Major multinationals have been reviewing their investment in Bangladesh after the terror attack in Dhaka last week. The companies are concerned that the attack may be a signal that further attacks will come, which could problems ranging from increasing risks ...
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One Third soup kitchen rounds off Ramadan
Emdad Rahman The One Third soup kitchen team finished the last shift of Ramadan 2016 with a biriani belter at Stratford City. The night’s team consisted of a mix of adults and kiddos, all determined to serve their community. Homeless ...
Read More »Scintilla CC host Ramadan Iftar at Sripur
Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club took time out from a busy playing schedule to come together and break bread as a team at Sripur, a uniquely stylish Indian restaurant in Central London. The popular Great Tower Street eatery was taken ...
Read More »Youngsters donate Eid gifts
Tower Hamlets volunteers offer gifts to orphans and young people in care Emdad Rahman With Ramadan coming to an end for this year, a team of volunteers from 13 Rivers Trust and Eden Care from east London have used the ...
Read More »LIMEfest Almost 5k Fun Run launches Community Festival
Muhammad Ismael Rahman In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Limehouse Festival, the Limehouse Community Forum (LCF) teamed up with Franklyn James, Limehouse Marina Elite and Online Inventories to hold the inaugural LIMEfest Almost 5k Fun Run – a ...
Read More »Caroline Aherne has died
The death has been announced of Caroline Aherne. Her work was quality, not quantity – not least because she spent so much of her life debilitated by cancer. Her two major TV shows, Mrs Merton and the Royle Family were revolutionary. ...
Read More »Terror on the streets of Dhaka
Life in Dhaka changed forever on Friday, as the city discovered that it seems to have become a target for ISIS activity. The incident began when gunmen burst in to the Holey Artisan Bakery, a somewhat upmarket café, known to ...
Read More »Dramatic Golden Try sees Olga become Clifford Chance champions
Emdad Rahman A pioneering legacy project between Clifford Chance and the Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation has blossomed this year as more local schools have signed up to the Rugby Academy. Last month schools participating in the Clifford Chance Rugby ...
Read More »10 reasons to make Great Newham London Run your 2016 Golden Moment
1) Feel like an Olympian Run in the footsteps of Mo Farah, Usain Bolt and Jess-Ennis Hill and have your Golden Moment crossing the same finish line as London 2012 legends, just three weeks out from the Rio 2016 Games. The Great Newham London Run is the only ...
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