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Hundreds of events on offer in the borough’s summer of fun

  Most events are free to take part in Free food for families will be available at some events to help with the cost-of-living crisis From arts and crafts to music, sport, dance, festivals, adventure play, biking, street art, farm tours, woodwork and more, Tower Hamlets Council has today published its summer events programme. The council and partner organisations have ...

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Abdul Gaffar Choudhury Obituary

Jasmin Chowdhury:   One of the most eminent Bengali writer, journalist, columnist, political analyst, poet and lyricist will remain in the hearts of every pro-liberation Bengalis forever through the lyrics of ‘Amar bhaiyer rokte rangano.’ Abdul Gaffar Choudhury, who died aged 87, was a veteran journalist who had received several prestigious awards, including the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1967, ...

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China’s coronavirus mounts around the world

  Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   The global march of covid-19 is beginning to look unstoppable. In just the past week, a countrywide outbreak surfaced in Iran, spawning additional cases in Iraq, Oman, and Bahrain. Italy put 10 towns in the north on lockdown after the virus rapidly spread there. An Italian physician carried the virus to the Spanish island of ...

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Council set to plant more than 5,000 trees in two years

  The council is on track to plant more than 2,200 trees this year, taking the total number of trees delivered in the past two years to more than 5,000. A total of 2,217 trees are scheduled to be planted across the borough by the end of the current planting season which runs from October to April. They include 690 ...

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Residents get Sugar Smart during February half-term

  Tower Hamlets Council joined up with partners to deliver the borough’s first Sugar Smart Day during February half-term in Idea Store Whitechapel. The event saw the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and Councillor Amina Ali join partners including Diabetes UK and Queen Mary University of London’s (Queen Mary) dental team to talk to residents about the health effects of eating ...

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Hindu Aid to carry out charitable work

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah A meeting of ” Hindu Aid UK” took place on 15 February at Barking, Essex. The meeting was chaired by Mihir Sarkar and addressed by Mr Sataybroto Das Swapan, Mr Swapan Mazumdar, Mr Prodip Saha, Mr. Adhir Das, Mr. Anupam Saha, Mr, Ajit Saha, Mr Bijon Bhattacharjee, Dr Sukanta Maitro, and Sujit Sen. ” Hindu Aid” ...

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Islamic Relief UK shows the love for the earth

  Islamic Relief UK, as a member of the Climate Coalition, joined the ‘Show the Love’ campaign to highlight the importance of our environment using a green heart to symbolise all that we love but could lose to climate change. As part of the campaign, Islamic Relief UK volunteers had a stall outside the charity’s London office on Lower Marsh, where ...

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Obituary of a Camden community activist Abdul Momen

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Professor Abdul Momen, born on 22 August 1938 in Bangladesh, the then British India, died on 31st January 2020 in London, after a few years of suffering dementia. But this debilitating disease could never eclipse Abdul Momen’s life work in supporting racial equality and grass roots community activism. Dr Eithne Nightingale first met Abdul Momen when ...

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Afzal Sayed Munna elected to Newham Barking and Dagenham Lib Dem Vice Chair

Afzal Munna the Lecturer and Programme Coordinator, University of Wales Trinity Saint David and a Doctoral Researcher at University of Bath have been elected to the Executive Board of the Newham Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrat Party as the Vice Chair. This makes Afzal the only Bangladeshi Born to currently sit as a Vice Chair on the local party in ...

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