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Day: June 7, 2017

May could win 64 seat majority: Ashcroft model estimate
7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

May could win 64 seat majority: Ashcroft model estimate

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is on track to win a 64-seat majority in Thursday's national election, a model by businessman and former Conservative Party donor Michael Ashcroft showed on Tuesday. Ashcroft, who has funded a significant amount of opinion polling in recent years, said his model now pointed to a greater majority for May's Conservatives than it had on June 2, when it indicated a majority of 60. As always, it is important to emphasise that the Ashcroft Model deals with probabilities not predictions, meaning the actual result may well fall either side of these estimates, Ashcroft said, adding that model results were sensitive to assumptions about which groups of voters turned out. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May reacts during an election campaign event ...
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Let your baby bask in summer’s glory
7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Let your baby bask in summer’s glory

    Seems like the heat and humidity has no end to it. Brisk winds, sweaty skin and dryness make the weather simply unbearable for each and everyone. While adults can take necessary precautions to protect themselves from the harsh rays of the sun, babies need to be given special care and protection to beat the summer heat. As the temperature soars, parents have to take additional care or formulate a special babycare routine as summer can be ruthless to babies with skin allergies, fever, rashes, etc. that can make them crankier, reports ANI. Hence, Jimmy Kaul, MD and CEO, Shopotox, has listed these points to help the teeny-weenies beat the summer heat and stay cool: Dress your baby right: Cotton is the ideal fabric for babies this season. This will help the skin breathe, as cot...
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Britain’s tumultuous election campaign enters final day
7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Britain’s tumultuous election campaign enters final day

    Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, speaks at a rally ahead of the forthcoming general election, in Glasgow, Britain June 7, 2017. Britain entered the final day of campaigning ahead of a parliamentary election that will define its approach to leaving the European Union but has been overshadowed by two militant attacks in as many weeks. Prime Minister Theresa May unexpectedly called the June 8 election seven weeks ago, seeking to boost her parliamentary majority ahead of the start of Brexit negotiations and to win more time to deal with the impact of the EU divorce. But the campaign has seen a number of unexpected twists, including the deadliest militant attack in Britain since 2005 and a sharp contraction in May’s once commanding lead of over 20 percen...
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Justin Trudeau takes a shot at Donald Trump over climate change policies
7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Canada, ENGLISH

Justin Trudeau takes a shot at Donald Trump over climate change policies

    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in a clear jab at US President Donald Trump's move to quit a major climate change pact, said on Monday the world needed the courage to confront hard truths on global warming. Trudeau's remarks were the first he has made in public since Trump announced on Thursday that the United States would withdraw from the Paris accord. Trudeau issued a statement at the time saying he was deeply disappointed. The future is still bright for those who have the courage to confront hard truths, and the confidence to stay the course, he said in public remarks after briefly paddling along the Niagara River to mark World Environment Day. After the event, he tweeted Canada is all in. This morning, we paddled to celebrate #WorldEnvironmentDay and o...
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I’ll rip up human rights laws that impede new terror legislation: Theresa May
7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

I’ll rip up human rights laws that impede new terror legislation: Theresa May

    Theresa May has declared she is prepared to rip up human rights laws to impose new restrictions on terror suspects, as she sought to gain control over the security agenda just 36 hours before the polls open. The prime minister said she was looking at how to make it easier to deport foreign terror suspects and how to increase controls on extremists where it is thought they present a threat but there is not enough evidence to prosecute them. The last-ditch intervention comes after days of pressure on May over the policing cuts and questions over intelligence failures, following terror attacks on London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster. She said: But I can tell you a few of the things I mean by that: I mean longer prison sentences for people convicted of terrorist offences....
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7Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

News Brief: Bangladesh High Commission London

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved eleven development projects at a cost of Tk 37.23 billion in total. Presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council endorsed eight fresh projects with three revised schemes in its meeting in Dhaka. Parliament yesterday passed the supplementary budget of Tk 183.70 billion for the outgoing fiscal (2016-17) to meet the additional expenditures under different ministries and divisions. Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the supplementary budget in the House on June 1 along with the national budget. The government has incorporated a new provision in Customs Act 1969 to award Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status to honest and genuine exporters and import...
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