Wednesday, September 30

Tag: Featured

Man’s Body Found In Burnt Out Car In Essex
29Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Man’s Body Found In Burnt Out Car In Essex

    A murder investigation has been launched after a man's body was found in a burnt-out car in Essex. Police were called to an area near Pitsea Road in Basildon, shortly before 5pm on Saturday, where they found the 30-year-old's body in a grey Audi A4. Essex Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Detective Inspector Steve Ellis said: "This happened in a residential neighbourhood so I am hopeful someone will have seen or heard something. "The vehicle has internal fire damage so I'm keen to speak to anyone who might have seen the vehicle or spotted anyone acting suspiciously in the area." Anyone with information should contact police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
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White Easter snow forecast as polar plunge set to bring ice and sub zero temperatures
29Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

White Easter snow forecast as polar plunge set to bring ice and sub zero temperatures

    Britain is set to see a 'White Easter' as a polar plunge strikes the country, bringing snow , ice and temperatures as low as -14C. The plunge - the same phenomenon that triggered the 2010 Big Freeze - is expected to result in colder-than-average weather across the UK in late March. Temperatures will drop to below zero most nights throughout the month, leading to potentially dangerous snowy and icy conditions, forecasters say. Then, as the end of March approaches, the country is set to be gripped by a longer 'freeze', with a White Easter' expected from March 25 to 28. These snowy conditions, along with the two-week school holidays, are likely to see families facing transport problems at one of the busiest times of year for leisure travel. The Met Office said the cause of th...
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Silk of Bengal
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Silk of Bengal

‘With time, dedication and passion the mulberry leaves become a stunning silk gown' - Chinese Proverb. Silk has been a material of sophistication since the medieval ages. Kings and queens have adorned themselves with the garb considering it as one of their finest possession along with shimmering gold and luxurious stones. the muse of the romantics, silk has a reputation to live up to. Everything, from the culturing to the fineness of the finished fabric, has an interesting story to tell. The connotation of silk has also been borrowed into many metaphors. 'Smooth as silk', for instance, refers to any activity that has been undertaken, or will occur, very smoothly - a testament to the cloth's fineness. Meanwhile, 'Zuo jian zi fu' in Chinese means to spin a cocoon around oneself, to enmesh on...
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Jude Law’s minders attacked by Calais Jungle migrants during charity visit
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Jude Law’s minders attacked by Calais Jungle migrants during charity visit

    A security team guarding Jude Law was attacked by migrants as the Hollywood star visited the jungle camp in Calais. The 43-year-old actor was in France with a film crew and Brit-winning singer Tom Odell , 25, to witness the horrors of the squalid makeshift village, which is due to be demolished. But shortly after the cameras stopped rolling, their minders were ambushed by some of the migrants and had their phones stolen. It is ¬understood Jude was already on the production team’s bus when the thugs struck. A source said: “We were shocked to see some of the migrants acting like football hooligans. “The security team had stones thrown at them, and two had their phones smashed then stolen. Jude and Tom were told to stay in the bus shortly before the ambush as the atmosphere w...
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PM Threatened With Leadership Challenge Over EU
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

PM Threatened With Leadership Challenge Over EU

    David Cameron has reportedly been told that he will face a leadership challenge unless he tones down his attacks on Boris Johnson and other Out campaigners. Tory ministers and senior backbenchers have even threatened a "no confidence vote if the Prime Minister fails to halt "blue on blue" attacks on fellow Conservatives, according to the Sunday Times. A senior backbencher told the newspaper they would have "no problem getting the 50 signatures needed to force a vote, adding: Cameron's position will be untenable even if he wins the referendum if he carries on like this. It comes after confirmation the Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond swore at one leading Tory Eurosceptic in a row over a confidential EU document. Conservative divisions over the EU have deepened after Mr Hamm...
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Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Iran election: Reformists win all 30 Tehran seats

    President Hassan Rouhani's allies are set to take all the seat in the capital. Allies of Iran's reformist president, Hassan Rouhani, have won a landslide victory in Tehran, in the first elections since Iran signed a nuclear deal with world powers. With 90% of the votes counted, the pro-Rouhani List of Hope is set to take all 30 seats in the capital. The leading conservative candidate Gholamali Haddad-Adel is in 31st place. Millions voted on Friday to elect the 290-seat parliament as well as members of the Assembly of Experts. The 88-member assembly appoints Iran's Supreme Leader and might end up choosing a successor to Ayatollah Khamenei, who is 76 and has suffered ill-health. Early results gave former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a moderate Conservative, and Rouhan...
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Pilot forced to land in Berlin when unruly British stag party caused problems after being refused booze
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Pilot forced to land in Berlin when unruly British stag party caused problems after being refused booze

    A pilot was forced to land his plane in Berlin after a British stag party caused problems on board. Newspaper reports in Germany said the Ryanair flight from London to Bratislava in Slovakia was forced to land in the German capital to eject the bachelor party . Six members of the group were said to have become unruly during the flight, forcing the pilot to make an unscheduled stop in Berlin and remove the passengers concerned from the flight. German newspaper Bild said the men became aggressive when they were refused alcohol. Local police said the drunken Britons, aged 25 to 28 and from Southampton, were met by officers upon landing at Schoenefeld airport. They now each face fines of up to 25,000 euros (£19,700) and civil claims from the airline.
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What the bank results tell us about their and UK economy’s health
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

What the bank results tell us about their and UK economy’s health

    Four of Britain’s biggest banks reported annual results this week and insisted they were robust enough to withstand another global downturn. But what did the results for HSBC, Standard Chartered and the bailed-out duo of Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland tell us about the industry and the wider economy? Bonuses have not gone away, despite considerable public and political anger over pay since the 2008 crash. When the pay disclosures of the four banks from their annual results are added up, 800 or so of their employees received more than €1m (£790,000) in 2015. Barclays will add to that tally when its annual figures are published on Tuesday next week. The four banks who have reported so far have cut their bonus pools for 2015, but that total still stands at £3...
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Dad were killed for having an opinion: Avijit’s daughter
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Dad were killed for having an opinion: Avijit’s daughter

    Exactly a year ago today, Avijit Roy was hacked to death in the most public of places: Coming out of a crowded book fair in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His crime? He was an American blogger who wrote prominently about secular issues works that his misguided attackers viewed as blasphemous. In the months that followed, fundamentalists carried out several other attacks on secular writers. In the piece below, Roy's stepdaughter Trisha Ahmed, a second-year student at Johns Hopkins University, recounts the father she remembers and the attack she's trying to forget. 2008 For a while, it felt strange to call him "Dad" because he had the aura and wit of a fun uncle. When we moved into a new house in the summer after my sixth grade, he picked up two long sticks in the backyard, and passed o...
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Syrian ceasefire: Car bomb kills two and rebels claim government is dropping barrel bombs hours into truce
27Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Syrian ceasefire: Car bomb kills two and rebels claim government is dropping barrel bombs hours into truce

    Hours into a ceasefire brokered by Russia and the US, a car bomb has killed at least two people in Syria, and rebels claim government forces dropped barrel bombs near Damascus. No one has claimed responsibility for the car bomb attack on the government-held town of Salamiyeh in the west of the country so far but Isis has carried out several bombings across the country in recent weeks. The rebel group Jaish al-Islam said government forces dropped two barrel bombs and opened fire on its positions during several violations of a cessation of hostilities agreement in the Eastern Ghouta near Damascus on Saturday. Citing field reports from the group's commanders, Jaish al-Islam spokesman Islam Alloush told Reuters that in one incident government forces trying to advance “were dea...
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