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(7253, 7253, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The allocation for the Defence Ministry in the proposed budget for fiscal year 2023-24, has been increased by Tk 1735 crore, a&nbsp; 4.29 percent increase, from that of the outgoing fiscal 2022-23.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Tk 42,095 crore has been proposed for the Defence Ministry and other services under the ministry in the national budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>An amount of Tk 40,360 crore was proposed for the Defence Ministry and other services under the ministry in the national budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal made the announcement during his budget speech at the National Parliament Bhaban on Thursday.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, he also proposed Tk 45 crore for Armed Forces Division which was unchanged from the outgoing fiscal’s budget. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-01 20:47:25', '2023-06-01 20:47:25'),
(7254, 7254, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday said he is highly optimistic about improving country’s foreign exchange reserves in a short period of time.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Hopefully, the reserve situation will improve in a short period of time,” he said at Parliament while placing the proposed budget for FY2023-24, his fifth consecutive as the finance minister.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said that the growth in imports that declined in recent times has started returning to normal.</div><div><br></div><div>“Concurrently, we are carrying out export promotional activities to augment our export income. Steps are being taken for disbursement of foreign loans in the pipeline,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He mentioned that while achieving high growth is the goal of the government, it wants to lay greater emphasis on maintaining macroeconomic stability at the same time.</div><div><br></div><div>Already following the adoption of time-befitting strategy of the government, Kamal said, the instability in the balance of payment has lessened.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will remain cautious and adopt an accommodative policy in the coming financial year as well,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the gap between the existing multiple exchange rates is being brought to a minimum level with the aim of making the exchange rate gradually market-oriented.</div><div><br></div><div>To rebuild the foreign exchange reserves, the minister said that the current initiatives of verifying the accuracy of the price of imported items along with implementation, and monitoring of procedural requirements on LC opening, disposal and related issues shall continue in future.</div><div><br></div><div>“To encourage the use of formal channels in sending remittances, a 2.5 percent incentive is provided and remitter-friendly processes are being promoted including the mobile financial services,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He also mentioned that all fees required for sending remittances through the Bangladeshi banks and exchange houses have been exempted.</div><div><br></div><div>“Thanks to these initiatives, our remittance income is on the increase.” According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-01 21:07:36', '2023-06-01 21:07:36'),
(7255, 7255, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Severe heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rangpur, Dinajpur, Rajshahi and Sayedpur and mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and the rest parts of Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Sylhet, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Chandpur, Noakhali and Feni and is likely to continue.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy skies elsewhere over the country, according to BMD’s morning bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prevailing heat wave condition over the country is likely to continue for the next 72 hours. 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, '2023-06-02 19:02:24', '2023-06-02 19:02:24'),
(7256, 7256, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">WASHINGTONFending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Joe Biden\'s desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The compromise package negotiated between Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy leaves neither Republicans nor Democrats fully pleased with the outcome. But the result, after weeks of hard-fought budget negotiations, shelves the volatile debt ceiling issue that risked upending the U.S. and global economy until 2025 after the next presidential election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Approval in the Senate on a bipartisan vote, 63-36, somewhat reflected the overwhelming House tally the day before, relying on centrists in both parties to pull the Biden-McCarthy package to passage — though Democrats led the tally in both chambers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said ahead of voting that the bill\'s passage means “America can breathe a sigh of relief.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afterward he said, “We’ve saved the country from the scourge of default.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden said in a statement following passage that senators from both parties “demonstrated once more that America is a nation that pays its bills and meets its obligations — and always will be.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he would sign the bill into law as soon as possible. “No one gets everything they want in a negotiation, but make no mistake: this bipartisan agreement is a big win for our economy and the American people,” the president said. The White House said he would address the nation about the matter at 7 p.m. EDT Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fast action was vital if Washington hoped to meet next Monday\'s deadline, when Treasury has said the U.S. will start running short of cash to pay its bills, risking a devastating default. Raising the nation’s debt limit, now $31.4 trillion, would ensure Treasury could borrow to pay already incurred U.S. debts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the end, the debt ceiling showdown was a familiar high-stakes battle in Congress, a fight taken on by McCarthy and powered by a hard-right House Republican majority confronting the Democratic president with a new era of divided government in Washington.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Refusing a once routine vote to allow a the nation\'s debt limit to be lifted without concessions, McCarthy brought Biden\'s White House to the negotiating table to strike an agreement that forces spending cutbacks aimed at curbing the nation\'s deficits.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the 99-page bill restricts spending for the next two years, suspends the debt ceiling into January 2025 and changes some policies, including imposing new work requirements for older Americans receiving food aid and greenlighting an Appalachian natural gas line that many Democrats oppose.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It bolsters funds for defense and veterans, cuts back new money for Internal Revenue Service agents and rejects Biden’s call to roll back Trump-era tax breaks on corporations and the wealthy to help cover the nation’s deficits. It imposes automatic 1% cuts if Congress fails approve its annual spending bills.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the House overwhelmingly approved the package late Wednesday, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell signaled he too wanted to waste no time ensuring it became law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Touting its budget cuts, McConnell said Thursday, “The Senate has a chance to make that important progress a reality.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having remained largely on the sidelines during much of the Biden-McCarthy negotiations, several senators insisted on debate over their ideas to reshape the package. But making any changes at this stage would almost certainly derail the compromise and none were approved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instead, senators dragged through rounds of voting late into the night rejecting the various amendments, but making their preferences clear. Conservative Republican senators wanted to include further cut spending, while Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia sought to remove the Mountain Valley Pipeline approval.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The energy pipeline is important to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and he defended the development running through his state, saying the country cannot run without the power of gas, coal, wind and all available energy sources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But, offering an amendment to strip the pipeline from the package, Kaine argued it would not be fair for Congress to step into a controversial project that he said would also course through his state and scoop up lands in Appalachia that have been in families for generations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defense hawks led by Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina complained strongly that military spending, though boosted in the deal, was not enough to keep pace with inflation — particularly as they eye supplemental spending that will be needed this summer to support Ukraine against the war waged by Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Putin’s invasion is a defining moment of the 21st century,” Graham argued from the Senate floor. “What the House did is wrong.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They secured an agreement from Schumer, which he read on the floor, stating that the debt ceiling deal “does nothing” to limit the Senate\'s ability to approve other emergency supplemental funds for national security, including for Ukraine, or for disaster relief and other issues of national importance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All told, most of the Democratic senators voted for the package, while most of the Republicans opposed it. The tally was 46 Democrats and 17 Republicans in favor; 31 Republicans along with four Democrats and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats opposed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For weeks negotiators labored late into the night to strike the deal with the White House, and for days McCarthy had worked to build support among skeptics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions had run high in the House the night before as hard-right Republicans refused the deal. Ominously, the conservatives warned of possibly trying to oust McCarthy over the issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Biden and McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition, with Democrats ensuring passage on a robust 314-117 vote. All told, 71 House Republicans broke with McCarthy to reject the deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We did pretty dang good,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said afterward.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for discontent from Republicans who said the spending restrictions did not go far enough, McCarthy said it was only a “first step.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House immediately turned its attention to the Senate, its top staff phoning individual senators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democrats also had complaints, decrying the new work requirements for older Americans, those 50-54, in the food aid program, the changes to the landmark National Environmental Policy Act and approval of the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline natural gas project they argue is unhelpful in fighting climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said the spending restrictions in the package would reduce deficits by $1.5 trillion over the decade, a top goal for the Republicans trying to curb the debt load.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a surprise that complicated Republicans\' support, however, the CBO said their drive to impose work requirements on older Americans receiving food stamps would end up boosting spending by $2.1 billion over the time period. That\'s because the final deal exempts veterans and homeless people, expanding the food stamp rolls by 78,000 people monthly, the CBO said. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-02 19:27:34', '2023-06-02 19:27:34'),
(7257, 7257, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two youth were killed in separate road accidents in the capital’s Jatrabari area early Friday, police said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased are Md. Miraz Mia, 25, a garment worker, and Md. Selim, 23, a bus driver.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In one accident that occurred around 4:45 am at Jatrabari Chourasta Mor, a bus hit Miraz and fled the scene.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) where the duty doctor declared him dead on arrival.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another accident that took place in Matuail area, Selim was on his way to Sonirakhra when a bus hit the rickshaw he was riding at around 2 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rickshaw puller and another passenger suffered minor injuries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The local police station has been informed of this matter, said Inspector Md Bachhu Miah, in charge of the DMCH police outpost. 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, '2023-06-02 20:14:36', '2023-06-02 20:14:36'),
(7258, 7258, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday placed the proposed national budget for FY2023-24 in Parliament with a deficit of  Tk 2,61,785 crore with a focus on making a Smart Bangladesh and annual growth target of 7.5 percent.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his 252-page budget speech, presented through audio-visual medium, the finance minister hoped to bring down the inflation rate to around 6 percent from the over existing 9 percent, a target economists described as ambitious.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kamal, presenting his fifth budget in a row, proposed to spend Tk7,61,785 crore, while the total revenue has been estimated at Tk 5 lakh crore – of which 430,000 crore will come through National Board of Revenue and Tk 70,000 crore from other sources. The proposed size of the budget represents 15.2 percent of the GDP. He allocated Tk 4,36,247 crore to operating and other sectors, while Tk 2,63,000 crore to Annual Development Programme (ADP).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deficit in the proposed budget is estimated at 5.2 percent of GDP, down from 5.5 percent in the outgoing FY2022-23, the finance minister said. The deficit is proposed to be financed from domestic sources of Tk1,55,395 crore, while external sources will bring in Tk1,2490 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed FY2023-24 budget is also the last budget of the current Awami League government before the next general election is held in December this year or in January next year. Keeping the election in mind the finance minister proposed to raise the tax-free individual income tax to Tk3.5 lakh besides withdrawing taxes on several commodities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also highlighted the challenges that the government faces in the days ahead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Overall, our current challenge is to control inflation, improve the account balance situation and stabilise the foreign exchange rate,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also stressed the need for adopting the strategies to deal with “sustainable transition and post-transition realities from the LDCs…”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In particular tariff rationalisation, domestic resources mobilisation to meet fiscal deficit, withdrawal of subsidy or cash assistance or exploring alternatives.. should be considered now,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling Awami League hailed the proposed budget as “people friendly” and a document that will help the country come back from crisis  ad global economic downturn.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main opposition BNP denounced it as a “smart budget to plunder the public money.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader termed the budget impractical and said that the government could use the public money to overcome election hurdles. 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, '2023-06-02 20:50:02', '2023-06-02 20:50:15'),
(7259, 7259, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Mohammed Shahabuddin this morning reached Turkey\'s capital Ankara on a six-day visit to attend the installation ceremony of Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan, slated for June 3.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A VVIP aircraft (Flight No-BG 207) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the President along with his spouse Dr Rebecca Sultana and his entourage members, landed at Ankara Esenboga Airport, Ankara at about 4:30am (Turkey local time),\" President\'s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin, who is now accompanying the President, told BSS over phone this afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On his arrival at the airport, the President was received by Bangladesh ambassador to Turkey M Amanul Haq and representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including, Ambassador Oya Tunga Cagli, Head of Department G\"nenO Agaciklioglu, DG for Protocol Mert Can Yazici, Third Secretary and DG for South Asia, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Mohammed Shahabuddin left Hazrat Shahjalal (R) International Airport for Ankara at about 11pm on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;The President, at the invitation of the Turkey government, will attend the oath-taking ceremony of his Turkish counterpart at the Presidential Complex in Ankara at 5 pm (Turkey local time) there, according to President tour schedule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of the State will attend several programmes, including official engagements with high-level dignitaries and an official dinner hosted by his Turkish counterpart Erdogan at Cankaya Palace, Ankara, during the visit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President is expected to return home on June 6. 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, '2023-06-02 21:10:43', '2023-06-02 21:10:43'),
(7260, 7260, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the widespread use and mismanagement of single-use plastic products are destabilising ecosystem.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Globally, over the past 70 years, multipurpose and uncontrolled use of plastics, especially over-production of single-use plastic, its widespread use and mismanagement are causing waterlogging and destabilising ecosystems ranging from fertile agricultural lands to waterbodies,” she said in a message on the eve of the World Environment Day to be observed tomorrow (June 5).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said from marine fish to other marine animals, livestock and humans, the micro-plastics are entering through the food chain.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, she said, the number of marine animals is decreasing and various living creatures, including human, are suffering from cancer and various chronic diseases.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Therefore, now is the right time to reduce the production and use of plastics, increase the reuse and recycling of plastics and develop viable alternatives to plastics,\" the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) has already formed an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) giving greatest importance to plastic pollution and its solution and it is working to draft a Legally Binding Agreement by 2024 with the aim of stopping plastic pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said the Awami League-led government has taken multifaceted initiatives to reduce plastic production and ensure proper management.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has adopted the Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act, 1995 (Amended 2010), Environmental Conservation Rules-2023 and the Mandatory Jute Packaging rules 2013, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>To achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals-2030, the government is implementing various programmes with utmost importance on nature and environment conservation, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said special emphasis is being given to set up new economic zones and industrial establishments to ensure compliance with environmental and environmental regulations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have adopted the Blue-Economy Action Plan to mainstream marine environment conservation, prevention of marine pollution and sustainable management of marine resources,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said also, the government has already formulated the \'National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2023-50, Updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) 2021 and \'Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan (MCPP) 2022-41\' as part of a comprehensive response to climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>She hoped through the celebration of World Environment Day, public awareness and public involvement in environmental conservation and sustainable management of the environment will increase, according to BSS reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 01:42:34', '2023-06-05 01:42:34'),
(7261, 7261, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Indian Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today said that a technical glitch has been identified as the cause of train crash in Balasore district of Indian eastern state of Odisha.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Talking to media in Balasore, he said the Friday\'s terrible train crash that claimed 288 lives and injured more than 1000 was caused by a \"change in electronic interlocking\", according to reports published in India\'s different national media.</div><div><br></div><div>The electronic interlocking system, a safety measure designed to prevent conflicting movements between trains, malfunctioned, leading to the fatal incident.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The root cause of the horrifying incident has been identified... I do not want to go into details. Let the report come out. I will just say that the root cause and the people responsible have been identified,\" Vaishnaw added.</div><div><br></div><div>The railway minister denied claims that the accident had anything to do with the anti-collision system \"Kavach\". He refuted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee\'s allegations that the accident could have been prevented with the Kavach device.</div><div><br></div><div>The three-way crash, which involved the Bengaluru-Howrah Superfast Express, Shalimar-Chennai Central Coromandel Express, and a goods train, occurred near the Bahanaga Bazar station in Balasore. The passenger trains were reportedly carrying around 2,500 passengers at the time.</div><div><br></div><div>The railway minister Vaishnaw told reporters that restoration efforts are going on in full-swing, with tracks already laid on one of the main lines. The minister expects the affected tracks to be fully operational by Wednesday as manpower of over 1,000 people engaged in the restoration process.</div><div><br></div><div>The railway ministry has compensated the families of approximately 300 accident victims. Special trains are also being run from various cities, including Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Ranchi, and Kolkata to facilitate the return of patients to their homes after treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>However, citing preliminary investigation, Indian Railway Board said that \"there were some issues with the signaling and only Coromandel Express met with the accident\" and the train was a speed of around 128 km/h.</div><div><br></div><div>\"According to the preliminary findings, there have been some issues with the signaling. We are still waiting for the detailed report from the Commissioner of Railway Safety,\" said Jaya Varma Sinha, Member (Opps and Business Development) of Indian Railway Board.</div><div><br></div><div>Addressing a press conference in the national capital today, she said the goods train did not get derailed since it was carrying iron ores and had maximum damage on Coromandel Express.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the derailed bogies of the Coromandel Express hit the last two bogies of the Yashwantpur Express. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:05:55', '2023-06-05 02:05:55'),
(7262, 7262, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced on Sunday the squad for the upcoming Test match against the Afghanistan cricket team in Dhaka this month.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The solitary Test is scheduled to commence in Dhaka on June 14th.</div><div><br></div><div>In the absence of regular captain Shakib Al Hasan, right-handed wicketkeeper-batter Litton Das will assume the leadership role for this match.</div><div><br></div><div>Batter Shahadat Hossain Dipu and pacer Mushfik Hasan have been included in the national team for this Test.</div><div><br></div><div>Shahadat, a 21-year-old right-handed middle-order batter, made his first-class debut in 2021. He has amassed 1265 runs from 20 first-class games, including two centuries and 10 half-centuries.</div><div><br></div><div>Mushfik, on the other hand, rose to prominence following his debut in the 2022 first-class season. The 20-year-old fast bowler has claimed 49 wickets in 13 matches, featuring three five-wicket hauls. Both players were part of the Bangladesh A side in the recently concluded unofficial Test series against West Indies A.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh squad: Litton Das (Captain), Tamim Iqbal, Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mominul Haque, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Khaled Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Shahadat Hossain Dipu, Mushfik Hasan. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:16:05', '2023-06-05 02:16:05'),
(7263, 7263, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq has said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will decide when the election-time government will be formed.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“According to the Constitution, our state is governed in the Westminister model of parliamentary system. Therefore, the prime minister will decide when to form a small government or an election-time government,” the law minister said while responding to a question from reporters after inaugurating a training workshop at the Judicial Administration Training Institute on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM has already provided an outline of who can participate in the election-time government, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, referring to a UN special rapporteur’s remarks on Digital Security Act, the law minister said the government understood the necessity of amending the act long before the UN special rapporteur’s opinion.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the Digital Security Act will be amended by September this year to stop the misuse and abuse of the act, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“Some amendments to the Digital Security Act will be required to stop the abuse of it, and we have already discussed that,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He added, “The amendment doesn’t depend on anyone\'s prescription. We have already acknowledged the misuse of the act, and are now taking steps to prevent it.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:36:38', '2023-06-05 02:36:38'),
(7264, 7264, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh earned $4.85 billion by exporting goods in May, which saw an increase of 26.61 percent year-on-year.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country had earned $3.83 billion from exporting goods in May 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid the foreign exchange crisis, the export sector brought good news for forex reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>In April this year, worries surfaced about the export of goods because suddenly the export decreased by 16.5 percent to $3.96 billion. But in May exports increased by $890 million, according to Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) report released on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>The report revealed that in the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal year 2022-23, products worth $50.52 billion were exported.</div><div><br></div><div>This export is 7.11 percent higher than the same period of last financial year. In the first 11 months of the last financial year, the exports were worth $47.17 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>According to EPB data, exports of leather and leather products, non-leather footwear and plastic products have so far increased in the current fiscal year, along with ready-made garments.</div><div><br></div><div>However, exports of jute and jute products, home textiles, frozen food, agro-processed food, and engineering products declined.</div><div><br></div><div>In the first 11 months of the current financial year, exports of ready-made garments were worth $42.63 billion. This income is 10.67 percent higher than the same period of the last financial year 2021-22.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the second highest export item was leather and leather products worth $1.12 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>In this case, the growth is 42 percent. The third highest exported products are home textile products worth $1.02 billion. The export of this sector decreased by 30 percent. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:42:59', '2023-06-05 02:42:59'),
(7265, 7265, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Considering the health safety of children due to the heat wave sweeping the country for the last few days, the government has decided to suspend classes at primary schools from June 5 to 8.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Primary and Mass Education Ministry issued a notice in this regard on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>A severe heat wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Naogaon, Nilphamari and Dinajpur districts and it is likely to continue.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna and Barishal divisions, the rest of Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions, and the districts of Moulvibazar, Chandpur and Noakhali, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department\'s morning bulletin. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:50:37', '2023-06-05 02:50:37'),
(7266, 7266, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday apprehended that the present volatile world situation might deteriorate further.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“…no one can say how long this unusual situation of the world will continue. Maybe the situation will worsen further,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister made the statement while participating in a condolence motion on ruling party lawmaker Afsarul Amin in parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that food shortages, inflation, operating and transportation costs, electricity shortages have made everyone\'s life unbearable&nbsp; in the world.</div><div><br></div><div>The leader of the House said that the government has provided electricity to people\'s homes as promised.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that crisis of fuel oil, coal or gas is going on worldwide.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Now it is very difficult to buy. It has become impossible to buy. Still our efforts will continue.”</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Hasina said that the government has signed agreements with Qatar and Oman to purchase fuel.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that the government also have taken measures to import hydropower.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Steps have already been taken to purchase coal. So that we can restart the power plants,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said that the benefits of Independence are reaching people\'s door as the country is advancing socioeconomically.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that Ukraine-Russia war, sanctions, counter-sanctions, global inflation and fuel oil crisis for which not only Bangladesh, but also developed countries are struggling.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“There is a shortage of fuel in various countries including Europe and America. There is load shedding or limiting power consumption. The price of everything from food has gone up. Many people are losing their jobs even in developed countries.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said that an unusual situation is persisting worldwide.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I don\'t know if this has ever happened before. Maybe after World War I. After the Second World War, there was a famine,” she said&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina reiterated her call to maintain austerity in using electricity.</div><div><br></div><div>“We also need to increase food production. We have to try. No one can say how long this unusual situation in the world will last.&nbsp; But for the food safety of the people of our country, we are doing everything to ensure food security.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the food crisis, inflation, operating and transportation costs, electricity shortage in the whole world as a result of the corona virus epidemic and then the Ukraine-Russia war have made the life of every human being unbearable.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“We are doing our best in Bangladesh,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Remembering Afsarul Amin, the PM said that he was involved with BCL since his student life.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He played a role in every struggle. He was a devoted soul. His devotion and honesty towards the party was incomparable.</div><div><br></div><div>“He also showed great success as a minister.”</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League Lawmaker Tofail Ahmed, Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Deputy Minister for Education Muhibul Hasan Chowdhury, ruling party MPs Waseqa Ayesha Khan , Motahar Hossain, Nurul Islam Nahid, Mujibul Haque Chunnu and Masiur Rahman Ranga spoke on the condolence motion.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the House unanimously adopted the condolence motion expressing profound grief over the death of the ruling party lawmaker.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury moved the condolence motion.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A minute of silence was observed and munajat was offered. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 02:55:35', '2023-06-05 02:55:35'),
(7267, 7267, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Sunday (June 4, 2023) said the country’s people, not the Prime Minister, will decide whether they will go to the USA or not.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“It is her (PM’s) personal matter whether she will go to any particular country or not. It’s also a matter of their decision whether the 17 crore people of Bangladesh will go to that country or not,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking to reporters after a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, Khosru also said the people of Bangladesh will decide whether they will go to the USA for their personal, business, professional, family and educational purposes.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Prime Minister can’t take a decision in this regard,” Khosru, also the chairman of BNP’s foreign affairs committee, observed.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Saturday (June 3, 2023), Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said it does not matter at all if someone does not go to the USA crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a 20-hour- plane journey.</div><div><br></div><div>“There are other oceans and other continents in the world and we’ll make friends with those continents crossing the other oceans. Our economy will be stronger and more developed and vibrant,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM also said Bangladesh will run on its own feet and the government will build the country. “We will not be dependent on others, who will not give us visas, who will impose sanctions on us.”</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the Prime Minister is not worried about the US sanctions or visa restrictions but a neutral election.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Prime Minister becomes ill and suffers from headache when any country talks about fair elections under a neutral caretaker government,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a food distribution programme arranged by Jatiyatabadi Tanti Dal’s Dhaka south city unit on the ground floor of BNP’s Nayapaltan central office marking party founder’s 42nd death anniversary, Rizvi said the Prime Minister said it matters little if anyone does not go to the USA.</div><div><br></div><div>“Then why don\'t you keep your son in the country? Why do your sons and daughters live abroad? Why did you keep your son in the United States instead of any other friendly country of yours?” he questioned.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Sheikh Hasina will not take any steps for holding a fair election and establishing a caretaker government as she considers the country’s people as her enemies, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“If an impartial caretaker government is established, the people of the country will be able to vote freely and fairly. She knows people won’t ‘vote for her party. So, doesn’t want a neutral caretaker government to come,” the BNP leader added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 03:09:05', '2023-06-05 03:09:05'),
(7268, 7268, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>This year\'s HSC and equivalent exams may begin on August 17. Secondary and higher education boards are already preparing according to the target. Multiple sources of Inter Education Board and Dhaka Education Board said that the final date of the exam may be decided later this week.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this regard, the coordinator of the inter-education board and the chairman of the Dhaka education board, Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar told reporters that preparations have been made for the start of the HSC examinations on August 16 or 17. In the meantime, the Ministry of Education has proposed to fix the final date. The examination will start from the day that the Ministry finalizes between these two days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Education Board\'s Office of the Controller of Examinations, the public examinations usually start on Sunday or Thursday. This practice has been going on for many years. As such, it has been proposed to start the HSC examination on Thursday, August 17.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, on August 16, an alternative was proposed. Nevertheless, there is a high possibility that the HSC exam will start on August 17.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madrasa and technical board exams will also start on the same day, along with 9 general education boards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2010, the SSC exam was generally held in the first week of February and the HSC exam was scheduled for the first week of April. However, due to the coronavirus epidemic, the HSC exam 2021 starts on December 2 and 2022 exam starts on November 6.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/khotib</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 13:03:41', '2023-06-05 13:03:41'),
(7269, 7269, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia has said its forces thwarted a major Ukrainian offensive in the Ukrainian region of Donetsk, killing 250 Ukrainian troops and destroying tanks and armoured vehicles.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“On the morning of June 4, the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front in the South Donetsk direction,” the Russian defence ministry said on its Telegram channel early on Monday.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no update from Ukraine on the alleged offensive. In its evening update on June 4, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said Moscow was focusing its military efforts on the full occupation of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian territories that Russia annexed last September, along with Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“During the day, the occupiers made 23 attacks, but all of them were repulsed by units of the defence forces,” it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not possible to immediately verify the Russian or Ukrainian claims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian defence ministry said Ukraine had launched the attack using six mechanised and two tank battalions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The enemy’s goal was to break through our defences in the most vulnerable, in its opinion, sector of the front,” the defence ministry said. “The enemy did not achieve its tasks, it had no success.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has been preparing for a counteroffensive to take back territory occupied by Russia since it began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, as as well as the Crimean Peninsula it seized in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it has given mixed signals about what the counteroffensive would involve — preliminary, limited attacks to weaken Russian forces and military facilities, or a large scale simultaneous assault across the entire 1,100-kilometre (684-mile) front line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia said its forces killed 250 Ukraine soldiers and also destroyed 16 tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles and 21 armoured combat vehicles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry added that Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov “was at one of the forward command posts” at the time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made no mention of the alleged assault in his evening video address on Sunday night. He said earlier that Kyiv was ready to act. 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, '2023-06-05 14:44:47', '2023-06-05 14:44:47');
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(7270, 7270, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s military said Monday it had repelled \"a large-scale offensive\" by Ukrainian forces in Moscow-annexed Donetsk.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv has for months said it is preparing a major counteroffensive, hoping to reclaim territory lost since Russia launched its military operation in February 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donetsk is one of four Ukrainian territories that Russia annexed in September, along with Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s Ministry of Defence reported that on Sunday, in the south of the region, \"the enemy launched a large-scale offensive in five sectors of the front\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A total of six mechanised and two tank battalions of the enemy were involved,\" it said in a Telegram post, adding that Ukrainian troops had hit \"the most vulnerable, in their opinion, sector of the front\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The enemy did not achieve their tasks, they had no success.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry posted what it said was a video of the battle, showing Ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The conflict, which has dragged on for more than 15 months, escalated this week with increased attacks on both sides of the border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video published Sunday, the Ukrainian army appeared to call on soldiers to stay silent and said there would be no announcement on the start of the long-awaited offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The same day, the governor of Russia\'s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine said fighting was ongoing on his side of the frontier and acknowledged that pro-Ukrainian forces had taken Russians prisoner during cross-border clashes. 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, '2023-06-05 14:47:28', '2023-06-05 14:47:28'),
(7271, 7271, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Zlatan Ibrahimovic brought the curtain down on a long, trophy-packed career on Sunday when he unexpectedly announced his retirement from football.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Veteran striker Ibrahimovic revealed his decision to quit the game during an on-pitch ceremony following AC Milan\'s 3-1 win over Verona which ended their Serie A campaign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s the moment to say goodbye to football, not just to you,\" said Ibrahimovic on the San Siro pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There are too many emotions for me right now. Forza Milan and goodbye.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 41-year-old had been expected to simply bid farewell to Milan fans after his departure from the seven-time European champions was announced on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He returned to Milan in late 2019 for a second spell after a previous two-year period in which he won the Serie A title in 2011.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The first time I came here you gave me happiness, the second time you gave me love,\" said Ibrahimovic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You welcomed me with open arms, you made me feel at home, I will be a Milanista for the rest of my life.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ibrahimovic was a key figure in Milan\'s resurgence to the top of Italian football after his return to the club, helping to bring them back from the doldrums and eventually win the Scudetto last season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I used to be scared when journalists asked by about my future, but now I can accept it, I\'m ready,\" Ibrahimovic told reporters after his announcement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve been doing this all my life, football made me a man. It allowed me to know people I otherwise would never have known, I\'ve travelled the world thanks to football. It\'s all thanks to football.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the course of his career Ibrahimovic won league titles in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and France, although his only major European trophy was the 2017 Europa League with Manchester United.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Making his announcement at the San Siro was appropriate as he also won three straight league titles with Inter Milan between 2006 and 2009 before a turbulent spell at Barcelona.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His retirement comes after a season in which he has hardly featured for Stefano Pioli\'s side after being plagued with injuries, returning in February following surgery on his left knee in May.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In July he signed a deal which netted him around one million euros ($1.02 million) in fixed salary, with large bonuses linked to appearances and achievements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But after agreeing that deal the 41-year-old only started one match and netted once for Milan, a 3-1 win at Udinese in March in which he became the oldest goal scorer in Serie A history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He then picked up a calf injury in a pre-match warm up in April and ended his career sidelined, scotching rumours that he was set to move to Monza and targeting Euro 2024 with Sweden. 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, '2023-06-05 14:50:35', '2023-06-05 14:50:35'),
(7272, 7272, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Awami League mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation election Azmat Ullah Khan has been appointed as the chairman of Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to section 7 (1) and 7 (2) of the Gazipur Unnayan Kartripakkha Act, 2020\', a notification was issued by the Ministry of Public Administration on Sunday regarding the appointment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has been appointed for three years from the date of joining on condition of working relations with other institutions and organisations. 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, '2023-06-05 14:52:52', '2023-06-05 14:52:52'),
(7273, 7273, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All 19 people caught in a landslide in southwestern China\'s Sichuan province on Sunday have been confirmed dead, state media reported, announcing the end of rescue efforts.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part of a mountain collapsed at around 6 am (2200 GMT Saturday) near a state-owned forestry station in Jinkouhe, near the city of Leshan, state broadcaster CCTV said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The disaster sent mud and debris hurtling towards a construction site operated by a local mining company, where it \"struck and buried parts of the production and living facilities at the mineshaft platform\", CCTV reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nineteen people were confirmed dead as of 8 pm, the broadcaster said, adding that \"search and rescue work has currently ended, and the cause of the... collapse is under investigation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Footage broadcast by CCTV showed rescuers and excavators picking through a tract of mud that had flattened a wooded hillside and strewn it with twisted metal and smashed masonry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Jinkouhe government earlier said the landslide had killed 14 people and left five missing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An unspecified number of other mine workers \"have been evacuated to a safe location\", according to CCTV.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities sent more than 180 people and over a dozen pieces of rescue and recovery equipment to the site, the broadcaster added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Contacted by AFP earlier Sunday, an official in Jinkouhe\'s publicity department declined to give further details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The settlement of around 40,000 people lies in a mountainous region about 240 kilometres (150 miles) south of the provincial capital Chengdu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Frequent danger -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Landslides are a frequent danger in rural and mountainous parts of China, particularly during the rainy summer months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remote and densely forested, much of Sichuan is particularly prone to disasters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extreme weather triggered a series of landslides in the province in 2017, including one that completely buried the mountain village of Xinmo, entombing more than 60 homes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2019, massive rains again caused a slew of landslides, including one that buried a section of railway under repair and those working on it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The province is also seismically active and periodically experiences deadly earthquakes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 7.9-magnitude quake in 2008 left more than 87,000 people dead or missing, including 5,335 school pupils.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although China has strengthened safety protocols in its extractive industries in recent years, accidents still frequently occur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 50 people were declared \"missing or dead\" after a slope collapsed at a mine in the northern Inner Mongolia region in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And around 40 people were working underground when a gold mine in the northwestern Xinjiang region collapsed in December. 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, '2023-06-05 14:55:54', '2023-06-05 14:55:54'),
(7274, 7274, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Senior officials from Saudi Arabia\'s Al Hilal football club have flown to Paris to seal a mega-deal with departing superstar Lionel Messi, two sources with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Saudi delegation plans to meet Messi\'s father and agent, Jorge, with the aiming of completing the signing as soon as possible, the sources said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s departure from Qatar-owned Paris-Saint Germain was confirmed on Saturday and he was jeered by a section of the club\'s fans in his final appearance, a 3-2 defeat by Clermont.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is a Saudi delegation in Paris with one goal: to return with Messi official approval to the Saudi offer,\" a source close to the club said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another official, who is close to the negotiations, said: \"We are in the final stage of the deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If everything goes well, Messi will sign his new contract and Al-Hilal will announce it before the weekend.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, 35, arrived in Paris two seasons ago from Barcelona but was unable to help PSG win an elusive Champions League title, as the club suffered last-16 defeats in both campaigns with the Argentine maestro.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with oil-wealthy Saudi Arabia -- where Cristiano Ronaldo has been playing since January -- the seven-time Ballon d\'Or-winner has also been linked with a return to Barcelona and with David Beckham\'s Inter Miami.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is not the only star being courted by Saudi Arabia, which is attempting to improve its austere image and attract tourists and investment, partly through the vehicle of sport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, Saudi state television channel Al-Ekhbariya said French striker Karim Benzema, who is leaving Real Madrid, had signed with Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Al-Ekhbariya, the Saudi champions\' president and his deputy were in the Spanish capital to sign Benzema in a \"record transfer with Real Madrid\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi-Arabia, the world\'s biggest oil exporter, has thrown hundreds of millions at sports deals including Ronaldo\'s signing, Formula One and the divisive LIV Golf tour, drawing frequent claims it is \"sportswashing\" its human rights record.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month, a source close to the negotiations in Saudi Arabia told AFP that Messi\'s signing was a \"done deal\", describing the contract as \"huge\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, who lifted the World Cup in Qatar in December, was suspended by Qatari-owned PSG last month for an unauthorised mid-season trip to Saudi, where he is a tourism ambassador. 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, '2023-06-05 16:32:58', '2023-06-05 16:32:58'),
(7275, 7275, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Karim Benzema and Lionel Messi are expected to move to Saudi Arabia, reports said on Sunday after the ex-France attacker\'s departure from Real Madrid was confirmed.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi state television channel Al-Ekhbariya claimed 35-year-old Benzema had signed with Jeddah-based Al-Ittihad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior officials from Al Hilal have flown to France to try and seal a deal for Messi after the 35-year-old played his last game for Paris Saint-Germain on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Saudi delegation plans to meet Messi\'s father and agent, Jorge, with the aiming of completing the signing as soon as possible, sources told AFP on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi arrived in Paris two seasons ago from Barcelona but was unable to help PSG win an elusive Champions League title, as the club suffered last-16 defeats in both campaigns with the Argentine maestro.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema and Messi are in line to join Cristiano Ronaldo in the Gulf kingdom after the Portugal attacker moved to Al Nassr from Manchester United following last year\'s World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Al-Ekhbariya, the president of Saudi champions Al-Ittihad and his deputy were in the Spanish capital \"to officially sign\" Benzema in a \"record transfer with Real Madrid\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The broadcaster said Benzema had agreed a two-year deal with the club, based on the Red Sea shores of the Gulf kingdom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema scored a penalty in his final Madrid game as they drew 1-1 with Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past week, Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti -- as well as Benzema himself -- had said the striker would not leave his contract at Santiago Bernabeu early, with one year left of it to run.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema lifted five Champions Leagues, four La Liga titles and three Copas del Rey with Madrid and is the holder of the Ballon d\'Or for the world\'s best player.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Leaving Lyon -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema joined Madrid in 2009 from Ligue 1 side and hometown outfit Lyon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema established himself as a key player alongside Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in the vaunted \"BBC\" attacking trident, before developing into the team\'s leader when the Portugal striker left in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is Real Madrid\'s second top scorer of all-time, with 354 goals for Spaniard, behind only Ronaldo on 450.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema battled with Gonzalo Higuain for a regular starting spot in his early days at Madrid, and was once derided by then-coach Jose Mourinho for being a \"cat\" instead of the \"hunting dog\" he wanted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While playing alongside Ronaldo, Benzema took the role of supplier and worked hard to provide for his team-mate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward greatly increased his goal output after Ronaldo left, playing centrally, and scored 44 in 46 games last season, a performance that earned him the 2022 Ballon d\'Or.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema\'s most recent conquest was the Copa del Rey in May, with Real Madrid beating Osasuna to lift the title for the first time since 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema may cherish last season\'s Champions League triumph the most of all his successes because he played a crucial role in winning it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward scored a stunning hat-trick to help Madrid come from behind against Paris Saint-Germain in the last 16 and progress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benzema netted another treble at Stamford Bridge in the quarter-finals against Chelsea and scored the extra-time goal in the second leg which sent his team into the semi-finals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward also scored three goals over two games against Pep Guardiola\'s Manchester City to help Madrid reach the final, which they won against Liverpool in Paris -- his first Champions League triumph as the team\'s figurehead. 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, '2023-06-05 16:35:54', '2023-06-05 16:35:54'),
(7276, 7276, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 30 people were killed in attacks by armed men on several villages in Nigeria\'s northwestern state of Sokoto on Saturday, police said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police in Sokoto said the people killed belonged to a vigilante group in the Tangaza local government area. Prior to the attacks, some members of the vigilante group went to the Azam village of the area to warn the community there against possible violence</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"However, the vigilante members overreacted and ended up beating some villagers,\" it said in a statement. Consequently, the villagers called for assistance, and the assistance came from armed men suspected to be bandits on board 20 motorcycles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"On getting the information that assistance was coming, the vigilantes withdrew to their various villages,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the gunmen went after the vigilante members and killed eight in Raka, seven in Bilingawa, six in Jaba, four in Dabagi, three in Raka Dutse, and two in Tsalewa villages, the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Armed attacks have been a primary security threat in parts of Nigeria, leading to deaths and kidnappings in recent months. Xinhua</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 17:11:18', '2023-06-05 17:11:18'),
(7277, 7277, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia will continue to provide notifications of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) launches under the relevant 1988 agreement to avoid dangerous escalations, an official said on Saturday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have certainly taken note of the U.S. intention, at least in words, to continue fulfilling the 1988 agreement on notifications of ICBM and SLBM launches,\" Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Accordingly, within the framework of New START (New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), notifications will not be transmitted, but within this (1988) agreement, the relevant procedures will be maintained from our side,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States and the former Soviet Union signed Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement in 1988.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Therefore, a certain level of transparency and predictability will remain in this area, allowing us to avoid further dangerous escalations,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Feb. 21 that Moscow would suspend its participation in New START but would not withdraw from it. On March 1, Putin signed a law to officially suspend Russia\'s participation in the treaty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our decision to suspend New START is unshakable, irrespective of any measures or countermeasures from the American side. Furthermore, our condition for the treaty\'s full-fledged functioning is the U.S. renouncing its fundamentally hostile policy towards Russia,\" Ryabkov said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US State Department had previously announced that starting from June 1, Washington would stop providing Moscow with data on the status and location of its missiles and launchers covered by New START. Xinhua</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 18:49:49', '2023-06-05 18:49:49'),
(7278, 7278, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the people to plant trees in a bid to protect Bangladesh from the adverse impacts of climate change.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;“I would like to urge all to save the environment because it is our duty to offset the impacts of climate change in Bangladesh,” she said after three saplings on the Ganabhaban premises to mark the World Environment Day 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She also inaugurated the Environment Fair-2023, National Tree Plantation Campaign and Tree Fair-2023 on the occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Since today is World Environment Day, I planted trees. I hope all (the people) of Bangladesh follow it (to plant trees),” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said they have been implementing the tree plantation programme on a massive scale so that Bangladesh would be more beautiful and developed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant trees to shield Bangladesh from climate change: PM Hasina&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I want Bangladesh to face no sort of damage from climate change. So, I ask all to plant trees,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked the people to plant trees in every available place and to bring every area under production to grow fruits, vegetables and others amid the global price hike of commodities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Noting that many developed countries are also struggling due to the global high inflation, she said the government will continue efforts to protect the people of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I would like to request each of the citizens to plant three trees and if not possible, plant at least one tree,” said the prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked the students to plant trees on the premises of their schools, colleges and universities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Hasina said her party –Bangladesh Awami League— started a tree plantation programme in 1985, taking its decision in 1984.&nbsp; Bangladesh Krishak League has been implementing the programme too. Every AL leader and activist was given an order to plant at least three trees of wood, fruit and herbal, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plant trees to shield Bangladesh from climate change: PM Hasina. The AL president said her party will start the tree plantation campaign on the first day of Bangla month Ashar as it did in the previous years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Law Minister Anisul Huq, Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin, Deputy Minister for Environment Habibun Nahar, Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry Saber Hossain Chowdhury, PMO Secretary Mohammad Salahuddin and Environment Secretary&nbsp; Farhina Ahmed were present at the event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read: Committed to addressing environment, climate-related issues: US Embassy</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The environment fair is being held at Sher-e Bangla Nagar adjacent to Bangabandhu International Conference Centre from June 05 to 11. The fair is open for visitors from 10am to 8pm every day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tree fair 2023 is being held from June 5 to June 26 and July 1 to July 12, keeping a 4-day break due to Eid-ul Azha.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Environment Day 2023 is being celebrated with the theme of “Solutions to plastic pollution” throughout the globe. 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, '2023-06-05 18:54:38', '2023-06-05 18:54:38'),
(7279, 7279, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An Odisha government statement revised the death toll to 275 after a top state officer put the number at over 300 on Sunday morning. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to reporters.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jaya Verma Sinha, a senior railway official, said the preliminary investigations revealed that a signal was given to the high-speed Coromandel Express to run on the main track line, but the signal later changed, and the train instead entered an adjacent loop line where it rammed into a freight loaded with iron ore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The collision flipped Coromandel Express’s coaches onto another track, causing the incoming Yesvantpur-Howrah Express from the opposite side also to derail, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The passenger trains, carrying 2,296 people, were not overspeeding, she said. Trains that carry goods are often parked on an adjacent loop line so the main line is clear for a passing train.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Verma said the root cause of the crash was related to an error in the electronic signaling system. She said a detailed investigation will reveal whether the error was human or technical.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The electronic interlocking system is a safety mechanism designed to prevent conflicting movements between trains. It also monitors the status of signals that tell drivers how close they are to a next train, how fast they can go and the presence of stationary trains on the track.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The system is 99.9% error free. But 0.1% chances are always there for an error,” Verma said. To a question whether the crash could be a case of sabotage, she said “nothing is ruled out.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, a few shattered carriages, mangled and overturned, were the only remnants of the tragedy. Railway workers toiled under the sun’s glare to lay down blocks of cement to fix the broken tracks. A crew with excavators was removing mud and the debris to clear the crash site.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At one of the hospitals nearly 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the site, survivors spoke of the horror of the moment of the crash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pantry worker Inder Mahato could not remember the exact sequence of events, but said he heard a loud bang when the Coromandel Express crashed into the freight. The impact caused Mahato, who was in the bathroom, to briefly lose consciousness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moments later when he opened his eyes, he saw through the door that was forced open people writhing in pain, many of them already dead. Others were frantically trying to get out from the twisted wreckage of his rail car.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For hours, Mahato, 37, remained stuck in the train’s bathroom, before rescuers scaled up the wreckage and pulled him out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“God saved me,” he said, lying on the hospital bed while recuperating from a hairline fracture in his sternum. “I am very lucky I am alive.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahato’s friends weren’t so lucky. Four of them died in the crash, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, many desperate relatives were struggling to identify the bodies of their loved ones because of the gruesomeness of the injuries. Few others were searching hospitals to check whether their relatives were alive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same hospital where Mahato was recovering from his injuries, Bulti Khatun roamed outside the premises in a dazed state, holding an identity card of her husband who was onboard the Coromandel Express and traveling to southern Chennai city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khatun said she visited the morgue and other hospitals to look for him, but was unable to find him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I am so helpless,” she said, sobbing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifteen bodies were recovered on Saturday evening and efforts continued overnight with heavy cranes being used to remove an engine that settled on top of a rail car. No bodies were found in the engine and the work was completed on Sunday morning, said Sudhanshu Sarangi, director-general of fire and emergency services in Odisha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crash occurred at a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focusing on the modernization of the British colonial-era railroad network in India, which has become the world’s most populous country with 1.42 billion people. Despite government efforts to improve safety, several hundred accidents occur every year on India’s railways, the largest train network under one management in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi visited the crash site on Saturday and talked to rescue officials. He also visited a hospital to inquire about the injured, and spoke to some of them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi told reporters he felt the pain of the crash victims. He said the government would do its utmost to help them and strictly punish anyone found responsible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1995, two trains collided near New Delhi, killing 358 people in one of the worst rail accidents in India. In 2016, a passenger train slid off the tracks between the cities of Indore and Patna, killing 146 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most such accidents in India are blamed on human error or outdated signaling equipment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">About 22 million people ride 14,000 trains across India every day, traveling on 64,000 kilometers (40,000 miles) of track. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 19:00:58', '2023-06-05 19:00:58'),
(7280, 7280, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Bangladeshi man was shot dead by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Kalirhat border in Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat district early Monday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased was identified as Yusuf Ali, 27, son of Shah Jamal of Meser Danga village of Jagatab union of the upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quoting locals, Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge of Patrgram police station, said the BSF troops&nbsp; opened fire on a group of Bangladeshis while they were trying to bring Indian cattle through the main pillar number 857 of the border area, leaving Yusuf dead on the spot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On information, police were sent to the house of the victim, added the OC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lieutenant Colonel Sheikh Mohammad Musahid Masum, commander at the BGB-61, confirmed the incident saying that they have already contacted the BOP camp over the incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, a flag meeting between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Indian Security Forces (BSF) will be held in this regard, he added. 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, '2023-06-05 19:24:51', '2023-06-05 19:24:51'),
(7281, 7281, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">One of the most refreshing and hydrating summer fruits, watermelon can instantly make you feel better on a hot and sunny day. With 92% water and 8% sugar, the summer superfruit can help satisfy your sweet tooth apart from keeping dehydration at bay. Watermelon isn\'t just juicy and delicious, but it can also work wonders for your mental health. Many people report dip in moods or a spike in anxiety levels when the mercury climbs up. Summer months can leave you distressed in several ways.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"> Watermelon can help reduce anxiety in a couple of ways, says Dr Uma Naidoo, Harvard trained psychiatrist, Professional Chef and Nutrition Specialist in her recent Instagram post. Let\'s understand how.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watermelon is a storehouse of Vitamin B6, a nutrient that assists the body to produce brain chemicals which relieve stress, anxiety and panic attacks. Without much effort, one is able to relax their blood vessels that enjoy the feel-good rush. An excellent source of Vitamin C, A and E, watermelon can also reduce your anxiety levels as the deficiency of these nutrients could be one of the anxiety triggers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A sure sign that summer is almost here is the appearance of watermelon at picnics, barbecues, and gatherings with family and friends. Watermelon is not only juicy and delicious, but it may also help to reduce anxiety in a couple of ways,\" says Naidoo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Uma Naidoo lists ways watermelon can help ease your anxiety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>1. Vitamin C in watermelon can ease anxiety</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watermelon is a good source of vitamin C, and a 2012 study from Gautam and colleagues found that vitamin A, C, and E levels were significantly lower in patients with generalized anxiety disorder and/or depression when compared to healthy controls. After six weeks of supplementation, though, the researchers reported “a significant reduction in anxiety and depression scores” (Gautam et al., 2012).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2. Improved gut health can help with anxiety disorder</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watermelon contains polyphenols, which promote the growth of beneficial bacteria in the gut. This increase in beneficial bacteria may simultaneously help improve digestion and anxiety. There is a strong correlation between anxiety and bowel disorders, so we should not be surprised that as one condition improves, the other may as well.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>3. Good hydration can help with anxiety</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As its name suggests, watermelon is an excellent source of water. An often-overlooked aspect of a nutritional approach to anxiety is ensuring adequate hydration. More evidence is needed to confirm this recommendation, but as I describe in my book, “I have had patients who experience worsening of anxiety or even full-blown panic attacks when they are dehydrated and do not realize it.” 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, '2023-06-05 19:34:15', '2023-06-05 19:34:15'),
(7282, 7282, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Payra Thermal Power Plant\'s operation shut down completely at 12:05 pm today, worsening the already severe load shedding in Dhaka city and elsewhere, according to BPDB officials.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said that due to the shutdown of the 2nd unit of Payra power plant, the country’s load shedding increased to 2675 MW at 12 pm today, which was 2287 MW on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It means the country had to experience 388 MW of added load shedding due to the closure of Payra power plant\'s operations, said an official of BPDB referring to the data of the National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the country generated 12099 MW of electricity against a demand of 14900 at 12 pm today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NLDC’s evening forecast shows that the country’s demand will go up to 15800 MW when generation is expected to be 14,400 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, officials said the country may experience more than 3500 MW of load shedding in the evening peak period. 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, '2023-06-05 20:01:34', '2023-06-05 20:01:34'),
(7283, 7283, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the Awami League government has established the rule of law in the country, ending the culture of lawlessness that existed during the rule of BNP.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The premier made these remarks when the newly elected leaders of Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association paid a courtesy call on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>She congratulated the newly elected leaders of the Supreme Court Bar Association.</div><div><br></div><div>She said BNP introduced the culture of forced disappearance, killings and lawlessness through the indemnity ordinance proclaimed after the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina, the eldest daughter of Bangabandhu, said did not have right to seek and get justice after the assassination of the Father of the Nation. “It was a gross violation of human rights. Today, we’ve been able to free the country from the phenomenon of not getting justice. The Awami League government always believes in justice,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the AL government has made arrangements for people to get justice. “Our government has digitized the judicial system so that people can get justice in a short time without facing sufferings,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said her government has made it (trial proceedings) virtual during the Corona pandemic so that people can get justice in a short time, staying at home.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that the people are suffering due to electricity amid the ongoing heat wave, she said, “We’ve trying out best and taking necessary measures in this regard.”</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said Bangladesh has witnessed impressive development thanks to the continuation of democracy for the last 14 and half years in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Bangladesh has graduated to a developing country due to dedicated efforts of the Awami League government. “We’ve been working to make Bangladesh a developed and prosperous country,” the PM said.</div><div><br></div><div>Law Minister Anisul Huq and AL advisory council member and senior lawyer Yusuf Hossain Humayun were present at the meeting. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 20:15:54', '2023-06-05 20:15:54'),
(7284, 7284, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>At least four people were killed as a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Mohadevpur upazila of Naogaon.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.</div><div><br></div><div>The accident took place in Hat Choukgari area on Naogaon-Rajshahi Regional Highway around 1:30 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Mohadevpur Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Mozaffar Hossain confirmed this matter to media.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 22:27:41', '2023-06-05 22:27:41');
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(7285, 7285, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>RRR is the movie that made the whole world look towards telugu cinema.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Directed by SS Rajamouli, this action movie has made a worldwide impact and has raked in crores of rupees. Along with achieving sensational success, telugu cinema has maintained its stamina at the international level.</div><div><br></div><div>The song \'Naatu Naatu\' from the movie rrr, composed by two big heroes of Tollywood, ntr and ram Charan, has also shown the effect of making everyone in the world go crazy and take steps.</div><div><br></div><div>So this song has become a part of everyone\'s celebrations. That\'s why this Naatu Naatu song also got an oscar award.</div><div><br></div><div>Even though the movie rrr (Raudram Ranam Rudhiram) has been released for many days, its impact is still visible. Most notably, the song \'Naaatu Natu\' is still trending in many areas. In this order, the army of ukraine recently danced to this song with moving steps.</div><div><br></div><div>The song Naatu Naatu from the movie rrr was used for this. They all danced to this song and flew drones with remotes. Along with men, ladies also participated in this.</div><div><br></div><div>This video was tweeted by celebrities in the country. Meanwhile, most of the shooting of the movie rrr (Raudram Ranam Rudhiram) was shot in Ukraine. Members of this film unit interacted very closely with the army there at that time. This has been revealed by many army personnel themselves. That is why it is known that ram Charan also helped some soldiers. Source: India Herald</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 22:38:30', '2023-06-05 22:38:30'),
(7286, 7286, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>\"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,\" Sony\'s newest chapter in the webslinger series, soared to North American box office domination in its weekend debut, Sunday estimates showed, cementing the resilience of one of Hollywood\'s biggest superhero juggernauts.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The animated offering featuring the voices of Shameik Moore, Haille Steinfeld and Issa Rae netted a cool $120 million domestically for the Friday-through-Sunday period, and another $88 million internationally, according to industry watcher Exhibitor Relations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is an exceptionally good opening for an animation follow-up sequel,\" said analyst David A. Gross, adding the sequel has an \"entirely fresh\" look and is an example of \"inspired commercial filmmaking.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The film picks up the story of half-Black, half-Latino Miles Morales, using an eye-popping blend of decades-old 2D comic book drawing techniques with the latest computer-generated visual effects.</div><div><br></div><div>Spidey dethroned Disney\'s live-action version of \"The Little Mermaid,\" which raked in a similar amount in its debut the previous weekend and followed up with $40.6 million.</div><div><br></div><div>The remake of the 1989 animated tale of an underwater princess who gives up her voice in pursuit of true love on land stars pop singer Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric, and Melissa McCarthy as the villainous Ursula.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Boogeyman\" debuted in third with $12.3 million. The 20th Century Studios horror/mystery feature is the latest in a long line of films adapted from a Stephen King book, and one of its producers shepherded the hit show \"Stranger Things\" onto the small screen.</div><div><br></div><div>Slipping one spot to fourth was Disney\'s \"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3\" which added $10 million to its cumulative worldwide total of some $780 million.</div><div><br></div><div>Universal\'s action film \"Fast X,\" part of the \"Fast &amp; Furious\" franchise, held fifth spot, earning $9.2 million.</div><div>Rounding out the top 10 were:</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Super Mario Bros Movie\" ($3.3 million)</div><div><br></div><div>\"About My Father\" ($2.1 million)</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Machine\" ($1.7 million)</div><div><br></div><div>\"You Hurt My Feelings\" ($770,000)</div><div><br></div><div>\"Kandahar\" ($765,000) ‍Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-05 23:09:21', '2023-06-05 23:09:21'),
(7287, 7287, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Families of the victims of India’s deadliest train crash in decades filled a hospital in Bhubaneswar city on Monday to identify and collect bodies of relatives, as railway officials recommended the country’s premier criminal investigating agency to probe the crash that killed 275 people.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Distraught relatives of passengers killed in the crash Friday lined up outside the eastern city’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. Meanwhile, survivors being treated in hospitals said they were still trying to make sense of the horrific disaster.</div><div><br></div><div>Outside the hospital, two large screens cycled through photos of the victims, their faces so bloodied and charred that they were hardly recognizable.</div><div><br></div><div>Each body had a number assigned to it, and relatives stood near the screen and watched as the photos changed, looking out for details like clothing for clues.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of them said they had spent days on desperate journeys from neighboring states, travelling in multiple trains, buses or rented cars to identify and claim bodies, a process that stretched into a third day due to the gruesome nature of the injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>So far only 45 bodies have been identified, and 33 have been handed over to relatives, said Mayur Sooryavanshi, an administrator who was overseeing the identification process at the hospital in the capital of Odisha state, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) south of the site of the train crash in Balasore.</div><div><br></div><div>Upendra Ram began searching for his son, Retul Ram, Sunday, after traveling some 850 kilometers (520 miles) from neighboring Bihar state. The day-long journey in a rented car, which cost him 35,000 rupees ($423), was exhausting for Ram, who said Retul, 17, had been on his way to Chennai to find work.</div><div><br></div><div>After spending hours looking at photographs of the dead, Ram identified his son around noon Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>“I just want to take the dead body and go back home. He was a very good son,” said Ram, adding that Retul had dropped out of school and wanted to earn money for the family.</div><div><br></div><div>“My wife and daughter can’t stop crying at home. They are asking me to bring the body back quickly,\" he said, wiping tears from his eyes with a red scarf he had tied around his head.</div><div><br></div><div>Friday\'s crash was one of the worst rail disasters in India\'s history. Investigators said that a signaling failure might have been the cause of the disaster, in which a passenger train hit a freight train, derailing on the tracks before being hit by another passenger train coming in the opposite direction on a parallel track.</div><div><br></div><div>The collision involved two passenger trains, the Coromandel Express traveling from Howrah in West Bengal state to Chennai in Tamil Nadu state, and the Yesvantpur-Howrah Superfast Express traveling from Bengaluru in Karnataka to Howrah, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>Many people had to make arduous journeys to reach the hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 123 trains scheduled to pass through Odisha were either cancelled or delayed after the accident, Indian railways said Sunday. The disruption led air fares to Odisha to spike, prompting India’s civil aviation ministry to warn airlines over abnormal surges in pricing.</div><div><br></div><div>Usman Ansari, who came from Bihar to collect the body of his brother-in-law, Kasim Mia, said he took one train to Howrah in West Bengal state, and then another to Kharagpur, in the same state. From there he, along with two other friends, took a bus to the site of the crash, where they were told the bodies had been moved to Bhubaneswar.</div><div><br></div><div>The three of them rented a car to drive to the hospital, where Ansari was finally able to identify and collect his brother-in-law’s body after a 24-hour journey.</div><div><br></div><div>“Kasim used to say he wanted to do everything for his children,” he said, adding that compensation promised by the federal government would help take care of Kasim’s four young children.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities recommended on Sunday that India’s Central Bureau of Investigations, which probes major criminal cases in the country, open an investigation into the crash.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile Sunday evening, some train traffic was restored on the tracks where the crash happened, after two days of repair work in which hundreds of workers with excavators removed mangled debris of the trains.</div><div><br></div><div>The crash in Balasore occurred as Prime Minister Narendra Modi is focusing on the modernization of India\'s colonial-era railroad network.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Asian nation has one of the world’s most extensive and complicated railway systems with more than 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) of track, 14,000 passenger trains and 8,000 stations.</div><div><br></div><div>Spread across the country from the Himalayas in the north to tropical ports in the south, it has been weakened by decades of mismanagement and neglect. Despite efforts to improve safety, several hundred accidents happen every year.</div><div><br></div><div>Most train accidents are blamed on human error or outdated signaling equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>In August 1995, two trains collided near New Delhi, killing 358 people in one of India\'s worst-ever train accidents.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2016, a passenger train slid off the tracks between the cities of Indore and Patna, killing 146 people.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 22 million people ride trains across India every day. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 01:19:27', '2023-06-06 01:19:27'),
(7288, 7288, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will get $12.40 million as grant for the Fourth Primary Education Development Programme (PEDP-4).</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>In this regard, a grant agreement was signed today between the government of Bangladesh and the ADB.</div><div><br></div><div>Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Sharifa Khan and ADB country director, Bangladesh resident mission, Edimon Ginting signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides, said an ERD press release.</div><div><br></div><div>The grant proceeds from Education Above All (EAA) Foundation, Qatar Fund will be used through ADB to facilitate achieving an efficient, inclusive, and equitable primary education system delivering effective and relevant child-friendly learning to all children from pre-primary to grade 5.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education is the executing agency of the programme while the Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) is the implementing agency. The implementation period of the programme is 2019-2024.</div><div><br></div><div>The release said the ADB is one of the largest multilateral development partners of Bangladesh extending assistance to the country since it became a member of ADB since 1973. ADB\'s total loan to Bangladesh till now is approximately $28,074 million and the total grant is about $553.4 million.</div><div><br></div><div>The development assistance mainly focused on power, energy, local government, transport, education, agriculture, health, water resources, governance, and financial sectors of Bangladesh. According to BSS reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 01:47:11', '2023-06-06 01:47:11'),
(7289, 7289, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the upcoming general election is a challenge as various conspiracies are being orchestrated before the polls.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The next election is a challenge. Different types of conspiracies and plots are being hatched,” she said while exchanging views with the leaders and activists of ruling Awami League and its associate bodies at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is likely to hold a general election in December this year or in January next year.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP, the country\'s main opposition party, has vowed to boycott the polls unless the government steps down in favour of a non-partisan caretaker administration to make it free and fair.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has rejected the demand as unconstitutional.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina, also the AL president, said whenever the life of the country’s people improves to some extent, some black sheeps are here in the country, who speak against Bangladesh and spread lies everywhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Some people raise false narratives about Bangladesh before foreigners to get international donations, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said those who didn’t believe in the independence of Bangladesh, committed genocide and other offenses including plundering, rape and repression during the Liberation War, as well as their generations have relentlessly been carrying out propaganda against Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Citing that vote-rigging is a habit of BNP, the PM said they have a record of vote-rigging and snatching democracy. “But we now hear (the lesion of) democracy from them,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Now we’re to hear the lesson on democracy and vote from a party which was formed in the hands of a military dictator. Stealing votes is their habit. So, what do the people of Bangladesh learn from thieves?” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The AL chief asked her party members to work to strengthen their party further. “Our party is strong enough. We’ll have to take steps so that the organisation will stay stronger,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Focusing on the development of Bangladesh, Hasina said this development has been possible as her party has been in power for 14 years in a row after the 2008 general election and maintained a stable democratic environment in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“We had wanted to change Bangladesh. Today we’ve successfully been able to change,” she said, adding that Bangladesh has graduated into a developing country.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our biggest achievement is that the poverty rate declined in the rural area. The poverty rate is high in Dhaka city, but lower in the rural areas. None could think of it in the past,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina said her government kept its pledge by providing electricity to every house. But Bangladesh is to face difficulties as the commodity prices, transport cost, prices of gas, fuel and coal soared up globally following the Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the interest rates of foreign loans were increased, which created a pressure on the country’s reserve of foreign currencies. However, there is still a reserve which is enough to procure food for five months, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM asked to boost agricultural production by not keeping any piece of land uncultivated in the country, in order to meet the local demand and also export these.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the food prices increased throughout the world and also in Bangladesh. Actually the people are suffering from the commodity price-hike, but the goods are available (in the market) and there is no scarcity of any item.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Bangladesh has witnessed a good yielding of rice and other crops this time as well. Everything – vegetables, fish and meat-- is being produced, though the prices of goods increased, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said her government has recently had a record biggest national budget of Tk 761,785 crore. None could give such a big budget in the past. The most important matter is that the government has been able to give such a budget during this tough time, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>She said both the number of beneficiaries and the size of allowance under different social safety net programmes were increased in the budget. Besides, the government has arranged a card system so that the low-income people can purchase some essential commodities including rice, pulse and edible at subsidized prices to ease their sufferings, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 02:27:40', '2023-06-06 02:27:40'),
(7290, 7290, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Communication is the art of listening and responding, keeping in mind the situation. A safe and happy relationship is based on the ability to communicate things, being transparent and finding ways to understand each other through healthy communication.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Therapist Israa Nasir added a few ways by which we can improve our communication skills; they are as follows:</div><div><br></div><div>Understanding the difference: Spme situations need us to speak out for ourselves, while some require us to be silent and opt out of things. We need to understand the difference and choose what our actions should be.</div><div><br></div><div>Curious: Being curious about others helps us in seeking out to understanding them. This helps in creating the base for healthier communication to follow.</div><div><br></div><div>Regulating emotions: Learning to regulate our emotions helps us in controlling our emotions and not being overwhelmed by a situation. This further helps us to empathise with others.</div><div><br></div><div>Think before speaking: Before we let the words out, we need to understand the impact that our words can have on someone else, and then articulate our emotions accordingly.</div><div><br></div><div>Avoid focusing on winning: Every conversation is not an argument, and we need to understand that. The urge to win a conversation puts us in attack mode.</div><div><br></div><div>Let people be wrong: Sometimes the healthy way to leave a conversation is to stop explaining ourselves and giving the liberty to others to things about us, whichever way they want.</div><div><br></div><div>Distraction: While communicating, let no distraction come in the way, such as checking the phone or watching the TV.</div><div><br></div><div>Listen: The problem with most people is that they listen to respond – instead, we should listen to understand. Source: Hindustan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 03:21:50', '2023-06-06 03:21:50'),
(7291, 7291, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni on Monday said that the University Grant Commission (UGC) may now take into account allowing PhD degrees in those private universities which are at the forefront of education and research.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“There are some private universities in the country that have capabilities, I believe. This is high time for UGC to think about enabling those to provide PhD degrees. Otherwise m, we can’t encourage research,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister made the remarks while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the country’s largest education expo organised by Education Reporters Association Bangladesh (ERAB) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Urging the students to become good human beings and to dedicate themselves to nation building, Dipu Moni said, “The government is increasing the allocation for the country’s education sector every year. Though it is poor in terms of GDP, it’s increasing as a whole.&nbsp; Now the allocation for our research has also been increased.”</div><div><br></div><div>In her address as chief guest of the programme, the minister called upon the students to adroit themselves for enrolling in the job market. “Along with Bangla, English, we have to make our youth skilled in all fields including linguistics,&nbsp; soft skills, problem solving skills, communication skills.”</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Dipu Moni said it will take time like 2025 to implement the new curriculum. The benefits will be visible in the next seven or eight years and that\'s why we all have to work together.</div><div><br></div><div>Presided by ERAB President Mir Mohammad Jasim and moderated by General Secretary Faruk Hossain, the inaugural function was attended, among others, by Bangladesh Accreditation Council Chairman Prof Dr Mesbah Uddin Ahmed, University Grants Commission (UGC) member Professor Dr Biswajit Chandra, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Vice Chancellor&nbsp; Prof Dr Satya Prasad Majumder, Jessore University of Science and Technology Vice Chancellor&nbsp; Prof Dr Anwar Hossain and National University Vice Chancellor&nbsp; Prof Dr Mashiur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 60 public and private universities, polytechnic institutes and other educational institutions have come up with their research, publications and innovations. The fair started at 9 am and will continue till 8 pm. It will be open to all. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 03:43:23', '2023-06-06 03:43:23'),
(7292, 7292, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian forces have advanced around Bakhmut, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar has said, describing the eastern city as the \"epicentre of hostilities\".</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She did not say whether a long awaited counter-offensive had begun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Separately, Russia\'s military said it had repelled a new attack in the eastern Donetsk region on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bakhmut has for months been at the heart of fierce fighting. It has little strategic value - but is important symbolically both for Kyiv and Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday\'s claims by Ukraine and Russia have not been independently verified.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the early hours of Tuesday, air raid sirens were activated all over Ukraine, with officials in Kyiv reporting that air defence systems were in operation in the capital region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a post on social media on Monday, Ms Maliar said that \"despite stiff resistance and the enemy\'s attempts to hold the their positions, our military units advanced in several directions during the fighting\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said in Orikhovo-Vasulivka and Paraskoviivka, Ukrainian troops gained from 200m to 1,600m (656-5,250ft), while in Ivanivske and Klishchiivka they advanced between 100m and 700m (330-2,300).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All four villages are located within several kilometres of Bakhmut. The battle for the city in the Donetsk region has been the longest and bloodiest of the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video address late on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Ukrainian fighters for delivering \"the news we are expecting\" on the Bakhmut direction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The enemy knows that Ukraine will win,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, Ukrainian military sources told the BBC that a series of small-scale armoured offensive operations were under way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian paramilitary group Wagner had claimed to have captured the city in late May. In recent weeks, some analysts have suggested Kyiv\'s forces are attempting to encircle Bakhmut and trap Russian units.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A major Ukrainian counter-offensive has been long expected but Kyiv has already said it would not give advance warning of its start.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been a notable increase in military activity, with Ukraine claiming to have made marginal gains elsewhere on the front line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest reports are being seen as a fresh sign that the expected Ukrainian push may have begun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Russian defence ministry said on Monday that a new attack by Ukrainian forces in the Donetsk had been repelled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement quoted by state-run media, It said the attacking side suffered heavy casualties, and that 28 tanks - including eight German-made Leopards - were destroyed. This has not been verified by the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin publicly mocked the Russian defence ministry, describing its statement as \"wild fantasy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This comes a day after Moscow said a Ukrainian \"large-scale offensive\" in the Donetsk region had begun on Sunday - but was unsuccessful. Ukraine\'s military said it had no information about such a major attack in the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video of what Russia said was the battle in Donetsk showed military vehicles under heavy fire in fields. Russia claims it killed 300 troops and destroyed 16 tanks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We do not have such information and we do not comment on any kind of fake,\" a Ukrainian army spokesperson told Reuters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been a significant increase in Ukrainian messaging on when and how their counter-offensive could take shape.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has been planning such a move for months. But it has wanted as much time as possible to train troops and to receive military equipment from Western allies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said his country now had enough weapons for a counter-offensive but would not comment on whether it had begun, Reuters reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials in Kyiv have warned against public speculation over the offensive, saying it could help the enemy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Plans love silence. There will be no announcement of the start,\" the defence ministry said in a recently posted video. It featured masked and well-armed troops holding their fingers against their lips.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will take Ukraine time to achieve its goal of liberating territory taken by Russia as far back as nine years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Moscow has had time to prepare. It means if Ukraine is able to mount a counter-offensive, it is going to take a while.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much is at stake because the government in Kyiv needs to show the people of Ukraine - and Western allies - that it can break through Russian lines, end the effective military deadlock and recapture some of its sovereign territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, fighters opposed to the government in Moscow say they have captured some Russian soldiers in Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The claim was made by the Liberty of Russia Legion (FRL), which described the announcement as a joint statement with the Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both groups want to topple Russian President Vladimir Putin and oppose the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that he launched in February last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has blamed Ukraine for recent attacks in its border territories, but Kyiv denies being directly involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, President Zelensky met UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly in Kyiv on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky said the pair discussed expectations from the upcoming Nato summit in Vilnius in July and Ukraine\'s peace proposals. 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, '2023-06-06 12:59:19', '2023-06-06 12:59:19'),
(7293, 7293, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A judgement in a landmark defamation trial says Australia\'s most-decorated living soldier lied to cover up his misconduct and threatened witnesses.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also found Ben Roberts-Smith \"complicit in and responsible for\" the murder of four Afghans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, he lost a defamation suit against three Australian newspapers over war crimes allegations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has raised the spectre of a possible wider reckoning over claims of war crimes by Australian forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Federal Court Judge Anthony Besanko threw out the former special forces corporal\'s case against The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, and The Canberra Times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Roberts-Smith claimed the papers ruined his life with their reports that he had broken the moral and legal rules of war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The judge delayed releasing the reasons for his judgement until Monday, to allow Australian authorities time to ensure it did not inadvertently divulge national security secrets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Judge Besanko found the claims that Mr Roberts-Smith had murdered unarmed prisoners and civilians while serving in Afghanistan were \"substantially true\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saying that the 44-year-old was \"not an honest and reliable witness\", he added: \"I have difficulty accepting the applicant\'s evidence on any disputed issue\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further found that the Victoria Cross recipient invoked a special forces code of silence to intimidate witnesses, and also smeared and threatened others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Roberts-Smith had used a private investigator to mail threats to those considering testifying against him, something Judge Besanko said may constitute a criminal offence - either perverting the course of justice or using a postal service to menace, harass or cause offence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More articles from the reporters at the centre of the trial, published in the days following the judgement, also allege further intimidating behaviour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Roberts-Smith went to the extent of sending a legal threat to Gina Rinehart, Australia\'s richest woman, warning that an ex-soldier - Ms Rinehart\'s relative - would be sued for speaking ill of him, Nine Newspapers reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also used his private detective to investigate another former soldier and his family, and was captured on tape lambasting soldiers who break the code of silence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A few people [in the special forces] had done what we don\'t do, and that\'s talk out of school,\" he said, according to the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Roberts-Smith has not commented since the ruling, but he is expected to appeal to the full bench of the federal court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 110-day defamation trial cost up to an estimated A$25m ($16.3m, £13.2m).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Roberts-Smith had been considered a national hero for having single-handedly overpowered Taliban machine-gunners who were attacking his Special Air Service (SAS) platoon, earning him Australia\'s highest military honour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was appointed to high-profile executive positions and received a string of accolades, even being crowned Father of the Year in 2013.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But while he has not been charged with any offences, the father of two is currently the subject of an Australia Federal Police inquiry into alleged war crimes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2020, a landmark investigation known as the Brereton Report found \"credible evidence\" that elite Australian soldiers unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It recommended that 19 current or former soldiers should be investigated over alleged killings of prisoners and civilians from 2009-13. 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, '2023-06-06 13:02:08', '2023-06-06 13:02:08'),
(7294, 7294, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Four Rohingya refugees who were abducted from Teknaf in Cox\'s Bazar have been released in exchange for a ransom of Tk 5 lakh.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The abducted Rohingyas are: Mohammad Yunus, 32, son of Nur Hossain; Mohammad Sultan, 24, son of Mohammad Rafiq; Abdullah, 16, son of Abdur Rahman; and Anwar Islam, 18, son of Mohammad Syed. They are all residents of Alikhali Rohingya Camp-25, Block D/22, under Hnila union of Teknaf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The abducted Rohingyas returned home on Monday evening, said Jamal Pasha, superintendent of police and deputy commander of 16 Armed Police Battalion (APBn).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were given first aid at the NGO hospital. Later, the APBn members handed them over to their families, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Friday night, five Rohingyas were abducted by miscreants from Alikhali camp in Teknaf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of them, Jahangir Alam was dropped off, with his hands cut off, near the camp on Sunday evening. Later, locals rescued him and took him to the hospital. He is now receiving treatment at the hospital. 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, '2023-06-06 15:40:34', '2023-06-06 15:40:34'),
(7295, 7295, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Onions from India have started arriving in the country through land ports on the border as the government announced resumption of onion import after over two months of restriction.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agriculture ministry took the decision to allow importing onions on Sunday considering the unusual price hike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two trucks loaded with 40 metric tonnes of Indian onions entered through Hili land port in Dinajpur at 5:45 pm today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shahidul Islam, an importer, said, “There has been a shortage of imported onions in the country since mid-March. As a result, the price of local onions skyrocketed in both retail and wholesale markets after Eid-ul-Fitr.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In this situation, importers have been demanding that the government allow them to import onions from India, to keep the price stable. Keeping the traders and consumers in mind, the Ministry of Agriculture has given permission to import onions from India on Sunday,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the imported onions are yet to reach the market, prices have already started to go down as the news broke.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moinul Haque, a retail trader at Hili Bazar, said onions were being sold at Tk 80 per kg this evening – Tk 5 less compared to this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We may see a fall in onion prices in the coming days,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, 57 onion-carrying trucks from India have entered the country through Sonamasjid land port in Chapainawabganj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prabhat Kumar Singh, assistant commissioner of customs at Sonamasjid land port, said the trucks carrying 1,097 metric tonnes of onions have entered Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Trucks are allowed to enter the port only after receiving IP approved documents,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government stopped importing onions from India from March 16 this year to ensure fair prices for onions produced by local farmers. 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, '2023-06-06 15:50:32', '2023-06-06 15:50:32'),
(7296, 7296, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The government would take appropriate steps if any foreign diplomat crosses the line, said Bangladesh\'s State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Monday (June 5, 2023).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There was such a phase six months ago. If it (crossing line) happens again, we will take steps taking that into cognisance. However, I am not aware of anything as of now,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The State Minister made the remarks when a reporter drew his attention about Japanese Ambassador Iwama Kiminori’s visit to the Election Commission and his meeting with a political party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, former Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki made comments on Bangladesh\'s last national election, and Bangladesh described Naoki\'s comments on Bangladesh\'s election \"unexpected.\" 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, '2023-06-06 15:53:24', '2023-06-06 15:53:24'),
(7297, 7297, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 139 at 9:10 am this morning (June 6, 2023), Dhaka ranked 4th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa\'s Johannesburg, Qatar\'s Doha and Indonesia\'s Jakarta occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 166, 153, and 152, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 151 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ 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. Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</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 due to 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, '2023-06-06 15:56:58', '2023-06-06 15:56:58'),
(7298, 7298, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Microsoft will pay a fine of $20 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it illegally collected and retained the data of children who signed up to use its Xbox video game console.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agency charged that Microsoft gathered the data without notifying parents or obtaining their consent, and that it also illegally held onto the data. Those actions violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the FTC stated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a blog post, Microsoft corporate vice president for Xbox Dave McCarthy outlined additional steps the company is now taking to improve its age verification systems and to ensure that parents are involved in the creation of child accounts for the service. These mostly concern efforts to improve age verification technology and to educate children and parents about privacy issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">McCarthy also said the company had identified and fixed a technical glitch that failed to delete child accounts in cases where the account creation process never finished. Microsoft policy was to hold that data no longer than 14 days in order to allow players to pick up account creation where they left off if they were interrupted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The settlement must be approved by a federal court before it can go into effect, the FTC said. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 16:02:54', '2023-06-06 16:02:54'),
(7299, 7299, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Monday held talks with Malaysian Home Minister Saifuddin Nasutin Bin Ismail on the development and expansion of Bangladesh\'s labour market in Malaysia.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting took place at the Ministry of Interior in Malaysia’s Putrajaya on Monday. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They discussed several key aspects, including the safety of workers and the recalibration of the labour market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Present at the meeting were representatives from the Bangladesh High Commission, including Malaysian Deputy High Commissioner Khorshed Alam Khastagir, Minister (Labour) Nazmus Sadat Selim, Malaysian Immigration Department Director General Datuk Ruslin Jusoh, and senior officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs.  </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the meeting, Minister Imran Ahmed expressed his satisfaction with the warm and amicable relations between Bangladesh and Malaysia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He acknowledged Bangladesh\'s contributions to the development activities of various countries, including Malaysia, and emphasized the government\'s efforts to enhance the skills of employees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister Ahmed said: \"Bangladesh is contributing efficiently and successfully to the development activities of various countries, including Malaysia. The government has taken various initiatives to improve the skills of the employees.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later in the day, the Expatriates\' Welfare Minister met Malaysia\'s Human Resources Minister, V Shivakumar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The focus of this meeting revolved around the potential influx of more Bangladeshi workers, including housemaids and security guards, into the Malaysian labour market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both ministers emphasized the importance of ensuring fairness and safety for these workers, aiming to establish improved mechanisms that protect their rights. 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, '2023-06-06 17:01:26', '2023-06-06 18:32:09'),
(7300, 7300, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will urgently convene his Security Council on Tuesday after an explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in the south of the country, a top adviser said.</span></p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Kakhovka hydroelectric plant. Another war crime committed by Russian terrorists. The president has convened the National Security Council,\" the president\'s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram. 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, '2023-06-06 17:06:14', '2023-06-06 17:06:14');
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(7301, 7301, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Australia coach Graham Arnold said Tuesday he wants \"revenge\" over Lionel Messi\'s Argentina when his side meet the world champions in a Beijing friendly next week.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi terrorised the Socceroos and scored a sublime goal in a 2-1 win in the last 16 at the World Cup in Qatar, before going on to lift the trophy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Arnold\'s unfancied team gave Argentina a scare and the Australia coach said they will be taking the match on June 15 in the Chinese capital seriously, even if it is a friendly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am getting goosebumps now that we can play the world champions so soon after the World Cup and get revenge,\" Arnold said, as he named a young squad missing numerous established players through injury, including Celtic\'s Aaron Mooy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Conditions will be humid and warm, but younger players have that energy and will run all day and fight.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \"It is a fantastic opportunity for all of us to go out there and give it everything we\'ve got -- the boys will have energy galore and I can\'t wait.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among those called up were 19-year-old Parma defender Alessandro Circati, who has represented Italy at youth level.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arnold, who surpassed expectations in guiding Australia to the knockout rounds in Qatar, said that he already has one eye on qualification for the 2026 World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I don\'t feel there\'s any better way to test them out than against the world champions,\" he said of his youthful 23-man squad. 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, '2023-06-06 17:09:22', '2023-06-06 17:09:22'),
(7302, 7302, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States has reiterated its call for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We’ve been consistent on the need for Bangladesh to hold free and fair elections,” said National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby at a media briefing at the White House.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kirby made the remarks when his attention was drawn to the much-discussed letter from six congressmen to US President Joe Biden, seeking measures for a free and fair election in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Look, we’ve been consistent, and I’m aware of the communication,” Kirby said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To demonstrate that commitment, he said, the State Department recently announced a “3C” visa policy that would restrict visas to individuals who “undermine” Bangladesh’s elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said there are many “exaggerations, lack of information and inconsistency” in the letter from the six US congressmen to President Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But constructively, we will reach out to all these members,” he told reporters while responding to a question, noting that such activities might increase in the coming days as the election nears.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam said they saw such letters in the past, too.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Over the last seven days, I tried my best to explain where the relationship between Bangladesh and the United States stands today,” he said, adding that propaganda and misinformation against the government was also there earlier. 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, '2023-06-06 18:31:40', '2023-06-06 18:31:40'),
(7303, 7303, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Forty-three BNP leaders, including independent mayoral candidate Md. Salah Uddin Rimon, have been expelled for life from the party for contesting the upcoming Sylhet City Corporation election -- defying the party\'s decision to boycott all polls under the incumbent government.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of those expelled, 38 are male and four are female councillor candidates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued a notice in this regard on Monday night, Sylhet city unit President Nasim Hossain confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \"The 43 leaders and activists have been permanently expelled for disobeying the party\'s decision to not take part in the upcoming Sylhet city polls.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initially, show-cause notices were sent to 41 leaders and activists for their participation in the election, defying the party\'s directives on Saturday (June 3). However, they failed to provide a satisfactory response, prompting the central leadership to take further action. Later, two more names were added to the list.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a part of the expulsion letter, \"Your (the expelled BNP leaders) decision to contest as a candidate in the SCC polls, disregarding the party\'s decision, is unacceptable. Your actions betray the aspirations of the pro-democracy community, including the families who have suffered enforced disappearances, murders, and government repression during the past 15 years of the democratic movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As per the provisions of the party constitution, you are expelled for life from all positions, including primary membership of BNP. Your name will be remembered as a dishonest, traitorous figure in the history of saving democracy, similar to Mir Jafar,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdul Qayyum Chowdhury, president of Sylhet district BNP, said that the party had chosen not to participate in the elections under the current government and Election Commission (EC).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Those who disregarded the party\'s decision and became candidates have been expelled for life by the central BNP leadership,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the establishment of Sylhet City Corporation in 2002, four elections have been held so far. Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran emerged as the winner in the inaugural election of 2003. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 18:37:56', '2023-06-06 18:37:56'),
(7304, 7304, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Several villages have been \"completely or partially flooded\" following damage to the Russian-occupied Kakhovka dam in Ukraine and evacuations from the area have begun, a Ukrainian official said Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"About 16,000 people are in the critical zone on the right bank of the Kherson region,\" Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson miliary administration, said on social media, adding that there was flooding in eight areas along the Dnipro River. 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, '2023-06-06 18:41:04', '2023-06-06 18:41:04'),
(7305, 7305, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States says it is looking forward to “deepening” its relationship with Bangladesh in a number of areas – addressing energy, climate issues and economy.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“That being said, we also will continue to push for the freedom of expression of religion and faiths of all people around the world,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said during a regular briefing at the US Department of State on June 5.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a question on the recently held Gazipur City Corporation election, he said, “I’m not going to speak or get into specific election results in another country.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“What I will just say is what you just heard me say to your colleague, is that we are committed to the promotion of democracy and free and fair elections around the world,” Patel said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government, political parties, civil society, and the media in Bangladesh have all expressed their desire that the upcoming national election be free, fair, and peaceful, Patel said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In support of free, fair and peaceful election, the US announced a new policy that allows them to impose visa restrictions on Bangladeshi individuals, including current or former officials, pro-government or opposition political party members, and others believed to be responsible for or complicit in “undermining the democratic election process” in Bangladesh, Patel said. 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, '2023-06-06 19:16:45', '2023-06-06 19:16:45'),
(7306, 7306, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Actor Ranbir Kapoor is all set to make a cameo appearance in Aryan Khan\'s directorial debut web show Stardom. Fans will see Lakshya Lalwani in the lead role in the six-part series. Aryan has already begun filming the series in Mumbai. He is the son of actor Shah Rukh Khan and interior designer Gauri Khan.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aryan Khan\'s first-ever show</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his directorial debut show Stardom, Aryan Khan has put a lot of effort from the writing to the casting. He also did extensive research and pre-production. The project is expected to go on floors in 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ranbir Kapoor roped in</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ranbir Kapoor recently paid a surprise visit to the sets of the series to check on Aryan\'s progress. He also offered encouragement and shot a cameo for the show. The OTT series will also explore the history of the Hindi cinema business and will feature various cameos.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Who else will be seen in the show?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from Ranbir, filmmaker Karan Johar has made a guest appearance in Aryan\'s series. His father Shah Rukh Khan also paid a surprise visit to the set on the first day of filming to cheer on his son as he began his career as a director.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aryan announced his project last year</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In December 2022, Aryan confirmed as well as gave a glimpse of his first script. It is backed by Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan\'s production house, Red Chillies Entertainment. On Instagram, he had shared a photo of his hand on a script with a clapboard near him. He had written, \"Wrapped with the writing…can’t wait to say action.” Aryan had shared no other details. Reacting to the post, Shah Rukh had commented, \"Wow….thinking…believing….dreaming done, now onto dare….wish u the best for the first one. It’s always special….\" Gauri wrote, “Can’t wait to watch.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Aryan\'s earlier project</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this year, Aryan shot the first-ever ad for his clothing brand D\'YAVOL X. The ad featured Aryan as well as Shah Rukh. Speaking with Harper\'s Bazaar, Aryan had said, “Working with my father is never challenging, because, with his experience and dedication, he makes everyone’s job easier on set. He also makes the entire crew feel at ease and has tremendous respect for everyone. When he’s on set I always make sure to pay extra attention, so I don’t miss out on anything I can learn.” 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, '2023-06-06 19:21:25', '2023-06-06 19:21:25'),
(7307, 7307, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Once in your lifetime, you’ve probably faced a morning when you looked into the mirror and realize your life is missing something. You’re off-purpose! You know you’ve so much in life to be grateful for, yet deep inside, you can sense a void in your life that hints you’re disconnected from the meaning of life because you lack a high purpose in life. What is Zakat and What is the Importance of Zakat in Islam?</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Again people spend their entire life with the wrong idea of true happiness because happiness is not attained through self-gratification but through dedication to a worthy purpose. When we lift up the lives of those drowned in poverty, sickness, or ones deprived of basic human rights, our quest for purpose and contentment comes to an end as we get what we were looking for too long.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To free ourselves from despair it’s important that we dedicate ourselves to free others from the pain and sufferings of life and therefore make charity or Zakat an obligatory everyday act. When each one of us will come forward and contribute a small proportion of their wealth for Zakat, what tremendous amounts of good we would be able to do for the society and its people!</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is exactly what Islam teaches us. Islam is not only a religion but a complete way of life. To succeed in the motto of making the world a better place and helping others, Islam has always emphasized charity or Zakat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What is Zakat?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zakat refers to the purification of wealth in particular. Muslims who have wealth over a certain ratio are bound to pay Zakat on it and give it to those who are less fortunate and don’t have sufficient means to live their lives in a standard way parallel to human dignity. We are obliged to pay&nbsp; Zakat, from our earned money and wealth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Charity holds a great place in Islam, therefore, it is made an obligation on Muslims in the form of Zakat. Zakat is one of the major five pillars of Islam that helps to frame a Muslim life. It is mandatory to give Zakat to those who are wealthy enough.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&nbsp;In the Quran (verses:9:60), Allah the Almighty says,</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The alms are only for the Fuqara (the poor), and Al-Masakin (the needy) and those employed to collect (the funds); and to attract the hearts of those who have been inclined (towards Islam), and to free captives; and for those in debt; and for Allah’s cause, and for the wayfarer (a traveler who is cut off from everything); a duty imposed by Allah. And Allah is All-Knower, All-Wise.”&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Importance of Zakat In Islam</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zakat is an obligation and fulfillment as Zakat leads a Muslim to get the reward from Allah the Almighty and declining Zakat leads a Muslim to receive punishment from Him in both this life and in the life of Akhirah (life after death).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zakat is basically practiced to help those in society who are in the most need. If one class of society keeps on gathering all the money and does not provide anything to anyone else, then the rest would stay in the same plight and this is how society today is divided into so many sections. Therefore, when the rich give Zakat, it means that the ones, who are not -wealthy, get a chance to enjoy a better lifestyle. Zakat leads to the circulation of money. Zakat is a form of charity and any charitable deed means that the money gets out of the hands of the rich and circulates in the whole economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>importance of zakat</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wealth is perhaps one of the major elements that people love the most. Therefore, when a person gives from his or her wealth, it actually means that he or she loves the order of Allah more than their personal likings and they are willing to sacrifice anything for the order of Allah. However, when it comes to paying Zakat, there are different misconceptions regarding it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People often think Zakat is to be paid in the month of Ramadan only. Ramadan is a month of being charitable, however, it in no way means that a Muslim must pay Zakat in this month only. A Muslim can pay Zakat all year round if the individual has the stability to do so.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another misconception related to Zakat is that it is only liable for gold which is wrong. The gold mentioned in Quran and the Hadith is as a standard of a unit of measurement, therefore, anything whether it is cash, silver,&nbsp; property or other assets, worth the same amount as the gold mentioned by Islam, is liable for Zakat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many&nbsp; Muslims tend to think that they cannot give Zakat to their poor relatives as they are a part of their family. The relatives who are not in blood relation with us such as parents, spouse, children, and siblings but are eligible for Zakat, should be paid with it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Conclusion</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zakat is a mandatory practice of Islam and the purpose of it is to help society, share the endless boons of Allah and give the unfortunate ones a better life. Therefore, every person must ensure that Zakat is paid to the most deserving people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Our environment and the world in which we live and work are the mirrors of our attitudes, deeds, and what we are giving them back every day. Human life is not meant to be wasted in selfishness. It is meant to be dedicated to the good of others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To lead a purposeful and worthy life it’s important we remain honest to ourselves and society. A person of high character is the one who serves the family,&nbsp; society, and its people and give charity or Zakat to empower others to have a better life. TH</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 19:45:27', '2023-06-06 19:45:27'),
(7308, 7308, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the authorities concerned to expedite the formulation and implementation of various projects under the Government to Government (G2G) initiatives.</span><br></b></div><div><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div>The Prime Minister gave the directive while chairing a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) as its chairperson held at the NEC conference room in the city\'s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said that the Premier put emphasis on expediting the process of formulating and implementing G2G projects with different countries like India and China as Bangladesh has agreements with those countries under their Lines of Credit.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sheikh Hasina said there should not be any delay or negligence in this regard as these initiatives would enhance the foreign currency flow to Bangladesh, said Mannan.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Planning Minister said that the Prime Minister also asked the Planning Commission to prioritize foreign-funded projects considering the current situation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said the day\'s ECNEC meeting approved a total of 18 projects involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 11,387.91 crore. \"Of the total project cost, Taka 7,445.34 crore will come from the government of Bangladesh portion, Taka 80.78 crore from the concerned organization\'s own fund while the rest of Taka 3,861.79 crore as project assistance,\" Mannan said.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Of the 18 approved projects, nine are new while nine are revised projects. Besides, the meeting approved the timeframe extension of a project without raising its cost.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Planning Minister said that the Premier reiterated her call to all concerned to maintain austerity in all spheres and boost domestic production side by side not keeping idle an inch of land.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Turning to the issue of containing inflation, Sheikh Hasina underscored the need for conducting research as there are differences in the price of commodities in various markets and kitchen markets.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Premier also put emphasis on setting up regional storage arrangements for perishable items like onion and ginger.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Planning Minister said the Prime Minister has acknowledged the current rising inflationary trend and the shortage of power and energy in the country resulting in load shedding.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said that the utmost priority of the government is now containing inflation and bringing the power and energy situation to a tolerable level.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Referring to his earlier prediction that inflation would come down, Mannan said, but unfortunately, it did not come down, rather increased, for which the government would do whatever necessary such as using its available instruments to contain it.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Planning Minister said the very first strategy of the government to contain inflation would be not to let it increase further and then try to roll it back.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Answering a question, he said that it is not right that inflation is increasing in the country only because of the high exchange rate of US dollars, but there are some other reasons also.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He said that efforts are going on to conduct trade with other currencies other than US dollars, adding, \"The foreign currency is now hovering over $30 billion, but it might again go up to $50 billion,\" he said.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Referring to the budgetary target of containing inflation at 6 percent in the next fiscal year (FY24), Mannan said there might be some concerns about attaining this target, but having such a target ahead is not wrong.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We\'ll have to take proper action in a speedy manner...we\'ll have to hold the trigger tight and take the necessary market intervention at the proper time,\" he said, citing an example of the recent decision of importing onion to tame the high price of onion in the local market.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Noting that inflation is gradually coming down in the EU, Mannan said although it would be hard to bring down inflation at around 6 percent in the coming days, sincere efforts would be there to bring down inflation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We\'ll have to keep the process (supply chain) smooth and ensure that no destructive element can hinder the process. Otherwise, it will be hard to contain it despite putting in the highest efforts,\" he added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At the very outset of the meeting, the ECNEC thanked the Prime Minister, the Finance Minister and the Finance Division and others concerned for placing such an excellent budget for the next fiscal year amid global uncertainties. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-06 23:36:28', '2023-06-06 23:36:28'),
(7309, 7309, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir met US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas at the ambassador’s residence in Gulshan on Tuesday afternoon.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They discussed “free and fair elections and campaign processes, and additional important priorities the United States and Bangladesh share,” the US Embassy in Dhaka said in a twitter post.</div><div><br></div><div>A private car carrying the BNP secretary general entered the envoy’s residence at 1:20pm and the car came out at 2:24pm, said BNP chief\'s media wing member Sayrul Kabir Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>However, BNP refused to comment on the visit.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on April 16, a 3-member delegation including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and organising secretary Shyama Obaid met the US ambassador at his Gulshan residence.</div><div><br></div><div>Although the BNP had refused to comment on that meeting, the US Embassy in Dhaka in a Facebook post said they discussed the importance of free and fair elections and a nonviolent political process.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 00:01:49', '2023-06-07 00:01:49'),
(7310, 7310, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Severe load shedding continued across the country amid the sweltering heat.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As a result of power generation between 12,000 MW and 13,000 MW against the demand of nearly 16,000 MW, the people in capital Dhaka and elsewhere have been experiencing frequent power cuts that makes their lives unbearable in this peak summer when temperatures are soaring to 38-42 degree Celsius.</div><div><br></div><div>In the daytime power cuts already crossed 2,600 MW and it is apprehended that the outage may go up to 3,500 MW in the evening peak.</div><div><br></div><div>It is alleged that power supply situation is worse in the rural areas as they get electricity for 3-5 hours a day while the rest of the time they have to remain without electricity.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Interestingly, the official data of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) shows that the extent of load shedding reaches the highest peak at midnights when people remain in deep sleep.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The data also shows the country experienced 2610 MW while the demand for electricity was 14,900 MW and the generation output was 12,166 MW at 12 noon on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The power generation forecast at the evening peak was projected to be 14,900 MW against a projected demand of 15,800 MW when load shedding was planned for only 900 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>“But the reality is totally different”, said a top official at&nbsp; state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board.</div><div><br></div><div>At the evening peak the extent of load shedding reaches 2700 MW to 3500 MW, he noted, saying the official data always does not reflect the ground reality.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the official data of PGCB, responsible for power transmission across the country, shows that the load shedding was 2815 MW at 4 pm, 2735 at 6 pm on Monday, 3266 MW at 1 am Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The load shedding was 3215 MW at 1 am (midnight) and 3143 MW at 2 pm (midnight) on Tuesday.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This means the extent of highest load shedding&nbsp; at midnight is a new phenomenon as though the country’s demand decreases at midnight, the power generation also decreases to a level of 11,000 MW.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Normally, no load shedding was seen in the midnights in the previous years. This year, load shedding at midnights has become regular.</div><div><br></div><div>No official from the BPDB was found to be willing to comment on the issue. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 00:56:19', '2023-06-07 00:56:19'),
(7311, 7311, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bonayan, an online & physical retailer of gardening & nursery, has started distributing five million saplings among various stakeholders across the country this year.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The private sector-driven afforestation programme kicked off the sapling distribution for the year on the World Environment Day on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Bonayan initiated the campaign in line with the government’s National Tree Plantation Campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>‘Bonayan’ embarks on its 43rd year of legacy this year since its journey from 1980 paving the way to a ‘Greener Tomorrow’.</div><div><br></div><div>The afforestation programme has so far distributed 120 million fruit, forestry, and medicinal saplings free of cost to farmers and stakeholders to restore the ecosystem across different regions of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>These saplings are prepared in more than 18 nurseries across Bangladesh. To further ensure ecological conservation, Bonayan has also established 119 medicinal gardens with the help of farmers.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, ‘Bonayan’ is operating its projects in 22 districts in Bangladesh, including Dhaka, Mymensingh, Manikganj, Tangail, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Lalmonirhat, Natore, Kushtia, Jhenaidah, Meherpur, Jessore, Chittagong, Bandarban, Khagrachari, Cox\'s Bazar, Rangamati and Noakhali (Bhasanchar).</div><div><br></div><div>Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, Rajshahi City Corporation, Border Guard Bangladesh and Bangladesh Agricultural University are a few of the notable institutions that Bonayan is collaboratively working with. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 01:48:05', '2023-06-07 02:09:34'),
(7312, 7312, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to boost cooperation Tuesday after an Egyptian policeman shot dead three Israeli soldiers before being killed, officials said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sisi received a telephone call from Netanyahu about Saturday\'s deadly violence on the normally calm border, the spokesman for the Egyptian president said.</div><div><br></div><div>During the conversation, the two leaders stressed \"the importance of coordination between the two countries to clarify the circumstances\", he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Egypt has said the policeman crossed into Israel while chasing drug smugglers, leading to exchanges of fire with Israeli soldiers.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, Netanyahu called the Egyptian shooter a \"terrorist\" although he has since mostly spoken of the shootings as an \"incident\".</div><div><br></div><div>Sisi offered Netanyahu his \"deep condolences\", the Israeli prime minister\'s office said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The two leaders expressed their commitment to further strengthening peace and security cooperation, which is an essential value for both countries,\" it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel\'s border with Egypt has been largely quiet since Egypt became the first Arab country to make peace with Israel following the Camp David accords of 1978.</div><div><br></div><div>In recent years, there have been exchanges of fire between smugglers and Israeli soldiers stationed along the border.</div><div><br></div><div>Questions have been raised about why the Egyptian assailant -- reported by Egyptian media to have been a 22-year-old conscript -- crossed into Israel and opened fire.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at the opening of a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Netanyahu said his government had sent a \"clear message\" to Egypt: \"We expect that the joint investigation will be exhaustive and thorough.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, his office said he had \"thanked the Egyptian president for... his commitment to an exhaustive and joint investigation of the incident\". - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 02:16:02', '2023-06-07 02:16:02'),
(7313, 7313, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Real Madrid\'s Ballon d\'Or winner Karim Benzema has signed for Saudi Arabia\'s Al-Ittihad for three years starting next season, a source in the Jeddah-based club told AFP on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Benzema has signed a contract for his transfer to Al-Ittihad for a three-year period starting next season,\" the source said.</div><div><br></div><div>The announcement comes days after Real Madrid announced that the 35-year-old was leaving the club after 14 seasons, the day after coach Carlo Ancelotti had said there was \"no doubt\" Benzema\'s future was in the Spanish capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Benzema is in line to join Cristiano Ronaldo in the Gulf kingdom after the Portuguese five-time world player of the year moved to Al Nassr from Manchester United following last year\'s World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>Lionel Messi, who is leaving Paris Saint-Germain after two seasons, has also been linked to a move to Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Senior officials from Saudi Arabia\'s Al Hilal have flown to France to try and seal a deal for Messi after the 35-year-old Argentinian played his last game for PSG at the weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>The Saudi delegation plans to meet Messi\'s father and agent, Jorge, with the aiming of completing the signing as soon as possible, sources told AFP on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Benzema joined Madrid in 2009 from Ligue 1 side Lyon.</div><div><br></div><div>He made 647 appearances for Madrid and is the second on Real\'s all-time goalscoring list with 353 -- only Cristiano Ronaldo has more.</div><div><br></div><div>He has lifted five Champions Leagues, four La Liga titles and three Copas del Rey with Madrid and is the holder of the Ballon d\'Or for the world\'s best player.</div><div><br></div><div>But after a stellar 2021-22 season when he lead Real to the Champions League, he has been troubled by injuries in the just-completed season and had to miss France\'s World Cup campaign with a thigh problem. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 03:01:41', '2023-06-07 03:01:41'),
(7314, 7314, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The High Court (HC) on Tuesday granted bail to controversial e-commerce platform Evaly’s Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Md Rassel in a case filed under Digital Security Act.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A joint bench of HC comprising Justice Mostafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam passed the order after hearing a bail petition.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The court also announced the rule issued regarding the bail as appropriate.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Attorney General Sarwar Hossain Bappi who stood for the state in the court said they will submit a petition seeking a stay order against the bail.</div><div><br></div><div>Defendant counsel Ahsanul Karim said though the HC granted bail to his client Rassel in the DSA case on Tuesday; he won’t be able to walk out of jail due to having more cases.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On September 16, 2021, Rassel and His wife Shamima Nasrin were arrested in a raid from their home in the capital\'s Mohammadpur area.</div><div><br></div><div>The owners of Evaly were allegedly involved in embezzlement of several hundred crores of taka. They were arrested after a victim filed a case against them.</div><div><br></div><div>Though Nasrin is now out of jail on bail,&nbsp; Rassel has been in jail since his arrest.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>The online platform’s customer Mohammad Alamgir Hossain filed a case against the couple and unidentified 15 to 20 individuals bringing the allegation of deception under the DSA on September 30, 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, the plaintiff paid Tk 28 lakh to Evaly through bKash and Nagad for buying electronic appliances from January 1 to September in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Though it was supposed to deliver the products within 45 days of order, no produce was handed over to the customer despite elapsing seven months.</div><div><br></div><div>The case’s investigation officer Prodip Kumar Das, also a CID official, submitted the chargesheet against them on September 16 the past year.</div><div><br></div><div>On March 2 this year, Dhaka Cyber Tribunal Judge AM Zulfiqar Hayat ordered to begin the trial of the case through forming the charges. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 03:15:23', '2023-06-07 03:15:23'),
(7315, 7315, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Senior Awami League leader and coordinator of the 14-party grand alliance Amir Hossain Amu on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of talks between the government and the opposition with a view to resolving election issues.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"It is not possible to resolve the crisis through any other means than dialogue. And if they (BNP) try to come to power unconstitutionally, the people will resist,\" he said, while addressing a 14-party protest rally against domestic and international conspiracies against the country at Bangabandhu Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>He even held out the possibility of talks mediated by a UN representative, similar to the efforts of Fernandez Taranco in 2013.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There can be discussion on anything with the BNP. The door to dialogue is always open to continue the democratic trend. If necessary, talks can be held with the BNP with the mediation of an UN representative,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the United States has announced a visa policy to ensure the free and fair conduct of the upcoming elections. At the same time, the country\'s multi-faceted activities regarding the upcoming elections are visible.</div><div><br></div><div>US Ambassador to Dhaka Peter Haas held a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\'s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F Rahman and Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday. He also held a meeting with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.</div><div><br></div><div>Two days ago, he held a meeting with Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 04:12:29', '2023-06-07 04:12:29'),
(7316, 7316, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands of people are being evacuated downstream of a major dam which has collapsed in Russian-held Ukraine.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Volodymyr Zelensky said 80 towns and villages may be flooded after the destruction of the dam at Nova Kakhovka, which he blamed on Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Water is surging down the Dnipro river, and is said to pose a catastrophic flooding risk to the city of Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has denied destroying the dam - which it controls - instead blaming Ukrainian shelling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neither Ukraine nor Russia\'s claim has been verified by the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kakhovka dam, downstream from the huge Kakhovka reservoir, is crucial to the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It provides water to farmers and residents, as well as to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. It is also a vital channel carrying water south to Russian-occupied Crimea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s state-owned hydropower plants administrator Ukrhydroenergo warned that the peak of a water spill downstream from the emptying reservoir was expected on Wednesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said this would be followed by a period of \"stabilisation\", with the water expected to rapidly recede in four to five days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are concerns about the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant - Europe\'s largest - which uses reservoir water for cooling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation there is said to be under control and there is \"no immediate nuclear safety risk\" for the plant, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video footage shows a torrent of floodwater gushing through a breach in the dam. Several towns are already flooded, while people in areas further downstream have been forced to flee by bus and train.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abound 40,000 people need to be evacuated, Deputy Prosecutor-General Viktoriya Lytvynova said on Ukrainian television - 17,000 people in Ukraine-controlled territory west of the Dnipro River and 25,000 on the Russian-controlled east.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also speaking on Ukrainian television, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said about 1,000 people had been evacuated so far and 24 settlements had been flooded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He accused Russia of shelling the southern region of Kherson, from where people were being evacuated, and issued a warning about the dangers posed by mines being exposed by the rising water levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One local resident Andriy, who lives close to the dam - which was seized by Russian forces shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022 - said he believed Russia wanted to \"drown\" his city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Ukraine-controlled city of Kherson, a woman called Lyudmyla - who was loading her belongings including a washing machine onto a trailer that was attached to an old car - said: \"We\'re afraid of flooding. We\'re taking our things a little higher up.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She called for Russian forces to be \"kicked out of here... they\'re shooting at us. They\'re flooding us or doing something else\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another resident of the city, Serhiy, said he feared \"everything is going to die here\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All the living creatures, and people will be flooded out,\" he said, gesturing at nearby houses and gardens.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Russian-seized riverbank of Nova Kakhovka, the Moscow-installed mayor Vladimir Leontyev said the city was underwater and 900 people had been evacuated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said 53 evacuation buses were being sent by the authorities to take people from the city and two other settlements nearby to safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Water levels had risen to over 11m (36ft) and some residents had been taken to hospital, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The small town of Oleshky was also heavily flooded, Kremlin-appointed officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kazkova Dibrova zoo on the Russian-held riverbank had been completely flooded and all 300 animals were dead, it said in a post on its Facebook page.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is not yet clear what caused the breach in the dam in the early hours of Tuesday, but Ukraine\'s military intelligence has accused Russia of deliberately blowing it up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This seems plausible, as Moscow may have feared that Ukrainian forces would use the road over the dam to advance into Russian-held territory, as part of their counter-offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Russia, anxious to defend conquered territory in southern Ukraine, the dam represented an obvious problem.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just as Ukrainian forces attacked road and rail bridges further downstream last autumn in a successful effort to isolate Russian forces in and around Kherson, Russia may have decided to destroy the dam to hold up Ukraine\'s counter-offensive, which it fears could come from multiple directions. 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(7317, 7317, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When two police officers involved in the Kanjuruhan Stadium crush walked free from a Surabaya courtroom two months ago, Indonesians were outraged.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Families of the 135 people who died when police fired tear gas at supporters at the end of a football match in the city of Malang in East Java last October had hoped those on the field would be held accountable for the decisions they made that night, especially after an official report concluded: “Tear gas was the main cause of deaths, injuries and trauma in the Kanjuruhan humanitarian tragedy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) report, which was commissioned by the government and released in November, argued there were two ways in which the tear gas probably killed those inside the stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Firstly, the gas killed victims directly because it built up in the stairwell and tunnel leading to the exit at Gate 13 where many died as they struggled to escape. It noted this would need to be confirmed by autopsy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secondly, the gas killed indirectly, because it left people with burning eyes, scalding skin and breathing difficulties that added to the chaos as fans scrambled desperately for the exits and were crushed and trampled in the melee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But as Judge Abu Achmad Sidqi Amsya read his verdict in the Surabaya District Court in April, he said the tear gas had not travelled as far as the seating areas – known as tribunes – where the majority of the spectators had been seated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“[…] the smoke produced by the tear gas was blown by the wind to the south towards the middle of the field,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“And when the smoke reached the sidelines, the wind blew it upwards and it never reached the south stands,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite Judge Amsya’s verdict and his assertion that no tear gas was fired directly into the tribunes or at spectators, multiple witnesses who were in Kanjuruhan told Al Jazeera that the gas did indeed reach the south stands and suffocated spectators in the 13th and 14th tribunes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, with two more civil cases against the police looming in the city of Malang, the debate over whether spectators died after panicking and getting caught in the crush or by direct suffocation has become increasingly important to the legal arguments over who was responsible for the tragedy. 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, '2023-06-07 12:29:32', '2023-06-07 12:29:32'),
(7318, 7318, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><div><b>At least 15 people were dead and ten were injured after a truck rammed into a pick-up van on Sylhet-Dhaka highway, at Nazir Bazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila, on Wednesday.</b></div><div><br></div><div>Nine of the deceased were identified as Haris Mia, 50; Sourav, 25; Sadhu Mia, 40; Tayef Nur, 45; Sagar, 18; Rashid Mia, 40; Dulal Mia, 55; Badsha Mia, 45; and Wahid Ali, 40 of Sunamganj district. Identities of rest of the deceased could not be known immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>The accident occurred around 5:30 am when the sand-carrying truck hit a pick-up van carrying construction workers in Kutubpur area, leaving 11 people dead and 12 others injured, said Md Samsuddoha, officer-in-charge of Dakkhin Surma Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>The injured were taken to Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital where the doctors declared four of them dead.</div><div><br></div><div>The pick-up van with 20-22 construction workers were heading towards Tajpur.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Director of Sylhet Fire Service and Civil Defence, Maniruzzaman, said So far they have recovered 11 bodies from the spot but the death toll may increase further.</div><div><br></div><div>Vehicular movement on Sylhet-Dhaka highway remained suspended for three hours following the accident.</div><div><br></div><div>A long tailback formed after the accident on the highway. However, vehicular movement resumed around 8 am following police intervention. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 14:31:08', '2023-06-07 19:03:41'),
(7319, 7319, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tribute to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the historic six-point day.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After laying the wreath in the morning, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flanked by senior Awami League leaders, Hasina placed another wreath at the portrait as the party chief.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, associate bodies of Awami League, including Dhaka city AL, Chhatra League, Jubo League, Sramik League, Krishak League, Mohila Awami League and Swechchhasebak League placed wreaths at the portrait of Bangabandhu marking the historic occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On this day in 1966, Bangabandhu launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the six- point demand, the Magna Carta of the Bangalees demanding autonomy for the then East Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Awami League under the leadership of Bangabandhu called for a day-long hartal on June 7 in 1966 throughout then East Pakistan pressing the demand for autonomy to end the exploitation, deprivation, subjugation and tyranny of the then central government of Pakistan on the people here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten people, including labour leader Manu Mian, Shafique and Shamsul Haque, were killed as the police and paramilitary East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) opened fire on the demonstrators on the day in Dhaka, Tongi and Narayanganj during the hartal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pakistani atrocities intensified the movement for provincial autonomy turning it into the historic mass upsurge in 1969 that subsequently caused the downfall of the reign of Field Marshal Ayub Khan. 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, '2023-06-07 14:35:01', '2023-06-07 14:35:01'),
(7320, 7320, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday renewed calls for Israel to ensure independence of its judiciary, after major protests against changes pushed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harris spoke at a gala reception to mark 75 years of the Jewish state organized by the Israeli embassy at a museum in Washington.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number-two US leader promised \"ironclad commitment to the security of Israel\" but also alluded to Netanyahu\'s judicial proposals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Under President Joe Biden and our administration, America will continue to stand for the values that have been the bedrock of the US-Israel relationship, which include continuing to strengthen our democracy,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two countries\' values are \"built on strong institutions, checks and balances and, I\'ll add, an independent judiciary,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Netanyahu, leading the most right-wing government in Israel\'s history, has proposed curtailing the authority of the Supreme Court and giving politicians greater powers over the selection of judges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After massive street protests and boycotts of military reserve duty by critics who say he is destroying democracy, Netanyahu in March announced a \"pause\" to allow for talks on the reforms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden said at the time that he was \"very concerned\" about Netanyahu\'s proposal, leading to rebukes from some of the Israeli leader\'s right-wing allies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harris also renewed support for an independent Palestinian state -- rejected by much of Netanyahu\'s base -- saying that Israelis and Palestinians should \"enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harris attended the reception with her husband Doug Emhoff, the first Jewish spouse of a US president or vice president, and said that as a girl she collected donations for the Jewish National Fund which develops land for Israeli communities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today, under the leadership of President Joe Biden, the United States has an unbreakable bond with the State of Israel,\" she said. 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, '2023-06-07 15:05:16', '2023-06-07 15:05:16'),
(7321, 7321, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 30 ethnic Fulani herders near northeast Nigeria\'s Lake Chad, demanding ransom for their release, fishermen and the head of an anti-jihadist militia told AFP Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The militants in eight boats stormed the fishing and herding villages of Tudun Kwastan, Kwatar Turare and Kwatar Kuwait on the shores of the lake on Friday, seizing 30 herders, including men and women, the sources said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Boko Haram insurgents went to selected Fulani homes in the villages and took away 30 men and women,\" Labo Sani, a fisherman from nearby Doron Baga, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They left a message asking the hostages\' families to raise 20 million naira ($43,000) for their release,\" Labo said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The militants demanded the ransom be delivered to Musaram island, where the hostages would be released to their families, said Sallau Arzika, another fisherman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) split from Boko Haram in 2016, it has seized control of most territory from Boko Haram, including around Lake Chad, where it now has a strong presence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group allowed fishermen and herders to fish and graze in its territory after paying tax, providing it with a huge source of income, the two fishermen said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boko Haram, which lacks such sources of income, is desperately looking for cash and decided to abduct the herders to squeeze money from them, anti-jihadist militia in the region said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The kidnap was purely for money, and as long as the herders raise the money Boko Haram demanded, the hostages will be released,\" said the militia leader.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But he warned that payment would not bring an end to the kidnappings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Fulani herders in the Doron Baga area have started leaving for fear of more kidnappings,\" said the militia leader.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The jihadist conflict, which started in 2019, has killed more than 40,000 people and displaced about two million in the northeast, according to the United Nations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\'s new president, Bola Tinubu, who was sworn in at the end of May as the head of Africa\'s most populous country and the continent\'s largest economy, faces a host of security challenges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like his predecessors, he has promised to make the fight against insecurity \"his top priority\". 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, '2023-06-07 15:07:44', '2023-06-07 15:07:44'),
(7322, 7322, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the 5th & 6th June,the 2nd International Conference on Technology, Business and Justice towards smart Bangladesh\' has been successfully completed at Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University. The university campus was buzzing with the walk of eminent academicians and researchers from Nepal-Malaysia and Japan in the conference.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parallel sessions were conducted in the Central Library, Virtual Conference Room, Business Administration Faculty Building and Science Faculty Building on Tuesday (June 6) morning during the two-day conference. Where researchers from home and abroad present their research projects. 92 research abstracts by 127 authors were presented at this conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the second day, 15 research papers were presented in the Science session, 6 research papers in the Business session and 10 research papers were presented in the Law session. Among them, Professor Vinod Krishna Shrestha of Nepal\'s Kathmandu University has written an original article entitled \"Digitalizing Business for Smart Bangladesh\" and University Technology Mara, Malaysia\'s Professor Dr. Hartini Saripan presented the keynote paper entitled \'A Roadmap Towards Smart Bangladesh: A·ploring Malaysia\'s Path to Smart Cities Aspiration\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main sponsor of the conference and the Vice-Chancellor of the University Professor Dr. Soumitra Shekhar. At this time, the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering was also present among others. Ujjal Kumar Pradhan, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. Md. Riyad Hasan, registrar agriculturist Dr. Md. Humayun Kabir, convener of the organizing committee Professor Dr. Tushar Kanti Saha and member secretary Professor Dr. Md. Tariqul Islam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vice-Chancellor Dr. in the closing speech. Soumitra Shekhar said, I am feeling both happiness and sadness at this moment. Because we managed to organize a successful conference. So that the researchers from the country and abroad have appeared. The conference ended today. But we believe, the conference train started in Nazrul University.This progress of Nazrul University towards creating new knowledge will continue in the future. Congratulating the researchers, he said, we want to develop our university as a research minded university like the famous universities of the world. Knowledge exchange is not only necessary for knowledge creation. International conferences provide platforms for this exchange.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note that in the afternoon, the closing session was held in the virtual conference room of the university. Two Best Paper Awards for each faculty were recognized in the closing session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Nazrul University correspondent', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 15:54:26', '2023-06-07 15:58:16'),
(7323, 7323, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the partial destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine was \"another devastating consequence\" of Russia\'s invasion of its neighbor.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An attack on the major Russian-held dam in southern Ukraine unleashed a torrent of water that flooded a small city, inundated two dozen villages and sparked the evacuation of 17,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today\'s tragedy is yet another example of the horrific price of war on people,\" Guterres told reporters at UN headquarters in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The floodgates of suffering have been overflowing for more than a year. That must stop,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow and Kyiv traded blame for ripping a gaping hole in the dam in what Kyiv said was an attempt by Russia to hamper Ukraine\'s long-awaited offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guterres said the UN \"has no access to independent information on the circumstances that led to the destruction\" of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant dam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But one thing is clear,\" he added. \"This is another devastating consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guterres, who since the start of Russia\'s invasion has condemned Moscow for violating the UN charter, said attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure \"must stop.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have all seen the tragic images coming out today of the monumental humanitarian, economic and ecological catastrophe in the Kherson region of Ukraine,\" the secretary-general said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United Nations and humanitarian partners are rushing support in coordination with the government of Ukraine -- including drinking water and water purification tablets and other critical assistance,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a Security Council meeting devoted to the dam blast, humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said the destruction of the dam was a \"massive blow\" to food production in the region, as well as carried significant risks of mines and explosives being shifted by water to areas previously deemed safe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The destruction of the dam \"will have grave and far-reaching consequences for thousands of people in southern Ukraine - on both sides of the front line - through the loss of homes, food, safe water and livelihoods.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said the dam blast was caused by a \"deliberate sabotage undertaken by Kyiv.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is the criminal Kyiv regime and the Western patrons obstinately pumping it full of weapons who bear full responsibility for the unfolding tragedy,\" Nebenzya said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s envoy Sergiy Kyslytsya said Moscow was \"blaming the victim for your own crimes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The explosion of the dam of the Kakhovka (hydroelectric power plant) is an act of ecological and technological terrorism,\" he told the Council. 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, '2023-06-07 16:07:03', '2023-06-07 16:07:03'),
(7324, 7324, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two people were killed and five injured Tuesday during a shooting near a high school graduation in the US state of Virginia, police said, the latest in an epidemic of mass shootings plaguing the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shooting took place around 5 pm (2100 GMT) outside a theater in the state capital of Richmond, where students from a local high school were celebrating their graduation, Richmond interim police chief Rick Edwards told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased included an 18-year-old graduate and a 36-year-old man, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the five injured, one remained in critical condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"People scattered, it was very chaotic at the scene,\" Edwards said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A nineteen-year-old suspect fled the scene, but was soon arrested and is to be charged with second-degree murder, Edwards said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official did not name a possible motive for the crime, but said the suspect knew at least one of the victims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several handguns were recovered from the scene.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With more firearms than inhabitants, the United States has the highest rate of gun deaths of any developed country -- 49,000 in 2021, up from 45,000 the year before. 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, '2023-06-07 16:11:41', '2023-06-07 16:11:41'),
(7325, 7325, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air ranked 9th most polluted in the world this morning (June 7, 2023) as per the Air Quality Index (AQI).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The air in Dhaka was categorised as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, with an AQI score of 145 at 9:37 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s Delhi, USA’s New York City and Qatar\'s Doha occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 313, 187, and 162, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 151 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ 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 the winter and improves during the monsoon. 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, '2023-06-07 17:10:05', '2023-06-07 17:10:05'),
(7326, 7326, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The benefits of jamun for diabetes and digestive health are well-known. They have a special significance in ancient medicinal practice Ayurveda and have been used in treating blood pressure, blood sugar imbalance, fatigue among other illnesses since time immemorial. They may not be available all year long, but their seed powder can be consumed any time of the year.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamun seed powder have jamboline and jambosine which can prevent sugar spikes. It is not only good for smooth bowel movements but also help reduce inflammation in liver. Those suffering from blood pressure can also reap benefits from jamun seed powder. They are also easy to make at home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here\'s an easy recipe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to make jamun seed powder</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Keep jamun seeds to dry for 2-3 days. After that, the skin of the seeds will easily come off; remove it. Once you have done that, grind them to get a powdery consistency. Take 1 spoon every day with a glass of water. You can also consume jamun seed powder with low fat or almond milk. It has a sweet and tangy taste.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Benefits of jamun seed powder</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nutritionist Lovneet Batra in her recent Instagram post talks about the health benefits of jamun seed powder and how the amazing seeds can help manage various chronic conditions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You must be aware of the health benefits of jamun, but how about jamun seed powder? Yes, you read that right. The seeds of your favourite summer fruit, jamun, is useful in managing various conditions,\" says the nutritionist.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Here are all the wonderful benefits of jamun seed powder:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Helps control diabetes</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Batra says the seeds of jamun can be quite beneficial when it comes to managing blood glucose levels and reducing glycosuria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The seeds of the fruit have active ingredients called jamboline and jambosine that slow down the rate of sugar released into the blood and increase the insulin levels in the body. Scientifically, it has a low glycaemic index, making it a good option for diabetics,\" says Batra.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Aids in detoxification</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamun seed powder is a detoxifying herb which helps to maintain natural urination and sweating.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Boosts liver health</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamun seed powder acts as a liver stimulant due to its antioxidant property. The antioxidants fight against the damage caused by free radicals and protect the liver cells. It also has anti-inflammatory properties which helps reduce inflammation in the liver.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Helps control blood pressure</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from diabetes, jamun can also keep in check high blood pressure levels. Jamun seeds powder contains antioxidants called ellagic acid that may help in keeping a check on rapid fluctuations of blood pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Keep free radicals at bay</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamun seeds contain powerful antioxidants like flavonoids and phenolic compounds that help keep harmful free radicals at bay. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 17:16:42', '2023-06-07 17:16:42'),
(7327, 7327, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Around 2000 closed-circuit TV cameras (CCTV) will be installed in and outside polling stations in Khulna, so that the Election Commission in Dhaka can monitor the voting situation, said sources at the local Election Commission office.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voting to Khulna City Corporation (KCC) is scheduled to be held on June 12 and a festive situation is prevailing over campaigning in the 31 wards of the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities concerned have already completed training of 5,485 people, selected to perform duties on election day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, 5,35, 528 voters are scheduled to exercise their franchise at 289 polling stations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already 1,732 polling booths have been installed to make the voting process easier while 289 presiding officers, 1,732 assistant presiding officers and 3,464 polling officers are taking all-out preparation to perform their duties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farazi Benazir Ahmed, assistant returning officer and Khulna district election officer, said the work of sending election materials including EVM (electronic voting machines) will start on June 11 and the results will be announced at Women’s Sports Complex on June 12 midnight. 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, '2023-06-07 18:05:40', '2023-06-07 18:05:40'),
(7328, 7328, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The historic Six-Point Day is being observed today in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bengalis of the then East Pakistan joined Awami League’s call for a daylong shutdown on this day in 1966 to press for specific demands including autonomy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had placed the demands several months earlier to end the tyranny of the then Pakistan government and their oppression of the Bengalis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the call of Awami League, the people of the then East Pakistan joined the Six-Point Movement spontaneously and observed the dawn-to-dusk hartal across the province.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law enforcers opened fire on demonstrators at various places in Dhaka and Narayanganj, killing at least 10 people. The killings intensified the movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The six points included having a federal structure of government based on the spirit of the Lahore Resolution of 1940, with a parliament elected on the basis of universal adult franchise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also asked for the central government’s authority only in defence and foreign affairs and vesting all other subjects in the federating units of the state of Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It proposed two freely convertible currencies for the two wings of Pakistan or two separate reserve banks for the two regions of the country; vesting power of taxation and revenue collection in the federating units; and two separate accounts for foreign exchange reserves for the two wings of Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also demanded a separate militia or paramilitary force for East Pakistan as a measure of its security. 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, '2023-06-07 18:08:05', '2023-06-07 18:08:05'),
(7329, 7329, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inter stand in the way of City matching the greatest ever achievement in English football by emulating Manchester United\'s class of 1998/99 in winning the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League in the same season.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For all latest news, follow The Daily Star\'s Google News channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Guardiola, meanwhile, a moment of personal validation awaits in Istanbul after his 12-year drought in the competition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catalan is widely regarded as the greatest coach of his generation with 11 league titles to his name in just 14 seasons in charge of Barcelona, Bayern Munich and City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But since winning the Champions League in 2011 for the second time in his first three years at Barca, Guardiola has suffered a series of agonising European exits.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After losing a dramatic semi-final to Chelsea in his final year at the Camp Nou, Guardiola\'s three years at Bayern were marred by three more defeats in the last four.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At City, it took five tries just to break the quarter-finals, but he again fell just short in the final to Chelsea two years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A miraculous late fightback from Real Madrid in last season\'s semi-final inflicted more heartbreak on City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guardiola\'s team selection in losing the 2021 final was just one of a number where he has stood accused of \"overthinking\" and getting in the way of a richly-talented squad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But his tactical nous has shone through to turn what had been a troublesome campaign until February into potentially the greatest the club has ever enjoyed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guardiola publicly questioned his players\' hunger to keep on winning trophies in January, while it took time for the team to acclimatise to having Erling Haaland up front, even if the 52-goal Norwegian was prolific from the off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many questioned the decision to jettison Joao Cancelo in the January transfer window, leaving City desperately short on natural full-backs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Guardiola had a plan as a switch to a back three, with centre-back John Stones pushed forward into the midfield role that Cancelo had occupied in previous seasons, sparked a devastating run of form.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I can\'t speak highly enough of him,\" said City winger Jack Grealish of his manager.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He\'s a bit weird the way he just knows everything. There are games I come into and think \'what\'s he going to come out with today\' and he just comes out with different tactics every game. He\'s a pleasure to work with.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet stability has also been key to City\'s charge to Istanbul this weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten players have started all of the last five Champions League games as the likes of Riyad Mahrez, Phil Foden and Julian Alvarez have been consistently frozen out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After thrashing Bayern 4-1 on aggregate in the quarter-finals, City took revenge on Madrid by routing the defending champions 4-0 at a jubilant Etihad Stadium in the semi-final second leg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Guardiola has already made City the dominant force of English football with five league titles in the past six seasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, he recognises that Champions League success will bring a status that no number of domestic titles can provide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So many clubs have destroyed projects and ideas because they weren\'t able to win this competition, and so many have become big clubs because they were able to win it,\" Guardiola told UEFA.com.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Even if I don\'t share this opinion, I understand that everything we have done through all these years, which has been a lot and very good, will make sense to others if we win this competition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we don\'t win it, then things will seem to make less sense. It\'s a bit unfair, but we must accept it. That\'s how it is.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We must also accept that if we want to make a definitive step as a big club, we must win in Europe. We have to win the Champions League; that\'s something you can\'t avoid.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Making City champions of Europe will complete the project Guardiola was brought to the club to fulfil seven years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would also silence any remaining doubters about the Spaniard\'s right to be ranked among the all-time coaching greats. 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, '2023-06-07 18:32:58', '2023-06-07 18:32:58'),
(7330, 7330, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The global economy must steer through a precarious recovery this year and next as inflation keeps dragging on household spending and higher interest rates weigh on growth, banks and markets.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That was the takeaway Wednesday from the latest economic outlook by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The group, made up of 38 member countries, raised its growth forecast this year to 2.7% from an estimated 2.2% in November and foresaw only a tiny acceleration to 2.9% next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic and energy price spike tied to Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine is likely to be weak by past standards, with average growth of 3.4% recorded in the pre-pandemic years 2013-2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The path ahead is fraught with risks, from escalation of Russia\'s war in Ukraine — with a dam collapse Tuesday that the sides blamed on each other — to debt troubles in developing countries and rapid interest rate hikes having unforeseen effects on banks and investors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The global economy is turning a corner but faces a long road ahead to attain strong and sustainable growth,\" the intergovernmental organization said. \"Global economic developments have begun to improve, but the upturn remains fragile. \"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a more optimistic outlook than the World Bank gave Tuesday, citing similar risks in its expectation for 2.1% global growth this year. That was still an upgrade from its January forecast of 1.7%.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Energy prices have fallen to pre-invasion levels, helping ease the worst of the recent outbreak of inflation. But those costs are still higher than they were before Russia began massing troops on Ukraine\'s border in early 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, China\'s reopening after drastic pandemic measures has provided a boost to global activity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, is proving persistent as some companies raise prices to increase profits and workers push for higher wages amid relatively low unemployment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The OECD sees inflation declining to 5.2% by year end from 7.8% at the end of last year in the Group of 20 countries that make up more than 80% of the global economy. The U.S. should see annual inflation of 3.2% by the last quarter of this year, and Europe\'s rate should fall to 3.5%.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those levels would provide some relief but are still above the 2% inflation targets for the European Central Bank and U.S. Federal Reserve, which have been rapidly raising interest rates to fight inflation. That increases the cost of borrowing to buy houses and invest in business expansion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The OECD cautioned that while central banks need to maintain policies that restrict credit, they \"must keep a watchful eye, given the uncertainties around the exact impact\" of the rapid hikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Signs of stress have started to appear\" as higher borrowing costs slow property markets and raise concern about the impact of more expensive credit, the organization said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Countries that spent on pandemic relief for households and businesses already are grappling with higher public debt and now have the added burden of more expensive costs to pay it down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States and Europe both can expect only tepid growth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U.S. is facing challenges from higher borrowing costs in rate-sensitive areas like housing construction and manufacturing. As demand slows, unemployment is expected to gradually rise toward 4.5% in 2024 — up from 3.7% in May. With more jobs available and fewer pay increases, inflation is expected to moderate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Nonetheless, the economic outlook could worsen if rising interest rates expose further financial fragilities,\" the OECD said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and two other U.S. lenders highlighted problems that could emerge in the banking system if financial institutions suffer losses on investments like bonds, whose value falls when rates go up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the globe\'s growth will come from Asian economies such as China, India, Indonesia and Singapore. Growth in China is expected to reach 5.4% this year and 5.1% next year as services such as tourism and entertainment recover from COVID-19 lockdowns and infrastructure spending supports a construction boom. Exports should be tempered by weak global demand. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd224/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 19:57:38', '2023-06-07 19:57:38');
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(7331, 7331, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Terming the national budget for FY23-24 as anti-people and deceptive BNP on Wednesday said it has been designed to loot several billion dollars of national wealth under the shelter of a corrupt regime.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a press conference, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also said it will not be possible to ensure people\'s welfare through the budget which is unrealistic and imaginary.</div><div><br></div><div>“The newly presented budget is just an annual manifesto of the current ‘fascist looter’ government to maintain the continuity of the economic corruption,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul, also a former teacher of economics, said the budget is highly ambitious and implementable.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s just the budget of the plunderers made with the aim of looting billions of dollars under the shelter of the current corrupt government,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP arranged the press conference to give the party\'s formal reaction to the proposed budget for FY2023-2024, six days after the finance minister presented it in the national parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>In the budget, Fakhrul said, the finance minister did not acknowledge the ongoing economic crisis, growing income disparity, dwindling foreign exchange reserves, rampant money laundering, and huge debt burden on the shoulders of the country’s people.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said the government also did not give any outline in the budget about how to overcome the economic crises and challenges and completely avoided the concept of good governance and justice.</div><div><br></div><div>“There is also no direction in the budget to prevent widespread corruption and money laundering. This anti-people budget will not play any role in protecting the interests of common people,” the BNP leader observed.</div><div><br></div><div>He said no major structural reforms have been undertaken in the past decade in policy issues, the banking system, the revenue sector, or other essential sectors, including the financial one. “There is no indication of these reforms in this budget either.”</div><div><br></div><div>In smart Bangladesh, Fakhrul said, the government this time gave the budget for plundering money smartly. “They (govt) are smart at stealing, including vote theft, bank theft, and money laundering.”</div><div><br></div><div>The&nbsp; BNP leader also said all arrangements have been made in the budget to smartly loot lakhs of crores of taka, plunder banks, and public money through a syndicate, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said the ongoing economic and political crisis in Bangladesh has become the main national crisis of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s not possible to formulate a budget for the welfare of people and economy and implement it without democratic and accountable government,” he observed.</div><div><br></div><div>He added an accountable, democratic, and responsible elected government must be established to get rid of the ongoing national crisis. </div><div><br></div><div>“The only way to do this is to hold a free, fair, impartial, inclusive and acceptable election under a polls-time impartial government,” he also added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-07 23:37:43', '2023-06-07 23:37:43'),
(7332, 7332, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Bangladeshi peacekeeper, who was abducted by a group in South Sudan on Tuesday, has been rescued.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Md Ashekur Rahman, a sub inspector of Bangladesh police, has been serving as Individual Police Officer (IPO) in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), said a police media release signed by Md Manjur Rahman, additional inspector general (Media and PRO) of police headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>A local group abducted Ashekur while he was patrolling with a police component around 6pm (local time), it reads, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, he was rescued and is now well and safe along with other Bangladeshi peacekeepers, the release added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 01:12:52', '2023-06-08 01:12:52'),
(7333, 7333, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands were fleeing their homes Wednesday after the destruction of a frontline Russian-held dam flooded dozens of villages and parts of a nearby city in Ukraine, sparking fears of a humanitarian disaster.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Downstream from the breached Kakhovka dam, Ukrainian police and troops in Kherson city were bringing people out from inundated areas in inflatable boats, most clutching only a few documents and pets.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow and Ukraine have traded blame for the dam being ripped open early Tuesday, which unleashed a gush of water on the Dnipro River and forced hasty departures.</div><div><br></div><div>One woman, Nataliya Korzh, 68, had swum part of the way to escape from her house. She emerged from a rescue boat barefoot, her legs covered with scratches, her hands trembling from cold.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All my rooms are underwater. My fridge is floating, the freezer, everything. We\'re used to shooting, but a natural disaster is a real nightmare. I wasn\'t expecting that,\" she told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>She had only managed to bring a few belongings and medicines with her and feared for her two dogs and cat, which she was unable to save.</div><div><br></div><div>\"To get to the room where the dogs were, I would have had to dive. I don\'t know what\'s happened to them.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Central streets of Kherson were waist-deep in water and ground-floors of buildings underwater.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesman for Ukraine\'s emergency services, Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, said on television that \"more than 1,450 people have been evacuated\" and \"currently there is no information about the dead or injured\".</div><div><br></div><div>Water levels in Kherson have risen by five metres (16 feet), he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid the rescue operation, frequent shelling could be heard in the city, which was occupied by Russian forces for nine months in 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>A policeman, Sergiy, 38, was using a radio to coordinate the rescue boats.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today we\'ve already saved 30 people, 10 pets. There was one child. We will work until we\'ve brought out all the people,\" he told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Washington warned there would be \"likely many deaths\" due to the breach of the Kakhovka dam, which is located on the frontline and provides cooling water for Europe\'s largest nuclear plant.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv said the destruction of the dam -- seized by Russia in the early hours of the war -- was an attempt by Moscow to hamper its long-awaited offensive, which Ukraine\'s leader stressed would not be affected.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations warned that hundreds of thousands could be affected on both sides of the frontline.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said 1,852 houses had been flooded by early Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"According to our forecasts, the water level will increase by one metre within the next 20 hours,\" he warned.</div><div><br></div><div>President Volodymyr Zelensky\'s adviser Daria Zarivna said that in the occupied territory \"the Russians simply abandoned people\" and in the town of Oleshky on the opposite bank from Kherson, \"many spent the night on the roofs of houses\".</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow-installed officials on the Russian-occupied side of the river said on Tuesday that more than 1,200 people had been evacuated, including 38 people rescued from roofs.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Environmental bomb\' -</div><div>Zelensky also accused Russia of detonating an \"environmental bomb of mass destruction\", saying authorities expected up to 80 settlements with tens of thousands of residents to be flooded and urging the world to \"react\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"This crime carries enormous threats and will have dire consequences for people\'s lives and the environment,\" Zelensky said.</div><div><br></div><div>But the explosion would \"not affect Ukraine\'s ability to de-occupy its own territories\", he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Last October, Zelensky accused Russia of planting mines at the dam, warning that its destruction would spur a new wave of refugees into Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv said 150 tonnes of engine oil had spilled into the river, and the agricultural ministry said about 10 thousand hectares of farmland on the right bank of the river would be flooded and \"several times more\" on the left bank.</div><div><br></div><div>China expressed \"serious concern\" over the dam destruction, while EU chief Charles Michel called it a \"war crime\" and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg condemned it as \"outrageous\".</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has said the dam was partially destroyed by \"multiple strikes\" from Ukrainian forces and urged the world to condemn Kyiv\'s \"criminal acts\".</div><div><br></div><div>The Soviet-era dam, built in the 1950s, sits on the Dnipro River, which provides cooling water for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant some 150 kilometres (90 miles) away.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow and Kyiv offered conflicting assessments of the safety of the facility.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian-installed director of the plant, Yuri Chernichuk, said water levels in the cooling pond had not changed and \"at the moment, there is no security threat to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant\".</div><div><br></div><div>But Zelensky\'s aide Mykhaylo Podolyak said the nuclear plant had lost its source of cooling and the danger was \"growing rapidly\". - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 01:52:13', '2023-06-08 01:52:13'),
(7334, 7334, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A total of four meritorious teachers and 95 students belonging to the Science Faculty in Rajshahi University (RU) were given dean\'s award as recognition of their significant achievement in their respective academic fields.</span><br></b></div><div><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div>RU authority arranged an award-giving ceremony at its Senate Building today largely attended by teachers, students and others concerned.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar addressed the ceremony as the chief guest, while Pro-vice-chancellors Prof Sultan-Ul-Islam and Prof Humayun Kabir and Treasurer Prof Obayedur Rahman Pramanik spoke as special guests with Science Faculty Dean Prof Shahed Jaman in the chair.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Congratulating the award-winners for their achievements, VC Prof Golam Sabbir hoped that they will contribute a lot towards progress and welfare of the country and the nation as well in the days to come, reports BSS</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He also stressed the need for more research on arts, commerce and social sciences in addition to the science, engineering, earth science and biology for overall success of the nation.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 02:03:38', '2023-06-08 02:03:38'),
(7335, 7335, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today firmly said that the people of Bangladesh will never bow down to any foreign pressure.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"No matter how much domestic and foreign pressure comes, the Bangalees will never bow down to that pressure,\" she said, addressing, as the chair, a discussion on the occasion of historic Six-Point Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Awami League (AL) organised the meeting in city\'s Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said, \"We must always remember that this country is ours. We will not let anyone play ducks and drakes with the fate of the people of this country.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will protect the rights of the people of our country,\" she said, adding \"We (AL) have brought democracy in this country through struggle. Bangladesh has progressed today because of democratic continuation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Mentioning that the Six-Point was the \"Magna Carta\" of the people of Bangladesh, the premier said progress march of the country has been possible with this and Bangladesh became a role model of development. \"We will move forward as a role model.\"&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She laid emphasis on the continuation of democratic trend along with ensuring voting rights of the country\'s people and said that none could suppress the people of Bangladesh further.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In the last 14 and a half years, Bangladesh has witnessed huge changes and development, and we will build Smart Bangladesh by 2041,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The AL chief directed the leaders and activists of her party to be aware about this and highlight the present development activities and future plan of the government going to people of the country so that none could play with the luck of them.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said no external force will put BNP in power bringing them with a merry-go-round, rather they will be used.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They think someone, coming from somewhere else, will put them in power by bringing them with a merry-go-round. None will do (bring them to power) and ever does it, rather will use. It will use (them), but won\'t give them power,\" she said in reference to BNP\'s excitement following the announcement of the new US visa policy.</div><div><br></div><div>She said it is the Awami League that protected democracy and voting rights and ensured the continuation of democracy in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said, \"Today, movement and struggle will be waged (by BNP). It is better from the one perspective that if they resort to arson violence and kill the people, they will not get US visa.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said those will destroy them (BNP), whose words make them (BNP) dance. \"We\'ve nothing to do. We\'ve nothing to think of it,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of government said that she has already told (the authorities concerned) to let the BNP wage movement. \"Let them do how much movement they can do. We\'ll not say anything,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She, however, asked the authorities concerned to keep their eyes open and camera on always so that they can\'t repeat the arson violence, burning and killing people as they did in 2013, 2014 and 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>She said they (BNP) may instigate and send the photographs outside the country. They don\'t believe in the power of the people, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said they protected the voting rights of the people of the country. \"It is we who brought democracy, waging movements and struggles in this country. Since there is the continuation of democracy, Bangladesh today witnessed progress and socio-economic uplift,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>AL advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu, its presidium members Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Deputy Leader in Parliament Matia Chowdhury, Shahjahan Khan and Simeen Hussain Rimi, AL Dhaka south city unit general secretary Humayun Kabir and Dhaka north city unit general secretary SM Mannan Kochi also spoke.</div><div><br></div><div>AL publicity and publication secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap and his deputy Syed Abdul Awal Shameem moderated the discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 7 in 1966, Bangladesh\'s founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched a massive movement against the misrule of the Pakistanis on the basis of the six-point demand, the Magna Carta of the Bengalis, demanding autonomy for the then East Pakistan. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 02:15:00', '2023-06-08 02:15:00'),
(7336, 7336, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said the government has a plan to set up shishu hospital at every district.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"The government has a plan to set up shishu hospital at every district across the country in future\", he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister revealed this while responding to a query made by treasury bench lawmaker M Mamunur Rashid Kiron of Noakhali-3 at the question-answer session which was tabled at the Jatiya Sangsad here with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, the construction work of establishing a shishu hospital at every divisional cities across the country are underway as per the commitment made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said the minister. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 02:23:31', '2023-06-08 02:23:31'),
(7337, 7337, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Jr NTR has appeared in some of the most popular films like Jai Lava Kusa, Simhadri, Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava, Janatha Garage and RRR, to name a few. In South India, he has a huge fan base and the actor has also gained a fair amount of international acclaim following the success of his superhit film RRR. The film has also won the Academy Award in the Best Original Song category for Naatu Naatu. According to reports, Jr NTR has signed a film with KGF franchise director Prashanth Neel.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>There were rumours regarding the female protagonist for the Prashanth Neel-Jr NTR film. From Deepika Padukone to Mrunal Thakur, all these leading actresses were rumoured to star opposite the RRR actor. However, now it has been reported that global star Priyanka Chopra has been roped in to play the female lead in the action-packed film. However, there has been no official confirmation from the makers of the film.</div><div><br></div><div>According to reports, the film is a pan-India action entertainer, with the backdrop of the India-Pakistan border. Reportedly, it is jointly produced by Mythri Movie Makers and NTR Arts and is expected to hit theatres next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, Jr NTR is shooting for his upcoming film Devara, directed by Koratala Siva. Janhvi Kapoor plays the female protagonist in the film, while Saif Ali Khan plays the villain. Recently, there have been rumours that there would be another actress in the film, as the story also has a mythological touch. However, no official announcement has been made regarding that. Devara makers have locked Hyderabad, Goa and Visakhapatnam as the shooting locations of the film.</div><div><br></div><div>According to reports, Jr NTR is also expected to star in Hrithik Roshan’s War 2. It has been claimed that he will be playing the role of a villain in the film. The second part of the War franchise will be directed by Ayan Mukerji. Source: News18</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 02:34:46', '2023-06-08 02:34:46'),
(7338, 7338, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu has said that there is no scope to invite anyone to dialogue regarding the next general election.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“There is no scope to invite anyone (to join dialogue) and none was invited,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The AL senior leader was addressing a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Awami League (AL) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, marking the historic 6-Point Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The remark came a day after he reportedly said it is not possible to resolve the crisis through any other means than dialogue.</div><div><br></div><div>Amu on Wednesday said the next general election will be held as per the Constitution as the leader of AL-led 14-party alliance and also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed firm conviction to hold the polls in free, fair and neutral manners.</div><div><br></div><div>“Today the election will be held on the basis of the Constitution. It can\'t allow the creation of a constitutional vacuum in the country,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Amu said conspiracies continued repeatedly regarding elections, starting from 2013, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“None was told about talks. None was invited to discussion,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Amu also claimed that he on Tuesday said the BNP accepted defeat in dialogue in 2013 and then the election was held in a fair manner in 2014. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 03:08:47', '2023-06-08 03:08:47'),
(7339, 7339, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The breaching of a major dam in southern Ukraine will have a catastrophic effect on locating landmines, the Red Cross has warned.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of people have already been evacuated from parts of the Kherson region as water continues to surge down the Dnipro river which divides Russian and Ukrainian-controlled territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Ukraine and Russia blame each other for sabotaging the Kakhovka dam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three flood-related deaths have been reported in the Russian-held Oleshky.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yevhen Ryshchuk, the town\'s exiled Ukrainian mayor, told public broadcaster Suspilne he believed there would be more casualties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC has been unable to verify claims by Ukrainian and Russian officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erik Tollefsen, head of the Red Cross\'s weapon contamination unit, warned dislodged mines had sparked major concerns not just for Kherson residents, but also those coming to help.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We knew where the hazards were,\" he told AFP news agency. \"Now we don\'t know.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All we know is that they are somewhere downstream.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nataliya Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for Ukraine\'s military South Command, told Ukrainian TV: \"Many anti-infantry mines [in Russian-seized areas] have been dislodged, becoming floating mines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They pose a great danger,\" she said, explaining that they were likely to explode if they collided or hit debris.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dam in Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka was breached in the early hours of Tuesday, leading to mass evacuations as water levels downstream rapidly increased.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials say 30 towns and villages along the river have been flooded and nearly 2,000 homes have been submerged in the city of Kherson - the region\'s capital controlled by Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One woman, who arrived in Kherson on a rescue boat from the Russian-occupied east side of the river, explained how quickly the situation escalated after she heard about the disaster early on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We managed to collect our things but the water kept rising. At that moment I was cooking buckwheat and my feet were already underwater. It started to flood really fast,\" Kateryna Krupych, 40, told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It feels like we lived a whole life in just one day.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the Ukrainians are developing a plan to help people on both sides of the Dnipro river.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are saving everyone on the right [Ukrainian-controlled] bank and developing a plan to help people on the [Russian-held] left bank.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the 30 flooded towns and villages, 20 were controlled by Ukraine and 10 were temporarily occupied by Russia, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Klymenko also accused the Russians of leaving \"people to fend for themselves\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rising water levels were expected to peak in Kherson late on Wednesday, but officials fear a catastrophic impact on agriculture as the vast Kakhovka reservoir - upstream of the dam - empties into the Black Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kherson\'s regional head Oleksandr Prokudin said 1,700 have so far been evacuated while Kremlin-installed officials on the other side of the river say 1,200 people have been taken to safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials say more than 40,000 people - 17,000 in Ukraine-held territory west of the Dnipro and 25,000 in the Russian-occupied east - need to leave.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unicef\'s Damian Rance said the charity has seen homes completely destroyed as concerns continue to linger around trapped residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Safe water has been impacted in many of these locations as the water supply obviously came from the reservoir there, as has the electricity supplies that have been cut off.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of people across the Kherson region were without drinking water.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both sides blame each other for the destruction of the dam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine says it was mined by Russian forces, and accuses Russia of doing little to help people in flooded areas of the Russian-occupied east bank of the river.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">America\'s Democratic Senator Bob Menendez, who chairs the upper chamber\'s influential Foreign Affairs Committee, told the BBC he was \"not certain yet\" that Russia was responsible for blowing up the dam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But then again the Russians have denied all the actions they\'ve taken against critical infrastructure in Ukraine - and those actions we know have been taken by Russia,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia says the damage was caused by Ukrainian shelling, and President Vladimir Putin it \"a barbaric act\" in a phone call with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is just the latest difficulty to hit the city of Kherson. It was occupied by Russian forces soon after the war began last year, but liberated by Ukraine in November. Since then the city has been bombarded with shelling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Viktoria Yeremenko, 57, told the BBC her house was destroyed in February and she moved to her son\'s apartment which has now been flooded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We managed to get out,\" she said. \"There was panic, we had to leave quickly and grab the dogs. My brother is half paralysed too.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent years the Kakhovka dam has become a symbol of leverage between Kyiv and Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Russia illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, Kyiv closed down the dam and cut off Ukraine\'s southern peninsula from a major water supply.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then last year, invading Russian forces were accused by Ukraine of planting the dam with explosives, which the Kremlin denied. 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, '2023-06-08 12:46:25', '2023-06-08 12:46:25'),
(7340, 7340, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina legend Lionel Messi will join American side Inter Miami after his exit from French champions Paris St-Germain.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, 35, had a more lucrative offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal while a return to Barcelona became an impossibility because of Financial Fair Play (FFP) limitations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve taken the decision that I am going to Miami,\" Messi told newspapers Diario Sport and Mundo Deportivo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"[I decided] to leave Europe.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \"It\'s true that I had offers from another European team but I didn\'t even think about it because in Europe, my idea was only to go to Barcelona.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After winning the World Cup and not being able to go to Barca, it\'s time to go to MLS to live football in a different way and enjoy my day to day life more.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Obviously with the same responsibility and desire to win, and to do things well, but with more calm.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ex-Barcelona forward was keen on a return to the Catalan club this summer but the FFP limitations that will be in place for next season in La Liga made any ambitious plan to bring him back an impossibility.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Spanish club were unable to keep Messi in 2021, leading to a tearful news conference as he left the Nou Camp and signed for PSG.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I was afraid that it would happen again,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I really wanted, I was very excited to be able to return [to Barcelona], but after having experienced what I experienced and the exit I had, I did not want to be in the same situation again - waiting to see what was going to happen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I heard that they had to sell players or lower players\' salaries and the truth is that I didn\'t want to go through that, nor take charge of obtaining something that had to do with all that.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona later released a statement saying Messi had chosen a Miami move over an offer from the Catalan club.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"President [Joan] Laporta understood and respected Messi\'s decision to want to compete in a league with fewer demands, further away from the spotlight and the pressure he has been subject to in recent years,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Miami deal includes collaboration from brands like Adidas and Apple.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi won the Ballon d\'Or award for the world\'s best player seven times and is expected to win it later this year after World Cup success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time Barcelona icon Messi has played outside Europe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a Barcelona return failing to materialise, he had the straight choice between Inter Miami or Al-Hilal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was heavily tipped to be favouring a move to Saudi Arabia, where he would have joined Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the league in a deal that could not be matched financially.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Messi was ultimately tempted to Major League Soccer (MLS) side Inter Miami for a variety of reasons including lifestyle, and a deal with big brands that extends beyond football.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He already owns a house in Miami, which he rents out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris St-Germain won Ligue 1 in both his seasons at the club but went out in the Champions League last 16, which means his time in France was not seen as a huge success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He netted 32 goals in 75 games for the club - and ended this season with 16 goals and 16 assists in Ligue 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s two-year contract comes to an end this summer and both parties agreed to go their separate ways, with the forward suspended for two weeks in May for an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His legacy comes from his time at Barcelona and winning the World Cup with Argentina in December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He left Barca in 2021, after 21 years with the club, because of the club\'s financial problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi is Barcelona\'s record scorer with 672 goals and won 10 La Liga titles, four Champions Leagues and seven Spanish Cups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi said he had chatted with close friend Xavi, the Barcelona manager, about returning to the club but \"very little, once or twice at most\" with president Joan Laporta.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We were very excited, because when something came out we would discuss if he really wanted me to come back, if it was good for the team and for him, and we kept in communication,\" Messi said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We never even got to talk about the contract. A proposal was passed over, but never a formal, written, signed proposal, because there was still nothing and we did not know if it was going to be possible or not.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There was the intention, but we couldn\'t advance anything, we didn\'t even talk about money formally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"If it had been a matter of money I would have gone to Saudi Arabia or elsewhere.\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 12:51:15', '2023-06-08 12:51:15'),
(7341, 7341, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on Wednesday, covering the capitals of both nations in an unhealthy haze, holding up flights at major airports, postponing Major League Baseball games and prompting people to fish out pandemic-era face masks.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian officials asked other countries for additional help fighting more than 400 blazes nationwide that already have displaced 20,000 people. Air with hazardous levels of pollution extended into the New York metropolitan area, central New York state and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Massive tongues of unhealthy air extended as far as North Carolina and Indiana, affecting millions of people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I can taste the air,” Dr. Ken Strumpf said in a Facebook post from Syracuse, New York, which was enveloped in an amber pall. The smoke, he later said by phone, even made him a bit dizzy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The air quality index, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency metric for air pollution, exceeded a staggering 400 at times in Syracuse, New York City and Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. A level of 50 or under is considered good; anything over 300 is considered “hazardous,” when even healthy people are advised to curtail outdoor physical activity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Baltimore, Debbie Funk sported a blue surgical mask as she and husband, Jack Hughes, took their daily walk around Fort McHenry, a national monument overlooking the Patapsco River. The air hung thick over the water, obscuring the horizon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I walked outside this morning, and it was like a waft of smoke,” said Funk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian officials say this is shaping up to be the nation\'s worst wildfire season ever. It started early on drier-than-usual ground and accelerated very quickly, exhausting firefighting resources across the country, fire and environmental officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smoke from the blazes in various parts of the country has been lapping into the U.S. since last month but intensified with recent fires in Quebec, where about 100 were considered out of control Wednesday — which, unsettlingly, was national Clean Air Day in Canada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The smoke was so thick in downtown Ottawa, Canada\'s capital, that office towers just across the Ottawa River were barely visible. In Toronto, Yili Ma said her hiking plans were canceled and she was forgoing restaurant patios, a beloved Canadian summer tradition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I put my mask away for over a year, and now I’m putting on my mask since yesterday,\" the 31-year-old lamented.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quebec Premier François Legault said the province currently has the capacity to fight about 40 fires — and the usual reinforcements from other provinces have been strained by conflagrations in Nova Scotia and elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre spokesperson Jennifer Kamau said more than 950 firefighters and other personnel have arrived from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, and more are due soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Washington, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden has sent more than 600 firefighters and equipment to Canada. His administration has contacted some U.S. governors and local officials about providing assistance, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he spoke by phone with Biden and “thanked him for all the help Americans are providing as we continue to fight these devastating wildfires.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The largest town in Northern Quebec — Chibougamau, population about 7,500 — was evacuated Tuesday, and Legault said the roughly 4,000 residents of the northern Cree town of Mistissini would likely have to leave Wednesday. But later in the day, Mistissini Chief Michael Petawabano said his community remains safe and asked residents to wait for instructions from Cree officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eastern Quebec got some rain Wednesday, but Montreal-based Environment Canada meteorologist Simon Legault said no significant rain is expected for days in the remote areas of central Quebec where the wildfires are more intense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. National Weather Service meteorologist Zach Taylor said the current weather pattern in the central and eastern U.S. is essentially funneling in the smoke. Some rain should help clear the air somewhat in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic this weekend or early next week, though more thorough relief will come from containing or extinguishing the fires, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said 1 million N95 masks would be available at state facilities. New York City closed beaches, and Mayor Eric Adams told residents to stay indoors as much as possible as smoke smudged out the skyline. Zoos in the Bronx and Central Park closed early and brought their animals inside.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Federal Aviation Administration paused some flights bound for LaGuardia Airport and slowed planes to Newark Liberty and Philadelphia because the smoke was limiting visibility. It also contributed to delayed arrivals at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, where a heavy haze shrouded the Washington Monument and forced the cancellation of outdoor tours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Major League Baseball put off games in New York and Philadelphia, and even an indoor WNBA game in Brooklyn was called off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Broadway, “Killing Eve” star Jodie Comer had difficulty breathing and left the matinee of “Prima Facie” after 10 minutes; the show restarted with an understudy, show publicists said. “Hamilton” and “Camelot” canceled Wednesday evening performances, with “Hamilton” publicists saying the the deteriorating air quality “made it impossible for a number of our artists to perform.” In Central Park, the popular outdoor Shakespeare in the Park performances were put off through Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schools in multiple states canceled sports and other outdoor activities, shifting recess inside. Live horse racing was canceled Wednesday and Thursday at Delaware Park in Wilmington. Organizers of Global Running Day, a virtual 5K, advised participants to adjust their plans according to air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Jersey closed state offices early, and some political demonstrations in spots from Manhattan to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, were moved indoors or postponed. Striking Hollywood writers were pulled off picket lines in the New York metropolitan area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The smoke exacerbated health problems for people such as Vicki Burnett, 67, who has asthma and has had serious bouts with bronchitis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After taking her dogs out Wednesday morning in Farmington Hills, Michigan, Burnett said, “I came in and started coughing and hopped back into bed.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, she stressed that she\'s concerned for Canadians, not just herself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s unfortunate, and I’m having some problems for it, but there should be help for them,” she said. 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(7342, 7342, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu on Wednesday said there is no scope to invite anyone to dialogue regarding the next general election.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There is no scope to invite anyone (to join dialogue) and none was invited,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AL senior leader was addressing a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Awami League (AL) at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, marking the historic 6-Point Day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The remark came a day after he reportedly said it is not possible to resolve the crisis through any other means than dialogue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amu on Wednesday said the next general election will be held as per the Constitution as the leader of AL-led 14-party alliance and also Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed firm conviction to hold the polls in free, fair and neutral manners.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Today the election will be held on the basis of the Constitution. It can\'t allow the creation of a constitutional vacuum in the country,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amu said conspiracies continued repeatedly regarding elections, starting from 2013.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“None was told about talks. None was invited to discussion,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: AL is yet to decide to hold dialogue with opposition on upcoming election: Quader</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amu claimed that he on Tuesday said the BNP accepted defeat in dialogue in 2013 and then the election was held in a fair manner in 2014. 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, '2023-06-08 14:52:11', '2023-06-08 14:52:11');
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(7343, 7343, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kyiv knew nothing about a plan to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday amid growing speculation that Ukraine was behind the blast.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As president he has the power to give orders, Zelensky said in an interview with Germany\'s Bild daily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I did nothing like that. I would never do that,\" he said, according to a German interpreter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I believe that our army and our intelligence services did nothing like that,\" he said, adding that he would \"like to see proof\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We know nothing about it, one hundred percent,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a European spy agency told the CIA it knew of a Ukraine special operations team plan to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipeline.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tip-off came three months before explosions damaged the undersea system last year, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newspaper cited US intelligence allegedly leaked earlier this year by a low-level US Air National Guard computer technician who had access to large amounts of highly classified materials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaked documents indicated that an unnamed European intelligence body told the US spy agency in June 2022, four months after Russia invaded Ukraine, that Ukraine military divers reporting directly to the country\'s military commander-in-chief were planning the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, built to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany, were rocked by underwater explosions on September 26, rendering them useless and cutting off a potential source of billions of dollars in earnings for Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The apparent sabotage sparked a region-wide emergency as it cut off crucial supplies of energy for Europe just as the war had sent the price of oil skyrocketing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accusations were made against several countries including Russia, the United States and Ukraine, but all denied responsibility. 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, '2023-06-08 14:55:07', '2023-06-08 14:55:07'),
(7344, 7344, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentine football superstar Lionel Messi\'s move to spend the final years of his stellar career in the United States will come as a crushing blow to Barcelona fans who dreamed of a return to the club that nurtured him.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 35-year-old Messi will be following a well-trodden path of the greats of the \'Beautiful Game\' by taking a lucrative pay day in football\'s less celebrated leagues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here, AFP Sport picks out four examples:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pele -- New York Cosmos (USA) 1975-77</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It took the persuasive powers of US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to lure the man, who vies for the mantle of greatest ever with Messi and Diego Maradona, to the North American Soccer League (NASL) in 1975.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They want to make soccer big in the United States,\" Pele told CNN in 2011.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That was the reason (I went). I started my mission.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aged 34 at the time, he stirred huge public interest and crowd numbers soared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Averaging below 10,000 fans a match before his arrival, Cosmos attendances surged to over 40,000. Pele took to the New York nightlife but did not neglect his duties on the pitch, inspiring the team to a Football Bowl title in 1977.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His endorsement of the NASL prompted other legends such as Franz Beckenbauer and George Best to sign up -- though it was to crash and burn in 1984.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gabriel Batistuta -- Al Arabi (QAT) 2003-05</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine striker took the high road to the previously low-key Q-League on a free transfer and reportedly received $8million to join Al Arabi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\'Batigol\'s\' eye for the back of the net -- which had seen him rattle in the goals for Serie A sides Fiorentina and Roma -- did not desert him in Doha. He scored a record 25 goals for the club in his maiden season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Batistuta was joined by Pep Guardiola, Frank de Boer and Marcel Desailly as Qatar raised its football profile in what was arguably a key first step towards successfully winning the rights to hosting the 2022 World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zico -- Kashima Antlers (JPN) 1991-94</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His exploits on the pitch earned him a stint as Brazil\'s sports minister but despite being in his early forties he broke off his nascent political career to play for second-tier Japanese side Sumitomo Metals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The task was to secure them a place in the first ever Japanese professional league which was due to kick off its inaugural season in 1993.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even in early middle age, the Brazilian inspired them to promotion and then to the runner-up spot in the J League -- and the club changed its name to Kashima Antlers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a statue of him outside Kashima\'s stadium and he draws great pleasure from the subsequent success of Japanese football -- this month Urawa Red Diamonds won their third Asian Champions League crown.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was all about starting from scratch and getting the direction right,\" Zico told FIFA.com last December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And look at Japan today. They haven\'t missed one World Cup since the game went professional there. That\'s pretty pleasing.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Beckham -- LA Galaxy (USA) 2007-2012</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a coup when the MLS franchise secured the signature of arguably European football\'s highest-profile player at the age of 32, bringing to an end his time as one of Real Madrid\'s Galacticos.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beckham\'s five-year contract -- paying $6.5 million a year -- reaped dividends for Galaxy in terms of a new shirt deal and a huge rise in season ticket sales.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of far more importance to the former England star, though, was the clause that stated he could buy an MLS franchise -- with the exception of New York -- in the future for a fixed rate of $25 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He duly exercised that right in 2014, purchasing Inter Miami.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m not saying me coming over to the States is going to make soccer the biggest sport in America,\" said Beckham when he signed for Galaxy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But I wouldn\'t be doing this if I didn\'t think I could make a difference.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beckham inspired Galaxy to two MLS Cup successes before he returned to European football -- with Paris Saint-Germain. 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(7345, 7345, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chris Licht, the embattled head of CNN, has stepped down \"effective immediately,\" the network\'s parent company Warner Brothers Discovery announced Wednesday, as the global news outlet struggles to reverse a ratings decline.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After joining CNN last year, Licht came under fire for editorial decisions including a recent town hall meeting with former president Donald Trump that was dominated by cheering from supporters and jeering at moderator Kaitlan Collins.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shakeup, which comes as major news outlets pivot towards the 2024 US presidential election, highlights the challenges facing those organizations that are aiming to appeal to a broad audience in a deeply divided country in which misinformation is rampant.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Licht\'s tenure, CNN saw ratings diminish even as it tried to position itself in the middle between the hard-right Fox News and the progressive MSNBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In announcing the change, Warner Brothers Discovery chief David Zaslav said he has \"great respect\" for Licht, whom he described as passionate about journalism.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The job of leading CNN was never going to be easy, especially at a time of huge disruption and transformation, and he has poured his heart and soul into it,\" Zaslav said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But following last week\'s publication of a lengthy article in the Atlantic that chronicled numerous interviews with Licht, including in gym workout sessions, his delicate position appeared untenable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the plan announced Wednesday, CNN will undertake an active search for a replacement. In the interim, the network will be led by executive vice presidents Amy Entelis, Virginia Moseley, and Eric Sherling, as well as Chief Operating Officer David Leavy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shares of Warner Brothers Discovery jumped 8.4 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Both sides -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Atlantic article, Licht had sharply criticized CNN\'s news coverage of Trump under former news chief Jeff Zucker, but the publication reported uncertainty among CNN journalists on Licht\'s preferred approach.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The article also characterized Licht as aloof and distrusted among rank-and-file network journalists, who bemoaned his handling of other controversies, such as the firing of former CNN presenter Don Lemon over on-air remarks seen as sexist.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Licht had spoken frequently of his hopes to attract more Republican viewers to CNN after the network became seen as a leading Trump opponent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appealing to more Republican viewers has also been a priority for Zaslav, who touted the network\'s greater ability to attract the party\'s lawmakers for on-air interviews.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We need to show both sides of every issue,\" Zaslav told a Wall Street conference last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the problems with this approach became evident at the May 10 town hall with Trump at which the ex-president frequently spoke over Collins, promoted his false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen from him and said he would pardon many of those convicted over the violent January 6 siege of the US Capitol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critics likened the event -- which was held before a live audience dominated by vocal Trump supporters -- to a campaign infomercial for the former president in which Collins\' efforts to fact-check Trump were drowned out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But polling shows a large percentage of Republicans continue to believe Trump\'s characterization that the 2020 election was compromised -- despite the lack of proof.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before CNN, Licht had worked as a showrunner for CBS\' \"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert\" and MSNBC\'s \"Morning Joe,\" hosted by former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upon taking the helm at CNN, Licht spoke of the need to make CNN a \"beacon\" of trust for all viewers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But there were also a number of high-profile departures, including of media reporter Brian Stelter and veteran political journalist John Harwood, who were two of the screen personalities most vocal in calling out Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Washington Post columnist Perry Bacon said Licht\'s approach to news was emblematic of \"an anti-woke centrism\" that adopts a skeptical approach to progressive causes frequently lampooned by the political right.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Depauw University communications professor Jeffrey McCall said it remained unclear whether Licht\'s demise at CNN was due to his management style, or \"because he was trying to push the journalistic culture in a way that they weren\'t willing to go,\" he told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m not sure that CNN is going to bounce back very quickly because by now they have alienated more of the centrist and right-of-center viewers. And now it seems they have alienated their left-of-center viewers as well.\" 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, '2023-06-08 15:01:03', '2023-06-08 15:01:03'),
(7346, 7346, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka city saw drizzles on Thursday morning, providing some brief relief from the scorching heat that has been sweeping across the country for several days.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The day started with a cloudy sky, and Dhaka dwellers witnessed drizzles on their way to work in the morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Short-lived rain brings inadequate relief from sweltering heat in Dhaka&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the drizzles caused gridlock on several major streets in Dhaka, and city dwellers were stuck on the road during rush hour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Met Office bulletin on Wednesday, rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places in Chattogram division and at one or two places in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal and Sylhet divisions. 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, '2023-06-08 16:06:13', '2023-06-08 16:06:13'),
(7347, 7347, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 163 at 8:54 am today (June 8, 2023), Dhaka ranked 4th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">USA’s New York City, Pakistan’s Lahore and the United Arab Emirates’ Dubai occupied the first, second, and third spots, with AQI scores of 267, 209, and 167 respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered ‘unhealthy’ while between 201–300 is ‘’very unhealthy’, and 301–400 is \'hazardous\', posing severe health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs 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;\">The AQI in Bangladesh is based on five 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;\">As per World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, mainly due to 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, '2023-06-08 16:49:06', '2023-06-08 16:49:06'),
(7348, 7348, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (June 7, 2023) said they are not giving importance to Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu’s remark on dialogue to resolve political deadlock over the next general election,</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a press conference, he also said ruling party leaders’ contradictory comments on the talks with BNP have also manifested how the government has now become unnerved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I don\'t want to give importance to this issue. I don\'t even want to talk about it,\" the BNP secretary general said as journalists sought his comment on Amu’s comment on the dialogue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As some journalists approached Fakhrul for his comment on the issue later in the afternoon, he said he did not know whether Amu has been made the official spokesperson of Awami League. “Why should we give importance to his statement? I don\'t want to make any comment on it.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Tuesday, Amu said at a programme organised by the AL-led 14-party alliance at the AL headquarters on Bangabandhu Avenue that the door for dialogue with BNP is open.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Let a representative of the UN come. We want to sit with the BNP face-to-face and see where the differences are,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the ruling party leaders’ comments on talks are reckless.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a programme at the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday, he recalled that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a few days back said there is no question of holding talks with BNP on election as it is a terrorist party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Amir Hossain Amu yesterday (Tuesday) said they’re ready to hold talks with BNP with the mediation of the UN. But Obaidul Quader (AL general secretary) today (Wednesday) trashed it. So, who is correct? In fact, they (AL leaders) have become unnerved and making reckless remarks,” the BNP leader said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mosharraf said Awami League will continue to be unorganised in the days to come as the party’s time is over. “People used to make unguarded comments when time is up.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said the ruling party must quit power by handing over power to a non-party caretaker government, paving the way for holding a fair and credible election. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 16:51:47', '2023-06-08 16:51:47'),
(7349, 7349, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday announced a world-first summit on artificial intelligence, seeking a leading role for the UK in limiting potential doomsday risks as he visited Washington.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak will meet President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday for talks during which he will also voice unstinting support for Ukraine, as the young Conservative leader wages an often uphill battle to show the UK\'s post-Brexit relevance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opening his two-day trip, the prime minister announced that Britain would hold the world\'s first summit on artificial intelligence in the second half of the year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"AI has an incredible potential to transform our lives for the better. But we need to make sure it is developed and used in a way that is safe and secure,\" Sunak said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Time and time again throughout history we have invented paradigm-shifting new technologies and we have harnessed them for the good of humanity. That is what we must do again,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Group of Seven called for action on AI during a summit in Japan last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the United States also held talks last week on an AI code of conduct with the European Union. Sunak is pitching for a future global AI regulator to be based in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The UK is well placed to play a leadership role. Outside of the US, we are probably the leading AI nation amongst democratic countries. We have an ability to get regulation right to protect our citizens,\" Sunak told TalkTV.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Ultimate sacrifice\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak opened his two-day US visit by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, with soldiers firing a 19-gun salute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in order that we might live free. We will remember them,\" said a hand-written message from Sunak on the wreath.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukraine war is expected to dominate his conversations with Biden, with Britain joining the United States in championing robust military support to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visit comes as Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over who blew up the large Kakhovka dam, triggering devastating floods.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any intentional targeting of the dam would represent \"the largest attack on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine since the start of the war, and just would demonstrate the new lows that we would have seen from Russian aggression,\" Sunak told reporters aboard his plane from London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States and Britain have not yet identified a culprit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in an interview with ITV News, Sunak said that Russia has pursued a \"deliberate strategy to target civilian infrastructure.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is wrong, it\'s barbaric, and it\'s appalling. That\'s why we\'re providing such strong support to them and will continue to do so,\" he said of the Ukrainians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak has also been talking up British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace as a candidate to lead NATO before the Western military alliance holds a summit next month in Lithuania, with the prime ministers of Denmark and Estonia also seen as contenders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg\'s term in the job is due to end in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Keeping hopes on business -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day before meeting Biden, Sunak met Washington\'s top Republican, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who lauded the longstanding alliance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When our bond is stronger, the world is safer and democracy grows,\" McCarthy said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite broad US support for Britain, Sunak has all but given up on a post-Brexit trade deal from the Biden administration, which has shown limited enthusiasm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak pointed to the US-UK military alliance as he made a case for the economic relationship.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Just as interoperability between our militaries has given us a battlefield advantage over our adversaries, greater economic interoperability will give us a crucial edge in the decades ahead,\" said Sunak, a wealthy former banker who studied in the United States and retains a property in California.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister is pushing for US relief to UK carmakers, via greater access to critical minerals used in batteries, after Biden\'s Inflation Reduction Act offered vast subsidies to companies with US operations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak was due later to watch the Washington Nationals baseball team play the Arizona Diamondbacks for the second annual \"UK-US Friendship Day,\" marking 238 years of diplomatic relations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the keen cricketer ducked the opportunity to throw the ceremonial first pitch -- sparing his blushes if the throw goes astray in front of thousands. 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, '2023-06-08 16:57:05', '2023-06-08 16:57:05'),
(7350, 7350, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Detectives in a drive arrested the managing director (MD) and chairman of a pest control company that worked at the home of a family in Dhaka\'s Bashundhara -- following which the family fell sick and two siblings died while undergoing treatment.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The MD and chairman of the pest control company were arrested today from Tangail and Brahmanbaria districts.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The arrestees were identified as Ashraf, chairman of the company, and Farhad, its MD.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Based on a tip-off, a team of DB from Lalbagh division conducted drives in Tangail and Brahmanbaria, and arrested the duo, Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of Lalbagh DB Police, said.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">They are now on their way to Dhaka, he said.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">On June 4, Shayan Mobarrat Zahin (15) and Shahir Mobarrat Zayan (9) -- fell sick after pesticide was used at their home in Dhaka\'s Bashundhara. Mobarak Hossain, father of the children, hired DCS Organisation Ltd for pest control.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Police and the children’s family said the pest control service sprayed insecticide at their new home in Bashundhara’s Block I on June 2. The family members left the house after the insecticide was used.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">On June 4, the family returned to the house and fell sick after inhaling the pesticide, and they were rushed to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka, they said.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">On June 5, Mobarak Hossain filed a case in this connection. UNB</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 18:15:56', '2023-06-08 18:15:56'),
(7351, 7351, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rains or thundershowers in different parts of the country, including Dhaka, over 24 hours -- starting from 9 am today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Barishal divisions, at a few places over Dhaka and Khulna divisions, and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions, with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Chattogram and Barishal,” the Met Office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Noagaon, Dinajpur, Jashore and Chuadanga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions, parts of Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions, and the district of Sylhet are witnessing a mild to moderate heatwave, and it may abate in some places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daytime temperatures may fall by 1-3 degree C and nighttime temperatures may fall slightly across the country. A trough of westerly low lies over India\'s West Bengal and adjoining area. 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, '2023-06-08 18:17:52', '2023-06-08 18:17:52'),
(7352, 7352, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud had a phone call, discussing cooperation within the OPEC+, the Kremlin press office announced Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A phone call took place between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman al Saud. [...] Both sides praised the level of cooperation within the OPEC+, which make it possible to take timely and efficient steps in order to maintain the balance of oil demand and supply. The sides noted the importance of the agreements in this regard, achieved during the recent ministerial meeting in Riyadh,\" the press office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">OTHER TOPICS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two leaders also touched upon the topic of increasing of trade and economic ties between Russia and Saudi Arabia an implementation of \"perspective joint projects in investments, transportation logistics and energy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, the sides \"substantially reviewed the issue of ensuring stability on the global energy market,\" the press office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BILATERAL COOPERATION</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two leaders also discussed various aspects of the Russian-Saudi cooperation within other multilateral organizations and agreed to continue contacts at various levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last time, Putin and the Saudi Crown Prince had a phone call on April 21. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 18:41:42', '2023-06-08 18:41:42'),
(7353, 7353, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States has reiterated that they are keen to enhance relationship and cooperation with Bangladesh in key areas, including security and trade.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Last year we celebrated an anniversary as it relates to our bilateral relationship with Bangladesh, and this year in 2023 we look forward to deepening that relationship, and there are a number of areas in which we intend to deepen that cooperation,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson at US State Department, Vedant Patel, said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a question during a regular briefing at the US Department of State on June 7, he said that in addition to security cooperation, there is potential for enhanced cooperation on climate, trade and many other issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So of course, this is an issue that continues to be of importance to us. I have spoken about this a great deal to some of your colleagues. One of them, of course, is the opportunity for security cooperation with Bangladesh,” Patel said when asked about boosting US engagement in counterterrorism 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, '2023-06-08 20:00:52', '2023-06-08 20:00:52'),
(7354, 7354, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent exams will begin on August 17.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board released the routine of the exams for all education boards on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the routine, HSC written exams will begin on August 17 and will continue till September 25.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Practical exams will be held from September 26 to October 4, according to the routine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">HSC exams will be held for three hours from 10 am to 1 pm and 2pm to 5pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\'s HSC exams will kick off with the Bangla first paper. 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, '2023-06-08 20:04:01', '2023-06-08 20:04:01'),
(7355, 7355, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The results of undergraduate program of Business unit of Dhaka University have been published.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>DU Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman published the results on the University\'s official website at 1 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Students can check their results at admission.eis.du.ac.bd or can use short message service (SMS).</div><div><br></div><div>For SMS notification of the results, candidates have to type DU BUS [exam roll] and send it to 16321.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 8526 students out of 38,235 students passed the exam against 1050 seats.</div><div><br></div><div>From commerce background, Mehraj Hossain came 1st in the test scoring 103.5 marks out of 120 marks while from humanities section Zilhaj Sheikh secured first position scoring 98.91 marks and from science section, Abdullah Ibne Masud came 1st scoring 94.25 marks.</div><div><br></div><div>This year the admission tests were arranged in a combined setting where students from all backgrounds (Science, Commerce and Arts) participated in each unit.</div><div><br></div><div>There are total 1050 seats in Business faculty, of which, 930 seats have been allocated for solid commerce students, 25 seats for arts students and 95 seats for science students.</div><div><br></div><div>All the successful students have been asked to fill up the subject choice form between June 18 to July 6. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 21:56:56', '2023-06-08 21:56:56'),
(7356, 7356, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President Mohammed Shahabuddin on Thursday urged the United Kingdom (UK) investors to invest in various sectors, including oil and gas, in Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Head of the State came up with the call when he received the credentials from new British High Commissioner-Designate to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke at a function after she was ceremonially welcomed at Bangabhaban here this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Welcoming the new High Commissioner of the United Kingdom, the President said, \"Britain is a very close friend of Bangladesh. The UK is playing an important role in the economic and technical development of the country.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He expressed deep gratitude to the then British Prime Minister Edward Heath and the people of Britain for showing incredible respect to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman soon after being freed from Pakistan prison as he first stepped into the United Kingdom.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Since then, Bangladesh and the UK started walking together. And over time, this relationship has accelerated to various fields, including bilateral and multilateral sectors,\" President Sahabuddin added.</div><div><br></div><div>President\'s Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS that the President congratulated the new British King Charles III during the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Commissioner said the UK\'s partnership with Bangladesh is on a strong foundation at present.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Lauding the socio-economic development of Bangladesh, she said her country would always stand by Bangladesh in its continued development and progress.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The High Commissioner sought the cooperation of the President in fulfilling his duties.</div><div><br></div><div>President Shahabuddin, the Bangabhaban spokesman, said he assured the envoy of his full support in fulfilling her responsibilities in Dhaka to further strengthen Bangladesh\'s relationship with the Britain.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, on her arrival at Bangabhaban, a smartly turned-out contingent of the horse-mounted President Guard Regiment (PGR) gave the envoy guards of honour as part of the ceremony.</div><div><br></div><div>The national anthems of the respective countries were also played by the army band and the high commissioner made a round of inspection of the guards of honour.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretaries concerned to the Bangabhaban were also present there. According to AFP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 22:31:20', '2023-06-08 22:31:20'),
(7357, 7357, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Once again, Barcelona couldn\'t do enough to entice Lionel Messi.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nearly two years after the club was forced to let Messi go against his will because of its financial struggles, Barcelona again missed out on a chance to bring the World Cup winner back.</div><div><br></div><div>The 35-year-old Messi announced Wednesday he would not return to Spain and instead said he was going to join Inter Miami in Major League Soccer.</div><div><br></div><div>There had been hopes of a reunion between the Argentina great and the Spanish club where he thrived for nearly two decades before leaving to join Paris Saint-Germain, but in the end there was only more disappointment for both sides.</div><div><br></div><div>Again, Barcelona\'s finances kept the club from luring Messi back.</div><div><br></div><div>The Argentine apparently wanted to return but didn\'t want to go through the ordeal of not knowing whether the Catalan club would be able to sign him. He said he was told the club would have to either sell other players or lower salaries, and he didn\'t want that to happen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I really wanted to come back. I was very excited to be able to return,\" Messi told Spanish media. \"But after having experienced what I experienced and the exit I had, I did not want to be in the same situation again, waiting to see what was going to happen.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona was mired in debt when Messi left in 2021. The club couldn\'t make the numbers work back then as Messi was forced to wait in hopes of having his contract renewed. This time, Messi said he wasn\'t going to wait on others.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I wanted to make my own decision, thinking about me and my family,\" Messi said.</div><div><br></div><div>It wasn\'t all about the money for Messi, who chose Inter Miami despite reportedly having a much more lucrative offer from Saudi Arabia. He said he wanted to \"get out of the spotlight a bit\" and focus more on his family after a \"difficult time\" with PSG, but made it clear that he would have returned to Barcelona if the numbers had worked.</div><div><br></div><div>The club deflected blame, though, saying that Messi decided to go to the United States because he preferred a less-demanding league so he could prioritize time with his family.</div><div><br></div><div>\"President (Joan) Laporta understood and respected Messi\'s decision to want to compete in a league with fewer demands, further away from the spotlight and the pressure he has been subject to in recent years,\" the club said in a statement after Messi\'s announcement.</div><div><br></div><div>But Laporta again couldn\'t offer much to Messi even after restructuring the team\'s finances. He had used some of the team\'s future assets to revamp the current squad with players such as Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha and Jules Koundé, leaving little salary cap space to fit Messi. There wasn\'t going to be much room left even after the departures of former Messi teammates Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba.</div><div><br></div><div>Laporta had said he would do everything possible to bring Messi back even though he acknowledged it wasn\'t going to be easy. There was still hope on Monday when Messi\'s father, Jorge, who is also his agent, was in Barcelona and said his son had the team as his first choice. On that same day, though, the club was informed that Messi was going to join Inter Miami.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona won the league title this season for the first time since 2019, but it still struggled in the Champions League and the Europa League. The team\'s first title since Messi\'s departure had been the Spanish Super Cup in January, when it defeated rival Real Madrid in the final in Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona wished Messi \"the best of luck in his new professional phase\" and said it will work \"to promote a proper tribute from Barça fans to honor a footballer who has been, is, and always will be beloved by Barça.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Messi arrived at Barcelona\'s youth squads at the age of 13 and played in 17 successful seasons with the main team, helping the Catalan club win 35 titles, including four Champions Leagues, 10 Spanish leagues and seven Copa del Reys. He won a record six Ballon d\'Or awards with Barcelona as the world\'s top player, and remains the team\'s all-time leading scorer with 672 goals in 778 appearances.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi pledged to one day come back to Barcelona, just like he did in his tearful farewell speech two years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Next time, though, it probably won\'t be on the field with the famed No. 10 jersey on his back. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 22:52:52', '2023-06-08 22:52:52');
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(7358, 7358, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh must immediately suspend a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar, where they \"face serious risks\" to their lives and liberty, a UN expert said on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, said there were reports that Bangladeshi authorities were using “deceptive and coercive measures” to compel Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>“Conditions in Myanmar are anything but conducive for the safe, dignified, sustainable, and voluntary return of Rohingya refugees,” Andrews said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who commanded the forces that launched the genocidal attacks against the Rohingya, now leads a brutal military junta that is attacking civilian populations while denying the Rohingya citizenship and other basic rights,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh officials have stated that an initial group of 1,140 Rohingya refugees will be repatriated to Myanmar at an unspecified date and 6,000 will be returned by the end of the year. Actions by Bangladesh authorities suggest that the first return could be imminent.</div><div><br></div><div>“There are also reports of refugees being promised large sums of money, if they agree to return. These promises are allegedly being made even as food rations are being cut to $.27 per person per day for those in the Bangladesh camps. It remains unclear where the funds for repatriated families will come from,” Andrews said.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the pilot project, Rohingya refugees will not be allowed to return to their own villages, many of which were razed to the ground during the genocidal attacks of 2017. The refugees would pass through “reception” and “transit” centers in Maungdaw township, after which they would be moved to a designated area of 15 newly constructed “villages” – places they would not be allowed to leave freely.</div><div><br></div><div>In March, Bangladesh authorities facilitated two visits by Myanmar junta authorities (SAC) to the Bangladesh camps.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh and SAC officials also coordinated a “go and see” visit to Rakhine State for some Rohingya refugees. Bangladeshi officials said the refugees had expressed “general satisfaction” with arrangements made for their return, but these assurances were contradicted by reports that those who participated in the trip had unequivocally rejected the repatriation plans.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh must suspend pilot project to return Rohingyas to Myanmar: UN expert&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The return of Rohingya refugees under these conditions would likely violate Bangladesh’s obligations under international law and expose Rohingya to gross human rights violations and, potentially, future atrocity crimes,” the Special Rapporteur said.</div><div><br></div><div>“I implore Bangladesh to immediately suspend the repatriation pilot programme,” Andrews said, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“I also urge the international community to stand with Rohingya refugees in both word and deed. This must include reversing the failure to provide a humane level of support for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh who are unable to pursue livelihoods, continue to face hunger and malnutrition, and whose children have very limited educational opportunities,” the expert also said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-08 22:57:58', '2023-06-08 22:57:58'),
(7359, 7359, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>An attacker with a knife wounded children and adults in a town in the Alps on Thursday before he was quickly arrested, France\'s interior ministry said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Interior Minster Gerald Darmanin said the attack took place in a square in the lakeside town of Annecy. In a short tweet, he said police have detained the attacker.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Several people including children have been injured by an individual armed with a knife in a square in Annecy,\" he tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>An Interior Ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn\'t authorized to speak about the developing situation, said four children and two adults were wounded. The official cautioned that the number of wounded could evolve because the full details weren\'t yet clear. The official said he had no details about the gravity of the injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>A local lawmaker, Antoine Armand, tweeted that children were attacked on a playground. He called the attack \"abominable,\" reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>In Paris, lawmakers interrupted a debate to hold a moment of silence for the victims, BFMTV reported.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 01:41:00', '2023-06-09 01:41:00'),
(7360, 7360, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam said the government has installed a total of 16,13,200 safe drinking water sources to ensure safe drinking water in the country.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The government has undertaken various projects during the last 14 years to ensure sanitation and healthy water for the development of the rural infrastructure,\" he told the Jatiya Sangsad while replying to a question from treasury bench member Md Mamunur Rashid Kiron.</div><div><br></div><div>The Minister said the Department of Public Health and Engineering (DPHE) under the ministry has taken various initiatives to supply safe water and provide sanitation facilities to the rural areas.</div><div><br></div><div>The initiatives are; installation of 16,47,000 water sources, 631 rural piped water scheme, 10,753 community based water supply units, 18,974 mini rural piped water scheme and digging of 95 ponds and 1,008 re-digging of ponds, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the department has been building of 2,44,500 rain water harvesters, 19,43,000 latrine/improved latrine and 2,817 public/community latrine as part of the initiatives, Tajul added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Out of the initiatives, the government has successfully installed 16,13,200 safe drinking water sources, 110 rural piped water scheme, 865 community based water supply units and 15,610 mini rural piped water scheme to ensure water supply in the country,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister, however, said the DPHE has already been dug 95 ponds and re-dug 878 ponds, installed 37,656 rain water harvesters and distributed 7,94,000 sanitary latrine sets, of which 2,343 developed public/community latrine. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 02:20:17', '2023-06-09 02:20:17'),
(7361, 7361, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The country’s maritime ports have been advised to hoist the local cautionary signal 3 as deep convection is taking place over the North Bay, said the weather department on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Squally weather is likely to affect the maritime ports, the North Bay, and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, said the Met office.</div><div><br></div><div>And so, maritime ports in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla, and Payra have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal 3.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All fishing boats and trawlers in the North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice,\" it reads.</div><div><br></div><div>“Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at many places over Chattogram and Barishal divisions, at a few places over Dhaka and Khulna divisions, and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions, with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over Chattogram and Barishal,” the Met Office said.</div><div><br></div><div>A severe heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Pabna, Noagaon, Dinajpur, Jashore and Chuadanga.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions, parts of Rangpur, Rajshahi and Khulna divisions, and the district of Sylhet are witnessing a mild to moderate heatwave, and it may abate in some places.</div><div><br></div><div>Daytime temperatures may fall by 1-3 degree C and nighttime temperatures may fall slightly across the country. A trough of westerly low lies over India\'s West Bengal and adjoining area. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 02:56:58', '2023-06-09 02:56:58'),
(7362, 7362, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the ruling party leaders are trying to mislead people with their contradictory comments on political talks over the next election.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Awami League is very good at diverting people’s attention and taking one issue to another direction. The three leaders of the Awami League spoke in three ways about the dialogue. As people have become angry over the power crisis, they’re creating another issue to divert it,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said Awami League advisory council member Amir Hossain Amu has created an uproar with his remarks on dialogue to resolve political deadlock over the next general election.</div><div><br></div><div>“Later, the spokesperson of Awami League said this is not their statement. Again in the afternoon, the Home Minister said there is no alternative to dialogue. In fact, their main aim is to mislead people,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said the ruling party leaders are also trying to divert people’s attention to a different direction from their demand for holding the next election under a neutral non-party government. “The people can understand everything.”</div><div><br></div><div>University Teachers Association of Bangladesh (UTAB) arranged the programme at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), marking the death anniversary of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Tuesday, Amu said at a programme organised by the AL-led 14-party alliance at the AL headquarters on Bangabandhu Avenue that the door for dialogue with BNP is open.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let a representative of the UN come. We want to sit with the BNP face-to-face and see where the differences are,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said there is no alternative to holding the next election under a non-party government as the ruling party has destroyed the electoral system of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>He urged the government to quit and dissolve parliament by handing over power to a non-party-neutral government to avoid public wrath.</div><div><br></div><div>“The people of the country know what to do as they have achieved everything by fighting. From the language of 52 to the caretaker government, everything has been achieved through struggles,” the BNP leader observed.</div><div><br></div><div>He said their party has long been carrying out a movement to restore the voting rights of the people so that they can elect their representatives to run the country. “If we can\'t exercise our right to vote, then how can we become a citizen of an independent country?\"</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said the journalists in Bangladesh now cannot write freely due to different laws, including the Digital Security Act, enacted by the current fascist government.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everybody and the entire journalist community have been demanding the annulment of the Digital Security Act. Even, the United Nations Human Rights Commission has said that this act should be repealed. But they (govt) are not paying heed to it in fear of losing power,” he said, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul Islam called upon the teachers to get united and be vocal against the misdeeds and the misrule of the current government.</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 03:43:40', '2023-06-09 03:43:40'),
(7363, 7363, '<div>Donald Trump said Thursday that he was indicted for mishandling classified documents at his Florida estate, a remarkable development that makes him the first former president in U.S. history to face criminal charges by the federal government that he once oversaw.</div><div><br></div><div>The indictment carries unmistakably grave legal consequences, including the possibility of prison if he\'s convicted.</div><div><br></div><div>But it also has enormous political implications, potentially upending a Republican presidential primary that Trump had been dominating and testing anew the willingness of GOP voters and party leaders to stick with a now twice-indicted candidate who could face still more charges. And it sets the stage for a sensational trial centered on claims that a man once entrusted to safeguard the nation\'s most closely guarded secrets willfully, and illegally, hoarded sensitive national security information.</div><div><br></div><div>The Justice Department did not immediately confirm the indictment publicly. But two people familiar with the situation who were not authorized to discuss it publicly said the indictment included seven criminal counts. One of those people said Trump\'s lawyers were contacted by prosecutors shortly before he announced on his Truth Social platform that he had been indicted.</div><div><br></div><div>Within 20 minutes of his announcement, Trump began fundraising off it for his 2024 presidential campaign. He declared his innocence in a video and repeated his familiar refrain that the investigation is a \"witch hunt.\" </div><div><br></div><div>He said he planned to be in court Tuesday afternoon in Miami, where a grand jury had been meeting to hear evidence as recently as this week.</div><div><br></div><div>The case adds to deepening legal jeopardy for Trump, who has already been indicted in New York and faces additional investigations in Washington and Atlanta that also could lead to criminal charges. But among the various investigations he faces, legal experts — as well as Trump\'s own aides — had long seen the Mar-a-Lago probe as the most perilous threat and the one most ripe for prosecution. Campaign aides had been bracing for the fallout since Trump\'s attorneys were notified that he was the target of the investigation, assuming it was not a matter of if charges would be brought, but when.</div><div><br></div><div>Appearing Thursday night on CNN, Trump attorney James Trusty said the indictment includes charges of willful retention of national defense information — a crime under the Espionage Act, which polices the handling of government secrets — obstruction, false statements and conspiracy.</div><div><br></div><div>The case is a milestone for a Justice Department that had investigated Trump for years — as president and private citizen — but had never before charged him with a crime. </div><div><br></div><div>The most notable investigation was an earlier special counsel probe into ties between his 2016 campaign and Russia, but prosecutors in that probe cited Justice Department policy against indicting a sitting president. Once he left office, though, he lost that protection.</div><div><br></div><div>The inquiry took a major step forward last November when Attorney General Merrick Garland, a soft-spoken former federal judge who has long stated that no person should be regarded as above the law, appointed Jack Smith, a war crimes prosecutor with an aggressive, hard-charging reputation to lead both the documents probe as well as a separate investigation into efforts to subvert the 2020 election.</div><div><br></div><div>The indictment arises from a monthslong investigation into whether Trump broke the law by holding onto hundreds of documents marked classified at his Palm Beach property, Mar-a-Lago, and whether he took steps to obstruct the government\'s efforts to recover the records.</div><div><br></div><div>Prosecutors have said that Trump took roughly 300 classified documents to Mar-a-Lago after leaving the White House, including some 100 that were seized by the FBI last August in a search of the home that underscored the gravity of the Justice Department\'s investigation. </div><div><br></div><div>Trump has repeatedly insisted that he was entitled to keep the classified documents when he left the White House, and has also claimed without evidence that he had declassified them.</div><div><br></div><div>Court records unsealed last year showed federal investigators believed they had probable cause that multiple crimes had been committed, including the retention of national defense information, destruction of government records and obstruction.</div><div><br></div><div>Since then, the Justice Department has amassed additional evidence and secured grand jury testimony from people close to Trump, including his own lawyers. The statutes governing the handling of classified records and obstruction are felonies that could carry years in prison in the event of a conviction.</div><div><br></div><div>It remains unclear how much it will damage Trump\'s standing given that his first indictment generated millions of dollars in contributions from angry supporters and didn\'t weaken him in the polls. But no matter what, the indictment -- and legal fight that follows -- will throw Trump back into the spotlight, sucking attention away from the other candidates who are trying to build momentum in the race.</div><div><br></div><div>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump opponent in the primary, condemned the indictment on Twitter, saying it represented \"the weaponization of federal law enforcement.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The former president has long sought to use his legal troubles to his political advantage, complaining on social media and at public events that the cases are being driven by Democratic prosecutors out to hurt his 2024 election campaign. He is likely to rely on that playbook again, reviving his longstanding claims that the Justice Department — which, during his presidency, investigated whether his 2016 campaign had colluded with Russia — is somehow weaponized against him.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump\'s legal troubles extend beyond the New York indictment and classified documents case.</div><div><br></div><div>Smith is separately investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. And the district attorney in Georgia\'s Fulton County is investigating Trump over alleged efforts to subvert the 2020 election in that state.</div><div><br></div><div>Signs had mounted for weeks that an indictment was near, including a Monday meeting between Trump\'s lawyers and Justice Department officials. His lawyers had also recently been notified that he was the target of the investigation, the clearest sign yet that an indictment was looming.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the bulk of the investigative work had been handled in Washington, with a grand jury meeting there for months, it recently emerged that prosecutors were presenting evidence before a separate panel in Florida, where many of the alleged acts of obstruction scrutinized by prosecutors took place.</div><div><br></div><div>The Justice Department has said Trump and his lawyers repeatedly resisted efforts by the National Archives and Records Administration to get the documents back. After months of back-and-forth, Trump representatives returned 15 boxes of records in January 2022, including about 184 documents that officials said had classified markings on them.</div><div><br></div><div>FBI and Justice Department investigators issued a subpoena in May 2022 for classified documents that remained in Trump\'s possession. But after a Trump lawyer provided three dozen records and asserted that a diligent search of the property had been done, officials came to suspect even more documents remained.</div><div><br></div><div>The investigation had simmered quietly for months until last August, when FBI agents served a search warrant on Mar-a-Lago and removed 33 boxes containing classified records, including top-secret documents stashed in a storage room and desk drawer and commingled with personal belongings. Some records were so sensitive that investigators needed upgraded security clearances to review them, the Justice Department has said.</div><div><br></div><div>The investigation into Trump had appeared complicated — politically, if not legally — by the discovery of documents with classified markings in the Delaware home and former Washington office of President Joe Biden, as well as in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence. The Justice Department recently informed Pence that he would not face charges, while a second special counsel continues to investigate Biden\'s handling of classified documents.</div><div><br></div><div>But compared with Trump, there are key differences in the facts and legal issues surrounding Biden\'s and Pence\'s handling of documents, including that representatives for both men say the documents were voluntarily turned over to investigators as soon as they were found. In contrast, investigators quickly zeroed on whether Trump, who for four years as president expressed disdain for the FBI and Justice Department, had sought to obstruct the inquiry by refusing to turn over all the requested documents. Source: AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 16:03:33', '2023-06-10 03:39:06'),
(7364, 7364, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">South Korea might be making “wrong bets” in the Sino-US rivalry, the Chinese ambassador in Seoul said, urging Seoul to stop “decoupling” from China and restore economic and diplomatic ties.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Xing Haiming made the remarks during a meeting late Thursday with Lee Jae-myung, head of South Korea’s main opposition party, which has criticized President Yoon Suk Yeol for pursuing lopsided diplomacy toward the US alliance at the expense of relations with China, its top trading partner.</div><div><br></div><div>Xing blamed Seoul for creating “difficulties” for bilateral ties by failing to respect Beijing’s core interests, including Taiwan, while being influenced by the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>“China-South Korea relations face many difficulties. Frankly, the blame does not lie with China,” he said, according to a statement released by the embassy. </div><div>“We hope that the South Korean side will faithfully keep its promise and clearly respect China’s core concerns, such as the Taiwan issue.”</div><div><br></div><div>Xing warned against making the “wrong judgment” on China because of the “interference of external factors” such as US pressure.</div><div><br></div><div>“In a situation where the United States is pressuring China with all its might, some are betting that the United States will win and China will lose. This is clearly a wrong judgment and a failure to properly grasp the course of history,” he said. “I can assure you, those who bet on China’s defeat will definitely regret it.”</div><div><br></div><div>Yoon’s office and Seoul’s foreign ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Yoon has treaded cautiously amid intensifying US-China competition, but Seoul and Beijing exchanged heated words in April over Yoon’s comments on Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory.</div><div><br></div><div>In an interview with Reuters, Yoon said that flaring tensions around Taiwan were due to attempts to change the status quo by force, and that he opposed such a change.</div><div><br></div><div>Xing said South Korea’s trade deficits have worsened because of its efforts to “decouple” from China, but it can “enjoy the bonus” from Chinese economic growth if its confidence in bilateral ties are restored, reports Reuters </div><div><br></div><div>“The two countries have built an inextricable economic structure in which their industrial and supply chains are closely connected,” he added. </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 16:09:57', '2023-06-10 03:38:49'),
(7365, 7365, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today presided over the regular meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official Ganabhaban residence here.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting, the Prime Minister, also chairperson of the trust, directed the authorities concerned to expedite the activities of the ongoing projects to complete those quickly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The board of trustees\' management committee approved the minutes of the previous meeting and discussed matters regarding the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting also discussed the report of the sub-committee and other important issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of the trust were present at the meeting. 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, '2023-06-09 20:23:39', '2023-06-09 20:23:39'),
(7366, 7366, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Community support coupled with integrated efforts of all the government and non-government organizations concerned can be the crucial means of protecting the children from risky labours.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Utmost emphasis should be given on providing institutional learning to the disadvantaged children free of cost in order to reducing child labour. All the authorities concerned should come forward to mitigate risky child labours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Administrative officials and other stakeholders made the observation while addressing the ninth monitoring committee meeting related to the district child labour held at the conference hall of Deputy Commissioner (DC) here Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">District administration and the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) jointly organized the meeting discussing and devising ways and means on how to culminate the risky child labour collectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With DC Shamim Ahmed in the chair, the meeting was addressed, among others, by DIFE Deputy Inspector General Ariful Islam, Additional DC Kolyan Chowdhury, business leader Sekender Ali, Awami League leader Abdus Sohel and district unit president of Jatiya Shramik League Abdullah Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting was told that mitigation of child labour has become indispensable to achieve the sustainable development goals together with building developed and prosperous Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Side by side with building large-scale mass-awareness, owners of factories and industries should come forward and work together to eliminate the child labour for their physical and mental development through protecting legitimate rights.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his remarks, DC Shamim Ahmed said physical and mental development of children couldn\'t be possible until they were protected from risky labour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The children should be protected from all sorts of labour, violence, repression and oppression so that they could make themselves competent enough to serve the nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He stressed that children should be taught positive social values and encouraged to develop healthy behaviors at an early age.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from this, the DC emphasized the need for ensuring children\'s safety and security and stopping early marriage for the greater national interest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ariful Islam said the number of child labour in various industries, factories and other risky workplaces has started reducing due to intervention of various time-fitting steps, including work oriented education, in the region for the last couple of years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said they are working with the children working in 38 risky sectors in the region besides putting in their level best efforts to rehabilitate the child labourers every year in a planned way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, there were 190 child labourers under 14 in the risky sectors. They have brought 80 of those under work oriented education through freeing them from the risky jobs till April last.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islam also said there are more than 5,000 child laborers in factories and other commercial establishments, including electric and welding, in the city and its outskirts and upazila markets which are beyond their registration process. 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, '2023-06-09 20:30:45', '2023-06-09 20:30:45'),
(7367, 7367, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Italian Ambassador to Bangladesh Enrico Nunziata has said his country is interested in a long-term agreement with Bangladesh to supply LNG though the current situation in Europe allows collaboration on a short term basis.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Of course, we are much more interested in a long-term agreement. The situation in Europe is a bit changed now. For the time being only, it is a possibility of collaboration in the short term,” he told UNB in an interview.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said his country wants to participate in energy sector cooperation and their company, ENI, is already shortlisted by Petrobangla for selling the LNG (liquefied natural gas) in private market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have worked a lot on that in Italy. So we have already some other sources of supply that can substitute the supply that we use quite from Russia. So when this will be again at a certain level, of course, we can start to export LNG in other markets,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding Italy’s interest in offshore exploration, ambassador Nunziata said, “Yes, there are discussions but these are still at a level of proposal. We have to carry on with these discussions and see what will be the possibility there.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Regular Migration</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Italian ambassador said they are discussing a possible memorandum of understanding on mobility and migration, specially the content of this memorandum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We want to go further in our cooperation on migration issues. In particular, creating and enlarging the existing legal channels or legal pathways for migration while stemming the irregular one,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoy said the two countries have to deepen the cooperation for preventing and fighting against the irregular migration, trafficking and so on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Nunziata remembered one of the deliverables during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to Italy in 2020 - reinsertion of Bangladesh in the list of countries whose nationals can benefit of a quarter for work.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have issued&nbsp; more than 12,000 visas for work from 2021-2022. Then there is a family reunion, business, and so on. But I\'m focusing now on work. This new flow will call then families and so on. So this will carry on,” he said.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a proposal on draft of a memorandum of understanding on security in general, the envoy said, noting the collaboration among the police forces of the two countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So, we want a stronger cooperation. We want to promote exchange of best practices, exchange of trainings, talk to each other to know each other much better at the level of police forces,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>A Solid Relationship</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Nunziata said the relationship between Italy and Bangladesh are excellent and there are spaces for increasing the collaboration in some specific sectors. “This relationship is solid and has shown resilience during these years.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the trade, he said they have a very good commercial exchange that has doubled in 2022 compared to 2021 – more than 53% growth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So during the 2022 and now 2023, we have already reached and increased the level of pre-pandemic time,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about collaboration in the defense industry, he said there is possibility of collaboration and transfer of know-how as well on a win-win basis. “So this is another important sector.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said they are in pipeline to have a memorandum of understanding in the cultural sphere for programmes of cultural exchanges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I don\'t know when it will be signed. It\'s not finalized, but we are really at the latest step to finalize an agreement in exchange of cultural programmes,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traditionally, Italy has invested in the textile and garment sector but they are willing to provide expertise for the tannery sector, in particular for the sustainability of this industry and improve the quality of the treatment of leather to export to the European Union market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On shipbuilding, the ambassador said they can build bigger ships for the defense or for the coastguard. “I mean this know-how that Bangladesh doesn\'t have yet. Together we can do more on that in the shipbuilding as well as in other sectors.” 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, '2023-06-09 20:40:46', '2023-06-09 20:40:46'),
(7368, 7368, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In May, there were 491 road accidents in the country, leaving 408 people dead and 631 injured. Of the deceased, 67 were women and 78 children.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As many as 141 people were dead in 156 motorcycle accidents, accounting for 34.55 percent of the total deaths. The motorcycle accident rate is 31.77 percent. As many as 104 pedestrians were killed in accidents, which is 25.49 percent of the total fatalities, according to a press release of the Road Safety Foundation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Road Safety Foundation has prepared the report based on information from nine national dailies, seven online news portals and electronic media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seventy-two drivers and their assistants were dead in road accidents last month, which is 17.64 percent of the total.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this period, four people were killed and two were missing in six boat accidents. Twenty-three people were killed and six injured in 25 railway accidents, said the release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to statistics on vehicle-based deaths in accidents, 141 motorcyclists and pillion riders were killed (34.55%); bus passengers killed were six (1.47%); truck, covered-van, pickup, tractor, trolley, lorry, tanker riders killed were 36 (8.82%); private car, microbus, ambulance riders dead were 18 (4.41%); 68 three-wheeler passengers (easy bike, auto-rickshaw, mishuk) riders dead (16.66%); 15 (3.67%) killed in locally modified vehicle (Nosimon-Karimon-Mahindra-Brickbhanga machine cars) accidents; and 20 (4.90%) were killed in bicycle-rickshaw-rickshaw van accidents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Road Safety Foundation\'s monitoring and analysis, 165 (33.60%) of the accidents occurred on national highways, 201 (40.93%) on regional roads, 73 (14.86%) on rural roads, 48 (9.77%) on urban roads and 4 (0.81%) in other places, it said. 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, '2023-06-09 21:30:53', '2023-06-09 21:30:53'),
(7369, 7369, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Bank&nbsp; will announce a new monetary policy this month, where measures for the single exchange rate of US dollar and market-based interest rate are getting priority.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The monetary policy will also focus on the government’s medium-term reform policy to bring stability to the macroeconomic sector, said a senior official of the central bank who is involved in its formulation wishing anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The finance division, a wing of the finance ministry, has set a 5-point reform target to get benefits in the medium term in the macroeconomic sector by overcoming the dollar crisis and strengthening the forex reserves of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outline of these reforms has been finalized. These included introducing market-based interest rates on bank loans and the single currency exchange rate as per market demand rather than the current multiple rate system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the amount of subsidy will be reduced gradually, and the cost of government borrowing reduced in phases, along with cutting the volume of loans from savings bonds.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government policymakers identify ensuring good governance in the financial sector by amending the Bank Company Act and Financial Act for the stability of the macroeconomic situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The policymakers have determined these reforms in consultation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), whose implementation will be started through the monetary policy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former governor of BB Dr Salehuddin Ahmed told UNB in this regard that the central bank has to go through the market-based interest rate policy to curb domestic consumption.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“These policies will also work to reduce huge import pressure by decreasing domestic consumption,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former finance secretary Mahbub Ahmed said saving bonds work as a social safety programme for retired people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the government borrowing from saving tools is decreased, people of limited income groups cannot invest in this sector, resulting in growth instability among them, he pointed out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior official of the central bank said that the interest rate corridor is a mechanism through which interest rate limits will be removed gradually. He spoke on condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, what will be the maximum interest rate of bank loans, the central bank will determine it every month through an announcement. The BB will follow its prescribed formula in fixing this interest rate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new system is likely to come into effect from next July. The central bank will decide in this regard after examining it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The central bank will also determine the maximum interest rate on consumer loans, which are usually taken by service holders on household appliances. 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, '2023-06-09 21:33:43', '2023-06-09 21:33:43'),
(7370, 7370, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Serajul Alam Khan, one of the main organisers of the Liberation War passed away today. He was 82.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He passed away around 2:30 pm on Friday while undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Director of the hospital Brig Gen Md Nazmul Haque confirmed the matter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serajul was put on life support in the ICU of DMCH on Thursday after his health condition deteriorated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widely known as \"Dada\" and \"Dadabhai\", Serajul was born on January 6, 1941.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was a founding member of Swadhin Bangla Biplobi Parishad alias Nucleus. He founded and led Mujib Bahini (aka BLF) with Tofael Ahmed, Sheikh Fazlul Haque Moni, and Abdur Razzaq.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 22:18:23', '2023-06-09 22:18:23'),
(7371, 7371, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indonesia\'s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, belching a column of ash more than three kilometres into the sky,&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">officials said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The volcanic island emerged from the sea at the beginning of the last century&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">from the crater formed after the 1883 eruption of Mount Krakatoa -- one of&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">the deadliest and most destructive in history.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Anak Krakatoa, which means \"Child of Krakatoa\", spewed thick ash over the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">strait that separates the islands of Java and Sumatra.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the eruption at&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">08:46 am (0146 GMT).</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The height of the eruption column was observed to be 3,000 metres (nearly&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">10,000 feet) above the summit,\" Deny Mardiono, an official from the Krakatoa&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">monitoring station, said in a press release.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The ash column was observed to be grey to black with thick intensity to the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">southwest.\"</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He warned the public not to carry out activities within a five-kilometre&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">(three-mile) radius of the volcano\'s crater.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anak Krakatoa\'s status was at the second-highest warning level after&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">authorities raised it in 2022 following a sharp rise in volcanic activity.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Its crater partly collapsed in 2018 when a major eruption sent huge chunks&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">sliding into the ocean, triggering a tsunami that killed more than 400 people&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and injured thousands.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Indonesia, a Southeast Asian archipelago nation, sits on the Pacific Ring of&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fire, where the meeting of continental plates causes high volcanic and&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">seismic activity.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country has nearly 130 active volcanoes.&nbsp; 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, '2023-06-09 22:32:39', '2023-06-09 22:32:39');
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(7372, 7372, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After registering the party’s protest across the country against the ongoing loadshedding, BNP will now stage marches in the metropolitan cities, including the capital, to mount pressure on the government to ensure uninterrupted power supply.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the fresh programmes at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the programmes, he said, BNP’s all metropolitan city units, including the Dhaka south city and north city ones, will stage marches on June 13 while the party’s Dhaka south and north units will observe a similar programme on June 16.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the capital, the party’s Dhaka north city units will march towards Saarc Fountain at Sonargaon intersection from Mohakhali Bus Station while the Dhaka south city unit will march towards Rai Saheb Bazaar intersection from Sadeque Hossain Khoka Road in Gopibagh at 2:30pm on June 13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, BNP’s Dhaka north city unit will stage a march towards Agarogaon Taltala from Pallabi City Club while Dhaka south city unit will march towards Armani Tola field from Sir Salimullah Orphanage in Azimpur&nbsp; at 2:30pm on June 16.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rizvi said people are going through extreme suffering due to loadshedding for six-seven hours. “The situation in rural areas is worse.&nbsp; That’s we’ve worked out the peaceful march programmes to protest the unbearable loadshedding and widespread corruption in the power sector.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called upon the leaders and workers of BNP and its associate bodies to make the programme successful with their spontaneous participation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP leader alleged that police and ruling party activists obstructed their Thursday’s sit-in and memorandum submission programme in different districts, including in Pabna, Feni and Faridpur. “We strongly condemn and protest the incidents.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday last, BNP observed an hour-long sit-in programme in front of all the district offices of the Power Division across the country and submitted a memorandum to protest the ongoing loadshedding and \'corruption\' in the power sector. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 22:58:00', '2023-06-09 22:58:00'),
(7373, 7373, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud today said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir is confusing the people over the issue of dialogue.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir\'s remark - \'the government is talking about dialogue to divert attention from the movement\', he said: \"There is no benefit in holding a dialogue with those who want to rig and resist the election. The election in Bangladesh will be held as per the constitution. But Mirza Fakhrul wants to mislead the people by saying all these things.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said these while responding to a query of the journalists after attending the annual mejban programme and prize distribution ceremony of meritorious students of Boalkhali Samity, Chattogram\'s Boalkhali upazila-based organization in Dhaka, at Sadek Hossain Khoka Community Center in city\'s Motijheel area as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have not spoken of any dialogue. I don\'t think there is any need for dialogue with BNP,\" Dr Hasan said, adding that what AL leader Amir Hossain Amu said about dialogue, he (Amu) explained it the very next day and what he said first was his own opinion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our party Awami League, the government or the 14 party-alliance did not have any opinion over it,\" the minister added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chattogram-7 Constituency lawmaker recalled the role of people living in Boalkhali upazila in the anti-British movement and the struggle of the country\'s independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that many comrades of the revolutionary leader Master Da Surya Sen had houses and shelters in Boalkhali.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being the closest to the city, the people of Boalkhali were already more educated and cultural minded than other those in upazilas, he said, adding that even in this modern and \'mobile culture\' era, their \'Boli Khela\' is still popular.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The mejban culture of Chattogram also became very popular in the last decade across the country,\" said the information minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding the demands of the Samity, the minister firmly said that there will definitely be a new Karnaphuli bridge at Kalurghat in Chattogram.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the Padma Bridge, it will have both rail and road connectivity, he said, adding that moreover, renovation of the existing traditional Kalurghat Bridge has also been undertaken to keep traffic and the movement of goods smooth till the construction of this bridge is completed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, work is going on to upgrade Chattogram to Cox\'s Bazar road from two lanes to four lanes, he said, adding that as a result, industrialization will increase in Boalkhali.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giving an example of the country\'s development in the last 14 years, he said after 14 years, the people of Boalkhali do not recognize their own area after returning from abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, day laborers and rickshaw pullers used to raise movement for wages equal to three and a half kilogram (kg) of rice a day, he said, adding that now they earn sufficient money to buy 10 kg of rice a day where one kg equals to Tk 50.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Earlier, used clothes of foreigners were washed, ironed and sold in the market but now foreigners wear our exported clothes. The difference between village and city has disappeared. Even boys living at village now wear three-quarter pants,\" he continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of Boalkhali Samity in Dhaka Liaquat Ali, its General Secretary Mahmudul Hasan Ansari and Conference Preparation Committee Convener Abdus Sobhan Siddiqui also spoke on the occasion. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-09 23:48:07', '2023-06-09 23:48:07'),
(7374, 7374, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on promotion of native sports in a larger way to increase engagement of young generation in extracurricular activities, saying sports and physical exercises boost up self-confidence and senses of responsibility to the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Local sports should be given more importance so that those can be practiced more . . . I want our children to remain engaged in sports, physical exercises and cultural activities apart from study,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier was addressing the concluding ceremony of Sheikh Hasina Inter-Bank Football Tournament-2023 at Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city\'s Banani area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, \"Sports, physical exercises and cultural practices boost up self-confidence, love for the country and the senses of dutifulness and responsibility to the country, alongside making the people happy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina said her government is constructing (upazila) mini-stadiums throughout the country so that various sports can be played there round-the-year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the government will take steps to construct a stadium for football and other sports in Purbachal on the outskirts of the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Now, a stadium is being constructed in Purbachal for cricket. We\'ll take steps so that another stadium is constructed nearby it for other sports, including football,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, she enjoyed the second half of the final match at the stadium. Union Bank clinched the title of the first-ever tournament beating Al-Arafah Islami Bank with 2-1 score in the grand finale.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister distributed the trophies and prize money among the champion team and the runner-up team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The champion team was awarded Taka 50 lakh as prize money, while the runner-up team Taka 40 lakh. Besides, Global Islami Bank received Taka 30 lakh while Social Islami Bank Taka 20 lakh as they secured third and fourth places respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first-ever \"Sheikh Hasina Inter-Bank Football Tournament 2023\" kicked off on May 13 with participation of a total of 34 bank teams, which was organised by Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) in collaboration with Bangladesh Army Sports Control Board.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister\'s Private Industry and Investment Affairs Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman and State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel were present in the concluding ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief of Army Staff General S M Shafiuddin Ahmed spoke on the occasion, while BAB Chairman Nazrul Islam Mazumder delivered the welcome speech. 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, '2023-06-10 01:58:55', '2023-06-10 01:58:55'),
(7375, 7375, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sweden, whose NATO membership bid is currently blocked, is ready to welcome temporary NATO bases on its soil even before it is a full member, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Friday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The government has decided that the military can undertake preparations with NATO and NATO member states to enable future joint operations,\" Sweden\'s conservative Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson wrote in an article co-signed by Defence Minister Pal Jonson in daily Dagens Nyheter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"These preparations could include temporary stationing of foreign materiel and personnel on Swedish soil,\" they wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The decision sends a clear signal to Russia and strengthens Sweden\'s defence.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presence of NATO troops would serve as a deterrent against any possible Russian actions from across the Baltic Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sweden has been a NATO \"invitee\" since June 2022, but its bid, which must be ratified by all 31 member states, has been blocked by Turkey and Hungary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only full members are covered by NATO\'s Article 5 collective defence clause under which an attack on one member is considered an attack on all.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not provided any indication, since his re-election in late May, about whether he plans to approve Sweden\'s NATO bid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western nations, and the United States in particular, have been pushing Ankara to give its green light, insisting that Sweden has met the terms of a deal agreed with Ankara last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That accord includes a committment to crack down on opposition Kurdish movements, such as the Kurdistan Workers\' Party PKK, blacklisted by Ankara which considers them \"terrorist\" groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Turkey has also demanded that Stockholm extradite dozens of activists living in Sweden that it also labels as \"terrorists\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Swedish government has insisted that it cannot make such decisions since its judiciary is independent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to bidding to join NATO, Sweden has also hiked its military spending following Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 02:04:50', '2023-06-10 02:04:50'),
(7376, 7376, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Denmark and Bangladesh today agreed to partner in green and clean technologies and investment for sustainable development.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denmark also expressed keen interest to deepen cooperation with Bangladesh in the fields of renewable energy, energy efficiency, circular economy, sustainable urbanization, sustainable water management, climate change adaptation, agro-and-food processing, maritime, ICT and Blue Economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was discussed at the Second Bangladesh-Denmark Political Consultations in Copenhagen, a foreign ministry press release said here today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Secretary (Senior Secretary) Ambassador Masud Bin Momen and State Secretary for Development Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Lotte Machon led the respective side at the Political Consultations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both sides underscored the importance of improving ease of doing business in Bangladesh for more Danish investment in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Political Consultations approved Bangladesh-Denmark Joint Action Plan for the period 2023-2028 under the Sustainable and Green Framework Engagement signed between the two countries last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Joint Action Plan will be launched during the visit of the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jorgensen to Bangladesh from 12-13 June, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh side underscored the importance of collaboration in science and technology, particularly in higher education in Danish universities for Bangladeshi students, training of law enforcement officials in Denmark on cybercrime prevention, digital economy and startups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both sides exchanged views on recent political developments in Bangladesh and Denmark and on various regional and global issues of mutual interest and concerns, including Rohingya crisis, Indo-Pacific, war in Ukraine and climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also expressed their desire to closely cooperate on different elections in UN and other flora.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the Political Consultations, Bangladesh Foreign Secretary and Danish State Secretary for Trade and Global Sustainability Lina Gandlose Hansen held a courtesy meeting and discussed ways for enhancing Danish investment in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Ambassador to Denmark Shahidul Karim, Denmark\'s Ambassador to Bangladesh Winnie Estrup Petersen (virtually), Ambassador-designate of Denmark to Bangladesh Christian Brix Moller and Director General (West Europe &amp; EU) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Kazi Russel Pervez, among others, joined the Political Consultations. 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, '2023-06-10 02:55:30', '2023-06-10 02:55:30'),
(7377, 7377, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government has again started a game in the name of election ahead of the upcoming national polls.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"People now don’t have the right to vote. We couldn\'t cast our votes in 2014 and in 2018. As the election is approaching, the Awami League government has started indulging in the election game again,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP leader made the remarks while speaking at a rally of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office protesting the price hikes in essentials and ‘terrible’ loadshedding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of leaders and activists of Sramik Dal joined the rally braving the inclement weather.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fakhrul said a fair and credible election is crucial for the country to restore democracy. “There is a need to arrange a free and fair election under a neutral non-partisan government. The entire nation is united for arranging the next polls under a neutral government.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the country’s people will not allow the ruling party to hold the election without a non-partisan caretaker government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP leader said the government must resign, dissolve parliament and hand over power to a neutral caretaker government, creating a scope for holding the next polls in a fair and credible manner. “There’s no other alternative to it.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the Awami League government has taken away all the rights of the common people in a very planned way by staying in power for 14 years by force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The labourer brothers, who have gathered here, are being denied fair wages and they’re badly struggling for lack of employment opportunities. But those who are in power and those who are with them are indulging in plundering and making money illegally. They’re siphoning off their ill-gotten money abroad from the country,” Fakhrul observed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called upon the workers to get united to take the movement initiated by BNP to the final stage for establishing a welfare state and ensuring their fair wages. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 03:37:44', '2023-06-10 03:37:44'),
(7378, 7378, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A CPU cooler is a critical component for maintaining optimal temperatures and maximizing the performance of your computer\'s processor. With numerous options available, finding the best CPU cooler can be overwhelming. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the importance of CPU coolers, discuss CPU cooler prices in Bangladesh, delve into CPU cooler fan options, and highlight the best Corsair CPU cooler models.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Corsair is renowned for its high-quality CPU coolers, known for their exceptional cooling capabilities and reliability. By the end, you\'ll have the necessary information to make an informed decision based on your needs and budget.</div><div><br></div><div>Importance of a CPU Cooler: A CPU cooler plays a vital role in keeping the processor\'s temperatures within safe limits. As the CPU executes intensive tasks, it generates heat that, if not properly dissipated, can lead to performance degradation, instability, and even permanent damage.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Investing in a reliable CPU cooler ensures efficient heat dissipation, allowing the CPU to operate at its best, maximizing performance and longevity. Moreover, a well-cooled CPU contributes to overall system stability, ensuring a smoother and more reliable computing experience.</div><div><br></div><div>CPU Cooler Prices in Bangladesh: When considering CPU cooler prices in Bangladesh, it\'s important to consider factors such as brand, model, and specifications. While prices can vary, here is a general price range for CPU coolers:</div><div><br></div><div>Entry-level CPU Coolers: BDT 2,000 to BDT 6,000 Entry-level CPU coolers offer decent cooling performance and are suitable for budget-conscious users or basic system configurations.</div><div><br></div><div>Mid-range CPU Coolers: BDT 6,000 to BDT 12,000 Mid-range CPU coolers strike a balance between cost and performance, providing improved cooling efficiency and reduced noise levels.</div><div><br></div><div>High-performance CPU Coolers: BDT 12,000 to BDT 25,000 High-performance CPU coolers are designed for demanding tasks, overclocking, or enthusiasts who prioritize superior cooling performance and low noise levels.</div><div><br></div><div>Corsair CPU Cooler Models: Corsair is a trusted brand in the PC hardware industry, offering a range of high-quality CPU coolers. Here are some of the best Corsair CPU cooler models available:</div><div>Corsair iCUE H115i Elite Capellix: The Corsair iCUE H115i Elite Capellix is an all-in-one (AIO) liquid CPU cooler that combines exceptional cooling performance with vibrant RGB lighting. It features a 280mm radiator, two ML140 RGB PWM fans, and Capellix LEDs for stunning lighting effects. The H115i Elite Capellix offers powerful cooling for overclocked CPUs and demanding applications.</div><div><br></div><div>Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Pro XT: The Corsair iCUE H100i RGB Pro XT is a 240mm AIO liquid CPU cooler known for its efficient cooling performance and customizable RGB lighting. It features two ML120 PWM fans, a high-density radiator, and a thermally optimized copper plate. The H100i RGB Pro XT provides reliable cooling capabilities and dynamic lighting effects, offering an excellent balance between price and performance.</div><div><br></div><div>Corsair A500 Dual Fan CPU Cooler: The Corsair A500 Dual Fan CPU Cooler is an air cooler that delivers exceptional cooling efficiency. It features a dual fan configuration with adjustable fan speeds, a direct-contact heat pipe design, and a semi-passive cooling mode for silent operation. The A500 provides excellent heat dissipation, making it a reliable choice for high-performance CPUs.</div><div><br></div><div>Corsair H60 (2018): The Corsair H60 (2018) is a compact 120mm AIO liquid CPU cooler designed for small form factor systems or users with space constraints. It offers improved cooling performance compared to stock coolers, with its efficient radiator and fan design. The H60 (2018) is an affordable option for users seeking a reliable and compact CPU cooling solution.</div><div><br></div><div>Conclusion: Investing in a quality CPU cooler is essential to ensure optimal performance and longevity of your processor. Corsair CPU coolers provide excellent cooling capabilities and reliability. By considering the prices and features of various models, you can select the best Corsair CPU cooler that meets your cooling requirements and budget in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Tareq Munawar', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 17:22:56', '2023-06-10 17:22:56'),
(7379, 7379, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Clashes between ethnic groups in a South Sudanese civilian protection camp have left 13 people dead and 20 injured, the UN humanitarian agency said on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A 14-year-old boy from the Shilluk community was stabbed to death on Thursday, triggering \"intercommunal violence\" at the Malakal camp in northern South Sudan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.</div><div><br></div><div>The clashes killed 13 people, injured 20 and suspended the transport to the site of South Sudanese fleeing the conflict in neighbouring Sudan.</div><div><br></div><div>Humanitarian activities at the camp \"have been hampered due to insecurity\", OCHA added.</div><div><br></div><div>South Sudan has enjoyed little stability since gaining independence from Sudan in 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;A civil war tore apart the world\'s youngest nation between 2013 and 2018, leaving more than 350,000 people dead, while natural disasters have also struck the country.</div><div><br></div><div>President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar formed a transitional government and agreed to unite their armed forces to end the conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>But armed violence continues and the majority of the population lives below the poverty line despite its vast oil reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The UN mission in South Sudan is one of the organisation\'s most expensive, with an annual budget of more than $1 billion and the deployment of 17,000 soldiers. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 17:28:23', '2023-06-10 17:28:23'),
(7380, 7380, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Health advisers on Friday unanimously backed the full approval of a closely watched Alzheimer\'s drug, a key step toward opening insurance coverage to U.S. seniors with early stages of the brain-robbing disease.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The drug, Leqembi, received conditional approval from the Food and Drug Administration in January based on early results suggesting it could slow Alzheimer\'s progression by several months. The FDA now is reviewing more definitive results to decide whether the drug should receive the agency\'s full endorsement.</div><div><br></div><div>The decision carries extra significance because insurers have held off on paying for the infused treatment until it has full FDA approval.</div><div><br></div><div>The FDA panel of outside advisers voted 6-0 that a large company study confirmed the drug\'s benefits for patients with mild or early Alzheimer\'s. The nonbinding vote amounts to a recommendation for full approval, and the FDA is scheduled to issue a final decision on the matter by July 6.</div><div><br></div><div>The FDA\'s initial OK for Leqembi came via the agency\'s accelerated approval program, which allows early access to drugs based on laboratory or biological measures suggesting that they might help patients. The drug, marketed by Eisai and Biogen, helped clear a brain plaque that is a hallmark of Alzheimer\'s.</div><div><br></div><div>The FDA panel reviewed more recent data from an 1,800-patient study in which people taking the drug showed a modestly slower rate of decline on measures of memory, judgment and other cognitive tests.</div><div><br></div><div>\"For an illness like this where we don\'t have very much, these are meaningful changes for patients with Alzheimer\'s,\" said Dr. Merit Cudkowicz of Harvard Medical School. \"A couple more months in the highly functional state is really meaningful.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Drugs approved via the accelerated pathway can technically be withdrawn by the FDA if their benefits aren\'t confirmed, though regulators rarely take that step. Gaining full approval allows medications to stay on the market indefinitely.</div><div><br></div><div>Normally the process of converting an accelerated approval attracts little attention, and FDA rarely convenes its advisers to weigh in on such decisions.</div><div><br></div><div>But concerns about the cost and effectiveness of new plaque-targeting drugs like Leqembi have attracted new scrutiny to the process from academics, members of Congress and health insurers.</div><div><br></div><div>Medicare, the federal health plan that covers 60 million seniors, has essentially blocked coverage of Leqembi and a similar drug, Aduhelm, pending full FDA approval. That policy, which has little precedent, was announced last year amid concerns that Aduhelm, priced at $28,000-a-year, would drive up costs for Medicare recipients.</div><div><br></div><div>The federal program provides health insurance for the vast majority of people with Alzheimer\'s, and private insurers tend to follow its lead.</div><div><br></div><div>Leqembi is priced similarly at $26,500 per year and the handful of patients who have received it to date have mainly had to pay out of pocket.</div><div><br></div><div>Facing pressure from Alzheimer\'s advocates and patients, Medicare\'s administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, has made clear the program will immediately begin covering the drug if it gets FDA\'s full OK.</div><div><br></div><div>But last week she announced extra requirements even after Medicare coverage begins: All patients receiving the drug will need to be enrolled in a federal registry to track Leqembi\'s safety and effectiveness. That approach is occasionally used for complex new medical devices, but rarely for drugs.</div><div><br></div><div>The move was criticized by advocacy groups, including the Alzheimer\'s Association, which has lobbied the federal government for months to begin paying a drug that they say could potentially help many thousands of Americans.</div><div><br></div><div>Leqembi is the first drug that\'s been convincingly shown to slow Alzheimer\'s by targeting the underlying biology of the disease. The delay in progression amounts to about five months, and some experts disagree on whether that difference is enough to meaningfully improve people\'s lives.</div><div><br></div><div>But most FDA panelists were impressed by Eisai\'s results, which they said showed significant differences in patients\' cognitive abilities and functionality, as well as reduced burden for caregivers.</div><div><br></div><div>The study tracked patients for 18 months using a scale measuring key indicators of cognitive function. At the end of the trial, patients receiving Leqembi declined more slowly — a difference of less than half a point on the scale — than patients who received a dummy infusion.</div><div><br></div><div>The drug was also associated with potentially serious side effects, including swelling of the brain and small bleeds in brain vessels.</div><div><br></div><div>Three patients taking Leqembi died during the study, two after experiencing a stroke linked to brain bleeding. But FDA reviewers said it was unclear whether the drug played a role in the deaths due to other underlying factors affecting the patients, including the use of blood-thinning medications that can increase the risk of bleeding.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are adverse effects,\" said Dr. Robert Alexander of the University of Arizona, who chaired the panel. \"But they\'re monitorable and I think the benefit is clear.\" According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 20:52:40', '2023-06-10 20:52:40'),
(7381, 7381, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>In preparation for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, a total of 33,937 farmers in Cumilla are currently rearing sacrificial animals and concerned authorities said there will be a surplus of approximately 8,000 animals.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the Cumilla District Department of Livestock, the demand for sacrificial animals in 17 upazilas of the district is estimated to be 2,20,492. The district already has 2,29,098 animals, resulting in a surplus of 8,606 animals for the entire district.</div><div><br></div><div>A recently conducted survey indicated that Laksam upazila is leading in animal rearing in the district.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 2,592 farmers in this upazila are rearing 21,000 sacrificial animals, surpassing the upazila\'s demand by 7,500. Similarly, Meghna Upazila has 1,605 farmers who have reared 9,839 animals for sacrifice, exceeding the upazila\'s demand by 2,400.</div><div><br></div><div>However, certain upazilas are facing shortage of animals. Chauddagram is experiencing a shortage of 273 animals, Nangalkot 608, Chandina 426, Debidwar 4,335, Homna 395, and Sadar South 1,039.</div><div><br></div><div>Cumilla\'s Livestock Training Officer, Chandan Kumar Poddar, said, “In upazilas facing shortages, animals are often sourced from neighbouring upazilas or districts. Due to Cumilla\'s geographical importance, cows are transported by trucks from across the country, including neighbouring districts.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Concerns were voiced by Rubel Sardar, a farmer from Barura\'s Jhalam area, who said, “We are facing losses as the price of animal feed continues to rise. Additionally, the entry of cows from India could further deteriorate the market,” reports UNB.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Md. Nazrul Islam, an official from the Department of Livestock, said there is no possibility of a shortage of sacrificial animals in Cumilla. “Additionally, we will establish a medical team in the haat (market), and the cooperation of the market committee will be crucial in this regard,” he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 21:08:50', '2023-06-10 21:08:50'),
(7382, 7382, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Dhaka-Mawa part of the Dhaka to Bhanga rail line via the Padma Bridge will be ready for train operation by this September.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan shared this after inaugurating the Bhanga-Jashore rail line construction.</div><div><br></div><div>“Train operation on the 81 km Dhaka-Bhanga part will start in September,” he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, Dhaka-Jashore rail line will be ready for train operation by June, next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, construction work is going on in 14 stations of the railway.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the project information, 20 stations are being constructed on the line from Kamalapur to Jashore under the Padma Rail Connection Project. Of these, 14 stations will be new. The six old stations will be revamped to make them up-to-date.</div><div><br></div><div>The railway line was constructed in three parts (plus a 3 km link being built between Dhaka and Gandaria): a 37 km Gandaria-Mawa section, a 42 km Mawa-Bhanga section, and an 87 km Bhanga Junction-Jashore section. Some 43.2 km of loops, siding and Y-connections bring the total track length to 215.2 km.</div><div><br></div><div>The Padma Bridge was opened for vehicular movement on June 26 last year. On August 20, nearly two months after the inauguration of the Padma Bridge, the railway minister inaugurated the work of laying the railway line at the Jazira end of the main bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the project sources, the Padma Bridge rail link project was estimated to cost Tk 34,988.86 crore at the time of approval of the DPP in 2016. The term was set for December 2022. But in April 2019, the cost of the project was increased by Tk 4,269.27 crore and the cost was fixed at Tk 39,258.13 crore. The ECNEC meeting also approved the proposal to extend the project till June 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>China Exim Bank is financing the project on a G2G basis. Of this, China\'s Exim Bank will provide loan assistance of about Tk 21,000 crore.The final loan agreement was signed with China in April 2018. The remaining money would be spent from government funds. The project is being constructed by Chinese contractor CREC. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 22:22:41', '2023-06-10 22:22:41'),
(7383, 7383, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Afghanistan national cricket team has arrived in Dhaka to participate in a Test match against the host team, scheduled to begin on June 14th in Dhaka.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Afghan team is coming to Bangladesh in two separate groups. The first group arrived around 11 am local time, while the second group is expected to reach Dhaka around 5 pm (on Saturday).</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced the squad for the Bangladesh tour. The 15-man squad has been strengthened with the inclusion of fast bowlers Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai and Nijat Masoud, as well as the promising young leg-spinner Izharulhaq Naweed.</div><div><br></div><div>Karim Janat, a talented medium-pace bowling all-rounder, secured his place in the squad after an exceptional all-round performance in the Ahmad Shah Abdali First Class Tournament, where he was named the best player of the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, star spinner Rashid Khan will miss the tour due to a recent lower-back injury.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) also announced the squad for the Test match, which includes two new faces: Shahadat Hossain Dipu and Musfik Hasan. Shahadat caught the selectors\' attention with his batting skills in the longer format of the game, while Musfik impressed with his right-arm fast-medium bowling.</div><div><br></div><div>Both Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be without key players, as Afghanistan misses Rashid Khan and Bangladesh will be without their regular captain and all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who is also sidelined due to injury.</div><div><br></div><div>After this Test match, the Afghanistan team will go back and return again in July to play a three-match ODI and two-match T20I series in Chattogram and Sylhet.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan squad for Bangladesh Test: Hashmatullah Shahidi (C), Rahmat Shah (VC), Afsar Zazai (WK), Ikram Alikhail (WK), Ibrahim Zadran, Abdul Malik, Baheer Shah, Nasir Jamal, Karim Janat, Zahir Khan, Izharulhaq Naweed, Hamza Hotak, Ibrahim Abdulrahimzai, Yamin Ahmadzai, and Nijat Masoud. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 22:57:54', '2023-06-10 22:57:54'),
(7384, 7384, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Forest Department has re-excavated about 80 ponds in the Sundarbans, the country’s lone natural habitat for the Bengal Tiger, aiming to ensure freshwater for wildlife.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We have re-excavated about 80 ponds in the Sundarbans so that wild animals, including tigers, do not face any trouble in finding sweet water,” Divisional Forest Officer (Sundarbans West Division) and director of tiger conservation project Director Abu Naser Mohsin told BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>In March 2022, the Bangladesh Forest Department initiated a three-year “Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project” to conserve the Bengal tigers in the mangrove forest. As part of the project, the Forest Department restored the freshwater sources in the Sundarbans.</div><div><br></div><div>Mohsin said these ponds are yet to completely fill up with water as there are no enough rains right now. But, once monsoon will start, the ponds will be poured with rainwater, allowing wild animals to have fresh water easily from those reservoirs,” he said.</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>The Sundarbans is the only mangrove forest in the world that supports tigers’ habitat. But its ecosystem continues to degrade due to frequent natural disasters and human intervention as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Every year, cyclones and storm surges hit the forest, destroying its freshwater sources, which puts wildlife in crisis of drinking water.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Freshwater ponds in the Sundarbans became salinated&nbsp; &nbsp;following Cyclone Amphan flooded most parts of the mangrove forest in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, drastic fall of water flow in the Sundarbans rivers is also contributing to rapid degradation of mangrove ecosystem. Many rivers and canals dried up in the forest in lack of water flow.</div><div><br></div><div>Former chief conservator of forest and former country representative of IUCN Bangladesh Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad said when freshwater sources, particularly ponds, get contaminated with saline water due to cyclones or storm surges, the wild animals including tigers and monkeys are forced to drink water from these salinated ponds.</div><div><br></div><div>He said if the wild animals drink saltwater for quite a long time, they become vulnerable to many diseases causing their immature deaths.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>When the wild animals face scarcity of freshwater inside the forest, they are forced to enter localities in search of drinking water, leading to human-wildlife conflicts, he said.</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>According to the Forest Department, trespass of Sundarban tigers to locality has been increased more than 50 times in the last 15 years, leading to loss of lives due to human-animal conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>The Forest Department’s data revealed that about 49 tigers died in the Sundarbans from 2001 to 2021. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 23:02:52', '2023-06-10 23:02:52'),
(7385, 7385, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh got the recognition as the spotless thyroid operation completing country at the 5th International Thyroid Notes (Natural Orpheus Thyroid Endoscopic Surgery) conference on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Legendary surgeon Lt Col Dr Anuong Anakun of Bangkok Police General Hospital gave the recognition at the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the operation was regular in 44 developed countries of the world, Bangladesh was not in that group. Mahbub Alam, a resident surgeon at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, started the first spotless operation at the hospital in Bangladesh in November last year.</div><div><br></div><div>This operation leaves less outside spots than the regular operation. It causes minor post-operative pain, less to stay in the hospital and keep patient\'s voice better. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 23:20:21', '2023-06-10 23:20:21'),
(7386, 7386, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bollywood star Kajol has announced that she is taking a break from social media.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The actress has erased all of her earlier Instagram posts, NDTV reported on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Without getting into details, Kajol posted on Instagram and Twitter: \"Facing one of the toughest trials of my life.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Taking a break from social media,\" she captioned it.</div><div><br></div><div>While the actress has not said why she deleted all of her previous Instagram photos, netizens on the Internet inundated her post with comments such as \"Sending you so much love\" and \"Please take care.\" \"Hope you\'re doing well, take your time,\" said another. \"Sending you all my love,\" another added. \"Allow yourself plenty of time. We\'ll be there.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Kajol is well recognized for her roles in blockbusters like as Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, Baazigar, Gupt, Dushman, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, and My mention Is Khan, to mention a few.</div><div><br></div><div>Kajol was most recently seen in Salaam Venky, a film co-starring Vishal Jethwa and Aamir Khan (in a cameo role). Revathy directed the film, which was released last year. The actress\'s next appearance will be in Netflix\'s anthology film Lust Stories 2, said the report, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>In recent years, she has appeared in Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior, a National Award-winning film co-starring husband Ajay Devgn and actor Saif Ali Khan, it also said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kajol also appeared in the Netflix film Tribhanga, her digital debut. Tribhanga, directed by Renuka Sahane and starring Tanvi Azmi and Mithila Palkar, was produced by Ajay Devgn, it added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 23:45:19', '2023-06-10 23:45:19'),
(7387, 7387, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Twenty-two people, including two children, died in southern Somalia when mortar shells exploded, a local district official said on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Abdi Ahmed Ali told a press conference that a blast \"caused by unexploded mortar shells\" occurred near the town of Qoryoley, around 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the capital, Mogadishu.</div><div><br></div><div>He requested help from the authorities to clear unexploded ordnance he said was scattered across the region in order to avoid further disasters.</div><div><br></div><div>Qoryoley resident Ibrahim Hassan told AFP most of the victims were \"young children\" who \"died on the spot after one of them struck an explosive device near a playground\".</div><div><br></div><div>The region is a target of Islamist rebel group Al-Shabaab, which has waged an insurgency against the internationally backed Somali federal government since 2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, the group affiliated with Al-Qaeda killed 54 Ugandan peacekeepers in an attack on an African Union base in Bulo Marer, a town around 30 kilometres from Qoryoley.</div><div><br></div><div>The movement has been driven out of Somalia\'s main towns and cities but retains power in large swathes of rural areas, carrying out attacks against security and civilian targets. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-10 23:51:05', '2023-06-10 23:51:05');
