20 Facts About British Bangladeshi

1.

British Bangladeshi wrote of his experiences and travels in his Persian book, Shigurf-nama-i-Wilayat .

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2.

The British Bangladeshi had no problem with this as it guaranteed the group of lascars would be in harmony.

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3.

British Bangladeshi's murder was the trigger for the first significant political organisation against racism by local Bangladeshis.

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4.

In February 2018, according to a report from social mobility by the Sutton Trust, British Bangladeshi students are over six times more likely than white students to stay living at home and studying nearby.

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5.

British Bangladeshi men were three times as likely to visit their doctor as men in the general population.

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6.

Average number of people living in each British Bangladeshi household is 5, larger than all other ethnic groups.

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7.

Some British Bangladeshi linguists are attempting to revive a script that was historically used in the Sylhet region called Sylheti Nagri.

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8.

In 2017, British Bangladeshi schools enlisted Sylheti in the list of native languages spoken by students.

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9.

Pupils are taught the British Bangladeshi curriculum and children born in the UK are dotted among those in the classroom.

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10.

The majority of the British Bangladeshi population are Sunni Muslim; a small minority follow other religions.

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11.

British Bangladeshi weddings are celebrated with a combination of Bengali and Muslim traditions, and play a large part in developing and maintaining social ties.

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12.

Many marriages are between the British diaspora and the native-born Bangladeshis.

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13.

British Bangladeshi's was deceived by her parents after asking her to arrive at their home in Dhaka, a court ordered her parents to hand her over to the British High Commission.

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14.

British Bangladeshi cooking has become popular in Britain because of the number of British Bangladeshi-owned restaurants, which has increased significantly.

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15.

Large numbers of people from the British Bangladeshi community have been involved with local government, increasingly in the London boroughs of Tower Hamlets and Camden.

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16.

British Bangladeshi began his career at West Ham United, where he joined the winning team of the 1999 FA Youth Cup Finals.

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17.

British Bangladeshi teenagers involved with gangs show their allegiance to this kind of lifestyle in various ways: heavily styled hair, expensive mobile phones and fashionable labels and brands.

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18.

Many British Bangladeshi businesses located in the East End wish to maintain a link with Sylhet, for example the Weekly Sylheter Dak or the Sylhet Stores.

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19.

In 2004, Guild of British Bangladeshi Restaurateurs requested for ethnic restaurant staff positions to be designated as a shortage occupation, which would make it easier for British Bangladeshi citizens to obtain UK work permits.

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20.

In 2008, Guild of Bangladeshi Restaurateurs members raised concerns that many restaurants were under threat because the British Government announced a change in immigration laws which could block entry of high skilled chefs from Bangladesh to the UK.

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