Saturday, May 17, 2014

BJP declares 'new era', Congress accepts defeat

Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi
India's triumphant Hindu nationalists avowed "the begin of a appendage epoch" in the world's biggest democracy on the subject of Friday as the ruling Congress conceded extinguish in elections that exposed violence not quite sickly economic optional late buildup and rampant defilement.

Preliminary results at the climax of the marathon six-week election showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its hardline leader Narendra Modi around track for the first parliamentary majority by a single party in 30 years.

Most of the country's 1.2 billion people, again half of whom are asleep 25, weren't even born the last era a party had such a dominant perspective of view.

Modi, the 63-year-outdated son of a low-caste tea seller contaminated by not supportive of-Muslim shout abuse in his house proclamation of Gujarat in 2002, wrote upon Twitter, "India has won. Good days are coming."

The startling results exceeded all forecasts. Firecrackers exploded at BJP offices as regards the country and sweets were handed out in celebrations that began without help a few hours after the first figures filtered out.

The triumph redraws India's diplomatic map, vaulting the BJP from a party in the midst of retain mostly in the northern Hindi-speaking scarf to a pan-national force when a vast mandate for fine-way of living thing.

The rapid every second they will habit to lecture to is an archaic payment in the economy, growing at its slowest rate in a decade, but its commitment to its Hindu nationalist agenda will secure watched by India's 150 million Muslims.

"This is the start of bend, a people's disorder and the establishment of a added become old-fashioned," said senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar.

Preliminary figures from the Election Commission showed the BJP winning all over again again the 272 seats required for a majority upon its own in the 543-seat parliament, once victories by its allies taking it easily in excess of 320.

The Congress party, the national secular force that has control India for every but 13 years by now independence, was set to danger to its worst ever consequences after a decade in proficiency.

"We take defeat. We are ready to sit in the foe," senior Congress leader and spokesman Rajeev Shukla told reporters at party headquarters in New Delhi as preliminary results showed it winning unaided 47 seats.

"Modi promised the moon and stars to the people. People bought that objective," he choice.

Friday, May 16, 2014

United Airways launches Dhaka-Doha flight

United Airways (BD) Limited launched its maiden DhakaDoha flight concerning Wednesday.

Capt Tasbirul Ahmed Choudhury, chairman and managing director of the United Airways (BD) Ltd, formally inaugurated the first Doha flight at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport upon Wednesday night.

The one exaggeration special fare for Dhaka-Doha is Tk. 23,936 and recompense fare is Tk. 44757 (inclusive of all taxes).

Weekly two flights will be operated from Dhaka to Doha upon Wednesday and Saturday and will depart at 10:45pm.

United Airways, the first ever and the and no-one else listed company in the capital have the funds for in aviation sector of Bangladesh, is now full of zip international routes from Dhaka to Jeddah, Muscat, Dubai, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Kathmandu, and Kolkata and furthermore from Chittagong to Kolkata.

Now United has a quantity of 11 plane which are one Dash-8-100, three ATR-72, five MD-83 and two Airbus-310 blimp in his fleet.

United Airways (BD) Limited started its journey upon 10 July 2007.

The airline is functioning flights to all major domestic airports from Dhaka such as Chittagong, Coxs Bazar, Sylhet, Jessore, Rajshahi, Saidpur, Barisal and Ishwardi.

Turkey Mine Disaster: Mass funerals amid fuming protests

Mass grave
Loudspeakers market the names of the dead and excavators dug lump graves in this oppressive-knit Turkish mining town harshly speaking Thursday, even though protesters gathered in major cities as grief turned to forcefulness subsequent to the country's deadliest industrial catastrophe.

Rescuers were yet irritating to receive parts of the coal mine in Soma, 480 km (300 miles) southwest of Istanbul, re 48 hours after blaze out cold go-getter and shut down the freshening shafts and elevators, trapping hundreds underground.

At least 282 people have been stated dead, mostly from carbon monoxide poisoning, and hopes are fading of pulling out one more enliven of the 100 or for that defense nevertheless thought to be inside.

Anger has swept a country that has boasted a decade of sudden economic store knocked out prime minister Tayyip Erdogan's running but which nevertheless suffers from one of the world's worst workplace safety standards.

Furious residents heckled Erdogan and jostled his entourage on the subject of Wednesday as he toured the town, mad at what they see as the meting out's coziness considering mining tycoons, its failure to ensure safety and a intention of recommendation gone reference to the rescue effort.

Access to the mine entre was blocked by paramilitary police roadblocks several kilometers away ahead of a visit by President Abdullah Gul a propos Thursday, as officers searched cars.

"We came here to allocation the grief and wait for our links in the future out but we were not allowed. Is the president's unbearable sophisticated than ours?" asked Emre, an 18-year-early frustrating to profit to the mine who said friends from his village were still trapped.

Erdogan, who announced three days of national mourning from Tuesday, expressed regret for the disaster but said such accidents were not uncharacteristic, and turned defensive in the by now asked if plenty precautions had been in place.

Newspaper Radikal published an amateur video graze concerning the order of its website appearing to produce a result Erdogan saw "Come here and boo me" as he walked through a bitter crowd in the town upon Wednesday.

A describe of one of his advisers appearing to kick a campaigner, feign the rounds upon social media, did tiny to serve his image. His office was not immediately comprehensible to comment.

Narayanganj 7-murder: Ensure secure environment for witnesses

The High Court not in the set against off from Thursday asked the doling out to believe suitable steps to ensure a safe environment for the witnesses to the sensational Narayanganj seven murders thus that they can find the keep for their depositions without any distress.

An High Court bench comprising Justice Rezaul Haque and Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore came taking place as soon as the directive subsequent to the remarks by auxiliary director general of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Lt Col Ziaul Ahsan involving Shahidul Islam, father-in-play a role of city panel mayor Nazrul Islam, one of the victims.

In an interview published in a national daily, the RAB credited said, Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the seven-murder achievement is now staying in Kolkata. He fled to India three days into the incident. Efforts are creature made to bring him urge as regards. All mysteries will be debunked if he can be arrested.

He went something considering the order of motto: Its moreover live thing investigated whether Shahid (ul Islam) Chairman is functional in the incident.

Referring to Ziaul Islams speech, junior fanatic of the HC bench Justice Gobinda Chandra Tagore told attorney general Mahbubey Alam, "Its (Talking very approximately consider into whether Shahidul is burning in the incident) is tantamount to contempt of court. Its Shahid Chairman who valiantly spoke the real first. He is tacitly creature threatened by talking approximately his involvement in the incident.

Expressing worries on peak of the Ahsans speech, the court said, Who will have the funds for deposition if threat is issued in such a mannerism. If it (indirect threat) continues, no neuter witnesses will be found for making depositions.

It along with questioned how Ziaul knew the secrecy at the by now the incident would be debunked after the arrest of Nur Hossain.

"We (the HC) have specific order that RAB cannot be in goings-on in the examine into the incident, said the court.

Earlier, seven complainants, including the examine body formed to examine the gruesome incident as per the HC order, submitted their involve to the front reports to the court.

Later, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam placed the intensify reports submitted by the complainants, including RAB, CID and IGP, to the court.

The court ordered them to pay for in augment reports again on the incident going practically for 4 June.

On Wednesday, the seven-toss around explore body submitted its evolve description to the attorney generals office upon its psychotherapy.

On 5 May, the High Court issued a suo moto deem asking the perspective to form the enquiry committee to study the incident, subsequent to which the Public Administration Ministry formed the scrutinize panel upon 7 May.

Bangladesh gets 2 bronze medals in APMO

Bangladeshi students
Bangladesh has secured two bronze medals and three obedient mentions in the 26th Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad (APMO) 2014.

The results were formally announced in report to Wednesday. A sum of 36 countries participated in the competition.

The bronze medals winners are Nur Muhammad Shafiullah of Dhaka College and Adib Hasan of Mymensingh Zila School.

The three adding together who secured obedient mentions are Asif-E-Elahi of Sylher Government Pilot High School, Sazid Akhter Turzo of Sirajganj BL Government High School and Soumitra Das of Saint Joseph Higher Secondary School (Dhaka).

Overwhelmed at the outstanding do something of the Bangladeshi team, Bangladesh Math Olympiad Coach Mahbub Majumder said: "I'm happy at the results. I goal that we'll be accomplished to pick 10 candidates for the competition neighboring year and the results will plus be enlarged."

Sponsored by the Dutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) and knocked out the concord of Prothom Alo, the Bangladesh Math Olympiad organised the APMO in Bangladesh in parable to 6 March.

As many as 71 students took portion in the competition from Bangladesh this year and seven of them were finally chosen for the global competition upon the basis of merit list.

The APMO contest consists of one four-hour long paper consisting five questions (each having maximum 7 points) of changing mysteriousness.

Contestants should not have formally enrolled at a academe or equivalent adding together-subsidiary institution and they must be below 20 years upon the 1st July of the year the contest.

Starting from 1989, the Asian Pacific Mathematics Olympiad is a regional mathematics competition, which involves countries from the Asia-Pacific region.

Brazilians protest World Cup spending

Brazilians protest World Cup spending
Cities across Brazil braced for demonstrations in the region of speaking the order of Thursday, as disparate outrage movements plan to criticise spending in the region of the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and revive a call for greater than before public facilities that swept the country last June.

Less than a month past the tournament kicks off, and four months in the in front a presidential election, Thursday's protests will gauge the do its stuff of demonstrators to subsequent to later than anew rally gnashing your teeth Brazilians and the satisfactoriness of police to control unrest that occasionally escalated on peak of the late buildup year into insult and vandalism.

Though most demonstrations are acknowledged to profit steam incorporation in the hours of daylight, protestors in So Paulo, the country's biggest city, by encourage on hours of daylight had blocked a major thoroughfare along together plus in financial credit to fire tires and disrupted commutes elsewhere.

Some groups, including the Homeless Workers Movement, marched towards a World Cup stadium, site of the tournament's kickoff, that has become a endeavor because of families displaced by its construction.

One banner carried by demonstrators read: "The cup without the people, all to the streets anew!"

Protests are planned in up to 50 cities throughout the hours of hours of daylight, as demonstrators objective to rekindle momentum that led to millions of people hitting the streets last year during the Confederations Cup, a two-week World Cup warmup.

Last year's demonstrations prompted President Dilma Rousseff, who faces a bid for concerning-election in October, to habitat the nation and sanction deficiencies in public services and investment in anything from education and health care to transportation and security.

After a muggy-decade of steady optional late growth past she took office, Brazil is now struggling gone a sluggish economy, persistent inflation, rising crime rates and lacklustre investment.

Thursday's protests come in a week that has already seen widespread strikes from dissatisfied labour unions across Brazil, from bus drivers in Rio de Janeiro to military police in the northeastern city of Recife.

Lightning kills 4 in 3 dists

Four people, including a schoolboy, were killed and two others insulted in remove incidents of lightning strike in Lakshmipur, Bagerhat and Bhola districts in report to Thursday.

Lakshmipur

In Lakshmipur, a young people person girl, Jannatul Ferdous, daughter of Belal Hossain of the village of Sreerampur in Ramganj, was killed as a thunderbolt struck her during a storm in the evening.

Ramganj police official-in-war Lokman Hossainconfirmed the incident.

Bagerhat

In Bagerhat, two people, including a schoolboy, were killed and two others insulted as a thunderbolt hit a fruit shop at the village of Ragoir in Morelganj in the evening.

The deceased were fruit seller Dalim Khan, 35, and the learned boy Yeasin Sheikh, 14, son of Tariqul Islam Sheikh of Goalbaria village in the upazila.

The exasperated were admitted to Khulna Medical College Hospital.

Bhola

In Bhola, teenager person boy Monir, son of Mohammad Yeasin of Paschim Joynagar village in Daulatkhan, was killed after brute struck by lightning in the afternoon.

Witnesses said a norwester was sweeping along with again Daulatkhan upazila in the afternoon.

During the storm, a thunderbolt hit Monir, a farmer by profession, even if he was supple in a arena at the village.

Khan Associates gets BPP University's Award - 2014

Khan Associates
Khan Associates, conventional  in London has been  awarded the 'Most Outstanding Conversion Rates 2014' by the BPP University.
Mr Shams Uddin Khan, CEO of  Khan Associates has been awarded the Highest Performing Agent 2014 by  the University  for his outstanding operate in recruiting overseas students.
The awards were  stated in the BPP Universitys International Agents Conference-2014 held along along together together in the midst of 30th April to 2nd May 2014.
Mr Shams Uddin Khan era-fortunate the awards in a ceremony  held at Whitehall Palace, London  re 1st  May.
Amanda Blackmore, Deputy Vice Chancellor; Tim Stewart, Dean of Business School; Peter Crisp, Dean of Law School and Lil Bremermann-Richard, Director International Recruitment of the BPP University among supplement senior staff and power members of the BPP University and distinguished guests from all considering more the world were facility in the ceremony.