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Seoul says North Korea executes 5 senior security officials
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Seoul says North Korea executes 5 senior security officials

    North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that "enraged" leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea's spy agency said Monday. The comments by the National Intelligence Service in a private briefing to lawmakers come as Malaysia investigates the poisoning death of Kim's estranged elder half brother, Kim Jong Nam. That investigation is still going on, but South Korea says it believes Kim Jong Un ordered the assassination, which took place Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur's airport. The spy agency told lawmakers that five North Korean officials in the department of recently purged state security chief Kim Won Hong were executed by anti-aircraft guns because of the false reports to Kim, South Korean lawmaker Lee Cheol Woo said. It'...
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News brief from Bangladesh High Commission London
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

News brief from Bangladesh High Commission London

The Cabinet yesterday approved a proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give formal recognition to the Republic of Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state by Bangladesh. The approval came from the regular weekly meeting of the Cabinet held at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Bangladesh would be the 114th country to have given formal recognition to Kosovo. The Cabinet also approved the draft of the Jubo Niti (Youth Policy), 2017 and drafts of two acts, the Marine Fisheries Act, 2017 and the Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute Act, 2017, and two agreements for avoiding double taxation and tax evasion. Parliament yesterday passed the child marriage prevention law with a provision allowing it in 'special circumstances'...
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Last letters From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State martyrs: I will marry the 72 virgins in paradise
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Last letters From Mosul schoolboys to Islamic State martyrs: I will marry the 72 virgins in paradise

    Teenage militant Alaa abd al-Akeedi’s final letter to his family appears on official Islamic State stationery in Erbil, Iraq, February 26, 2017. Picture taken February 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters ‘My dear family, please forgive me,’ reads the handwritten letter discarded in the dusty halls of an Islamic State training compound in eastern Mosul. ‘Don’t be sad and don’t wear the black clothes (of mourning). I asked to get married and you did not marry me off. So, by God, I will marry the 72 virgins in paradise.’ They were schoolboy Alaa Abd al-Akeedi’s parting words before he set off from the compound to end his life in a suicide bomb attack against Iraqi security forces last year. The letter was written on an Islamic State form marked ‘Soldiers’ Department, Martyrs’ Brigade’ a...
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Sterling tumbles on renewed reports of a second Scottish independence vote
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Sterling tumbles on renewed reports of a second Scottish independence vote

    The pound fell during early Asian trading after reports that Scotland could be about to call a second independence referendum. Concerns around a renewed push for Scottish independence have increased in strength since the EU referendum, however yesterday the Times reported that Theresa May is preparing for another vote. The pound tumbled to $1.2392 against the dollar in the early hours of this morning, and at pixel time was hovering around $1.24. The Scottish concerns are, in fact, nothing new, said LCG Insight's Ipek Ozkardeskaya. The UK’s decision to quit the European Union had immediately triggered questions regarding Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom. However, the eventuality hasn’t been largely factored in the pound’s value so far. If Scotland decides to proceed ...
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EU expands North Korea sanctions
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

EU expands North Korea sanctions

    The European Union imposed additional sanctions on North Korea on Monday over nuclear and ballistic missile tests carried out in defiance of the UN Security Council. The decision, implementing a November UN resolution, comes with North Korea in the international spotlight after the assassination in Kuala Lumpur airport of Kim Jong-Nam, the estranged half-brother of leader Kim Jong-Un. The European Council, comprising the EU’s 28 member states, said the new measures include restrictions on trade in coal, iron and iron ore, plus a ban on imports of copper, nickel, silver and zinc from North Korea. The sale of new helicopters and vessels to North Korea was banned, while tighter controls were introduced on the transport, finance and property sectors. Member states will also cu...
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This Seemingly Harmless Pain Could Be A Sign Of Early Death
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

This Seemingly Harmless Pain Could Be A Sign Of Early Death

    As if you needed something else to worry about, a new study now suggests that your seemingly harmless back pain could be a sign of something far worse: early death. According to the study conducted by researchers from the University of Sydney, there is a clear link between back pain and early mortality, although they aren’t yet sure why. According to the study, now published online in European Journal of Pain, individuals who suffer from chronic back pain are 13 percent more likely to die early from any cause. According to the researchers, this finding is significant as many view back pain as harmless and nothing more than a slight inconvenience.These results suggest otherwise. These findings warrant further investigation because while there is a clear link between back pa...
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Trump team looks to circumvent WTO dispute system
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump team looks to circumvent WTO dispute system

    The Trump administration is exploring alternatives to taking trade disputes to the World Trade Organisation in what would amount to the first step away from a system that Washington helped to establish more than two decades ago. Incoming officials have asked the US Trade Representative’s office to draft a list of the legal mechanisms that Washington could use to level trade sanctions unilaterally against China and other countries. Their goal, people briefed on the request told the Financial Times, is to find ways that the new administration could circumvent the WTO’s dispute system. Since being established in 1995 the WTO has become the pre-eminent venue for resolving trade fights between member countries, which its proponents say has helped prevent destructive trade wars....
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Britain set to be colder than Moscow as temperatures plunge to -8C
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Britain set to be colder than Moscow as temperatures plunge to -8C

    Britain is set to be colder than Moscow tomorrow as an horrendous start to spring sees -8C (18F) lows, four inches snow and ice - less than a week after Storm Doris caused UK-wide devastation. And an even bigger bigger polar plunge chill is due next week with two colder-than-average months forecast. The Met Office has forecast -8C lows tomorrow and on Wednesday morning - the first day of spring - coldest in Scotland but with -6C as far south as Wales. That will make Britain colder than Moscow, which will see 1C lows. Government weathermen predicted up to an inch of snow by Wednesday morning on hills in the South-West and West, and up to four inches in Scotland, with more snow in the North from Friday. Ice warnings are expected every night until the weekend as heavy rain so...
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Trump denied to attend White House Correspondents Dinner
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump denied to attend White House Correspondents Dinner

    Donald Trump said on Saturday he will not attend the White House Correspondents Dinner, breaking with an annual tradition in which the US president is the guest of honor at a light-hearted roast held by journalists. I will not be attending the White House Correspondents Association Dinner this year. Please wish everyone well and have a great evening! Trump tweeted about the event, which is also heavily attended by celebrities. The White House Correspondents Association, which organizes the dinner, insisted the 29 April event would still go on as planned as a celebration of the First Amendment and the important role played by an independent news media in a healthy republic. We look forward to shining a spotlight at the dinner on some of the best political journalism of the ...
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Tower Hamlets joins fight to halt government business rate hikes
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tower Hamlets joins fight to halt government business rate hikes

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has urged local residents and businesses to add their voice to a joint Tower Hamlets Council, East End Trades Guild and Hackney Council petition urging a rethink on the government's planned hike in business rates. The local petition, with more than 2,700 signatures, highlights the impact on independent East End businesses and calls on the Government to stop the implementation of new valuations until they have committed to: ● increasing the rates relief for small businesses and introducing a new relief system for medium businesses ● devolving the operation and setting of London's business rates to London's government so they better suit the challenges of the Capital. Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs said: "Many small and medium sized businesses have expressed co...
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