Wednesday, September 30

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Plane Crashes Into Car Killing Passenger
3Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Plane Crashes Into Car Killing Passenger

    A light aircraft crash landed on a motorway, hitting a car and killing a passenger. The collision happened on the Interstate 15 freeway just outside Fallbrook, southern California on Saturday. The same plane made headlines when it landed safely on the same stretch of road 15 years ago. The black Nissan Altima sedan involved in the collision was parked on the hard shoulder of the highway at the time. It is understood the driver had stopped to synchronise a bluetooth device. Witnesses said the single-engine plane appeared to be having problems before it banked and came down. California Highway Patrol Officer Chris Parent said the Lancair IV landed on its belly and skidded about 250 feet before striking the rear of the vehicle. The impact crushed the back of the car, killing ...
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Saudi Arabia prepares for post oil era by setting up world’s biggest sovereign investment fund
3Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Saudi Arabia prepares for post oil era by setting up world’s biggest sovereign investment fund

    The $2tn (£1.4tn) wealth fund will be created by selling off state petroleum company Aramco's assets in a dramatic plan to transform the country's economy, which heavily relies on the oil industry. The megafund will be enough money to buy the four largest US companies, Apple, Google's parent company Alphabet, Microsoft and Berkshire Hathaway. It will also be more than double Norway's sovereign wealth fund, regarded as the largest in the world by assets. The scheme is aimed to generate state revenue, which will be used to invest abroad and in new industries and tourism to diversify the economy and end the country's dependence on oil. Ras Tannura's oil production plant, Saudi Arabia (Rex) The 30-year-old son of King Salman and second-in-line for the throne Prince Mohammed bi...
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Fast Food Workers Reveal The Meals You Should Avoid Ordering
2Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Fast Food Workers Reveal The Meals You Should Avoid Ordering

    Fast food workers have revealed the meals you should never order from the restaurants they work in, as well as their tips and tricks for ensuring your dinner arrives fresh. Reddit user enantiodromia asked people working in the fast food trade to reveal the dishes that customers should never order from them. From Starbucks overpriced sandwiches to McDonald's grilled chicken and filet o fish, here's what you need to know... One worker from Subway said that the "oven roasted chicken" they sold in their sub rolls was actually "boiled in the microwave". While another advised people not to order the footlong flatbread meatball sub. However they didn't give a reason why. A former Starbucks employee claimed that the coffee chain's food is basically just "reheated frozen food", bef...
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14 ministries working on autism rights in BD
2Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

14 ministries working on autism rights in BD

    Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Autism in Bangladesh and member of the WHO's Advisory Panel on Mental Health, Saima Wazed Hossain, on Friday said 14 ministries are now working coordinately in Bangladesh to ensure rights of the persons with disabilities, especially autism, their access to education, employment and other socio-economic activities. She was addressing as a panelist at a discussion on "Bridging the Inequality Gap (Goal10 of SDGs)" at the UN while attending the inaugural session of the day-long programme by the UN in observance of the World Autism Awareness Day, according to a message received here from Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Goal10 is one of the 17 goals of Sustainable Development Goals that is targeted to improve ...
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Leaked Brexit email claims David Cameron has starved NHS
2Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Leaked Brexit email claims David Cameron has starved NHS

    The Brexit campaign group backed by the justice secretary, Michael Gove, is trying to persuade senior NHS staff to sign a letter that includes a direct attack on David Cameron, who is accused of having “starved” the health service of funding. In an email leaked to the Guardian, Vote Leave’s Cleo Watson tells clinicians that her group “desperately needs” doctors, nurses and pharmacists to warn that Britain’s health service is being damaged by the EU. A draft version of the letter included by Watson says: “David Cameron and Jeremy Hunt must accept responsibility for this – they have starved the NHS of necessary funding for too long.” She says in the email the letter will be published on Monday to mark the start of a week in which out campaigners will focus on NHS issues such...
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Everyone not angels in Judiciary: as frankly says Chief Justice
2Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Everyone not angels in Judiciary: as frankly says Chief Justice

    Corruption prevails everywhere across the country and judiciary is nothing different, Chief Justice SK Sinha said today. When there is corruption at all layers across the country, judiciary is not a separate island where there is no corruption and everyone here is an angel, the chief Justice said. He was speaking at a launching programme of two books written by Law Commission member Prof Shah Alam. The programme was held at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University. The chief justice said there are still some anomalies in the judiciary, but not more than five to ten percent. “We have to accept it and continue to work for the people in such circumstances.” If the laws are not reformed, the judiciary department will tumble, he warned. Criticising the lawmak...
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Muslim family kicked off United Airlines flight for how they
2Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Muslim family kicked off United Airlines flight for how they

    A United Airlines pilot asked a Muslim family of five to leave a plane before it took off, citing safety issues. Eaman-Amy Saad Shebley, her husband and three young children were about to take off on a flight bound for Washington at Chicago airport when the pilot asked them to get off the aircraft. The family had enquired earlier whether the air stewardess could provide five-point harness safety seats for their children. Two videos filmed by Ms Shebley show the air stewardess and then the pilot asking the family to leave. Ms Shebley asked the pilot whether it was a “discriminatory” decision. The pilot replied it was a “flight safety issue” but were not given any details. The Council on American-Islamic Relations sent a letter to United Airlines on the family’s behalf deman...
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Sri Lankan in Bangladesh cyber heist says she was set up by friend
1Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Sri Lankan in Bangladesh cyber heist says she was set up by friend

    When Hagoda Gamage Shalika Perera, a small Sri Lankan businesswoman, got a deposit of $20 million in her account last month, she said the funds were expected but had no idea they were stolen from Bangladesh's central bank in one of the largest cyber heists in history. Unknown hackers breached Bangladesh Bank's systems between February 4 and February 5 and tried to steal nearly $1 billion from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Many of the payments were blocked. But $20 million made its way to Perera's Shalika Foundation before the transfer was reversed. Bangladesh central bank officers said they acted after a routing bank, Deutsche Bank, sought clarification on the transfer because hackers misspelled the company's name as "Fundation." Another $81 million ...
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Ignorant Hazaribagh tanners stay, cops curb rawhide supply
1Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Ignorant Hazaribagh tanners stay, cops curb rawhide supply

    The latest relocation deadline to tanneries at Hazaribagh expired today. Police are trying to curb rawhide supply into the factories as tanners have, once again, ignored a government deadline. Bangladesh government tried repeatedly to relocate the tanners from the area, but failed. The latest attempt was a March 31 deadline set during an inter-ministerial meeting on March 20. After the deadline expired, The Daily Star found factories operating normally today. Police, however, were seen deployed at Hazaribagh’s entry points to stop supply of rawhide. “This morning, police turned away two truckloads of rawhide supply at the Beri Bandh entry point,” Mir Alimuzzaman, officer-in-charge of Hazaribagh Police Station, told The Daily Star. According to him, police teams have been d...
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Six things that are more expensive from 1 April
1Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Six things that are more expensive from 1 April

    From Friday 1 April, consumers will be hit by a range of inflation-busting price increases that affect many things in Britain from buying a property to going to the dentist. Hannah Maundrell, editor in chief at money.co.uk, said 1 April “seems to have become ‘national price hike day … The majority of the price hikes seem pretty small, many as low as 1%. However all these small hikes add up to fewer pounds in your pocket.” Stamp duty rise on second homes An extra 3% stamp duty on any property bought as a second home or buy-to-let investment will add £6,000 to the cost of buying a £200,000 property. Solicitors have been working flat out to ensure deals were completed before the deadline. Council tax Millions of families face the largest increase in council tax since 2008, af...
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