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    BRICK Lane director receives the best director prize at Festival

    by st contributor, Sunday 15th June 2008

    BRICK Lane director, Sarah Gavron received the best director prize at the 9th Rainbow Film Festival. The prize was awarded during the Festival closing night ceremony which took place at Rich Mix, East London. Gavron’s cinema adaptation of Monica Ali’s award winning novel, which caused controversy amongst…

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    Tags: bangladeshi community,Brick Lane,Cinema,culture of bangladesh,Entertainment,Film,London,monica ali,Movies,sarah gavron

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    Ekushey Celebrations in Sylhet

    by st contributor, Sunday 15th June 2008

    Students marked Bangladesh’s language movement by places a wreath of flowers at the Shahid Minar replica in the village of Shingerkach, Biswanath, Sylhet District. February 21, in Bangla “Ekushey,” refers to February 21, 1952, the day that students demonstrated against the forcible imposition of Urdu as…

    This article is in category: Bangladesh
    Tags: bangla academy,Bangladesh,Culture,fiery flowers,international commemoration,language movement,liberation war

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    Poems from Our Young Readers

    by st contributor, Saturday 14th June 2008

    I am a Muslim I am a Muslim And God I praise For all His blessings My voice I raise In one God I believe No equal has He Lord of the Universe Compassionate to me Muhammad the Prophet Taught me the way To be honest…

    This article is in category: Culture
    Tags: Community,Culture,fraudster,holy qur,judgement day,lord of the universe,muhammad the prophet,Youth

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    Immigration and Tax Credits

    by st contributor, Saturday 14th June 2008

    If a sponsor receives Tax Credits, will this adversely affect an immigration application by his/her spouse and, where relevant, children? This article considers the impact of Tax Credit claims on immigration applications and although the focus is on “On Entry” cases, the same principles apply to…

    This article is in category: Business
    Tags: Business,child tax credit,Community,council tax benefit,immigration application,immigration applications,immigration rules

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    Protests in Manchester after Mistreatment of Rizwan Hussain at Dhaka Airport

    by st contributor, Friday 13th June 2008

    HUNDREDS of protesters demanding better rights for travellers to Bangladesh demonstrated outside the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Manchester. Two other demonstrations were also held outside the Bangladesh High Commissions in London and Birmingham. The simultaneous demonstrations were organised by the Voice of Justice group and…

    This article is in category: Community
    Tags: Bangladesh,bangladesh government,Community,International,mr hussain,simultaneous demonstrations,social networking site,Travel,UK,Zia International Airport

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    Bass of Bengal releases its debut album – Desi

    by st contributor, Friday 13th June 2008

    LONDON based independent record company specialising in British Asian music, Bass of Bengal is releasing its debut album Desi Compilation Volume 1 next month. The 15-track compilation features music from a range of artists originating from different backgrounds, including Wizeguy, Fusing Naked Beats, Tigerstyle, Bengali rapper…

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    Tags: asian music scene,Culture,fusing naked beats,independent record company,Music,niraj chag,record company specialising

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    Author Tahmima Anam wins a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize

    by st contributor, Thursday 12th June 2008

    AUTHOR of A Golden Age, Tahmima Anam has become the first Bangladeshi to win a Commonwealth Writer’s Prize. The overall winners of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize were announced at the Franschhoek Literary Festival in South Africa. South African Minister of Arts and Culture Z Pallo…

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    Tags: Achievement,Author,Books,commonwealth writer,Commonwealth Writers Prize,Community,mother continent,pallo jordan,tahmima anam

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