Wednesday, October 7

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30Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Disability benefits system to be overhauled in UK

    The Government is planning a major overhaul of the way claimants for disability benefits are assessed in a drive to help more people back into work. Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green will on Monday announce the launch of a consultation on reform of the Work Capability Assessment (WCA) tests, the Press Association reported. The current system has been labelled “cruel” and “callous” by some. Ministers say they want to provide more “targeted and personalised support” for people with disabilities while they look for employment. The move was broadly welcomed by disability charities who said the current system was “fundamentally flawed” but campaigners warned that those who were unable to work must continue to receive the support they needed. Green said the proposed chang...
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30Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Bangladesh won the first test victory over England

    Bangladesh Sunday recorded their first Test victory over England, taking all ten wickets in a single session thanks to teenage off-spin sensation Mehedi Hasan Miraz to win the second Test by 108 runs and square the series. Celebrations erupted at Dhaka's Sher-e-Bangla Stadium and across the country as Bangladeshis revelled in one of the proudest moments in their sporting history. Chasing a target of 273, England seemed to be cruising when Alastair Cook and Ben Duckett guided them to 100 without loss at tea. But 19-year-old Mehedi, playing in only his second Test, triggered a dramatic collapse in the final session of the third day. England crumbled to 164 all out to suffer their first-ever defeat by Bangladesh in 10 Tests and share the two-Test series 1-1. Bangladesh secure...
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Brexit related attacks in UK: Uproar in Spain over videos
30Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Brexit related attacks in UK: Uproar in Spain over videos

    Uproar in Spain over videos of ‘Brexit-related attacks’ in UK Two videos of Spaniards being violently assaulted in separate incidents in the UK have gone viral in Spain, amid speculation the attacks could be linked to Brexit. The first video, from May, shows a British man hitting 27-year-old Tomás Gil, from Valencia, in the face with a wooden plank after shouting at him to “speak English”. It was released this month after the assailant was convicted of assault and bodily harm. The guilty verdict coincided with a second incident, in which a man was filmed punching 31-year-old Bangladeshi, Jubair Ahmed, in the face as he travelled through east London with his Spanish wife Kilian. Ms Ahmed is shown chasing down the attacker, who got off the train at Upton Park, and berating h...
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BSF to deploy more floating outposts along Bangladesh border
29Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

BSF to deploy more floating outposts along Bangladesh border

    In a bid to strengthen vigil along the riverine border with Bangladesh, Indian Border Security Force has decided to deploy six to seven floating border outposts (BOP) next year, reports Hindustan Times. Currently, there are three BOPs that keep surveillance in the Sundarbans. However, BSF has refused to divulge the number of BOPs that it is going to deploy, it said. In order to strengthen vigil, we are going to install more BOPs along our riverine border, HT reports quoting PSR Anjaneyulu, inspector general, BSF, South Bengal Frontier. The vigil along Bangladesh border has been increased after the infiltration of the eastern neighbour of India by IS elements, and especially since the massacre in Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 when 20 hostages (18 foreigners, two Ba...
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India, China NSAs to meet next week to discuss bilateral ties
29Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

India, China NSAs to meet next week to discuss bilateral ties

    National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi will meet in Hyderabad in November first week for informal dialogue on the state of bilateral relations. National Security Advisors of India and China will meet next week to discuss measures to improve bilateral ties which are strained by differences over a host of issues, including India’s admission into NSG and Beijing’s attempts to block UN ban on JeM Chief Masood Azhar. National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi will meet in Hyderabad in November first week for informal dialogue on the state of bilateral relations, specially the irritants bedevilling the development of ties, officials said. Besides blocking India’s admission into the Nuclear Suppliers Group (N...
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Day break reveals devastating scenes as Britain’s oldest hotel
29Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Day break reveals devastating scenes as Britain’s oldest hotel

    Day break has revealed devastating scenes at the site of the country's oldest hotel today after fire ripped through it yesterday leaving it a shell. More than 24 hours after the blaze broke out in a next door fine art gallery, more than 100 firefighters are still in attendance at the scene in Exeter, Devon. Reports are coming in this morning that a gas main has now ruptured underneath The Royal Clarence Hotel - and engineers are trying to isolate the point of the leak. Senior police officers have asked people to stay away from city centre unless absolutely necessary. It's clear though The Royal Clarence Hotel - which was built in 1769 and credited as the first hotel in England - has been utterly destroyed. Video shot on a police drone yesterday showed huge plumes of white ...
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Cameron’s tax lock election pledge was cooked up on the hoof
29Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Cameron’s tax lock election pledge was cooked up on the hoof

    David Cameron’s general election pledge of a law banning the Government from putting up income tax before 2020 was devised on the hoof, one of his advisers has said. Ameet Gill, who was responsible for events planning in No 10 under Mr Cameron, said the so-called five-year “tax lock” was “probably the dumbest economic policy” possible. He told BBC Radio 4’s Week In Westminster: “Sometimes when a vacuum is there, it makes the government do some stupid things. When I was in government, we made some announcements on the hoof just to fill that vacuum. Ameet Gill, left, was an advisor to David Cameron (Stefan Rousseau/PA) “Towards the end of the general election campaign in 2015, we did the five-year tax lock. It’s when we committed to put in legislation that we would not incre...
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Child and policeman rushed to hospital in police bike smash in Earls Court crash
29Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Child and policeman rushed to hospital in police bike smash in Earls Court crash

    A man and child were rushed to hospital after they were hit by a police motorcyclist in Earls Court this morning. The accident happened on Old Brompton Road shortly after 10 am. Police say their injuries are not life threatening. The police motorcyclist, who was also taken to hospital, was one of two Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection officers on a routine patrol. Emergency services, including the London Air Ambulance, arrived at the scene at around 10:15 am. Paramedics treated the patients before taking them to hospital as a priority. The fire brigade cleared a fuel spillage from the accident. The Old Brompton Road is closed with delays in both directions between Finborough Road junction and Eardley Crescent.
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IS kills 232 and abducts 8,000 families near Mosul
28Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

IS kills 232 and abducts 8,000 families near Mosul

    It has been confirmed that the Islamic State killed 232 people near Mosul on Wednesday. Those killed included civilians as well as former Iraqi forces who refused to comply with orders. A UN spokesperson has said that the IS has abducted nearly 8,000 families or "tens of thousands" of people from around around the city. The civilians are understood to have been brought into Mosul and used as human shields nearby to military installations. Earlier in the week UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville spoke about information his officials were receiving which described IS "deliberately using civilians as human shields, forcing them to move to sites where ISIL (another name for IS) fighters are based, or preventing them from leaving other places for strategic reasons". Islami...
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Oil hits year high as Putin backs plans to limit supply
28Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Oil hits year high as Putin backs plans to limit supply

    The price of Brent crude rose to a one-year high of $53.58 a barrel yesterday after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his support for OPEC's plan to cap oil production. Ministers from the world's largest oil-producing countries are meeting at a conference in Istanbul this week to discuss ways to restrict the record output levels seen over the past two years. Oil jumps 6% as OPEC surprises with production cut Speaking at the World Energy Conference, the president of Russia (which is not a member of OPEC) said: "We believe freezing or even reducing oil production is the only way to save the stability of the energy sector." It looks like we can’t show you adverts on this page, which may be caused by ad blocker software on your device. Because we rely on advertising to fun...
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