As Pakistan battles with devastating floods, Sindh, one of its southernmost provinces, is preparing for far worse. One thousand one hundred thirty-six people have died in the Pakistan floods, and about 500,000 people have fled their homes and are living in makeshift shelters. There are fears that a third of the nation may be inundated, … Read more
Alaur Rahman, a successful leading singer, became renowned in the Bengali community and a role model for the younger generation in the UK. Alaur Rahman is a unique, talented from a grassroots community in deprived East London; due to his determination, dedication, and commitment, he became a renowned multi-tented and multi-language singer in the UK. … Read more
The UK leadership contest for the next Prime Minister left millions in the dark about the cost-of-living crisis choice between ‘Eating and Heating’. The conflict between whites, ordinary minorities, and the wealthy and common minorities is “Swamped” under the current Tory leadership position, and the misery of sixteen million ordinary people is due to their … Read more
From Part THREE, the reflection of memory continues. Disadvantage Bengali Struggle, the Nightmare, fighting with our family and ourselves, and Race attacked. However, almost every day hearing the word “Paki go back to your own country”, the Anti Racist Movement was the turning point that changed lives into a land of opportunity and hopes both … Read more
By: Ansar Ahmed Ullah 2020 – 2021 was celebrated as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s centenary birth anniversary – Mujib Barsha, and he will be remembered forever for single-handedly changing the course of history. The Indian subcontinent was divided on religious lines in 1947 and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was perhaps one of the few who later … Read more
On 22 July 2022 at 6 pm, London time, at Altab Ali Park in London, the EkattorerGhatak Dalal Nirmul Committee UK branch, Sampriti Concert UK, Baul Shah Abdul Karim Educational and Cultural Center UK, Om Shanti Association, United Hindu Cultural Association, Sri Loknath Bhakta Association, the United Kingdom Hindu Welfare Association, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Association, … Read more
Continue from Part TWO, the reflection of memory continues. Disadvantage Bengali Struggle, the Nightmare, fighting with our family and ourselves, and Race attacked. However, everyday hearing the word “Paki go back to your own country”, the Anti-Racist Movement was the turning point that changed lives into a land of opportunity and hopes both politically and economically; those who … Read more
Calling from Americathe Land of Opportunity ANIKA Anika was a very bubbly girl; she was the only daughter of Mr Shafiq Ahmed. Anika has grown up under the care of Shafiq Ahmed since she was four years old. However, after her mother’s death, her father, Shafiq Ahmed, did not get married; he did not want … Read more
By: ANSAR AHMED ULLAH In 2005 the Swadhinata Trust embarked on an oral history project, Tales of Three Generation of Bengalis in Britain, which voiced three generations’ experience of being Bengali in multicultural Britain. The project consisted of a collection of fifty-eight oral histories with a focus on three specific themes: ‘roots and memory’ (dialogue … Read more
Launch of the Brick Lane 1978 short film, made by Four Corners volunteers in collaboration with the Rainbow Collective. Brick Lane 1978 film show jointly by Four Corners and Swadhinata Trust at 121 Roman Road, London, after Film show number of 1978 anti-racist campaigners’ following persons spoke, Abdul Mukti Chunu, Akikur Rahman Shirajul Haque, Rafique … Read more
The restaurant industry has lost a great person and asset, one of the icons within curry industry legend Enam Ali, MBE. Enam Ali MBE Enam Ali, BME, is a Bangladeshi-born British businessman born on 1 December 1960 in Zinda Bazar, Sylhet, Bangladesh. He came to the UK in 1974 for further education, where he did a study on … Read more
A Bangladeshi-born American novelist and journalist Lives in the USA Bangladeshi-born American Sylvia Pandit has been living in America since 2008. Pandit is her family title. Her grandfather had outstanding contributions to her village by educating the villagers; that is why Sylvia Pandit decided to honour her grandfather by using the family title Pandit as … Read more
From Part ONE, the reflection of memory continues. Disadvantage Bengali Struggle, the Nightmare, and Race attacked. However, every day hearing the word “Paki go back to your own country”, the Anti Racist Movement was the training point that changed lives into a land of opportunity and hopes both politically and economically; those who came to … Read more
By: ANSAR AHMED ULLAH A new exhibition titled ‘Brick Lane 1978: The Turning Point’ has brought together seventy of photographer Paul Trevor’s images for the first time, alongside first-hand accounts of activists of that period. The exhibition pays tribute to a generation of Bengali activists whose actions helped shape the struggle for social justice in … Read more
On August 21, the traditional and well-known rural Bengali water sport “Nowka Bais” will be held at Dorney Lake in Dorney, Winsor, Berkshire. The announcement was made at the press conference at Lake View Room, Dorley Lake, Wisor. Along with Nowka Bais, they will celebrate The Queen’s Platinium Jubilee and the 50th Anniversary of Bangladesh … Read more
Afternoon tea conversation with the Deputy Speaker of the London Borough of Newham, Councillor Mumtaz Khan. A wonderful human being, Bangladeshi born, successful NRB. Mumtaz Khan is an entrepreneur in the field of health and social care, in addition to being a politician. In 1986, she relocated to Britain with the rest of her family. … Read more
Beginning in the mid-1970s, the majority of Bengali families immigrated to the United Kingdom and settled in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, which has since become the Bengali community’s home. In the late 1970s, racism intensified towards the Bengali population; women were harassed as they dropped their children off at school. In addition, the … Read more
SUNAHWAR ALI Abdul Gaffar Choudhury was a Bangladeshi-Born British writer, Journalist, columnist, political analyst and poet. He wrote the lyrics to “Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February”, a widely celebrated song commemorating the Bengali Language Movement’s cultural diversity by bringing everyone under one umbrella for a day in a year, and he was a freedom … Read more
Cinebuzz times, UK: Yasmin Begum, 40, was found with stab wounds at home in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, London, after failing to collect her children from school on Thursday, 24th March. A peaceful and respectful vigil was held in tribute to Yesmin Begum in front of Newham Town Hall, Stratford, on 3rd April 2022. It’s … Read more
Celebrated by the Bengali Workers Association. The Bengali Workers Association organised a celebration of Bangladesh Independence Day in London. On the 26th of March, an event was held at the Surma Center to commemorate 51 years of independence and the Golden Jubilee. On the occasion of Independence Day, a discussion meeting was held. The invited … Read more