List of British Bangladeshis
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable British Bangladeshis.
Successful members from the community are recognized in the annual "British Bangladeshi Who's Who
" and "BritBangla" for their significant community work, contribution and achievements in British society.
Faizur Rahman Chowdhury MBE A known figure in Birmingham.
Successful members from the community are recognized in the annual "British Bangladeshi Who's Who
Who's Who
Who's Who is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people...
" and "BritBangla" for their significant community work, contribution and achievements in British society.
Business
- Abdul LatifAbdul Latif (restaurateur)Abdul Latif, FRSA was a British restaurateur of Bangladeshi origin. He was well-known for his dish "Curry Hell" — a curry reputedly so hot that it was offered for free to patrons of his Newcastle restaurant who could finish the entire meal.-Biography:Abdul Latif was born in 1954 near the city of...
– Restauranteur known for his dish "Curry Hell". - Enam AliEnam AliEnam Ali, MBE, FIH , is a British Asian businessman. Ali is the founder of award winning restaurant Le Raj, the British Curry Awards and Spice Business Magazine.-Early life:...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Restaurateur and founder of the British Curry Awards and Spice Business Magazine. - Iqbal AhmedIqbal AhmedIqbal Ahmed, OBE , is a British entrepreneur of Bangladeshi origin. Based in Manchester, he made his fortune in shrimp. The success of his two companies, Seamark and Ibco, have turned him into one of the UK's richest men. He is also the highest British Bangladeshi to feature on the Sunday Times...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Entrepreneur, chairman and chief executive of Seamark Group made his fortune in shrimp. The highest British BangladeshiBritish BangladeshiA British Bangladeshi is a person of Bangladeshi origin who resides in the United Kingdom having emigrated to the UK and attained citizenship through naturalisation or whose parents did so; they are also known as British Bengalis...
to feature on the Sunday Times Rich ListSunday Times Rich ListThe Sunday Times Rich List is a list of the 1,000 wealthiest people or families in the United Kingdom, updated annually in April and published as a magazine supplement by British national Sunday newspaper The Sunday Times since 1989...
(placed at number 511 in 2006). - Iqbal WahhabIqbal WahhabIqbal Wahhab, OBE is a British Bangladeshi restaurateur, being born in Bangladesh and coming to Britain at the age of eight months. Wahhab is the founder of Tandoori Magazine, and multi award winning restaurant Cinnamon Club.-Biography:...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Entrepreneur, restaurateur, journalist, publisher, founded Tandoori Magazine, and founder of multi-award winning restaurant Cinnamon Club. - Mohammad Ajman 'Tommy Miah'Tommy MiahMohammad Ajman Miah , better known as Tommy Miah, is a British celebrity chef of Bangladeshi origin. He is an internationally renowned chef, being one of the leading Bangladeshi businessman in the United Kingdom. He owns an award-winning restaurant; his flagship restaurant is located in Edinburgh...
– Internationally renowned celebrity chefCelebrity chefA celebrity chef is a kitchen chef who has become famous and well known. Today celebrity chefs often become celebrities by presenting cookery advice and demonstrations via mass media, especially television. Historically, celebrity chefs have included Antoine Carême and Martino da Como.-External...
, award winning restaurateur, founder and promoter of the Indian Chef of the Year Competition. - Muquim AhmedMuquim AhmedMuquim Ahmed is a British entrepreneur of Bangladeshi origin.-Biography:He is thought to be the first Brick Lane millionaire. He arrived in east London in the early 1970s, aged 19, to study Engineering with the intention of returning to join the family business.Having invested in a bakery and a...
– Entrepreneur, who became the first Bangladeshi millionaire at the age of 26, due to diversification in banking, travel, a chain of restaurants with the Cafe Naz group, publishing and property development. - Nargis Ara – Pharmaceutical researcher. Best known for being a candidate on BBC reality television programme The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (UK)The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar in series one to six...
series two in 2006. - Nizamuddin 'Leepu' AwilaBangla BangersBangla Bangers, later followed by sequel-series Chop Shop: London Garage, was a reality program on the Discovery Channel about eccentric and unconventional Bangladeshi coachbuilder Nizamuddin "Leepu" Awlia and foul-mouthed Cockney mechanic Bernie Fineman...
– Car engineer, and coachbuilder who converts rusty old cars into imitation supercars in a workshop on Discovery Channel reality television programme Bangla Bangers/Chop Shop: London GarageBangla BangersBangla Bangers, later followed by sequel-series Chop Shop: London Garage, was a reality program on the Discovery Channel about eccentric and unconventional Bangladeshi coachbuilder Nizamuddin "Leepu" Awlia and foul-mouthed Cockney mechanic Bernie Fineman...
. - Noorul Choudhury – Maths teacher at Reddish Vale Technology CollegeReddish Vale Technology CollegeReddish Vale Technology College is a school in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England and is a mixed community comprehensive Technology College, educating 1400 pupils in the 11-16 range....
, online recruitment consultant, property business owner, and a fabric technologist business. Best known for being a candidate on BBC reality television programme The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (UK)The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar in series one to six...
series fiveThe Apprentice (UK series five)Series Five of The Apprentice was a British reality television series which was won by Yasmina Siadatan. The series began airing on BBC One on 25 March 2009 and ran for twelve weekly hour-long episodes, as in all previous years. Auditions and interviews took place during July 2008 in London,...
in 2009. - Ragib AliRagib AliRagib Ali is a leading industrialist, tea-planter, educationalist and is also associated with bank, insurance companies, and many other business houses.-Background:...
– Industrialist, pioneer tea-planter, educationalist, philanthropist, and banker. - Shelim HussainShelim HussainShelim Hussain, MBEis a British Bangladeshi entrepreneur.-Background:Shelim Hussain started his business around 1991 at the age of 18 while working part-time as a waiter and studying at college for his A Levels...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Entrepreneur, founder and Managing Director of Euro Foods (UK) Limited. - Syed AhmedSyed AhmedSyed Ahmed is a British-Bangladeshi entrepreneur, businessman and television personality. He is the founder and CEO of the hand and body drier company SA Vortex. He is best known for his 2006 appearance in the second UK series of the BBC reality television show The Apprentice, in which contestants...
– Entrepreneur, businessman, and television personality. Well known for being a candidate on BBC reality television programme The ApprenticeThe Apprentice (UK)The Apprentice is a British reality television series in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chance to win a £100,000-a-year job as an apprentice to the British business magnate Lord Sugar in series one to six...
series two in 2006. - Taryn KhanamTaryn KhanamTaryn Khanam is the director and co-founder of BritBangla and a policy advisor for the Department of Health.-Education and career:Taryn Khanam has a Master's degree in Environmental Science from Brunel University....
– Director and co-founder of BritBangla and a policy advisor for the Department of HealthHealth departmentA health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry. Subnational entities, such as states, counties and cities, often also operate a health department of their own...
. - Wali Tasar UddinWali Tasar UddinWali Tasar Uddin, MBE , is a British entrepreneur, a community leader and a humanitarian. He is one of the most notable Bangladeshis based in Scotland.-Background:...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Entrepreneur, restauranteur, community leader, and chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce. - Waliur Rahman BhuiyanWaliur Rahman BhuiyanWaliur Rahman Bhuiyan, OBE is one of the top Bangladeshi Businesspersons.-Career:Bhuiyan is the Managing Director and Country Head of BOC Bangladesh Limited, one of the first British companies to invest in Bangladesh in the 1950s to produce and supply industrial and medical gases.In recognition of...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Managing Director and Country Head of BOC Bangladesh Limited, one of the first British companies to invest in Bangladesh in the 1950s to produce and supply industrial and medical gases.
Media
- Abul Taher, Reporter at the Mail on Sunday newspaper, and formerly at the Sunday Times.
- Ajmal MasroorAjmal MasroorAjmal Masroor is a British imam, broadcaster and politician. He is well known for being a television presenter on political discussions and on Muslim channels.-Background:...
– Television presenter, politician, Imam, and UK Parliamentary candidateProspective parliamentary candidateProspective parliamentary candidate is a term used in British politics to refer to candidates selected by political parties to fight individual constituencies in advance of a general election. This terminology was motivated by the strict limits on the amount of expenses incurred by an actual...
for Bethnal Green and Bow constituency representing Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
in 2010 General Election. He is a television presenter on political and Islamic programmes on Islam ChannelIslam ChannelIslam Channel is a UK-based, free-to-air, English language, Islamic-focused satellite television channel funded by advertising and donations. It was reported in 2008 that UK government research found that 97.3% of Muslims watched the channel...
and Channel SChannel SChannel S is a UK-based, free-to-air television channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. The channel was established on 16 December 2004, by Mahee Ferdous Jalil - a Bangladeshi businessman in London. On Sky it had a timesharing deal with ATN Global, and then in 2005 it started to...
, - Jameela JamilJameela JamilJameela Jamil is an English television presenter and model. She has appeared on various Channel 4 programmes, and has been a presenter of T4 since 2009.- Biography :...
– Television presenter, and model. She has been a presenter of Channel 4's weekend daytime entertainment programme T4T4 (Channel 4)T4 is a scheduling slot on Channel 4 from about 09:00 until 14:00 on Saturdays and 17:00 on Sundays. It also airs on weekdays in the school holidays. The slot has a separate station identification on screen graphic from Channel 4 and E4. The logo of T4 is noticeably the top right segment of the...
since 2009. - Kanak 'Konnie' HuqKonnie HuqKanak Asha "Konnie" Huq is a British television presenter, who is best known for being the longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, having presented it from 1 December 1997 until 23 January 2008...
– Television presenter, best known for being the longest-serving female Blue PeterBlue PeterBlue Peter is the world's longest-running children's television show, having first aired in 1958. It is shown on CBBC, both in its BBC One programming block and on the CBBC channel. During its history there have been many presenters, often consisting of two women and two men at a time...
presenter. - Lisa AzizLisa AzizLisa Aziz is a British news presenter. She is best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol based ITV South West nightly weekday news programme The West Country Tonight. Before this she worked for TV-am and Sky News, and was one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television...
– News presenter, and journalist. Best known as the co-presenter of the Bristol based ITV South WestITV South WestITV West & Westcountry, also known as ITV South West, is a non-franchise ITV regional station covering the South West of England and incorporating the former ITV West and ITV Westcountry regions.-History:...
nightly weekday news programme The West Country TonightThe West Country TonightThe West Country Tonight is a regional television news and current affairs programme, also including local sports news and local features of interest, produced by ITV West & Westcountry at its studios in Bristol...
, one of the first Asian presenters to be seen on television. She won the Ethnic Multicultural Media AcademyEMMAEMMA is an Organization which raises awareness of discrimination through media campaigns, social networking, and the EMMA Awards....
Best Television News Journalist Award. - Nina HossainNina HossainNina Hossain is a British journalist, presenter and newscaster.Hossain is currently employed on a freelance basis by ITN where she is the main presenter of ITV London's regional news programme London Tonight. Nina also acts as a relief newscaster for ITV News.-Background:Hossain was born in...
– Journalist, newscaster, and sole presenter of ITV LondonITV LondonITV London is the on-air brand name used by ITV Broadcasting Limited for the two Channel 3 broadcast franchises, Carlton Television and London Weekend Television in the London ITV region.-History:...
's regional news programme London TonightLondon TonightLondon Tonight is a regional news programme broadcast on ITV London . Produced by ITN, the programme is broadcast at 6pm every weeknight, also including local sports news and local features of interest.Like all regional news programmes on ITV in England and Wales and Channel Television, it uses...
. - Rizwan HussainRizwan HussainRizwan Hussain is a British Barrister satellite television presenter and an international humanitarian worker...
– Barrister, television presenter, philanthropist, international humanitarian worker, former Hindi musicIndian popIndian pop music , often known as Indian-Pop, Hindi Pop, Indipop or Indi-pop, refers to pop music in India. Pop music really started in the South Asian region with the famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi's song ‘Ko-Ko-Korina’ in 1966...
singer and producer. Very well known for TV presenting Islamic and charity shows on Channel SChannel SChannel S is a UK-based, free-to-air television channel targeting the British Bangladeshi community. The channel was established on 16 December 2004, by Mahee Ferdous Jalil - a Bangladeshi businessman in London. On Sky it had a timesharing deal with ATN Global, and then in 2005 it started to...
and Islam ChannelIslam ChannelIslam Channel is a UK-based, free-to-air, English language, Islamic-focused satellite television channel funded by advertising and donations. It was reported in 2008 that UK government research found that 97.3% of Muslims watched the channel...
, mainly known within the community. - Tasmin Lucia KhanTasmin Lucia KhanTasmin Lucia Khan is a British journalist and news presenter for ITV breakfast show Daybreak. She also presents a news bulletin for the Lorraine programme on ITV. She is a former presenter of BBC Three's hourly news bulletin, 60 Seconds, and presented E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News...
– Journalist, presenter, and producer. Best known for delivering BBC ThreeBBC ThreeBBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
's nightly hourly 'World News' bulletins on in 60 Seconds60 Seconds60 Seconds is the news programme running between shows on BBC Three. The weekday presenter is Sam Naz with weekend bulletins presented by Claudia-Liza Armah....
, and presenting E24 on the rolling news channel BBC News. Currently delivers news bulletins and breaking stories on ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
breakfast television programme DaybreakDaybreak (ITV)Daybreak is the weekday breakfast television programme on the British commercial ITV network that broadcasts on weekday mornings from 06:00 to 08:30 and is currently presented by Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from Monday to Thursday with Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway on Fridays...
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Journalism
- Abdul Gaffar ChoudhuryAbdul Gaffar ChoudhuryAbdul Gaffar Choudhury , is a Bangladeshi author and rpo-Awami league columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano -- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud.-Life:He left Bangladesh...
– Author, journalist, and columnist for Bengali newspapers of Bangladesh. Best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte RanganoAmar Bhaier Rokte RanganoAmar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February is a Bengali song which was written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in the 1950s in East Pakistan. The song title is translated as My Brothers Blood Spattered or My Brothers Blood Spattered 21 February...
-- which has become the main song commemorating the Language MovementLanguage MovementThe Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement , was a political effort in Bangladesh , advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan...
. - A. N. M. Serajur RahmanSerajur RahmanA. N. M. Serajur Rahman is a Bangladeshi journalist, broadcaster and Bangladeshi nationalist.-Education:Born in Noakhali, Bangladesh, Rahman went to school in Calcutta, matriculating with distinction in 1947 from Mitra Institution. Rahman was actively involved in the Mukuler Mahfil Youth...
– Journalist, broadcaster, and Bangladeshi nationalistBangladeshi nationalismBangladeshi nationalism is a political ideology that glorifies and promotes the citizens of the People's Republic of Bangladesh as a distinctive cultural and political nation...
. - Faisal IslamFaisal IslamFaisal Islam is an award winning journalist and the economics editor for Channel 4 News.-Education:Faisal was educated at Manchester Grammar School, a boys' independent school in Manchester, followed by Trinity College, Cambridge. He graduated from City University in London in 2000, with a Post...
– Economics editor and correspondent for Channel 4 NewsChannel 4 NewsChannel 4 News is the news division of British television broadcaster Channel 4. It is produced by ITN, and has been in operation since the broadcaster's launch in 1982.-Channel 4 News:...
. He was named Young Journalist of the Year at the Royal Society of TelevisionRoyal Television SocietyThe Royal Television Society is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world...
awards 2006. - Fareena AlamFareena AlamFareena Alam is Editor of Q News, a British Muslim Magazine.-Background:Fareena is an established journalist. She is possibly the youngest Editor of a Muslim current affairs publication, Q News. She is a freelance contributor to British and international newspapers...
– Editor of British Muslim Magazine Q NewsQ NewsQ News was a British Muslim magazine published by Q-News Media Limited. It described itself as "Britain's leading Muslim magazine, providing independent analysis, critique and review of politics, culture and ideas."...
. She was named Media Professional of the Year by Islamic ReliefIslamic ReliefIslamic Relief Worldwide is a Muslim international relief and development organization consisting of a family of 15 aid agencies that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world’s poorest people...
in 2005 and at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2006. - Nurul IslamNurul Islam (broadcaster)Nurul Islam was a broadcast journalist, producer and presenter, best known for his work with the World Service at the BBC.-Biography:Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Initially trained as a photographer and an actor...
– Broadcast journalist, producer, and presenter best remembered for his work with the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
World ServiceBBC World ServiceThe BBC World Service is the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasting in 27 languages to many parts of the world via analogue and digital shortwave, internet streaming and podcasting, satellite, FM and MW relays...
. - Shamim ChowdhuryShamim ChowdhuryShamim Chowdhury is a British television and print journalist.-Education and career:Shamim Chowdhury has a BSc from Queen Mary, University of London, an MSc from Birkbeck College and a post-graduate diploma in Newspaper Journalism from City University London....
– Television and print journalist for Al Jazeera English.
Politics
- BaronessBaronessBaroness is the female equivalent of the nobility title Baron.Baroness or The Baroness may also refer to:* Baroness , a metal band from Savannah, Georgia* Baroness , a fictional villain in the G.I...
Manzila 'Pola' UddinPola Uddin, Baroness UddinManzila Pola Uddin, Baroness Uddin is a British Labour politician, and community activist.-Background:Uddin was born in a village in Bangladesh. She moved with her parents to the United Kingdom in 1973, when she was 13 years of age, and she grew up in the East End of London...
– Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
life peerPeerage of the United KingdomThe Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801, when it replaced the Peerage of Great Britain...
, community activist, and first Muslim and Asian to sit in the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
. - Cllr Lutfur RahmanLutfur RahmanLutfur Rahman is a community activist and local politician in London, England. He became the first directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2010, having previously been the leader of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council from 2008 to 2010.-Education:...
– Community activist, local IndependentIndependent (politician)In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
politician, who became the first directly elected mayor of Tower HamletsDirectly elected mayor of Tower HamletsThe directly elected mayor of Tower Hamlets is a new directly elected mayor, elected on 21 October 2010, taking on the executive function of Tower Hamlets London Borough Council in east London, England...
in 2010 and the first Bangladeshi leader of the council. - Cllr Muhammad Abdullah SaliqueMuhammad Abdullah SaliqueMuhammad Abdullah Salique , was the mayor of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets from 2008-2009. He was replaced by Councillor Ahmed Omer, the first Somali mayor in Tower Hamlets and London.-Biography:...
– Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
member, CouncillorCouncillorA councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council.Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman.-United Kingdom:...
for Bethnal GreenBethnal GreenBethnal Green is a district of the East End of London, England and part of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, with the far northern parts falling within the London Borough of Hackney. Located northeast of Charing Cross, it was historically an agrarian hamlet in the ancient parish of Stepney,...
North ward, MayorMayorIn many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
of London Borough of Tower HamletsLondon Borough of Tower HamletsThe London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks...
for 2008/09 municipal year. - Cllr Shiria KhatunShiria KhatunShiria Khatun is one of the short listed mayoral Labour candidates in Tower Hamlets.-Early life:Shiria Khatun was born in Birmingham, United Kingdom, and raised and educated in Tower Hamlets. Her parents, Haji Mohammed Mokis and Joytera Khatun came to UK in late 1950’s...
– Short-listed mayoral LabourLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
candidates in Tower HamletsLondon Borough of Tower HamletsThe London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a London borough to the east of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It is in the eastern part of London and covers much of the traditional East End. It also includes much of the redeveloped Docklands region of London, including West India Docks...
. - Cllr Syeda Amina KhatunSyeda Amina KhatunSyeda Amina Khatun MBE is a Labour Party councillor for Tipton Green in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. She was the first Bangladeshi woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999.-Career:...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillor for Tipton GreenTipton GreenTipton Green is the central area of Tipton, a town in the West Midlands of England. It was heavily developed for industry during the 19th century, as Tipton was one of the most significant towns during the Industrial Revolution. Tipton Green is one of three electoral wards covering Tipton for...
in the Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilSandwellSandwell is a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands with a population of around 289,100, and an area of . The borough is named after Sandwell Priory, and spans a densely populated part of both the Black Country, and the West Midlands conurbation, encompassing the urban towns of Blackheath,...
. She was the first BangladeshiBengali peopleThe Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
woman to be elected in the Midlands region in 1999. - Cllr Tulip SiddiqTulip SiddiqTulip Siddiq is a Labour Party councillor in Regent's Park and cabinet member for culture in Camden London Borough Council. In May 2010, she became the first Bengali woman in Camden Council.-Background and education:...
– Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
councillor in Regent's ParkRegent's ParkRegent's Park is one of the Royal Parks of London. It is in the north-western part of central London, partly in the City of Westminster and partly in the London Borough of Camden...
and cabinet member for culture in Camden London Borough CouncilCamden London Borough CouncilCamden London Borough Council is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in the United Kingdom capital of London...
. - Murad QureshiMurad QureshiMurad Qureshi is a British Labour Party politician, and a Member of the London Assembly.-Background:Qureshi was born in May 1965 in Stockport, Cheshire, but he was brought up in Westminster, London, when his parents moved in July 1965...
– Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
politician, and Greater London AssemblyLondon AssemblyThe London Assembly is an elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds majority, to amend the mayor's annual budget. The assembly was established in 2000 and is headquartered at City Hall on the south...
Member. - Rushanara AliRushanara AliRushanara Ali is a British Labour Party politician and Associate Director of the Young Foundation, who has been the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow since 2010...
– First Bangladeshi and one of first three Muslim women to be elected as an Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, for Bethnal Green and BowBethnal Green and BowBethnal Green and Bow is a parliamentary constituency located in Greater London, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency first existed 1974-1983, and was...
Labour Party constituencyConstituency Labour PartyA Constituency Labour Party is an organisation of members of the British Labour Party who live in a particular UK parliamentary constituency in England, Scotland and Wales. The Labour Party in Northern Ireland has, since February 2009, been organised as a province-wide Constituency Labour Party...
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Faizur Rahman Chowdhury MBE A known figure in Birmingham.
Music
- Boyan Uddin ChowdhuryBoyan ChowdhuryBoyan Uddin Chowdhury was the lead guitarist of English rock band The Zutons. Chowdhury left the band due to "musical differences" in July 2007.-Biography:...
– Former lead guitarist of rock band The ZutonsThe ZutonsThe Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
. - Deedar Zaman – Rapper/MC, and former member of electronica band Asian Dub FoundationAsian Dub FoundationAsian Dub Foundation are a British electronica band that plays a mix of rapcore, dub, dancehall and ragga, also using rock instruments, acknowledging a punk influence...
then known as Master D. - Gouri ChoudhuryGouri ChoudhuryGouri Choudhury is a British singer and music teacher of Bangladeshi origin.-Education:In 1984, Gouri Choudhury completed her Secondary School Certificate and then in 1985, she attended Sylhet Academy of Fine Arts and gained a diploma in Folk Songs...
– Singer and music teacher. - Farook Shamsher – Alternative dub
/ dance music DJ and producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
. He received the Commitment to Scene award at the UK Asian Music AwardsUK Asian Music AwardsThe UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an award show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. It is presented by B4U Music since 2008...
2006. - Jernade Miah – Singer, songwriter, signed to 2Point9 Records2Point9 Records2Point9 Records is an independent record label, a subsidiary of an all-in-one entertainment company called 2Point9, that was started in 2003 when Telstar Records A&R manager Billy Grant and Promotions manager Rob Stuart decided to leave the company to set up their own little independent...
(Doh Point Nau). He won Best Newcomer at the UK Asian Music AwardsUK Asian Music AwardsThe UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an award show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. It is presented by B4U Music since 2008...
2011. - Lucy RahmanLucy RahmanLucy Rahman is a British singer of Bangladeshi origin.-Background and education:Lucy Rahman was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh into a family of famous musicians, artists and poets. From the age of six she was trained in Indian Classical and semi-classical music from her father, Lutfor Rahman, who was a...
– Singer. - Muhammad Mumith Ahmed (Mumzy Stranger)Mumzy StrangerMuhammad Mumith Ahmed , better known by his stage name Mumzy Stranger, is a British MC, singer-songwriter and record producer. He made his mainstream recording debut in the summer of 2009 with his debut single "One More Dance," which topped the UK Asian Charts, as did the follow-up singles,...
– R&B and hip-hopMainstream UrbanMainstream Urban is a term used to describe a radio format similar to an Urban Contemporary format. The format differentiates itself due to two factors: playlist composition and target demographic...
singer-songwriter. The first musician of Bangladeshi origin to release a music single, called One More Dance. Also won Best Urban Act at the UK Asian Music AwardsUK Asian Music AwardsThe UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an award show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. It is presented by B4U Music since 2008...
2011. - Nazeel AzamiNazeel Azami-Education and background:Nazeel Azami is of Bangladeshi descent, and grew up in London and Manchester. He went to a primary school in London, secondary schools in 3 different countries, and attended University of Manchester studying BSc Physics with Business Management, and PGCE.He developed his...
– NasheedAnasheedAnasheed , is Islamic vocal music that is either sung a cappella or accompanied by percussion instruments such as the daff...
singer-songwriter signed to Awakening RecordsAwakening RecordsAwakening Records was created in 2000 to offer a wide range of products for a new modern Islamic market. Combining modern manufacturing and contemporary design, they have introduced many new recording artists to the Islamic nasheed and music market....
. - Rowshanara MoniRowshanara MoniRowshanara Moni is a British singer and actress of Bangladeshi origin.-Background and education:Rowshanara Moni was born Moulvibazar, Bangladesh...
– Singer and actress. - Saifullah 'Sam' Zaman – DJ and producer associated with the Asian UndergroundAsian UndergroundAsian Underground is a term associated with various British Asian musicians who blend elements of western underground dance music and the traditional Asian music of their home countries in South Asia...
movement, recording as State of Bengal. - Shahin BadarShahin BadarShahin Badar is a singer and songwriter who is best known in Europe and North America for her vocals on The Prodigy's single Smack My Bitch Up...
– Singer and songwriter best known for vocals on The ProdigyThe ProdigyThe Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...
's single Smack My Bitch UpSmack My Bitch Up"Smack My Bitch Up" is a song by The Prodigy, released as the band's twelfth single on 17 November 1997. It was the third and final single from the album The Fat of the Land....
, which earned her a Double Platinum awardMusic recording sales certificationMusic recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,...
. - Suzana AnsarSuzana AnsarSuzana Ansar is a British Bengali singer and actress.-Background:Ansar was born in Whipps Cross University Hospital, Leyton, East London, United Kingdom to British Bengali ex pat parents, UK community activist Syeda S Karim, and chartered accountant/businessman Mohamed Ansar Uddin...
– Singer, actress, and television presenter based in the UK and Bangladesh. She released her debut band album Suzana Ansar with KhansarSuzana Ansar with KhansarSuzana Ansar with Khansar is the title of the debut band album of Suzana Ansar, alongside band members Syed Ansar, Imran Khan and Yamin Chowdhury...
in 2009. - Zoe RahmanZoe RahmanZoe Rahman is a British jazz composer and pianist.-Education:Born and raised in Chichester, United Kingdom. Rahman studied classical piano at the Royal Academy of Music, a music degree at St Hugh's College, University of Oxford, and won a scholarship to study jazz performance at Berklee College of...
– Jazz composer, and pianist. She won the Perrier Young Jazz Musician of the Year Award 1999.
Drama
- Afshan AzadAfshan AzadAfshan Azad is an English actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series.-Career:...
– Actress best known for playing the role of Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film seriesHarry Potter (film series)The Harry Potter film series is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by the British author J. K. Rowling...
. - Bibhas ChakrabortyBibhas ChakrabortyBibhas Chakraborty is a leading Bengali theatre personality. He is an actor, playwright, theatre director, and theatre organiser. He received Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 1989...
– Theatre practitioner, actor, playwright, theatre director, theatre organiser. He received Sangeet Natak Akademi awardSangeet Natak Akademi AwardSangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar is an award given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama. It is the highest Indian recognition given to practicing artists. The award consists since 2003 of Rs. 50,000, a citation, an angavastram , and a tamrapatra...
in 1989. - Dino ShafeekDino ShafeekDino Shafeek was a Bangladeshi actor and comedian based in the United Kingdom and the star or co-star of several popular English TV comedies during the 1970s and early 80s...
– Actor, and comedian starred in several sitcoms during the 1970s and early 80s. He is best remembered for playing the role of Char Wallah Muhammed in It Ain't Half Hot MumIt Ain't Half Hot MumIt Ain't Half Hot Mum was a British sitcom about the adventures of a Royal Artillery Concert Party, broadcast on the BBC between 1974 and 1981, and written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army...
and Ali Nadim in Mind Your LanguageMind Your LanguageMind Your Language is a British comedy television series, that premiered on ITV in late 1977. Produced by LWT and directed by Stuart Allen, it is set in an adult education college in London and focuses on the English as a Foreign Language class taught by Mr. Jeremy Brown, portrayed by Barry Evans,...
. - Hannan MajidHannan MajidHannan Majid is a British documentary filmmaker of Bangladeshi origin.-Biography:Originally from Dhaka, Majid's parents migrated to Bradford where he grew up. He is a graduate of the Northern Film School in Leeds. Along with Richard York, Majid runs a documentary production house called The Rainbow...
– Documentary filmmaker whose films have been exhibited at several international film festivals including Emirates, CambridgeCambridge Film FestivalThe Cambridge Film Festival is one of the biggest film festivals in the UK. The festival historically took place during early July, but now takes place annually during September in Cambridge....
, DurbanDurban International Film FestivalThe Durban International Film Festival is an annual film festival that takes place in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. It is one of the oldest and largest film festival in Southern African and presents over 200 screenings celebrating the best in South African, African and...
, and LeedsLeeds International Film FestivalThe Leeds International Film Festival is the largest film festival in England outside London. Held in November at various venues throughout Leeds, West Yorkshire it shows over 200 films from around the world, commercial and independent.... - Nazrin ChoudhuryNazrin ChoudhuryNazrin Choudhury is an award winning British screenwriter and actress. She is of Bangladeshi origin.-Education:Choudhury was born in South London to Bangladeshi immigrant parents. She is the youngest of five children and received a scholarship to attend Streatham and Clapham High School...
– Screenwriter, and actress on drama serials. Her critically acclaimed radio play "Mixed Blood" won the Richard Imison AwardRichard Imison AwardThe Richard Imison Award, established in 1994, commemorates the life and work of Richard Imison.Richard Imison was Script Editor for BBC Radio Drama from 1963 to 1991. In the thirty years that Imison worked for BBC Radio Drama it was the largest patron of original creative dramatic writing in Britain...
2006. - Ruhul AminRuhul Amin (film director)Ruhul Amin is a British film director of Bangladeshi origin.-Biography:Ruhul is one of the prolific Asian filmmaker in Britain. He has made 13 films for the BBC and Channel 4. Most of them are documentaries and experimental dramas...
– Film director who has made 13 films for the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and Channel 4Channel 4Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
including 1986 TV feature film drama A Kind of English. Most of them are documentaries and experimental dramas. - Sadik AhmedSadik Ahmed-Education and career:Sadik was born in Bangladesh, came to England as a child and was brought up in London. He studied Fine Art at Central St Martins School of Art, before coming to the National Film and Television School to study his MA Cinematography...
– Film director, cinematographer, and writer. Wrote and directed international award-winning short film "Tanju Miah", which was official selected and the first Bangladeshi film in the TorontoToronto International Film FestivalThe Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
, SundanceSundance Film FestivalThe Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
, and AmsterdamAmsterdam Film eXperienceThe Amsterdam Film eXperience, or AFX for short, is an annual filmfestival that takes place in Amsterdam. It's being organized by the AISFF...
film festivals in 2007. Also directed critically acclaimed feature film The Last ThakurThe Last ThakurThe Last Thakur is a British-Bangladeshi western film directed by Sadik Ahmed. A lone gun-man enters a typical Bangladeshi town to find his identity and take revenge on the person who raped his mother during the war...
in 2007 which opened screenings at the LondonLondon Film FestivalThe BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
, DubaiDubai International Film FestivalThe Dubai International Film Festival is an international film festival based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Launched in 2004, it aims to foster the growth of filmmaking in the Arab world.-Overview:...
, MumbaiMumbai International Film FestivalMumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films , is a festival organised in the city of Mumbai by the 'Film Division', Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It has been organised since 1990, and focuses on documentary, short and animation...
, New YorkNew York Film FestivalThe New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center...
and other film festivals. - Shefali ChowdhuryShefali ChowdhuryShefali Chowdhury is a British actress best known for playing the role of Parvati Patil in the Harry Potter film series.-Life and career:Chowdhury was born in Denbigh, Wales and moved to Birmingham when she was six...
– Actress best known for playing the role of Parvati Patil in the Harry Potter film seriesHarry Potter (film series)The Harry Potter film series is a British-American film series based on the Harry Potter novels by the British author J. K. Rowling...
. - Tanika GuptaTanika GuptaTanika Gupta, MBE is a British playwright of Bengali origin. Apart from her work for the theatre, she has also written scripts for television.-Background and education:...
MBE – Theatre playwright, and television script-writer. Her BBC2 screenplay Flight won an Ethnic Multicultural Media AcademyEMMAEMMA is an Organization which raises awareness of discrimination through media campaigns, social networking, and the EMMA Awards....
Award in 1998. She won the Arts and Culture Award at the Asian Women Achievement Awards in 2003. Her play The Waiting Room staged by the Royal National TheatreRoyal National TheatreThe Royal National Theatre in London is one of the United Kingdom's two most prominent publicly funded theatre companies, alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company...
won the John Whiting AwardJohn Whiting AwardThe John Whiting Award is awarded annually to a British or Commonwealth playwright who, in the opinion of a consortium of UK theatres, shows a new and distinctive development in dramatic writing with particular relevance to contemporary society...
in 2000.
Arts
- Akram KhanAkram Khan (dancer)Akram Khan, MBE is a dancer whose background is rooted in his classical kathak training and contemporary dance.-Career:Khan was born in London into a family of Bangladeshi origin. He began dancing and trained in the classical Indian dance form of Kathak at the age of seven. He studied with Sri...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Dancer, and choreographer. Received numerous awards including Outstanding Newcomer 2000, Best Modern Choreography 2002, and Outstanding Male or Female Artist (Modern) 2005 at the Critics' CircleThe Critics' CircleThe Critics' Circle is a professional association of British critics of dance, drama, film, music, visual arts and architecture. It was established in 1913 as an offshoot of the Society of Dramatic Critics, which had been formed six years earlier but had become inactive.For many years the Circle...
National Dance Awards. - Eenasul Fateh (Aladin)Eenasul FatehEenasul Fateh is a London-based cultural practitioner, magician, and live artist.-Background:Born in Washington, D.C., United States, Aladin has lived in Geneva, Paris, Prague, Baghdad, Algiers, Calcutta, Delhi, Lahore, Karachi and London...
– Magician. Named International Magician of the Year in 1991, and winner of the 1997 Golden Turban Award from the Magic Academy of Bangalore, in India. - Rezia WahidRezia WahidRezia Wahid MBE, is an award-winning British textile artist of Bangladeshi origin. Her work has been exhibited both in the United Kingdom and abroad.-Textiles career:Wahid was born in Bangladesh and arrived to the United Kingdom at the age of 5...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
– Award-winning textile artist whose work has been exhibited both in the UK and abroad. - Ruh al-Alam – Islamic artIslamic artIslamic art encompasses the visual arts produced from the 7th century onwards by people who lived within the territory that was inhabited by or ruled by culturally Islamic populations...
ist, and founder of Islamic calligraphicIslamic calligraphyIslamic calligraphy, colloquially known as Perso-Arabic calligraphy, is the artistic practice of handwriting, or calligraphy, and by extension, of bookmaking, in the lands sharing a common Islamic cultural heritage. This art form is based on the Arabic script, which for a long time was used by all...
artwork project Visual Dhikr. - Runa IslamRuna IslamRuna Islam is a Bangladesh born artist based in London, and was a nominee for the 2008 Turner Prize. Islam is principally known for her film works.-Background:...
– FilmArt filmAn art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...
and photography visual artistVisual artsThe visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, nominated for the Turner Prize 20082008 Turner PrizeThe four nominees for the Tate gallery's 2008 Turner Prize were Runa Islam, Mark Leckey, Goshka Macuga and Cathy Wilkes. The chairman of the jury was Tate Britain director, Stephen Deuchar. The award went to Mark Leckey on 1 December....
.
Education
- ProfProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Andy MiahAndy MiahAndy Miah is British bioethicist, academic and journalist. His work often focuses on technology and posthumanism.-Life and career:...
– Professor in Ethics & Emerging Technologies and Director of the Creative Futures Research Centre at the University of the West of Scotland. - ProfProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Ghulam SarwarGhulam SarwarProfessor Ghulam Sarwar, born 1945 in Bangladesh, director of the Muslim Educational Trust based at Stroud Green Road in London. He is also a highly respected and recognised writer on Islam in English. -Background:...
– Director of the Muslim Educational TrustMuslim Educational TrustThe Muslim Educational Trust is a British based organisation offering information, advice and publications about Islam and the educational needs of Muslim children in particular. It is based at 130 Stroud Green Road, London, N4 3RZ....
, and an internationally recognised writer on Islam in English, especially for writing and publishing the first English textbook, Islam: Beliefs and TeachingsIslam: Beliefs and TeachingsIslam: Beliefs and Teachings is an internationally recognised book by Ghulam Sarwar of the Muslim Educational Trust. It was published by Sarwar as the first English textbook for madrasa students in Britain .-Publication details:...
, for madrasahMadrasahMadrasah is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious...
students in Britain, which is used worldwide in Religious EducationReligious EducationReligious Education is the term given to education concerned with religion. It may refer to education provided by a church or religious organization, for instruction in doctrine and faith, or for education in various aspects of religion, but without explicitly religious or moral aims, e.g. in a...
classes, especially in British schools. - ProfProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Tipu Zahed AzizTipu AzizTipu Zahed Aziz is a professor of neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and a lecturer at Magdalen College, Oxford and the Imperial College London medical school...
– Professor of neurosurgeryNeurosurgeryNeurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...
at the John Radcliffe HospitalJohn Radcliffe HospitalThe John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England.It is the main teaching hospital for Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. As such, it is a well-developed centre of medical research. It also incorporates the Medical School of the University of Oxford....
in Oxford, and lecturerLecturerLecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
at Magdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College, OxfordMagdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
and Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
medical school. a biography from John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Literature
- Dr Ghulam MurshidGhulam MurshidGhulam Murshid is an eminent Bangladeshi author, scholar and journalist, based in London, England. Previously, Dr Murshid was a professor of Bengali literature at the University of Rajshahi and a radio journalist with the British Broadcasting Corporation in London. He also held teaching and...
– Author, scholar, and journalist. He's received numerous top literary awards from India and Bangladesh including the Bangla AcademyBangla AcademyBangla Academy , established on 3 December 1955, is the national academy for promoting Bangla language in Bangladesh. The main office of the organization is located at the Burdwan House, once a part of the campus of the University of Dhaka, beside Suhrawardy Udyan.-History:The importance of...
award. - Kia AbdullahKia AbdullahKia Abdullah is a British-Bangladeshi author and journalist. She contributed to the guardian.co.uk website Comment is Free from 2008 to 2010 and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation and Child's Play .-Career:Kia Abdullah wrote her first novel Life, Love and Assimilation after...
– Novelist and journalist. She contributes to The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper and has written two novels: Life, Love and Assimilation and Child's Play. - Mohammed Mahbub 'Ed' HusainEd HusainMohammed Mahbub Husain is the author of The Islamist, a book about Islamic fundamentalism, and an account of his five years as an Islamist activist. Husain also helped to create, with Maajid Nawaz, the counter-extremism organisation the Quilliam Foundation. He is currently at senior fellow at the...
– Writer of the book The IslamistThe IslamistThe Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I Left, is a book about Ed Husain's five years as an Islamic fundamentalist. Husain became an Islamist at the age of sixteen, but rejected fundamentalist teaching and returned to normal life and his family...
on account of his experience for five years with the Hizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-TahrirHizb ut-Tahrir is an international Sunni. pan-Islamic political organisation but keeps it open for all including shias,some of its beliefs are against sunni school of thought, whose goal is for all Muslim countries to unify as an Islamic state or caliphate ruled by Islamic law and with a caliph...
. - Monica AliMonica AliMonica Ali is a British writer of Bangladeshi origin. She is the author of Brick Lane, her debut novel, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 2003...
– Author of Brick Lane a story based on a Bangladeshi woman. - Nafeez Mosaddeq AhmedNafeez Mosaddeq AhmedNafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed is a London-born author and political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies. He teaches International Relations at the School of Social Sciences and Cultural Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, where he recently completed Doctoral research on...
– Author, lecturer, political scientist specialising in interdisciplinary security studies, and participant of the 9/11 Truth Movement9/11 Truth Movement9/11 Truth movement is a collective name for loosely affiliated organizations and individuals who question the accepted account of the September 11, 2001, attacks....
. - Rekha WaheedRekha WaheedRekha Waheed is a British writer and novelist. She is best known as the author of "The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage."-Background and education:Waheed was born in West London, United Kingdom to parents of Bangladeshi origin...
– Writer and novelist best known as the author of "The A-Z Guide To Arranged Marriage." - Tahmima AnamTahmima AnamTahmima Anam is a Bangladeshi writer and novelist. Her first novel, A Golden Age, was published by John Murray in 2007 and was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize.- Education :...
- Author of A Golden AgeA Golden AgeA Golden Age is the first novel of the Bangladesh born writer Tahmima Anam. It tells the story of the Bangladesh War of Independence through the eyes of one family. The novel was awarded the prize for Best First Book in the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2008. It was also shortlisted for the 2007...
which was the Best First Book winner of the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' PrizeCommonwealth Writers' PrizeCommonwealth Writers is an initiative by the Commonwealth Foundation to unearth, develop and promote the best new fiction from across the Commonwealth. It's flagship are two literary awards and a website...
. - Shamim AzadShamim AzadShamim Azad is a British bilingual poet, storyteller and writer.-Career:Shamim Azad’s work ranges from Bangladeshi to European folktales. Her performance fuses the lines between education and entertainment and her workshops are rooted in Asian folk, oral traditions and heritage.Azad has published...
– Bilingual poet, storyteller and writer.
Organisations
- Anwar ChoudhuryAnwar ChoudhuryAnwar Choudhury is the Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. He was a High Commissioner to Bangladesh, and was the first British Head of Mission to be of Bangladeshi origin...
– The British High Commissioner for Bangladesh in 2004, the first non-white British person to be appointed in a senior diplomatic post. Currently the Director of Int ernational Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office - Chowdhury Mueen-UddinChowdhury Mueen-UddinChowdhury Mueen-Uddin , is a trustee of Muslim Aid, and Vice-Chairman of East London Mosque and London Muslim Centre.-Career:...
– Trustee (former Chairman) of Muslim AidMuslim AidMuslim Aid is a UK based international relief and development organisation working to alleviate poverty worldwide. The charity says it believes in sustainable, local and practical solutions to empower individuals and strengthen communities...
.. - DrDoctor of PhilosophyDoctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
Muhammad Abdul BariMuhammad Abdul BariMuhammad Abdul Bari, MBE FRSA , is the Chairman of the East London Mosque, and was the Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain from 2006 until 2010.-Life and career:...
MBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
FRSA – Physicist, educationalist, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of BritainMuslim Council of BritainThe Muslim Council of Britain is a self-appointed umbrella body for national, regional, local and specialist organisations and institutions from different ethnic and sectarian backgrounds within British Islamic society. It was established in 1997 to help Muslims, to increase education about the...
from 2006 until 2010, and chairman of the East London MosqueEast London MosqueThe East London Mosque, situated in the inner London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate, serves one of the UK's largest Muslim communities. It lies near the edge of the City of London, the capital's busy business area, and just a couple of miles from the fast-expanding London...
. - Faria AlamFaria AlamFaria Alam is a former Football Association secretary.-Background:Alam was born on 13 February 1966 in Dhaka, Bangladesh to a moderate and educated Muslim family. Her father was a Pakistani bank employee and her Bangladeshi mother, with two brothers and one sister...
– Former Football Association secretary. Appeared in Celebrity Big Brother (UK) 2006. - Irene KhanIrene KhanIrene Zubaida Khan is a Bangladeshi human rights activist. She was the seventh Secretary General of Amnesty International until her resignation on 31 December 2009. She was appointed as a member of the Charity Commission of England and Wales on 1 January 2010 but resigned after a controversy over...
– Consulting editor of Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily StarThe Daily Star (Bangladesh)The Daily Star is the largest circulating English daily newspaper in Bangladesh. Established by Syed Mohammed Ali in 14 January 1991, the newspaper is owned by Mediastar a venture of the Transcom Group, headed by Latifur Rahman...
, ChancellorChancellor (education)A chancellor or vice-chancellor is the chief executive of a university. Other titles are sometimes used, such as president or rector....
of University of SalfordUniversity of SalfordThe University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...
, and former Secretary General of Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
; she is the first woman, Asian, and Muslim to hold the position; she won Sydney Peace PrizeSydney Peace PrizeThe Sydney Peace Prize is awarded by the Sydney Peace Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation associated with the University of Sydney. The Sydney Peace Prize is the only International Peace Prize awarded in Australia....
2006. - Mohammad NaseemMohammad NaseemMohammad Naseem, born in 1924, is a former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust , one of the largest and most prominent Islamic places of worship in the United Kingdom....
– CEO of the Webshop and News (BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
), and chairman of Birmingham Central MosqueBirmingham Central MosqueBirmingham Central Mosque, is a mosque in the Highgate area of Birmingham, England, run by the Birmingham Mosque Trust. It is one of the largest Muslim centres in Europe....
Trust. - Saleemul HuqSaleemul HuqSaleemul Huq is a Bangladeshi scientist based in London. He is a Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and Development. Huq was awarded the Burtoni Award in 2007 for his work on climate change adaptation....
– ScientistScientistA scientist in a broad sense is one engaging in a systematic activity to acquire knowledge. In a more restricted sense, a scientist is an individual who uses the scientific method. The person may be an expert in one or more areas of science. This article focuses on the more restricted use of the word...
, and Senior Fellow in the Climate Change Group at the International Institute for Environment and DevelopmentInternational Institute for Environment and DevelopmentThe International Institute for Environment and Development is a London-based policy research centre and think tank.- History :IIED was established by the economist Barbara Ward in 1971...
. He was awarded the Burtoni AwardBurtoni AwardThe Burtoni award is named after Canadian professor Ian Burton, a pioneer in the science of adaptation to climate change and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports....
in 2007 for his work on climate change adaptation. - SirOrder of St Michael and St GeorgeThe Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is an order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George, Prince Regent, later George IV of the United Kingdom, while he was acting as Prince Regent for his father, George III....
Fazle Hasan AbedFazle Hasan AbedSir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG is a social worker with dual Bangladeshi/ British nationality and the founder and chairman of BRAC . For his outstanding contributions to social improvement, he has received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award and the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen...
– Social worker, and founder and chairman of Bangladesh Rural Advancement CommitteeBRAC (NGO)BRAC, based in Bangladesh, is the world's largest non-governmental development organization. Established by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed in 1972 soon after the independence of Bangladesh, BRAC is present in all 64 districts of Bangladesh, with over 7 million microfinance group members, 37,500 non-formal...
. He received the 1980 Ramon Magsaysay AwardRamon Magsaysay AwardThe Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered Asia's Nobel...
for Community Leadership.
Sport
- Anwar Uddin – Professional footballer who plays as a defenderDefender (association football)Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....
, currently Barnet F.C.Barnet F.C.Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
captain. - Jahid Sheikh AhmedJahid AhmedJahid Sheikh Ahmed is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler.Ahmed made his debut for Essex during the 2005 season, having represented Essex Cricket Board's under-17s team since 2003. He played in one first-class match of each during the...
– Cricketer who played country cricket for essex as a right-handed lower order batsman and a right-arm medium-paceSeam bowlingSeam bowling is a phrase used for a bowling technique in cricket whereby the ball is deliberately bowled on to its seam, to cause a random deviation. Practitioners are known as seam bowlers or seamers....
bowler. - Shahed AhmedShahed AhmedShahed Ahmed is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker.-Early and personal life:Ahmed was born in Tower Hamlets, East London, and is of Bangladeshi origin.-Career:...
– Former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Other
- DrDoctor of MedicineDoctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
Humayra AbedinHumayra AbedinHumayra Abedin is a Bangladesh-born doctor of medicine who worked for the National Health Service in the United Kingdom and became a cause celebre after her parents tried to force her into marriage and held her captive until she was freed by court order....
– National Health ServiceNational Health Service (England)The National Health Service or NHS is the publicly funded healthcare system in England. It is both the largest and oldest single-payer healthcare system in the world. It is able to function in the way that it does because it is primarily funded through the general taxation system, similar to how...
Doctor of Medicine who became a cause celebreCause célèbreA is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning and heated public debate. The term is particularly used in connection with celebrated legal cases. It is a French phrase in common English use...
after her parents tried to force her into marriageForced marriageForced marriage is a term used to describe a marriage in which one or both of the parties is married without his or her consent or against his or her will...
and held her captive until she was freed by court order. - Ruhal AhmedRuhal AhmedRuhal Ahmed is a British citizen. He was detained without trial for over two years by the United States government, first in Afghanistan, and then in Camp Delta, the United States prison for people it describes as suspects in its "War on Terror", at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, Cuba...
– Former Guantanamo Bay detainee depicted in the film The Road to GuantanamoThe Road to GuantanamoThe Road to Guantanamo, alternatively The Road to Guantánamo, is a British 2006 docudrama directed by Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross about the incarceration of three British detainees at a detainment camp in Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba...
. - Shabina BegumShabina BegumR v Governors of Denbigh High School [2006] is the leading House of Lords case on the legal regulation of religious symbols and dress under the Human Rights Act 1998.-Facts:...
– Was involved in the leading House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
case UKHL 15 R (Begum) v Governors of Denbigh High School (2006) on the legal regulation of religious symbols and dress under the Human Rights Act 1998Human Rights Act 1998The Human Rights Act 1998 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998, and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000. Its aim is to "give further effect" in UK law to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights...
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See also
- British BangladeshiBritish BangladeshiA British Bangladeshi is a person of Bangladeshi origin who resides in the United Kingdom having emigrated to the UK and attained citizenship through naturalisation or whose parents did so; they are also known as British Bengalis...
- History of Bangladeshis in the United KingdomHistory of Bangladeshis in the United KingdomBangladeshis are one of the largest immigrant communities in the United Kingdom. Significant numbers of ethnic Bengalis arrived as early as the 17th century, including Sylhetis, who mostly arrived as lascar seamen working on ships...
- List of Bangladeshi people
- List of Bengalis
- List of Bangladesh-related topics