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TOWER HAMLETS has a large LGBTQ population – and a modest number of queer venues which support the community with night-time entertainment in a safe space. For many LGBTQ+ residents, and their friends, these safe spaces are a life-line. They ...

THE LONDON BANGLA Press Club is deeply worried about the escalating violence in Bangladesh, which has seen a large number of students and journalists lose their lives. Students began protesting at the Government’s approach to recruiting to the civil service ...

AS THE ISRAELI STATE continues its relentless massacre of Palestinians in Gaza, campaigners in the UK continue their relentless efforts to stop this unlawful collective punishment. While many protests have been targetted at governments, there have also been successful actions ...

“I’M SORRY I upset you about ‘Bangladeshi Removals’” read the headline on the Evening Standard article describing how Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer tried to limit the damage from his careless comments on Bangladeshi migrants. Sorry? Sir Keir Starmer? Yes, ...

Mak Kunwar Amidst its nuclear arsenal and 245 million-strong populace, people of Pakistan cry out for international support to shield its democracy from its once-revered military. Politically motivated convictions of the front-runner, the former prime minister, is a mockery of ...

WHEN IS A BBC Radio 4 news report about Tower Hamlets Council not accurate? The answer is: at 7.45am on Saturday, 30th September 2023, when the Today programme broadcast an item about a women’s football in Tower Hamlets. The report ...

HOW MANY times have you walked past youngsters on the street and seen them sharing round those small, silver cannisters of nitrous oxide? Or gone out in the morning and tutted over a pile of empty cannisters left in the ...

Muhammad Talha SCINTILLA CRICKET CLUB have been crowned the Essex County Cricket League Division 2/3 League Cup winners. Newham was the host for the end of season finale as, in the middle of a September heatwave, Scintilla faced Bow Green ...

IT WAS NO quiet lunch for two on Thursday as Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar went to Swanlea School to celebrate the launch of free school meals for secondary school pupils. “Thrilled to launch free school ...

  Emdad Rahman THE SONALI OTHITH UK Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup 2023 – the biggest footballing extravaganza within the Bangladeshi community in the UK – is back this Sunday. The official draw took place last Saturday and allocated teams into ...