Muzahid Khan, Managing Director of Janala Venture, describes his company’s assessment of the current business opportunities in Bangladesh. FOR MANY, Bangladesh is known for its garment trade, an industry that now accounts for nearly 78% of the country’s exports. It ...

CAN MUSLIMS participate fairly in the democratic process – campaigning, public consultations and elections? Or does racism – and, in particular, Islamophobia get in the way? The Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) is holding a meeting today, 13th February, to look ...

A MAN WHO was of no fixed address will now have stable accommodation for the next 26 weeks – in one of Her Majesty’s Prisons. This is as a result of an assault he committed in the A&E department of ...

Emdad Rahman BRITISH TRAVEL WRITER and East Londoner Tharik Hussain’s debut book, Minarets in the Mountains; a Journey into Muslim Europe, has entered the Amazon top ten for travel writing books within days of being available for pre-order. It also peaked at ...

THE GOVERNMENT OF Sri Lanka has today announced that it will respect the right of Muslims to have a burial in accordance with their religious practices and obligations and will no longer take the bodies of those who have died ...

A POLICE OPERATION during January, focussed on reducing the incidence of robbery in Barking, saw the Longbridge Neighbourhood Policing Team make nine arrests. The team sent out enhanced patrols in Barking town centre, Barking Park, the Gascoigne Estate and Faircross ...

THEY ARE keeping it zipped – but members of the community are continuing to ask for Executive Mayor John Biggs and Blackwall & Cubitt Town Labour Councillor Ehtasham Haque why they were going walkabout on the Isle of Dogs this ...

THE UK SIKH COUNCIL has called on Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to do more to halt human rights violations against farmers in India. They have asked him to raise UK concerns with India’s Government and in the United Nations. Problems ...

Madiha Hussain I DECIDED to donate some brand new books to the homeless soup kitchen because I saw Emdad Bhaiya (brother) organising the soup kitchens, using his time to donate food and clothes with the needy.  I thought that I ...

A MAN found guilty of three counts of writing anti-Semitic graffiti on bus stops in Stamford Hill has escaped with a community order by way of punishment. Antonio Santos, 61, of Cruikshank Street, Islington, admitted three counts of racially aggravated ...