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Saudi warns of disastrous consequences over US 9/11 law
30Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Saudi warns of disastrous consequences over US 9/11 law

    Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned of "disastrous consequences" from a United States law allowing 9/11 victims to sue the kingdom, in a major spike in tension between the longstanding allies. The warning came after the U.S. Congress voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override President Barack Obama's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) on relations between states. JASTA allows attack survivors and relatives of terrorism victims to pursue cases against foreign governments in U.S. federal court and to demand compensation if such governments are proven to bear some responsibility for attacks on U.S. soil. A Saudi foreign ministry source on Thursday called on the U.S. Congress "to take the necessary measures to counter the disastrous and dangerous cons...
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Salman Khan says Pakistani actors are artistes not terrorists
30Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Salman Khan says Pakistani actors are artistes not terrorists

    Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has come out in support of Pakistani actors and also praised the Indian Army for conducting the surgical strikes. Salman Khan seems to be backing Pakistani actors who have been facing severe criticism and a possible ban after the Uri attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir leading to the death of 19 security forces. On boycott of Pakistani actors like Fawad Khan in Bollywood, Salman said,”They are artistes not terrorists. It’s the government who gives them permits and visas.” Ever since the September 18 attacks on the Army camp in Uri by Pakistani terrorists, there have been calls from all over India for a ban on Pakistani artistes working here. Mumbai-based Indian Motion Picture Producers Association (IMPPA) on Friday had even passed a ...
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PM returns home after foreign trip: AL are ready to give the reception
30Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

PM returns home after foreign trip: AL are ready to give the reception

    Thousands of leaders and activists of Awami League and members of its 14-party alliance are ready on the streets of Dhaka to greet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The reception has been arranged for the premier who will land at Dhaka’s Shahjajal International Airport after the two-week official visit abroad. Political activists were seen standing on both sides of the road carrying welcome placards and party flags from the airport to Gono Bhaban waiting to cheer her back home. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will land at around 6:40pm by a flight of Emirates airlines,” Asif Kabir, assistant press secretary to the prime minister, told The Daily Star. The 14-party supporters were also seen marching towards the airport on different modes of vehicles including bus and motorbike – c...
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Brexit negotiations could cost tens of millions pounds
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Brexit negotiations could cost tens of millions pounds

    The British Union Flag, also known as the Union Jack, is displayed on wall Turf wars by ministers seeking to control the Brexit negotiations are wasting valuable time and may cost the taxpayer tens of millions of pounds in additional civil servants, a report by the respected Institute for Government claims. In the first detailed examination of how Whitehall is being restructured to cope with the Brexit talks, the report says the cost is approaching £65m, largely due to the need to hire 500 extra civil servants. It adds that the triple departmental structure of splitting responsibility “risks creating fragmentation and incoherence. A lack of clarity about roles and responsibility of the new departments has caused distractions and delayed work on Brexit”. The report, called ...
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Theresa May must say what she wants from Brexit
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May must say what she wants from Brexit

    A former cabinet minister Nicky Morgan said the Prime Minister has the perfect chance at Conservative conference to set out a broad plan. Nicky Morgan has warned Theresa May she is allowing others to set the terms of Brexit and said the Prime Minister must be clearer on what she wants from any deal. Former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan said that instead of leaving it to cabinet Brexiteers, Ms May should herself lead policy on the European Union and set out a broad plan as early as next week. It comes as former Chancellor Ken Clarke claimed that “nobody in the Government has the first idea” what to do about Brexit. Ms Morgan said: “There is a danger. At the moment, there has been a lack of a plan from our Government about the negotiating, the process, what’s going to hap...
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Indian forces raid Pakistan to carry out multiple surgical strikes in administered Kashmir
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Indian forces raid Pakistan to carry out multiple surgical strikes in administered Kashmir

    Pakistan-administered Kashmir Indian forces launched multiple surgical strikes. Indian authorities say the extremists suffered significant casualties and terror launch pads were destroyed. Indian forces entered the Pakistan-administered Kashmir region and carried out multiple surgical strikes on extremist positions on Wednesday (28 September) night. Indian authorities say the terrorists suffered "significant" casualties even as specifics of the operation are yet to emerge. At a quickly convened press conference, the Indian army's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) revealed that at least eight strikes were successfully conducted. Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh told reporters that the counter-terror operations inflicted "heavy damage" on positions used as a lau...
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Mass casualties feared after train crash in New Jersey
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Mass casualties feared after train crash in New Jersey

    CBS New York reported that the transit train had struck a wall after entering the station in Hoboken. Fox News is reporting that more than 100 people are believe to have been hurt. It happened at around 8.30am at Lackawanna Station, close to the waterfront with the Hudson River, opposite Manhattan island and about a mile away from downtown Jersey City Images of the scene posted on Twitter showed what appeared to be debris from the roof and supporting pillars strewn across the platform with a carriage twisted sideways on to a platform. Another image showed wreckage, cables and pipes dangling from the building's ceiling, which appeared to have collapsed. One tweeter posted a picture of a man clutching his head with blood down his arm and T-shirt. An anchorman for CBS affilia...
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Buckingham Palace former Royal Household official is jailed for five years
29Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Buckingham Palace former Royal Household official is jailed for five years

    A former Royal Household official who accepted more than £100,000 in bribes to award contracts for work at royal residences including Buckingham Palace was today jailed for five years. Ronald Harper, of Sudbury, Suffolk, was deputy property manager responsible for maintaining the Queen's main London home, plus St James's Palace, Clarence House and Windsor Castle, from 1994 until his suspension in 2012. The 64-year-old grandfather accepted payments or gifts from the directors of companies who were then given large contracts for maintenance of the historic buildings paid for by the then Civil List, now called the Sovereign Grant. He was found guilty of two counts of conspiracy to make corrupt payments after two trials at Southwark Crown Court in June and August. The corrupt ...
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Banks begin moving jobs outside UK just because of Brexit
28Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Banks begin moving jobs outside UK just because of Brexit

    A report by The Boston Consulting Group after the EU vote warned that up to 80,000 jobs could be shifted out of London. The recruiters says US banks have begun hiring for roles in European cities other than London in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU. The executive recruitment firm said rival financial centres to the City within the bloc, Frankfurt and Paris, were seeing the bulk of the growth at London's expense. Stephane Rambosson, managing partner of DHR International, said some companies were using Brexit as a "handy excuse for getting on (with) the unpleasant task of moving jobs outside London." The findings suggest that the warnings of an exodus of jobs from the City in the event of a Leave vote are now becoming a reality. The report's publication coincided ...
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Germany’s biggest asset Deutsche Bank is in trouble
28Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Germany’s biggest asset Deutsche Bank is in trouble

    Deutsche Bank is facing questions about whether it can afford a penalty of $14bn (£10.5bn) from the US Department of Justice for mis-selling mortgage bonds a decade ago. Shares in Germany’s biggest bank have sunk to near-30-year lows and are trading just above €10 a share, illustrating investors’ concerns that they will be asked to bolster the institution’s coffers through a cash call. Shareholders are in turn wondering whether the bank should have acted sooner to preserve its financial health and whether the German government will step in to prevent a collapse. How did it come to this? Once a big beast of the banking world, Deutsche Bank is grappling with a string of problems that are raising questions about its need to gain more funds in order to survive. John Cryan, the...
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