Muhi Mikdad THE GOLAPGANJ Social and Cultural Trust UK (GSCT) organised the Cup Carrom Tournament 2021 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the great independence of Bangladesh. It was a great initiative, taken for the first time by this organisation. ...

Muhi Mikdad THE LONDON ENTERPRISE ACADEMY (LEA) Ambassador Celebration Ceremony 2021 took place on 3rd December at the school campus. The award recognised many students and congratulated the pioneer alumni of the Academy. Although it is a relatively new school, ...

Aspire Councillor Kabir Ahmed (Weavers Ward) stood by his decision to take a motion on the knife crime emergency in Tower Hamlets to the Council meeting on Wednesday, 17th November. The motion was based on a petition drafted by Maium ...

THEY ARE HERE. Hunkered down in the Excel Centre are a shedload of arms dealers – with their models and plans and their displays. Headed towards them is a gaggle of potential mass murderers, wallets at the ready, arming themselves… ...

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 ...

RUBBISH IS accumulating on One Housing (OH) estates on the Isle of Dogs, as days pass without a bin collection. It’s got residents fuming – and the Island Network is trying to get the problem sorted out. Last week’s failure ...

APSANA BEGUM, MP for Poplar & Limehouse, has today been found not guilty of three counts of making dishonest applications for council housing to Tower Hamlets Council. Rumours that Apsana Begum was guilty of fraud began circulating in Tower Hamlets ...

Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF cyclists have completed “Freedom 50” – a historic cycle ride 50 years of Bangladesh’s independence.  It is a national initiative which has seen individuals and organisations coming together to form a collective to celebrate this ...

IT IS 32 years since the world witnessed the might of the Chinese regime crush the democracy demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. And a solidarity movement across the globe vowed, “June 4th – we shall never forget”. Today a ...

Akbar Hussain WE WERE utterly shocked, traumatized and devastated to witness the heinous scenes in the “world’s largest prison” – Gaza, Palestine, held captive by the Israeli army. The occupied land, which has now become a tiny enclave, has been ...