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Ensure peace across world: PM Sheikh Hasina
30Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Ensure peace across world: PM Sheikh Hasina

    Asserting that Bangladesh’s commitment to UN peacekeeping is strong and steadfast and it stands ready to go further, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged all members of the peacekeeping community to work together to ensure peace and security around the world, reports UNB from New York. “I call upon all members of the peacekeeping community to work together to ensure peace and security around the world,” she said. The Prime Minister said this at a Summit on Peacekeeping Operation at the UN Headquarters here on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Monday. Sheikh Hasina co-chaired the Summit with US President Barack Obama. She said Bangladesh is adopting a national peacekeeping strategy to better respond to the evolving needs of the UN peacekeeping missions on the gr...
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Labour promises to renationalise English Railways
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Labour promises to renationalise English Railways

    The Labour conference has formally committed itself to the renationalisation of the English rail network as it pledged to oppose another round of unneeded, unwanted and ill-thought-through privatisation. In a significant boost for the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who has suffered a series of setbacks over the EU and Trident, Labour’s national executive committee agreed a statement that paves the way for the rolling renationalisation of the rail network. Conference opposes another round of unneeded, unwanted and ill-thought-through privatisation,” it said. “We believe there is a better way. Manuel Cortes, the general secretary of the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA), welcomed the move. Opening the debate on the NEC statement in a speech from the Labour conferen...
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Stranger than fiction: America’s Muslim obsession
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Stranger than fiction: America’s Muslim obsession

Taj Hashmi: Recently, yet another Arab Muslim faced racial and religious discrimination in America. After being tipped off by a school teacher, the police arrested Ahmed Mohamed. A 14-year old school student at Irving, Texas for bringing a device to school, which he claimed was a clock he made to impress his science teacher. Although the device did not look like a bomb, the police arrested and detained the boy for several hours on charges of bringing a hoax-bomb to school. Meanwhile, Ahmed Mohamed has become a celebrity. Millions of Americans condemned the way his teachers and police treated him. President Obama formally invited him to the White House which was an exceptional gesture of goodwill towards Muslims, and a unique way of saying sorry to someone unnecessarily traumatised and hu...
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British IS Fighters Hit With UN Sanctions
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

British IS Fighters Hit With UN Sanctions

    Four British jihadis who have travelled to Syria to join Islamic State have been hit with UN sanctions. They are: Omar Hussain from High Wycombe, Nasser Muthana from Cardiff, Aqsa Mahmood from Glasgow and Sally Jones from Chatham, in Kent. Under the UN's al Qaeda sanctions regime, the jihadists will face a global asset freeze and travel ban. It means if they try to cross into another country they are likely to be arrested on the spot. Jones went to Syria in 2013 with husband Junaid Hussain, who was killed in a US airstrike in August. She uses social media as a recruitment tool to get women to join IS. Mahmood also went to Syria two years ago, and is believed to be a key figure in the al Khanssaa brigade, a female brigade in Raqqa which was established by the militants to e...
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Militant attack fear: UK, US, Canada alert citizens in Bangladesh
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Militant attack fear: UK, US, Canada alert citizens in Bangladesh

    The United States and Canada have warned their citizens of militant attacks in Bangladesh, asking them to remain alert. The directives came today, a day after the United Kingdom issued travel alert where it claimed militants may be targeting western interests in Bangladesh. Also yesterday, an Italian national, Cesare Tavella was shot dead in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone. The 50-year-old Italian was working as the project manager of Profitable Opportunities for Food Security (Proofs), a project of Netherlands-based organisation ICCO Cooperation since May. The fear of militant attack was first expressed by Australia on Thursday when the Australia national cricket team delayed its start for Bangladesh. According to Australian government alert, Australian interests can be t...
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Supermoon eclipse in pictures
28Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH

Supermoon eclipse in pictures

    A total lunar eclipse, coinciding with the supermoon, is being observed in the United States, Canada, and Central and South America and Western Europe on the evening of Sept. 27, and a partial eclipse in the rest of Europe, South-East Asia and Africa on Sept. 28. Click through to see the latest images of the supermoon around the world.
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Britain’s oldest family business RJ Balson running since Tudor days
26Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Britain’s oldest family business RJ Balson running since Tudor days

    Each year about 240,000 British businesses collapse. To survive beyond the first couple of years is an achievement; to celebrate 50 years trading is remarkable. But for a shopkeeper to be able to mark a 500th anniversary is worthy of great celebration which is precisely what Richard Balson did last weekend. RJ Balson & Sons, the butcher’s shop he owns in the pretty market town of Bridport, Dorset, has survived the Reformation, the English Civil War, the start of the Industrial Revolution, the end of horsepower, the rise of the internet and more recessions than you can shake a black pudding at. And all the while it’s remained within the same family, so that experts have now declared it the oldest family company in Britain. “It’s unbelievable,” he agrees, in a Dorse...
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Putin steps up campaign to reassert Assad’s power in Syria
26Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Putin steps up campaign to reassert Assad’s power in Syria

    The Russian president has sent his generals to Baghdad to co-ordinate policy with Iran and Iraq President Vladimir Putin has sent out a fresh challenge to the West, saying he is determined to thwart its plans to remove the Assad regime and sending generals to Baghdad to co-ordinate policy with Iraq and Iran . Mr Putin agreed that his dispatch of weapons including 28 fighter aircraft, armoured personnel carriers and thousands of men to Syria were aimed at shoring up the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad . “Well, you're right," he said in an interview with CBS . “It's my deep belief that any actions to the contrary - in order to destroy the legitimate government - will create a situation which you can witness now in the other countries of the region or in other r...
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Indian restaurant writes white ppl on customer’s receipt after he orders mild curry
25Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Indian restaurant writes white ppl on customer’s receipt after he orders mild curry

    An Indian restaurant in west London has apologised to a customer for marking his receipt with the words “white ppl” after he requested a mild curry. Valentine Restaurant in Southall said the mix-up was a misunderstanding rather than a comment on the race of the customer, because “ppl” was its shorthand for “milk”. The note, added underneath the order of a venison curry, read ***VERY MILD, WHITE PPL***. Restaurant owner Ruby Kandasamy said that it was a reminder for the kitchen to use “a white sauce made from milk, single cream, coconut milk and spices we add to our dishes when a curry is requested mild”. But the customer, 44-year-old Stuart Lynn, said he was offended by the note and that he wouldn’t be using the restaurant again. @arreyaar to be fair ppl made me think of p...
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First self injectable contraceptive for women available for use in UK
25Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

First self injectable contraceptive for women available for use in UK

    The long-acting reversible contraceptive, Sayana Press, has received a licence which means women can inject themselves at home instead of having to go to their GP surgery or clinic. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has extended the label for the product. Each jab provides contraception for at least 13 weeks. Women will need to see a healthcare professional for training but then can administer Sayana at home, although they will still be called for yearly check-ups. Seema Patel, medical director of global established pharma UK at Pfizer, said: "When it comes to contraception, women may require different options that suit them at different times in their lives. "We appreciate that many women are very busy and that visiting their healthcare profes...
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