BCPD Trust volunteer tutor Kamil Ali receives British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Education in the 2022 New Year Honours. The British Empire Medal
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BCPD Trust volunteer tutor Kamil Ali receives British Empire Medal for services to Education
Read more »BCPD Trust volunteer tutor Kamil Ali receives British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Education in the 2022 New Year Honours. The British Empire Medal is a British and Commonwealth
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‘We faced so many cyclones’: how people in Bangladesh are rebuilding after climate catastrophe
Read more »This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at Practical Action, which helps small farms in Bangladesh
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Princess Latifa: secret videos raise fears for ruler’s daughter forcibly returned to Dubai
Read more »Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police
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Four years at sea, now just metres from shore: ‘living hell’ of stranded UAE ship
Read more »Five seafarers are stuck in limbo on a beached tanker after a long, terrifying ordeal of abandonment
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Place, Social Protection and Migration in Bangladesh: A Londoni Village in Biswanath
Read more »Just discovered this article written by Katy Gardener and Zahir Ahmed from the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka. It is quite interesting as it discusses migration and
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‘Fighting for life’: Bangladesh shrimp farmers destitute in wake of cyclone
Read more »Natural disaster compounded by the collapse of a lucrative export during the pandemic has thrust people into poverty
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The world’s bad guys are winning. Is anyone going to stand up to them?
Read more »From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat
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Peter Dutton to be asked to fund lawyer for asylum seeker’s medevac challenge
Read more »A federal court judge says it’s ‘highly desirable’ to have a senior lawyer on the case which could lead to the release of more than 100 detainees
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Migration firm investigated over ads promising Vanuatu passports
Read more »Global-Migrate accused of promoting access to travel document without the government’s authority, although advertisements ‘not unlawful in themselves’
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So long as we blame modern slavery on criminals alone, we’ll never tackle the problem
Read more »Exploitation runs deep in the global economy. Only political change and better labour laws can root this out
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International students locked out of Australia by pandemic switch to UK and US
Read more »With Australia’s borders all but closed, many young people who long dreamed of an antipodean education are going elsewhere
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‘Back empty-handed’: Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty
Read more »Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands home
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‘The river is our home’: Bangladeshi boatmen mourn their receding waters
Read more »Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities
• All photographs by Kaamil Ahmed
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Biswanath 8UK welcome event for current and past Upazila Chairman
Read more »Biswanath 8UK an organisation dedicated to working for the habitants of Biswanath held a welcome event for current Biswanath Upazila Chairman SM Nunu Miah and previous Biswanath Upazila Chairman Mohibbur
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Vision for Bangladesh is helping the blind to see
Read more »A UK registered charity called Vision for Bangladesh is helping the blind to see by funding simple and effective eye treatments in Bangladesh for children whose parents are poor and
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Biswanath 8UK Fundraising Dinner party for Disabled people
Read more »Biswanath 8UK an organisation dedicated to working for the habitants of Biswanath held a Fundraising dinner party for disabled people on Monday 1st July 2019 at Impression Events Venue in
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Dhaka Fire kills 80 people
Read more »According to the Guardian Bangladeshi authorities have promised to drive illegal chemical factories out of the capital, Dhaka, as they face questions over a massive fire that killed at least
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Biswanath 8UK EC Meeting on 18th February
Read more »Biswanath 8UK an organisation dedicated to working for the habitants of Biswanath held an EC meeting on Monday 18th February 2019 at Annando Mahal Restaurant in Luton. This meeting was
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Biswanath 8UK hosted a Welcome event in Luton for Advocate Alamgir Chairman of Rampasha Union
Read more »Biswanath 8UK an organisation dedicated to working for the habitants of Biswanath hosted a welcome event for Advocate Alamgir Chairman of Ramapasha Union and all their members and other Biswanathi
Sylhet & Bangladesh
‘The river is our home’: Bangladeshi boatmen mourn their receding waters
Decreased flows caused by water-hungry neighbours, especially India, are damaging river communities
• All photographs by Kaamil Ahmed
‘We faced so many cyclones’: how people in Bangladesh are rebuilding after climate catastrophe
This year’s Guardian and Observer campaign supports charities fighting global climate injustice. Here, we look at Practical Action, which helps small farms in Bangladesh
UK & International
BCPD Trust volunteer tutor Kamil Ali receives British Empire Medal for services to Education
BCPD Trust volunteer tutor Kamil Ali receives British Empire Medal (BEM) for services to Education in the 2022 New Year Honours. The British Empire Medal
Princess Latifa: secret videos raise fears for ruler’s daughter forcibly returned to Dubai
Smuggled footage from daughter of sheikh says she is hostage in villa surrounded by police
Technology & Education
SCWS World 2017 Conference in London O2 Arena
SCWS World is the only event that brings together the entire small cells ecosystem to share trial and deployment experiences, build lasting business relationships with
International students locked out of Australia by pandemic switch to UK and US
With Australia’s borders all but closed, many young people who long dreamed of an antipodean education are going elsewhere
Culture & Sports
They gave you everything and now it’s your turn!
Your parents gave you everything and not just brought you into this world. They cared for you, fed you, protected you and gave up their
England wrap up tour victory but ‘rusty’ Alastair Cook a concern before Ashes
• England 293 and 207; Cricket Australia XI 233-9 dec and 75
• England win by 192 runs