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(2276, 2276, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>One of the world\'s most seasoned politicians, Mahathir Mohamad, is to run for parliament in Malaysia\'s general election - even though he\'s 97.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mr Mahathir has been prime minister of Malaysia twice, the first time for a 22 year stint. He was appointed again in 2018 when he was 92.</div><div><br></div><div>He was in hospital earlier this year with a heart condition, but says he is now well enough to defend his seat.</div><div><br></div><div>He has not said whether he will be prime minister if his alliance wins.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have not decided who will be prime minister because the prime minister candidate is only relevant if we win,\" Mr Mahathir told a news conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Malaysia\'s parliament was dissolved on Monday, paving the way for a general election which the government hopes will end political instability after one of the world\'s biggest financial scandals, involving a government fund known as 1MDB.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahathir: A Malaysian political giant</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Mahathir first became a member of parliament in 1964. He is widely credited for Malaysia\'s rapid economic development and transformation from the 1980s.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2018, he came out of retirement in a bid to take down former prime minister Najib Razak - who had been accused of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds.</div><div><br></div><div>With the help of former rival Anwar Ibrahim, Mr Mahathir was voted in again as the country\'s prime minister, while Mr Najib was charged and eventually jailed on charges of money laundering and abuse of power. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-12 22:59:45', '2022-10-12 22:59:45'),
(2277, 2277, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">More than sixty of thousands of opposition BNP activists and leaders joined an ant-government rally in Chattogram city amid tight security on Wednesday as part of the party\'s series of protests.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rally began on Wednesday afternoon at the city\'s historic Polo Ground where presence of police and other security officials was noticeable as authorities say they remained alert to prevent any untoward incident from happening.</div><div><br></div><div>Organizers said the rally was meant to denounce price hike of daily essentials and fuels, death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP has long been demanding that next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any politicalgove rnment--a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is expected to announce the party\'s next programmes at the rally later Wednesday .</div><div><br></div><div>Chattogram City unit BNP Convenor Dr Shahdat Hossain chaired the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP activists started gathering at the rally venue by vehicles and on foot since Tuesday night from different districts and units under Chattogram Division.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of them alleged that they faced obstacles at various entry points of the country\'s second largest city as the ruling party men allegedly attempted to intercept them.</div><div><br></div><div>Tension was prevailing high in and around the rally venue.</div><div><br></div><div>Wednesday\'s rally is the first rally by the BNP at the divisional level. Similar rallies have been planned in other divisional headquarters to drum up support in the run up to the next election expected to be held late next year or in early 2024, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP will conclude the divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-12 23:21:49', '2022-10-12 23:21:49'),
(2278, 2278, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sourav Ganguly is set to be replaced as president of Indian cricket, with the former captain\'s backers claiming he has been forced out for refusing to join the ruling political party.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ganguly is widely regarded as one of the sport\'s greatest captains and has been in charge of the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the past three years.</div><div><br></div><div>He had been widely tipped to earn a second term as president when the board holds its annual general meeting next Tuesday.</div><div>But Ganguly, 50, is said to have declined to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).</div><div><br></div><div>This week the 1983 World Cup winner Roger Binny filed his nomination to replace Ganguly and will likely be elected unopposed next week, board vice-president Rajeev Shukla told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Politicians from Ganguly\'s home state of West Bengal alleged that the former batsman was forced out.</div><div><br></div><div>It was a \"political vendetta\" by the government, opposition lawmaker Santanu Sen said on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are with you Dada!\" he added, referring to Ganguly by his nickname.</div><div><br></div><div>Ganguly\'s political allegiance has been a regular source of media speculation in recent months and the country\'s home minister Amit Shah visited him at home earlier this year.</div><div><br></div><div>India\'s top court recently relaxed a rule that barred sporting officials from consecutive terms in office in the same position, opening the way for Shah\'s son Jay -- the BCCI secretary -- and Ganguly to seek reappointment.</div><div><br></div><div>The BJP have denied involvement in the board\'s looming vote and accused their opponents of politicising the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Sourav Ganguly is a cricketing legend. Some people are now shedding crocodile tears about the changes in BCCI,\" said the party\'s vice-president Dilip Ghosh.</div><div><br></div><div>Current BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal, younger brother of the country\'s sports minister Anurag Thakur, is expected to be elected chairman of the Indian Premier League. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-12 23:41:53', '2022-10-12 23:41:53'),
(2279, 2279, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said the propaganda of BNP and anti-country forces was proved false since Bangladesh has been reelected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with a huge margin.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh has been reelected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council bagging the highest 160 votes in the Asia Pacific region. You all know that BNP, some specific persons and some identified organizations are spreading propaganda that human rights are violated in Bangladesh constantly. And they were trying to create confusions by giving false information and data to different countries in the world,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But, the minister said, Bangladesh has been elected as a member of the UNHRC and it has been proved that their evil efforts of creating confusion have become futile and ineffective. Rather, it has been proved that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on the right track, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasan said these while exchanging views with reporters at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has been reelected as a member of UNHRC for the fifth time on Thursday for 2023 to 2025 tenure by getting 160 votes out of 189. Earlier, Bangladesh was elected as a member of the council in 2006, 2009, 2014 and 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, Hasan said, the human rights were violated extremely in the country during the Ziaur Rahman regime. He killed hundreds of armed forces officers and soldiers without any trial, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Even the executions were carried out first while the verdict of trial was announced later, he said, adding these are documented and have evidences.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasan, also Awami League joint general secretary, said hundreds of Awami League leaders and activists were killed during Zia\'s regime. Begum Khaleda Zia followed him (Zia) and the government of Begum Zia was involved in the brutal August 21 grenade attacks, killings of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, Ahsanullah Master, Manzur Imam of Khulna, Humyun Kabir Balu and many other journalists, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>But, he said, they (BNP) didn\'t carry out any proper trail for those. BNP had violated the human rights extremely by killing people alive through arson attacks in 2013, 2014 and 2015, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the government will present the issues before the globe. The family members of those victims who were killed by Ziaur Rahman have formed an organization named \'Mayer Kanna\' and they are holding human chain at different parts of the country seeking justice, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Now, I want to know what Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and other BNP leaders will say about this,\" said Hasan.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a query, the minister said Irene Khan of Amnesty International is a close relative of Tarique Rahman (wife\'s cousin). Those statements of her have no value when she gave those (statements) on behalf of Amnesty International, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to another query, Hasan said the government would take proper steps for the security of the people if BNP tries to create anarchy in the name of divisional rallies. Awami League will also be there if the common people resist, he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, he said, by-elections will be held there if any lawmaker of BNP resigns.</div><div><br></div><div>Criticising the comments of BNP leaders over power issue, Hasan said BNP gave only \'Khamba\' (electric polls). Only 40 percent people were under the electricity coverage when the AL government took office in 2009, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>But currently, he said, cent percent people of the country are under electricity facility. So, people laugh when BNP talks on power issue, said Hasan.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the minister addressed the AL Dinajpur Municipality and Sadar upazila units\' conference virtually. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 00:48:43', '2022-10-13 00:48:43'),
(2280, 2280, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">If you want to create an account on Freelancer.com, you will need to provide some personal information such as your name, email address, and phone number.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>You will also be asked to create a password and select a username. Once you have registered for an account, you can then post a project outlining the work that you need done. freelancers from around the world will then submit proposals outlining how they can help complete the project.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>You can then review these proposals and select the freelancer who is best suited for the job.</div><div><br></div><div>☼ Click Sign Up on the Freelancer.com homepage. Registration is free.</div><div>☼ You can choose to sign up via Facebook or via email. *By signing up, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.</div><div>☼ You will then be asked to provide a username.</div><div>☼ Select your account type</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 01:37:14', '2022-10-13 01:37:14'),
(2281, 2281, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President M Abdul Hamid urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government to recruit more skilled and semi-skilled manpower as well as professionals from Bangladesh in various sectors.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The President came up with the call as the newly-appointed UAE resident Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulla Ali Abdulla Khaseif Al Hmoudi presented his credentials to the head of the state at Bangabhaban here this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, President\'s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin briefed the BSS about the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, Hamid congratulated the UAE leadership for successfully hosting the global mega event \"Dubai Expo 2020\" despite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Hamid thanked the UAE government for providing employment opportunities to around seven lakh Bangladeshi expatriates there.</div><div><br></div><div>The UAE is making an important contribution to the development of Bangladesh, he mentioned.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that Bangladesh produces international-standard products, especially ready-made garments (RMG), ceramics, pharmaceuticals, leather goods, jute products, frozen fish, electronic products, furniture, plastic products and construction materials, the President said the UAE can import these quality products from Bangladesh.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Receiving the credential, the President mentioned Bangladesh\'s excellent relationship with the UAE saying that Bangladesh attaches the highest importance to its relationship with the United Arab Emirates.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the excellent bilateral ties existing between the two countries, he expressed hope that these relations would be strengthened in the coming days.</div><div><br></div><div>The President assured the ambassador of providing all-out cooperation in doing assignments in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretaries concerned and senior officials of Bangabhaban were present there.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Earlier, on his arrival at Bangabhaban, a contingent of the horse-mounted President Guard Regiment (PGR) offered the ambassador guards of honour.</div><div><br></div><div>The national anthems of the both countries were also played by the army band.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The ambassador made a round of inspection of the guards of honour. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 01:47:21', '2022-10-13 01:47:21'),
(2282, 2282, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Several users of Meta\'s Facebook are complaining losing majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my almost 900,000 followers and left only 9000 something on the shore. I kind of like Facebook\'s comedy,\" exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen tweeted, reports PTI</div><div><br></div><div>When contacted, a Meta spokesperson said, \"We\'re aware that some people are seeing inconsistent follower count on their Facebook profiles. We\'re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 02:03:04', '2022-10-13 02:03:04'),
(2283, 2283, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday met with victims of Pakistan\'s devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her home country since being shot by the Taliban a decade ago.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Catastrophic flooding this summer put one-third of Pakistan under water, displaced eight million people, and caused an estimated $28 billion in damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities are also battling a health crisis of malaria, dengue and malnutrition that has broken out among flood victims living in thousands of makeshift camps across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Yousafzai visited camps in rural Sindh province where she met with women who have fled their submerged villages, describing them as \"very brave\", according to a statement released by the provincial chief minister\'s office.</div><div><br></div><div>She also expressed her concerns over the impact on education, with two million children missing classes and 12,000 schools damaged.</div><div><br></div><div>Yousafzai was just 15 years old when the Pakistani Taliban -- an independent group that shares a common ideology with the Afghan Taliban -- shot her in the head over her campaign for girls education in the Swat Valley.</div><div><br></div><div>She was flown to Britain for life-saving treatment and went on to become a global education advocate and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner.</div><div><br></div><div>The militant group, known as the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), waged a years-long insurgency that ended with a major military crackdown in 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>But the group has resurged in the region since the Taliban returned to power in Kabul last year, with thousands of people protesting on Tuesday against the deterioration in security. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 03:07:30', '2022-10-13 03:07:30'),
(2284, 2284, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Moscow believes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will “officially” offer at an upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Kazakhstan to mediate negotiations with Ukraine, a Kremlin aide said Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The Turks are offering their mediation. If any talks take place, then most likely they will be on their territory: in Istanbul or Ankara,” Kremlin foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters in Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that “Erdogan will probably propose something officially” during talks with Putin in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>NATO member Turkey, which has stayed neutral throughout the conflict in Ukraine, has good relations with its two Black Sea neighbors — Russia and Ukraine, and has refrained from joining Western sanctions on Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>“Turkey on principle does not join the illegal sanctions of the West. And this position of Turkey gives an additional impetus for the expansion of trade and economic cooperation,” Ushakov said.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey has twice hosted talks between Moscow and Kyiv, including a March in-person meeting of Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, the first high-level talks to take place after Moscow sent troops into Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>However, peace negotiations have since stalled and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will not hold any talks with Putin after the Kremlin claimed to have annexed four territories of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about Zelensky’s pledge, Ushakov told reporters: “I would like to tell him: never say never.”</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey and the United Nations had brokered a landmark deal with Moscow and Kyiv that designated three ports for Ukraine to send much-needed grain supplies through a Russian blockade.</div><div><br></div><div>But Russia has criticized the deal, complaining its own exports had suffered and claiming without evidence that most deliveries were arriving to Europe, not in poor countries where grain was needed most.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey also played a key role in one of the largest prisoner swaps between Russia and Ukraine since the start of Moscow’s military campaign, in which over 200 prisoners were released.</div><div><br></div><div>Erdogan is keen to boost trade with Moscow as he tries to stabilize the battered Turkish economy in the run up to elections next June.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of their meeting, Putin proposed the creation of an energy hub in Turkey after several leaks were discovered on the Nord Stream gas pipelines to Europe, reports AFP</div><div><br></div><div>Russia could “move to the Black Sea region... its main route for the supply of fuel and gas to Europe through Turkey, creating the largest gas hub in Turkey,” Putin said at an energy forum in Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 03:14:45', '2022-10-13 03:14:45'),
(2285, 2285, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ukraine\'s Nato-led allies have announced deliveries of advanced air defence weapons to Kyiv, after a spate of Russian missile strikes.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The weaponry promised by the UK, Canada, France and the Netherlands includes missiles and radars. The US earlier made a similar pledge. One high-tech system from Germany is already in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pledges come as Ukraine\'s allies from 50 countries meet at Nato headquarters in Brussels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv hailed the summit as \"historic\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine says Russia fired more than 100 missiles and used dozens of drones on Monday and Tuesday, hitting energy infrastructure and other non-military targets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 19 people were killed on the first day of the strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also resulted in widespread power cuts and water supply disruption in a number of Ukrainian cities. The authorities in the capital Kyiv had to resort to electricity rationing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin says the missile strikes were retaliation for an attack on a key bridge linking Russia and Crimea - Ukraine\'s southern peninsula annexed by Moscow in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia says Saturday\'s blast was organised by Ukraine\'s intelligence agency - a claim rubbished by Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK will donate air defence missiles, as well as hundreds of aerial drones to support Ukraine\'s information gathering and logistics capabilities. It will also provide 18 howitzer artillery guns in addition to the 64 already delivered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Russia\'s latest indiscriminate strikes on civilian areas in Ukraine warrant further support to those seeking to defend their nation,\" said Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"These weapons will help Ukraine defend its skies from attacks and strengthen their overall missile defence.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking after the Brussels meeting on Wednesday, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said \"we\'re going to do everything we can to make sure that they [Ukrainians] they have what\'s required to be effective\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">French President Emmanuel Macron said Paris would supply air defence systems to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview to France 2 television, he did not specify which systems would be sent. But he did say their main function would be to protect the population from drones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Netherlands said it would deliver €15m (£13m; $14.5m) worth of air defence missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren said the Russian attacks \"can only be met with unrelenting support for Ukraine and its people\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada pledged to provide more than C$47m ($34m; £31m) worth of military aid, including satellite communications and drone cameras.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK is expected to announce its weapons deliveries shortly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Ukraine\'s military announced earlier on Wednesday that the first of several \"state-of-the-art IRIS-T SLM has been delivered from Germany to Ukraine\". It said the air defence system would help protect the country \"against terror\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Zelensky has for months been asking Ukraine\'s allies to provide air defence systems to create an \"air shield\" for Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his video address late on Wednesday, the Ukrainian leader said: \"The more audacious and cruel Russian terror becomes, the more obvious it is to the world that helping Ukraine to protect the sky is one of the most important humanitarian tasks for Europe of our time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I believe that we will cope with this task,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has repeatedly warned Ukraine\'s allies against supplying advanced weaponry to Kyiv, stressing this would make them participants of the war that Mr Putin began on 24 February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The West has accused Moscow of nuclear sabre-rattling, following a string of Russian military defeats on the battlefield. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 12:14:36', '2022-10-13 12:14:36'),
(2286, 2286, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mohamed Salah came off the bench to score an incredible six-minute hat-trick as Liverpool obliterated Rangers in the Champions League.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The striker netted three times in his sensational first 13 minutes on the pitch to silence a once-euphoric Ibrox crowd.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scott Arfield had given Rangers an early lead with their first group goal, but a Roberto Firmino double and a Darwin Nunez strike set Liverpool on their way, with Harvey Elliott getting a seventh after a VAR check.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a mesmeric second-half performance from the Premier League club, who now just need a draw against Ajax in Amsterdam in two weeks to advance to the next stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A beleaguered Rangers are still searching for their first points, and their hopes turn to trying to finish third in Group A and claim a Europa League place. It does not get any easier for them, though, as they travel to face group leaders Napoli next.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Salah trotted on to the Ibrox pitch, it was with little fanfare. Nunez had just given the visitors a commanding 3-1 lead, and the Egyptian\'s introduction seemed almost like the cherry on the cake after a tasty game had been yanked away from Rangers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But a player whose stellar form has dipped to merely good this term produced something special - the fastest ever Champions League hat-trick.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It started with an old-fashioned toe poke from a tight angle. Salah was off and running. A handful of minutes later, a drop of the shoulder, a quick change of pace on the edge of the box, and a deceptive finish brought his second. Ibrox, not for the first or last time in the half, fell silent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was barely time to type his name as the player of the match before his astonishing intervention was complete with yet another composed finish.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After just 17 minutes of this frenzied contest, it looked all so different. All of Liverpool\'s wins since August have come in Europe, but another looked unlikely amid a cacophony of noise in Govan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A flowing Rangers move cleaved open a static Liverpool defence and allowed Arfield space to steer a shot low across Alisson and into the net. Finally Rangers had arrived in this year\'s Champions League.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was an arrival which was celebrated for seven minutes. Kostas Tsimikas\' whipped corner to the near post found an unmarked and grateful Firmino, who nodded in from six yards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten minutes after the break, Firmino hushed a raucous crowd again. Joe Gomez\'s rampaging run down the right created the opening, and his inch-perfect delivery found the Brazilian on the run for a low first-time steer through Allan McGregor\'s legs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The writing was on the wall for Rangers by this point, and it was absolutely game over on 66 minutes. Again Firmino was involved, his cute flick teeing up Nunez for a curling shot around McGregor from the edge of the box for a goal met with a ferocious punch of the air by manager Jurgen Klopp.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Salah was finished stealing the show, there was still time for more as Elliott got in on the act. The youngster was originally flagged for offside after volleying in, before a VAR check reversed the decision and sent him jogging away in celebration to a jubilant band of supporters in the far corner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Player of the match - Mohamed Salah</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool rouse themselves to send message - analysis</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was a result Liverpool needed, but the scoreline will send a warning that they are still capable of being imperious.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from Firmino\'s opener, they did not look clinical in front of goal in the first half. They were also playing themselves into trouble at the other end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the Brazilian played a starring role in turning the tide. His link-up play was a joy to watch, while his finishing and influence was key as Liverpool ran riot after the break. Then enter Salah...</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rangers, meanwhile, now sit bottom of Group A with a goal difference of minus 15 and zero points. The heat of Seville and the Europa League final has long since faded as a winter of discontent on the continent brews.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is still time for Giovanni van Bronckhorst\'s team to secure some sort of European football after Christmas, but there won\'t be too many inside Ibrox for this one who will have much hope of them doing so. 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(2287, 2287, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to condemn Russia\'s attempts to annex four regions of Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The resolution was supported by 143 countries, while 35 states - including China and India - abstained.</div><div><br></div><div>As well as Russia, four countries rejected the vote, namely Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Nicaragua.</div><div><br></div><div>Although symbolic, it was the highest number of votes against Russia since the invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, in a grand ceremony in the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin signed documents to make the eastern Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson part of Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreements were signed with the Moscow-installed leaders of the four regions, and came after self-proclaimed referendums in the areas that were denounced as a \"sham\" by the West.</div><div><br></div><div>The resolution calls on the international community not to recognise any of Russia\'s annexation claim and demands its \"immediate reversal\". It welcomes and \"expresses its strong support\" for efforts to de-escalate the conflict through negotiation.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was grateful to the countries that supported it.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The world had its say - [Russia\'s] attempts at annexation is worthless and will never be recognised by free nations,\" he tweeted, adding that Ukraine would \"return all its lands\".</div><div><br></div><div>US President Joe Biden said the vote sent a \"clear message\" to Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The stakes of this conflict are clear to all, and the world has sent a clear message in response - Russia cannot erase a sovereign state from the map,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Dame Barbara Woodward, Britain\'s ambassador to the UN, said Russia had failed on the battlefield and at the UN, adding that countries had united to defend the world body\'s charter.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Russia has isolated itself, but Russia alone can stop the suffering. The time to end the war is now,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The General Assembly vote was triggered after Russia used its veto power to prevent action at the Security Council - the body in charge of maintaining international peace and security. As permanent members, China, the United States, France and the United Kingdom also hold vetoes on the council.</div><div><br></div><div>There have been calls for Russia to be stripped of its veto power after the Ukraine invasion. BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 13:59:41', '2022-10-13 13:59:41'),
(2288, 2288, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Kim Jong Un supervised the launch of two long-range cruise missiles, state media said Thursday, adding that the weapons were equipped to carry tactical nukes and had already been deployed to North Korean army units.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Pyongyang has conducted a blitz of ballistic missile tests recently which it described as tactical nuclear drills that simulated taking out airports and military facilities across South Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Analysts warned the isolated regime had completed preparations for another nuclear test.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The cruise missiles -- which travel at much lower altitudes than ballistic missiles, making them harder to detect and intercept -- travelled 2,000 kilometres (1,240 miles) over the sea Wednesday before hitting their targets, the Korean Central News Agency said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kim expressed \"great satisfaction\" with the tests for improving combat efficiency of the cruise missiles, which KCNA said have already been \"deployed at the units of the Korean People\'s Army for the operation of tactical nukes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kim said the country\'s nuclear combat forces were at \"full preparedness for actual war\" and said that the tests were another warning to the country\'s enemies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">North Korea must \"continue to expand the operational sphere of the nuclear strategic armed forces to resolutely deter any crucial military crisis and war crisis,\" the report added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Kim Jong Un stressed that we should focus all efforts on the endless and accelerating development of the national nuclear combat armed forces,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Pyongyang is not technically banned by the UN from testing cruise missiles, but all ballistic missile launches violate sanctions and are typically flagged by Seoul or Tokyo. Neither alerted the Wednesday test.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kim made acquiring tactical nukes -- smaller, lighter weapons designed for battlefield use -- a top priority at a key party congress in January 2021, and this year vowed to develop North Korea\'s nuclear forces at the fastest possible speed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The latest test means the North is operating tactical nuclear capability on cruise missiles, which are harder to detect for their low-altitude flight,\" Hong Min of the Korea Institute for National Unification told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It is a testament to Pyongyang\'s capability to mount nuclear warheads,\" he said, adding that cruise missiles can also have irregular flight paths making them harder to intercept.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Military drills -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The country revised its nuclear laws last month to allow preemptive strikes, with Kim declaring North Korea an \"irreversible\" nuclear power -- effectively ending the possibility of negotiations over its arsenal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since then, Seoul, Tokyo and Washington have ramped up combined military exercises, including deploying a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier to the area twice, infuriating Pyongyang, which sees such drills as rehearsals for invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In response, North Korea \"decided to organise military drills under the simulation of an actual war\" that gamed out hitting South Korea\'s ports, airports and military command facilities, KCNA said Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">North Korean army units involved in \"the operation of tactical nukes staged military drills from September 25 to October 9 in order to check and assess the war deterrent and nuclear counterattack capability\", the agency said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kim oversaw these tests as well, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">This report also said that North Korea\'s October 4 missile launch, which flew over Japan and prompted rare evacuation warnings, involved a \"new-type ground-to-ground intermediate-range ballistic missile\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The volley of KCNA statements about the country\'s recent tests -- which are unusual, as state media no longer routinely comments on launches -- indicates Pyongyang is concerned about the recent US-led joint drills, analysts say. afp</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 14:41:54', '2022-10-13 14:41:54'),
(2289, 2289, '<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Liton Das and Shakib Al Hasan hit fifty each and propelled Bangladesh to a challenging total of 173 for six against Pakistan on Thursday</b>.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bat first. Najmul Hossain Shanto and Soumya Sarkar opened the innings for Bangladesh.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Soumya scored four off as many balls while Shanto failed one more time to justify his inclusion in the T20 team. He made 12 off 15 balls.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After the openers continued on a dismal batting display, Liton Das was firm at one end of the wicket coming to bat at three. Shakib Al Hasan joined him in the third wicket stand.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Despite having a hamstring injury, Liton was batting so well. He scored his fifty off just 31 balls with five fours and one six.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Before falling prey to Mohammad Nawaz for 69 off 42 balls, Liton partnered Shakib in the third wicket stand and they added 88 runs off 55 deliveries — the best partnership Bangladesh got in this Tri- Series.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After Liton’s dismissal, Shakib took charge on the Pakistani attack. He fell for 68 off 42 balls with seven fours and three sixes.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eventually, Bangladesh ended up on 173 for six — their highest in this event. Before Thursday’s match, Bangladesh lost three matches in a row.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh made two changes in this match, replacing Mosaddek Hossain and Ebadot Hossain with Taskin Ahmed and Hasan Mahmud. AFP</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 15:53:43', '2022-10-13 15:53:43'),
(2290, 2290, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Google on Wednesday said it has allowed Donald Trump\'s Truth Social app in its Play Store for Android devices -- after receiving assurances the app would meet the platform\'s standards for moderating harmful content.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The app -- which Trump launched after being barred from Twitter over the 2021 Capitol riot -- had been kept out of Google\'s store over its lack of moderation tools, including for violent threats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Google said Truth Social has since been updated to comply with its policies barring objectionable posts, and has built in effective systems for reporting and removing unwanted content as well as blocking abusers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Apps may be distributed on Google Play provided they comply with our developer guidelines, including the requirement to effectively moderate user-generated content and remove objectionable posts such as those that incite violence,\" a Google spokesperson said in response to an AFP inquiry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developers can make Android apps available elsewhere on the internet, but the Play Store is a main source of content for users.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Truth Social app for Android devices is available on the social network\'s website and other venues that may not have Google\'s content moderation rules, according to the Alphabet-owned tech titan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s been a pleasure to work with Google, and we\'re glad they helped us to finally bring Truth Social to all Americans, regardless of what device they use,\" Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) chief executive said in a released statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">TMTG early this month announced today that a Truth Social app was freshly available for people in the United States who use Samsung smartphones, which are powered by customized Android software and have their own app shop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Samsung\'s share of the US smartphone market is about 30 percent, according to industry analysis firm Counterpoint.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A version of Truth Social tailored for Apple mobile devices is available at the App Store, which also enforces rules about content moderation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Trump take on Twitter -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google said in August that it had notified Truth Social that its app violated Play policies and required \"effective systems for moderating user-generated content\" in order to be offered on the platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The online giant said at the time that Trump\'s app broke rules barring content that incites physical threats and violence, but was working on addressing those issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Truth Social was conceived as Trump\'s answer to Twitter -- from which he was ejected in January 2021, days after a mob of his supporters refusing to accept his election defeat to Joe Biden stormed the US Capitol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Billionaire Elon Musk, who has made a $44-billion deal to buy Twitter, has said he would likely allow the former US leader back on the platform. After trying to walk away, Musk now says the troubled deal is back on and could close by the end of this month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a merger between TMTG and a blank check company named Digital World Acquisition Corp -- intended to bring in fresh funding for the Trump platform -- has yet to take place. Digital World shares were up more than seven percent to just over $17 in after-market trades in the wake of the Play Store news.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- QAnon -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Excluded from major social networks, Trump has regained only a fraction of his followers on Truth Social.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump has 4.18 followers at Truth Social, compared to the 88.8 million he had on Twitter and the 35.4 million he had on Facebook before being booted for encouraging real-world violence such as the deadly attack on the US Capitol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Truth Social has become an online haven for QAnon fans to share conspiracy theories such as prominent members of the Democratic Party being involved with satanists or pedophiles. Misinformation watchdog NewsGuard has reported finding scores of Truth Social accounts sharing QAnon content, with Trump among those resharing posts. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 15:59:29', '2022-10-13 15:59:29');
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(2291, 2291, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Elon Musk now has his own musk: the Tesla founder said he has launched a new fragrance called \"Burnt Hair\" and sold $1 million worth of the perfume in days.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Please buy my perfume, so I can buy Twitter,\" he wrote on the platform Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk is expected to complete a $44-billion takeover of Twitter by the end of the month. If he fails to do so, a trial for a breach-of-contract suit in the on-again-off-again deal will take place in November.</div><div><br></div><div>The SpaceX founder said Tuesday he had already sold 10,000 bottles of the scent.</div><div><br></div><div>\"With a name like mine, getting into the fragrance business was inevitable -- why did I even fight it for so long!?\" he joked on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>The world\'s-richest man\'s Twitter bio now describes him as a \"Perfume Salesman\" and a link to the product\'s sale page via the website for his startup The Boring Company is included as a pinned tweet.</div><div><br></div><div>The ad for the perfume shows a ruby red bottle with the name engraved on the front in script.</div><div><br></div><div>The tagline reads, \"The Essence of Repugnant Desire.\" Each bottle retails for $100.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk is no stranger to his jokes going viral online thanks to his legions of fans. The billionaire has marketed many unusual products in the past that make reference to his sense of humor. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 16:22:52', '2022-10-13 16:22:52'),
(2292, 2292, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President of India Droupadi Murmu has said that connectivity between Bangladesh and India has increased with the construction of ‘Maitri Setu’ over Feni River.</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At the same time, she said, it has become convenient for entrepreneurs of India’s Tripura state to use the ports of Chattogram and Ashuganj.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"It can be said that, from the very beginning, Tripura has played a major role in deepening India\'s friendship with Bangladesh,\" said the Indian President on Wednesday.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Murmu noted that Tripura is a power-surplus state and it exports electricity to Bangladesh, according to the Indian President\'s Secretariat.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Earlier, the Indian President visited Albert Ekka War Memorial in Agartala and paid homage to brave Indian soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice in the line of duty during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She also attended a civic reception hosted by the government of Tripura in her honour at Town Hall, Agartala in the evening.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Indian President was happy to note that Tripura is making steady progress as an educational hub.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She said that many institutions of higher and professional education are established in the state, where students from not only the northeastern region but also from other parts of India and abroad come for education.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She was also happy to note that Tripura has achieved the target of 100 percent enrollment at the level of elementary education.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Speaking on the occasion, the India President thanked the people of Tripura for their warm welcome.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She said that the composite culture of Tripura is the pride of India.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The tribal community of Tripura has maintained a beautiful amalgamation of democracy and tradition.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She was happy to note that Tripura earned top spot in achieving the target of ‘Responsible Consumption and Production’, included in the Sustainable Development Goal –12 during the year 2020-21.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She also noted that Tripura is one of the two states that generate the least plastic waste. UNB</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 16:36:23', '2022-10-13 16:36:23'),
(2293, 2293, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russian President Vladimir Putin must \"return to the table\" to discuss making peace in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday, adding that he thought Kyiv would have to negotiate with him at some point.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today, first of all, Vladimir Putin must stop this war, respect Ukraine\'s territorial integrity and come back to the table for talks,\" Macron told broadcaster France 2, saying he aimed to avoid a \"global war\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Asked if he would back a Ukrainian offensive to recapture Crimea -- annexed by Russia in 2014 in a move not recognised internationally -- Macron said that \"at some point as the conflict develops\" both Russia and Ukraine \"will have to come back to the table\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The question is whether the objectives of the war will only be reached by military means,\" he said, although \"it\'s up to the Ukrainians to decide\" what those aims should be.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When reminded that Ukraine no longer wanted to negotiate with Putin, Macron replied: \"I tell you that at some point... it will be necessary. That\'s why I have always refused maximalist positions.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Macron also said France would supply air defence systems to Ukraine following Russia\'s wave of air strikes earlier this week which he said was aimed at \"breaking Ukrainian resistance\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re going to deliver... radars, systems and missiles to protect them from these attacks,\" Macron said, adding that France was also negotiating to send another six Caesar mobile artillery units.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the war had entered \"an unprecedented stage\" since the weekend because \"for the first time all over Ukraine civilians have been killed... and electricity and heating facilities have been destroyed\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The aim of the Russians these last few days has been to break, to shatter Ukrainian resistance,\" Macron added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He acknowledged that France was \"unable to deliver as much as the Ukrainians ask for. I\'m obliged to keep some for us to protect ourselves and our eastern flank (of NATO)\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The extra Caesar guns have been manufactured for Denmark, but talks are underway to redirect them to Ukraine. (BSS/AFP)&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 16:58:22', '2022-10-13 16:58:22'),
(2294, 2294, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality has turned ‘moderate’ again.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 63 at 9.05am, the metropolis on Thursday ranked 45th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 50 and 100 is considered ‘moderate’ with an acceptable air quality. However, there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore, China’s Beijing and the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 197, 168, and 161, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 17:07:10', '2022-10-13 17:07:10'),
(2295, 2295, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nora Fatehi recently spoke about Brad Pitt in an interview. She said the Hollywood actor was the ‘most famous person’ to have slid into her DMs on social media. A clip of the dancer-actor’s statement from her interview with a magazine was shared on social media platforms like Reddit, where a section of people appeared to have a hard time believing it.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>When asked about the most famous person who slid into her DMs, Nora had told Grazia India, “You are not ready (for this) – Brad Pitt.” Her interview from September was shared on Reddit and attracted a range of hilarious reactions from people. One wrote, “Brad Pitt is not on Instagram lol (laugh out loud).”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Another one commented on similar lines, and shared a meme that said ‘I am embarrassed for her’. Alongside it, he wrote, “I don’t get how he slid into her DMs, when he doesn’t use Instagram.” A comment also read, “Are we supposed to believe it?” A person joked about Brad’s reaction to Nora’s statement, and wrote, “Brad Pitt: I don\'t even know who you are.”</div><div><br></div><div>‘Sliding into DMs’ means sending someone a direct message on social media or on a messaging app, usually with an intention to flirt. Commenting on the video, a Redditor wrote, “So, Brad Pitt’s been in her DMs, yet she hangs out with guys like Sukesh?” Nora was recently summoned by Delhi Police\'s Economic Offences Wing in connection to the alleged money laundering case involving Sukesh Chandrasekhar, who has been has been jailed on charges of extortion and duping several people.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from receiving expensive gifts from Sukesh, Nora allegedly went to Delhi\'s Tihar Jail to meet the alleged conman. Apart from Nora, actors like Jacqueline Fernandez and Nikki Tamboli, among others, have also been summoned in relation to the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Nora is seen as a judge alongside filmmaker Karan Johar and actor Madhuri Dixit on the dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10. She made her acting debut in the 2013 film Roar: Tigers of the Sundarbans, and has since featured in several movies like Street Dancer 3D. She is also seen in special appearances and dance numbers; her most recent being Thank God\'s song, Manike, where she featured alongside Sidharth Malhotra. In 2015, she was also seen on Bigg Boss 9. HT</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 17:32:32', '2022-10-13 17:32:32'),
(2296, 2296, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that Bangladesh must grow food in every inch of land, go for savings and practice austerity to avert a famine that international organisations fear may grip the world in 2023.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Utilise every inch of land for food production, we have to go for savings and practice austerity. I hope that all will maintain that course,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said this at the Flag raising ceremony of Head Quarters 71 Mechanized Brigade, 15 and 40 East Bengals (Mechanized), 9 and 11 Bangladesh Infantry Regiments (Mechanized) held at CMP Centre and School at Savar Cantonment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked all to remain cautious as the international organisations are apprehending that 2023 will be the time of famine across the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But Bangladesh must not fall victim of that famine. For that we have to produce foods in our own lands. We have to go for savings and practice austerity,” she told the ceremony in her virtual address from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said that the aim of her government is to use every inch of uncultivated land for food production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She urged every institution to go for food production in whatever land it has.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that developed countries are suffering severely due to Ukraine-Russia war and consequent sanctions as food scarcity is becoming evident there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Bangladesh is also in the same position. That blow is already being felt here. We are trying to control that,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this connection, she said the government has given cards to one crore people for distributing rice at Tk 30 per kg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also said the government is selling rice to 35 lakh vulnerable people at a price as low as Tk 15 per kg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“For those who are unable to work we are giving 25-40 kg of rice per month free of cost considering the size of their families,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Army chief General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed also spoke at the programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;PM Hasina witnessed an orderly and graceful parade demonstrated by the members of different brigades and regiments of Bangladesh Army. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 17:38:40', '2022-10-13 17:38:40'),
(2297, 2297, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Quran is the Divine source of guidance sent for the benefit of mankind. It carries instructions about each and every aspect of life and by reading it one can find the right way to follow in every walk of life. Besides other things, the one thing that a person definitely understands by learning Quran Kareem is the emphasis that Islam puts on Salat or prayer.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salat is one of the most emphasized upon elements in Quran and Allah Almighty has time and again stressed upon Muslims to offer their prayer regularly. Moreover, there are abundant hadith of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) that show and signify the importance of prayer.&nbsp; Therefore, as soon as a Muslim child becomes sensible parents teach them how to offer Salat, either by their own demonstration or using applications like Step-by-Step Salat app for Salat learning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Islam, prayer is the second pillar of the religion and one of the major obligations upon a Muslim. A Muslim has to offer five prayers everyday on the prescribed times. The first is Fajr prayer, then Zuhr, then Asr, then Maghrib and finally Isha prayer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although all the prayers are of equal importance, however, the following lines will discuss the importance and significance of offering Zuhr and Asr prayer in the light of hadith of Prophet (PBUH) and the ayahs of Quran wherever available.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Zuhr:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Zuhr is the second prayer which a Muslim has to offer in a day. The time of Fajr prayer starts just after mid-noon and one can offer the prayer till noon. The Zuhr prayer comprises of 4Rakats of Sunnah, then 4Rakats of Fard, then there are 2Rakats of Sunnah and then there are 2Ratkats of Nafl or voluntary prayer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As far as the reward is concerned. The Fard prayer of Zuhr carry the same reward as every other Fard prayer and their reward is with Allah Almighty. However, as far as the Sunnah of Zuhr are concerned, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said in a hadith:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>“Whoever observes the practice of performing four Rakat before Zuhr prayer and four (2 sunnah, 2 nafl) after the zuhr prayer, Allah will send him against the Fire (of Hell).” (Tirmidhi)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This hadith makes it all the more important to offer the Sunnah prayer before and after the Zuhr prayer so that a person can get protection from the Hell fire. Offering Fard prayer is an obligation and if one does not do it, he or she be held questionable for it, however, when a person offers these Sunnah prayers, he or she gets the added advantage of being protected from the fire of Hell by Allah Almighty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>At another place, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said pertaining to Zuhr prayer:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>“This is an hour at which the gates of heaven are opened, and I like that my good deeds should rise to heaven at that time.” (Tirmidhi)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the hadith it is clear that Zuhr is a time when the account of a person is taken to heavens, therefore, it is more than imperative that that the account for the day be closed with good deed. What good deed can be better than offering the obligatory prayer along with the additional Sunnah prayer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to being a time when the accounts of a person are closed and the doors of heaven are opened, the time of Zuhr also stands as a time when we are in the mid of our daily hectic routine. Therefore, stopping in the routine taking a break and remembering Allah Almighty definitely revives the spirit and gives a person more energy and vigor to go through the rest of day in a healthy manner. Ergo, offering Zuhr prayer besides being an obligation is also a means of reviving and replenishing the spirit for the rest of the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Asr Prayer:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asr is the third of obligatory prayer and is offered at the time of afternoon. The prayer comprises of 4Sunnah that are to be offered before the 4 Fard prayer. There are numerous hadiths available that tell of the importance of Asr time and prayer. The lines below discuss those hadiths.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>In one of the hadiths, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>“He who observes Al-Bardan (i.e. Fajr and Asr prayers) will enter Jannah.” (Bukhari)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This hadith points towards the added advantage of offering both these prayers on time. The reason why stress is given on both these prayers is because apparently it seems hard to offer these prayers as at the time of Fajr one is in deep sleep while at the time of Asr one is either busy because of the day ending or too tired because of the fatigued day. Therefore, one must ensure offering both these prayer if one wishes to enter Jannah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>At another place, Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>“He who performs Salat (prayers) before the rising of the sun and before its setting, will not enter the Hell.” (Muslim)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This hadith again refers to the Fajr and Asr prayer and where in the earlier hadith both these prayers guaranteed entry into Jannah, in this hadith both these prayers guarantee refuge from Hell. Therefore, offering both these prayers brings an overall win for the Muslim.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>At another place, Prophet (PBUH) said:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>“He who misses the Asr Salat (deliberately), his deeds will be rendered nul and void.” (Bukhari)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the hadith the graveness of missing Asr prayer deliberately is imperative. It means that if one does not offer the Asr prayer, then his or her good deeds for the day stand nul and void. Therefore, one must make sure not to miss Asr prayer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note – Besides the importance of these particular Prayers, you can read about general importance of Islamic Prayers with reference to Quranic Verses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Conclusion:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a nutshell, Zuhr and Asr are as imperative as the rest of the prayers and they carry great significance and reward. Every Muslim must make sure that in addition to offering the Fard Rakats of both the prayers, one also offers the Sunnah as well.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 18:28:45', '2022-10-13 18:28:45'),
(2298, 2298, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has rejected state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board’s (BPDB) proposal to raise bulk power tariff.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The current charges will remain unchanged for now,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told UNB today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“BPDB’s proposal has not been accepted,” BERC chairman Abdul Jalil said while announcing the decision of the commission today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He, however, said if any party feels aggrieved, they can apply for re-consideration of the decision within 30 days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that some of the private companies which buy power from BPDB have not submitted their data of transactions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There was data ambiguity. That’s why we did not analyse the impact of any rise in bulk tariff on the consumers,” he told reporters during the virtual meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The current socio-economic and power supply situation were taken into consideration when making the BERC decision, he noted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last BERC decision, in February 2020, shall prevail, said the BERC chairman adding that no further tariff will be introduced and the previous tariff will be continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that BPDB has received a subsidy of Tk 17,000 crore from the government. So, it will be no problem for BPDB to adjust its cost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last public hearing on a proposal of the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board to raise bulk power tariff was held on May 18.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BERC extended the time for stakeholders to submit relevant documents for ending the hearing procedures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From that additional time, BERC counted 90 days and set October 13 to announce its decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The energy regulator\'s decision to reject the proposal to raise bulk power tariff came at a time when the country has been experiencing a nagging power crisis and consumers are suffering 5-6 hours of load shedding daily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Power Division has been under tremendous pressure from the Finance Ministry to raise power tariffs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BPDB has been incurring a huge financial loss due to its purchase of electricity from private power plants at a much higher rate and sell it to the consumers at a lower rate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Against this backdrop, BPDB placed a proposal to raise bulk power tariffs by 65.57 percent at the public hearing while a technical evaluation committee (TEC) of BERC recommended a 57.83 percent hike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 5-member commission makes the final decision following a public hearing after listening to arguments and counter arguments from the stakeholders on any proposal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the public hearing on May 18, consumer rights groups, including representatives from different business bodies, vehemently opposed any major rise in power tariff right now, as people are already struggling with high inflation caused by high commodity prices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They termed the proposal illogical and said BPDB can offset its revenue deficit through addressing irregularities, corruption and unethical practice in buying electricity from inefficient private power plants at higher rates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Placing the proposal, BPDB officials had said the organisation will require revenue of Tk 74,189 crore to generate 88,993 million kilowatt hours (units) of electricity to supply to the power distribution companies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But if the BPDB sells its electricity at the existing rate of Tk 5.17 per unit, it will have to face a deficit of Tk 30,251 crore in revenue in the calendar year 2022. So, BPDB needs to raise the power tariff by 65.57 percent to Tk 8.56 per unit from Tk 5.17,\" said a BPDB top official at the hearing, adding that this has been calculated without the government\'s subsidy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Power Division suspended operation of its diesel-fired power plants and also import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) following escalation of fuel prices in the international market as fallout of the Russia-Ukraine war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, though the country\'s installed power generation capacity is about 25,50 MW, it now generates about 12,000 MW against a demand for around 14,000 MW and resorts to a load shedding of about 2,000 MW. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 18:50:15', '2022-10-13 18:50:15'),
(2299, 2299, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>To coax human nerve cells in a laboratory to thrive, there are three magic words: location, location, location.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many experiments grow human nerve cells in lab dishes. But a new study enlists some real estate that’s a bit more unconventional: the brain of a rat. Implanted clusters of human neurons grow bigger and more complex than their cohorts grown in dishes, researchers report online October 12 in Nature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Not only that, but the human cells also appear functional, albeit in very limited ways. The implanted human cells can both receive signals from rat cells and influence the rats’ behavior, connections that “demonstrate more substantial integration of the transplanted neurons,” says Arnold Kriegstein, a developmental neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, who wasn’t involved in the study. “This is a significant advance.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the last decade, scientists have been building increasingly complex brain organoids, 3-D clusters of cells derived from stem cells that grow and mimic the human brain (SN: 2/20/18). These organoids don’t re-create the full complexity of human neurons that develop in an actual brain.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But they can be windows into an otherwise inscrutable process — human brain development, and how it can go awry (SN: 9/3/21). “Even if they’re not entirely perfect, [these models] are surrogates for human cells in a way that animal cells are not,” Kriegstein says. “And that’s really exciting.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To push these cells closer to their full potential, Sergiu Pasca, a neuroscientist at the Stanford School of Medicine, and colleagues surgically implanted human cerebral organoids into the brains of newborn rat pups.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with their hosts, the human organoids began to grow. Three months later, the organoids were about nine times their starting volume, ultimately making up about a third of one side of the rat’s cortex, the outer layer of the brain. “It pushes the rat cells aside,” Pasca says. “It grows as a unit.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These human cells flourished because rats’ brains offer perks that lab dishes can’t, such as blood supply, a precise mix of nutrients and stimulation from nearby cells. This environmental support coaxed individual human neurons to grow bigger — six times as large by one measure — than the same sort of cells grown in dishes. Cells grown in the rat brains were also more complex, with more elaborate branching patterns and more cell connections called synapses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cells looked more mature, but Pasca and his colleagues wanted to know if the neurons would behave that way, too. Tests of electrical properties showed that implanted neurons behaved more similarly to cells that develop in human brains than cells grown in dishes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over months of growth, these human neurons made connections with their rat host cells. The human organoids were implanted in the somatosensory cortex, a part of the rat brain that handles whisker input. When researchers puffed air at the whiskers, some of the human cells responded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">What’s more, the human cells could influence the behavior of the rat. In further experiments, the researchers genetically tweaked the organoids to respond to blue light. Prompted by a flash of light, the neurons fired signals, and researchers rewarded the rats with water. Soon, the rats learned to move to the water spout when their human organoid cells sent signals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In behavioral tests, rats with human implants didn’t show signs of higher intelligence or memory; in fact, researchers were more concerned with deficits. The human organoids were nudging out their hosts’ brains, after all. “Will there be memory deficits? Will there be motor deficits? Will there be seizures?” Pasca asked. But after extensive tests, including behavior tests, EEGs and MRIs, “we could not find differences,” Pasca says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other experiments included nerve cells from people with a genetic disorder called Timothy syndrome, a severe developmental disorder that affects brain growth. Growing organoids created with these patients’ cells in rats’ brains might reveal differences that other techniques would not, the researchers reasoned. Sure enough, neurons in these organoids had less complex message-receiving dendrites than those from organoids derived from people without the syndrome.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organoids made from patient-specific cells could one day even serve as test subjects for treatments, Pasca says. “Challenging disorders will require bold approaches,” he says. “We will need to build human models that recapitulate more aspects of the human brain to study these uniquely human conditions.” SN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 19:27:46', '2022-10-13 19:27:46'),
(2300, 2300, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Brain shrinks with age; research has confirmed and its weight or volume goes down at the rate of 5% per decade after 40. Memory also takes the brunt of brain ageing and it becomes all the more important to eat nutritious foods and keep this crucial organ occupies with challenging tasks, games, and puzzles so as to slow down its decline.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The changes in brain due to old age are apparent in many respects - a person having problems with multi-tasking, slower in recalling specific information or reduced ability to focus or pay attention. For a better quality of life, it\'s important to take care of your brain as you age and nutrition can play a huge role.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The brain, the body\'s most energy-intensive organ and primary control centre, regulates every bodily function, including the heart\'s ability to beat, the lungs\' ability to pump oxygen into the blood, and our ability to think and experience certain emotions appropriately. The entire brain works nonstop every day to allow us to walk, breathe, eat, sleep, cry, laugh, read, and do everything else we do during the day.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which is why seniors need to keep their brain in a healthy position to be able to manage all the activities and ability to memorize stuff and not affect their focusing power,\" says Rohit Shelatkar, Fitness &amp; Nutrition Expert, VP at Vitabiotics in an interview with HT Digital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shelatkar further shares foods that elderly must eat for improving their memory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>1. Fish:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Fish is a highly healthy addition to an elderly person\'s diet since it has a full complement of proteins and poly saturated fatty acids like Omega 3. Fish\'s heart-healthy fat reduces the chance of heart disease and upholds heart health. Lake trout, sardines, mackerel, herring, tuna, and salmon are among the fatty fishes that are high in omega-3 fatty acids. People with healthy diets that include oily fish have improved cognition and greater cognitive skills due to increased blood flow in the brain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>2. Seeds: Omega-</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">3 fatty acids and many proteins are found in seeds like pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Pumpkin seeds have a high concentration of antioxidants, which shield the brain from damaging free radicals. Numerous vital elements, including zinc, magnesium, copper, and iron, are abundant in these foods. As you age, eating pumpkin seeds can help your brain stay healthy since they protect against numerous neurological disorders like Parkinson\'s disease, Alzheimer\'s disease, migraines, epilepsy, and stress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>3. Eggs:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;The protein requirements of humans increase with age and eggs are the easiest and most effective source for the same. They have a multitude of benefits as they contain 13 essential vitamins and nutrients including Vitamin D as well as choline – a macronutrient that helps in liver function, normal brain development, heart rate management, nerve function, muscle movement, maintaining healthy metabolism and maintaining muscle mass.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>4. Green leafy vegetables:&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These include spinach, kale, broccoli and others. These foods are high in folate and B9, which improve cognition and reduce depression. Broccoli has been strongly linked with lower levels of cognitive decline in older age. It is great source of vitamin K, which is known to enhance cognitive function and improve brainpower. This should be consumed at least once a day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>5. Yoghurt:&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As one advances in age, their bones become weaker. In order to oppose some of these effects, it is highly crucial to have a daily intake of calcium. Yoghurt is one of the best sources of calcium and must be included in the diet. This food is also rich in zinc, vitamin B, probiotics and vitamin D, which is highly crucial for a healthy heart. Additionally, keeping the weak digestive system of elderly people in mind, simple foods like yoghurt that do not need to be broken down or those that can be broken down easily are suitable for them. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 19:53:27', '2022-10-13 19:53:27');
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(2301, 2301, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thurday hoped that Bangladesh Army personnel will serve the country sincerely with professional skills and dutifulness being inspired by the spirit of the Great War of Liberation and the ideals of the Father of the Nation.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"I firmly believe that army members, being inspired by the Liberation War spirit and Bangabandhu\'s ideals, will serve the country sincerely with a combination of hard practice, professional skills and dutifulness showing unwavering trust and complete loyalty to the leadership,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said this at the flag raising ceremony of Head Quarters 71 Mechanized Brigade, 15 and 40 East Bengals (Mechanized), 9 and 11 Bangladesh Infantry Regiments (Mechanized) held at CMP Centre and School in Savar Cantonment.</div><div>She joined the ceremony virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The prime minister said, \"This country is ours. Therefore, we will build this motherland in such a way that none in the world can devalue Bangladesh. We will walk as a victorious nation with having our heads high.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also reiterated her call to utilize every inch of land, go for savings and practice austerity sincerely to avert apprehended famine and food crisis in the coming 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"We should utilize every inch of land for food production, go for savings and practice austerity. I hope that all will take up this practice,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that the aim of the government is to use every inch of land.</div><div><br></div><div>She directed every institution to cultivate on lands whatever it has for food production.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;She mentioned that developed countries are suffering severely due to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and sanctions as food scarcity is showing up there.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh is also in the same position. That blow has already reached here. We are trying to control that,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In this connection, she said the government has given cards to one crore people for distributing rice at the price of Taka 30 per kilogram.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said her government is giving rice to 35 lakh people at the rate of Taka 15 per kilogram.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Those who are not eligible to work, are being given 25-40 kilogram of rice per month free of cost considering the size of their families,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier asked all to remain very much cautious as the international organizations are apprehending that 2023 will be the time of famine across the world.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But Bangladesh must not fall into the prey of that famine. For that, we have to produce food on our own lands. We have to go for savings and practice austerity,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the prime minister, Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed hoisted the flag. He also gave a vote of thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>The bridge and regiments also gave a state salute to the prime minister.</div><div><br></div><div>At the outset of the ceremony, a video documentary on the mechanized brigade and regiments was screened.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the premier witnessed an orderly and graceful parade demonstrated by the members of different brigades and regiments of Bangladesh Army.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said the army has always stood by the people during any calamity in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned the army\'s commendable role in the recent flash floods in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrakona districts and sincerely extended her gratitude to all the members of this force.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of government said army personnel have played a leading role in the fight against Coronavirus pandemic through \"Operation Covid Shield\".</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the mechanization of brigades and battalions, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh Army\'s infantry brigades and a significant number of infantry battalions have been mechanized to achieve specific objectives.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that in the future few more mechanized brigades and mechanized battalions will be established in the army, she said, \"I strongly believe that if this plan is implemented, the capability and excellence of the army will be enhanced further.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister hoped that incorporation of these mechanized units will add a new dimension and play an important role in national security and tackling threats.</div><div><br></div><div>Since the ancient times, she said it has been customary to carry the \"flag\" as a symbol of national status on the battlefield.</div><div><br></div><div>Highlighting that the flag is a symbol of the nation\'s freedom, sovereignty, honor and dignity, she said, \"Therefore, it is the sacred duty of every soldier to protect the honor of the flag and the country.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said in 1973, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman incorporated the then state-of-the-art supersonic MiG-21 fighter jets, helicopters, transport aircraft, air defense radar etc to the air force and formulated a defense policy in 1974.</div><div><br></div><div>But unfortunately, after the brutal killing of Bangabandhu and most of his family members, the allies of the defeated powers of 1971 stigmatized the glorious history of independence and hindered the progress of the country\'s development, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>After 21 long years, she said her party Awami League formed the government in 1996 and presented the accurate history of the War of Liberation to the new generation.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier also highlighted the various initiatives taken by her government to modernize the military.</div><div><br></div><div>She said in 1998, they established National Defense College and Military Institute of Science and Technology, while Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training and Armed Forces Medical College in 1999.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We were the first to recruit women officers in the Army, Navy and Air Force in 2000,\" she mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>After assuming power again in 2009, Sheikh Hasina said they are taking and implementing short, medium and long-term plans to establish an up-to-date military force with technological knowledge.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the government is modernizing, expanding and developing the Army, Navy and Air Force through the implementation of \"Forces Goal-2030\".</div><div><br></div><div>She also said in 2016, they established the Bangladesh Peace Building Centre and added that they have also formulated the \"National Defense Policy, 2018\" by adapting the defense policy framed by the Father of the Nation.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that they have established Aerospace and Aviation University and converted the CMHs into state-of-the-art hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that her government has established 17 infantry division in Sylhet, 10 infantry division in Ramu and 7 infantry division in Barisal to strengthen the defense system of the country, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>In the last four years, 3 brigades and 58 small/large units under various formations have been established, while 27 small/large units have been formed as ad hoc and 9 organizations have been restructured, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, Sheikh Russel cantonment has recently been established in Mawa-Jazira, while new cantonments are in progress in Mithamoin, Rajbari and Trishal, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, construction of Army Aviation Forward Bases at Chattogram and Cox\'s Bazar as well as Aviation School at Lalmonirhat is also in progress, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister also said that her government has introduced new composite brigade and para commando brigade in the army as well.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 20:25:51', '2022-10-13 20:25:51'),
(2302, 2302, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Renowned actor Masum Aziz has been put on life support at a hospital in the capital.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Ekushey Padak winning actor was given life support at Square Hospital as his condition deteriorated, Sommilito Sangskritik Jote President Golam Quddus said.</div><div><br></div><div>He requested everyone to pray for his quick recovery.</div><div>Masum Aziz is also known as a playwright and who has worked on stage, TV dramas and films simultaneously.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He first appeared on a TV drama back in 1985 and has, till now, appeared in more than 400 dramas.</div><div><br></div><div>The veteran actor was honoured with the National film Award in the best supporting actor category in 2006 for his oustanding performance in Ghani.</div><div><br></div><div>Masum Aziz received Ekushey Padak in 2022. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 22:04:52', '2022-10-13 22:04:52'),
(2303, 2303, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The bodies of four missing crew members, including Captain Faruque Bin Abdullah, were recovered early Thursday after a fishing vessel \"FV Magferath\" sank in the Karnaphuli River in Chattogram.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rescue others were identified as Saiful Islam, chief officer of the vessel, Greaser Prodip Chowdhury and Fishing Master Md Jahir Uddin . Meanwhile, three more people still remain missing.</div><div><br></div><div>A joint team of river police and fire service unit recovered the bodies from the river around 6 am, today from Sadar Ghat area of the Karnaphuli River said Mohammad Ekram Ullah, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat River police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Confirming the matter, FM Mizaninur Rahman, Superintendent of River Police told journalists that four bodies out of seven missing crew members were recovered this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>A fishing vessel \"FV Magferath\" carrying more than 20 people sank in the Karnaphuli River on Tuesday night while trying to dock for maintenance. Fourteen people including the chief engineer managed to swim ashore soon after the vessel capsized. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 22:16:41', '2022-10-13 22:16:41'),
(2304, 2304, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Gunshots were fired as Iranian security forces confronted protests Wednesday over Mahsa Amini’s death in a crackdown that rights groups say has already cost at least 108 lives with many children among the dead.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The chants of protesters were interrupted by the crack of gunfire in the cities off Isfahan and Karaj and in Amini’s hometown Saqez, in videos shared by two Norway-based human rights organizations.</div><div><br></div><div>“Death to the dictator,” shouted female students who had defiantly taken off their mandatory hijab headscarves as they marched down a Tehran street, in a video verified by AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Shots were heard in Isfahan amid the “nationwide protests and strikes,” Iran Human Rights said of a video it tweeted, and in Saqez, according to the Kurdish rights group Hengaw, which reported that later “the security forces fled.”</div><div><br></div><div>Amini, 22, died on September 16 after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the notorious morality police for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.</div><div><br></div><div>Young women, university students and even schoolgirls have since taken off their hijabs and faced off with security forces in the biggest wave of social unrest to grip Iran in almost three years.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 28 children have been killed and hundreds more detained and held mostly in adult prisons, rights groups said.</div><div><br></div><div>Deadly unrest has rocked especially Sanandaj in Amini’s western home province of Kurdistan — but also Zahedan in Iran’s far southeast, where demonstrations erupted on September 30 over the reported rape of a teenage girl by a police commander.</div><div><br></div><div>Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday again accused Iran’s “enemies” of stoking “street riots.”</div><div><br></div><div>“The actions of the enemy, such as propaganda, trying to influence minds, creating excitement, encouraging and even teaching the manufacture of incendiary devices are now completely clear,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Activists in Tehran called for protesters to turn out “in solidarity with the people of Sanandaj and the heroic people of Zahedan.”</div><div>“We don’t want spectators. Come and join us,” sang a group of mainly young women outside Tehran’s Azad University, in IHR footage verified by AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>The protest slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom” was spray-painted on the wall of the former US embassy — abandoned in the wake of the 1979 Islamic Revolution and subsequent hostage crisis — but later painted over, an image obtained by AFP showed.</div><div><br></div><div>Shops were shuttered in Sanandaj and people also rallied in Shiraz and Mashhad, in other online footage.</div><div><br></div><div>A man who asked not to be identified told the BBC: “The atmosphere is quite tense and yet it is exciting. People are hopeful this time and we hope that a real change is just around the corner. I don’t think people are willing to give up this time.</div><div><br></div><div>“You can hear some sort of protest everywhere, almost every night. That feels good, that feels really good.”</div><div><br></div><div>IHR said the security forces had so far killed at least 108 people, and at least another 93 people in Zahedan, while warning of an “impending bloody crackdown” in Kurdistan.</div><div><br></div><div>It also said workers had joined protest strikes this week at the Asalouyeh petrochemical plant in the southwest, Abadan in the west and Bushehr in the south.</div><div><br></div><div>In its widening crackdown, Iran has blocked access to social media, including Instagram and WhatsApp, and launched a campaign of mass arrests.</div><div><br></div><div>Online monitor NetBlocks on Twitter reported a “major disruption to Internet traffic” Wednesday which was “likely to further limit the free flow of information.”</div><div><br></div><div>The Tehran-based Children’s Rights Protection Society, which reported the deaths of 28 minors, condemned security forces for violence against children.</div><div><br></div><div>It criticized “families being kept in the dark on their children’s whereabouts, cases proceeding without lawyers and a lack of children’s judges and police,” and said the government must be held accountable.</div><div><br></div><div>Revolutionary Guards deputy commander Ali Fadavi told Iranian media on October 5 that the “average age of the detainees from many of the recent protests was 15.”</div><div><br></div><div>Human rights lawyer Hassan Raisi said around 300 people between the ages of 12 and 19 were in police custody, some of them in detention centers for adult drug offenders.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran’s judiciary said more than 100 people had been charged over the protests in Tehran and Hormozgan provinces alone.</div><div>An official Iranian forensic investigation found Amini had died of a longstanding illness rather than reported beatings.</div><div><br></div><div>Her parents have denied this and filed a complaint against the officers involved. One of her cousins, living in Iraq, has told AFP she died of “a violent blow to the head.” - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 22:51:56', '2022-10-13 22:51:56'),
(2305, 2305, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The \'World Standards Day\' will be observed in the country as elsewhere across the globe tomorrow with the theme \'Shared vision for a better world - Standards for SDGs\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On the eve of the day, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages.</div><div><br></div><div>In his message, President Abdul Hamid said the primary responsibility of the Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) is to formulate product standards and ensure implementation of those standards.</div><div><br></div><div>BSTI became a member of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1974 with the sole efforts of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the head of the state added.</div><div><br></div><div>As member of ISO, the BSTI has been playing an important role in formulating and controlling standards in all aspects of production, sales and marketing of products in Bangladesh by following \'international standards\', Hamid said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said it is very important to ensure the production of quality products and services in all fields to improve the quality of life of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), emphasis has been placed on eliminating social imbalances, sustainable economic development and limiting the scale of climate change, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He thought that it is possible to achieve these goals using the existing materials of international standards and conformity assessment.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to build a developed and prosperous Bangladesh by 2041, the president urged all including industrialists, sellers and consumers to become aware of following and implementing international standards in all fields including business and trade.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said that the dream of Bangabandhu was to build a \'Sonar Bangla\' free from economic emancipation and poverty.</div><div><br></div><div>The Awami League led-government is working tirelessly to improve the destiny of the people of the country by realizing the dream of the father of the nation, the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the leadership and efforts of Bangabandhu, BSTI gained the membership of ISO in 1974 and Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) in 1975, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, BSTI got four more membership of the international and regional organizations including International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML) and Asia Pacific Metrology Programme (APMP) and South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO), she mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>The Awami League-led government is determined to provide quality food and products to the people, she said, adding that in the era of free market economy, there is no alternative to producing international quality products.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Implementation-activities are underway to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030,\" she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are working according to the action plan to transform Bangladesh into a sustainable industrialized country by 2041 through environment-friendly and export-oriented industrialization by increasing productivity in the industrial sector,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina firmly believed that Bangladesh will be able to achieve its desired goals by continuing the ongoing trend of knowledge-based and modern industrialization by transforming the people into human resources in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Both the president and the premier wished the overall success of all the programmes taken on the occasion of \'World Standards Day-2022\'.</div><div><br></div><div>Marking the day, BSTI has taken comprehensive programmes, including discussions at its head office, regional offices, and special programmes at Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Radio. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 23:32:35', '2022-10-13 23:32:35'),
(2306, 2306, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rangpur: Vegetable farming has become a lucrative venture for farmers improving their livelihoods and fortune alongside boosting the rural economy in Rangpur agriculture region in recent years.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Even during the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine War, many people have been successfully cultivating vegetables on farmlands, char areas and homesteads and meeting nutrition alongside earning better profits to lead a normal life.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said vegetables are cultivated round the year during the Rabi, Kharif-1 and Kharif-2 seasons bringing self-reliance to many farmers in all five districts of the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Additional Director of the DAE for Rangpur region Mohammad Shah Alam said vegetable farming adopting newer cropping patterns and technologies has become a profitable scheme under the changed climate conditions in recent times.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Side by side with huge government assistance and easy-term agri-loans, some NGOs are also providing quality seeds, inputs and latest technologies to farmers to boost vegetable production round the year in the region,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>After getting repeated bumper output with excellent market prices every year during the last 13 years, farmers are bringing more lands under vegetable farming in the region both in the mainland and char areas since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>During the last Rabi season, farmers produced over 10.10 lakh tonnes of vegetables from 40,116 hectares of land at the average yield rate of 25.18 tonnes per hectare of land in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Similarly, farmers produced 4,89,044 tonnes of vegetables from 27,150 hectares of land at an excellent average yield rate of 18.01 tonnes per hectare of land during the just-ended Kharif-1 season in the region,\" Alam said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, farmers have cultivated vegetables on 14,424 hectares of land during the current Kharif-2 season in Rangpur agriculture region where harvesting of the vegetables is continuing now.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If the climatic conditions remain favourable, a bumper production of over 2.27 lakh tonnes of summer vegetables is likely during this Kharif-2 season in the region,\" Alam added.</div><div><br></div><div>Market sources said Kharif-2 vegetables have already appeared in plenty in local markets with excellent prices making farmers happy.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking to BSS, farmers Mohan Ali, Nurul Islam, Solaiman Ali and Abdul Hye of different villages in Rangpur said they achieved self-reliance by cultivating vegetables on their farm-lands and homesteads during the past 13 years.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Getting excellent prices during the Covid-19 pandemic, farmers are expanding cultivation of vegetables on farmlands and homesteads to reap more profits and meet nourishment,\" said farmer Manik Mian of village Darshona in Rangpur Sadar.</div><div><br></div><div>Vegetable retailer Fazlur Rahman at Keranipara Kitchen Market in Rangpur city said farmers sold Kharif-2 vegetables at rates between Taka 40 and Taka 110 per kilogram on an average depending on varieties and quality to the middlemen and wholesalers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Retail prices are, however, higher by Taka 10 to Taka 20 per kilogram on an average in local markets as some vegetables perished during the transportation and marketing process,\" Rahman added.</div><div><br></div><div>Rangpur Chamber President Mostafa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu said the agriculture sector has literally kept the rural economy moving onward in Rangpur region, especially during the global crises caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine War, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>\"Setting up an adequate number of agro-based industries has become a need of the time in the region to process produced vegetables for enhancing export to earn foreign exchange to further strengthen the national economy,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-13 23:56:28', '2022-10-13 23:56:28'),
(2307, 2307, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eight more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 83.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is the highest death toll from dengue in a single day this year.</div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 765 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka division and remaining five from Chattogram division.</div><div><br></div><div>The dengue death toll in Dhaka division stands at 46, in Chattogram division at 32 while it remained static in Barishal division at five.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 497 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 268 outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 2,695 dengue patients, including 1,915 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The Directorate has recorded 23,282 dengue cases and 20,405 recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the highest number of dengue cases have been detected in Cox’s Bazar during the current season, said Prof Dr Ahmedul Kabir, additional director general (administration) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Thursday, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>A training programme is going on alongside an awareness raising programme about dengue, DGHS official Ahmedul Kabir said.</div><div><br></div><div>He stressed the need for raising public awareness about the disease. The DGHS also instructed the authorities concerned to prepare more hospitals for dengue treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 00:07:59', '2022-10-14 00:07:59'),
(2308, 2308, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indian wildlife authorities on Thursday caught a tiger blamed for killing 13 people over 10 months, an official said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Named “Conflict Tiger,” or “CT-1,” the five-year-old male was tranquilized and caught nearly a week after officials declared it a threat to humans and authorized its capture.</div><div><br></div><div>The big cat has been blamed for killing 13 people in remote, forested parts of the western state of Maharashtra since last December, including two in one day.</div><div><br></div><div>Its most recent killing was last month.</div><div>“We have been trailing the tiger for a while and it was finally captured inside the forest,” wildlife official Kishor Mankar told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Mankar said all the victims were attacked inside the forest area, where some of them lived or had entered to collect firewood.</div><div>The tiger has been moved to the nearby Nagpur region and is being monitored by vets before a decision is taken about its future, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>It will either be released or remain in captivity.</div><div><br></div><div>CT-1 is was far from being India’s only troublesome tiger.</div><div>On Saturday police shot dead another tiger, which had killed nine people in the eastern state of Bihar, in a major operation involving 200 people including trackers on elephants.</div><div><br></div><div>And students at a university in the central state of Madhya Pradesh have been told to stay indoors after dark, because of a tiger on the prowl around campus.</div><div><br></div><div>There has been an increase in man-animal conflict in parts of India, which conservationists blame on the rapid expansion of human settlements around forests and key wildlife corridors for animals such as elephants and tigers.</div><div><br></div><div>Nearly 100 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2019 and 2021 in India, according to government figures.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.</div><div><br></div><div>India is home to around 70 percent of the world’s wild tigers, with a population estimated at 2,967 in 2018. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 00:42:31', '2022-10-14 00:42:31'),
(2309, 2309, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Election Commission (EC) has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the irregularities in the Gaibandha-5 (Saghata-Fulchhari upazila) constituency by-polls which was withheld on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The committee is led by EC Secretariat Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath while two other members are EC Secretariat Joint Secretary (Administration and Finance) Md Kamal Uddin Biswas and Joint Secretary (Election Management-1) Md Shahedunnabi Chowdhury, said S M Asaduzzaman, EC Secretariat Joint Secretary and Director (Public Relations) today.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee has been asked to submit its investigation report within the next seven working days. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 01:49:43', '2022-10-14 01:49:43'),
(2310, 2310, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine could extradite Russian war crimes suspects to the International Criminal Court (ICC) even though Moscow is not a member, the tribunal’s prosecutor said on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv authorities could send Russians to the Hague-based court if trials could not take place in Ukraine for legal reasons, ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan said.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia, which invaded Ukraine on February 24, refused to join the ICC when the court was set up in 2002 to try people for offenses including war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.</div><div><br></div><div>“Legally yes it wouldn’t represent an obstacle to our jurisdiction,” Khan told a press conference at the headquarters of the EU’s judicial agency, Eurojust.</div><div><br></div><div>“Certainly if there was a need... and there was a reason why those trials could not take place in Ukraine, whether it’s because of some legal additional provisions that we have or not, I am sure that we would get the cooperation from Ukraine,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The ICC opened its own probe into the war in Ukraine shortly after Russia invaded, but has said it is keen for Ukraine to bring suspects to justice where possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan would not say when the ICC expects to file its own first charges, saying he would wait until the “evidence is sufficient.”</div><div>“We are moving forward, we have focus, but I will make announcements at the right time,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv has already convicted 10 people over crimes committed during Russia’s invasion, Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin told the news conference.</div><div><br></div><div>It has indicted a total of 186 people, mostly in absentia, and filed court papers for 45 people.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine will meanwhile file war crimes charges over Russia’s bombardment of Kyiv and other cities this week, said Kostin.</div><div>“All of the hits of every missile, every drone, every damage of civil infrastructure, every Ukrainian who was killed or wounded by these missile attacks, all of them are documented and criminal proceedings were opened,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine’s allies have pledged more powerful air defense systems after days of devastating Russian attacks that President Vladimir Putin said were retaliation for a deadly explosion at a Crimean bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>Several Western leaders have described the Russian strikes as a war crime.</div><div><br></div><div>Romania meanwhile said it had joined an international investigation team probing war crimes along with Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Slovakia, along with Eurojust and the ICC. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 02:00:03', '2022-10-14 02:00:03'),
(2311, 2311, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Taiwan welcomed its first batch of international tour groups after the island fully reopened its borders Thursday, ending strict quarantine rules in place since the coronavirus pandemic began.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>A group of holidaymakers from Thailand arrived shortly after midnight and were greeted at Taoyuan airport with flower garlands and an exuberant dancing bear mascot.</div><div><br></div><div>Under Taiwan\'s current rules, three days of hotel quarantine have been replaced with seven days of \"self-monitoring\" where tourists are expected to keep an eye on their health and wear face masks indoors and outdoors.</div><div><br></div><div>The system will operate largely on trust, with tourists given coronavirus test kits on arrival to use throughout their stay.</div><div><br></div><div>That contrasts with Hong Kong where tourists must submit to regular tests for a week after their arrival and cannot enter bars and restaurants for the first three days. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 02:26:47', '2022-10-14 02:26:47'),
(2312, 2312, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bishwa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, will be held in two phases from January 13 next year, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first phase of the Ijtema will be held from January 13 to 15 and the second phase from January 20 to 22, the minister told reporters at the secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>After discussion with the groups of Tabligh Jamaat, it has been decided that Maulana Zubair Hassan group\'s Ijtema will be held in the first phase and Maulana Wasekh group\'s in the second phase, said Kamal.</div><div><br></div><div>The Home Minister said Biswa Ijtema was not held in the last two years due to the Covid pandemic, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister has instructed to arrange it on a limited scale next year, he told.</div><div><br></div><div>“There were controversies over Ijtema among groups and these are continuing. I sought suggestions from the groups. I proposed them to arrange it like the previous time and they accepted,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 02:50:03', '2022-10-14 02:50:03'),
(2313, 2313, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Germany\'s largest mosque will for the first time broadcast the call to prayer on Friday after city authorities in Cologne gave the go-ahead for a pilot project, under strict limits.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cologne\'s Central Mosque, an imposing building in the western city\'s Ehrenfeld district, will be allowed to send out a single call to prayer over loudspeakers for up to five minutes on Fridays, between noon and 3:00 pm. The volume must not exceed 60 decibels.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement, part of a two-year pilot project, was to be formally be signed by Cologne officials on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Mosques in several cities in Germany have long been authorised to broadcast the call to prayer, but Cologne city only approved it from last October.</div><div><br></div><div>In majority-Muslim countries, the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day.</div><div><br></div><div>Cologne mayor Henriette Reker said allowing the call to prayer was \"a sign of respect\" for the city\'s many Muslims. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 02:54:56', '2022-10-14 02:54:56'),
(2314, 2314, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz helped Pakistan to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand on Friday to win the tri-series Twenty20 final in Christchurch with three balls to spare.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a good sign for Pakistan going into the World Cup in Australia, with an opener against arch-rivals India on October 23.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the hosts finished on 163-7 at Hagley Oval, spinner Michael Bracewell checked Pakistan\'s early momentum in their reply, before Nawaz stepped up with his decisive 38 off 22 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having also steered Pakistan out of trouble in Thursday\'s dead-rubber win over Bangladesh, Nawaz produced another stellar innings before Iftikhar Ahmed sealed victory with a six in the final over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Black Caps had started well with captain Kane Williamson the top-scorer with a masterful display of stroke play to chalk up 59 off 38 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hosts flew out of the traps with Finn Allen hitting three fours before he was caught by Naseem Shah for 12 off six balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Williamson came in to settle nerves with his first half-century in any format in 2022 after struggling for form following an elbow injury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed Tim Southee, on his 100th T20 international appearance, for nine runs in the opening over, then hit Trent Boult for 10 in the second.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spinner Bracewell took the ball and grabbed the wickets of Azam and Shan Masood. Bracewell finished as man of the series.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ish Sodhi then trapped dangerman Rizwan lbw for 34 runs off 29 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But just as he did against Bangladesh, Nawaz came to the crease to wrestle back control of the match and Iftikhar\'s towering six with three balls left clinched victory in style. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 17:31:42', '2022-10-14 17:31:42'),
(2315, 2315, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea early Friday launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters and flew warplanes near the border with South Korea, further raising animosities triggered by the North’s recent barrage of weapons tests.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>South Korea’s military also said it detected North Korea firing about 170 rounds of artillery from eastern and western coastal areas near the border region and that the shells fell inside maritime buffer zones the Koreas established under a 2018 military agreement on reducing tensions.</div><div><br></div><div>The North Korean moves suggest it would keep up a provocative run of weapons tests designed to bolster its nuclear capability for now. Some experts say North Korea would eventually want the United States and others to accept it as a nuclear state, lifting economic sanctions and making other concessions.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement the missile lifted off from the North’s capital region at 1:49 a.m. Friday (1649 GMT Thursday; 12:49 p.m. EDT Thursday).</div><div><br></div><div>While none of the North Korean artillery shells fell inside South Korean territorial waters, the Joint Chiefs of Staff described the firings as a clear violation of the 2018 agreement, which created buffer zones along land and sea boundaries and no-fly zones above the border to prevent clashes.</div><div><br></div><div>Friday’s ballistic launch extended a record number of missile demonstrations by North Korea this year as it exploits the distraction created by Russia’s war on Ukraine to accelerate its arms development and increase pressure on Washington and its Asian allies.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to North Korea’s intensifying testing activity and hostility, South Korea on Friday imposed unilateral sanctions on the North for the first time in five years, targeting 15 North Korean individuals and 16 organizations suspected of involvement in illicit activities to finance North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program.</div><div><br></div><div>Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said the missile flew on an “irregular” trajectory — a possible reference to describe the North’s highly maneuverable KN-23 weapon modeled on Russia’s Iskander missile.</div><div><br></div><div>“Whatever the intentions are, North Korea’s repeated ballistic missile launches are absolutely impermissible and we cannot overlook its substantial advancement of missile technology,” Hamada said. “North Korea’s series of actions pose threats to Japan, as well as the region and the international community, and are absolutely intolerable.”</div><div><br></div><div>The South Korean and Japanese militaries assessed that the missile traveled 650 to 700 kilometers (403-434 miles) at a maximum altitude of 50 kilometers (30 miles) before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said in a statement the North Korean launch didn’t pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or territory, or to its allies, adding that the U.S. commitments to the defense of South Korea and Japan remain “ironclad.”</div><div><br></div><div>It was the latest in a series of missile launches by North Korea in recent weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea said Monday that its missile tests in the past two weeks simulated nuclear attacks on key South Korean and U.S. targets. It said the tests included a new intermediate-range missile that flew over Japan and demonstrated a potential range to reach the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam, and a ballistic missile fired from an inland reservoir, a first for the country.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea said the weapons tests were meant to issue a warning to Seoul and Washington for staging “dangerous” joint naval exercises involving a U.S. aircraft carrier.</div><div><br></div><div>Friday’s launch was the North’s second since its announcement on the simulation of nuclear strikes. Some observers had predicted North Korea would likely temporarily pause its testing activities in consideration of its major ally China, which is set to begin a major political conference Sunday to give President Xi Jinping a third five-year term as party leader.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-launches Wednesday of long-range cruise missiles that he said successfully demonstrated his military’s expanding nuclear strike capabilities.</div><div><br></div><div>After the tests, Kim praised the readiness of his nuclear forces, which he said were fully prepared for “actual war to bring enemies under their control at a blow” with various weapons systems that are “mobile, precise and powerful.” He also vowed to expand the operational realm of his nuclear armed forces, according to KCNA.</div><div><br></div><div>There are concerns that Kim could up the ante soon with his first nuclear test since 2017 or by triggering military skirmishes with the South that could be followed by threats of using his nukes.</div><div><br></div><div>The Koreas have so far avoided major skirmishes following their 2018 military agreement, which is one of the few tangible remnants from former South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s engagement efforts with Kim.</div><div><br></div><div>Moon also helped set up Kim’s first summit with former U.S. President Donald Trump in June 2018, but the diplomacy collapsed after the second Kim-Trump meeting in February 2019, when the Americans rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of their nuclear capabilities.</div><div><br></div><div>The urgency of North Korea’s nuclear program has grown since it passed a new law last month authorizing the preemptive use of nuclear weapons over a broad range of scenarios, including non-war situations when it may perceive its leadership as under threat.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the recent North Korean tests were mostly of short-range nuclear-capable missiles targeting South Korea. Some experts say North Korea’s possible upcoming nuclear test, the first of in five years, would be related to efforts to manufacture battlefield tactical warheads to be placed on such short-range missiles.</div><div><br></div><div>These developments sparked security jitters in South Korea, with some politicians and scholars renewing their calls for the U.S. to redeploy its tactical nuclear weapons in South Korea as deterrence against intensifying North Korean nuclear threats.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a separate statement that North Korea had flown warplanes, presumably 10 aircraft, near the rivals’ border late Thursday and early Friday, prompting South Korea to scramble fighter jets.</div><div><br></div><div>The North Korean planes flew as close as 12 kilometers (7 miles) north of the inter-Korean border. South Korea responded by scrambling F-35 jets and other warplanes, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.</div><div><br></div><div>There were no reports of clashes. A similar incident took place last week, but it was still uncommon for North Korea to fly its warplanes near the border. Also, in the previous flight last week, North Korean warplanes flew much farther away from the border.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea’s military early Friday accused South Korea of carrying out artillery fire for about 10 hours near the border. The North Korean military said it took unspecified “strong military countermeasures” in response.</div><div><br></div><div>“The (North) Korean People’s Army sends a stern warning to the South Korean military inciting military tension in the front-line area with reckless action,” an unidentified spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army said in a statement carried by KCNA.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea’s military later confirmed it conducted artillery training at a site 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) away from the Koreas’ military demarcation line and said the training did not violate the conditions of the 2018 agreement. AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 17:44:43', '2022-10-14 17:47:02'),
(2316, 2316, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Detectives of Jashore Police on Friday claimed to have busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit in the Rangamati garage area of the district town and detained three people with arms and firearms making equipment.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The detainees have been identified as Abdul Quddus, 42, Sumon Hossain, 20, and Azizul Islam, 40, all residents of Sadar upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tipped off, sleuths of the Detective Branch conducted a drive at New Bismillah Engineering Factory of the area on Thursday night and unearthed the illegal arms making unit, said Rupon Kumar, officer-in-charge (OC) of the district DB police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The three were detained during the drive. Five pistols, five bullets, and arms making equipment were seized from the factory, said the OC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The detainees will be questioned, he said. “An investigation is on in this regard.” UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 17:51:42', '2022-10-14 17:51:42');
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(2317, 2317, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Communities in three Australian states have been ordered to evacuate as torrential rain brings major flooding.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parts of the country have received up to four times their average October rainfall in just 24 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 500 homes have been flooded, one person has died and another is missing as the disaster unfolds.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Widespread flooding across Australia - driven by a La Niña weather pattern - has killed more than 20 people this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Victoria - Australia\'s second most populous state - has been worst hit this week. Several communities have been ordered to evacuate, including some in the state capital Melbourne.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Floods have swamped roads, forced school closures and cut power to 3,000 houses and businesses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Premier Daniel Andrews said the number of inundated homes was \"absolutely certain to grow\", calling it one of the state\'s worst flood events in decades.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This has only just started, and it\'s going to be with us for a while,\" he told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barry Webster, who lives in Melbourne\'s north-west, is one of those whose house has gone underwater.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I always said I wanted riverfront views, but not like this,\" he told The Age.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Going downstairs and seeing the lounge floating… it\'s a bit surreal, kind of like a movie.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many areas received massive 24-hour rainfall totals, but the highest was in Strathbogie, north-east of Melbourne.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It received 220mm - more than double the town\'s average October rainfall, or about a third of London\'s annual average.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several rivers have also flooded in Tasmania after up to 400mm of rain fell in some areas in 24 hours. It is unclear how many homes and business have been affected there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In New South Wales, about 600 people were told to evacuate from the town of Forbes, where about 250 properties and business were expected to flood.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One man died in the state\'s west earlier this week after his car became submerged in floodwaters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescuers have also been searching for man thought to have been swept away in similar circumstances on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More rain is forecast in the coming weeks, placing strain on already swollen rivers and saturated ground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts say recent flooding in Australia has been worsened by climate change and a La Niña weather phenomenon. In Australia, a La Niña increases the likelihood of rain, cyclones and cooler daytime temperatures. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 18:00:59', '2022-10-14 18:00:59'),
(2318, 2318, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will roll out the red carpet to welcome Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu\'izzaddin Waddaulah, who is arriving here tomorrow on a 3-day state visit.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">President M Abdul Hamid along with some senior ministers and high civil and military officials will receive the Sultan, who is expected to land at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport (HSIA) here at 12 noon (BST) by a special VVIP flight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brunei Sultan will be accompanied by the royal family members, ministers of various ministries of Bruei and high-level government officials, according to the schedule and officials concerned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sultan Waddaulah is making his maiden tour to Dhaka at the invitation of the Bangladesh President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Personnel drawn from Bangladesh army, navy and air force will offer him a guard of honour as part of the welcome ceremony at the airport, from where; he would be escorted to the National Martyrs\' Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital in a motorcade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the Brunei Sultan will place wreaths in memory of Bangladesh\'s nine-month-long 1971 Liberation War martyrs at the National Martyrs\' Memorial in Savar, plant a sapling and sign the \"Visitors\' Book\" there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From there, the Sultan is scheduled to stay at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka, President\'s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, Foreign Minister Dr Abul Kalam Abdul Momen will also meet him at the Meeting Room, Place of Residence, at 6 pm (local time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sultan will hold a meeting with President Abdul Hamid at the Credential Hall of Bangabhaban at 7.00 pm on the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, he will sign a \"Visitors\' Book\" at Gallery Hall of the Presidential palace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of the State will host a state banquet and cultural function in honour of the Sultan at Banquet Hall (Durbar Hall) at 7.35 pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 16, Sultan Waddaulah will visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi here to pay homage to Bangladesh\'s founding Father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and will also sign a \"Visitors\' Book\" there at about 10.15 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Family members of the Father of the Nation will receive the Sultan on the museum premises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brunei Sultan will hold restricted-level talks (Tete-e-tete) with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Shimul of the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) at 11.05 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A delegation-level talk with the Premier will be held at Chameli at the PMO.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from the Sultan\'s other engagements during the visit, the Bangabhaban spokesman said, the three-day visit have special significance as some Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) or agreements will be signed at Korobi Hall there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The MoUs and agreements include on bilateral aviation agreement, Bangladeshi manpower recruitment cooperation and the recognition of Mariners\' certificates by the two countries. The Sultan will also sign a \"Visitors\' Book\" there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brunei Sultan will leave Dhaka on October 17.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The foreign minister will see the Brunei Sultan and his entourage members off after a state guard of honor on the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">facebook sharing buttontwitter sharing buttonmessenger sharing buttonwhatsapp sharing buttonsharethis sharing button. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 18:20:43', '2022-10-14 18:20:43'),
(2319, 2319, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Karnaphuli river of Chattogram rose to five, with the recovery of another body on Thursday night.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The identity of the deceased is yet to be ascertained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Naval police and Bangladesh Coast Guard members recovered the body from the river in the Patenga area on Thursday night, said Md Ekram Ullah, officer-in-charge of Sadarghat naval police station, on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Till Thursday noon, four bodies were recovered from the river, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, seven people went missing as the vessel, ‘MV Magferat’, sank in the river around 1.30am while trying to dock for maintenance near Ichhanagar village of Karnaphuli upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nine people, including the chief engineer, managed to swim ashore, but the seven crew members went missing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Two people are still missing and a rescue operation is on,\" said the OC. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 19:38:01', '2022-10-14 19:38:01'),
(2320, 2320, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind and lightning flashes is likely to occur at a few places over Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Day temperature may rise slightly over northern part of the country and it may remain nearly unchanged elsewhere over the country. Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, according to met office forecast for the next twenty-four hours begins from 9am on Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Country\'s maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded by 35.5 degree Celsius at Chuadanga and minimum temperature today was recorded by 21.5 degree Celsius at Tetulia.</div><div><br></div><div>Maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6am on Friday was recorded by 39 millimeters (mm) at Srimangal.</div><div><br></div><div>Monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak over North Bay.</div><div><br></div><div>Today\'s sunset at Dhaka at 05:34 PM while tomorrow\'s sunrise at 05:56 AM.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 19:48:25', '2022-10-14 19:48:25'),
(2321, 2321, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Circle today seized 1,34,400 pieces of illegally imported memory card worth about Taka 3.16 crore from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Four officials and employees of a courier service company \'Flybird Express Services\' were also arrested in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The memory cards have been brought from Hong Kong illegally through a courier service company Flybird Express Services,\" Deputy Director of the Airfreight Unit of the Customs Investigation Department Sanjeeda Khanom told BSS on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrested were identified as M Mamun Hossen Mollah, M Tariqul Islam, M Rafiqul Islam and M Kabir Mia.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the Customs Intelligence team of the Courier Unit took positions at different places of the Import Cargo Complex at the airport under the direction of the director general based-on a tip-off.</div><div><br></div><div>At around 9.50am, they entered the storage unit of Flybird Express Services and seized a total of 66 different shaped plastic packets containing memory cards from fabric cartons.</div><div><br></div><div>Of these recovered cards, about 43,000 pieces of 8GB memory card, 33,500 pieces of 16GB memory card, 52,500 pieces of 32GB memory card, and 5,400 pieces of 64GB memory card were seized from the plastic bags.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;These illegal devices were imported from Hong Kong showing false declaration and then these illegally imported cards were recovered in presence of all the agencies including Dhaka Customs and intelligence department, said the official.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;These illegal items have already been submitted to the customs house for taking necessary legal action.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A case was filed with the Airport Police Station and four detained courier employees were handed over to the police\", said Additional Deputy Police Commissioner of DMP\'s Airport Zone Taposh Kumar Das. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 19:59:59', '2022-10-14 19:59:59'),
(2322, 2322, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Palestinian health ministry spokesperson told Al Jazeera the man killed on Friday morning is 20-year-old Mateen Dabaya.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was shot with a bullet to the head, ministry spokesperson Mohammad Awawdeh said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The killing took place shortly after dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles raided Jenin on Friday at 8am (05:00 GMT), during which confrontations broke out with Palestinian youths.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A physician in his 40s, Abdullah al-Ahmad, was also seriously wounded by a bullet to the head and is currently in a critical condition in Jenin’s public hospital, Awawdeh said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos shared by local journalists appeared to show Israeli forces shooting at ambulance crews.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least five others have been wounded with live ammunition on Friday morning in Jenin, according to the health ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Friday, the state news agency Wafa announced that a Palestinian teenager had succumbed to wounds he sustained during his arrest by Israeli forces last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wafa, as well as the Palestinian Authority’s Detainees Commission, identified him as 17-year-old Mohammad Maher Ghawadreh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghawadreh, from the Jenin refugee camp, died while being treated at the Tel Hashomer hospital in Israel. He was arrested after he allegedly carried out a shooting attack on a bus full of Israeli soldiers in the occupied Jordan Valley, wounding seven, on September 5.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the illegally occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year, including 51 Palestinians during Israel’s three-day assault on Gaza in August, according to the health ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel has been carrying out near-daily raids in the West Bank, largely focused on the towns of Jenin and Nablus, where Palestinian armed resistance is becoming more organised.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local and international rights groups have condemned what they call Israel’s excessive use of force and “shoot-to-kill policy” against Palestinians, including suspected assailants, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which Israel occupied in 1967.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior Israeli politicians have encouraged “Israeli soldiers and police to kill Palestinians they suspect of attacking Israelis even when they are no longer a threat”, according to Human Rights Watch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has noted in reports that Israeli forces “often use firearms against Palestinians on mere suspicion or as a precautionary measure, in violation of international standards”. Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 20:18:26', '2022-10-14 20:18:26'),
(2323, 2323, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>You may call it an indication of early winter in Panchagarh. The district\'s Tetulia upazila has recorded the lowest temperature at 19.7 degrees.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Tetulia, the last border town in Bangladesh’s north, is no stranger to extreme cold. But this year, amid autumn, dense fog covered this upazila from dawn till 8am on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), the minimum temperature was recorded at 19.7 degrees in Tetulia till 6am today.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to dense fog, various vehicles were seen plying on the roads of the upazila with their headlights on.</div><div><br></div><div>Locals said the weather had been warm during the daytime for the past few days. But after midnight, \"we feel mild cold as light fog covers the area\".</div><div><br></div><div>After the intense heat, such foggy weather has brought some relief to the people of this upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Russell Shah, official in-charge of Tetulia Meteorological Observatory, said that \"the temperature has started to fall here ahead of winter following rains over the last few days\".</div><div><br></div><div>“Climate change may also be attributed to this onset of winter,” he added. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 21:22:43', '2022-10-14 21:22:43'),
(2324, 2324, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Dhaka court today placed two men on two-day remand each in a case lodged over alleged gang-rape of a beautician in capital\'s Shukrabad area.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shuvra Chakraborty passed the order as police produced accused Md Riad, 24, and Yasin Hossain alias Siam, 23, before the court and pleaded to place them on seven-day remand each.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three accused Riad, Siam and their friend Jitu allegedly raped the victim, 25, on the evening of October 11 at Riad\'s Shukrabad flat. They took her there, by making a call through a female friend of them, posing as customer. The victim runs a Facebook page which offers home makeup services to ladies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rapists snatched her mobile phone and threatened her not to disclose anything to anyone. The victim, a five-month pregnant, fell sick later and was rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) One Stop Crisis Centre. Victim\'s husband later filed the case with Sher-E-Bangla Nagar Police Station. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 21:54:58', '2022-10-14 21:54:58'),
(2325, 2325, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco is to sponsor major events organised by cricket\'s world governing body, the company said Friday, as the conservative kingdom took another big step into the global sports industry.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Aramco, one of the world\'s richest companies, will sponsor the International Cricket Council\'s upcoming men\'s and women\'s T20 World Cups and next year\'s one-day World Cup in India under a partnership deal.</div><div><br></div><div>Aramco, which scored record profits as oil prices surged following Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, will also sponsor the World Test Championship final in Britain and player-of-the-match awards at all major tournaments.</div><div><br></div><div>The partnership to run until the end of next year \"will connect Aramco with a global cricket audience of more than one billion cricket fans\", the Aramco statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>No value was announced for the deal, which is the latest in a series of sports investments as Saudi Arabia tries to soften its austere image and diversify its oil-dependent economy.</div><div><br></div><div>The investments include F1, heavyweight boxing, the purchase of English Premier League football club Newcastle United and the breakaway LIV Golf tour, whose first event on Saudi soil started on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Gulf state\'s expanding sports portfolio has drawn accusations of \"sportswashing\", or using high-profile events to distract from its human rights record.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia and the United States, a long-standing ally, have publicly clashed this week over an OPEC+ cut in crude production after Washington complained it would boost Russia\'s income from oil. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-14 22:04:52', '2022-10-14 22:04:52'),
(2326, 2326, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Japanese yen touched a 32-year low against the US dollar after official figures showed that prices had risen faster than expected in America.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The yen fell to 147.66 against the US dollar before regaining some ground.</div><div><br></div><div>Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said the government will take \"appropriate action\" against the currency\'s volatility.</div><div><br></div><div>In a rare move last month, Japan spent almost $20bn (£17.6bn) to prop up the country\'s struggling currency.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We cannot tolerate excessive volatility in the currency market driven by speculative moves. We\'re watching currency moves with a strong sense of urgency,\" Mr Suzuki told reporters after attending a G7 finance meeting in Washington, DC.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, Japan intervened in the global currency market to help support the weakening yen.</div><div><br></div><div>That move came after the yen hit a fresh 24-year low against the dollar, marking the first time that Japanese authorities had intervened in the currency market since 1998.</div><div><br></div><div>However, analysts have warned that interventions like this would have little effect as long as Japan\'s interest rates remain far lower than those in the US.</div><div><br></div><div>The Japanese currency has come under increasing pressure in recent months, mainly due to the very different approach taken by the Bank of Japan (BOJ) in comparison with the US Federal Reserve.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, official figures showed that consumer prices in the US rose more than expected last month in a sign that the inflation fight in the world\'s largest economy is far from over.</div><div><br></div><div>Inflation, the rate at which prices rise, was 8.2% in the 12 months to September, down from 8.3% in August.</div><div><br></div><div>Rising consumer prices in the US are being closely watched as the Federal Reserve\'s efforts to cool inflation push up the value of the dollar as well as global borrowing costs.</div><div><br></div><div>America\'s central bank has been aggressively raising its interest rates to combat soaring prices, which has made the dollar more attractive to investors. In contrast, the BOJ kept rates very low.</div><div><br></div><div>The dollar\'s strength on the global financial markets is also having an impact on other major currencies around the world, including the pound and the euro. BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 00:04:24', '2022-10-15 00:04:24'),
(2327, 2327, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Britain\'s finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked after less than six weeks in the job, the BBC reported on Friday, as the government\'s massive tax cuts sparked financial market turmoil.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kwarteng is no longer chancellor of the exchequer, the BBC said. The Times newspaper reported earlier that Kwarteng was expected to be sacked.</div><div><br></div><div>His sacking makes Kwarteng Britain\'s shortest serving chancellor since 1970, and his successor would be the UK\'s fourth finance minister in as many months as the nation grapples with a cost-of-living crisis. BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 00:07:26', '2022-10-15 00:07:26'),
(2328, 2328, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bolder;\">Bangladesh reported four more Covid-19-linked deaths and 346 fresh cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</span></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country\'s total fatalities rose to 29,393 with the new deaths. The new cases raised the country\'s total caseload to 2,031,797, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 7.15 per cent from Thursday’s 8.92 per as 4,840 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased were three women and a man. Of them, two were from Dhaka division one was from Sylhet, and another from Mymensingh.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and the recovery rate rose to 97.11 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 00:30:20', '2022-10-15 00:30:20'),
(2329, 2329, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>No dengue patients died overnight while a total of 310 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the same period.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"As many as 197 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 113 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,\" a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"A total of 83 people died from dengue disease between January 1 and October 14. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year,\" the daily statement of the DGHS said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 23,592 while some 20,794 patients were released from the hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 00:39:04', '2022-10-15 00:39:04'),
(2330, 2330, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Saudi Arabia\'s push for oil production cuts has placed new strain on its stormy relationship with the United States, though analysts say any predictions of an all-out break are premature.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move last week by OPEC+ -- composed of the Riyadh-led OPEC cartel and an additional group of 10 exporters headed by Russia -- would reduce global output by up to two million barrels per day from November.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coming amid an energy crisis triggered by the war in Ukraine, and as inflation-weary American voters prepare to cast ballots in midterm elections, the planned cuts have infuriated Washington, with US President Joe Biden warning Tuesday of unspecified \"consequences\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi officials, for their part, have defended the move as purely motivated by economics, not politics, and dismissed charges from the White House that OPEC+ was \"aligning with Russia\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Verbal sparring between the two sides continued on Thursday, with the Saudi foreign ministry expressing \"total rejection\" of such claims \"which are not based on facts\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry said it also rejected \"any dictates, actions or efforts to distort its noble objectives to protect the global economy from oil market volatility\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, the White House said Riyadh \"can try to spin or deflect, but the facts are simple.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite obvious rancour on both sides, it is unclear where the feud goes from here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden stopped short of providing details on how he might respond in an interview with CNN on Tuesday, and Riyadh\'s public statements continue to highlight the benefits of strong ties with Washington.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The US-Saudi relationship has gone through periods of intense strain before, but in my view the current low point represents a crack but not a rupture,\" said Anna Jacobs, senior analyst at the International Crisis Group (ICG).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The reality is that the US and Saudi Arabia need each other.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Harsh words -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just three months ago, Biden visited the Saudi city of Jeddah and greeted the de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, with a fist-bump, drawing outrage from activists critical of the kingdom\'s human rights record.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trip represented a dramatic climb-down from Biden\'s 2019 vow to turn Saudi Arabia into a \"pariah\" over abuses like the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fact that Biden\'s trip did not lead to a hoped-for increase in oil production helps explain the harsh rhetoric from some members of his Democratic party, who have called the Saudis \"royal backstabbers\" who \"misled and double-crossed\" the US president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some US lawmakers have tried to revive support for a so-called NOPEC bill that would expose the oil cartel to antitrust lawsuits, while others have called for Washington to remove military assets from the kingdom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Washington might find these steps counterproductive, however.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They \"would threaten to break already fraught relations, which in turn would put even greater upward pressure on oil and fuel prices\", said Torbjorn Soltvedt of the risk intelligence company Verisk Maplecroft.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The most likely response is what we have already seen -- strongly worded statements from politicians,\" said Ellen Wald, author of Saudi Inc., a history of energy giant Saudi Aramco.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Recalibration\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is not just energy concerns bedevilling the US-Saudi partnership, which is often described as an oil-for-security arrangement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Past disagreements have centred on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the nuclear deal with Iran pursued by former president Barack Obama.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Saudis also objected to what they perceived as the tepid response from Biden\'s predecessor, president Donald Trump, to attacks on Saudi oil facilities in 2019 claimed by Iran-backed Huthi rebels in Yemen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think the US-Saudi relationship is going through a major recalibration,\" said Jacobs of the ICG.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The OPEC+ decision seems less about siding with Russia and more about Saudi Arabia acting in its own self-interest and pushing back against the traditional patron-client dynamic between the US and Saudi Arabia.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While it remains a mystery what \"consequences\" Riyadh might face over the OPEC+ cuts, \"an excessive response will only accelerate the ongoing effort to diversify Saudi\'s military relations, not only with China and Russia but with France, the UK, India and Pakistan, and even Brazil and South Africa,\" said Ali Shihabi, a Saudi analyst close to the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You have to remember that the US never supplied Saudi with its absolute latest equipment anyway.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That possibility aside, Saudi officials apparently remain optimistic that ties with Washington will weather the current turbulence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I don\'t believe this relationship is broken,\" Adel al-Jubeir, minister of state for foreign affairs, told CNN Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Far from it, this relationship is very robust.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; 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(2331, 2331, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the observance of the \'National Sanitation Month-October 2022\' and the \'Global Handwashing Day 2022\' will help to create mass awareness and improve sanitation system in the country.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In separate messages, they wished success of all programmes of the sanitation month and the hand-washing day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President, in his message, said that hygienic and sustainable sanitation are prerequisite to the protection of public health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the context of increasing infections caused by the coronavirus worldwide, improved sanitation and hand washing with soap are very important to prevent diseases like diarrhea, he added.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a healthy life, it is necessary to develop the habit of washing hands with soap in every work, especially before eating and after toileting, he advised.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Hamid called for ensuring participation of socially disadvantaged community in the society along with school-college students in these programmes for successful implementation of sanitation programmes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public, private institutions and relevant development-agencies should play an active role in spreading mass awareness about proper sanitation, waste management and hygiene across the country, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Bangladesh attained remarkable success in the sanitation programme for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was also praised massively at the international level.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At present, Bangladesh has taken and implemented various initiatives to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, he mentioned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that sanitary latrine, public and community toilet and wash blocks have been built at primary schools to ensure safe sanitation for all.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the government has been working tirelessly for the development of public health since assuming power in 2009.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations has given special importance to safe sanitation management for attaining the targets of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our government is determined to ensure safe sanitation and a healthy environment for all. We have implemented 50 projects at a cost of around Taka 14,000 crore in rural and municipal areas for pure drinking water, safe sanitation and waste management through the Department of Public Health Engineering in around 13.5 years. As a result, now the national coverage of sanitation has increased to 99 percent,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said at present around 99 percent of the country\'s population has been brought under safe sanitation and safe water sources which were only 33 percent in 2003.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rate of open defecation was 44 percent in 2003, she said, adding that it has reduced to almost \'Zero\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This success of Bangladesh has been lauded at the international stage, she said, adding the government has given approval to different projects for ensuring supply of safe drinking water.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said that many projects related to water testing laboratory, sanitation and waste management are underway and once the projects are implemented, it will be conducive to attain SDGs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our target is to ensure Safely Managed Sanitation and drinking water supply by 2030. For that purpose, proper observance of \'National Sanitation Month\' and \'World Hand washing Day\' is very important,\" the premier said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result of the government\'s sincere efforts, it has been possible to reduce the spread of different diseases including COVID-19 to a large extent, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina called upon all concerned, including non-government organizations, development organizations and media to come forward spontaneously to expedite the social movement for safe sanitation. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 01:50:57', '2022-10-15 01:50:57'),
(2332, 2332, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India has successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine in the Bay of Bengal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"INS Arihant carried out a successful launch of a Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) on Friday,\" the Indian defense ministry statement said here last evening.</div><div><br></div><div>The missile was tested to a predetermined range and it impacted the target area in the Bay of Bengal with very high accuracy. All operational and technological parameters of the weapon system have been validated.</div><div><br></div><div>The successful user training launch of the SLBM by INS Arihant is significant to prove crew competency and validate the SSBN programme, a key element of India\'s nuclear deterrence capability, the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>Submarine-launched ballistic missile test proves the credibility of India\'s naval nuclear deterrent. Indian ballistic missile submarines may now be able to target China and Pakistan from underwater locations when deployed, local media reported, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>A robust, survivable and assured retaliatory capability is in keeping with India\'s policy to have \'Credible Minimum Deterrence\' that underpins its \'No First Use\' commitment, the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 19:54:27', '2022-10-15 19:54:27'),
(2333, 2333, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The weather department has predicted more rains across the country in the next 24 hours.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light rains accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions,” the department said in its bulletin on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may fall slightly over the country, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The mercury reached 35.4 degrees Celsius – the highest – in Jashore, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 21.1 degrees in Tetulia of Rangpur division, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak over the North Bay. Southwest monsoon may withdraw from northwestern parts of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 20:01:49', '2022-10-15 20:01:49'),
(2334, 2334, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, has died aged 72, his agent said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Coltrane also played a former KGB agent-turned-Russian mafia boss in two James Bond films -- \"Goldeneye\" (1995) and \"The World Is Not Enough\" (1999) -- with Pierce Brosnan.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My client and friend Robbie Coltrane OBE passed away on Friday October 14,\" Belinda Wright said in a statement, calling him \"a unique talent\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Robbie was one of the funniest people I\'ve met and used to keep us laughing constantly as kids on set,\" said Daniel Radcliffe, who played the title role in the Harry Potter series.</div><div><br></div><div>On the official James Bond Twitter account, franchise producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, paid tribute to Coltrane as \"an exceptional actor whose talent knew no bounds.</div><div><br></div><div>On television, he starred alongside Emma Thompson in the cult BAFTA-winning BBC mini-series \"Tutti Frutti\" in 1987.</div><div><br></div><div>He came to prominence and won more awards for his portrayal of the hard-drinking criminal psychologist Dr Eddie \"Fitz\" Fitzgerald in the ITV series \"Cracker\" (1993-2006).</div><div><br></div><div>He was the English author and lexicographer Samuel Johnson in the TV comedy series \"Blackadder the Third\" alongside \"Mr Bean\" star Rowan Atkinson and Hugh Laurie (\"House\").</div><div><br></div><div>On the big screen, Coltrane had roles in the 1987 Neil Jordan crime drama \"Mona Lisa\" and teamed up with former Monty Python star Eric Idle in the 1990 comedy \"Nuns on the Run\".</div><div><br></div><div>But he will best be remembered globally as Rubeus Hagrid, the half-giant half-human gamekeeper and Keeper of the Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts school in the film franchise of JK Rowling\'s best-selling Harry Potter books, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The role \"brought joy to children and adults alike all over the world, prompting a stream of fan letters every week for over 20 years\", said Wright.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 20:28:08', '2022-10-15 20:28:08');
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(2335, 2335, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The red carpet was rolled out as Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu\'izzaddin Waddaulah arrived on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A special VVIP flight landed at Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport (HSIA) carrying the Brunei Sultan and his entourage members at 2:24 pm to his maiden Bangladesh visit.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid along with senior ministers and high civil and military officials received the Brunei Sultan, accompanied by his royal family members, ministers of various ministries of Brunei and high-level government officials.</div><div><br></div><div>A 21 gun salute heralded his arrival as he disembarked from the aircraft when Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid welcomed him with a bouquet.</div><div><br></div><div>A combined contingent of Bangladesh army, navy and air force presented him an honour guard while Sultan Waddaulah along with Bangladesh President stood on a makeshift dais when military band played national anthems of both the countries as well.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brunei Sultan also inspected the guard and then Bangladesh President introduced him to Bangladeshi dignitaries who were present at the reception line.</div><div><br></div><div>Sultan Waddaulah also introduced President Hamid with the delegation, accompanying him.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brunei Sultan is making his maiden tour to Dhaka at the invitation of Bangladesh President Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei is an independent Islamic sultanate on the northern coast of the Borneo Island in Southeast Asia and entirely surrounded by Malaysia.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei gained its independence as a British protectorate on 1 January 1984 but is being led by Hassanal Bolkiah since 1967.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation, most of the members of the visiting delegation were seen to follow health guidelines, including wearing masks and maintaining social distance during the reception.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Brunei Sultan was escorted to the National Martyrs\' Memorial at Savar on the outskirts of the capital in a motorcade from the airport. He will place wreath at the Memorial in the memory of Bangladesh\'s 1971 Liberation War martyrs, plant a sapling and sign the \"Visitors\' Book\" there.</div><div><br></div><div>The Sultan is scheduled to stay at Hotel InterContinental in Dhaka, according to programme schedule.</div><div><br></div><div>Sultan Waddaulah will hold separate meetings with the President and the Prime Minister during his visit. - BSS</div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He is scheduled to return to Brunei on October 17.</span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div>bnbd24/fas<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 21:48:35', '2022-10-15 21:48:35'),
(2336, 2336, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A month before the World Cup begins in Qatar, Brazilian superstar Neymar goes on trial in Spain over alleged irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The trial opens in Barcelona on Monday following a years-long legal saga over his 2013 transfer from the Brazilian club Santos, with the 30-year-old star in the dock as well as his parents, whose company manages his affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>All three are facing charges of business corruption.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigators began probing the transaction after a 2015 complaint filed by DIS, a Brazilian company that owned 40 percent of the player\'s sporting rights when he was at Santos.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona said the transfer cost 57.1 million euros, but prosecutors believe it cost at least 83 million euros.</div><div><br></div><div>The club said it paid 40 million euros to N&amp;N, a company owned by the Neymar family, and 17.1 million to Santos, of which 6.8 million was given to DIS.</div><div><br></div><div>But DIS alleges that Neymar, Barcelona and the Brazilian club colluded to mask the true cost of the deal.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of nine defendants are on trial on corruption-related charges, among them two former Barca presidents, Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, and ex-Santos boss Odilio Rodrigues Filho.</div><div><br></div><div>Rosell and Barcelona FC are facing charges of fraud and corruption, while Filho and Santos are accused of fraud.</div><div>If convicted, the Paris Saint-Germain forward could face two years in jail and a 10-million-euro ($9.7 million) fine.</div><div><br></div><div>The trial is to run until October 31, barely three weeks before the World Cup begins on November 20, with Neymar due to lead Brazil into their Group G opener against Serbia four days later.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Complicity to defraud\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Neymar is expected in court when the trial opens, although his presence has not been officially confirmed, and will testify on either October 21 or October 28.</div><div><br></div><div>On day two, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez will take the stand to explain how a 2011 secret pre-contract deal between Barca and Neymar influenced the market.</div><div><br></div><div>Alongside the prosecution\'s case, DIS -- a sports investment firm owned by Brazilian supermarket chain Sonda -- has filed its own suit, alleging collusion to defraud it out of its real share of the deal.</div><div><br></div><div>It is seeking to recover 35 million euros. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 22:15:48', '2022-10-15 22:15:48'),
(2337, 2337, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands of leaders and activists of the BNP joined the party’s divisional rally in Mymensingh city amid tight security on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rally, organised by Mymensingh city unit BNP, formally began in the Polytechnic Institute field, around 1:55 pm with the recitation from the Holy Quran.</div><div><br></div><div>An adequate number of police and other security officials have been deployed around the rally venue and at different points of the city to prevent any untoward incident.</div><div><br></div><div>The organisers said the rally was meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government--a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League as the constitution does not allow it to happen.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP senior leaders, including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and some standing committee members, are expected to address the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP activists started gathering at the rally venue on Friday night and many of them stayed overnight there.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP’s Organising Secretary Syed Imran Saleh Prince alleged that an ‘undeclared’ transport strike was going in Mymensingh and its adjoining districts since morning to prevent opposition leaders and activists from joining the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said that the BNP leaders and activists were coming to the rally by walking, and by motorcycles or private vehicles and human haulers.</div><div><br></div><div>Police Superintendent of Mymensingh Masum Ahmed Bhunya said they took adequate security measures to maintain law and order and fend off any untoward incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Saturday’s rally is the second rally by the BNP at the divisional level as the first one was held in Chattogram on last Wednesday. Similar rallies have been planned in other divisional headquarters to drum up support in the run up to the next election expected to be held late next year or in early 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP will conclude the divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 22:41:05', '2022-10-15 22:41:05'),
(2338, 2338, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Suspected militiamen hacked 12 people to death with machetes in a village in eastern DR Congo, a region plagued by violence from armed groups for years, local sources said Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The armed men attacked the village of Masome in Ituri province on Friday morning, local civil society leader Gustave Kakani told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The victims were women and men, cut up with machetes. Some bodies were decapitated, others were found tied up. The victims were subjected to atrocious torture before being executed,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The Irumu territory in Ituri, where the attack occurred, is a regular theatre of violence attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) group, The ADF -- which the Islamic State group claims as its Central African offshoot -- is among the most violent of more than 120 armed groups active in DRC\'s volatile east.</div><div><br></div><div>It has been accused of slaughtering thousands of Congolese civilians and carrying out bomb attacks in neighbouring Uganda.</div><div><br></div><div>But Kakani said it was too early to say who was responsible for Friday\'s gruesome attack.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 23:01:45', '2022-10-15 23:01:45'),
(2339, 2339, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When Bangladesh will take the field for the first match of the T20 World Cup in Hobart on October 24, it will be the Tigers\' first T20 International match on Australian soil.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan himself reminded it to all in a captain\'s press conference organized by the International Cricket Stadium (ICC) today ahead of the kick-start of the cricket\'s showpiece event in Melbourne.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Shakib however played T20 in Australia during his Big Bash stint but never played a T20 International game here.</div><div><br></div><div>Since their debut in T20 format in 2006, Bangladesh had already played 138 T20 matches.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"I think we\'ve got a very exciting team, most of us new, so it\'ll be a great experience for them. All of us are playing T20 for the first time in Australia, including me, so that\'s new,\" Shakib said during the question-answer session.</div><div><br></div><div>But he looked determined to make their first experience in Australia for T20 a memorable one even though Bangladesh came to the party after losing all of their four matches in tri-nation series in New Zealand.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But I think we\'ve prepared very well. We are in Christchurch where we played four games against two very good sides, so we know the things that we need to do in order to be able to perform well here in Australia, and I think we have prepared enough to do well.\" - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-15 23:15:26', '2022-10-15 23:15:26'),
(2340, 2340, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Customs officials detained a passenger of a Singapore-bound flight with 80,000 Saudi Arabia Riyals at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The detainee is Md Asaduzzaman Nur, who was scheduled to fly for Singapore at 8.30am.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipped off, the customs officials detained him with the Saudi Riyals amounting to Tk 23 lakh while he was going for boarding pass around 5.40am.</div><div><br></div><div>A case was filed in this connection. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 01:09:14', '2022-10-16 01:09:14'),
(2341, 2341, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia should be finished calling up reservists in two weeks, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, promising an end to a divisive mobilization that has seen hundreds of thousands of men summoned to fight in Ukraine and huge numbers flee the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Putin also said Russia had no plans \"for now\" for more massive air strikes like those it carried out this week, in which it fired more than 100 long range missiles at targets across Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin ordered the mobilization three weeks ago, part of a response to Russian battlefield defeats. He has also proclaimed the annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian provinces and threatened to use nuclear weapons.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has since seen the first signs of public criticism of the authorities since the war began and officials have acknowledged some mistakes. Members of ethnic minorities and rural residents have complained of being drafted at higher rates than ethnic Russians and city dwellers.</div><div><br></div><div>Defending the order, Putin said the front line was too long to defend solely with contract soldiers.</div><div><br></div><div>He said 222,000 out of an expected 300,000 reservists had already been mobilized. \"This work is coming to an end,\" he told a news conference at the end of a summit in Kazakhstan. \"I think that in about two weeks all the mobilization activities will be finished.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Since the mobilization order was given, Russian forces have continued to lose ground in eastern Ukraine and the south.</div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in his nightly video address, once again said Ukraine\'s forces would retake all of its territory.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Yes, they still have people to throw on the battlefield, they have weapons, missiles, they have (Iranian-made) Shaheds which they use against Ukraine,\" he said. \"They still have the possibility to terrorize our cities and all Europeans, blackmailing the world. But they have no chance of succeeding and will have none because Ukraine is moving forward.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Zelenskiy also said he had spoken to Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. \"We discussed possibilities for acting together in the interests of our countries and our peoples. I believe that the results we need are possible,\" he said, giving no details.- Agency</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 01:42:14', '2022-10-16 01:42:14'),
(2342, 2342, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rescuers on Saturday searched for the last miner missing at a coal mine in northern Turkey, where a methane blast the previous day killed at least 40 people in one of the country\'s worst industrial accidents in years.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal mining town of Amasra on Turkey\'s Black Sea coast shortly before sunset on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are approaching the end of the rescue operation,\" a tearful Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said at the scene on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The search continues for the sole person whose fate is unknown,\" he said, adding that the fire that had broken out in the tunnels following the blast was now mostly under control.</div><div><br></div><div>Updating the death toll, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said: \"We have counted 40 dead in total. 58 miners were able to be rescued, either by themselves or thanks to rescuers.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He said 28 people had been injured as a result of the blast.</div><div><br></div><div>Soylu had said earlier some 110 people had been underground at the time of the explosion.</div><div><br></div><div>Television images late on Friday showed anxious crowds -- some with tears in their eyes -- congregating around a damaged white building near the entrance to the pit in search of news of their friends and loved ones.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was due to fly to the scene of the accident on Saturday, vowed on Twitter that the incident will be thoroughly investigated.</div><div><br></div><div>Most initial information about those trapped inside was coming from workers who had managed to climb out relatively unharmed.</div><div><br></div><div>But Amasra mayor Recai Cakir said many of those who survived had suffered \"serious injuries\".</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey\'s Maden Is mining workers\' union attributed the blast to a build-up of methane gas.</div><div><br></div><div>But other officials said it was premature to draw definitive conclusions over the cause of the accident.</div><div><br></div><div>- 2014 disaster -</div><div>Rescuers sent in reinforcements from surrounding villages to help in the search and rescue.</div><div><br></div><div>Television footage showed paramedics giving oxygen to the miners who had climbed out, then rushing them to the nearest hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>The local governor said a team of more than 70 rescuers had managed to reach a point in the pit some 250 metres below.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey\'s AFAD disaster management service said the initial spark that caused the blast appeared to have come from a malfunctioning transformer.</div><div><br></div><div>It later withdrew that report and said methane gas had ignited for \"unknown reasons\".</div><div><br></div><div>The local public prosecutor\'s office said it was treating the incident as an accident and launching a formal investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey suffered its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014 when 301 workers died in a blast in the western town of Soma. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 02:56:08', '2022-10-16 02:56:08'),
(2343, 2343, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A case has been filed against 20 people over firing at three people including&nbsp; Mirsarai’s Baraiyahat&nbsp; municipality mayor Rezaul Karim Khokon following a dispute over sand lifting from the Feni River.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A case was filed at Sonagazi model police station accusing 12 people including main accused Fazilpur UP chairman Mozibul Haque Ripon and eight anonymous people on Friday night, said Khaled Hossain Daiyan, officer-in-charge of Sonagazi model police station.</div><div><br></div><div>The case was registered following a complaint lodged by Mizanur Rahman of Osmanpur union in Mirsarai, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused are Belal Prakash alias Killer Belal, suspected shooter Mostaq, Saiful, Nur Hossain, Dish Palash, suspected shooter Rizel, Shakil, Rahul, Masud Uddin, Mohsin Opu, and Monjurul karim Ridon, said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>Of them, Saiful and Shakil were arrested in a drive on Friday night and efforts are on to arrest the other accused, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, the accused were demanding a large amount of extortion money from the plaintiff as he was excavating sand from the&nbsp; Boro Feni River to fill the land of under-construction Power Distribution Centre at Korer hat under Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB).</div><div><br></div><div>When Baraiyarhat municipality mayor Khokon went to the spot to talk on the matter Friday noon, terrorists hired by accused Mozibul Haque Ripon started firing at him without any provocation, said the plaintiff.</div><div><br></div><div>Mayor Khokon and two others suffered bullet wounds during the firing and the accused also snatched four cell phones from them, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>According to Khokon’s son Imtiaz Karim, he went underwent a surgery to remove the bullet at Chattogram Medical College Hospital while the condition of other injured- Ashok Sen and Dukhu Mia-remained stable, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Jakir Hasan, Superintendent of police (Feni circle) said surveillance has been increased near the Boro Feni River area after the incident.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 02:59:37', '2022-10-16 02:59:37'),
(2344, 2344, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday warned that the Awami League government has established ‘autocracy’ in the name of democracy, but such a repressive regime would be washed away by the strong wave of the anti-government movement as people have now woken up.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a massive rally in Mymensingh, he also said the recent by-election to the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat proved the BNP’s observation true that no fair election could be held under the Awami League government.</div><div><br></div><div>“Terrorism and theft are there in the Awami League’s body chemistry from where they never can come out. So, they often shout, attack people with sticks, and issue threats and warnings. The People of Bangladesh are not afraid of your arrogance and threats. People have now woken up. Awami League will be swept away by the raging wave of our movement that has started from Teknaf toTentulia,” Fakhrul said.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of the party’s planned divisional programmes, Mymensingh city unit BNP organised the rally in the Polytechnic Institute field with the participation of thousands of their activists and leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>A chair preserved for the chief guest of the rally was vacant on the stage in honour of party chairperson Khaleda Zia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Mymensingh city unit BNP convener Professor AKM Shafiqul Islam presided over the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>The organisers said the rally was meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the unconditional release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div><br></div><div>Saturday’s rally was the second rally by the BNP at the divisional level as the first one was held in Chattogram last Wednesday. The party will conclude the divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, speaking at the rally, BNP leaders alleged that an ‘undeclared’ transport strike was imposed in Mymensingh and its adjoining districts since morning to prevent opposition leaders and activists from joining the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>At the begging of his speech, Fakhrul said the people of Mymensingh established their right to hold rallies by carrying out a tough fight and overcoming all adversities like the explosion of crude bombs, firing of gunshots and showdown with sticks by the ruling party ‘cadres’.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the BNP leaders arranged the rally by occupying the Polytechnic Institute field. “It’s a great victory. The brave sons of Mymensingh have demonstrated that they’re ready to make any kind of sacrifice for protecting democracy.”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“After passing Gazipur on our way to Mymensingh from Dhaka, it seemed a hartal or curfew was imposed as the roads were free of vehicles. Only some small trucks were seen carrying our leaders and activists. The golden boys from the Chhatra League took position on the roads with rods and sticks…our boys have driven them away,” Fakhrul told the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said their party leaders and activists arranging the rally overcoming all barriers and odds have sent out a message that the people of Bangladesh will no longer bow down to any obstacles. “They must free this country from misrule.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 03:14:29', '2022-10-16 03:14:29'),
(2345, 2345, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two Palestinians including a doctor were killed on Friday in an Israeli raid in the flashpoint city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, an army spokeswoman said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hours later Israeli troops killed a Palestinian youth accused of firing shots at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Abdullah al-Ahmad \"succumbed to a bullet wound that pierced his head, fired by the occupation (Israeli) soldiers,\" the ministry said in a statement following the earlier incident.</div><div><br></div><div>A ministry spokesman told AFP that another Palestinian, Mateen Debaya, was also killed in the raid on the city\'s refugee camp, with five others wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, named Debaya as a \"fighter.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry said Ahmad was shot outside a government hospital, located on the edge of the camp.</div><div><br></div><div>An AFP journalist said the doctor underwent emergency surgery at the facility following the shooting.</div><div><br></div><div>The armed wing of the mainstream Fatah movement described Ahmad as \"its commander\" who had died after an \"armed clash\" with Israeli forces.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian news agency Wafa said prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh was mourning the doctor \"shot dead by Israeli forces while he was trying to rescue casualties.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Crowds of mourners gathered for the separate funerals of the two men, whose bodies were carried through the streets. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 03:18:49', '2022-10-16 21:52:42'),
(2346, 2346, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>There’s a new general in charge of Russian President Vladimir Putin\'s devastating war on Ukraine — and he has a reputation for brutality.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After Ukraine made gains in its counteroffensive in recent weeks, Russia’s Ministry of Defense named Sergey Surovikin its new overall commander for operations in the war.</div><div><br></div><div>Notably, he previously played an instrumental role in Russia’s operations in Syria as Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces. During these operations Russian combat aircraft caused widespread devastation in rebel-held area.</div><div><br></div><div>CNN spoke to a former Russian air force lieutenant, Gleb Irisov, who served under him in Syria.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Surovikin was “very close to Putin’s regime” and “never had any political ambitions, so always executed a plan exactly as ​the government wanted.”</div><div><br></div><div>Analysts say that while Surovikin’s appointment is highly unlikely to change how Russian forces are carrying out the war, it does speak to Putin’s dissatisfaction with previous command operations. It is also, in part, likely meant to placate the nationalist and pro-war base within Russia itself, according to Mason Clark, a Russia expert at the Institute for the Study of War think tank.</div><div><br></div><div>Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who has called for Russia to “take more drastic measures\" including the use of “low-yield nuclear weapons” in Ukraine following recent setbacks, welcomed the appointment of Surovikin.</div><div><br></div><div>Praise from Kadyrov, who is ​a key Putin ally, is significant, perhaps, as he himself is notorious for crushing all forms of dissent.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They hated him\": As the commander\'s one-time subordinate in Syria, Irisov said he saw Surovikin several times during some missions and spoke to high-ranking officers under him.</div><div><br></div><div>“He made a lot of people very angry – they hated him,” Irisov said, describing how the “direct” and “straight” general was disliked at headquarters because of the way he tried to implement his infantry experience into the air force.</div><div><br></div><div>Just two days after Surovikin’s appointment last Saturday, Russia launched its heaviest bombardment of Ukraine since the early days of the war.</div><div><br></div><div>Surovikin is “more familiar with cruise missiles, maybe he used his connections and experience to organize this chain of devastating attacks,” Irisov said​, referencing reports that cruise missiles have been among the weapons deployed by Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>But Clark, from the Study of War think tank, suggests the general’s promotion is “more of a framing thing to inject new blood into the Russian command system” and “put on this tough nationalist face.” Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 03:25:09', '2022-10-16 03:25:09'),
(2347, 2347, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday attacked a military training ground killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine and wounding 15 others.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia\'s defence ministry said the attack in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, happened during a firearms training session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia launched what it calls a special military operation in Ukraine at the end of February. Last month Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a mobilisation of 300,000 Russians who had previously done compulsory military service.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"On October 15, two citizens of a CIS country committed an act of terror at a training range of the Western military district in the Belgorod region,\" the state news agencies quoted the ministry as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As a result, 11 people were fatally wounded. Another 15 people suffered injuries of varying gravity and were taken to medical facilities.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two attackers \"were killed in retaliatory fire\", the ministry added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CIS, or Commonwealth of Independent States, was formed between republics that were part of the Soviet Union.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 200,000 people have been conscripted into the Russian armed forces since the announcement of partial mobilisation on September 21.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The draft announcement sparked protests and several attacks on recruitment offices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Fierce fighting -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile said Saturday that his troops were facing a \"most difficult\" situation near the eastern town of Bakhmut, which has been under attack from the Russian army for weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine is clawing back territory in both the east and south, occupied by Russia for months, but is facing a tough challenge in some areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A very severe situation persists in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions\" Zelensky said, referring to two regions Russia says its has annexed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The most difficult is near Bakhmut, like in previous days. We are still holding our positions,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian troops have for weeks been pummelling Bakhmut, a wine-making and salt-mining city that used to be populated by 70,000 people, in the hope of capturing the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky also said that Russia\'s total losses were now approaching 65,000.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One soldier, just back from the front line, told AFP they had been fighting for four days non-stop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Out of the 13 guys in my group, we lost two soldiers, and five got evacuated,\" said the 50-year-old soldier, \"Poliak\", from the 93rd brigade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"For days I didn\'t sleep, didn\'t eat, didn\'t drink except coffee,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France meanwhile said it would train up to 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers on its soil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister for the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said France would also provide Ukraine with Crotale air-defence systems \"to allow them to defend their skies\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Repeated strikes -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Saturday\'s attack in the Belgorod training ground is the latest in a series of incidents to have hit the Russian region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier Saturday, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod, said an oil depot was on fire after having been shelled. He posted a photo showing flames and plumes of black smoke rising above a building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week Russia complained of an increase in artillery and missile strikes on its territory bordering Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And on Friday the authorities said that a Ukrainian strike had set fire to a power station in the regional capital, also called Belgorod, causing power cuts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This came a day after a rocket gutted the top floor of an apartment building in the city of Belgorod, without causing injuries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A munition depot in the region was also destroyed on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the week, Russian officials said Ukrainian strikes had knocked out power in the town of Shebekino in the same region. A 74-year-old woman died and several others were wounded in the town. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 13:43:27', '2022-10-16 13:43:27'),
(2348, 2348, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A major fire has broken out at Iran\'s notorious Evin prison, known for housing political prisoners, journalists and foreign nationals.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos shared online show flames and smoke at the site in Tehran, and gunshots and explosions can be heard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An official quoted by state media said the situation was under control, but video footage appeared to show the fire continuing after this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran has been gripped for weeks by anti-government protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They first erupted last month after the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian Mahsa Amini in police custody. Officials said she died of a heart attack, but her family disputed this, saying she was beaten by morality police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BBC Persian\'s Rana Rahimpour said it is not yet known whether the situation at the prison is linked to the recent demonstrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But this could easily be the case, Rana said, as hundreds of the protesters have been sent to Evin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State media has suggested the two are not linked, quoting an official who blamed \"criminal elements\" for the fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video posted on social media by anti-government monitoring group 1500tasvir, chants of \"death to the dictator\" - one of the main slogans of the anti-government protest movement - could be heard coming from outside the prison.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another video appears to show objects being fired into the prison from outside its perimeter, and an explosion is then heard, according to BBC Persian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian media, which is strictly controlled by the government, reported that the riot started with financial and criminal prisoners, and that no political prisoners were involved. Eight people had been injured, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking from inside the prison, Tehran\'s governor told state TV that the riot was in a wing of the prison housing petty criminals and the situation was now completely calm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the situation at the prison is still confused, reports BBC Persian\'s Kasra Naji. Videos continue to be posted on social media showing the fire still burning and the sound of gunfire heard around the prison.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other pictures show inmates on the roof of a section of the prison where political prisoners and many of the protestors who have been arrested in the past four weeks are kept, Kasra said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The families of some prisoners told the BBC that they were unable to contact their relatives on the phone, which they would normally be able to do, and that internet connection around the prison appeared to have been cut off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The streets leading to the prison were closed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, videos showed riot police entering Evin. There were also reports that special forces had been deployed to the area. A witness told Reuters news agency that ambulances were also there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">British-Iranian dual nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were both held at Evin prison for several years on spying charges, which they denied, before their release earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prison has long been criticised by Western rights groups. Human Rights Watch has accused authorities at the prison of using threats of torture and of indefinite imprisonment, as well as lengthy interrogations and denial of medical care for detainees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A group of hackers calling themselves Edalat-e Ali (Ali\'s Justice) posted videos in August last year of leaked surveillance footage from Evin prison showing guards beating or mistreating inmates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some foreign governments whose citizens are being held in the prison have expressed concern.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spokesperson for the US state department said it was following events with \"urgency\", while the UK Government\'s security minister called it a \"very worrying development\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the death of Ms Amini five weeks ago, a wave of protests has swept across Iran in the boldest challenge to the Islamic Republic since its establishment in 1979. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 13:54:38', '2022-10-16 13:54:38'),
(2349, 2349, '<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 20 people died and 15 others were injured Saturday when a bus overturned on the Pan-American Highway in southwestern Colombia, police said.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The bus was traveling between the port city of Tumaco, in the southwestern corner of Colombia, and Cali, 200 miles (320 kilometers) to the northeast when the incident occurred.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"Unfortunately, we have a toll of 20 people dead,\" said Captain Albertland Agudelo of the Narino department traffic police.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Among the injured were a three-year-old girl and an eight-year-old boy.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Investigators are looking at possible \"mechanical failures in the brake system,\" Colonel Oscar Lamprea, director of traffic and transportation in the area, said in a message to reporters.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A preliminary report said the driver lost control after coming out of a curve in a foggy area.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It took rescue workers from the police and fire departments nine hours to set the vehicle upright, evacuate the injured and recover the dead.</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Images obtained by AFP showed the bus, its roof caved in, perched dangerously at the edge of a steep drop-off. AFP</span><br></p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 14:53:18', '2022-10-16 14:53:18'),
(2350, 2350, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka won the toss and elected to bowl against Namibia in the opening match of the T20 World Cup in Geelong on Sunday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Asia Cup champions were hit by an injury to left-arm quick bowler Dilshan Madushanka and brought in Dushmantha Chameera and Pramod Madushan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s a first game, we\'d like to have a look at the wicket. The boys are very confident,\" Shanaka said at the toss.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We got the same combination that we had in the Asia Cup. With the bowling we have, we\'d look to restrict them to a decent score.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Namibia skipper Gerhard Erasmus said he would have also fielded had he won the toss. His side are looking to repeat last year\'s feat of making the Super 12 on their T20 World Cup debut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Both captains would have liked to bowl first. The unknown factor of exactly how the wicket will play and a bit of overhead conditions,\" said Erasmus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The teams will each play three first-round matches in their attempt to make the Super 12 stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s three games, three games of your life. You need to be on top from the start. If we can start well with the bat, put some pressure on them, that\'ll go a long way into making it a very tight game.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Namibia: </b>Stephan Baard, David Wiese, Gerhard Erasmus (capt), Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Zane Green (wk), Divan la Cock, Michael van Lingen, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Sri Lanka:</b> Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis (wk), Dhananjaya de Silva, Danushka Gunathilaka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka (capt), Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Pramod Madushan, Maheesh Theekshana</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Umpires: Joel Wilson (WIS), Rod Tucker (AUS)</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">TV Umpire: Paul Reiffel (AUS)</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Match Referee: Andy Pycroft (ZIM) : AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 15:21:42', '2022-10-16 15:21:42');
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(2351, 2351, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b style=\"\">More than a thousand Paddington bears and other teddies left by the public in memory of the late Queen are to be sent to charity, Buckingham Palace says.</b></span><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">The toys were left at royal residences such as the palace and Windsor Castle after her death in September.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">The bears have been professionally cleaned and will be delivered to the children\'s charity Barnardos.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">An image of the Queen Consort and the bears has been released to mark the donation.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">In the photo, Camilla is seen sitting on a low sofa in the Morning Room at Clarence House, surrounded by soft toys.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">The picture was taken on Thursday - the 64th anniversary of the publication of the first Paddington Bear book.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">Queen Elizabeth II came to be closely associated with the famous Peruvian bear after the pair made a surprise appearance together in a comedy sketch during the summer\'s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">In a short film, Paddington visited Buckingham Palace for afternoon tea, during which the Queen produced a marmalade sandwich from her handbag.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">It prompted mourners to leave teddy bears and even marmalade sandwiches among the floral tributes at royal palaces and parks following her death.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">In 2016, the Queen passed the patronage of Barnardo\'s to Camilla, who was then the Duchess of Cornwall.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">Barnardo\'s chief executive Lynn Perry said: \"Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was Barnardo\'s patron for over 30 years, and we are honoured to be able to give homes to the teddies that people left in her memory.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">\"We promise to look after these bears who will be well-loved and bring joy to the children we support.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">\"We are incredibly grateful to Her Majesty The Queen Consort for her support in helping us to raise awareness of the needs of vulnerable children and young people in the UK so that we can continue to support them through our vital services.\"</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">Tom Jarvis, director of parks at the Royal Parks charity, said: \"Over the last few weeks, we have been looking for a fitting and appropriate use for the hundreds of teddy bears that were left in Green Park and Hyde Park to honour the Queen.</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">\"We are delighted that the teddy bears will now bring joy and comfort to hundreds of children supported by Barnardo\'s.\"</font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\"><br></font></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><font style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\" color=\"#000000\">Buckingham Palace said the teddies had been collected with the help of shire horses and almost 200 volunteers - and were being \"well looked after\". 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(2352, 2352, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday hailed the Communist Party\'s rule and defended its Covid policies as he opened a five-yearly Congress at which thousands of delegates are set to endorse his bid to rule for a historic third term.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Xi walked onstage to thunderous applause from the roughly 2,300 delegates who had gathered at Beijing\'s Great Hall of the People for the event.</div><div><br></div><div>In his opening address the leader hailed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and said the Congress was taking place at a \"critical moment\" for the country.</div><div><br></div><div>At the start of what is expected to be a lengthy speech, Xi also insisted China\'s Covid policies -- which are still placing heavy curbs on people\'s lives -- were for their safety.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the policies had \"protected people\'s safety and health to the highest degree and achieved significant positive results\".</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s Communist Party Congress opens to endorse Xi\'s rule</div><div><br></div><div>Xi also focused on two of China\'s most sensitive security and sovereignty issues at the start of speech -- in relation to Hong Kong and Taiwan.</div><div><br></div><div>Xi lauded Hong Kong\'s transition from \"chaos to governance\", while vowing a \"major struggle against separatism and interference\" in the self-ruled island of Taiwan.</div><div><br></div><div>Should everything go to plan for Xi, the 69-year-old will be reconfirmed as the party\'s general secretary after the week-long meeting, cementing his position as China\'s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong.</div><div><br></div><div>If picked as party leader for another five-year term as expected, Xi is almost certain to be elected president at the annual meeting of China\'s National People\'s Congress in March.</div><div><br></div><div><b>- Tight security -</b></div><div><br></div><div>A heavy police presence was in place around Beijing early Sunday as authorities prepared for the week-long Congress.</div><div><br></div><div>A fleet of buses whisked journalists and other attendees to a virtually empty Tiananmen Square and into the Great Hall of the People.</div><div><br></div><div>Participants navigated a string of security checks before entering the hall, where a giant hammer-and-sickle emblem hung over the stage on which top leaders are due to be seated.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Long live the great, glorious and correct Chinese Communist Party,\" blared one of the bright red banners adorning the hall.</div><div><br></div><div>The delegates\' main task is to endorse Xi\'s unprecedented campaign to rule for three terms.</div><div><br></div><div>Xi and the party\'s other top brass are likely to be unveiled on October 23, the day after the Congress closes.</div><div><br></div><div>In the highly choreographed, mostly closed-door conclave, the delegates will also pick members of the party\'s roughly 200-member Central Committee, which in turn selects the 25-person Politburo and its all-powerful Standing Committee -- the country\'s highest leadership body. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 15:56:43', '2022-10-16 15:56:43'),
(2353, 2353, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>They are the husband and wife team behind one the most successful Covid vaccines, yet in the UK they are barely known.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Professors Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci co-founded the German company BioNTech in 2008, exploring new technology involving messenger RNA (mRNA), to treat cancer.</div><div><br></div><div>When the pandemic struck they partnered with Pfizer to use the same approach to create a Covid vaccine.</div><div><br></div><div>Now the doctors are hopeful it could lead to new treatments for melanoma, bowel cancer and other tumour types.</div><div><br></div><div>BioNTech has several trials in progress, including one where patients are given a personalised vaccine, to prompt their immune system to attack their disease.</div><div><br></div><div>The mRNA technology being used works by sending an instruction or blueprint to cells to produce an antigen or protein.</div><div><br></div><div>In Covid this antigen is part of the spike protein of the virus. In cancer it would be a marker on the surface of tumour cells.</div><div><br></div><div>This teaches the immune system to recognise and target affected cells for destruction.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking on the BBC\'s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Prof Tureci said: \"mRNA acts as a blueprint and allows you to tell the body to produce the drug or the vaccine… and when you use mRNA as a vaccine, the mRNA is a blueprint for the \'wanted poster\' of the enemy - in this case cancer antigens which distinguish cancer cells from normal cells.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Harnessing the power of mRNA to produce vaccines was unproven until Covid. But the success of mRNA vaccines in the pandemic has encouraged scientists working with the technology in cancer.</div><div><br></div><div>BioNTech\'s mRNA cancer trials started long before the pandemic, and have shown some early encouraging signals.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Every step, every patient we treat in our cancer trials helps us to find out more about what we are against and how to address that,\" Prof Tureci, BioNTech\'s chief medical officer, said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As scientists, we are always hesitant to say we will have a cure for cancer. We have a number of breakthroughs and we will continue to work on them.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Caution is needed. Many promising cancer trials end in failure. It may be several years before we know if BioNTech\'s treatments for bowel cancer, melanoma and other tumour types really do live up to the hype.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Legal fight</b></div><div><br></div><div>There is no doubt though that Covid mRNA vaccines have been highly successful and made billions for BioNTech, Pfizer and Moderna.</div><div><br></div><div>But a huge legal tussle is under way surrounding the innovation behind mRNA vaccines.</div><div><br></div><div>US firm Moderna has started legal action against Pfizer and BioNTech for patent infringement - in essence claiming key elements of their mRNA technology were copied.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Sahin, BioNTech\'s chief executive officer, says the company will vigorously defend against the allegations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our innovations are original,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have spent 20 years of research in developing these type of treatments and of course we will fight for this, for our intellectual property.\"</div><div><br></div><div>These patent disputes will not stop the roll-out of Covid vaccines - all booster jabs used by the NHS are mRNA vaccines. It is a technology that came of age in the pandemic. The question now is can it take on cancer? BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 16:28:06', '2022-10-16 16:28:06'),
(2354, 2354, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Weather may remain mainly dry in most parts of the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Sunday as monsoon is weak over North Bay.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at one or two places over Chattogram division and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country,” said a Met Office bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a low pressure area may form over the Andaman Sea and adjoining area in next three days, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The mercury reached 34.7 degrees Celsius – the highest – in Bhola of Barishal division while the minimum temperature was recorded at 21.1 degrees in Tetulia of Rangpur division, in 24 hours till 6am on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Northern part of Bangladesh, said the bulletin. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 17:32:54', '2022-10-16 17:33:10'),
(2355, 2355, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">On October 14, the Narendra Modi government quietly announced the successful launch of Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) from India’s first sub-surface ballistic nuclear (SSBN) INS Arihant.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The firing of an undisclosed name and range nuclear ballistic missile—India has a 750 km range K15 and 3500 km range K-4—from the nuclear powered and armed submarine in the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean was done by the Strategic Force Command and was attended by Commander-in-Chief of the command Vice Admiral R B Pandit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day later, the Western Naval Command announced the return of the latest Kalveri Class diesel attack missile firing submarine INS Vela from an eight-and-a-half month deployment from its base port The Twitter handle of Western Naval Command said that the submarine recorded many achievements through her sustained operations at sea and completed an extremely successful mission-based deployment across the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two statements are mutually exclusive but clubbed together, they are a part of deterrent messaging to China and Pakistan. With China threatening to use underwater drones against aircraft carriers in the Indo-Pacific and send its own aircraft carriers in the comings months to the Indian Ocean, the operationalization of the SLBM is clearly a message to PLA Navy that India has both the capacity and capability to counter any threat in the Indian Ocean and beyond.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also a message to allies of China like Sri Lanka, which has given the Hambantota Port on lease to Beijing for 99 years by this very President of the Island Nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the nuclear assets of India are highly classified, there are indications that India’s second SSBN INS Arighat will be commissioned later this year with the third one INS Aridhaman being fitted out before sea trials. India has also the capacity to roll out the 5000 km K-5 missile the moment the Modi government gives approval.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Arihant and Arighat range are limited only to food and crew changer over and both have the capacity to defend Indiia’s national interest in the Indo-Pacific. While the DRDO has tested both the K-15 and K-4 missiles, the October 14 firing by SFC was the announcement of operationalization of the weapon system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“ The successful user training launch of the SLBM by INS Arihant is significant to prove crew competency (to fire the missile) and validate the SSBN program.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A robust, survivable, and assured retaliatory capability is in keeping with India’s policy to have a credible minimum deterrence that underpins its No First Use commitment,” the defence ministry press release said. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 18:10:03', '2022-10-16 18:10:03'),
(2356, 2356, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Karim Benzema is the overwhelming favourite to win the men\'s Ballon d\'Or at a ceremony in Paris on Monday and thereby become the first Frenchman to claim the most prestigious individual prize in football since Zinedine Zidane almost quarter of a century ago.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There are 30 nominees, but the Real Madrid striker is the outstanding candidate after his remarkable performances last season helped his club win the Champions League and La Liga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema scored an astonishing 44 goals in 46 games for his club including 15 in the Champions League.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His exploits included a hat-trick in 17 second-half minutes against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16, and another away to Chelsea in the quarter- final first leg. He also scored three more goals over both legs of the semi- final against Manchester City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema was named the UEFA player of the year in August, and he is living a marvellous twilight to his career with the World Cup to come.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Formerly a pariah, frozen out of the France team for five and a half years because of his involvement in a blackmail scandal over a sextape involving teammate Mathieu Valbuena, Benzema has put that behind him and is playing the best football of his career with his 35th birthday approaching the day after the World Cup final.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What is most important to me is to win collective trophies. If you do things well on the field, individual awards will follow,\" Benzema pointed out recently.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His victory at the Chatelet Theatre in the French capital seems an inevitability.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If they don\'t cancel it then he\'s probably going to win this Ballon d\'Or,\" said Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That was a joke by the Pole, who would surely have been crowned in 2020 had that year\'s award not been cancelled due to the pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- No Messi -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Normal service was restored last year when Lionel Messi won the Ballon d\'Or for the seventh time, but he is not even nominated this time after a disappointing season at Paris Saint-Germain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cristiano Ronaldo is nominated but there is no Neymar on the list.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema aside, there are four other members of Real\'s Champions League- winning side: Vinicius, the evergreen Luka Modric, goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and midfielder Casemiro, now of Manchester United.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, Lewandowski and Kevin De Bruyne feature too, but Benzema stands out by a distance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If Benzema wins, he will be the fifth Frenchman to do so, following in the footsteps of Raymond Kopa in 1958, Michel Platini (1983, 1984, 1985), Jean- Pierre Papin (1991) and Zidane (1998).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was previously based on a player\'s performances over the course of the calendar year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the format has changed, with the prize now based on a player\'s record over the last season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Putellas to retain women\'s award? -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is far less certainty about the identity of what will be the fourth</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">women\'s Ballon d\'Or.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are three members of England\'s European Championship-winning squad short-listed among the 20 contenders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lucy Bronze and Millie Bright were both named but Arsenal striker Beth Mead is the most likely candidate after scoring six goals at the Euro.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia\'s Sam Kerr and German duo Lena Oberdorf and Alexandra Popp may have a claim too, but it could also once again be Spain\'s Alexia Putellas, who won last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 28-year-old is currently recovering from a serious knee injury which saw her miss the Euro with Spain and means she is unlikely to play at all this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putellas, who followed in the footsteps of Ada Hegerberg and Megan Rapinoe by winning a year ago, captained Barcelona to the Champions League final last season as well as a domestic league and cup double.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was the Champions League top scorer with 11 goals, although her club lost the final to Lyon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winners will also receive digital tokens (NFTs) to go with their gleaming trophies, while organisers France Football magazine have also added a new humanitarian prize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is named for Socrates, the former Brazil midfielder who also held a medical degree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prize \"will identify the best social initiative by committed champions,\" France Football said. 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(2357, 2357, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Akshay Kumar is in no mood to let anyone spread lies about him. The actor called out a news website for claiming that the actor owns a private jet worth ₹260 crore. He shared a screenshot of the story along with a popular poem from his childhood.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He wrote, “Liar, Liar…pants on fire! Heard this in childhood? Well, some people have clearly not grown up, and I’m just not in a mood to let them get away with it. Write baseless lies about me, and I’ll call it out. Here, a Pants on Fire (POF) gem for you.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His fans also came out in full force to support the actor. A fan commented, \"Arey sir aise kon expose karta hai, nice to see your aggressive mood after long time.\" Another shared his meme from his hit comedy film Hera Pheri and asked, “Can we keep Pants on Fire at the same level with “jali Naa...teri jali na\"? One more fan shared his still from the film Rowdy Rathore and wrote, “Akki sir is in rowdy mood today!”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Akshay is currently gearing up for the release of his fifth and last film of 2022, Ram Setu. It will hit theatres around Diwali on October 25. The film\'s trailer shows Akshay on an archaeological mission to look for Ram Setu after the government requests Supreme Court\'s permission to demolish it. The film also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Nushrratt Bharuccha, Satyadev and Nassar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this year, Akshay saw the theatrical release of Bachchhan Paandey, Samrat Prithviraj and Raksha Bandhan, followed by Cuttputlli on an OTT platform. He already has a lineup of few films next year, including Selfiee with Emraan Hashmi and OMG 2 – Oh My God! 2. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 18:26:52', '2022-10-16 18:26:52'),
(2358, 2358, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Sunday urged energy-rich Brunei to invest in Bangladesh taking advantage of facilities that the country offers for the foreign investors.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Bangladesh can be the right place for investment. My request will be to invest in Bangladesh,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at a business meeting with Brunei’s Finance Minister Dr Awang Haji Mohd Amin Abdullah in a city hotel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Commerce Minister mentioned countries like India and China where Bangladesh has the opportunity to export whatever it wants apart from its own market of 170 million people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam also spoke at the meeting chaired by President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Md Jashim Uddin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issues related to trade and investment, recruitment of skilled workers from Bangladesh and using port facilities were discussed in the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Amin was appointed as the Minister at the Prime Minister\'s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II on September 27, 2018 and re-appointed on June 7, 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister Dr Amin said the two countries have the opportunity to work together on trade and investment fronts and explore opportunities to create a regional hub in terms of transportation. “We are expanding our seaports at the moment.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Brunei Halal Foods in Bangladesh was also signed at the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister Alam highlighted the contributions of Bangladeshis, especially that of the construction workers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lauding the contributions of the Bangladeshi expatriates in Brunei to the economy of Bangladesh and Brunei, Bangladesh conveyed its readiness for providing required workforce to Brunei, including professional and skilled human resources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sultan admired the Bangladeshi expatriate workers in Brunei as hard working and sincere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Saturday evening, the State Minister conveyed to Sultan of Brunei Haji Hassanal Bolkiah that Bangladesh was ready for attracting FDI and encouraged Bruneian investment in Bangladesh. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 18:48:30', '2022-10-16 18:48:30'),
(2359, 2359, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Namibia caused a major upset in the opening match of the T20 World Cup when they hammered newly-crowned Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jan Frylinck hit 44 and JJ Smit an unbeaten 31 as Namibia posted 163-7 after being invited to bat in Geelong and then bowled out Sri Lanka for 108 in 19 overs. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 19:00:46', '2022-10-16 19:00:46'),
(2360, 2360, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Maghrib Prayer (Arabic: صلاة المغرب ṣalāt al-maġrib, \"sunset prayer\") is one of the five mandatory salah (Islamic prayer). As an Islamic day starts at sunset, the Maghrib prayer is technically the first prayer of the day.[1][better source needed] If counted from midnight, it is the fourth prayer of the day.[2][better source needed][3][better source needed]</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>According to Sunni Muslims, the period for Maghrib prayer starts just after sunset, following Asr prayer, and ends at the beginning of night, the start of the Isha prayer. As for Shia Muslims, since they allow Maghrib and Isha prayers to be performed one after another, the period for Maghrib prayer extends until the start of the new day (midnight).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Except for the Hanafi school, however, Sunni Muslims are also permitted to combine Maghrib and Isha prayers if they are traveling and incapable of performing the prayers separately. In this case, the period for Maghrib prayer extends from sunset to dawn, as with Shiites. Amongst Sunnis, Salafis allow the combining of two consecutive prayers (Maghrib &amp; Isha\'a, Dhuhr &amp; \'Asr) for a wide range of reasons; such as when various needs arise or due to any difficulty (taking precedence from Hanbali and Shafiite schools).</div><div><br></div><div>The formal daily prayers of Islam comprise different numbers of units, called rakat.[2] The Maghrib prayer has three obligatory (fard) rak\'at and two sunnah and two non-obligatory nafls. The first two fard rak\'ats are prayed aloud by the Imam in congregation (the person who misses the congregation and is offering prayer alone is not bound to speak the first two rak\'ats aloud), and the third is prayed silently.[2]</div><div><br></div><div>To be considered valid salat, the formal daily prayers must each be performed within their own prescribed time period. People with a legitimate reason have a longer period during which their prayers will be valid.[3]</div><div><br></div><div>The five daily prayers collectively are one pillar of the Five Pillars of Islam, in Sunni Islam, and one of the ten Practices of the Religion (Furū al-Dīn) according to Shia Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 19:10:09', '2022-10-16 19:10:09'),
(2361, 2361, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said the Election Commission is not feeling any pressure as it is doing its job.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said this in response to a question from journalists at the Nirbachan Bhaban after visiting the Zila Parishad election monitoring cell on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Zila Parishad elections will be held on Monday in 57 districts from 9am to 2 pm.</div><div>The EC will monitor the polls through CCTV cameras from the monitoring cell of the Nirbachan Bhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended the by-elections to Gainbandha-5 parliamentary seat over widespread allegations of vote rigging and voter intimidation.</div><div><br></div><div>The CEC said the practice of using CCTV cameras is recent. “We can monitor the elections from here through it. This is a good practice.”</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have no party .We want voters to be able to cast their votes. We are using CCTV cameras for ensuring this,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to a question how the EC will monitor so many centers through CCTV during the national polls, Election Commissioner Alamgir said, “There will be 400,000 polling booths at 40,000 or 42,000 polling stations during the national election. Only the five election commissioners will not monitor the national election, more manpower will be engaged for monitoring.”</div><div><br></div><div>In response to another question, the Election Commissioner said that CCTV cameras will be used in every centre in the Zila Parishad elections just like the Gaibandha elections.</div><div><br></div><div>Voting in the Zila Parishad elections will be held at 925 booths in 462 centres across the&nbsp; country the while 60,866 voters will cast their vote. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 20:03:02', '2022-10-16 20:08:29'),
(2362, 2362, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nepal\'s veteran historian and the longest-surviving literature writer of the country, Satya Mohan Joshi, passed away on Sunday morning at the Kist Medical College and Teaching Hospital where he had been undergoing treatment.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Honoured as the Shatabdi Purush (Man of the Century), Joshi was 103 at the time of his passing. Joshi was undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with pneumonia, prostate, heart-related and dengue problems.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshi\'s son, Anu Raj Joshi, told the Post that they are yet to decide what to do with the deceased veteran\'s body as he and his wife had last year signed an agreement with the KIST to donate their bodies for research after their death.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshi was born in 1919 in Patan. He has contributed to arts and culture, with over 60 books on drama, culture, history and music to his name.</div><div><br></div><div>A three-time recipient of the Madan Puraskar for his work on folk studies, Nepali numismatics and the traditions of the Karnali region, the culture scholar is a popular name in every household in Nepal. Source: The Himalayan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 20:29:16', '2022-10-16 20:29:16'),
(2363, 2363, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mob of a dozen people hacked to death two Rohingya community leaders in Bangladesh, police said Sunday, as security worsens in camps housing almost a million refugees.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has been housing Rohingya refugees in a vast sprawl of camps since they fled a military crackdown in Myanmar in 2017 that is now the subject of a genocide investigation at the UN\'s top court.</div><div><br></div><div>The squalid settlements have seen escalating violence in recent months, with gangs trying to assert control over drug trafficking and intimidate the refugees\' civilian leadership through killings and abductions.</div><div><br></div><div>Police spokesman Faruk Ahmed said two Rohingya camp leaders were killed late on Saturday at Camp 13, calling it one of the worst attacks in recent months.</div><div><br></div><div>\"More than a dozen Rohingya miscreants hacked Maulvi Mohammad Yunus, 38, who is the head majhi of Camp 13. They also killed Mohammad Anwar, 38, another majhi. Yunus died on the spot and Amwar died at a hospital,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Majhi\" is a term for a Rohingya camp leader.</div><div><br></div><div>A senior officer of an elite police unit tasked with security in the camps blamed the killings on the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an insurgent group fighting the military in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These are targeted killings by ARSA. The internal clashes in Myanmar are impacting the security situation in the camps,\" he said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information.</div><div><br></div><div>Gangs have long fought turf wars for control of the drug trade, centred on yaba methamphetamine pills, but the police chief of the Bangladeshi district of Cox\'s Bazar said there was an escalation taking place, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 21:00:57', '2022-10-16 21:00:57'),
(2364, 2364, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to, Met Office Weather may remain mainly dry in most parts of the country in 24 hours commencing 9 am on Sunday as monsoon is weak over North Bay.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light rain accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at one or two places over Chattogram division and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country,” said a Met Office bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, a low pressure area may form over the Andaman Sea and adjoining area in next three days, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The mercury reached 34.7 degrees Celsius, the highest, in Bhola of Barishal division while the minimum temperature was recorded at 21.1 degrees in Tetulia of Rangpur division, in 24 hours till 6am on Sunday. Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Northern part of Bangladesh, said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 21:42:07', '2022-10-16 21:42:07'),
(2365, 2365, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mexican authorities are searching for gunmen who killed at least 12 people and injured three more after opening fire in a bar in central Mexico on Saturday evening.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gunshots were reported at the bar in the city of Irapuato in the central state of Guanajuato at close to 8 p.m. local time Saturday, the city’s Secretary of Citizen Safety said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Paramedics confirmed the deaths of six men and six women after arriving on scene, according to the statement. It is unclear who the victims are and how many gunmen were involved in the shooting.</div><div><br></div><div>A search operation for the attackers is underway with support from Guanajuato’s Secretary for Public Safety as well as the state’s prosecutor general’s office, the Secretary of National Defense, and the National Guard.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the second mass shooting in less than a month in the state of Guanajuato, which has been convulsed in recent years by brutal turf wars between rival drug gangs, according to Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>The state is a major manufacturing hub and production site for many of the world’s top carmakers.</div><div><br></div><div>It is attractive to drug cartels for the same reason it is to auto manufacturers: road and rail networks that lead straight to the US border.</div><div><br></div><div>President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has struggled to deal with gang violence since taking office in late 2018, according to Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>Although the number of homicides has fallen slightly this year, Lopez Obrador’s term is set to be the bloodiest in recent history. Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 21:57:56', '2022-10-16 21:57:56'),
(2366, 2366, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has said there is no immediate solution to the existing load shedding as the government has reduced import of primary fuel to conserve foreign currency reserve.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We have to cut fuel import considering the future situation as part of the plan to conserve foreign currencies,” he told reporters on Sunday on the sideline of a seminar on the country’s development.</div><div><br></div><div>Reinterring his call to people to be more patient and try to check any misuse of power in their consumptions, he said developed nations like Britain and Germany are now experiencing 4-5 hours of load shedding.</div><div><br></div><div>The energy advisor said that the government had thought that Russia-Ukraine war would stop but it has not happened.</div><div><br></div><div>He said there was a plan to import 1600 MW of power from India’s Adani Group and also get 1000 MW from Rampal power plant.</div><div><br></div><div>But transmission lines for these two projects are not ready and it will take 3-4 months more to get electricity from those.</div><div>“As a result, it is unlikely to improve power supply situation very soon,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said the government is trying to bring some natural gas from Bhola district and raise 1000 MW of power generation from solar energy, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>There is also a plan to replace some existing diesel-run irrigation pumps with solar-run irrigation system, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-16 23:46:58', '2022-10-16 23:46:58'),
(2367, 2367, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh and Brunei on Sunday signed four instruments, including an air services agreement, to elevate the bilateral relations to a newer height.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The bilateral instruments were signed in presence of visiting Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Prime Minister’s Office following the official talks between the two leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>The three other bilateral instruments are: ‘MoU on the Employment and Recruitment of Bangladeshi Workers,’ ‘MoU on the Field of Cooperation in the Supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other Petroleum Products;’ and ‘MoU on the Recognition of Certificate Issued under the Provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 as. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 00:10:22', '2022-10-17 00:10:22'),
(2368, 2368, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said the Election Commission is not feeling any pressure as it is doing its job.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said this in response to a question from journalists at the Nirbachan Bhaban after visiting the Zila Parishad election monitoring cell on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Zila Parishad elections will be held on Monday in 57 districts from 9am to 2 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>The EC will monitor the polls through CCTV cameras from the monitoring cell of the Nirbachan Bhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended the by-elections to Gainbandha-5 parliamentary seat over widespread allegations of vote rigging and voter intimidation.</div><div><br></div><div>The CEC said the practice of using CCTV cameras is recent. “We can monitor the elections from here through it. This is a good practice.”</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have no party .We want voters to be able to cast their votes. We are using CCTV cameras for ensuring this,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to a question how the EC will monitor so many centers through CCTV during the national polls, Election Commissioner Alamgir said, “There will be 400,000 polling booths at 40,000 or 42,000 polling stations during the national election. Only the five election commissioners will not monitor the national election, more manpower will be engaged for monitoring.”</div><div><br></div><div>In response to another question, the Election Commissioner said that CCTV cameras will be used in every centre in the Zila Parishad elections just like the Gaibandha elections.</div><div><br></div><div>Voting in the Zila Parishad elections will be held at 925 booths in 462 centres across the  country the while 60,866 voters will cast their vote. - Reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 00:33:31', '2022-10-17 00:42:40'),
(2369, 2369, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported six more Covid-19-linked deaths and 351 fresh cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country\'s total fatalities rose to 29,401 with the new deaths and the new cases raised the country\'s total caseload to 2,032,092, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate dropped to 5.86 per cent from Saturday’s 7.78 per cent as 5,988 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased were three men and three women. Of them, four were from Dhaka division and one each from Chattogram and Sylhet divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.13 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 02:08:02', '2022-10-17 02:08:02');
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(2370, 2370, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh received USD USD 769.88 million in remittance in two weeks of October (2-13), Bangladesh Bank data revealed on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladeshi expatriates sent inward remittance of USD 1.54 billion in September – the lowest in last 7 months.</div><div><br></div><div>After a decline in September, remittances showed a slow pace in October as well. In first two weeks of October, Bangladeshi expatriates sent inward remittances of USD 769.88 million. It indicates that at the end of this month, remittance flow could be USD 1.6 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite increasing the cash incentives to 2.5 percent, from 2 percent, in the current fiscal year (2022-23), inward flow of remittance saw a fall in September.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is receiving an average of USD 59.22 million in remittance per day through banking channels.</div><div><br></div><div>The fiscal year started with growth trend of inward remittance while the country received USD 2.09 billion remittance in July and USD 2.03 billion in August. But the trend fell in September with the fall of exchange rate of the dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>Financial sector insiders believe that expatriate workers prefers Hundi for inward remittance as the exchange rate of the US dollar is Tk 8 to 14 higher in the kerb market. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 02:41:22', '2022-10-17 02:41:22'),
(2371, 2371, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh and Brunei Darussalam on Sunday agreed to explore mechanisms for long-term collaboration in the energy sector, particularly in the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other petroleum products to Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Visiting Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina agreed for a long-term collaboration in the energy sector, said a joint statement issued after the official talks between the two leaders at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>“In view of Bangladesh\'s growing demand for energy and Brunei Darussalam\'s standing as a stable and key regional exporter of energy, both leaders agreed to explore mechanisms for long-term collaboration in the energy sector, particularly in the supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other petroleum products to Bangladesh,” said the statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the official talks, the two countries also signed four bilateral instruments, including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the Field of Cooperation in the Supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and other Petroleum Products.</div><div><br></div><div>Three other instruments are ‘Air Services Agreement,’ ‘MoU on the Employment and Recruitment of Bangladeshi Workers,’ and ‘MoU on the Recognition of Certificate Issued under the Provisions of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978 as amended.’</div><div><br></div><div>In the talks, both sides identified trade and investment as areas of vital bilateral cooperation and expressed their optimism to work to increase the volume of two-way trade, which is currently far below the potential.</div><div><br></div><div>The two countries also welcomed discussions to explore the possibility of a mechanism between the Ministry of Commerce of Bangladesh and the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Brunei Darussalam to widen cooperation in trade, commerce and investment, as well as to seek support for enhanced business-to-business relations and cooperation.</div><div><br></div><div>Both leaders also agreed to deepen collaboration in the field of Halal trade.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh offered Brunei Darussalam the advantages of the opportunities for investment in the Special Economic Zones of Bangladesh. Brunei Darussalam took note of the offer and looked forward to discussing potential areas of investment cooperation for the mutual benefit of both countries, according to the joint statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei Darussalam also invited Bangladesh to consider investing in its economic diversification activities, such as in the food, agriculture and aquaculture industries.</div><div><br></div><div>In the official talks held in a warm and cordial atmosphere, the two leaders reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral relations.</div><div><br></div><div>The two leaders acknowledged with satisfaction that the relationship has reached a new height with the visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister to Brunei Darussalam in April 2019 and the Brunei Sultan’s visit to Bangladesh now.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides agreed to work closely together as development partners in view of the strong commonalities existing in faith, tradition and culture, and shared vision of prosperity, peace and stability.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brunei Sultan appreciated the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the development journey of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also congratulated Haji Hassanal Bolkiah on his extraordinary leadership in preserving peace, stability and prosperity of Brunei Darussalam and the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Both the leaders underscored the need to tap the available synergies and stressed the importance of increased interaction and engagements at various levels between the government agencies, as well as of enhancing people-to-people contacts between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The two leaders agreed to strengthen the existing bilateral mechanisms between the two countries, including regular meetings at the level of Foreign Minister.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides agreed to strengthen cooperation to counter the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh PM conveyed gratitude to the visiting Sultan for the support extended to Bangladesh expatriates living and working in Brunei Darussalam during the difficult period of the COVID-19 outbreak.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei Darussalam acknowledged the contribution of the Bangladeshi expatriates in its continued development process.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei Darussalam and Bangladesh agreed to discuss the possibility of recruiting more workers, including skilled workforce and professionals from Bangladesh to Brunei Darussalam in the relevant sectors, where necessary. Both sides agreed to govern the recruitment process in a transparent, orderly and ethical manner.</div><div><br></div><div>Recalling the respective MoUs on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cooperation signed in 2019, both sides acknowledged the ongoing discussion between the relevant authorities in both countries to explore potential projects under these MoUs. Both sides looked forward to the convening of the Joint Agriculture Working Committee (JAWC) to be held in November this year in Brunei Darussalam to progress this further.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides recognised the need for quality education for human resource development.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh appreciated Brunei Darussalam\'s goodwill by continuing to offer scholarships to Bangladeshi students for higher education. Both sides agreed to further deepen and widen the scope of collaboration in the area of higher education for mutual benefit.</div><div><br></div><div>In the context of Bangladesh\'s growing capacity in the healthcare sector, as well as Brunei Darussalam\'s capacity for modern and advanced medical infrastructures, both sides noted the importance of signing an MoU on health sector cooperation for the recruitment and training of healthcare professionals, specialised services and pharmaceutical services, as well as other potential areas of cooperation that may be of mutual benefit to both countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The two leaders also agreed to work in new and emerging areas including ICT, green technology and blue economy for mutual benefit.</div><div><br></div><div>Emphasising the value of peace, security and stability for socio-economic development, the two leaders agreed to broaden the scope of existing defence and security cooperation, disaster response and humanitarian operations.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides stressed the need for air and maritime connectivity to enhance trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people contacts and agreed to encourage the private sector operators to become involved for better connectivity between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The two sides agreed to further deepen mutual cooperation in the regional and international fora, including the UN, OIC, the Commonwealth and ARF on issues of mutual interest and common position.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei Darussalam appreciated Bangladesh\'s continued interest to strengthen its relations with ASEAN and assured its support for Bangladesh\'s bid to become a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh expressed gratitude to Brunei Darussalam for its political support for the expeditious repatriation of over a million displaced persons from the Rakhine State, temporarily sheltered in Bangladesh, in a safe, secure, sustainable and dignified manner.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brunei Sultan appreciated the generosity and hospitality of Bangladesh rendered to the displaced persons and assured that his government would continue to support Bangladesh in seeking a durable solution, with a view to ensuring the overall peace and security of the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides reiterated that the visit of the Brunei Sultan would usher in a new chapter in the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Brunei Darussalam. They expressed optimism for a stronger and deeper partnership for mutual benefit of the two brotherly countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The two leaders welcomed and witnessed the signing of the bilateral instruments and expressed their expectations for the early implementation of the provisions as envisaged in those instruments.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, on his arrival at the PMO, the sultan was received by the Bangladesh prime minister at the Tiger Gate of the Prime Minister’s Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the formal talks, the two leaders also had a tête-à-tête for some time. Then the 50-minute official talks started where the two leaders were leading their respective sides.</div><div><br></div><div>Brunei Minister of Finance and Economy Dr Amin Abdullah signed three instruments while its Home Affairs Minister Awang Haji Ahmaddin inked the rest one on behalf of their government.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh’s Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md Mahbub Ali and State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury signed each instrument.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday afternoon, the Brunei Sultan arrived in Dhaka by a special flight on his first state visit to Bangladesh for two days. President Abdul Hamid warmly received the Sultan at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport amid 21-gun salute.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 15,000 Bangladeshis are now working in oil-rich Brunei. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 02:57:30', '2022-10-17 02:57:30'),
(2372, 2372, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Turkey\'s president has been criticised for linking the deaths of 41 miners in an explosion to \"destiny\", saying such accidents \"will always be\".</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Recep Tayyip Erdogan\'s comments triggered protests in Istanbul, with some describing the accident in northern Turkey as \"a massacre\".</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Relatives of the dead claim they reported being able to smell gas for more than a week.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Friday\'s blast at the facility on the Black Sea also left 28 injured.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mr Erdogan made the remarks during a visit to the site in Bartin province on Saturday.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"We are people who believe in the plan of destiny,\" he told reporters, as he was surrounded by rescue workers. Such accidents \"will always be, we need to know that too\", he added.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">But the comment angered many. Opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu demanded to know \"in which century we are living?\".</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"Why [do] the mine accidents happen only in Turkey?\" he said.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Emin Koramaz, who leads the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects, dismissed the idea the blast could be described as an accident, alleging on Twitter that the miners had been sent \"hundreds of metres underground without taking the necessary precautions, without inspection and without creating safe conditions\".</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The official cause of the blast is not yet known. Authorities said Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into the cause of the explosion, with preliminary findings suggesting it was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in coal mines.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Angry families suspect gas may have played a role. The father of a man in his early 20s who died in the explosion told Pakistan\'s Associated Press that his son had also reported smelling gas for 10 days.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the village of Makaraci, which lost four men, a tearful woman told Mr Erdogan at her brother\'s funeral: \"President, my brother knew, he said there was a gas leak 10, 15 days ago. He said \'they will explode us soon\'. How come it\'s negligence? He said \'they will explode us here\'... He knew it.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to news agency AFP, after a moment of silence, Mr Erdogan replied: \"Sorry for your loss, may Allah give patience.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Around 110 people were in the mine at the time of Friday\'s blast, almost half of them at more than 300m (984ft) deep. Some 58 people working in the mine when the blast went off were rescued or got out by themselves.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The mine belongs to the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprises.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Turkey witnessed its deadliest coal mining disaster in 2014, when 301 people died after a blast in the western town of Soma. BBC</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 13:04:02', '2022-10-17 13:04:02'),
(2373, 2373, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United Nations\' refugee agency has said it is \"deeply distressed\" by the discovery of almost 100 naked men at the border between Greece and Turkey.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two countries have blamed each other for the plight of the 92 migrants.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greece laid the blame at Turkey\'s door, saying its \"behaviour\" was a \"shame for civilisation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey branded its neighbour\'s claims as \"fake news\" and accused it of \"cruelty\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As both sides blamed each other, the United Nation\'s refugee agency called for an investigation and said it was \"deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greek police said they rescued the 92 men who were discovered naked, and some with injuries, close to its northern border with Turkey on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said an investigation by them and officials from the EU border agency Frontex, found evidence that the migrants crossed the Evros river into Greek territory in rubber dinghies from Turkey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Border policemen... discovered 92 illegal migrants without clothes, some of whom had injuries on their bodies,\" the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greek authorities said the men were immediately given clothing, food and first aid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not clear how and why the men had lost their clothes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frontex said the men were mainly from Afghanistan and Syria, and that the organisation\'s fundamental rights officer had been informed of a potential rights violation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greek minister for civil protection, Takis Theodorikakos, accused Turkey of \"instrumentalising illegal immigration\" in the latest in a row over migration between the neighbours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on Greek television he claimed that many of the migrants had told Frontex that \"three Turkish army vehicles had transferred them\" to the river which acts as a border between the two countries. The BBC has not been able to independently verify this claim.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"One would expect a working explanation from the Turkish government\'s side,\" Mr Theodorikakos said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day earlier, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said in a tweet that Turkey\'s treatment of the migrants was a \"shame for civilisation\". He said Athens expected Ankara to investigate the incident and \"protect... its border with the EU\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dispute has reached the highest level of government in Turkey, with tweets on behalf of the president denying any responsibility for what had happened and blaming Greece for the \"inhuman\" situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Greek machine of fake news is back at work,\" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\'s top press aide Fahrettin Altun wrote on the social media site.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He described the allegations as \"futile and ridiculous\", accusing Greece of not respecting the refugees by posting their pictures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, the UNHCR said it is \"deeply distressed by the shocking reports and images\", but said it had not been able to speak to the group directly yet - something which it hoped would happen in the coming days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We condemn any cruel and degrading treatment and call for a full investigation,\" the UNHCR told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The discovery of the men comes days after a leaked report by an EU agency criticised some senior staff at Frontex for covering up illegal pushbacks of migrants by Greece to Turkey, something Athens denies. Frontex says such practices by its staff are a thing of the past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan used a UN address to accuse Greece of transforming the Aegean Sea into a \"cemetery\" and said it had \"oppressive policies\" on immigration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greece was on the frontline of a European migration crisis in 2015 and 2016, when around a million refugees fleeing war and poverty in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan arrived in the country, mainly via Turkey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of arrivals has fallen since then, but Greek authorities said they had recently seen an increase in attempted arrivals through the Turkish land border and the Greek islands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greece has urged Turkey to respect a 2016 deal with the European Union in which Ankara agreed to contain the flow of migrants to Europe in exchange for billions of euros in aid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Athens will soon extend a 25-mile (40-kilometre) fence along its northern border with Turkey to prevent migrants from entering the country, Mr Theodorikakos said. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 13:19:06', '2022-10-17 13:19:06'),
(2374, 2374, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two days after the release of his film Doctor G, Ayushmann Khurrana and wife Tahira Kashyap hosted a star-studded pre-Diwali bash at their Mumbai residence on Sunday. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All from Kartik Aaryan, Karan Johar to Kriti Sanon, Ananya Panday, Taapsee Pannu joined the couple in the celebrations. Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal also made their first appearance after throwing their wedding reception earlier this month. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Host Ayushmann chose a black kurta pyjama and was joined by Tahira in a soft pink lehenga. His brother Aparshakti Khurana and his wife Akriti also joined them at the party. They posed with Arpita Khan outside the venue. Ayushmann\'s Doctor G co-star Rakul Preet Singh was in a light green sharara.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taapsee Pannu arrived for the party in a red saree with a big gift box in her hand. Ayushmann\'s Badhaai Ho co-star Sanya Malhotra too arrived in a dark pink saree. Kriti Sanon, who has worked with him in Bareilly Ki Barfi, was in a white and golden saree. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their another co-star Rajkummar Rao joined them with his actor wife Patralekhaa. She was in a dramatic pink saree gown. Richa Chadha made a glamorous appearance in a dramatic silver saree while Ali Fazal kept it simple in a white kurta and denims. Varun Dhawan joined them with wife Natasha Dalal, who was in a blue saree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karan Johar posed with Ananya Panday and designer Manish Malhotra at the party. Ananya was in an orange outfit. Kartik was spotted in a blue kurta and white pyjama and he even recorded a video to promote Doctor G along with Ayushmann.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among others were Neha Dhupia and husband Angad Bedi, Riteish Deshmukh with wife Genelia, Sonali Bendre with husband Goldie Behl, Shaheer Sheikh with wife Ruchikaa Kapoor, Huma Qureshi, producer Dinesh Vijan and filmmaker Guneet Monga. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 14:33:10', '2022-10-17 22:30:10'),
(2375, 2375, '<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Days are spent under a hail of shells, and night brings no respite for Ukrainian soldiers as enemy forces draw ever closer in Bakhmut, one of the last towns where Russian troops are still advancing.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The metallic boom of shelling echoes across the hills surrounding the small town, home to 70,000 people before the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has been falling back in its offensive -- but in Bakhmut, unlike across most of the front line, Ukrainians are on the defensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They face the \"most difficult\" challenges, President Volodymyr Zelensky said this weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian troops still control the northern and western parts of the city, AFP journalists saw on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Metal crosses and blocks of concrete mark the Ukrainian front line, dubbed \"point zero\". No one is allowed past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around it, in the \"grey zone\", Russia is on the offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pro-Russian separatist forces have pressed ahead east and south of Bakhmut, relying on their base in the city of Donetsk about 100 kilometres (62 miles) away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, they said they recaptured two neighbouring villages, Opytine and Ivangrad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Close combat -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The retaking of the two villages raised fears that Russian forces, including Wagner paramilitary units, may have infiltrated the eastern part of the city, according to a British intelligence note.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the ground, Ukrainian soldiers told AFP there was now close combat with members of pro-Russian forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enemy troops \"start when night falls. They send their reconnaissance units around 6 pm,\" said one soldier who uses the nom de guerre \"Poliak\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a bitter tone of voice, the 50-year-old from the 93rd brigade said inexperienced, \"single use\" soldiers are sent into the line of fire to \"divert\" attention from more experienced units carrying out sabotage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Between then and 5 am, we get about seven or eight (diversion) attacks like that,\" he explained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poliak recently suffered a minor shrapnel injury and returned exhausted from the most intense of the fighting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After four sleepless nights, the former truck driver said he experiences \"hallucinations\" from the stress and fatigue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One evening, his unit opened fire, thinking they could see a Russian commando through night-vision goggles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early in the morning, they realised they had been shooting at a pile of logs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unit has since been given some rest. Of its 13 men, five were injured, and two never came back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Lost purpose -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every building in the Ukrainian-controlled centre of Bakhmut bears the marks of two months of intense combat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Windows of the buildings still standing have been smashed, and rooves have been ripped off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civilians live in their basements, taking great risks as they search for food, water, fuel, fresh air, or power from communal generators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no running water in Bakhmut, and electricity was completely cut off ten days ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Miraculously, the phone network is holding up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People stock up on food at the market, where a few items are laid out on wooden planks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An 80-year-old woman stood in a state of shock in the streets, holding a pipe for her wooden stove.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We cannot even bury people anymore,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"My sister has been under the rubble (after a strike) overnight on October 12-13. No one can come get her body. I just wander about, without any purpose. I do not know where to go,\" the former beekeeper said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"My bees are somewhere in the forest, left to fend for themselves. And we are left fending for ourselves too,\" she said, bursting into tears. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 14:38:33', '2022-10-17 14:38:33'),
(2376, 2376, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Neymar scored the only goal of the game as Paris Saint-Germain maintained their unbeaten record this season and moved three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 by beating bitter rivals Marseille 1-0 on Sunday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Brazilian converted a Kylian Mbappe assist in first-half stoppage time to decide a hard-fought encounter with chances at both ends and a red card for Marseille defender Samuel Gigot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was sent off in the 72nd minute for scything down Neymar, whose theatrical reaction may have helped convince the referee to produce a red card instead of a yellow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a welcome return to winning ways for PSG after three straight draws -- two of which came against Benfica in the Champions League -- and a week overshadowed by new doubts about Mbappe\'s future at the club.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG are three points clear of surprise package Lorient, who drew 0-0 on Saturday with Reims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lens are five points behind the leaders in third, with Marseille another point adrift now in fourth after their second successive domestic defeat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe lined up for the Parisians despite the reports this week that he wants to leave the Qatar-owned club at the earliest possible opportunity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The France superstar has not yet spoken out publicly to confirm or deny the reports which surfaced in Spain ahead of Tuesday\'s game against Benfica and were later also reported by various French media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lionel Messi returned for Christophe Galtier\'s side after missing the last two games with a minor injury, and the Argentine was desperately unlucky not to find the net from a first-half free-kick.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After being fouled just outside the area, his dead-ball strike from a little over 20 metres hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced away off the line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before that Mbappe was twice denied by fine saves from Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez, while PSG lost Danilo Pereira to injury early on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Portugal midfielder has been standing in at centre-back with Presnel Kimpembe injured, while Sergio Ramos was suspended here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG will hope Pereira\'s injury is nothing serious, as will the player with the World Cup now just over a month away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marseille were a threat too when they got forward but the home side went ahead two minutes into added time at the end of the half.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marco Verratti won back possession high inside the Marseille half before Mbappe set up Neymar to slot a first-time shot low into the corner for his ninth league goal of the campaign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marseille, who beat Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League in midweek, could not find an equaliser in the second half and were handicapped by the loss of Gigot for his lunge on Neymar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Blanc loses Lyon debut -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Lyon\'s alarming slump continued as they went down 3-2 to Rennes in their first game since appointing former PSG boss Laurent Blanc as their new coach.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blanc succeeded the sacked Peter Bosz last week to return to French football more than six years after his departure from Paris, where he won three Ligue 1 titles in three seasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His only coaching job in the intervening period came at Al Rayyan in Qatar, a club he departed in February after just over a year in charge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is now charged with reviving the fortunes of the seven-time former French champions but a brace from Martin Terrier and an Amine Gouiri goal gave Rennes the victory which leaves them fifth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alexandre Lacazette scored twice for Lyon who are now down in 10th after seeing their run without a win extended to six games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I enjoyed everything about my day. Everything except the result,\" said Blanc.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monaco are sixth after a 1-1 draw with Clermont in which they were hindered by the early sending-off of Malian midfielder Mohamed Camara.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Breel Embolo put the principality side ahead, following up to score after his penalty was saved, but Komnen Andric equalised for Clermont. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 15:18:31', '2022-10-17 15:18:31'),
(2377, 2377, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Vastness is a defining feature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has more than 96 million members, and the party’s official list of heroes and martyrs counts two million names of those remembered for their storied lives and heroic deaths.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the expansiveness of the CCP’s political structure, just a tiny few have completed the long march to the party’s upper echelons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">And among those who have reached the pinnacles of the party’s hierarchy, just four names have been anointed as the party’s “core” leaders: Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin and the most recent addition, President Xi Jinping.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some also argue that only Mao, Deng, and Xi deserve to be considered as truly ‘great’ leaders as Jiang’s “core” status was bequeathed rather than earned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week’s highly choreographed event in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing is not only about naming Xi president for an unprecedented third term, but also recognising him as the party’s strongest leader since Mao, who ruled for 27 years until his death in 1976.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Everybody is silent,” said Xuezhi Guo, author of The Politics of the Core Leader in China.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There is almost no opposition — checks and balances — in the party leadership anymore,” Guo, a professor of political science at Guilford College in the United States, told Al Jazeera.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The entire atmosphere in China now is anybody talks about or discusses about the negatives of Xi Jinping would have … trouble today. You see, that’s the problem,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the title might sound obscure, Xi’s recognition by the party as its “core” leader is testimony to his “profound” relationships with current party members, party veterans, and the powerful military, Guo said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“When the core leader is established it’s very hard for any kind of forces in the party leadership to contain the power of the core leader once the position has been established,” he explained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mao, Deng and Xi achieved their “core” leadership status through a recognition by party members that they had become central to the party’s functioning and, by extension, to the fate of China and its people, Guo explains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xi will undoubtedly be named president for a third term, Guo added, and this “time he’s much more stronger, much more powerful”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And herein lies the danger for China’s most dominant leader in decades.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">None dare challenge or criticise Xi, Guo explains, describing an atmosphere in the party that has becomes so inwardly policed in support of Xi that it could “create what we call arbitrary rule”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Xi moves into his third term and surrounds himself with younger, hand-picked teams of loyal officials, that silence will only deepen, he said, as none among them will dare question the man they know is responsible for their positions. Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 15:52:53', '2022-10-17 15:52:53'),
(2378, 2378, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah left Dhaka for his country by a special VVIP flight on Monday morning.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen saw him off at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also handed over an album to the Sultan containing photos of his two-day state visit that ended Sunday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sultan arrived in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon and held meetings with President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday and Sunday respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two countries signed four bilateral cooperation documents including a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy cooperation after his official talks with the Prime Minister on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 16:04:59', '2022-10-17 16:04:59'),
(2379, 2379, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from the Gazipur filling station fire rose to two with the death of another victim at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) early Monday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased was identified as covered van driver Parvez, 33, of Chandpur district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Parvez, who sustained 86 percent burns, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery of DMCH around 6:30 am, said the hospital’s police outpost in-charge Md Bacchu Mia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 13, the fire broke out in a cylinder-laden van while refuelling gas at Wahed Ali Filling Station in Gazipur’s Borobari area and then spread, leaving seven people injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seven people who sustained burn injuries in the fire were all standing nearby. They were first taken to Tahirunnesa Memorial Medical College Hospital (TMMC) and five of them were shifted to DMCH in a critical condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among them, Mithu,26 succumbed to his injuries on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The other injured undergoing treatment at DMCH are Al Amin, 25, Anwar, 30, and Sirajul Islam, 28. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 17:00:32', '2022-10-17 17:00:32'),
(2380, 2380, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least three explosions have been heard in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, after air raid sirens went off.</span><br></p><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said residential buildings in the central Shevchenkivskiy area had been damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andriy Yermak, head of President Zelensky\'s office, said the attacks were from so-called kamikaze drones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A week ago, the capital was hit by several Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19 dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The explosions on Monday happened at around 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT), said the BBC\'s Paul Adams, who is in the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writing on the Telegram social media site, Mr Klitschko said they were in the Shevchenkivskiy district, which was hit by several strikes last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said rescuers were on site, and told residents to stay in air raid shelters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Yermak said on Telegram that the attack was from kamikaze drones, and that Ukraine needed more air defence systems \"as soon as possible\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What are kamikaze drones?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&gt; Small aerial weapons, also known as loitering munitions, which are destroyed after striking the target</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&gt; Unlike other drones - which are supposed to return home after dropping missiles - kamikaze drones are disposable</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&gt; The name derives from the Japanese pilots who volunteered to crash their planes in suicide missions in World War Two</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&gt; President Zelensky has previously accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>line</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week\'s strikes were in retaliation for the bombing of a key bridge linking Russia to occupied Crimea, which he blamed on Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the first time during the war that the centre of Kyiv had been directly targeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this week, Mr Putin said there was no need for more large-scale strikes on Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most designated targets had been hit, he said, adding that it was not his aim to destroy the country. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 17:09:24', '2022-10-17 17:09:24');
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(2381, 2381, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday arrested a fugitive convict who had been on the run since his conviction in Biswajit Das murder case in 2012.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrestee was Mosharraf Hossain alias Abdullah, 34, of Kishoreganj. He was sentenced to life in jail in the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tipped off, a team of Rab-2 arrested Abdullah conducting a drive in the city’s Gulshan area on Sunday night, said Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Md Fazlul Haque, senior additional director (Media) of RAB-2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 9, 2012, tailoring shop employee Biswajit was chopped to death by some BCL activists near Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka during the BNP-led alliance\'s countrywide road blockade programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 18, 2013, a tribunal sentenced eight BCL activists to death and 13 others, including Abdullah, to life imprisonment in the murder case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 6, 2017, the High Court upheld the death sentences of Rafiqul Islam Shakil and Rajon Talukder and commuted the capital punishment of four other convicts — Mahfuzur Rahman Nahid, Emdadul Haque Emdad, GM Rasheduzzaman Shawon and Mir Nurul Alam Liman — to life term. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 18:01:42', '2022-10-17 18:01:42'),
(2382, 2382, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, says the attacks on Kyiv early Monday with “kamikaze drones” were a sign of Russian “desperation”.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several explosions have rocked the central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine’s capital, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, damaging a number of residential buildings. The same area was the target of Russian attacks exactly a week ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Intense fighting rages in Ukraine’s Donbas, Kherson</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian and Ukrainian forces are engaged in heavy fighting around two towns in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and in the Kherson province in the south, which Russia said it had annexed last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The key hot spots in Donbas are Soledar and Bakhmut,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address on Sunday. “Very heavy fighting is going on there.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bakhmut has been a target of Russian forces in their slow move through the region since taking the twin industrial towns of Lysychansk and Severodonetsk in June and July. Soledar is just north of Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia’s defence ministry said on Sunday its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Donetsk, Kherson and Mykolaiv regions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Kyiv attacked by ‘kamikaze drones’: Ukrainian presidency</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Ukrainian capital has been attacked by “kamikaze drones”, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president has said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The Russians think it will help them, but it shows their desperation,” Andriy Yermak said on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Military analysts have said Russia most likely used strategic bombers, cruise missiles and Iranian-made Shaheed “kamikaze” drones last week during renewed shelling in revenge for an attack on the Crimean Bridge, which links the annexed peninsula of Crimea to mainland Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Several explosions rock central Kyiv district</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Several explosions have hit a central district of Ukraine’s capital, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The blasts hit the Shevchenkivskyi district and damaged a number of residential buildings, Klitschko said on the Telegram messaging service.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Rescuers are on the site,” he wrote, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in a non-residential building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no immediate information on casualties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom, reporting from Kyiv, said residents were being urged to shelter in place. “Today, people are concerned that this is going to continue throughout the day,” he said. Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 18:10:11', '2022-10-17 18:10:11'),
(2383, 2383, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to work together in growing more food bringing every inch of lands under cultivation to protect Bangladesh from the possible global famine or food crisis against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I again request you all not to waste food and increase food production. Bring every inch of lands under cultivation. Protect Bangladesh from possible famine and food deficit-like situations. I believe it is definitely possible with efforts from all,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister was addressing a function marking the World Food Day-2022 organised by the Agriculture Ministry at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joining virtually the programme from her official Ganabhaban residence here, she also said the international organisations have forecasted that the world is going to face famine and food crisis in the days to come.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We all have to be alert from now on as no food deficit is seen in our country. ---there are a lot of lands of the government and private orginsations. Cultivate food grains whatever you can including vegetables, fruits and others utilising every inch of abandoned lands,\" she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said if all the people have attention on producing food, Bangladesh would not face any food crisis, although the world might be hit hard by the famine.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In that case, she said Bangladesh would be able to extend its helping hands to the possible famine-hit countries by giving food assistance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier reminded all that the Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted the food supply chain and transportation system that is skyrocketing the prices of food globally.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder, Fisheries and Livestock Minister SM Rezaul Karim and Chairman of the Agriculture Ministry\'s Parliamentary Standing Committee and former agriculture minister Begum Matia Chowdhury addressed the function.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam gave the address of welcome.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A video documentary on the World Food Day and the government\'s efforts for the development of agriculture sector was screened at the function.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Food Day-2022 was observed on Sunday in the country as elsewhere in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\'s theme of the day was \"Kauke Poshchatey Rekhey Noy-Valo Uthpadoney Uttom Pushti, Surokkhito Poribesh Abong Unnoto Jibon\". BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 18:35:28', '2022-10-17 19:17:38'),
(2384, 2384, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The recent deaths of a string of celebrities including Raju Srivastava, Sidharth Shukla, singer KK among many others due to sudden cardiac arrest and heart attack has sent shockwaves across the country.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the cardiac deaths rise, health experts have been warning people to keep an eye on the warning signs and also stressing on learning the first aid treatment technique in case somene gets a sudden cardiac arrest or heart attack around you. While cardiac arrest and heart attack look like similar conditions, it is important to know the difference between the two.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Heart attack occurs when one of the coronary arteries is blocked and your heart muscles do not get adequate blood supply to function while in case of a sudden cardiac arrest, there is abrupt loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness. Sudden cardiac arrest can lead to death if not treated immediately and literally every second counts when a person suffers from it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What is sudden cardiac arrest</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The heart is operated by a complex, inbuilt electrical system that helps in maintaining a healthy heartbeat as it pumps blood across the body. However, many a times, the electrical signals can get blocked or jumbled, causing the heart to beat too quickly.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The heart rate might suddenly increase to 300 beats per minute or higher from its typical resting range of 60 to 100 beats per minute. As this happens, the heart muscle quivers and loses its ability to pump blood efficiently (or suddenly stops beating) resulting in sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). SCA can affect people of all genders and age groups.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are numerous factors that can contribute to SCA, but no matter the reason, it can turn into a life-threatening event,\" says Dr P.K. Hazra, Head of Department, Cardiology at AMRI Hospitals, Kolkata.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The difference between sudden cardiac arrest and heart attack</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is important to realize that a sudden cardiac arrest differs from a heart attack, which happens when one or more of the patient\'s coronary arteries get blocked. However, an acute heart attack can sometimes trigger an electrical disturbance as its pumping efficiency becomes weak and blood circulation gets low, resulting in a sudden cardiac arrest,\" says Dr Hazra. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 18:43:33', '2022-10-17 18:43:33'),
(2385, 2385, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Roughly 3,000 light-years from Earth sits one of the most complex and least understood nebulae, a whirling landscape of gas and dust left in the wake of a star’s death throes. A new computer visualization reveals the 3-D structure of the Cat’s Eye nebula and hints at how not one, but a pair of dying stars sculpted its complexity.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The digital reconstruction, based on images from the Hubble Space Telescope, reveals two symmetric rings around the nebula’s edges. The rings were probably formed by a spinning jet of charged gas that was launched from two stars in the nebula’s center, Ryan Clairmont and colleagues report in the October Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“I realized there hasn’t been a comprehensive study of the structure of the nebula since the early ’90s,” says Clairmont, an undergraduate at Stanford University. Last year, while a high school student in San Diego, he reached out to a couple of astrophysicists at a scientific imaging company called Ilumbra who had written software to reconstruct the 3-D structure of astronomical objects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The team combined Hubble images with ground-based observations of light in several wavelengths, which revealed the motions of the nebula’s gas. Figuring out which parts were moving toward and away from Earth helped reveal its 3-D structure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The team identified two partial rings to either side of the nebula’s center. The rings’ symmetry and unfinished nature suggest they are the remains of a plasma jet launched from the heart of the nebula, then snuffed out before it could complete a full circle. Such jets are usually formed through an interaction between two stars orbiting one another, says Ilumbra partner Wolfgang Steffen, who is based in Kaiserslautern, Germany.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The work won Clairmont a prize at the 2021 International Science and Engineering Fair, an annual competition run by the Society for Science, which publishes Science News. Steffen was skeptical about the tight deadline — when Clairmont reached out, he had just two months to complete the project.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“I said that’s impossible! Not even Ph.D. students or anybody has tried that before,” Steffen says. “He did it brilliantly. He pulled it all off and more than we expected.” SN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 18:55:18', '2022-10-17 18:55:18'),
(2386, 2386, '<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Sheikh Russel Day will be observed in the country tomorrow in a befitting manner coinciding with the 59th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\'s youngest son Shaheed Sheikh Russel.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br></span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Sheikh Russel, also the youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi road number 32 in the capital.</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">But he was brutally assassinated along with most of his family members, including his father Bangabandhu, on August 15, 1975 when he was a student of class four at University Laboratory School.</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The Cabinet Division last year declared October 18, the birthday of Sheikh Russel, as Sheikh Russel Day under the category \"Ka\".&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">To mark the day, government bodies, ruling Awami League and its associate bodies, and different socio-cultural organizations will observe various programmes at national and international levels.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Awami League leaders and workers will place wreaths at the graves of Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 carnage at Banani graveyard here at 9am tomorrow.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br></span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Fateha, milad and doa mahfil will also be offered there, said a press release.</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The day will also be observed at Bangladesh missions abroad while different dailies will publish supplements highlighting the significance of the day tomorrow. BSS</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><br></span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">bnbd24/kh</span></p><p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">&nbsp;</span></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 19:15:21', '2022-10-17 19:19:28'),
(2387, 2387, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Scotland hammered two-time Twenty20 World Cup champions West Indies by 42 runs in another big upset at the tournament on Monday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Opener George Munsey hit an unbeaten 66 as Scotland posted 160-5 after being put in to bat first. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 19:42:38', '2022-10-17 19:42:38'),
(2388, 2388, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Light rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram division and weather may remain mainly dry with partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Day and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">a weather forecast for the next twenty-four hours begins from 9am on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weather may remain dry over country</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Southwest monsoon has withdrawn from Northern part of Bangladesh. Conditions</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">are favourable for further withdrawal of South-west monsoon from remaining</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">part of Bangladesh. Monsoon is weak over North Bay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Country\'s maximum temperature on Sunday was recorded by 35.1 degree Celsius</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">at Sylhet and minimum temperature today was recorded by 20.9 degree Celsius</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">at Tetulia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6am today was recorded</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">by 04 millimeters (mm) at Rangamati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\'s sunset at Dhaka at 05:31 pm and tomorrow\'s sunrise at 05:57 am. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 20:00:44', '2022-10-17 20:00:44'),
(2389, 2389, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Diet Sabya and their followers believe that Malaika Arora had the best walk at the Lakme Fashion Week and even compared the star\'s showstopper moment with Jennifer Lopez\'s iconic ramp moment in the green Versace dress.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They posted a video on Instagram and wrote, \"Malla just owned the ramp.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This week, many big names attended the Lakme Fashion Week and some turned showstoppers for designers. Malaika Arora is one of them as she walked the ramp for the clothing label Limerick by Abirr and Nanki.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, Diet Sabya posted a video featuring Malaika Arora and Jennifer Lopez\'s ramp walk with the caption, \"Same energy. Best walk at fashion week! Haters can argue with the wall.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Their followers and Malaika\'s fans agreed with the statement and rushed to the comments section to shower the Chaiyya Chaiyya Girl with compliments. While the video showed Malaika walking the ramp in a bralette, skirt and a flowy cape jacket, Jennifer Lopez\'s clip is from a Versace show that celebrated the 20th anniversary of her green \'Jungle\' dress. Check out the video below and see the two diva\'s iconic and unmatchable energies on the ramp. Source: Hindustan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 20:35:57', '2022-10-17 20:35:57'),
(2390, 2390, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Renowned actor Masum Aziz died at a hospital in the capital on Monday afternoon, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Ekushey Padak winning actor breathed his last at Square Hospital at 3:00pm while undergoing treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>His son Utso Jaman confirmed the news. Apart from being an actor, Masum Aziz is also known as a screenwriter and dramatist.</div><div><br></div><div>While studying at Chittagong University, he made his acting debut in theatre.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1985, he debuted in TV drama. He has played more than four hundred dramas. Alongside performing on TV and stage, he has also acted in films.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor has been honoured with the National Film Award for his performance in ‘Ghani’ in 2006.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 21:24:18', '2022-10-17 21:24:18'),
(2391, 2391, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mamata Banerjee today said Sourav Ganguly, who has been replaced as the Indian cricket board chairman, \"had been deprived\" and appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send him to the ICC (International Cricket Council).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Bengal Chief Minister said Sourav Ganguly had been \"unfairly left out\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"He\'s been deprived. What is his fault? I am very sad. I am really shocked. Sourav is a very popular personality. He was the captain of the Indian team. He gave a lot to the country. He is not only the pride of Bengal but the pride of India. Why was he excluded in such an unfair way,\'\' Mamata Banerjee said, speaking to reporters at the Kolkata airport.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My humble regards to the PM. Please take care that Sourav Ganguly is must be allowed to contest the ICC election.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Nominations for ICC chairman have to be filed on October 20.</div><div><br></div><div>Sourav Ganguly, the outgoing chief of the BCCI or Board of Control for Cricket in India, will be likely be succeeded by Roger Binny.</div><div><br></div><div>Reports suggest the former India captain wanted to continue as the chief of the board but reportedly didn\'t get the backing he wanted from other members.</div><div><br></div><div>Though Sourav Ganguly is on his way out, Jay Shah - the son of Union Home Minister Amit Shah - will continue to remain the board\'s secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A court had cleared the way for a second term for Sourav Ganguly and Jay Shah. But don\'t know why, Amit Shah\'s son stays. I have nothing against him, but why leave out Sourav? The way he was unfairly left out, the only compensation is ICC. Others have gone from BCCI to ICC,\" Ms Banerjee said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I request the government not to take it vindictively or politically. Take a decision for cricket, for sports,\" she urged.</div><div><br></div><div>Sourav Ganguly has, however, said he may contest the Bengal cricket body election.</div><div><br></div><div>If he has to run for ICC president, the Indian cricket board has to recommend him. That will depend on the support he has in the BCCI. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 22:02:59', '2022-10-17 22:02:59'),
(2392, 2392, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hong Kong issued No-3 warning signal on Monday as typhoon Nesat intensified over the past few hours.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nesat is expected to be closest to the city during the day, Hong Kong\'s weather forecaster said.</div><div><br></div><div>The alert was upgraded from a No 1 warning signal issued on Sunday as Nesat battered Philippines.</div><div>Here are five points on typhoon Nesat as it nears Hong Kong:</div><div><br></div><div>2. The weather agency also warned that there would be swells at the sea advising residents to stay away from the shoreline.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Kindergarten classes and schools for children with physical and intellectual disabilities were suspended in Hong Kong.</div><div><br></div><div>4. Typhoon Nesat is estimated to be about 390km southeast of Hong Kong and then move west-southwest at about 15km/h across South China Sea.</div><div><br></div><div>5. Typhoon Nesat made landfall in northern Philippines bringing heavy rainfall that submerged villages and farmlands. Source: Hindustan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 22:56:15', '2022-10-17 22:56:15'),
(2393, 2393, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A team of Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) in a drive, in Natore realized Taka 3 lakh as fine from the owner of M/S Sagar trader for manufacturing adulterated jaggery (Gur) including various irregularities in Lalpur upazila of the district today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sources concerned said the team led by assistant director of DNCRP in Natore Md. Mehdi Hasan Tanver conducted the drive at M/S Sagar trader and fined Taka 3 lakh for manufacturing adulterated jaggery and violating hygiene rules at Balitita Islampur market of the upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>The business establishment was fined for various irregularities and violation of the Consumer Rights Protection Act-2009.</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the law enforcement agencies assisted the operation team, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>The drive would be continued in the district, Mehdi Hasan added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 23:02:40', '2022-10-17 23:02:40'),
(2394, 2394, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 122 people have been killed in Iran\'s crackdown on more than a month of nationwide protests sparked by the deah of Mahsa Amini, the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights said Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Iranian security forces also killed at least another 93 people during separate clashes in the city of Zahedan, in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, IHR said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The group, updating an earlier toll of 108 dead, said that among those killed nationwide were 27 children.</div><div><br></div><div>The group\'s director, Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, condemned what he called \"the reckless state violence which has even targeted children and prisoners, along with the false narratives presented by Islamic Republic officials\".</div><div><br></div><div>Protests erupted across Iran on September 16, when Amini died three days after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the morality police for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic\'s strict dress code for women.</div><div><br></div><div>The violence in Zahedan erupted on September 30 during protests that were triggered by anger over the reported rape of a teenage girl by a police commander in the region. Source: AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 23:25:12', '2022-10-17 23:25:12'),
(2395, 2395, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan won six of eight national assembly seats he stood for in a weekend by-election, unofficial results showed Monday, a vote he has called a referendum on his popularity.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The by-election is the latest twist in months of political wrangling that began before Khan\'s April ouster via a no-confidence vote, and comes as the nation grapples with the aftermath of devastating monsoon floods that left a third of the country under water.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He defeats many\", trumpeted the front-page banner headline on the Daily Times newspaper, echoing the tone of local media coverage which called it a personal victory for the former international cricket star.</div><div><br></div><div>It was, however, an effective net loss for his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which had previously held all eight seats.</div><div><br></div><div>Individuals can stand in multiple constituencies in Pakistan elections and choose which to forfeit if they win more than one, but it is rare for a candidate to contest as many as Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>The 70-year-old has attempted to disrupt Pakistan\'s political process since his April ouster when he ordered all his lawmakers to give up their seats, leaving no PTI members in the National Assembly.</div><div><br></div><div>The Electoral Commission has so far called by-elections in only eight of the dozens of constituencies and PTI chiefs have said Khan will not take up any of the winning seats, triggering further elections.</div><div><br></div><div>He has also vowed to soon announce the date of a \"long march\" of his supporters on the capital to pressure the government to announce an earlier national election than that scheduled for October next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan regularly holds rallies drawing tens of thousands across the country, giving fiery speeches criticising state institutions -- including the powerful military -- for allegedly conspiring to topple his government.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Winning six out of eight seats in the face of a combined opposition is not something small,\" said Imtiaz Gul, an analyst from the Center for Research and Security Studies in Islamabad.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It underlines a reality which may be bitter for the entire ruling alliance... Imran Khan\'s narrative is still galvanising many people across the country.\"</div><div><br></div><div>PTI loyalist Fawad Chaudhry, Khan\'s former information minister and main spokesman, said the government must take notice of the weekend\'s results.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The people have actually decided in favour of fresh elections,\" he said on ARY TV.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan rode to power in 2018 on a populist platform promising social reforms, religious conservatism and a fight against corruption, overturning decades of rule by two feuding political dynasties interspersed with military takeovers.</div><div><br></div><div>But, under his tenure, the economy stagnated and he lost the support of the army, which was accused of helping to get him elected.</div><div><br></div><div>He has, so far, emerged largely unscathed from a series of court cases against him and his party.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan\'s courts are often used to tie up lawmakers in tedious and long-winding proceedings that rights monitors have criticised for stifling political opposition.</div><div><br></div><div>In his latest appearance on Monday, Khan was given bail over allegations his PTI received illegal foreign funding.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-17 23:53:53', '2022-10-17 23:53:53'),
(2396, 2396, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court set November 29 for submitting probe report in the case lodged over the sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital\'s Shahjahanpur area.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury passed the order as police failed to submit the report today.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu, former general secretary of Motijheel thana Awami League, was on his microbus destined for his Khilgaon home on the night of March 24. He was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital\'s Shahjahanpur area as his vehicle got stuck in traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>Rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Prity was also got shot by stray bullets and died on the spot. Tipu\'s driver Munna got shot on his hand in the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu\'s wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed a murder case with Shahjahanpur Police station. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 01:06:45', '2022-10-18 01:06:45'),
(2397, 2397, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The number of visa applications from Bangladeshis was up by 160 percent in September this year compared to the same period last year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This information regarding international travel from Bangladesh was revealed in a closed group session arranged by VFS Global, the largest visa outsourcing and technology service provider for diplomatic missions worldwide.</div><div><br></div><div>The organisation recently arranged a programme to disclose the information.</div><div><br></div><div>VFS Global\'s South Asian COO (Chief Operating Officer) Prabuddha Sen disclosed the information in a written statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Soubhik Mitra, General Manager (Corporate and Communication) of the organization and other officials were present at the event.</div><div><br></div><div>From Bangladesh, there is an abnormally high demand for and predisposition towards international travel. Additionally, there are more visa applications than ever before. These are the reasons behind it, Prabuddha Sen said.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said that one of the causes of this trend is lifting international travel restrictions following the pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Data provided by VFS Global said the volume of visa applications has increased compared to the first 9 months of 2021. Visa applications increased by 160 percent till September 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>The data showed that the volume of visa applications in 2022 was the same as in the pre-pandemic period.</div><div>VFS Global said its \'Optional Visa at your doorstep (VAYD)\' service has increased 9 times in 2022 compared to 2021. Under this service, applicants can complete all visa procedures from home or office.</div><div><br></div><div>VFS Global is the world\'s largest visa outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide.</div><div><br></div><div>VFS Global does not play any part in the decision-making process behind visa applications being granted or denied. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 01:35:53', '2022-10-18 01:35:53'),
(2398, 2398, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Myanmar \"should keep their promise\" for the repatriation of the Rohingyas to their place of origin in Rakhine State.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We are ready to send them back. Myanmar should keep their promise and do their part of the job,\" Momen told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite assurance from the Myanmar side, not a single person was taken back over the last five years, said the foreign minister.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Momen also criticised the countries which are doing business as usual with Myanmar though they talk about human rights issues. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 02:16:22', '2022-10-18 02:16:22'),
(2399, 2399, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to Shaheed Sheikh Russel, youngest son of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, on his 59th birthday to be observed tomorrow.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On the eve of the day, they issued separate messages recalling the memories of Shaheed Sheikh Russel with due respect.</div><div><br></div><div>They also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul of Sheikh Russel.</div><div><br></div><div>The President, in his message, said Sheikh Russel, also youngest brother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was born on October 18 in 1964 at the historic Bangabandhu Bhaban at Dhanmondi and the name \'Russel\' was given by Bangabandhu himself.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that Sheikh Russel was assassinated by the killers on August 15 in 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>Russel was brutally killed along with most of his family members including his father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman when he was a student of class four of University Laboratory School, said the head of the state.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu loved children very much, Abdul Hamid said, adding that Bangabandhu knew that in order to build a happy and prosperous \'Sonar Bangla\', the new generation had to be built as worthy citizens.</div><div><br></div><div>For this, it is necessary to flourish their good qualities from childhood and they (new generation) have to be nurtured with the spirit of honesty, patriotism and devotion, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"On the auspicious occasion of the birthday of Shaheed Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu, I pay my deep respects to the memory of Russel,\" said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to properly highlight the life of Sheikh Russel before the children, \'Sheikh Russel Day\' is observed every year, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu\'s favorite author was the famous philosopher and Nobel Prize winner author Bertrand Russell and that is why Bangabandhu and Bangamata had named their little boy \'Russel\', she added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The first picture that comes to mind when you hear the name Russel is the playful childhood of a smiling and lively little child, she said, adding that the child\'s eyes were full of joy. A beautiful face with messy hair filling the head, that face is filled with love and affection,\" she recalled.</div><div><br></div><div>His birthday is declared as \'Sheikh Russel Day\' so that every year, children and teenagers could learn about the life of the child Russel, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She lauded this year\'s theme of \'Sheikh Russel Day\' which is \'Sheikh Russel Nirmalar Protik Duranta Pranbanta Nirvik\'.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said August 15 of 1975 is a fateful night as Father of the Nation Bangabandhu and 18 members of his family embraced martyrdom by conspirators, betrayers and anti-liberation elements on that black night.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Tiny Sheikh Russel was not spared by the killers, she said, adding, \"Russel wanted to live, appealed to the killers for his life, told them of going to his mother but the killers, assuring Russel of taking him to his mother, killed the little boy brutally.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Sheikh Russel is no more among us but there is his sacred memory . . . I roam around searching Russel in every child and we have to build these children with the spirit of Russel for building the golden Bengal as dreamt by father of the nation Bangabandhu,\" added the premier.</div><div><br></div><div>Both the president and the prime minister wished all the success for the programmes taken for the birthday celebration of Russel. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 02:21:30', '2022-10-18 02:21:30'),
(2400, 2400, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged the international community to stop war and politics with food and reach food to all as over 800 million people go to bed hungry globally, which are getting worsened due to the Russia-Ukraine war.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I plead to the international community to stop war, stop politics with food, and stop wastage of food. Instead, please ensure food supply to areas of food shortage, and famine. As human beings, we must believe everyone has right to survive with food and have a decent life,” she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister said this while virtually presenting the keynote paper in the inaugural session of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) World Food Forum-2022 held in FAO\'s headquarters Rome, Italy from her official Ganabhaban residence here.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She added: \"If, on the other hand, a fraction of the money invested on manufacturing weapons was spent on food production and distribution, no one would go hungry in this world.\"</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Expressing happiness to attend virtually the forum, she said the forum is taking place at a time when the global food system is reeling from the Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter-sanctions, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the droughts across Africa, South Asia, and the Middle-East.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I hope it will foster dialogue among key stakeholders to advance important solutions for agri-food system transformation,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mentioning that more than 800 million people or 10% of the world\'s population regularly go to bed hungry, she said things have now become worse with the Ukraine war, and subsequent sanctions and counter-sanctions, which have disrupted global food supplies and raised the cost of food.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"This deprivation is most unfortunate in our world of abundant resources which is boosted by remarkable contributions of science and technology,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sheikh Hasina said in real sense, there is no dearth of food on our planet, adding that the scarcity is simply man-made.</div><div><br></div><div>Politics and business interests with food, challenges of climate change, and pest and disease attacks are all putting pressure on our agri-food systems, she continued.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister said she desires such a world free from hunger and poverty.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mentioning that Bangladesh is now an attractive destination for foreign direct investment due to its liberal policies that included tax benefits, incentives for exports, and other inputs as technology and competitive labour and laws conducive to investment, she called upon the foreign investors to invest in its agro-sector, reports BSS</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"Bangladesh has good potentials for agro-processing industries. I would especially like to invite foreign investors to invest in this agro-sector,\" she said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 02:58:19', '2022-10-18 02:58:19');
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(2401, 2401, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Britain’s new finance minister announced a comprehensive retreat on the UK government’s tax-and-spending plans on Monday in a frantic effort to calm jittery markets and restore the government’s credibility.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just four days into the job, Jeremy Hunt said he would reverse “almost all” tax measures announced three weeks ago by his predecessor. The stunning reversal would raise £32 billion ($36 billion), he said.</div><div><br></div><div>A proposed cut to the basic rate of income tax from April 2023 has been postponed “indefinitely.” And while the government has said it will still guarantee energy prices for households and businesses through this winter, it won’t commit to capping prices beyond next spring.</div><div>“No government can control markets, but every government can give certainty about the sustainability of public finances,” Hunt said. “The United Kingdom will always pay its way.”</div><div><br></div><div>The moves amount to a gutting of Prime Minister Liz Truss’ flagship “growth plan” and leave her in a perilous political position.</div><div><br></div><div>The opposition Labour Party said Hunt’s statement highlighted how the government has made life harder for everyday people, as mortgage rates and other borrowing costs have spiked in recent weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“All the Chancellor’s statement underlines is that the damage has been done,” lawmaker Rachel Reeves tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>Investors show support</div><div>The announcement helped ease alarm in financial markets on Monday. UK government bonds rallied and the pound climbed 1.2% to $1.13. Yields on 30-year UK bonds, which move opposite prices, dropped to 4.37% after rising above 5% last week. Ten-year borrowing costs fell below 4%.</div><div><br></div><div>Investors still remain on edge, however. While Hunt’s policy announcement could deliver a short term “relief rally,” significant volatility is likely to persist, said Francesco Pesole, a strategist at ING.</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, Truss fired Kwasi Kwarteng, her previous finance minister, and reinstated a big tax hike on corporations. But those moves failed to satisfy investors worried about the state of government finances.</div><div><br></div><div>Truss faces serious questions about whether she can hold on to her job after financial markets rejected her controversial economic package, which aimed to boost growth by slashing taxes and ramping up borrowing.</div><div><br></div><div>Her government has come under huge pressure from investors and other Conservative Party members since the effort was unveiled in late September. While Truss has walked back many of the measures, including a plan to cut the income tax rate for top earners, it’s failed to revive confidence.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the weekend, US President Joe Biden said he thought Truss’ trickle-down economic plan “was a mistake.”</div><div><br></div><div>“I disagree with the policy,” he said, adding that it was “up to Great Britain to make that judgment.”</div><div><br></div><div>The Treasury said that Hunt met with the governor of the Bank of England and the head of the Debt Management Office on Sunday night to brief them on his plans. He’ll share more information with Parliament later Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Plans that have already started working their way through Parliament, including a cut to a tax on house purchases, will go ahead.</div><div><br></div><div>But the government will keep the basic rate of income tax at 20% “until economic conditions allow for it to be cut,” saving £6 billion a year. Other tax-cutting measures, such as slashing dividend taxes and the introduction of a new VAT-free shopping program for non-British visitors to the United Kingdom, have also been ditched.</div><div><br></div><div>“A central responsibility for any government is to do what’s necessary for economic stability,” Hunt said.</div><div><br></div><div>The energy question</div><div><br></div><div>The Treasury will lead a review to examine how to ease the pain of high energy costs beyond April 2023, though its guarantees will remain in place over the next six months.</div><div><br></div><div>The government said in September that the typical UK household would pay no more than £2,500 ($2,825) annually for their energy for the next two years.</div><div><br></div><div>“Looking beyond April, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have agreed that it would be irresponsible for the government to continue exposing the public finances to unlimited volatility in international gas prices,” the Treasury said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank, tweeted that the review of how to support energy bills past April was “long overdue.”</div><div><br></div><div>“It was always wrong to promise an untargeted, universal, massively expensive subsidy for two years,” he said. “It may have been the only option in the short run, but worth spending a huge amount to improve it longer term.”</div><div><br></div><div>But campaigners worried that people won’t be able to afford their heating bills were more critical, highlighting the difficult decisions faced by policymakers.</div><div><br></div><div>“The country was already facing a financial cliff edge in April due to plans to end other support packages,” Simon Francis, coordinator of the End Fuel Poverty Coalition, a group of civil society organizations, said in a statement. “This cliff edge has now become even steeper.”</div><div><br></div><div>The finance minister’s full medium-term budget will still be delivered on October 31, together with a review of the government’s growth and spending plans by the UK’s fiscal watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility.</div><div><br></div><div>Investors are closely watching the bond market Monday after the Bank of England on Friday ended its £65 billion emergency purchase program, which was intended to temporarily help pension funds hit hard by the market tumult.</div><div><br></div><div>While the central bank ultimately bought under £20 billion in government debt, the intervention — announced on September 28 — helped provide some reassurance as the bond market churned.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bank of England said Monday that the operations “enabled a significant increase in the resilience of the sector.” Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 03:13:02', '2022-10-18 03:13:02'),
(2402, 2402, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China\'s People\'s Liberation Army.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK is issuing an intelligence alert to warn former military pilots against working for the Chinese military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attempts to headhunt pilots are ongoing and had been ramping up recently, western officials say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spokesperson from the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the training ​and the recruiting of pilots does not breach any current UK law but officials in the UK and other countries are trying to deter the activity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is a lucrative package that is being offered to people,\" said one western official. \"Money is a strong motivator.\" Some of the packages are thought to be as much as £237,911 ($270,000).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The retired British pilots are being used to help understand the way in which Western planes and pilots operate, information which could be vital in the event of any conflict, such as over Taiwan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They are a very attractive body of people to then pass on that knowledge,\" a Western official said. \"It\'s taking Western pilots of great experience to help develop Chinese military air force tactics and capabilities.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK first became aware of a small number of cases of former military pilots being recruited in 2019 which were dealt with on a case-by-case basis. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed attempts down, when travel to China was almost impossible but the attempts have now increased, leading to this alert.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ve seen it ramp up significantly,\" a western official said in a briefing to journalists. \"It is an ongoing issue.\" Current serving personnel are being targeted but none are thought to have accepted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pilots have experience on fast jets and helicopters and come from across the military and not just the Royal Air Force. They have flown Typhoons, Jaguars, Harriers and Tornados.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">F-35 pilots are not thought to be involved although China is thought to be interested in them. Some of the pilots are in their late 50s and left the military some time ago. Pilots of other allied nations have also been targeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials said they are being recruited through intermediary head-hunters and cited a particular flying academy based in South Africa as being involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no evidence that any pilots have broken the Official Secrets Act or that they have committed any crime. The aim of the alert is to try and deter activity and inform current staff and industry partners and also remind personnel of their obligations to protect sensitive information.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving and former UK Armed Forces pilots to train People\'s Liberation Army personnel in the People\'s Republic of China,\" an MoD spokesperson said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All serving and former personnel are already subject to the Official Secrets Act, and we are reviewing the use of confidentiality contracts and non-disclosure agreements across Defence, while the new National Security Bill will create additional tools to tackle contemporary security challenges - including this one.\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 12:49:49', '2022-10-18 12:49:49'),
(2403, 2403, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A military aircraft has crashed in a residential area of the southern Russian town of Yeysk, killing at least four people and injuring up to 25.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An apartment block was set on fire and emergency services called in. A nearby school was evacuated, reports say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s defence ministry said the plane, a Su-34 fighter bomber, was on a training flight when one of its engines caught fire on Monday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pilots in the aircraft ejected before the crash, the ministry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Footage has emerged apparently showing local residents trying to help one of the pilots lying on the ground nearby with a parachute behind him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"According to a report from the pilots, who jettisoned from the plane, the reason for the crash was a fire in one of the engines during take-off,\" the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"At the point where the Su-34 came down, in the courtyard of a residential block, the plane\'s fuel supply caught fire.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a telegram post (in Russian), the governor of the Krasnodar territory, which Yeysk is part of, said he was on his way to the town and all regional and local fire services were battling the blaze.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local media report the fire engulfed five floors of the multi-storey building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A local correspondent in Yeysk told Russia\'s state-run TV channel Rossiya 24 that two of the building\'s blocks caught fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pupils from a nearby secondary school were successfully evacuated, according to Russia\'s Vesti.ru website.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin has ordered national and regional authorities to provide \"all necessary assistance\" to victims of the fire in the centre of Yeysk, and senior government officials have been dispatched to co-ordinate a crisis response centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the site of the crash, without giving any reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yeysk sits opposite Russian-occupied territory in southern Ukraine, separated by the Sea of Azov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city has been used as a major training ground for Russia\'s naval aviation. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 13:17:17', '2022-10-18 13:17:17'),
(2404, 2404, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran\'s supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kyiv was struck by so-called \"kamikaze\" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US agrees with the French and British assessment that the drones violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231, the US State Department said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That resolution, linked to Iran\'s nuclear accord, bars Iranian transfers of certain military technologies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has identified the drones - or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) - as Iranian Shahed-136 weapons. They are called kamikaze drones after the Japanese fighter pilots who flew suicide missions in World War Two.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is our belief that these UAVs that were transferred from Iran to Russia and used by Russia in Ukraine are among the weapons that would remain embargoed under 2231,\" said Vedant Patel of the state department.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran denies supplying them to Russia, but Mr Patel said the US \"exposed publicly that Russia has received drones from Iran, that this was part of Russia\'s plan to import hundreds of Iranian UAVs of various types\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that there was \"extensive proof\" of Russia\'s use of them in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critical infrastructure was hit on Monday in Ukraine\'s Kyiv, Dnipro and Sumy regions, with electricity cut in hundreds of towns and villages, the Kyiv government said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least eight people were killed - four in Kyiv and four in Sumy. The US said it would \"hold [Russia] accountable for its war crimes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Patel said the deepening alliance between Russia and Iran was something the whole world should see as a threat. Russia and Iran have provided key military support for President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian civil war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Anyone doing business with Iran, that can have any link to UAVs or ballistic missile developments or the flow of arms from Iran to Russia, should be very careful and do their due diligence. The US will not hesitate to use sanctions,\" Mr Patel warned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday\'s attack came a week after Russia fired dozens of missiles at Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, many of them targeting energy infrastructure. Western analysts believe the Iranian weapon is helping Russia to keep up long-range attacks despite a shortage of precision missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the EU is also \"gathering evidence\" on the Iranian drones and is ready to act - implying a possible intensification of sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Negotiations to revive the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are currently stalled. Under the deal with Western powers, Iran agreed to limit its sensitive nuclear activities and allow in international inspectors in return for the lifting of crippling economic sanctions. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 14:22:12', '2022-10-18 14:22:12'),
(2405, 2405, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to August 15 martyrs at the Banani graveyard here on the occasion of Sheikh Russel Day.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The premier along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Banani graveyard and paid glowing homage by placing wreath this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, they stood in solemn silence for some time.</div><div>They also spread flower petals on the graves.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina and Sheikh Rehana also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15.</div><div><br></div><div>At the Banani graveyard, their mother Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest.</div><div><br></div><div>Today is the 59th birthday of Sheikh Russel, the youngest son of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which is being observed as Sheikh Russel Day across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu, his spouse Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, their three sons– Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel – and most of the family members of Bangabandhu and his three close relatives were assassinated in cold blood on the fateful night of 15 August, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army men.</div><div><br></div><div>Two daughters of Bangabandhu -- incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana -- could escape the carnage as they stayed abroad at that time. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 14:32:04', '2022-10-18 14:32:04'),
(2406, 2406, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Karim Benzema was rewarded for his remarkable success with Real Madrid by winning the Ballon d\'Or at a star-studded ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Spain\'s Alexia Putellas retained the women\'s prize.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema, who is the first French winner of the most prestigious individual award in football since Zinedine Zidane in 1998, scored 44 goals in 46 games for his club last season as Real won the Champions League and La Liga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifteen of his goals came in the Champions League, including hat-tricks in knockout wins against Paris Saint-Germain and Chelsea and three more across both legs of a stunning semi-final defeat of Manchester City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 34-year-old, who also won the UEFA Nations League with France, succeeds Lionel Messi with the Argentine not nominated this year after claiming the prize for the seventh time in 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Ballon d\'Or might be individual but it\'s still a collective award. This is the Ballon d\'Or of the people,\" Benzema declared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Winning this trophy was always something that was in the back of my mind,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema pushed Sadio Mane into second place, although the Bayern Munich and Senegal star did have his off-field work recognised as he was given a new award named after former Brazil star Socrates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City was third, with Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski coming fourth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Proud of my journey\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winning the award, organised by France Football magazine, caps a remarkable career revival for Benzema, who was frozen out of the France team for five and a half years because of his involvement in a blackmail scandal over a sextape involving teammate Mathieu Valbuena.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was later handed a one-year suspended prison sentence and fined 75,000 euros ($73,848).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He returned to the national team for last year\'s European Championship and will now go to the World Cup in Qatar with France next month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There were moments that were much more difficult for me, for example when I wasn\'t with the national team, but I am really, really proud of my journey,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema turns 35 on December 19, the day after the World Cup final, and is the oldest winner of the Ballon d\'Or since the very first, Stanley Matthews in 1956.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former Lyon striker is also the fifth Frenchman to win the prize, with Raymond Kopa, Michel Platini and Jean-Pierre Papin all getting their hands on the trophy before Zidane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was previously based on a player\'s performances over the course of the calendar year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the format has changed, with the prize now based on a player\'s record over the last season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Putellas eyes return from injury -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That may have helped Putellas win the women\'s award despite suffering a serious knee injury in July that saw her miss the European Championship with Spain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instead, Putellas\'s performances with Barcelona were recognised after she top-scored in the Women\'s Champions League to help the Catalans reach the final, which they lost to Lyon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It makes me even more annoyed to be injured, but I am very happy to be here,\" Putellas said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"To retain the trophy is much harder. When I injured my knee I thought my chances of winning it had gone but in the end the jury based their decision on the whole of last season, of which I only missed one month.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 28-year-old edged out Beth Mead, who scored six goals for the England side that won the Euro on home soil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Kerr of Chelsea and Australia came third.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is just the fourth time a women\'s Ballon d\'Or has been awarded, with Norway\'s Ada Hegerberg winning the inaugural prize in 2018 and Megan Rapinoe triumphing in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no ceremony in 2020 due to the pandemic, before Putellas won her first a year ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her injury means she is unlikely to make it a hat-trick next year, although she hopes to play again this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The knee is doing well. I just need to focus on recovering and if everything goes as I hope -- and as the doctors and my club hope -- I will be back playing this season,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona and Spain midfielder Gavi won the Kopa Trophy for the best player aged under 21, while Lewandowski received the award for last season\'s top goalscorer, renamed the Gerd Mueller Trophy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Real Madrid\'s Thibaut Courtois won the prize for best goalkeeper of the year.&nbsp; AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 14:36:30', '2022-10-18 14:36:30'),
(2407, 2407, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for urgent global action to reverse the negative trend in poverty eradication.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, we face a harsh truth: the world is moving backward,\" he said in a video message played at an event to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, which falls on Oct. 17.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">COVID-19 plunged millions of people into poverty, setting back more than four years of hard-won progress. Inequalities are widening. National and household economies are battered by job losses, skyrocketing food and energy prices, and the gathering shadows of a global recession, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, the climate crisis and raging conflicts are causing immense suffering, with the poorest people bearing the brunt. Developing countries are being squeezed dry, and denied access to resources and debt relief to invest in recovery and growth. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being pushed far out of reach, he added.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is a wake-up call to the world, said Guterres. This year\'s theme, \"Dignity for all in practice,\" must be a rallying cry for urgent global action: action to invest in people-centered solutions -- from health and decent work, to gender equality, social protection, and transformed food and education systems; action to transform a morally bankrupt global financial system and ensure access to financing and debt relief for all countries; action to support developing countries as they transition from planet-killing fossil fuels to renewable energy and job-creating green economies; action to end conflicts, heal geopolitical divisions and pursue peace; and action to achieve the SDGs.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"On this important day, let us renew our commitment to a better world for all. Let us consign poverty to the pages of history,\" said Guterres.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his opening remarks at the event, Csaba Korosi, president of the UN General Assembly, also called for action -- through peace, science and solidarity -- to address the impact of the 3 C\'s of climate change, Covid-19, and conflicts, which he said are to blame for the interruption of the positive trend on poverty eradication.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we want to see our \'No Poverty\' goal achieved soon, we must end the fighting everywhere, including in Ukraine,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Korosi stressed the role of science in poverty reduction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Rooting our decisions in science will produce evidence-based solutions. Let us harness our scientific and technical knowledge to wipe poverty off the face of the earth,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pandemic highlighted the importance of solidarity both for social cohesion within countries, and for collective security among states. This momentum of solidarity must be kept alive, he said. \"In addition to official development assistance, we must mobilize financial institutions, philanthropy, and the private sector. We must create incentives for funding our mission to leave no one behind.\" BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 15:34:42', '2022-10-18 15:34:42'),
(2408, 2408, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The capital\'s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 174 at 9am today (September 28, 2022).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s Lahore, China\'s Beijing and Vietnam\'s Hanoi occupied the next three spots, with AQI scores of 174, 164, and 163, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \"unhealthy\", particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \"poor\", while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \"hazardous\", posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy during winter and improves during monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person\'s chances of developing heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-18 16:01:36', '2022-10-18 16:01:36');
