The Latest Breaking News from Mizanur Rahman

Rise in deed theft across US prompts crackdown in New York City

After more than 500 deed theft complaints last year, Zohran Mamdani pushes crackdown effort

The Guardian - US · May 15

At least 20 killed as military plane crashes into Bangladesh school campus

Injured number almost 200 after training jet had technical problem once airborne, with pilot among the dead

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025

OPINION - E-bike blazes have exposed a brutal truth: Londoners don't care about fires if the “wrong” people are victims

Two years ago, on a grey day in March, I was standing outside a block of flats in Shadwell, listening to a fellow delivery rider speak with passion as he addressed the crowd present at the vigil. His flat had gone up in flames, taking with it the life of…

Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2025

12 ebike fire survivors sue London landlords and battery manufacturer

Legal action after fire that killed man at overcrowded flat in Shadwell thought to be the first of its kind involving ebikes

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2024

Grenfell should have been a wake-up call – but the UK still doesn't take fire safety seriously because of who is most at risk

In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two-bedroom flat in Maddocks House, on the Tarling West housing estate, in the early hours of the morning.

The Conversation · Dec 19, 2023

Landlord couple admit housing offences after fatal east London flat fire

One man died in the blaze in the overcrowded home

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023

Landlords of crowded London flat that caught fire plead guilty to criminal charges

Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father of two, was killed in a fire at the flat in Shadwell

The Guardian - UK · Nov 28, 2023

Father whose wife and children died in e-bike battery fire demands law change as cases surge

Scott Peden says he ‘lost his world’ when a charging e-bike battery exploded in his home

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2023

Hacked construction sign sends nasty message to drivers

‘Due to weather... go f*** yourself,’ read the hacked roadsign in Houston

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

UK e-bike users warned not to use incompatible chargers after fatal fire

Coroner says blaze that killed London man probably caused by battery being plugged into charger with different voltage

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023