Wednesday, October 7

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Fish fanatic’s day out
19Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Fish fanatic’s day out

Adiba Mahbub Proma: Bengalis are not called 'machhe-bhaate-Bangali' for nothing. We Bengalis truly do love fish, and the fish fanatic will always go the extra mile for the freshest, most shiny fish that is out there. Thankfully our riverine country comes with enough delicacies for all fish lovers. From large fresh water fish to exotic sea fish, each comes with its own taste and specialty. Why fish? Other than the numerous health benefits, nothing provides as much variety as fish does. From catching the liveliest fish to finding the right spices, the Bengali cuisine is closely intertwined with the massive variety of these riverine delicacies. You can either deep-fry a koi or a rupchanda, or enjoy a magur curry with onions. And nothing beats a spicy shorshe-ilish on a rainy day! Moreover, fi...
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Ministers free to object to pending decision in Heathrow expansion
18Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Ministers free to object to pending decision in Heathrow expansion

    May allows cabinet ministers to express personal views after next week’s decision, signalling it is likely to favour third runway. Theresa May will allow ministers to express their opposition to airport expansion for a period of time after the decision is made next week, in the strongest signal yet that the government is preparing to back Heathrow’s bid to build a third runway. Analysis Heathrow third runway: what does the Tory cabinet think? Where Theresa May’s team stand on the proposed expansion of the west London airport The prime minister told colleagues at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that opponents of whatever decision was made would have a set period to speak frankly about their opposition. Downing Street would not confirm whether that meant ministers would have a ...
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Tory aide Sam Armstrong arrested after woman raped in Houses of Parliament
18Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Tory aide Sam Armstrong arrested after woman raped in Houses of Parliament

    Tory aide Sam Armstrong A Conservative aide has been arrested over an alleged rape in the Houses of Parliament. The 23-year-old was named in reports as Sam Armstrong, who is chief of staff to Tory MP Craig Mackinlay. It is alleged that he took a woman to the South Thanet MP’s office after a drinking session in a bar within the Palaces of Westminster in the early hours of Friday morning. A source told The Sun: “There were a group of Tory advisers and female guests drinking there all night. Some were very drunk indeed." The alleged incident is said to have happened after a group were drinking in a taxpayer-subsidised bar on the House of Lords’ terrace overlooking the River Thames. A spokesman for Mr Mackinlay told the Standard: “On Friday morning Mr Mackinlay was made aware ...
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A concerns raised over ages of child refugees arriving in Britain
18Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

A concerns raised over ages of child refugees arriving in Britain

    The Home Office has no way of verifying the age of child refugees being brought to the UK, it has emerged amid concerns that adults are posing as minors to gain access to Britain. Fourteen teenagers on Monday arrived in the UK from Calais as a fast-track system was launched to transfer youngsters from the "Jungle" camp before it is demolished. The Home Office insisted it had verified the ages of all the refugees and that all of those who were brought to the UK were aged between 14 and 17. However, Conservative MPs warned that photographs of the refugees suggested that many of the group were older than 17. Home Office documents show that if a refugee does not have a birth certificate, a Home Office screening officer can certify them as a child based on their “physical appea...
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West Pakistan politicos looted Bengalis: says Pakistan Minister Pervaiz Khattak
18Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

West Pakistan politicos looted Bengalis: says Pakistan Minister Pervaiz Khattak

    Accusing politicians of causing a great harm to the country, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak recently endorsed Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statement that Islamabad’s roads were probably being built through revenue earned from Chittagong’s jute fields. “Sheikh Mujeeb was very right in saying that we, the politicians from West Pakistan, looted Bengalis and deprived them of their rights. The pace of development is fast in Bangladesh now as they have improved their system of governance and are now among few developing nations,” reports The Express Tribune reports on Sunday quoting Khattak. Pervaiz Khattak was addressing different public gatherings in Ghazi, Haripur and Havelian areas. He on Saturday said politicians were responsible for h...
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Donald Trump tries to kiss girl at Republican rally
18Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Donald Trump tries to kiss girl at Republican rally

    Awkward moment Donald Trump tries to kiss girl at Republican rally and she's not having ANY of it This is the excruciatingly awkward moment Donald Trump tried to kiss a little girl at a rally. The Republican nominee - fighting a string of allegations he sexually assaulted women - was trying to pick up momentum with a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin. While on stage he noticed a girl in the crowd whom he repeatedly said was "beautiful". In an attempt to warm hearts, he invited her up onto the stage, where he picked her up and she said "hi" into the microphone. But when Trump tried to kiss the girl as he put her back down, she squirmed and turned away. During his speech, Trump accused his opponent Hillary Clinton of spreading "lies" about his alleged sexual misconduct. He also...
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UK security agencies unlawfully collected data for 17 years
17Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK security agencies unlawfully collected data for 17 years

    British security agencies have secretly and unlawfully collected massive volumes of confidential personal data, including financial information, on citizens for more than a decade, top judges have ruled. The investigatory powers tribunal, which is the only court that hears complaints against MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, said the security services operated secret regimes to collect vast amounts of personal communications data, tracking individual phone and web use and large datasets of confidential personal information, without adequate safeguards or supervision for more than 10 years. The ruling said the regime governing the collection of bulk communications data (BCD) – the who, where, when and what of personal phone and web communications – failed to comply with article 8 protecti...
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Austria to tear down Hitler birth house
17Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Austria to tear down Hitler birth house

    The house in Austria where Adolf Hitler was born is to be torn down to stop it from becoming a neo-Nazi shrine, authorities said today after years of bitter legal wrangling. "The Hitler house will be torn down. The foundations can remain but a new building will be erected. It will be used by either a charity or the local authorities," Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka told Austrian newspaper Die Presse. He said the decision was based on the recommendations of an expert committee tasked with deciding what to do with the controversial building in the quaint northern town of Braunau am Inn. The huge yellow house has been empty since 2011 when the government became embroiled in a dispute with owner and local resident Gerlinde Pommer. For more than a century, her family has ow...
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Russia Today’s UK bank accounts frozen
17Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Russia Today’s UK bank accounts frozen

    The UK bank accounts of Russian TV broadcaster Russia Today have been shut down, its editor-in-chief has said, in a move that appears to have been sanctioned by the UK government. In a tweet in Russian Margarita Simonyan said that “all the accounts” had been frozen in the UK. She said the decision was final, adding sarcastically: “Long live freedom of speech!” Нам закрыли счета в Британии. Все счета. 'Решение пересмотру не подлежит'. Да здравствует свобода слова! — Маргарита Симоньян (@M_Simonyan) October 17, 2016"> It was unclear whether the British government was responsible. The foreign office referred inquiries to the Treasury. The move – if confirmed – casts into doubt the ability of the Kremlin-backed news channel to carry on broadcasting. The US and Britain said ...
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At least one dead in explosion at German BASF chemical plant
17Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

At least one dead in explosion at German BASF chemical plant

    At least one person died and six people were injured on Monday by an explosion and subsequent fire at chemicals maker BASF's biggest production site in Germany, the company said at a news conference. In addition, six people are still missing, the Ludwigshafen site's chief, Uwe Liebelt, told journalists. The explosion occurred on a supply line connecting a harbour and a tank depot on the site at around 1130 local time (0930 GMT), BASF said, adding it could not yet say what caused the explosion. Smoke rises from the Chemical plant of the BASF site in Ludwigshafen, western Germany on October 17, 2016. A fire that broke out following the blast sent up plumes of smoke, prompting BASF, the world's biggest chemicals company, and the city of Ludwigshafen to urge residents in the s...
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