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Super Saturday: Sanders and Cruz take states but Trump and Clinton hit back
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Super Saturday: Sanders and Cruz take states but Trump and Clinton hit back

    Bernie Sanders A ferocious week of attacks on Donald Trump appeared to loosen his grip on the Republican presidential race on “Super Saturday”, while Bernie Sanders showed there may also be some life left in the Democratic race. Conservative champion Ted Cruz won heavily in the Republican caucus in Kansas and won by a similar margin in Maine, before Trump underlined his national advantage with victories in Louisiana and Kentucky. With 47 delegates up for grabs, Louisiana was the biggest prize of the night and the only state using a primary rather than caucus system. Trump has tended to do better in primaries, where his support among first-time voters and independents can overwhelm the more determined activists who back Cruz. Trump’s victories – by 4.4% in Louisiana and 3.6...
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Boris Johnson’s fury over EU bullying scandal
6Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Boris Johnson’s fury over EU bullying scandal

    London Mayor says business leader suspended for supporting Brexit was crushed by the agents of Project Fear. Boris Johnson attacked David Cameron's agents of fear last night for crushing a senior business leader who called for Britain to leave the European Union. The Major of London expressed his horror over the suspension of John Longworth, the highly respected leader of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), for backing Brexit. Downing Street was accused of "bullying" the BCC into temporarily removing Mr Longworth from his post. Number 10 sources denied that they had "forced" the body to suspend Mr Longworth or put "pressure" on board members to take action. However, the sources could not say that no conversations had taken place between Downing Street officials and the...
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Cheating map reveals London’s top 10 boroughs for extra-marital affairs
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Cheating map reveals London’s top 10 boroughs for extra-marital affairs

    Do you live in the capital’s most adulterous postcode? According to a table of the capital’s cheating hotspots, Kensington and Chelsea has topped the list of London postcodes for extramarital affairs. The royal borough has been officially named as the place where a husband or wife is most likely to have an affair, based on data from - Britain's leading dating website for married people. It has 8,520 people cheating out of a population of 78,500 - meaning 5.67 per cent of the borough's couples are seeking excitement outside their marriage. Top 10 London boroughs for cheating. 1. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea 2. Hammersmith and Fulham 3. Islington 4. Bromley 5. Brent 6. Tower Hamlets 7. Camden 8. Merton 9. Wandsworth 10. Ealing Hammersmith and Fulham follows in s...
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How to eat croissants
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

How to eat croissants

    Trust us, this blog was scheduled long before the unpleasantness, but given the amount of confusion that a certain supermarket’s decision to straighten a morning pastry has caused, it is timely (indeed, of great relief to the nation) that How to Eat will now definitively settle what constitutes the perfect croissant. Please do not get too twisted up below the line. Ensure you can prove your point. Flaky, pain-ful arguments will not butter-up your fellow contributors. They will make you look like a cronut. Straight or crescent-shaped? Where else to start but with this utter nontroversy? A PR coup concocted entirely from hot air, Tesco’s announcement that it will now sell only “straight” croissants is almost, but not quite, irrelevant. Straight or diamond-shaped croissants a...
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UK house prices growing strongly but affordability and higher supply issues loom
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK house prices growing strongly but affordability and higher supply issues loom

    House price growth will come under pressure from increasing supply and affordability issues, said building society Halifax. A housing shortage in some areas of the country, low interest rates and a healing economy have fueled house prices in recent years. The Halifax House Price Index for February 2016 said average prices rose 9.7% over the year to £209,495. The quarterly increase was 3%. "Prices continue to rise at a robust pace driven by a significant imbalance between supply and demand," said Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist. "Whilst this position is likely to continue over the coming months, there are some tentative signs that the supply situation may be beginning to improve. Instructions for secondhand properties coming up for sale have increased in the past...
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Tourism Promotion: Experts for long-term policy
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Tourism Promotion: Experts for long-term policy

    The government's plan to make 'Visit Bangladesh Year-2016' programme a success still remains a 'distant dream' as the private sector stakeholders find lack of pragmatic initiatives to attract foreign tourists to Bangladesh, reports UNB. The government, according to private stakeholders, is concentrating more on domestic tourists instead of attracting foreign ones, an idea they find contradictory with the concept of 'Visit Bangladesh'. They suggested a massive campaign on positive Bangladesh in tourist-generating markets with the help of Bangladesh missions abroad, better coordination among ministries concerned and taking effective steps to allure foreign tourists. "If Visit Bangladesh Year-2016 means to attract foreign tourists, then what about our awareness drive and camp...
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George Osborne abandons middle-class pensions raid after backlash
5Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

George Osborne abandons middle-class pensions raid after backlash

    George Osborne has abandoned plans for a tax raid on the pensions of millions of middle-class workers in his forthcoming Budget amid concerns that it will "damage saving". The Chancellor had been considering plans to abolish higher rate tax relief in a move which Tory MPs had warned cause a "riot" within the Conservative party and damage his leadership ambitions. However he has now dropped the plans from his Budget entirely amid concerns that global economic uncertainty means it is "not the right time" for radical reforms. Other changes, such as a cut in the amount people can put in their pension pots before being hit with penal rate rates of tax, have not been formally ruled out but are understood to be unlikely. The proposals to overhaul pensions had led to a series of r...
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Kids Can Sue Parents for Posting Their Photos Online
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Kids Can Sue Parents for Posting Their Photos Online

    Living in Paris or Provence has long been a fantasy of mine, although it now seems I should probably throw in the towel (or la serviette, because I'm handy in Google Translate like that). It's not because I don't still dream of sipping impossibly strong espresso while strolling along the Seine, or picking flowers from the brightly colored fields that inspired Matisse. No, it's because apparently if I were to live in France, I stand the chance of losing everything I have because of the potty training photos I once posted of my daughters on Facebook. Parents in France were recently warned by authorities to stop posting photos of their children on social media sites including Facebook and Twitter. Please stop posting pictures of your kids on Facebook, French Gendarmerie are t...
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UK company to introduce period policy for female staff
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK company to introduce period policy for female staff

    A Bristol company is planning to create an official “period policy” designed to allow women to take time off without being stigmatised in the hope it will make its workplace more efficient and creative. Bex Baxter, the director of Coexist, said the move an attempt to synchronise work with the body’s natural cycles. I have managed many female members of staff over the years and I have seen women at work who are bent over double because of the pain caused by their periods. Despite this, they feel they cannot go home because they do not class themselves as unwell. And this is unfair. At Coexist we are very understanding. If someone is in pain – no matter what kind – they are encouraged to go home. But, for us, we wanted a policy in place which recognises and allows women to t...
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Man injured when device detonated under vehicle is prison officer
4Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Man injured when device detonated under vehicle is prison officer

    A man injured when an explosive device detonated under a vehicle in Belfast is a prison officer, sources said. The incident happened in the Woodstock Road area in the east of the city. The extent of the man's injuries is not known. Security sources have indicated he is a serving prison officer. It is understood he was driving a van when the device detonated. Detectives are examining whether the bomb dislodged from the vehicle as it was going over a speed bump. The finger of suspicion will point at dissident republicans opposed to the Northern Ireland peace process. Police Service of Northern Ireland Superintendent Darrin Jones said: We believe a device has exploded under a vehicle. The incident was reported to police at 7.10am this morning Friday March 4. One man has been ...
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