European migrants coming to the UK will have to prove that they can speak good English and be subject to an Australian-style points system if Britain votes to leave the EU, according to Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Priti Patel. The three leading Conservative out campaigners, who all sit in David Cameron’s main or political cabinet, have issued a joint ...

Cllr Khales Uddin Ahmed has been appointed in as the new Speaker and Cllr Sabina Akhtar has been appointed as Deputy Speaker in the AGM of Tower Hamlets Council held on 18th May. They will carry out their duties for 2016/2017 financial year. The Mayor’s cabinet have not seen any changes. Cabinet members for the last financial year will be ...

On Monday 23rd May 2016, Councillor Syeda Amina Khatun MBE was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the Sandwell Council and Councillor Steve Eling was appointed the Leader. Councillor Syeda Amina Khatun MBE is a Labour councillor in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. Councillor Khatun was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999 and was ...

Tower Hamlets Speaker Abdul Mukit Chunu organised a meeting in his office to felicitate the prominent businessman and chirman of JMG cargo Monir Ahmed.  The speaker handed over a felicitation memorandum to Monir Ahmed on 24th May in his office in East London. Tower Hamlets Councilor Sabina Akter conducted this meeting.  Guests who were present in the meeting included General ...

Rushanara Ali, MP for Bethnal Green and Bow told in a meeting that people who are supporting Vote Leave Campaign, making an excuse that it could help alleviate the Curry industry crisis, are absolutely on a wrong trail. She also said that if the current conservative Party wants to bring people from Bangladesh, they can now. To bring people from ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Luton Borough Council has appointed its first Mayor of Bangladesh origin at a special meeting held on 25 May at Luton Town Hall. The Mayoral Investiture held at Council Chamber formally appointed Tahir Khan as the new Mayor of Luton to serve 2016-2017. Tahir Khan was elected Mayor of the Borough of Luton at Annual Meeting ...

A Chinese city has banned high school students from tearing up textbooks or yelling in hallways to relieve exam pressure, state media said. The ban, issued by the Xiamen Education Bureau, comes 10 days before the National College Entrance Examination. Almost ten million students across China sit for the notoriously difficult, two-day exam every year. High schools should instead provide ...

The BBC Micro Bit, the tiny computing device designed to get children coding, is going on sale to the general public. The device is already being delivered, free, to one million Year 7 children in schools across the UK. Now it will also be available to buy from the various partners in the project for £12.99. Commercial availability of the ...

The US has warned that the Euro 2016 football championship being held in France next month could be a target of militant attacks. “The large number of tourists visiting Europe in the summer months will present greater targets for terrorists,” the State Department said. The event is being hosted from 10 June to 10 July at various venues. France is ...

Militants from the so-called Islamic State have launched a dawn counter-attack as Iraqi government troops push into the city of Falluja. A day after troops advanced through the southern suburb of Nuaimiya, scores of IS fighters attacked them, army officers told news agencies. The army defeated the attackers but suffered casualties, the sources said. Aid workers are increasingly concerned for ...