Hasina Khanam works with the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team at St Leonard's in Hackney. She is planning to complete a 50-mile walk to raise funds for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. [details]

Have you wanted to get issues off your chest but did not have a suitable outlet to do so? Do you often feel passionately about topical issues and stop short of putting pen to paper? If so, I am looking for writers to craft articles for the BBPA magazine. No experience is necessary but a desire to write about British-Bangladeshi issues is a must. [details]

During the last few decades, one of the major demographic, social and cultural changes within the UK has been the development of a diverse range of minority ethnic communities. In contrast to the latter’s high profile in major multicultural cities, a number of communities in predominantly white majority regions remain culturally 'invisible'. This research, by Mairtin Mac an Ghaill and Chris Haywood of Newcastle University, focuses on one such group, providing an insight into young Bangladeshi people’s experience of growing up in Newcastle. It also compared these experiences with those of young white people to show similarities and differences between their transitions to adulthood. Read

Old Dhaka - a photo essay by Abir Abdulla. Read