The winners received certificates and plaques with invited guests including Mayor John Biggs, Jim Fitzpatrick MP, Unmesh Desai AM and Honorary Freeman of the Borough, Commander John Ludgate. Councillor Ayas Miah, Speaker of the Council said: “It was an honour to meet so many great servants of our community. “It is a small token of appreciation for the tireless work ...

Fatema Miah: All the best wishes in this Blessing month of Ramadan/Ramadhan. Happily I am embracing My superb best time in the entire year,  the month of Ramadan. Insha’Allah by the grace of Lord the creator I/we shall fast from Monday the 6th of May 2019. The 9th Lunar calendar Arabic and Islamic month shall begin from tonight Sunday the ...

A cross-party Brexit deal will not get through Parliament unless it is subject to a fresh public vote, shadow Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer says. Talks between Labour and ministers over leaving the EU have been going on for a month with little sign of progress. Sir Keir told the Guardian that without a new referendum, up to 150 Labour ...

The European Parliament elections will be seen as an opportunity for the ultimate protest vote, Education Secretary Damian Hinds has said. He told the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme the elections would be difficult for the Conservatives and that “for some people this is the second referendum”. Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told the show there had been a breakdown in ...

F R Chowdhury: I remember late Sanaullah Chowdhury of Atlas Shipping with lot of love, respect and admiration. He was a good friend of mine. He has been laid to eternal rest in Dhaka on 25-April-2019. With his sad demise Bangladesh lost a worthy son of the nation who was no doubt the pioneer of private sector shipping in Bangladesh. ...

Newham Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrats launched its first ever-political campaign in Dagenham since 2010.  Today 11 May 2019 UK time 3:30 PM the local party launched their election campaign at Longbridge Road, Barking and Dagenham. The campaigners delivered leaflets to almost 478 doors and share views with the local residents regarding the mess of Brexit done by the conservative ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: The UK based Campaign for the Protection of Religious Minorities in Bangladesh (CPRMB) submitted a memorandum to Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on 10 May during her stay in London. In the letter they mention of Advocate Polash Kumar Ray, a committed Awami League activist and a son of a Freedom Fighter who died in an arson ...

Fatema Miah: I wrote a lot about climate change issues; how the air, land and water effected by or are concern, topic of climate change. Effects are domino to all aspects for example carbondioxide or other gases I wrote about are  the main cause of effect to water, land and air therefore the disturbances caused to whole chain system. Consequencely, ...

Friday 3rd May marked the first anniversary of the local elections in Tower Hamlets which saw a Labour landslide with the re-election of Mayor John Biggs and the election of 42 Labour councillors. The election was a turning point for the borough and all but one of the disgraced former mayor’s councillors originally elected under the banner of ‘Tower Hamlets First’ ...

Labour can “unite our country” and heal the divisions caused by Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn said, as he launched his European elections campaign. Mr Corbyn said the party backed “the option of a public vote” if a “sensible” Brexit deal cannot be agreed and there is not a general election. He said cross-party talks on Brexit were “difficult” as the government’s ...