We wish all our readers Ramadan Mubarak! May we all enjoy a healthy and peaceful month in these unprecedented times.
Read More »Featured
Summer sun brings out good and bad on Island
THE SUN broke through the clouds on Tuesday, 30th March, as the school Easter holidays got underway – and hundreds of Tower Hamlets residents came out to celebrate the easing of lockdown restrictions. Responsible and reckless behaviour were both on ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Homes keeps up the community spirit
A REMINDER of the community spirit that used to exist in Tower Hamlets years ago has been given by Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) – the managing agent for the Council’s remaining housing stock. THH looks after around 20,000 properties on ...
Read More »Bangladesh at 50: is it really as good as gold?
As Bangladesh celebrates its golden anniversary, Mak Kunwar reflects on the country’s achievements – and on developments which are giving cause for concern. “The struggle now is the struggle for our emancipation; the struggle now is the struggle for our ...
Read More »MPF calls for Rohingya aid after Cox’s Bazar fire
A MASSIVE FIRE devastated the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on 22nd March. The scale of the disaster is so great that the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) has called on the international community to step in and help. ...
Read More »Drayton Manor Park operator fined after Evha Jannath death
IT IS NEARLY four years since Evha Jannath died. Her school trip to Drayton Manor Park in Staffordshire was supposed to be a day of fun – but it ended in tragedy, as Evha drowned after falling out of a ...
Read More »Labour Mayor axes Day Care Centres
JOHN BIGGS has been at it again – closing down facilities which serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community in Tower Hamlets. It is a move which saw users of Council day care centres stage a public ...
Read More »Trump: reloaded and trigger happy?
Mak Kunwar THE DEMOCRATS need to have long, hard look at themselves. They tried to slay the monster – but they may find that Hydra has returned, strengthened for the fight to change the terrain of US politics not just ...
Read More »Supreme Court gives welcome ruling on Uber practices
ANOTHER CHAPTER in the long running dispute between cab service Uber and the British state ended today, as the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers – at least, the two who brought the test case – are workers. The saga ...
Read More »Council holds virtual Covid Advice Panel
TOWER HAMLETS Council is holding a “live virtual discussion and Q&A session”, starting at 7pm on Wednesday, 17th February. The Council says that this is an opportunity to “ask Mayor John Biggs and a panel of health experts about Covid-19 ...
Read More »