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News brief From Bangladesh High Commission London
8Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

News brief From Bangladesh High Commission London

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Jakarta yesterday afternoon to attend the Leaders’ Summit in commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA). A Biman Bangladesh Airlines VVIP flight (BG-1086), carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Halim Pardana Kusuma International Airport at 2:50pm (local time). Female Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Yohana Susana and Bangladesh Ambassador to Indonesia Major General Azmal Kabir received the Prime Minister at the airport. After the warm reception, Prime Minister went through a ceremonial motorcade to Hotel Shangri-La at Central Jakarta City, a special capital region of Jakarta, where she will be staying during her visit. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said there would be no gas ...
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Britain’s terrorism hotspot revealed as number of attacks doubles now if compare with before
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Britain’s terrorism hotspot revealed as number of attacks doubles now if compare with before

    The number of Islamism-inspired terrorism offences in the UK has nearly doubled in the five years to the end of 2015, according to a new report. The period from 1998 to 2015, studied in a report on Islamist terrorism on British soil, has also seen a surge in the number of women taking part in these crimes with offenders are getting younger and the bulk of the Islamism-inspired threat coming from home-grown terrorism. It was found that 72% of Islamism-related offences (IROs) were carried out by UK nationals or people who held dual British nationality. Report author Hannah Stuart, a fellow at The Henry Jackson Society who commissioned the study, believes it poses particular challenges for the authorities. She said: Our security services will be particularly concerned that th...
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Marine Corps rocked by nude photo scandal
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Marine Corps rocked by nude photo scandal

    The Marine Corps is looking into allegations that an unknown number of potential Marines, as well as current and former service members, shared naked and compromising photos of their colleagues on social media, Marine officials said Sunday. The allegations were first reported by the War Horse and published Saturday through the website Reveal. The author, a Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient, as well as members of his family, have received numerous death threats since the article was first published. It is unclear how many people are involved in the scandal and how many photos were posted online. The War Horse’s report focuses on one Facebook group with more than 30,000 members called Marines United. In January, a link to a shared hard drive containing photos of nume...
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Jeremy Corbyn says nothing hidden in tax figures after he publishes returns
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Jeremy Corbyn says nothing hidden in tax figures after he publishes returns

    Jeremy Corbyn has insisted there is nothing missing, nothing hidden in his tax affairs as Labour rejected allegations he failed to declare £40,000 of income. The party said it was confident the details of Mr Corbyn's tax return were in order after the leader faced questions over his earnings. Details released on the Labour leader's website on Sunday said he earned £114,342 in 2015/16, on which he paid £35,298 in tax. The Labour leader said: Transparency invites scrutiny. I welcome it as should all those seeking highest office. My taxes fully paid, nothing missing, nothing hidden. Mr Corbyn's tax return showed he earned £77,019 from all employments, £36,045 from UK pensions and state benefits, £1,200 profit from self employment, and £78 in interest from UK bank and building...
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Giant magnetic shield could make Mars habitable: NASA scientists
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

Giant magnetic shield could make Mars habitable: NASA scientists

    Scientists at NASA have proposed that launching a giant magnetic shield into space to protect Mars from solar winds could give the Red Planet its atmosphere back and make it habitable for humans. Mars now appears to be a cold desert world and it has no global magnetic field. The cold temperatures and thin atmosphere on the red Planet do not allow liquid water to exist at the surface for long. But it might not have been always so. Scientists believe that the Red Planet once had a thick atmosphere necessary to maintain liquid water, and a warmer, potentially habitable climate. It is the collapse of the protective magnetic field billions of years ago that eventually made Mars what it is today cold and arid. In a presentation at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop in Wa...
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Trump: Bonkers, paranoid or trapped?
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump: Bonkers, paranoid or trapped?

    President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a Nixon/Watergate plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election. While citing no evidence to support his explosive allegation, Trump said in a series of five tweets sent Saturday morning that Obama was wire tapping his New York offices before the election in a move he compared to McCarthyism. Bad (or sick) guy! he said of his predecessor, adding that the surveillance resulted in nothing found. An Obama spokesman gave an emphatic, but noticeably limited response: A cardinal rule of the Obama Administration was that no White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice. As part of tha...
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You’ve been cooking rice all wrong and it could be endangering your health
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

You’ve been cooking rice all wrong and it could be endangering your health

    Scientists have revealed that millions of people could be putting their health at risk by cooking rice incorrectly. Traces of the poison arsenic may be found in rice, resulting from the toxins and pesticides found in soil. Apparently, soaking rice overnight before cooking it with lots of water (one part rice to five parts water) is the most effective way to properly remove these traces. Health issues including cancer, heart disease and diabetes have been linked to chronic exposure to arsenic, so there is a lot at stake in the simple matter of cooking rice. The poisonous chemical arsenic is naturally occurring yet toxic and the level at which it is safe to consume has long been subject to debate. New limits were set in place by the EU in 2016 but now experiments have sugges...
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Study reveals men with beards to be more attractive
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Study reveals men with beards to be more attractive

    A recent study by London-based Journal of Evolutionary Biology showed the result of over 8500 women finding shaved men to be more attractive than those clean-shaved. The men were photographed clean-shaven, five days after shaving, 10 days after shaving, and then four weeks after shaving. The results were astonishing: every single woman preferred their men with facial hair, reports UNB. Heavy stubble received the highest ratings for general attractiveness, followed by full beards and light stubble. The researchers said that typically male features, such as a strong jawline, signal health and high testosterone levels, which may not be what women are looking for in a long-term partner. The study states that Beards may be more attractive to women when considering long-term tha...
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Filmmaker Karan Johar becomes father to twins
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Filmmaker Karan Johar becomes father to twins

    Popular Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar on Sunday announced he has become a father to twins via surrogacy. He says they are now his world and priority. The daughter has been named Roohi a rearrangement of Karan’s mother’s name Hiroo and the son has been christened Yash on Karan’s late father’s name. In a statement, Karan said: I am ecstatic to share with you all the two most wonderful additions to my life, my children and lifelines; Roohi and Yash. I feel enormously blessed to be a parent to these pieces of my heart who were welcomed into this world with the help of the marvels of medical science. Best known for directing films like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham..., said it was an emotional yet well thought out decision which I have taken after considerin...
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The ultimate guide to Donald Trump’s Russia connections
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

The ultimate guide to Donald Trump’s Russia connections

    US president Donald Trump continues to be dogged by concerns about his connections to Russia and suggestions that several of his advisers were in contact with the Kremlin during his election campaign. Alleged links between Russian officials and Trump associates are being investigated by the FBI and both sides of Congress, while two FBI field offices are reportedly investigating the hacking of the Democratic National Committee’s computer system and the posting of emails stolen from Hillary Clinton campaign manager John Podesta. US intelligence officials have concluded that Russian hackers were behind the attacks. According to a report by the Office of the Direct of National Intelligence, issued two weeks prior to Trump’s inauguration, the Russian government aspired to help ...
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