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ISIS bride could have British citizenship revoked
15Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, Featured

ISIS bride could have British citizenship revoked

ISIS bride Shamima Begum could have her British citizenship stripped to prevent her return from Syria, according to reports. Begum was one of three schoolgirls, along with Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase, from Bethnal Green Academy who left the UK in February 2015. They flew from Gatwick Airport to Turkey and later crossed the border into Syria. Officials believe there are potential options which could revoke her citizenship or allow her passport to be taken away, the Times reports. In addition to this, the Home Secretary Sajid Javid has vowed to try to prevent her return to Britain. He told the Times: "We must remember that those who left Britain to join Daesh are full of hate for our country. Britain's former counter-terrorism tsar said the east London schoolgirl will have to be a...
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Council tax to rise across England
14Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Council tax to rise across England

    Almost all councils in England plan to increase council tax from April and three-quarters intend to raise it above 2.75%, research reveals. The maximum rise allowed without a local referendum is 2.99%. Similar proportions plan to raise charges and fees. Despite council tax bills soaring, many residents face further cuts in services. Most councils warned that they would be reducing a range of services, from adult social care to libraries and recycling. A spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: We are investing in Britain’s future by providing local authorities with access to £91.5bn over the next two years to meet the needs of their residents. Authorities are receiving an £1bn extra in funding this coming year to help deliver...
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Thai party fighting for survival after princess gaffe
14Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Thai party fighting for survival after princess gaffe

    The Thai political party that took the unprecedented and ultimately unsuccessful step of nominating a member of the royal family as its candidate for prime minister was fighting for its political life Wednesday, while the princess herself appeared to criticize the fallout. The country's Election Commission said Wednesday that it recommended the Thai Raksa Chart Party be dissolved because its prime minister candidate was "in conflict with the system of rule of democracy with king as head of state." It said the recommendation had been forwarded to the Constitutional Court for a decision. The party on Feb. 8 named Princess Ubolratana Mahidol its candidate for prime minister for the March 24 general election. But King Maha Vajiralongkorn just hours later issued an edict...
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Brexit could cause migration to rise by 100,000
13Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Brexit could cause migration to rise by 100,000

    The Government's plans for the period after Brexit could actually cause net migration to the UK to rise by more than 100,000, a report claims. The measure the difference between the numbers arriving and departing could reach 380,000 a year if the proposed new system is introduced, according to campaign group Migration Watch UK. This would be higher than the record figure of 336,000, which has been registered three times, most recently in the 12 months to June 2016. The latest statistics put net long-term international migration at an estimated 273,000 in the year to June 2018. Migration Watch UK said its calculations would mean a rise of more than 50% compared with the current 10-year average of 250,000 a year. But the Home Office described the report's claims as...
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Ford considers moving production from UK
13Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Ford considers moving production from UK

    Ford has told Theresa May that it is ramping up preparations to shift production out of the UK, according to a report. The US manufacturer’s warning comes after Nissan announced that production of its new X-Trail would go ahead in Japan rather than the UK. During a private conversation between business leaders and the prime minister Ford said it was preparing alternative sites abroad, the Times reported. Ford had already warned last month that a no-deal Brexit would cost it $1bn (£775m). Ford employs 13,000 people in the UK including 1,000 at its plant in Bridgend, south Wales whose jobs have already come under threat. The company confirmed this month that 370 voluntary redundancies would take place at the site as the company takes measures to create a sustainably...
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Russia to cut all domestic internet from world wide web
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Russia

Russia to cut all domestic internet from world wide web

    Russian authorities are planning to disconnect the entire country from the global internet temporarily, according to reports. The experiment aims to test Russia’s cyber defenses and ensure the nation's internet service, known as Runet, can continue to function in the event of a foreign attack. Officials will verify whether Russia can continue to operate its web service without passing data to and from the outside world. Russian telecom companies will have to re-route all internet traffic to exchange points managed or approved by the Russian telecom supervisor Roskomndazor. The experiment is part of a new draft law known as the Digital Economy National Program. The law will also obligate Russia to create its own Domain Name System (DNS) so it can continue to operat...
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Why Indian banks should be worried about the slowing growth of car firms
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

Why Indian banks should be worried about the slowing growth of car firms

    The Indian banking system, already reeling under a pile of bad loans from the infrastructure and aviation sectors, is now faced with increased risks from the auto industry. Having cruised along smoothly for half-a-decade, the auto industry, where sales have grown at over 7% on average since 2013, may be in trouble due to a number of factors, according to credit rating agency Fitch. India’s biggest carmaker Maruti Suzuki posted a 17% year-on-year decline in profits for the October-December 2018 quarter. It was also industry major Tata Motors third consecutive quarter in the red. Automobile sales had grown by 15% in the last financial year, but the new normal will be sub-10%. That we have to get used to, Kumar Kandaswami, partner with Deloitte India, had told Quartz ...
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Theresa May to quit this summer
12Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Theresa May to quit this summer

    The Prime Minister will quit her job in the summer just weeks after Brexit according to members of her inner circle. The Conservative leader will call the leadership contest shortly after leaving the European Union, The Sun reports, but remains hopeful she can pick her replacement to prevent a successful Boris Johnson bid. According to Cabinet ministers the Prime Minister has hinted to them personally she will trigger a Tory leadership race to end at the party's annual conference in October. But she will announce it after Brexit, to give her time to pick and prep a replacement. A source close to Liam Fox, May's good friend, told The Sun the current International Trade Secretary believes she will go after the deadline on March 29. A senior Tory source told The Sun...
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Brexit impasse is taking its toll on Britain’s economic growth
11Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Brexit impasse is taking its toll on Britain’s economic growth

    As is so often the case, the most interesting detail in today's economic growth numbers were to be found somewhere beneath the surface. For beneath the headline figures which showed that the economy grew by 0.2 per cent in the final quarter of last year were a couple of striking stories: first, that the economy is looking weaker than those big numbers suggest; second, that that weakness owes rather a lot to Brexit. But let's start with the big numbers. For on the surface the economy looks in alright, if not brilliant, shape. Growth of 0.2% was a bit weaker than expected, but it's stronger than the growth rates we've seen in Italy and are expected to see in Germany later this week. It's weaker than the growth we're seeing in the US or Canada, but at worst it leaves...
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MI6 used migrant crisis to smuggle Iranian spy to UK on dinghy
11Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

MI6 used migrant crisis to smuggle Iranian spy to UK on dinghy

    British spies used the English Channel crossing migrant crisis as an elaborate cover to smuggle an Iranian spy into the UK, according to reports. It is claimed they spirited the Iranian nuclear technician across the Channel to safety in the UK aboard a dinghy filled with illegal Iranian immigrants. Reports suggest the 47-year-old, who allegedly holds information about Iran's nuclear programme, was smuggled into Kent by MI6 aboard the inflatable. The Sunday Express published the claims from a source who says the clandestine expedition took place on New Year's Eve in a joint operation involving MI6, the CIA and Israeli spy agency Mossad. The newspaper reported sources' details of the incredible trek, said to involve bundling the fleeing technician along a 3,000-mile...
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