Friday, September 25

Tag: Featured

Singapore passport becomes most powerful in the world
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Singapore passport becomes most powerful in the world

    For the first time, Singapore is the single most powerful passport in the world, thanks to a little help from Paraguay. By removing visa requirements for Singaporeans, Paraguay helped Singapore edge out Germany for the top spot in a passport index developed by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital. Historically, the top ten most powerful passports in the world were mostly European, with Germany having the lead for the past two years, reports the Channel News Asia. Bangladesh obtained a visa-free score of 35 and managed 90th position in the latest rankings. Since early 2017, Singapore has tied for number one position with Germany. But Singapore obtained a visa-free score of 159 in the latest rankings released on Wednesday (Oct 25), while Germany achieved a visa-free ...
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Fresh ransomware spreads across Europe after WannaCry and Petya outbreaks
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Fresh ransomware spreads across Europe after WannaCry and Petya outbreaks

    A strain of ransomware known as Bad Rabbit is believed to be behind the trouble, and has spread to Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and Germany. Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab, which is monitoring the malware, has compared it to the WannaCry and Petya attacks that caused so much chaos earlier this year. According to the company, the majority of victims are located in Russia, and the ransomware appears to have infected devices through the hacked websites of Russian media organisations. Interfax and Fontanka in Russia have both been hit by a cyber attack, as have Odessa Airport and the Kiev Metro in Ukraine. Based on our investigation, this is a targeted attack against corporate networks, using methods similar to those used in the ExPetr attack, Kaspersky Lab has said. However, we...
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China unveils new leadership line-up, no obvious Xi successor
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

China unveils new leadership line-up, no obvious Xi successor

    Beijing: China’s Communist Party revealed its new leadership helmed by President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, breaking with recent precedent by failing to include a clear successor to the president among the seven-man line-up. Apart from Xi, Premier Li Keqiang was the only one to retain his spot amid sweeping changes on the Politburo Standing Committee, the height of power in the world’s second-largest economy. Li Zhanshu, Wang Yang, Wang Huning, Zhao Leji and Han Zheng were promoted, replacing five retiring members including anti-corruption chief Wang Qishan, a key Xi ally. All seven are in their 60s, and for the first time no Standing Committee member will have been born before the 1949 Communist revolution. Guangdong party secretary Hu Chunhua and Chongqing party boss Chen ...
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Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Brexit is stupidest thing any country has done besides Trump

    Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul and former mayor of New York, has said Brexit is the single stupidest thing any country has ever done apart from the election of Donald Trump as US president. Bloomberg argued that it is really hard to understand why a country that was doing so well wanted to ruin it with the Brexit vote, in a series of outspoken remarks made at a technology conference in Boston a fortnight ago. At that event, Bloomberg, 75, also warned that some workers at the financial media company that bears his name were asking to leave the UK and US because they think the two countries no longer like immigrants and are no longer welcoming. The CEO was in London on Tuesday to open a new European headquarters for Bloomberg in the City, covering 1.3 hectare...
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Suu Kyi accepts home minister’s invitation to visit Bangladesh
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Suu Kyi accepts home minister’s invitation to visit Bangladesh

    State Counsellor and Myanmar Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday said her government started work on repatriation of Rohingyas who are living in Bangladesh. She also said the Myanmar government has started work to implement the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission to bring solution to the Rohingya crisis. Suu Kyi conveyed it to Home Minister Asaduzzaman during a meeting held at her office in Myanmar’s capital city. The Home Minister invited Suu Kyi to visit Bangladesh. In reply, Suu Kyi said she will visit Bangladesh at a time convenient to both sides. Home Ministry sources said the repatriation process will be done as per the Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point proposal. Minister Khan also informed Suu Kyi abo...
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Biman’s domestic flight landed safely after technical glitch
25Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Biman’s domestic flight landed safely after technical glitch

    A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which faced problem in a wheel after taking off from Syedpur Airport, landed safely at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning. Biman's general manager (PR) Shakil Meraj said Dash-8, a plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, took off from Syedpur Airport at 9:33am with some 66 passengers, including women and children, on board. Just after the take-off, wheel No. 4 of the back side of the aircraft got damaged, Shakil added. However, the pilot successfully managed to land the aircraft with his outstanding skills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:38am, the general manager said. Tofail Ahmed, one of the passengers, appreciated the pilot’s work saying, ‘We are happy that the pilot landed the plane smo...
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Couple reported to police after they tried naming their son Jihad
24Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Couple reported to police after they tried naming their son Jihad

    A couple in France have been reported to the authorities for trying to name their son Jihad. The Muslim parents tried to register the highly controversial name at their town hall near Toulouse after the birth in August, reports the Mirror. But officials immediately alerted the public prosecutor, who is now challenging the name in the family court because of its links to terrorism. A judge will then have the power to order the couple to choose another name. The unnamed husband and wife have claimed the word Jihad does not mean Holy War, but instead refers to effort, struggle and self-denial. Four years ago another couple whose three-year-old son was named Jihad were hand suspended prison sentences for sending him to school in a t-shirt with the slogans ‘I am a bomb’ on the ...
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A woman set fire to ex-boyfriend’s house and stabbed police officer in row over teddy bear
24Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

A woman set fire to ex-boyfriend’s house and stabbed police officer in row over teddy bear

    A woman reportedly burned down her ex-boyfriend’s house in a row over a teddy bear, then chased him with a knife before stabbing a police officer who tried to protect him. Brittany Bonin, 26, flew into a rage when demanding Michael Demalia return a stuffed animal she had given his 18-month-old daughter Natalie, his sister Jacqueline said. After an exchange of words at the door of the house in Edgewater, Florida, she pushed her way past, charged down the hall and set fire to the child’s crib. Ms Bonin reportedly then ransacked the house including smashing a 90-gallon fishtank which flooded the property before chasing Mr Demalia with a knife. He fled across the road to a neighbour off-duty deputy Captain Cliff Williams who stood between the pair, but Ms Bonin allegedly stabb...
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Police failing to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK
24Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Police failing to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK

    Police are failing to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK, leaving perpetrators free to continue to exploit vulnerable people, a damning government report has found. Despite a well-documented rise in modern slavery and human trafficking cases, police forces are still failing to recognise the crimes, leading to victims being left unprotected or even arrested, according to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC). The police watchdog said the force is guilty of inconsistent and ineffective identification of victims who have been coerced into crimes such as forced labour, sexual exploitation or domestic servitude. Police forces are also not investigating abuses quickly enough, it said. Campaigners have warned that many victims, including children, w...
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Brexit Could Still Be Stopped
24Oct By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Brexit Could Still Be Stopped

    Brexit can still be avoided if the United Kingdom chooses, the president of the European Council has said. Donald Tusk told the European Parliament on Tuesday that the remaining EU 27 member states must be united in their negotiations with Britain. We have managed to build and maintain unity among the 27. But ahead of us is still the toughest stress test. If we fail it, the negotiations will end in our defeat, he said. We must keep our unity regardless of the direction of the talks. The EU will be able to rise to every scenario as long as we are not divided. Tusk added: It is in fact up to London how this will end: with a good deal, no deal or no Brexit. But in each of these scenarios we will protect our common interest only by being together. European Commission chief Jea...
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