Day: July 12, 2018

Former  Councillor Shahed Ali who was imprisoned for housing fraud has been ordered to repay £180,000 or face being returned to prison. The Confiscation Order requires him to pay £110,000 to Tower Hamlets Council and the Government for money he made as a result of his fraud. He has also been ordered to pay the Council's legal costs of £70,000. In 2009, Mr Ali applied for social housing after claiming to be sleeping on a sofa at a relative's house. He was subsequently given a one bedroom council flat in Christian Street off Brick Lane. However, Mr Ali failed to disclose that in fact he owned a private property at Manchester Road, E14, and had also occupied a property at Cannon Street Road, in the Whitechapel ward he represented. Tower Hamlets Council became suspicious after he applied ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her government would give priority to connectivity if it comes to power next time. The government has also a plan to construct a nuclear power plant in the country’s southern part, she said. The PM while attending her question-answer session also informed the Jatiya Sangsad yesterday that law enforcement agencies arrested 20,767 drug peddlers since the current drive was launched in May this year. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Hajj Program of 2018 at Ashkona Hajj Camp in Dhaka yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, the PM urged everybody to remain careful to stop spreading confusion about Islam. The Jatiya Sangsad passed 'The Press Institute Bangladesh Bill 2018' seeking to bring PIB activities under the ambit of the law. Information Min...