the evening. Moni-Masum Duo became the champion in the competition. Councillor Ayas Ahmod, former President of ...

Bangladesh government is now working towards bringing the Twenty-Twenty One vision into a reality. The way the country is advancing, it will turn into a country of midlevel income by 2021. However, to do this we all need to work as a united workforce and we also need the contribution of non-resident Bangladeshis across the world. MP from Habiganj-1 Abdul ...