Emdad Rahman meets Mayor Tofozzul Hussain. Mayor Tofozzul Hussain is the Municipality Mayor for Beani Bazar in Sylhet. He is a popular leader in the region and his family have served Bangladesh with distinction. During Bangladesh’s 1971 war of independence, ...

Emdad Rahman: The Beani Bazar Education Trust has appointed a new committee to oversee an educational support drive to boost literacy and numeracy rates as well as supporting young people who wish to take up further education. The inauguration ceremony took place ...

Emdad Rahman: Impressions Banqueting Suite was the venue for a charity dinner and evening of entertainment as the local Muslim community came together to support the building of the Newbury Park Islamic Cultural Centre. Titled “The Blessed Few,” the event ...

Olympian Mo Farah May have pulled out due to injury, but the BUPA 10,000 proved to be a fruitful experience for a number of charities. Among the thousands of runners was a cohort of east-enders running to support important charitable ...

By Emdad Rahman Sports group Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) welcomed an array of sporting stars as the charity celebrated the achievements and ambitions of fledgling sports stars in Tower Hamlets. Cricketing great and Sri Lankan World T20 champion ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...

Emdad Rahman: Ten year old Mikael Mustafa, a pupil at Hermitage, joined his fellow pupils to take part in a play at the St James Theatre, London. Virtual Enchantment is a fairy tale for the internet age. The play was ...

Emdad Rahman: The first time I came across William Pullar (Sandy) Jardine was when I collected his Panini sticker when I was a youngster. The Scotland icon was a star veteran at Hearts of Midlothian at the time and soon ...

On 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister (now Sir Roger Bannister) ran the first four minute mile. In March 2012, Emdad Rahman interviewed Sir Roger. We reprint the interview today to pay tribute to Sir Roger’s achievement, sixty years ago. Emdad ...

Emdad Rahman reviews Where shall we walk today? Walking the Pennine Way, by Dave Marriott. As an avid walker I particularly enjoyed reading Dave Marriott’s excellent book recently. Fifty-two year old Dave grew up in the 1960s in a Derbyshire ...