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History of tragedies at hajj pilgrimage
25Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

History of tragedies at hajj pilgrimage

    MECCA, Saudi Arabia: The deadly stampede at the hajj in Saudi Arabia on Thursday that killed at least 717 people is just the latest tragedy to strike the pilgrimage, reports AFP. Here is a timeline of significant incidents during the annual event, which draws around two million Muslim faithful from around the world. - 2015 - September 24: A stampede during the "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina, near Mecca, leaves at least 717 people dead and 863 injured. September 11: 109 people are killed and hundreds injured, including many foreigners, when a crane col-lapses on Mecca's Grand Mosque after strong winds and heavy rain. - 2006 - January 6: 76 people die when a hotel collapses in the city centre. January 12: 364 pilgrims killed in a stampede during the Mina stoning ritua...
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HMRC flexes new powers on contract and freelance workers in £5.5bn raid
22Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

HMRC flexes new powers on contract and freelance workers in £5.5bn raid

    Thousands of contractors and freelancers have become ensnared in a £5.5bn tax grab – aimed initially at wealthy tax dodgers – that allows HM Revenue & Customs to demand backdated taxes to be paid, in full, within a three-month deadline. The allegedly underpaid tax can relate to periods of employment from many years ago. HMRC was handed the powers last year to force wealthy investors accused of using “aggressive tax avoidance” schemes to pay their potential tax liabilities up front, instead of having to chase them through the courts. Previously, HMRC was forced to pursue its missing billions in costly court battles, prompting the Government to approve the legislation in 2014. Millionaire businesspeople and Premier League footballers are now facing tax demands of up to £...
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Cameron Savaged Over Libya Incompetence
22Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Cameron Savaged Over Libya Incompetence

    The Prime Minister's record on defence and foreign affairs has been criticised in the second excerpt of Lord Ashcroft's book, which is being serialised in the Daily Mail. David Cameron has been accused of rank incompetence over his handling of Syria's civil war. According to the new book, former Tory chairman Michael Ancram says Libya is Mr Cameron’s ‘Iraq’. The country now is more dangerous than when the PM decided to topple Colonel Gaddafi, according to Lord Ancram. And Mr Cameron's rocky relationship with his former chief of defence staff, General Sir David Richards is exposed. According to the book, General Richards says he had to tell Mr Cameron that "being in the Combined Cadet Force at Eton" did not qualify him to decide the tactics of complex military operations. A...
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Migrant vs Refugee: what the terms mean, and why they matter
16Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Migrant vs Refugee: what the terms mean, and why they matter

    A migrant family wait for a bus that would take them to a temporary holding center for migrants, near the border line between Serbia and Hungary in Roszke, southern Hungary. Almost everyone agrees that the tens of thousands of people fleeing into Europe from Syria, Afghanistan, and other locations constitutes a crisis. But there's no agreement about the solution: whether they should be welcomed, or prevented from entering. That split goes so deep that the two sides can't even agree on what the people entering Europe should be called. To those who view them sympathetically, they're refugees; to those who want them kept out, they're migrants. So which side is right? The answer's complicated. For people in developed countries, there's a big difference between someone who choo...
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BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Arrives in London
16Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Arrives in London

    BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Arrived in London Heathrow Airport in this morning. She has landed in the Heathrow Airport early Morning at 07.05AM by an Emirates Airlines flight. In the meantime, Her late younger son Arafat Rahman Koko's wife and two daughters has arrived in London to get tohether and speciallt calibrate the Eid Ul Adha in London together. She left Dhaka for London Tuesday night for her health check-up and eye treatment. She is also likely to visit a few other European countries during her trip abroad, according to a reliable source. The former premier left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9.30pm by an Emirates Airlines flight (EK 585), the BNP chairperson’s media wing official, Shyrul Kabir Khan, confirmed. According to her schedule, Khaleda will ce...
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President, PM pay tributes to late minister Mohsin Ali: Dead body arrived in Moulavibazar
16Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

President, PM pay tributes to late minister Mohsin Ali: Dead body arrived in Moulavibazar

    President Adul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid rich tributes to late valiant freedom fighter and Social Welfare Minister Syed Mohsin Ali by placing wreaths on his coffin at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. The President and the Prime Minister separately placed wreaths on the coffin of Mohsin Ali and stood there in solemn silence for some time as a mark of respect for the memory of the deceased. Speaker Dr Sharmin Sharmin Chaudhury, ministers, Deputy Speaker, Leader of the Opposition, Chief Whip and parliament members were present on the occasion. Later, flanked by senior leaders and parliament members of the party, Sheikh Hasina, also the Awami League President, laid another wreath on the coffin on behalf of the party. Speaker Shirin S...
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Isil jihadist Omar Hussain complains of rude Arabs who steal his shoes and can’t queue
16Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Isil jihadist Omar Hussain complains of rude Arabs who steal his shoes and can’t queue

    IS jihadist complains of rude Arabs who steal his shoes and can't queue. (Picture used for representational purposes only) A British jihadist with Isil has moaned that his Arab comrades are rude, do not know how to queue and eat like schoolchildren. In a bizarre rant, Omar Hussain also complained that his fellow terrorists talk loudly when he is trying to sleep, invade his space and steal his shoes. Their bad driving, habit of staring at people and using his charger for their mobile phones also come under fire. Hussain, a former security guard at a Morrison’s supermarket, hit out at his Syrian and other Arab colleagues in an online blog. It is not the first time the 27-year-old, from High Wycombe, has complained about life under Isil. Earlier this year he bemoaned having t...
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Australia swears in new Prime Minister Turnbull
15Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Australia, ENGLISH

Australia swears in new Prime Minister Turnbull

    Multi-millionaire former banker Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as prime minister of Australia on Tuesday, just hours after masterminding a coup against conservative leader Tony Abbott, and pledging a new style of leadership. Turnbull is the country's fourth prime minister in just over two years, a recent Australian polit-ical tradition the deposed Abbott slammed as a "revolving door" that was not good for the country. "This is the most exciting time to be an Australian," Turnbull told reporters in the capital be-fore taking the oath. "This is a turn of events I did not expect, I have to tell you, but it's one that I'm privileged to undertake, and one that I'm certainly up to." Turnbull, a suave former lawyer, has pledged to run a consultative government, in contrast to Abb...
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As Migrant Crisis Grows, Border Free Europe Unravels
15Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

As Migrant Crisis Grows, Border Free Europe Unravels

    Two decades of frontier-free travel across Europe unraveled on Monday as countries re-established border controls in the face of an unprecedented influx of migrants, which broke the record for the most arrivals by land in a single day. Germany's surprise decision to restore border controls on Sunday had a swift domino effect, prompting neighbors to impose checks at their own frontiers as thousands of refugees pressed north and west across the continent while Hungary sealed the main informal border crossing point into the European Union. A majority of EU interior ministers, meeting in Brussels, agreed in principle to share out 120,000 asylum seekers on top of some 40,000 distributed on a voluntary basis so far, EU president Luxembourg said. But details of the deal, to be fo...
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20 signs your child may be gifted
11Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

20 signs your child may be gifted

    "Is my child gifted?" Parents often wonder at one point or another whether their child is gifted. Here we've rounded up some basics to help you identify signs of giftedness in your child. What Does "Gifted" Mean? The term "giftedness" is used by different schools, organizations, and cultures in different ways, with some using the term strictly to indicate people with well-above average intelli-gence as measured by IQ scores, and others embracing a broader range of criteria. The Na-tional Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) offers the following definition: "Gifted individuals are those who demonstrate outstanding levels of aptitude (defined as an exceptional ability to reason and learn) or competence (documented performance or achievement in top 10 percent or rarer) i...
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