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Challenging the enslavement of young girls in Bangladesh

Go into one of millions of homes in Bangladesh and you will find a young girl aged...

Bangladesh: Worst floods in 18 years as army evacuates people in...

Picture credit: Reuters Communities in low-lying areas in Sylhet and Sunamganj have been deluged. Homes and schools as...

Risk of forced labour in clothing industry rises due to pandemic

Deteriorating living and working conditions for workers in garment supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic have increased the risk of forced...

Hep C: Leading comedians unite to raise awareness & risk factors...

PICS: Ali official + eshaan akbar + sukh ojla "Those of us who take family visits to the...

Massive fire devastates Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar

A massive fire swept through three IOM-managed sites yesterday displacing roughly 45,000 Rohingya refugees and causing catastrophic damage in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh,...

London man who encouraged acts of terrorism in Bangladesh jailed

A man who posted messages on social media urging others to commit acts of terrorism in Bangladesh has been jailed, following an...

FREAK FLOODING: Calls for PM to act urgently on climate change

“The extreme floods that we are seeing today could just be the tip of the iceberg,” Maria Zafar, campaigns co-ordinator

#RIP: In loving memory of Mr Mohamed Amin Dada

A light went out in Bradford with the unexpected and sudden death of Mr Amin Dada, a highly-respected businessman and community leader.

Triple threat – DEC launches appeal to globally help most fragile...

Charities along with fellow members of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) have launched a Coronavirus Appeal to raise funds to help the...

Thousands sign petitions to replace slave trade statues around the UK

Hundreds of petitions have been started on petition platform Change.org to replace statues and signs of slave traders, colonialists and imperialists since...

Seems our British pensioners have got more grit than most of...

Inspired by Captain Tom Moore, a 100-year-old Bangladeshi man has raised a whopping £223,000 whilst walking around his communal garden.

Anubhav Sinha: “I have made this film for men, not women.”

Anubhav Sinha, who has previously directed socially conscious and relevant films like ‘Mulk’ and ‘Article 15’, is now addressing the topic of...

Naseem Shah becomes youngest bowler to take Test hat-trick

Teenager Naseem Shah bowls like the wind. The Pakistan pacer carved out his own little piece of history by becoming the youngest...

It starts with her – campaign to empower Bangladeshi women

Amanda Holden, Anita Rani and Michelle Keegan are backing a new British Red Cross campaign as the charity kicks off its 150th...

Women refugees speak up in Rohingya Camps

Cox’s Bazar – In the giant Kutupalong refugee camp, Nesaro received a second visit from an IOM enumerator at her small,...

BANGLADESH: Aid distribution underway to 10,000 vulnerable Rohingya Muslims

Nearly 340,000 children ‘outcast and desperate’ in squalid camps Global attention has focused on the plight of the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from...

Charity hero receives prestigious award at the Palace of Westminster

“Exposure through the Asian Express has allowed me to raise thousands of pounds for a plethora of causes as well as inspire others.” The man...

Leeds United FC urged to cancel tour in Myanmar

“This is a country where there is state-sponsored ethnic cleansing and genocide. It is not a place to play sport and it is not...

GSAL students raise over £3000 for Rohingya Muslims

Students in the Islamic Society at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) have teamed up in a fundraising effort to support Rohingyan people displaced...

From refugee kid to model: How one man’s harsh childhood in...

A young man who grew up in a refugee camp in Burma has set his sights on a career in the modelling industry and...

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