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 ...

Former German chancellor and architect of reunification Helmut Kohl is in intensive care after surgery on his intestine, German media reports say. The 85-year-old conservative is in a clinic in the south-western city of Heidelberg, Der Spiegel reports. There has been no official comment from the clinic or his office. The so-called “father of reunification” was modern Germany’s longest-serving chancellor, ...

Iraq and its allies are pursuing “the winning strategy” to combat Islamic State in Iraq, US Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Mr Blinken said air strikes and supporting Iraqi forces was the right way to tackle the IS threat. Ministers from 20 countries debated the issue in Paris – though Russia, Iran and Syria were absent. Iraq’s ...

A powerful undersea earthquake south of Japan has shaken buildings in Tokyo and been felt across the country. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8-magnitude earthquake was centred 874km (543 miles) from the Japanese capital, at a depth of more than 660km. The earthquake struck at 20:30 local time (11:30 GMT). Buildings in the capital swayed for almost a minute ...

A Thai court has issued an arrest warrant for a senior army officer accused of being involved in the trafficking of Rohingya migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh. Lieutenant General Manas Kongpan could face a criminal trial. He is willing to hand himself in, Thai reports say. The warrant is part of efforts to close down smuggling routes through Thailand. Meanwhile ...

Media caption Martin Patience tests the mood among Beijing diners ahead of the ban Public smoking in China’s capital, Beijing, is now banned after the introduction of a new law. China has over 300 million smokers and more than a million Chinese die from smoking-related illnesses every year. Smoking bans already existed in China, but have largely failed to crack ...

It is a club where membership is a “privilege that offers enormous rewards”, but Australia is planning to strip membership from alleged terrorists who hold dual nationality. New legislation proposed by Australia’s Coalition government, expected to be introduced within weeks, will enable the government to remove Australian citizenship from dual nationals who take up arms or support militant groups at ...