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4 killed in suicide bombing near Prophet’s Mosque in Medina

A suicide bomber has attacked the Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arab’s Medina city, the second most holy site in Islam, as witnesses say body parts of presumed bomber seen in the eastern city of Qatif on Monday night. Reports Saudi-owned al-Arabiya TV.   Citing an official with knowledge of the event, CNN reports, the blast in Medina claimed four lives ...

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Brexit: Legal steps seek to ensure Commons vote on Article 50

4 July 2016 A law firm is taking action to ensure the formal process for the UK leaving the EU is not started without an act of Parliament. Mishcon de Reya, lawyers acting for a group of business people and academics, said it would be unlawful for a prime minister to trigger Article 50 without a full debate and vote in Parliament. ...

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Nigel Farage resigns as Ukip leader after Brexit vote

Nigel Farage today dramatically quit as Ukip leader saying he wanted his “life back” following the historic Brexit vote. In a surprise announcement that will spark another leadership contest in British politics he said he could not hope to achieve more than the Brexit vote. Within seconds his move was greeted joyfully by one of his internal rivals Douglas Carswell ...

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Bangladesh cafe attack: Japan, Italy and US mourn dead hostages

Twenty hostages were killed in the siege at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka that police ended by force on Saturday. They were construction consultants from Japan, Italian businesspeople in textiles and three students from American universities. Two of the students were studying at Emory University in Georgia: Faraaz Hossain from Dhaka and Abinta Kabir from Miami, Florida, who was visiting family ...

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It is 27th Ramadan tonight!

By Fatema Miah All over the world People have completed reciting, and reading Quran over the month of Ramadan. Most have read complete Quran all over from the beginning to the end, and some have repeatedly done the same many times; more than once, twice, three times or more. May Allah accept our recitations, readings efforts and performances, Ameen. Ramadan ...

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Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir) elected as Chairman of NRB Bank Limited

Mr. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman (Nasir) has been unanimously elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of NRB Bank Limited in its 39th Board meeting held on 27 June 2016. Prior to his new role, he was the Vice Chairman of the Bank. Mr. Rahman a seasoned businessman and well versed in a broad range of trade ventures around the ...

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