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(127, 127, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The much-awaited Padma Bridge finally opened to traffic on Sunday. With this, the tourism industry of the country’s southwest region is expected to undergo massive transformation.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thousands will get jobs, a new economic corridor will be opened for the region’s people. New establishments will grow centering Khulna, Bagerhat and Kuakata and the number of tourists will increase. Income from the tourism sector will also shoot up manifold, according to officials and tour operators.</div><div><br></div><div>The expected transformation will be brought about by the Padma Bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Bagerhat district administration and the government’s archeology department, two out of three Unesco-declared world heritage sites of the country are in Bagerhat region. </div><div><br></div><div>On one side of the district is the Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest of the world, and on the other side is the historical Sat Gombuz Mosque (Sixty Dome Mosque).</div><div><br></div><div>There are 17 more Unesco-declared important sites in this area. In the fiscal year 2021-22, a total of 12,000 tourists came to visit the Sundarban’s Bagerhat part and 180,000 tourists visited the Sat Gombuz Mosque. Revenue earned by the government from these two sites has been Tk1.25 crore and Tk60 lakh, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Shakir Hossain, member of Sundarban Tourist Club, said that the only way to enter and exit Bagerhat district is through roads.</div><div><br></div><div>“The opening of the Padma Bridge will definitely increase the number of tourists coming to Bagerhat, as better road connections will be established now,” Shakir hoped.</div><div><br></div><div>Rubel Hossain, a trawler trader from Khulna’s Mongla area, said that their main business is related to The Sundarbans’ Eco Tourism Center and the forest’s Wildlife Procreation Center in Karamjal.</div><div><br></div><div>“It takes about half an hour to reach Karamjal from Mongla on a trawler. The number of tourists in this route used to be low due to bad road networks, which will change now through the introduction of Padma Bridge to the region’s road connectivity,” Rubel said.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Kamruzzaman, owner of a hotel in Khan Jahan Ali’s Shrine area, said that the hotel owners of the area had to incur heavy losses due to a lack of tourists throughout the year.</div><div><br></div><div>“Padma Bridge will make travelling to Bagerhat easier and attractive, which will result in increased tourists. Hotel-motel owners will be able to do good business from now on. Besides, many new hotels and motels will also be set up to cater to the growing demands of the tourists,” said Kamruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Md Zayed, Custodian of Bagerhat Archeology Department, a rest house has been built in front of the Sat Gombuz Mosque.</div><div><br></div><div>“Besides, a walkway has been built around Ghoradighi, a lake adjacent to the mosque. Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation has spent around Tk13 crore to build a three-star hotel on the intersection in front of Khan Jahan Ali’s Shrine. 80 percent works of this hotel has already been completed,” said Zayed.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Commissioner of Bagerhat district Md Azizur Rahman said that the district administration is working to improve the road connections of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>“We hope that Bagerhat’s tourism industry will grow through the utilization of the Padma Bridge,” Azizur said. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 16:19:40', '2022-07-01 22:07:24'),
(128, 128, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the new rom-com Fire Island, written by comedian Joel Kim Booster and now streaming on Disney Plus and Hulu, the eponymous island is shown in all its summer glory. Located just a train (and ferry) ride away from New York City, this barrier island off the Long Island coast has been an iconic destination for the queer community since the early 20th Century.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A summer season on Fire Island, bookended by Memorial Day (at the end of May) and Labor Day (at the beginning of September), is often eventful. Expect thrills, spills and plenty of parties, followed by excursions to the beach to watch the sun rise above the Atlantic. Loosely modelled on Pride and Prejudice, Kim Booster\'s film shows Fire Island as a place of contradictions; a space where you can be your authentic self, and let it all hang out among friends, but also an intensely theatrical space, where roles are performed, looks (judgmental, flirtatious) are exchanged, and six-packs are honed.</div><div><br></div><div>While reading Jane Austen one summer on Fire Island, Kim Booster \"couldn’t help\", he wrote in a recent essay for Penguin, but \"map\" the experiences of her characters \"navigating the limiting social conventions of her time\" onto \"the similarly tortured social conventions of gay male spaces\". In this vein, the film joins a long tradition of artworks about the simultaneously loose and restrictive mores of Fire Island, a world associated with both sexual freedoms and social hierarchies. Edmund White, who wrote about a fictionalised version of Fire Island in his 1973 debut novel Forgetting Elena, notes in his memoir City Boy how the rituals of gay social life there \"rhymed in my imagination with the rituals of medieval Japan or Versailles\".  </div><div><br></div><div>Still, it is not hard to see why Fire Island\'s allure has endured across time, and why queer people have ventured there in search of freedom and pleasure. A thin spit of land running approximately 32 miles long and half a mile wide, the island\'s landscape is visually and ecologically particular, marked with lush vegetation and protected from erosion by sand dunes. Since the 1930s, when artists such as Paul Cadmus and Jared and Margaret French rented a house in the small community of Saltaire and captured stylish, playful images under their photographic moniker PaJaMa, the beauty of the island’s landscape has offered solace and inspiration. Around the same time, queer and artsy folk from the city were first discovering holiday rentals in the small, rustic community of Cherry Grove, catalysing a process that would come to create what anthropologist Esther Newton calls \"America\'s first gay and lesbian town\". After a 1938 hurricane destroyed many of the houses in Cherry Grove, Newton observes in her history of the community, gay men and lesbians bought up much of the lots, then going cheap, from the Long Island families who previously owned them.</div><div><br></div><div>Going into the post-war period, Cherry Grove became increasingly well-known as an eccentric, outrageous spot, its small-town atmosphere enriched with a vibrant theatrical and drag culture, and ample venues for drinking, dancing and public sex. The Grove\'s more upmarket neighbour, Fire Island Pines, was developed later, in the 1950s, as a \"family-friendly\" community, although this label didn\'t last for very long, despite the fact that numerous gay homeowners had moved there from the Grove in the hopes that it would act as a more discreet enclave. By the 1970s, with the flourishing of an increasingly public queer culture in the years following the Stonewall riots, Cherry Grove and the Pines were both highly desirable locations, frequented by writers and, including Truman Capote, James Baldwin, Patricia Highsmith, Carson McCullers, as well as numerous stars of stage and screen. That the supposed golden age of Fire Island\'s loose and liberated culture was so short-lived, before the HIV/Aids epidemic began decimating its community in the early 1980s, only further informs its mythology as a fragile, sacred place, lingering defiantly on the fringes of the Atlantic.</div><div><br></div><div>A place of \"death and desire\"</div><div><br></div><div>Because here\'s the other thing about Fire Island; it is a haunted place. It is, as WH Auden writes in his 1948 poem about the place, Pleasure Island, as if the \"lenient amusing shore / Knows in fact about all the dyings\". As much as a summer on Fire Island is about immersion in the present moment (this weekend) or the near future (this season), the past is never far away. Scratch beneath the glamorous, hedonistic sheen of its popular image and a rich cultural lineage comes into view, along with the ghosts of the various figures who have graced its shores. Before I began research on my book Fire Island: Love, Loss and Liberation in An American Paradise, which examines the queer cultural history of Cherry Grove and the Pines, while interweaving aspects of personal memoir, I went there in the spirit of pilgrimage, seeking to retrace the footsteps of poet Frank O\'Hara, who was killed on the beach near the Pines in a dune buggy accident in the summer of 1966. Standing by the ocean in the early hours of the morning, incanting lines from one of O\'Hara\'s poems, the deathliness of the place became vividly apparent; the sense that it is teeming with the life (or lives) of its past. As the narrator of Andrew Holleran\'s classic 1978 novel Dancer from the Dance notes, this is a place of \"death and desire\".</div><div><br></div><div>The photographer Matthew Leifheit\'s series To Die Alive (recently published by Damiani Books), named after a lyric from Ariana Grande\'s song Break Free, attests to this curious quality in the island\'s atmosphere. Leifheit captures not only the death site of O\'Hara (see image), and of Margaret Fuller, the 19th-Century writer and advocate, whose ship crashed and sunk off the island\'s shore in 1855, but also the more populated settings of the island\'s erotic culture. These include the Ice Palace bar in Cherry Grove, originally named after an F Scott Fitzgerald story and home to the weekly Underwear Party, and the Meat Rack, a storied cruising area in the woods between the Grove and the Pines (also known on local maps as the Judy Garland Memorial Pathway.)</div><div><br></div><div>If the island\'s artistic and literary history paints a complicated picture of the place, at once romantic and real, today it remains a contested and continually evolving space. The emergence, over the last 10 years, of artist residency programmes in Cherry Grove and the Pines has helped to revive the island\'s creative culture and include a more diverse array of queer artists, in an effort to resist its reputation as a majority white space. Recent initiatives have been established in both Cherry Grove and the Pines to address structural inequities in both communities. In the summer of 2021, the photographer Lola Flash presented a series of Fire Island portraits titled We are Here: The Unsung Fire Island, as part of a residency with the arts organisation BOFFO, featuring portraits of queer black and brown residents and visitors. The release of Kim Booster\'s film, which is seen by many as a landmark in representation, with a central plot revolving around the romantic lives of two queer Asian American characters, further revises the island\'s dominant narrative.</div><div><br></div><div>Fire Island\'s freedoms have been hard-won, just as its restrictions and stratifications have been embedded over time, reproducing some of the hierarchies of the mainland world that it seeks to offer an escape from. But in an increasingly fractious era, with LGBTQ+ rights under attack in the US and around the world, locations like Fire Island are vital for retaining and rethinking utopian ideals, just as its imperfections are a reminder of the importance of inclusion when constructing queer spaces. Because it was never just about the sand, or the sea, or the sex, but about finding – and fighting for – a place of our own. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 16:37:13', '2022-06-28 16:39:03'),
(129, 129, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police detained a 50-year-old man on charge of raping a minor girl in the port city\'s Bayazid Bostami area, last night.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The arrestee was identified as Md Badrul Islam, hailing from Noakhali district. The rape took place when the victim\'s mother was not at home.</div><div><br></div><div>When the five-year-old victim returned home after attending classes at a local madrasa yesterday morning, the accused went there and raped her by promising to give her food, said Kamruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Bayazid Bostami Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>The mother filed a case with the police station in this regard after finding out about the incident from her daughter.</div><div><br></div><div>The girl was sent to the hospital for medical tests.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Staff Correspondent', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 17:21:21', '2022-06-28 17:21:21'),
(130, 130, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>That\'s the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon which many crypto projects are built, aimed at making it leaner, meaner and cleaner.</div><div><br></div><div>It\'s elusive. The merge was supposed to happen years ago but has been delayed several times, with developers most recently axing plans to push the button in June, unnerving investors who began to fear it might never see the light of day.</div><div><br></div><div>Now though, market players are betting that the end of the waiting is nigh. But it\'s no slam dunk.</div><div><br></div><div>On Polymarket, a crypto site where users place bets with stablecoins on the occurrence of future events, investors have priced in a 67% chance that the upgrade, also known as Ethereum 2.0, will come to pass by October, and a 13% probability by September.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ethereum Foundation, which uses the analogy of changing the engine of a spaceship mid-flight, says on its website that the merge is \"shipping\" around \"Q3/Q4 2022\".</div><div><br></div><div>The merge finally happening would prove a big relief for ether , which has slumped on past delays and waning confidence in the upgrade. The second-biggest cryptocurrency was last trading at around $1,200, down from just over $3,500 in April, though much of the recent pessimism about the upgrade has been swamped by wider recent market ructions.</div><div><br></div><div>The merge could also represent the end of an ordeal for those investors holding a crypto derivative token called staked ether or stETH, which represents ether locked up in a testing environment for the upgrade, and which is hard to redeem at scale until at least six months after the merge happens.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet doubters remain.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s just the sheer mass of the protocol. Ethereum is just so huge that I don\'t think they\'re going to reach their deadline in time,\" said Brent Xu, founder and CEO at Umee, which is building a base-layer blockchain for borrowing and lending.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People are just scared that their stETH is not going to be worth anything because the Merge is probably going to take longer than expected,\" said Xu.</div><div><br></div><div>The stumbling of stETH</div><div><br></div><div>The upgrade will see ether mining transition away from the energy-intensive proof-of-work. Ethereum\'s existing execution layer will merge with the new proof-of-stake consensus system.</div><div><br></div><div>Any further delays would be bad news for those holding stETH, a token created by a crypto project called Lido that can be converted into ether on a 1:1 basis between six and 12 months after the merge happens.</div><div><br></div><div>Until then, stETH trades at a price set by the market, with most trades occurring on a trading platform called Curve.</div><div><br></div><div>It reached a market cap of $11 billion in May, according to price site CoinGecko, and until last month traded broadly at parity with ether.</div><div><br></div><div>However, when crypto markets sold off last month stETH tumbled in value to trade at around an 8% discount to ether, hurt by major selling by investors such as Celsius and Three Arrows according to public data.</div><div><br></div><div>The price has recovered a little - stETH currently trades at a 4% discount to ether - but has not made it back to parity, partly because of the impact of the delayed merge.</div><div><br></div><div>Major investors in stETH include embattled U.S.-based crypto lender Celsius.</div><div><br></div><div>Any takers for that trade?</div><div><br></div><div>The stETH project was popular because while investors can earn interest elsewhere by \"staking\" their ether, to do so they must lock away a minimum of 32 ether (currently roughly $38,000) until the network upgrades to the new standard.</div><div><br></div><div>Lido, instead, allowed them to stake as little ether as they wished in return for yield, and receive stETH.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet repeated delays to the merge is testing the nerves of stETH investors.</div><div><br></div><div>The concern is that liquidity is fast drying up at Curve, said Ryan Shea, crypto economist at global fintech company Trakx.io. Curve\'s stETH liquidity has more than halved since mid May, according to the platform\'s data.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You\'re going to have to find alternative sources if you want to sell a huge amount of stETH,\" Shea said, such as putting stETH as collateral in another lending protocol.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But in this type of environment where people are looking closely at crypto lending companies, whether anyone will be prepared to take that trade, I don\'t know.\" -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 17:38:10', '2022-06-28 17:38:10'),
(132, 132, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chelsea have made a formal approach to sign Manchester City duo Raheem Sterling and Nathan Ake, according to the Telegraph. The club’s new owner Todd Boehly reportedly made contact with Chelsea’s Premier League rivals on Monday and Sterling has also held talks with Blues boss Thomas Tuchel regarding where he would fit in at Stamford Bridge. </span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The England international would be open to moving to the west London club, while Ake would be willing to return to Chelsea – the club he joined as a 15-year-old back in 2011. Chelsea are also keeping an eye on Raphinha, Richarlison and Ousmane Dembele as alternative targets to Sterling.</div><div><br></div><div>On paper the Sterling decision seems like a very strange deal. Why would Manchester City sell one of their best players to a direct Premier League rival? Well, Sterling’s current contract expires in 2023 – so City need to sell him this summer, otherwise they risk losing him for free in a year’s time. Then you must question which clubs can actually afford to meet Sterling’s wage demands. </div><div><br></div><div>This leaves a handful of clubs – but mainly Premier League clubs due to the finances involved in the English top-flight. Maybe City could have just allowed Sterling’s contract to expire to open the opportunity for him to move abroad, but that still would not have been a guarantee. -eurosport</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 18:21:19', '2022-06-28 19:09:15'),
(133, 133, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Bridges Division on Sunday, 26 June , 2022, decided to ban motorbikes on Padma Bridge until further notice from yesterday, June 27, 2022.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In Munshiganj, motorbikes are being stopped by traffic police – about a km ahead of Mawa toll plaza of Padma Bridge since this morning (June 28, 2022). As a workaround, motorbike riders are renting pickup trucks to get them across the Padma Bridge. Each biker must, however, pay pick-up vans Tk 1,000–2,000 for crossing the bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>In accordance with the Padma Bridge toll authorities, in order to carry motorbikes on pickup trucks, they must first cover the bikes before crossing the bridge. Motorbike owners and riders cannot travel in the same pickup trucks. To cross the Padma Bridge, the riders need to find another vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bridge Authority\'s Superintending Engineer, Tofazzal Hossain, who works at Mawa Point toll plaza, confirmed this development to our Munshiganj correspondent.</div><div><br></div><div>According to him, a pickup truck is regarded as a cargo vehicle if the motorbike on it is covered. They can then enter the bridge after paying the toll. Being seated or standing in the back of a pickup truck is dangerous, so he advised motorcycle riders to take other vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>Meantime, motorcycle riders complained that each pickup truck can only fit two or three bikes. One may need to pay up to Tk 2,000 for that.</div><div><br></div><div>The situation at the Mawa toll plaza has been normal since this morning, according to sergeant Jayanta Poddar of Mawa Traffic Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>The main bridge is being patrolled by police and army men. Additionally, the district administration\'s mobile court is also monitoring the situation. To follow the rules, including not parking on the bridge, miking is being done.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 19:42:34', '2022-06-28 19:42:34'),
(134, 134, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 46 people have been found dead in an abandoned truck on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A fire official said 16 people, including four children, had also been taken to hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>The survivors were \"hot to the touch\" and suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion.</div><div><br></div><div>San Antonio, which is 250km (150 miles) from the US-Mexican border, is a major transit route for people-smugglers.</div><div><br></div><div>Human traffickers often use trucks to transport undocumented migrants after meeting them in remote areas once they have managed to cross into the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They had families... and were likely trying to find a better life,\" San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said. \"It\'s nothing short of a horrific, human tragedy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Emergency responders initially arrived at the scene at about 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) after responding to reports of a dead body, San Antonio fire chief Charles Hood told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re not supposed to open up a truck and see stacks of bodies in there. None of us come to work imagining that,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that the vehicle, which had been abandoned by its driver, had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside it.</div><div><br></div><div>San Antonio\'s climate is blisteringly hot in the summer months, with temperatures there reaching 39.4C (103F) on Monday, and it is suspected that the victims likely died from heat exhaustion and dehydration.</div><div><br></div><div>Mexico\'s Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, said that two Guatemalans were among those taken to hospital. The nationalities of the other victims was not immediately clear.</div><div><br></div><div>Three people are being held in custody and the investigation has been handed over to federal agents.</div><div><br></div><div>Mexican Consul General Rubén Minutti has been dispatched to the scene and the consulate in San Antonio said it would provide \"all the support\" if Mexican citizens are among the dead.</div><div><br></div><div>Edward Reyna, a security guard at a lumber yard just yards away, said he was not surprised to arrive for his night shift and hear the news. He said he had lost count of the times he had seen migrants jumping off the train that passes right next to where the truck was found.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I thought sooner or later, somebody was going to get hurt,\" Mr Reyna said. \"The cartels that bring them over don\'t care about them.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This story has played out in San Antonio before, but not to this magnitude. In 2017, 10 immigrants were found dead inside a similar tractor trailer outside a Walmart - also on the city\'s south side.</div><div><br></div><div>San Antonio\'s far south side is a corridor with two main highways connecting the city to Texas border towns.</div><div><br></div><div>Mostly rural communities, a few junkyards and a handful of developing neighbourhoods in this part of San Antonio make it easy for a truck this size to go unnoticed - until it doesn\'t. According to BBC reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-28 20:45:07', '2022-06-28 20:45:07'),
(135, 135, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 49 inmates have died and dozens were injured during a riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, according to officials.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>General Tito Castellanos, the head of the national prisons agency, described the overnight incident on Tuesday as “a tragic and disastrous event”.</div><div><br></div><div>He told the local Caracol Radio station that 30 people were injured.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesperson for the National Penitentiary and Prison Institute confirmed the death toll of what they described as an attempted prison escape, telling AFP news agency that the figure was preliminary and “may change”.</div><div><br></div><div>Ivan Duque, the outgoing president of Colombia who is on a visit to Portugal, said the incident would be investigated.</div><div><br></div><div>“We regret the events in the prison in Tulua, Valle del Cauca. I am in touch with [General Tito Castellanos] and I have given instructions to carry forward investigations that allow us to clarify this terrible situation,” Duque said in a Twitter post. ‍Source: Al Jazeera&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 00:00:20', '2022-06-29 00:00:20'),
(136, 136, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police in India have arrested the co-founder of a fact-checking website who has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s government.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mohammed Zubair of AltNews has been accused of insulting Hindu religious beliefs on Twitter, a network of media organisations said.</div><div><br></div><div>Opposition leaders and journalists have condemned the arrest.</div><div><br></div><div>They said it was a clear attempt by the Hindu-nationalist government to clamp down on those who expose hate speech.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Zubair recently highlighted comments by a spokesperson of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad during a television debate. His tweet was widely shared and led to several Muslim countries lodging strong protests with India.</div><div><br></div><div>In recent weeks, Hindu nationalists have drawn attention to past comments made by Mr Zubair and demanded that he be prosecuted for hurting their religious feelings. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 00:05:41', '2022-06-29 00:05:41'),
(137, 137, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Flood claimed three more lives in different parts of the country in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total fatalities to 87.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>One of them died in Rangpur division, one in Dhaka division and one in Sylhet division, according to the Directorate general of Health services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Among the deceased, 61 people have died by drowning in floodwater and two from snake biting, one from diarrhoea,14 from lightning strike and nine died of other reasons.</div><div><br></div><div>The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to June 28.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre, all the major rivers in the country are in falling trend except the Teesta, which may continue in next 48 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>In the next 24-72 hours, there is a chance of heavy rainfall at places of the northern Bangladesh and Sub-Himalayan West-Bengal (Jalpaiguri, Sikkim) of India. As a result, the water level of major rivers of northern Bangladesh (Teesta, Upper Atrai, Dharla, Dudhkumar, Upper Karotoa, Tangon, Punarbhaba and Kulikh) may rise rapidly during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>The Teesta River may rise and remain above or close to danger level at Dalia Point in next 24-48 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Flood situation in the Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Kishoreganj &amp; B. Baria districts may continue improving in next 24 hours. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 00:27:03', '2022-06-29 00:27:03'),
(138, 138, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Children aged between five and 12 will be vaccinated against Covid-19 soon, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Birth certificate is required to get registered for Covid vaccine, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He was speaking at the inaugural and certificate distribution ceremony of the \"Certificate Course on Neurodevelopment Disorder\" organised by the Institute of Paediatric Neurodisorder &amp; Autism (IPNA) at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU).</div><div><br></div><div>“Although several countries of the world have started vaccinating their children, we have not yet been able to vaccinate children. Because, we didn’t receive approval from the World Health Organization (WHO),” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Now we have got the approval, so we will start the programme very soon.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said they have also received the suitable vaccine for children.</div><div><br></div><div>There are about 1.5 crore children and it will take time to vaccinate them all. “So get your children registered fast to get them vaccinated,” he urged the parents.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said they have a plan to manufacture vaccine in the country and already selected a land in Gopalganj in this regard. “We will manufacture all the vaccines there.”</div><div><br></div><div>The minister also said there will be separate burn units in eight divisions and work has already started in five divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have established eight specialised hospitals in eight divisions including one for treatment of cancer and another for heart diseases.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said a Super Specialized Hospital under BSMMU is&nbsp; ready and Prime Minister will inaugurate it early September.</div><div><br></div><div>He also urged the BSMMU authorities to ensure proper facilities for the patients so that they don’t need to go abroad for treatment. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 01:03:41', '2022-06-29 01:03:41'),
(139, 139, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">More than 3,400 confirmed monkeypox cases and one death were reported to the World Health Organisation as of last Wednesday, with a majority of them from Europe, the agency said in an update on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>WHO said that since June 17, 1,310 new cases were reported to the agency, with eight new countries reporting monkeypox cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Monkeypox is not yet a global health emergency, WHO ruled last week, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. - Reuters </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 01:38:29', '2022-06-29 01:41:07'),
(140, 140, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A US drone strike in northwestern Syria killed a Yemeni leader of a local jihadist group affiliated to Al-Qaeda, the US military and a Syrian war monitor said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The strike, carried out on Monday just before midnight (2100 GMT) on the eastern edge of the city of Idlib, took out a man described as a leader of the Hurras al-Deen group.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Abu Hamzah al Yemeni was travelling alone on a motorcycle at the time of the strike,\" US Central Command said in a statement, adding that an \"initial review indicates no civilian casualties\".</div><div><br></div><div>The US is \"highly confident\" that the strike, carried out from a drone, killed Abu Hamzah al-Yemeni, a US official with knowledge of the operation told CNN, speaking on condition of anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which relies on a wide network of sources inside Syria, confirmed on Tuesday that Yemeni was killed in the attack, saying it was the second such attempt to neutralise him after a similar strike last year.</div><div><br></div><div>An AFP correspondent in Idlib said that members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a rival jihadist group that dominates the area, gathered at the scene of the strike shortly after it happened and took away Yemeni\'s charred remains.</div><div><br></div><div>HTS, whose leadership includes many ex-members of Al-Qaeda\'s former Syria franchise, has tried to cast itself as a credible political force in the Idlib region.</div><div><br></div><div>Since a 2020 ceasefire agreement reached by Moscow and Turkey, the main foreign broker in northern Syria, HTS has come under pressure to crack down on the myriad of other jihadist factions still present in the Idlib region.</div><div><br></div><div>Monday\'s strike was the second US operation in June to target a senior jihadist in Syria.</div><div><br></div><div>US forces captured Hani Ahmed Al-Kurdi, a leader of the Islamic State (IS) group, on June 16 during a raid in Aleppo province.</div><div><br></div><div>They also killed IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi during an operation in Atme, a region of Idlib province, on February 3.</div><div><br></div><div>Hurras al-Deen is a relatively small but powerful armed group led by Al-Qaeda loyalists.</div><div><br></div><div>It is estimated to have 2,000 to 2,500 fighters in rebel-held Syria, according to the UN. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 01:44:59', '2022-06-29 01:44:59'),
(141, 141, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the ruling party is in favour of the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming general elections.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The EVM use should be increased significantly in the forthcoming 12th national elections... This is loud and clear,\" he told reporters after attending a meeting, organised by the Election Commission (EC), at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the AL thinks that the EC\'s acceptability, neutrality and capacity are important in holding a free and fair polls.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In addition, the EC needs to ensure its responsible and neutral attitude, ensure overall security and increase the EVM use in the elections,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The AL general secretary said the AL also thinks that transparency and accountability have increased in holding polls due to the increase in the use of technology, including EVMs, in the EC\'s activities.</div><div><br></div><div>The use of EVMs will stop vote rigging, the seizing of polling centres, election engineering and vote stealing. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 02:34:39', '2022-06-29 02:34:39'),
(142, 142, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh scripted an unwanted record after conceding a 10-wicket defeat to West Indies in the second Test, which not only gave them a bitter taste of whitewash but also completed their 100th defeat in this format.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>It\'s not that Bangladesh are the only country to concede the 100th defeat in the cricket\'s elite format. Eight other teams reached this unwanted milestone ahead of Bangladesh but what made the difference was that Bangladesh was the quickest to reach their record and they had a dismal win-loss ratio.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Apart from Zimbabwe, which played just 115 Tests, all other Test nations saw their 100th defeat. Ireland and Afghanistan, the two newest Test nations are exceptional because they didn\'t play as many matches to put them on this list.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Bangladesh however reached this shameful record in their 134 Tests in 22 years. They won just 16 while 18 matches were drawn.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However vulnerable Bangladesh remains in this format still will be better understood if the stat of New Zealand is considered. Before Bangladesh, New Zealand were the quickest to get the taste of 100 defeats but their century of defeat came in their 241 matches and in 65 years.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sri Lanka scored the century of defeat in 2017 after playing 266 matches in 35 years. India though took 20 years to get their first Test win, they played 303 matches before hitting a century. Pakistan got their 100th Test defeat in 357 matches. While India took 64 years, Pakistan needed 59 years for this record.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>South Africa made their Test debut in 1889 but they were banned from cricket for a considerable amount of time. However, South Africa\'s 100 defeats came 114 years after their Test debut. They played 279 Tests.</div><div><br></div><div>Australia and England played the first Test of the history in 1877. While Australia made an unwanted century in the 374 Test, England\'s 100 defeats came in 347 Test matches.</div><div><br></div><div>West Indies which made its Test debut in 1928 played 368 matches before conceding their 100th defeat.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>There is gulf of differences between Bangladesh and other teams in the number of victories before losing their 100th Tests also.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;While Bangladesh\'s number of Test victories is just 16, in contrast to 100 defeats, the three Asian Teams-Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India got 107, 84 and 57 wins respectively before conceding their 100th Test loss.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Even New Zealand had 33 wins in contrast of their 100 defeats. Apart from that South Africa had 90, West Indies 138, England 139 and Australia had 170 victories. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 02:39:32', '2022-06-29 02:39:32'),
(143, 143, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s space agency published the coordinates of Western defence headquarters including the U.S. Pentagon and the venue of NATO\'s summit on Tuesday, saying Western satellite operators were working for Russia\'s enemy - Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, told the Russian RIA Novosti news agency: \"The entire conglomerate of private and state orbital groupings is now working exclusively for our enemy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the U.S.-led NATO alliance make no secret of the fact that they are sending weapons to help Ukraine resist Russia\'s invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. satellite imagery company Maxar, whose clients include the U.S. Defense Department, has several times published pictures it has taken over Ukraine and Russia since before the invasion began in February.</div><div><br></div><div>They included images of Russia\'s military build-up near Ukraine, at a time when it was denying any intention to invade.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today, the NATO summit opens in Madrid, at which Western countries will declare Russia their worst enemy,\" Rogozin wrote on his Telegram social media channel.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Roscosmos publishes satellite photographs of the summit venue and the very \'decision centres\' that support Ukrainian nationalists.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The posting included Russian satellite pictures of the summit venue in Madrid, the Pentagon, the White House in Washington, British government buildings in central London, the German Chancellery and Reichstag parliament building in Berlin, NATO headquarters in Brussels, and the French president\'s residence and other government buildings in Paris.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At the same time, we are giving the coordinates of the objects,\" Rogozin added. \"Just in case.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The coordinates, expressed as degrees of latitude and longitude, are freely available.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia calls its invasion a \"special military operation\", saying it had to act to protect Russian speakers from persecution and prevent NATO using Ukraine to threaten Russia\'s security. Kyiv and NATO dismiss this reasoning as a baseless pretext for war. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 03:26:36', '2022-06-29 03:26:36');
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(144, 144, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his supporters as they marched to the Capitol, according to dramatic new testimony Tuesday before the House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cassidy Hutchinson, a little-known former White House aide, described an angry, defiant president that day who was trying to let armed protesters avoid security screenings at a rally that morning to protest his 2020 election defeat and who later grabbed at the steering wheel of the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to let him go to the Capitol.</div><div><br></div><div>And when the events at the Capitol spiraled toward violence, with the crowd chanting to “Hang Mike Pence,” she testified that Trump declined to intervene.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump “doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong,” Hutchinson recalled hearing from her boss, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.</div><div><br></div><div>Hutchinson’s explosive, moment-by-moment account of what was happening inside and outside the White House offered a vivid description of a president so unwilling to concede his 2020 election defeat to Joe Biden that he acted out in rage and refused to stop the siege at the Capitol. It painted a damning portrait of the chaos at the White House as those around the defeated president splintered into one faction supporting his false claims of voter fraud and another trying unsuccessfully to put an end to the violent attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Her testimony, at a surprise hearing announced just 24 hours earlier, was the sole focus at the hearing, the sixth by the committee this month. The account was particularly powerful because of her proximity to power, with Hutchinson describing what she witnessed first-hand and was told by others in the White House.</div><div><br></div><div>Hutchinson said that she was told Trump fought a security official for control of the presidential SUV on Jan. 6 and demanded to be taken the Capitol as the insurrection began, despite being warned earlier that day that some of his supporters were armed.</div><div><br></div><div>The former aide said she was told of the altercation in the SUV immediately afterward by a White House security official, and that Bobby Engel, the head of the detail, was in the room and didn’t dispute the account. Engel had grabbed Trump’s arm to prevent him from gaining control of the armored vehicle, she was told, and Trump then used his free hand to lunge at Engel.</div><div><br></div><div>That account was quickly disputed. Engel, the agent who was driving the presidential SUV, and Trump security official Tony Ornato are willing to testify under oath that no agent was assaulted and Trump never lunged for the steering wheel, a person familiar with the matter said. The person would not discuss the matter publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>As the events of Jan. 6 unfurled, Hutchinson, then a special assistant to Meadows, described chaos in White House offices and hallways. Trump’s staff — several of whom had been warned of violence beforehand — became increasingly alarmed as rioters at the Capitol overran police and interrupted the certification of Biden’s victory.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump was less concerned, she said, even as he heard there were cries in the crowd to “Hang Mike Pence!” Hutchinson recalled that Meadows told aides that Trump “thinks Mike deserves it.” The president tweeted during the attack that Pence didn’t have the courage to object to Biden’s win as he presided over the joint session of Congress.</div><div><br></div><div>The young ex-aide was matter-of-fact in most of her answers. But she did say that she was “disgusted” at Trump’s tweet about Pence during the siege.</div><div><br></div><div>“It was unpatriotic, it was un-American, and you were watching the Capitol building get defaced over a lie,” Hutchinson said, adding that, “I still struggle to work through the emotions of that.”</div><div><br></div><div>Trump denied much of what Hutchinson said on his social media platform, Truth Social. He called her a “total phony” and “bad news.”</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the panel praised Hutchinson’s bravery for testifying and said that other witnesses had been intimidated and did not cooperate.</div><div><br></div><div>“I want all Americans to know that what Ms. Hutchinson has done today is not easy,” said Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican who led questioning.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of Hutchinson’s former colleagues, too, dcfended her account. Mick Mulvaney, who preceded Meadows as Trump’s chief of staff, tweeted that he knows Hutchinson and “I don’t think she is lying.” Sarah Matthews, a former Trump press aide who has also cooperated with the committee, called the testimony “damning.”</div><div><br></div><div>As she described the scene in the White House after the election, Hutchinson depicted a president flailing in anger and prone to violent outbursts. Some aides sought to rein in his impulses. Some did not.</div><div><br></div><div>At one point on Jan. 6, Hutchinson said, White House counsel Pat Cipollone barreled down the hallway and confronted Meadows about rioters breaching the Capitol. Meadows, staring at his phone, told the White House lawyer that Trump didn’t want to do anything, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Cipollone had worried out loud that “we’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable” if Trump went to the Capitol after his speech at the rally, Hutchinson recalled.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the crowd left for the Capitol, Hutchinson said she also received an angry call from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, who had just heard the president say he was coming. “Don’t come up here,” McCarthy told her, before hanging up.</div><div><br></div><div>Hutchinson told the panel that Trump had been informed early in the day that some of the protesters outside the White House had weapons. But he responded that the protesters were “not here to hurt me,” Hutchinson said.</div><div><br></div><div>She quoted Trump as directing his staff, in profane terms, to take away the metal-detecting magnetometers that he thought would slow down supporters who were gathering for his speech on the Ellipse, in back of the White House. In a clip of an earlier interview with the committee, she recalled the president saying words to the effect of: “I don’t f-in’ care that they have weapons.”</div><div><br></div><div>As a White House insider, Hutchinson told stories of a raging president who was unable to acknowledge his defeat. At the beginning of December, she said, she heard noise inside the White House around the time an Associated Press article was published in which Attorney General William Barr said the Justice Department had not found evidence of voter fraud that could have changed the election’s outcome.</div><div><br></div><div>She said she entered a room to find ketchup dripping down a wall and broken porcelain. The president, it turned out, had thrown his lunch at the wall in disgust over the article. Trump denied it in his social media posts.</div><div><br></div><div>In the days before the attack, Hutchinson said she was “scared, and nervous for what could happen” on Jan. 6 after having conversations with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Meadows and others.</div><div><br></div><div>Meadows told Hutchinson that “things might get real, real bad,” she said. Giuliani told her it was going to be “a great day” and “we’re going to the Capitol.”</div><div><br></div><div>Eventually, both men would seek pardons related to what happened that day, Hutchinson said. A person familiar with the matter denied that Meadows had ever sought a pardon. The person spoke on condition of anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>Hutchinson had already provided a trove of information to congressional investigators, sitting for four interviews with the panel behind closed doors. She detailed meetings in the runup to the insurrection where challenges to the election were debated and discussed at the White House, including with several Republican lawmakers. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 14:49:09', '2022-06-29 14:49:09'),
(145, 145, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dozens of people were still disappeared on Wednesday after a Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in central Ukraine two days ago that killed at least 18, while a regional governor said the situation was \"very difficult\" in Lysychansk in the east.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine said Russia had killed civilians deliberately when it pounded the mall in Kremenchuk. Moscow said the mall was empty and it had struck a nearby arms depot. read more</div><div><br></div><div>\"Russian missile hit this location precisely. De-li-be-ra-te-ly ... It is clear that Russian killers received those exact coordinates,\" Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an evening video address. \"They wanted to kill as many people.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities said around 36 people were still missing.</div><div><br></div><div>Further east in Lysychansk in the Luhansk region, a key battleground in Russia\'s assault on the industrial heartland of Donbas, the governor reported increased military action.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The situation in Lysychansk is very difficult,\" Luhansk Governor Serhiy Gaidai said on television.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Russians are using every weapon available to them ... and without distinguishing whether targets are military or not - schools, kindergartens, cultural institutions,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everything is being destroyed. This is a scorched-earth policy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has denied targeting civilian areas during its four-month offensive against Ukraine. The U.N. says at least 4,700 civilians have been killed since Russia invaded on Feb. 24.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Dnipropetrovsk region, towards the east, Governor Valentyn Reznychenko said Russia had fired six missiles, three of which were shot down. Rescue workers were searching for people under rubble in the city of Dnipro, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters could not verify the account. The Russian Defence Ministry did not reply to an emailed request for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately, Russia-installed officials said their security forces had detained Kherson city mayor Ihor Kolykhayev on Tuesday after he refused to follow Moscow\'s orders. A local official said the mayor was abducted.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Kherson, a port city on the Black Sea, sits just northwest of the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula.</div><div><br></div><div>In the past few days, Ukrainians have also described attacks in the southern region of Odesa and Kharkiv in the northeast.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian invasion, the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two, has driven up prices of food and energy worldwide and fuelled global security worries.</div><div><br></div><div>Finland and Sweden on Tuesday moved a step closer to joining the Western NATO military alliance, whose members have provided Ukraine with weapons, after Turkey dropped its opposition to their membership.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The development solidifies the alliance\'s response to Russia - particularly in the Baltic Sea, where Finnish and Swedish membership would give NATO military superiority.</div><div><br></div><div>\'Cruelty of this war\'</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremenchuk attack drew a wave of global condemnation.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have run out of words to describe the senselessness, futility and cruelty of this war,\" U.N. political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council.</div><div><br></div><div>While Kyiv said there was no military target in the area, Russia\'s defence ministry said its missiles had struck a nearby arms depot storing Western weapons, which exploded, causing the blaze that spread to the nearby Kremenchuk mall.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow\'s assertion the mall was empty was contradicted by wounded survivors such as Ludmyla Mykhailets, 43, who said she had been shopping there with her husband when the blast threw her into the air \"head first\".&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Zelenskiy accused Russia of being a \"terrorist state\" at the United Nations, urging the Security Council to expel Moscow from the United Nations. Russia accused Zelenskiy of using the address as a \"PR campaign\" for weapons.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Western countries have imposed sanctions on Russia, but so far have failed to curtail Moscow\'s main source of income: oil and gas export revenue, which has actually increased as the threat of supply disruption has driven up global prices.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of its annual summit, the leaders of the Group of Seven nations announced a new approach - leaving Russian oil on the market while imposing a cap on its price.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States also imposed sanctions on more than 100 new targets and banned new imports of Russian gold, acting on commitments made by the G7. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 14:58:26', '2022-06-29 14:58:26'),
(146, 146, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Now that we’re halfway through the calendar year, and another set of Emmy nominations will soon be upon us, it’s time to take stock of which television shows have so far emerged from the pack to remain front of mind. The shows that have stuck with Variety’s chief TV critics Daniel D’Addario and Caroline Framke include some new entries into the awards conversation, including ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and Hulu’s “The Dropout,” and some returning series that made the case for their greatness in novel ways, like HBO’s “Barry” and Netflix’s “Russian Doll.” They also include shows that deserve a second look — both from awards voters and from TV fans who may have missed them amid the ongoing glut of content.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It’s those shows — ones that haven’t, yet, gotten their moment in the sun, but that sit on streaming services waiting for their ideal viewer to stumble in — that may well provide critics with the most to say. The documentary series “The Andy Warhol Diaries,” for instance, may well be the single most accomplished piece of art to emerge from Ryan Murphy’s deal with Netflix, while HBO’s “Irma Vep” is a sharp, crisp appraisal of the film world by a master director with a keen eye for absurdity. “Ms. Marvel” brought pep and youthful sprightliness to the Disney+ superhero colossus, while HBO’s “Rothaniel” infused the standup-special genre with Jerrod Carmichael’s insight and heart.</div><div><br></div><div>In all, the first half of the year has provided TV fans with a feast worthy of the upstart restaurant on FX’s “The Bear” — one of the fifteen series that our critics singled out as among the year’s very best. Consider this a road map for the next six months of catching up on what you’d missed.</div><div><br></div><div>Abbott Elementary (ABC)</div><div><br></div><div>Every year, someone tries to declare the death of broadcast network television; every year, there’s at least one new broadcast show that begs to differ. This year’s network comedies presented several candidates — including CBS’ hit Britcom remake “Ghosts” and NBC’s engaging hangout sitcom “Grand Crew” — but Quinta Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” remains the undeniable cultural breakout. With smart jokes and a cast locked into the show’s tone from the beginning, it’s easy to imagine this show defying the ratings odds for years to come. — Caroline Framke</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)</div><div><br></div><div>Exhaustive but sharp and crisp, this six-episode documentary assays the pop artist using his own words. It’s especially thoughtful and intriguing on the subject of his rivalry with the younger art-world star Jean-Michel Basquiat, bringing out the insecure person behind the silk-screens. — Daniel D’Addario</div><div><br></div><div>Barry (HBO)</div><div><br></div><div>A series whose frankness about its own ambition makes it undeniable. In its third season, “Barry” is at once a dissection of contemporary Hollywood in the streaming era and (more crucially, though not every character might see it this way) an examination of whether redemption is possible. The show’s parallel tracks — the culture industry and the murder business — intersect more thrillingly than ever as the stakes in both ratchet up. — D.D.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Bear (FX)</div><div><br></div><div>Dropping all at once on Hulu somewhat unceremoniously, the eight-episode season of Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo’s “The Bear” is nonetheless as confident as it gets. Following the daily stresses of a talented young chef (“Shameless” star Jeremy Allen White), his equally talented sous chef (Ayo Edebiri in a meaty role worthy of her skill), and loudmouth cousin (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they try to keep a Chicago sandwich shop afloat, “The Bear” is a stark, nuanced reminder of just what it takes to make it in a cutthroat kitchen and beyond. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dropout (Hulu)</div><div><br></div><div>There have been so many scripted adaptations of true crime stories that at some point, we frankly gave up on trying to keep count. But as a few entries on this list detail, there have been some standouts — and “The Dropout” was exactly that, right off the bat. With an undeniable performance from Amanda Seyfried at its center, Elizabeth Meriweather’s study of how unsettling Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes rose and fell made for some of the year’s sharpest and most compellingly watchable television. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>Euphoria (HBO)</div><div><br></div><div>Sam Levinson’s fervid onscreen nightmare of high school life returned for a second season, with heightened drama and deeper commitment to its wild vision. A device by which the students of Euphoria High saw their lives exposed onstage in an autofictional school play provided a compelling mirror, forcing characters to confront themselves, or to collide with one another. — D.D.</div><div><br></div><div>Hacks (HBO Max)</div><div><br></div><div>It would’ve been understandable if “Hacks” had run out of some steam after its first runaway success of a season. Instead, Season 2 of Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky’s comedy dug deeper into the psyches of iconic comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart, sure to be a deserved perennial Emmy winner for this role) and the jaded writer (Hannah Einbinder, equally important) who, despite her every initial instinct, has grown to love the take-no-shit boss she once dismissed as hopelessly toxic. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>Irma Vep (HBO)</div><div><br></div><div>Director Olivier Assayas’ adaptation of his own 1996 film brings big-screen “Irma Vep’s” concerns with the state of the film industry into the present day. Assayas is a cunning commentor on the world of entertainment, and while his film, centered around the drama of a French movie set, spoke in whispers about the deadening effect of franchise fare on an actress (played then by Maggie Cheung), his new version (in the same milieu, but with an able Alicia Vikander at its center) practically shouts it. — D.D.</div><div><br></div><div>The Girl From Plainville (Hulu)</div><div><br></div><div>Elle Fanning is outright Emmy-worthy in this drama about the baleful real-life case of Michelle Carter, convicted of involuntary manslaughter for texts seen as encouraging her late boyfriend Conrad Roy to die by suicide. As Carter, Fanning toggles endlessly between ways of being — both in her real life, dull and earthbound, and in the wildly emotional life she constructs for herself and Roy in cyberspace. — D.D.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms. Marvel (Disney+)</div><div><br></div><div>With the caveat that there are three episodes left to go, the first half of the series has been a delight. While most every Marvel Studios television show has proved to ultimately exist to set up a future film (and “Ms. Marvel” undoubtedly will do the same by its finale), Bisha K. Ali’s version tells the origin story of 16 year-old Kamala Khan (newcomer Iman Vellani) with earnest verve, and irresistibly fun visuals to match. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>The Real World Homecoming: New Orleans (Paramount+)</div><div><br></div><div>The seven castmates of the 2000 “Real World” season on MTV can legitimately be said to have changed culture: Coming on the air for a rising and politically engaged generation, they discussed race, religion, and sexuality with admirable frankness. Twenty-two years later, the group reconvened to discuss how the culture changed them — with many cast members generating real insight and at least one seemingly lost in the ongoing quest for fame. — D.D.</div><div><br></div><div>Rothaniel (HBO)</div><div><br></div><div>It’s clear while watching “Rothaniel” that making it was one of the hardest, most cathartic things Jerrod Carmichael could do. In one thoughtful, painful, yet hilarious hour of material, Carmichael and director Bo Burnham steer the audience through the comedian’s coming-out process with such skill that it’s simply a treat to be invited at all. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian Doll (Netflix)</div><div><br></div><div>Matching the highs of “Russian Doll” Season 1, which was as perfect a close-ended story as could be, was a near impossible task. So it’s to Season 2’s credit that co-creator, star, and director Natasha Lyonne found another way into her character’s story — namely, by going back in time to where it all began. Even when the season feels a bit shaggier than the last, the show remained as challenging, insightful, and wonderfully weird as always. Simply put: more shows could stand to swing for the fences as hard as this one. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>Severance (Apple TV+)</div><div><br></div><div>One of the year’s slowest burns turned out to be one of its most disturbing and unforgettable. With eerie production design, a clearly established world, and the likes of Adam Scott, John Turturro, and Patricia Arquette playing employees of a secretive corporation that gets more sinister by the day, “Severance” quickly earned its viewers’ fascination. — C.F.</div><div><br></div><div>WeCrashed (Apple TV+)</div><div><br></div><div>The action of this show kicks into gear when we start spending serious time with Rebekah Neumann (Anne Hathaway). The wife of the founder (Jared Leto) of poorly planned office-space startup WeWork is an unlikely focus point, and yet the show’s real drama — about how it feels to have what one feels are one’s natural gifts overlooked — hinges on Hathaway’s breathtaking performance of insecurity and need. — D.D. -variety</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"11\",\"8\",\"12\",\"3\",\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 15:42:04', '2022-06-29 15:42:04'),
(147, 147, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Just a year after signing a contract extension with Paris Saint-Germain, Neymar\'s time with the club is shrouded in doubt, but with no clear exit strategy.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Brazilian\'s contract, which runs until 2025, will automatically extend to 2027 on July 1 as per L\'Equipe, and as a result, the French giants are looking for a transfer fee of 220 million euros in order to let him go.</div><div><br></div><div>MARCA reported two weeks ago that PSG directors told Neymar to find a new club shortly after the conclusion of the season.</div><div><br></div><div>This comes after the Brazilian bet on the French side five years ago, when he became the most expensive signing in football history after joining from Barcelona for 222 million euros.</div><div><br></div><div>He soon regretted it and held talks with Real Madrid and Barcelona, but he had no way out, and as a result, he signed a new contract.</div><div><br></div><div>Worth 45 million euros net per season, his annual income, according to Forbes, is around 90 million euros, behind only to Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.</div><div><br></div><div>As of July 1, Mbappe will surpass all three.</div><div><br></div><div>No unnecessary luxuries</div><div><br></div><div>Since he was a young starlet, Neymar has been a money-making machine. However, he isn\'t afraid to push the limits and enjoy life.</div><div><br></div><div>That\'s why when Nasser Al-Khelaifi stated last week that the time of waste at PSG was over, and that some players would have to move on, his comments included Neymar.</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Khelaifi has protected Neymar, sometimes going above the rules of the dressing room in order to do so, but he now believes the time has come to move on.</div><div><br></div><div>Those who live with Neymar say the source of his problems are his injuries, which prevent him from training regularly.</div><div><br></div><div>Although his footballing ability is beyond question, his physical conditioning isn\'t.</div><div><br></div><div>Although Neymar has always been well received in the dressing room, it\'s clear that PSG, or Al-Khelaifi more specifically, no longer believe he is the start of the team.</div><div><br></div><div>That mantle has been taken by Mbappe, with Messi alongside him.</div><div><br></div><div>It remains to be seen how that will play out in Christophe Galtier\'s dressing room, provided the team can solve their ongoing issue with Mauricio Pochettino. -Marca</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"14\",\"16\",\"15\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 16:26:40', '2022-06-29 16:26:40'),
(148, 148, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police have seized the accused student\'s father in connection with the killing of college lecturer Utpal Kumar Sarkar.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ujjal Hossain, father of the 15-year-old accused, was detained from Kushtia early today (June 29, 2022), reports our Savar correspondent quoting Ashulia Police Station Officer-in-Charge SM Kamruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The accused student could not be arrested. His father Ujjal was detained from Kushtia for helping him escape,\" said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked if Ujjal was an accused in the case filed, the OC said, \"It seems to us that the student had hit (with cricket stump) the teacher with his (Ujjal\'s) support. Besides, he helped his son escape. He will be charged in the case.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Utpal Kumar Sarkar (35) was a lecturer of political science at Haji Yunus Ali School and College in Ashulia\'s Chitrasail area. He served the institution for about 10 years.</div><div><br></div><div>The accused, an SSC examinee of the school, has been absconding since the attack with a cricket stump.</div><div><br></div><div>Principal of the college Saiful Hasan said, \"Like every year, we hosted tournaments for girls\' cricket and boys\' football. On June 25, 2022, a girls\' cricket match was going on at the playground.\"</div><div><br></div><div>All of a sudden, a student hit Utpal with a cricket stump beside the field around 2pm and fled, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Utpal, also chairman of the disciplinary committee of the institution, was rushed to Enam Medical College Hospital where he died while undergoing treatment on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Aseem Kumar Sarkar, brother of the deceased, said the student hit Utpal as he took disciplinary actions against him over stalking girls. \"I urge the prime minister and the education minister to look into the murder and ensure fair trial.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Aseem filed a case at Ashulia Police Station on Sunday over the incident accusing the attacker and several unnamed people.</div><div><br></div><div>Sub-inspector Emdadul Haque said the school\'s CCTV cameras were not working during the incident. \"The school authorities said the cameras were not operating as there was no power at that time.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Utpal\'s body was handed over to his family after an autopsy was carried out at the capital\'s Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking to media yesterday, several students of the college said the attacker used to lead a teen gang in the area.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 17:34:44', '2022-06-29 17:34:44'),
(149, 149, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Four people died when a helicopter chartered by state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp crashed into the Arabian Sea, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>There were nine people on board when the helicopter crashed near ONGC\'s rig Sagar Kiran in Mumbai High.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Four persons rescued by Navy chopper were brought to the base unconsciously and taken to the hospital. Unfortunately, they could not survive,\" ONGC said, adding an inquiry had been opened.</div><div><br></div><div>An ONGC spokesperson said the company\'s offshore exploration efforts were not impacted due to the incident. He said the deceased including three ONGC employees and a contract worker.</div><div><br></div><div>Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said he was \"personally deeply saddened\" by the accident and the loss of four lives.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families for their irreparable loss. We stand with them in this hour of grief,\" the minister tweeted. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 18:21:02', '2022-06-29 18:21:02'),
(150, 150, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nirmal Ranjan Guha, the president of the Bangladesh Awami Swechchha Sebok League, has passed away in hospital care in Singapore, aged 58.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Guha, who was undergoing treatment at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, breathed his last at 10:30 am Wednesday Bangladesh time, according to his party colleague Afzal Babu.</div><div><br></div><div>On Jun 12, Guha fell sick after his blood pressure shot up. He was admitted to the Bangladesh Specialised Hospital immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>As he was diagnosed with cardiac complications, having two blocks in the arteries, the doctors implanted two rings. But his condition deteriorated and he was later flown to Singapore on Jun 16 for advanced medical treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>A central committee of the Swechchha Sebok League was announced on Nov 16, 2009, naming Nirmal Guha as president and Afzal Babu as general secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>Both of them led the organisation\'s relief distribution amid the coronavirus pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader expressed his shock and condolences over the death.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 18:28:30', '2022-06-29 18:28:30'),
(151, 151, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tamil actor, Suriya has been invited to attend the Academy\'s Class of 2022. This has come after the international success of his recent films \"Soorarai Pottru\" and \"Jai Bhim\". Suriya will be the first South Indian actor to be invited to the Oscar committee.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The list of 397 artists who are invited to the Academy\'s Class of 2022, was released by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday. This was after a scene from Suriya\'s legal drama \"Jai Bhim\" was shared on the official Oscars\' Youtube channel under their \'Scene at the Academy\' section.</div><div><br></div><div>Kajol is the only other Indian actor/actress to be invited aside from Suriya. Another notable addition to the list is filmmaker Reema Kagti, known for her movies \"Gold\" and \"Made in Heaven\".</div><div><br></div><div>Suriya will soon be making his Bollywood debut as a producer, with his company \"2D Entertainment\" set to produce the Hindi remake of \"Soorarai Pottru\", starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 19:39:32', '2022-06-29 19:39:32'),
(152, 152, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will urge his NATO allies at a summit in Madrid to boost their defence spending in response to Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, his office said Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, NATO member states pledged to spend at least 2.0 percent of their gross domestic product on defence to ensure the readiness of the alliance by 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>Only eight of NATO\'s 30 members met or surpassed this target in 2021, but a number of nations such as Germany and Italy have boosted their defence spending this year due to the war in Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We need allies -- all allies -- to dig deep to restore deterrence and ensure defence in the decade ahead,\" Johnson will tell the NATO summit in Madrid on Wednesday, his office said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The two percent was always meant to be a floor, not a ceiling and allies must continue to step up in this time of crisis,\" he will add.</div><div><br></div><div>On the flight to Madrid, the British prime minister said there needs to be \"a conversation within NATO\" about a new target for defence investment after 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>NATO \"must adapt to meet new and increased threats\" with \"long-term investment\" as well as a readiness \"to surge defence spending to adapt to crises and urgent needs,\" the British government said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson will also announce at the summit that Britain will boost its military presence in Estonia, a tiny nation bordering Russia, with more powerful weapons and air defence.</div><div><br></div><div>Britain has provided massive military support to Ukraine since Russia\'s</div><div>invasion worth o1.3 billion (1.5 billion euros).</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson, however, is criticised by the opposition and some lawmakers of his own party for reneging on his election promise to increase military spending in 2022 beyond the rate of inflation, which is expected to hit over 10 percent this year.</div><div><br></div><div>His Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has lobbied for the defence budget to be raised to 2.5 percent of Britain\'s economic output by 2028, according to British press reports. -AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 19:48:30', '2022-06-29 19:48:30'),
(153, 153, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sony Group Corp said on Wednesday it\'s launching a new line of headphones and monitors targeting the growing PC market for videogames as the Japanese conglomerate looks beyond its core PlayStation console gaming audience.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sony, whose PlayStation 5 console has been affected by supply chain snarls, last month announced a pivot towards releasing more titles on PC and mobile devices as subscription services and tech advances open up gaming to a wider audience.</div><div><br></div><div>The Inzone line, developed by a unit outside Sony\'s main gaming business, aims to leverage Sony\'s audio and display technology, areas where Sony is seen as retaining an edge even as the company has transformed itself into an entertainment behemoth spanning movies, music and games.</div><div><br></div><div>Its headphones offer sound that helps players locate enemies in-game, with a wired model retailing for $99.99 in the United States and a wireless, noise-cancelling model priced at $299.99. Inzone monitors, which promise crisp visuals and a high refresh rate, cost $529.99 and $899.99 for a 4K version.</div><div><br></div><div>The gear echoes the design of the PlayStation 5 range and is interoperable with the console. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 19:58:51', '2022-06-29 19:58:51'),
(154, 154, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police on Wednesday discoverd the body of a madrasa student who had reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased is Shanta Akhter, 13, an eighth-grader at Sreepur Bhannahati Rahmania Kamil Madrasa.</div><div><br></div><div>Her body was recovered at 8:30am on Wednesday, Sreepur police station officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Moniruzzaman said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Sreepur police station Sub-Inspector Kabir Hossain, Shanta lived with her father in a rented house in the upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>She studied as usual with her father beside her till 9pm on Tuesday and went to sleep in her room.</div><div><br></div><div>When Shanta did not get out of her room on Wednesday morning, her father broke down the door and found her body hanging from a rope.</div><div><br></div><div>Upon receiving the news, police rushed to the spot and inquired into the incident.&nbsp; Police found no wounds on her body.</div><div><br></div><div>The body was handed over without an autopsy at the family’s request.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 20:06:12', '2022-06-29 20:06:12'),
(155, 155, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Heavy rains and a rising water level have caused panic among people marooned by flash floods in Sylhet, according to media reports</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It rained overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in the north-eastern city after five consecutive days without showers.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the Bangladesh Water Development Board has forecast moderate to heavy rain, lowering the risk of fresh flooding.</div><div><br></div><div>BWDB Sub-Divisional Engineer AKM Niloy Pasha said to media that It has been raining in Sylhet but there is no risk of a further rise in the water level. But mountain runoffs could worsen the situation if it rains in India.</div><div><br></div><div>Many areas in Sylhet are still waterlogged, though the situation has improved in various parts of the city over the past few days.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 21:25:21', '2022-06-29 21:25:21'),
(156, 156, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finland and Sweden are poised to end decades of neutrality by joining NATO, a dramatic evolution in European security and geopolitics sparked by Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two Nordic nations had long kept the military alliance at an arm\'s length, even while eying Russia to their east with caution.</div><div><br></div><div>But Moscow\'s assault on Ukraine has sparked renewed security concern across the region, and the leaders of each country have signaled their desire to join the bloc after more than 75 years of military nonalignment.</div><div><br></div><div>Here\'s what you need to know about how the war in Ukraine caused the shift, and what comes next.</div><div><br></div><div>NATO has what it calls an \"open door policy\" on new members — any European country can request to join, so long as they meet certain criteria and all existing members agree.</div><div><br></div><div>A country does not technically \"apply\" to join; Article 10 of its founding treaty states once a nation has expressed interest, the existing member states \"may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty ... to accede.\"</div><div><br></div><div>NATO diplomats told Reuters ratification of new members could take a year, as the legislatures of all 30 current members must approve new applicants.</div><div><br></div><div>Both Finland and Sweden already meet many of the requirements for membership, which include having a functioning democratic political system based on a market economy; treating minority populations fairly; committing to resolve conflicts peacefully; the ability and willingness to make a military contribution to NATO operations; and committing to democratic civil-military relations and institutions.</div><div><br></div><div>The process was not without hurdles; Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday he was not looking at both countries joining NATO \"positively,\" accusing them of housing Kurdish \"terrorist organizations.\" But on Tuesday, he threw his support behind the nations\' bids at the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States and the United Kingdom have both expressed their support for their membership bid.</div><div><br></div><div>What does NATO membership entail?</div><div><br></div><div>The reason most countries join NATO is because of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which stipulates all signatories consider an attack on one an attack against all.</div><div><br></div><div>Article 5 has been a cornerstone of the alliance since NATO was founded in 1949 as a counterweight to the Soviet Union.</div><div><br></div><div>The point of the treaty, and Article 5 specifically, was to deter the Soviets from attacking liberal democracies lacking military strength. Article 5 guarantees the resources of the whole alliance - including the massive US military - can be used to protect any single member nation, such as smaller countries who would be defenseless without their allies. Iceland, for example, has no standing army.</div><div><br></div><div>Former Swedish leader Carl Bildt told CNN he doesn\'t see new big military bases being built in either country should they join NATO.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said joining the alliance would likely mean more joint military training and planning between Finland, Sweden and NATO\'s 30 current members. Swedish and Finnish forces could also participate in other NATO operations around the globe, such as those in the Baltic States, where several bases have multinational troops.</div><div><br></div><div>It\'s worth noting Russia has lambasted the decision by Finland and Sweden to join NATO. Its deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Monday the move would be a \"mistake\" with \"far-reaching consequences,\" according to state news agency TASS.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia currently shares about 755 miles of land border with five NATO members, according to the alliance. Finland\'s accession would mean a nation with which Russia shares an 830-mile border would become formally militarily aligned with the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>The addition of Finland and Sweden would also benefit the alliance, which would frustrate Russia. Both are serious military powers, despite their small populations.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday \"Russia has no problems with these states,\" adding the expansion of NATO \"does not pose a direct threat to Russia.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"But the expansion of military infrastructure into this territory will certainly cause our response,\" he added at the Collective Security Treaty Organization in Moscow. \"We will see what it will be based on the threats that will be created for us.\" Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 21:48:08', '2022-06-29 21:48:08'),
(157, 157, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A meeting of the National Moon Sighting Committee will be held on Thursday to fix the date of Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The meeting will be held in the office of the Islamic Foundation at Baitul Mukarram at 7.15pm with State Minister for Religious Affairs Mohammad Faridul Haque Khan in the chair, the Islamic Foundation said on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee will announce the date of Eid-ul-Azha after reviewing information about the sighting of the Zilhaj moon.</div><div><br></div><div>People have been requested to inform the committee over the following phone and fax numbers if they see the Zilhaj moon anywhere in the Bangladeshi sky.</div><div><br></div><div>The telephone numbers are 02-223381725, 02-41050912, 02-41050916 and 02-41050917 while the fax numbers are 02-223383397 and 02-9555951. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 21:54:50', '2022-06-29 21:54:50'),
(158, 158, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eoin Morgan said extending his England career would have made him feel \"an imposter\" as the World Cup-winning captain retired from international cricket on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Morgan, who will continue to play domestic cricket, announced the end of his time as an international player at Lord\'s, the scene of England\'s 2019 50-over World Cup triumph.</div><div><br></div><div>The 35-year-old batsman oversaw England\'s transformation from a side that suffered a woeful first-round exit at the 2015 World Cup to one-day kings four years later.</div><div><br></div><div>Dublin-born Morgan bows out as England\'s all-time leading run-scorer in one-day international and Twenty20 cricket with 6,957 and 2,458 runs respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>His tally of 225 ODI appearances and 115 in T20Is are also England records.</div><div><br></div><div>But Morgan has made just two fifties from his past 28 international innings across the two white-ball formats and was twice out for nought during England\'s recent ODI series away to the Netherlands.</div><div><br></div><div>He awoke in Amsterdam last Monday knowing his time as an England cricketer was up and missed the final match of the series with a groin injury.</div><div><br></div><div>Neither the thought of one last England appearance, or the prospect of staying on until the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, held any appeal for Morgan.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It goes against everything I stand for, I just would have felt like an imposter,\" he said, when asked about an England farewell appearance.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m very happy with my decision. The day it hit me I was emotional, it was a difficult day, but since then I\'ve been very content. I\'d reached the end of the road.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The World Cup is in October and the feeling that day, it felt a million miles away.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Morgan has been planning for retirement and will now join Sky television to commentate on his former team-mates during England\'s white-ball matches against India and South Africa next month.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meantime, he wants to make a clean break with the England set-up, giving new white-ball coach Matthew Mott and his successor as captain a free hand.</div><div><br></div><div>But he could yet take up a future off-field role in cricket, with Morgan already studying for a post-graduate diploma in strategic leadership, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that I don\'t spend a lot of time in the boardroom, so I don\'t know how that would work, but I\'m doing a course at the moment to allow me to sit on a board at some stage.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 22:41:00', '2022-06-29 22:41:00');
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(159, 159, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fossilised remains belonging to some of humanity\'s oldest ancestors are far older than scientists had originally thought, new research says.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The fossils, including one belonging to ancient cave woman Mrs Ples, were buried for millennia in South African caves known as the Cradle of Humankind.</div><div><br></div><div>Modern testing methods now suggest the group of early humans roamed the earth between 3.4 and 3.7 million years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>This new timeline could reshape common understandings of human evolution.</div><div><br></div><div>It means there are now more possible ways by which our ancestors could have evolved into early humans.</div><div><br></div><div>For years scientists believed the Australopithecus africanus species, whose fossils were discovered in the Sterkfontein caves near Johannesburg, had been less than 2.6 million years old.</div><div><br></div><div>The underground complex has yielded more of the early human remains than anywhere else in the world - including the near complete skull discovered in 1947 belonging to an early cave woman nicknamed Mrs Ples.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Smithsonian Museum, the species - which walked on two feet - were much shorter than modern-day humans. Males averaged 4ft 6in (138cm) in height and females averaged 3ft 9in (115cm).</div><div><br></div><div>But new radioactive dating techniques suggest Mrs Ples, and the others discovered around her, are actually one million years older than thought.</div><div><br></div><div>Researchers came up with the revised age by testing sediment around the fossils for levels of a rare isotope created when the rocks were exposed to cosmic rays - before they fell into the cave.</div><div><br></div><div>Previously the Australopithecus africanus hominids were considered by scientists to be too young to have evolved into homo genus, our ancestors, who were already roaming earth around 2.2 million years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>These findings now suggest they had one million additional years to make that evolutionary leap - making it a possibility that Mrs Ples, and the species she was part of, were ancestors of early humans.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result the species existed on Earth at the same time as the ape known as Lucy, whose 3.2-million-year-old remains belonging to Africa\'s Australopithecus afarensis were long considered to be the species that gave rise to the earliest humans.</div><div><br></div><div>The updated timeline means the two species could have interacted and bred, scientists say, complicating our picture of where humans came from and suggesting it may not have been such a simple evolutionary line.</div><div><br></div><div>It means our family tree is \"more like a bush,\" said French scientist Laurent Bruxelles who was part of the study. Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 22:55:13', '2022-06-29 22:55:13'),
(160, 160, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Sundarbans, the world’s largest natural mangrove forest, braces for footfalls of greater number of visitors owing to the newly opened Padma Bridge that has brought the famed tourist destination in the south-western region closer to the rest of the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Travel to the region will be smooth and fast, according to tour operators and forest officials.</div><div><br></div><div>The forest department is already gearing up to welcome the rush of tourists by opening four new ecotourism centers close to the forest, which is shared by Bangladesh and West Bengal in India.</div><div><br></div><div>Tourists will now have direct road access to the forest and its adjoining areas&nbsp; Mongla in Bagerhat.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Belayet Hossain, divisional forest officer (DFO-east) of the Sundarbans said, “The new tourism centres will be built at Andharmanik in Chandpai range, Ali Banda in Sarankhola range, Sheikher Tek at Satkhira range and Kalabogi under the Sundarban Ecotourism Project at the cost of Tk 25 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The four new ecotourism centres will be added to the existing seven at Koromjol Herbaria, Kotka , Kochikhali, Dubla of Chandpai range on the eastern part and Hiran point&nbsp; and Kalagachia of west division.”</div><div><br></div><div>In these centres, gazebos, foot trailers, public toilets, watch towers and walkways will be built for tourists, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“Due to undeveloped connectivity many tourists felt uninterested in coming to the Sundarbans. As the scenario has now changed after Padma Bridge opening, hopefully more tourists will be attracted to visit the forest,” said Golam Rahman Bitu, a Sundarban tourism dependent trader.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Sheikh Faridul Islam, chairman of Save the Sundarban Foundation said, “Locals are ecstatic over the opening of the bridge as most of their livelihoods are connected with the Sundarbans tourism.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Establishment of new infrastructures and good connectivity will also be good for the tourists.”</div><div><br></div><div>DFO Belayet said, “In the fiscal year 2021-22, one lakh 20 thousand (1.2 lakh) tourists&nbsp; visited the Sundarbans and a revenue of TK 25 lakh was earned from this sector. With the inauguration of the Padma Bridge extensive changes in the forest will come and as the number of tourist increases, so will the revenue,”</div><div><br></div><div>Azad Kabir, officer-in-charge of Karamjal Wildlife Breeding Center in the East Sundarbans, said, of the 6,017 sq km of the Sundarbans 1874.1 sq Km of water area is in Bangladesh which is 31.15 per cent of the total area. The forest has 315 species of wildlife including tigers, deer, monkeys and 334 species of plants including Sundari, Bain, Garan, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>“Basically, tourists from different parts of the country come every year to see this biodiversity. But as the communication system was poor, the number of tourists drops sometimes even during the peak season. Now with the bridge, the revenue from this sector of the Sundarbans will increase four to five times.” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 23:26:06', '2022-06-29 23:26:06'),
(161, 161, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The murder of a Hindu man in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan has sparked religious tensions in the area.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victim, a tailor named Kanhaiya Lal, was killed in Udaipur district on Tuesday by two Muslim men, who filmed the act and posted it online.</div><div><br></div><div>They claimed the act was in retaliation for the victim\'s support for controversial remarks made by a politician on the Prophet Muhammad.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has suspended internet services and banned large gatherings.</div><div><br></div><div>Police have arrested the two men, who had identified themselves in the video.</div><div><br></div><div>In another video, they boasted about the murder and also issued threats to Prime Minister Narendra Modi while brandishing cleavers. A top Rajasthan police official asked media outlets not to broadcast the video of the murder as it was \"too grisly to watch\".</div><div><br></div><div>Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has appealed to people to stay calm.</div><div><br></div><div>The federal government has asked the National Investigative Agency - India\'s top anti-terrorism agency - to investigate the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>The men posed as customers to enter Kanhaiya Lal\'s shop, and attacked him while he was taking their measurements.</div><div><br></div><div>The victim had allegedly put up a social media post supporting former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma, who made controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Her comments sparked a diplomatic row with several Islamic countries registering their strong protests with India. The BJP subsequently suspended Ms Sharma from the party.</div><div><br></div><div>The controversy also led to religious protests in India which turned violent after demonstrators threw stones and damaged public property.</div><div><br></div><div>Three weeks before his murder, Kanhaiya Lal had been arrested by the police for allegedly hurting religious feelings, the Indian Express reported. He had asked for police protection after his release, citing threats to his life.</div><div><br></div><div>The police then called some Hindus and Muslims for a peace meeting, after which Kanhaiya Lal said he didn\'t \"need any more action against any one\", a police official told the newspaper.</div><div><br></div><div>The incident has been condemned by prominent politicians across party lines in India.</div><div><br></div><div>Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje, who belongs to the BJP, blamed Mr Gehlot\'s Congress party government, saying \"a situation of communal frenzy and violence has arisen in the state\".</div><div><br></div><div>Some BJP leaders have said they will march in the national capital Delhi to protest against the killing.</div><div><br></div><div>Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he was \"deeply shocked\" by the murder and called for immediate punishment for the attackers.</div><div><br></div><div>Some prominent Muslim organisations have also condemned the murder. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board called the incident \"highly condemnable\", adding that it was against both Indian law as well as Islamic strictures.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Nobody can be allowed to take the law into their hands and declaring someone a criminal and then murdering them is a highly condemnable act,\" the board said in a statement. Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-29 23:43:54', '2022-06-29 23:43:54'),
(162, 162, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 14 migrants died when a boat caught fire in south Senegal, a local mayor and a health official told AFP on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We have been able to recover 14 bodies,\" David Diatta, the mayor of the coastal town of Kafountine in Casamance, said after the fire on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The toll will likely rise,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The town\'s chief nurse, Bourama Faboure, said that 21 people had been injured, including four who suffered second-degree burns.</div><div><br></div><div>The dugout had been carrying about 140 people, nearly 90 of whom survived and were able to be identified.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There were Guineans, Nigerians, Gambians and Senegalese,\" Diatta said.</div><div><br></div><div>But the search continued for those still missing, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The survivors are saying that the fire was started by someone smoking a cigarette where the fuel was kept,\" the mayor said.</div><div><br></div><div>He described how he spoke to one father came from Nigeria to Senegal via Gambia and was \"traumatised\" by what had happened.</div><div>\"He still hasn\'t found his wife and children,\" the mayor said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is no doctor here, only nurses. And we don\'t have a morgue so we have to bury the bodies immediately,\" Diatta said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Their families will never know if they are dead or not.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Police have launched an investigation into the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Many migrants set off from Senegal to try to reach the Spanish Canary Islands as a gateway into Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>The fire comes after at least 23 African migrants died when around 2,000 migrants stormed the heavily fortified border between the Moroccan region of Nador and the Spanish enclave of Melilla on Friday. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 00:54:57', '2022-06-30 00:54:57'),
(163, 163, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A loan agreement was signed between the government of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB) under which the lending agency will provide US$500 million to modernise the rural electricity distribution system under Dhaka and Mymensingh regions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin and World Bank Acting Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Dandan Chen signed the loan agreement on behalf of their respective sides.</div><div><br></div><div>WB will provide the US$500 million loan from the IDA-19 Scale-Up Window (SUW).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The interest rate of the above mentioned loan is \'6-month Libor plus the Variable Spread Service Charge: 0.25 percent front-end fee and commitment charge: 0.25 percent\' and this loan has to be repaid in 35 years with a grace period of five years.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the Electricity Distribution Modernisation Programme, the Bangladesh Rural Electricity Board (BREB) will improve its electricity distribution services under Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions. The tenure of the project is January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2026.</div><div><br></div><div>The WB will also provide US$15 million as grants from its Clean Technology Fund (CTF).</div><div><br></div><div>To this end, another agreement was also signed today between the government of Bangladesh and the WB at that time. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 01:34:24', '2022-06-30 01:34:24'),
(164, 164, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Canadian police shot dead two men and six officers were wounded during a gunfight at a bank in British Columbia on Tuesday, and nearby homes were evacuated after the discovery of a possible explosive device, police said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Emergency response team members arrived on the scene at the Bank of Montreal in Saanich, on Vancouver Island, near the border with the US state of Washington, around 1800 GMT, law enforcement said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This remains an ongoing police incident with a heavy police presence in the area,\" Saanich police said on their website.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Homes and businesses in close proximity to the scene of the incident have been evacuated due to the presence of a potential explosive device in a vehicle associated to the suspects.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Later, police said they were lifting a shelter-in-place order but that the block near the bank remained closed over the potential bomb.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspects were \"heavily armed\" and initial reports suggested they wore body armor, Saanich police chief Dean Duthie told a news conference.</div><div><br></div><div>Six officers were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds, some of whom would soon be released but others \"sustained very serious injuries and have been taken into surgery,\" Duthie said.</div><div><br></div><div>Video posted on social media showed police officers and a police dog in pursuit on foot with the sound of gunshots blazing. Police have asked any witnesses to submit video evidence, CBC News reported.</div><div><br></div><div>\"From what I know about that chaotic, tragic, dynamic, violent scene, the fact that no citizens were injured in any way is truly amazing,\" Duthie said.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter he was \"shocked and saddened\" by the violence.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m keeping the police officers who were injured in today\'s shooting - and their colleagues who also rushed towards danger to keep people safe - in my thoughts,\" Trudeau said. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 02:35:02', '2022-06-30 02:35:02'),
(165, 165, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that her government has attached the topmost priority on controlling the inflation rate in the budget against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic coupled with the Russia-Ukraine war and disruption of supply chain.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Taking part in the discussion on the national budget for 2022-23 fiscal in the 18th session of the 11th parliament, she also asked all show austerity and make savings to get themselves protected.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The budget has formulated giving importance on containing price inflation because of the rising trend of import bases price inflation due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and disruption of the global supply chain,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, also Leader of the House, called upon the countrymen to show austerity in using water and electricity, saying, \"We all have to show austerity and make savings to the best of our ability to get ourselves protected.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister asked all to make savings and thus contribute to the national savings alongside reducing all the unnecessary expenses and cancel purchasing import based luxurious goods and attach priority to buy only the necessary goods, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said her government has been able to give such a large budget of Tk 6,78064 crore amidst the adverse situation that arose out of Coronavirus and the Russia-Ukraine war.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 02:49:47', '2022-06-30 02:49:47'),
(166, 166, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Samuel Quinton Edwards was at the center of a manhunt after a police officer was shot, died after exchanging gunfire with Kentucky State Police in Louisville, according to officials reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Edwards, 34, was wanted after officials accused him of shooting a Hendersonville police officer during a chase in Madison on Monday night. The officer was non-critically wounded, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. </div><div><br></div><div>MNPD reported that Edwards was dead just before 8 p.m. Tuesday. </div><div><br></div><div>Police said Edwards fired shots into the officer\'s SUV and abandoned a van in the 600 block of Gibson Drive. He then fled on foot, armed with two guns, according to MNPD. </div><div><br></div><div>Police believe Edwards then stole a white 2009 Chevy Silverado pickup truck from Gibson Drive. The keys were left inside the truck, MNPD said. Source: Tennessean</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 03:02:03', '2022-06-30 03:02:46'),
(167, 167, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Dhaka university (DU) authorities have introduced \'transcript software\' for its students to facilitate transcript delivery services more easily.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A website has also been introduced to receive and solve all kinds of complaints and appeals related to university\'s services, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>DU Vice Chancellor Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman today inaugurated the software and the website at a program at university\'s Abdul Matin Chowdhury Virtual classroom.</div><div><br></div><div>Convener of DU Innovation team Dr Ishtiak M Sayed, register Probir Kumar Sarker and ICT cell director Dr Md Asif Hossen Khan, among others, were present on the occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Akhtaruzzaman said both the software and the website are important, which will enhance the overall digitalization and automation process of the university.</div><div><br></div><div>It would bring more dynamism in the educational and administrative work of the university as well as help ensure transparency and accountability, he hoped.</div><div><br></div><div>From now on, the graduates of the university will be able to receive online transcript service by logging on the site eco.du.ac.bd.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the supervision of DU innovation team, the office of the examinations controller and the central admissions office have jointly implemented the project of bringing the transcript section under automation. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 03:15:26', '2022-06-30 03:15:26'),
(168, 168, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced US reinforcements of NATO forces in Europe, saying the alliance is needed more today \"than it ever has been.\"</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>NATO will be \"strengthened in all directions across every domain -- land, air and sea,\" he told a summit of the transatlantic alliance being held in Madrid.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Biden, who was meeting NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, said the extra forces included:</div><div>- Boosting the fleet of US naval destroyers from four to six in Rota, Spain.</div><div><br></div><div>- A permanent headquarters in Poland of the 5th Army Corps.</div><div><br></div><div>- An \"additional rotational brigade\" in Romania, consisting of \"3,000 fighters and another 2,000-personnel combat team.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Enhanced rotational deployments in the Baltic countries.</div><div><br></div><div>- Two additional squadrons of the F-35 stealth plane to Britain.</div><div><br></div><div>- \"Additional air defence and other capabilities in Germany and in Italy.\"</div><div>\"Together with our allies we\'re going to make sure that NATO is ready to meet the threats from all directions across every domain,\" Biden said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In a moment where (Russian President Vladimir) Putin has shattered peace in Europe and attacked the very, very tenets of rule-based order, the United States and our allies, we\'re going to step up,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re stepping up, proving that NATO is more needed now than it ever has been and it\'s important as it ever has been.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to NATO unity on accepting the applications of previously neutral Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, Biden said Putin\'s strategy in invading Ukraine had backfired.</div><div><br></div><div>\"That\'s exactly what he didn\'t want but exactly what needs to be done to guarantee security for Europe,\" Biden said.</div><div><br></div><div>Stoltenberg commented that the expansion of NATO was \"the opposite\" of what Putin hoped for.</div><div><br></div><div>A White House statement detailing the reinforcements said that in the Baltics, \"we will maintain persistent, heel-to-toe presence in the region and will intensify training.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This will include \"armoured, aviation, air defence, and special operations forces, building further interoperability and intensified training with these allies, and enhancing our ability to quickly reinforce and provide combat-credible defences.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The additions to the US presence are part of a much wider expansion of NATO capabilities being announced in Madrid, as well as a new strategic blueprint which will highlight the threat from Russia but for the first time also name China as a challenge.</div><div><br></div><div>White House spokesman John Kirby told reporters that the US military expansion in Europe comes on top of reinforcements already sent in the wake of Russia\'s Ukraine invasion, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Since the invasion itself, (Biden) ordered the deployment or extension of over 20,000 additional forces to Europe in response to the crisis, all across the domains... which brought our total to over 100,000 service members across Europe,\" Kirby said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 03:40:34', '2022-06-30 03:40:34'),
(169, 169, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the namesake son of an ousted dictator, is to be sworn in as Philippine president Thursday in one of history’s greatest political comebacks but which opponents say was pulled off by whitewashing his family’s image.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>His rise to power, 36 years after an army-backed “People Power” revolt booted his father to global infamy, upends politics in the Asian democracy, where a public holiday, monuments and the Philippine Constitution stand as reminders of his father’s tyrannical rule.</div><div><br></div><div>Activists and survivors of the martial law-era under his father plan protests timed to Marcos Jr.’s inauguration at the steps of the National Museum in Manila. Thousands of police officers, including anti-riot contingents, SWAT commandos and snipers, were deployed in the bayside tourist district for security.</div><div><br></div><div>Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, are among foreign dignitaries attending the noontime ceremony.</div><div><br></div><div>“Wow is this really happening?” asked Bonifacio Ilagan, a 70-year-old activist who was detained and severely tortured by counterinsurgency forces during the elder Marcos’s rule. “For victims of martial law like me, this is a nightmare.”</div><div><br></div><div>Such historical baggage and antagonism stand to hound Marcos Jr. during a six-year presidency beginning at a time of intense crises.</div><div><br></div><div>The Philippines has been among the worst-hit countries in Asia by the two-year coronavirus pandemic, after more than 60,000 deaths and extended lockdowns that sent the economy to its worst recession since World War II and worsened poverty, unemployment and hunger. As the pandemic was easing early this year, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent global inflation soaring and sparked fears of food shortages.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, Marcos Jr. announced he would serve as secretary of agriculture temporarily after he takes office to prepare for possible food supply emergencies. “I think the problem is severe enough,” he said and added he has asked his key advisers to brace for “emergency situations, especially when it comes to food supply.”</div><div><br></div><div>He also inherits decades-old Muslim and communist insurgencies, crime, gaping inequality and political divisions inflamed by his election.</div><div><br></div><div>Congress last month proclaimed his landslide victory, as well as that of his running mate Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing president, in the vice presidential race.</div><div><br></div><div>“I ask you all pray for me, wish me well. I want to do well because when the president does well, the country does well,” he said after his congressional proclamation without taking any questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Jr. received more than 31 million votes and Sara Duterte more than 32 million of the more than 55 million votes cast in the May 9 election — massive victories that will provide them robust political capital as they face tremendous doubts arising from their fathers’ reputations. It was the first majority presidential victory in the Philippines in decades.</div><div><br></div><div>Outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte presided over a brutal anti-drugs campaign that left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead in an unprecedented scale of killings the International Criminal Court was investigating as a possible crime against humanity. The probe was suspended in November, but the ICC chief prosecutor has asked that it be resumed immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte have faced calls to help prosecute her father and cooperate with the international court when they office, a looming political dilemma.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Jr., a former governor, congressman and senator, has refused to acknowledge or apologize for massive human rights violations and plunder under his father’s rule and has defended his legacy.</div><div><br></div><div>During the campaign, he and Sara Duterte avoided controversial issues and focused on a call for national unity, although their fathers’ presidencies opened some of the most volatile divisions in the country’s history. Marcos Jr. appealed to be judged “not by my ancestors, but by my actions.”</div><div><br></div><div>His father was forced from power by a largely peaceful pro-democracy uprising in 1986 and died in 1989 while in exile in Hawaii without admitting any wrongdoing, including accusations that he, his family and cronies amassed an estimated $5 billion to $10 billion while in office.</div><div><br></div><div>A Hawaii court later found him liable for human rights violations and awarded $2 billion from his estate to compensate more than 9,000 Filipinos who filed a lawsuit against him for torture, incarceration, extrajudicial killings and disappearances.</div><div><br></div><div>Imelda Marcos and her children were allowed to return to the Philippines in 1991 and worked on a stunning political comeback, helped by a well-funded social media campaign to refurbish the family name.</div><div><br></div><div>Along metropolitan Manila’s main avenue, democracy shrines and monuments erected after Marcos’ 1986 downfall stand prominently. The anniversary of his ouster is celebrated each year as a special national holiday, and a presidential commission that has worked for decades to recover ill-gotten wealth of the Marcoses still exists.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Jr. has not explained how he will deal with such stark reminders of the past. -AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 14:32:52', '2022-06-30 14:32:52'),
(170, 170, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In spite of its push for financial inclusion, Bangladesh has linger one of the top seven countries with a sizeable part of the population unbanked, in accordance with a Work Bank survey.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>About 30 million of its nearly 170 million people still do not have an account with a financial institution or mobile money platform, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>The international financial institution published \"The Global Findex Database 2021: Financial Inclusion, Digital Payments, and Resilience in the Age of COVID-19\" yesterday.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the world\'s 1.4 billion unbanked population, over half or 740 million comes from seven economies, including China, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, according to the report.</div><div><br></div><div>About 53 per cent of the adult population in Bangladesh had an account in 2021, up from 50 per cent in 2017, when the preceding World Bank report was published.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 43 per cent women and 49 per cent of poor adults had an account in 2021 as per the report.</div><div><br></div><div>The gender gap in the use of digital payments by account owners varies substantially across developing economies.</div><div><br></div><div>In six economies, including four in South Asia, it reaches double digits. In India and Sri Lanka, countries with no gender gap in account ownership, it is 17 percentage points and 18 percentage points respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh and Nigeria have large gender gaps in the use of digital payments, at 15 percentage points and 16 percentage points respectively, on top of a gender gap in account ownership of about 20 percentage points.</div><div><br></div><div>However, gender gaps have decreased despite the lack of growth in overall account ownership.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, for example, showed no growth in overall account ownership between 2017 and 2021, although the growth in mobile money accounts of women narrowed the gender gap to 19 percentage points.</div><div><br></div><div>Similarly, Pakistan saw its gender gap narrow from 28 percentage points to 15 percentage points, despite a flat overall account ownership.</div><div><br></div><div>In developing economies such as Bangladesh, India and Malaysia, there is virtually no difference in account ownership between adults living in urban and rural areas.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Bangladesh saw increases in mobile money account ownership from 2017 to 2021, with 69 per cent of unbanked adults having a mobile phone.</div><div><br></div><div>In South Asia, for example, women are 22 percentage points less likely than men to have a mobile phone.</div><div><br></div><div>India and Bangladesh are near the South Asian average, with gaps in mobile ownership of 19 percentage points and 20 percentage points respectively. In Pakistan, women are half as likely as men to have a mobile phone.</div><div><br></div><div>A field experiment in Bangladesh found that factory workers saved more when they received their wages through direct deposit. But there was no such effect for the control groups paid in cash, said the report.</div><div><br></div><div>Citing a recent study, the WB report said the shifting of education subsidies from cash to digital channels had an impact in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>It found that nearly 80 per cent of mothers preferred the digital payments, largely because it did away with the need to travel and wait for cash disbursements.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead, it allowed mothers to draw down money securely and at their convenience.</div><div><br></div><div>However, in Bangladesh, more than 90 per cent of adults with an account made merchant payments only in cash.</div><div><br></div><div>Research has shown the benefits of \"learning by doing\". For example, factory workers in Bangladesh who were paid into an account also learned to use their account without assistance.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 14:40:55', '2022-06-30 14:40:55'),
(171, 171, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The first day of Eid-ul-Azha would fall on July 9 in Saudi Arabia after the crescent moon was sighted at the Tamir observatory, reports Al Arabiya English.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The festival is observed by Muslims during the lunar month of Dhu Al-Hijjah, which starts on June 30 and is also the Hajj pilgrimage month.</div><div><br></div><div>In accordance with a disclosure from the Saudi Supreme Court, Hajj will begin on July 6 and last through July 10, with Arafat Day coming on July 8, the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. </div><div><br></div><div>Muslims buy cows, sheep, and goats to slaughter and then give to the poor as a way of celebrating Eid-ul-Azha.</div><div><br></div><div>This annual tradition has its roots in the narrative of the prophet Abraham, who was asked by God to sacrifice his son Ismaeel as a litmus test for his faith.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 14:47:50', '2022-06-30 14:48:26'),
(172, 172, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Louisiana’s attorney general on Wednesday warned doctors against performing abortions, despite a judge’s order blocking the state from enforcing its ban on the procedure.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a letter to the Louisiana State Medical Society, Attorney General Jeff Landry said that the state judge’s Monday order blocking enforcement “has limited reach” and abortion has been a crime since Friday’s decision giving states the power to outlaw abortions.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is incumbent on this office to advise you that any medical provider who would perform or has performed an elective abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs is jeopardizing his or her liberty and medical license,” Landry wrote, referencing the Friday decision.</div><div><br></div><div>Friday’s high court decision has set off legal battles in multiple states where lawmakers have sought to ban or restrict abortion.</div><div><br></div><div>Kentucky’s two abortion clinics asked a judge Wednesday to issue a temporary restraining order to block a state law that took effect after Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Attorneys for a Louisville clinic argued that Kentucky’s constitution allows for abortion. They said one of the clinics has turned away about 200 potential patients since the Friday ruling.</div><div><br></div><div>Lawyers for Ohio abortion providers asked that state’s Supreme Court on Wednesday to use its powers to overturn a ban on abortions at the first detectable “ fetal heartbeat.” The American Civil Liberties Union, Planned Parenthood Federation of America and others argued the law violates the Ohio Constitution’s broad protections of individual liberty.</div><div><br></div><div>A challenge to West Virginia’s abortion ban was announced Wednesday by the ACLU of that state. The organization said it was joining others in filing the suit in Kanawha County Circuit Court on behalf of Women’s Health Center of West Virginia. The ACLU says the state ban dates back to the 1800s and has been superseded by numerous laws passed since, including a 20-week abortion ban that was passed in 2015 and acknowledges a patient’s right to an abortion.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Alabama’s Attorney General Steve Marshall was quick to warn that elective abortions are illegal in the state. His Friday pronouncement came after a federal judge lifted an injunction soon after the Supreme Court decision.</div><div><br></div><div>The decision has also led to an increase in demand for emergency contraceptives — and to limits by some retailers on how many emergency contraceptives consumers can buy,</div><div><br></div><div>In Louisiana, Landry’s spokesman did not immediately respond to a message asking whether his office would seek to prosecute doctors who perform abortions while the judge’s order is in effect.</div><div><br></div><div>The three abortion clinics in the state have said they would resume operations while the order is in effect. It was not immediately clear whether that decision would be affected by Landry’s letter.</div><div><br></div><div>Louisiana and Kentucky are among states that had “trigger” laws designed to ban abortion, with few exceptions, in anticipation of a Supreme Court ruling ending abortion rights.</div><div><br></div><div>State District Judge Robin Giarusso in New Orleans on Monday issued a temporary restraining order banning enforcement of the Louisiana law, pending a court hearing on a lawsuit filed by a north Louisiana abortion clinic and others. Landry’s office is expected to appeal the order.</div><div><br></div><div>The plaintiffs in the lawsuit don’t deny that Louisiana can now ban abortion. Instead, they contend Louisiana now has multiple, conflicting trigger mechanisms in the law.</div><div><br></div><div>They also argue that state law is unclear on whether it bans an abortion prior to a fertilized egg implanting in the uterus.</div><div><br></div><div>Although the law provides an exception for “medically futile” pregnancies in cases of fetuses with fatal abnormalities, the plaintiffs noted the law gives no definition of the term and state health officials haven’t yet provided a list of conditions that would qualify as medically futile. -AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 14:53:54', '2022-06-30 14:53:54'),
(173, 173, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Rapid Action Battalion has detained the teenaged student accused of killing a college teacher in Savar’s Ashulia.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The law enforcers arrested the tenth-grader in Gazipur’s Sreepur on Wednesday, hours after the arrest of his father Ujjal Hossain in Kushtia’s Kumarkhali Upazila, said ANM Imran Khan, a spokesman for the RAB.</div><div><br></div><div>Citing case documents, police said the student of Haji Yunus Ali School and College attacked Utpal Kumar Sarker, a lecturer of political science in the institution, on Saturday. Utpal succumbed to his injuries at Savar’s Enam Medical College Hospital on Monday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Students and teachers of the institution have continued demonstration demanding swift justice for Utpal, who was also the chairman of the institution\'s disciplinary committee.</div><div><br></div><div>The institution’s Principal Saiful Hasan on Tuesday said Utpal had asked students to get decent haircuts and counselled them on their behaviour many times. \"Maybe the student attacked him because he was angry due to some punishment he had meted out to the student.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Saiful said the student started beating Utpal with a cricket stump when the teacher was watching a match.</div><div><br></div><div>Utpal, 37, lived with his family in Dhaka\'s Mirpur. He graduated from Chittagong University and also completed his Master\'s degree there. -bdnews24</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 14:58:37', '2022-06-30 14:58:37');
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(174, 174, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday issued a statement clarifying his position regarding some accusations made counter to him recently.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Yunus Centre shared the clarification with the media in a statement. It said:&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>Grameen Bank is one of the banks whose MD was Dr Yunus. Legally, he could remain MD till the age of 60. However, he remained MD illegally until he was 70-71 years old. Naturally, Bangladesh Bank gave him notice without meaning any insult to him. Our former finance minister Muhith Saheb and adviser Gowher Rizvi Saheb suggested to him that you become an advisor to Grameen Bank. We will honour you as Emeritus Advisor. But he wanted desperately wanted to remain MD. Now, as an MD of the bank, he has to take GO (permission from government) when he goes out, but he never took the GO On the contrary, we had given him many more opportunities.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>The first thing to clarify is that Grameen Bank is such a bank that is owned (75%) by its borrowers. Grameen Bank was established by incorporating some unique features through a separate law, which makes it different from other public and private banks. The managing director of Grameen Bank is appointed under a contract with conditions set by the board. There was no age limit mentioned for this appointment in the law or in the decision of the board of directors.</div><div><br></div><div>ADVERTISEMENT</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>When Prof Yunus reached 60 years of age, he voluntarily reported to the board that the board may consider appointing a new managing director since he has reached 60 years of age. The board wanted him to continue until it decides otherwise. Board reappointed Prof Yunus when his current term was over. He was 61 years and six months old at that time.&nbsp; Grameen Bank explained the matter to Bangladesh Bank in one of its regular inspection reports given by Bangladesh Bank. As a result, no further observation was made in the next report of Bangladesh Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking of GO, he never had to take GO for traveling abroad because he was not a government employee. The government never raised any objection in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>When this issue was raised in 2011 and Prof Yunus was asked to step down from his position of managing director it threatened the fundamentals of the legal status of the bank which Prof Yunus built with the support from successive governments run by all major parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus wanted to get the legal status upheld by the High Court. In order to get the legal vetting, he submitted a writ petition to the high court. It was not about his desperation to protect his job as managing director, which the prime minister repeatedly mentions as the cause of Yunus becoming hostile to her.</div><div><br></div><div>It was about the threat to the legal status of the bank that Prof Yunus was concerned about. Because he always believed that this legal space, he had created with the support from all previous governments is fundamental to the success of Grameen Bank as an effective tool to fight poverty.</div><div><br></div><div>As for his job, he offered to resign several times before, once when he reached 60 years. The Grameen Bank board wanted him to continue.</div><div><br></div><div>ADVERTISEMENT</div><div><br></div><div>dt-ad</div><div>In 2010, Prof Yunus had already written to the finance minister AMA Muhith to start the process of succession by looking for a successor managing director since time had come for him to leave the position of the managing director.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>That letter was published at that time in all newspapers when the prime minister accused him for holding on to his position of managing director of a bank.</div><div><br></div><div>It is to be noted that Prof Yunus exceeded 60 years of age during the first tenure of the Awami League Government in 2001. But the government never raised the issue of Prof Yunus’s age at that time. Bangladesh Bank also never raised the issue at any later time.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus wanted to get the legal status upheld by the High court. He submitted a writ petition to the high court. It was not about keeping his job as managing director.</div><div><br></div><div>The court refused to accept the petition for hearing on the ground that Prof Yunus did not have “Locus Standi”,&nbsp; which means he was not eligible to submit the petition. He appealed to the Appellate Division but his appeal was refused on the same ground.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus decided to resign from the position of managing director of Grameen Bank on May 12, 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>When the dismissal order from Bangladesh Bank came, Prof Yunus filed a case against Bangladesh Bank and our government. But he lost every case because the law could not cover him, the law could not reduce his age. The court could not reduce his age.</div><div><br></div><div>He lost and became angrier. He said: “I made Hillary Clinton call me; Tony Blair\'s wife Cherie Blair called me; then one representative for the French President came; everyone (said) Yunus must remain MD. Honorable Speaker, I ask the nation, what was the attraction of the MD position of a bank that I would not have worked without it?”</div><div><br></div><div>He received the Nobel Prize. So, he asked why the Nobel Prize winner is so greedy for the post of MD? I think everyone should think about that. And for the World Bank to stop the money, sending repeated emails, meeting Hillary, sending emails again in between this one of our editors was very well involved with him. So, the thing is, is there any patriotism in them?&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>The removal of Prof Yunus from Grameen Bank was a global news, not because Prof Yunus wanted to hold on to his post of managing director, but because it was so unbelievable to the large community of admirers and followers of Grameen philosophy and action programs around the world. They were very puzzled by this action and expressed their concerns in various ways. They were not trying to help Prof Yunus get back his job, they wanted to see that the Grameen programs continue without interruption. It only showed how much Grameen was viewed by many as a hope for the poor.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The global shock created by the removal of Prof Yunus from the position of managing director of Grameen Bank is an independent story unfolding at the same time when the World Bank was warning to stop Padma Bridge funding because of corruption.</div><div><br></div><div>Mixing these two independent stories into one story took it to a different path. The honourable prime minister is saying that the World Bank money was stopped because Prof Yunus was desperate to have his job back and that he conspired with Hillary Clinton to put pressure on the World Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus made a clear statement when it was mentioned for the first time that Prof Yunus brought pressure on the World Bank to stop the Padma Bridge funding. He emphatically said that Padma Bridge has been a long-time dream of all the people of Bangladesh, including himself. There is no question of his opposing the realisation of this dream.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The people of the country are overjoyed with the completion of the Padma Bridge today. I congratulate the prime minister and all the people of the country for this historic achievement,\" said Prof Yunus.</div><div><br></div><div>This story propagates that Prof Yunus used his “enormous influence” to stop the financing for Padma Bridge because he was holding a grudge against the prime minister, that maybe Prof Yunus did not pressurize the World Bank directly, but he did so through his friend Hillary Clinton.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In other words, he must have some sort of connection with World Bank’s cancellation of the agreement. PM also mentions that one editor of a famous newspaper went all the way to meet the President of the World Bank to persuade him to stop the financing. The tough world of international decision-making does not depend on the whims of two friends or the visit of a newspaper editor. However ‘important’ a person Professor Yunus may be, whatever number of ‘influential friends’ he may have, a three-billion dollar project cannot be stopped just because he allegedly wants it cancelled.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to the allegations, it has to be said again that Prof Yunus has never made any complaint to the World Bank or any other organization or individual about the Padma Bridge. So the matter is purely imaginary.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>Despite so many opportunities given to him, he takes 47% interest from poor people</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>This comment is not correct at all. Grameen Bank’s interest on business loans has always been 20%, which is a declining simple interest.</div><div><br></div><div>This rate was never increased on any occasion. It should be mentioned here that the highest interest rate of microfinance allowed by the Microcredit Regulatory Authority is 27%. Grameen Bank has always disbursed its loans at rates lower than the rate determined by the government. Interest rates of Grameen loans other than business loans are much lower.</div><div><br></div><div>Grameen charges 8% interest on house building loans, 0% interest on education loans for borrowers’ children during their studies and 5% after completion of studies, and 0% interest on loans to the destitute. The interest rate was never 47% in Grameen Bank and not even today.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, profit on the interest income of any bank is shared with its owners. Ownership of Grameen Bank rests 25% with government and 75% with the bank’s poor members. That is why both government and members receive their respective profits on a regular basis. Prof Yunus does not own a single share with the bank. So he had no opportunity to deceive anybody by charging 47% interest!</div><div><br></div><div>The same microcredit policy is being followed even after the removal of Prof Yunus from Grameen Bank, thus the allegation is baseless.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>He has eaten all the money from the Grameen Bank. Otherwise, how can a managing director of a bank own so much money? How could he invest so much at home and abroad?</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus has not “eaten” Grameen Bank’s money. Beyond his salary package as MD of Grameen Bank, he has not received any money from Grameen Bank. He never took any money for international travel in all his years with the Bank. The claim that he took money to invest at home and abroad is completely false.</div><div><br></div><div>The current government ordered investigations on his bank accounts throughout the country. The news of the orders was widely publicised in the media. His tax returns have been investigated many times with public announcements. We never heard that any authority found anything irregular.&nbsp; One reviewcCommittee and one inquiry commission were appointed dedicatedly to investigate the affairs of Grameen Bank. They worked hard to find faults with it. None have reported that Prof Yunus has “eaten” any money from Grameen Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank regularly audits all accounts and financial matters of Grameen Bank. It has never reported that Prof Yunus has taken away any money from the bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus submits his tax returns and pays his taxes regularly.</div><div><br></div><div>Sources of his income:</div><div><br></div><div>There are three sources of Prof Yunus\' income: 1) Speaking fees from the lectures he gives at various conferences around the world. He is one of the highly prized speakers in the global speaking circuit. This source of his income accounts for bulk of his income. 2) Royalties from his books published in over 25 languages. Some of his&nbsp; books have been included in the New York Times bestsellers list, 3) Income from fixed deposits generated from items 1 and 2.</div><div><br></div><div>Sources of each receipt under items 1 and 2 are made available to tax authorities. So the question of not knowing the source of his income does not arise.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He remits all his earnings from lectures and books back to Bangladesh through formal banking channels. All details are given by the banks and they are submitted to the tax authorities. To claim that sources of his income are not known to the government is not true. Prof Yunus keeps his money in fixed deposits in the bank. He has never invested in stocks and shares. He does not own any share in any company anywhere in the world.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There are many governments, corporates, businesses, social activist organizations and persons who are inspired by the philosophy and action programs of Prof Yunus around the world.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>They took initiatives to create social businesses around the world. Many of them identify themselves with “Yunus” or “Grameen” names to display their commitment to Professor Yunus’s philosophy and business structure. While the use of these names in their businesses signifies the commitment of the entrepreneurs to Yunus’s philosophy, they do not in any way represent ownership by Yunus or Grameen. Their businesses are established under the law of the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Their financing is done by the initiators according to their plans. Professor Yunus never participates in any businesses anywhere as an investor. Some of these businesses have grown into multi-billion-dollar businesses. They let the world know about their successes with pride and express their gratitude to Bangladesh to help them find ways to solve their social problems.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus spreads his philosophy, not his money. He has said many times before that he doesn’t own any share in any company anywhere in the world, he has no investment anywhere in the world.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>And how could he donate $300,000 dollars to the Clinton Foundation? Whose money was that? How did he donate? No one was looking into it!</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus has not made any donation of any size at any time to Clinton Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>And when he took Grameenphone, he said that the dividend from Grameenphone will go to Grameen Bank and the bank will run with that (dividend). If (you) investigate, you will find that he has never paid a single taka of Grameenphone to Grameen Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>There was no such commitment on behalf of GrameenPhone to pay dividends to Grameen Bank. Grameen Bank was not a party in this joint venture.</div><div><br></div><div>The lead partner in this joint venture of Grameenphone is the Norwegian company, Telenor, which is owned by the Norwegian government.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The second owner of Grameenphone is Grameen Telecom which is a non-profit company registered under section 28 of the Company’s Act which has no private owner. Grameen Bank and Grameen Telecom are two separate legal entities. Grameenphone is a publicly listed company.</div><div><br></div><div>Grameen Telecom borrowed money from Soros Foundation to invest in Grameenphone.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Yunus never intended to, nor actually owned, any share of Grameenphone at any stage of the company, nor does he own any share now.</div><div><br></div><div>Grameen Telecom operated the Village Pay Phone program to give poor women entrepreneurs the opportunity to sell phone services in the village. Grameen Telecom is the pioneer in the whole world in bringing telephone services to the poor, to the women in particular, and to the villages for the first time in telecom history of the world.&nbsp; Hundreds of thousands of women made a good income from the Village Phone Program.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Because of the significance of this programme, it has been recognized as the milestone in the history of technology.&nbsp; Grameen Telecom’s Village Phone Programme is on display in the Glasgow Museum of Technology. As a nation, we can take pride in having a place in the museum of technology. Because of the path-breaking work of Grameenphone, telephone services became available even to the bottommost people.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>When we came up with the digital system. Telecommunications, before all were analogue and I gave the mobile phone business to the private sector, he was also given a mobile phone business. The other two that we gave were not given many opportunities but we did give the opportunity to use railway optic fiber cable for Grameenphone.</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s response:</div><div><br></div><div>Norway gave the fibre optics to Bangladesh Railway as a grant at that time. The railway was not able to make full use of it. But it had to incur a lot of expenses for the workforce and cable maintenance. To save on its costs Railway then made a lease contract with Grameenphone. It was a commercial contract. Under this contract, all the Railway workforce engaged in the job was handed over to Grameenphone.</div><div><br></div><div>Grameenphone is the largest mobile phone company in the country. 25 years later, everybody will agree that the decision to give license to Grameenphone was the right decision. They really deserved it.</div><div><br></div><div>Allegation:</div><div><br></div><div>An Awami League leader and lawmaker recently said that Dr Muhammad Yunus donated $6 million to a foundation. Asked by the journalist whether there would be an investigation into the matter, the Honorable prime minister said you are journalists. Isn’t it better for you (the journalists) to inquire who among these managing directors has the financial capacity to donate this amount of dollars to a foundation ($6 million), or how he can spend so much money? Otherwise, if I do this, you will say that I am vindictive. Instead, it’s better if you find&nbsp; out. And there is also information of how much money in which bank, how much money he has laundered with which cheque—find these out, why should we say everything. You can find all of these out. Later, if you need any more information, we will provide it. In Bangladeshi banks, how can a big amount of money from a trust/foundation that he created go to a private bank (account)? Withdrawing 6 crores Bangladeshi Taka (60 million BDT) from trust through a single cheque to his personal account—how is this possible? We also run Trusts, but we don’t have any right to withdraw that money for personal use. Although I am the chairperson of the trust, I cannot withdraw the money. But I have also information that Tk6 crore has vanished after moving the amount from a Trust to a personal account. Where it has gone?&nbsp; This is not about a long time ago, it is about the year 2020. You (journalists) find it out, we will not say anything.</div><div><br></div><div>Yunus’s Response:</div><div><br></div><div>The amount of Tk6 crore or any other amount from any trust has not been deposited in the personal account of Professor Yunus in 2020, or at any other time.</div><div><br></div><div>He did not donate $6 million to any foundation. This is a fully fabricated and defamatory allegation. As mentioned earlier, the government has already collected information about the banking of Prof Yunus from the banks, so the government has all the information.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Staff Correspondent', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 15:06:23', '2022-06-30 15:06:23'),
(175, 175, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The recurring cries of “Come on, Andy!” at Centre Court meandered somewhere along the continuum from pushing to pleading as two-time champion Andy Murray’s shortest stay at Wimbledon came to a close.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Unable to overcome big John Isner’s big serves, the way he always has in the past, the revered Murray lost in the second round to the 20th-seeded American 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (3), 6-4 on Wednesday night at the All England Club, capping a disappointing afternoon and evening in the grass-court Grand Slam tournament’s main stadium for the locals.</div><div><br></div><div>Prior to Murray vs. Isner, the host country’s other leading player, reigning U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu, was eliminated by Caroline Garcia of France 6-3, 6-3.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked whether he plans to be back a year from now, the 35-year-old Murray replied: “It depends on how I am physically. If physically I feel good, we’ll try to keep playing. But it’s extremely difficult, with the problems I’ve had with my body the last few years, to make predictions.”</div><div><br></div><div>Murray needed multiple operations on his hip and now has an artificial joint. He also recently dealt with an abdominal issue that hampered his preparations last week.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to becoming Britain’s first men’s singles title winner in 77 years at Wimbledon when he claimed the trophy in 2013 — and adding another in 2016 — Murray always had managed to make it to at least the third round in his 13 prior appearances. He lost that early twice, in his 2005 debut and in 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s no secret that I am most definitely not a better tennis player than Andy Murray. I might have been just a little bit better than him today. It was an incredible honor to play him on this court, in front of this crowd,” said the 37-year-old Isner, who won the longest match in tennis history by a 70-68 score in the fifth set at Wimbledon in 2010 and reached the semifinals there in 2018. “At the age I’m at now, I need to relish these moments. This was one of the biggest wins of my career.”</div><div><br></div><div>Murray can still hit crisp, clean groundstrokes, and he accumulated merely 13 unforced errors to 39 winners against the 6-foot-10 (2.08-meter) Isner. And Murray can still return about as well as anyone, often getting serves topping 130 mph (210 kph) back over the net. But he could not quite do that enough: Isner hit 36 aces — moving him four away from Ivo Karlovic’s total of 13,728, a record since the ATP began tracking that stat in 1991 — and delivered another 60 unreturned serves across the match’s nearly 3 1/2 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Murray, who entered the day 8-0 against Isner, only managed to obtain two break points. Both came after about a dozen minutes of play, right after Isner broke to go up 2-1 in the opening set.</div><div><br></div><div>Isner erased the first with a drop volley winner, part of a tremendous display of deft touch up at the net, where he won the point on 43 of 61 trips forward.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is why I still play,” Isner said. “This is why I work hard.”</div><div><br></div><div>When the second break chance for Murray arrived moments later, Isner got out of the game this way: 128 mph (206 kph) ace, 126 mph (203 kph) ace, 134 mph (216 kph) service winner.</div><div><br></div><div>Murray made things interesting by taking the third-set tiebreaker, celebrating by hopping around and shouting and pumping his right fist while the crowd rose and roared.</div><div><br></div><div>But Isner quickly broke to go up 3-2 in the fourth and that, essentially, was that.</div><div><br></div><div>How did Isner hold off any chance of a comeback by Murray?</div><div><br></div><div>“I served,” Isner said with a laugh. “That’s really all it came down to. I guess I didn’t give him many opportunities to spin his web and get me tangled up in it. If I got embroiled in too many rallies with him, it just wasn’t going to go well for me. I had an incredible serving day and I needed every single bit of it to beat him.”</div><div><br></div><div>Next for Isner is a third-round matchup against No. 10 seed Jannik Sinner. Other men who won Wednesday included three-time defending champion Novak Djokovic and No. 5 Carlos Alcaraz, while No. 3 Casper Ruud — the runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the French Open — lost 3-6, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4 to Ugo Humbert, and No. 15 Reilly Opelka was defeated by Tim Van Rijthoven 6-4, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4).</div><div><br></div><div>Only four of the top 11 men in the ATP rankings are in the bracket after Day 3.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to No. 10 Raducanu’s exit, No. 2 Anett Kontaveit lost to Juke Niemeier of Germany 6-4, 6-0, and No. 9 Garbiñe Muguruza, the champion at Wimbledon in 2017 and the French Open in 2016, was beaten by Greet Minnen 6-4, 6-0.</div><div><br></div><div>Women’s winners included 2021 runner-up Karolina Pliskova, No. 8 Jessica Pegula, three-time major champion Angelique Kerber and 2017 French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko.</div><div><br></div><div>Raducanu won the championship at Flushing Meadows in September as an unseeded player who went through qualifying at age 18.</div><div><br></div><div>Since then, she’s had a birthday — and has not made it past the second round at a major.</div><div><br></div><div>“There’s no pressure. Like, why is there any pressure? I’m still 19. Like, it’s a joke. I literally won a Slam,” Raducanu said. “Yes, I have had attention. But I’m a Slam champion, so no one’s going to take that away from me. Yeah, if anything, the pressure is on those who haven’t done that.” -AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"22\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 16:49:01', '2022-06-30 16:49:01'),
(176, 176, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has signed a $515 million financing deal with the World Bank to assure access to decisive power supply for 9 million people while transitioning to clean energy.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The credit is from the World Bank\'s International Development Association (IDA), and has a 35-year term, including a five-year grace period, the global lender said in a statement on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Electricity Distribution Modernization Programme will support the digitisation and modernisation of 25 rural electric cooperatives in Dhaka and Mymensingh Division and reduce electricity system losses by over 2 percent, according to the World Bank,</div><div><br></div><div>It is also geared towards increasing the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board’s (BREB) delivery of electricity by 6,790 GWh while improving the climate resilience of the electricity system.</div><div><br></div><div>“The government of Bangladesh has prioritised access to electricity in the last decade and now the entire population have access to electricity. The installed generation capacity increased five-fold to 25 GW in the same period,” said Dandan Chen, the agency\'s acting country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan.</div><div><br></div><div>“Through this programme, new and emerging technologies will further strengthen the efficiency and reliability of electric supply in the country to meet the need for faster economic growth.”</div><div><br></div><div>Through the BREB, the programme will support solar metering connections for over 100 customers, bringing 150 MW of new rooftop solar capacity onto the grid. It will improve and construct 31,000 km of distribution lines and deploy 200,000 advanced meters.</div><div><br></div><div>The initiative also aims to cut annual carbon emissions by 41,400 metric tons by strengthening Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and distributing renewable energy.</div><div><br></div><div>The programme is aligned with the government’s Integrated Energy and Power Sector Masterplan, currently under preparation, which will help establish a low carbon energy system, said Fatima Yasmin, secretary to the Economic Relations Division.</div><div><br></div><div>“Generating clean and reliable electricity can help rural communities to increase productivity and cope with events brought on by climate change.”</div><div><br></div><div>The agreement also includes a $15 million grant from the Clean Technology Fund to support BESS. -bdnews24</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"23\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 16:59:18', '2022-06-30 16:59:18'),
(177, 177, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A French court on Wednesday handed a life sentence to the lone survivor of the Islamist squad that killed 130 people in a night of carnage across Paris, bringing some closure to survivors and a country whose psyche was left scarred.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Salah Abdeslam was found guilty on terrorism and murder charges, with no possibility of early release, the most severe criminal sentence possible in France and one handed out only four times previously.</div><div><br></div><div>Nineteen other men judged for helping organise the Nov. 13, 2015 attacks that targeted the Bataclan music hall, six bars and restaurants and the Stade de France sports stadium were also all found guilty.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Justice has been served,\" Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Against inhumanity, it\'s our democracy\'s strength to respond with justice to the attacks that plunged our city and our country in mourning. Paris remembers and will always stand by the victims and their families.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Survivors react</div><div><br></div><div>Arthur Denouveaux, a survivor of the Bataclan attack, where 90 people died, called it a fair ruling. read more</div><div><br></div><div>\"It will help us,\" Denouveaux, who heads a victims\' association, told reporters, while adding: \"it\'s not healing everything.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A defiant Abdeslam had said at the start of the trial that he was a \"soldier\" of Islamic State, which has claimed responsibility for the attacks.</div><div><br></div><div>He later apologised to the victims and said during the trial that he had chosen at the last minute not to detonate his explosive vest. But, based on the investigations and hearings, the court ruled otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The court considered that the explosive vest malfunctioned,\" judge Jean-Louis Peries said. Abdeslam is \"guilty of being a member of a terrorist network,\" he also said.</div><div><br></div><div>The ruling can be appealed, and some lawyers of the accused hinted they would do so. The 120-page text of the ruling is set to be made public on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>10 month trial&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It has been a trial like no others, not only for its exceptional length of 10 months, but also for the time it devoted to allowing victims to testify in detail about their ordeal and their struggles in overcoming it, while families of those killed spoke of how hard it was to move on.</div><div><br></div><div>Thirteen other defendants, 10 of whom were also in custody, were also in the courtroom alongside Abdeslam at the hearings.</div><div><br></div><div>The court found them guilty of crimes ranging from helping provide the attackers with weapons or cars to planning to take part in the attack. Six more, tried in absentia and believed to be dead, were also found guilty.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of those judged in absentia were also sentenced to life in prison, as was Mohamed Abrini, who was meant to be the 10th member of the commando unit until he backed off a few days before the attacks. Unlike Abdeslam, Abrini will qualify for possible early release after 22 years.</div><div><br></div><div>The other defendants were sentenced to shorter jail terms. Several will not go back to prison as the time spent in preventive custody will be deducted from their sentence. read more</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is important for the victims,\" Catherine Szwarc, a lawyer representing some of the victims, said of the guilty verdicts.</div><div><br></div><div>But for some victims, the end of a long, intense trial stirred some mixed feelings.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is also a little bit of fear,\" Denouveaux had told Reuters ahead of the verdict. The trial \"filled our lives for the past 10 months and what will replace it? But we have overcome a terrorist attack, it will be easier to overcome the emptiness following the trial.\" -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 17:36:57', '2022-06-30 17:36:57'),
(178, 178, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ferrari makes some of the fastest cars on the road, but the luxury Italian automaker is taking the slow lane to an electric future as it tries to overcome the technology\'s disadvantages against today\'s powerful fossil fuel engines.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At an investor day this month, executives promised a new era, with the first fully electric Ferrari in 2025. </div><div><br></div><div>But for now, combustion engines remain the noisy heart of what it does. Unlike some rivals, Ferrari has not provided a roadmap for going all electric. Volkswagen\'s Bentley brand and Volvo (VOLCARb.ST) are both targeting 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>According to a source familiar with Ferrari\'s business plans, a new production line focused on electric vehicles (EVs) should help lift annual production at its plant in Maranello, Italy, by more than 35% to over 15,000 cars by 2025 versus 11,155 in 2021 – or 65 cars per day versus 46 currently - delivering higher profit margins in the process.</div><div><br></div><div>Ferrari declined to comment.</div><div><br></div><div>The carmaker has told investors it is targeting a core profit (EBITDA) margin of 38-40% in 2026, versus 35.9% in 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>Its line-up could also grow to at least 17 models by 2026 from 12 today. But most new models will, at least initially, have a combustion engine - including its first SUV, the Purosangue, powered by its trademark huge 12-cylinder engine - though some may be hybrids.</div><div><br></div><div>Ferrari currently has four plug-in hybrids in its line-up.</div><div><br></div><div>A zero-emission future poses the same challenges for Ferrari as it does for rivals - EV batteries weigh hundreds of kilograms, which affects aerodynamics and handling, and can\'t match the sustained power and throaty roar of a massive combustion engine.</div><div><br></div><div>To solve those expensive challenges, Ferrari is researching solid state batteries, which could theoretically improve battery power, as well as hydrogen fuel cells and synthetic fuels, both of which face an uncertain future.</div><div><br></div><div>European Union countries agreed this week to an effective ban on new fossil-fuel car sales, but will assess in 2026 whether hybrid vehicles and synthetic, or CO2-neutral, fuels could comply with that goal. </div><div><br></div><div>\"In every case where you have a technology transition, by definition you have a situation which is a little bit fuzzy, there is some fog,\" Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna, a technology industry veteran who took over in September, told media.</div><div><br></div><div>Jefferies analyst Philippe Houchois describes Ferrari\'s approach as \"measured\", but adds that may not be popular with investors as some automakers charge towards an electric future.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They can run their profit center with combustion engines longer and amortize their investment there,\" he said. \"But it\'s not necessarily what the market wants to hear because the mindset is let\'s rush into EVs and never look back.\"</div><div><br></div><div>An electric marriage?</div><div><br></div><div>Every 22 minutes on the V8 assembly line at Maranello a finished engine and chassis come together, which Ferrari calls a \"marriage.\"</div><div><br></div><div>For an undisclosed sum, the engine with a V12 model includes a plate bearing the name of the worker who made it.</div><div><br></div><div>Ferrari executives highlight the emotion some drivers feel when they buy one of their cars, that start at over 200,000 euros ($212,000).</div><div><br></div><div>\"I see customers coming to take their cars and some of them are crying,\" Vigna told Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>So it\'s crucial for Ferrari to create a similarly passionate response to its EVs.</div><div><br></div><div>Hybrid sports cars have been a success, pairing powerful engines with the instant acceleration of an electric motor.</div><div><br></div><div>But fully-electric sports cars currently have a weight problem because of the huge batteries needed to provide enough power.</div><div><br></div><div>Croat hypercar maker Rimac\'s Nevera, for instance, weighs 2,200 kg (4,850 lb), more than fossil-fuel sports cars and heavier even than Ford Transit and Mercedes Sprinter vans.</div><div><br></div><div>That enormous weight \"in turn affects performance, driving dynamics and experience\", said Dario Duse, managing director at consultancy firm AlixPartners.</div><div><br></div><div>Ferrari is not alone in facing these challenges, and few ultra-luxury rivals are rushing to go electric.</div><div><br></div><div>Lamborghini, for instance, doesn\'t plan a fully-electric car until the end of the decade. read more</div><div><br></div><div>But, according to AlixPartners\' Duse, Ferrari must weigh its options more carefully than Lamborghini, which has a deep-pocketed owner in world No.2 carmaker Volkswagen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"For Ferrari, which unlike Lamborghini does not have access to a development platform like that of VW, the issue of investments is also certainly relevant,\" Duse said.</div><div><br></div><div>Hydrozen to the rescue?</div><div><br></div><div>Among its options, Ferrari is researching hydrogen fuel cells, a future zero-emission solution touted by Japan\'s carmakers and the likes of BMW (BMWG.DE) in Europe that can match the sustained power of combustion engines.</div><div><br></div><div>British startup Viritech is already building a hydrogen hypercar, with input from Italian auto design house Pininfarina, a limited-edition vehicle weighing 1,000 kg that it aims to use to sell the technology to carmakers.</div><div><br></div><div>CEO Timothy Lyons says over the last 18 months Viritech has seen a \"huge spike in interest\" from conventional carmakers in the concept.</div><div><br></div><div>But hydrogen fuel cell cars need infrastructure for producing \"green\" hydrogen using renewable energy and fuelling stations, which are unlikely to be in place until the 2030s.</div><div><br></div><div>Vigna said Ferrari is also working with four partners in Europe and Asia on battery components to research the next generation of high energy density solid state batteries, which are lighter than today\'s cells.</div><div><br></div><div>Carmakers such as Ford and BMW have invested in solid state batteries, but the technology is still some years away from use in cars.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Solid state batteries are turning into a bit like the hydrogen story in that it\'s a fuel of the future,\" Jefferies Houchois said.</div><div><br></div><div>He warned Ferrari\'s slow pace of change could be seen as dragging its feet, or even \"socially wrong\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"But from a business standpoint, they\'ve got a great business and it doesn\'t have to go away that quickly,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They\'re avoiding excessive commitments that they can get to a certain point by a certain date at a certain price because they don\'t know.\" -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 18:32:51', '2022-06-30 18:33:00'),
(179, 179, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cameron Diaz is officially out of retirement. The 49-year-old actor, who stepped back from Hollywood in 2018, will star alongside Jamie Foxx in Netflix’s action-comedy “Back in Action.” The project reunites Diaz and Foxx, who worked together on 1999’s sports drama “Any Given Sunday” and 2014’s “Annie” remake, which was Diaz’s final film role before “retiring.”</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Foxx made the announcement on Twitter, sharing audio from a phone call with Diaz, who can’t seem to find the words to tell the world that she’s returning to the silver screen.</div><div><br></div><div>“I don’t know how to do this, you know?” she says.</div><div><br></div><div>So Foxx brought in someone who knows a thing or two about returning to work after hanging up their hat: Tom Brady, who earlier this year retired from the NFL only to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 40 days later.</div><div><br></div><div>‘Ticket to Paradise’ Trailer Reunites Julia Roberts and George Clooney in Their Rom-Com Return</div><div>“I was talking to Jamie and he said you needed a few tips on how to un-retire,” Brady says. “I’m relatively successful at un-retiring.”</div><div><br></div><div>Diaz confirmed the news on her Instagram Story, writing, “Jamie Foxx, only you could get me back in action!!! I can’t frickin wait it’s gonna be a blast!”</div><div><br></div><div>Seth Gordon (“Horrible Bosses”) is directing the movie from a script he wrote with Brendan O’Brien (“Neighbors”). Plot details are being kept under wraps. According to Foxx, production is expected to begin later this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Foxx is executive producing “Back in Action” with Datari Turner, O’Brien and Mark McNair. Producers are Beau Bauman (“Central Intelligence”) for Good One Productions and Gordon via Exhibit A.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the most bankable stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Diaz shot to fame after making her film debut in 1994’s “The Mask” opposite Jim Carrey. She later starred in a string of successful romantic comedies, including “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “There’s Something About Mary,” “Charlie’s Angels” and “Shrek.” She announced her retirement in 2018, which meant the role of Miss Hannigan in “Annie” marked Diaz’s final film performance. That is … until Foxx and Netflix came knocking. -variety</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"3\",\"8\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 18:44:45', '2022-06-30 18:44:45');
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(180, 180, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Intimate partner violence involves abusive or aggressive behavior that is meant to frighten, hurt, manipulate, or control someone. It may involve a series of episodes over several years or a single episode that can have a lasting impact.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Intimate partner violence is considered to be a major global public health issue.3 In fact, it is estimated that in the United States, it is the most common but least reported crime.</div><div><br></div><div>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 10 men in the United States have experienced some form of intimate partner violence during their lifetime.</div><div><br></div><div>The CDC also notes that approximately 20% of homicides are committed by intimate partners and that over 50% of the women murdered in the United States are killed by current or former male partners.</div><div><br></div><div>This article explores the types, signs, causes, and impact of intimate partner violence.</div><div>If you or a loved one are a victim of intimate partner violence, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential assistance from trained advocates. </div><div><br></div><div>If you are in immediate danger, call 911. For more mental health resources, see our National Helpline Database.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Types of intimate partner violence</b></div><div><br></div><div>Intimate partner violence can take many different forms, which can include:</div><div><br></div><ul><li><b>Sexual abuse:</b> Forcing an intimate partner to participate in a sex act without their explicit consent. Sexual abuse also includes any sexual contact between an adult and a partner who is below the age of 18.</li><li><b>Physical abuse:</b> Hurting or attempting to hurt someone by punching, kicking, slapping, hitting, biting, pinching, burning, strangling, grabbing, choking, or shoving them. Physical abuse also includes actions such as throwing things, banging doors, or punching walls.</li><li><b>Emotional abuse:</b> Undermining the person’s self-worth by criticizing them constantly, gaslighting them, calling them names, isolating them from their family and friends, monitoring their activities, and trying to prevent them from working or doing things they enjoy.</li><li><b>Psychological abuse:</b> Terrorizing the person, playing mind games with them, or threatening to harm them or their loved ones.</li><li><b>Financial abuse:</b> Maintaining control over joint finances, withholding access to money, and tracking the person’s spending. Financial abuse also includes preventing an intimate partner from working, studying, or taking other steps to become financially independent.</li><li><b>Stalking:</b> A pattern of behavior intended to harass, annoy, frighten, or harm the person. Stalking can involve behaviors such as phoning the person repeatedly, mailing them letters or gifts, following them as they go about their day, or finding ways to spy on them while they’re at home or work.</li><li><b>Online abuse:</b> Using email, social media, dating apps, and other digital platforms to harass, abuse, stalk, threaten, bully, or manipulate an intimate partner.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><b>Signs of intimate oartner violence</b></div><div><br></div><div>These are some of the indications that someone is a victim of intimate partner violence:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Being agitated or visibly upset</li><li>Displaying drastic or sudden changes in behavior</li><li>Becoming unresponsive and withdrawing into themselves</li><li>Changes in personality such as lower self-esteem and confidence</li><li>Always check in with their partner</li><li>Being excessively worried about pleasing their partner</li><li>Skipping out on social or work activities without a reason</li><li>Seeming nervous or scared around their partner</li><li>Having injuries like black eyes, bruises, cuts, wounds, broken teeth, or fractured bones</li><li>Making excuses for their injuries such as “I fell,” or “I bumped into the door”</li><li>Bleeding or having bruises, bloodstains, or torn clothing around genital areas</li></ul><div><b>Causes of intimate partner violence</b></div><div><br></div><div>These are some of the factors that can lead to intimate partner violence, according to a 2018 study:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Cultural factors: Historically, many cultures have granted men a sense of ownership when it comes to women, allowing them to chastise or beat women if they deem necessary. In intimate relationships particularly, men were considered the custodians of women’s sexuality and the family’s honor, therefore any acts by a woman that were perceived as violating this sense of honor were considered punishable.</li><li>Social factors: Victims are often blamed for being abused, which can make it hard for others to speak up about being abused. Furthermore, women’s voices continue to be underrepresented in media, politics, the judicial system, and other positions of power.</li><li>Legal factors: Police and other law enforcement agencies sometimes hesitate to intervene and help victims of intimate partner violence, and it is often considered to be a private family matter. Abusive partners are allowed more leniency than strangers who have committed similar crimes.</li><li>Economic factors: Lower economic status is linked to a greater risk of intimate partner violence.</li><li>Environmental factors: Growing up in an abusive environment and having witnessed or experienced domestic abuse can make someone more likely to be abusive toward their intimate partners. This phenomenon is known as the cycle of abuse.</li><li>Substance use: Frequently using substances such as drugs and alcohol can make someone more likely to be a violent or aggressive partner.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><b>Impact of intimate partner violence</b></div><div><br></div><div>Intimate partner violence can cause physical and psychological damage that persists long after the abuse ends.</div><div><br></div><div>These are some of the effects of intimate partner violence:</div><div><br></div><div>Injuries, which can be serious or fatal in some cases</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Hearing or vision loss</li><li>Lasting physical damage</li><li>Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)</li><li>Unwanted pregnancies, which can result in dangerous complications due to unsafe or illegal abortions</li><li>Mental health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, and substance use disorders</li><li>Physical health issues such as heart problems, digestive difficulties, reproductive issues, nervous system conditions, and muscle and bone disorders</li><li>Low self-esteem and a feeling of being unwanted, powerless, hopeless, and ashamed</li><li>Trust issues, difficulty with relationships, and a tendency to engage in risky behaviors</li><li>Difficulty functioning at work or school </li></ul><div><br></div><div>-verywellmind</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Lifestyle Desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 18:55:13', '2022-07-04 01:06:30'),
(181, 181, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chelsea are hoping they have done enough to hold off a late approach from Barcelona to complete the signing of Raphinha from Leeds United. </span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The two sides have settled on a transfer fee of £55 million and the Brazilian forward has agreed personal terms with Chelsea, which would see him earn around £115,000 per week over five years. However, Barcelona have not given up just yet. The Telegraph report that Raphinha’s agent Deco was spotted at Barca’s offices on Wednesday to see whether the Catalan club could match Chelsea’s offer. </span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Barcelona have been attempting to sell off a percentage of media rights in order to raise €200 million in transfer fees so they can sign Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski this summer.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Paper Round’s view: Barcelona are getting creative in order to complete their summer transfer business. The club could raise up to €200 million from selling off a percentage of media rights, which would allow them to match Chelsea’s offer for Raphinha. </div><div><br></div><div>It would then come down to the Brazilian’s decision and it was being reported at the start of the transfer window that his preference was join to Barcelona. It will be interesting to see who the 25-year-old ends up choosing. He is wanted by Arsenal too, but Barca and Chelsea are both competing in the Champions League. Chelsea seem like the best move on paper – as long as he can be promised first-team football. He won’t want to be sidelined like Callum Hudson-Odoi, Christian Pulisic and Hakim Ziyech. -Eurosport</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"16\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 19:46:02', '2022-06-30 19:46:02'),
(182, 182, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, Jun 30: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has called up off-spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz and right-arm pacer Taskin Ahmed to the T20I squad of Bangladesh for the three-match series against the West Indies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The T20I series will kick off on July 2 in Dominica.</div><div><br></div><div>Mehidy has not played a T20I match since December 2018, but he has been a regular part in Tests and ODIs for Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Taskin, meanwhile, has made a full recovery from an injury sustained in South Africa in April this year and makes his return to international cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh T20I squad, originally named for the series, has been hit hard by injuries with pacer Shohidul Islam pulling out prior to the tour. Batter Yasir Ali was forced to return home from Antigua with a back injury while allrounder Mohammad Saifuddin was withdrawn as he is still short of optimal fitness for international cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of the T20I series, Bangladesh played a two-match Test series against the hosts that the Tigers lost 0-2 without offering a real challenge.</div><div><br></div><div>The first and second T20I of the series will take place at Windsor Park, Roseau, Dominica on July 2 and 3 respectively while the third and final T20I will be played on July 7 at Providence Stadium, Guyana.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh T20 Squad:</div><div><br></div><div>Mahmudullah Riyad, Munim Shahriar, Liton Das, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Afif Hossain, Mosaddek Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mahedi Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Nasum Ahmed and Taskin Ahmed - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 21:19:44', '2022-06-30 21:19:44'),
(183, 183, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US President Joe Biden and his fellow NATO leaders depart a highly consequential summit on Thursday that rendered the defense alliance larger, more muscular and more focused.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>What\'s unclear is whether any of the steps taken to respond to the war in Ukraine at this week\'s meetings in Europe -- new sanctions, more military aid and a reinvigorated NATO -- can change the battlefield momentum that currently favors Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>Before returning to Washington, Biden will convene a news conference Thursday where he\'s certain to address the state of the war. His top spy on Wednesday said the US assessment of the conflict remained \"grim.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The alliance is poised to grow larger after formally inviting Finland and Sweden to join. The path was cleared for the two countries, each with long histories of military non-alignment, after Turkey dropped its objections, giving this summit a somewhat unexpected boost as it commenced.</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders made major enhancements of NATO\'s force posture along its eastern edge, increasing the number of high-alert troops by sevenfold. Biden announced new rotational deployments of US troops in the Baltics and Romania, new ships to Spain and planes to the United Kingdom, and for the first time a permanent Army garrison headquarters in Poland.</div><div><br></div><div>After dancing around the issue for years, NATO made clear in its updated mission statement that Russia now poses the \"most significant threat to Allied security.\" And it mentioned China for the first time, saying the budding partnership between Moscow and Beijing \"runs counter to our values.\" - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 21:24:12', '2022-06-30 21:24:12'),
(184, 184, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nasa administrator Bill Nelson said Wednesday the agency will reveal the \"deepest image of our Universe that has ever been taken\" on July 12, thanks to the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"If you think about that, this is farther than humanity has ever looked before,\" Nelson said during a press briefing at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, the operations center for the $10 billion observatory that was launched in December last year and is now orbiting the Sun 1.5 million kilometres away from Earth.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A wonder of engineering, Webb is able to gaze further into the cosmos than any telescope before it, thanks to its enormous primary mirror and its instruments that focus on infrared, allowing it to peer through dust and gas.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s going to explore objects in the solar system and atmospheres of exoplanets orbiting other stars, giving us clues as to whether potentially their atmospheres are similar to our own,\" added Nelson, speaking via phone while isolating with Covid.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It may answer some questions that we have: Where do we come from? What more is out there? Who are we? And of course, it\'s going to answer some questions that we don\'t even know what the questions are.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Webb\'s infrared capabilities allow it to see deeper back in time to the Big Bang, which happened 13.8 billion years ago.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Because the Universe is expanding, light from the earliest stars shifts from the ultraviolet and visible wavelengths it was emitted in, to longer infrared wavelengths -- which Webb is equipped to detect at an unprecedented resolution.</div><div><br></div><div>At present, the earliest cosmological observations date to within 330 million years of the Big Bang, but with Webb\'s capacities, astronomers believe they will easily break the record.</div><div><br></div><div>20 year life</div><div>In more good news, Nasa deputy administrator Pam Melroy revealed that, thanks to an efficient launch by Nasa\'s partner Arianespace, the telescope could stay operational for 20 years, double the lifespan that was originally envisaged.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Not only will those 20 years allow us to go deeper into history, and time, but we will go deeper into science because we have the opportunity to learn and grow and make new observations,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Nasa also intends to share Webb\'s first spectroscopy of a faraway planet, known as an exoplanet, on July 12, said Nasa\'s top scientist Thomas Zurbuchen.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Spectroscopy is a tool to analyze the chemical and molecular composition of distant objects and a planetary spectrum can help characterize its atmosphere and other properties such as whether it has water and what its ground is like.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Right from the beginning, we\'ll look at these worlds out there that keep us awake at night as we look into the starry sky and wonder as we\'re looking out there, is there life elsewhere?\" said Zurbuchen.</div><div><br></div><div>Nestor Espinoza, as STSI astronomer, told AFP that previous exoplanet spectroscopies carried out using existing instruments were very limited compared to what Webb could do.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s like being in a room that is very dark and you only have a little pinhole you can look through,\" he said, of current technology. Now, with Webb, \"You\'ve opened a huge window, you can see all the little details.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 21:45:36', '2022-06-30 21:45:36'),
(185, 185, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The flood situation in Sunamganj has started to take a turn for the worse due to onrush of water from upstream and rainfall in the last three days, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The low-lying areas of Chhatak, Dowarabazar and Sunamganj Sadar upazilas are seeing a rise in floodwaters as of Thursday morning, leaving local residents marooned again.</div><div><br></div><div>Many roads in Sunamganj city are now underwater, increasing the sufferings of the flood victims.</div><div><br></div><div>Jahurul Islam, executive engineer of the Bangladesh Water Development Boards’ local office, said to media that the flood situation had worsened slightly but had not become devastating yet.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>But the situation would not improve if the rainfall continued, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 22:04:52', '2022-06-30 22:04:52'),
(186, 186, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh registered four more Covid-linked deaths with 2,183 new cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning amid an upward trend of Covid infections.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The fresh cases took the country\'s total caseload to 1,973,785 and the total fatalities rose to 29,149, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case positivity rate slightly increased to 15.70 per cent from Wednesday’s 15.23 per cent as 13,905 samples were tested during the period, said the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the deceased three were men and one was woman. Of them two were from Chattogram division and one each from Dhaka and Rajshahi divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday, the country recorded 2,241cases with zero deaths from Covid-19.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.48 per cent. The recovery rate declined to 96.64 per cent from Tuesday’s 96.73 per cent as 290 patients recovered during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>In May, the country reported only four Covid-linked deaths and 816 new cases, while 7,356 patients recovered from the disease, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the four deaths during the period, one was vaccinated with a single dose of Covid vaccine while three were vaccinated with two doses.</div><div><br></div><div>The country reported its first zero Covid death in a single day on November 20 last year, along with 178 cases, since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 28, Bangladesh logged its previous highest positivity rate of 33.37 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 22:51:46', '2022-06-30 22:51:46'),
(187, 187, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">More than 3 million people have been rendered homeless and as many as 40,000 houses have been destroyed in the recent floods in Sylhet, officials said on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>All 13 upazilas of the district, including five municipalities, have been affected.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the local administration, over 250,000 people are living in more than 610 shelter homes across the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahsanul Alam, an assistant commissioner at Sylhet deputy commissioner’s office, said a total of 40,019 houses have been fully or partially destroyed in the floods.</div><div><br></div><div>A list of the affected families has been sent to the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry so that they can be given some assistance, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB), the flood situation in Sylhet and Sunamganj may slightly deteriorate as the major rivers in the country are showing a rising trend.</div><div><br></div><div>About 80% of areas in Sylhet were flooded while over 2.1 million people got stranded in the second wave of deluge on June 15. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-06-30 23:00:53', '2022-06-30 23:00:53'),
(188, 188, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Flood claimed four more lives in the country in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the total fatalities to 92.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Al the latest victim died by drowning in floodwater in Sherpur, Sunamganj and Habiganj districts , according to the Directorate general of Health services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Among the deceased, 66 people have died by drowning in floodwater, 14 from lightning strike, two from snake biting, one from diarrhoea, and nine due to other reasons.</div><div><br></div><div>The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to June 30.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Flood Forecasting & Warning Centre of the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said there is chance of heavy rainfall at places of the the northern and north-eastern Bangladesh along with Assam, Meghalaya and Sub-Himalayan WestBengal (Jalpaiguri, Sikkim) of India in next 24 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, basically the major rivers of northern Bangladesh (Teesta, Upper Atrai, Dharla, Dudhkumar, Upper Karotoa, Tangon, Punarbhaba and Kulikh) may rise rapidly  during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>Flood situation in Kurigram and Dinajpur districts of northern region and Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona, Kishoreganj & B’baria districts of northeastern region may remain steady in next 24 hours, it said in their latest warning.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the flood situation is unlikely to worsen further after mid-July, reports Bangladesh Weather Observation Team – BWOT, an independent weather research group. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 00:23:44', '2022-07-01 22:08:30'),
(189, 189, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen the grip of Russia\'s blockade on Ukrainian ports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Russia\'s defence ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a \"gesture of goodwill\" to show Moscow was not obstructing U.N. efforts to open a humanitarian corridor allowing grains to be shipped from Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine said it had driven the Russian forces out after a massive artillery and assault overnight.</div><div><br></div><div>\"KABOOM!\" tweeted Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy\'s chief of staff. \"No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore. Our Armed Forces did a great job.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s southern military command posted an image on Facebook of what appeared to be the island, seen from the air, with at least five huge columns of black smoke rising above it from what it described as an assault by missiles and artillery. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 00:31:04', '2022-07-01 00:31:04'),
(190, 190, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Country\'s oldest university and highest echelon of academic excellence, the University of Dhaka is going to celebrate its 101st founding day tomorrow (July 1) in a befitting manner.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day.</div><div><br></div><div>In his message, President Abdul Hamid said: \"The journey of Dhaka University started on July 1 in 1921 with the aim of spreading the light of knowledge in the Indian subcontinent.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Since its inception, the University of Dhaka has been playing a positive role in the spread of higher education, quality research, expansion of knowledge and science, practice of free will, creation of skilled human resources and formation of a modern and progressive society, he said.</div><div> </div><div>The head of the state expressed his sincere greetings to the current and former students, teachers, guardians and the staff on the 101st founding anniversary of the university, which is promoting knowledge for a long time.</div><div><br></div><div>This university also has an important role in the development of Bangalee nationality, Hamid said, adding that the students and teachers of this university have led all the democratic movements and struggles of the country including the historic language movement, the great War of Liberation and various socio-economic developments of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A knowledge based society is a pre-requisite to establish a developed Bangladesh within 2041,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The president hoped that Dhaka University would play a key role in creating knowledge through quality education and research.</div><div><br></div><div>In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her greetings to the members of DU family on the 101st anniversary of the university.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am very proud to be a former student of this university. Many members of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\'s family including Sheikh Kamal and Sultana Kamal are alumni in Dhaka University. So, I have a cordial relationship with this university.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Awami League-led government is relentlessly working to make Bangladesh\'s development sustainable by ensuring equal access to quality education for all, the premier added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Every time we have formed a government under the leadership of Bangladesh Awami League, inspired by the motto of Father of Nation, we created a favorable environment for education and research by freeing all the campuses of the country, including Dhaka University, from terrorism,\" she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our goal is to build skilled human resources with knowledge of science, information and technology to meet the challenges of globalization and the fourth industrial revolution (4IR). We want the full cooperation of students and parents to achieve this goal,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Both the president and the premier wished success of all the programmes taken on the occasion of the 101st founding anniversary of Dhaka University.</div><div><br></div><div>The DU started its journey with just 877 students in three faculties and 12 departments in 1921.</div><div><br></div><div>The DU has played a vital role in Bangladesh history. Its students and teachers had sacrificed their lives in the Language Movement in 1952, the Mass Upsurge in 1969 and the Liberation War in 1971.</div><div><br></div><div>Even the national flag of Bangladesh was first hoisted at Bot Tola on the Dhaka University campus on March 2, 1971. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 00:40:24', '2022-07-01 00:44:54'),
(191, 191, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court issued a rule asking why the concerned authorities should not be instructed to issue birth registration certificates to the street children across the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A High Court Division bench comprising Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Khizir Hayat issued the rule today.</div><div><br></div><div>Barrister Tapos Kanti Baul was present at the hearing as the writ petitioner.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on June 12, the petition was filed for an organization named \'Sports for Hope and Independence\', making Women and Children Affairs Secretary and Office of the Registrar General, Birth and Death Registration authorities respondents in the writ, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>\"According to the newspaper reports, more than two lakh street children in the country have no birth registration certificates. They cannot get enrolled into any school for this certificate. So we filed the writ for providing them the birth registration certificate,\" Barrister Baul added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 00:57:28', '2022-07-01 00:57:28'),
(192, 192, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated in the country on July 10.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The National Moon Sighting Committee announced the date as the moon of Zilhajj month was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh today.</div><div><br></div><div>The Muslim Council of Hong Kong also announced the same date and confirmed that \"The moon has not been sighted in Hong Kong.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Japan\'s Ruyat-e-Hilal Committee (the crescent sighting committee in the country) investigated from 28 sites across the nation. It revealed that the moon had not been sighted and that the first date of Eid Al Adha is July 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Indonesia, meanwhile, reported from 86 points around the country. After confirming that the moon had not been sighted, the first date of the festival was revealed by local media as July 10.</div><div><br></div><div>The Sultanate of Brunei has also announced the same date to be the start of Eid Al Adha.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 01:18:53', '2022-07-01 01:18:53'),
(193, 193, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A rare portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales, will be on public display for the first time after it was recently sold at auction.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The oil sketch, a preparatory study for a formal full-length portrait by American artist Nelson Shanks, was completed in 1994, three years before Diana\'s death in Paris. It made headlines in January, when it was sold at a Sotheby\'s auction for $201,600 -- more than ten times its original estimate.</div><div><br></div><div>In the study, the late princess, whose eyes are cast downwards, appears deep in thought. The sketch was one of several used to capture \"authentic expressions\" that would eventually be used as source material for the final portrait, according to a press release from Philip Mould &amp; Company, the London-based gallery showcasing the work at the Masterpiece London Art Fair, from 30 June to 6 July.</div><div><br></div><div>She is depicted wearing Shanks\' original choice for an outfit, a Catherine Walker green velvet halter dress that she was also photographed in for a spread in Vanity Fair\'s June 1997 issue.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She would later change into a more traditional white blouse and blue skirt for the final portrait. It was hung at the royal residence of Kensington Palace, and later in Diana\'s family home in Althorp, about 90 miles northwest of London.</div><div><br></div><div>The portrait took more than 30 sittings, held at Shanks\' London studio. Those sessions became an occasion of relief for Diana during a troubled period in her life that saw her marriage to Prince Charles crumble. She became friends with the artist and his wife, Leona, and later confided in a letter that \"coming to the studio was a safe haven, so full of love and support.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Shanks, who passed away in 2015, was world-renowned for his portraits, having painted the likes of US President Ronald Reagan, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and Pope John Paul II. His official portrait of US President Bill Clinton hangs at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As royal painted portraits go, it is extraordinarily rare for an artist to capture both the public and private character simultaneously,\" gallerist Philip Mould is quoted as saying in the press release.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Shank\'s sketch uniquely fuses Diana\'s glamour with the affecting pathos of her final years. We felt it belonged in a British collection and are delighted to be able to display it in her home city.\" - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 02:04:47', '2022-07-01 02:04:47'),
(194, 194, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Around 50 spotted doves have been poisoned to death at an Aman paddy field at Charpuramukhi village under Haimchar upazila of Chandpur.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On information, Haimchar upazila agriculture officer Debbrato Sarkar visited the spot Wednesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Debbrato Sarkar told UNB that these ill-fated doves used to come to the Aman paddy seedbed in search of food. Some locals killed the doves by giving poison.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is inhumane. Killing birds is a crime and a threat to the environment. I have asked the locals not to kill birds like dove,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>An investigation is underway to find out the culprits and bring them to the book, added the agriculture officer.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on February 25, more than a hundred of doves were poisoned to death in the same upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Farmer Swapan Dewan was fined Tk 2,000 for committing the crime, said Debbrato Sarkar.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The spotted dove is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon that is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia including Bangladesh. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 02:24:09', '2022-07-01 02:24:09'),
(195, 195, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">“For Colored Girls” actor Kimberly Elise ignited the internet after she shared a message praising the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, Elise took to Instagram to post an image of a sleeping baby along with the caption, “Millions of babies will be saved from death by abortion due to the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Hallelujah! #allglorybetoGod” next to a series of emojis, including babies and celebratory hands.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor’s comments came days after the court’s ruling ended the nearly 50-year-old legal precedent that protected abortion rights, giving states the green light to significantly limit access to reproductive health care.</div><div><br></div><div>Elise’s post showcased the scripture Psalm 139:13-14. “For you formed my inward parts; You knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are Your works; my soul knows it very well,” the scripture reads.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor turned off comments on her post. However, fans quickly headed to Twitter to call her out over her remarks.</div><div><br></div><div>One user pointed Elise’s role in the 2010 movie adaptation of the play “For Colored Girls,” which deals with the topic of abortion. - Huffpost</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 02:32:24', '2022-07-01 02:32:24'),
(196, 196, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Facebook is the most used social media platform for marketers around the world. And page one kind of professional way right now. Name your Page after your business, or another name that people search for to find your business.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It’s crucial to learn not only how to create a Facebook Business Page but also how to use it effectively to promote your brand.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Name your Page after your business, or another name that people search for to find your business. Use the About section to tell people what your business does.</div><div><br></div><div>Choose photos that represent your business well. Many businesses choose to use their logo as a profile photo. For the cover photo, choose an image of your shop, products or from a current marketing campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>► To create a Page:</div><div>▬ Go to facebook.com/pages/create.</div><div>▬ Click to choose a category.</div><div>▬ Fill in the required information.</div><div>▬ Click Create Page. Add an optional profile or cover photo, then click Save.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 03:19:07', '2022-07-01 03:19:07'),
(197, 197, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Participants from 17 countries gathered in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday for the first conference of Asian religious scholars organized in Malaysia by the Muslim World League to unite efforts addressing extremist ideologies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The MWL is an international non-governmental Islamic organization founded in Saudi Arabia in 1962, that focuses on promoting and clarifying the worldwide understanding of Islam. It is headquartered in Makkah and maintains offices around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 1,000 participants arrived from Saudi Arabia and countries including Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.</div><div><br></div><div>The conference was opened by Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Malaysian Religious Affairs Minister Idris Ahmad and MWL Secretary-General Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa.</div><div><br></div><div>“We feel proud and lucky that the MWL has chosen Malaysia to host the conference, which of course is a recognition to our country, which highlights Islam as a harmonious, safe and prosperous religion in a multi-racial and multi-religious society,” Yaakob said, adding that the meeting was taking place at a time when Muslims are still facing various challenges, including disputes among themselves, provocation, and Islamophobia.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting will pave the way for the establishment in Kuala Lumpur a permanent council under the umbrella of the MWL.</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Issa said that the council’s first session was planned next year. The conference aims at developing educational tools and initiatives to foster collaboration and solidarity, especially among young and emerging leaders, to combat extremist ideology and what the MWL said in a statement were “artificial differences that sometimes exist” in politically diverse societies.</div><div><br></div><div>“With the efforts of the scholars, multi-pronged activities are being carried out to counter extremism in all parts of the world,” Al-Issa told Arab News on the sidelines of the conference. </div><div><br></div><div>“We are hopeful that such efforts will bear fruits in due course and help wipe out extremism totally.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the MWL had chosen multiethnic Malaysia as it is “well known for its harmonious life.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is an ideal region for the propagation of harmony and peaceful coexistence among Muslims and non-Muslims,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“The attendance in large numbers bears eloquent testimony to the enthusiasm of the people and religious scholars to work towards peace, harmony, and coexistence.” - Arab News </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 03:33:17', '2022-07-02 01:25:47'),
(198, 198, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Supreme Court ruling on Thursday limiting Washington\'s authority to reduce carbon output from power plants will hurt global efforts to fight climate change by slowing America\'s emissions cuts and undermining U.S. leadership efforts on the international stage, according to diplomats.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The conservative court\'s 6-3 ruling, the latest in a flurry of controversial judicial decisions from the bench, comes as the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden seeks to decarbonize the U.S. economy and rally global ambition to move away from greenhouse gas-emitting fossil fuels to cleaner sources.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is very disappointing as it makes it very difficult for the U.S. administration to enforce the move to reduce emissions of GHGs,\" said Carlos Fuller, Belize\'s Ambassador to the United Nations. \"It also puts the administration in a very weak negotiating position, as their attempts to get everyone to increase their ambition will be met with scepticism.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In a rare criticism of a member state, the United Nations on Thursday called the Supreme Court ruling \"a setback in our fight against climate change.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Decisions like the one today in the U.S. or any other major emitting economy make it harder to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement for a healthy, liveable planet,\" United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric said, referring to a 2015 international deal to curb warming.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But we also need to remember that an emergency as global in nature as climate change requires a global response, and the actions of a single nation should not and cannot make or break whether we reach our climate objectives.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Scientists have said the world must dramatically reduce its emissions in the coming years in order to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the threshold at which they say the worst effects of climate change become unavoidable.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden acknowledged in a statement that the ruling risked damaging the U.S. ability to combat climate change. But he added: \"I will not relent in using my lawful authorities to protect public health and tackle the climate crisis.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I have directed my legal team to work with the Department of Justice and affected agencies to review this decision carefully and find ways that we can, under federal law, continue protecting Americans from harmful pollution, including pollution that causes climate change,\" Biden said.</div><div><br></div><div>Yamide Dagnet, director of climate justice at Open Society Foundations, and a former climate negotiator for the UK and EU, said the world will be watching.</div><div><br></div><div>\"To renew confidence in its leadership, the U.S. will need to swiftly pivot and keep its targets on track,\" she said. -REuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 08:06:31', '2022-07-01 08:06:31'),
(199, 199, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The journey back to the desert planet of Arrakis may take longer than expected.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Dune: Part Two,” the second chapter in the Warner Bros. and Legendary sci-fi epic, has been postponed and will now open in theaters on Nov. 17, 2023, instead of Oct. 20, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>On its new release date, the “Dune” sequel is scheduled to open in theaters alongside Lionsgate’s “Hunger Games” prequel, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” and Universal’s “Trolls 3.”</div><div><br></div><div>Warner Bros. and Legendary, co-producers on “Dune” and other blockbuster franchises, also announced that an untitled “Godzilla vs. Kong” film will be released on March 15, 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem are returning for “Dune: Part Two,” with Florence Pugh, Austin Butler and Christopher Walken set to join the cast. Director Denis Villeneuve is expected to start filming the “Dune” sequel, which follows the second half of Frank Herbert’s seminal novel, later this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The first “Dune” generated $400 million worldwide, one of the few successes of Warner Bros.’ experimental hybrid release strategy in which its 2021 slate dropped simultaneously on HBO Max. A critical triumph in addition to its commercial glory, “Dune” was nominated for 10 Oscars and won for sound, visual effects and four others.</div><div><br></div><div>“Godzilla vs. Kong” filmmaker Adam Wingard is back to direct the next monster mash-up between Godzilla and King Kong after steering the latest other-worldly blockbuster to COVID-era glory. While debuting day-and-date on HBO Max, his film “Godzilla vs Kong” collected $474 million at the global box office at a time when many movie theaters were still shuttered due to the pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>There are no details available for Godzilla and King Kong’s upcoming brouhaha. It will mark the fifth installment in Warner Bros. and Legendary’s monster universe following 2014’s “Godzilla,” 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” 2019’s “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” and 2021’s “Godzilla vs. Kong.” -variety</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"3\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 08:10:38', '2022-07-01 08:10:38'),
(200, 200, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rafael Nadal secured his place in round three of Wimbledon following a 6-4 6-4 4-6 6-3 win over Ricardas Berankis.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The No. 2 seed remains on course for a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam singles title, despite a spirited effort from Berankis.</div><div><br></div><div>Nadal took the opening set after breaking for 6-4 on his opponent’s final service game of the opener.</div><div><br></div><div>But Berankis then stunned the Centre Court crowd in the second set, breaking Nadal early before opening up a 3-1 advantage.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the Spaniard rallied to ruthlessly take the next three games in a row to lead.</div><div>The two exchanged holds before the two-time former champion sensed the nerves in his opponent and seized the advantage.</div><div><br></div><div>Berankis put up a brave fight to save three set points, but fourth time was a charm for Nadal, who saw his opponent’s wayward forehand error hand him the set.</div><div><br></div><div>Seemingly facing a mountain to climb to get back in the match, the Lithuanian was undaunted and was able to break Nadal in the opening game of the third set to give himself hope.</div><div><br></div><div>A wonderful forehand winner for 5-3 put Berankis in control of the set which he was able to eventually serve out.</div><div><br></div><div>However, any thoughts of a comeback or upset were swiftly put to bed as Nadal broke to love in the second game of the fourth.</div><div><br></div><div>Berankis was able to save two break points to avoid a double break however, as he claimed the advantage in the fourth game, the covers came on due to an unwelcome downpour and play was suspended.</div><div><br></div><div>The roof was eventually shut and the players returned to action after a nearly an hour delay.</div><div>After the long wait, Berankis converted game point with an ace on his second serve to get on the board.</div><div><br></div><div>Berankis went down fighting with two more holds but it was ultimately left to Nadal to serve out the victory in a match where he wasn\'t at his fluid best.</div><div><br></div><div>“Well, everyday is a challenge, that’s the truth,\" Nadal said in his on-court interview. \"All the opponents are difficult, we are playing against the best players in the world, and especially in these conditions, a little bit more.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I didn’t play much on grass in the last three years, so everyday is an opportunity to improve and today I am through, so that has given me the chance to keep going, so I’m happy for that.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I need to improve, but I think that the fourth set was much better, I think there was a good level of tennis in that fourth set. I served much better at the end of the match and I was able to play a little bit more aggressively with the forehand.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At the beginning, there were too many mistakes. But, as a process, it’s important for me to accept that things are not perfect and keep working, being humble and accept the challenge and just think positive things all the time, even when things are not going the best way possible.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Nadal now faces Italian Lorenzo Sonego in round three as his quest to add to the Australian and French Open titles he’s already collected this year continues. -eurosport</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"22\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 08:14:35', '2022-07-01 08:14:35');
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(201, 201, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tesla Inc is expected to end its nearly two-year-long run of record quarterly deliveries as a prolonged COVID-related shutdown in Shanghai hit its production and supply chain, and it slowly ramps up new factories.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>While Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk has been pursuing the acquisition of social media platform Twitter Inc (TWTR.N), his crown jewel, Tesla, has grappled with production glitches in China and slow output growth at new factories in Texas and Berlin.</div><div><br></div><div>Analysts expect Tesla to report deliveries of 295,078 vehicles for the second quarter as early as Friday, according to Refinitiv data. Several analysts have slashed their estimates further to about 250,000 due to China\'s prolonged lockdown.</div><div><br></div><div>This would be down from its record deliveries of 310,048 the preceding quarter, marking Tesla\'s first quarter-on-quarter decline in deliveries since the first quarter of 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The world\'s most valuable automaker has posted record deliveries every quarter since the third quarter of 2020, weathering pandemic and supply-chain disruptions better than most automakers.</div><div><br></div><div>China has been instrumental in Tesla\'s rapid increase of vehicle production and Musk has praised workers there for \"burning the 3 a.m. oil.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But China\'s prolonged zero-COVID lockdown - Wedbush analyst Dan Ives called it Tesla\'s \"albatross\" this quarter - caused deeper disruptions to output than Musk predicted. Tesla\'s low-cost, lucrative Shanghai factory produced roughly half of the company\'s total cars delivered last year, and Ives estimated the shutdown wiped out about 70,000 units in the quarter. </div><div><br></div><div>Musk said in April that Tesla\'s overall vehicle production in the second quarter would be \"roughly on par\" with the first quarter, driven by a China rebound. But he recently said Tesla had a \"very tough quarter,\" citing production and supply-chain challenges in China.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk also said Tesla\'s new factories in Texas and Berlin are \"gigantic money furnaces\" losing billions of dollars as they struggle to increase production quickly. He said the carmaker\'s supply-chain problems are not over and keeping the factories running remains a concern. </div><div><br></div><div>\"The key question is the magnitude of the (China production) decline and whether the Fremont (California) factory was able to help support volumes,\" CFRA Research analyst Garrett Nelson said.</div><div><br></div><div>He expects volumes to rebound strongly in the second half of the year, as Tesla boosts production at the Shanghai factory with the easing of a COVID-19 lockdown.</div><div><br></div><div>Gene Munster, managing partner at venture capital firm Loup Ventures, was cautious about the outlook, saying the third quarter will be difficult for Tesla and other tech firms, citing a risk of recession.</div><div><br></div><div>Tesla has been laying off hundreds of employees in the United States, after Musk early this month told executives that he had a \"super bad feeling\" about the economy and needed to cut about 10% of staff at the electric car maker.</div><div><br></div><div>Nevertheless, Musk has said demand for Tesla vehicles remains strong.</div><div><br></div><div>Tesla shares have fallen 37% since early April, hurt by Musk\'s Twitter deal and the China lockdown. Tesla shares were down 0.5% at $682.02 on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk, a prolific Twitter user who this week passed the 100 million follower mark, has not been tweeting for over a week.</div><div><br></div><div>Cowen analyst Jeffrey Osborne said in a report, \"investors are growing fatigued with Elon\'s rants\" on the Twitter saga, politics and other topics.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Many we speak to are questioning if we have reached \'peak Elon.\' -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 08:17:39', '2022-07-03 23:41:26'),
(202, 202, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China\'s \"one country two systems\" model of ruling Hong Kong has worked in </span>keeping <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">the city and must continue long term, says Xi Jinping.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Chinese leader mounted a stern defence of the political system in a speech in Hong Kong, following recent international criticism.</div><div><br></div><div>Hong Kong is marking 25 years since Britain returned the city to China.</div><div><br></div><div>It is under tight security as it hosts Mr Xi, who is on his first trip outside of the mainland in two years.</div><div><br></div><div>Under \"one country two systems\", Hong Kong is supposed to be governed in a way that gives it a high degree of autonomy and protects freedom of speech and assembly, and other rights not found in mainland China.</div><div><br></div><div>But in recent years China has been criticised for increasing its control of Hong Kong and enacting laws and reforms that stifle free speech and dissent.</div><div><br></div><div>The \"one, country, two systems\" principle arose out of an agreement between Britain and China and is enshrined in law in Hong Kong. But the protections run out in 2047, a deadline which many in Hong Kong have long been worried about.</div><div><br></div><div>But on Friday Mr Xi said it \"must be adhered to over the long run\" - the clearest sign yet that China intends to preserve the political model, which critics say has already been compromised to suit Beijing.</div><div><br></div><div>Flanked by the Chinese and Hong Kong flags on stage, Mr Xi defended the system as having worked in protecting Hong Kong\'s prosperity and stability as well as China\'s \"fundamental interests\" in the past 25 years.</div><div><br></div><div>\"\'One country, two systems\' has been tested and proved time and again, and there is no reason to change such a good system,\" he said, to applause from the audience comprising of the city\'s pro-Beijing elite.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that it had the \"unanimous endorsement\" of residents and \"widespread approval\" by the international community.</div><div><br></div><div>But Hong Kong has seen huge pro-democracy protests over the years and many, including Western countries, have criticised Beijing\'s growing interference in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2020, China introduced a controversial national security law that has clamped down on free speech and dissent. This prompted Britain to accuse China of violating the \"one country two systems\" principle and their agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re not giving up on Hong Kong,\" UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Twenty-five years ago we made a promise to the territory and its people and we intend to keep it, doing all we can to hold China to its commitments so that Hong Kong is once again run by the people of Hong Kong, for the people of Hong Kong.\"</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s recent electoral reforms designed to ensure only \"patriots\" can run for office in Hong Kong have also been heavily criticised.</div><div><br></div><div>But Mr Xi strongly defended this move on Friday, saying that it was \"essential for safeguarding the long-term stability and security of Hong Kong\" and that \"at no time should this principle be allowed to be compromised\".</div><div><br></div><div>At the same event, Mr Xi also formally appointed John Lee, a former security chief known for his tough pro-Beijing views, as the new chief executive.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Lee had got the top job through an uncontested election - a sore point for many Hongkongers who say China has gone back on its promise to make the process fully democratic eventually.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Lee\'s new 21-member cabinet was also sworn in. It is heavily staffed by pro-Beijing leaders, including three who have been sanctioned by the US for \"undermining Hong Kong\'s autonomy and restricting the freedom of expression or assembly\" of its people.</div><div><br></div><div>Various official events celebrating the handover will be held across the city on Friday, a public holiday. They typically culminate in a firework display over Victoria Harbour.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Xi\'s visit this year - the first to Hong Kong since the 20th anniversary celebrations in 2017 - has led to the city deploying plain clothes officers and \"special constables\" drafted from prison guards and immigration forces, reports BBC Chinese\'s Martin Yip.</div><div><br></div><div>An Omicron outbreak earlier this year in Hong Kong fuelled doubts over whether Mr Xi, who has personally championed China\'s zero Covid policy, would cancel his visit.</div><div><br></div><div>But he arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday via a high-speed train where he met outgoing chief executive Carrie Lam. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 16:19:22', '2022-07-01 16:19:22'),
(203, 203, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ruja Ignatova, also known as the \"missing Cryptoqueen\", has been placed on the FBI\'s top ten most wanted list.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Bulgarian woman is wanted for her alleged role in running a cryptocurrency scam known as OneCoin.</div><div><br></div><div>Federal investigators accuse the fugitive of using the scheme to defraud victims out of more than $4bn (£3.2bn).</div><div><br></div><div>She has been missing since 2017 - when US officials signed a warrant for her arrest and investigators began closing in on her.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Ignatova is wanted for her role in running OneCoin, a self-described cryptocurrency that beginning in around 2014 offered buyers commission if they sold the currency on to more people.</div><div><br></div><div>But FBI agents say OneCoin was worthless and was never safeguarded by the blockchain technology used by other cryptocurrencies.</div><div><br></div><div>According to allegations made by federal prosecutors, it was essentially a Ponzi scheme disguised as a cryptocurrency.</div><div><br></div><div>Cryptoqueen: How this woman scammed the world, then ran</div><div>Revealed: The Cryptoqueen\'s £13.5m London penthouse</div><div>\"She timed her scheme perfectly, capitalising on the frenzied speculation of the early days of cryptocurrency,\" said Damian Williams, Manhattan\'s top federal prosecutor.</div><div><br></div><div>The FBI adds fugitives to its most wanted list when it believes the general public may be able to assist in tracking them down.</div><div><br></div><div>A bureau notice published on Thursday offered a $100,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of Ms Ignatova, who was charged in 2019 with eight counts including wire fraud and securities fraud.</div><div><br></div><div>She is the only woman on the FBI\'s ten most wanted list.</div><div><br></div><div>FBI agents believe Ms Ignatova travels with armed guards or associates</div><div>Jamie Bartlett, whose BBC podcast investigation brought global attention to Ms Ignatova\'s story and the financial impact OneCoin had on her alleged victims, said the FBI\'s announcement on Thursday increased the chances of her being caught.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is probably the biggest development in the case since Dr Ruja disappeared in October 2017,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Bartlett, who has been investigating the case for years, said one of the reasons it had been so difficult to track down Ruja Ignatova is that she disappeared with at least $500m (£411m), helping her to hide from the law.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We also believe she has high quality fake identity documents and has changed her appearance,\" he added, as well as raising the possibility that she may no longer even be alive.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Ignatova was last seen boarding a flight from Bulgaria to Greece in 2017 and has been missing ever since. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 16:24:41', '2022-07-01 16:24:41'),
(204, 204, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lot of of people crowded in front of ticket counters as Bangladesh Railway started selling advance tickets for Eid-ul-Azha this morning July 1, 2022.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Railway authorities will sell advance tickets of July 5 to July 9 and the sale of tickets will continue till July 5.</div><div><br></div><div>Return tickets will be sold from July 7. Around half of the tickets will be sold through the website and app.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking to the media, Sakibul Hasan, who resides in the capital\'s Pallabi area, said \"My brother came here at 9pm yesterday to get Sirajganj Express train tickets for July 5. I joined him at 5am.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m happy that I didn\'t have to face as much struggle as previous years,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Wishing to remain unnamed, a railway staff however said they may not be able to provide tickets to all. \"It\'s a huge crowd. Some may have to return empty handed,\" he said. -bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 16:30:12', '2022-07-01 16:30:12'),
(205, 205, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in missile strikes on Ukraine\'s Odessa region, a day after Russian troops abandoned positions on a strategic island in a major setback to the Kremlin\'s invasion.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The news came after NATO leaders wrapped up a summit in Madrid, with US President Joe Biden announcing $800 million in new weapons for Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are going to stick with Ukraine, and all of the alliance are going to stick with Ukraine, as long as it takes to make sure they are not defeated by Russia,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared surging diplomatic tensions to the Cold War, telling reporters: \"As far as an Iron Curtain is concerned, essentially it is already descending... The process has begun.\"</div><div><br></div><div>There was a glimmer of hope however, when Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who visited Moscow on Thursday after a trip to Kyiv, said he had given Russian President Vladimir Putin a message from their Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky.</div><div><br></div><div>Neither side has revealed what was in the note.</div><div><br></div><div>Hours after the summit ended, missiles were fired at an apartment building and recreation centre in the southern region of Odessa, a strategic flashpoint that is home to Ukraine\'s historic port city of the same name.</div><div><br></div><div>The nine-storey apartment building was partially destroyed, leaving 14 people dead and 30 wounded, including several children, the emergency services said.</div><div><br></div><div>Three people, including a child, were killed and one wounded in the attack on the recreation centre, they said.</div><div><br></div><div>The strikes, in the Bilgorod-Dnistrovsky district, were launched by aircraft that flew in from the Black Sea, said Odessa military administration spokesman Sergiy Bratchuk.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The worst case scenario played out and two strategic aircraft came to the Odessa region,\" he said in a TV interview, adding they had fired \"very heavy and very powerful\" missiles.</div><div><br></div><div>Bratchuk urged people not to post online information about the rescue operation.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Goodwill gesture\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The early Friday strikes came a day after Russian troops abandoned their positions on Snake Island, off the coast of Odessa.</div><div><br></div><div>The island had become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance in the first days of the war, when the rocky outcrop\'s defenders told a Russian warship to \"go f*ck yourself\" after it called on them to surrender -- an incident that spurred a defiant meme.</div><div><br></div><div>It was also a strategic target, sitting aside shipping lanes near the port of Odessa. Russia had attempted to install missile and air defence batteries while under fire from drones.</div><div><br></div><div>The decision to abandon Snake Island \"changes the situation in the Black Sea considerably,\" Zelensky said in his daily address Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It does not yet guarantee security. It does not yet guarantee that the enemy will not return. But it already considerably limits the actions of the occupiers.\"</div><div><br></div><div>British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cited Snake Island as he warned the Russian president that any eventual peace deal would be on Ukraine\'s terms.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'ve seen what Ukraine can do to drive the Russians back. We\'ve seen what they did around Kyiv and Kharkiv, now on Snake Island,\" Johnson said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian defence ministry statement described the retreat as \"a gesture of goodwill\" meant to demonstrate that Moscow will not interfere with UN efforts to organise protected grain exports from Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>But Ukraine officials claimed it as a win.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They always downplay their defeats this way,\" Ukraine\'s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>In peacetime, Ukraine is a major agricultural exporter, but Russia\'s invasion has damaged farmland and seen Ukraine\'s ports seized, razed or blockaded -- threatening grain importers in Africa with famine.</div><div><br></div><div>Western powers have accused Putin of using the trapped harvest as a weapon to increase pressure on the international community, and Russia has been accused of stealing grain.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Direct threat\' -</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, a ship carrying 7,000 tonnes of grain sailed from Ukraine\'s occupied port of Berdyansk, said the regional leader appointed by the Russian occupation forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Evgeny Balitsky, the head of the pro-Moscow administration, said Russia\'s Black Sea ships \"are ensuring the security\" of the journey, adding that the port had been de-mined.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately, the Russian defence ministry said its forces are holding more than 6,000 Ukrainian prisoners of war who have been captured since the February 24 invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>The conflict in Ukraine dominated the NATO summit in Madrid this week, as the alliance officially invited Sweden and Finland to join, and Biden announced new deployments of US troops, ships and planes to Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian missiles continued to rain down elsewhere in Ukraine and a United Nations official said Thursday that 16 million people in Ukraine were in need of humanitarian aid.</div><div><br></div><div>In the southern city of Mykolaiv, rescuers found the bodies of seven civilians in the rubble of a destroyed building, emergency services said.</div><div><br></div><div>The city of Lysychansk in the eastern Donbas region -- the current focus of Russia\'s offensive -- is also facing sustained bombardment.</div><div><br></div><div>The situation in Lysychansk -- the last major city the Russians need to take over in the Lugansk region -- was \"extremely difficult\" with relentless shelling making it impossible to evacuate civilians, regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is a lot of shelling... The Russian army is approaching from different directions,\" he said in a video posted on Telegram. Source: AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 17:59:42', '2022-07-01 19:38:43'),
(206, 206, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Spinner Nathan Lyon took match figures of 9-121 as Australia hammered Sri Lanka by 10 wickets inside three days in the opening Test on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The tourists, with a first innings lead of 109, bundled out Sri Lanka for 113 in their second innings and got their five-run target in the first over to go 1-0 up in the two-match series. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 18:24:09', '2022-07-01 18:24:09'),
(207, 207, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Did you know that in summers our hair cuticles or the outermost layer of our hair tends to become rough and that causes frizz in the hair which leads to frizzy tresses that are dry, unmanageable and prone to breakage? The excess moisture and sweat can also cause dandruff on your scalp which leads to itchy and oily scalp.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to Jamien Lim, Senior Hair Research Scientist at Dyson, here are 6 top tips to help your hair stay healthy during the summer months:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Protect your scalp - Your hair can give the scalp some protection from ultraviolet radiation, the melanin inside the cortex absorbs the UV radiation from the sun to stop it from reaching the scalp and causing damage such as sunburn. However, any exposed skin is not protected, such as where your hair is parted. Consider applying a sunscreen to these areas to protect your scalp from UV and its effects.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Lighter hair colour - Melanin gives your hair its colour and protects against UV damage. Absorbing the UV radiation however can break down the melanin in the cortex. This causes hair colour to become lighter (photobleaching), particularly in the summer. To help protect and keep the intensity of your natural colour, you could apply a sunscreen that is formulated for hair.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Weaker hair - UV light causes damage to the proteins within hair, this can result in the hair becoming weaker and therefore more prone to breakage. The more time you spend in the sun the worse the damage to hair. Applying a sunscreen formulated for hair or a hat can help minimise this damage.</div><div><br></div><div>4. Regular haircuts - Haircuts help to keep your hair fresh and healthy. By removing split ends and increasing hair alignment, frizz can be reduced.</div><div><br></div><div>5. Chlorine - Chlorine can react with the hair cuticles making the surface of your hair become rougher. Some swimming pools also use copper algaecides to protect against algae. This can turn blonde and bleached hair slightly green. Therefore after you have been swimming we would recommend washing your hair as soon as possible with a mild shampoo to minimise the risk of damage.</div><div><br></div><div>6. Styling in humidity - At hotter times of the year, the air tends to be more humid which can make hair frizzier and reduce style retention as the high water levels in the air reset the bonds created during styling. To reduce frizz try using a light hair oil to make hair more supple; to improve retention, consider setting your style with a higher hold hairspray. Source: Hindustan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 18:35:25', '2022-07-01 18:35:25'),
(208, 208, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Indian Supreme Court on Friday accursed suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma for inflaming tensions with her comments on the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and said she should \"apologize to the whole nation\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sharma was solely responsible for what was happening in India because of the way she had stirred up emotions across the country, NDTV quoted the judges as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>Her comments, made during a TV debate last month, sparked massive protests across India, and several Gulf countries summoned Indian diplomats to issue severe reprimands.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We saw the debate on how she was incited. But the way she said all this and later said she was a lawyer is shameful. She should apologize to the whole country,\" said Justice Surya Kant.</div><div><br></div><div>Nupur Sharma had requested the court to transfer to Delhi the multiple FIRs filed against her across the country, citing threats, but later withdrew the petition.</div><div><br></div><div>Her legal counsel said she had not used her name in the petition because of the threats. \"She faces threats or she has become a security threat,\" the judges said.</div><div><br></div><div>The apex court also snubbed Sharma\'s argument on \"equal treatment\" and \"no discrimination\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"But when you file FIRs against others, they are immediately arrested but when it is against you nobody dares touch you,\" the judges said.</div><div><br></div><div>Her comments had demonstrated her \"obstinate and arrogant character\", they added.</div><div><br></div><div>Her lawyer replied that she had only responded to a question by the anchor during the TV debate.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There should have been a case against the host then,\" said the court.</div><div><br></div><div>When the lawyer referred to citizens’ right to speak, the judges replied: \"In a democracy, everyone has the right to speak. In a democracy, grass has the right to grow and donkeys have the right to eat.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sharma\'s argument citing an order on protecting journalistic freedom did not convince the court either.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She cannot be put on the pedestal of a journalist, when she goes and lambasts on a TV debate and makes irresponsible statements without thinking about the ramifications and consequences that it will have on the fabric of society,\" said the Supreme Court.</div><div><br></div><div>India\'s ruling BJP said on June 5 that it had suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma in response to comments she had made during a TV debate about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).</div><div><br></div><div>Sharma said on Twitter she had said some things in response to comments made about a Hindu god but she had no intention to hurt anyone\'s religious feelings.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If my words have caused discomfort or hurt religious feelings of anyone whatsoever, I hereby unconditionally withdraw my statement,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Protests erupted in different Indian states as well as in Bangladesh in the wake of the remarks on the Prophet (PBUH), which also triggered a major diplomatic row between India and many Muslim-majority countries – the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Kuwait and Qatar to name a few.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"4\",\"25\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 19:48:55', '2022-07-01 19:48:55'),
(209, 209, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The much-awaited Raihan Rafi directorial project \"Poran\" is set to release on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha. Inspired by true events, the film casts Bidya Sinha Mim, Sariful Islam Razz and Yash Rohan. Teaser of the film has been dropped today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is the first time Razz, Mim and Yash will be sharing the screen together. The Live Technologies Ltd production is written by Raihan Rafi and Shahjahan Sourav. At the eleventh hour of the film\'s release, team \"Poran \'\' is busy promoting the film at full swing.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The track \"Chol Niralay\" from the film has been released recently, which created quite a stir amongst the audience. The track is composed and tuned by Naved Parvez, and voiced by Ayon Chaklader and Atiya Anisha. Lyrics for the song has been penned by Johny Haque.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Poran\" also features Shilpi Sarker Apu, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Rozi Siddique, Lutfur Rahman George, Rashed Mamun Apu, and Mili Basher among others.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 20:48:20', '2022-07-01 20:48:20'),
(210, 210, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Consuls of different nations to Bangladesh have paid their gratitude to the victims of the militant aggression on Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s Gulshan, to mark the sixth anniversary of the attack.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Japanese Envoy Ito Naoki, Italian envoy Enrico Nunziata, US envoy Peter D Haas and Indian High Commissioner Vikram K Doraiswami paid their respects and placed floral wreaths at a temporary altar before the bakery building.</div><div><br></div><div>Doraiswami said: “A lot of police officers and civilians died that day. We should remember what caused the event and fight such crimes together so that tragedies like this do not happen in future.”</div><div><br></div><div>“Seven of our citizens died in the incident six years ago, all working on JICA’s Dhaka Metro Line-1 project,” said Ito Naoki. “We will never forget them nor what happened that day.”</div><div><br></div><div>Gulshan police station OC Abul Hasan said the owner of the building lived there now. He said the building owner had told him that if someone wanted to pay their respects they should talk to the police first.</div><div><br></div><div>On the night of July 1, 2016, five armed militants stormed the O Kitchen restaurant and Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan and killed 22 people, including 17 foreigners and two police officers, in one of the worst militant attacks in Bangladesh’s history.</div><div><br></div><div>The carnage ended when a team of army commandos stormed the restaurant and shot the five attackers dead the next morning.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 27, 2019, a Dhaka court delivered its verdict in the case filed over the carnage, sentencing to death seven New JMB militants, including the mastermind of the attack.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 20:58:21', '2022-07-01 20:58:21'),
(211, 211, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister Dr. AK Abdul Momen has reaffirmed Bangladesh\'s commitment to achieve all targets of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14 - \"conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"To eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, the government of Bangladesh declared an area totaling about 8.8% of its Exclusive Economic Zone as the Marine Protected Areas and implemented in its National Plan of Action in 2019,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The foreign minister made the remarks while delivering the</div><div>Country’s statement at the plenary session of the 2nd UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign ministry\'s Maritime Affairs Unit secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md. Khurshed Alam, and Bangladesh Ambassador to Portugal Tarik Ahsan and other officials were the delegation members accompanying the Foreign Minister in the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>During his statement, Momen said under the dynamic leadership and guidance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh settled the maritime boundary issues with both the neighbours and is poised to collaboratively utilize the resources.</div><div><br></div><div>He attached importance to marine science for eradicating poverty, contributing to food security, conserving the world\'s marine environment and resources, helping to predict and respond to natural and anthropogenic events and promoting the sustainable development of the oceans and seas.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said Bangladesh government has amended \"Bangladesh Ship Recycle Act 2018\" and set a target of compliance of the Hong Kong Convention by 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh also announced new actions aimed at ensuring safe ship recycling by 2023 and is the first amongst developing countries to take initiative to ban manufacture of single use plastic shopping bags, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Stressing the importance of capacity development and even distribution of scientific knowledge, he viewed those disparities in scientific capacity in terms of financial, technological, and human resources between developed and developing countries must be addressed for sustainable management of the ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>He affirmed that Bangladesh is ready to cooperate in keeping with its capabilities to actively engage with the developed countries willing to transfer marine science and marine technology on fair and reasonable terms and conditions in accordance with the provisions of part XIV of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the foreign minister visited the permanent Shaheed Minar situated at a public park of Lisbon, named at Campo dos M rtires da P tria and paid his tribute to the language martyrs by placing floral wreaths.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen arrived in Lisbon on Thursday on a two-day visit to Portugal to lead the Bangladesh delegation to the conference 2022. -bss</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-01 22:05:06', '2022-07-01 22:05:06'),
(212, 212, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tottenham Hotspur have confirmed the signing of Brazilian forward Richarlison on a permanent deal from Everton, Spurs\' fourth signing of the summer.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We are delighted to announce the signing of Richarlison from Everton, subject to a work permit,” read a statement on the club’s website.</div><div><br></div><div>Richarlison has signed a five-year deal lasting until Summer 2027, in a transfer thought to be in the region of £50 million plus £10m in add-ons.</div><div><br></div><div>Tottenham as the latest of four signings this summer, following the arrivals of Ivan Perisic, Fraser Forster and Yves Bissouma at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.</div><div><br></div><div>The forward will have his eyes firmly fixed on a place in Brazil’s squad for this year’s World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>Since making his debut for Brazil in September 2018, he has gone on to score 14 goals in 36 appearances.</div><div><br></div><div>Tottenham are understood to be in talks of securing a loan deal for Barcelona’s Clement Lenglet, as Antionio Conte looks to add defensive reinforcements to his side. -eurosport </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"16\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-02 01:17:44', '2022-07-03 21:49:52'),
(213, 213, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced on Thursday national aspirations and priorities for the research, development and innovation sector to enhance the Kingdom’s competitiveness, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The twenty-year long aspirations include developments in the fields of health, environmental sustainability, leadership in energy and industry, and future economies in line with Vision 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>To achieve these goals, the research and development sector will reportedly be restructured with the formation of a higher committee, led by the crown prince, which will enable legislation and regulatory standards in addition to project and budget allocation and performance monitoring.</div><div><br></div><div>Through the program, Saudi Arabia aims to become a global leader in innovation, with targets of annual spending in this sector of 2.5 percent of the country’s GDP by 2040, which will add nearly SAR 60 billion ($16 billion) to the GDP by the same target year.</div><div><br></div><div>The program will also create thousands of jobs in science, technology, and innovation, SPA reported.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kingdom’s health has been given top priority through the program, which will provide the best in digital healthcare and supplying the world with the latest pharmaceutical technologies based on biotechnological advances.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia wants to find “radical solutions for chronic and non-communicable diseases” to increase the life expentancy of the population, SPA reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia seeks to eliminate is water shortage and improve food security, and will be looking to become a global model in preserving the environment and developing water technologies through means like sustainable desalination, and food production through means of green spaces.</div><div><br></div><div>This will come in conjunction with existing technologies like carbon capture and low-cost electricity production.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia will also seek to use its vast natural resources and current advantage as a leading global energy supplier to continue its prominence at the helm while innovating production of alternative energy including green hydrogen, solar, and wind.</div><div><br></div><div>Measures will also be taken to ensure the sustainability of the oil demand, SPA reported, in addition to developing the rapidly growing mining sector in a sustainable manner. -arabnews</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-02 01:22:53', '2022-07-02 01:22:53'),
(214, 214, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do more to ensure the previously rare disease does not become entrenched on the continent.</span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">And African health authorities said they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak as an emergency, calling on rich countries to share limited supplies of vaccines to avoid equity problems seen during the COVID-19 pandemic.&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">mobile-details-after-main-image</span></div><div>mobile-details-after-main-image</div><div>WHO Europe chief Dr. Hans Kluge said in a statement that increased efforts were needed despite the U.N. health agency’s decision last week that the escalating outbreak did not yet warrant being declared a global health emergency.</div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">“Urgent and coordinated action is imperative if we are to turn a corner in the race to reverse the ongoing spread of this disease,” Kluge said.</span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">To date, more than 5,000 monkeypox cases have been reported from 51 countries worldwide that don’t normally report the disease, according to the U.S.</span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kluge said the number of infections in Europe represents about 90% of the global total, with 31 countries in the WHO’s European region having identified cases.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Kluge said data reported to the WHO show that 99% of cases have been in men — the majority in men that have sex with men. But he said there were now “small numbers” of cases among household contacts, including children. Most people reported symptoms including a rash, fever, fatigue, muscle pain, vomiting and chills. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-02 18:24:56', '2022-07-02 18:27:50'),
(215, 215, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on Sunday as torrential rain battered the country\'s largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Roads across the city were cut off and authorities said at least 18 evacuation orders were in place in western Sydney, an area that was inundated with severe flooding in March.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is a life-threatening emergency situation,\" Stephanie Cooke, emergency services minister for the state of New South Wales, told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Australia has been at the sharp end of climate change, with droughts, deadly bushfires, bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef and floods becoming more common and intense as global weather patterns change.</div><div><br></div><div>With more wild weather expected in the coming days, Cooke described the floods as a \"rapidly evolving situation\" and warned that people should be \"prepared to evacuate at short notice\".</div><div><br></div><div>The city\'s Warragamba Dam began to spill in the early hours of Sunday morning, she said, well ahead of authorities\' predictions.</div><div><br></div><div>While in Camden, a southwestern suburb of Sydney home to more than 100,000 people, local shops and a petrol station were inundated by floodwaters.</div><div><br></div><div>Cooke asked those living along a 500-kilometre (310-mile) stretch of Australia\'s east coast, both north and south of Sydney, to consider cancelling their school holiday travel plans because of the weather.</div><div><br></div><div>Emergency services conducted 29 flood rescues and were called out more than 1,400 times in the previous 24 hours, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The east coast flooding event in March -- caused by heavy storms that devastated Sydney\'s west -- claimed 20 lives. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 18:23:16', '2022-07-03 18:23:16'),
(216, 216, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality remains moderate as the metropolis with an air quality index (AQI) score of 64 at 10 am on Sunday&nbsp; ranked 28th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>When the AQI remains between 51 and 100, the air quality is acceptable. However, there may be a risk for some people, particularly those who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran’s Tehran, Indonesia’s Jakarta and Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 177, 164 and 152, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div><br></div><div>Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div><br></div><div>AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div><br></div><div>In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div><br></div><div>A report by the Department of Environment (DoE) and the World Bank in March 2019 pointed out that the three main sources of air pollution in Dhaka \"are brick kilns, fumes from vehicles and dust from construction sites\".</div><div><br></div><div>With the advent of winter, the city’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction work, rundown roads, brick kilns and other sources.</div><div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 18:38:01', '2022-07-03 18:38:01'),
(217, 217, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri winning eminent Indian classical singer and musician Ustad Rashid Khan, known for his many iconic classical and Bollywood numbers, has recently revealed that he is all set to perform in the upcoming second season of the popular musical show Coke Studio Bangla.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On his 54th birthday last Friday, the Indian classical maestro revealed the information to Anandabazar Patrika during an interview.</div><div><br></div><div>His son Arman Khan, also a classical singer and musician, will also be performing alongside Khan, he informed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I always like to do fusion. I have performed fusion before, there are also recordings of my fusion. This time I will do fusion with my son in Bangladesh, as part of the Coke Studio Bangla,\" the Rampur-Sahaswan gharana artist of Indian classical music said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This would certainly be a song of classical music; however, I will try to make that fusion from a slightly different angle. Currently, I am thinking and planning about the song,\" Khan added.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding his involvement in the next season, Coke Studio Bangla Creative Producer Syed Gousul Alam Shaon informed that the eminent classical maestro was all set to join the ongoing maiden edition of Coke Studio Bangla, but the plan was rescheduled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Confirming his addition, Shaon told media that the second season of Coke Studio Bangla will bring even more enthralling musical experiences to the audiences.</div><div><br></div><div>The ongoing season one of the international platform has already received rave reviews for its fusion tracks, blending folks and modern Bangla songs.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, total seven songs have been released from season one, and the latest song \"Shob Loke Koy\" is a fusion tribute to Bengali Baul Fakir Lalon Shai and Indian mystic poet Kabir Das, performed by Kaniz Khandaker Mitu and Indian singer Soumyadeep Sikdar, who is known as Murshidabadi and a disciple of Ustad Rashid Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>Shayan Chowdhury Arnob, Curator and Producer of the Coke Studio Bangla Season One, has arranged the music and produced the fusion track which currently stands with over 3.1 million views on YouTube. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 18:45:39', '2022-07-03 18:45:39'),
(218, 218, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cristiano Ronaldo wants to leave Manchester United this summer if the Premier League club receive an appropriate offer, according to multiple reports on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 37-year-old Portugal forward returned to Old Trafford from Juventus last summer but despite being United\'s top scorer last season, and third in the Premier League, the campaign was overall disappointing.</div><div><br></div><div>United finished sixth in the Premier League, missing out on Champions League qualification, leaving the five-time Ballon d\'Or winner, who has a year left on his contract plus an optional year, facing the prospect of playing in the Europa League for the first time.</div><div><br></div><div>Manchester United are adamant Ronaldo, who scored 24 goals in all competitions, is not for sale, according to reports, with new manager Erik ten Hag keen to work with him.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo won three Premier League titles and the Champions League during six trophy-laden years with United before leaving for Real Madrid in 2009 and Juventus in 2018, collecting more trophies at both clubs.</div><div><br></div><div>United\'s international players are due to report for training in the coming days ahead of flying to Thailand on Friday for the start of their pre-season tour. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 19:05:35', '2022-07-03 21:27:58');
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(219, 219, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sudnay expressed her gratitude to the countrymen for standing beside her in building the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, saying all credit goes to the people of Bangladesh for its construction.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"I am really grateful to the people of Bangladesh for standing by me in this way. Their strength is the greatest strength (for me),\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said this while speaking at the beginning of the Cabinet meeting held at the Secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>She chaired the meeting virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to the greetings of her cabinet colleagues and officials, the prime minister said that, \"This greeting is for the people of my country. It is not for me, for the people of Bangladesh.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge, which opened for traffic on June 25, is a huge milestone in changing the destiny of the people of Bangladesh. \"So, I sincerely thank everyone,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that the construction of the Padma Bridge here is a history.</div><div><br></div><div>She said those who were involved here, especially the finance minister, finance secretary and others, none was stingy, rather they made it easier in accumulating money to build the bridge by own.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This credit belongs to everyone. I thank everyone,\" she continued.</div><div>Regarding the construction of the bridge, the premier said the war started in 2012 and it is not possible to say how much slander, how many things have been done against it (to stop the construction of the Padma Bridge).</div><div><br></div><div>She went on saying, \"Especially, when the slander was given to us, it was not acceptable.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina recalled the time when she announced that the Padma Bridge will be constructed with own money without taking it from anyone.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My biggest strength was the response of our people because they all stepped up and told me that you go ahead, we will arrange the money,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But, the saddest thing is that we could have started (construction of the bridge) earlier and ended earlier (if there was no conspiracy),\" she noted.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of the government said another unfortunate thing was that \"some of our economists, the knowledgeable person, started to say that it (bridge) will not be viable, who will use it here, no money will be raised, but what is being seen now.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She noted it will bring a change in human life and livelihood of people.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the bridge on Jamuna River, she said, there was \"manga\" (famine) in North Bengal every year but after the construction of Bangabandhu Bridge on it, the manga is no longer there.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said they constructed the Padma Bridge alongside building bridges on other rivers to ensure connectivity in the south.</div><div><br></div><div>Turning to Hilsa fish, she said the season of Hilsa has come, adding now netting of Hilsa will begin again and all can get the taste of fresh Hilsa staying in Dhaka, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The businessmen, even the fishermen will also be benefitted. They are also waiting with hope,\" the premier added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 19:51:29', '2022-07-03 19:51:29'),
(220, 220, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people and injuring 12 others, a government official said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mahtab Shah, assistant administrator for the district of Shirani in Baluchistan province, said about 35 passengers were traveling in the bus. He said rescue workers were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the destroyed vehicle and surroundings.</div><div><br></div><div>Shah said apparently the bus slid on the wet road amid heavy rain and the driver lost control of the vehicle, which fell about 200 feet (61 meters) into the ravine.</div><div><br></div><div>Deadly road accidents are common in Pakistan due to poor road infrastructure and disregard for traffic laws, as well as poorly maintained vehicles. Last month, 22 people were killed in a similar accident when a bus fell into a ravine in Qila Saifullah district. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 20:09:13', '2022-07-03 20:09:13'),
(221, 221, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government would materialise the electoral pledges and thus give the people an improved and better life, urging all to work together to build a prosperous and developed country maintaining continuation of ongoing development.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"We want to implement the electoral pledges, based on which we assumed power,\" she said while addressing a function to mark signing of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) for FY 2022-23 between the ministries and divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said the government has transformed Bangladesh into a developing country in 2021 while the nation celebrated twin mega events, birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and 50 years of the country\'s Liberation War, in accordance with the Awami League\'s election manifesto of 2008.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her government is now working tirelessly to change the fate of the countrymen after giving them an improved and better life by making Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous country free from poverty and hunger by 2041, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has been implementing a perspective plan for 2021-2041 to pursue the target, she added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 20:20:06', '2022-07-03 20:20:06'),
(222, 222, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Russian scientist who was detention in Siberia last week on suspicion of state treason and flown to Moscow despite suffering from advanced pancreatic cancer has died, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The scientist, Dmitry Kolker, had been captured to Moscow\'s Lefortovo jail, lawyer Alexander Fedulov said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He died yesterday. Tomorrow we will lodge a complaint over his detention,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kolker\'s family said last week he had been taken from a hospital in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, where he was being fed through a tube, and bundled on a flight to Moscow by officers of the FSB security service.</div><div><br></div><div>Kolker was a doctor of physics and mathematics. The family said he had been accused of collaborating with security services in China, where he had previously given scientific lectures. They protested his innocence.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, state news agency TASS said Russia had detained a second scientist in Novosibirsk on suspicion of state treason. It was not clear if the two cases were connected.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>A number of Russian scientists have been arrested and charged with treason in recent years for allegedly passing sensitive material to foreigners. Critics of the Kremlin say the arrests often stem from unfounded paranoia.</div><div><br></div><div>State treason is punishable by up to 20 years in jail.-Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 21:13:48', '2022-07-03 21:13:48'),
(223, 223, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Millions of Muslims across the world have begun celebrating the three-day Eid-al-Adha. One of the most important festivals in Islam, Eid-al-Adha takes place after the end of Haj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, and commemorates Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to give up his beloved son on Allah’s command.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>For not only are wars for self determination and basic human rights still being fought by Muslims around the world, in addition to these physical struggles (both in the East, and even more so for those Muslims living in the West), the struggle for the heart, mind, and soul of each believer within the religion of Islam is a continual battle.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Everywhere we turn, our faith is both subtly and overtly belittled, and we are continually pressured to adopt Western ways, to assimilate into the so-called “more civilized culture.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, many well-meaning individuals in the Western world fall victim in their own way to this legacy of colonialism and even more so to the legacy of the Crusades.</div><div><br></div><div>It is recounted in Quran that Allah appeared to Prophet Ibrahim in a dream and commanded him to sacrifice his most dear possession as an act of obedience and submission. The father blindfolded his son, Ismail, who readily agreed for the sacrifice, and slit his throat.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>However, when Ibrahim opened his eyes, he saw Ismail was alive, and an animal had been killed instead.</div><div><br></div><div>A version of the story is also found in the Old Testament and the Torah.</div><div><br></div><div>Many Muslims buy animals, rear them with love, and then offer them to God, so as to feel the pain of Prophet Ibrahim.</div><div><br></div><div>Islam, however, recognises that it’s not possible for every Muslim to actually rear an animal himself. Such people can empower others to perform the sacrifice on their behalf, and pay for it.</div><div><br></div><div>Sharing, not pity</div><div>Sacrificing on Eid-al-Adha is mandatory in Islam only for those who can afford it. They have to give a third of the meat to the poor and the needy.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The festival ensures that even those who can’t afford meat get plenty of it at least once a year. In Mecca, the meat of the animals slaughtered by the Haajis is distributed to third-world countries too.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, charity is clearly codified in Islam – one-third of the meat during Eid-Al-Adha, and a portion of your earning as zakat on other days.</div><div><br></div><div>Because the sharing is mandated in the religion, the poor can accept it with dignity. There’s nothing demeaning about accepting the meat (or money as zakat) as the one taking it is only helping the giver fulfil his obligations to Allah, according to reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"21\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 21:26:02', '2022-07-03 21:26:02'),
(224, 224, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Barcelona move to spend 200 million euros on transfers this season&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Barcelona persuade Raphinha to delay transfer decision&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Joan Laporta is in no doubt, he believes he will once again make Barcelona a LaLiga Santander title-winning team.</span></div><div><br></div><div>He will give Xavi Hernandez a competitive squad for the 2022/23 season that will challenge for the titles on offer, and will do so thanks to the deals that he hopes to close within two to three weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>The coach wants signings that will make a difference, and he will have them - he will have 200 million euros at his disposal.</div><div><br></div><div>But the signings he wants to bring in will require a little more patience, especially Robert Lewandowski, a priority target and the first to be allocated the money.</div><div><br></div><div>Once the numbers for the 2021/22 campaign have been saved with the 25-year transfer of 10 percent of the TV rights to Sixth Street for 207.5m euros, the board is sure to close, within 15 to 20 days, the sale of the remaining 15 percent, which will see an income of 400m euros, of which 200 will go directly to reinforcements for the squad.</div><div><br></div><div>Xavi will have the funds to sign the players he wants.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Attack</b></div><div><br></div><div>The main signing will be Lewandowski. The Polish international is at war with Bayern Munich, with whom he only has one year left on his contract, and is only contemplating a move to the Camp Nou.</div><div><br></div><div>Laporta has reassured him that his move to Barcelona will be confirmed. The Bavarian side have valued him at around 50m euros.</div><div><br></div><div>Reinforcing the attack is a priority for the coach. He wants more goals and Lewandowski has them.</div><div><br></div><div>But, in addition, Xavi wants to make more use of the play on the wings. The continuity of Ousmane Dembele remains uncertain, but the club have grown confident of keeping the Frenchman this weekend, and plan to play him and Raphinha together.</div><div><br></div><div>Leeds have valued the Brazilian international, who is also wanted by Chelsea and Arsenal, at around 60m euros.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Defence</b></div><div><br></div><div>However, attack is not the only area of concern for Xavi. He also wants changes in defence to fight for the titles that Laporta demands.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to Andreas Christensen, whose signing is expected to be made official in the next few days, he is looking to sign Sevilla\'s Jules Kounde, whose price tag is around 65m euros.</div><div><br></div><div>In defence, Barcelona are also considering the signings of Marcos Alonso and Cesar Azpilicueta, but their arrivals would be much more affordable.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Midfield</b></div><div><br></div><div>Like Christensen, Franck Kessie is also waiting to be announced as a new Barcelona signing. Like the Dane, he will arrive at Camp Nou on a free transfer. But he might not be the only reinforcement in midfield.</div><div><br></div><div>Bernardo Silva is very much liked by Xavi. The problem is his price, Manchester City have valued him at 100m euros. And, for the moment, Laporta does not have the finances to deal with this addition as well.</div><div><br></div><div>His arrival would be possible, though, if the departure of Frenkie de Jong to Manchester United is completed.- Marca</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"16\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 21:48:44', '2022-07-03 21:48:44'),
(225, 225, '<div>According to reports, the admission test result of “Ga” unit under the business faculty of Dhaka University for 2022-23 session was published on Sunday afternoon with the pass rate of 14.30 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 4,289 students passed the examination among the 29,997 admission seekers who applied for the available 930 seats, the result shows.</div><div><br></div><div>DU vice-chancellor professor Md Akhtaruzzaman unveiled the results at professor Abdul Matin Chowdhury virtual classroom at 12:30pm.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 21:52:41', '2022-07-03 21:52:41'),
(226, 226, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">How many a day, a night I\'d spend</span><br></div><div>with a woman, stark as a statue outlined,</div><div>her face aglow as she turns to her mate</div><div>like softly radiant candle light;</div><div><br></div><div>her breast like the flare of a generous fire</div><div>by chilled men lit in the desert at night</div><div>in the wind come roving across the hills,</div><div>north, south, at the caravan staging posts.</div><div><br></div><div>Clear-cheeked, in her teens, so playful yet</div><div>that she makes me forget my clothes when I leave;</div><div>with rounds like the dunes that as children we loved</div><div>to tread for their smooth and velvety touch.</div><div><br></div><div>When her lover strips her, wanting all,</div><div>she leans to him lightly, holding back;</div><div>slim at the waist and firm as she twists</div><div>with quickening breath from intoxicant lips.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Translation by Charles Greville Tuetey from Imrulkais Of Kinda, Poet, Circa</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Literature Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 22:05:10', '2022-07-03 22:05:10'),
(227, 227, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited three war-ravaged towns in Ukraine\'s Kyiv region, the local governor said on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Governor Oleksiy Kuleba wrote on Telegram that Albanese visited the towns of Bucha, Irpin, and Hostomel, where Ukraine says Russia committed atrocities against civilians. Russia denies the allegations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Australia supports Ukraine and wants to see justice meted out for the crimes committed here,\" Kuleba quoted Albanese as saying. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 22:08:02', '2022-07-03 22:08:02'),
(228, 228, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has mount by Tk1 per kg from 6pm on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>From now, 12kg containers will be sold at Tk1,254 instead of Tk1,242, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) confirmed at a virtual briefing on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>The other quantity containers of LPG from 5kg-45kg will rationally be sold at per the new rates, said BERC Chairman Abdul Jalil.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the announcement, the price of autogas for motor vehicles has been increased to Tk58.46 per litre instead earlier Tk57.91 per litre.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Jalil said, though the price of LPG has come down on the international market, the price has increased locally due to the higher price of the US dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month the dollar price was Tk85 while this month it was calculated at Tk93.50.</div><div><br></div><div>Jalil said the price of LPG, marketed by the state-owned LP Gas Company, will have no effect as it is locally produced with a market share of less than 5%.</div><div><br></div><div>The LPG price had gone up to the highest Tk1,439 (12kg) in the local market following the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The LPG price was lowest at Tk1,225 for 12kg in January this year and it witnessed a continuous hike in price in February, March and April.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Jalil said that globally the price of Saudi CP (contract price) has declined.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladeshi private LPG operators mainly import the gas from the Middle East market based on Saudi CP.</div><div><br></div><div>The BERC, for the first time, fixed the retail-level LPG prices on April 12 after holding a public hearing to comply with a High Court order. -UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 22:23:16', '2022-07-03 22:23:16'),
(229, 229, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Egypt\'s Red Sea Governorate issued an order to shut down several Red Sea beaches on Friday after a 68-year-old Austrian woman was killed in a shark attack earlier that day, off the coast of Sahl Hasheesh, according to two security sources.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victim was transferred to a local private hospital right after the attack, a source at the Red Sea Health Affairs Directorate told Reuters. </div><div><br></div><div>He added that there were attempts to resuscitate her, but she died due to circulatory failure, which is a sudden drop in blood pressure resulting from her injuries and blood loss.</div><div><br></div><div>A security source also added that the woman had been living in Egypt over the past five years with her Egyptian husband. - Reuters </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:02:29', '2022-07-03 23:03:45'),
(230, 230, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reached $52.02 billion through exports in fiscal year 2021-22, registering a 34.38% year-on-year growth, in accordance with the recent data by the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This marked the first time in the history that export earnings crossed the milestone of $50 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>The country previously roped in $38.75 billion from export earnings in FY21.</div><div><br></div><div>Manufacturers and experts expressed their joy on this achievement of the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Apparel sector, the highest earners of the export receipts, earned $42.6 billion in the FY22, fetching a y-o-y growth of 35.47%, which was $31.45 billion in the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>Home textile, a new player in the export basket, earned $1.62 billion in the FY22 registering a growth of 43.28% from $1.13 billion in FY21.</div><div><br></div><div>Among other notable sectors, during the same period, agricultural products registered a growth of 13.04% to $1.16 billion, from $1.02 billion in the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>Leather and leather goods registered a growth of 32.23% to $1.24 billion, which was $941.67 million in the same period of the last FY.</div><div><br></div><div>Engineering products, another promising export sector of the country, marked a growth of 50.4% to $795.63 million from $529 million last year.</div><div><br></div><div>However, jute and jute products registered a fall of 2.91% to $1.12 billion, which was $1.16 billion in the same period of the last FY.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:13:33', '2022-07-03 23:13:33'),
(231, 231, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Forty-two new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Sunday morning as cases are rising again in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Among them, 32 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the remaining 10 patients in other places, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>As many as 133 dengue patients, including 118 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div>On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the mosquito-borne viral disease.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, the DGHS has recorded 1,202 dengue cases and 1,068 recoveries so far.</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue – a leading cause of serious illness and death in some Asian and Latin American countries – was first reported in Bangladesh in 2000 and claimed 93 lives. In three years, the fatality number almost fell to zero.</div><div><br></div><div>However, 105 dengue patients, including 95 in Dhaka division, died in 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates worldwide, mostly in urban and semi-urban areas.</div><div><br></div><div>About 4 billion people, almost half of the world\'s population, live in areas with a risk of dengue, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Each year, up to 400 million people get infected with dengue while approximately 100 million get sick from infection, and 40,000 die from severe dengue, it says.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is no specific treatment for dengue or severe dengue. Early detection of disease progression associated with severe dengue, and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates of severe dengue to below 1 percent,\" according to the World Health Organization.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:15:35', '2022-07-03 23:15:35'),
(232, 232, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has directed all government, semi-government and autonomous institutions to hold purchasing vehicles, including ships and aircraft.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The government has taken several austerity measures in the wake of the global economic situation following Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>Three separate circulars of the Ministry of Finance have been issued in this regard today, July 3, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>In accordance with the circulars, no more than 50 percent of the allocation for government, semi-government and autonomous institutions can be spent on entertainment, computers and related expenses.</div><div><br></div><div>Further, all training expenses have to be completed within 50 percent of the allocation and all honorarium allowances will be discontinued.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, the government will stop spending on low-priority projects for the time being.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:23:39', '2022-07-03 23:23:39'),
(233, 233, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Germany\'s road traffic agency said it was recalling Tesla models Y and 3 because of a fault in the automatic emergency call system that affects 59,000 vehicles globally.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The KBA watchdog said on its website dated June 29 that a software flaw was causing a breakdown of the eCall, which is designed to automatically contact emergency responders in the event of a serious accident.</div><div><br></div><div>German regional broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, which serves the region that is home to Tesla\'s German model Y and battery production site near Berlin, first reported the recall on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>KBA said 59,129 vehicles were affected globally but did not specify how many of those were registered in Germany.</div><div><br></div><div>The software glitch is an added headache for Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk after Tesla on Saturday said it delivered 17.9% fewer electric vehicles in the second quarter from the previous quarter, as China\'s COVID 19-related shutdown disrupted its production and supply chain.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Musk said last month that Tesla\'s new factories in Texas and Berlin are \"losing billions of dollars\" as they struggle to increase production because of a shortage of batteries and Chinese port issues. read more</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) early in June upgraded its probe into 830,000 Tesla vehicles with the advanced driver assistance system Autopilot, a required step before it could seek a recall. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:39:35', '2022-07-03 23:39:35'),
(234, 234, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A local court today, July 3, 2022, granted three-day remand each for four accused in a case filed over humiliating the principal of Mirzapur United Degree College in Narail.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Judge Amatul Morsheda of the Senior Judicial Magistrate\'s Court in Narail passed the order, our Bagerhat correspondent reports.</div><div><br></div><div>Narail OC withdrawn</div><div><br></div><div>Mahmudur Rahman, the investigating officer of the case, said that police sought remand of the accused for five days.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier around 10am, the arrested accused Rahmatullah Biswas Roni, Shawon Khan, Monirul Islam and Syed Rimon were produced before the court.</div><div><br></div><div>Police filed a case against 170-180 unidentified people on Monday (June 27, 2022) afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Police arrested Rahmatullah (22), one of the main accused in the case, from Boyra area of Khulna on June 29 night. The three others were arrested earlier on June 27.</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-03 23:58:12', '2022-07-03 23:58:12'),
(235, 235, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 12-member delegation of British Sikh soldiers visited Pakistan this week, expressing their appreciation for its efforts to preserve the two most holy sites of Sikhism and other historical places related to Sikh religious leaders.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two most revered shrines of the Sikh religion are Nankana Sahib, the place where Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh religion, was born, and Kartarpur, where he passed away while preaching and is located in Pakistan’s Punjab province.</div><div><br></div><div>In the first such visit, the delegation of British Sikh soldiers visited all of the important Sikh religious and historical sites in Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am very grateful to the Pakistani military for facilitating this amazing visit for our Sikh soldiers, as for many of them, this could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,\" Major General Celia J. Harvey, the deputy commander of the UK’s field army and head of the delegation, told Anadolu Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan opened the Kartarpur corridor on the occasion of Guru Nanak\'s 550th birthday in 2019. The corridor is a visa-free border crossing and state-of-the-art religious corridor which facilitates the entry of pilgrims from the Indian side.</div><div><br></div><div>In a message to the Indian Sikh community, Harvey said: \"I will ask the Indian Sikh community to come here and see the facilitation. They can stay here, have food, and worship as much as they want, and this can be a model project to increase cultural harmony amongst people of both countries.\" - Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 00:16:05', '2022-07-04 00:16:05'),
(236, 236, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least three people were killed and dozens of residential buildings damaged in the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border, the regional governor said, after reports of several blasts in the city.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At least 11 apartment buildings and 39 private houses were damaged, including five that were destroyed, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov posted on the Telegram messaging app.</div><div><br></div><div>Gladkov said earlier the “incident” was being investigated, adding, “Presumably, the air defense system worked.”</div><div>At least four people were injured and two hospitalized, including a 10-year-old boy, Gladkov said.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine to the reports.</div><div><br></div><div>Belgorod, a city of nearly 400,000 some 40 km (25 miles) north of the border with Ukraine, is the administrative center of the Belgorod region.</div><div><br></div><div>Since Russia launched it invasion on Feb. 24, there have been numerous reports of attacks on Belgorod and other regions bordering Ukraine, with Moscow accusing Kyiv of carrying out the strikes.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for previous attacks but has described the incidents as payback and “karma” for Russia’s invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow calls its actions a “special military operation” to disarm Ukraine and protect it from fascists. Ukraine and its allies in the West say the fascist allegation is baseless and the war is an unprovoked act of aggression. Source: Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 00:31:12', '2022-07-04 00:31:12'),
(237, 237, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Upon disclosure the animated poster of \"Hawa\", it immediately caught the audience\'s attention. Within just a few days, the trailer for the Mejbaur Rahman Sumon debut directorial was released. The promising trailer created a stir on social media.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The film has received a clearance certificate from Bangladesh Film Censor Board. The multi-starrer project features Chanchal Chowdhury, Sariful Islam Razz, Sumon Anwar, Nazifa Tushi, Shohel Mondol, and Nasir Uddin Khan in pivotal roles.</div><div><br></div><div>The plot of the film focuses on the sea life of the fishermen, who struggle during their 10-15 days of long journey on trawler, risking their lives from giant waves or storms. It has hints of containing mythical underwater creatures in it.</div><div><br></div><div>The shooting for \"Hawa\" began in 2019. However, due to the pandemic, the shooting was postponed.</div><div><br></div><div>The crew have implied that the film will be released soon.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 00:46:57', '2022-07-04 00:46:57'),
(238, 238, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">If you have ever dealt with emotions at work—congratulations, you\'re a human! Acknowledge that emotions at work are valid and normal, whether they be about something at work or at home. Although there is a time and a place for how you may express these emotions at work, you would be a robot if you never had any feelings about work.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>You likely care a lot about your job and doing well, and disappointing yourself or others may bring up feelings. Not only that, but we spend more than a third of our waking hours at work. So it is not surprising how our jobs can affect our mental health, or that emotions about things happening outside of work can often pop up during work hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s how to deal with when emotions at work inevitably do show up.</div><div><br></div><div>Acknowledge them</div><div><br></div><div>Listen to your body. Often, we feel our emotions in our bodies before we can identify them. Is your face burning red or your heart racing? You may be more anxious than you realize.</div><div><br></div><div>Try not to make any decisions while feeling upset or agitated, if you can. Research shows that our decision-making abilities are compromised when we are feeling anxious.</div><div><br></div><div>Learn the company culture</div><div><br></div><div>Every company’s culture is different, and some companies may be more emotionally vulnerable than others. Even if you do work for a company that is more open about discussing emotions, it is still wise to practice some boundaries; your CEO probably doesn’t need to hear about your breakup.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Find a safe person</div><div><br></div><div>In an ideal world, it would be fine to share how you were feeling with a coworker. However, we know that is not always the case of all coworkers. Find a trusted ally at work that you can vent to when things are feeling hard.</div><div><br></div><div>Model emotional openness</div><div><br></div><div>If you manage other people or are in a leadership position, you can set the tone to create a supportive environment where your colleagues feel comfortable sharing their thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>Embrace your emotions</div><div><br></div><div>But maybe your emotions aren’t a bad thing! They may just be your superpower at work, particularly if you are in a position that is client- or customer-facing. Being in touch with your emotions can help you build stronger relationships and alliances with others.</div><div><br></div><div>Accept that you can\'t pick your coworkers</div><div><br></div><div>We typically don’t get to choose who we work with. It\'s inevitable in a workplace, there will be many different personalities and working styles and not all of you will vibe.</div><div><br></div><div>It’s OK, you don’t need to be best friends with your coworkers—you just need to get the job done. We also know that sometimes these coworkers are the exact ones who cause your emotions at work to arise.</div><div><br></div><div>Be curious if there\'s something you can learn from working with them—even if it\'s just what personality type you don\'t like working with!</div><div><br></div><div>Create boundaries</div><div><br></div><div>It’s great to enjoy spending time with your coworkers socially, too, but the more you hang out with them, the more entangled your emotions and work will be. This can make job transitions and conversations about compensation even more difficult.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other side of the coin, do your best to keep your home life at home—your morning meeting is not the place to bring up your fight with your partner. Boundaries are your friend.</div><div><br></div><div>Prepare your toolkit</div><div><br></div><div>But sometimes it is inevitable that you will feel a lot of emotions at work. At this point, it’s important for you to have a go-to mental health toolkit of things you can do when you are feeling this way.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps this involves dashing out a quick journal entry or note to yourself at your desk, taking a minute to do some deep breathing or even leaving a meeting to get some air if you see no other option than your emotions taking over.</div><div><br></div><div>Self-care</div><div><br></div><div>Many things that may cause big emotions at work are symptoms of larger problems societally or within your company and are not your fault.</div><div><br></div><div>Self-care certainly isn\'t the answer for larger systemic problems, but some of the following suggestions can at least help you manage for what you can control right now for your own peace of mind.</div><div><br></div><div>Use your vacation days</div><div><br></div><div>Your vacation days are a part of your compensation. You wouldn’t give part of your salary back, so why would you not use these paid days? Even if you are not currently able to take a vacation, even a staycation may help you charge your batteries so you aren’t a lit fuse waiting to explode.</div><div><br></div><div>Plus, it could literally save your life—a study by the World Health Organization2 found that longer hours worked led to an increased risk for heart attacks and stroke.</div><div><br></div><div>Get your sleep</div><div><br></div><div>Everything feels harder when we’re tired, and managing our emotions is no different. The quantity and quality of sleep we get affect our capacity for emotional regulation.3 However, this is a cyclical relationship and our emotions may also affect how well and how long we sleep.</div><div><br></div><div>Step away for lunch</div><div><br></div><div>If you are able to—even if it’s just for a few minutes—step away from work for lunch. Use your time for lunch to eat mindfully rather than wolfing down your lunch at your desk while multitasking.</div><div><br></div><div>Remember—your brain needs this nourishment to get you through the rest of the day. Plus, those who eat slower report higher levels of satisfaction with their meals.4</div><div><br></div><div>Know your limits</div><div><br></div><div>This applies as much to the people you may work with on a project as much as the amount of work you take on. If you know that a certain person who gets on your every last nerve is going to be on a project that you are able to say \"no\" to, it may be worth your peace. No job is worth your health.</div><div><br></div><div>Get professional help</div><div><br></div><div>If your emotions at work feel like too much to handle—or are interfering with your work—it might be helpful to talk to a mental health professional who can help you deal with these emotions as well as rule out any mental health issues that might be contributing to you feeling this way.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re not already seeing a therapist, check to see if your company has an employee assistance program (EAP). These programs are confidential and can provide you with both short-term counseling as well as help you find an outside therapist once they have done an assessment with you and know what you’re looking for. -verywellmind</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR&nbsp;</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Lifestyle Desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 01:04:08', '2022-07-04 01:04:08'),
(239, 239, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">West Indies legend Brian Lara congratulated India\'s stand-in Test captain Jasprit Bumrah for breach his record for most runs scored in a single over in Tests during the rescheduled fifth Test against England.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bumrah on Saturday scripted history, but surprisingly, with the bat in hand. The stand-in India captain smashed 35 runs in veteran Stuart Broad\'s over, setting the record for most runs in an over in Test cricket.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In the process of inflicting a whirlwind carnage over Stuart Broad and England, Bumrah surpassed the previous record which was in the hands of Brian Lara, George Bailey and Keshav Maharaj, at 28 runs.</div><div><br></div><div>The Former West Indies skipper Lara came up with a remarkable Tweet to congratulate the Indian cricketer.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"Join me in congratulating the young @Jaspritbumrah93 on breaking the record of Most Runs in a Single Over in Tests. Well done,\" Lara tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>Lara\'s tweet soon went viral with fans appreciating the batting great\'s words of praise for Bumrah.</div><div>\"Batting Legend is appreciating a Bowling legend for batting...what a moment,\" wrote a fan, while another fan tweeted that the India pacer will break the batting great\'s record of the highest individual score of 400 runs in Test cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>Lara had etched his name in the record books when he scored an unbeaten 400 against England to set the record for highest individual score in Tests on April 12, 2004.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"9\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 02:49:19', '2022-07-04 02:49:19'),
(240, 240, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Taliban has declared the Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K a corrupt \"sect\" and forbidden Afghans from contact with it.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We call out to the nation that the seditious phenomenon called ISIS-K is void of today\'s age and a false sect that spreads corruption in our Islamic country. It is forbidden to have any kind of help or relationship with them,\" the Taliban said in a resolution on Saturday.</div><div>The resolution follows a three-day conference of religious leaders and elders in Kabul, according to Afghanistan\'s state-run news agency, Bakthar.</div><div><br></div><div>ISIS-K (the k stands for Khorasan, the name of a historical region that covered parts of modern Afghanistan and Pakisan) has been operating in Afghanistan for the last few years.</div><div><br></div><div>It has carried out numerous attacks on Afghan civilians and is thought to be responsible for thousands of deaths since its 2015 formation.</div><div>The Taliban\'s resolution said that Afghanistan follows an Islamic system of rule and that \"armed opposition to this system is considered rebellion and corruption.\"</div><div><br></div><div>It added that \"any kind of opposition to this Islamic ruling system, which is in conflict with Islamic Sharia and national interests, is corruption and illegal action.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The connection between ISIS-K and its apparent parent group Islamic State is not entirely clear; the affiliates share an ideology and tactics, but the depth of their relationship with regards to organization and command and control has never been entirely established.</div><div><br></div><div>US intelligence officials previously told CNN that the ISIS-K membership includes \"a small number of veteran jihadists from Syria and other foreign terrorist fighters,\" saying that the US had identified 10 to 15 of their top operatives in Afghanistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Its earliest members included Pakistani militants who emerged in Afghanistan\'s Nangarhar province around a decade ago, many of whom had fled Pakistan and defected from other terror groups, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).</div><div><br></div><div>Counter-terrorism analysts last year estimated its strength at around 1,500-2,000, but that number may have grown.</div><div><br></div><div>Calls for recognition</div><div><br></div><div>The Kabul gathering of 3,000 attendees -- all male, according to state media -- concluded on Saturday with a call on the international community to recognize Afghanistan\'s Taliban-led government as legitimate.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States and other counties have been reluctant to recognize the Taliban following its swift takeover of the country in August 2021, just weeks after the withdrawal of US troops began.</div><div><br></div><div>Since then, the Taliban has imposed new restrictions on women, prohibiting them from working in most sectors and requiring them to cover their faces in public and have a male guardian for long-distance travel. Girls have been barred from returning to secondary school.</div><div><br></div><div>UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet warned on Friday that \"women and girls in Afghanistan were experiencing the most significant and rapid roll-back in the enjoyment of their rights across the board in decades.\" The World Bank has frozen projects worth hundreds of millions of dollars over the issue.</div><div><br></div><div>An 11-point resolution released at the end of the meeting called for the recognition and the unlocking of foreign aid, while pledging to \"take valuable steps in the direction of realizing national interests and people\'s welfare and preventing poverty and unemployment,\" Bakthar reported.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We call the United Nations and other international organizations, especially Islamic countries and organizations, to recognize Islamic emirate as a legitimate system, interact positively with it, remove all sanctions from Afghanistan, free the frozen funds of the Afghan nation, and promote the economic development and reconstruction of our nation,\" the resolution said, according to Bakhthar.</div><div><br></div><div>In the resolution, the Taliban also pledged allegiance to Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group\'s reclusive supreme leader, whom it referred to as the \"leader of the people.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In a rare speech at the gathering, Akhundzada praised the Taliban\'s takeover of Afghanistan last year as \"a source of pride for Afghans but also for Muslims all over the world.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Thank God, we are now an independent country. (Foreigners) should not give us their orders, it is our system, and we have our own decisions,\" Akhundzada added.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking to the clerics, Akhundzada reaffirmed his commitment to the implementation of Sharia law, Islam\'s legal system derived from the Quran, while voicing his opposition to the \"way of life of non-believers.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Taliban\'s harsh interpretation of Sharia law when it was last in power led to scores of violent punishments, including the stoning of alleged adulterers, public executions, and amputations. -CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 03:10:43', '2022-07-04 03:10:43');
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(241, 241, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia said it had taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian territory of Luhansk on Sunday after capturing the final Ukrainian bastion of Lysychansk, the city where Kyiv said it had withdrawn to save the lives of its troops.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The region\'s capture, a major Russian war aim, is a political victory for the Kremlin after weeks of grinding advances and shifts the battlefield focus to neighbouring Donetsk region, where Kyiv still controls swathes of territory.</div><div><br></div><div>Since abandoning an assault on the capital Kyiv, Russia has concentrated its military operation on the industrial Donbas heartland that comprises the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, where Moscow-backed separatist proxies have been fighting Ukraine since 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia says it is capturing Luhansk region in order to give it to the self-proclaimed Russian-backed Luhansk People\'s Republic whose independence it recognised on the eve of the war.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu informed President Vladimir Putin that Luhansk had been \"liberated\", the defence ministry said, after Russia earlier said its forces had captured villages around Lysychansk and encircled the city.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s military command said its forces had been forced to retreat from the city.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The continuation of the defence of the city would lead to fatal consequences. In order to preserve the lives of Ukrainian defenders, a decision was made to withdraw,\" it said in a statement on social media.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian officials, who say references to \"liberating\" Ukrainian territory are Russian propaganda, had reported intense artillery barrages on residential areas.</div><div><br></div><div>In a statement on the Telegram messaging app, Luhansk\'s regional governor, Serhiy Haidai, also confirmed Ukraine\'s withdrawal after \"heavy fighting\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"No betrayal here! When you write - surrendered, gave up, abandoned, think first and foremost about the price of advancing towards our victory, about the fighters who defended the city, some at the cost of their own lives ...,\" Haidai wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>West of Lysychansk in Donetsk region, at least six people were killed when the Ukrainian city of Sloviansk was hit by powerful shelling from multiple rocket launchers on Sunday, local officials said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Costly campaign</div><div><br></div><div>Thousands of civilians have been killed and cities levelled since Russia invaded on Feb. 24, with Kyiv accusing Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians. Moscow denies this.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia says what it calls a \"special military operation\" in Ukraine aims to protect Russian speakers from nationalists. Ukraine and its Western allies say this is a baseless pretext for its flagrant aggression that aims to seize territory.</div><div><br></div><div>While Russia would try to frame its advance in Luhansk as a significant moment in the war, it came at a high cost to Russia\'s military, said Neil Melvin of the London-based think tank RUSI.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Ukraine\'s position was never that they could defend all of this. What they\'ve been trying to do is to slow down the Russian assault and cause maximum damage, while they build up for a counteroffensive,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The victory allows Putin to claim some limited success after a grinding and costly assault, but Ukraine can fall back to an easier-to-defend line that allows it to use longer-range Western artillery and other weapons with less risk of Russian forces surrounding and capturing those systems, said Rob Lee of the U.S.-based Foreign Policy Research Institute.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I suspect Russia will make some more gains, but the big question is: it\'s symbolically important for Putin, but strategically, this is not disastrous for Ukraine as long as they don\'t take heavy casualties in the process,\" Lee said, adding that the extent of Ukrainian losses was unclear.</div><div><br></div><div>Kharkiv strikes&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Russia\'s defence ministry also said on Sunday it had struck the military infrastructure of Kharkiv, Ukraine\'s second largest city in the northeast, where a Reuters reporter said Ukrainian forces had been building fortifications after nightly shelling.</div><div><br></div><div>Outside a school in Kharkiv, some residents threw debris into a large crater created by an early morning rocket strike while others got help repairing damaged houses.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The wife was lucky that she woke up early in the morning because the roof fell exactly where she had been sleeping,\" one resident, Oleksii Mihulin, told to media.</div><div><br></div><div>About 70 km (44 miles) from Kharkiv on the Russian side of the border, Russia also reported explosions on Sunday in Belgorod, which it said killed at least three people and destroyed homes.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"The sound was so strong that I jumped up, I woke up, got very scared and started screaming,\" a Belgorod resident told Reuters, adding the blasts occurred around 3 a.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow has accused Kyiv of numerous attacks on Belgorod and other areas bordering Ukraine. Kyiv has never claimed responsibility for any of these incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Military base hit</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine said its air force had flown some 15 sorties \"in virtually all directions of hostilities\", destroying equipment and two ammunition depots.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Russian-occupied southern Ukrainian city of Melitopol, Ukrainian forces hit a military logistics base with more than 30 strikes on Sunday, the city\'s exiled mayor Ivan Fedorov said. A Russian-installed official confirmed that strikes had hit the city. read more</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine has repeatedly appealed for an acceleration in weapons supplies from the West, saying its forces are heavily outgunned.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking on a visit to Kyiv, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would provide Ukraine with additional armoured vehicles, as well as tightening sanctions against Russia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told broadcaster ARD that Germany was discussing with its allies security guarantees for Ukraine after the war, though it was clear these would \"not be the same as if someone were a member of NATO\". -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 07:40:45', '2022-07-04 07:40:45'),
(242, 242, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Several people were killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and could not rule out it was an \"act of terrorism\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"There are several injured, and what we also know now is that there are several dead,\" Chief Police Inspector Soren Thomassen told journalists, adding police had launched a massive search operation throughout the local Zealand region.</div><div><br></div><div>Copenhagen police said armed officers were sent to Field\'s mall in the Danish capital late on Sunday afternoon after reports of a shooting and had told people inside to stay put and await assistance. Local media footage showed groups of terrified shoppers running from the mall.</div><div><br></div><div>There was no initial indication that other shooters had been present, police said, and Thomassen declined to comment on possible motives or whether the shooter was known to police.</div><div><br></div><div>The capital\'s main hospital, Rigshospitalet, had received a \"small group of patients\" for treatment, a spokesperson said, and had called in extra doctors and nurses.</div><div><br></div><div>Danish tabloid BT published unverified video footage it said was shot by a witness to the attack, Mahdi Al-wazni, showing a man with a large rifle walking through the mall and swinging it around his shoulders.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He seemed very aggressive and shouted different things,\" Al-wazni told BT.</div><div><br></div><div>Footage published by tabloid Ekstra Bladet showed one person being carried by rescue workers into an ambulance on a stretcher.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People first thought it was a thief ... Then I suddenly hear shots and threw myself behind the counter inside the store,\" an eyewitness, Rikke Levandovski, told broadcaster TV2.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He is just shooting into the crowd, not up in ceiling or into the floor,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The multi-storey shopping mall is located around 5 kilometres (3 miles) south of downtown Copenhagen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My friend and I...suddenly we hear shots. I hear about ten shots and then run as fast as we can into a toilet. We squeeze into this tiny toilet where we are around 11 people,\" a witness who gave her name as Isabella told public broadcaster DR.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack follows a deadly shooting in neighbouring Norway last week, in which two people were killed by a lone shooter in the capital Oslo. </div><div><br></div><div>The terrorist threat against Denmark is currently assessed to be \"serious\", with the biggest threat coming from \"militant Islamism\", according to the latest report from the Danish Security and Intelligence Service.</div><div><br></div><div>The threat to Denmark from right-wing extremists is considered at a \"general\" level, which means there is capability and/or intent and possibly planning.</div><div><br></div><div>Denmark last saw a militant attack in 2015, when two people were killed and six police officers wounded when a lone gunman shot and killed a man outside a culture centre hosting a debate on freedom of speech, and later killed a person outside a Jewish synagogue in central Copenhagen.</div><div><br></div><div>That gunman was killed in a shoot-out with police.</div><div><br></div><div>A concert due to be held by singer Harry Styles in Copenhagen on Sunday night not far from the shopping centre was cancelled, police said.</div><div><br></div><div>An event in Southern Denmark to commemorate the end of the first three stages of the Tour de France cycling race, hosted by the Danish Crown Prince and with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in attendance, was also cancelled, the Royal House said on its website. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 07:48:43', '2022-07-04 16:14:03'),
(243, 243, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">AC Milan and Chelsea are reportedly set to finalise discussions regarding a Hakim Ziyech deal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Negotiations between the two clubs started a couple weeks ago but are still ongoing. The Italian club are confident that the deal will go through, and that Ziyech will be playing at the San Siro next season.</div><div><br></div><div>Ziyech has been a Chelsea player since coming in during the Winter transfer window in 2020, moving from Ajax for a fee of £33.3 million. He initially signed a contract until the summer of 2025, but the Moroccan international has yet to hit the strides Chelsea fans hoped he would.</div><div><br></div><div>At the London club, he has played 81 matches, scoring 14 goals and assisting 10. He’s won the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup, and the Club World Cup during his time at the club.</div><div><br></div><div>He’s been primarily used as an attacking midfielder, however, Thomas Tuchel has deployed him all across the front line, depending on the opponent and their weaknesses.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite representing Morocco in the past, Ziyech retired from international football in February of this year, at the age of 28.</div><div><br></div><div>The reason for his retirement was his falling out with Vahid Halilhodzic, the current Morocco manager, who accused Ziyech of faking injuries and not wanting to play for the team. There have been rumours that he might return to action, but nothing official yet.</div><div>Should Ziyech’s move to AC Milan go through as planned, it would free up some funds for Chelsea to spend on their forward line.</div><div><br></div><div>The saga of Raheem Sterling to the London club continues with Manchester City expecting an offer from Chelsea for the English international. Sterling is on his final year of his current contract and is looking to move to a club where he can gain more minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Last season, Sterling played the fewest minutes he ever has under Pep Guardiola, and he sees that it is time to move on, after winning four Premier League titles, one FA Cup, and four Carabao Cups.</div><div><br></div><div>Man City are happy to let him leave, only if Chelsea meet their valuation of approximately £50m for Sterling.</div><div><br></div><div>Chelsea were also in talks to sign Leeds United’s Raphinha, having already submitted a bid of £55m plus add ons.</div><div><br></div><div>However, it looks like the Brazilian prefers a move to Spain, with the player wanting Leeds to prioritise talks with Barcelona.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona president Joan Laporta even confirmed that Barcelona are interested in the player and that he would like to play for them rather than Chelsea. -eurosport </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"16\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 07:56:44', '2022-07-05 15:09:14'),
(244, 244, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Parts of a mountain glacier collapsed in the Italian Alps on Sunday amid record temperatures, local authorities said, killing at least six people and injuring eight.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Trento provincial government said rescue operations were in progress after a large \"ice avalanche\" involving hikers, adding that there was likely to be a \"heavy toll\".</div><div><br></div><div>The avalanche took place on the Marmolada, which at more than 3,300 metres is the highest mountain in the Dolomites, a range in the eastern Italian Alps straddling the regions of Trento and Veneto.</div><div><br></div><div>Injured people were taken to hospitals in the nearby towns of Belluno, Treviso, Trento and Bolzano, said the president of Veneto, Luca Zaia.</div><div><br></div><div>The huge mass of ice collapsed close to Punta Rocca, on the route usually used by hikers and climbers to reach the summit, the Alpine rescue unit said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Fortunately the weather conditions are good but the danger is that there could be further collapses,\" a spokesperson said.</div><div><br></div><div>Helicopters and dogs were being used to try to find survivors.</div><div><br></div><div>An early summer heatwave in Italy saw temperatures on the Marmolada touch 10 degrees Celsius (50 Fahrenheit) on Saturday, Zaia said.</div><div><br></div><div>Rising average temperatures have caused the Marmolada glacier, like many others around the world, to shrink steadily over recent decades. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 08:03:56', '2022-07-04 08:03:56'),
(245, 245, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The British Army regained control of its Twitter and YouTube accounts on Sunday after they were briefly hacked and used to post about cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Apologies for the temporary interruption to our feed. We will conduct a full investigation and learn from this incident,\" a post on the @BritishArmy Twitter handle said. Earlier the account had retweeted several posts about NFTs.</div><div><br></div><div>The army\'s YouTube account, which had been renamed \'Ark Invest\' and showed several videos relating to cryptocurrency, was also restored to its original state.</div><div><br></div><div>Its Twitter feed currently has 362,000 followers, while the YouTube channel has 177,000 subscribers.</div><div><br></div><div>Ark Invest is the name of a global investment firm. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment submitted via email and the company\'s website. -reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 16:24:50', '2022-07-04 16:24:50'),
(246, 246, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s energy minister has claimed a stark warning against the country\'s fuel stocks as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, Kanchana Wijesekera said the nation only had enough petrol left for less than a day under regular demand.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said its next petrol shipment was not due for more than two weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, Sri Lanka suspended sales of petrol and diesel for non-essential vehicles as it struggles to pay for imports like fuel, food and medicines.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Wijesekera told reporters that the country had 12,774 tonnes of diesel and 4,061 tonnes of petrol left in its reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The next petrol shipment is expected between the 22nd and 23rd [of July],\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>A shipment of diesel is expected to arrive at the weekend, however Mr Wijesekera warned that the country does not have enough money to pay for planned fuel and crude oil imports.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Sri Lanka\'s central bank could only supply $125m for fuel purchases, far less than the $587m needed for its scheduled shipments.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Wijesekera added that the country owed $800m to seven suppliers for purchases it made earlier this year.</div><div><br></div><div>It came after Sri Lanka banned sales of fuel for private vehicles until next week.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts believe it is the first country to take the drastic step of halting sales of petrol to ordinary people since the 1970s oil crisis, when fuel was rationed in the US and Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>The island nation of 22 million people is facing its worse economic crisis since gaining independence from the UK in 1948 as it lacks enough foreign currency to pay for imports of essential goods.</div><div><br></div><div>Acute shortages of fuel, food and medicines have helped to push up the cost of living to record highs in the country, where many people rely on motor vehicles for their livelihoods.</div><div><br></div><div>Last Thursday, an International Monetary Fund team concluded a fresh round of talks with Sri Lanka over a $3bn (£2.5bn) bailout deal.</div><div><br></div><div>While no agreement has been reached yet, the team said in a statement that it had made \"significant progress on defining a macroeconomic and structural policy package\".</div><div><br></div><div>It added that it had \"witnessed some of the hardships currently faced by the Sri Lankan people, especially the poor and vulnerable who are affected disproportionately by the crisis\".</div><div><br></div><div>The cash-strapped country has also sent officials to the major energy producers Russia and Qatar in a bid to secure cheap oil supplies. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 16:31:39', '2022-07-04 16:31:39'),
(247, 247, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning moving towards her hometown Tungipara in Gopalganj, with her children by the Padma Bridge.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul accompanied her.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister left Ganabhaban at 8am and reached the Padma Bridge at 8:48am.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina spent some time on bridge with her children. At about 9:15am she went to the Zajira end to enjoy the view.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She later took rest at the Service Area-2 at Zajira point.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the first personal visit of the prime minister to Tungipara by the Padma Bridge after its inauguration on June 25.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 16:40:08', '2022-07-04 16:40:08'),
(248, 248, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Losing wickets at inopportune moments once again led to Bangladesh\'s downfall. Shakib Al Hasan played a lone hand, scoring a fifty and writing his name in the record books but his innings came in vain as Windies clinched the second T20I at Dominica by 35 runs. With the victory, Windies take a 1-0 lead before the third and final T20I on July 7.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Anamul Haque Bijoy and Liton Das came to open the innings for the Tigers in chase of West Indies\' score of 193 for 5 and the duo fell on back-to-back delvieries in the second over by Obed McCoy. Liton chipped one straight down the throat of the fielder at deep backward square leg and Bijoy then dragged the next delivery back on to his stumps. Mahmudullah Riyad ensured there was no hattrick for McCoy as he left the next delivery alone.</div><div><br></div><div>Riyad showed positive intent with a four and six off Odean Smith but then perished, unable to clear the fielder at mid off to depart for 11 off 7 deliveries.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib Al Hasan and Afif Hossain stitched together a 55-run fourth wicket stand with both utilising the pace on the deliveries to find a few boundaries. Afif looked good during his 34 off 27 deliveries, laced with three fours and a six but with the required run-rate going up every over, he got the faintest of tickles on a Romario Shephard delivery while he was trying to help it over fine leg and was caught by Nicholas Pooran.</div><div><br></div><div>Windies did not concede a boundary from 10th over onwards and it led to Nurul Hasan\'s wicket as he was holed out at square leg after a 13-ball 7 off the bowling of Akeal Hosein.</div><div><br></div><div>With 95 runs needed off the last 30 deliveries, the equation was almost out of reach. Shakib exhibited some of his own power-hitting options late in his innings, hitting Smith and McCoy for big sixes but it was too little too late in the end. Shakib\'s hitting saw 44 runs come between 17th and 19th over as he picked up his 10th T20I fifty.</div><div><br></div><div>For a period of 45 deliveries, no boundaries came and that his where the game slipped out of the Tigers\' hand while there was no other batter who could considerably leave an impact alongside Shakib after Afif\'s dismissal.</div><div><br></div><div>Mosaddek Hossain was the final wicket to fall, out caught-behind after a 11-ball 15. Shakib remained unbeaten on 68 off 52 deliveries with five fours and three sixes. He became the first cricketer to score 2000runs and bag 100 wickets in T20Is with his knock as Bangladesh reached 158 for six falling short by 35 runs.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"9\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 16:48:05', '2022-07-04 16:48:05'),
(249, 249, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">White-robed worshippers from over the world have packed the streets of Mecca as Islam\'s holiest city prepares to host the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the coronavirus pandemic.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Banners welcoming the faithful, including the first international visitors since 2019, festooned squares and alleys, while armed security forces patrolled the ancient city, birthplace of the Prophet Mohammed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is pure joy,\" Sudanese pilgrim Abdel Qader Kheder told AFP in Mecca, ahead of the event expected to start on Wednesday. \"I almost can\'t believe I am here. I am enjoying every moment.\"</div><div><br></div><div>One million people, including 850,000 from abroad, are allowed at this year\'s hajj -- a key pillar of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform at least once -- after two years of drastically curtailed numbers due to the pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 650,000 overseas pilgrims have arrived so far in Saudi Arabia, the authorities said Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2019, about 2.5 million people took part in the rituals, which include circling the Kaaba, the imposing black cube at Mecca\'s Grand Mosque, gathering at Mount Arafat and \"stoning the devil\" in Mina.</div><div><br></div><div>The following year, foreigners were barred and worshippers were restricted to just 10,000, rising to 60,000 fully vaccinated Saudi citizens and residents in 2021, to stop the hajj turning into a global super-spreader.</div><div><br></div><div>One million vaccinated pilgrims under the age of 65 will attend the hajj under strict sanitary conditions, with the Grand Mosque, the holiest site in Islam, scrubbed and disinfected 10 times a day.</div><div><br></div><div>The rituals have seen numerous disasters, including a 2015 stampede that killed up to 2,300 people and a 1979 attack by hundreds of gunmen that left 153 dead, according to the official toll.</div><div><br></div><div>- Unaccompanied women -</div><div><br></div><div>The pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, is a powerful source of prestige for the conservative desert kingdom and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is returning from the diplomatic wilderness.</div><div><br></div><div>Days after the hajj, Prince Mohammed will welcome US President Joe Biden who, with oil prices sent soaring by Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, has reneged on promises to turn Saudi Arabia into a \"pariah\" over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.</div><div><br></div><div>The hajj, which costs at least $5,000 per person, is a money-spinner for the world\'s biggest oil exporter, bringing in about $12 billion a year along with other religious visits.</div><div><br></div><div>It is also a chance to showcase a country that is undergoing rapid transformation, while still drawing regular complaints about human rights abuses and limits on personal freedoms.</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Arabia -- which has under recent reforms permitted raves in Riyadh and mixed-gender beaches in Jeddah -- now also allows women to attend the hajj unaccompanied by a male relative, a requirement that was dropped last year.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Serenity\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Masks are no longer compulsory in most enclosed spaces in Saudi Arabia but they will be mandatory at the Grand Mosque. Pilgrims from abroad will have to submit a negative PCR test result.</div><div><br></div><div>The Grand Mosque will be \"washed 10 times a day... by more than 4,000 male and female workers\", with more than 130,000 litres (34,000 gallons) of disinfectant used each time, authorities said.</div><div><br></div><div>Since the start of the pandemic, Saudi Arabia has registered more than 795,000 coronavirus cases, 9,000 of them fatal, in a population of about 34 million.</div><div><br></div><div>Aside from Covid, another challenge is the scorching sun in one of the world\'s hottest and driest regions, which is becoming even more extreme through the effects of climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Although summer has only just begun, temperatures have already topped 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in parts of Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>But for Iraqi pilgrim Ahmed Abdul-Hassan al-Fatlawi, the hot weather is the last thing he thinks of when in Mecca.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am 60 years old, so it\'s normal if I get physically tired because of the hot weather, but I am in a state of serenity, and that\'s all that matters to me,\" he told to media. -AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Staff Correspondent', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 16:58:28', '2022-07-04 16:58:28'),
(250, 250, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh has ranked seventh accross the world\'s angriest, saddest and most stressed nations, says a new global survey.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The country scored 45 on the index while Afghanistan topped the list with a score of 59,says the recently revealed report titled \"2022Global Emotions Report\".</div><div><br></div><div>Higher scores on the Negative Experience Index indicate that more of a population is experiencing these emotions, said the report that measures the well-being of nations every year.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,000 people took part in the face-to-face survey that was conducted in Bangladesh between February 27 and March 30 this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The polling group surveyed 127,000 adults in 122 countries spanning the globe and found that 2021 was more stressful than 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The survey included questions like whether the person felt physical pain, worry, sadness, stress and anger .</div><div><br></div><div>Jon Clifton, the global managing partner of Gallup, which did the survey, said the world is suffering from war, inflation and a once‑in‑a-lifetime pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Any one of those would make the world worse, but the global rise of unhappiness started long before any of those issues made headlines. In fact, unhappiness has been rising for a decade, he said in the report.</div><div><br></div><div>The report said about 42 percent of respondents say they are going through a lot more worry, a two percent increase from 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that policymakers must understand why so many people are having unprecedented negative emotions, and focus on the drivers of a great life.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning the reasons for the unhappiness, the report said there are five significant contributors to the rise of global unhappiness: poverty, bad communities, hunger, loneliness and the scarcity of good work.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that over three in 10 people surveyed experienced a lot of physical pain (31 percent), more than one in four sadness (28 percent), and slightly fewer some forms of anger (23 percent).</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan is the most stressful country with a negative index score of 32, which is the lowest since the Gallup started surveying 16 years ago, while Panama is the least stressful country with a positive index score of 85.</div><div><br></div><div>The report said the world was a slightly sadder, more worried and more stressed-out place than it was the year before -- even if people were a little less angry.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Worry rose two points, while stress and sadness increased one point,\" it said, adding that Latin American countries dominate the list of countries where people report a lot of positive emotions each day.</div><div><br></div><div>Panama topped the list with the score of 85 in Positive Emotions Index. With scores in the 80s, Paraguay, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua are not far behind. Several countries outside of Latin America that ranked among the most positive in 2021 are Iceland, the Philippines, Senegal, Denmark and South Africa.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 17:06:50', '2022-07-04 17:06:50'),
(251, 251, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A helmet policy framework is being prepared for Bangladesh to reduce fatal road accidents involving motorcycles.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A working group led by Brac has drafted recommendations for setting the motorcycle helmet standards. Sub-standard helmets will not be allowed once the government approves the policy.</div><div><br></div><div>A workshop on the policy framework will be held today at the headquarters of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). All stakeholders. including bureaucrats, police and experts on road safety, will attend the workshop.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“We will submit the final policy framework immediately to the government after incorporating all the suggestions received from the workshop,” said Ahmed Najmul Hussain, director (road safety) of Brac.</div><div><br></div><div>“We recommended a UN-standard helmet for Bangladesh, which is not very expensive,” he told Dhaka Tribune.</div><div><br></div><div>Bikers in Bangladesh mostly choose cheap helmets as their main aim is to avoid violating traffic rules rather than protect themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuhin Abdullah, a delivery person of a private company, said: “I have no idea about helmets. I think no helmet is comfortable for us in warm weather. I put it on to obey traffic rules.”</div><div><br></div><div>Zakir Hossain and his child both wear plastic helmets that give little protection. When asked about the helmets, he said their helmets are stolen frequently so they choose ones that are easily replaceable.</div><div><br></div><div>The plastic helmets cost about Tk600. According to the draft policy, the price of UN standard helmets ranges from $12-20 (Tk1,120-1,870).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I bought my helmet for Tk1,500 but don’t know whether it is to standard or not. There are no instructions from the authorities either. So, I use what I find affordable to me,” said Rafiqul Islam, a driver for Pathao.</div><div><br></div><div>He claimed ride-sharing companies provide their bikers with sub-standard helmets.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the BRTA, there are 3.6 million motorcycles in the country, including about one million bikers in Dhaka. Only 2.3 million of the motorcycle riders have driving licences.</div><div><br></div><div>A recent survey by the Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Buet found that only 10% of motorcycle riders and 2% of pillion passengers use high-quality helmets.</div><div><br></div><div>About 7% of accidents take place in Dhaka, and 93% outside the capital. Deaths and injuries are higher in rural areas, according to ARI.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,168 people died in motorcycle accidents across the country in 2021, which was 1,097 in 2020, it said. During the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation, motorcycle accidents outnumbered other vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>“A quality helmet is very important as it can reduce death risk by 40%” said Hadiuzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>What is the solution?</div><div><br></div><div>The Road Transport Act 2018 requires drivers and passengers to wear helmets properly, but does not specify the meaning of \"proper\".</div><div><br></div><div>The new policy will define proper use of helmets and the execution process.</div><div><br></div><div>“The policy on helmets will help to enact the Road Transport Act as it will describe the proper use of helmets and its standard. Following the policy, law enforcers can also take necessary steps to ensure use of standard helmets,” said Sk Md Mahbub-E-Rabbani, director (road safety) of the BRTA.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Now, most bikers and pillion passengers use helmets in Dhaka. However, many of them use sub-standard helmets. We are trying to encourage them to use quality helmets,\" said Md Munibur Rahman, DMP additional commissioner for traffic.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) has a standard for helmets but they do not have a lab to test the helmets. They have a shortage of experts for testing helmets as well,” said Prof Hadiuzzaman, director of ARI at Buet.</div><div><br></div><div>“The BSTI should establish a helmet testing lab to prevent import of sub-standard helmets as a standard helmet can reduce the fatality,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>All developed countries across the world as well as neighbouring India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have their own helmet testing laboratories.</div><div><br></div><div>The BSTI has decided to start testing helmets at private testing labs until the government laboratory is established, said a senior official.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, 166 products are under the compulsory certification marks scheme of the BSTI, meaning that marketing of any of these items needs conformity certificates from the institute.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 17:19:22', '2022-07-04 17:19:22'),
(252, 252, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Amber Heard’s legal team filed a motion Friday requesting that the verdict of the defamation trial against her ex-husband Johnny Depp be tossed, including the $10.35 million in damages awarded to Depp by the jury.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In addition to Heard’s attorneys arguing that the verdict is not supported by evidence, the 43-page document submitted to the Fairfax County Circuit Court Friday also calls “to investigate improper juror service,” claiming that public information indicates that a juror who served during the trial was born in 1970, despite court officials listing their birth year as 1945.</div><div><br></div><div>“This discrepancy raises the question whether Juror 15 actually received a summons for jury duty and was properly vetted by the court to serve on the jury,” Heard’s lawyers wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>Heard’s legal team also argues that the jurors’ $10.35 million award against the actress is “inconsistent and irreconcilable” with the jury’s conclusion both her and Depp had defamed one another. In addition to Depp’s $10 million in compensatory damages, plus $350,000 in punitive damages, the jury also awarded Heard $2 million in compensatory damages for her counterclaim.</div><div><br></div><div>“Mr. Depp presented no evidence that Ms. Heard did not believe she was abused,” Heard’s attorneys wrote. “Therefore, Mr. Depp did not meet the legal requirements for actual malice, and the verdict should be set aside.”</div><div><br></div><div>Depp’s lead attorney, Ben Chew, commented on the motion to toss the verdict, dismissing it as “what we expected, just longer, no more substantive” in a statement to Courthouse News.</div><div><br></div><div>The trial began when Depp, the plaintiff in the case, sued Heard for defamation regarding the 2018 Washington Post op-ed she published alluding to her past abuse allegations. Although the op-ed did not directly mention the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star, Depp claimed it damaged his reputation and ruined his career. A year prior to the op-ed’s publication, Heard and Depp divorced after two years of marriage, with Heard alleging that Depp had subjected her to emotional, physical and sexual abuse throughout their relationship.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2020, prior to the American trial, the High Court of London ruled against Depp in a separate defamation case, after the actor sued the Sun for calling him a “wife beater.” The U.K. court ruled that he assaulted Heard in 12 of 14 alleged incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Since the conclusion of the trial in June, Heard has appeared for interviews regarding the situation, describing the seven-week legal battle that unfolded in the public eye to “Today” as “the most humiliating and horrible thing [she had] ever been through.”</div><div><br></div><div>The Guardian was first to extensively report on Heard’s motion to toss the verdict. -variety</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 17:43:32', '2022-07-04 17:43:32'),
(253, 253, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Yemeni special forces have launched an offensive against Al-Qaeda in the southern governorate of Abyan, amid reports that the terrorist group is attempting a comeback.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Elite counterterrorism troops have been deployed in mountains and valleys in Abyan to prevent Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, its branch in Yemen, from turning those areas into safe havens or launch pads for strikes against government troops in the south.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Rahman Al-Shonini, commander of counterterrorism forces in Abyan, said the campaign was launched after receiving information that AQAP was gathering in remote valleys and mountains to launch attacks against government troops in the south. He vowed to thwart its attempts to resurge in Abyan.</div><div><br></div><div>His forces have not encountered any resistance as AQAP terrorists have reportedly fled to their hideouts in mountains between Abyan and Al-Bayda governorate.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, local media and residents said masked AQAP terrorists appeared in some valleys and areas in Abyan, ambushing troops and kidnapping residents.</div><div><br></div><div>Local security officials accuse AQAP of orchestrating a string of attacks that killed at least 10 soldiers in Abyan and Shabwa governorate last month.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2015, AQAP exploited instability stemming from the war in Yemen to seize large swaths of land in southern governorates, including Hadramout, Abyan and Lahj.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to military support from the Arab coalition, Yemeni troops managed to push AQAP from key cities, killing and capturing hundreds of terrorists.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, various armed forces in Abyan, including government troops and the pro-independence Southern Transitional Council — which had fought each other in 2019 and 2020 — agreed to form a joint command room to confront AQAP.</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 18:49:32', '2022-07-04 18:49:32'),
(254, 254, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft were damaged at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka last night (July 3, 2022) in yet another causation.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The wings of the two aircraft were damaged due to the collision between a Boeing 787 Dreamliner and a Boeing 737 aircraft.</div><div><br></div><div>Biman General Manager (Public Relations) Tahera Khondoker confirmed the incident and said that a team from the engineering department of Biman had visited the scene. </div><div><br></div><div>The Boeing 787 arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport last night after taking off from Singapore, according to sources at the airport.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 9 pm, the plane was taken to the hangar for routine maintenance. A Boeing 737 aircraft was already in the hangar at that time.</div><div><br></div><div>While attempting to enter the hanger, the Dreamliner collided with the wing of the Boeing 737. The accident caused damage to the left and right wings of the Boeing 737 and 787 respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Tahera said that an investigation would reveal the accident\'s cause and the extent of the damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on June 16, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner of Biman collided with the boarding bridge at the HSIA.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 4, a trolley-dolly of US-Bangla Airlines hit a Boeing 737 aircraft of Biman at the Dhaka airport.</div><div><br></div><div>In mid-April, two Boeing aircraft of Biman Bangladesh were grounded following collision at the hanger of HSIA.</div><div><br></div><div>On February 15, a Boeing 737 aircraft of Biman was brought back from Malaysia after a windshield crack was noticed mid-flight en route to Kuala Lumpur two days earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>In April, a Dash-8 aircraft of Biman remained grounded for around three months due to \"damaged engines caused by pilot error.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Aviation experts said, these incidents could have been avoided with careful operation of the aircraft and advanced maintenance. </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 20:07:05', '2022-07-04 20:07:11'),
(255, 255, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sini Shetty from Karnataka was on Sunday announced the winner of Femina Miss India World 2022 title at the grand finale of VLCC Femina Miss India here.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At the ceremony, hosted at the Jio World Convention Centre, Rajasthan\'s Rubal Shekhawat emerged as Femina Miss India 2022 first runner-up and Shinata Chauhan from Uttar Pradesh was named Femina Miss India 2022 second runner-up.</div><div><br></div><div>Actors Neha Dhupia, Dino Morea and Malaika Arora, designers Rohit Gandhi and Rahul Khanna, choreographer Shiamak Davar, and former cricketer Mithali Raj were part of the jury panel for the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>The pageant in its hybrid format had launched a nationwide hunt to find prospective talents from all corners of the country through virtual auditions. The extensive scouting drive and subsequent interview rounds culminated with the shortlisted selection of 31 state winners, a note from the organisers stated.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These shortlisted finalists arrived in Mumbai and underwent rigorous training and grooming sessions, mentored by the best in the industry, to compete for the coveted Femina Miss India World 2022,\" the note further read.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Dhupia, former Femina Miss India Universe, said the journey of Femina Miss India brings back \"memories of the priceless experiences I\'ve had with this pageant\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s almost like reliving every moment of my journey with these young glamorous girls who are so full of enthusiasm and capability to take on the world with power and elegance.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Certainly, there are challenges with the digital process in the wake of the pandemic, however, I\'m confident it will be as exciting and worthwhile irrespective of the layout,\" the actor said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The star-studded evening witnessed performances by actors Kriti Sanon, Lauren Gottlieb, and Ash Chandler. The show was hosted by Maniesh Paul.</div><div><br></div><div>VLCC Femina Miss India 2022 was co-powered by Sephora, Moj and Rajnigandha Pearls. - PTI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 20:41:56', '2022-07-04 20:41:56'),
(256, 256, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A photo with smiling faces of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Saima Wazed Putul taken on the Padma Bridge went viral on social media on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Bangabandhu family on the Padma Bridge,” Mamun Al Mahtab mentioned while sharing the photo from his verified Facebook account. PM\'s daughter Putul took the selfie.</div><div><br></div><div>“What better picture than this! Sajeeb Wazed Joy with his mother Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and sister Saima Wazed Putul on the dream Padma Bridge,” wrote a Facebook user.</div><div><br></div><div>Silvia Parven Lenny while sharing the photo from her Facebook account wrote, “What a beautiful photo?”</div><div><br></div><div>Sharing the photo, Adnan Sharif wrote, “Right now, the most loveable picture of Bangladesh.”</div><div><br></div><div>“The image of a happy and prosperous Bangladesh. May the future of Bangladesh be filled with the illusion of this happiness,” one of the Facebook users wrote while sharing the photo.</div><div><br></div><div>Joy, also Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser, shared the photo from his verified Facebook account writing “Padma Bridge.”</div><div><br></div><div>He, earlier, said Padma Bridge is a symbol of pride and dignity of Bangladesh. \"Padma Bridge is not just an engineering masterpiece but a symbol of pride and dignity of Bangladesh as well. All the people of this country equally share this glory,\" he said recently.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh witnessed a historic moment on June 25 with the inauguration of Padma Bridge demonstrating to the world what this country can do on its own, proving the skeptics wrong amid the World Bank’s scrapping of committed loans.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina, who took up the challenge to go ahead with self-financing the bridge of national pride, formally opened the bridge, a milestone on the connectivity front, nationally and regionally.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina on Monday reached her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj on her first visit by the Padma Bridge she inaugurated last month.</div><div><br></div><div>On arrival she, along with her son and daughter, offered prayer at the mazar of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>Accompanied by her son Sajeed Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed, the premier offered fateha and raised hands in prayer seeking eternal peace of departed souls of&nbsp; Bangabandhu and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 massacre.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayers were also offered seeking divine blessings for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina and their family members as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the country. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 20:50:53', '2022-07-04 20:50:53');
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(257, 257, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia\'s Mecca in four days till Monday , according to Bangladesh Hajj Management Portal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased were Tapan Khandoker, 62, from Dhaka, Layla Aktar, 52, from Madaripur, and Md Khaybar Hossain, 55, from Rangpur.</div><div><br></div><div>Khaybar Hossain died on Sunday while Tapan and Layla died on Friday in Mecca, according to portal.</div><div><br></div><div>The causes of their deaths could not be immediately determined, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Twelve Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims, including four women, died in Saudi Arabia from June 11 to July 3 this year.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, some 60,256 Bangladeshis will perform hajj that will start on July 6. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 21:02:45', '2022-07-04 21:02:45'),
(258, 258, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Moscow says the alleged missile strike carried out by Ukrainian forces on the city of Belgorod aimed to provoke Russia, according to the spokeswoman for the country’s Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The goal of the Kyiv regime is to strike with unguided weapons at residential areas of cities. We understand that these actions of the Kyiv regime were not just coordinated with its Western curators, but most likely prompted by them,” Zakharova said in a video statement on Sunday. “This is being done in order to push us to launch retaliatory strikes of this kind, and then further spin the anti-Russian hysteria.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We have so far refrained from taking such steps, but we will be following developments very closely,” she added. Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 21:31:35', '2022-07-04 21:31:35'),
(259, 259, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Twelve bodies have been found following a shipwreck in the South China Sea over the weekend that left the crew of 30 missing, Chinese authorities said Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“As of 3:30 p.m. on July 4, rescue forces found and recovered 12 bodies, suspected to be of victims who drowned, in an area around 50 nautical miles southwest of the site where the vessel sank,” said the Guangdong Maritime Search and Rescue Center in a notice. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 21:58:51', '2022-07-04 21:58:51'),
(260, 260, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court (HC) today accepted an appeal from Rafiqul Amin, managing director of Destiny Group against a 12 years sentence for allegedly embezzling Taka 4,119.24 crore through Destiny Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At the same time, the court has suspended the verdict that imposed a fine of Taka 200 crore on Rafiqul and has summoned the documents of the case from the lower court.</div><div><br></div><div>A High Court division bench comprising Justice S M Kuddus Zaman and Justice Md Riaz Uddin Khan passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Attorney General KM Masood Rumi was present at the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on May 12, Dhaka Special Judge\'s Court-4 came up with the judgment against Rafiqul and others over the Destiny scam. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 22:16:45', '2022-07-04 22:16:45'),
(261, 261, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">he Ukrainian Armed Forces have raised the country’s flag over Snake Island, after forcing a Russian withdrawal from the strategically important territory, a spokeswoman for the military’s Southern Command, 1st Captain Natalia Humeniuk said a briefing on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Some background: Known as Zmiinyi Ostriv in Ukrainian, Snake Island lies around 30 miles (48 kilometers) off the coast of Ukraine and is close to the sea lanes leading to the Bosphorus and Mediterranean.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian troops left Snake Island in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian Armed Forces said last week, after they carried out what they said was a \"successful\" operation.</div><div><br></div><div>The small but strategic territory was the scene of one of the opening salvos of the war in Ukraine, with demands from a Russian warship calling for the Ukrainian defenders to surrender, who boldly replied with \"Russian warship, go f*** yourself.\"</div><div><br></div><div>“The flag of Ukraine was installed on the island ... the operation was completed, the island was returned to the jurisdiction of Ukraine,” Humeniuk said Monday, without providing any additional detail. - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 23:09:39', '2022-07-04 23:09:39'),
(262, 262, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has tested negative for Covid-19, eight days after contracting the virus, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>BNP vice-chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said to media that the BNP secretary general underwent the Covid test on Saturday and his report has now come out negative.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said though Fakhrul recovered from the Covid infection, he is still feeling weak physically.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader will start participating in the party’s programmes on Tuesday, said Sayrul Kabir Khan, a member of BNP\'s media cell.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, He said Fakhrul will join a programme of the party\'s relief committee as the chief guest at its chairperson’s office at 12pm on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-04 23:44:59', '2022-07-04 23:44:59'),
(263, 263, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina asked her party leaders and activists to make sure that none including her party men would suffer against the backdrop of the Covid-19 outbreak and the Russia-Ukraine war.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Make sure that not a single activist of mine and the countrymen would suffer,\" she told the party leaders and activists in a meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>She was exchanging views with leaders and activists of Tungipara and Kotalipra upazila Awami League, its front and associate bodies at Kotalipara Upazila AL office in Gopalganj district.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said her government has been working tirelessly to transform Bangladesh into a developed and prosperous nation free from poverty and hunger as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>She asked the Awami League leaders and activists to stand beside the people to pursue the government move that none will remain poor, homeless and hunger anymore.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Each of the Awami League leaders and workers has to work for changing the mindset of doing only for oneself,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier reminded her party activists as well as the countrymen that the world is now going through a critical juncture due to the double blow of the ongoing Coronavirus and the Russia-Ukraine war and reiterated her call to all to show austerity in every sector particularly in using energy like electricity.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Big countries such as America and England around the world are now suffering from food crisis. We\'re still in a good position and trying to be well. It requires help from all,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister asked all to bring every inch of land across the country under cultivation to grow more food as Bangladesh never faces such crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said her government has built the Padma Bridge, given electricity to every house and is giving home to every landless and homeless people and ensuring food security for all aimed at continuing the march of Bangladesh towards prosperity.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the fact, she said some people at home and abroad have been trying to oust the Awami League government.</div><div><br></div><div>She questioned: \"What is the guilt of Sheikh Hasina\'s government? On what crimes, they want to dislodge the Awami League government?\"</div><div><br></div><div>Describing the Awami League grassroots activists as the lifeline of her party, she said,&nbsp; \"The grassroots activists always take right decision and hold up the party.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She asked the party leaders to inquire about the wellbeing of every partyman and stand by them if required.</div><div><br></div><div>In this connection, the Premier recalled the inhuman torture on the leaders and activists of Awami League during the regimes of Zia, Khaleda, Ershad, Ayub and Yahiay Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Prime Minister reached her ancestral home in Gopalganj\'s Tungipara for the first time crossing the Padma Bridge at 11:40 in the morning since its inauguration to traffic on June 25 last.</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier was accompanied by her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina later offered prayer at the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman\'s mausoleum there seeking eternal peace of departed souls of the Father of the Nation and other martyrs of the August 15, 1975 massacre.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister earlier paid rich tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his mausoleum.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of the independence, who was brutally killed by some disgruntled army men on the dreadful night of August 15, 1975 along with most of his family members.</div><div><br></div><div>On her way to Tungipara, Sheikh Hasina with her family members spent some time on the Padma Bridge and took rest for a while in Jajira point\'s service area.</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier reached Dhaka at 5:30 in the afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, who first gave toll of the country\'s longest structure Padma Bride during its opening on June 25 last, also gave toll of the bridge today from and off to Dhaka. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 00:17:49', '2022-07-05 00:17:49'),
(264, 264, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The countrywide load-shedding of electricity has been rising because of a huge gas shortage that has led to a significant fall in power generation.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Power Development Board’s official data shows that the country had to resort to 1,500 MW of load-shedding on Sunday while there was a forecast of a power-cut of 1,273 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>“But obviously, the authorities have to go for a load shedding of more than the projected amount”, said a top official of the BPDB, who preferred anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>The official data shows the country’s highest power generation was recorded 12,115 MW at the evening on Sunday against a demand for 13,615 MW meaning a 1,500 MW gap between the peak demand and supply in power generation.</div><div><br></div><div>“This gap is being covered up by load shedding”, said the BPDB official.</div><div><br></div><div>Normally, the power generation varies between 1300-1400 MW and the highest generation was recorded 14,782 MW on April 16 this year.</div><div><br></div><div>According to BPDB official data, of the 1500 MW load shedding, Dhaka region experienced 400 MW while Chattagram 200 MW, Khulna 220 MW, Rajshahi 220 MW, Cumilla 140 MW, Mymensingh 120 MW, Sylhel 50 MW and Rangpur rewgions 150 MW on Sunday last.</div><div><br></div><div>However, many energy experts don’t trust the BPDB statistics. Rather they believe that the extent of the load shedding and interruption in power supply is more than the official figure.</div><div><br></div><div>“BPDB never provides an actual figure of its power supply scenario”, said energy expert and Consumers Association of Bangladesh’s senior vice chairman Prof M Shamsul Alam.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, many consumers in the capital Dhaka and elsewhere reported a huge load shedding and frequent interruption in power supply.</div><div><br></div><div>Habibure Rahman, a consumer of Uttara area in the city informed that he had to regularly experience load shedding in three to four spells a day and every time a power-cut continues for more than half an hour.</div><div><br></div><div>Similar experiences were shared by consumers in other areas in the city including Malibagh, Mouchak, Nakhalpara, Shantinagar, Mogbazar, Niketon, Gulshan, Mohammadpur, Mirpur, Sutrapur, Jatrabari and Badda.</div><div><br></div><div>They said the extent of such load shedding and interruption in power supply has been increasing in recent days.</div><div><br></div><div>BPDB officials attributed the fall in power generation to the shortage in gas supply. They said they have to suspend generation of 3650 MW of electricity due to shortage in gas supply to their power plants.</div><div><br></div><div>Recently, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid admitted the crisis in power and gas supply.</div><div><br></div><div>In his verified facebook page he wrote: “Power production is being disrupted due shortage of gas. As a result, power supply is being disrupted in many places. The power generation generally will be normal once the gas supply improved”.</div><div><br></div><div>He also claimed the price hike of energy in the international market due to the war has put us in trouble like other countries.</div><div><br></div><div>“In such a situation I regret the temporary inconvenience”, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>State-owned Petrobangla officials noted that the country’s gas production and supply experienced a fall following a government decision not to import liquefied natural gas from the international spot market due to excessive price hike.</div><div><br></div><div>The per MMBtu of LNG is being sold on the global market over $35 while a few months back it was below $25. As a result, the local gas supply has decreased to 2,822 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) from a regular supply of 3500 mmcfd which creates a shortage of about 700 mmcfd. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 01:39:25', '2022-07-05 01:39:25'),
(265, 265, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Oil rose as investors weighed solid physical market signals against concerns that a global slowdown will erode demand.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>West Texas Intermediate futures rose above $109 a barrel, erasing earlier losses, while trading volumes were curtailed by the US Fourth of July holiday. The dollar weakened, making commodities priced in the currency more attractive.</div><div><br></div><div>Crude has been buffeted over the past month by indications of an impending recession. Yet there have also been supply outages, with protests disrupting exports in Libya and workers in Norway set to strike, offsetting some of the weakness. Key time spreads also show a robust market.</div><div><br></div><div>Oil remains more than 40% higher this year after being boosted by the war in Ukraine, which triggered a wave of sanctions on Russian flows. Many product prices are still elevated and Vitol Group, the biggest independent oil trader, warned at the weekend that surging fuel costs are starting to hurt demand.</div><div><br></div><div>Lofty gasoline prices are a challenge for President Joe Biden, who has tapped strategic oil reserves and pushed Middle Eastern suppliers to raise output to bring costs down. In a tweet, Biden urged companies running gas stations to lower prices, a post that was criticized by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos.</div><div><br></div><div>“Risk-on sentiment and a stronger dollar have helped to lift prices,” said Giovanni Staunovo, a commodity analyst at UBS Group AG. A potential strike in Norway is also adding to supply issues, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Across the oil market there remain signs of strength. Brent is in a backwardation of almost $4 a barrel over its nearest two months -- a bullish structure that indicates scarce supply -- while there has also been tightness in the Middle East as Oman futures surge relative to the regional Dubai benchmark.</div><div><br></div><div>Much of the recent strength in oil markets has come in the refined fuels sector. Record dislocations against crude have few quick or easy fixes, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a report. - Bloomberg</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 02:06:22', '2022-07-05 02:06:22'),
(266, 266, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The reconstruction of Ukraine is a \"common task\" of the democratic world, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday during the opening statement at the \"Ukraine Recovery Conference\" in Lugano, Switzerland – a two-day conference looking to set a roadmap for the reconstruction of Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The reconstruction of Ukraine is not a local project. It\'s not a project of one nation, but a common task of the entire democratic world, all countries who can say that they are civilized,\" Zelensky said in the virtual address.</div><div>The Ukrainian president also said that restoring his country means restoring the principle of life, \"restoring the space of life, restoring everything that makes humans human.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This reconstruction also implies \"an opportunity for our countries and our companies and our specialists to show why freedom is mightier than any tyranny,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen announced on Monday that the European Union has proposed setting up a reconstruction platform to help the Ukrainian government rebuild the country after the war with Russia.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The European Commission has proposed to the government of Ukraine to set up a reconstruction platform to map investment needs, to coordinate action, to channel resources and, of course, in support of an ambitious reform agenda,\" Von der Leyen said during the opening ceremony of the Ukraine recovery conference.</div><div>\"This platform will be the place to shape strategic orientations and priorities for our common work,” she added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Von der Leyen also said the platform will “focus on future-proof reconstruction, moving towards climate neutrality, embracing the digital decade [and] building a social market economy that leaves no one behind.”</div><div><br></div><div>She went on to say that the Kremlin\'s aim is to “undermine Ukraine’s very existence as a state,” the \"the military, political and economic destruction\" of the country and that the European Union “will never let that happen.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Von der Leyen added that the EU has already mobilized 6.2 billion euros in financial support and that “more has to come and more will come.”</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reiterated the need for financial assistance in his speech at the conference, saying that the country’s recovery plan will cost an estimated $750 billion. Shmyhal said confiscated Russian assets should be a key source of funding.</div><div><br></div><div>“Who should pay for the recovery plan which is already estimated at $750 billion? We believe that the key source of recovery should be the confiscated assets of Russia and Russian oligarchs. The Russian authorities unleashed this bloody war. They caused this massive destruction and they should be held accountable for it,” Shmyhal said during the conference, adding that “Russia’s frozen assets, according to various estimates, range from $300 billion to $500 billion.”</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Ukrainian prime minister, other sources of funding for the recovery plan should include grants and soft loans from international financial organizations and partner countries, private sector investments and off-budget contributions from individuals and corporations as well as Ukraine’s own budget funds, reports CNN.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that Ukraine’s direct infrastructure losses amount to more than $100 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>“More than 1,200 education institutions, more than 200 hospitals, thousands of kilometers of gas pipelines, water, and electricity network, roads and railways were destroyed or damaged,” Shmyhal also said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 02:49:07', '2022-07-05 02:49:07'),
(267, 267, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Flood claimed five more lives in the country in 24 hours till Monday morning, raising the total fatalities to 107, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deaths were recorded between May 17 to July 3, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>The fatalities occurred due to lightning strikes, diarrhoea, skin diseases, snakebites, electrocution, landslides and drowning.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the deceased, thirty-nine people died in Mymensingh, 56 in Sylhet, 11 in Rangpur and one in Dhaka division, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, some 12,457 people have been affected by floods during the period, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Among a total of 70 flood-hit upazilas, 33 are in Sylhet division, 16 in Rangpur division, 20 in Mymensingh division and one in Chattogram division.</div><div><br></div><div>Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona and Kurigram are the worst-hit districts where 13, 11, 10 and 9 upazilas were affected by flood respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,944 flood shelters have been opened, while 2,051 medical teams are working to provide various health services to the flood-affected people. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 03:05:44', '2022-07-05 03:05:44'),
(268, 268, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Protesters snarled up major UK roads today with a slow-moving procession of vehicles to demand government action against rocketing fuel prices.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The action came as senior criminal lawyers staged a second walkout in England and Wales against years of government cuts to their fees, intensifying a “summer of discontent” as strikes sweep Britain.</div><div><br></div><div>Rail workers have already staged a series of stoppages to press for better pay as Britain’s headline inflation reaches a 40-year high of just under 10%, driven in part by the war in Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>On the roads, a social media campaign called ‘Fuel Price Stand Against Tax’ mobilised drivers to drive deliberately slowly on motorways and other arterial routes, demanding the government slash fuel duty.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the motorways affected was the M4 including the Prince of Wales Bridge, which links England and Wales.</div><div><br></div><div>Welsh police said they had arrested 12 people for driving under 48km per hour for “a prolonged amount of time”.</div><div><br></div><div>Vicky Stamper lost her job as a truck driver last month after the company was forced to cut costs in the face of the surging fuel costs.</div><div><br></div><div>“I’m here because I’ve lost my job because of the fuel, and the greedy people at the top taking all of our money,” she told AFP just over the border in England.</div><div><br></div><div>Addressing any members of the public inconvenienced by the action, Stamper said “we’re doing this for everyone”.</div><div><br></div><div>“If they want to have a whinge, instead of whinging, join us.”</div><div><br></div><div>‘No choice’</div><div><br></div><div>The government insists it has already cut fuel duty once, and is offering other financial support for the public, while blaming Russia for igniting the rapid rise in energy prices.</div><div><br></div><div>“People’s day-to-day lives should not be disrupted,” a spokesperson said.</div><div><br></div><div>The government also says it is addressing the demands of the criminal barristers by offering a 15% rise in fees from the end of September.</div><div><br></div><div>But the increase will only apply to new cases, not to tens of thousands piling up in a backlog as British courts wrestle with the fallout of the Covid pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Outside the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, barristers in black gowns and wigs insisted the government significantly raise its offer as they walked out for a second week and vowed more strikes ahead.</div><div><br></div><div>Protesting barrister Emma Heath, 34, said defence lawyers could spend eight hours in preparation for a client receiving legal aid and get paid only £126 (US$153) by the government.</div><div><br></div><div>“We fully appreciate the impact it’s having, but until the government wake up and see what’s actually happening to criminal legal aid funding, we’re left with no choice,” she told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Justice secretary Dominic Raab – a former lawyer – has called the strike action “regrettable” and said it would “only delay justice for victims”. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 03:33:12', '2022-07-05 03:33:12'),
(269, 269, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US police have detained a suspect after six people were killed at an Independence Day parade near Chicago.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Police say Robert E Crimo III, aged 22, was detained after a brief chase.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 24 other people were injured in the city of Highland Park, Illinois, after a gunman used a high-powered rifle to target people from a rooftop.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the latest mass shooting to hit the US - there has been one in every week of 2022. President Joe Biden said he was \"shocked\" by the violence.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Crimo was detained after a manhunt. He was referred to as a \"person of interest\" in Monday\'s shooting, but after his arrest police said they believed he was responsible.</div><div><br></div><div>The gunman opened fire at the parade at around 10:15 local time (15:15 GMT), just a few minutes after it began.</div><div><br></div><div>The event was scheduled to include floats, marching bands, and community entertainment as part of the city\'s Independence Day celebrations.</div><div><br></div><div>But what should have been one of the happiest days of the year quickly turned to panic, with pushchairs, purses and lawn chairs left discarded on the street as crowds fled from the scene.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspect is believed to have fired at members of the public from the rooftop of a nearby shop, where police say they recovered \"evidence of a firearm.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Five adults were killed at the scene, as well as a further victim who the local coroner said died in a nearby hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We went to have a nice family day out - and then suddenly all this gunfire happens,\" said Anand P, who was there during the parade.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At the time I personally wanted to believe it was a car backfiring. Then people started running - so we start running.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Another witness, Noel Hara, described how he was having breakfast at Starbucks after dropping off his son at the parade, when the chaos unfolded.</div><div><br></div><div>\"About 30 people suddenly came rushing in screaming and we were locked into the Starbucks bathroom,\" Mr Hara told the BBC.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Moments later, they evacuated us from the Starbucks because they thought the shooter was trying to get in the back door.\"</div><div><br></div><div>No charges have been filed against Mr Crimo and there is no indication of any motive.</div><div><br></div><div>Social media firms suspended accounts apparently belonging to Mr Crimo, who posted rap videos under an alias.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack in Highland Park comes just a month after deadly shootings in Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York.</div><div><br></div><div>Illinois Governor Jay Robert Pritzker warned that mass shootings were becoming an \"American tradition\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are going to be people who are going to say that today is not the day, that now is not the time to talk about guns. I\'m telling you there is no better day and no better time then right here and right now,\" the Democratic governor said.</div><div><br></div><div>President Biden vowed to keep fighting \"the epidemic of gun violence\" in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m not going to give up,\" he said, speaking outside the White House in Washington DC.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, the president signed the first significant federal bill on gun safety in nearly 30 years.</div><div><br></div><div>It imposes tougher checks on young buyers and encourages states to remove guns from people considered a threat - but critics say the measures don\'t go far enough. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 14:07:58', '2022-07-05 14:07:58'),
(270, 270, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The US says the bullet that killed a Palestinian-American journalist was too badly damaged to gain a definitive conclusion about whether the origin was Israeli or Palestinian gunfire.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, findings from both sides led the US to conclude that Israeli forces had likely but unintentionally fired the shot that hit Shireen Abu Aqla.</div><div><br></div><div>The veteran Al Jazeera reporter\'s death caused widespread shock and anger.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestinians blame Israel, but Israel says blame cannot yet be determined.</div><div><br></div><div>The bullet was handed over on Saturday by the Palestinians to the US embassy in Jerusalem for examination after they previously insisted on Israel\'s exclusion.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinians had until then refused to release the bullet which killed Abu Aqla as she was covering an Israeli operation in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, on 11 May, during which Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian gunmen.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel had previously said it had identified a soldier\'s weapon which might have fired the fatal shot. However, the military said on Monday that the condition of the bullet made it impossible to tell.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has also said it cannot be ruled out that Palestinian militants might have shot Abu Aqla, although the UN\'s human rights office, as well as eyewitnesses and journalistic investigations, have concluded that Israeli soldiers were responsible.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the analysis of the bullet was carried out in Israel in the presence of the United States Security Co-ordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority (USSC).</div><div><br></div><div>In a statement, the US state department said that after \"extremely detailed forensic analysis [of the bullet], independent, third-party examiners... could not reach a definitive conclusion\" as to which side fired the fatal shot.</div><div><br></div><div>While \"gunfire from IDF positions was likely responsible\" for Abu Aqla\'s death, it said, \"the USSC found no reason to believe that this was intentional but rather the result of tragic circumstances\".</div><div><br></div><div>Senior Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh reacted angrily to the statement, accusing the US of avoiding holding Israel responsible.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will not allow attempts to conceal the truth or to have shy references in pointing the finger of accusation to Israel,\" he tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>The IDF said that its own investigation into the \"tragic incident... conclusively determined that no IDF soldier deliberately fired at Ms Abu Aqla\". It added that any decision as to whether to open a criminal investigation would be made following the conclusion of what it called an operational examination.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel\'s Defence Minister Benny Gantz said in a video that its defence establishment was \"committed to uncovering the truth\", but that \"the first to bear responsibility in such events are the terrorists who operate from within population centres\".</div><div><br></div><div>Shireen Abu Aqla, who was 51, was one of the region\'s most experienced and admired correspondents.</div><div><br></div><div>She was wearing a protective vest with the word \"Press\" on it as well as a helmet when she was shot in a road near where a gun-battle had taken place between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.</div><div><br></div><div>The IDF said its troops had gone into Jenin to apprehend \"terrorist suspects\" following a wave of deadly attacks against Israelis by Palestinians, two of whom came from the Jenin district. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 14:13:43', '2022-07-05 14:13:43'),
(271, 271, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Some cinemas have banned young people wearing suits from screenings of Minions: The Rise of Gru over rowdy behaviour fuelled by a TikTok trend.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Teenagers following the #gentleminions trend have been accused of making noise and throwing things during screenings.</div><div><br></div><div>A staff member at one venue told the BBC they wanted to ensure the experience was not spoiled for younger children on their first cinema trip.</div><div><br></div><div>Some cinemas said they have had to give huge numbers of refunds.</div><div><br></div><div>Videos showing young people dressing up in suits to watch the movie in large groups and cheering loudly during the screening have gone viral on TikTok, racking up millions of views in some cases.</div><div><br></div><div>The teenagers filmed themselves copying the characteristic steepled fingers of the movie\'s supervillain Felonious Gru and celebrated that \"the five year wait is over\" - referring to the time since the franchise\'s last instalment, Despicable Me 3.</div><div><br></div><div>Movie studio Universal Pictures endorsed the trend, saying on Twitter: \"to everyone showing up to @Minions in suits: we see you and we love you\".</div><div><br></div><div>But cinemas have been less appreciative, with several complaining about the behaviour of the young fans drawn to the movie by TikTok.</div><div><br></div><div>Guernsey\'s only cinema had to cancel further screenings of the movie, blaming \"stunningly bad behaviour\", including vandalism, throwing objects and abusing staff.</div><div><br></div><div>Mallard Cinema manager Daniel Phillips-Smith said: \"It\'s been absolutely heartbreaking. We\'ve had families who won\'t even go back into the screen when we\'ve tried to sort it out, families leaving before the film has even started, and of course the children have been in tears.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The cinema had suffered a \"massive\" financial impact from all the refunds for customers\' whose viewing of the film had been disturbed, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Regal Cinema in Wadebridge, Cornwall, posted a notice saying it would no longer admit \"unaccompanied children wearing suits\" to screenings of the movie.</div><div><br></div><div>Box office staff told the BBC young people in suits had been \"cheering, clapping, whooping\" and rising to their feet throughout the film.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We were trying to talk to people on the way in after a while, but that wasn\'t really getting anywhere.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So we had to just decide to put a stop to it and say thanks very much, but we\'re not doing the whole TikTok trend thing,\" a staff member said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We had people coming in with children for their first cinema trip ever and we wanted to protect that, really.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Images on social media showed several Odeon cinemas displaying signs warning customers: \"Due to recent disturbances following the #GentleMinions trend, any group of guests in formal attire will be refused entry for showings of Minions: The Rise of Gru.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But some cinemagoers praised the behaviour of the #gentleminions at their screenings.</div><div><br></div><div>Stace Woods, a teaching assistant from Surrey, said on social media that a group in suits when she saw the film were \"so much fun\" and \"so well-behaved\", adding they politely stopped bowing down and worshipping a giant poster of Gru so her children could pose for a photo with it.</div><div><br></div><div>One parent told the Mansfield Chad the ban on young people in suits had extended to two boys in his 13-year-old son\'s group, who were merely wearing white shirts with collars.</div><div><br></div><div>They were reportedly turned away from their pre-booked screening until parents could drive down with a couple of jumpers to cover the offending items of smart clothing.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesperson for the Odeon said: \"Due to a small number of incidents in our cinemas over the weekend we have had to restrict access in some circumstances.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Vue cinema chain said it was still welcoming all customers to see the film, which had been \"incredibly popular\" over the opening weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>The Minions movie franchise, which began with 2010\'s Despicable Me, follows reformed supervillain Gru and his army of small, yellow henchmen, who quickly became the subject of endless online memes.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest film tells Gru\'s origin story as an 11-year-old, struggling to break into the supervillain business. -bbc</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 14:19:29', '2022-07-05 14:19:29'),
(272, 272, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday his armed forces were undeterred in their efforts to \"break\" Moscow\'s will to pursue a nearly five-month war, while Russia\'s Vladimir Putin hailed his military\'s victory in the grueling battle of Luhansk.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Russia captured the city of Lysychansk in eastern Ukraine on Sunday, bringing an end to one of the biggest battles in Europe in generations and completing its conquest of Luhansk province, one of two regions it has demanded Ukraine cede to separatists in the Donbas region.</div><div><br></div><div>With the war entering its next phase, Ukrainian forces took up new defensive lines in the eastern part of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There have been no significant changes on the battlefield in the past 24 hours,\" Zelensky said in a nightly video message. \"The Armed Forces of Ukraine respond, push back, and destroy the offensive potential of the occupiers day after day. We need to break them. It is a difficult task. It requires time and superhuman effort. But we have no alternative.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in the day, Putin congratulated Russian forces on \"victories in the Luhansk direction\". Participants in that combat should \"absolutely rest and recover their military preparedness,\" while units in other areas keep fighting, the Russian president said in a brief televised meeting with his defence minister.</div><div><br></div><div>The battle for Luhansk is the closest Moscow has come to achieving one of its stated objectives since its forces were defeated trying to capture Kyiv in March. It marks Russia\'s biggest victory since it captured the southern port of Mariupol in late May.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides suffered thousands of dead and wounded, while claiming they inflicted far greater losses on the other side, along a loop of the Siverskyi Donets river that winds through Luhansk and Donetsk.</div><div><br></div><div>Relentless Russian bombardment razed to a wasteland Lysychansk, neighbouring Sievierodonetsk and surrounding towns, many of which had heavy industrial plants that defenders used as fortified bunkers. Russia had repeatedly tried and failed to surround the Ukrainians, eventually opting to blast them out with artillery.</div><div><br></div><div>Military experts said the battle could be a turning point in the war, making a big impact on both sides\' ability to fight, even though the strategic value of the ruined cities themselves is limited.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think it\'s a tactical victory for Russia but at an enormous cost,\" said Neil Melvin of the RUSI think tank in London. He compared the battle to the huge fights for meager territorial gains that characterized World War One.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This has taken 60 days to make very slow progress,\" he said. \"I think the Russians may declare some kind of victory, but the key war battle is still yet to come.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow will hope Ukraine\'s retreat gives Russian forces momentum to push further west into neighbouring Donetsk province, where Ukraine still holds the cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Bakhmut.</div><div><br></div><div>\'It hurts a lot\'</div><div>Ukraine could have withdrawn from Luhansk weeks ago but chose to keep fighting to exhaust the invasion force. It hopes the ferocious battle will leave the Russians too depleted to hold gains elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Serhiy Gaidai, the Ukrainian governor of Luhansk, acknowledged his entire province was now effectively in Russian hands, but told Reuters: \"We need to win the war, not the battle for Lysychansk ... It hurts a lot, but it\'s not losing the war.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Gaidai said Ukrainian forces that retreated from Lysychansk were now holding the line between Bakhmut and Sloviansk, preparing to fend off a further Russian advance.</div><div><br></div><div>The mayor of Sloviansk said heavy shelling on Sunday had killed at least six people, including a 10-year-old girl.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia\'s Tass news agency quoted military officials in the Donetsk Peoples\' Republic as saying three civilians died and 27 were injured in what they said was shelling by Ukrainian forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters could not verify the battlefield accounts.</div><div><br></div><div>Rob Lee, of the US-based Foreign Policy Research Institute, said the new Ukrainian defensive line should be easier to defend than the pocket in Luhansk province that was given up.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s something that Putin can show as a sign of success,\" he said. \"But overall, this doesn\'t mean Ukraine will have to concede or give in any time soon.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has said its \"special military operation\" in Ukraine is meant to demilitarize its southern neighbour and protect Russian speakers from what it calls nationalists.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine and its Western allies say this is a baseless pretext for flagrant aggression that aims to seize territory.</div><div><br></div><div>Zelensky said \"colossal\" funding would be needed to rebuild Ukraine\'s shattered infrastructure.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a conference in the Swiss city of Lugano, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said the cost could reach $750 billion and rich Russians should help pay the bill.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Counter-attack</div><div>Melvin, the RUSI expert, said the decisive battle for Ukraine was likely to take place not in the east, where Russia is mounting its main assault, but in the south, where Ukraine has begun a counter-offensive to recapture territory.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is where we see the Ukrainians are making progress around Kherson. There are counter-attacks beginning there and I think it\'s most likely that we\'ll see the momentum swing to Ukraine as it tries to then mount a large-scale counter-offensive to push the Russians back,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s hopes for a sustained counter-attack rest in part on receiving additional weapons from the West, including rockets that can neutralize Russia\'s huge firepower advantage by striking deep behind the front line.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, Ukraine scored its own major victory, driving Russian forces off Snake Island, a desolate but strategic outcrop in the Black Sea that Moscow captured on the war\'s first day but could no longer defend from Ukrainian strikes.</div><div><br></div><div>Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said the best way to end the war was to increase support for Ukraine and ramp up pressure on Russia. \"We are open to further sanctions\" on Russia, Andersson said at a news conference alongside Zelensky earlier on Monday, adding that Moscow should not be allowed to make gains from its invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Sweden, along with its neighbour Finland, recently applied for membership in Nato. Andersson said it could take a year before her country is a full member of the alliance. -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-07-05 14:27:04', '2022-07-05 14:27:04');
