Boko Haram have abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the start of 2014, according to rights group Amnesty International. A report published by the organisation on Wednesday says many of those captured have been forced into sexual slavery and trained to fight for the group. The group based its findings on nearly 200 witness accounts, including with 28 ...

 Three people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured in a road accident in Balaora Bazar area on Sylhet-Sunamganj highway on Wednesday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Witnesses said a Sylhet-bound passenger bus crushed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in the area, leaving three passengers, including a woman, of the auto-rickshaw dead on ...

RAB personnel recovered 375 bottles of banned cough syrup, Phensedyl, after searching the official car of Sylhet’s Deputy Commissioner Shahidul Islam. “The vehicle was stopped around 8:30pm Tuesday in Sylhet town’s Shibganj area based on a tip-off that the government vehicle was being used to move drugs,” RAB-9 acting commander Major Humayun Kabir told Sylhet Mirror. Kabir said the driver, ...

It does not matter who belongs to which party, whoever will work for us, we will vote for her.  Pakistani community leaders said this this while attending a campaign meeting for Conservative MP Candidate for Barking and Dagenham Mina Rahman. They also said that they did not have any chance to meet the local Labour MP, nor they did receive ...

Sheikh Hasina’s government has brought peace back in Chittagong Hill Tracts, has resolved land problems and has taken many constructive efforts for the development of Chittagong Hill Tracts. I believe that soon there will be no problem in Chittagong Hill Tracts as this government is fully committed in enriching the lives of people there. Parliamentary committee Chairman on Chittagong Affairs ...

Hugo Pierre, Poplar and Limehouse: ‘When people in Tower Hamlets go to vote they will be looking for someone that’s on their side. Labour’s manifesto has shown they’re on the sides of the banks that caused the economic crisis, and they’re going to continue making the rest of us pay with a further £30 billion in cuts. Labour’s pledge of ...

Tower Hamlets Council successfully prosecuted a shisha bar operating illegally in Bow. La Fa Yaa Shisha Lounge on Roach Road, Bow was found guilty of not preventing the smoking of shisha in an enclosed place. The council’s Smoke Free Team successfully prosecuted the shisha bar at a hearing at Thames Magistrates Court on March 19. Leaseholder Mr Shiplu Miah was ...

Tower Hamlets is a borough with an eclectic mix of markets, offering diverse stalls and shops, which are loved by visitors and residents alike. More and more market stall holders are becoming part of the Food for Health Awards (FFHA) – a growing band of restaurants, cafes and convenience stores that have signed up to provide healthier options to their ...

There is only one party which can guarantee employment, raise the standard of education and health and that is Conservative Party.  To solve problems which are still suffered by our society, we must ensure that we vote for Conservative Party on 7th May election. Conservative Party MP Candidates said this in the launching event of Conservative Friends of Bangladesh (CFOB) ...

Likewise many other expats living in different parts of the UK, Ipswich Suffolk Bangladeshi has come forward to support Iqra Academy, a project of Iqra International, which is working for the disable people of Bangladesh. A charity dinner was held in a local restaurant in Ipswich on 13th May which was presided over by Head of Programme of Channel S ...