Bangladesh origin Rupa made UK’s shadow cabinet minister

After Tulip Siddiqui, Bangladeshi-origin parliament member Rupa Huq has been named home affairs minister in the shadow cabinet of UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

 

Rupa Huq, hailing from Pabna, has been inducted into the Labour Party shadow cabinet on Thursday.

 

Rupa is a senior lecturer at the sociology department of the Kingston University.

 

She was elected from Ealing Central and Acton constituency by bagging 22,002 votes. With her victory, the Labour Party regained the Ealing Central and Acton constituency.

 

News Source : ABnews24

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Twitter drops 9pc on report Google will not bid for it

Shares of Twitter slumped 9 percent late on Wednesday after Recode reported that Google, owned by Alphabet, would not move forward with a bid to acquire the social network.

Citing sources it did not identify, Recode also said that Apple was unlikely to be one of the possible suitors.

Twitter has told potential buyers it wants to conclude negotiations about selling itself by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on Oct. 27, people familiar with the matter told the Reuters.

Salesforce.com Inc is in the running, while Alphabet and Walt Disney Co have also contemplated bids, the people told. Twitter's stock was last down 9.21 per cent in after-hours trade at $22.58.

The company has struggled to generate revenue growth and profit, despite having some 313 million average monthly active users and a growing presence as a source of news. - The Financial Express

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