Tower Hamlets Labour Group continues to fight for a new deal for Tower Hamlets Homes leaseholders, supporting the campaign led by Rushanara Ali and Jim Fitzpatrick. Many leaseholders across the borough have been sent bills for as much as £40,000 for works to their properties – all of which to be paid within 12 months. For most of these residents, ...

The Collective of Bangladeshi School Governors organised a protest meeting on ‘Campaign to save A level Bengali and introduce in mainstream school’ on 5th of May in its office on Princelet Street. Organisation’s Chairperson and Campaign Convenor M Shahanur Khan presided over the meeting. Secretary of Collective and Joint Convenor of this campaign Altam Miah conducted this event. In his ...

London’s East End is full of people with a wealth of experience and ideas to change both their lives and the world, and yet most of them feel – and are – locked out of politics.In Tower Hamlets we’ve gone through the years being told what to do by Westminster (with our elections overturned and Commissioners being installed to run parts of ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Youth leader and social worker Abu Talha has submitted his candidacy as an independent candidate from Stepny ward which became vacant after a high court ruling. His nomination was endorsed by the team of former Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutufr Rahman. Councillor Oliur Rahman and former Councillor of Stepny Alibor Chowdhury declared their support towards him. Abu ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: A list of “very, highly or extremely controversial” potential cuts to benefitshave been drawn up by civil servants in response to warnings that the nextgovernment would struggle to keep welfare spending below a legal cap ofabout £120bn a year.The cuts proposed by officials at the Department for Work and Pensionsinclude abolishing statutory maternity pay and barring under-25s ...

On a walkabout in the heart of her East London constituency barely three days before May 7 vote, Rushanara Ali confidence. A third of the roughly 80,000 electorate are fellow Bangladeshis. And anyone in the know of things feels she is all set to return to ‘the mother of parliament’ for another five years. Speaking in both English and Sylheti ...

Emdad Rahman : Scintilla Cricket Club – the reigning Essex County Cricket League Premier Division champions have made a winning start to the new cricket season. In the seasons curtain raiser the current Premier Division holders saw off Aztecs who chose to bat after winning the toss. Aztecs reached 240/10 from 45 overs with Monish scoring 68 and Irfan adding 40. ...

Emdad Rahman : On the start of the league season Scintilla Cricket Clubs second XI emulated the achievements of the senior team by notching up a win in the seasons opener. In the opening Essex County Cricket League fixture Scintilla saw off Aztec Cricket Club at the London Marathon Playing Fields. Scintilla 2nd won the toss and decided to bat. ...

Emdad Rahman : Scintilla Cricket Club were honoured for their extraordinary 2014 Premier Division triumph as the Barking & Dagenham team were invited to The Essex County Ground to watch Essex Cricket Club continue the push for promotion in their County Championship fixture against Gloucestershire. The team were invited onto the pitch at lunch where the famous trophy was presented ...

Bangladesh in-form paceman Rubel Hossain ruled out of the second and final Test of the Dan Cake Bangladesh and Pakistan series due to a side strain. Rubel Hossain was replaced by another pace bowler Abul Hasan Raju. During the fourth day of the first Test of the series at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium (SANS) in Khulna Rubel sustained side strain ...