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(3015, 3015, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US President Joe Biden will meet China\'s Xi Jinping in Bali on Monday to set \"guardrails\" for relations between the countries, as the world\'s 20 largest economies hold their first major post-pandemic summit.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the last three years, the rivalry between China and the United States has intensified sharply as Beijing has become more powerful and more assertive about replacing the US-led order that has prevailed since World War II.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monday\'s talks on the margins of the G20 have the air of the icy Cold War conclaves between American and Soviet leaders at Potsdam, Vienna or Yalta that decided the fate of millions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden has spoken about the meeting establishing each country\'s \"red lines\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The overarching goal will be setting \"guardrails\" and \"clear rules of the road\" a senior White House official told reporters hours before the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We do all of that to ensure that competition does not veer into conflict.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden is expected to push China to rein in ally North Korea after a record-breaking spate of missile tests raised fears Pyongyang will soon carry out its seventh nuclear test.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xi may be in no mood to help. He enters the meeting buoyed from recently securing a landmark third term in office, cementing him as the most powerful Chinese leader for generations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden has been boosted by news that his Democratic party retained control of the US Senate after performing better than expected at the midterm elections, although he remains vulnerable on domestic politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Putin staying away -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The superpower sitdown is likely to dominate the G20 summit, which comes with food and fuel prices spiking worldwide, Ukraine mired in conflict and the renewed threat of nuclear war casting a menacing pall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be one conspicuous absence around the table -- Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His botched nine-month-old invasion of Ukraine has made the trip to Bali logistically difficult and politically fraught.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With members of his inner circle quarrelling publicly and his once ironclad domestic authority tarnished, Putin instead elected to send veteran foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officially, neither the war in Ukraine, nor Putin\'s dark threats to use nuclear weapons are on the summit agenda.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But while the ex-KGB man will not be at the summit table, his war will certainly be on the menu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soaring energy and food prices have hit richer and poorer G20 members alike -- and both are directly fuelled by the conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said an end to the conflict was \"a moral imperative and the single best thing we can do for the global economy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And ahead of his departure to Bali, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would \"call out Putin\'s regime\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is likely to be pressure on Russia to extend a deal allowing Ukrainian grain and fertiliser shipments through the Black Sea when the current agreement expires on November 19.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- \'Never been this complex\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a minimum, Biden and his allies would also like to see the G20 make it clear to Putin that nuclear war is unacceptable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even that once uncontroversial position is likely to be blocked by a mixture of Russian opposition and Chinese unwillingness to break ranks with its ally in Moscow or give Washington a win.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The G20 -- a disparate and unwieldy grouping born in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis -- has always been most comfortable discussing finance and economics rather than security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow would like it to stay that way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We categorically reject the politicisation of the G20,\" the Russian foreign ministry said Sunday, offering a taste of what leaders might hear from the famously unbending Lavrov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are convinced that the G20 is meant to deal specifically with socio-economic issues.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A string of G20 ministerial meetings leading to the summit failed to agree a final joint communique -- a procedural-sounding tradition that can be important in driving cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Honestly, I think the global situation has never been this complex,\" said Indonesian government minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan on the eve of the summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If eventually (the G20) leaders do not produce a communique, that\'s that, it\'s ok.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; 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(3016, 3016, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka unveils a budget on Monday attempting to put the South Asian government\'s finances in order, with reforms to advance a $2.9 global billion bailout from the island\'s worst financial crisis since independence in 1948.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Ranil Wickremesinghe\'s first full-year budget to parliament will include measures aimed at helping Sri Lanka restructure its debt, increase revenues and trim spending as it works on the bailout with the International Monetary Fund, analysts say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is a budget that is being presented at a time Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented crisis,\" said State Minister for Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"More than 70% of families are asking the government for support and the economy is estimated to shrink 8.3% this year,\" he said in a statement. \"This budget will present a political and economic way forward for the country.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Bank estimates Sri Lanka\'s economy will contract by 9.2% this year and 4.2% in 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nation of 22 million people plunged into crisis this year as a loss of tourism revenue from the Covid-19 pandemic compounded tax cuts and years of economic mismanagement, leading to a severe dollar drought.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unable to pay for critical imports, Sri Lanka struggled to buy essentials such as fuel, and the public faced soaring inflation, a rapidly depreciating currency and sharply shrinking growth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has proposed increasing the personal and corporate income tax rate to 30% from 24% and possibly changing tax brackets to boost revenue, despite criticism from companies and opposition parties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spending cuts will likely to be tricky, given Sri Lanka\'s large public workforce and high debt. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 04:07:34', '2022-11-14 04:07:34'),
(3017, 3017, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality continued to be in the \'unhealthy\' zone on Monday morning.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 195 at 9am, the metropolis ranked second in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi and Kolkata occupied the first and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 225 and 188, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 04:49:17', '2022-11-14 04:49:17'),
(3018, 3018, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>X-ray machines at different government hospitals in Feni are lying unused for years due to a shortage of skilled manpower.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Among the hospitals and health centers in Feni, only Feni General Hospital and Chhagalnaiya Upazila Health Complex have functioning X-ray machines. Machines worth crores of taka haven’t even been unboxed in the district’s Sonagazi, Fulgazi, Parshuram and Daganbhuiyan upazila health complexes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, it has been 15 years since the 20-bed Trauma Center and Chest Disease Hospital in Feni’s Mahipal used an X-ray machine last time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health officials said that although the government had provided two X-ray machines with capacities of 300MA and 500MA to Fulgazi Upazila Health Complex in 2016 and 2019, respectively, patients are yet to get the health examination facility.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The same thing happened at Parshuram Upazila Health Complex. The X-ray machine of this health center malfunctioned in 2016. Instead of repairing it, the government provided a new X-ray machine with a capacity of 500MA on September 9, 2019, which has been lying unboxed since then as the health complex didn’t find anyone who could install and operate the machine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: Govt to set pvt hospitals’ service fees: Health Minister</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We haven’t used X-ray machines since 2013. Although we received a 500MA X-ray machine on March 2, 2021, it hasn’t been taken out of the box yet due to a shortage of skilled personnel,” said Tauhidul Islam, Daganbhuiyan Upazila Health Officer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mahbub Alam, Lab Technologist of Sonagazi Upazila Health Complex, said that two X-ray technologists had joined the complex in 2007 and 2013.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But they were transferred to another health complex after the X-ray machine of our health complex went out of order,” Mahbub added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Rafiq us-Salehin, Civil Surgeon of Feni, said that X-ray services can’t be provided to patients without recruiting skilled operators and technologists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Recruitment of manpower to operate and maintain X-ray machines is currently underway. A company named 3I Merchandise supplies X-ray machines in Feni. We’ve asked them time and again to teach our health workers how to operate an X-ray machine, which they never did,” said Rafiq. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 05:22:01', '2022-11-14 05:22:01'),
(3019, 3019, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Iran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced an anti-government protester to death, and handed down jail terms to five others, state media said Sunday, amid persistent unrest in the country.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The ruling likely marks the first death sentence in the trials of those arrested for participating in protests that have swept Iran over the past weeks demanding an end to clerical rule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mizan, a news website is linked to Iran\'s judiciary, said the death sentence followed on charges of the protester setting fire to a government building. The five prison terms ranged from five to 10 years and alleged national security and public order violations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: Iran protests: Solidarity rallies held in US, Europe showing int\'l support</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mizan said separate branches of the Revolutionary Court issued the verdicts but did not share further details of the protesters on trial, who can appeal the decisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court was established following the 1979 Islamic Revolutions and is known for meting out harsh punishments to those who oppose Iran\'s clerical rulers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran has already issue indictments for hundreds of detained protesters saying it will hold public trials for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anti-government demonstrations have entered their eighth week and were sparked by the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was detained after allegedly violating the country’s strict dress code for women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Judicial authorities have announced charges against hundreds of people in other Iranian provinces. Some have been accused of “corruption on earth” and “war against God,” offenses that carry the death penalty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Security forces, including paramilitary volunteers with the Revolutionary Guard, have violently cracked down on the demonstrations, killing over 300 people, including dozens of children, according to the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights. Iranian authorities say more than 40 security forces were also killed in the nationwide unrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the protests first focused on ending Iran’s mandatory headscarf, or hijab, they have since transformed into one of the greatest challenges to the ruling clerics since the chaotic years following the 1979 Islamic Revolution. 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, '2022-11-14 06:00:44', '2022-11-14 06:00:44'),
(3020, 3020, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Ito Naoki on Monday said his country wants to elevate the bilateral ties with Bangladesh to a \"strategic\" level adding more elements like defence and security areas to the growing relations.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We have comprehensive partnership. We intend to elevate it. Hopefully we can agree to call our partnership a strategic partnership,\" he said referring to likely discussion on the issue during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to Japan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Naoki expressed his country’s interest to export defence related equipment to Bangladesh which will further be discussed between the two sides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing Japan\'s vision for Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP), the envoy said this is something very comprehensive but not against any country or contain any country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Japan considers Bangladesh as a partner of FOIP. \"We will continue to promote our practical cooperation.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Naoki said infrastructure development, connectivity, maritime security and capacity building of security forces are part of the practical cooperation that they promote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding investment, the envoy said there are challenges but hopefully there will be improvements in terms of investment environment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ambassador was speaking at an event titled “Meet the Ambassador” held in a Dhaka hotel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) hosted it in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zillur Rahman, Executive Director of the Centre for Governance Studies moderated the programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh will seek Japan’s “stronger engagement” in its development efforts through “investment and financing” in major projects during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s forthcoming visit to Japan slated for November 29-December 1, 2022 at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen told UNB that Japan is a \"good investor\" for Bangladesh, and they are implementing major projects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The basic idea is Japan is capable of financing and they always finance without any tough conditions. They have technology, too,” Momen said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In May, 2014, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a summit meeting with Sheikh Hasina in Tokyo and they jointly launched the “Bangladesh-Japan Comprehensive Partnership.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September same year, Abe held a summit meeting with Hasina in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan recognised Bangladesh as a sovereign nation on February 10, 1972, and the year 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and Japan. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 06:06:57', '2022-11-14 06:06:57'),
(3021, 3021, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ekushey Padak winner choreographer and dance maestro Golam Mostofa Khan died Sunday night at Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka at 82.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A prominent dance artist in Bangladesh after the independence of the nation, Khan passed away after suffering from pneumonia and health problems from old age, according to the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. He was admitted to the hospital on October 28.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from his successful career as a dance pioneer in Bangladesh, Khan established his dance institution Benika Lalitakala Kendra in 1980.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid expressed shock and deep grief at the death of the dance icon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khalid also prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and extended his heartfelt sympathy to Khan and his family.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Golam Mostafa Khan had contributed significantly to the development of dance in Bangladesh through the creation of the Benuka Lalitkala Kendra, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan received Ekushey Padak in 2020, Shilpakala Academy Medal in 2016. Apart from these achievements, he received several important awards for his special contribution to dance, while many of his disciples established themselves as successful dancers at home and abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Benukar Sur,\" \"Tin Surey Gantha,\" and \"Roktolal Ohongkar\'\' are some of his popular theatrical dance creations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan is survived by his wife and three daughters. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 06:12:10', '2022-11-14 06:12:10'),
(3022, 3022, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Uunchai, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Boman Irani, Anupam Kher, Parineeti Chopra, Sarika, Neena Gupta and Danny Denzongpa, continued to grow day by day ever since its release on Friday. The film went on to collect ₹4.71 crore on Sunday. It now stands at a total collection of ₹10.16 crore.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sooraj Barjatya film had opened at ₹1.81 crore and registered 101 percent growth on Saturday with collections of ₹3.64 crore. The film is about three old friends who go on to climb Mt Everest, along with three more women, to fulfil the wish of their late friend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Film trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the weekend collection of the film on Twitter. He wrote, “#Uunchai touches uunchai on Day 3… Glowing word of mouth has come into play… Fantastic trending on limited screens/tight showcasing… Double digit weekend indicates the power of content… Fri 1.81 cr, Sat 3.64 cr, Sun 4.71 cr. Total: ₹ 10.16 cr. #India biz.” He added in another tweet: “#Uunchai Note: 486 screens / 1282 shows per day.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film is produced by Rajshri Productions in association with Mahaveer Jain Films and Boundless Media. It is Sooraj Barjatya\'s first film in seven years, after his 2015 film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. It received positive reviews from critics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Known for making family dramas like Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!, Hum Saath-Saath Hain and Vivah, Sooraj said making a film like Uunchai was liberating for him. He told PTI in an interview, “In this film, I have moved away from all my earlier trappings.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There once was a charm that if you name (a character) Prem, the film will work. But I have let go of that. In the pandemic, everything was slipping away, so there was no point holding onto anything. It was liberating for me.” HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 07:46:54', '2022-11-14 07:46:54'),
(3023, 3023, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Anita Chowdhury, wife of the late founder chairman of Square Group Samson H Chowdhury.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a condolence message on Monday, the Foreign Minister said ‘Square Mata’ Anita Chowdhury has not only contributed to the success of the Square Group  she set an example in the country\'s industrial and commercial expansion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, she was very generous and sincere in helping the poor and helpless people of the country, Momen said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foreign Minister prayed for the eternal salvation of the departed soul and expressed sympathy to the bereaved family members.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anita Chowdhury passed away on Sunday while under treatment at Square Hospital in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anita Chowdhury was a philanthropist and widely known as ‘Square Mata.’</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anita is the mother of Samuel S Chowdhury, chairman of Square Group, Square Pharmaceuticals Vice Chairman Ratna Patra and Managing Director Tapan Chowdhury, and Anjan Chowdhury, managing director of Square Toiletries. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 07:53:54', '2022-11-14 14:57:47'),
(3024, 3024, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>World Bank\'s South Asian Region Vice-President Martin Raiser on Monday said Bangladesh has surprised the whole world through its tremendous development, describing the country as \"a success case of development\".</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Bangladesh is a success case of development and attained a very impressive achievement. Bangladesh is becoming one of the countries that makes surprise through its development,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He made the remarks while paying a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) in the capital this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the talks, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh wants to maintain an open and transparent relation with the World Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after 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, '2022-11-14 08:11:58', '2022-11-14 08:11:58'),
(3025, 3025, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two studies have linked prenatal exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals with different health outcomes later in life. The first study links prenatal phthalate exposure to reduced childhood lung function between the ages of 4 and 11. The second study found an association between prenatal exposure to benzophenone-3 (BP3) and higher body mass index and diastolic blood pressure at 11 years of age.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Phthalates are chemical compounds that are widely used as plasticisers, as well as in lacquers and varnishes. They are found in various consumer products, ranging from toys to food packaging, clothing, detergents, cosmetics, solvents, etc. Over time, phthalates in these products leach into the surrounding environment -- for example, into the air, dust and food -- making them virtually ubiquitous.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, human exposure to phthalates starts as early as in utero, given that these compounds are able to cross the placental barrier. Phthalates act as endocrine disruptors and have been associated with numerous developmental and reproductive health problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Research has consistently found that gestational phthalate exposure is associated with increased risk of childhood asthma, but the evidence on its possible association with lung function is scarce and unclear,\" explained ISGlobal researcher Magda Bosch de Basea, lead author of the study.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study included 641 mother-child pairs from the INMA Project birth cohorts in Sabadell and Gipuzkoa. Gestational phthalate exposure was analysed using urine samples collected from the mothers during pregnancy. The children\'s lung function was assessed by spirometry at various stages of development between the ages of four and eleven years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As an indication of the ubiquity of these compounds, laboratory analyses detected all nine of the studied phthalate metabolites -- i.e. substances into which phthalates are transformed once metabolised by the human body -- in nearly 100% of the urine samples examined.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At all stages of development, the studied metabolites were associated with decreases in two lung function parameters: forced vital capacity (FVC), which measures the maximum volume of air a person is able to exhale, and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), which measures the maximum exhaled volume in the first second of exhalation. However, the researchers found that the associations between certain metabolites (e.g.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">MiBP and MBzP) and decreased lung function were generally statistically significant only at younger ages, but not in spirometries performed in later years. This pattern is consistent with the findings of studies in animal models suggesting that the possible effects of these compounds on lung function revert over time. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 08:25:45', '2022-11-14 08:25:45'),
(3026, 3026, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited has started a drive to disconnect gas lines of about 20,000 customers in the Dhaka metropolitan area – to realise Tk 400 crore bills that are due.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We started the drive since September this year. From today, the drive will be conducted mainly in Gulshan, Banani, Tejgaon, Nakhalpara, Tejkunipara and Badda areas under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC),” Rashidul Hasan, general manager (revenue) of Titas Gas, told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty Titas Gas teams are now engaged in the drive against default consumers, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He informed that Titas has a total of 600,000 consumers under six zones in Dhaka metropolitan city. The zones are: Kuril, Motijheel-1, Motijheel-2, Tikatuli, Sobhanbagh and Mirpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 20,000 consumers have failed to pay the bills in time – with each zone having 3,000-3,500 defaulting consumers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Most of these are household gas connections,” said Rashidul Hasan, adding that if the defaulting consumers pay their arrear bills within a specific date, Titas will restore their connections.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titas officials said they have been issuing notices to the defaulting consumers for a long time to pay their respective outstanding bills. But many consumers are still not heeding to the notices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Titas Gas has a total of 2.8 million consumers across its command areas – mainly in greater Dhaka and Mymensingh, according to officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Manikganj, Mymensingh, Tangail, Sherpur, Jamalpur are in the Titas areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials of Titas said that there are a huge number of illegal gas connections in Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur and Munshiganj areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“These illegal gas connections could be over 300,000 in Titas areas, although the exact number could not be confirmed,” Rashidul Hasan 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, '2022-11-14 08:41:44', '2022-11-14 08:41:44'),
(3027, 3027, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said it is better to spend reserve money for the welfare of the people rather than sitting idle on it.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We can\'t sit idle with this (reserve) money, we have to spend it for the welfare of the people,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while speaking at the oath taking ceremony of the newly elected Chairmen and members of the 59 Zila Parishads of the country at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).</div><div><br></div><div>While the prime minister administered the oath of the chairmen, LGRD Minister Md Tajul Islam did it 623 members of the Zila Parishods.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that the government has spent the reserve money for the welfare and betterment of the common people.</div><div><br></div><div>In this connection she said that during the Coronavirus pandemic communication, transportation, import and everything was almost stalled. As a result, the reserve money swelled to almost $48 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that while the world was returning to normalcy at that time Ukraine-Russia war started followed by sanctions. “As a result, prices of every item have increased worldwide with higher transportation cost,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that notwithstanding the cost the government is importing everything to make those available to the common people.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the government is procuring food, fuel oil, gas, edible oil, wheat and corn at a very much higher price.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that through the 10 million TCB cards the government is supplying essential items at a lower price, while five million people are getting rice at the rate of Tk15 per kilogram.</div><div><br></div><div>“Those who are totally incapable, we are giving them food at free of cost,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that the government is giving houses to the homeless people.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that the government has invested $8 billion in various infrastructural development constructions.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have utilized our own reserve money, we did not take loans from others,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the reserve money was given in loan to the Biman Bangladesh Airlines to procure aircraft.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that the government is giving stimulus packages for the export-oriented industries.</div><div><br></div><div>Pointing to the BNP\'s severe propaganda regarding the reserve money she said that they will definitely do it as their leader Tarique Rahman has been&nbsp; convicted in a money laundering case.</div><div><br></div><div>LGRD secretary Muhammad Ibrahim conducted the oath taking program. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 09:25:54', '2022-11-14 09:25:54'),
(3028, 3028, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The global population is projected to reach 8 billion on 15 November 2022, and India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2023, according to World Population Prospects 2022.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“This year’s World Population Day falls during a milestone year, when we anticipate the birth of the Earth’s eight billionth inhabitant. This is an occasion to celebrate our diversity, recognize our common humanity, and marvel at advancements in health that have extended lifespans and dramatically reduced maternal and child mortality rates,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.</div><div><br></div><div>“At the same time, it is a reminder of our shared responsibility to care for our planet and a moment to reflect on where we still fall short of our commitments to one another,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The global population is growing at its slowest rate since 1950, having fallen under 1 per cent in 2020, according to the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest projections by the United Nations suggest that the world’s population could grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030 and 9.7 billion in 2050. It is projected to reach a peak of around 10.4 billion people during the 2080s and to remain at that level until 2100.</div><div><br></div><div>World Population Prospects 2022 also states that fertility has fallen markedly in recent decades for many countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Today, two-thirds of the global population lives in a country or area where lifetime fertility is below 2.1 births per woman, roughly the level required for zero growth in the long run for a population with low mortality.</div><div><br></div><div>The populations of 61 countries or areas are projected to decrease by 1 per cent or more between 2022 and 2050, owing to sustained low levels of fertility and, in some cases, elevated rates of emigration.</div><div><br></div><div>More than half of the projected increase in the global population up to 2050 will be concentrated in eight countries: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines and the United Republic of Tanzania.</div><div><br></div><div>Countries of sub-Saharan Africa are expected to contribute more than half of the increase anticipated through 2050.</div><div><br></div><div>“The relationship between population growth and sustainable development is complex and multidimensional” said Liu Zhenmin, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs. “Rapid population growth makes eradicating poverty, combatting hunger and malnutrition, and increasing the coverage of health and education systems more difficult.</div><div><br></div><div>Conversely, achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially those related to health, education and gender equality, will contribute to reducing fertility levels and slowing global population growth.”</div><div><br></div><div>In most countries of sub-Saharan Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, the share of population at working age (between 25 and 64 years) has been increasing thanks to recent reductions in fertility.</div><div><br></div><div>This shift in the age distribution provides a time-bound opportunity for accelerated economic growth per capita, known as the “demographic dividend”.</div><div><br></div><div>To maximize the potential benefits of a favourable age distribution, countries should invest in the further development of their human capital by ensuring access to health care and quality education at all ages and by promoting opportunities for productive employment and decent work.</div><div><br></div><div>The share of global population at ages 65 and above is projected to rise from 10 per cent in 2022 to 16 per cent in 2050.</div><div><br></div><div>At that point, it is expected that the number of persons aged 65 years or over worldwide will be more than twice the number of children under age 5 and about the same as the number under age 12.</div><div><br></div><div>Countries with ageing populations should take steps to adapt public programmes to the growing numbers of older persons, including by establishing universal health care and long-term care systems and by improving the sustainability of social security and pension systems.</div><div><br></div><div>Global life expectancy at birth reached 72.8 years in 2019, an improvement of almost 9 years since 1990. Further reductions in mortality are projected to result in an average global longevity of around 77.2 years in 2050. Yet in 2021, life expectancy for the least developed countries lagged 7 years behind the global average.</div><div><br></div><div>The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all three components of population change. Global life expectancy at birth fell to 71.0 years in 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>In some countries, successive waves of the pandemic may have produced short-term reductions in numbers of pregnancies and births, while for many other countries, there is little evidence of an impact on fertility levels or trends. The pandemic severely restricted all forms of human mobility, including international migration.</div><div><br></div><div>“Further actions by Governments aimed at reducing fertility would have little impact on the pace of population growth between now and mid-century, because of the youthful age structure of today’s global population. Nevertheless, the cumulative effect of lower fertility, if maintained over several decades, could be a more substantial deceleration of global population growth in the second half of the century,” added John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 10:29:08', '2022-11-14 10:29:08');
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(3029, 3029, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Kylian Mbappe scored and came through unscathed along with fellow Paris Saint-Germain stars Lionel Messi and Neymar in their final match before the World Cup, a 5-0 Ligue 1 rout of Auxerre on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The news was less good for Morocco\'s World Cup hopes as Marseille striker Amine Harit was carried off after injuring a knee in his side\'s 3-2 win over Monaco in the evening in the last Ligue 1 game before the break.</div><div><br></div><div>PSG coach Christophe Galtier opted not to rest the attacking trio against the Burgundy side as the French champions sought to extend their lead at the top of the table before the break for the tournament in Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>\"None of my players had sent me a signal of fear,\" said Galtier.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My obsession was that my team could express themselves as freely as possible without the psychosis of an injury.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The players responded present, were serious, focussed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It would have been a great sadness for me if one of my players were injured before the World Cup and I quickly made the changes to spare each of them.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe scored the opener after 11 minutes in Paris for his 12th league goal this season after good work by Messi and two other World Cup bound players Moroccan Achraf Hakimi and Portuguese Nuno Mendes.</div><div><br></div><div>Spain\'s Carlos Soler nodded in the second after 51 minutes and then set up Hakimi for the third six minutes later. Two players who are not going to Qatar, Renato Sanches and Hugo Ekitike came off the bench and added goals in the final ten minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>The Parisians moved five points ahead of Lens, who won 2-1 at home against Clermont on Saturday, with Rennes a further five points adrift in third.</div><div><br></div><div>Galtier added: \"We are first and undefeated, we worked on different systems and it took us time to find the better solution so that my fantastic trio can express themselves and find the best balance.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are still many lines of work. The only small regret I have is not having beaten Benfica in the Champions League.\"</div><div><br></div><div>PSG drew twice with the Benfica in their Champions League group and qualified second behind the Portuguese club.</div><div><br></div><div>For their final match before the World Cup, the MNM trio -- Messi, Neymar, Mbappe -- did not really sparkle in a game played without great intensity.</div><div><br></div><div>That did not prevent the champions giving a demonstration of their goal-scoring prowess before a break until their next Ligue 1 match on December 28 against Strasbourg.</div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe\'s early goal, following a beautiful cross from Messi relayed by Mendes, seem to anaesthetize the Parisian forwards.</div><div><br></div><div>- Kimpembe return -</div><div><br></div><div>Messi hit the post after 66 minutes, Neymar collapsed at the slightest contact and played in slow motion, far from flamboyance of his first part of the season.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I don\'t know if my players were afraid of injuring the Parisians before the World Cup,\" said Auxerre coach Christophe Pelissier.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Of the five goals we gave them three were our errors.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Galtier gave some playing time to France defender Presnel Kimpembe, who came on for the final quarter of an hour having spent a month out with an Achilles tendon injury.</div><div><br></div><div>In Monaco, Harit was carried off on a stretcher after injuring a knee in the 58th minute.</div><div><br></div><div>\"From what we know, it\'s a very big injury,\" said Marseille coach, Igor Tudor. \"He got injured just before the World Cup, we talked about it all week. I am very sad\".</div><div><br></div><div>Harit\'s replacement, veteran Dimitri Payet, played a crucial role as Marseille came from 2-1 down. Bosnian defender Saed Kolasinac headed in Payet\'s free kick eight minutes into added time.</div><div><br></div><div>The win lifts Marseille into fourth while Monaco stay sixth, one point ahead of Lille who beat bottom side Angers 1-0.</div><div><br></div><div>Also down at the bottom, Brest beat Troyes 2-1 while Nantes came from two goals down for a 2-2 draw at home against Ajaccio. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 10:51:10', '2022-11-14 10:51:10'),
(3030, 3030, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It burns, it drifts, it falls victim to insects. And it\'s shrinking.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The boreal forest, which is second only to the Amazon in terms of its vital role in ensuring the future of the planet, encircles the Arctic -- and it is in just as much danger from climate change as the South American rainforest.</div><div><br></div><div>The deep, verdant green ring -- which stretches across Canada, Scandinavia, Russia and Alaska -- has been weakened by increasing forest fires, the melting of permafrost, intensifying insect infestations and warming temperatures.</div><div>Experts are categorical in their warnings: the forest is encroaching on the tundra, and the prairies are slowly taking the place of the trees.</div><div><br></div><div>In his cabin in Quebec, not far from the banks of the St Lawrence River amid the trembling aspen and black spruces, Jean-Luc Kanape, a member of the Innu Indigenous group, says he likes to feel the \"energy of the wind, the cold.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"When I\'m in the heart of the forest, I feel like I\'m part of it. The trees are like my roots,\" says the brawny 47-year-old, his hair askew and his skin bronzed from the sun.</div><div><br></div><div>Kanape has dedicated his life to the protection of the caribou, a species whose habitat is under threat because of the effects of deforestation and global warming. And he is worried.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We often say we need to save the planet, but that\'s not true,\" he says, suggesting humanity\'s own existence is what is at stake.</div><div><br></div><div>The forest -- named for Boreas, the Greek god of the north wind -- covers 10 percent of the world\'s land surface and has a decisive impact on the globe\'s northern oceans and overall climate.</div><div>Its 1.2 billion hectares (nearly three billion acres), which account for nearly a third of all forested land in the world, help slow global warming by absorbing a significant amount of carbon emissions.</div><div><br></div><div>The boreal forest holds twice as much carbon as all tropical forests combined, and also helps purify a massive amount of freshwater.</div><div><br></div><div>There have always been natural changes to its makeup, but scientists are now concerned that those changes are happening more often, and are even becoming the norm.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Monster\' fire -</div><div><br></div><div>Dead tree trunks stretch towards the sky -- ghostly white shadows staining the green canopy in this corner of Alberta province.</div><div><br></div><div>On the ground, shrubs and grass battle to stay alive.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'ll never again see a spruce tree in these hills,\" laments Harvey Sykes, a 70-year-old former oil industry worker who lives in the Fort McMurray area, home to the world\'s biggest oil sands production complex.</div><div><br></div><div>Here, the boreal forest still bears the signs of a huge fire in May 2016 that sent 90,000 residents scrambling for safety from a wall of flames along a lone access road.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This one was a monster,\" recalls Sykes, pointing to the hills where the blaze began. \"A fire like that, you don\'t confront it... you get out of there.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Like many in the region, Sykes lost everything in the inferno -- his house, his belongings and a lifetime of mementos.</div><div><br></div><div>The wildfire remains the most destructive natural disaster in Canada\'s history, with 2,500 buildings destroyed and damages totalling nearly 10 billion Canadian dollars ($7.4 billion US).</div><div><br></div><div>It was the first time in the country\'s history that residents found themselves in danger as a direct result of the consequences of climate change on the boreal forest.</div><div><br></div><div>- Adaptation -</div><div>Today, wildfires are multiplying in Alaska, Canada and Siberia. They are one of the greatest threats to northern woodlands even if, paradoxically, they are also essential to the forest\'s survival and evolution.</div><div><br></div><div>Fires release precious nutrients into the forest soil, and create holes in the tree canopy that allow sunlight to break through, contributing to the growth of new trees.</div><div><br></div><div>In the boreal forest, the most prevalent type of fire is a crown fire, which spreads quickly from treetop to treetop. These blazes are more intense and more difficult to fight than fires on the ground.</div><div><br></div><div>Fires can burn all winter under the snow, producing toxic smoke and significant amounts of carbon monoxide.</div><div><br></div><div>The forest\'s plants are resistant to the bitter Canadian cold, and have adapted to the recurrent fires -- the trembling aspen burn quickly but regenerate easily.</div><div><br></div><div>Some species even depend on the fires -- jack pines or black spruces have sap-coated cones that open up to deposit seeds as the flames spread, ensuring their survival.</div><div><br></div><div>But data collected over the last few decades indicates that the increasing frequency and intensity of the fires have reached an abnormal level.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We now have a wildfire season that is longer and more severe. They are more fierce, and cover larger areas,\" explains Yan Boulanger, a researcher in forest ecology at Canada\'s ministry of natural resources.</div><div><br></div><div>Fires are now regularly twice as destructive in terms of surface area as they were a century ago, and 70 percent of the land consumed in fires over the last 20 years was in the boreal forest, according to satellite data made public in August.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts from Global Forest Watch, the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland -- who collected the data -- also revealed that extreme heat waves are five times as likely as they were 150 years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Global warming is having an especially devastating effect on northern lands including the boreal zone, as temperatures are increasing two or three times quicker than on the rest of the planet.</div><div><br></div><div>Extreme heat leads to more lightning, which in turn sparks the worst fires, Boulanger says. Destruction of forested lands in these blazes leads to massive greenhouse gas emissions, which fuel climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>While forest fires are one of the most extreme and visible results of warming temperatures, the actual increase in heat has even worse implications.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Drunken trees\' -</div><div><br></div><div>They are known as \"drunken trees\" -- tilted sideways due to melting permafrost. Eventually, the soil will completely erode away from the roots, and the trees will tumble.</div><div><br></div><div>This buckling and sinking is because of the degradation of the permafrost, ground that has remained frozen for at least two years in a row.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You have potential for large shifts,\" says Diana Stralberg, an Edmonton-based researcher for the natural resources ministry. Sometimes areas \"might be flooded and lose forests,\" she explains, becoming bogs or lakes.</div><div><br></div><div>As the ground is thawing, bacteria eat away at the biomass compiled for thousands of years, generating carbon and methane emissions that are contributing to the acceleration of global warming.</div><div><br></div><div>Elsewhere, in the far north of the boreal zone, trees are crowding the tundra, which features better conditions for their survival.</div><div><br></div><div>Scientists recently discovered that white spruces were being displaced towards the north in Alaska, to a part of the Arctic tundra that had not seen such tree growth in thousands of years.</div><div><br></div><div>In a decade, the tree cover advanced a whopping four kilometers (2.5 miles).</div><div><br></div><div>On the southern edge of the boreal forest, drought has reduced stands of trees to shrubs and high grasses.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In the west, we could end up with forests that simply become prairies because the extent of the drought or the frequency of climatic change is too great to sustain the tree population,\" Boulanger warns.</div><div><br></div><div>Stralberg remembers seeing computer maps modeling the effects of climate change for the first time when she started working on issues related to the boreal forest a few years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I thought it was just wrong, because it was just so extreme,\" she says.</div><div><br></div><div>And then her colleagues started reaching the same conclusions: that the boreal forest was rapidly shifting north, absorbing a part of the tundra and losing ground to the prairies at the southern edge.</div><div><br></div><div>The displacement of an ecosystem is not without consequences.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You can lose forest a lot faster than it can grow and provide habitat for wildlife,\" says the 52-year-old Stralberg.</div><div><br></div><div>As the mercury rises, evaporation occurs more easily and plants lose water more quickly due to transpiration. They close the pores of their leaves and battle to survive.</div><div><br></div><div>But by slowing their own growth, the plants lose some of their capacity to eliminate carbon dioxide from the atmosphere -- a vicious circle indeed.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Snowball effect\' -</div><div><br></div><div>In the western part of Quebec province, government research scientist David Pare and his team are studying tree litter -- the decomposing organic material on the forest floor that has acted as a giant carbon sink for centuries.</div><div><br></div><div>Here, the sun struggles to break through due to the twisting, intertwined tree canopy. Thousands of pine needles cover the mossy ground.</div><div><br></div><div>Tree litter can store five to six times as much carbon dioxide as other plant matter, and Pare wants to see how resilient the ground is.</div><div><br></div><div>A plethora of experiments are being carried out across Canada to better understand the tree litter and predict its future role in reducing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.</div><div><br></div><div>In some areas, the subsoil is heated, and in others, the amount of organic matter on the ground is varied. Tree roots are cut elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Dozens of tiny orange flags and wooden trays embedded in the fallen pine needles mark off the various trials that have been in place for six years.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We want to know how much carbon has accumulated in the soil and how it happens,\" Pare explains.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Because if global warming is diminishing the carbon sink, that will only lead to more warming,\" says the 59-year-old Pare.</div><div><br></div><div>Scientists are fearful of such a \"snowball effect,\" which could eventually lead to significant loss of the boreal forest\'s role as a carbon sink.</div><div><br></div><div>But the forest is also at risk of falling victim to another phenomenon brought on by higher temperatures: insect infestations.</div><div><br></div><div>- The curious case of the hemlock looper -</div><div><br></div><div>It\'s a surprising sight: on a green hillside peppered with vibrant trees, there is a square marked off by dead trees stripped of their limbs, their dried out trunks stretching skyward.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s like a bomb went off. All the trees are dead in this area, killed by the hemlock looper,\" says Pare, his white hair covered by a construction helmet.</div><div><br></div><div>The hemlock looper is a moth native to North America that can devour all leaves and needles on trees in one season, explains the researcher as he walks through the raspberry bushes that have cropped up in the area.</div><div><br></div><div>Several events linked to global warming seem to be converging and could explain the insect infestations, which are also happening in Scandinavian forests.</div><div><br></div><div>Trees are already weakened by drought and so struggle to fend off the voracious bugs who take advantage of longer summers and warmer winters.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of thousands of hectares of forest land have been devastated by the eastern spruce budworm, another species native to Canada and the eastern United States that mainly attacks fir trees.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As global warming progresses, the budworm now can reach areas that it could not get to in the past,\" says researcher Louis De Grandpre, who has studied the boreal forest for 30 years.</div><div><br></div><div>The key now is to measure the long-term effects of these infestations \"because we really don\'t know what the future of these forests will look like,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>- Tipping point? -</div><div>For Pare, \"there is a limit to how much trees can endure.\"</div><div><br></div><div>For now, scientists are pondering whether the boreal forest is approaching a so-called \"tipping point,\" a threshold beyond which carbon and methane emissions are inevitable and changes to the ecosystem are irreversible.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts say they still hope for the ecosystem\'s continued resilience.</div><div><br></div><div>Stralberg believes the damage can still be limited.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We looked at areas that will remain cooler and wetter in a warming world, like the shores of large interior lakes, large peatland complexes and north-facing hillsides,\" she explains.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These are areas where we can buy time for cold-adapted species like spruce trees and caribou to adjust to climate change in the near term.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Careful monitoring, reforestation, legal protections, technological progress and time-honored Indigenous methods can help maintain the carbon sink.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think that cultural burning can be one of the solutions... combined with some of the new technology,\" says Amy Cardinal Christianson, a research scientist with the Canadian Forest Service who studies how fires affect Indigenous communities.</div><div><br></div><div>Cultural burning, long practiced by Indigenous communities, can help reduce the impact of forest fires by eliminating ground cover. Christianson, a member of the Metis people, explains the burning as \"a slow fire, a cool burn.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Unlike in the Amazon, in this inhospitable cold-climate forest, human action -- like deforestation or oil sands mining -- is less detrimental to the environment than natural phenomena caused by climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts say that in order for the boreal forest to maintain its essential role in ensuring the survival of the planet, the solution must be a global one.</div><div><br></div><div>For Boulanger, the government forest researcher, we must \"have faith in the next generation.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 11:15:47', '2022-11-14 11:15:47'),
(3031, 3031, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths and 38 more cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The new number rose the fatalities to 29,429 and the caseload to 2,036,204, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.92 per cent from Sunday’s 0.85 per cent as 4,139 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate at 97.43 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In October, the country reported 60 Covid-linked deaths and 10,043 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 11:24:59', '2022-11-14 11:24:59'),
(3032, 3032, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Manhattan district attorney\'s office has returned 192 looted antiquities with a value of nearly $3.4 million to Pakistan.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. announced the repatriation in a press release on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The return is the culmination of a years-long investigation into the sale of artifacts looted from countries all over the world. According to the release, 187 of the items are linked to the Indian American antiquities dealer Subhash Kapoor, who stands accused of running a multi-million-dollar trafficking network via his Manhattan gallery, Art of the Past.</div><div><br></div><div>The district attorney\'s office returned the antiquities during a repatriation ceremony on Thursday at the Pakistan Consulate in New York, according to the release.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These remarkable works of art were ruthlessly removed from their rightful home and trafficked without regard for their immense cultural and spiritual value,\" said Ivan J. Arvelo, New York special agent in charge at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier this month, Kapoor was sentenced by an Indian court to 10 years in prison for smuggling offenses. He has also been indicted alongside seven co-defendants in the US, where investigators say he helped traffic thousands of treasures stolen from temples, ruins and archaeological sites across Asia.</div><div><br></div><div>The Manhattan district attorney\'s Antiquities Trafficking Unit has seized more than 2,500 artifacts, worth an estimated $143 million, as part of its investigations into Kapoor. Speaking to CNN earlier this month, the disgraced dealer\'s lawyer said he intends to challenge attempts to extradite his client to the US.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Consul General Ayesha Ali, Thursday\'s repatriation ceremony follows an earlier return of 45 stolen artifacts, linked to another convicted smuggler, to Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We began this journey with the DA\'s Office and (the Department of Homeland Security) in November 2020, 45 pieces of stolen Gandhara artifacts were returned and today we are very fortunate that another batch of 192 antiquities valued at $3.4 million are being returned,\" Ali said in the release.</div><div><br></div><div>The objects returned on Thursday include \"Mehrgarh dolls,\" which are some of the oldest known human-crafted figurines in the world. The ancient statues were looted from a Neolithic archaeological site in Pakistan, according to the release. - CBB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', '1', NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 11:44:19', '2022-11-14 11:44:19'),
(3033, 3033, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court (HC)&nbsp; issued a rule on Monday asking authorities concerned to explain in four weeks as to why assistant teachers of government primary schools across the country shall not be given 10th grade.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A High Court Division bench comprising Justice Md Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Md Suhrawardy passed the order after holding hearing on a writ petition filed in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretaries of the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and Public Service Commission and the related parties have been asked to respond to the rule.</div><div><br></div><div>Barrister Syed Syedul Haque Sumon and Advocate Zahirul Islam heard the writ in court. Deputy Attorney General Kazi Mainul Hasan appeared for the state.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, on Thursday, November 10, Md Mahbubur Rahman, assistant teacher of Joypurhat Primary School, filed a writ in the High Court on behalf of 15 teachers of different districts.</div><div><br></div><div>In the writ, the petitioner asked for directions from the higher authorities, to give assistant teachers of government primary schools the 10th grade. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 12:32:25', '2022-11-14 12:32:25'),
(3034, 3034, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her directives to relevant authorities to redouble their efforts to raise food production and maintain a stock of sufficient foods amid looming global crisis in 2023.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She made the call while presiding over the weekly Cabinet meeting at her office, according to a media briefing by Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam at the Secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>“The first and foremost task is that we all will have to make frantic efforts to raise food production. We’ve also prospects here,” Khandker Anwarul quoted the premier as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meeting, a FY 2021-22 report on ministries and divisions was placed and the Cabinet asked to take a number of initiatives to face any possible food crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>The Cabinet gave an observation to increase food productions at any cost, said Anwarul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our food storage is in a very comfortable situation. It will have to be kept in a comfortable position always,” he said, adding that the private sector has already permitted to import 15 lakh metric tons of foods.</div><div><br></div><div>The Cabinet asked to avoid the import of foods, particularly supplementary items from third parties as much as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the Cabinet asked the authorities concerned for taking steps to raise remittance inflow and FDI, as well as not to send unskilled workers to overseas labour markets without training them as per demands of job markets.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the Cabinet in principle approved the draft of Bangladesh Dairy Development Board Act, 2022 in order to ensure quality dairy milks.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the draft law, technical support and cooling storage facilities would be provided to the farmers for proper preservation or improved feeds for the animals.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting gave the final nod to the draft of Zoo Act, 2022, which was placed in a bid to ensure proper management of zoos and protection of wild animals there.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the Cabinet endorsed the draft of an agreement to complete immigration procedures of hajj pilgrims in Bangladesh instead of Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the agreement titled “Cooperation Agreement on the Entry of Hajj Pilgrims,” the immigration procedures of Bangladesh hajj pilgrims would be completed here in Bangladesh regularly from now, said the Cabinet secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>“The immigration procedures of Bangladesh hajj pilgrims were completed here last year due to Covid-19 pandemic. This time two sides have signed an agreement to complete the procedures here from now. It is a great achievement,” he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Cabinet also cleared the drafts of three agreements to be signed with Japan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>The deals are “Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs Matter” to be signed between Bangladesh and Japan, and “Agreement on Abolishing Visa Requirements for the Holders of Diplomatic, Special and Official Passports between the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Government of the State of Qatar,” and “Security Cooperation Agreement between the Government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh,” reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement with Japan would be signed when PM Hasina would go on a visit to Japan at the end of this month, said the Cabinet secretary, this deal would enhance bilateral trade and strengthen institutional communication.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 12:47:43', '2022-11-14 12:47:43'),
(3035, 3035, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With three more deaths reported in 24 hours till Monday morning, this year’s fatalities from Dengue climbed to 205.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 760 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Among the latest deaths,one each&nbsp; was reported from Dhaka, Chattogram and Khulna taking the death tolls in these three divisions to 122, 52 and 11 respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile death toll remained unchanged at nine in barishal, six in Rajshahi, five in Mymensingh divisions</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 425 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 335 outside it, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 2,989 dengue patients, including 1,767 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The directorate has recorded 49,300 dengue cases and 46,106&nbsp; recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 182 on Tuesday, exceeding all previous records in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier the country recorded the highest 179 deaths from Dengue in a year in 2019. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 13:49:57', '2022-11-14 13:49:57'),
(3036, 3036, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Bank Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser concluded his second visit to Bangladesh today and reaffirmed the lending agency\'s continued support to help the country navigate through the current economic challenges and thus achieve resilient and inclusive growth.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Raiser met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today and thanked her for the country\'s leading role in climate change adaptation and disaster preparedness, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The World Bank is proud to be a part of Bangladesh\'s tremendous development journey for the past 50 years. Bangladesh provides valuable insights and important lessons in rapid poverty reduction and sustained growth for many other countries around the world,\" said Raiser.</div><div><br></div><div>Raiser also met with Finance Minister and Bangladesh Bank Governor and discussed policy measures to mitigate recent global shocks and build economic resilience.</div><div><br></div><div>They also discussed the World Bank\'s support for Bangladesh\'s development priorities. He was accompanied by Abdoulaye Seck, World Bank\'s incoming Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, who will assume his position on January 1, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The war in Ukraine, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis have created unprecedented challenges for the global economy. Every country is struggling to cope, and Bangladesh is no exception,\" said Raiser.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh can sustain rapid growth by strengthening macro, fiscal and financial sector reform and continuing investment in human capital and climate resilience. We are ready to lend our full support to these efforts at this challenging time.\" Raiser also said. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 14:33:21', '2022-11-14 14:33:21'),
(3037, 3037, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Banks have excess liquidity of Tk 1.69 lakh crore, and rumours on social media are unfounded, Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Md. Abul Kalm Azad said today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He was addressing a press conference at the central bank to brief reporters on misinformation circulating in social media regarding bank deposits and liquidity.</div><div><br></div><div>“Conspiratorial news is being circulated on social media. Investors are being asked to withdraw their bank deposits. It is being said that banks do not have cash or that there’s a iquidity crisis,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“But this is not true. The banking system of Bangladesh is very sound. There is no liquidity crisis as the banking system currently has excess liquidity of Tk 1.69 lakh crore,” Azad said at the press conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank as issued a special warning to managing directors of commercial banks regarding the liquidity situation. If there is any disruption in the liquidity management of a bank, the central bank will take steps to resolve it with utmost importance.</div><div><br></div><div>No bank has shut down in 51 years of Bangladesh\'s history, he pointed out, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“People\'s deposits in banks are completely safe. Nothing has happened to cause panic over people’s hard-earned savings in banks,” Azad assured.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 15:24:23', '2022-11-14 15:24:23'),
(3038, 3038, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has issued an order saying that Bollywood actress Nora Fatehi and other foreign artistes and celebrities would not be able to come to Bangladesh centring the \"Global Achievers Award 2022\" billed for November 18 in the capital without paying tax at source.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Nora Fatehi, a Canadian actress, model, dancer, singer, and producer, is known for her work in the Indian film industry. She has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The order signed by NBR member (tax administration and human resource management) Shahin Akhter said that for participating in a programme in Bangladesh, there is a mandatory provision of paying 30 per cent tax at source on the paid and unpaid amount to the foreign artistes mentioned in the agreement alongside on the food and accommodation cost in line with the Income Tax ordinance.</div><div><br></div><div>But, the organizers of the event did not comply with the directives of the ordinance.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the current circumstances, the revenue board has directed the organizers of the award event to pay tax at source properly in order to facilitate the participation of Nora Fatehi and other foreign artistes at the event.</div><div><br></div><div>It is mentionable that the NBR came to know about the possible participation of the Bollywood actress and other foreign artistes in the \"Global Achievers Award 2022\" through advertisements in newspapers. Women Leadership Corporation will organize the award function. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 16:04:40', '2022-11-14 16:04:40'),
(3039, 3039, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Monday said law enforcement agencies are yet get any tangible evidence to untangle the murder of Fardin Noor Parash, a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He was responding to a question from reporters at a programe held to mark the 9th founding anniversary of River Police at Rajarbagh Police Lines in the capital in the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have not received any information with concrete proof,\" the home minister said. “We speak only on facts.”</div><div><br></div><div>Police recovered Fardin’s body from the Shitalakhkhya River, behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, on November 7, three days after he went missing.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 8, Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done, said there were several injury marks on Fardin’s head and body.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, Fardin’s father Kazi Nuruddin Rana filed case against his son’s friend Amatullah Bushra, a 3rd year student of East West University, and several unidentified people in connection with the death with Rampura Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>Police arrested Amatullah Bushra the same day hours after filing the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has been investigating the case to unearth the motive of the murder and who did it. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 16:09:51', '2022-11-14 16:09:51'),
(3040, 3040, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Seven university students were dead and at least one gunman was on the run Monday following weekend violence that struck two US campuses in the states of Idaho and Virginia, authorities said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Police were hunting for the student suspect in a shooting that left three people dead and two others wounded at the University of Virginia about 100 miles (160 kilometers) southwest of the nation\'s capital Washington.</div><div><br></div><div>The campus in Charlottesville, Virginia was locked down early Monday while helicopters and police searched for a man considered to be \"armed and dangerous,\" the UVA Office of Emergency Management tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>A student at the university identified as Christopher Darnell Jones Jr was suspected to have carried out the shooting on campus Sunday night, UVA president Jim Ryan said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 2,000 miles to the west in the Rocky Mountain state of Idaho, police were investigating a separate incident in which four students were found dead Sunday in a home near the University of Idaho campus, believed to be the \"victims of homicide.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-14 16:24:09', '2022-11-14 16:24:09'),
(3041, 3041, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israel will not cooperate with any \"external investigation\" into the death of journalist Shireen Abu Aqla.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Defence Minister Benny Gantz said it was \"a mistake\" for US authorities to open an investigation into the killing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Palestinian-American correspondent was shot in the head while covering a raid in the occupied West Bank in May.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Eyewitness said she was shot by Israeli troops, while an Israeli official said there was a \"high probability\" she was killed by one of its soldiers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Monday, US media outlet Axios reported that the US Justice Department had informed Israel\'s Justice Ministry that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had opened an investigation into her death.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Gantz said that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has conducted a \"professional, independent investigation\" that had been shared with US authorities, adding that he had told American officials that \"we stand by the IDF\'s soldiers, that we will not cooperate with an external investigation, and will not enable intervention to internal investigations\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Abu Aqla - one of the most recognisable faces of journalism in the Arab world - was killed on 11 May while covering an Israeli army raid in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, which had witnessed gun battles between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants. She was wearing a helmet and blue flak jacket marked with the word \"press\" at the time of her killing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Eyewitnesses and Palestinian officials said she was shot by Israeli troops - a finding later backed by the United Nations and multiple investigations by media outlets. A US review also found it was \"likely\" that Israeli soldiers fired the fatal bullet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In September, a senior IDF official said there was a high probability that she was shot \"by mistake by an IDF soldier, and of course he didn\'t identify her as a journalist\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The official added that investigators had spoken to the soldier involved: \"He told us what he did; and if he did it, it was done by mistake.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I want to emphasise the fighting environment that these soldiers were under. They were confined in a protected vehicle with multi-dimensional fire from every direction,\" the official added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, video evidence from the moment Ms Abu Aqla was shot does not support the claim of militant gunfire in the spot that journalists and bystanders had gathered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Israeli troops were believed to be 200m (656ft) away, and the footage shows repeated fire for several minutes towards the area where the journalists were walking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Abu Aqla was born in Jerusalem but spent time in the United States, obtaining US citizenship. She spent most of her career covering the Israel-Palestinian conflict, notably for Al Jazeera\'s Arabic news channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I chose journalism to be close to people. It might not be easy to change the reality but at least I could bring their voice to the world,\" she once said. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 02:25:51', '2022-11-15 02:25:51');
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(3042, 3042, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies open talks on Tuesday on the island of Bali, after a final pitch by host Indonesia for the bloc to focus on action to help a global economic recovery despite deep rifts due to the war in Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The G20, which includes countries ranging from Brazil to India, Saudi Arabia and Germany, accounts for more than 80% of the world\'s gross domestic product), 75% of international trade and 60% of its population.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A positive sign on the eve of the summit was a three-hour bilateral meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in which the two leaders pledged more frequent communications despite many differences.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Monday\'s meeting was the first time the two had met in person since Biden became president and the talks appeared to signal an improvement in relations between the superpowers after a downward spiral in recent months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With the Ukraine war and a global spike in inflation overshadowing the summit, Indonesia\'s president made a fresh appeal to the leaders of the world\'s richest countries to unite at least on economic matters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We hope the G20 summit can deliver concrete partnerships that can help the world in its economic recovery,\" President Joko Widodo said after a bilateral meeting with Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Indonesian leader, widely known as Jokowi, also asked the European Commission and the G7 bloc to lend \"support and flexibility\" so that the summit can produce concrete results, he said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine triggered calls by some Western leaders for a boycott of the summit and for the withdrawal of Russian President Vladimir Putin\'s invitation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Indonesia resisted, refusing to withdraw Putin\'s invitation, and also rejecting what Indonesian sources say has been pressure from G7 nations to condemn Russia at the summit this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia has said Putin was too busy to attend the summit with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov taking his place. Lavrov on Monday dismissed a news agency report that he had been taken to hospital in Bali with a heart condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is due to address the summit via video link on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A joint G20 communique, which would need to be agreed by all parties, appears unlikely, with Indonesia instead pushing for a leaders\' declaration, diplomatic sources say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The war and the geopolitical tensions that have increased mean the diverse interest among G20 members have grown wider,\" said Jose Rizal, executive director of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">CHORUS OF OPPOSITION</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Tuesday that Putin\'s regime will hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions. Sunak will call on G20 for coordinated action to address economic instability and the rising cost of living in the wake of Russia\'s invasion, his government said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Biden will be \"unapologetic\" in his defence of Ukraine, U.S. officials have said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I won\'t get ahead of the final negotiations but the G20 will make clear that Russia\'s war is wreaking havoc for people everywhere and for the global economy as a whole,\" said one official, who spoke about the U.S. view on the summit on condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Xi and Putin have grown increasingly close in recent years, and reaffirmed their partnership just days before Russia invaded Ukraine. Nevertheless China has been careful not to provide any direct material support that could trigger Western sanctions against it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Biden and Xi \"underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine\" during their meeting, according to a White House statement. A statement from the Chinese foreign minister said Xi told Biden nuclear weapons cannot be used and nuclear wars cannot be fought. Ukraine\'s Zelenskiy late on Monday welcomed \"weighty statements\" being made ahead of the G20 including on the inadmissibility of threats to use nuclear weapons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The West has accused Russia of making irresponsible statements on the possible use of nuclear weapons since its February invasion of Ukraine. Russia has in turn accused the West of \"provocative\" nuclear rhetoric.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">G20 leaders will denounce the use of, or any threat to use, nuclear weapons, according to an early draft of a G20 statement seen by Reuters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We should try to use the G20 meeting to try to convince all the partners to put more pressure on Russia,\" European Council President Charles Michel told a news conference, criticising the country for triggering a global energy and food crisis with an \"unprovoked\" war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On the sidelines of the summit, many of the leaders will hold bilateral talks, including several of them meeting Xi, who is making only his second visit overseas since the start of the pandemic. He is scheduled to hold talks with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and later with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 02:35:51', '2022-11-15 02:35:51'),
(3043, 3043, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Three members of the University of Virginia football team have been shot and killed on campus.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Two others were injured in the shooting, which occurred on a bus filled with students returning from a field trip on Sunday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They were attacked as the bus pulled into a parking garage on the university campus, police say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A suspect is in custody charged with three counts of second degree murder and three counts of using a handgun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">No possible motive for the attack was reported as police continued their investigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A shelter-in-place order for the campus has been lifted but classes were cancelled on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The shooting reportedly took place at around 22:30 (03:30 GMT) at a garage on Culbreth Road, on the university\'s Charlottesville campus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Those killed were identified as Devin Chandler, a second-year student from Virginia Beach, D\'Sean Perry, a fourth-year student from Miami, Florida, and Lavel Davis, a third-year student from Rich Hill, South Carolina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Police say the bodies of the victims were found inside a charter bus after they returned from a field trip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The university named the suspect as one of its students, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr, aged 22.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I am devastated that this violence has visited the University of Virginia,\" said Jim Ryan, the university\'s president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The university is considered among one of the most prestigious in the country and ranked number three in public universities in the US. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 02:49:42', '2022-11-15 02:49:42'),
(3044, 3044, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Ranveer Singh sprung a surprise on his wife-actor Deepika Padukone at her workplace as the couple clocked fours years of their wedding anniversary. Taking to his Instagram Stories, Ranveer Singh revealed that as Deepika had to work on the occasion, he decided to surprise her. Ranveer also posted a picture, clicked from behind, of Deepika working along with her team inside the office.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the photo, Deepika sat on a chair looking at a laptop as many people stood around her. Tagging Deepika, Ranveer also drew an arrow pointing at her. In the photo, Deepika wore a white outfit and tied her hair up in a bun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranveer wrote along with the picture, \"When she has to work on your anniversary so you surprise her at her office...\" He also added, \"Ps: Never underestimate the power of flowers &amp; chocolates (devil emoji). Diamonds not needed buahaha. Take notes and thank me later gentlemen....\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranveer Singh revealed that as Deepika had to work on the occasion, he decided to surprise her.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranveer and Deepika tied the knot on November 14, 2018, at Italy\'s Lake Como after dating for six years. Their two-day wedding ceremony was attended by family members and close friends only. The two wedded in a traditional south Indian ceremony, following which they also had a north Indian wedding a day after.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranveer and Deepika first met on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali\'s romantic drama film Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela. Later, they also starred in Bajirao Mastani and Padmaavat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fans will see Deepika in Pathaan alongside Shah Rukh Khan and John Abraham. The action drama is set to hit the theatres on January 25, 2023. She will be also seen in The Intern remake alongside Amitabh Bachchan and in Proiect-K along with Prabhas. She also has Fighter with Hrithik Roshan in the pipeline.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranveer, on the other hand, will be next seen in director Rohit Shetty\'s upcoming comedy film Cirkus alongside Jacqueline Fernandez and Pooja Hegde. The film is all set to hit the theatres on the occasion of Christmas 2022. Apart from that, he also has director Karan Johar\'s next Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani alongside Alia Bhatt, Jaya Bachchan, Dharmendra and Shabana Azmi. It is all set to hit the theatres on April 28, 2023. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 04:12:39', '2022-11-15 04:12:39'),
(3045, 3045, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Kyiv welcomed reported Chinese comments criticizing threats to use nuclear weapons as G20 leaders met in Indonesia on Tuesday, with Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine in the spotlight.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping \"underscored their opposition to the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine,\" the White House said in a readout of a meeting in Indonesia between the two leaders on the eve of the summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A readout of the Biden-Xi meeting on China\'s foreign ministry website made no use of the word \"nuclear\" but said: \"Conflicts and wars produce no winner ... and ... confrontation between major countries must be avoided.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly suggested Russia could use nuclear weapons to defend its territorial integrity, interpreted in the West as an implicit threat to use them over lands Moscow claims to have annexed in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Xi and Putin have grown close in recent years, bound by their shared distrust of the West, and China has refrained from publicly criticizing Russia for the invasion or from calling on it to withdraw its troops.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Zelensky, who had earlier visited Kherson, the biggest prize his troops have recaptured since the invasion began in February, welcomed Monday\'s remarks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It is important that the United States and China jointly highlighted that the threats of using nuclear weapons were unacceptable,\" Zelensky said in a late Monday address. \"Everyone understands to whom these words are addressed.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Zelensky is due to address the G20 summit via video link on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The United States expects the G20 group of industrialized nations to condemn Russia\'s war in Ukraine and its impact on the global economy, a senior US official said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia is a member of the group so consensus on Ukraine is unlikely, and the official declined to say what form the condemnation would take.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Speaking in Bali, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Putin\'s government would hear the chorus of global opposition to its actions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Russia\'s actions put all of us at risk,\" he said at the summit in Indonesia, where he is expected to meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia has said Putin is too busy to attend the summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">To help avoid conflict escalation, CIA Director William Burns met in Turkey on Monday with Russian foreign intelligence chief Sergei Naryshkin to convey the consequences should Putin use nuclear weapons, a White House spokesperson said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Waiting for army</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Kherson, Zelensky shook hands with soldiers and waved to civilians on Monday as he was escorted by bodyguards three days after his troops swept into the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">General Assembly to vote on resolution recognizing Russia must be responsible for reparation in Ukraine</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">View shows destroyed military vehicles after Russia\'s retreat from Kherson, in Kherson</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">View shows the destroyed Antonivskyi bridge over the Dnipro river after Russia\'s retreat from Kherson, in Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kherson city had been the only regional capital captured by Russia since the invasion and Putin had proclaimed it \"eternally Russian\" six weeks ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukraine has repeatedly said it is ready for peace, but will not cede territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Ukrainian servicemen accept no talks, no agreements or compromise decisions,\" Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny wrote on Telegram late on Monday after a telephone conversation with the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Olga Fedorova, an English teacher in Kherson throughout the occupation, said lack of electricity or mobile internet connection meant many were unaware of events until Ukrainian troops raised their flag in the main square on Nov. 11.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We couldn\'t believe, we still can\'t believe that our Ukrainian army is here,\" she said. \"We have been waiting for them all this time, all this eight and a half months.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Zelensky said Ukraine had gathered evidence of at least 400 war crimes committed by Russian troops during their occupation of the area, including killings and abductions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia denies its troops target civilians or have committed atrocities. Mass burial sites have been found in other parts previously occupied by Russian troops, including some with civilian bodies showing signs of torture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Residents in and around Kherson interviewed by Reuters since Friday have described killings and abductions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Reuters reported one account of a neighbour shot dead and three accounts of people carried off by troops in the village of Blahodatne north of Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was not possible to verify the accounts independently.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The United Nations General Assembly on Monday voted to approve a resolution recognizing that Russia must be responsible for making reparations to Ukraine, in a non-binding move backed by 94 of its 193 members.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">To the north and east of Ukraine, there were reports of fierce clashes and artillery bombardments along the front lines that stretch more than 1,000 km (620 miles).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The enemy is attempting to hold temporarily occupied territory and is continuing to equip areas on the east bank of the Dnipro River,\" Ukraine\'s armed forces\' general staff said in a Facebook post on Monday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It is maintaining its offensive actions near Bakhmut and Avdiivka,\" the statement added, referring to areas in eastern Donetsk region where the heaviest fighting has been taking place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia\'s defence ministry was quoted by RIA news agency as saying its forces had taken the village of Pavlivka in Donetsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Neither sides\' accounts could be independently confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia says it is waging a \"special military operation\" in Ukraine to rid it of nationalists and protect Russian-speaking communities. Ukraine and the West describe the Kremlin\'s actions as an unprovoked war of aggression. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 04:23:37', '2022-11-15 04:23:37'),
(3046, 3046, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The week-long countdown to the World Cup in Qatar began on Monday as the world\'s leading footballers focused their attention on one of the most controversial tournaments in history.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After a last weekend of action, domestic leagues paused for six weeks for the global showpiece but preparation time is short for the teams.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first World Cup to be held in the Arab world will kick off on Sunday when the host nation face Ecuador.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Holding football\'s showpiece event in a desert state has necessitated an unprecedented reorganisation of the international calendar, shifting the World Cup from its normal slot in the northern hemisphere summer to avoid the Gulf\'s scorching heat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As teams rushed to submit their final squad lists, Iran named Sardar Azmoun, their star player who has expressed support for the demonstrations in his homeland, in their squad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Azmoun, who plays for German club Bayer Leverkusen, has posted several social media messages in support of the protests that were sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dozens of people, mainly demonstrators but also security personnel, have been killed during the protests, which the authorities have branded as \"riots\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;Activists have called on fans attending Iran\'s matches in Qatar to chant Amini\'s name.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hundreds of Tunisian fans, closely watched by riot police, gave a noisy welcome to their national team in Doha on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Four buses of police with riot gear watched the Tunisians, including some families with children, wait outside the team hotel in the business district of the Qatari capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The crowds chanted the national anthem and banged drums, surging onto the road as the team arrived and players waved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Two of Europe\'s big guns, England and the Netherlands, are among the teams due to arrive on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;- Increased scrutiny -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;Sunday\'s kickoff marks the culmination of Qatar\'s extraordinary campaign first to win the vote to land the tournament and then embark on a spending spree of tens of billions of dollars to build stadiums and infrastructure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">World governing body FIFA\'s pleas to \"focus on the football\" have struggled to be heard as the countdown to kick-off has only increased scrutiny of the country\'s treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Labourers from South Asia have been at the centre of an often acrimonious dispute over deaths, injuries and working conditions since Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Amnesty International has urged FIFA to commit to compensating migrant workers \"for abuses suffered\" during preparations for the tournament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar has angrily rebuffed most of the attacks and local media have blasted the \"arrogance\" of some Western countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;Australian players refused to enlarge on their comments about Qatar\'s rights record on Monday, saying they were fully focused on a daunting opening match against defending champions France.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;The Socceroos released a video last month featuring 16 players, in which they spoke out against rights abuses in the Gulf state, although they acknowledged progress had been made.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"To be honest I think we timed things well with what was said,\" Australia forward Mitchell Duke said at the team\'s training base in Doha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We\'ve done that purposely before we all came to the camp because our main priority now, once we turned up, was just to focus on the football side of things.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar, a country of barely three million people and one of the world\'s biggest producers of natural gas, has spent lavishly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">New stadiums have cost more than $6.5 billion and a driverless metro system with a price tag of $36 billion serves five of the eight venues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some estimates put total infrastructure spending over the past decade at $200 billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Organisers have predicted more than one million fans will travel to Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Tournament chiefs say that 2.9 million of the 3.1 million tickets have been sold, with fans waiting outside ticketing centres in hopes of seeing top games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar announced its first arrests of World Cup ticket touts on Monday, with three foreign men detained outside official ticketing centres in Doha. No details were given of their nationality. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 04:35:03', '2022-11-15 04:35:03'),
(3047, 3047, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The government has projected to improve the ratio of revenue to GDP to 10.6 percent in the mid-term (by 2024-25 fiscal), even though the revenue sectors are suffering a lot due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine War.</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The ratio of revenue to GDP expresses total government revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product. The vast majority of government revenue comes in the form of tax collection. Consequently it is also sometimes known as the tax-GDP ratio.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Other smaller revenue streams include things like bonded warehouses, a customs-controlled warehouse for the retention of imported goods until the duty owed on them is paid.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to an official document, the revenue-GDP ratio for the running 2022-23 fiscal has been estimated at 9.7 percent, rising to 10.4 percent in the 2023-24 fiscal.</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It said that in preparing fiscal policy, the government has been maintaining an expansionary fiscal stance by keeping the budget deficit at a moderate level. Moreover, the government has taken up many reform initiatives to improve the revenue-GDP ratio which is low compared to the neighbouring countries.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Due to the rebasing of GDP to the 2015-16 fiscal, the ratio has dropped even further. Although revenue-GDP ratio has been growing slowly due to high GDP growth, revenue growth has been on a positive trend.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The official document of the Finance Ministry said that several reform initiatives have been taken by the government to reinforce domestic resource mobilisation as well as to improve the revenue-GDP ratio.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It is envisaged that positive impacts of ongoing and future reforms will ensure significantly higher revenue and hence, total revenue is projected to grow to 10.6 percent of GDP in the fiscal 2024-25.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In south Asia Bangladesh has the lowest tax-GDP ratio. A 2016 World Bank report said that the South Asian tax -GDP ratio is 19.1 percent in Nepal, 16 percent in Bhutan, 12 percent in India, 9.9 percent in Afghanistan, 9.1 percent in the Maldive while in Bangladesh it is 8.8 percent. In 2017 Bangladesh\'s position in tax-GDP ratio slid to 7.6.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to available data from World Economic Outlook of October 2019 issue, the revenue GDP ratio of the country is 9.9 percent on average since 2015-2019 while it is 19.8 percent for India, 23.9 for Nepal, 14.7 for Pakistan, 13.5 for Sri Lanka, 25.6 for developing countries and 35.9 for developed countries.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Due to COVID-19, the revenue collection declined while pressure mounted on the budget as the government made high expenditure to face the adverse impact of the economic situation.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Russia-Ukraine war just added to the woes for the revenue collection authorities as the economic conditions across the globe are suffering heavily.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The document stated that of the 10.6 percent of the revenue GDP ratio in 2024-25 fiscal 9.0 percent will come from National Board of Revenue (NBR), 0.5 percent will be from non-NBR sources while 1.1 percent will be from non-tax sources.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The target for the revenue GDP ratio for 2023-24 fiscal has been estimated at 10.4 percent where 8.8 percent will be from National Board of Revenue (NBR), 0.5 percent will be from non-NBR sources while 1.1 percent will be from non-tax sources.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the running 2022-23 fiscal the government is projected to get 8.3 percent from National Board of Revenue (NBR), 0.4 percent from non-NBR sources while 1 percent from non-tax sources.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the previous 2021-22 fiscal, the government had projected to boost the revenue GDP ratio to 11.3 percent with 9.5 percent from National Board of Revenue (NBR), 0.5 percent from non-NBR source while 1.2 percent from non-tax sources.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">But in the revised estimation, it lowered down the ratio to 9.8 percent where 8.3 percent was from the NBR, 0.4 percent was from non-NBR sources and 1.1 percent from non-tax sources.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war was the main cause of lowering down the ratio.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The document said that the government has taken various reform activities to improve the overall revenue collection.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It mentioned that an automated system has been introduced for VAT and income tax collection along with bonded warehouses.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The document hoped that apart from reforms programmes for modernisation of the tax administration, expansion of the tax net, developments in tax compliance and law amendment, and simplification of the tax system would create significant positive impact on revenue collection in the future. UNB</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 04:51:50', '2022-11-15 04:51:50'),
(3048, 3048, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>An officer of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) was shot dead and a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel was wounded while conducting a drive against drug smugglers at Tombru border in Bandarban on Monday night.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">ISPR confirmed the information through a press release early today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Gunshots were exchanged between the drug smugglers and the joint team of Rab and DGFI at the Tombru border with Myanmar, under Ghumdhum union, which left the DGFI personnel dead and a Rab member injured, the press release said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">ISPR, however, did not reveal the names of the DGFI and Rab personnel yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile, Sub-inspector Ripon Chowdhury, appointed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, told the UNB correspondent that a Rab member was brought to the hospital around 10 pm with critical injury after being shot at the border during a drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Assistant Sub-inspector of Naikhongchhari police station Joydeb said they were informed about firing at Konarpara area near the border but don’t have information about who was involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some locals claimed Myanmar insurgent group Al Yaqin members shot at a team of Rab-15 members at zero point of the border around 7 pm last night while they were conducting a drive. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 05:08:15', '2022-11-15 05:08:15'),
(3049, 3049, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Third time\'s the charm?</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After two failed attempts, NASA plans to launch its new mega Moon rocket early Wednesday from Florida, less than a week after the massive machine withstood a hurricane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Our time is coming. And we hope that that is on Wednesday,\" said Mike Sarafin, the manager of the much-delayed Artemis 1 mission, at NASA headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Artemis 1 mission, a test flight without astronauts, represents the first step in the US space agency\'s plan to build a lasting presence on the Moon, and taking lessons from there to prepare for a future voyage to Mars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Named after the sister of Apollo in Greek mythology, the new space program comes 50 years after humans last set foot on lunar soil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first launch of the Space Launch System rocket, the most powerful ever designed by NASA, is set for Wednesday at 1:04 am local time (0604 GMT), with a possible launch window of two hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Countdown has already begun at the storied Kennedy Space Center, where the orange and white behemoth awaits its maiden flight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The takeoff is scheduled less than a week after the passage of Hurricane Nicole, which the rocket endured outside on its launch pad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For now, officials are evaluating the risk associated with hurricane damage to a thin strip of caulk-like material called RTV, which encircles the Orion crew capsule atop the rocket, and makes it more aerodynamic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Teams are looking at whether the RTV could shake loose during launch and pose problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Two backup dates are possible if needed, on November 19 and 25.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">-<b> Far side of Moon -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The weather promises to be mild, with a 90 percent chance of favorable conditions during the launch window.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At the end of September, the rocket had to be wheeled back to its assembly building to be sheltered from another hurricane, Ian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Before these weather setbacks, two launch attempts had to be canceled for technical reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first failure was related to a faulty sensor, and the second to a fuel leak when filling the rocket\'s tanks. It runs on ultra-cold, ultra-volatile liquid oxygen and hydrogen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NASA has since replaced a seal and modified its procedures to avoid thermal shock as much as possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Tank-filling is now due to begin Tuesday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">About 100,000 people are expected on the coast to watch the launch, with the rocket promising to light up the night sky.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Orion capsule will be lifted by two boosters and four powerful engines under the core stage, which will detach after only a few minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After a final push from the upper stage, the capsule will be well on its way, taking several days to reach its destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rather than landing on the Moon, it will assume a distant orbit, venturing 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) beyond the far side -- further than any other habitable spacecraft so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Finally, Orion will embark on the return leg of its journey. When passing through the atmosphere, the capsule\'s heat shield will need to withstand a temperature half as hot as the Sun\'s surface.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">If takeoff happens Wednesday, the mission would last 25 and a half days in all, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on December 11.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NASA is banking on a successful mission after developing the SLS rocket for more than a decade. It will have invested more than $90 billion in its new lunar program by the end of 2025, according to a public audit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Artemis 2 will be almost a replay of the first mission, albeit with astronauts, in 2024.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Boots on the ground should happen during Artemis 3, no sooner than 2025, with the crew set to include the first woman and first person of color on the Moon. BSS/AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 05:36:02', '2022-11-15 05:36:02'),
(3050, 3050, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russia\'s Foreign Ministry announced Monday that 100 Canadians have been added to the list of people banned from entering the country in response to sanctions against Russia by Canada.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A ministry statement said author Margaret Atwood, actor Jim Carrey and Amy Knight, a noted historian of the KGB, were on the banned list.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The ministry said they and the other 97, many of whom are connected to ethnic Ukrainian organizations, were banned because of involvement in “formation of (Canada\'s) aggressively anti-Russian course.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 06:12:42', '2022-11-15 06:12:42');
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(3051, 3051, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>FIFA World Cup football is going to be held in Qatar for the first time in the Middle East. As hosts, Qatar is playing without playing the qualifiers. 79 different countries participated in the 92-year history of the previous 21 World Cups. However, this is the first time Qatar to participate in the World Cup, which has never qualified for the World Cup. </b></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Qatar is considered the weakest team in the World Cup because they will play for the first time and have never appeared in World Cup. Let\'s take a look at the Qatar Squad in World Cup Football tournament.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar Team Announced for Football World Cup</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Table: Qatar Squad for World Cup&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Role Players</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Goalkeeper</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; white-space: pre;\">	</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Saad Al Sheeb (Al-Sadd), Meshaal Barsham (Al-Sadd), Yousuf Hassan (Emirates Club)&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Defender</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; white-space: pre;\">	</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pedro Miguel (Al-Sadd), Musaab Khidir (Al-Sadd), Tarek Salman (Al-Sadd), Bassam Al Rawi (Al-Duhail), Khoukhi Boualem (Al-Sadd), Abdelkarim Hassan (Al-Sadd), Ismael Mohammed (Al-Duhail), Homam Al Amin (Al-Gharafa)</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Midfoelder<span style=\"white-space:pre\">	</span>Jassim Jabir (Al-Waab), Ali Asad (Al-Sadd), Mohammed Waad (Al-Sadd), Salem Al Hajri (Al-Sadd), Assim Modibo (Al-Duhail), Mustafa Meshaal (Al-Sadd), Karim Boudiaf (Al-Duhail), Abdulaziz Hatim (Al-Rayyan), Naif Alhadhrami (Al-Rayyan)&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Forward</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; white-space: pre;\">	</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hassan Al-Haydos (Al-Sadd), Akram Afif (Al-Sadd), Almoez Ali (Al-Duhail), Mohammed Muntari (Al-Duhail), Ahmed Alaa (Al-Gharafa), Khalid Muneer (Al-Wakrah).</span></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Qatar Football Federation has announced a 26-man squad for the dream World Cup tournament at home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Current Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez was their first choice in Qatar’s coach list for World Cup preparations. However, without him, under another Spanish, Felix Sanchez, Qatar has been preparing in secret for the past two months.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar’s national league has paused since mid-September to have a preliminary and intensive pre-World Cup training camp. Besides playing friendly matches against Jamaica, Canada, Chile, and Albania, the national team is training in Vienna and Marbella, Austria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Qataris started preparing for the World Cup several years ago and have already played friendly matches with 10 European countries. However, despite such hard preparation, they recently lost 2-0 to Canada, another weak team in the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In their last friendly match against Chile, who have not got a chance in this World Cup on September 27, Qatar made a 2-2 draw. Only time will tell how much the draw will energize them. To prepare for World Cup, they have played against teams of all strengths all over the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Qatar Squad Analysis for the FIFA World Cup</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Most of the footballers who play in Qatar’s various clubs are in the World Cup squad. Almoez Ali, the joint top goal scorer for Qatar, is apparently in the squad. He has scored 42 goals, equal to Mansoor Mufta for the country. Hassan Al-Haydos, who has played the most matches (146 games) for Qatar, is also in the squad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar’s World Cup squad has 5 players, including Abdelkarim Hassan, Hassan Al-Haydos, Karim Boudiaf, Abdulaziz Hatim, and Boualem Khoukhi, who have already played more than 100 international matches.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Many of the players on the team have experience working with the current coach on the U-19 and U-23 teams. However, the team’s success will depend on center-back Bassam Al-Rawi, left-winger Homam Al-Amin and two forwards, Akram Afif and Almoez Ali.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Team Format</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Qataris are practicing in 3-5-2 and 5-3-2. With the 3-5-2 system, the team is practicing keeping the ball in possession and working on how to play the counterattack in the 5-3-2 system. But the real thing is to see what they do off the pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Key Players</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Although most Qatari players don’t play in any leagues out of their country, the domestic league has produced some international-level players. In this World Cup, Qatar fans will have eyes on two key players of the team. The team’s performance will mostly depend on the attacker Akram Afif and defender Bassam Al Rawi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Akram Afif, forward</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Forward Akram Afif has returned to form at the right time. However, his consistency has been hampered by injuries, but he has hinted in recent friendlies that he is primed for the World Cup. He is a dynamic forward, and, on his day, Afif can beat any defender.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He is regarded as one of the best players in Asia. After winning the league title with Al Sadd in 2020, his former coach Xavi Hernandez said he was an incredible talent and a great player.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Bassam Al Rawi, Defender</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As the central pillar of the defense, Al Duhail’s Bassam Al-Rawi has a lot of responsibility on his shoulders. However, this center-back can be a threat to any team during set pieces and can be the savior of Qatar, paving the way for them to score. Although he is not tall, quite a fighter and will help the team out of danger with persistence when the team is under pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Final Words</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Qatar will start the tournament with a match against Ecuador. The hosts’ other two opponents are Senegal and the Netherlands. They will play against Senegal on November 25 and against the Dutch on November 29.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Qatar team’s challenge will be to get through the group stage. In the long history of the World Cup, only South Africa has a bad record of not being able to pass the group stage despite being the host. And Qatar has two strong opponents in their group, which will put some pressure on the hosts. 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(3052, 3052, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A baby born somewhere on Tuesday will be the world\'s eight billionth person, according to a projection by the United Nations.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The milestone is an occasion to celebrate diversity and advancements while considering humanity\'s shared responsibility for the planet,\" UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The UN attributes the growth to human development, with people living longer thanks to improvements in public health, nutrition, personal hygiene and medicine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It is also the result of higher fertility rates, particularly in the world\'s poorest countries -- most of which are in sub-Saharan Africa -- putting their development goals at risk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- How many is too many? -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Population growth has also magnified the environmental impacts of economic development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But while some worry that eight billion humans is too many for planet Earth, most experts say the bigger problem is the overconsumption of resources by the wealthiest people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Some express concerns that our world is overpopulated,\" said United Nations Population Fund chief Natalia Kanem. \"I am here to say clearly that the sheer number of human lives is not a cause for fear.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Joel Cohen of Rockefeller University\'s Laboratory of Populations told AFP the question of how many people Earth can support has two sides: natural limits and human choices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Our choices result in humans consuming far more biological resources, such as forests and land, than the planet can regenerate each year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The overconsumption of fossil fuels, for example, leads to more carbon dioxide emissions, responsible for global warming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We are stupid. We lacked foresight. We are greedy. We don\'t use the information we have. That\'s where the choices and the problems lie,\" said Cohen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, he rejects the idea that humans are a curse on the planet, saying people should be given better choices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Slowing growth -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The current population is more than three times higher than the 2.5 billion global headcount in 1950.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, after a peak in the early 1960s, the world\'s population growth rate has decelerated dramatically, Rachel Snow of the UN Population Fund told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Annual growth has fallen from a high of 2.1 percent between 1962 and 1965 to below 1 percent in 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That could potentially fall further to around 0.5 percent by 2050 due to a continued decline in fertility rates, the United Nations projects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The UN projects the population to continue growing to about 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and peaking around 10.4 billion in the 2080s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Other groups have, however, calculated different figures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The US-based Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) estimated in a 2020 study that the global population would max out by 2064, without ever reaching 10 billion, and decline to 8.8 billion by 2100.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Black Death -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since the emergence of the first humans in Africa over two million years ago the world\'s population has ballooned, with only fleeting pauses to the increasing number of people sharing Earth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Our ancestors were hunter-gatherers, who had few children compared to later settled populations in order to maintain their nomadic lifestyle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The introduction of agriculture in the Neolithic era, around 10,000 BC, brought the first known major population leap.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With agriculture came sedentarization and the ability to store food, which caused birth rates to soar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">From around six million in 10,000 BC, the global population leapt to 100 million in 2,000 BC and then to 250 million in the first century AD, according to the French Institute for Demographic Studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As a result of the Black Death, the human population dropped between 1300 and 1400, from 429 to 374 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Other events, like the Plague of Justinian, which hit the Mediterranean over two centuries from 541-767, and the wars of the early Middle Ages in western Europe, also caused temporary dips in the number of humans on Earth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">From the 19th century on, the population began to explode, due largely to the development of modern medicine and the industrialization of agriculture, which boosted global food supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since 1800, the world\'s population has jumped eight-fold, from an estimated one billion to eight billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The development of vaccines was key, with the smallpox jab particularly helping zap one of history\'s biggest killers. 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(3053, 3053, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Eight bodies have been recovered from the debris of a stone quarry that collapsed in south Mizoram\'s Hnahthial district of India on Monday, an official said Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hnahthial district deputy commissioner R. Lalremsanga said the bodies of 8 out of 12 people reported missing at the quarry site have been recovered from the debris of the massive landslip till 7 am on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Search operations which were on all night will continue till all the missing persons are found, he said. PTI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 07:26:37', '2022-11-15 07:26:37'),
(3054, 3054, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Calling the fire fighters as the \"the friend of worst time\", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her government is working to make the Fire Service and Civil Defence (FSCD) into a topmost efficient service providing organisation</b>.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We are taking measures to transform the Fire Service and Civil Defence into the highest service providing organisation with complete ability,\" she said while opening the Fire Service and Civil Defence Week-2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister virtually joined the inaugural programme held at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Training Complex at Mirpur in the city from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She said her government has taken steps to make the fire service a time befitting force inducing modern equipment and fire fighting vehicles and equipping its personnel with proper training at home and abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She stressed the need for making all the people aware from their childhood on how the fire breaks out and how to protect them from the blaze.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister asked all concerned to observe the week keeping three things in mind including making people\'s awareness about fire and ensuring their participation in dousing flames, increasing fire fighters\' mental strength to strengthen the disaster prevention management system and increase ability to fight the disaster effectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She said the fire service personnel were found to extend help in every disaster including fire and launch capsize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Her government has done a huge task for the overall development of the fire service aimed at increasing its ability and services, she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I would like to say that it is a great task to rescue people (from being killed in fire) by risking lives. So, the fire fighters are known as \"worst time friend\" to the masses,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The premier recalled with gratitude the supreme sacrifice of 30 firefighters including 13 fire personnel who were killed in the recent devastating blaze at BM Container Depot in Sitakunda and were announced as \"Agni Beer\" (Fire Hero) and prayed for the peace of their departed souls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Security Service Division Secretary Abdullah Al Masud Chowdhury spoke at the function as special guests while Director General of the Fire Service and Civil Defence Directorate Brigadier General Md Main Uddin gave the welcome address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On behalf of the prime minister, the home minister handed over the Fire Service and Civil Defence Padak-2022 in four categories to 45 fire personnel and relatives of 13 fire fighters killed in Sitakunda depot fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister witnessed the force\'s parade and took the state salute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The firemen also gave salute to the prime minister wearing the most modern fire distinguishing dresses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The force\'s personnel also staged various techniques on how to douse fire, rescue people and secure their own life using various world\'s most modern machineries that included remote control vehicles, the world\'s tallest turntable ladders vehicles having height of 68 metres. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 08:14:46', '2022-11-15 08:14:46'),
(3055, 3055, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the party’s conference held in Derai upazila of Sunamganj had no connection with the death of a man.</b></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“He died from heart related complications. I request the media to not circulate misinformation on Awami League,” Quader said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He made the remark to media after attending the 29th meeting of the National Road Security Council at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority headquarters in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Monday, a 27-year-old man named Azmal Hossain Chowdhury alias Arman died and 40 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League during its triennial conference in Derai upazila of Sunamganj district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A tense situation was prevailing in the area over the conference and during the event on Monday, two factions of AL engaged in a heated argument over position on the podium set up for the conference, said Saiful Alam, officer-in-charge of Derai Police Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At one stage, the argument turned into a violent clash as brick chips were hurled and a chase and counter-chase took place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Arman was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries in the afternoon, said the OC. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 08:21:21', '2022-11-15 08:21:21'),
(3056, 3056, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The truth about why and how drug smugglers fired shots at a Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) officer at Tombru border in Bandarban will be identified and shared, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said today.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He was responding to journalists’ questions after attending the Fire Service and Civil Defence Week 2022 programme in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said the law enforcing team was conducting a drive against drug traders – following information from a detective agency – at the no-man’s-land area on Bangladesh-Myanmar border where thousands of Rohingyas live.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Monday night, an officer of DGFI was shot dead and a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel was wounded while conducting a drive against drug smugglers at Tombru border, ISPR said in a press release earlier today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">ISPR, however, did not reveal the names of the DGFI and Rab personnel yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile, Sub-inspector Ripon Chowdhury, appointed at Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital, told the UNB correspondent that a Rab member was brought to the hospital around 10 pm with critical injury after being shot at the border during a drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Assistant Sub-inspector of Naikhongchhari police station Joydeb said they were informed about firing at Konarpara area near the border but don’t have information about who was involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some locals claimed Myanmar insurgent group Al Yaqin members shot at a team of Rab-15 members at zero point of the border around 7 pm last night while they were conducting a drive. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 09:04:11', '2022-11-15 09:04:11'),
(3057, 3057, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Palestinian man stabbed three Israelis in a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday before he was shot and killed by Israeli security personnel, Israeli paramedics and Palestinian officials said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The three stabbed people were being treated for serious injuries following the attack near a gas station in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, the medics said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli military said the Palestinian attacked Israelis at the entrance to the settlement’s industrial zone, then proceeded to a nearby gas station and stabbed more people there.</div><div><br></div><div>It said the attacker was shot fleeing the scene. Amateur video aired on Israeli television appeared to show the suspected attacker running down a highway and collapsing to the ground after he was shot.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian Health Ministry later confirmed a Palestinian man was killed. There was no immediate word on his motive for the stabbing.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack was latest in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the West Bank and east Jerusalem that has seen at least 23 Israelis and more than 130 Palestinians killed this year, making 2022 the deadliest since 2006.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war, along with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians seek those territories for their hoped-for independent state. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 09:39:30', '2022-11-15 09:39:30'),
(3058, 3058, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The European Union vowed at UN climate talks on Tuesday that it will strengthen its carbon-cutting commitment, insisting that the bloc was not \"backtracking\" in the face of the Ukraine war.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Armed with new plans to curb greenhouse gases, the EU says it will be able to exceed its original plan to cut emissions by 55 percent by 2030 with a new goal of over 57 percent, from 1990 levels.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The European Union is here to move forwards, not backwards,\" European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans told delegates in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.</div><div><br></div><div>He denied the bloc was in a \"dash for gas\" in response to the invasion of Ukraine by fossil fuel exporter Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So don\'t let anybody tell you here or outside that the EU is backtracking,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Campaigners said the EU announcement did not go far enough.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This small increase announced today at COP27 doesn\'t do justice to the calls from the most vulnerable countries at the front lines,\" said Chiara Martinelli, of Climate Action Network Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If the EU, with a heavy history of emitting greenhouse gases, doesn\'t lead on mitigating climate change, who will?\"</div><div><br></div><div>In October, the European Environment Agency warned that Europe was not on track to meet that target, after greenhouse gas emissions rebounded in 2021 due to the post-pandemic recovery. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 09:59:07', '2022-11-15 09:59:07'),
(3059, 3059, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two new US studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile crashes in half, and reduce pickup truck crashes by more than 40%.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The studies released Tuesday, one by a government-auto industry partnership and the other by the insurance industry, each used crash data to make the calculations. Automatic emergency braking can stop vehicles if a crash is imminent, or slow them to reduce the severity.</div><div><br></div><div>Some automakers are moving toward a voluntary commitment by 20 companies to make the braking technology standard equipment on 95% of their light-duty models during the current model year that ends next August.</div><div><br></div><div>A study by The Partnership for Analytics Research in Traffic Safety compared data on auto equipment with 12 million police-reported crashes from 13 states that was collected by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the partnership said in a statement Tuesday. The group studied forward collision warning as well as emergency braking.</div><div><br></div><div>The group found front-to-rear crashes were cut 49% when the striking vehicle had forward collision alert plus automatic braking, when compared with vehicles that didn’t have either system. Rear crashes with injuries were cut by 53%, the study found.</div><div><br></div><div>Vehicles with forward collision warning systems only reduced rear-end crashes by 16%, and cut rear crashes with injuries by 19%.</div><div><br></div><div>Automatic emergency braking works well in all conditions, even when roadway, weather or lighting conditions were not ideal, the study showed.</div><div><br></div><div>The group also looked at lane departure warning systems, and lane-keeping systems, which keep vehicles in their lanes. They reduced crashes from autos leaving the roadway by 8% and road-departure crashes that cause injuries by 7%.</div><div><br></div><div>“These emerging technologies can substantially reduce the number of crashes and improve safety outcomes,” said Tim Czapp, senior manager for safety at European automaker Stellantis, the industry co-chair of the partnership’s board.</div><div><br></div><div>In the other study, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that automatic emergency braking reduces rear crash rates for pickups by 43% and rear-end injury crashes by 42%. Yet pickups are less likely to have automatic braking than cars or SUVs despite posing more danger to other road users, the IIHS found.</div><div><br></div><div>“Pickups account for 1 out of 5 passenger vehicles on U.S. roads, and their large size can make them dangerous to people in smaller vehicles or on foot,” the institute’s Vice President of Research Jessica Cicchino said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Mitsubishi, Ford, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler), Volkswagen and Honda have filed documents with the government this year saying they’ve made emergency braking standard on at least 90% of their models.</div><div><br></div><div>General Motors reported that only 73% of its models had the technology at the end of the 2022 model year, but a spokesman said GM would hit the 90% target by the end of the current model year.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda, Subaru, Tesla, Toyota, and Volvo passed 90% last year, according to the IIHS. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 10:23:04', '2022-11-15 10:23:04'),
(3060, 3060, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has taken development projects aimed at reducing unemployment and making youths self-employed in the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We have taken various realistic projects to train youths for making them self-employed and also engage them in jobs,\" Youth and Sports Secretary Mesbah Uddin told BSS today.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the government has imparted training to 67 lakh youths on various income generation trades since 2009 to make them skilled and self-employed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Training programme is a continuous process for youth development. The youth development department is imparting training on a total of 83 trades across the country,\" Mesbah said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said 23 lakh trained youths out of 67 lakh have engaged themselves in self-employment so far.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the ministry, the government has taken an initiative to build Sheikh Jamal Youth Training and Recreation Centre at every upazila to reach the training programme to the grassroots level.</div><div><br></div><div>It said a project \'Economic Acceleration and Resilience for NEET (EARN)\' was adopted with the World Bank finance to create employment opportunities for NEET youth population.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the \'project, the government will provide training to 20 lakh youths in five years, said the youth and sports secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>The youth development department will impart skill development training to the NEET youths, of which, about 50 percent is female, he said, adding the training programme will be spread up to the union levels.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, 3rd phase of the IMPACT project has been adopted with the aim of making everyone a partner in building a better Bangladesh, Mesbah said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Under the previous 2 phases of the project, some 31,000 eco-friendly biogas plants were set up across the country as the project will install 64,000 baiogas plant in every district during it period, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina Youth Development Institute at Savar gained unprecedented progress in terms of its quality and various youth development activities.</div><div><br></div><div>Within few days, activities related to national and international youth gatherings, youth exchanges, international seminars and symposiums on youth issues will be introduced at this institute.</div><div><br></div><div>The institute will also provide Ph.D., M. Phil, M S and diploma degrees on various subjects while it will become a centre of excellence for youths.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, construction work of Sheikh Russell Mini Stadium is progressing fast at every upazila of the country. Of those, construction of 125 stadiums was completed while building of 186 stadiums is underway in the current financial year.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, the work of preparing DPP for construction of 173 more stadiums is going on.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu National Stadium also is conducting its modernization and renovation work at a cost of about Tk 100 crore. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 10:52:13', '2022-11-15 10:52:13'),
(3061, 3061, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Social media is a repository of strange content. This time, the users are stunned to know about the man with the longest nose.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The story of Thomas Wedders gained social media\'s attention after a Twitter page called Historic Vids posted a photo of his head kept at Ripley\'s Believe It Or Not museum. In the November 12 tweet, the Twitter handle also said that Mr Wedders\' nose measured 7.5 inches long.</div><div><br></div><div>The Guinness World Records (GWR) website also has a page on the man, which says that he was a \"member of a travelling freak circus\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Thomas Wadhouse was an English circus performer who lived in the 18th century. He is most famously known for having the world\'s longest nose, which measured 7.5 inches (19 cm) long,\" Historic Vids said in its tweet. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 11:22:26', '2022-11-15 11:22:26'),
(3062, 3062, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Fire Service and Civil Defence Week -2022 is being observed in the country through various programme.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina virtually inaugurated the \'Fire Service and Civil Defence Week\' today. The inaugural function was held at the Fire Service and Civil Defence Training Complex at Mirpur in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate messages greeting the Fire Service and Civil Defence officials marking the Fire Service and Civil Defence Week-2022.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid, in his message, said the role of Fire Service and Civil Defence is very crucial for ensuring security to life of the people during terrible incidents and natural disasters by conducting various activities like extinguishing fire, extending services to injured people and transporting patients in critical conditions.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>As a government institution, at first the members of Fire Service and Civil Defence stand by the people putting their lives at risk during different disasters, he added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The head of the state paid his deepest respect to the brave personnel of fire service and civil defense who died during fire fighting, disaster response and rescue operations at various times.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Due to its geographical location, Bangladesh is more prone to natural disasters like floods, cyclones, tidal waves, lightning and earthquakes than other regions of the world, Hamid added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Apart from this, due to industrialization and unplanned urbanization, man-made accidents are also increasing in the country, he said, adding that thus, new challenges are emerging in the management of rescue operations in various disasters.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There is no alternative to equipping the fire service and civil defense with modern equipment and providing better training to its personnel to meet these challenges, he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Abdul Hamid hoped that the weeklong programme will help the fire service workers increase mutual communication with the common people.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the present Awami League (AL) government has taken various realistic steps to increase the capacity of the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence aiming at building a safe Bangladesh.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I announced that I will build at least one fire station in each upazila of the country,\" the premier said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"As a result, since 2009, we have made a total of 286 new fire stations. Before 2009, there were 204 fire stations in the country,\"</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Several more fire stations are expected to be launched soon, she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She recalled 13 martyred firefighters of the devastating fire at BM Container Depot in Chattogram\'s Sitakunda.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said that the government recognized those 13 firefighters as \"Agniveer\" or fire heroes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I seek eternal peace of the departed souls of all the members of the fire service and civil defense who sacrificed their lives to protect the life and property including these 13 brave firemen,\" she continued.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Alongside increasing the number of fire stations, the government has taken the initiative to establish \'Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Fire Academy\' in Munshiganj district near Dhaka to ensure world-class training facilities for the members of this force, the premier said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sheikh Hasina hoped that workers of Fire Service and Civil Defence would perform their duties with enthusiasm, courage, skills, honesty and sincerity.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Fire Service and Civil Defence would help build \'Sonar Bangla\' as dreamt by Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the premier expected.</div><div><br></div><div>Both the president and the premier wished success to all programmes organized on the occasion of Fire Service and Civil Defence week. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 14:00:36', '2022-11-15 14:00:36'),
(3063, 3063, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Election Commissioner (EC) Md. Alamgir on Tuesday said that manipulation in the electronic voting machine (EVM) is not possible as chips are made for one-time use.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“There is no chance to rewrite anything. Also, there is no chance to change the programming,” he told reporters at the Election Commission Secretariat in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that many think it is a machine to rig the election, but experts suggest otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div>“From my experience of past elections, I have seen that there is no scope for tampering with EVMs. The commission also asked the political parties to check EVMs by their own technical teams,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The commissioner said that the first thing to say about EVMs is that results can be reversed by programming.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that such a statement may be theoretically right, but practically wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>“You can say that one company\'s drugs may be adulterated, but not all other companies\' drugs are adulterated. The point is that our EVM is different. Many say it is like EVMs used in India. Actually, it cannot be compared with India’s ones,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He also added that voter identification is done manually in EVMs in India while in Bangladesh it is done electronically.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that since Bangladesh has a voter database with photo and fingerprint, EVMs in Bangladesh can identify real voters where India does not have the opportunity to do so.</div><div><br></div><div>Secondly, the programming done for EVMs in Bangladesh can only add, he said adding that voters can only vote. It cannot do anything else, and programming has been done that way, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“So, there is no chance that someone can manipulate the device, not even from outside. So, once it is written there is no chance to rewrite or edit as it is usable for one time,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Alamgir, also a former EC Secretary, said that EVMs in Bangladesh do not have any connection with the Internet.</div><div><br></div><div>“The connection provided with the ballot unit is customisable. Nothing can be inserted into it. You cannot add any other device except the device that is created for this EVM only.”</div><div><br></div><div>He added that EVMs used in Bangladesh only add and subtract like a calculator. As calculators do not have the option to change the programme, these machines are also the same.</div><div><br></div><div>“Those who are spreading misinformation about EVMs do not know or understand it. They can check any EVM if they want,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The EC commissioner also said that the advantage of voting in EVMs is that there is no opportunity to vote before or after the election. There is no opportunity to cast a vote without a voter.</div><div><br></div><div>“If the voters do not come to the centres, there is no chance to cast the vote. If 10 percent voters turn up, only 10 percent votes can be cast. On the other hand, it is possible for 10 percent of voters to actually vote 100 percent on the ballot. Hence there is no chance of fraud through EVM,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to another question, he said that strict action will be taken against the candidates, agents who would assist in rigging in polling stations, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the agents cannot be kept out of the polling stations as political parties will not accept it.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 14:24:58', '2022-11-15 14:24:58');
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(3064, 3064, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has filed a review appeal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to raise the bulk power tariff.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve filed an appeal to the BERC on Monday (November 14) to review the decision to reject the proposal to raise bulk power tariff”, a top BPDB official told UNB on condition of anonymity.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said before submitting the proposal, the BPDB received a nod from the government’s highest policy level.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid also approved the review appeal, he added.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>BERC on October 13 rejected the proposal of the BPDB to raise bulk power tariff, saying that the aggrieved party can submit appeal proposal to review the regulator’s decision within 30 working days.</div><div><br></div><div>“Keeping compliance with the 30-day tenure, we’ve submitted our review appeal”, said the top BPDB official.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A top official of the BERC also confirmed that it had received the appeal from the BPDB.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the BERC top level is now scrutinising the appeal proposal.</div><div><br></div><div>“But it’s not clear whether BERC will hold a fresh public hearing on the review or will arbitrarily accept the proposal and announce its decision without hearing”, said the BERC official preferring anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>While delivering a decision by rejecting the BPDB proposal on Oct 13, BERC chairman Abdul Jalil said that some of the private companies, which buy power from BPDB have not submitted their data of transactions.</div><div><br></div><div>“There was data ambiguity. That’s why we did not analyse the impact of any rise in bulk tariff on the consumers,” he told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>The current socio-economic and power supply situation were taken into consideration when making the BERC decision, he noted. As a result, the electricity tariff remains unchanged in accordance with the earlier tariff announced in February 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The last public hearing on a proposal of the state-owned BPDB to raise bulk power tariff was held on May 18.</div><div><br></div><div>The BPDB placed a proposal to raise bulk power tariffs by 65.57 percent at the public hearing while a technical evaluation committee of BERC recommended a 57.83 percent hike.</div><div><br></div><div>Placing the proposal, BPDB officials had said the organisation will require Tk 74,189 crore in revenue to generate 88,993 million kilowatt hours (units) of electricity to supply to the power distribution companies.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But if the BPDB sells its electricity at the existing rate of Tk 5.17 per unit, it will have to face a deficit of Tk 30,251 crore in revenue in the calendar year 2022. So, BPDB needs to raise the power tariff by 65.57 percent to Tk 8.56 per unit from Tk 5.17,\" said a BPDB top official at the hearing, adding that this has been calculated without the government\'s subsidy.</div><div><br></div><div>The Power Division has been under tremendous pressure from the Finance Ministry to raise power tariffs.</div><div><br></div><div>BPDB has been incurring a huge financial loss due to its purchase of electricity from private power plants at a much higher rate and sell it to the consumers at a lower rate.</div><div><br></div><div>At the public hearing on May 18, consumer rights groups, including representatives from different business bodies, vehemently opposed any major rise in power tariff right now, as people are already struggling with high inflation caused by high commodity prices.</div><div><br></div><div>They termed the proposal illogical and said BPDB can offset its revenue deficit through addressing irregularities, corruption and unethical practices in buying electricity from inefficient private power plants at higher rates. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 15:56:11', '2022-11-15 15:56:11'),
(3065, 3065, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two weeks after Meta India head Ajit Mohan resigned to take up another job at rival Snap, Meta\'s country lead for public policy Rajiv Aggarwal has also quit today, the social media giant confirmed. WhatsApp\'s India head Abhijit Bose has also resigned, Meta said in a statement.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rajiv Aggarwal has decided to step down from his role at Meta to pursue another opportunity, the statement said, wishing him the best for future endeavours. </div><div><br></div><div>Will Cathcart, Head of WhatsApp, thanked Abhijit Bose for his \"tremendous contributions\" as the first Head of WhatsApp in India. </div><div><br></div><div>\"His entrepreneurial drive helped our team deliver new services that have benefited millions of people and businesses. There is so much more WhatsApp can do for India, and we\'re excited to continue helping advance India\'s digital transformation,\" Mr Cathcart said.</div><div><br></div><div>The tech giant also announced the appointment of Shivnath Thukral as Director of Public Policy for Meta in India across all its platforms. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 15:58:09', '2022-11-15 16:14:15'),
(3066, 3066, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh has not cast UNGA vote which purported to reprimand Russia and impose compensation on the country for attacking Ukraine, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A resolution was passed on Monday asking Russia to pay reparations to Ukraine for loss of lives and properties.</div><div><br></div><div>Totally, 94 out of 193 members voted in favour of the resolution.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, 14 countries including China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran, Russia, Syria and Belarus voted against and 73 skipped.</div><div><br></div><div>The countries abstained from casting votes include India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan and Malaysia.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 16:13:18', '2022-11-15 16:13:18'),
(3067, 3067, '<div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eight dengue patients died while 692 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As many as 372 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 320 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,\" a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A total of 213 people died from dengue disease between January 1 and November 15. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year,\" the daily statement of the DGHS said.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 49,992 while some 46,928 patients were released from the hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS sources said Mirpur, Uttara, Mugda, Jatrabari, Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur in Dhaka city have been identified as dengue hotspots. It said the highest number of cases has been detected in Cox\'s Bazar after Dhaka.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.</div><div><br></div><div>The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 16:20:20', '2022-11-15 16:20:20'),
(3069, 3069, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rejecting the possibility of famine in the country, Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque said there will be no food crisis or famine-like situation unless any big natural disaster hits the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Good Aman crop and expected bumper yield coupled with huge local food stock, ultimately make it clear that the country is not at risk of food crisis or famine,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said this while attending at Aman crop cutting festival at Haibathpur under Damurhuda uapzila here on Tuesday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the food crisis amid in the wake of global crisis due to Russia-Ukraine war, Dr Razzaque said the country has now adequate food, so no food crisis will happen in the country if any natural disaster occurs.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about country\'s onion production, Dr Razzaque said the government is implementing the roadmap to reduce onion import dependency, adding \"Onion production has increased by nearly 10 lakh tonnes in last two years.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He said the country produces adequate onion seasonally, but huge amount of onion is damaged every year in the country due to lack of developing preservation technology.</div><div><br></div><div>So, the country needs to import onion every year to meet the demand, said the minister who had visited the summer season onion field of the upazila during his visit.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said, \"We are giving importance to summer season onion farming as necessary inputs including seed, fertilizer and technology are being provided to the farmers.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>If we can make the summer season onion popular among the farmers then the country will not only become self-sufficient in onion production but also export onion abroad,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding fertilizer stock, the minister said the government is giving topmost priority to ensuring fertilizer stock and supply so that no crisis occurs during the upcoming Boro season.</div><div><br></div><div>Ali Asgar Tagore MP, Agriculture Secretary M Sayedul Islam, BARC\'s Executive Chairman Sheikh M Bakhtiar, DAE\'s Director General (DG) Benjir Alam, BRRI\'s DG Shahjahan Kabir, BARI\'s DG Debasish Sarker and Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Chuadanga, among others, attended the function. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-15 16:41:44', '2022-11-15 16:41:44'),
(3070, 3070, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NATO, global leaders meet in emergency session at Bali G20&nbsp;</span></b><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As we’ve mentioned, leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies are in Bali for the G20 summit and some of then are now huddled in a special session to discuss the Poland blast.</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US President Joe Biden convened the meeting and he was pictured sitting around a conference table with leaders from countries including Germany, Canada, Italy and France. Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is also taking part although Japan is not a NATO member.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials have not said how long the meeting will last.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden said “no” when reporters asked whether he could share what he knows about the explosion. He did not comment when asked about possible Russian involvement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO allies offer support as Poland investigates blast</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, in Bali for the G20 meeting, says he has spoken to the Polish president and will “coordinate” with NATO allies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said earlier that the UK was looking “urgently” into what had happened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">European Council President Charles Michel has also been on Twitter to express his condolences to the families of the dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Shocked by the news of a missile or other ammunition having killed people on Polish territory,” he wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No concrete evidence on who fired missile: Duda</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland’s president has told reporters there is no concrete evidence – as yet – indicating who fired the missile.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We do not have any conclusive evidence at the moment as to who launched this missile… it was most likely a Russian-made missile, but this is all still under investigation at the moment,” Duda said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More air defence support likely in wake of missile incident: Expert</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Ramani, an international security expert at RUSI in the UK, has told Al Jazeera he expects NATO will step up military aid for Ukraine – in particular air defence systems – in the wake of Tuesday night’s incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The US is likely to take the lead and the others will follow,” Ramani said. NATO countries are also likely to organise more military exercises and drills as a way of showing resolve, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting Poland’s reluctance to point the finger at Russia, Ramani said it was “unlikely to push immediately for Article 5” and that it did not seem the incident “met the threshold” for action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO also requires unanimity on such a decision and countries such as Hungary remain close to Russia. Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 02:20:26', '2022-11-16 02:20:26'),
(3071, 3071, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Thousands of young Indians are suddenly staring at an uncertain future as technology companies and start-ups announce mass layoffs due to global headwinds and funding crunches. But many are refusing to stay quiet about it.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In October, when Ravi (name changed on request) realised that he and several colleagues were likely to lose their jobs with a major Indian edtech firm, he immediately set up a private messaging group with them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group soon became a \"safe space\" for Ravi and his teammates to air their fears, share tips on dealing with the management and discuss labour laws and workers\' rights.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It helped many in the team negotiate better exit policies with the company,\" Ravi says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The past few months have been difficult for Indian workers in private companies - especially in the tech sector. Edtech firms Byju\'s and Unacademy have cut hundreds of jobs; social media giant Twitter has laid off more than half of its staff in India and Indians are among those affected after Meta - Facebook\'s parent company - shaved off about 13% of its 87,000-strong workforce.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The spate of layoffs has sparked outrage on social media and many of those affected are turning to the internet - like their counterparts in other countries - to air their dissatisfaction and form support networks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They\'re tweeting about unceremonious firings, asking for jobs on LinkedIn, and using messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Slack to rally colleagues, assert their rights and share information with journalists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is partly because the culture of shame and silence that once existed around terminations in India is gradually wearing thin as mass layoffs become more common.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while the jury is still out on how effective social media is as a tool for redressal, experts say that it is helping unite and amplify voices, especially as trade unions are no longer as powerful as they used to be.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While millions of Indian workers still belong to trade unions, the movement as a whole has been weakening for years. A number of factors - including burgeoning private sector jobs, new labour reforms and a rise in contractual work - have played a role in denting their membership and might.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Along with employers making themselves more accessible, social media too is giving employees a platform to air their grievances, thereby reducing the need for a mediator - a role traditionally played by unions,\" says Professor Chandrasekhar Sripada, professor of practice, organisational behaviour, at the Indian School of Business.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Byju\'s announced in October that it would \"rationalise\" about 2,500 employees to \"achieve profitability\", many of its employees have been speaking to the media - often anonymously - about the company culture and the pressures they face.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sacked Twitter employees have taken to social media to vent their frustrations. \"Always a Tweep never a Twit,\" tweeted one former employee in a veiled reference to new owner Elon Musk\'s Twitter bio at the time. \"Got fired without even a confirmation email. There\'s always a new low,\" said another.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pritha Dutt, a management and development sector professional, points out that even a couple of decades ago, layoffs weren\'t that common and terminations were most likely chalked up to \"a performance issue\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today, layoffs and downsizing have become accepted business practices, so terminations are no longer a taboo topic,\" she says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the job market expanding, Ms Dutt adds, employees have become more confident about the marketability of their skills and don\'t mind standing up for their rights, even if that means burning bridges by calling out a person or organisation on social media. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 03:47:21', '2022-11-16 03:47:21'),
(3072, 3072, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Washington and allies said Wednesday they will investigate a deadly strike in Poland before deciding next steps, with US President Joe Biden saying it was \"unlikely\" the missile was fired from Russia.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We agreed to support Poland\'s investigation into the explosion,\" Biden told reporters after a hastily arranged gathering of allies on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali, Indonesia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We\'re going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened... and then we\'re going to collectively determine our next step,\" added Biden after talks with G7 and other European leaders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Asked if the missile, which killed two people in a village near the Ukrainian border, had been fired from Russia, Biden said there was \"preliminary information that contests that\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It\'s unlikely... that it was fired from Russia. But we\'ll see.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The explosion in Poland, a NATO member, immediately sparked concerns that the alliance might be drawn into Russia\'s nearly nine-month war against Western-backed Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But the White House and allies have reacted cautiously, and Polish President Andrzej Duda also sought to calm tensions, saying there is no \"unequivocal evidence\" for where the missile came from and that he saw it as an \"isolated\" incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Nothing indicates to us that there will be more,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The foreign ministry earlier summoned Russia\'s ambassador to Warsaw to give \"immediate detailed explanations\" over the strike, and Poland is expected to request urgent consultations under Article 4 of the NATO Treaty on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Article 4 allows consultations to be called when any NATO member feels their \"territorial integrity, political independence or security\" are at risk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Slap in the face\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky quickly blamed Russia, which has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country that have left millions of households without power, calling the strike a \"slap in the face\" for the G20.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The incident will further expose faultlines in the group, which has struggled to find common ground on Russia\'s invasion of its neighbour, coming together to condemn the war\'s effects, but still divided on apportioning blame.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The summit has shown that even Russia\'s allies have limited patience with a conflict that has inflated food and energy prices worldwide and raised the spectre of nuclear war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a draft communique, Russia was forced to agree that the \"war in Ukraine\" -- which Moscow refuses to call a war -- has \"adversely impacted the global economy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It also agreed that \"the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons\" is \"inadmissible\", after months of President Vladimir Putin making such threats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Russia\'s G20 allies China, India and South Africa have so far refrained from publicly criticising Putin\'s war, and the draft joint statement is replete with diplomatic fudges and linguistic gymnastics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Putin shunned the gathering, instead sending his pugnacious Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who left the summit on Tuesday night, skipping the final day of talks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The United States and its allies have used the summit to broaden the coalition against Russia\'s invasion and scotch Moscow\'s claims of a war of East versus West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Host Indonesia, meanwhile, has walked a tightrope, keen to end its G20 presidency with the relative triumph of a joint statement agreed by the fractured grouping.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It has declined to criticise Russia, and invited Zelensky to address the summit with a speech Tuesday in which the Ukrainian leader urged his counterparts to end the war and \"save thousands of lives\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was not immediately clear if the Poland strike would scupper the joint statement, which is due to be issued after leaders hold a final round of talks. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 03:55:52', '2022-11-16 03:55:52'),
(3073, 3073, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Poland raised its military readiness after what the country\'s President Andrzej Duda said was \"most probably\" a strike by a Russian-made missile.</b></span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Here are some of the major reactions from other nations:</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">- United States -</b><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The White House said US President Joe Biden was holding an \"emergency roundtable\" on Wednesday with allies to discuss the missile strike.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The meeting in Bali, where a G20 summit is under way, was set to include the leaders of all other G7 nations -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Earlier, Biden called Duda. The two leaders \"said that they and their teams should remain in close touch to determine appropriate next steps as the investigation proceeds,\" according to the White House.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Speaking to reporters in Bali, he said the United States and its allies will \"figure out exactly what happened\" in Poland.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He also said it was \"unlikely\" that the missile had been fired from Russia.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">- Ukraine -</b><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The president of Ukraine, which has been fighting a brutal Russian invasion since February, offered condolences to Duda in a call.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"We exchanged information and are clarifying all the facts,\" Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba dismissed as a \"conspiracy theory\" that the missile may have been fired by Ukrainian air defences.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">- Russia -</b><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The defence ministry in Moscow dismissed reports that missiles fired by Russian forces had landed in Poland.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"Polish mass media and officials commit deliberate provocation to escalate (the) situation with their statement on alleged impact of \'Russian\' rockets,\" it said in an online statement.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"Russian firepower has launched no strikes at the area.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">-<b> Germany -</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed solidarity with Polish President Andrzej Duda.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"The chancellor has just telephoned Polish President Duda and expressed his condolences... Germany stands closely by the side of our NATO partner Poland,\" Scholz\'s spokesman tweeted.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">- Britain -</b><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NATO member Britain\'s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called Duda to express \"solidarity\", Downing Street said.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"The Prime Minister offered any assistance needed to urgently establish what happened,\" it added.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- France -</b><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">French President Emmanuel Macron had called for talks at the G20 summit in Indonesia over the strike, his office told AFP prior to the White House roundtable announcement.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In France\'s National Assembly, State Secretary Sonia Backes delivered a message to deputies from Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne: \"The government is following the situation on the ground in conjunction with our Polish allies very closely.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"In any case, Poland can count on France\'s solidarity.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>- European Union -</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">EU chief Charles Michel said he was \"shocked\" by reports of the strike.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">My condolences to the families,\" he tweeted.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"We stand with Poland. I am in contact with Polish authorities, members of the European Council and other allies.\" AFP</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 04:17:52', '2022-11-16 04:17:52'),
(3074, 3074, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"America\'s comeback starts right now,\" the former president told hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate American flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,\" said the 76-year-old, who filed his official 2024 paperwork with the US election authority moments earlier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Trump\'s unusually early entry into the White House race is being seen in Washington as an attempt to get the jump on other Republicans seeking to be the party flag-bearer -- and to stave off potential criminal charges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Republicans are licking their wounds after disappointing midterms, widely blamed on the underperformance of Trump-anointed candidates, and some are openly asking whether Trump -- with his divisive brand of politics and mess of legal woes -- is the right person to carry the party colors next time around.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Several possible 2024 primary rivals are circling, chief among them the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, who bucked the tide and won a resounding reelection victory on November 8.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Trump, who lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden after being impeached twice by the House of Representatives, launches his new bid with several potential handicaps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He is the target of multiple investigations into his conduct before, during and after his first term as president -- which could ultimately result in his disqualification.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These include allegations of fraud by his family business, his role in last year\'s attack on the US Capitol, his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, and his stashing of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With Trump now a declared candidate, Biden\'s attorney general, Merrick Garland, may be forced to name a special counsel to pursue the various investigations into the former president launched by the Department of Justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Popular support -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In addition, the powerful media empire of Rupert Murdoch has appeared to turn its back on Trump, labelling him after the midterms as a \"loser\" who shows \"increasingly poor judgement.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Trump also remains banned by Facebook and Twitter, which was instrumental in his stunning political rise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a combative speech, Trump attacked Biden over inflation and crime and lauded his own accomplishments as president, including toppling the Islamic State and building a border wall with Mexico.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Under our leadership, we were a great and glorious nation. But now we are a nation in decline,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"In two years the Biden administration has destroyed the US economy,\" he said. \"With a victory we will again build the greatest economy ever.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The blood-soaked streets of our once great cities are cesspools of violent crimes,\" he said, vowing to \"restore and secure America\'s borders.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 79-year-old Biden has said his intention is to seek a second term -- but he will make a final decision early next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I will ensure that Joe Biden does not receive four more years,\" Trump vowed, while the US leader greeted Trump\'s announcement with a tweet saying: \"Donald Trump failed America.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Trump had made denial of the 2020 election results a key litmus test for midterm candidates seeking his endorsement -- but a string of defeats by loyal allies sapped his momentum in preparing a new White House bid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Having failed to wrest control of the Senate, Republicans appeared poised to take over the House, but with a razor-thin majority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Despite his lackluster election performance, the real estate tycoon retains an undeniable popularity with the millions of grassroots supporters who have flocked to his \"Make America Great Again\" banner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">And though abandoned by several top Republican donors, he has amassed a campaign war chest of well over $100 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- 2024 challengers -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For the moment, the hard-right DeSantis looks like the leading challenger to Trump in a Republican field that may include former vice president Mike Pence, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and ex-South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 44-year-old DeSantis, dubbed \"Ron DeSanctimonious\" by Trump, had a ready reply Tuesday when asked about the former president\'s attacks on him, urging \"people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Without naming Trump, he also suggested a Republican ticket headed by the former president would have trouble attracting independent voters \"even with Biden in the White House and the failures that we\'re seeing.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">By throwing his hat in the ring, Trump is seeking to become just the second American president to serve non-consecutive terms -- Grover Cleveland was elected in 1884, lost in 1888, and won again in 1892. 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(3075, 3075, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>There are numerous factors that have turned Dhaka into one of the most unliveable cities in the world, but one that manages to fly under the radar despite growing to alarming levels in recent years is noise pollution.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Most residents are vocal about traffic, the lack of green spaces, the toxic air we breathe (itself a form of pollution), poor public transport, the lack of utilities in some areas. And the authorities too are sensitive on these matters at least to some extent. They are acknowledged, even if they are not fixed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The same cannot be said of noise pollution, according to Sheikh Kanta Reza, a development worker.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Often I have to scold some motorcyclists or fight with another human hauler or private car driver for their habit of honking horns unnecessarily while waiting in traffic signals. The situation is worsening day by day,” says Kanta, who commutes from Jhigatola to Farmgate for work during the very busy office hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dhaka’s noise pollution is mainly caused by traffic horns, construction works, loudspeakers, political programmes, factory work and often generators. Together, they constitute a menace for which everyone suffers every minute of the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Lack of awareness about the existing laws among common people, indifference on the part of authorities concerned and even the law enforcers\' convenience have made causing noise pollution a negligible crime - even though its effects on human health can be severe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Use of hydraulic horns in motor vehicles in Bangladesh was banned by the High Court in 2017, as it can reach volumes of 120 decibels, and exposure to such levels for longer than 60 seconds can cause immediate injury and harm to hearing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In reality, the High Court’s directive to the government was forgotten with time and most of the vehicles on Dhaka roads are still using them, according to Abdus Sobahan, General Secretary of Poribesh Bachao Andolon (Save the Environment Movement, popularly known as Poba).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Often the drivers speed away using those hydraulic horns, startling pedestrians who often become victims of unfortunate road accidents as a result, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Honking horns on roads has become an addiction for drivers of almost all vehicles in the city while some do it merely to exert their arrogance. But it impacts public health and mental health of children, elderly people and patients,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Tanjila Akter Lina, a private jobholder, said she hardly takes her two-year- old daughter out anymore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“When I have to take her out with me anyway, I make sure to cover her ears with my hands as she gets too frightened,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">WHO guidelines and relevant laws in Bangladesh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">To prevent noise-induced hearing loss, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends maintaining noises below 70 dBA (adjusted decibels, a scale of measuring noise taking sensitivity of human ear to different sound frequencies into account) over 24-hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to section 45 (2) of the Road Transport Act, 2018, no motor vehicle driver should produce any noise exceeding the noise level prescribed under sub-section (1), which provides that the government or any institution or body entrusted by the government from time to time may fix the noise limit and make it public through gazette notification.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to the WHO, prolonged exposure to sounds above 60 decibels can cause temporary deafness and more than 100 decibels can cause permanent deafness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile, in Dhaka a busy road usually produces 70 or 80 decibels of noise, said Poba general secretary Abdus Sobahan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Regulations and reality</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The government has divided five areas to fix the acceptable noise level according to the Noise Pollution (Control) Rules 2006. However the fact that those areas were not built in a planned manner to be distinguished and the issue was totally ignored by the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The rule says the acceptable sound level in the silent areas is 50 dB at daytime and 40dB at night, in residential areas its 55dB at day and 45dB at night, in the mixed areas 60dB at day and 50dB at night, in commercial areas 70dB at day and 60dB at night, and in the industrial areas 75dB for day and 70dB for night. The law says exceeding the maximum noise level in certain areas is a punishable offence but the laws are hardly ever enforced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The noise pollution law has a provision that in residential areas from 6pm to 6am, no noises exceeding an acceptable level can be made at construction sites or projects. And it also mentions stone crushing machines cannot be used at any time of the day or night in these areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Yet contravening that provision, Dhaka Metropolitan Police in 2014 directed no freight trucks, covered vans, lorries, pickup vans except emergency exports goods carrying transports will be allowed to enter the capital from 8am to 10pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Though the directive gets violated on a regular basis, many have been using it as an excuse for conducting construction works in residential and all other areas through the night to meet project deadlines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Anamika (given name), a resident of Moghbazar area, recently called 999 to complain about construction work running beside her building from 12am to 5am, disrupting the sleep of local residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Though police came and asked them to stop the work, the Sub Inspector of Hatirjheel Police station who talked to me over phone at first tried to say that the late night construction work is legal. He said Rajuk has given them permission and what would they do as freight vehicles are not allowed to enter the city before night,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The last study to identify the sound level in the eight divisional cities was conducted by The Department of Environment (DoE) in 2017 which revealed shocking data of noise levels exceeding the acceptable levels for human ears by at least two times in all of them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The survey was conducted at 70 points of Dhaka city and the recorded sound level reached up to 120-130dB at many points.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to the study, the highest sound level was between 90-130 db in Dhaka’s 20 selected residential areas while it remained above 110-130 db in 20 selected mixed areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These areas include prime areas like Shyamoli, Tajmahal Road, Azimpur, New Market area, Shahjahanpur, Nikunja, Dhanmondi, Farmgate intersection, Karwan Bazar, Gulshan, Gulistan, Eskaton, Moghbazar intersection,Shantinagar, Jatrabari.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Among the 70 points, the lowest sound level was recorded at 100.8 at Road-18 of Uttara-14 while the highest noise level was recorded at Farmgate at 135.6 throughout the day and night time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to the number of horns counted, mixed area Shyamoly was at top where 598 horns were counted in just 10 minutes and of them 158 were hydraulic horns back in 2017. Even the fact that the last study was done in 2017 goes to show how the problem is neglected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the absence of any study since, one can only imagine to what levels it has grown by now. But you can be sure it has grown.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Additional Director General (Administration) of Health Department Ahmadul Kabir told UNB that deafness, heart disease, irritability, lack of concentration among students, lack of sleep and various inconsistencies have become common among the capital’s residents that can be traced to extreme noise pollution</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Noise pollution is also responsible for various problems of eyes and brain and due to continuous pollution, people can suffer from diabetes, gastric and even liver cirrhosis, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Authorities’ excuses</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">When UNB asked Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Shahab Uddin about the non-enforcement of existing laws he cited lack of manpower as the main reason behind it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“It is hard to implement the laws to mitigate noise pollution due to lack of manpower in the Department of Environment (DoE),” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In December 2019, the surrounding areas of Bangladesh Secretariat i.e. Zero Point, Paltan Mor, Secretariat Link Road were declared a \'no horn zone’ but this was never implemented and the drivers did not stop honking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">When the minister was asked about it he said that the mobile courts will be conducted again in the declared quiet areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Even earlier, drivers of many vehicles, including many government vehicles, were fined,” he said. But clearly to no avail. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 04:37:12', '2022-11-16 04:37:12'),
(3076, 3076, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NASA began fueling its new moon rocket Tuesday for a middle-of-the-night launch, its third try to put an empty capsule around the moon for the first time in 50 years.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fuel leaks plagued the first two attempts in late summer, then a pair of hurricanes caused more delays. While engineers never pinpointed the cause of the escaping hydrogen, they altered the fueling process to minimize leakage and were confident that all the plumbing in the 322-foot (98-meter) rocket would remain tight and intact.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NASA added an hour to the operation to account for the slower fill-up, vital for reducing pressure on the fuel lines and keeping the seals in place. It seemed to work, with no major leakages reported during the early stages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“So far, everything is going very smoothly,” said assistant launch director Jeremy Graeber about an hour into fueling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The rocket was being gassed up with nearly 1 million gallons (3.7 million liters) of super-cold hydrogen and oxygen. After more than four hours, the core stage was fully loaded and fueling was underway on the upper stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NASA expected 15,000 to jam Kennedy Space Center for the launch in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, with thousands more lining the beaches and roads outside the gates. The space agency had two hours to get the rocket off, before standing down until Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The debut of the Space Launch System rocket, known as SLS, had three test dummies but no astronauts inside the crew capsule on top, which NASA hoped to put into lunar orbit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">This first test flight was expected to last three weeks, ending with a splashdown in the Pacific. NASA’s top priority for the $4.1 billion mission is to verify the capsule’s heat shield during reentry, so four astronauts can strap in for the next moonshot in 2024. That would be followed by a two-person lunar landing in 2025.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NASA last sent astronauts to the moon in December 1972, closing out the Apollo program. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 04:44:19', '2022-11-16 04:44:19'),
(3077, 3077, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh has set a target to increase five times the cotton production by 2030, introducing new varieties and expanding cultivation areas, since the country appeared as the second largest consumer of the industrial crop.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Cotton could be a major cash crop as we need to spend US$3billion every year for its import to meet its expanding demand in the textile industry,” Cotton Development Board’s (CDB) additional director Dr Md Fakhre Alam Ibne Tabib told BSS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The country currently produces less than 0.2 million cotton bales (1 bale equals roughly 480 pounds) a year against the annual demand for 8.5 million bales, according to official statistics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Against the backdrop of high demands, Bangladeshi textile and spinning mills and other users import cotton from India, the United States, several African and Central Asian nations, Australia, Brazil and Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Tabib said they set the target to enhance the domestic cotton production to 1 million bales using newly invented high yielding and hybrid varieties and using the vast low fertile barren lands in the country’s southeastern hill region alongside some plain districts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Western Jhenaidah and Jashore are plain districts while parts of Bandarban and Rangamati are hill districts where the country currently witnesses cotton production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The cotton board now runs 27 on-farm trials at 13 zones covering greater Jashore, greater Kushtia, Rajshahi, Bogura, Rangpur, Thakurgaon, Dhaka, Mymensigh and the three hill districts incorporating Khagrachari as part of their initiatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">CDB officials said the trial of germplasm of 12 high yielding Turkish cotton varieties were now underway at research farms under a project called Enhancing Capability in Cotton Varieties Development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We are expanding (cotton) cultivation coverage on low-fertile regions of – Barind land (greater Rajshahi), drought-and saline-prone areas, shoals and hilly areas, keeping in mind the initiative does not affect the main crops,” Tabib said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said the CDB scientists last year developed a new cotton variety naming it “CDB Cotton 19” alongside inventing two cultivation methods under a series of research projects in five cotton research centres of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Our researches simultaneously improved the cotton qualities alongside the varieties,” Talib said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Cotton is mainly sown in the July-August period and harvested in between December and January and currently its cultivation is spread over 45,000 hectares while the figure was 31,500 hectares in 2009-2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Over the past one decade the production volume nearly doubled since ity was less than 100,000 bales in 2009-2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to CDB officials, raw or seed cotton production was about 2,000 kg per hectare in 2009-10 which now stands at 4,000 kg per hectare with introduction of high yielding and hybrid varieties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman established the Cotton Development Board (CPD) in 1972 to increase cotton production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The CPD is enstructed with the task of conducting research, producing, distributing and marketing seeds, expanding cotton cultivation and distributing loans among farmers. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 05:41:58', '2022-11-16 05:41:58'),
(3078, 3078, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Highlighting the significant role of Victim Support Center (VSC), high police officials at a meeting unequivocally called for infusing furthermore dynamism into its activities for welfare of the children and women victims.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Launched at the compound of Shahmukhdum Police Station in 2013, the VSC provided services to 213 women and children victims this year so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP) made this observation while addressing the 22nd steering committee meeting of VSC at RMP headquarters conference hall in the city on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Various issues including reasons behind the gradually rising violations against women and children together and how to overcome those were discussed elaborately in the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chaired by RMP Commissioner Abu Kalam Siddique, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Additional Commissioners Faruque Hossain, Bijoy Basak and Shamsunnaher and Deputy Commissioner Saiduddin Shahin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Representatives of various partner NGOs like BLAST, Bangladesh Mohila Parishad, BNWLA, Marie Stopes and ACD joined the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abu Kalam Siddique told the meeting that Bangladesh Police has established the victim support centre in a bid to reach victims living in remote areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">RMP is serving women and children victims by providing legal assistance, counseling support and rehabilitation facilities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pro-people service providing program of Bangladesh Police has been institutionalised and concentrated through the integrated services of the victim support centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting discussed and devised ways and means on how to infuse dynamism into the VSC activities. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 06:23:33', '2022-11-16 06:23:33'),
(3079, 3079, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tesla tycoon Elon Musk will take the stand on Wednesday as part of a trial over his $50 billion pay package as CEO of the electric car giant.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Musk will testify in the same Delaware court where he faced a lawsuit by Twitter to make sure he went through with his buyout of the social platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The $44 billion purchase of Twitter has put Musk under a deluge of scrutiny after he conducted massive layoffs, scared advertisers and opened the platform to fake accounts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unrelated Tesla case is based on a complaint by shareholder Richard Tornetta, who accused Musk and the company\'s board of directors of failing in their duties when they authorized the pay plan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tornetta alleges that Musk dictated his terms to directors who were not sufficiently independent from their star CEO to object to a package worth around $51 billion at recent share prices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tesla shareholder accuses Musk of \"unjustified enrichment\" and asked for the annulment of a pay program that helped make the entrepreneur the richest man in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a legal filing, Musk earned the equivalent of $52.4 billion in Tesla stock options over four and a half years after virtually all of the company\'s targets were met.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the plan was adopted it was valued at a total of $56 billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The non-jury trial began Monday with testimony from Ira Ehrenpreis, head of the compensation committee on Tesla\'s board of directors, who said the targets set were \"extraordinarily ambitious and difficult\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ehrenpreis argued that the board wanted to spur Musk to focus on Tesla at a time when the company was still struggling to gain traction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Highly unusual\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trial will run through Friday and is being presided over by Judge Kathaleen McCormick, the same judge who was to preside over the Twitter case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no deadline for her decision which could take months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\'s \"highly unusual\" for this kind of case to be brought to trial, Jill Fisch, Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There aren\'t all that many successful challenges to executive compensation (as) the courts have typically treated this as a business decision,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the court found in this case that Musk\'s ownership of about 22 percent of Tesla and his role as CEO \"could have an undue impact\" on the board and other shareholders, she noted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk canceled an in-person appearance on Sunday at an event on the sidelines of the G20 in Bali to be in court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked why he had not traveled to the tropical Indonesian island, the new Twitter boss joked that his \"workload has recently increased quite a lot\" after his takeover of the social media giant. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 06:48:25', '2022-11-16 06:48:25'),
(3080, 3080, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Grammys announced their nominations on Tuesday and Taylor Swift is ready to go \"scream for ten minutes straight\". She posted an Instagram story to celebrate that All Too Well was up for Song of the Year.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So many reasons to lose my damn mind today,\" the pop singer began, \"All Too Well 10 is the song I\'m most proud of, out of anything I’ve written.” Taylor is not new to the Grammys, having won the award for Album of the Year thrice, but never in the category of Song of the Year, that she pointed out in the story saying, \"The fact that it’s nominated for Song of the Year at the Grammys, an award I’ve never won, that honors the songwriting... it’s momentous and surreal.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taylor also went ahead to mention her co-writer Liz Rose in the process of making All Too Well, saying that they she just got off the phone and \"reminisced about how we started writing together when I was 14.\" Taylor further added, \"She believed in me then and we are nominated together now. It’s just so cute I can’t cope.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taylor Swift\'s nomination for Song of the Year this year marks her sixth in the category, without a single win. She had been previously nominated in the category for Cardigan in 2021, Lover in 2020, Blank Space in 2016, Shake It Off in 2015, and You Belong With Me in 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taylor Swift has mentioned before that the new 10-minute version of All Too Well is all because of her fans, who insisted and were so loyal to her from the very beginning, when she shared that she would re-record her album Red. She added, \"I want to ramble about the magic and mystery of time and fate and reclaiming my art but instead I think I\'ll go scream for ten minutes straight. And think about how this wouldn’t have happened without you.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with the nomination for Song of the Year, Taylor also scored nominations for Best Music Video for All Too Well, Best Country Song for I Bet You Think About Me, a vault track from Red (Taylor\'s Version), and Best Song written for Visual Media for Carolina- that she wrote for the film Where the Crawdads Sing. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 07:17:39', '2022-11-16 07:17:39'),
(3081, 3081, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Turkish Ambassador Mustafa Osman Turan on Wednesday said holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh is not an issue for foreigners, it depends entirely on Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“It’s only for Bangladesh to decide, not for foreigners,” he said while speaking at a “Meet the Ambassador” programme in a Dhaka hotel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Turkish ambassador said political parties need to meet and address their differences, and that government alone cannot do everything required.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a question, Ambassador Turan said they see Bangladesh as a “trustworthy manufacturing hub”, and it is going to be their prominent partner in the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoy said Turkey plans to diversify their trade and investment in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked about Turkish plans to develop strategic relations with Bangladesh, he said the plans should be mutually agreed upon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said relations between Bangladesh and Turkey is based on trust and they look forward to broadening partnership with Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zillur Rahman, Executive Director of the Centre for Governance Studies, moderated the programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) hosted the event in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Bangladesh. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 07:28:39', '2022-11-16 07:28:39'),
(3082, 3082, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Babies born naturally were found to have higher antibody levels than those born via Caesarian section after receiving their jabs that protect against bacteria that cause lung infections and meningitis.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Research was carried out by a team from the University of Edinburgh, Spaarne Hospital and University Medical Centre in Utrecht and the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment in The Netherlands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts say the findings could help to inform conversations about C-sections between expectant mothers and their doctors and shape the design of more tailored vaccination programmes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researchers studied the relationship between gut microbes and antibody levels after vaccination in a cohort of 120 babies vaccinated at 8 and 12 weeks against lung infections and meningitis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers tracked the development of the gut microbiome - the community of microbes that lives in our body - in the child\'s first year of life and their immune response to the vaccines by testing saliva samples at 12 and 18 months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 101 babies tested for antibodies as a result of the vaccine that protects against lung infections, the investigators found double the antibody levels in babies delivered naturally compared with those delivered by C-section.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Breastfeeding was linked with 3.5 times higher antibody levels compared with formula-fed children who had been delivered naturally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Levels of antibodies as a result of the vaccine that protects against meningitis were tested in 66 babies. Experts found the levels of antibodies were 1.7 times higher for naturally delivered babies, regardless of breastfeeding, compared with those delivered via C-section.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gut microbiome is seeded at birth, developing rapidly over the first few months of life, and is influenced mostly by delivery mode, breastfeeding, and antibiotic use.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team found a clear relationship between microbes in the gut of those babies and levels of antibodies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, among a host of bacteria in the gut, high levels of two in particular - Bifidobacterium and E. Coli - were associated with a high antibody response to the vaccine that protects against lung infections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">High levels of E. Coli were also linked with a high antibody response to the vaccine that protects against meningitis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The baby acquires the Bifidobacterium and E.coli bacteria through natural birth and human milk is needed to provide the sugars for these bacteria to thrive on. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 07:49:44', '2022-11-16 07:49:44'),
(3083, 3083, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Australia\'s 2015 ODI World Cup-winning captain Michael Clarke has strongly criticised England leg-spinner Adil Rashid for his complaints about the international schedule. England will play three ODIs against Australia starting November 17, three days after their T20 World Cup victory. Rashid said it was a \'shame\' that they have to straightaway start playing a bilateral series after a World Cup win.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;\"Those kinds of things are a shame. Having a game in three days\' time, it\'s horrible. As players we\'re kind of getting used to it now,\" said the leg-spinner, who was pivotal in England\'s semi-final win against India and the victory over Pakistan in the final.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clarke dragged IPL\'s example to state that players can\'t complain about international matches when they are playing in franchise leagues in India for money when they can easily rest during the off-season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If it was playing in the T20 World Cup and then the next day get on a plane to depart for the IPL, I don\'t think you\'d hear anybody whinge,\" Clarke said. \"Players can\'t complain about the international schedule when they\'re taking the opportunity to play domestic cricket as well for franchises for money when you can have that six or eight week off. Then you\'d be as fresh as a daisy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England\'s white-ball team has been in Australia since the first week of October. They played a three-match series against the hosts before the World Cup. Clarke agreed that the calendar is hectic but players should be ready for it as it is a full-time job.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve obviously found that very hard. I know how busy it is. I know how hectic it is. Yes, it\'s a mental challenge travelling the world 10 months of the year feeling like you\'re playing or training or sitting on an aeroplane every day, there\'s no doubt about it, it\'s a full-time job.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But you do get breaks on your schedule and when you decide on playing in competitions like the IPL, especially for Australian players, that\'s your opportunity to have a break. You choose to go and play that, no matter what you feel you cannot publicly complain about it. You\'re not going to win that battle,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rashid, interestingly, has also shown his interest in playing in the IPL. \"Yes, I will be putting up my name in the IPL auctions this time,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mini-auction ahead of the 2023 edition will take place in December this year and the experienced England leggies can be a hot pick for sides looking to strengthen their spin-bowling department. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 08:15:11', '2022-11-16 08:15:11'),
(3084, 3084, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a journey to the Moon on Wednesday, in a spectacular blaze of light and sound that marked the start of the space agency\'s new flagship program, Artemis.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 32-story tall Space Launch System (SLS) blasted off from the storied Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 01:47 am (0647 GMT).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are going,\" tweeted the space agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fixed to its top was the uncrewed Orion spaceship that will later separate and complete an orbit-and-a-half of Earth\'s nearest neighbor, in a test run for later flights that should see the first woman and first person of color touch down on lunar soil by the mid-2020s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">America last sent astronauts to the Moon during the Apollo era, from 1969-1972. This time it hopes to build a sustained presence -- including a lunar space station -- to help prepare for an eventual mission to Mars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The launch came despite technical issues that ate into the two-hour launch window that opened at 1:04 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Engineers were forced to pause the flow of liquid hydrogen into the core stage Tuesday night because of a valve leak, though a team sent to the launch pad resolved the problem after an hour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the space agency reported that a radar site monitoring the rocket\'s flight path was experiencing problems due to a faulty ethernet switch that had to be replaced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was third time lucky for NASA after two previous launch attempts were canceled for technical reasons. Launch was also delayed due to weather setbacks, including Hurricane Ian that battered Florida in late September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Extremely excited\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 100,000 people were expected on the coast to watch the launch, with the rocket promising to light up the night sky.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andrew Trombley, a space enthusiast from St. Louis, Missouri, was anxiously hoping for a successful liftoff after several futile trips made for the launch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve been down here a couple of times already to watch this thing go up and have it canceled, so, this is like, whatever, the third trip down here for this, so I\'m excited to see it go,\" said the network engineer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I was too little for the Apollo missions, so ... I wanted to be here in person.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kerry Warner, 59, a grandmother and semi-retired educator who lives in Florida, was fired up for liftoff, which she said was \"part of America and what America is all about.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Third time\'s the charm. We\'re hoping for it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Far side of Moon -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Orion crew capsule was being lifted by two boosters and four powerful engines under the core stage, which detached after only a few minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a final push from the upper stage, the capsule will be well on its way, taking several days to reach its destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rather than landing on the Moon, it will assume a distant orbit, venturing 40,000 miles (64,000 kilometers) beyond the far side -- further than any other habitable spacecraft so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, Orion will embark on the return leg of its journey. When passing through the atmosphere, the capsule\'s heat shield will need to withstand a temperature half as hot as the Sun\'s surface.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission will last 25 and a half days, with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on December 11.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA is banking on a successful mission after developing the SLS rocket for more than a decade. It will have invested more than $90 billion in its new lunar program by the end of 2025, according to a public audit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Artemis 2 will involve a flyby of the Moon with astronauts in 2024, while Artemis 3 will see boots on lunar soil, no sooner than 2025. 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(3085, 3085, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Donald Trump pulled the trigger on a third White House run on Tuesday, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle after a poor midterm election showing by his hand-picked candidates weakened his grip on the party.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“America’s comeback starts right now,” the 76-year-old former president told hundreds of supporters gathered in an ornate American flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump filed his official candidacy papers with the US election authority moments before he was due to publicly announce his candidacy.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump’s unusually early entry into the White House race is being seen in Washington as an attempt to get the jump on other Republicans seeking to be the party flag-bearer in 2024 — and to stave off potential criminal charges.</div><div><br></div><div>Republicans are licking their wounds after disappointing midterms, widely blamed on the underperformance of Trump-anointed candidates, and some are openly asking whether Trump — with his divisive brand of politics and mess of legal woes — is the right person to carry the party colors next time around.</div><div><br></div><div>Several possible 2024 primary rivals are circling, chief among them the governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, who bucked the tide and won a resounding reelection victory on November 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump, who lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden after being impeached twice by the House of Representatives, launches his latest White House bid with several potential handicaps.</div><div><br></div><div>He is the target of multiple investigations into his conduct before, during and after his first term as president — which could ultimately result in his disqualification.</div><div><br></div><div>These include allegations of fraud by his family business, his role in last year’s attack on the US Capitol, his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, and his stashing of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.</div><div><br></div><div>With Trump now a declared candidate, Biden’s attorney general, Merrick Garland, may be forced to name a special counsel to pursue the various investigations into the former president launched by the Department of Justice.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, the powerful media empire of Rupert Murdoch has appeared to turn its back on Trump, labelling him after the midterms as a “loser” who shows “increasingly poor judgment.”</div><div><br></div><div>Trump also remains banned by Facebook and Twitter, which was instrumental in his stunning political rise.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the dismal election showing by Trump loyalists, the real estate tycoon retains an undeniable popularity with the millions of grassroots supporters who have flocked to his “Make America Great Again” banner.</div><div><br></div><div>And despite being abandoned by several top Republican donors, he has amassed a campaign war chest of well over $100 million.</div><div><br></div><div>Leading up to the midterms vote, Trump made denial of the 2020 election results a key litmus test for candidates seeking his endorsement.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>But a string of defeats by Trump’s most loyal allies sapped his momentum heading into Tuesday’s launch.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is certainly not the rollout I’m sure Donald Trump wanted for his announcement tonight,” said outgoing congresswoman Liz Cheney, a fierce Republican critic of Trump.</div><div><br></div><div>Having failed to wrest control of the Senate, Republicans are inching toward a likely takeover of the House, but with a razor-thin majority that will be difficult to keep in line.</div><div><br></div><div>The 79-year-old Biden, whose victory Trump still refuses to acknowledge, has said his intention is to seek a second term — but he will make a final decision early next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump’s once-loyal vice president, Mike Pence, who released a new book, “So Help Me God,” on Tuesday and is seen as a potential 2024 challenger — told ABC News this week that Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021 had been “reckless.”</div><div><br></div><div>But Pence declined to say directly whether Trump should be president again. “That’s up to the American people, but I think we’ll have better choices in the future,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>For the moment, the hard-right DeSantis looks like the leading challenger to Trump in a Republican field that may include Pence, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, former secretary of state Mike Pompeo and ex-South Carolina governor Nikki Haley.</div><div><br></div><div>The 44-year-old DeSantis, dubbed “Ron DeSanctimonious” by Trump, had a ready reply Tuesday when asked about the former president’s attacks on him, urging “people to go check out the scoreboard from last Tuesday night.”</div><div><br></div><div>Without naming Trump, he also suggested a Republican ticket headed by the former president would have trouble attracting independent voters “even with Biden in the White House and the failures that we’re seeing.”</div><div><br></div><div>By throwing his hat in the ring, Trump is seeking to become just the second American president to serve non-consecutive terms — Grover Cleveland was elected in 1884, lost in 1888, and won again in 1892. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 09:30:51', '2022-11-16 09:30:51'),
(3086, 3086, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Bangladeshi man has lost a leg in a landmine explosion along Bangladesh-Myanmar border in&nbsp; Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The injured is Belal,38, son of Abdul Hakim of Kachhapia Union of Cox\'s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>Superintendent of Police (SP) Tariqul Islam said the explosion occurred when he drifted across the border to bring back his cows around 7am on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Locals took him to a Cox\'s Bazar Hospital for treatment, said Md. Shafiullah, chairman of Naikhanchari upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 16, a Rohingya boy was killed and five others were injured as a mortar shell fired by Myanmar army exploded at Zero Point Rohingya Camp.</div><div><br></div><div>On the same day, another Bangladeshi youth was seriously injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, another man lost a leg in a landmine explosion near the border with Myanmar along Naikhongchhari of Bandarban on October 5.</div><div><br></div><div>In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border local authorities evacuated 30 families from Dochari and Ghumdhum unions at Naikhongchhari on October 23.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recently summoned Myanmar envoy to Dhaka several times and formally protested against the move by the Buddhist-majority nation’s military. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 09:43:09', '2022-11-16 09:43:09'),
(3087, 3087, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) on Wednesday approved a number of proposals including import of a total of 180,000 metric tons (MT) of fertiliser.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The committee also approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Bridge Authority to pay 65 percent of the payment in Bangladesh currency and remaining 35 percent in foreign currency (US dollar) to the Chinese service provider of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Chinese CCCC was appointed as service provider at a cost of Tk 983.82 crore for a five-year tenure.</div><div>It will collect the toll from the tunnel user vehicles and also conduct its operation and maintenance work.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the new approval, the Chinese CCCC will get annually Tk 656.98 crore (as 65 percent of the payment) in local currency and $35.162 million (equivalent to Tk 326.83 crore) in US dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the virtual meeting while members of the committee attended it.</div><div><br></div><div>As per approval, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will import 90,000 MT of urea fertiliser in four equal lots while the Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation will import the remaining 90,000 MT MOP and DAP fertiliser in two lots.</div><div><br></div><div>In one lot, the BCIC will import 30,000 MT of bulk granular urea fertiliser from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE at a cost of Tk 189.28 crore with per matric ton’s value at $594.67.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 60,000 MT of the same urea will be imported by the BCIC from SABIC Agri-nutrients Company of Saudi Arabia in two lots (each 30,000 MT) at the same rate and the total cost will be Tk 387.56 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>The BCIC will also import 30,000 MT of phosphoric acid from Sun International of FZE, the UAE (local agent RK Enterprise, Dhaka) at a contract value of Tk 215.14 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>The BADC, under the Agriculture Ministry, will import 50,000 MT of MOP fertiliser from Canada at a cost of Tk 416.64 crore with per MT price at $821.</div><div><br></div><div>It will import 40,000 MT of DAP from Saudi Arabia at a cost of Tk 308.78 crore with per MT price at $826.50.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee gave nod to a proposal of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to award a Tk 102.61 crore civil work contract to Ideal Electrical Enterprise Ltd., under Bangladesh Power Distribution System Improvement, Mymensingh zone project. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 09:48:22', '2022-11-16 09:48:22'),
(3088, 3088, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The 46th death anniversary of veteran politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani will be observed tomorrow (Thursday) in the country in a befitting manner.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Maulana Bhasani, popularly known as \"Majlum Jananeta (the leader of the downtrodden)\", passed away on November 17 in 1976.</div><div><br></div><div>Marking the day, different programmes, including placing wreaths at Bhasani\'s grave in Santosh of Tangail, discussions and doa mahfils, have been taken in the capital and at Santosh in Tangail.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate messages on the occasion of the 46th death anniversary of Maulana Bhasani, paying glowing tributes to the late legendary political figure of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>In his message, President M Abdul Hamid said Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani is a memorable name in the politics of the Indian subcontinent as his politics was based on village and against the colonial rule. Bhasani did politics for the welfare of working class people, including peasants and labourers, he said, adding that he struggled throughout his life for the people and the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The president said Bhasani played very remarkable role during the country\'s Liberation war.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in her message said Maulana Bhasani had worked throughout his life for establishing the rights of the working-class people.</div><div><br></div><div>Maulana Bhasani was always vocal against repression-oppression of Pakistani rulers, she said, adding that Bhasani played an important role in flourishing Bengali nationalism.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Maulana Bhasani had ideological alliance and political closeness with Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bhasani struggled for an oppression and deprivation free and progressive, democratic and non-communal Bangladesh,\" the Prime Minister added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul of Maulana Bhasani.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, born in 1880 in Dhangara in Sirajganj, was the son of Haji Sharafat Ali Khan. He gained immense popularity among peasants.</div><div><br></div><div>He is regarded as the proponent of secular and left-leaning politics in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Bhasani was the founder and president of Pakistan Awami Muslim League which later became Bangladesh Awami League (AL). He also formed a progressive political organisation called National Awami Party (NAP).</div><div><br></div><div>Bhasani played a very significant role in the 1969 movement against Pakistan, which eventually led to the collapse of the Ayub regime and the release of Bangabandhu and other co-accused in the so-called Agartala conspiracy case. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 12:03:06', '2022-11-16 12:03:06'),
(3089, 3089, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court summoned popular televisions actors Mehazabien Chowdhury and Afran Nisho to appear before it in a case lodged for using words insulting towards autism and specially-abled people, in one of their dramas \'Ghotona Satya\'.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Asaduzzaman passed the order after accepting the revision case filed by Nabila Akter for Child Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused in the case are- Channel I Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagor, its Head of News Shykh Seraj, screenwriter of that play, Moinul Sanu and director Rubel Hasan, plaintiff\'s counsel Adv Al Mamun Russel told reporter.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the plaintiff, the accused have put the specially-abled people and their families into risk through the dialogues used in the drama. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 12:07:32', '2022-11-16 12:07:32'),
(3090, 3090, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Bank is seeking to curtail the powers of the banks’ board of directors to waive interest on loans without consultations with the relevant departments.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The central bank’s Banking Regulations and Policy Department on Wednesday issued a circular in this regard.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It instructed the banks in case of interest waiver they have to take the opinion of the head of internal control and compliance (HICC) through internal audit department.</div><div><br></div><div>The circular stated that in essential cases, the opinion of the HICC should be taken through the internal audit department of the bank to confirm the rationale of relaxation of the conditions for collection of funds.</div><div><br></div><div>It said that banks can waive interest on loans due to various uncontrollable reasons such as death of the borrower, natural calamities, epidemics, flood, due to distress, or closed project bank loan interest may be waived in whole or in part.</div><div><br></div><div>But recently, it has been seen that the banks often waive the interest of various customers without considering these special circumstances.</div><div><br></div><div>“This may create disinclination among the customers to pay the bank dues within the stipulated time to get the interest waiver facility, which is against the overall credit discipline in the banking sector,” it said.</div><div><br></div><div>For this purpose, to create awareness among the customers to pay the bank\'s dues within the prescribed period, maintain overall credit discipline and protect the customers\' interests, the new guidelines should be followed in the waiver of all types of interest. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 12:46:13', '2022-11-16 12:46:13'),
(3091, 3091, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Superstar Aamir Khan has decided to take a break from acting.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, Aamir appeared at an event in Delhi, where he talked about his career and revealed he is stepping back from acting for a year and half.</div><div><br></div><div>Several videos and pictures from the event went viral. In one of the clips, Aamir disclosed that he was supposed to do a film called Champions.</div><div><br></div><div>However, now he wouldn\'t be acting in the film but would be involved in its making.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When I am doing a film as an actor, I get so lost in it that nothing else happens in my life. I was supposed to do a film after Laal Singh Chaddha called Champions.”</div><div><br></div><div>“It\'s a wonderful script, a beautiful story, and it\'s a very heartwarming and lovely film. But I feel that I want to take a break, be with my family, with my mom, my kids.”</div><div><br></div><div>Aamir emphasised that this is perhaps the first break he is taking from acting in his 35-year-career.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I feel I have been working for 35 years and I have single-mindedly been focused on my work. I feel that it\'s not fair to people who are close to me.\"</div><div><br></div><div>“This is the time I feel I have to take some time off to be with them, and actually experience life in a different way. I am looking forward to the next year, year-and-a-half in which I am not working as an actor,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Aamir\'s revelation about taking a break from acting comes months after his film \'Laal Singh Chaddha\' failed at the box office. - ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 14:13:01', '2022-11-16 14:13:01'),
(3092, 3092, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bandarban: Bandarban district administration has further extended the temporary ban on tourism in Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas till November 20 as part of high security measures.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A public notice in this regard was issued from Bandarban Deputy Commissioner’s office on Wednesday upon receiving a letter from Bandarban Cantonment.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the travel ban on Thanchi upazila has been lifted, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Taking into consideration the safety of tourists, the travel ban on domestic and foreign tourists has been extended in the two upazilas, said the notice signed by Yasmin Parvin Tibriji, Bandarban Deputy Commissioner.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the seventh time that such restriction has been extended for the safety of tourists amid anti-militancy drive in the district\'s remote forested areas.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 12, the ban on tourism in the three upazilas was extended till today.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 8, the restriction was lifted from Alikadam upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>The administration imposed the temporary restriction on visitors in Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas on October 18.</div><div><br></div><div>Later on October 23, the local administration discouraged tourists from traveling to Thanchi and Alikadam upazilas due to the same reason.</div><div><br></div><div>From October 10, law enforcement agencies started a joint drive against the underground extremists and criminals in the district. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 14:32:46', '2022-11-16 14:32:46'),
(3093, 3093, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Google will pay $391.5m (£330m) to settle allegations about how it collects data from users.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The technology giant tracked the location of users who opted out of location services on their devices, 40 US states said.</div><div><br></div><div>Google has been told to be transparent about location tracking in the future and develop a web page telling people about the data it collects.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the largest privacy-related multi-state settlement in US history.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, Google agreed to pay Arizona $85m over similar issues concerning how it collects location data. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 14:39:29', '2022-11-16 14:39:29'),
(3094, 3094, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday there is “no indication” that a missile that came down in Polish farmland, killing two people, was an intentional attack, and that air defenses in neighboring Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile to fend off a Russian assault that savaged its power grid.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Ukraine’s defense was launching their missiles in various directions and it is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory,\" said Polish President Andrzej Duda. “There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland.”</div><div><br></div><div>NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting of the 30-nation military alliance in Brussels, echoed the preliminary Polish findings, saying: “We have no indication that this was the result of a deliberate attack.”</div><div><br></div><div>The initial assessments of Tuesday\'s deadly missile landing appeared to dial back the likelihood that the incident would trigger another major escalation in the nearly 9-month Russian invasion of Ukraine. If Russia had deliberately targeted Poland, it could have risked drawing NATO into the conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>Still, Stoltenberg and others laid overall but not specific blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is not Ukraine’s fault. Russia bears ultimate responsibility,” Stoltenberg said.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the Polish and NATO assessments, U.S. President Joe Biden had said it was “unlikely” that Russia fired the missile but added: “I’m going to make sure we find out exactly what happened.”</div><div><br></div><div>Three U.S. officials said preliminary assessments suggested it was fired by Ukrainian forces at an incoming Russian one. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren\'t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.</div><div><br></div><div>That assessment and Biden’s comments at the Group of 20 summit in Indonesia contradicted information earlier Tuesday from a senior U.S. intelligence official who told The Associated Press that Russian missiles crossed into Poland.</div><div><br></div><div>Former Soviet-bloc country Ukraine maintains stocks of Soviet- and Russian-made weaponry, including air-defense missiles, and has also seized many more Russian weapons while beating back the Kremlin’s invasion forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian air defenses worked furiously against the Russian assault Tuesday on power generation and transmission facilities, including in Ukraine’s western region that borders Poland.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine’s military said 77 of the more than 90 missiles fired were brought down, along with 11 drones.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin on Wednesday denounced Poland’s and other countries’ initial response to the missile landing and, in rare praise for a U.S. leader, hailed Biden\'s \"restrained, much more professional reaction.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We have witnessed another hysterical, frenzied, Russophobic reaction that was not based on any real data,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. He added that “immediately, all experts realized that it could not have been a missile linked to the Russian armed forces.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Still, Ukraine was under countrywide Russian bombardment Tuesday by barrages of cruise missiles and exploding drones, which clouded the initial picture of what exactly happened in Poland and why.</div><div><br></div><div>In Europe, NATO members Germany and the U.K. laced their calls for a through investigation of the missile landing with criticism of Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>“This wouldn’t have happened without the Russian war against Ukraine, without the missiles that are now being fired at Ukrainian infrastructure intensively and on a large scale,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.</div><div><br></div><div>U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said: “This is the cruel and unrelenting reality of Putin’s war.”</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called it “a very significant escalation.\" On the other end of the spectrum, China was among those calling for calm and restraint.</div><div><br></div><div>Damage from the aerial assault in Ukraine was extensive and swaths of the country were plunged into darkness. Zelenskyy said about 10 million people lost power but tweeted overnight that 8 million were subsequently reconnected, with repair crews laboring through the night. Previous Russian strikes had already destroyed an estimated 40% of the country’s energy infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>The missile landed in the Polish farming village of Przewodow near the border with Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian bombardment also affected neighboring Moldova. It reported massive power outages after the strikes in Ukraine disconnected a power line to the small nation.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday\'s assaults killed one person in a residential building in Ukraine\'s capital, Kyiv. It followed days of euphoria in Ukraine sparked by one of its biggest military successes — the retaking last week of the southern city of Kherson.</div><div><br></div><div>With its battlefield losses mounting, Russia has increasingly resorted to targeting Ukraine’s power grid, seemingly hoping to turn the approach of winter into a weapon by leaving people in the cold and dark. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 14:45:46', '2022-11-16 14:45:46'),
(3095, 3095, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A \"projectile\" has hit a tanker carrying gas oil off the coast of Oman, the Israeli-owned shipping company that operates the vessel said Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Pacific Zircon was \"hit by a projectile approximately 150 miles off the coast of Oman ... on 15 November,\" Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping said in a statement, adding that there were no reports of casualties or any leakage of the cargo.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is some minor damage to the vessel\'s hull but no spillage of cargo or water ingress,\" said the company which is owned by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer -- one of two sons of shipping magnate Sammy Ofer, who died in 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bahrain-based United States Fifth Fleet said it was \"aware of the incident\".</div><div><br></div><div>UK Maritime Trade Operations, a British monitor, also said it knew of the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>It was not immediately clear who launched the projectile.</div><div><br></div><div>Heightened tensions between arch foes Washington and Tehran in recent years have involved attacks on tankers in Gulf waters that are vital to world fuel supplies.</div><div><br></div><div>The area has also seen naval incidents between the two countries, including in August, when Washington said it prevented an Iranian ship from capturing a US maritime drone in the Gulf.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran and world powers have engaged in on-off talks to revive a landmark 2015 deal that sought to curb Iran\'s nuclear activities in exchange for sanctions relief.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States, Britain, France and Germany have submitted a motion to the UN nuclear watchdog censuring Iran for lack of cooperation with the agency, diplomats told AFP this week.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The risk of attacks against shipping and energy infrastructure in the wider region is rising mainly due to the lack of progress in US-Iranian nuclear diplomacy,\" said Torbjorn Soltvedt, Middle East analyst with the Verisk Maplecroft risk intelligence company.</div><div><br></div><div>A decision by Washington to apply further sanctions pressure on Tehran has exacerbated the risk of further attacks, Soltvedt said.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran has been rocked by two months of mass protests -- the biggest in years -- following the death in September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was arrested by Iran\'s notorious morality police for an alleged breach of its strict dress code for women, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Ongoing mass protests against the Iranian government also make it more likely that Tehran will seek to stoke unrest in the broader region as a diversionary tactic,\" Soltvedt said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 16:20:17', '2022-11-16 16:20:17'),
(3096, 3096, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At the COP27, Foreign Minister Dr Abul Momen on Wednesday expressed hope that Bangladesh could receive low-cost funding from a $34 billion climate adaptation fund from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) by 2030.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a session on \"Mobilisation of Private Sector Financing and Action in Climate with focus on Agriculture, Forest and Land Use (AFOLU)” at Bangladesh Pavilion, he said, \"Our payment is overdue, and we need the money, so we hope to get low-cost funding from the ADB.\"</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"I asked the ADB for adaptation funding,\" the minister said, describing it as a successful outcome from the COP27.</div><div><br></div><div>The ADB raised its climate change financing ambition for 2019-2030 from $80 billion to $100 billion, of which $34 billion is allocated to adaptation.</div><div><br></div><div>ADB\'s Building Resilience with Active Countercyclical Expenditures (BRACE) Program includes $250 million to strengthen climate and disaster resilience in 22 coastal towns in Bangladesh as well as assistance in promoting climate change adaptation after this year\'s devastating flooding.</div><div><br></div><div>Abul Momen said that different ministries would take on projects in accordance with the ADB\'s new climate adaptation fund.</div><div><br></div><div>He said countries like Bangladesh have not yet received the $100 billion committed by developed countries, who are responsible for 80 percent of carbon emissions.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is much more affected by climate change than other countries but it does require technology transfer as well as funding for adaptation and resilience to climate change, said the foreign minister.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a great challenge in Bangladesh when it comes to adaptation as well as mitigation, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Saber Hossain Chowdhury, chairperson of the parliamentary standing committee on MoEFCC attended the session as chief guest, while Farhina Ahmed, secretary of MoEFCC, attended as special guest. Towrin Zaman of ICCCAD and Roufa Khanom of BRAC University presented the keynote paper.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Saber Hossain Chowdhury, the private sector contributes 80 percent to Bangladesh\'s economy.</div><div><br></div><div>Agro-food processing, construction, electronics, hospitality and tourism, ICT, RMG, leather goods, and light engineering are among the major sectors significantly affected by climate change, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“Last month, flash floods in Sylhet caused a financial loss of about Tk 12.38 billion. This loss is exacerbated by other challenges facing the private sector, not just in Bangladesh, but worldwide,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In his opinion, the loss will be unpredictable if world leaders do not keep the temperature limit at 1.5 degrees Celsius as per previous agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We need climate compensation as a victim country and called for a climate finance mechanism to provide it,\" he added.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-16 16:48:33', '2022-11-16 16:48:33'),
(3097, 3097, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed to win a majority in the lower chamber of the US Congress, the BBC\'s US partner CBS News projects.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party\'s majority in the House of Representatives is razor-thin, but it is enough to stall President Joe Biden\'s agenda for the next two years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It marks a return to divided government, with Democrats still retaining power in the Senate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump has announced he will run again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Split control of Washington was ushered in by last week\'s midterm elections, in which the Republicans - who had hoped to win back control of both chambers - underperformed expectations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Republican party is now projected to win between 218-223 seats in the 435-seat House, according to CBS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But with votes in cliff-hanger races still being tallied, the party\'s majority may not be clear for days or even weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kevin McCarthy, who was elected by rank-and-file Republicans to be their nominee to replace Democrat Nancy Pelosi as the next Speaker of the House on Tuesday, celebrated having \"officially flipped\" the chamber.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Americans are ready for a new direction, and House Republicans are ready to deliver,\" the California congressman tweeted on Wednesday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to be elected Speaker, the House Republican minority leader must now work to receive majority support from the 435 members of the full House.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Joe Biden congratulated Mr McCarthy and offered to work with Republicans to deliver results for Americans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As I said last week, the future is too promising to be trapped in political warfare,\" said the Democratic president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The American people want us to get things done for them. They want us to focus on the issues that matter to them and on making their lives better.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the majority party, Republicans will run key committees, empowering them to initiate legislation and investigate Mr Biden, his family and his administration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But any Republican-backed legislation that emerges in the House could well be blocked in the Senate, which Democrats still control.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Republicans had hoped that Mr Biden\'s relatively low popularity, stubborn inflation, and the fact that congressional maps were redrawn by Republican-led state legislatures would herald sweeping midterms victories.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The blame for last Tuesday\'s showing has largely landed on two party leaders: Mr Trump and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday night, the ex-president formally announced a third bid for the White House in 2024 from a ballroom at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said voters had \"not yet realised the full extent and gravity of the pain our nation is going through\", but would change their minds over the next two years as he predicted things would get worse.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Washington on Wednesday, Mr McConnell was re-elected as Senate minority leader, fending off a challenge from fellow Republican Rick Scott of Florida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was the first challenge to his lengthy leadership tenure in 15 years, amid bitter infighting over who is to blame for the failure to win back a majority in the Congress\' upper chamber.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two men butted heads frequently in the lead-up to the midterms and Mr Scott had said he is \"not satisfied with the status quo\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new Congress will be convened on 3 January 2023. 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(3098, 3098, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Brazil is back, president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has told rapturous crowds at the UN climate summit COP27 in Egypt.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Walking into a room of supporters singing his name, Lula promised to restore the Amazon rainforest and chase down climate criminals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Huge numbers gathered to see him speak, making him one of the superstars of this summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nations are meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss tackling climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just two weeks after his narrow election win, Lula is making his first appearance on the international stage, meeting leaders including from the US, China and the EU at the climate conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We must stop this rush to the abyss. There is no climate security for the world without a protected Amazon,\" he said, saying climate change would have the highest priority for his government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will do whatever it takes to have zero deforestation and the degradation of our biomes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While there is no doubt Brazil\'s president is full of ambition when it comes to tackling climate change, analysts say the challenge will be to make these promises come true.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil is deeply divided over Lula\'s return to power and his job to unite the country won\'t be easy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president told the summit that Brazil would prove that it was possible to generate wealth without destroying the environment, saying it was impossible to separate tackling global warming from poverty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Striking a harder tone, he said Brazil would ensure that developing nations got the money they are owed to deal with the effects of climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also pledged to protect indigenous people, whose land has been targeted under current President Jair Bolsonaro. Indigenous people in traditional dress stood up cheering and shaking maracas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Lula faces an uphill battle at home in Brazil where he faces significant opposition in Congress and a divided society.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Mr Bolsonaro, who will hand over power to Lula in January, deforestation of the Amazon reached record highs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Puyr Tembé, an indigenous leader from heavily deforested Pará state, told BBC News that Mr Bolsonaro completely dismantled laws protecting the Amazon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday US climate envoy John Kerry said he was confident Lula would bring a complete turnaround on Brazil\'s approach to the environment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former environment minister in Brazil Isabella Teixeira told BBC News that \"the world\" is now \"embracing Brazil at COP27\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reflecting the challenges at home, Lula told the summit there was just one Brazil and he would govern for all.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In order to make progress on his agenda, Ms Teixeira said Lula would need to convince people and Congress members to agree, not disagree with each other.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula must reverse Mr Bolsonaro\'s legacy by rebuilding the environmental protection agencies, unfreezing the Amazon Fund which promotes conservation, and tackling criminals in the Amazon, according to Marcio Astrini, executive secretary of Brazil\'s Climate Observatory network.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says that civil society will not hesitate to challenge the new government it if fails to keep its promises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When the government is succeeding, we will support them, but if it fails, we will criticise them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Brazil and the world must be prepared for \"mistakes and failures\", suggests Roberto Waack, a business leader and chair of Arapyaú Institute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Climate a complicated problem, Lula has ambitious pledges and we will face disappointments because of the political situation in Brazil,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You can\'t just say stop deforestation and the next day the problem is solved,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, young Brazilian activists at COP27 met Lula. \"It was hugely emotional, I cried a lot. It is unbelievable to feel part of Brazil again,\" Gabrielle Alves, an environmental racism researcher who is part of the Clima de Mudança coalition, told BBC News.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Behind the scenes, negotiations between nations are ongoing at COP27 with a final agreement expected on Friday or Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However there are still wide divisions between countries on key issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The question of who will pay the bill for irreversible climate damage remains hotly debated, as developing countries want finance urgently earmarked to cover their losses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But developed nations are resisting any question of compensation from countries who historically caused the majority of emissions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is concern too that the crucial aim to limiting temperature rise to 1.5C - which scientists say is crucial to avoiding the worst effects of climate change - is in jeopardy. 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(3099, 3099, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The United States and its allies have criticised Russia in the United Nations Security Council over its responsibility for a deadly missile strike in Poland, an event the UN’s political chief called “a frightening reminder of the absolute need to prevent any further escalation” of the nine-month-old war in Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting, which was previously scheduled, convened a day after a missile NATO identified as a stray fired by Ukraine’s air defences crashed inside Poland, a NATO member, killing two farm workers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO and Poland said the missile was probably not a Russian strike, easing international fears the war could widen, although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued to insist there was no doubt the missile was not Ukrainian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deaths in the village near Poland’s border with Ukraine took place on the same day Russia fired more than 90 missiles at cities across Ukraine, aiming at its energy grid and worsening power blackouts for millions. The government in Kyiv said it was the most intense barrage since Moscow invaded Ukraine on February 24.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“While we don’t yet know all the facts, we do know one thing,” the US ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the Security Council.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This tragedy would never have happened but for Russia’s needless invasion of Ukraine and its recent missile assaults against Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Ukraine has every right to defend itself against this barrage.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Polish and United Kingdom’s UN ambassadors echoed the statement that Russia’s invasion was ultimately to blame for what had happened in Poland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia countered, accusing Ukraine and Poland of trying “to provoke a direct clash between Russia and NATO”, and pointed to statements by Ukraine’s president and Polish officials initially suggesting Russia was responsible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have long ago stopped being surprised by your attempts in any circumstances, in spite of facts or common sense, to blame Russia for everything,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 15-member council was briefed by UN Undersecretary-General for political affairs Rosemary DiCarlo who criticised the missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, describing this week’s attacks as Russia’s “most intense bombardments” since its February 24 invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She reiterated that attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure are prohibited under international law, noted that “heavy battles” are continuing in the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions and told council members “there is no end in sight to the war”. She also warned that “as long as it continues, the risks of potentially catastrophic spillover remain all too real”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the meeting was dominated by what had happened in Poland, Security Council members also called for Russia to extend the Black Sea grain deal, which is set to roll over on Saturday unless there are objections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Moscow suspended its participation in the agreement in late October but rejoined after four days, easing fears of further disruptions to exports from one of the world’s biggest grain suppliers at a time of surging food prices and shortages. Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 02:43:59', '2022-11-17 02:43:59'),
(3100, 3100, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>China\'s Xi Jinping has been filmed accusing Justin Trudeau of leaking meeting details, days after they held talks at the G20 summit in Bali.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Xi told the Canadian PM, via a translator, this was inappropriate and accused him of lacking \"sincerity\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was likely referring to reports that Mr Trudeau discussed alleged Chinese espionage and interference in Canadian elections at the sit down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The talks, which happened behind closed doors, were the pair\'s first in years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the footage, filmed by journalists at the now finished gathering of world leaders, President Xi and Mr Trudeau can be seen standing close to each other and conversing via a translator.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everything we discussed has been leaked to the papers and that is not appropriate,\" the Chinese leader told Mr Trudeau in Mandarin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It captures a rare candid moment of President Xi, whose image is normally carefully curated by Chinese state media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After smiling and nodding his head, the Canadian PM responded by saying \"in Canada we believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will continue to look to work constructively together but there will be things we disagree on,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before Mr Trudeau could finish, President Xi cut his counterpart off and asked that he first \"create the conditions\" - eventually shaking Trudeau\'s hand and walking away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The short but revealing exchange highlighted tensions between China and Canada, running high since the detention of Huawei Technologies executive Meng Wanzhou in 2018 and Beijing\'s subsequent arrest of two Canadians on spying charges. All three were later released.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But tensions recently resurged following the arrest of Yuesheng Wang, a public utility worker at Hydro-Quebec, who was charged with espionage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Wang \"obtained trade secrets to benefit the People\'s Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada\'s economic interests,\" Canadian police said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the time, Mr Trudeau and President Xi were at the G20 summit on the Indonesian island of Bali. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 03:27:41', '2022-11-17 03:27:41'),
(3101, 3101, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>After a spree of layoffs, policy overhauls and controversial changes in the platform, billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday that he will “reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader” to run the social media behemoth.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There\'s an initial burst of activity needed post-acquisition to reorganise the company,\" Musk was quoted as saying by news agency Reuters. \"But then I expect to reduce my time at Twitter,\" he added. Musk also admitted that some Tesla engineers were assisting in evaluating Twitter\'s engineering teams, but he said it was on a \"voluntary basis\" and \"after hours\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elon Musk made these remarks while testifying in a Delaware court to defend against claims that his $56 billion pay package at Tesla Inc was based on easy-to-achieve performance targets and was approved by a compliant board of directors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk hopes to ‘complete organisational restructuring soon’</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elon Musk - whose first two weeks as the Twitter owner were marked by rapid change and chaos - said on Wednesday that he was hoping to complete an organisational restructuring soon, Reuters reported. Soon after the takeover, Elon Musk fired the company’s previous chief executive and other senior leaders. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter also cut close to 3,700 people this month via email as a way to trim costs post-acquisition, which closed in late October. “Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day,” Musk tweeted on November 5 addressing the lay-offs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk sent an email to Twitter employees early Wednesday, telling them they needed to decide by Thursday whether they wanted to stay on at the company to work \"long hours at high intensity\" or take a severance package of three months of pay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, as a social media platform, Twitter has already launched and rolled back several features within days, including the $8 verified account via Twitter Blue, the second ‘Official’ verification label and much more. It\'s being debated that Musk\'s acquisition may plunge the social network into deeper troubles. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 03:34:04', '2022-11-17 16:03:36'),
(3102, 3102, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Border Guard Bangladesh claimed to have detained two people with 112 gold bars, weighing 16.5 kilograms, from Amrakhali bordering area under Benapole police station in Jashore district on Wednesday night.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrestees are Md Omar Faruk, 27, son of Moon Mia of Mobarakpur at Daudkandi under Cumilla and Md Farhad Sarker, 32, son of Abdul Barek Sarker of Islampur of Matlab Uttar upazila under Chandpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BGB-21 commander Lieutenant Colonel Minhaj Ahmed Siddique said that, based on a tip-off, their team nabbed the duo from the border area at about 9:30pm and seized the 112 gold bars worth Tk 16.5 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A process is on to file a case at Benapole Port police station in this connection, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 04:07:48', '2022-11-17 04:07:48'),
(3103, 3103, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Argentina and superstar Lionel Messi arrived in Qatar for the World Cup early on Thursday, just hours after a 5-0 warm-up victory, while defending champions France have also touched down in Doha.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, 35, has a sackful of trophies but the tournament in Qatar is likely to be his final chance to equal the achievement of fellow Argentine great Diego Maradona in leading his country to World Cup glory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He landed with the Argentina squad in the Qatari capital Doha at 2:30am (2330 GMT, Wednesday) from Abu Dhabi where they had beaten the United Arab Emirates 5-0 Wednesday in a friendly in which Messi scored.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the favourites going into this year\'s World Cup, the South Americans will begin their campaign on Tuesday against Saudi Arabia in Group C, which also includes Mexico and Poland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1978 and 1986 World Cup winners extended their unbeaten run to 36 matches as Messi scored his 91st international goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi was cautious about the team\'s chances in Qatar, even though they are among the favourites.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have a very nice group that is very eager, but we think about going little by little. We know that World Cup groups are not easy,\" the seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner said in an interview with CONMEBOL, the South American football federation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Champions arrive -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">France arrived in Doha on Wednesday, seeking to become the first team to retain the World Cup since Brazil in 1962.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten members of the 2018 title-winning squad are in the squad, including captain Hugo Lloris, Kylian Mbappe and Antoine Griezmann.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the defending champions, grouped with Australia, Denmark and Tunisia, are without first-choice midfield pair Paul Pogba and N\'Golo Kante.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ballon d\'Or winner Karim Benzema, who has missed a series of games for Real Madrid this season because of injury, is set for his first World Cup appearance since 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States return to football\'s top table after an eight-year absence and Christian Pulisic says this World Cup is an opportunity to change global perceptions of American soccer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That\'s what we\'re here to do,\" Pulisic told AFP. \"Maybe it hasn\'t been the top sport or whatever back in the States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But we want to change the way that the world sees American soccer. That\'s one of our goals.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The build-up to the tournament in Qatar has been dominated by concerns over Qatar\'s treatment of migrant workers, women and the LGBTQ community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pleas from football\'s world governing body FIFA for a switch of focus to football have gone unheeded by some countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said on Wednesday supporters boycotting the tournament were \"right to do that\" but hoped his team would do enough to persuade fans at home to follow them from afar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I hope that we play so fantastic that at the end of the tournament when we play the final they shall look on television and see how good we are.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The veteran coach hit out at FIFA earlier this year, calling its decision to award Qatar the World Cup \"ridiculous\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think you have to play in football countries. (They have) more experience with everything,\" he said on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Fake fans\' row -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England supporters from India outnumbered fans from England nearly 10 to one as Gareth Southgate\'s team rolled into their World Cup base on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The supporters said they were angered by reports in the British and French media that they were \"fake fans\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sajidh, 29, said Indian football fans in Qatar had been \"outraged\" by reports suggesting they had been paid to wear the shirts of World Cup nations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is purely fake news and I would like to say loud and clear that none of us have been paid in any way,\" added Sajidh, who gave only one name.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are diehard England fans.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">World Cup organisers weighed in on the issue on Wednesday, saying supporters from across the world had contributed to the local atmosphere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Numerous journalists and commentators on social media have questioned whether these are \'real\' fans,\" they said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We thoroughly reject these assertions, which are both disappointing and unsurprising.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 05:04:04', '2022-11-17 05:04:04'),
(3104, 3104, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Myanmar\'s military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser who will be deported, in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military\'s coup last year and a bloody crackdown on dissent that has seen thousands jailed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dozens of foreign nationals have been caught up in the crackdown.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former British envoy Vicky Bowman, Australian economics adviser Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota \"will be released to mark National Day\", a senior officer told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All three would be deported, the junta said without specifying a date.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Altogether, 5,774 prisoners including some 600 women prisoners will be released,\" they said, revising an earlier figure of about 700.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In its statement announcing the amnesty, the junta\'s information team did not say how many of those pardoned had been arrested during the military\'s crackdown on dissent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bowman, who served as ambassador from 2002 to 2006, was detained with her husband in August for failing to declare she was living at an address different from the one listed on her foreigner\'s registration certificate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were later jailed for one year. Her husband, prominent artist Htein Lin, will also be released, the military official said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A British diplomatic source said Bowman had not yet been released, but they \"expected\" her to be freed. The junta statement did not list her husband, a Myanmar citizen, among those due to be deported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ties between Myanmar and its former colonial ruler Britain have soured since the military\'s takeover, with the junta this year criticising the UK\'s recent downgrading of its mission in the country as \"unacceptable\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sean Turnell was working as an adviser to Myanmar\'s civilian leader Suu Kyi when he was detained shortly after the coup in February last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September, he and Suu Kyi were convicted by a closed junta court of breaching the official secrets act and jailed for three years each.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kubota, 26, was detained in July near an anti-government rally in Yangon along with two Myanmar citizens and jailed for 10 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A source at Japan\'s embassy in Myanmar told AFP they had \"been informed that Mr. Kubota will be released today\" by junta authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kubota would leave for Japan \"today\", they added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kubota is the fifth foreign journalist to be detained in Myanmar, after US citizens Nathan Maung and Danny Fenster, Robert Bociaga of Poland and Yuki Kitazumi of Japan -- all of whom were later freed and deported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 170 journalists have been arrested since the coup according to UNESCO, with nearly 70 still in detention.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'We will be more than happy\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Families and friends hoping their loved ones would be included in the amnesty gathered outside Insein prison in Yangon, said AFP reporters who also saw several yellow buses enter the sprawling compound.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">San San Aye said she was waiting for her brothers and sisters to be released.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Three of them were sentenced to three years each eight months ago,\" she told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Their children are waiting at home. We will be more than happy if they are released.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyaw Htay said his son had been sentenced to three years for sharing anti-coup posts on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I hope he will be released today,\" he told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Professor Turnell\'s release is remarkable news after being held hostage by the regime, and his family and friends will be delighted,\" independent analyst David Mathieson told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But he said the junta \"shows no sign of reform and a mass amnesty doesn\'t absolve them of atrocities committed since the coup\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thousands of people jailed since the coup in Myanmar have done nothing wrong and should never have been imprisoned in the first place,\" said Amnesty\'s regional office spokesperson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three former ministers from Suu Kyi\'s ousted government and detained US-Myanmar citizen Kyaw Htay Oo would also be released, the junta official said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military\'s crackdown on dissent since it ousted Suu Kyi\'s government has left more than 2,300 civilians dead, according to a local monitoring group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The junta blames anti-coup fighters for the deaths of almost 3,900 civilians. 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(3105, 3105, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, Nov 17: Dhaka\'s air quality continued to be in the \'unhealthy\' zone as winter is approaching, reports UNB.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 161 at 9:03am today, Dhaka ranked sixth in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore, and India’s Kolkata occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 261, 246 and 204, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 05:26:42', '2022-11-17 05:26:42'),
(3106, 3106, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 17: Members of the Group of 20 leading economies ended their summit Wednesday with a declaration of firm condemnation of the war in Ukraine and a warning that the conflict is making an already delicate world economy worse.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The summit’s closing statement was noteworthy because world leaders managed to highlight a denunciation of the war despite the divisions among the group, which includes not only Russia but also countries such as China and India that have significant trade ties with Moscow and have stopped short of outright criticism of the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> “Most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine and stressed it is causing immense human suffering and exacerbating existing fragilities in the global economy,” the statement said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The use of the words “most members” was a telling sign of the divisions, as was an acknowledgement that “there were other views and different assessments” and that the G-20 is “not the forum to resolve security issues.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even so, the statement’s use of language from a March U.N. resolution that deplored “in the strongest terms the aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine” and demanded “its complete and unconditional withdrawal” from Ukrainian territory was a “big breakthrough,” according to John Kirton, director of the G20 Research Group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Here the G-20 left no doubt about who it knew had started the war and how it should end,” he said in an interview. He noted an “active shift” by China and India, which joined the “democratic side of the great immediate geopolitical divide.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The conflict in Ukraine loomed large over the two-day summit held on the tropical island of Bali in Indonesia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">News early Wednesday of an explosion that rocked eastern Poland prompted U.S. President Joe Biden to hastily arrange an emergency meeting with G-7 and NATO members at the summit. Biden said it was “unlikely” Russia fired the missile but added: “I’m going to make sure we find out exactly what happened.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland and NATO’s head said later Wednesday the missile strike appeared to be unintentional and was probably launched by air defenses in Ukraine as Russia was bombarding the country in an attack that savaged its power grid. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, however, disputed the preliminary findings and asked for further investigation. Russia denied involvement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden was joined at the G-20 by leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and new British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, Russia pounded Ukrainian cities with dozens of missile strikes in its biggest barrage yet on the country’s energy facilities, which have been repeatedly struck as winter approaches.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak, speaking to reporters at the close of the meeting, called the attacks “the cruel and unrelenting reality of Putin’s war.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> “While other world leaders were working together to tackle the greatest challenges our people face, Putin was launching indiscriminate attacks on civilians in Ukraine,” Sunak said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The war, he added, will “continue to devastate the global economy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The careful wording of the final G-20 statement reflected tensions at the gathering and the challenge faced by the United States and its allies as they try to isolate Putin’s government. Several G-20 members, including host Indonesia, are wary of becoming entangled in disputes between bigger powers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Indonesian President Joko Widodo told reporters that the portion of the declaration dealing with the war was the most contentious part of the negotiations and that discussions were “very, very tough.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final product was seen by some as a strong rebuke of a war that has killed thousands, heightened global security tensions and disrupted the world economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said the G-20 summit’s “surprisingly clear words” on Ukraine “wouldn’t have been possible if important countries hadn’t helped us to come together this way — that includes India and it also includes, for example, South Africa.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> “This is something which shows that there are many in the world who don’t think this war is right, who condemn it, even if they abstained in the votes at the United Nations for various reasons,” Scholz said. “And I am sure that this is one of the results of this summit: the Russian president stands almost alone in the world with his policy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who led the Russian delegation in place of Putin, denounced the Biden administration push to condemn Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China’s support for a public statement critical of Russia surprised some.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beijing likely did so because Chinese President Xi Jinping “doesn’t want to back a loser” after Russia’s defeat in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, said Kirton, the analyst. “He knows he needs G-20 cooperation to address the many growing vulnerabilities that China now confronts,” from climate change to the pandemic to the nation’s “financial fragility of its over-leveraged housing and property markets.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The G-20 was founded in 1999 originally as a forum to address economic challenges. It includes Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union. Spain holds a permanent guest seat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 16-page statement also expressed deep concern on a range of issues, including food and energy crises made worse by the war in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders said that amid food shortages and rising prices they’d take “urgent actions to save lives, prevent hunger and malnutrition, particularly to address the vulnerabilities of developing countries.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed hope that a vital deal brokered by Turkey and the U.N. to export Ukrainian grain would be extended before it expires Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The July deal allowed major grain producer Ukraine to resume exports from ports that had been largely blocked because of the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> “As of now, I am of the opinion that the (grain agreement) will continue,” Erdogan said. “As soon as we return, we will continue our talks, especially with Mr. Putin. Because the way to peace is through dialogue.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The emergency meeting Wednesday included the leaders of the G-7, which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the European Union, along with the president of the European Council and the prime ministers of NATO allies Spain and the Netherlands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden held a separate meeting later with Sunak, in their first extended conversation since the British leader took office last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> “We’re going to continue to support Ukraine as long as Russia continues their aggression,” Biden said alongside Sunak, adding that he was “glad we’re on the same page” in backing Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden said the leaders condemned the latest Russian attacks, which have caused widespread blackouts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> “The moment when the world came together at the G-20 to urge de-escalation, Russia continues to escalate in Ukraine, while we’re meeting,” Biden said. 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(3107, 3107, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ajay Devgn is known for playing pranks on sets and he did the same when working on his latest film Drishyam 2. Actor Ishita Dutta revealed how the crew once feared someone was drowning in the sea, only to realise later that it was just one of Ajay\'s pranks. </b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Drishyam 2 is all set for a theatrical release on November 18. Ajay reprises his role in the film that also features Tabu, Shriya Saran, Akshaye Khanna. The movie is directed by Abhishek Pathak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recalling the fun they had on sets, Ishita told Dainik Bhaskar, “As always he\'d (Ajay would) joke around and play pranks on sets of Drishyam 2 as well. We were shooting a song and we suddenly noticed someone was drowning in the sea. All of us got scared but we later realised it was a prank that Ajay sir had planned with that person.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drishyam released in 2015 and was a remake of the s Malayalam movie by the same name, which featured Mohanlal in the lead and released in 2013. It was directed by National-Award-winning director Nishikant Kamat, who died in 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohanlal\'s Drishyam 2, the Malayalam film released in February 2021. It was directed by Jeethu Joseph and also starred Meena, Ansiba Hassan and Esther Anil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from Drishyam 2, Ajay is working on his next directorial Bholaa. He will also star in producer Boney Kapoor\'s upcoming period film Maidaan. Ajay will also be seen in Neeraj Pandey\'s untitled thriller. His recent outing Thank God that saw a theatrical release on October 25. It also starred Sidharth Malhotra and Rakul Preet Singh. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 06:12:02', '2022-11-17 16:01:41'),
(3108, 3108, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder has said there will be no foreign exchange crisis from January 2023, as the country\'s exports and remittances have become surplus compared to imports.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said this while speaking on the state of financial sector at the national seminar on LDC Graduation, organized by Economic Relations Division (ERD) in a Dhaka hotel this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rouf said a Bangladesh Bank investigation found that the country\'s unusual import volume rose over $8 billion since beginning of this year. After looking into the matter and checking the imported goods, the imports fell to $5 billion, which is usual.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We found in the investigation that some goods were imported with 20 percent to 200 percent over-invoicing. Import volume fell as we checked such incidents,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Bank is also working to check both under-invoicing and over-invoicing, to foreign exchange smuggling, and revenue earning, the Bangladesh Bank governor said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is restriction on LC opening, and the central bank is only looking into the LCs\' values and actual market value of goods, which will continue to check foreign exchange smuggling through hundi, he said. Planning Minister MA Mannan was the chief guest at the programme. Principal secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaus, FBCCI president Md Jasim Uddin, ERD secretary Sharifa Khan, also spoke in the function. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 06:22:48', '2022-11-17 06:22:48'),
(3109, 3109, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the authorities concerned to implement the Kuwait\'s proposal to set up oil refinery in Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Work to implement Kuwait\'s proposal to build oil refinery in Bangladesh,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said this while Kuwait Ambassador to Bangladesh Faisal Mutlaq Aladwani paid a courtesy call on her at the latter\'s official Ganabhaban residence here this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister also instructed to hold the Bangladesh-Kuwait Joint Economic Commission meeting at the quickest possible time. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 06:50:28', '2022-11-17 06:50:28'),
(3110, 3110, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged Singaporean entrepreneurs to make larger investment in Bangladesh\'s economic zones as Singapore expressed eagerness to work together on sustainable and renewable energy alongside exploring new areas of cooperation.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh is establishing 100 special economic zones across the country. I invite entrepreneurs of Singapore to invest in those economic zones,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hasina expressed her invitation when Singapore\'s Minister for Transport and Minister in charge of Trade Relations S. Iswaran paid a courtesy call on her at the premier\'s official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka Thursday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier also stressed the need for establishing agro-processing industries in the economic zones. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 07:02:03', '2022-11-17 07:02:03');
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(3111, 3111, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fifty years ago, three NASA astronauts splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, concluding the final Apollo mission. Less than a dozen years after President John F. Kennedy challenged the United States to commit itself to “landing a man on the moon and returning him safely back to the Earth,” that historic program had achieved its goals and ended.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, we’re going back. But this time will be different.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A pivotal moment for the return of crewed missions to the moon occurred at 1:47 a.m. EST on November 16, with the successful launch of Artemis I. NASA’s high-powered Space Launch System rocket roared and crackled as it lifted off the Florida coast on its maiden voyage. The rocket pushed the Orion capsule toward the moon, on a flight testing the technology that will eventually bring astronauts, both men and women, back to the lunar surface.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It was just a spectacular launch,” says geologist Jose Hurtado of the University of Texas at El Paso, who works with NASA on mission simulations and programs to train astronauts in geology. “It really hits home to me what I love about space exploration, especially human exploration. It’s just an aspirational and inspirational spectacle, and I hope that everybody that was watching it got some of that inspiration.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now, the United States and China are leading the way to return humans to the moon. The two countries’ programs are massive and complex undertakings with potentially big payoffs. Both aim to boost scientific understanding about the moon and the early Earth, develop new technologies for space exploration and use on Earth, as well as set the stage for longer-term human space exploration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Better than rovers</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apollo was “a technological program to serve political ends,” says space historian Teasel Muir-Harmony. It was rooted in the political tension and conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. The program “was about winning the hearts and minds of the world public. It was a demonstration of world leadership … of the strength of democracy and then also of capitalism,” says Muir-Harmony, curator of the Apollo Spacecraft Collection at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took the first-ever steps on the moon on July 20, 1969. Over the next few years, 10 more American men hopped, skipped and even drove across the pewter-colored, lifeless terrain of our planet’s only natural companion.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apollo 17 was the final mission in that series of landings, ending on December 14, 1972 (SN: 12/23/72, p. 404). Once Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt left their footprints embossed in the lunar dust and joined Ronald Evans in the command module, humans stopped walking on the moon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the decades since Apollo 17, about two dozen spacecraft from various countries have visited the moon. Some have orbited, others have slammed into the surface so researchers could study the material in the debris of those collisions, and some have landed and brought lunar samples back to Earth (SN: 1/16/21, p. 7).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While these uncrewed spacecraft have made some big strides in lunar exploration, humans could do better. “Nothing can replace the value of having a human brain and human eyes there on the scene,” Hurtado says. SN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 07:27:25', '2022-11-17 07:27:25'),
(3112, 3112, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President M Abdul Hamid on Thursday returned home, wrapping up his 20-day visit to Germany and the United Kingdom (UK) for health checkup and eye treatment.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A VVIP flight (BG 202) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited carrying the President, his wife Rashida Khanam and his entourage members landed the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at 11:05 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq, British high commissioner in Dhaka, cabinet secretary, chiefs of the three services, chief coordinator of SDG affairs at Prime Minister\'s Office, foreign secretary, home secretary, IGP and other military and civil officials were present at the airport to welcome the President.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the aircraft boarding the President left London Heathrow Airport at 7:17 pm (London time), Ashequn Nabi Chowdhury, Minister (Press) at the High Commission of Bangladesh in London, told BSS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK) Saida Muna Tasneen and senior officials of Bangladesh Mission in London saw the President off at the airport, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of State left Dhaka for Germany\'s capital Berlin on October 29 and from there, he flew to London of the United Kingdom (UK) on November 5.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 78-year-old President has been suffering from Glaucoma for long.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He used to have his health checkup in London and Berlin while he was the Jatiya Sangsad speaker. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 07:30:48', '2022-11-17 07:30:48'),
(3113, 3113, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Flu vaccinations can prevent influenza and reduce cardiac consequences, which can both save the lives of persons with cardiovascular disease.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An international study led by McMaster University researchers and published in The Lancet Global Health has found that influenza vaccines greatly reduce both pneumonia and cardiovascular complications in people with heart failure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"If you have heart failure, you should get your flu shot because it can save your life - that is what we found in this study,\" said the study\'s principal investigator Mark Loeb.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loeb is a McMaster professor of pathology and molecular medicine and a Hamilton infectious disease physician and microbiologist.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is underappreciated that influenza vaccine can save people from cardiovascular death,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study showed that over the entire year the influenza vaccine reduced pneumonia by 40 per cent and hospitalization by 15 per cent in patients with heart failure. During influenza season in the fall and winter, the influenza vaccine reduced deaths by 20 per cent in these patients.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Data gathered during flu season also showed the vaccine helped protect against cardiovascular complications, such as heart attacks and strokes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This collaborative clinical trial between McMaster and the Population Health Research Institute of McMaster and Hamilton Health Sciences, had investigators track more than 5,000 patients with heart failure in 10 countries across Africa, Asia and the Middle East where few people have regular influenza vaccination. They received either an influenza vaccine or a placebo annually between June 2015 and November 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the flu has long been associated with an increased risk of life-threatening cardiovascular events, Loeb said that people with heart failure are already vulnerable to poor health outcomes. Patients with the condition have a 50 per cent chance of dying within five years, while 20 per cent are hospitalized for cardiovascular complications every year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Importantly, we looked at low and middle-income countries where 80 per cent of cardiovascular disease occurs and where flu vaccination rates are low.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salim Yusuf, executive director of PHRI and an author of the study said: “The flu shot should be part of the standard practise in people with heart failure given how simple, inexpensive and safe it is. Avoiding one sixth of deaths from heart disease and preventing hospitalizations makes it very cost effective and that can have an important public health and clinical impact.” HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 08:03:23', '2022-11-17 08:03:23'),
(3114, 3114, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday inaugurated the first-ever national level conference and fair on Hajj and Umrah Management in the capital.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She opened the event at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre through a virtual platform from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) in collaboration with the Religious Affairs Ministry arranged “The National Conference on Hajj and Umrah Management-2022 and Hajj and Umrah Fair.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The objectives of the event include providing the pilgrims with proper hajj-related information, making them aware about current technology-based hajj management, enabling them to directly contact with Hajj agencies and reducing the interference of middlemen and scammers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two seminars will be held on \'Hajj and Umrah Management: Achievements and Actions needed\' and \'e-Hajj Management and Route to Mecca Initiatives\' at the conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Different Hajj agencies, financial organisations and the concerned authorities have installed some 150 stalls and pavilions in the three-day Hajj and Umrah Fair, which remains open to pilgrims from 10am to 8pm every day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is the 4th largest pilgrim-sending country in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 90 percent of Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims and 100 percent umrah pilgrims go to Saudi Arabia under private management.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Religious Affairs Md. Faridul Haque Khan, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism M Mahbub Ali, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Yussef Essa Al Dulaihan, Religious Affairs Secretary Kazi Enamul Hassan and HAAB president Shahadat Hossain Taslim spoke at the inaugural ceremony. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 08:10:14', '2022-11-17 08:10:14'),
(3115, 3115, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The price of sugar has been increased by Tk13 per kg and soybean oil price has been hiked by Tk12 per litre.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the new prices, consumers will have to pay Tk190 for a one-litre bottle of soybean oil and Tk108 for a kilogram of packaged sugar.</div><div><br></div><div>Whereas, the prices have been set at Tk172 and Tk102 for loose oil and sugar respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>The new rates will be effective immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Separate notifications were issued by the Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association and Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners and Vanaspati Manufacturers Association confirming the new prices on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the price of palm oil has been fixed at Tk121 per litre and a five-litre bottle of soybean oil from today will cost Tk925. Earlier on 3 October, the price of soybean oil was reduced by Tk14.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 10:21:28', '2022-11-17 10:21:28'),
(3116, 3116, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to resist misinterpretation of Islam carried out by evil forces and eradicate darkness, illiteracy, discord, violence, terrorism and militancy from the society being imbued with the essence of the religion of peace.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Let us all hold the message of Islam in our hearts and eradicate darkness, illiteracy, discord, violence, terrorism and militancy from the society; resist the evil force which are making misinterpretation of Islam,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier made this call while addressing the national level Hajj and Umrah Management Conference-2022 and opening ceremony of Hajj and Umrah fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), organized by Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB).</div><div><br></div><div>She joined the function virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has done a lot for Islam in the country and as his successor; her government is working relentless to uphold the spirit of Islam and for welfare of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Islam is the best religion in the world, but this holy religion is sometimes exposed to criticism due to few militants.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'ve adopted zero tolerance policy towards militancy to uphold the peaceful glory of holy Islam by keeping the country free from militancy,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said they have formed committee comprising Islamic scholars in every area so that no child can get involved with militancy and drugs.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier added that Imams are being provided training engaging the religious leaders for the development of human resources.</div><div>The objectives of the event include providing the pilgrims with proper hajj-related information, making them aware about current technology-based hajj management, enabling them directly contact with Hajj agencies and reducing the influence of middlemen and scammers.</div><div><br></div><div>Two seminars would be held on \"Hajj and Umrah Management: Achievements and Actions needed\" and \"e-Hajj Management and Route to Makkah Initiatives\" in the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Different Hajj agencies, financial organisations and the concerned authorities have set up some 150 stalls and pavilions in the three-day Hajj and Umrah fair, which remains open from 10am to 8pm every day.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, among the world, is the 4th largest pilgrim-sending country to Makkah.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 90 percent of Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims and 100 percent umrah pilgrims go to Saudi Arabia under private management.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Md. Mahbub Ali, State Minister for Religious Affairs Md. Faridul Haque Khan, its Secretary Kazi Enamul Hassan, Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Issa bin Youssef Al-Dahilan and HAAB President M Shahadat Hossain Taslim also spoke at the inaugural ceremony. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 10:54:16', '2022-11-17 10:54:16'),
(3117, 3117, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Janhvi Kapoor took some time out of her busy life and gave a tour of her Chennai home to Vogue India. The 25-year-old actress began the video with these words: \"Hi guys, welcome to my Chennai house.\" </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first spot that Janhvi showed in the video was her dad Boney Kapoor\'s office. Janhvi Kapoor shared a \"fun fact\" about the property and said, \"It was the first property that mom (Sridevi) ever bought and it was very different when she bought it and she decided to do it up after she got married.\" </div><div><br></div><div>Janhvi then showed a lot of paintings made by Sridevi. She also gave tour of the dinning room, the gym, her bedroom, a \"secret room\" and also her favourite corner of the house - \"a memorabilia wall.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Looking back at some of the throwback pictures, the Dhadak star added, \"This is mom and dad\'s marriage photo. I think this was some sort of a secret wedding which is why they seem so stressed. I don\'t know if I was supposed to say that.\" Janhvi Kapoor revealed that photo wall was \"actually mom\'s idea.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to a \"secret room,\" the actress said, \"Fun fact, there is a secret room inside here. I don\'t know what is in the room.\" </div><div><br></div><div>Janhvi Kapoor then gave a tour of the room with the TV and said, \"I spend most of time here with my sister (Khushi Kapoor).\" After the terrace, Janhvi Kapoor showed her gym and described it as her \"sanctuary.\" She revealed that all the paintings on the wall in that area were made by her and sister Khushi during the lockdown.</div><div><br></div><div>Here\'s the video of Janhvi Kapoor giving a house tour: Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 12:08:28', '2022-11-17 12:09:33'),
(3118, 3118, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government is trying to push the country towards instability and uncertainty by creating a chaotic situation over their party’s rally in the capital on December 10.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a press conference at the party chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also said from the ruling party leaders’ ‘unguarded’ comments on foiling the rally it seems that there will be a war in the capital on December 10.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader, however, warned that the country\'s people will never accept any attempt to thwart a peaceful democratic program. “People will make this rally a success by braving all barriers.”</div><div><br></div><div>“BNP has been moving forward with its programmes very responsibly in a peaceful and democratic manner enduring all obstacles, attacks and repressions. But the ministers and leaders of the unelected government have indulged in a nefarious plot to foil the BNP’s mass rally in Dhaka by inflaming the situation with their irresponsible and provocative statements,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said BNP’s Dhaka rally will be held as part of the divisional programmes of the party’s ongoing movement for the restoration of democracy.</div><div><br></div><div>“The people from all walks of life will join the rally to push for their just demands and raise their voice for the restoration of democracy by foiling all the evil plans of the government,” the BNP leader said.</div><div><br></div><div>He alleged that the government has been arresting BNP leaders and activists and implicating them in false cases centring the December-10 rally, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>Mirza Fakhrul Islam said, “This government is creating such an atmosphere centring the rally as if there will be a war in Dhaka on December 10. But we’re clearly saying that this is part of our 10 divisional rallies that we have announced earlier and the Dhaka rally will be our last scheduled programme,” the BNP leader said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said their party will announce their next course of action and will move forward towards a greater movement with their demands from the Dhaka rally.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“This is not our final rally or the final programme of our movement. This is our general and peaceful democratic programme,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Awami League leaders and activists are deliberately trying to create chaos as they experience the nightmare of losing power every moment since they have got isolated from people. Out of that fear, they are threatening us by using all the state machinery…are you the government of goons or mafias? If so, announce it clearly, and then we won’t consider you a democratic political party,” Fakhrul added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 13:13:09', '2022-11-17 13:13:09'),
(3119, 3119, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Social Welfare recommended taking necessary steps by the ministry concerned to identify the real Hijras (transgender people) through proper medical test.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The committee made this recommendation in a meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with committee chairman Rashed Khan Menon in the chair.</div><div><br></div><div>Committee members Social welfare minister Nuruzzaman Ahmed, Md Shibli Sadique, Bodruddoza Md Farhad Hossain and Aroma Dutta attended the meeting, among others, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Social Welfare Md Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru joined the meeting on special invitation, the release added.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meeting, the implementation progress of the decisions of the 22nd meeting, the activities of child development center under the Department of Social Services (DSS) and the social services hospitals were discussed in detail.</div><div><br></div><div>The parliamentary watchdog also suggested sending a letter from the Ministry of Social Welfare to the Ministry of Finance to meet the daily-food needs of the Child Development Center run by the DSS.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee members recommended providing one-time payment from the Ministry of Social Welfare for the treatment of six complicated and incurable diseases through cheques in the presence of local public representatives. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 13:33:55', '2022-11-17 13:33:55'),
(3120, 3120, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Visiting UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights for older persons Claudia Mahler today applauded Bangladesh\'s safety net programme Old Age Allowance, benefiting almost half the older population, and observed that more funding is needed for the scheme.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The limited budget allocation for this programme barely covers the cost of medicines older persons need,\" she said at a press conference after concluding an 11-day visit here.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN expert also lauded Bangladesh government\'s success in tackling COVID pandemic and appreciated for giving priority to the older persons in getting jabs at first place.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She also welcomed Bangladesh\'s dedicated National Policy on Older Persons, as a first commendable step.</div><div><br></div><div>However, she said there is a lack of a time-bonding action plan in implementing the national policy.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahler also urged the government to implement measures to mitigate the impacts of climate change on older persons and expressed concern that geriatric healthcare is scarce.</div><div><br></div><div>She suggested Bangladesh to take concrete action to combat entrenched and pervasive ageism and follow through on its planned measures to ensure human rights protection of older persons.</div><div><br></div><div>Acknowledging Bangladesh\'s ongoing challenges related to climate change and a growing economic and financial crisis, she called upon the government to recognise older persons\' experiences, skills and contributions to their families and society at large.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Such recognition would enhance support and protection to a growing proportion of the population that remains invisible,\" Mahler said.</div><div><br></div><div>She suggested that specific attention should be given to older persons living in vulnerable situations.</div><div><br></div><div>During her visit, the Independent Expert met with relevant government authorities at national and local levels, civil society, stakeholders working on the rights of older persons and more than 200 older persons.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I remain hopeful that Bangladesh will provide the appropriate political will and budgeting to strengthen the protection of older persons in the country,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The expert will present a comprehensive report of her findings and recommendations to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva in September 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahler, an Austrian national, was appointed by the UN Human Rights Council as Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons in May 2020. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 14:07:25', '2022-11-17 14:07:25'),
(3121, 3121, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dubai-based Norwegian-Pakistani millionaire Umar Farooq Zahoor’s interview with Geo News anchor Shahzeb Khanzada concerning the purchase of Toshakhana gifts has raised many questions for the PTI Chairman and former premier Imran Khan.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first question is why Imran sold the Toshakhana gifts for $2,000,000 through Bushra Bibi’s friend Farah Gogi and why she insisted on payment in hard cash.</div><div><br></div><div>The second question came after the PTI Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry claimed on his twitter handle that Imran Khan had not sold the Toshakhana gifts to Umar Farooq. If this is the case, then who sold out these gifts to Umar Farooq?</div><div><br></div><div>The third question is if the money has been brought back to Pakistan. If this is the case, then where is the banking transaction? If the gifts have been sold to someone else, then where is the banking transaction concerning the sale?</div><div><br></div><div>The fourth question is why sale proceeds of Rs58,000,000 were shown after selling the precious gifts for Rs280,000,000. Was it done to save tax or the money trail?</div><div><br></div><div>The fifth question is if these gifts were worth Rs1,700,000,000 in 2019, then why a huge loss of Rs1,680,000,000 was dealt to the state kitty by paying just Rs21,200,000.</div><div><br></div><div>Were these precious gifts deliberately undervalued first and then purchased after paying just 20 percent?</div><div><br></div><div>All these mind-boggling questions were WhatsApped to Shahzad Akbar, who according to Umar Farooq Zahoor had introduced him to Farah Gogi, and Fawad Chaudhry but there was no response.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Shahzad Akbar’s tweet has also raised many questions about Umar Farooq Zahoor. Shahzad did tweet denying that he’d ever met Umar or talked to him but he did not tell how the Toshakhana gifts reached Umar Farooq. The Geo platform is available to Imran Khan, Shahzad Akbar and Farah Gogi to defend their positions. Source: thenews.com.pk</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 14:31:52', '2022-11-17 14:31:52'),
(3122, 3122, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Additional Commissioner (Detective Branch) of DMP, Mohammad Harunur Rashid, has said that Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash was not killed in Narayanganj’s Chanpara.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We don’t think Fardin was killed in Chanpara. We’re going to analyse CCTV footage,” said Harun.</div><div><br></div><div>The police officer said this while talking to journalists on Thursday noon.</div><div><br></div><div>Harun informed that Fardin’s last tracked location was in Dhaka’s Jatrabari.</div><div><br></div><div>“Fardin went inside a Laguna. He was accompanied by 3-4 men in t-shirts. The laguna went towards Tarabo Bishwa Road in Narayanganj. We’re looking for the driver of the laguna and the people who were accompanying Fardin,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Harun added that it would have been impossible for Fardin to reach Chanpara from Jatrabari that night, considering the time he was murdered, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“Fardin left Jatrabari around 2:15am and was killed around 2:30am. It’s not possible to reach Chanpara from Jatrabari within 15 minutes. That’s why we’re suspecting that the murder happened somewhere else,” added Harun.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 15:37:16', '2022-11-17 15:37:16'),
(3123, 3123, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>What do Bill Hwang, the disgraced US investor, and Liz Truss, Britain\'s shortest-serving prime minister, have in common?&nbsp;</b></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span><br></div><div>They were behind two of the multiple mini-crises in recent years that have gotten investors, bankers and regulators sweating about systemic risks for financial markets and investment funds. What people aren\'t talking about enough, however, is the knock-on effect for banks.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks are far stronger and more stable than before the 2008 crisis, as I\'ve written before. But they remain directly exposed to the market-based version of finance that has ballooned in the past decade. And that exposure can be far more dangerous than expected when a very large fund or group of funds hits big problems fast as highlighted by the collapse of Hwang\'s Archegos Capital Management, or the pension fund-driven turmoil in UK government bond markets triggered by Truss\'s unfunded tax cuts.</div><div><br></div><div>Let\'s first take a step back. Market-based finance – often called shadow banking – covers all the ways in which companies or households get funding from investors in capital markets.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Those investors include insurers, pension funds, hedge funds and myriad vehicles known by obscure acronyms. Global supervisors at the Financial Stability Board call these non-bank financial intermediaries.</div><div><br></div><div>NBFIs or shadow banks 1 controlled $225 trillion at the end of 2020, or nearly half of all global financial assets, according to an FSB report last week. That is up from $102 trillion in 2008. They have overtaken banks, whose global assets were $114 trillion in 2008 and rose to $180 trillion in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Looming Shadows</div><div>Growth in market-based finance, or shadow banks, has outpaced banks.</div><div><br></div><div>This outcome was a deliberate aim of post-crisis rule changes that were designed to make the financial system safer and to lessen the need for future bank bailouts by distancing depositors from racier areas of finance. But growth was turbocharged by monetary policy: Big central banks created trillions of dollars to take government bonds out of markets and encourage investors to buy corporate debt or mortgages, for example, instead.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Quantitative easing was a market-based stimulus more than one to drive bank lending.</div><div><br></div><div>People have been fretting about shadow banking for years already, but they mostly worried about liquidity risks, which means the troubles caused when lots of people all try to pull their money from funds with hard-to-sell assets.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The FSB and other regulators have been working on ways to improve liquidity management of various types of funds to make them and markets generally more able to cope with any dash for cash by investors.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the collapse of Archegos in 2021 and the recent extreme volatility in UK government bond markets have revived another ghost from the past: Hidden leverage and the damage it can do to shadow banks\' counterparties. We\'ve seen this disaster-movie before in the failure of Long-Term Capital Management in 1998, for example.</div><div><br></div><div>Leverage is just any method you can use to amplify the power of your bets. You could borrow money to make your wager bigger – and so increase your potential gains and losses.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Alternatively, you could use derivatives such as swaps, which allow you to make a large bet while only ponying up a fraction of its full notional value.</div><div><br></div><div>The trouble with derivatives is that counterparties like banks or clearinghouses have a harder time tracking the true scale of leverage their use creates.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The more counterparties used by a single investor, the more hidden the leverage can be. And the more concentrated the bets — either because one investor is making the same bets many times over, as Archegos did, or because many similar investors are all making the same bets, as happened with UK gilts — the more dangerous it can be for counterparties to unwind losing trades. In both cases, a fire sale of collateral to close out the bet can destroy the value of the very security that\'s meant to protect the counterparty.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks are protected from losses by collateral – the cash or bonds that investors put up against their trades. If bets go against investors, the bank asks for more cash or bonds. When the collateral is easy to find, or easy for banks to sell, this all works fine.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Even in stress tests, the losses that banks suffer from investors defaulting on derivatives bets are relatively small. In the Federal Reserve\'s 2022 test, counterparty default losses are lumped in with all other trading desk losses and the combined hit was still only 16% of total banking system losses. For a big universal bank like JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co., the trading and counterparty loss was 17% of the total.</div><div><br></div><div>But these tests might be misleading: Hidden and concentrated leverage can hurt much more. Archegos was only one fund, but it cost a group of banks about $10 billion in losses.</div><div><br></div><div>In October\'s UK government bond selloff, the Bank of England said it intervened to protect the stability of the market because gilts are crucial to the pricing of everything else.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The British financial blogger Frances Coppola mused at the time that the Bank might also have acted to prevent big losses to banks as counterparties to pension funds\' derivatives trades. I think she had a point. Sarah Breeden, Bank of England executive director for financial stability, warned about hidden leverage and how it can hurt big banks at the core of the financial system in a trenchant speech on the gilt market debacle last week.</div><div><br></div><div>Breeden\'s conclusions were that banks need more information from shadow banks about the full extent of their positions and the leverage involved, and that banks should be more creative in thinking up scenarios where shadow banks might default and their collateral might be dropping in value, too.</div><div><br></div><div>Markets are going to remain much more volatile than they have been in the past decade. Hidden leverage is hard to quantify, obviously, but it has certainly grown among shadow banks during the long years of ultra-low yields. We will see more episodes where some corner of the markets hits a stomach churning air pocket.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The banking system is much safer than in the past, but it isn\'t quarantined from market-based finance, or its disasters. - Paul J. Davies,&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Bloomberg', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 16:11:40', '2022-11-17 16:11:40'),
(3124, 3124, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The 46th death anniversary of veteran politician Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani was observed in Santosh of Tangail today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Marking the day, Vice Chancellor of Maulana Bhashani Science and Technology University Professor Dr Farhad Hossain placed a floral wreath at the mausoleum of Maulana Bhashani and offered munajat there seeking eternal peace of the departed soul.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, members of late Bhashani\'s family, local Awami League district unit, local Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) unit, Krishak Sramik Janata League, Jatiya Party and various socio-cultural organization paid their tributes to Maulana Bhashani in Santosh.</div><div><br></div><div>Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani was born on December 12 in 1880 and he died on November 17 in 1976.</div><div><br></div><div>A doa mahfil was also arranged and foods were distributed among the distressed people marking his death anniversary. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-17 16:19:42', '2022-11-17 16:19:42'),
(3125, 3125, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A large fire that ripped through a home north of Gaza City where fuel was being stored killed at least 21 people including seven children on Thursday, official and medical sources said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hamas Islamists, who control the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave, said firefighters had managed to contain the blaze in Jabalia that left charred walls and mounds of black soot before being put out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gaza\'s civil defence unit confirmed in a statement that 21 people had been killed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia, Saleh Abu Laila, told AFP that the facility had received the bodies of at least seven children.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the cause of the fire remained unknown, a spokesman for the civil defence unit told AFP that supplies of fuel were stored in the house.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank -- a separate Palestinian territory -- considered the fire \"a national tragedy\", his spokesman said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abbas declared a day of mourning on Friday, with flags to be flown at half-mast, and offered to send aid to families of the victims to \"ease their suffering\", spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior PA official Hussein Al Sheikh urged Israel to open the Erez crossing that connects Gaza with southern Israel and is normally closed at night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This would allow the transport of critically-hurt patients \"in order to treat them outside the Gaza Strip if necessary\", Al Sheikh said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz tweeted that his staff would assist with \"humanitarian evacuations of the injured to (Israeli) hospitals\", expressing sympathy for the \"serious disaster\" in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Blazes are common -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A large crowd of onlookers gathered on the street outside the multi-storey home as the blaze raged, sending plumes of smoke billowing out the top of the concrete building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jabalia is a refugee camp, but like many such Palestinians camps, now includes large buildings and in many respects resembles a city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crowds remained on the street, with hundreds of police and emergency response workers on hand, after the blaze had been extinguished.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gaza, densely populated with 2.3 million people, has been under Israeli blockade since 2007, a measure Israel says is necessary to contain threats from armed groups in the strip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With electricity supply sparse in the impoverished territory, domestic blazes are common, as Gazans seek alternative sources for cooking and light, including kerosene lamps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year Gaza received an average of 12 hours of mains electricity daily, up from just seven hours five years ago, according to United Nations data.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New dangers arise in the winter when many people burn coal for heat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hamas said an investigation was underway to determine the cause. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-18 05:54:24', '2022-11-18 05:54:24'),
(3126, 3126, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that millions of Ukrainians had no electricity, as fresh Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine and crippled the country\'s energy infrastructure.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Currently, more than 10 million Ukrainians are without electricity,\" he said, adding that the regions of Odessa, Vinnytsia, Sumy and Kyiv were most affected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are doing everything to normalise the supply,\" Zelensky added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has faced strikes against its power grid following battlefield victories against Russia, the latest being Moscow\'s retreat from the southern city of Kherson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AFP journalists in several Ukraine cities said the latest strikes coincided with the first snow this season, after officials in Kyiv warned of \"difficult\" days ahead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Damage to Ukraine\'s electricity infrastructure has been so extensive that authorities have been imposing power cuts to relieve the grid. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-18 05:58:31', '2022-11-18 05:58:31'),
(3127, 3127, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Senegal star Sadio Mane has lost his race to be fit for the 2022 World Cup and has been withdrawn from their squad, the country\'s football federation announced on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">His club Bayern Munich added later that the 30-year-old, who was voted second in the Ballon d\'Or last month behind Karim Benzema, had undergone \"successful surgery\" in Innsbruck where \"a tendon was reattached to the head of his right fibula\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bayern said Mane \"will begin his rehab in Munich in the next few days\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The absence of the talismanic Mane is a massive blow to the Senegalese. He scored the winning penalty in a shootout victory against Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final and repeated the feat against the same opponents to qualify the Lions of Teranga for the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mane was voted African footballer of the year for his feats, and has scored 33 times in 92 matches for Senegal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He picked up his shin injury playing for Bayern earlier this month but was named in the World Cup squad in the hope he could regain fitness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But on Thursday Senegal said the former Liverpool star would not make it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately, today\'s (Thursday) MRI shows us that the improvement is not as favorable as we imagined and unfortunately we have to withdraw Sadio from the World Cup,\" said team doctor, Manuel Afonso in a video on the official Senegal Twitter account.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senegal had originally hoped the forward would be fit in time for their opening game on November 21 against the Netherlands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will also take on hosts Qatar and Ecuador in Group A.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senegal football federation chief Augustin Senghor told AFP Thursday there was no panic over the loss and said the player\'s health had been paramount in their decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have been ready for this since the news of his injury,\" Senghor said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We had been waiting for new test results and when they came in we all agreed his health had to come first.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked how the team had taken the blow Senghor replied: \"Zen\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Senegal international Pape Gueye told AFP that Mane would be missed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Mane is irreplacable,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But we do have other options on the flank, and that\'s a ray of hope on a dark day for Senegal.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After naming Mane in his World Cup squad a week ago, coach Aliou Cisse was optimistic but cautious.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Losing Sadio Mane is not an easy thing for a coach, for the team, even for African football,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mane had been in Munich receiving treatment with his club. AFP</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-18 06:32:24', '2022-11-18 06:32:24');
