The past week saw an exciting event take place in the capital’s Bashundhara Convention Centre. The 3rd edition of Bangladesh Denim Expo 2015 was held on 11 and 12 November.The event showcased the recent trends and developments in, about & related to denim, with hundreds of local and foreign visitors thronging the event premises over two days. According to organisers, ...

Plans to redress differences in school funding across England are expected to be outlined in the Autumn Statement. Change will begin in 2017-18 after consultation on the details, which could happen in early 2016, George Osborne is likely to say on Wednesday. This would begin to reduce historical variations in funding per pupil between different areas of England. School budgets ...

Two 5,000-strong “strike brigades” that can be rapidly deployed are to be created by 2025 to help the UK respond to “diverse” threats, the PM is to say. David Cameron will give details of an additional £12bn of equipment spending, as he outlines the Strategic Defence and Security Review in the Commons. The extra spending will include a new fleet ...

Mojaeed walked separate gallows; jail authorities go for quick execution after president rejects clemency petitions of war criminals Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed were hanged early today for committing crimes against humanity during the country’s Liberation War. The two walked the gallows around 12:55am together at Dhaka Central Jail amid tight security, Brig Gen Syed Iftekhar Uddin, ...

Dorpon Publication  arranged a protest meeting in East London at Wodenham Community Centre protesting the killing of publisher Faisal Abedin Dipon and three others who are injured in the violent attack and demanding punishment of the perpetrators. The editors from different Bangla newspaper, media activists, bloggers, writers and many others attend the meeting at 7 pm. The meeting was directed ...

Over the weekend, thousands flocked to Whitechapel Idea Store for the Writeidea literary festival. The free festival organised by Tower Hamlets Council celebrated all things to do with the written word. The busy venue drew crowds from all across London where a new-born baby rubbed shoulders with 100-year-old former borough councillor, Max Levitas. Visitors who had never attended Writeidea praised ...

Ellie Davis, a young girl from Bow, was celebrating as she received a national award. Ellie was praised at the Fostering Network’s Fostering Excellence Awards. She won the prize for her extraordinary achievements at school in the last 12 months. Foster carers, children and young people, and people from the fostering community joined Ellie in attending the celebration. The awards ...

20 November 2015 Three men fighting extradition from the UK are alleged to have been key members of a terror group that planned to kidnap a British ambassador. Bakr Hamad, 38, Zana Rahim, 32, and Awat Hamasalih, 33, held senior positions in Rawti Shax, Westminster Magistrates’ Court was told. The group plotted to carry out attacks across Europe, it is ...

For the number of new trainee teachers in England have been missed for the third year running, prompting concerns of an intensified recruitment crisis in schools. This year, 28,148 graduates began initial teacher training courses, representing 94% of the target figure. At secondary level, where population increases are set to hit schools next year, just 82% of the target was ...

Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, joined the Meals on Wheels service last week to deliver hot meals to vulnerable residents. The Mayor went along to visit Andrea Pendock on November 13, as part of the celebrations around Meals on Wheels Week. Run by the National Association of Care Catering, Meals on Wheels Week is an initiative created to raise ...