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Indonesia unveils plan to roll out 1000 eco mosques by 2020
16Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Indonesia unveils plan to roll out 1000 eco mosques by 2020

    Worshippers in Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority country, are set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020. Launched this week by Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla, the initiative will help the mosques to source renewable energy, manage their water and food needs sustainably, reduce and recycle waste and provide environmental education. The project will see the top Muslim clerical body work with the private sector, the government’s health and planning ministries, universities, and other religious groups in a bid to boost environmental awareness in communities across the country. Most Muslims in Indonesia listen more to religious leaders than the government, Hayu Prabowo, head of environment and natural resources at...
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Alcohol – what’s the harm?
16Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Alcohol – what’s the harm?

Tower Hamlets Council is highlighting issues surrounding alcohol misuse during Alcohol Awareness Week, running from November 13 – 19 2017. Led by national charity Alcohol Concern, this year's campaign theme is: 'Alcohol and Families.' This theme will be used an opportunity to start a conversation around problematic alcohol use to help break the cycle of silence and stigma that is all too often experienced by families. Mayor Johns Biggs said: "Working with our partners, we aim to reduce alcohol-related problems and improve the quality of life for residents and visitors alike. "The council offers a variety of support services, counselling and treatment available to everyone in the borough." Public Health England estimates there are approximately 3,400 dependent drinkers in Tower Hamlets; the...
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25 secret WhatsApp tricks you really need to know
15Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

25 secret WhatsApp tricks you really need to know

    There are over a billion WhatsApp users worldwide right now. The bad news? Even your mum knows what the two blue ticks mean. From disabling the last seen feature to bookmarking important messages, these are the 25 tricks you need to know to be a WhatsApp ninja. 1. Banish the blue ticks of tyranny Life can be stressful enough without feeling under pressure to reply to WhatsApps as soon as those two blue ticks give you away. Fortunately there’s a workaround. In the Settings menu, go to Account, then Privacy and turn off Read Receipts. The only snag is you’ll no longer get them for other people either. 2. Find out your BFFs In the year 2017, friendships aren’t measured on loyalty or time, it’s all about how much data you’ve shared. Head to Data and Storage Usage in the Settin...
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Grandparents may pose cancer risk to children
15Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Grandparents may pose cancer risk to children

    A grandmother feeds a biscuit to her granddaughter. File pic Grandparents pose a potential health risk to children and may even put them at risk of cancer, scientists say. The increased risk comes from the greater likelihood that grandmothers and grandfathers will spoil youngsters with treats. They are also more likely to expose them to second-hand tobacco smoke - a major cause of cancer, researchers say. Despite meaning well, grandparents were found to have a harmful effect on their grandchildren's health. Lead author Dr Stephanie Chambers, of the University of Glasgow's public health sciences unit, said: "While the results of this review are clear that behaviour such as exposure to smoking and regularly treating children increases cancer risks as children grow into adult...
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Mad Brexit date law faces revolt
15Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Mad Brexit date law faces revolt

    British Prime Minister Theresa May is heading for a showdown with her own Tory party over what one member of Parliament called her mad plan to write the date of Brexit into British law. Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve was cheered by several of his senior colleagues Tuesday in the House of Commons in London as he said he’d vote to stop May’s proposal to enshrine the date of withdrawal March 29, 2019 in statute. Such a law would force Britain out of the EU and also out of hundreds of other treaties, even if no deal has been reached on a future trading relationship, he said. I will vote against it absolutely no ifs, no buts, no maybes about this, no arm-twisting, nothing that can be done to me in the intervening period to change my mind, Grieve told lawmakers. He descr...
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After the coup, Zimbabwe under the control by the Army: President Robert Mugabe called on the danger due to first lady
15Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Africa world, ENGLISH

After the coup, Zimbabwe under the control by the Army: President Robert Mugabe called on the danger due to first lady

    Zimbabwe's army said Wednesday it has President Robert Mugabe and his wife in custody and is securing government offices and patrolling the capital's streets following a night of unrest that included a military takeover of the state broadcaster. The night's action triggered speculation of a coup, but the military's supporters praised it as a bloodless correction. Armed soldiers in armored personnel carriers stationed themselves at key points in Harare, while Zimbabweans formed long lines at banks in order to draw the limited cash available, a routine chore in the country's ongoing financial crisis. People looked at their phones to read about the army takeover and others went to work or to shops. In an address to the nation after taking control of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting ...
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Bangladesh’s first robot restaurant launched
15Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Bangladesh’s first robot restaurant launched

    Bangladesh’s first-ever robot restaurant was launched in capital Dhaka on Wednesday. The programme was arranged jointly by Robot Restaurant and a China-based robot-making organisation HZX Electronic Technology Company at its own auditorium in Dhaka. The Robot Restaurant and the robot-making organisation organised a press conference on Wednesday on the occasion of launching programmne of the restaurant. Located at busy city street in Family World Convention Center 2/6 Asad Gate, Mirpur Road, Dhaka near Bangladesh Prime Minister’s official residence, Robot Restaurant invites all classes of people to experience and enjoy robotic service. This is a restaurant first of its kind in Bangladesh, foods will be served to customers by robots, said the organisers, said a pres...
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Old £10 notes will be expired on 1 March 2018
14Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Old £10 notes will be expired on 1 March 2018

    The last date for using the old £10 note featuring Charles Darwin will be 1 March 2018, the Bank of England has announced. After that date only the new £10 notes, featuring Jane Austen, will be legal tender. The plastic notes featuring Austen the first female writer to feature on a banknote were first issued in in September and by early October accounted for 55% of £10 notes in circulation. The Bank of England will continue to exchange the paper Darwin £10 notes, first issued in 2000, after 1 March. The paper £10 is going the way of the old £5 notes, which ceased to be legal tender in May. Both new notes have encountered controversy because they contain tallow, an animal byproduct. The Austen £10 note also contains a quote from one of her books Pride and Prejudice I declar...
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Theresa May accuses Russia of interfering in elections
14Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May accuses Russia of interfering in elections

    Theresa May has accused Russia of meddling in elections and planting fake stories in the media in an extraordinary attack on its attempts to weaponise information in order to sow discord in the west. The prime minister spoke out against the scale and nature of Russia’s actions during an address at the lord mayor’s banquet, saying it was threatening the international order on which we all depend. Listing Russia’s attempts to undermine western institutions in recent years, she said: I have a very simple message for Russia. We know what you are doing. And you will not succeed. Because you underestimate the resilience of our democracies, the enduring attraction of free and open societies, and the commitment of western nations to the alliances that bind us. The UK will do what ...
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The right reason of Muslim woman ignoring picture in Westminster terror victims
14Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The right reason of Muslim woman ignoring picture in Westminster terror victims

    The account, tweeted a picture of a woman in a hijab walking past a victim laying on the ground while on her phone. It said: Muslim woman pays no mind to the terror attack, casually walks by a dying man while checking phone PrayForLondon Westminster BanIslam. The sentiment was picked up by far-right activists in the UK and the US and the woman was attacked for her indifference to the scene. In March 52-year-old Muslim convert Khalid Masood, who had been radicalised by Isis propaganda, drove a van in pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before attempting to storm the Houses of Parliament. He killed five people, including a police officer on duty who tried to stop him, before being shot dead by armed officers. The woman was photographed on the bridge in the moments after the at...
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