By Shahadate Hossain : United Kingdom is renowned for its multiculturalism. The early story of colonisation in British Isles was started by Celtic and Pict tribes. Then the Roman came in 250AD. After the Roman left, other tribe like Germanic tribe, jutes, angles and Saxons colonised modern day of southern England. The Vikings arrived and brought a distinctive influence to ...

By Julian Francis The month of March is here again and it brings back vivid memories to me which are linked automatically with many others. In March 1971, I was working on an Oxfam-UK supported Gandhian village development project in Bihar, India, where I had been for almost 3 years. Through the BBC and some sketchy Indian newspaper reports, I ...

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Former students of Madan Mohan College Sylhet residing in the UK celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the College on 20th march 2016 at the Royal Regency, East London. Madan Mohan College is one of the oldest colleges of Bangladesh established in 1940 and is still a very popular and a respected educational institution.  Because of historical ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah : The UK Nirmul Committee remembered the Genocide of the dark night of 25th March with a light vigil on 25th March, 7pm-8pm at the Central Shahid Minar, Altab Ali Park, East London. At a short discussion chaired by Nirmul Committee’s former secretary Syeda Sultana Naznin Shakha and conducted by Nirmul Committee’s Asst Sec Jamal Khan pro ...

  SABC, HWPL, and Turquoise Harmony Institute host a dialogue for “Our Common Humanity”   Johannesburg, South Africa ─ On the morning of March 23, SABC Religion TV in partnership with Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) and Turquoise Harmony Institute hosted a media forum at the Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton. Under the theme “Our Common Humanity”, the objective ...

Sharif Ahmed Majumder1 v. Secretary of State for the Home Department       (IA/31380/2014) Judgment Date: 23 March 2016   We act for the appellant, Mr Sharif Ahmed Majumder, in this appeal. Mr Majumder was represented by Counsel, Mr Michael Biggs of 12 Old Square instructed by Universal Solicitors at the hearing before the Presidential Panel. Background BBC Television ...

School children were taught about a range of subjects to help keep them and others safe at a Junior Citizen event supported by the council. The Junior Citizen event for Year 6 (10 to 11 year-old) pupils was held from 14-24 April and is designed to educate children about the dangers they might face as they prepare to move to secondary school. ...

Emdad Rahman : In light of the atrocities committed in Istanbul and Belgium, Citizens UK, Darul Ummah, St Georges in the East and St Mary’s Cable Street joined other community groups and individuals to hold a peace vigil. The short service, which included different faiths took place at Watney Market Square during lunchtime and included speeches from community representatives and ...

Residents were honoured at the Tower Hamlets Community Safety Awards at a ceremony that took place at Regents Lake Banqueting Venue in Bow on Tuesday (22 March). Prizes were awarded to members of the community who made a significant contribution to making the borough a safer place during 2015. Special recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Community Safety was awarded to Nicholas Cheeseman ...

NRB Bank Ltd organised an accounts and products promotions workshop which started on 14th March and will end on 27th of March.  Chairman of NRB Bank Iqbal Ahmed OBE, other directors and sponsor shareholders were present at the inauguration of the workshop.  The workshop took place in Bangladesh Welfare Association office in East London and also in Manchester. The workshop ...