IT TOOK a by-election loss to persuade Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs to change his mind on one of his key policies. He has only changed it in that it is “paused”, rather than going “full steam ahead” – ...

Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup has returned after an absence of two years. Due to Covid, the greatly heralded UK Bangladeshi football festival had been on hold since Bishwanath lifted the trophy in 2019. Mabley Green was once again ...

Emdad Rahman BRITISH BORN youngster Zidan Miah has become the first British footballer of Bangladeshi origin to sign for a top flight Spanish football club.  After a successful two month trial at the Real Madrid Resident Academy, the 21 year ...

IT BEGAN AS an ordinary evening, with a 34 year old man going out for dinner and drinks in East London. He left a venue in Brick Lane at approximately 3.30am – and was then assaulted by three men. The ...

FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

Maruf Ahmed The post-COVID roller-coaster cricket season went in favour of London Tigers CC when the Club won the mid-week competition at Victory Park. It came down to the last game of the season, between London Tigers CC (LTCC) and ...

TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...

POLICE are trying to identify and find a man in connection with a series of random attacks on Jewish people which took place on the streets of Hackney on Wednesday, 18th August. On Friday, 27th August police officers from the ...

TWO WEEKS AFTER losing the Weavers by-election, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs has announced that he is changing his policy on “liveable streets” and having a Cabinet reshuffle. In very similar press releases, both Tower Hamlets Labour Party and ...

Emdad Rahman TEAM MANAGER Khalis Miah has announced the Bishwanath (BSA UK) team for the 2021 Upazila tournament on Sunday 29th August 2021. He said, “The whole management team have worked incredibly hard to keep the unity together since we ...