First-ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025

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First-ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 celebrates Unity, Progress, and Community Cohesion The inaugural British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 took place successfully at the Bangladesh Centre, London, bringing together professionals, politicians, community leaders, officials, businesses, and young people, for an evening of meaningful dialogue, networking and celebration of the community achievements. The event was held on Sunday, 20th July, from 4:30 PM to 10:00 PM, marking a historic milestone as the first-ever event of its kind dedicated to addressing key issues facing the British Bangladeshi community in the UK.

The summit commenced with vibrant networking, Qur’an recitation, and Bangladesh’s national anthem, setting a tone of unity and cultural pride of Britain and Bangladesh. Then, a warm welcome from Host and Organiser Tamanna Miah, the Secretary of Bangladesh Centre Delwar Hussain welcomed guests, and a screening of a documentary showcasing the history behind Bangladesh Centre was shown. Prominent Keynote speakers showed support for Organiser and host Tamanna Miah, for her dedicated community work and for organising this special event.

There were many insightful speeches including the first British Bangladeshi Alderman of the City of London – Kawsar Zaman, Councillor Dori Schmetterling for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, also Mahee Ferdhaus Jalil the Founder of Channel S Television, Shahed Uddin Founder and Director of Paytap, Unmesh Desai the London Assembly Member for Greater London Authority for City and East, also Haider Chowdhry the Director for Mojo Drinks sponsor and Helal Khan – Director for Hillside Travels and many more. There was a cake cutting ceremony and gift distribution on stage to celebrate the first ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 with the special guests. The event also featured engaging panel discussions which covered important topics such as the Creative industries panel, followed by the Men’s Mental Health Panel, then the Women in Careers panel and finally the Community matters panel where they discussed health inequalities, financial challenges, the impact of COVID-19, the marriage crisis, high wedding costs and community development. After the panel discussions session attendees also engaged in a series of interesting discussions with a lively Q&A fostering open dialogue. Guests enjoyed a light dinner, and the opportunity to connect with the leaders and the community.

The event concluded with a group photo, distribution of gifts to distinguished guests, and closing remarks by Dr Shahnoor Khan, Community Leader from the Bangladesh Centre and then Organiser and Host Tamanna Miah thanked all supporters, volunteers, panelists, media, and distinguished guests for their attendance and participation. This left attendees inspired and motivated to continue strengthening community bonds. Over 130 guests attended the event. Organiser and Host Tamanna Miah said: “After organising two sell out events, the first ever British Bangladeshi Student Summit 2024 and the first ever British Bangladeshi International Women’s Day Iftar 2025. I have single handedly organised my next event, the first ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 organised this event by myself and want to thank everyone for attending. I especially want to thank Bangladesh Centre for providing the venue, Grand Rasoi for catering, Mojo Drinks for drinks and refreshments and my supporters Work Permit Cloud, Hillside Travels, Paytap, Venture Helpers Business Services and Channel S. I would finally like to thank the news media and student volunteers for their support on the event day. It has been truly inspiring to see our British Bangladeshi community come together for the first time with such enthusiasm and purpose to talk openly and honestly about the issues affecting our community. This summit marks the beginning of many more initiatives and conversations to support and empower our community, and inspire the next generation. I am proud of what I have accomplished. We have made history. It’s a huge achievement bringing together the whole community, different British Bangladeshi professionals and young people from different industries to connect and network with each other in this historic building. My late father Kamal Jahangir Miah, a life member for Bangladesh Centre and former BCA and BBCA senior leader would have been very proud of what we have achieved today if he was still alive.” The British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 successfully achieved its goal of fostering community cohesion, raising awareness on critical issues, and celebrating the rich cultural heritage of the British Bangladeshi community.