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(3803, 3803, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United Nations has joined the European Union in condemning Twitter\'s decision to suspend some journalists who cover the social media firm.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accounts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN tweeted that media freedom is \"not a toy\" while the EU has threatened Twitter with sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Twitter spokesman told a US tech news website the bans were related to the live sharing of location data.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Melissa Fleming, the UN\'s under secretary general for global communications, said she was \"deeply disturbed\" by reports that journalists were being \"arbitrarily\" suspended from Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Media freedom is not a toy,\" she said. \"A free press is the cornerstone of democratic societies and a key tool in the fight against harmful disinformation.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Friday, EU commissioner Vera Jourova threatened Twitter with sanctions under Europe\'s new Digital Services Act which she said requires \"the respect of media freedom and fundament rights\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Elon Musk should be aware of that. There are red lines. And sanctions, soon,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Musk has not commented directly on the suspensions, but said in a tweet that \"criticising me all day long is totally fine, but doxxing my real-time location and endangering my family is not\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The technology tycoon later set up a poll asking whether he should unsuspend the accounts \"now\" or \"in seven days\", suggesting the decision could be reversed sooner rather than later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Same doxxing rules apply to \'journalists\' as to everyone else,\" he added, using a term to describe the release of private information online about individuals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spokesman for the New York Times called the suspensions \"questionable and unfortunate\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspensions come after Mr Musk vowed to sue the owner of a profile that tracks his private jet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said a \"crazy stalker\" had used live location sharing to find and accost a vehicle carrying his children in Los Angeles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But following the suspensions, the German Foreign Office warned Twitter that \"press freedom cannot be switched on and off on a whim\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>\'A town square\'</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Musk took control of Twitter in October in a $44bn ($36bn) deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When he completed his takeover, the billionaire told advertisers he bought the site because he wanted to \"try to help humanity\", and for \"civilisation to have a digital town square\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has made a host of changes to its moderation practices. The moves have alarmed some civil rights groups, who have accused the billionaire of taking steps that will increase hate speech, misinformation and abuse.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any sanctions placed on Mr Musk\'s business over the account suspensions could be applied under the bloc\'s new Digital Services Act, which was approved by the EU earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the terms of the proposed new law, the EU Commission will be allowed to impose fines of up to 6% of the global turnover of a firm that it finds breaks its rules.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In extreme cases, the EU could ask a court to suspend a rogue service, but only if it is \"refusing to comply with important obligations and thereby endangering people\'s life and safety\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matt Binder, a journalist for Mashable and one of those suspended, said he didn\'t know why he had been banned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve been very critical of Musk in my reporting,\" he told the BBC. But he said that Mr Musk\'s claim \"that everyone that got suspended was doxxing him - due to the jet tracker\" was not true.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalist Matt Binder tells the BBC he\'s baffled by Twitter\'s decision to suspend his account.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he had never tweeted a hyperlink to the tracker, but had mentioned the account after it had been suspended.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Clearly the people who were suspended were handpicked, because there are literally hundreds of accounts per minute who tweeted the link.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Binder, who has been on Twitter since 2008 and has been reporting on the developments at the social media site, said he was surprised at the ban on journalists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I knew it was a possibility but really thought he wouldn\'t because it would entirely wreck the facade of being a free speech platform.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, it emerged that NBC News executives had made the decision to pull their disinformation reporter, Ben Collins, from broadcasts due to his tweets earlier this month that were critical of Mr Musk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Musk later spoke to journalists on Twitter Spaces, part of the social media app that allows live audio conversations, but after answering a few questions about the ban he left and Twitter Spaces itself has since appeared to be suspended.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter also suspended the official account of Mastodon, which has emerged as an alternative to Twitter since Mr Musk\'s takeover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Links to individual Mastodon accounts also appeared to be banned. An error message notified users that links to Mastodon had been \"identified\" as \"potentially harmful\" by Twitter or its partners.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the heart of all this is a father raging about the sharing of location data of his private jet, which he claims led to a security incident involving his young son X. The Twitter feed that started it all was scraping publicly available flight data. Not very decent, perhaps, but not illegal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His fury has now extended to journalists who he claims also shared his location.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But this is a fundamentally flawed approach to moderation. I bet many of us wish we could suspend or ban social media accounts that post content we dislike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\'s not the first time Elon Musk has taken a very personal approach to content moderation. He refused to allow Infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones back on Twitter because he had used the death of children to further his career - and mentioned the loss of his own child, 10-week-old Alexander.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has also suspended accounts which impersonated him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fundamentally, Elon Musk has shot down in flames his much-trumpeted commitment to \"free speech\". Free speech as long as it doesn\'t upset him personally, appears to be the message. 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(3804, 3804, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kharkiv\'s mayor said the city suffered \"colossal\" damage. By the evening, 55% of residents had electricity back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One resident, Anastaisa, told the BBC the strikes began on Friday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In a matter of minutes, the lights started blinking,\" the mother of a two-month-old child said. \"Just 10 seconds later, we were out of power, everything just went still and that\'s it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"At the moment, there is also no water because the pumping stations cannot work when there\'s no power in the city, so technically, what we have now is a city without power and water supply.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, Oleg Synegubov, head of Kharkiv\'s regional administration, said electricity supplies had been restored to 55% of city residents and 85% of those living in the north-eastern region. He added that energy sector employees were working to restore full power by midnight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Ukraine\'s power grid operator, Ukrenergo, warned that the scale of the damage could mean it will take longer to restore supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The body said in a statement that the energy system had lost more than half of its capacity because of the latest strikes, adding that priority would be given to \"critical infrastructure - hospitals, water supply facilities, heat supply facilities, sewage treatment plants\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defence Ministry adviser Yuriy Sak told the BBC that emergency services were working to restore electricity supplies, but the situation was \"still difficult\". Russia\'s frequent attacks mean that repairing the damage is getting harder.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, three people were killed and 13 more injured when a residential building was hit in Kryvyi Rih and a third died in Kherson. In the capital, Kyiv, the city\'s metro was left at a standstill.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The alarm was raised across Ukraine on Friday and Commander-in-Chief General Valeriy Zaluzhny said air defences had intercepted 60 of the 76 missiles fired, most of them cruise missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv city officials said about 40 missiles had been fired at the capital alone - one of the biggest barrages since Russia\'s 24 February invasion. Thirty-seven were brought down by air defences, the officials added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s very stressful, but now I\'m used to this,\" said 42-year-old Oksana, who lives in the capital. \"I don\'t want our children to live through this, to be in basements, shelters, I don\'t want this for them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has accused Russia of \"weaponising winter\" by striking essential facilities, as temperatures in much of the country are below freezing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s attacks also cut power in the north-eastern Sumy region that borders Russia, and also in the central cities of Poltava and Kremenchuk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifteen rockets were reportedly fired at Zaporizhzhia in the south, while Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said several areas of the capital were hit. Damage to energy infrastructure had affected its water supplies, while city metro lines were for the moment not running, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has launched more than 1,000 missiles and Iranian-made attack drones since the wave of strikes began on 10 October, although most of them have been intercepted by air defences. The biggest barrage, in mid-November, involved more than 100 missiles and drones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN human rights commissioner Volker Turk warned on Thursday that further attacks on power facilities could \"lead to a further serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation and spark more displacement\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal described the latest wave of strikes as \"another attempt to commit genocide against the Ukrainian people\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In some areas, electricity is available for just a few hours a day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m angry,\" said Yelyzaveta, 21. \"They [Russia] are destroying our lives. We are used to it now. The most important thing is that Russia isn\'t here.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Anastasia said that life was becoming more difficult as winter sets in.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When it\'s daytime it is still OK, it is tolerable and I can manage the situation, but when it\'s dark outside, this is when my problems begin because I need to see clearly, to measure baby formula and also to attend to the baby - those are stressful,\" she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And, of course, just the effect that we are out of power creates a lot of tension and lots of stress. So we just survive through the night and when the day breaks, it gets a bit better, but we cannot compare it to our normal day.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strikes came as the EU announced a ninth wave of sanctions against Russian officials and businesses. Almost 200 individuals and entities were added to an asset freeze and visa ban blacklist.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among those sanctioned was Larisa Falkovskaya - head of Russia\'s Department of State Policy for the Protection of Children\'s Rights - who was accused of \"the illegal transportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several Russian regional governors were sanctioned on identical charges. The EU said the officials had been involved in the forced deportation and adoption of more than 2,000 Ukrainian children since the war began.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian officials say the deportations amount to a war crime under Article 49 of the Geneva Convention.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Russian-backed proxy officials in Ukraine\'s eastern Donbas region accused Ukrainian forces of shelling a town and a village overnight in the Luhansk region. Details of the deaths could not be confirmed. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 03:27:20', '2022-12-17 03:27:20'),
(3805, 3805, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two students were killed and two other teens were wounded in a shooting Friday afternoon near a high school on Chicago\'s West Side, authorities said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Chicago fire officials said the four 16-year-olds were shot near Benito Juarez High School. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown, speaking at a news conference, confirmed the deaths of two of the victims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police spokesman Tom Ahern said the four were shot outside the school. Police and paramedics responded to the shooting shortly before 3 p.m. Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Chicago Fire Department spokesperson said all four were taken to the same hospital. One boy was pronounced dead on arrival, another boy was in critical condition, and two other teens, a boy and a girl, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, Ahern initially said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: Vigil planned after 2 killed, 4 wounded in campus shooting</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez also appeared at the news conference, saying, “We want to first make sure we have the victims in our prayers.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The school system, also known as CPS, released a statement saying in part that “the safety of our school community is our top priority.\" It added the system\'s safety and security office was working with school officials and school leaders to gather information on what happened. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 03:31:31', '2022-12-17 03:31:31'),
(3806, 3806, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A thunderous crush of soil and debris killed 21 people at a campground in Malaysia on Friday, and rescuers dug through the mud in the night for another 12 who were feared buried in the landslide.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 90 people were sleeping on an organic farm when the dirt tumbled from a road about 30 meters (100 feet) above the site and covered about 1 hectare (3 acres). Two of the dead were found locked in an embrace, according to the state fire department chief.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Authorities told local media that the landowners did not have a license to run a campground. At least seven people were hospitalized and dozens more were rescued unharmed, said district police chief Suffian Abdullah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leong Jim Meng told the New Straits Times English-language daily that he and his family were awakened by a loud bang and felt the earth move at the campsite in Batang Kali, around 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of the capital of Kuala Lumpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“My family and I were trapped as soil covered our tent. We managed to escape to a carpark area and heard a second landslide happening,” the 57-year-old was quoted as saying. He said it was surprising because there was no heavy rain in recent days, only light drizzles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: Landslide kills four of a family in Cox\'s Bazar\'s Ramu</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is currently the season for monsoon rains in Malaysia, and the country\'s government development minister, Nga Kor Ming, said all campsites nationwide that are near rivers, waterfalls and hillsides would be closed for a week to assess their safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Selangor state fire department posted photos of rescuers digging through soil and rubble with an excavator and shovels. Officials said the rubble is believed to be 8 meters (26 feet) deep. More than 400 rescuers as well as tracking dogs are set to work through the night to find the dozen people still missing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selangor state fire chief Norazam Khamis was cited by the Free Malaysia Today news portal as saying that two of the bodies found were “hugging each other” and believed to be mother and daughter. The fire department said five children were among those who perished.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An estimated 450,000 cubic meters (nearly 16 million cubic feet) of debris — enough to fill 180 Olympic-sized swimming pools — hit the campsite, Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, the natural resources, environment and climate change minister, told local media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suffian, the district police chief, said the victims entered the area, a popular recreational site for locals to pitch or rent tents from the farm, on Wednesday. The campsite is not far from the Genting Highlands hill resort, a popular tourist destination with theme parks and Malaysia’s only casino.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After visiting the site late Friday, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced a special payment to the families of those killed as well as survivors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nga told local media that the campsite has been operating illegally for the past two years. The operator has government approval to run an organic farm but has no license for camping activities, he said. If found guilty, Nga warned, the camp operator could face up to three years in prison and a fine. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 03:36:34', '2022-12-17 03:36:34'),
(3807, 3807, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air has ranked as the second most polluted in the world this morning. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 238 at 8:47 am.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and Karachi occupied the first and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 264 and 218, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups while a reading of 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 04:02:03', '2022-12-17 04:02:03'),
(3808, 3808, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith has said the attacks against the peacekeepers must be dealt with seriously.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Reinvigorated efforts and initiatives are needed by all stakeholders to ensure and promote accountability for crimes against peacekeepers,\" he said while speaking at the launching event of “Group of Friends to Promote Accountability for Crime against Peacekeepers” at the UN Headquarters recently.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six countries – Bangladesh, Egypt, France, India, Morocco and Nepal as co-chairs have launched the “Group of Friends to Promote Accountability for Crime against Peacekeepers”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the launching event, the External Affairs Minister of India Dr. S Jaishankar delivered the keynote speech.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Permanent Representatives of five other co-chair countries, including Bangladesh delivered statements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: Bangladesh’s achievements made it an example for other countries to emulate: UN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Under-Secretary General of the Department of Peace Operations, Jean Pierre Lacroix and the representative from the Department of Operational Support also addressed the meeting, according to a media release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the keynote speech, mentioning that upholding accountability for crimes against UN peacekeepers is a multi-stakeholders’ task, the Indian External Affairs Minister emphasised on regular monitoring and follow-up on accountability issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Permanent Representative Muhith mentioned that Bangladesh’s commitment to the peacekeeping operations comes from the vision of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for a peaceful world.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasised on effective engagement with the host state, swift investigation into the incidents, capacity building of the host state, use of digital technology and addressing misinformation and disinformation campaigns against the peacekeepers as critical issues in order to ensure and promote accountability for crimes against peacekeepers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Group of Friends will act as a platform to promote accountability for all acts of violence against the&nbsp; United Nations peacekeepers by facilitating support to the host state, creating awareness, exchanging information, sharing best practices, supporting initiatives, and mobilizing resources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the day of launching, 36 member-states joined the newly formed Group of Friends, the media release said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 05:01:27', '2022-12-17 05:01:27'),
(3809, 3809, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi is hoping to crown his stellar career by leading Argentina to World Cup glory on Sunday but Kylian Mbappe\'s history-chasing France are standing in his way.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qatar\'s World Cup has been tarnished by controversy off the pitch but it concludes with the electrifying prospect of a final between two of global football\'s powerhouses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">France may need every hour available as kick-off looms after their camp was struck by illness, forcing a number of players to sit out training and giving coach Didier Deschamps an unwanted headache.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina and France are both aiming to win the trophy for the third time, with Les Bleus returning to the final four years after their triumph in Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back-to-back titles would be a monumental achievement for the side coached by Deschamps -- the only teams to have done it previously are Italy in the 1930s and Pele\'s Brazil in 1958 and 1962.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet that potential achievement is trumped by Messi\'s quest to win the ultimate prize in the game in what is almost certainly his final World Cup match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former Barcelona star has won everything going at club level, also claiming the Ballon d\'Or seven times, and last year led Argentina to victory in the Copa America.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi has been brilliant in his fifth World Cup as the team bounced back from a shock opening loss to Saudi Arabia, while his new sidekick, Julian Alvarez, has scored four times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is exciting to be in the final, but there is still one step to go,\" said coach Lionel Scaloni.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Chase for third title -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aged 35 and driven by his desire to make up for defeat by Germany in the 2014 final, Messi has scored five goals and produced some sublime assists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunday\'s match is likely to be his last chance to match the achievement of Diego Maradona, who inspired Argentina to victory in Mexico in 1986.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am really enjoying myself. I have felt happy throughout this World Cup,\" Messi said after Argentina\'s 3-0 semi-final win against Croatia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But will this World Cup be remembered as Messi\'s tournament, or will France be top dogs once again?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les Bleus have returned to the final without ever really hitting top form and they now have to contend with illness in their camp.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Central defenders Raphael Varane and Ibrahima Konate, as well as Kingsley Coman, sat out training on Friday with cold-like symptoms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Konate replaced Dayot Upamecano in defence for the semi-final against Morocco after he was ruled out by illness, while Adrien Rabiot was also unwell for that game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The one player they cannot afford to lose is Mbappe, who scored five goals in the team\'s first four games but was largely kept quiet in the wins against England and Morocco.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four years ago Mbappe became the first teenager to score in a World Cup final since Pele when, aged 19, he helped France beat Croatia 4-2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet the iconic image of that tournament was Mbappe consoling Messi after starring as France beat Argentina in the last 16.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These days they are club colleagues, jostling for the limelight at Qatar-owned Paris Saint-Germain and now jousting with each other on the greatest stage of all.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France are wary of reducing the match at the 89,000-capacity Lusail Stadium to just a showdown with Messi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Yes they have Leo Messi but there will also be 10 other players next to him who have lots of quality,\" said midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So we will need to be ready, aware of the opportunity we have to make history.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deschamps, who can become the first coach in the post-war era to win two World Cups, said: \"We will try to limit his influence as much as possible, just as the Argentines will try to limit the influence of some of my players.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Antoine Griezmann has been outstanding for France in a new midfield role and might well pip Messi to the Golden Ball if his side emerge victorious.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina welcome back defensive pair Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuna after bans, and forward Angel Di Maria is expected to be fit. 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(3810, 3810, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul, South Korea celebrated Victory Day on December 16, 2022 with due fervour and festivity.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The officials of the embassy and their family members and expatriate Bangladeshis living in the Republic of Korea participated in the event. On this occasion, the Chancery building was decorated with lighting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme began in the morning with the hoisting of the National Flag by Ambassador Delwar Hossain at the embassy premises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, Ambassador Delwar Hossain, in presence of the embassy officials and expatriate Bangladeshis, paid homage to the Father of the Nation by placing floral wreaths in front of a bust inside the Chancery.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next segment of the programme commenced in the afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A special prayer was offered for the salvation of the souls of the martyrs and for the continued peace and prosperity of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The embassy officers read out the messages by the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and State Minister for Foreign Affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The embassy organized a discussion session with the participation of the embassy officials and expatriate Bangladeshis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Delwar Hossain then paid a rich tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also recalled the supreme sacrifices made by the valiant freedom fighters for the independence of Bangladesh under the leadership of the Father of the Nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlighting socio-economic progress and development of Bangladesh in recent years, he called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis to devote themselves to fulfilling the dream of building ‘Sonar Bangla’ envisioned by the Father of the Nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ambassador along with the participants cut a cake to celebrate this occasion. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 05:30:26', '2022-12-17 05:30:26'),
(3811, 3811, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Gazipur – Four people were killed in road accidents on Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways, in Gazipur district, on Friday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Two of the deceased were identified as Zakir Hossain, 24, and Abu Tayeb Moon, 23, of Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district while the identities of two others could not be known immediately.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rokon Mia, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station, said Zakir and Abu Tayeb were killed on the spot when a speeding bus hit a motorbike they were o at the Chourasta area of Gazipur on Friday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Meanwhile, two more victims died on the spot when an unidentified vehicle ran them over on Dhaka-Tangail highway around 11 pm, said Faruk Hossain, sub-inspector of Bason Police Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Police rescued the bodies and took them to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College and Hospital morgue for autopsy. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 06:08:00', '2022-12-17 06:08:00'),
(3812, 3812, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Climate change and habitat degradation will cause extinctions that cascade through communities of animals and plants and drive dramatic biodiversity loss, according to new research published on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The study, in the journal Science Advances, found that chain-reaction extinctions are unavoidable and predicted Earth\'s ecosystems will see average biodiversity loss of between six and 10 percent by 2050, depending on different carbon emissions scenarios.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By 2100, losses of animals and plants could rise to as much as 27 percent, they found in their research that used virtual Earths to map out thousands of food webs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The authors said their modelling suggested that the biggest changes will come before mid-century, predicting \"the bleakest time for natural communities might be imminent and that the next few decades will be decisive for the future of global biodiversity\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With life on Earth under threat from human destruction, overexploitation and pollution, scientists have warned that a million species are facing extinction in what many fear heralds the planet\'s sixth mass extinction event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate change is expected to dramatically accelerate the losses, with impacts of warming ranging from the effects of extreme weather, to changes in behaviour and habitat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But authors of the new study said previous modelling has not included estimates for co-extinctions, based on the \"cascading effect\" of losses on interdependent species.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers in Australia and Europe built hundreds of virtual Earths each populated with more than 33,000 vertebrate species in thousands of food webs across the planet -- \"massive computer latticeworks of \'who eats whom\',\" said co-author Corey Bradshaw, a professor at Flinders University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They then simulated different climate change scenarios and projections of habitat degradation -- like deforestation -- to predict local biodiversity loss, the proportion of animals lost in a given area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Life support\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The virtual worlds allowed researchers to watch as species moved around and adapted to new environmental conditions and the implications of individual extinctions across food webs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They found that climate change would be responsible for the greatest proportion of extinction events.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If you look out your window in 87 years, on average you\'ll see nearly 30 percent fewer animal species than you do today based on the business-as-usual climate scenario,\" Bradshaw told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study found the greatest threat was in places with the greatest biodiversity -- 36 highly-vulnerable areas containing the most unique species.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is because the erosion of species-rich food webs makes biological communities more susceptible to future shocks,\" said Bradshaw, adding it was \"a case of the rich losing their riches the fastest.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The research comes as a UN summit in Montreal attempts to seal a historic \"peace pact with nature\" and end the rampant destruction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global efforts to curb global warming have often eclipsed efforts to tackle the devastation being wrought on nature, but experts have increasingly warned that the two crises are inextricably linked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In many ways, biodiversity loss from climate change is far more serious than what climate change will do to human societies, because biodiversity is the very fabric of the Earth\'s life-support system that makes our lives possible,\" said Bradshaw.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The imperative of massive and rapid emissions-reduction policies is made much more urgent knowing this.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 06:36:08', '2022-12-17 06:36:08');
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(3813, 3813, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Afreen Akhter has said the United States sees Bangladesh as a “truly important strategic partner\" and looks forward to working over the next 50 years for a stronger relationship.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She said in the last 50 years Bangladesh-US relations have seen incredible progress between the peoples, economies and governments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The people-to-people ties between the two countries are very deep, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praising Bangladesh\'s progress in different sectors, the US Deputy Assistant Secretary said Bangladesh\'s economy has expanded from largely agriculture society to economic powerhouse over the just few decades.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a story to really be proud of that Bangladesh has lifted millions of people out of poverty and the country will achieve the middle-income status within generations, which is truly remarkable, she said while speaking at a Victory Day function in Washington.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond the economic cooperation, Afreen mentioned the close partnership between the two countries in providing COVID-19 vaccines and addressing climate change issue. She thanked the Bangladesh government for hosting some 1,1 million Rohingya from Myanmar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC celebrated the 52nd Victory Day of Bangladesh, remembering the valiant freedom fighters who fought and made the supreme sacrifice for the cause of long-aspired independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To commemorate the day, the Embassy arranged a daylong program.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The day\'s first part of the programme began with the hoisting of the national flag ceremonially on the chancery premises in the morning by Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Muhammad Imran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials and employees of the embassy were present at that time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the Ambassador along with officials and employees of the embassy placed a wreath at the bust of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at the Bangabandhu Corner of the embassy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The messages issued on the occasion of the Victory Day by President Md. Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Minister Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen, and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam were read out by Deputy Chief of Mission Ferdousi Shahriar, Minister (Commerce) Md. Salim Reza, Counsellor (Public Diplomacy) Arifa Rahman Ruma and Counsellor (Political-I) Mohammad Moniruzzman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A special prayer was held seeking peace, progress and development of the nation as well as eternal peace of the departed soul of martyrs of the Liberation War and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was offered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A discussion was held later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Imran recalled with profound respect the greatest Bengali of all time and the founding Father of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also paid deep homage to three million martyrs for their supreme sacrifices and two 2 lakh women who sacrificed in 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The day’s other program ended with a colourful cultural function.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artistes of Dhroopodi, a Bangladeshi-American cultural organisation, performed group dances on patriotic songs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Counsellor Shameema Yasmin Smrite and First Secretary Md Ataur Rahman conducted the day’s programme. The embassy also arranged a photo exhibition on the day. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 07:46:25', '2022-12-17 07:46:25'),
(3814, 3814, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When French photographer Anne de Henning was visually documenting wartime stories of Bangladesh in 1971, a youth urged her to let the world know about the atrocities committed by the Pakistan army.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The acclaimed photographer, now 76, went back to her 25-year-old self while talking to journalists at the exhibition “Witnessing History in the Making: Photographs by Anne de Henning”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Samdani Art Foundation and Centre for Research and Information (CRI) jointly organized the event at Liberation War Museum. The exhibition opened on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Back in 1971, when I was capturing the stories of Bangladesh, a youth narrated how innocent people were being murdered and requested me to let the world hear about it,\" she told journalists as she was revisiting Bangladesh after 50 long years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">French photographer who documented Liberation War revisits Bangladesh after 50 years&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overjoyed at seeing happy faces on Victory Day, as opposed to the bleak days of the Liberation War, she said it was a momentous occasion to visit Dhaka on a day when the nation is celebrating victory and the red and green flags are flying all over the city. She will also take a tour of some of the places she visited during the 1971 war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reflecting on the role of female photographers and journalists in covering wartime stories, she said female journalists played an equally important part as their male counterparts. There was no difference except for the fact that women were fewer in number.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anne de Henning was among a few foreign journalists who traveled through Bangladesh during the war, evading the eyes of the Pakistan army, which had deported foreign newsmen and photographers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her photographs ranged from refuge-seeking distressed father and son to freedom fighters standing in front of a camp to a house shelled by a Pakistani Sabre jet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Henning also visited independent Bangladesh in 1972 when she captured the colour pictures of the Father of the Nation, whose leadership navigated Bangladesh towards freedom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The colour photos of Bangabandhu she had captured and curated are among few surviving ones as most of his pictures were destroyed following his 1975 assassination and the subsequent military takeover. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 08:28:03', '2022-12-17 08:28:03'),
(3815, 3815, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Shilpa Shetty took to Instagram and shared happy picture with star =Wayne Rooney. She posted picture with him on Friday from her Mumbai restaurant. She was all smiles in the picture. She called him ‘legend.\' Along with fans, Manchester United legend Rooney reacted to his picture with Shilpa.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shilpa shared one picture with the legend former football player-football manager. In the photo, she opted for a pink dress. She accessorised her look as she wore pendant around her neck with matching bangles. She kept her hair loose. Wayne wore a black shirt with coat. He also wore a cap around his head. Both of them looked straight into the camera and smiled while posing for the camera. Shilpa added the official FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 theme song on her picture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the picture on Instagram, Shilpa wrote, “Football fever (football emoji) With legend himself @waynerooney, Welcome to India (handfolded emoji). Friday night done (dancing and tick emojis).” She tagged Bastian on her picture. She used ‘thank god it is friday’, ‘football’, ‘world cup’ and ‘gratitude’ as the hashtags on the post. Wayne Rooney wrote, “Pleasure to meet you and your family (smiley emoji).”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to the picture, one of Shilpa\'s fans wrote, “God bless you ma\'am.” Another fan commented, “You are looking gorgeous as always.” Other fan wrote, “Mesmerizing, Merry Christmas and a very happy new year 2023.” “My favourite player, all the time”, added one. Many fans dropped heart emojis on the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently, Chunky Panday, Ananya Pandey, Shanaya Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor visited Qatar to watch FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-final match between Argentina and Croatia. They shared pictures from the match on their social media handles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shilpa got married to businessman Raj Kundra in 2009. She gave birth to Viaan in 2012. The couple welcomed Samisha in 2020 via surrogacy. Recently, she shared a video featuring her son and daughter from Janmashtami celebrations on her Instagram handle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shilpa was last seen in Nikamma alongside Abhimanyu Dassani and Shirley Setia. She will be next in filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s first web series Indian Police Force. It marks her OTT debut, with Sidharth Malhotra. She also has Sukhee as her upcoming project. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 08:48:05', '2022-12-17 08:48:05'),
(3816, 3816, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s second city of Kharkiv was for hours left without power after the latest wave of Russian strikes targeted energy stations across the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Local officials said as many as nine power facilities were hit as Russian forces fired 76 missiles and carried out drone attacks on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kharkiv\'s mayor said the city suffered \"colossal\" damage. By the evening, 55% of residents had electricity back. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-17 09:06:08', '2022-12-17 09:06:08'),
(3817, 3817, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin has met his military chiefs on the same day his forces launched another wave of missiles at Ukraine\'s infrastructure.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin spent most of Friday at the headquarters of the \"special military operation\" discussing ideas for what Russia\'s next move should be.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It comes as some Ukrainian military officials claimed Russia was planning an offensive, perhaps early next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian attacks on Ukraine\'s power grid have plunged millions into darkness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Footage from Friday\'s meeting showed Mr Putin flanked by Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Armed Forces Chief Valeriy Gerasimov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will listen to the commanders in each operational direction, and I would like to hear your proposals on our immediate and medium-term actions,\" the Kremlin leader was seen telling military officials on state TV.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gen Gerasimov\'s presence ends rumours circulating online that he had been dismissed from his position. The 67-year-old has been the target of intensive criticism from hawkish commentators, who have accused him of being too cautious.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air Force general Sergei Surovikin - who was appointed as Russia\'s commander in Ukraine in October - was also present at the meeting, photos released by state media showed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian forces have made a series of major advances in recent months, including retaking Kherson - the only major city captured by Russian forces so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And the collapse of Moscow\'s forces in eastern Ukraine earlier this year saw military bosses come in for sustained criticism from pro-Kremlin media figures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting followed claims by the commander of Ukraine\'s military, Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi, that Moscow could seek to launch a new offensive in early 2023. He warned that Russia was preparing around 200,000 troops for the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have no doubt they will have another go at Kyiv,\" he added. \"I know how many combat units I have right now, how many combat units I have to create by the end of the year - and, most importantly, not to touch them in any way now. No matter how hard it is.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that the attack could originate \"in the direction of Kyiv\" and may be launched from Belarus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In February, Russian troops advanced towards the Ukrainian capital Kyiv after crossing the border from Belarus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the country\'s leader Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly denied that his forces will join in the invasion, thousands of Russian troops are currently in the country taking part in what Moscow\'s defence ministry called \"intensive combat training\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin will visit his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But analysts have questioned Russia\'s ability to launch a new offensive on the Ukrainian capital, and White House spokesperson John Kirby said that US intelligence officials \"aren\'t seeing any indication that there\'s an imminent move on Kyiv\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior US defence officials told Reuters news agency that Russia had been forced to use decades-old ammunition with high failure rates as it burns through its supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They added that \"the rate of fire that Russia has been using its artillery and rocket ammunition\" could see them run out of reliable munitions by early 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that power had been restored to nearly six million people after the latest wave of Russian strikes to hit the country\'s energy grid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city\'s metro system had restarted and the water supply had been restored.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also posted photos on Telegram of a large Christmas tree that has been adapted to meet the constraints of a wartime winter. The tree will be lit with energy-saving bulbs run off a generator, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Power has also been restored in the country\'s second city of Kharkiv, authorities said, after it was left without electricity for hours following Friday\'s wave of strikes that targeted energy stations across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has launched more than 1,000 missiles and Iranian-made attack drones since the wave of strikes on power infrastructure began on 10 October. International leaders - including French President Emmanuel Macron - have said the strikes amount to a war crime.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK\'s Ministry of Defence says there had been an \"uptick\" in Russia\'s campaign of long-range strikes against Ukraine\'s critical infrastructure in recent days. 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(3818, 3818, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iranian authorities have arrested one of the country\'s best known actresses, after she expressed solidarity with anti-government demonstrators.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taraneh Alidoosti was detained on charges of \"spreading falsehoods\" about the protest movement that has gripped the country, state media said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an Instagram post last week, she condemned the execution of a man over his involvement with the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Alidoosti is best known for her role in the Oscar-winning film The Salesman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her post, the 38-year-old took aim at some international organisations for not speaking out against the execution of Mohsen Shekari.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was hanged by authorities after they accused him of being a \"rioter\" who blocked a main road in Tehran in September and wounded a member of a paramilitary force with a machete.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"His name was Mohsen Shekari. Every international organisation who is watching this bloodshed and not taking action, is a disgrace to humanity,\" she wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a post on the state news agency IRNA\'s Telegram account, she was arrested by police for failing to provide \"any documents in line with her claims\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her Instagram account, which has more than eight million followers, was recently taken down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 38-year-old is one of Iran\'s most successful actresses. She starred in The Salesman, which won an Academy Award in 2016 for the Best International Feature Film.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But since the outbreak of the protest movement she became a vocal critic of the Iranian government\'s attempts to clamp down on the nationwide unrest, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In November, she attracted attention after posting an image of herself on Instagram without a headscarf to signal solidarity with the demonstrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protest movement has become one of the most serious challenges to the Iranian regime since it came to power in the 1979 revolution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities have already executed two men after they were found guilty of \"moharebeh\" - roughly translated as \"enmity against God\". Under Iranian law, the crime is defined as \"creating public insecurity\" by threatening lives or property with a weapon. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh\'</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 02:03:48', '2022-12-18 02:03:48'),
(3819, 3819, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tunisia\'s main opposition coalition has said President Kais Saied must resign after fewer than 9% of eligible voters took part in parliamentary elections.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Salvation Front head, Nejib Chebbi, said Saturday\'s poll was a \"fiasco\", calling for mass protests to demand snap presidential elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vote was boycotted by most opposition parties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They accuse Mr Saied of reversing the democratic progress made since the 2011 uprising - a charge he denies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After sacking the prime minister and suspending parliament in July 2021, a year later Mr Saied pushed through a constitution enshrining his one-man rule after a vote that was also boycotted by the main opposition parties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new constitution replaced one drafted soon after the Arab Spring in 2011, which saw Tunisia overthrow late dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. It gave the head of state full executive control and supreme command of the army.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Saied, 64, says such powers were needed to break a cycle of political paralysis and economic decay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His supporters agree with him, saying the impoverished North African nation needs a strong leader to tackle corruption and other major issues that hinder the country\'s development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tunisia\'s electoral officials said late on Saturday that 8.8% of the roughly nine-million-strong electorate had voted in the parliamentary elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking shortly afterwards, Mr Chebbi said: \"What happened today is an earthquake, From this moment, we consider Saied an illegitimate president and demand he resign after this fiasco,\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Salvation Front, a coalition of several political parties, also called for mass rallies and sit-ins.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Saied has so far made no public comments on the issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tunisia\'s uprising 11 years ago is often held up as the sole success of the Arab Spring revolts across the region - but it has not led to stability, either economically or politically. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 02:28:27', '2022-12-18 02:28:27'),
(3820, 3820, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi stands on the brink of a long-awaited World Cup winner’s medal as Argentina faces defending champions France in Sunday’s final.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of soccer’s greatest players of all time is within touching distance of the one major trophy that has eluded him in his storied career.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But having experienced defeat in the final of 2014 in Brazil, when Argentina lost 1-0 to Germany through extra time, Messi knows all too well the pain of having his World Cup dreams shattered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If Argentina is to win the tournament for the first time since 1986, here is how it might do it:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no escaping the sense that it is Messi’s destiny to emulate soccer great Diego Maradona and lead Argentina to the World Cup title. The 35-year-old Paris Saint-Germain forward has been in inspired form in Qatar, scoring five goals on the way to the final and producing some magical assists for his teammates. Maradona, who died in 2020, also scored five times in ’86 and was an iconic figure for his team and country.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi does not dominate games over 90 minutes in the way he did during his peak years. Instead he decides them with moments of brilliance that showcase the talents that have led many to describe him as the finest soccer player in history. He has carried the expectations of his nation throughout his career, but never truly delivered at a World Cup. While he may be past his best, he has been more influential in this tournament than in any of his previous four World Cups. Argentina’s fans seem convinced they will win the trophy for a third time and that there is more than just Messi guiding them on. “Maradona,” they sing, “is cheering Lionel on” from heaven.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assessing his team’s semifinal loss to France, Morocco coach Walid Regragui provided a fascinating observation. “I believe any country that plays France believe they are close to winning,” he said. “But when you’re close to winning, actually you are quite far from winning.” After putting France under pressure for long periods, Morocco eventually lost 2-0. It was a similar story for England in the quarterfinals. France won 2-1 in that game, despite England’s players believing they had been the better team. The warning is there for Argentina.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both teams have been comfortable giving up possession of the ball and attacking on the break. Perhaps the winner will be the team that manages to stick to those tactics, rather than being sucked in and pushing too far forward. Maintaining that concentration and discipline will be vital for Argentina — especially with the threat of Kylian Mbappe’s speed when France breaks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been emotional for Argentina and its supporters, who have lit up the tournament in Qatar. The mass outpouring of feelings has been a feature after every win. That can take a lot out of players — but in this instance, it has felt like the opposite has been true. Messi and Co. look like they are being driven on by the weight of expectation, rather than burdened by it. There is a sense that the players and the fans are in this together, and if, as expected, Argentina’s supporters outnumber France’s at Lusail Stadium on Sunday, that could give the edge to Messi and his teammates. That being said, Morocco’s fans totally dominated the atmosphere in their country’s semifinals match against France and still ended up on the losing side. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 02:35:00', '2022-12-18 02:35:00'),
(3821, 3821, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rescuers on Saturday found the bodies of a woman and two children, raising the death toll from a landslide on an unlicensed campground in Malaysia to 24 with nine others still missing.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Selangor state fire chief Norazam Khamis told reporters the bodies of a mother and son were found buried under a meter (3 feet) of mud and debris. The body of a little girl was discovered later. He said there was hope of finding survivors if they clung on to piles or branches or rocks with pockets of air but that chances were slim.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities said 94 people were sleeping at the camp site on an organic farm early Friday when the dirt tumbled from a road about 30 meters (100 feet) above them and covered about 1 hectare (3 acres). Most were families enjoying a short vacation during the yearend school break.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 24 victims included seven children and 13 women. Authorities were still carrying out autopsies and waiting for next of kin to identify the victims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mother and her toddler daughter were found Friday hugging each other in a heart-rending scene, rescuers said. Seven people were hospitalized and dozens more, including three Singaporeans, were rescued unharmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wearing helmets and carrying shovels and other equipment, rescuers worked in teams Saturday to comb through debris as deep as 8 meters (26 feet). Excavators were deployed to clear mud and fallen trees and rescue dogs were sent to sniff out possible signs of life and cadavers. Officials said an estimated 450,000 cubic meters (nearly 16 million cubic feet) of debris — enough to fill 180 Olympic-sized swimming pools — hit the campsite.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Norazam said rescuers were treading carefully as underground water streams may trigger further landslides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities have said the landowners did not have a license to run a campground. Officials are unable to pinpoint the exact cause of the landslide, which came without warning, but believed it could be due to underground water movement while the yearend monsoon rains made the soil unstable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Survivors recounting their ordeal told local media they heard a thunderous noise and felt the earth move before soil collapsed on their tents. The government has ordered all campsites nationwide that are near rivers, waterfalls and hillsides to be shut for a week to assess their safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The campsite in Batang Kali, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, is a popular recreational site for locals to pitch or rent tents from the farm. But authorities said it has been running illegally for the past two years. It has permission to run the farm but no license to operate camping activities. If found guilty, the operator faces up to three years in prison and a fine. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 03:05:47', '2022-12-18 03:05:47'),
(3822, 3822, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Luka Modric led Croatia to third place in what was likely the midfield great’s last appearance at the World Cup.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The runners-up from four years ago secured another medal by beating Morocco 2-1 in the third-place match on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mislav Orsic scored the decisive goal shortly before halftime at Khalifa International Stadium to ensure Modric finished on a winning note, if this does turn out to be his last World Cup match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the age of 37, that seems likely, even if there are hopes he will lead his country at the 2024 European Championship.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Josko Gvardiol put Croatia ahead in the seventh minute, but Achraf Dari evened the score in the ninth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the second time Croatia has taken third place. The team also achieved that feat in its first World Cup as an independent nation 1998.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals, Morocco’s tournament ended in two losses. But the team’s achievements in Qatar will be remembered for the outpouring of pride among Arab nations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Cup final between defending champion France and Argentina is scheduled for Sunday at Lusail Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The third-place match is considered by some to be a meaningless exhibition. Even Morocco coach Walid Regragui described it as a “booby prize” in the buildup. But neither team lacked motivation in a fiercely contested game between two nations that few expected to go so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That was underlined by a host of players needing to be substituted because of injury in the second half as Morocco pushed for an equalizer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The teams had already played out 0-0 draw in the group stage and had made to the semifinals on the back of tough defenses, with a combined six shutouts. Goals weren’t a problem this time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Perhaps that was because of the relative freedom of playing in a game with supposedly little at stake. Another factor for Morocco, at least, was the absence of three key defenders, Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd and Noussair Mazraoui.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The impact of those absences was felt when Croatia took the lead off Gvardiol’s diving header. In a slick move, Ivan Perisic flicked a free kick into the middle of the penalty box and the center back did the rest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Morocco responded two minutes later when Lovro Majer inadvertently helped on Hakim Ziyech’s free kick and Dari headed in to even the score.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Croatia, however, was back in front three minutes before halftime.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Orsic picked up the ball on the left of the box and curled a shot toward the top corner. Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou got a touch on the ball, but could only push it onto the post on its way into the net. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 03:40:51', '2022-12-18 03:40:51'),
(3823, 3823, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Abhishek Bachchan was the happiest after his team Jaipur Pink Panthers lifted the trophy at the Pro-Kabaddi League on Saturday. A video from the final match showed Abhishek pulling in wife Aishwarya Rai and daughter Aaradhya for a tight hug.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After their initial reaction, Abhishek looked to his right at Aishwarya and Aaradhya and quickly pulled them in for a hug. Aishwarya was also screaming and celebrating with Abhishek and the rest of the crowd. Later, Aaradhya got to lift the trophy as well and pose with it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aishwarya also took to Instagram to share her feelings at the win. “Jaipur Pink Panthers are the Pro Kabaddi Season 9 CHAMPIONS. What a fabulous season! We are so proud of our team of incredibly talented, focused and hardworking kabaddi sportsmen… Kudos boys!!! God Bless always. Love, Light, more power to you and Shine on,” she wrote as she shared a bunch of photos from the match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abhishek also shared photos and his thoughts after the win. “So proud of this team. They’ve quietly worked towards this cup. Despite criticism they kept believing and working. Everybody wrote them off…. But they had confidence in themselves. That’s the way to do it!!! it’s taken us 9 years to win this cup again. And I’m so happy with this team. Teamwork, hard work and silent determination…. The @jaipur_pinkpanthers way,” he wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abhishek\'s father, veteran actor Amitabh Bachchan also congratulated the team. “CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS CHAMPIONS .. !!!! JAIPUR PINK PANTHERS CHAMPIONS Abhishek you are a CHAMPION !! YOU PLAY SILENTLY, with dedication and resolve, amidst biast criticism ..AND THEN YOU WIN .. !!! So so proud of you,” he wrote. Abhishek replied, \"We missed you, Pa. Thank you from the entire team</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jaipur Pink Panthers defeated Puneri Paltan 33-29 in the summit clash to emerge champions of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 on Saturday. The Panthers played their cards perfectly in the final seconds of the match and clinched their second Pro Kabaddi League title. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 03:45:30', '2022-12-18 03:45:30'),
(3824, 3824, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea fired an \"unidentified ballistic missile\" Sunday, Seoul\'s military said, days after Pyongyang announced a successful test of a solid-fuel motor for a new weapons system.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply this year as Pyongyang has carried out an unprecedented blitz of weapons tests, including the launch of its most advanced intercontinental ballistic missile ever last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"North Korea fires an unidentified ballistic missile into the East Sea,\" South Korea\'s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunday\'s launch came days after North Korea tested a \"high-thrust solid-fuel motor\", with state media describing it as an important test \"for the development of another new-type strategic weapon system\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite heavy international sanctions over its weapons programmes, Pyongyang has built up an arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All its known ICBMs are liquid-fuelled, however, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has placed strategic priority on developing solid-fuel engines for more advanced missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kim said this year that he wants North Korea to have the world\'s most powerful nuclear force, and declared his country an \"irreversible\" nuclear state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wishlist he revealed last year included solid-fuel ICBMs that could be launched from land or submarines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest motor test was a step towards that goal, but it is not clear how far North Korea has come in the development of such a missile, analysts said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Key party meeting -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After overseeing the launch of the Hwasong-17 \"monster\" missile last month, Kim declared he wanted North Korea to have the world\'s most powerful nuclear force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The isolated country\'s policy direction for next year will be laid out at a key party meeting later this month, and the official Korean Central News Agency earlier reported Kim saying that 2023 would be a \"historic year\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In past years, Kim had delivered a speech every January 1, but has recently dropped the tradition in favour of making announcements at the year-end plenary meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his most recent address, which was released last New Year\'s Day, Kim focused on domestic affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts say while Kim refrained from directly addressing the United States last year, he could change his tone this time around.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States and South Korea have warned for months this could come in North Korea conducting its seventh nuclear test.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">North Korea is under multiple UN Security Council sanctions over its nuclear and missile activity since 2006. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 04:18:17', '2022-12-18 04:18:17');
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(3825, 3825, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">High blood pressure or hypertension is considered a silent killer and before you know it can severely damage your arteries and make them less elastic which could affect blood and oxygen flow to your heart making you more susceptible to heart ailments and heart attack. While other chronic ailments like diabetes have clear symptoms like hunger, feeling weakness, drowsiness if your blood sugars are not controlled, in case of blood pressure, it is difficult to know how it is harming your body. Headache, shortness of breath, nosebleeds, anxiety are among the high blood pressure symptoms. If not treated high blood pressure can lead to stroke, kidney damage, heart failure among other health issues.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from medication, it is advisable to make certain lifestyle changes to regulate blood pressure naturally. Doing regular exercises and Yoga can help improve blood circulation and heart rate which could help BP patients. Reducing sodium in diet, tea-coffee intake and learning to manage stress are also advised for better blood pressure regulation. Besides, adding certain foods that can naturally manage blood pressure are also helpful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Dixa Bhavsar in her latest Instagram post suggested some effective foods to regulate blood pressure:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>1. Black pepper</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Available in almost all Indian kitchens, black pepper or kaali mirch is a strong and pungent spice. It is hot in potency, light to digest and balances Vata and Kapha. It is best for people who have high cholesterol, diabetes and hypertension or blood pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How to consume it</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Have 1 black pepper on an empty stomach with warm water.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>2. Amla</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It is the season of Amla and the potent fruit is abundant during this time of the year. The citrus fruit contains all tastes as per Ayurveda except lavana (salty) which makes it the best fruit for people with high blood pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to consume it</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have amla as a fruit or in juice form on empty stomach during winters when they are available in market. During other seasons, one can have amla powder or tablet and the dosage can depend on your condition on the advice of an expert.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>3. Garlic</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Garlic is a wonderful natural remedy for hypertension as it possesses anti-hypertensive property due to its piercing, pungent and vata-kapha reducing qualities which helps in clearing the body channels (best for blockages).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to consume it</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chew on 1 garlic clove on empty stomach daily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>4. Black raisins</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Black raisins of kaali kishmish are made from dried black grapes. They can be added to a variety of desserts and an excellent source of fibre and vital nutrients. They contain potassium which helps reduce blood pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to consume it</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have 5-7 overnight soaked raisins 25-30 minutes before breakfast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>5. Arjun Tea</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arjun is best cardio-protective Ayurvedic herb. It also helps maintain healthy cholesterol and blood pressure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to consume it</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Have Arjun tea at bedtime (1.5 hours post dinner) around 9:30 pm daily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take 1 cup of milk and 1 cup of water, put 1 tsp (5 gm) of arjun chaal/bark powder in it and boil it until the water evaporates. Add 1 pinch of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp turmeric and 1 black pepper (crushed) in the milk while it\'s boiling. Then strain and sip on your milk. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 04:36:23', '2022-12-18 04:36:23'),
(3826, 3826, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire\'s plane.</b><br></p><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The reinstatements came after the unprecedented suspensions evoked stinging criticism from government officials, advocacy groups and journalism organizations from several parts of the globe on Friday, with some saying the microblogging platform was jeopardizing press freedom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Twitter poll that Musk conducted later also showed that a majority of the respondents wanted the accounts restored immediately.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The people have spoken. Accounts who doxxed my location will have their suspension lifted now,\" Musk said in a tweet on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. A Reuters check showed the suspended accounts, which included journalists from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post, have been reinstated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN human rights chief welcomed the reinstatements, but said he continued to have concerns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Twitter has a responsibility to respect human rights: @elonmusk should commit to making decision based on publicly-available policies that respect rights, including free speech. Nothing less,\" Volker Turk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donie O\'Sullivan, a CNN reporter who had been among the journalists who were suspended and then reinstated, said he still could not tweet because the platform was demanding his removal of one of his posts. He said he would appeal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials from France, Germany, Britain and the European Union had earlier condemned the suspensions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The episode, which one well-known security researcher labeled the \"Thursday Night Massacre\", is being regarded by critics as fresh evidence of Musk, who considers himself a \"free speech absolutist,\" eliminating speech and users he personally dislikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also occurred amid an exodus of advertisers and as the company has slashed jobs. Sources familiar with the matter said there had been layoffs in Twitter\'s engineering departments this weekend. The employees affected worked for the part of the company that kept the social media platform running and were told via email on Friday evening, The Information reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shares in Tesla, an electric car maker led by Musk, slumped 4.7% on Friday and posted their worst weekly loss since March 2020, with investors increasingly concerned about his being distracted and about the slowing global economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roland Lescure, the French minister of industry, tweeted on Friday that, following Musk\'s suspension of journalists, he would suspend his own activity on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Melissa Fleming, head of communications for the United Nations, tweeted she was \"deeply disturbed\" by the suspensions and that \"media freedom is not a toy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German Foreign Office warned Twitter that the ministry had a problem with moves that jeopardized press freedom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Elonjet</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The suspensions stemmed from a disagreement over a Twitter account called ElonJet, which tracked Musk\'s private plane using publicly available information.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, Twitter suspended the account and others that tracked private jets, despite Musk\'s previous tweet saying he would not suspend ElonJet in the name of free speech.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after, Twitter changed its privacy policy to prohibit the sharing of \"live location information.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then on Thursday evening, several journalists, including from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post, were suspended from Twitter with no notice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an email to Reuters overnight, Twitter\'s head of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, said the team manually reviewed \"any and all accounts\" that violated the new privacy policy by posting direct links to the ElonJet account.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I understand that the focus seems to be mainly on journalist accounts, but we applied the policy equally to journalists and non-journalist accounts today,\" Irwin said in the email.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing said in a statement on Friday that Twitter\'s actions \"violate the spirit of the First Amendment and the principle that social media platforms will allow the unfiltered distribution of information that is already in the public square.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk accused the journalists of posting his real-time location, saying it amounted to providing \"basically assassination coordinates\" for his family.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The billionaire appeared briefly in a Twitter Spaces audio chat hosted by journalists, which quickly turned into a contentious discussion about whether the suspended reporters had actually exposed Musk\'s real-time location in violation of the policy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If you dox, you get suspended. End of story,\" Musk said repeatedly in response to questions. \"Dox\" is a term for publishing private information about someone, usually with malicious intent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Washington Post\'s Drew Harwell, one of the journalists who had been suspended but was nonetheless able to join the audio chat, pushed back against the notion that he had exposed Musk or his family\'s exact location by posting a link to ElonJet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soon after, BuzzFeed reporter Katie Notopoulos, who hosted the Spaces chat, tweeted that the audio session was cut off abruptly and the recording was not available.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a tweet explaining what happened, Musk said \"We\'re fixing a Legacy bug. Should be working tomorrow.\" Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 04:45:03', '2022-12-18 04:45:03'),
(3827, 3827, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mild cold wave may sweep the country from December 20 to 24, Bangladesh Weather Observatory Team (BWOT) has said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The intensity of cold may remain slightly less till December 20 while the temperature may fall up to (&lt;10°C) as cold wave may sweep most areas during this period, said BWOT, an independent weather research group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mild cold wave (8≤10°C) may hit the country during this period, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur at places over the country from midnight till morning commencing 9am on Sunday, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Night temperature may rise slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, as per the BMD bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 12.4 degree Celsius in Tetulia of Rangpur division while the highest temperature was 30.01 degree Celsius recorded in Teknaf of Chattogram division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the low pressure area over Southeast Bay and adjoining area persists. Its associated trough extends up to North Bay. Ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to West Bengal and adjoining area. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 06:58:07', '2022-12-18 06:58:07'),
(3828, 3828, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Despite a counterattacking knock of skipper Shakib Al Hasan and a maiden hundred of opener Zakir Hasan, Bangladesh suffered a huge 188-run defeat to India in the opening game of the two-match Test series at the Zahur Ahmed Chwodhury Stadium here today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The defeat looked highly likely after Bangladesh began the fifth and final day with 272-6, still needing a 241 runs to win. However they failed to put up minimum resistance and could survive in less than an hour on the final day to be bowled out for 324 runs in the chase of a mammoth target of 513 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh skipper Shakib Al Hasan counterattacked with 84 off 108, smashing six fours and six sixes and scored 44 runs of 52, his side made on the final day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav followed his 5-40 with 3-73 in the second innings to register his career-best match haul of 8-113. Kuldeep’s bowling indeed threw Bangladesh out of the game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Bangladesh looked to give India some tough fight, pacer Mohammed Siraj (1-67) claimed the wicket of Mehidy Hasan Miraz for 13 in just second over of the day and dented any hope of making any resistance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Mehidy got dismissed, Shakib came up with whirlwind batting, knowing that attack is the best defense to survive on last day pitch. He however charged spinners to hit them some sixes to entertain the sparse crowd in the ground. But while going for a sweep shot, he failed to connect one properly against the delivery of Kuldeep and got bowled out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the dismissal of Shakib, India needed just two overs to wrap up Bangladesh’s innings. Left-arm spinner Axar Patel who finished with 4-77, got the wicket of Taijul Islam (4) and Kuldeep then brought an end to the innings, getting rid of Ebadot Hossain for duck.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, opener Zakir Hasan hit a maiden ton before being out on exact 100 and Najmul Hossain scored 67 in this innings for Bangladesh. Zakir became the fourth Bangladeshi batter and first opener to hit centuries on debut and also became the only second opener in Test cricket’s 145-year history to score a century on debut in the fourth innings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo put up a 124-run partnership for the opening stand to give Bangladesh a ray of hope but India remained calm and that brought up a fruitful result for them at the end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India racked up 404 in its first innings before being out all and then took a 254-run lead, dismissing Bangladesh for 150.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to a maiden century of opener Shubhman Gill (110) and the 19th ton of Cheteshwar Pujara (102 not out) who also made 90 in the first innings, India declared second innings at 258-2 to set Bangladesh a record chase of 513 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh who never successfully chased down a target more than 215 runs, finally crumbled in pressure to taste their 101st defeat in their 135th Test match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second and series-ending Test starts form December 22 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 07:03:50', '2022-12-18 07:03:50'),
(3829, 3829, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There is no respite for Dhaka dwellers from unhealthy air as it again ranked worst among cities in the world on the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday morning (December 18, 2022).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It had a score of 308 at 9 am. The air was classified as ‘hazardous’ and in this condition, everyone may experience more serious health effects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value is more than 300, people are advised to avoid all outdoor exertion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and India’s Delhi occupied the second and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 278 and 257, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups while a reading of 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 07:15:34', '2022-12-18 07:15:34'),
(3830, 3830, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The country’s rivers had played a vital role in defending and guiding the trajectory of the 1971 War of Liberation to victory as a larger number of operations run by the freedom fighters was on the rivers.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1971, rivers played one of the critical strategic roles, resisting the free and frequent movement of the enemies – Pakistani occupation forces. Most importantly, rivers acted as front-line soldiers by encountering enemies in the first place in the War of Liberation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the War of Liberation, Bangladesh was strategically divided into 11 sectors to defeat the Pakistani army. As Bangladesh is a riverine country, rivers formed most sector boundaries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 87 percent (precisely 86.89pc) of the total boundary of the 11 sectors was demarcated by the rivers, according to a study conducted over the role of rivers in the War of Liberation by a non-government organisation --River and Delta Research Centre (RDRC).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mainly, rivers such as Padma, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Jamuna, Surma, Madhumati, and Muhuri played a key role in the formation of the sectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest 100 percent boundary of Sector-1 was demarcated by rivers, while lowest 76.32 percent of Sector-7 was drawn by rivers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on the study findings, the RDRC prepared several maps that help understand the geographical aspects, especially rivers and water bodies of Bangladesh in 1971 and how they influenced Bangladesh’s birth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sector-10, which covered the entire waterways of Bangladesh including coastal areas, rivers and seaports was formed on May 13, 1971, before the other sectors formed on 12-15 June, 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to government official data, naval commandos of sector-10 had undertaken 78 operations along with Jackpot and Hot Pants. In addition, the RDRC in its study found more than 300 guerrilla operations carried out on rivers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In these operations, rivers served as a natural defence, and tactical advantage support mechanism that holds an unassailable position on the enemy side of the river.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this manner, rivers led to the success in the Liberation War. Big and small rivers, monsoon and rains, have isolated, slowed the enemy forces from their occupation, led to national strength and often to war success, cumulating to national independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We found 1270 rivers and streams existed during 1971 in Bangladesh. Every channel and stream played a role of direct defence, as well as served as a tactical advantage support mechanism that holds an unassailable position,” said RDRC chairman Mohammad Azaz.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the eastern units of Pakistani troops were supported and supplied the logistics and ammunition through river networks from the beginning of the war in March 1971.&nbsp; In the beginning, the guerilla operations were mainly on land, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the operations increased, Pakistani troops used rivers and waterways as the safest network. Ships and supply chain networks were active and transported across all the major river ports in the country. This situation was functional up to mid-August, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We found that the naval operations and other operations on rivers gained attention globally, and Pakistani forces started losing their confidence and started losing the war from August to December 1971.The guerrilla operations had also lowered the morale of the Pakistani army,” said Azaz.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the 1971 War of Liberation, rivers and waterbodies played a vital role in facilitating communication within and outside the country and helped demolish the Pakistani Military. The influence of Pakistani occupation forces started declining sharply due to naval operations particularly after August 16, 1971, which led to the victory and birth of Bangladesh as a new country in the world’s map. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 07:30:46', '2022-12-18 07:30:46'),
(3831, 3831, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld the verdict of the High Court (HC) that declared the registration of the political party, ‘Trinamool BNP’, as valid.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A bench of three justices led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order rejecting a leave-to-appeal petition filed by the EC against the HC order, said the plaintiff’s counsel Advocate Shah Manjur Hoque. Advocate Mohammad Yeasin stood for the EC at the court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the HC order to register Trinamool BNP, led by former BNP leader and ex minister Barrister Nazmul Huda, will remain in place from today (Sunday).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on November 4, 2018, an HC bench of Justice Tariq Ul Hakim and Justice Md Shohrowardi directed the authorities concerned to grant Trinamool BNP registration as political party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the EC moved the SC with the leave-to-appeal against the order after rejecting the party\'s appeal for registration on June 14, 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being rejected by the EC, Nazmul Huda moved the HC with a writ petition challenging the EC decision.UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 08:26:26', '2022-12-18 08:26:26'),
(3832, 3832, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her call to the people to remain alert as the murders and war criminals cannot come to the power again to destroy the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We have achieved victory. We have to march ahead upholding the flag of victory. So, we all have to be alert to make sure that the killers and war criminals cannot destroy the country after coming to power again,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while presiding over a discussion organised by the Awami League (AL) at the Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB) at Khamarbari of Farmgate in the capital city, marking the 52nd Victory Day.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the BNP wanted to oust the AL government giving an ultimatum of December 10 when the process of killing of the country\'s intellectuals started ahead of the cherished victory 51 years back. BNP even is not observing programme marking the Victory Day, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Is it (thwarting the AL government) so easy?\" She posed a question.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said, \"AL can (to topple governments). We had ousted Ayub Khan. We had removed Yahya Khan after defeating him in the Liberation War. We could not oust Ziaur Rahman, but protests were staged wherever he had gone. We had thwarted Ershad\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"We also have removed Khaleda Zia on charges of rigging vote in the February 15, 1996 national election and foiled the attempt of holding a farcical election with 1.23 crore fake voters in 2006 by Khaleda Zia,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>But, she said it is difficult to oust the Awami League government through movements.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Conspiracies are hatched whenever Awami League is in power. We had been barred from coming to power due to conspiracies in 2001. The people of the country had to suffer for it,\" the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;People have to take decision whether they want to suffer or to march towards prosperity with indomitable pace holding the flag of victory, she said, adding, \"We will build \'Smart Bangladesh\' by 2041\".</div><div><br></div><div>Road Transport and Bridges Minister and AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader MP, gave the address of welcome.</div><div><br></div><div>AL Advisory Council Member Amir Hossain Amu, MP, Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, MP, Shajahan Khan, MP, Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdury Maya, Bir Bikram, and Simeen Hussain Rimi, MP, Joint General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, MP, Liberation War Affairs Secretary Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das, MP, Dhaka North and South City AL President and General Secretary Sheikh Bazlur Rahman and Humayun Kabir respectively, among others, spoke on the occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Dr Abdus Sobhan Golap, MP, and his deputy M Aminul Islam moderated the discussion. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 09:26:09', '2022-12-18 09:26:09'),
(3833, 3833, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least eight Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Sunday after a bomb struck their convoy southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, two security sources told Reuters.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast took place near the village of Safra , which lies about 30 km (20 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, said the source, adding that two other policemen were critically wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Islamic State militants are active in the area. Iraq declared victory over the group, which once held large swathes of the country, in December 2017. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 10:01:16', '2022-12-18 10:01:16'),
(3834, 3834, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">EU member states and parliamentarians on Sunday announced agreement for major reform to the bloc\'s carbon market, as part of its ambition to reduce emissions and invest in climate-friendly technologies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deal aims to accelerate emissions cuts, phase out free allowances to industries and targets fuel emissions from the building and road transport sectors, according to a European Parliament statement. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 10:21:33', '2022-12-18 10:24:40'),
(3835, 3835, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 19 people were killed and 32 injured when a fuel tanker exploded in a tunnel north of the Afghan capital Kabul, a local official said Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Salang Tunnel, which is around 80 miles north of Kabul, was originally built in the 1960s to assist the Soviet invasion. It is a key link between the country’s north and south.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesman for Parwan province, Said Himatullah Shamim, said Saturday night’s tunnel explosion killed at least 19 people, including women and children. He said survivors remain trapped under rubble and that the number of casualties could rise.</div><div><br></div><div>It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, which happened at around 8:30 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Parwan’s health department has received 14 dead and 24 injured so far, according to local official Dr. Abdullah Afghan.&nbsp;</div><div>There are five women and two children among the dead, he said, and the rest are men who are severely burnt and cannot be recognized.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesman for the Ministry of Public Works, Molvi Hamidullah Misbah, said earlier Sunday that the fire was extinguished and that teams were still working to clear the tunnel. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 11:20:39', '2022-12-18 11:20:39'),
(3836, 3836, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday has said her government has fulfilled its commitment to provide electricity connection to every house.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She said the government had to ration electricity in the country for some days due to the global price hike of fuel and gas.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“But now, that problem is over,” she said, adding that the supply of 800MW electricity from Payra Thermal Power Plant started last week.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was addressing a discussion arranged by Bangladesh Awami League (AL) at Krishibid Institution in Dhaka’s Farmgate area, on the occasion of Victory Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said that the government supplies electricity to everyone at subsidized prices though the production cost is much higher. But it will not be possible to provide electricity at lower prices considering the global recession, she said. “The actual cost will have to be paid,” she said, adding that the price of gas has increased in the international market.</div><div><br></div><div>“Everyone, including businessmen in the country, will have to exercise austerity and will have to be ready to pay the money spent on the (increased) price of gas and transport cost. Otherwise, we will not be able to provide electricity. If you want (electricity), you will have to pay the real prices,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said costs over electricity, gas, water and fuel can be reduced by exercising austerity.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 11:48:07', '2022-12-18 11:48:07'),
(3837, 3837, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With Argentina reaching fever pitch just hours before Lionel Messi and his teammates take on France in the World Cup final, football fans throughout the country felt a sense of destiny brewing.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>From Jujuy in the north to Chubut, some 2,800 kilometers to the south, from Mendoza at the foot of the Andes mountain range in the west to Mar del Plata on the Atlantic coast, the country was preparing to rejoice at a much sought after third world title -- 36 years after their last one.</div><div><br></div><div>At the Obelisk monument in central Buenos Aires where fans usually flock to celebrate the team\'s victories, dozens jumped up and down singing songs as passing drivers honked their car horns on Friday, with the final still 18 hours away.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I feel very proud to be Argentine, I know Messi will bring home the cup,\" said Franco Llanos, 22, decked out in Argentina shirt, blue and white joker\'s hat, draped in a flag and carrying a plastic replica of the World Cup trophy.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My passion is wooo-ooo-ooo!\"</div><div><br></div><div>Carina Disanzo, 44, who was wearing Messi\'s number 10 jersey in the historic Boca neighborhood, said the team \"absolutely\" deserves to win.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If what we all hope happens, it\'s going to be a huge party but even if it doesn\'t happen there\'s going to be a huge party because we\'re in the final with the best player in the world,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s a really football country, what happens in Argentina ... on the pitch, in the stands, with the people, doesn\'t happen anywhere else.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Everyone for Messi\' -</div><div>The Argentine capital was a sea of blue and white jerseys, most bearing Messi\'s number 10, flags, painted faces, hats and other memorabilia.</div><div><br></div><div>Vendors were making a packet, with Raul Machuca, 22, saying face paint and flags were selling like hot cakes at the Melu store in central Buenos Aires where he works.</div><div><br></div><div>With Christmas around the corner, he said it was a double boon for the shop.</div><div><br></div><div>In some major avenues, the city council had painted pedestrian crossings in the national team\'s blue and white stripes.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign football fans were also getting in on the act.</div><div><br></div><div>English friends Josh Gwilt, 27, and Greg Layhe, 28, were traveling in Brazil but decided to switch their itinerary to Buenos Aires \"on a whim.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"When are you ever going to be in South America and get to see Argentina in the final of a World Cup,\" said Gwilt, who was wearing the goalkeeper\'s jersey of Emiliano Martinez.</div><div><br></div><div>Layhe, wearing a Messi shirt, said they had partly decided to put on their jerseys as a precaution, given the historic bad blood between England and Argentina both on and off the pitch.</div><div><br></div><div>Even so, he said he was firmly behind Argentina, especially Messi, who has won everything in the game except this.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We all hope he wins the World Cup, even some French fans we\'ve spoken to have been semi-torn because it would be an amazing end to his career. I think he\'s the greatest player of all time and deserves to win the World Cup,\" said Layhe.</div><div><br></div><div>Puerto Rican couple Lilly Oronoz and Antonio Secola, both 51, had also come to Argentina for the game.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Us Latinos are very supportive,\" said Oronoz. \"Everyone for Messi, everyone for Argentina.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s for the passion, we\'ve got more passion, and the conviction that they will win,\" added Secola.</div><div><br></div><div>- Uniting issue -</div><div><br></div><div>At midnight from Saturday to Sunday, Argentina\'s main television channels were due to mark 12 hours to kick off with a special rendition of the national anthem recorded by the players themselves in Qatar, with goosebumps guaranteed.</div><div><br></div><div>Football is one of only two things in a politically polarized country with huge wealth disparities that brings all people together.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This national team and the Falklands united us,\" said Edgar Esteban, a veteran of the 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic and director of the Malvinas Museum in Buenos Aires. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 12:14:31', '2022-12-18 12:14:31'),
(3838, 3838, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A woman and her six-year-old daughter sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a house near Narayanganj Police Lines in the district early Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victims were identified as Nargis Akter, wife of Monir Mia and Mariam Akter of Tagarpar area.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr SM Ayub Hossain, a physician of the Burn Institute of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said the fire broke out at the house from gas pipeline leakage around 2:30 am and engulfed soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Nargis and her minor daughter who were at the house sustained burn injuries. Monir Mia was out of his house when the incident occurred.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, they were taken to a local hospital and then shifted to DMCH.</div><div><br></div><div>Of them, Nargis sustained 70 percent burn injuries while Mariam received 55 percent injures. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 13:48:55', '2022-12-18 13:48:55'),
(3839, 3839, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh on Sunday called up uncapped left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed and left out injured pace bowler Ebadot Hossain for the second Test against India starting in Dhaka on December 22.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Ebadot received an injury on his back in the first Test. He will not be fit for the second Test. That\'s why we took Nasum in his place though we have yet to decide whether we would play an extra spinner in Dhaka,\" said selector Habibul Bashar.</div><div><br></div><div>India defeated Bangladesh by 188 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series.</div><div><br></div><div>India scored 404 runs and declared their second innings at 258-2 after bowling out Bangladesh for a paltry 150 runs in the first innings.</div><div><br></div><div>Set a monumental target of 513 runs, Bangladesh were all out for 324 runs after debutant Zakir Hasan made 100 and skipper Shakib Al Hasan added 84.</div><div><br></div><div>The hosts looked short on options during India\'s second innings, as Ebadot and Shakib did not bowl due to injury concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>Nasum has played four one-day internationals and 28 Twenty20 internationals but is yet to play a Test.</div><div><br></div><div>He was part of the Bangladesh ODI squad that beat India 2-1 in the preceding three-match series.</div><div><br></div><div>Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal, who missed the ODI series and first Test due to a groin injury, failed to make it to the squad for the second Test.</div><div><br></div><div>Batsman Anamul Haque and pace bowler Shoriful Islam were also left out.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh: Zakir Hasan, Najmul Hossain, Mominul Haque, Yasir Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shakib Al Hasan (capt), Liton Das, Nurul Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Khaled Ahmed, Mahmudul Hasan, Rejaur Rahman Raja. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 14:50:51', '2022-12-18 14:50:51'),
(3840, 3840, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today upheld a High Court (HC) judgment that declared the registration of former BNP minister Nazmul Huda led Trinamool BNP as a political party, valid.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A three-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order, dismissing a civil petition filed by the Election Commission against the High Court order, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Dr Md Yeasin Khan argued for the EC, while Advocate Shah Manjurul Haque stood for Nazmul Huda.</div><div>The High Court on November 4, 2018, declared the registration of Trinamool BNP as political party valid.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The EC later filed the plea against the High Court judgment.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 15:01:23', '2022-12-18 15:01:23');
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(3841, 3841, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged all to remain alert so that the people of the country dot not experience again the “culture of impunity” that prevailed after the assassination of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh must not be trapped into that (culture of impunity) situation again,” she said, while addressing the Golden Jubilee ceremony of Bangladesh Supreme Court as chief guest in city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC).</div><div><br></div><div>After the brutal killing of her father, mother, brothers and sisters she was not allowed to seek justice, Sheikh Hasina said, adding: “My scope to seek justice was barred through Indemnity Ordinance.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said that she doesn’t want that anyone ever experience the culture of impunity situation like them.</div><div><br></div><div>She regretted that the people who was behind the all evil deeds in the country including the assassination of Father of the Nation and promulgating the Indemnity Ordinance were being treated as the “so-called protector and bearer” of democracy.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, “This is really very much disgraceful for the nation, country, independence and an independent country.”</div><div><br></div><div>With Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Hasan Foez Siddique in the chair, Justice Obaidul Hassan delivered welcome address in the function.</div><div><br></div><div>Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Haq spoke on the occasion as special guest.</div><div><br></div><div>Distinguished guest Justice of Indian Supreme Court Justice Mukesh Kumar Rashik Bhai Shah and Bangladesh Law Commission Chairman and former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice ABM Khairul Haque also spoke.</div><div><br></div><div>An audio-visual documentary titled “Nay Bichar Er Anirban Suborno Jatray” on the golden jubilee of Bangladesh Supreme Court was screened.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister released commemorative note of Taka 50 and commemorative postage stamp on the occasion of Golden Jubilee of Bangladesh Constitution and Bangladesh Supreme Court.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She also unveiled cover of 50 Bachhar er Path Chalay Supreme Court (50 Years Journey of Supreme Court) and English version of Bangladesh Constitution.</div><div><br></div><div>At the ceremony, the Prime Minister handed over the first ever introduced Chief Justice Padak (award) in six categories among the judges of the lower court. The recipients are District and Session Judge Chattogram Zebunnesa, Additional District and Session Judge Tangail Saud Hasan, Joint District and Session Judge Naogaon Khorshed Alam, Senior Assistant Judge Chattogram Reshma Khatun, Assistant Judge Rangpur Hasinur Rahman Milon, and Mymensingh District and Session Judge Court.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said Father of the Nation had sacrificed so much for the people of this country throughout his entire life, but through his assassination the spirit and ideals of the Liberation War were actually killed.</div><div><br></div><div>She said: “And the Indemnity Ordinance was enacted to protect these killers from being prosecuted. Through the ordinance, the murderers were not only freed from trial, but also rewarded with jobs in various embassies. A culture of injustice started in Bangladesh.”</div><div><br></div><div>\"Father of the Nation had always wanted to establish justice, but what is unfortunate for us is that laws were enacted in the country to bar the prosecution of his killers,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>After 21 years, Awami League took the initiative to repeal this indemnity law after forming the government and through this, the way of trial of the killers of Father of the Nation was unblocked, she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>“I thank the Supreme Court because our opposition has always been active to ensure that this ordinance is not revoked,” she said, adding: “When it came (to the court), the Supreme Court in their judgment ordered to quash it and we also quashed it in the parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of government said that the Awami League government always tried that the apex court of the country could run independently.</div><div><br></div><div>“For that purpose, I handed over the financial management to the Supreme Court which was previously in the hands of the government. We provided separate budget allocation, simultaneously we prepared a policy to separate the judiciary and established permanent Law Commission,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that the lawyers are the essential part of the judiciary, she said, “Therefore, I will urge all of you that they should use their merit, creativity, honesty and sincerity for ensuring justice for the justice-seekers.”</div><div><br></div><div>She agreed on establishing a law university in the country as it is urgently needed for all.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said, \"I’ve lost my parents, brothers and sisters. I’ve come to the country to change the fate of the people bearing the pain of that loss. I didn’t come here to make money through corruption but to spend my own life.”</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the World Bank\'s complaint about corruption in Padma Bridge which was later proved as false, she said, “At least, we can say that I or my family, none of us didn’t do any deed or will never do anything that would make heads of the people of Bangladesh down and belittle them and Bangladesh would be ashamed somewhere. I love this country, I love the people of the country,” reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said that aim of her life is to provide a better life to the people of the country. “I am working on that, there will be rule of law, people will get justice, people will get better socioeconomic status. People of Bangladesh will roam across the globe with their heads ever high,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 15:45:37', '2022-12-18 15:45:37'),
(3842, 3842, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police shut doors into Doha\'s main metro station for an hour amid a surge of thousands of people just ahead of Sunday\'s World Cup final.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Witnesses said station security could not cope with the sudden crowds at the Msheireb station, a busy interchange where three metro lines meet.</div><div><br></div><div>Station staff tried to restrict people entering with crowd barriers but groups broke through causing the surge inside, witnesses said. The doors were then ordered closed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There were just suddenly hundreds of people trying to get down the steps to the platforms. It was scary but I did not see anyone hurt,\" said Fatima Ismael, who came out with her two children as hundreds grouped around entrance doors.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of the crowds were fans trying to get trains to fan zones with giant screens set up for the match between Argentina and France. Thousands of people wore Argentina shirts for the day.</div><div><br></div><div>The station re-opened an hour later and although it was crowded, passengers were moving towards their trains, an AFP reporter said.</div><div><br></div><div>Traffic jams built up around Doha and big crowds were also reported around the 88,000 capacity Lusail stadium where the final was to start at 6.00pm (1500 GMT). - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 15:50:58', '2022-12-18 15:50:58'),
(3843, 3843, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina led defending champions France 2-0 at half-time in the World Cup final at the Lusail Stadium in Doha on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A 23rd-minute penalty from Argentina captain Lionel Messi and a 36th-minute strike from Angel Di Maria left the South Americans in a commanding position at the break.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina are bidding to win the World Cup for the first time since a Diego Maradona-inspired victory at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-18 16:24:35', '2022-12-18 16:24:35'),
(3844, 3844, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After finally winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi made his strongest case yet to be considered soccer’s greatest player of all time.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will never be possible to say definitively, though, even after Argentina\'s 4-2 penalty shootout victory over France on Sunday in the final at Lusail Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Messi has been his country\'s inspiration throughout the tournament in Qatar and scored twice in the game that finished 3-3 through extra time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s just crazy that it became a reality this way,\" Messi said. \"I craved for this so much. I knew God would bring this gift to me. I had the feeling that this was the one.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kylian Mbappe certainly made Messi work for a golden trophy that had eluded him throughout his storied career. The France forward scored a hat trick as the defending champions came back from 2-0 down and then evened the match again after Messi made it 3-2 in extra time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But this was Messi\'s night and Messi\'s World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It took so long, but here it is,\" Messi said. “We suffered a lot, but we managed to do it.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For some, no one will ever surpass Pele, who won the World Cup three times with Brazil. Even in Messi’s homeland of Argentina, Diego Maradona remains, for many, the country\'s ultimate soccer icon after captaining the national team to the 1986 World Cup title.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And for the past 15 years or so, Messi has had a personal rivalry with Cristiano Ronaldo just to establish himself as the finest player of his generation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Competition is fierce when it comes to determining the greatest of all time, or the GOAT, as it has come to be known. It can come down to the smallest of margins that separate players of such brilliance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi’s failure to win the sport’s biggest prize has always counted against him when measuring his achievements against Pele and Maradona. The same goes for Ronaldo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi is a seven-time winner of the Ballon d\'Or award for the best player in the world and lifted club soccer\'s biggest prize, the Champions League trophy, on four occasions. He ended his wait for a first major trophy with his country at last year’s Copa America.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Cup, however, is the ultimate measure of greatness and Pele and Maradona secured immortality with inspirational performances on that stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That had eluded Messi until Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yes, he was part of the Argentina team that lost to Germany 1-0 in the 2014 final, but the magic he produced game in, game out during his peak years for Barcelona never seemed to translate when wearing the blue and white stripes of his country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 35 and nearing the end of his career, the tournament in Qatar was widely seen as his final shot at the World Cup. And if that is the case, he saved his best for last.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi does not dominate over 90 minutes anymore, but instead decides matches with moments of genius. He scored seven goals in Qatar, but, arguably, his assists have been more memorable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His disguised pass for Nahuel Molina’s goal against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals was weighted and measured to perfection. His twisting and turning run to beat Croatia defender Joško Gvardiol and set up teammate Julian Alvarez in the semifinals felt like peak Messi, only in slow motion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has now surpassed Pele with 13 goals at World Cups and is tied for fourth with Just Fontaine on the all-time list. His seven in this year\'s tournament surpassed Maradona’s five at the 1986 edition in Mexico.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi has now scored a national team-record 98 goals in 172 games. That places him third in the all-time scoring list for men’s internationals, behind Cristiano Ronaldo (118) and Ali Daei (109).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been a sense of destiny for Messi and Argentina, even after its shocking 2-1 loss to Saudi Arabia in the team\'s opening game of the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi had to summon every bit of energy in his aging limbs to get Argentina through the final and hold off Mbappe. Leading 2-0 and cruising to the title as the game approached the last 10 minutes, Mbappe intervened to remind everyone that he has already overtaken Messi and Ronaldo as the best player in the world right now.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He scored in the 80th and 81st minutes to turn the game upside down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Messi put Argentina back in front in the 108th minute, he looked to have scored the winner. But Mbappe\'s penalty in the 118th saw the Paris Saint-Germain star complete the first hat trick in a World Cup final in 56 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the penalty shootout, Gonzalo Montiel scored the decisive kick to secure Messi\'s place among the pantheon of greats and, perhaps, confirm his position as the true GOAT. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 02:43:51', '2022-12-19 02:43:51'),
(3845, 3845, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kylian Mbappé scored a hat trick seemingly from out of nowhere to electrify the World Cup final, he ended the tournament as the leading scorer with eight goals, and he still missed out on winning a second straight title.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The France superstar was on the losing side of an epic final against Argentina that was settled in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw on Sunday. He was then consoled on the field by French President Emmanuel Macron.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Kylian has really left his mark on this final,” France coach Didier Deschamps said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé had been the leader France desperately needed as time was running out with the defending champions trailing 2-0 and playing poorly. The forward had also been almost invisible up to that point.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But his goals carried France back into the match — twice. First, late in regulation time. Then again deep in extra time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé converted a penalty in the 80th minute and then scored with a volley from just inside the area in the 81st.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It took only 97 seconds for him to get France even with Argentina and the great Lionel Messi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé scored a second penalty in extra time, about 10 minutes after Messi had given Argentina the lead again in what became a compelling duel between the two players.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé\'s hat trick was only the second in a World Cup final — the other was by England striker Geoff Hurst in 1966.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Frenchman leaves Qatar with the Golden Boot trophy as the tournament’s top scorer with eight goals. At the age of 23, he\'s matched Pelé\'s career total of 12 World Cup goals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Mbappé couldn\'t quite match the Brazil great\'s back-to-back World Cup titles — both players were teenagers when they won their first one, Pelé in 1958 and Mbappé in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One minute before Mbappé turned the game on its head, Argentina’s fans began to taunt him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chants of “Olé, Olé” rained down from the stands at Lusail Stadium as Mbappé futilely chased the ball while his opponents passed it over and around him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé gestured in frustration with his right arm at the apparent hopelessness of the situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But after scoring his first two goals, Mbappé surged into the Argentina half looking for a game-winning third. His darting, twisting run resulted in a shot deflected just too high.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once he eventually got the hat trick to make it 3-3 in extra time, Mbappé set out for a fourth. His curling cross barely eluded the head of substitute Randal Kolo Muani, and a final dribble deep into the Argentina penalty area was scrambled clear as he looked to shoot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He shouted out loud as his last attempt to win the game single-handedly slipped away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé tried to set the tone in the penalty shootout, taking responsibility for the first kick. He converted the penalty but France still ended up losing 4-2. Messi did the same for Argentina to start the shootout, but his teammates all scored their penalties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the shootout, Mbappé made sure he was the first to console Kingsley Coman and Aurélien Tchouaméni on their slow walks back to the center circle after their failures to score.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappé stood bent over in the center circle, hands on his knees, as Argentina defender Gonzalo Montiel prepared to take the decisive kick. He then squatted, saw the net ripple and walked away alone amid the Argentina celebrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deschamps eventually came over behind his player to put arms around his neck. Mbappé soon went to the team dugout and sat slumped in a chair with his dark blue shirt pulled up over his face to hide his emotions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long after the game was over, Mbappé left the stadium with his head bowed and the World Cup trophy securely in the hands of Messi. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 02:51:01', '2022-12-19 02:51:01'),
(3846, 3846, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Argentines let loose on Sunday and streets across the country became places of celebration after an epic World Cup final in which the national team beat France on penalties.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It was the country’s third World Cup title, and the first since 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>“I’m very happy, we really deserved this. The team suffered quite a bit, but it recovered as time went on,” said Josefina Villalba, a 55-year-old nanny who joined hundreds of fans at one of the many public plazas where giant screens were set up to watch the long-awaited match.</div><div><br></div><div>Millions of Argentines cried, yelled and hugged as they followed the game, which was a roller coaster of emotions.</div><div><br></div><div>Throughout the match, many watching in a public square in Buenos Aires chanted the name of captain Lionel Messi, often considered the world\'s greatest soccer player who had long talked about how he yearned for a World Cup victory.</div><div><br></div><div>“I feel an immense happiness in my heart because this is the first World Cup I truly enjoy,” Hector Quinteros, a 34-year-old security guard, said as his eyes welled up with tears. “This always happens. They always make us suffer.”</div><div><br></div><div>After 36 long years, Argentina finally won a World Cup title, erasing years of doubts and questions about whether a country known for having some of the world\'s greatest soccer players could really perform on an international stage. The country won its first title in 1978, but lost finals in 1930, 1990 and 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the first half, many were gearing up to celebrate as Argentina led 2-0 and clearly dominated the match.</div><div><br></div><div>But that early happiness turned to anxiety as France caught up, ultimately leaving the score at 3-3 before Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties.</div><div><br></div><div>For many, the agonizing feelings of the match made the victory all the sweeter.</div><div><br></div><div>“When you suffer over something so much, the satisfaction is greater,” Fabio Villani, a 45-year-old video editor said, noting he still couldn’t quite believe Argentina had won a World Cup title.</div><div><br></div><div>It also felt par for the course for Argentina, a country known for its seemingly endless economic crises.</div><div><br></div><div>“Suffering is something that is very Argentine,” said Maria Isabel Ayala, a 53-year-old hairdresser. “If we suffer, it’s because we truly feel it in our hearts.”</div><div><br></div><div>Gonzalo Nogueria, a 34-year-old photographer, said that “it’s a bit of a downer that we had to spend so much time suffering, but it’s also our way of life a bit,” adding that ”in some ways we’re used to it too.”</div><div><br></div><div>Many fans were quick to remember Argentina great Diego Maradona, who died two years ago, saying he had something to do with today\'s victory.</div><div><br></div><div>“Diego sees everything from heaven, he wouldn\'t have wanted Argentina to lose. The first cup without him and we won! Diego is always here, he\'s eternal,” said Javier López, 18, whose voice broke as he spoke of Maradona, who led the national team to what had been its last World Cup title in 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>“Diego is certainly smiling now,” Brazil soccer legend Pelé wrote on social media as he congratulated Argentina for the victory.</div><div><br></div><div>In Rosario, Messi’s hometown, a sea of people went out into the streets to celebrate that their local hero had finally won a World Cup title.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s madness. It surpassed my expectations with so many people on the same wavelength, everyone celebrating. That\'s what’s most beautiful about today,” said Jeremías Regolo, 26, who joined the tens of thousands of people who descended on the National Flag Memorial, the symbol of Argentina’s third largest city.</div><div><br></div><div>People started arriving after Messi lifted the trophy and they were still holding strong into the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re champions, which is all we wanted, more than anything for (Messi) and for the whole team,” Santiago Ferraris, 25, said.</div><div><br></div><div>The national squad led by Messi has managed to unite Argentines with a sense of joy that isn\'t frequent in a country that has been stuck in economic doldrums for years, is suffering one of the world’s highest inflation rates and almost four in 10 live in poverty.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re very happy that they gave us this triumph that the people needed beyond the socioeconomic problems that we’re having,” Gabriel Fernández, a 42-year-old artisan, said as he celebrated his victory surrounded by his family in a Buenos Aires park.</div><div><br></div><div>“We needed this, we needed this for all the things that we\'re going through economically, politically, socially,” Alberto Czornenki, a 45-year-old retail worker, said as he joined the celebrations in a public square in Argentina\'s capital.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our lives are full of suffering due to all that, that karma that we have, and this at least gives us some happiness. We\'re then going to wake up to reality and we\'re going to be in the same place, but with a different kind of enthusiasm.”</div><div><br></div><div>Fans also had particular praise for this squad coached by Lionel Scaloni.</div><div><br></div><div>This team “transmits something that is very different from other squads before that did not feel pride for the national jersey, while these players give everything of themselves in each match,” said Facundo Alonso, a 26-year-old retail worker.</div><div><br></div><div>President Alberto Fernández joined in on the celebrations and thanked the national team for the victory.</div><div><br></div><div>“Thank you to the players and the technical team. They\'re an example that we must never give up. That we have great people and a great future,” Fernández wrote on social media.</div><div><br></div><div>Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, wrote on social media that he was “happy with the victory of our Argentine neighbors.”</div><div><br></div><div>President Gabriel Boric of Chile, who had been rooting for the neighboring country during the match, also sent a “gigantic hug to our Argentine brothers.”</div><div><br></div><div>On a scorching summer day, the Obelisk in downtown Buenos Aires quickly started filling with people as thousands went downtown to celebrate.</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly after the end of the match, the subway turned into a party as fans packed the cars, singing, chanting and jumping for joy as they headed to join the celebrations at the Obelisk.</div><div><br></div><div>“Holding Leo Messi by the hand, we’re going to go all the way,” the crowd chanted as euphoria took over. 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(3847, 3847, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Twitter\'s owner Elon Musk is asking users of the social media platform to vote on his future as its chief executive officer.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a poll to his 122 million followers, he tweeted: \"Should I step down as head... I will abide by the results...\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The technology tycoon, who also runs Tesla and Space X, has faced tremendous criticism since taking over Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a major legal battle, Mr Musk took control of the company in October in a $44bn (£36bn) deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It comes as Twitter says it will shut down accounts solely designed to promote other social media platforms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The measure would also affect accounts that link off to or contain usernames from platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post, the company said in a tweet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But cross-content posting from other sites will still be allowed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Twitter boss Jack Dorsey, who recently invested in Nostr, replied to the Twitter post with one word: \"Why?\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a reply to another user posting about the Nostr promotion ban, Dorsey said, \"doesn\'t make sense\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz was suspended for breaking the new rule before it had been formally announced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After being reinstated on Sunday she posted a link to the tweet she claimed got her barred.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter had already blocked users from sharing some links to Mastodon, the platform many Twitter users moved to after Mr Musk\'s takeover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in a series of tweets on Sunday Twitter said: \"We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examples of possible violations could include tweets such as \"follow me @username on Instagram\" or \"check out my profile on Facebook - facebook.com/username\", it said in a blog setting out the details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any attempts to bypass the restrictions would also be a breach, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those who break the rules for the first time or as in an \"isolated incident\" could be asked to delete the offending tweets or be temporarily locked out of their accounts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But any subsequent offenses \"will result in permanent suspension\", it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Users can continue to post content to Twitter from prohibited platforms, however, and paid adverts from those sites will still be allowed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A few hours after the announcement, Mr Musk appeared to contradict it by tweeting that \"casually sharing occasional links is fine, but no more relentless advertising of competitors for free, which is absurd in the extreme\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the boss of Post, one of the prohibited platforms, promoted his site in a tweet following the announcement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We make it easy to add all your social media links to your profile since none of us only use one platform,\" Noam Bardin tweeted, adding \"Freedom = Choice.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been flurry of controversial changes at Twitter since Mr Musk bought the social media site for $44bn (£36bn) in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has fired around half of its staff and attempted a chaotic rollout of Twitter\'s paid-for verification feature before putting it on pause. The feature was relaunched last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The billionaire\'s approach to content moderation has also been criticised, with some civil liberties groups accusing him of taking steps that will increase hate speech and misinformation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, he reinstated a number of journalists he had suspended for allegedly sharing location data about him after the EU and UN called it an attack on press freedom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reporters for the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post were among those locked out of their accounts. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 03:11:35', '2022-12-19 03:11:35'),
(3848, 3848, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All the talk before Sunday\'s incredible World Cup final between Argentina and France was understandably about Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe, but by the end, another name was on everyone\'s lips - Emiliano Martinez.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After an enthralling, twisting, turning and emotionally draining 120 minutes and the game level at 3-3, penalties were needed to determine who would lift football\'s greatest prize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Argentina\'s takers did their job by calmly converting all four of their spot-kicks, Martinez stepped up to break French hearts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe had scored two penalties in the game so there was little surprise he converted France\'s first of the shootout, although Martinez was not far off getting a hand to it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From then on, though, the Aston Villa goalkeeper took centre stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He went the right way again to deny Kingsley Coman, before the mind games were ramped up to further unsettle the French players.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Aurelien Tchouameni walked up for his turn, perhaps already feeling the weight of expectation, Martinez rolled the ball away from the Real Madrid midfielder, forcing him to have to walk over to collect it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a word for such antics by Martinez that can\'t be stated here, but they had the desired effect as the 22-year-old Tchouameni dragged his penalty wide, prompting a dance reminiscent of Alan Pardew\'s mesmerising moves in Crystal Palace\'s 2016 FA Cup final against Manchester United.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That put Argentina within touching distance of a first World Cup since 1986 and, although Randal Kolo Muani fired home France\'s next penalty, it only delayed the celebrations from the South Americans as substitute Gonzalo Montiel scored to kick off the party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Emi Martinez is a very positive guy and told his team-mates he was going to save some penalties,\" revealed Argentina boss Lionel Scaloni.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BBC Sport\'s pundits at the game were all in agreement too that Martinez\'s antics played a huge part in the victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is no doubt he had a massive impact mentally in the shootout,\" said former England midfielder Jermaine Jenas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ex-England striker Alan Shearer added: \"He was trying to wind them up, he was kicking the ball away, he was talking to the players, he was putting as much pressure as possible on them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former England defender Rio Ferdinand said: \"Even his movements behind the line, he was moving, trying to catch the eye of the person striking the ball.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The game may have not even got to a shootout if not for a brilliant save by Martinez in the final seconds of extra time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate hit the ball forward and Muani raced through, only to be denied by Martinez who rushed out to close down the gap before spreading himself out to block the finish.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was one of a number of big saves Martinez made in Qatar, earning him the tournament\'s Golden Glove award for the most clean sheets with three.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has certainly had a big impact in his short time with the national team. Since making his debut last year he has helped Argentina win the Copa America and now the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has had to be patient for his career to kick off. Martinez spent eight years at Arsenal, going out on loan six times and playing just 11 Premier League games for the Gunners, before joining Villa two years ago and growing in stature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have no words for it. I was calm during the penalty shootout and everything went as we wanted,\" Martinez said after Sunday\'s final.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All that I have dreamed of has been achieved.\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 03:35:30', '2022-12-19 03:35:30'),
(3849, 3849, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jews in Ukraine waging a \"war between darkness and light” lit a giant menorah on Sunday night to start the eight-day Hanukkah holiday as tens of thousands remained without electricity and Russia\'s nearly 10-month war produced new victims.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dozens gathered in Maidan Independence Square in the capital, Kyiv, at sundown to light the first candle of what local Jewish leaders say is Europe’s tallest menorah. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko joined ambassadors from Israel, the United States, Japan, Poland, Canada and France in a ceremony organized by the Federation of Jewish Communities of Ukraine. They sang blessings under the flames of the menorah, which towered over the crowd and passing cars in frigid weather.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rabbi Mayer Stambler, a leader of Ukraine\'s Jewish community, drew parallels to the story of Hanukkah, an eight-day commemoration of the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Maccabees after their victory over the Syrians more than 2,000 years ago. When only enough oil was available to keep the temple candles lit for one day and night, the oil inexplicably burned for eight days and eight nights — a feat now celebrated as the Jewish Festival of Lights.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We are actually now living through the same situation,” said Stambler, drawing a parallel with the current blackouts in Ukraine that Russian bombardments have caused. “This is a war between darkness and light.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In congratulating the world\'s Jews on Hanukkah, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, also noted the holiday\'s inspiration for his people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: Dead boy pulled from rubble of latest Russian hit on Ukraine</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Those who were fewer defeated those who were more. Light defeated darkness. It will be the same this time,” he vowed in a video address late Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among those watching the Kyiv menorah lighting was 47-year-old Viktoria Herman, who said the festival of lights brought her hope during the December days with the least sunlight of the year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There will be light and everything will be fine for everyone. And finally the war will end,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, said: “I wish for the people of Ukraine all of that which Hanukkah symbolizes. I wish there was light on every Ukrainian house ... and I wish you victory.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Volunteers distributed thousands of menorahs, candles, printed materials, family puzzle games and sweets for the holiday to members of Ukraine\'s Jewish minority population.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the holiday symbolism as a backdrop, Ukraine\'s state-owned power grid operator Ukrenergo said it was still working Sunday to restore electricity knocked out by Russian missile damage. The grid operator said the volume of electricity consumption increased compared to Saturday, due to falling temperatures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelenskyy reported that power had been restored Sunday to 3 million Ukrainians, on top of 6 million the day before.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the battlefield, Russian military forces on Sunday shelled the center of Kherson, the major city that Russian soldiers retreated from last month in one of Moscow’s biggest battlefield setbacks in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three people were wounded in the attacks, said presidential deputy chief of staff Kyrylo Tymoshenko.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The southern city and its surrounding region have come under frequent attack since the Russian pullback. Regional governor Yaroslav Yanushevych said Sunday that Russia had carried out 54 attacks with rocket, mortar and tank fire over the previous day, killing three people and wounding six.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the city of Donetsk, capital of a region Russia illegally annexed, a Ukrainian attack that hit a hospital killed one patient and wounded several others, the Russian-installed mayor reported on the Telegram messaging app.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, in Russia, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said Sunday that one person was killed and eight wounded in Ukrainian shelling of the region, which lies along Ukraine\'s northern border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the latest phase of the war, Moscow’s forces have been heavily targeting infrastructure serving civilians, such as water and electricity supply lines, compounding Ukrainians’ suffering as winter deepens.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelenskyy used Sunday\'s final match of the soccer World Cup to decry war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This World Cup proved time and again that different countries and different nationalities can decide who is the strongest in fair play but not in the playing with fire — on the green playing field, not on the red battlefield,” Zelenskyy said in an English video statement released hours before Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout. 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(3850, 3850, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first spy satellite, a key military capability coveted by its leader Kim Jong Un along with other high-tech weapons systems.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The North’s official Korean Central News Agency also released black-and-white photos showing a space view of the South Korean capital and Incheon, a city just west of Seoul, in an apparent attempt to show the North is pushing to monitor its rival with its advancing technologies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rocket carrying the test satellite was launched Sunday to assess the satellite\'s photography and data transmission systems, KCNA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country’s National Aerospace Development Administration called the test results “an important success which has gone through the final gateway process of the launch of reconnaissance satellite.\" It said it would complete the preparations for its first military reconnaissance satellite by April next year, according to KCNA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“From the images released, the resolution does not appear to be so impressive for military reconnaissance,” Soo Kim, a security analyst at the California-based RAND Corporation, said. “I’d note, however, that this is probably an ongoing development, so we may see more improvements to North Korea’s military reconnaissance capabilities over time.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Korea, Japan and U.S. authorities had said Sunday they had detected a pair of ballistic missile launches by North Korea from its northwestern Tongchang-ri area, where the North\'s satellite launch pad is located. They said the two missiles flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) at a maximum altitude of 550 kilometers (340 miles) before landing in the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. This could mean North Korea might have fired a missile or two to send the test-piece satellite into space.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spy satellite was on a wish list of sophisticated military assets Kim announced during a ruling party meeting early last year, together with multi-warhead missiles, solid-fueled long-range missiles, underwater-launched nuclear missiles and nuclear-powered submarines. Kim has called for such high-tech weapons systems and an expanded nuclear arsenal to pressure the United States to abandon its hostile polices on North Korea, an apparent reference to U.S.-led sanctions and the U.S.-South Korean military drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">North Korea has since taken steps to develop such weapons systems. In February and March, North Korea said it conducted tests to check a camera and data transmission systems to be used on a spy satellite. In November, it test-launched its developmental, longest-range Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon believed to be designed to carry multiple warheads. Last week, North Korea said it performed a “high-thrust solid-fuel motor” to be used for a new strategic weapon, an apparent reference to a solid-fueled ICBM.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ankit Panda, an expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said that North Korea will likely make a proper orbital launch for a reconnaissance satellite next April — probably around April 15, the birthday of Kim’s late grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung. The day is one of the most important state anniversaries in North Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this year, North Korea test-launched a record number of missiles, many of them nuclear-capable missiles with varying ranges to reach the U.S. mainland and its allies South Korea and Japan. It also legislated a law authorizing the preemptive use of nuclear weapons on a broad range of scenarios, causing security jitters in South Korea and elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">North Korea has avoided fresh U.N. sanctions for those moves, however, because U.N. Security Council permanent members Russia and China won\'t support U.S. attempts to impose them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Having codified his country’s nuclear law earlier this year, tested missiles of varying capabilities, and made it very clear he has no interest in diplomacy with the U.S. and South Korea, Kim has essentially paved the way for nuclearization,” Soo Kim, the analyst, said. “He’s lent the appearance that the only possible way out of this quagmire is for the international community to fold the conditions set forth by the regime.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said a handful of other high-priority geopolitical concerns involving China and Russia “has allowed Kim to buy time and the grace of the international community to push forward with his plan.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 03:51:32', '2022-12-19 03:51:32'),
(3851, 3851, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Countries gathered at a UN meeting on biodiversity in Montreal were inching closer Sunday to a deal to protect 30 percent of the planet by 2030 and to stump up $30 billion in yearly aid for the developing world to save their ecosystems.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fraught talks to seal a \"peace pact for nature\" came to a head as summit chair China presented a long-awaited compromise text that was cautiously welcomed by many, though some nations said more work was needed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan maps out action for the next decade to roll back habitat destruction, pollution and the climate crisis that scientists say threaten a million plant and animal species with extinction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It calls on wealthy countries to increase financial aid to the developing world to $20 billion annually by 2025, rising to $30 billion per year by 2030, while ensuring 30 percent of land and sea areas are effectively conserved and managed by the end of this decade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The text includes language safeguarding the rights of Indigenous people as stewards of their lands, a key demand of campaigners, but was watered down in other areas -- for example, only encouraging businesses to report their biodiversity impacts rather than mandating them to do so.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The draft still needs to be agreed upon by the 196 signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity before it is finalized.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Environmentalists say the \"30 by 30\" goal is the biodiversity equivalent of the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting, called COP15, is being held in Canada because of China\'s strict Covid rules.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Risk of pushback -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Six months ago, we didn\'t even know if we would have a COP this year, let alone a Paris moment for biodiversity, and that sincerely is where I think we\'re heading,\" said Canada\'s environment minister Steven Guilbeault in enthusiastic remarks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But European commissioner for environment Virginijus Sinkevicius struck a more cautious note, signaling that the funding figures being discussed could be problematic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we have other countries committing to fulfill those goals, such as China, I think that can be realistic,\" he said, also calling on Arab states to play their part.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colombia\'s environment minister Susana Muhamad said she was \"optimistic that the main goals have been landed,\" calling the draft an \"important step forward.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Braulio Dias, however, speaking on behalf of the incoming Brazilian government of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called for \"better resource mobilization\" -- technical speak for more aid to developing countries, a concern echoed by the Democratic Republic of Congo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conservation groups said the text was a mixed bag.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The draft text makes the largest commitment to ocean and land conservation in history,\" said Brian O\'Donnell, of the Campaign for Nature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Georgina Chandler, of Britain\'s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, said she was worried about a lack of numeric \"milestones\" for restoring ecosystems on the way to 2050.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re basically not measuring progress until 28 years\' time, which is madness,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Funding dispute -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developing countries, spearheaded by Brazil, had been seeking the creation of a new fund to signal the Global North\'s commitment to the cause. But the draft text instead suggests a compromise: a \"trust fund\" within the existing mechanism, called the Global Environment Facility.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colombia\'s Muhamad said her country would accept this as a stopgap measure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The more than 20 targets also include cutting environmentally destructive farming subsidies, reducing pesticide use and tackling invasive species.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the issue of how much money the rich countries will send to the developing world, home to most of the planet\'s biodiversity, has been the biggest sticking point.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lower income nations point out developed countries grew rich by exploiting their natural resources and therefore demand to be paid well to protect their own.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Current financial flows for nature to the developing world are estimated at around $10 billion per year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond the moral implications, there is the question of self-interest: $44 trillion of economic value generation -- more than half the world\'s total GDP -- depends on nature and its services. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 04:18:07', '2022-12-19 04:18:07'),
(3852, 3852, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor supported Argentina in the FIFA World Cup final against France on Sunday. The new parents were spotted wearing Argentina\'s jersey for the match, and were clicked by paparazzi outside the Mumbai residence of director Luv Ranjan.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New parents Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt watched the FIFA World Cup final between Argentina and France together in Mumbai. The actors wore matching Argentina jerseys as they supported the team that eventually won the world cup after a nail-bitting match. Alia and Ranbir were spotted outside the home of filmmaker Luv Ranjan. Ranbir will soon be seen in Luv\'s directorial Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar alongside Shraddha Kapoor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alia and Ranbir were all smiles, when they were photographed in Mumbai wearing their white and blue Argentina jerseys. Ranbir also wore a cap for the outing. The two were also clicked inside their car near Luv\'s residence. Actors Arjun Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao were also spotted outside the filmmaker\'s Mumbai home ahead of the FIFA World Cup final.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Alia, Ranbir, Rajkummar and other celebs watched the match at home in Mumbai, celebs like Ranveer Singh, Kartik Aaryan, Farah Khan and others had jetted off to Qatar to witness the final. Moreover, Deepika Padukone also unveiled the FIFA World Cup trophy on Sunday ahead of the final between Argentina and France at the Lusail Stadium in Doha. She was accompanied by former Spain goalkeeper and captain Iker Casillas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ranbir Kapoor will next be seen in Luv\'s Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar. The romantic comedy, co-starring Sharaddha Kapoor, is set to be released on March 8, 2023. His upcoming films also includes Animal with Rashmika Mandanna. Alia, on the other hand, will be seen in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani alongside Ranveer Singh. She also has her Hollywood debut Heart of Stone and Farhan Akhtar\'s Jee Le Zara with Priyanka Chopra and Katrina Kaif in her kitty. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 04:52:54', '2022-12-19 04:52:54'),
(3853, 3853, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There is no respite for Dhaka dwellers from unhealthy air as it turned ‘very unhealthy’ on Monday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 230 at 9 am, the metropolis ranked third in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and Karachi occupied the first two spots in the list, with AQI scores of 274 and 232, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 05:05:29', '2022-12-19 05:05:29'),
(3854, 3854, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Wrapping up an 18-month probe into last year\'s deadly attack on the US Capitol, lawmakers will convene Monday to vote on whether to recommend criminal charges against former president Donald Trump and some of his closest aides.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The select House of Representatives committee has interviewed more than 1,000 witnesses and held explosive public hearings into what happened on January 6, 2021 -- and who was responsible for it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel, made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, will meet at 1:00 pm (1800 GMT) to unveil the findings on their investigation into the deadly riot, in which Trump supporters -- who falsely claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from him by Joe Biden -- ransacked the Capitol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least five people died in connection with the melee and 140 police officers were injured. About 900 people have been arrested in connection with the violent rampage, which sent shockwaves across the country and around the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel will decide whether or not to recommend that the Justice Department seek charges against Trump -- who is running to retake the Oval Office in the 2024 election -- on at least three counts, according to reports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those charges would be inciting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the US government, NBC News reported Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawmakers cannot authorize charges themselves but can make recommendations to the Justice Department, which has already appointed a special counsel to look into Trump\'s role in the Capitol riot and his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their vote is nonbinding and largely symbolic -- the decision on charges for Trump will ultimately rest with Attorney General Merrick Garland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the three charges reportedly being considered could result in prison time and a ban from public office for the former president, who still wields considerable power in the Republican Party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think that the evidence is there that Donald Trump committed criminal offenses in connection with his efforts to overturn the election,\" Democratic committee member Adam Schiff, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee may also make legislative recommendations to protect the process of certifying election results.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its final report is due for release on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Democrats, misfits and thugs\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Schiff did not offer details on possible criminal referrals against Trump, or even say how he himself would vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But on CNN\'s \"State of the Union\" news program, he did say: \"I think the president has violated multiple criminal laws. And I think you have to be treated like any other American who breaks the law, and that is, you have to be prosecuted.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump has repeatedly disparaged the House panel on his own Truth Social platform, calling the members \"Democrats, misfits and thugs.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has defended the speech he gave before the January 6 riot and his other actions that day as \"mild &amp; loving.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On that day, he called on his supporters to \"fight like hell.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Attempted coup\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since July 2021, the House select committee has sought to shed light on the former president\'s actions before and during January 6, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Across eight hearings this past summer, the panel unveiled reams of evidence on Trump\'s involvement in a labyrinthine series of connected schemes to overturn the election -- and the impossibility of the Republican not knowing he had lost to Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump was \"at the center\" of \"an attempted coup,\" the head of the committee, Representative Bennie Thompson, has said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel interviewed several Trump aides including his then Attorney General Bill Barr and even his daughter Ivanka. In snippets of interviews shown to the public, many of them said they never believed there had been election fraud.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee also revealed the pressure Trump had placed on his own vice president Mike Pence and other officials, notably in the key states of Georgia and Arizona, in a campaign of intimidation aimed at invalidating the November 2020 election. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 06:04:00', '2022-12-19 06:04:00'),
(3855, 3855, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 31 Thai Navy sailors were missing on Monday after their vessel sank off the southeastern coast of Thailand, a naval spokesperson said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HTMS Sukhothai was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 20 nautical miles from Bang Saphan pier in southern Prachuap Khiri Khan, when it ran into strong tides and took on water late Sunday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A rescue mission was launched after the vessel\'s electronic system was damaged, with pictures shared by the navy showing the ship dramatically heeling to one side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are still looking for 31 missing,\" said navy spokesperson Admiral Pogkrong Montradpalin, adding that the ship sank shortly after midnight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The ship\'s operating systems stopped working, causing the ship to lose control,\" he said earlier Monday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A statement said 75 of 106 personnel on board were pulled from the waters in a rescue operation involving two seahawk helicopters, two frigates and one amphibious ship.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The search-and-rescue operation, which started at 7 am, was ongoing, the statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 11 naval personnel were being treated at Bang Saphan hospital, while some 40 others were being housed at shelters. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 06:18:23', '2022-12-19 06:18:23'),
(3856, 3856, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The onset of winters can make our daily routine go haywire if we are not careful. People wake up a little late and some even skip their morning walks or exercise routine which can change the course of their entire day. From water intake, food habits to physical activity during the day, everything gets affected in winter, which could lead to constipation. With junk and processed food intake on the rise especially among youngsters, constipation is increasingly becoming far more common.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lack of physical activity in winters only worsens the condition. Besides causing several long-term problems, chronic constipation also spoils daily routine of people suffering from it as it leaves them with less energy and enthusiasm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Constipation is a very common ailment that affects people of all ages and genders. It has become a common occurrence in young kids as well who have adopted a sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits. Constipation is not always the result of a bad lifestyle, it can also be developed as a comorbidity with diseases like IBS, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and general stomach conditions.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This condition occurs when the stool is not able to pass effectively through the digestive tract or cannot be eliminated from the rectum. As a result, the stool may also become hard and dry,\" says Dr Gurbakhshish Singh Sidhu, Senior Consultant, Medical Gastroenterology, Manipal Hospitals, Patiala.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chronic constipation can also lead to major conditions like haemorrhoids, anal fissures, and rectal prolapse. Foods play a major role in determining the symptoms of constipation and if left uncontrolled, it could get worse in the winter season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, one must know what is good for the digestive system and what is not.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Sidhu shares a list of food items that are best to avoid for a healthy stomach:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Drinks that cause dehydration</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is easy to miss the average water consumption during the winter season, and a person might go a full day without realizing that they haven’t consumed any water. Dehydration is a key player in causing constipation and drinks such as alcohol and caffeine cause dehydration when consumed regularly or in excess quantities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Processed grains</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foods with high-fibre content are good for digestion and highly processed grains such as white bread and rice lack fibre content, making them a cause of constipation in many people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. Raw bananas</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bananas are considered very good for digestion but they can trigger constipation if eaten raw. A well-ripped banana has good fibre content that could help in treating constipation. However, an unripe banana has large quantities of starch that makes it difficult to digest and causes constipation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. Dairy products</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many people in the world are lactose intolerant, due to the inability to produce lactase, which is an enzyme that helps to digest milk and milk products. The usual symptoms of lactose intolerance are diarrhoea and gas but many young children and adults also experience constipation as a side effect.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Junk or fast foods</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many fast foods, including pizza, ice creams, burgers, chips, and biscuits have high salt/sugar and high-fat content with very less fibre. Fibre is essential in digestion and lack of it always causes ailments that get worse if appropriate changes are not made. Fast foods not only cause constipation but also triggers many other severe diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and fatty liver.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Although constipation is a common ailment that is bound to happen sometimes, but with proper care and attention, the issue can be avoided. In case of underlying symptoms of constipation for more than 3 weeks, it is best to consult a medical expert to avoid any complications in future,\" says Dr Sidhu. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 06:39:00', '2022-12-19 06:39:00'),
(3857, 3857, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh is likely to be covered with moderate to thick fog in next 24 hours commencing from 9am on Monday, the weather office has predicted.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight till morning,” according to the daily Met Office bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Night and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 12.2 degree Celsius in Cumilla of Chattogram division in last 24 hours till 6am today (Monday) while the highest temperature was 30.5 degree Celsius recorded in Srimangal of Sylhet division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the low pressure area over Southeast Bay and adjoining area now lies over central part of South Bay &amp; adjoining area persists. Its associated trough extends up to North Bay. Ridge of Sub-continental high extends up to West Bengal and adjoining area, as per the bulletin. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 07:41:02', '2022-12-19 07:41:02'),
(3858, 3858, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>At least five people were killed on Sunday in a shooting incident in a condo unit in Vaughan, north of Toronto, local authorities said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Police found a \"horrendous scene\" where five people were killed, and one suspect was shot dead by the police, the authorities said.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspect\'s motive hasn\'t been revealed. The shooting remains under investigation. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 08:19:35', '2022-12-19 08:19:35'),
(3859, 3859, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A diplomatic delegation from the three host countries of the 2026 World Cup were in Qatar on Sunday for a handover ceremony ahead of the final between France and Argentina.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States, Mexico and Canada will stage soccer’s biggest event in less than 3½ years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We could not be more excited,” said Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who led a presidential delegation to the final. “We are already hard at work preparing for 2026 and we’re looking forward to welcoming fans from around the world.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greenfield told Sheikha Alya Al Thani of Qatar, a fellow ambassador to the United Nations, that the current host had “set the standards high.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The most important thing to remember is the World Cup transcends things and it plays an exceptional role in uniting people and countries and creating lasting friendships,” Sheikha Alya said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: Qatar bustles with life as World Cup nears end</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 2026 tournament will be played in 16 cities: 11 in the United States, three in Mexico and two in Canada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina won the title in Qatar by beating France 4-2 in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 08:22:22', '2022-12-19 08:22:22'),
(3860, 3860, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 31 Thai Navy sailors were missing on Monday after their vessel sank off the southeastern coast of Thailand, a naval spokesperson said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The HTMS Sukhothai was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 20 nautical miles from Bang Saphan pier in southern Prachuap Khiri Khan, when it ran into strong tides and took on water late Sunday night.</div><div><br></div><div>A rescue mission was launched after the vessel\'s electronic system was damaged, with pictures shared by the navy showing the ship dramatically heeling to one side.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are still looking for 31 missing,\" said navy spokesperson Admiral Pogkrong Montradpalin, adding that the ship sank shortly after midnight.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The ship\'s operating systems stopped working, causing the ship to lose control,\" he said earlier Monday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>A statement said 75 of 106 personnel on board were pulled from the waters in a rescue operation involving two seahawk helicopters, two frigates and one amphibious ship.</div><div><br></div><div>The search-and-rescue operation, which started at 7 am, was ongoing, the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 11 naval personnel were being treated at Bang Saphan hospital, while some 40 others were being housed at shelters. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 08:37:15', '2022-12-19 08:37:15'),
(3861, 3861, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a fugitive convict, who had been sentenced to death, over the 2013 murder of Biswajit Das.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">RAB-2 Senior Assistant Director (Media) and Senior ASP Md Fazlul Haque gave this information on Monday (December 19) morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the basis of intelligence report, a team of RAB raided Humayun Road area of Mohammadpur and arrested Nur Alam alias Limon, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrested was identified as Mir Md Nur Alam alias Limon, hailed from Pirgacha Upazila of Rangpur and son of Nurul Islam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nur Alam had been on the run for 10 years since Biswajit was hacked to death in broad daylight by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists on December 9, 2012.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka Metropolitan Detective Police (DB) filed a charge sheet against 21 people in the Sutrapur police station murder case in that incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the judicial process, on December 18, 2013, Dhaka\'s Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced eight people to death and 13 to life imprisonment, including Nur Alam alias Limon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The High Court later acquitted two of the eight death row convicts and commuted the death sentences of four, including Limon, to life. During the announcement of the verdict of the High Court, Mir Md. Noor Alam alias Limon was absconding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 08:38:54', '2022-12-19 08:38:54'),
(3862, 3862, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three Jordanian police personnel were killed in a raid on the hideout of the suspected killers of a policeman in the southern city of Maan, a police statement said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The police said one of the suspects believed to be a fighter was killed on Monday. The statement gave no further details.</div><div><br></div><div>A senior police officer had been killed in clashes with demonstrators in Maan on Friday, during protests over high fuel prices that have spread to several cities across Jordan. According to Al Jazeera reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 09:38:37', '2022-12-19 09:38:37'),
(3863, 3863, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s navy has rescued 104 Rohingya adrift off the Indian Ocean island\'s northern coast, an official said on Monday, as members of the Muslim minority continue to escape violence in Myanmar and hardship in Bangladesh refugee camps.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many Rohingya risk their lives every year by attempting to reach Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia on rickety vessels, and their numbers have surged following deteriorating conditions in the camps and last year\'s military coup in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>The boat was first detected by the Sri Lanka Navy when it was 3.5 nautical miles from shore and a search and rescue operation was launched to eventually tow the vessel to a northern harbour on Sunday night, a navy spokesperson, Captain Gayan Wickramasuriya, said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The people have been handed over to the police,\" Wickramasuriya told Reuters. \"The police will present them before a magistrate who will decide the next step.\"</div><div><br></div><div>A navy statement said it had 104 Myanmar nationals were found aboard a small trawler suspected to have originated from Myanmar and was heading to Indonesia when it ran into engine trouble in rough seas.</div><div><br></div><div>Wickramasuriya 39 women and 23 minors were among the rescued people, and an 80-year old man, one mother and her two children were admitted to hospital suffering from minor sickness.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2018, more than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to neighbouring Bangladesh following a military crackdown in Myanmar that witnesses said included mass killings and rape.</div><div><br></div><div>Rights groups and media have documented killings of civilians and burning of villages.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar authorities have said they were battling an insurgency and deny carrying out systematic atrocities. According to Reuters reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 10:26:19', '2022-12-19 10:26:19'),
(3864, 3864, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Football fans in the southern Indian state of Kerala have always distinguished themselves for their love for football in a cricket-crazy country.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sunday was no different as the state geared up to watch the final between Argentina and France.</div><div><br></div><div>Makeshift screens were set up across the state as Argentinian and French flags fluttered in the streets as fans gathered in their thousands to watch the match.</div><div><br></div><div>But a couple stood out in their devotion for the beautiful game. Sachin R and R Athira\'s wedding date coincided with the final on Sunday. While they agreed on most things about their wedding, they didn\'t want to compromise on which team they supported in the final.</div><div><br></div><div>Sachin is an ardent fan of Argentina star Lionel Messi, while Athira is a passionate supporter of the French football team.</div><div><br></div><div>Hours before the two teams met in Qatar\'s Lusail Stadium in one of the most spectacular matches in World Cup history, they married each other in a ceremony held in Kochi city.</div><div><br></div><div>Over their jewellery and traditional wedding attire, the couple wore number 10 jerseys - Athira donned one for French forward Kylian Mbappe while Sachin wore Argentina\'s colours for Messi.</div><div><br></div><div>Newspaper Malayala Manorama reports that following their wedding ceremony, the couple raced through their reception and the wedding feast to make it back to Sachin\'s house in Thiruvananthapuram 206km (128 miles) away in time to watch what turned out to be a sensational final.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina won the final in a penalty shootout 4-2, giving 35-year-old maestro Messi a chance to finally lift the World Cup trophy.</div><div><br></div><div>Kerala, where Messi has a huge fan following, has been celebrating the victory since Sunday night as fans waved Argentina flags and set off fireworks across the state.</div><div><br></div><div>In Thrissur, a hotel owner kept his promise to serve free biryani if ​​Argentina won.</div><div><br></div><div>The state\'s devotion for the game even caught the eye of FIFA last month when it tweeted about fans setting up giant carboard statues of football stars in the state.</div><div><br></div><div>Brazilian star Neymar also noticed the statues and thanked his fans in the state. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 11:34:05', '2022-12-19 11:34:05'),
(3865, 3865, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to increase food production to save the country from any possible trouble amid the global economic recession due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We have to increase our production and preserve those so that our country must not plunge into any danger,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was speaking at the programme marking the 25th founding anniversary of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU) and inauguration of a Technology Exhibition.</div><div><br></div><div>The programme was held at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium while the PM joined it virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that the world is witnessing an economic recession as an impact of coronavirus and war-related sanctions and counter-sanctions by the US-led Western block and Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>“As a result the prices of food items have soared beyond the purchasing capacity of all. Besides, prices of everything including power, fuel and transportation have been increased,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about the preservation capacity, she said that the government has set up a number of modern silos to stock rice, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“Such godowns are urgently needed for food items being produced here,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She told that the government is focusing on the food processing industries in the 100 economic zones that are being set up in different parts of the country by the government.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 12:53:20', '2022-12-19 12:53:20'),
(3866, 3866, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Bank (BB) has taken a decision to form a fund, title \'Bangladesh Bank Agricultural Development Common Fund (BBADCF)\' for increasing farm production.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Under the initiative, banks would deposit money equivalent to the undisbursed amount of farm and rural loans in the fund and the BB would give 2 per cent interest on the deposits, as per a BB circular issued today.</div><div><br></div><div>The funds of the BBADCF would then be distributed among banks in proportion to their capacity. Banks would pay back the loans to the BB, along with 2 per cent interest, within 18 months of the fund release.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks can charge 8 per cent interest on the loans given to farmers using the money from the BBADCF. The loans have to be disbursed using banks\' own network, not through microfinance institutions, said the notice.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks would be allowed to transfer 4 percentage points of the interest to their income segment on the loans made from the fund. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 13:28:58', '2022-12-19 13:28:58');
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(3867, 3867, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian warships set off Monday to take part in a joint naval drills with China, an exercise that showcases increasingly close defense ties between the two countries as they face tensions with the United States.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Russian Defense Ministry said the Varyag missile cruiser, the Marshal Shaposhnikov destroyer and two corvettes of Russia\'s Pacific Fleet would take part in maneuvers in the East China Sea starting Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry said the Chinese navy planned to deploy several surface warships and a submarine for the exercise. Russian and Chinese aircraft will also take part in the drills, according to the ministry.</div><div>Moscow and Beijing have displayed their growing military cooperation in recent months.</div><div><br></div><div>In November, Tu-95 bombers of the Russian air force and Chinese H-6K bombers flew joint patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. As part of the drills, the Russian bombers landed in China for the first time, and the Chinese bombers flew to an air base in Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, China sent more than 2,000 troops along with more than 300 military vehicles, 21 combat aircraft and three warships to take part in a sweeping joint exercise with Russia. The maneuvers marked the first time that China sent forces from three branches of its military to take part in a single Russian drill, in what was described as a show of the breadth and depth of China-Russia mutual trust.</div><div><br></div><div>Defense cooperation between Moscow and Beijing has grown stronger since Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24.</div><div><br></div><div>China, which has declared a “no limits” friendship with Russia, has pointedly refused to criticize Moscow’s actions, blaming the U.S. and NATO for provoking the Kremlin, and has blasted the punishing sanctions imposed on Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia, in turn, has strongly backed China amid the tensions with the U.S. over Taiwan. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 14:21:01', '2022-12-19 14:21:01'),
(3868, 3868, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 10-year-old died in Karnataka today after his teacher beat him and pushed him off the first-floor balcony of the government-run school. The police said Muthappa, teacher at Adarsh Primary School at Hagli village in the northern part of the state, beat the boy with a shovel.&nbsp; Bharat was a student of Class 4.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shivprakash Devaraju, a senior police officer of Gadak district, told reporters, \"The reason is not clear now...prima facie it looks like some family issues among them\".</div><div><br></div><div>Muthappa had even thrashed Bharat\'s mother, Gita Barker, who is also a teacher at the school. She is receiving treatment at a local hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>The man, who was a contract employee, is currently missing.</div><div>A similar incident was reported from a school in Delhi last week. The teacher, in a fit of rage, had attacked a student of Class 5 with scissors and flung her from the first floor of a government school building.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack took place during the craft class.</div><div><br></div><div>The police said the teacher apparently locked herself inside a classroom with students and \"violently\" threw water bottles before she picked up the girl, cut her hair and tossed her from the balcony.</div><div>Another teacher tried to intervene Geeta Deshwal from flinging down the student, but failed.</div><div><br></div><div>The child, who was immediately taken to the hospital, is stable, doctors have said. She has fractured her cheekbone and is unable to eat or drink. She also bruised her head and leg in the fall.</div><div><br></div><div>The school in question is run by the civic body of Delhi. The teacher has been arrested and is facing charges of attempt to murder. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 14:25:51', '2022-12-19 14:25:51'),
(3869, 3869, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia is constructing a protective dome over spent radioactive fuel stores at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as Ukrainian forces continue to target the facility, senior regional official Vladimir Rogov has said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He took to Telegram on Saturday to post a short video of the work that’s taking place. It showed technicians setting up shields over the tanks that hold spent nuclear fuel.</div><div><br></div><div>The dome is designed to protect the storage facilities from shrapnel and improvised explosive devices carried by drones, the official explained, adding that it would be reinforced further at a later period.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia’s nuclear energy corporation Rosatom had earlier warned that damage to the spent-fuel containers risks a release of radioactive material into the atmosphere, with unpredictable consequences.</div><div><br></div><div>The construction of the dome comes amid continued attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the nearby town of Energodar, which Moscow blames on Kiev. Russia has repeatedly said that such strikes could result in a nuclear disaster that would eclipse the 1986 Chernobyl incident and affect many countries in Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine initially claimed that the Russian military had been hitting the plant itself as part of “false-flag” operations to make Kiev look bad. However, Ukrainian general staff eventually admitted to striking the area around the nuclear facility.</div><div><br></div><div>The Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which is the largest on the continent, has been under Russian control since February 28. All of the reactors at the facility are currently shut down due to the security situation.</div><div><br></div><div>Zaporozhye Region, together with three other former Ukrainian territories – Kherson Region and the People’s Republic of Donetsk and Lugnask – joined Russia in autumn after holding referendums. Source: rt.com&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 15:22:52', '2022-12-19 15:22:52'),
(3870, 3870, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">French police used tear gas to disperse crowds of fans who gathered on the Champs-Elysees in after their national team\'s defeat at the 2022 final in Qatar, Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, Argentina defeated France 4-2 on penalties, following a 3-3 draw after extra time, and won the World Cup for the third time. Police used tear gas to disperse fans on the Champs-Elysees in Paris as they continued to pelt firecrackers at law enforcers , RIA Novosti reported. Source: ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 15:26:05', '2022-12-19 15:26:05'),
(3871, 3871, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">To prevent misuse of narcotics on the new year\'s eve, all bars across the country will remain closed and concerts on roads and flyovers be prohibited for 24 hours from 6 pm of the 31st night.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said this on Monday to the media after a meeting on law and order for Christmas Day and 31st night celebrations at the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>This year Christmas Day will be celebrated in 5,682 churches across the country and security measures will be taken for all, said the minister.</div><div><br></div><div>“In large churches we have requested to provide volunteers from the Christian community along with our security forces. Special security and intelligence forces will be deployed in diplomatic zones as most diplomats are Christian. CCTV cameras will be installed and important churches will be swept as done during the VIP movement and dog squads will also be deployed,” added the minister.</div><div><br></div><div>He said a special anti-narcotic drive will also be conducted from December 28 to 31.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister urged people to not use fireworks, crackers and vuvuzela during the celebrations of 31st night creating panic among people.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked whether concerts can be arranged in the field he said it can be done on permission of metropolitan police but on condition of creating no traffic jam.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said there is no threat regarding the celebration. \"Militancy was rising but it had been identified beforehand,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked about BNP promising justice for all enforced disappearance, murder, torture for last half decade in their outline of structural reforms of the state, he said they are taking a step in this regard too as it has become people’s demand now.</div><div><br></div><div>He said a list of disappeared people during the BNP regime from 2001 to 2006 is being made, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“Freedom fighters, Awami League leaders, activists were killed and fell victim of disappearance during that time. A report has been made in this regard. We also want everything to be investigated,” said Asaduzzaman Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 15:32:39', '2022-12-19 15:32:39'),
(3872, 3872, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Election Commissioner Md. Alamgir on Monday said the Election Commission (EC) is not using CC cameras in the by-elections of the vacant five parliamentary seats left by BNP MPs\' resignations due to lack of budget.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said this in his office at the election building to the reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is no budget for installing CCTV cameras in this election. Installation of CC cameras is not possible with Annual Development Programme(ADP) allocation. ADP money can be spent on projects. For CC cameras, money has to be allocated from the revenue sector,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Saying \'CC cameras are not a solution\'</div><div><br></div><div>Commissioner Alamgir said the Election Commission (EC) does not see any need for this device. Many elections did not have CCTV cameras, yet no incidents occurred.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Polls for five seats will be competitive. It will have balance. As a result, there will be no need for CC cameras,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The commissioner also said that the commission can meet and take a decision if necessary to use it as there is plenty of time for selection.</div><div><br></div><div>By-elections to the five parliamentary seats, left vacant after BNP MPs resigned, will be held on February 1, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>EC will conduct the by-polls to parliamentary seats -- Thakurgaon-3, Bogura-4, Bogura-6, Chapainawabganj-2 and Brahmanbaria-2.</div><div><br></div><div>The EC secretary said candidates can submit their nomination papers till January 5. Returning officers will scrutinize the nomination papers on January 8 and January 15 has been set as the last date for withdrawal of candidature.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 11, five out of seven BNP members of the parliament (MPs) submitted their resignation to Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, as part of their anti-government movement with a 10-point demand that includes dissolution of parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>The MPs who resigned were: Md. Zahidur Rahman, Thakurgaon-3; Md. Mosharof Hosen, Bogura-4; Gulam Mohammad Siraj, Bogura-6; Md. Aminul Islam, Chapainawabganj-2; and Rumeen Farhana, from women’s reserved seats.</div><div><br></div><div>Md. Harunur Rashid of Chapainawabganj-3, who is now in Australia and the ailing MP of Brahmanbaria-2 Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan could not submit their resignations to the Speaker in person.</div><div><br></div><div>The seven MPs sent their resignations through email on the same day.</div><div><br></div><div>The Parliament Secretariat published a gazette notification announcing the parliamentary seats as vacant after their resignation. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-19 15:45:16', '2022-12-19 15:45:16'),
(3873, 3873, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Even before an epic final won by Lionel Messi and Argentina, FIFA president Gianni Infantino was calling it “the best World Cup ever” in Qatar.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was clear self-interest to declare the success of a tournament that was politically fraught for most of the 12 years since the wealthy emirate was picked as host by a previous FIFA leadership broadly tainted by corruption allegations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA\'s fundamental role is to oversee global soccer\'s rules and make sure World Cups happen on schedule: Goal achieved, billions of dollars duly earned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As ever with arguably world sport\'s most colorful governing body, there was much else going on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>ON THE FIELD</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the games begin focus shifts to the field, and FIFA got that early on day three when Messi and Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia 2-1 in an upset for the ages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One day later, Germany lost to Japan and then Brazil delighted the world in its first game against Serbia. Morocco picked up the baton and was the first African or Arab nation to still be playing on the last weekend of a World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Games were consistently compelling if not the best quality. These were not vintage Spain or Netherlands teams, and not even Brazil by the time of its quarterfinals exit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The drama rose with simultaneous group-stage games that carried Japan, South Korea and Croatia to the round of 16 and sent Germany and Belgium home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All continents got teams into the knockout rounds, letting Infantino repeat his claim of soccer “becoming truly global for the first time.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the final was a true classic on Sunday, Argentina winning on penalties after a 3-3 draw, it left everyone except France feeling like they won.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>POLITICS</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a most political World Cup. Before a game was played there was scrutiny of Qatar for its human rights record, employment practices and a years-long boycott by neighboring states in which FIFA pushed for the Gulf region to share the tournament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the final weeks of preparation, Qatar pushed back more confidently against its critics – a process FIFA joined after teams and media arrived on site.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Infantino’s infamous “I feel gay, I feel a migrant worker” speech on Nov. 19 hit many of the host nation’s talking points that alleged western hypocrisy and racism.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA gave assurances in private — to European teams about captains wearing anti-discrimination armbands; to fans about wearing rainbow symbols; to World Cup sponsor AB InBev about selling Budweiser beer with alcohol at stadiums – that started to collapse. Bonds of trust were severely strained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pre-tournament talk of being open to supporting a compensation fund and better resources for migrant workers in Qatar was mostly shut down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qatar’s World Cup was a state-run project and it seemed clear who was in charge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When European women lawmakers came to games wearing the “One Love” armband, Middle East officials started sporting a Palestinian armband.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When an Italian field invader displayed European activist messages, days later a Tunisian man did the same with a Palestinian flag.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the tournament, basic operational detail was hard to get and most requests were ignored. Routine briefings and news conferences at past World Cups, including Russia in 2018, did not happen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A guiding principle seemed to be “never complain, never explain” for World Cup organizers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>FANS</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FIFA president is traditionally jeered at World Cup finals. It happened again on Sunday when Infantino was introduced for the trophy presentations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Infantino also was booed when the TV broadcast showed him sitting in VVIP seats during the England-Wales game. Both countries had armband and rainbow issues with FIFA, while British media extensively covered migrant labor issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though Argentina and Morocco fans traveled in big numbers, fewer than expected Europeans came to Qatar. The pre-tournament target was 1.2 million international visitors but the official total was less than 800,000 entering the final week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet, when thousands of Morocco fans tried to arrive for an unexpected semifinal against France last Wednesday, several flights into Doha were canceled to limit numbers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">High-priced accommodation like tents and cabins also seemed to put off visiting fans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Empty seats at kickoff for most games would steadily fill by halftime. There was evidence and anecdotes of residents in Qatar being taken to games and offered free tickets, and the host nation’s loudest cheer squad was fans brought from Lebanon and Syria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When tournament attendance topped 3.4 million, it was unclear and went unanswered if the total included all the volunteers, catering and security staff who clocked in to work in stadiums.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>MORE MONEY</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This was a clear win for FIFA, despite a likely breach of contract issue to resolve with AB InBev.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA reported higher than expected revenue of $7.5 billion for the four-year commercial cycle tied to Qatar’s World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Cup was a tougher sell in the past decade when new sponsors came only from Russia and Qatar — two often problematic host nations — and China while prosecutors in the United States, Switzerland and France ran corruption investigations targeting soccer officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A late run of sponsor signings for this World Cup included tourism in Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas, plus companies in the online gambling, cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most deals now expire and FIFA plans to cash in from staging a bigger 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, by offering sponsors huge local markets and more games being played mostly in high-yield NFL stadiums.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Infantino said on Friday that FIFA’s four-year forecast is for $11 billion through 2026. All 211 member federations will be getting millions more dollars from Zurich.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>HIGH LIFE</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FIFA leaders could stay in opulent Qatari hotels that opened just in time for the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One base was the waterside Fairmont Hotel, nearly 40 stories high and shaped like a curved sword. It offered 18-karat gold tiles in the shower of some suites and a 56-meter (185-foot) high chandelier in the lobby.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coupled with an unprecedented level of security at a World Cup, it added to the feel of FIFA isolating in an ivory tower.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While France’s President Emmanuel Macron went for a brief walkabout at the main market in Doha, Infantino almost never met ordinary fans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One regular Infantino companion was a celebrity chef famed for painting gold leaf on steaks that costs hundreds of dollars at his restaurants.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chef, known as Salt Bae, also seemed to breach World Cup protocol by holding the gold trophy when joining the Argentina players on the field on Sunday for post-game celebrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For veteran FIFA watchers, it was an apt final symbol for the World Cup in Qatar. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 02:56:02', '2022-12-20 02:56:02'),
(3874, 3874, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A US congressional inquiry into last year\'s Capitol riot says ex-President Donald Trump should face criminal charges, including insurrection.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Democratic-led committee voted unanimously for the justice department to prosecute Mr Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel also aired a new clip of former Trump aide Hope Hicks on her warning to him about his legacy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump supporters stormed Congress on 6 January 2021, interrupting Joe Biden\'s certification as president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump, who denies any wrongdoing, released a statement slamming the panel as a \"kangaroo court\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After spending around 18 months investigating the riot, the House of Representatives select committee recommended at their final meeting on Monday that Mr Trump face four charges:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The justice department - whose prosecutors are already considering whether to charge Mr Trump - does not have to follow a congressional committee\'s referral.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the panel\'s actions are mostly symbolic, the chairman described the proposed charges as a \"roadmap to justice\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A justice department spokesman declined to comment on Monday about the referral.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"An insurrection is a rebellion against the authority of the United States,\" said congressman Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat who serves on the committee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is a grave federal offence, anchored in the Constitution itself.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel\'s seven Democrats and two Republicans released their preliminary 161-page executive summary on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It accused Mr Trump of a \"multi-part conspiracy\" to thwart the will of voters in the run-up to the Capitol riot and during the riot itself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House committee has argued Mr Trump spread claims that he knew were false about the 2020 presidential election being stolen, before pressuring state officials, the justice department and his own vice-president to help overturn his defeat. The panel accuses him of inciting the riot at Congress in a last-ditch bid to block the peaceful transfer of power to Mr Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The full report, spanning hundreds of pages, is due to be released on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, the panel also released a new video from their deposition with longtime Trump aide Hope Hicks, who said she had warned Mr Trump that by continuing to make false claims about the election, he and his team were \"damaging his legacy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump had shrugged off her concern, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The then-Republican president, she testified, \"said something along the lines of, \'Nobody will care about my legacy if I lose, so that won\'t matter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"\'The only thing that matters is winning.\'\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee also criticised the president\'s eldest daughter Ivanka Trump, a former White House aide, for not being \"forthcoming\" with investigators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Trump and White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany \"displayed a lack of full recollection of certain issues, or were not otherwise as frank or direct\" as other aides to Mr Trump, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump\'s presidential campaign, which he launched last month, released a statement accusing the committee of holding \"show trials by Never Trump partisans who are a stain on this country\'s history\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This Kangaroo court has been nothing more than a vanity project that insults Americans\' intelligence and makes a mockery of our democracy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee also said it would refer four Republican members of Congress to the House ethics committee, including Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, for failing to comply with the committee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we are to survive as a nation of laws and democracy, this can never happen again,\" said committee chairman Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If the faith is broken, so is our democracy. Donald Trump broke that faith,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 900 people have been charged in relation to the Capitol riot. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 03:01:12', '2022-12-20 03:01:12'),
(3875, 3875, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine is tightening up the defence of its border with Belarus over fears that Russia may be preparing a fresh attack, a government official has said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Interior Minister Yevhen Yenin told the BBC Ukraine would be bolstering the Belarusian border with armed forces and ammunition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The news came as Vladimir Putin travelled to Minsk to meet Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belarus shares a border with Russia as well as Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian president later ordered the strengthening of Russia\'s borders and of social control within Russia. He said the security services should quickly thwart any attempt to violate Russia\'s borders, combat risks coming from abroad, and identify traitors and saboteurs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said the special services should ensure the safety of people living in the parts of Ukraine that Moscow claims as its own. In some of these areas, most notably Kherson, Russia recently suffered significant military reverses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s defence ministry announced that its troops stationed in Belarus would conduct joint military exercises with Belarus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reacting to this and the visit Mr Yenin confirmed: \"We are building up our defence lines all across the border with Russia and with Belarus.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Belarus has not become involved in the war directly, it did allow Russian troops to use its territory to launch the invasion in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minsk is coming under increasing pressure from Moscow to step up its support in the \"special military operation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the reports \"as totally stupid, groundless fabrications\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Putin flew to Minsk for talks with President Lukashenko - the first time in three-and-a-half years the pair have met in Belarus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting has been described as a \"working visit\" and lasted for more than two hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a joint press conference President Putin said Russia did not want to \"absorb\" anyone. He also said that unspecified \"enemies\" wanted to stop Russia\'s integration with Belarus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking later on Monday, US state department spokesperson Ned Price said Putin\'s statement was the \"height of irony\" given he was currently seeking to absorb Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Something rare happened today: Vladimir Putin got on a plane and flew to Minsk. Now, President Putin and President Alexander Lukashenko meet a lot - but in Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the first time in three-and-a-half years, here was President Putin in Belarus. So why did he go… and why now?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were few clues at the joint press conference as the two leaders spoke a lot about economic relations, trade, but also security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Putin indicated that some Belarusian military aircraft have been re-equipped to potentially carry nuclear missiles and that Russia is helping to train their crews.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In return, President Lukashenko thanked him for providing Belarus with an S-400 air defence system and Iskander ballistic missile system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The word \"Ukraine\" was hardly mentioned - in public.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the visit has fuelled speculation that the Kremlin leader may be trying to pressure the leader of Belarus into joining a possible new ground offensive in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This may indeed be just a rumour. Or a ploy by Moscow to make Ukraine expect a Belarusian offensive and so tie up Ukrainian soldiers in the north.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But, there are reportedly several thousand Russian soldiers already in Belarus and there have been joint exercises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until now Alexander Lukashenko has been reluctant to commit his own troops to fighting in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All eyes are on Minsk to see if that remains the case. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 03:05:17', '2022-12-20 03:05:17'),
(3876, 3876, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the strengthening of Russia’s borders and instructed security services to keep greater control of society and root out “traitors, spies and saboteurs”, the country’s news agencies have reported.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking on Security Services Day, widely celebrated in Russia, Putin on Monday instructed his security officials to protect the borders, increase control of society, and maximise their “use of the operational, technical and personnel potential” to prevent risks coming from abroad and internal traitors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Maximum composure, concentration of forces is now required from counterintelligence agencies, including military intelligence,” the TASS state news agency cited Putin as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is necessary to severely suppress the actions of foreign special services, quickly identify traitors, spies and saboteurs,” TASS said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia’s borders must also be strengthened, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Work must be intensified through the border services and the Federal Security Service [FSB],” Russia’s state-owned RIA news agency cited Putin as saying on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“And it [the border] must be reliably covered. Any attempts to violate it must be thwarted quickly and effectively using whatever forces and means we have at our disposal, including mobile action units and special forces,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin also said that it is the task of special security services to ensure the safety of people living in regions in Ukraine that Moscow claimed in September had been incorporated into Russia. Kyiv and its Western allies have branded the moves as illegal annexations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is your duty to do everything necessary to ensure their security to the maximum, respect for their rights and freedoms,” Putin said, promising them more “modern equipment and weapons”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin’s comments come as Russian missile attacks on Ukraine have intensified and there is no end in sight to Russia’s war on Ukraine, now in its 10th month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to the leaders of several NATO countries via video link on Monday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continued to urge Ukraine’s allies to supply its military with more weapons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Russian aggression can and must fail. And our task now is to accelerate it,” he told the NATO leaders assembled in Riga, Latvia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelenskyy said in a late-night address on Sunday that some nine million of Ukraine’s estimated 40 million people had their electricity restored after Russia’s missile barrage last week focused on electricity and water infrastructure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Zelenskyy of a “lack of understanding of the seriousness of the moment and lack of concern for his people”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lavrov also made a sharp verbal attack on the West and what he described as the “hysterical reaction” to the situation in Ukraine in an interview with the Belarus 1 TV channel in Minsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine had destroyed the “geopolitical games of the West”, which had wanted to turn Ukraine into a permanent threat to Russia, TASS quoted the Russian foreign minister as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in a year-end news conference on Monday, said with regret that he expected the war in Ukraine “will go on”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the immediate future,” Guterres said. 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(3877, 3877, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After a month-long trial and nine days of deliberations, Los Angeles jurors on Monday found Harvey Weinstein guilty of the rape and sexual assault of just one of the four accusers he was charged with abusing.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the three guilty counts involving an Italian actor and model known at the trial as Jane Doe 1 still struck a major blow against the disgraced movie mogul, and provided another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein, 70, who is two years into a 23-year sentence for a rape and sexual assault conviction in New York that is under appeal, could get up to 24 years in prison in California when he\'s sentenced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was found guilty of rape, forced oral copulation and another sexual misconduct count involving the woman who said he appeared uninvited at her hotel room door during a Los Angeles film festival in 2013.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Harvey Weinstein forever destroyed a part of me that night in 2013 and I will never get that back. The criminal trial was brutal and Weinstein’s lawyers put me through hell on the witness stand, but I knew I had to see this through to the end, and I did,” the woman said in a statement after the verdict. \"I hope Weinstein never sees the outside of a prison cell during his lifetime.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein was acquitted of a sexual battery allegation made by a massage therapist who treated him at a hotel in 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The jury was unable to reach a decision on counts involving two accusers, notably rape and sexual assault charges involving Jennifer Siebel Newsom, a documentary filmmaker and the wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. A mistrial was declared on those counts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein looked down at the table and appeared to put his face in his hands when the initial guilty counts were read. He looked forward as the rest of the verdict was read.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prosecutors and defense attorneys had no immediate comment on the verdict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Harvey Weinstein will never be able to rape another woman. He will spend the rest of his life behind bars where he belongs,” Siebel Newsom said in a statement. “Throughout the trial, Weinstein’s lawyers used sexism, misogyny, and bullying tactics to intimidate, demean, and ridicule us survivors. The trial was a stark reminder that we as a society have work to do.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Siebel Newsom\'s intense and dramatic testimony, in which she described being raped by Weinstein in a hotel room in 2005, brought the trial its most dramatic moments. But only eight of the 12 jurors agreed to find Weinstein guilty of those counts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jurors were deadlocked 10-2 on a sexual battery count involving Lauren Young, the only accuser who testified at both Weinstein trials. She said she was a model aspiring to be an actor and screenwriter who was meeting with Weinstein about a script in 2013 when he trapped her in a hotel bathroom, groped her and masturbated in front of her.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lacking any forensic evidence or eyewitness accounts of years-old allegations, the case hinged heavily on the stories and credibility of the four women at the center of the charges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The women’s stories echoed the allegations of dozens of others who have emerged since Weinstein became a #MeToo lightning rod starting with stories in the New York Times in 2017. A movie about that reporting, “She Said,” was released during the trial, and jurors were repeatedly warned not to see it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the defense that made #MeToo an issue during the trial, however, emphasizing that none of the four women went to the authorities until after the movement made Weinstein a target.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defense lawyers said two of the women — including the one he would be found guilty of raping — were entirely lying about their encounters with Weinstein. They said the other two had “100% consensual” sexual interactions that they later reframed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defense attorneys said during the trial that if Siebel Newsom hadn\'t reached her later prominence she would be \"just another bimbo who slept with Harvey Weinstein to get ahead in Hollywood.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Regret is not the same thing as rape,” Weinstein attorney Alan Jackson said in his closing argument.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged jurors to look past the the women’s emotional testimony and focus on the factual evidence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“‘Believe us because we’re mad, believe us because we cried,’” Jackson said jurors were being asked to do. “Well, fury does not make fact. And tears do not make truth.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All the women involved in the charges went by Jane Doe in court. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly or agree to be named through their attorneys, as the women named here did.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prosecutors called 40 other witnesses in an attempt to give context and corroboration to those stories. Four were other women who were not part of the charges but testified that Weinstein raped or sexually assaulted them. They were brought to the stand to establish a pattern of sexual predation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein beat four other felony charges before the trial even ended when prosecutors said a woman he was charged with raping twice and sexually assaulting twice would not appear to testify. They declined to give a reason. Judge Lisa Lench dismissed those charges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein’s latest conviction hands a victory to victims of sexual misconduct of famous men in the wake of some legal setbacks, including the dismissal of Bill Cosby’s conviction last year. The rape trial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, held simultaneously and just down the hall from Weinstein’s, ended in a mistrial. And actor Kevin Spacey was victorious at a sexual battery civil trial in New York last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weinstein’s New York conviction survived an initial appeal, but the case is set to be heard by the state’s highest court next year. The California conviction, also likely to be appealed, means he will not walk free even if the East Coast conviction is thrown out. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 03:40:28', '2022-12-20 03:40:28');
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(3878, 3878, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough to combat climate change.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The plan sets out to achieve so-called carbon neutrality by 2045, meaning the state will remove as many carbon emissions from the atmosphere as it emits. It aims to do so in part by reducing fossil fuel demand by 86% within that time frame.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">California had previously set this carbon neutrality target, but Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation making it a mandate earlier this year. The Democrat has said drastic changes are needed to position California as a global climate leader.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We are making history here in California,” Newsom said in a statement Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the plan\'s road to approval by the California Air Resources Board was not without criticism. Capturing large amounts of carbon and storing it underground is one of the most controversial elements of the proposal. Critics say it gives the state\'s biggest emitters reason to not do enough on their part to mitigate climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a meeting that lasted several hours, activists, residents and experts used their last chance to weigh in on the plan ahead of the board\'s vote. Many said the latest version, while not perfect, was an improvement from earlier drafts, committing the state to do more to curb planet-warming emissions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Davina Hurt, a board member, said she was proud California is moving closer to its carbon neutrality goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I’m glad that this plan is bold and aggressive,” Hurt said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The plan does not commit the state to taking any particular actions but sets out a broad roadmap for how California can achieve its goals. Here are the highlights:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>RENEWABLE POWER</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The implementation of the plan hinges on the state\'s ability to transition away from fossil fuels and rely more on renewable resources for energy. It calls for the state to cut liquid petroleum fuel demand by 94% by 2045, and quadruple solar and wind capacity along that same timeframe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another goal would mean new residential and commercial buildings will be powered by electric appliances before the next decade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The calls for dramatically lowering reliance on oil and gas come as public officials continue to grapple with how to avoid blackouts when record-breaking heat waves push Californians to crank up their air conditioning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And the Western States Petroleum Association took issue with the plan\'s timeline.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“CARB’s latest draft of the Scoping Plan has acknowledged what dozens of studies have confirmed — that a complete phase-out of oil and gas is unrealistic,\" said Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the group\'s president, in a statement. \"A plan that isn’t realistic isn’t really a plan at all.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the beginning of Thursday’s meeting, California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph touted the latest version of the plan as the most ambitious to date. It underwent changes after public comments earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Ultimately, achieving carbon neutrality requires deploying all tools available to us to reduce emissions and store carbon,” Randolph said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>TRANSPORTATION</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials hope a move away from gas-powered cars and trucks reduces greenhouse gas emissions while limiting the public health impact of chemicals these vehicles release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a July letter to the air board, Newsom requested that the agency approve aggressive cuts to emissions from planes. This would accompany other reductions in the transportation sector as the state transitions to all zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan\'s targets include having 20% of aviation fuel demand come from electric or hydrogen sources by 2045 and ensuring all medium-duty vehicles sold are zero-emission by 2040. The board has already passed a policy to ban the sale of new cars powered solely by gasoline in the state starting in 2035.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>CARBON CAPTURE</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan refers to carbon capture as a “necessary tool” to implement in the state alongside other strategies to mitigate climate change. It calls for the state to capture 100 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent and store it underground by 2045.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Connie Cho, an attorney for environmental justice group Communities for a Better Environment, called the plan’s goal of phasing down oil refining “a huge step forward” to mitigate climate change and protect public health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Our communities have been suffering from chronic disease and dying at disproportionate rates for far too long because of the legacy of environmental racism in this country,” Cho said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Cho criticized its carbon capture targets, arguing they give a pathway for refineries to continue polluting as the state cuts emissions in other areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>AGRICULTURE</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the goals is to achieve a 66% reduction in methane emissions from the agriculture sector by 2045. Cattle are a significant source for releasing methane — a potent, planet-warming gas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan\'s implementation would also mean less reliance by the agriculture secto. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 04:31:28', '2022-12-20 04:31:28'),
(3879, 3879, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Although there are more than 500 hotels, motels and other residential establishments in Cox’s Bazar, only four of these have their own Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP), which is turning the tourist city into an open gutter.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Abu Sufian, an Additional District Magistrate who is also the In-charge of the district administration’s tourist cell, only three five-star and one three-star hotels in Cox’s Bazar have STP systems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There are eight more luxurious hotels which don’t have STP. We’ve told the star-labeled hotels to establish their own STP and have decided to bring the existing hotels under a centralized STP system,” Sufian said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saiful Islam, Assistant Director of Department of Environment in Cox’s Bazar, said that the government has asked more than 300 hotels to set up STP system regardless of the fact that most of these hotels don’t have space for STP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Most of the hotels adjacent to the beach have been constructed without following environmental laws, and bad smell coming out of the excrement released from these hotels is resulting in the loss of tourists. That’s why the district administration in association with Cox’s Bazar Development Authority, Cox’s Bazar municipality and Department of Environment have jointly agreed to establish a central STP system,” Saiful said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Junaid, General Secretary of Cox’s Bazar Forest and Environment Protection Council, said that the government should ensure that any new infrastructure in Cox’s Bazar is set up after receiving clearance from the environment department.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Environment of Cox’s Bazar at stake: Out of over 500, only 4 hotels have own STP&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Besides, the already constructed establishments must be refurbished to make way for STPs. Around one lakh tourists stay in Cox’s Bazar every day during the tourist season and excrement left by them accumulates in the toilet ring without any treatment. This excrement later falls in ditches, from where it goes to the Bakkhali river and ultimately to the sea. The government needs to take urgent steps to stop this cycle to prevent Cox’s Bazar from becoming an inhabitable city,” said Junaid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Nurul Absar, Chairman of Cox’s Bazar Development Authority, said that the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism has published a circular making STP system mandatory for hotels labeled three star or above.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Central STP system will be built for the other hotels and motels. We’ll take legal actions against those who won’t abide by the rules,” said Absar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Shaheen Imran, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Cox’s Bazar, said that from now on, infrastructure will be built in Cox’s Bazar following a master plan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the Prime Minister’s rally in Cox’s Bazar on December 7, Presidium Member of Awami League (AL) Engineer Mosharraf Hossain said that despite the massive development that the coastal district has gone through, the environment is at stake due to a lack of STP system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“That’s why building the STP system has become urgent so that the tourists don’t turn away from visiting the seaside resort town,” Mosharraf added. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 04:35:37', '2022-12-20 04:35:37'),
(3880, 3880, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka ranked second in the list of world cities with most poor air quality on Tuesday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The metropolis’s air quality index (AQI) score was 221 at 9:30 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">India’s Delhi and Poland’s Krakow occupied the first and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 244 and 211, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups while a reading of 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 05:12:39', '2022-12-20 05:12:39'),
(3881, 3881, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Labourer Rasool Badshah has moved into a new home six months after a deadly earthquake rocked eastern Afghanistan, but without his mother, who was killed by collapsing walls.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">More than 1,000 people were killed and tens of thousands made homeless after the 5.9-magnitude quake -- the deadliest in Afghanistan in nearly a quarter of a century -- struck the impoverished province of Paktika on June 22.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When I reached here, my mother, brothers, everyone was already buried,\" Badshah, 21, told AFP, explaining how he rushed back to his village from Pakistan, where he was working.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of earthquake-resilient concrete homes, many built by local labourers with the support of the United Nations refugee agency, have now been handed over to survivors who were until now living in makeshift tent cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We couldn\'t have built these houses, not even our children or grandchildren (could have)... we could not afford it. We were living in huts,\" Badshah said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UNHCR said the new homes are equipped with solar panels, independent toilets and traditional heaters to help residents face harsh winters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even before the earthquake, Afghanistan was in the grip of a humanitarian disaster made worse by the Taliban takeover in August 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">International development funding on which the South Asian country relied dried up after the takeover and assets held abroad were frozen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The remote east where the quake struck had been neglected by authorities for years, said survivor Bara Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After the earthquake, people came and saw that residents of the area were in trouble. We don\'t even have a clinic or a school,\" Khan said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everybody has grown up illiterate.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UNHCR will start work to build two schools and a clinic in the area, still strewn with rubble, after the winter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan is frequently hit by earthquakes, especially in the Hindu Kush mountain range, which lies near the junction of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 05:16:13', '2022-12-20 05:16:13'),
(3882, 3882, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fan asked Shah Rukh Khan to sign an autograph on a painting he made of the actor’s late parents. A photo of their recent interaction was shared on a fan page. Many on social media are reacting to the photo, and calling it a ‘proud’ moment for the actor, who has often spoken about the close bond he shared with his parents, and how he misses them after losing them early in life.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh’s father Taj Mohammed Khan died of cancer, when the actor was only 15 years old; Shah Rukh’s mother Lateef Fatima Khan also died after a prolonged illness in 1990, when the actor was 25.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the photo, Shah Rukh, who was dressed in white shirt and black trousers, was seen with a fan, who held a black and white painting of the actor’s parents. Shah Rukh was seen reaching for a pen to sign the painting for the fan in the photo. His security and a few other people were also photographed in the undated picture that was taken outdoor during night-time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fan page shared the picture with the caption, “It must have been an emotionally satisfying and proud moment for the King of Hearts, when a fan asked for his autograph on this heart-melting painting.”&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many took to the comments section of the Instagram post to shower love on the actor. One wrote, “Oh wow. Speechless… for a son it was a proud and emotional moment. Beautiful.” Another one commented, “Now you are melting my heart.” A fan also wrote, “World ka best gift hai SRK ke liye (this is the best gift for Shah Rukh).” Another comment read, “It brought tears to my eyes. Cannot even imagine his reaction!!”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh has often talked about his parents in various talk shows and interviews. In a 2011 interview with Hindustan Times, Shah Rukh had spoken about his parents, and said, “I think both parents are really important for children and it’s a great gift of God if children have both their parents. I lost my parents very early, so I attach a huge amount of importance to having them with you. I fight with my wife saying that a father is more important but I guess that’s a bias being a father.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A father needs to be a guardian, a parent, someone who one can look up to. But most importantly, to be a friend.” He added, “More than my father’s strictness, goodness, his education or all the ideals that he gave me, what I miss most is having a friend.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh will be seen next in Pathaan, which is directed by Siddharth Anand. The film also stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. It is a spy thriller shot in multiple foreign locations, and will be released on January 25, 2023. Pathaan marks Shah Rukh\'s first film since Zero in 2018, which also featured Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 05:48:06', '2022-12-20 05:48:06'),
(3883, 3883, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud met with 13 journalists from Asia, Europe, and Africa at his office in the capital Monday.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister informed them about the overall development of the country, including the mass media. He also replied to their questions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalists from Algeria, Bahrain, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain and Vietnam are now in Bangladesh at the invitation of the foreign ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They already visited the top tourist spots in Bangladesh and the Rohingya camps in Cox\'s Bazar. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 05:53:09', '2022-12-20 05:53:09'),
(3884, 3884, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called unfortunate the massacre in the paramilitary force in 2009, saying the nation doesn\'t want recurrence of such incident as she asked the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel to maintain discipline and chain of command.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"An unfortunate incident took place (in the then BDR) in 2009, within only 52 days of the formation of our government. The entire nation doesn\'t want repeat of such incident,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 74 people, including 57 army officials, were killed in the mutiny that took place at the Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on February 25-26, 2009.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of those who were martyred in that incident and conveyed deep sympathy to their bereaved families.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was attending a programme at Bir Uttam Anwar Hossain Parade Ground inside the Pilkhana in the city, marking the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina asked the BGB personnel to maintain discipline and chain of command of the paramilitary force, saying it is very important for any disciplined force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Keep one thing in mind. Never breach the discipline and carry out your duties accordingly. Maintain the chain of command,\" she added. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 06:14:46', '2022-12-20 06:14:46'),
(3885, 3885, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Italy has honoured five expatriate Bangladeshi nationals with ‘Remittance Award’ on the occasion of International Migrants Day-2022.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The embassy organized an event on December 19 at the Chancery.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five Bangladeshis received awards as top remittance senders from Italy between the period of July 2021 and June 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md. Shameem Ahsan, Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy, handed over the awards among the recipients.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme included, among others, reading out of the messages of the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and the Minister of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment, discussion meeting and distribution of certificates and crests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the beginning of the discussion session, Ashif Anam Siddique, First Secretary (Labor welfare) of the Embassy, made a power-point presentation on the various activities undertaken by the government of Bangladesh for the protection of the rights of expatriates for their welfare and to encourage more remittance through legal channels and also on the role of the embassy in this regard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The awardees, who joined in person as well as digitally, also spoke and sincerely thanked the embassy for the recognition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Ahsan warmly congratulated all the awardees while acknowledging the significant contribution being made by the Bangladeshi diaspora for the buoyancy of the economy of the country by sending valuable remittances.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said that establishment of diplomatic relations immediately after the independence by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman paved the way for sending workers abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahsan paid deep tribute to Bangabandhu while adding that the present government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is an expatriate-friendly government and highlighted the major steps taken by the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahsan pointedly mentioned that the Government of Bangladesh remains committed in favour of legal migration. Among the guests were Laurence Hart, Director, International Organization of Migration (IOM) and Giovanni Imbergamo, Director, Janata Exchange (JEC) Srl.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">both shared the global perspective of the day while appreciating the Government of Bangladesh for its role for the welfare of the expatriates and contribution of the migrants of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The awardees of 2022 in \'individual category (male)\' are Mohammad Jahangir Farazy, Md Mahfujul Haque, Uddin Zia, and in \'individual category (female) are Akhy Agnes Gomes and Mehenas Tabbasum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh Embassy in Rome launched the \"Remittance Award\" in 2019 to encourage and promote remittances to Bangladesh through legal channels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials of the mission, awardees and their family members, journalists from the diaspora were present at the event. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 06:35:36', '2022-12-20 06:35:36'),
(3886, 3886, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia have urged ASEAN member states and other countries in the region to urgently rescue a boat carrying up to 200 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, which has reportedly been adrift off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and India for weeks.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the boat has been adrift in high seas since late November, and dozens on board have already died during the journey, while survivors have no access to food, drinking water or medication.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We urgently call on ASEAN member states and other countries in the region to fulfill their humanitarian obligations and launch search and rescue operations for the boat if it enters their waters, and to allow for the proper disembarkation of the refugees. It is disgraceful that a boat filled with men, women, and children in grave danger has been allowed to remain adrift. Neglecting the people on the boat is nothing short of an affront to humanity,” said Eva Sundari, Board Member of ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), and former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to media reports and information from human rights organizations, two other boats carrying Rohingya refugees have been adrift in the past weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One, carrying 154 refugees, was rescued by a Vietnamese oil service vessel on December 8. They were handed over to the Myanmar navy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another, carrying 104 refugees, was rescued by the Sri Lanka navy on December 18 and disembarked at Kankesanturai Harbor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rohingyas have been suffering persecution in their country of origin, Myanmar, for decades.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The overwhelming majority of them were rendered stateless in the early 1990s by the authorities, and have suffered the most serious human rights violations since at least the late seventies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2016 and 2017 they were the target of brutal military operations, displacing over 730,000 to neighbouring Bangladesh and for which the Myanmar army has been accused of genocide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In these desperate conditions, many of them put themselves at the hands of unscrupulous human smugglers to seek a better life in countries like Malaysia, in extremely dangerous journeys through the Andaman Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In all likelihood, the delay in rescuing these boats has already caused untold suffering and loss of life. Any further delay is unconscionable. This neglect of Rohingya refugees stranded in the sea is nothing new, as it has been going on for years, and has resulted in hundreds, if not thousands, of deaths that could have been easily been prevented if the countries in the region fulfilled the most elementary humanitarian principles,” said Charles Santiago, Chairperson of APHR, and former member of Parliament from Malaysia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">APHR urged ASEAN to devise a comprehensive and coordinated regional response to the issue of refugees stranded at sea, in order to act effectively, and according to humanitarian principles, in such situations, as saving lives at sea must be a collective effort.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But ASEAN should also address the root causes of the tragedy that befell the Rohingya for so many years, including putting pressure on the Myanmar authorities to restore their citizenship, and receiving the refugees currently living in camps in Bangladesh, APHR said on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASEAN should also help to hold the perpetrators of atrocities against the Rohingya people accountable, especially now that the army that launched the genocidal military operations against them in 2016 and 2017 has thrown Myanmar into chaos since staging an illegal coup d’état on February 1, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“ASEAN and the international community at large have stood idly for too long as the Rohingya tragedy unfolded over the years. Those countries who claim to defend human rights have a moral obligation to address the root causes of the human rights crisis afflicting the Rohingya, or these humanitarian tragedies will only repeat again and again. ASEAN member states, as well as their partners in the region and beyond, must ensure that Myanmar restore the rights of the Rohingya people, end all discriminatory practices and holds those responsible for crimes against humanity to account,” said Kasit Piromya, APHR Board Member and former Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 07:03:20', '2022-12-20 07:03:20'),
(3887, 3887, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands of fans lined up in the middle of the night to try to get a glimpse of the Argentina soccer team that won one of the greatest World Cup finals of all time ahead what is scheduled to be a day of celebrations in Buenos Aires.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of the team, led by captain Lionel Messi, were all smiles as they descended from the plane in Ezeiza, right outside Argentina’s capital, shortly before 3 a.m. Tuesday onto a red carpet that had been rolled out for the squad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi was the first player from the plane carrying the World Cup, flanked by coach Lionel Scaloni, who put his arm around the captain as they walked past a sign that read, “Thank you, champions.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The players were welcomed by rock band La Mosca singing “Muchachos,” a song that was written by a fan to the tune of an old song by the band and became a popular unofficial anthem for Argentine fans at the World Cup in Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newly crowned champions of the world boarded an open top bus and several, including Messi, could be seen singing the words to “Muchachos” while they waited for everyone to get on heading to the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bus moved at a snail’s pace as fans, many of whom were waving Argentine flags, swarmed the bus on a highway, eager for a glimpse of the players as law enforcement officers tried to keep them at bay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The players will sleep at AFA headquarters for a few hours before boarding the bus later Tuesday that will take them to the Obelisk, the iconic Buenos Aires landmark that was a sea of people Sunday afternoon after the team won the country’s third World Cup, and its first since 1986.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Alberto Fernández declared a national holiday Tuesday so the country could celebrate the victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The day after the streets of Argentina turned into massive parties following the Sunday victory, many kept a close eye on the flight that brought the players home to celebrate. As the plane got closer to Argentine soil, almost 200,000 people were tracking its path online and news channels gave live coverage of the arrival.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, people started arriving at the airport and outside the AFA headquarters in hopes of getting a glimpse of the team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many were also already at the Obelisk, seemingly ready to spend the night there to ensure a prime spot for Tuesday’s festivities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several players posted photos of the plane ride on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi held the World Cup on the plane. Nicolás Tagliafico, meanwhile, posted a photo of the World Cup buckled into an airplane seat as if it were just another passenger.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of early Tuesday morning there were no official plans for Fernández, or any other political leaders, to take part in the celebrations despite earlier rumors that the players would go to Government House, which was offered up for the celebrations, according to Security Minister Aníbal Fernández.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Cup and the success of the Messi-led squad has brought much-needed good news for a country that has been stuck in economic doldrums for years, is suffering one of the world’s highest inflation rates and where almost four-in-10 people live in poverty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fernández retweeted several messages of congratulations for the World Cup victory from other world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Thank you for this greeting President Putin,” Fernández wrote on Twitter after a telephone call with the Russian leader. “Let the happiness that today unites Argentina with so many countries in the world serve as an example: Our societies need unity and peace.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 07:30:10', '2022-12-20 07:30:10'),
(3888, 3888, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government started administering the fourth dose (second booster) of Covid-19 vaccine today.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Dr Ahmedul Kabir, additional director general (ADG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), inaugurated the campaign at 9:30 am at Kurmitola General Hospital in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has taken the initiative to administer a fourth dose against Covid-19 as the antibody from the vaccine doesn\'t last long, said Ahmedul Kabir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Our aim is to vaccinate 80 lakh people in five categories at the moment though four crore people are eligible to receive the fourth dose in the country. Already 460 people have received the fourth dose on a trial basis,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The priority will be given to frontline workers and pregnant women, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Shamshul Haque, DGHS director of the vaccine campaign, said 15 crore people got the first dose, 12 crore the second dose, and 6.5 crore the third dose of vaccine against Covid-19.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Still there are 1.33 lakh doses of vaccine in stock and will bring more after administering those. There are 11.5 crore people aged above 18 years and all will get vaccinated with the second booster dose in phases,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to an earlier announcement, the fourth dose will be given at seven centers in the beginning. One hundred people will be vaccinated at each designated centre and they will be kept under observation for two weeks, said the ADG. All citizens having health risks will be vaccinated with the second booster dose from January 1 next year. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 07:56:13', '2022-12-20 07:56:13'),
(3889, 3889, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday criticized the BNP\'s 27-point plan for ‘Structural Reform of the State,’ terming it as ‘ridiculous’.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He made the remarks at the food sub-committee meeting marking the 22nd National Council of Bangladesh Awami League at party president’s Dhanmondi political office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"If they (BNP) come to power the reform proposal will be implemented, otherwise, it will be washed away,” said Qauder, also the AL general secretary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"BNP took the country on the brink of destruction. Bangladesh is prosperous today because of Sheikh Hasina\'s determination. BNP destroyed democracy and the spirit of the Liberation War,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“How those will reform who had destroyed the country? This is a kind of&nbsp; stunt which is ridiculous. BNP is the maestro of falsehood.&nbsp; Nobody believes them,” Quader added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that people still believe that Bangladesh will move forward under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina.&nbsp; “It has been proved that BNP is sponsor of terrorism and&nbsp; militancy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP on Monday announced a 27-point outline of ‘Structural Reform of the State’ — proposing radical changes to the state system including balancing the executive powers of the president, prime minister and the Cabinet, and introduction of the upper house of legislature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outline of the ‘Structural Reform of the State’ has been prepared in line with the late president and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman\'s 19 points and BNP\'s \'Vision-2030\' declared by its chairperson Khaleda Zia. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 08:58:08', '2022-12-20 08:58:08');
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(3890, 3890, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina\'s World Cup winners led by captain Lionel Messi returned home from Qatar in the early hours of Tuesday morning ahead of a welcome home party in the nation\'s capital.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Having beaten France in Sunday\'s thrilling final, the players will now spend the night at the Argentine Football Association (AFA) training complex near the Ezeiza airport where they arrived in Buenos Aires and where thousands of supporters were waiting to greet them.</div><div><br></div><div>They will then begin a tour of the Buenos Aires city center from midday on Tuesday with millions expected out in the streets on what is a public holiday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Crowned with glory,\" read a banner on a newspaper kiosk in Buenos Aires on Monday, while Clarin and La Prensa dailies both sent a huge \"Thank you\" to Messi and his team-mates for winning the country\'s third world title, and first in 36 years.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina won the final in Qatar 4-2 on penalties after a rollercoaster 3-3 draw over 120 minutes of unparallelled drama.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi, who scored twice in the final, was the first player to emerge from the plane, holding the World Cup aloft, with coach Lionel Scaloni right behind him.</div><div><br></div><div>Forward Julian Alvarez, a revelation in Qatar with his four goals, was one of the next players to emerge.</div><div><br></div><div>A picture of Messi was emblazoned on the plane\'s tail with the words: \"one team, one country, one dream\" on its side.</div><div><br></div><div>The players made their way from the plane along a red carpet straight to an open top bus as their World Cup theme song \"Muchachos\" by ska band La Mosca blared out.</div><div>- \'Better than 86\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Excitement had been brewing since the party that began after Sunday\'s final ahead of the players\' arrival.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m going to greet them at the airport. Now that they have been crowned we have to greet them and thank them,\" Jose Luis Quinoga, 56, told AFP at the Obelisk memorial in central Buenos Aires, where the night before more than a million people celebrated.</div><div><br></div><div>A private reception at a VIP suite in the airport had been arranged to greet the returning players and the AFA said they will celebrate with fans at the Obelisk on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I will leave work and the first thing I will do is come here,\" Julieta Rosel, 23, told AFP at the monument.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi finally crowned his record-breaking career with football\'s biggest prize as he produced one of the greatest World Cup final performances, scoring a first-half penalty and netting again in extra time.</div><div><br></div><div>In doing so he emulated his predecessor as Argentina\'s idol, Diego Maradona who inspired the country to their second world title with a series of match-winning displays at Mexico 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I remember \'86 but this victory yesterday was much more emotional and much more stressful,\" architect Ricardo Grunfeld, 65, told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I don\'t know if there\'s any difference with \'86 but this comes at a good time,\" added Zulema Guereri, 80.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina had led 2-0 with 10 minutes of normal time left and 3-2 with only two minutes of extra-time to go but Kylian Mbappe completed only the second World Cup final hat-trick in history to take the gripping final to penalties, before Gonzalo Montiel swept home the decisive spot kick.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the huge numbers of revelers during Sunday\'s festivities \"people acted in a very positive way,\" a spokesperson for the municipality said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fewer than 20 people were arrested for isolated incidents of violence or theft.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'It warms the heart\' -</div><div><br></div><div>France\'s beaten players were given a rousing reception by fans in central Paris on Monday after their return from Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>They appeared on the balcony of the Crillon Hotel overlooking the Place de la Concorde.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Frankly, it\'s magnificent, it warms the heart, it\'s a great pleasure to see that we were able to make so many French people proud and happy,\" forward Marcus Thuram told TF1 TV.</div><div><br></div><div>They landed at Paris\'s Charles de Gaulle airport just before 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) where a caravan of coaches took them straight to the center of Paris.</div><div><br></div><div>Goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris told TF1 that it was a chance to \"greet them (the fans), to thank them for their support and, after yesterday\'s pain, to seek their consolation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The captivating final rounded off one of the most controversial World Cups in history.</div><div><br></div><div>Qatari organisers faced persistent questions about the country\'s treatment of migrant workers and its laws on homosexuality.</div><div><br></div><div>Football\'s world governing body FIFA said the cumulative stadium attendance was 3.4 million spectators and that more than one million visitors travelled to Qatar to watch the matches. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 09:50:40', '2022-12-20 09:50:40'),
(3891, 3891, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have settled their acrimonious defamation case, they said Monday, with the actress agreeing to pay her former husband $1 million over claims he physically abused her.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a post on Instagram, Heard said she was dropping an appeal against the $10 million payout she had been ordered to make by a jury because she \"simply cannot go through\" another trial.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After a great deal of deliberation I have made a very difficult decision to settle the defamation case,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I make this decision having lost faith in the American legal system, where my unprotected testimony served as entertainment and social media fodder,\" the 36-year-old said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Now I finally have an opportunity to emancipate myself from something I attempted to leave over six years ago and on terms I can agree to,\" she said. \"I have made no admission. This is not an act of concession.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In a legal battle involving suits and countersuits, a Virginia jury found Depp and Heard both liable for defamation -- but sided more strongly with the \"Pirates of the Carribean\" star following an intense six-week trial riding on bitterly contested allegations of domestic abuse.</div><div><br></div><div>The jury awarded $10.35 million in damages to Depp, and $2 million to Heard.</div><div><br></div><div>Lawyers for 59-year-old Depp on Monday hailed the settlement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are pleased to formally close the door on this painful chapter for Mr. Depp, who made clear throughout this process that his priority was about bringing the truth to light,\" attorneys Benjamin Chew and Camille Vasquez said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The jury\'s unanimous decision and the resulting judgement in Mr. Depp\'s favor against Ms. Heard remain fully in place.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The payment of $1 million -- which Mr. Depp is pledging and will (actually) donate to charities -- reinforces Ms. Heard\'s acknowledgement of the conclusion of the legal system\'s rigorous pursuit for justice.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Defended my truth\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Depp sued Heard over an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in December 2018 in which she described herself as a \"public figure representing domestic abuse.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Texas-born Heard did not name Depp in the piece, but he sued her for implying he was a domestic abuser and sought $50 million in damages.</div><div><br></div><div>Heard countersued for $100 million, saying she was defamed by statements made by Depp\'s lawyer, Adam Waldman, who told the Daily Mail her abuse claims were a \"hoax.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The case, livestreamed to millions, featured lurid and intimate details about the Hollywood celebrities\' private lives.</div><div><br></div><div>Heard\'s lawyers said following the trial that the actress did not have the resources to pay Depp the $10 million in damages.</div><div><br></div><div>In her Instagram post, Heard said she \"defended my truth and in doing so my life as I knew it was destroyed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The vilification I have faced on social media is an amplified version of the ways in which women are revictimised when they come forward,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I was exposed to a type of humiliation that I simply cannot relive.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Even if my US appeal is successful, the best outcome would be a retrial where a new jury would have to consider the evidence again,\" she said. \"I simply cannot go through that for a third time.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Entertainment outlet Variety said Heard had initially made claims of domestic abuse in 2016 during her divorce from the \"Edward Scissorhands\" star.</div><div><br></div><div>In a settlement she was granted $7 million and the issue was shelved, with the couple signing non-disparagement and non-disclosure agreements. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 10:12:13', '2022-12-20 10:12:13'),
(3892, 3892, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Education Minister Dipu Moni on Tuesday said, \"New curriculum will be introduced for primary, secondary and higher secondary level students from next year.\"</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The government formulated the new curriculum&nbsp; keeping in mind the labour market&nbsp; at home and abroad. Education from primary to higher secondary level will see a major transformation. As per the plan, the new curriculum will be introduced next year,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The education minister revealed these information while speaking at a discussion marking the Victory Dayat Anima Chowdhury Auditorium in Natore district town.</div><div><br></div><div>Textbooks will be handed over to the students in the new year amid all obstacles, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 10:51:48', '2022-12-20 10:51:48'),
(3893, 3893, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The new look of banknotes featuring the image of King Charles has been unveiled by the Bank of England.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The portrait will be the only change to existing designs of £5, £10, £20 and £50 notes and will start to enter circulation from mid-2024.</div><div><br></div><div>New notes will feature the King\'s portrait on the front and in the see-through security window.</div><div><br></div><div>Existing notes will still be accepted in shops after the new notes begin to circulate.</div><div><br></div><div>Queen Elizabeth was the first and only monarch to appear on circulating Bank of England banknotes, starting in 1960. Notes issued by Scottish and Northern Irish banks do not depict the monarch.</div><div><br></div><div>There are about 4.5 billion individual Bank of England notes worth about £80bn in circulation at present.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bank of England said that, following guidance from the Royal household, the new notes would only be printed to replace worn notes or to meet increased demand, in order to minimise the environmental and financial impact of the change.</div><div><br></div><div>Bank of England governor, Andrew Bailey, said he was \"proud\" of a \"significant moment\" with the new design.</div><div><br></div><div>Fifty pence coins bearing the image of King Charles III have already entered circulation via post offices across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>An estimated 4.9 million of the new coins are being distributed to post offices - about half of the total number earmarked for circulation - to be given in change to customers.</div><div><br></div><div>Coins carrying the image of the late Queen will still be accepted in shops, in the same way as banknotes.</div><div><br></div><div>For anyone taking part in a family Christmas quiz this year, it is worth remembering that, in ascending order, the reverse side of current polymer Bank of England banknotes feature Sir Winston Churchill, Jane Austen, JMW Turner and Alan Turing.</div><div><br></div><div>Cash use has become far less frequent when compared to debit cards, owing primarily to the use of contactless payments and then accelerated by the Covid pandemic. The buying power of specific coins and banknotes have also been diluted by rising prices.</div><div><br></div><div>However, there is still keen interest from consumers and collectors about the images used on cash.</div><div><br></div><div>Collectors will be particularly excited to get their hands on the lowest serial numbers of the new King Charles banknotes when they appear. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 11:05:15', '2022-12-20 11:05:15'),
(3894, 3894, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foodpanda has won this national Digital Bangladesh Award in the institutional category for its contribution in facilitating the digital transformation of the country and enabling income opportunities for thousands of youths.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The award was handed over to Syeda Ambareen Reza, Co-founder and MD and Zubair B A Siddiky, Co-founder and CEO of foodpanda Bangladesh by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently at “Digital Bangladesh Award 2022” event at BICC, which was well attended by ministers, parliament members, senior secretaries and industry leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>The event was chaired by State Minister of Information and Communication Technology Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak.</div><div><br></div><div>The e-commerce company started its journey in Bangladesh in 2013 and has been successful in creating a strong digital ecosystem with many stakeholders. Foodpanda is the leading marketplace that connects restaurants and shops with customers and delivery partners. It enables SME and large restaurant partners, shops and home chefs to have a digital footprint without the risks of high investments, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>The restaurant industry has flourished in the last seven years, bolstered by the marketplace that the platform has cultivated. Customers are benefited by having food, groceries, medicine and more delivered right to their doorsteps within 30 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Freelance rider partners are presented with an opportunity to earn a livelihood in a flexible way along with access to key benefits such as insurance, training, loan and online education.</div><div><br></div><div>With a presence in 64 districts across the country, foodpanda has expanded business units and created over one million direct and indirect earning opportunities in the tech-based delivery ecosystem.</div><div><br></div><div>Alongside, foodpanda, over the years, has also taken numerous initiatives to foster the growth of women entrepreneurs. The Homechef program has more than 3000 home chefs currently active on the platform, of which 70 percent are women.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Beside working on seven SDG goals, the platform has taken many initiatives to minimize food wastage in partnership with several NGOs including Bidyanondo Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambareen Reza, Co-founder and MD and Zubair B A Siddiky, Co-founder and CEO of foodpanda Bangladesh thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak, and the organizers for recognising the company’s efforts to facilitate digital inclusion and empowering the youth and SMEs.</div><div><br></div><div>Upon winning the award, Co-founder and CEO, Zubair B A Siddiky said, “Foodpanda is at the forefront of building a digital ecosystem. We are committed to continue our contributions in building a digitally inclusive Bangladesh while empowering the youth with income opportunities and supporting the digitization of restaurants, shops, SMEs and home chefs with a marketplace to access millions of customers. I believe this industry holds immense possibility to become a significant part of the country’s continuous economic growth and build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041.” - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 13:24:11', '2022-12-20 13:24:11'),
(3895, 3895, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chairman of the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) Prof Md Farhadul Islam hoped that free textbooks will be reached to all the students across the country through the book festival on January 1, 2023.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Like previous years, all the students across the country will get their textbooks through the textbook festival on January 1, 2023,\" he told to reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of the government\'s efforts of reaching new books to the students on the first day of the New Year, the distribution of free textbooks will start at the beginning of New Year across the country including the capital, he informed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Already about 70 percent of our secondary and 50 percent of primary textbooks have been prepared. About 80 percent of the prepared textbooks have been supplied to the field level,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He further added that books are being reached to different parts of the country every day.</div><div><br></div><div>By December 31 next, about 80 percent of the textbooks will reach the field level, he said, adding that the remaining textbooks are expected to reach all educational institutions across the country by January 15.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 33 crore 48 lakh 77 thousand and 833 textbooks are expected to be distributed at primary and secondary levels across the country, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Of those books, a total of 9 crore 66 lakh 7 thousand and 245 books will be distributed to primary (including pre-primary to minority and ethnic groups) and 23 crore 82 lakh 70 thousand and 588 books to secondary students, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Till December 19, around 14 crore 41 lakh secondary level books have reached the field level and about 17 crore books have been prepared, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, printing and binding of 5 crore 19 lakh primary books have been completed, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Of those, 3 crore 57 lakh books have been supplied to various educational institutions of the country, he said, adding that the remaining books will be distributed to the school level soon. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 13:43:10', '2022-12-20 13:43:10'),
(3896, 3896, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">United States- UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday he was pessimistic that Russia\'s war in Ukraine would end soon but he hoped it would be over by the end of next year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the immediate future,\" he told reporters during his annual end-of-year press conference in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>It is ten months since Russia invaded its neighbor in late February.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, Russia launched a swarm of attack drones at critical infrastructure in Kyiv as the war showed no signs of relenting.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I do believe that the military confrontation will go on,\" the United Nations secretary-general said at the world body\'s headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think we will have still to wait (for) a moment in which serious negotiations for peace will be possible. I don\'t see them in the immediate horizon,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>After several rounds of peace talks between delegations early in the conflict, negotiations quickly stalled.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine has said Russia would need to completely remove its forces for talks to take place.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, a top Ukrainian official said any discussions not based on Ukraine\'s internationally recognized borders are \"not acceptable.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Guterres said he \"strongly\" hoped that peace could be reached in 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>He cited \"the consequences\" for Ukraine\'s people, Russian society and the global economy, which is battling high food and energy prices as a result of the war, if a deal is not found.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All these are reasons for us to do everything possible to make a peace solution happen before the end of 2023,\" Guterres said.</div><div><br></div><div>Over the course of an hour, Guterres answered questions on a host of subjects, including on peace in the Middle East, North Korean missiles and the dire situation in Mali, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He described the Iranian regime\'s crackdown of women-led protests as \"totally unacceptable.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are witnessing massive violations of human rights that we strongly condemn,\" Guterres said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 13:47:05', '2022-12-20 13:47:05'),
(3897, 3897, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is working to transform the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) into a world standard force to protect the frontiers with modern technologies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We adopted the \'Border Guard Bangladesh Vision-2041\' to turn it into a world standard and modern force,\" she said joining a function to mark the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2022 at Bir Uttam Anwar Hossain Parade Ground at Pilkhana.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier appreciated BGB performance in discharging their duties with dedication and professionalism in ensuring security to the borders.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;She also praised the BGB personnel in checking smuggling of contraband goods and drugs, women and children trafficking, cross-border crimes and ensuring security of the lives and property of the frontier people.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina noted as well BGB role in maintaining security and safety at Rohingya camps in Cox\'s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You\'re playing the role appropriately. But, you have to be more active to ensure a peaceful border,\" she said adding her government was implementing huge development works to enhance BGB\'s capacity as part of its reconstruction plan.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;On her arrival at the BGB headquarters she was ceremoniously received, given an honour guard while she witnessed a march-past and inspected the guard.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"The BGB (by now) has been turned into an efficient, powerful, modern and three-dimensional force. It is now capable of conducting operations in water, road and airways,\" the premier said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said the reconstruction ensured a balance in BGB\'s organisational formation with creation of new units, sectors and regions to secure effectively the frontiers, stop border crimes and protect the lives and property of residents in bordering areas.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;Smart Digital Surveillance and Tactical Response Team was set up to ensure foolproof security to the frontiers and stop cross border crimes which has enhanced its operational strength, she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister said they have initiated recruitment of 15000 more manpower in the BGB while as many as 34,361 were employed in the force for military purpose and 3344 for non-military purpose from 2009 to 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>She added that 922 women were also recruited in the BGB from 2015.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sheikh Hasina said her government has taken a plan to construct a 1036 kilometres border road to ensure socio-economic advancement of the hard-to-reach frontier areas.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said the 227-year old paramilitary force had played a glorious role in 1971 Liberation War and its 817 personnel among 12,000 made supreme sacrifice by actively participating in the war.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"Two of them were adorned with Bir Shreshtha Award, 8 with Bir Uttam, 32 with Bir Bikram and 77 with Bir Protik. No other organisation might get such a huge number of gallantry awards for their glorious contribution to the Liberation War,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister said Subedar Major Shawkat Ali and three other members of the then EPR (now BGB) spread everywhere the declaration of the country\'s independence made by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>They were later captured by the Pakistani occupation forces and were inhumanly tortured to death, she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I am recalling them with due respect,\" she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She expressed her satisfaction over writing Bangladesh/U in 14,500 different types of border pillars removing Pakistani signs.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said her government is working to transform the country into a developed, prosperous and \'Smart Bangladesh\' free from hunger and poverty by 2041 as envisioned by the Father of the Nation maintaining the status of a developing nation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"You all in unison have to work with sincerity for the development of Bangladesh,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Every people of Smart Bangladesh will use the e-digital system as the country has launched Bangabandhu Satellite-1 and ensured a broad band across the country, she continued.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We want to advance in every sector by using modern technology to cope with the world,\" she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister reiterated her call to bring every inch of fallow lands under cultivation to grow more food as Bangladesh doesn\'t need to seek help from anyone and it never faces food crisis due to the Coronavirus and Russia-Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;She asked the BGB personnel to maintain discipline and command chain saying it was of extra crucial importance for any disciplined force.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"Keep one thing in mind. Never breach the discipline and carry out your duties accordingly. Maintain the chain of command,\" she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;She described the 2009 incident in the paramilitary force as very unfortunate.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"An unfortunate incident took place (in the then BDR) in 2009, within only 52 days of the formation of our government. The entire nation doesn\'t want repeat of such incident,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The premier recalled those who were killed at that gruesome incident and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls and conveyed deep sympathy to their bereaved families.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;On her arrival at the BGB headquarters, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Senior Secretary of the Public Security Division Md. Aminul Islam Khan and Director General of the BGB, Major General Shakil Ahmed, received the premier.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>At the outset of the programme, the prime minister reviewed the parade riding on an open jeep accompanied by the BGB DG and escorted by the parade commander.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She later witnessed the spectacular parade of the four contingents along with the national flag bearing party of the paramilitary force and took a state salute from the welcome dais.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister later distributed the BGB Medal, President BGB Medal, BGB Medal-Service, and President BGB Medal-Service for the year of 2022 among the selected BGB personnel for their operational and non-operational contribution, reports BSS</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She later joined a traditional interactive \"darbar\" of the BGB.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 13:56:06', '2022-12-20 13:56:06'),
(3898, 3898, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With another death reported from dengue in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 272 this year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 108 more patients, including 67 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The latest death was reported from Dhaka division, taking the death toll of the division to 170.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 580 dengue patients, including 331 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS has recorded 61,629 dengue cases and 60,777 recoveries so far this year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 14:30:36', '2022-12-20 14:30:36'),
(3899, 3899, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s cabinet of ministers have granted the issuance of investment, employment and resident visas to foreigners at the Colombo Port City, cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gunawardena told a press conference that the proposal was tabled by Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles.</div><div><br></div><div>Gunawardena said the Colombo Port City Economic Commission, which was established to regulate the port city, recommended the issuance of the above-mentioned visa types.</div><div><br></div><div>The introduction of these visas were vital for the operation and the success of the Port City, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka expects that the Port City will be a main driver of foreign investments to Sri Lanka in the coming years, Gunawardena said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Spanning 269 hectares of reclaimed land from the sea, the port city will comprise five different precincts including the Financial District, Central Park Living, Island Living, The Marina and the International Island. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 14:38:35', '2022-12-20 14:38:35'),
(3900, 3900, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tiger census by using camera trapping method in the Sundarbans will begins on January 1, 2023, five years after last tiger census.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Forest Department is expected to publish the census result in June 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the forest department, the census is being carried out by surveying the rivers and creeks and by looking for footprints of tigers.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 15, the Forest Department began creeks and rivers surveying in Sundarbans under the \'Sundarbans Tiger Conservation Project\', said Dr Abu Naser Mohsin Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Sundarbans West division, and Project Director (PD) of Tiger Conservation Project, to BSS today.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A total of 665 cameras will be installed in both East and West Sundarbans and each point will also get two cameras for census,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Tigers and other animals\' pictures will be captured through the cameras, he said, adding that forest experts will later analyse using advanced technology.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the latest 2018 survey, there are 114 tigers in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh, which was 106 in 2015, and 404 in 2004 survey. Currently, numbers of tigers may have increased, he said, quoting tourists observations who returned from Sundarbans recently.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Belayet Hossain, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East division, told BSS that survey and camera trappings will continue for the next three months. Later in November 2023, a similar survey will be conducted alongside capturing photographs. \"We will be able to announce the results by June 2024.\"</div><div><br></div><div>According to Forest Department, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change approved a project titled \'Sundarban Tiger Conservation Project\' on March 23 this year. The cost of the project was estimated at Tk 35 crore 93 lakh 80 thousand. The project period was set from April this year to March 2025. The project has two parts -- tiger census and tiger conservation.</div><div><br></div><div>The work was supposed to start from October this year. However, due to global economic recession, the project was late in securing funds. Later, in mid-October, the Planning Commission released Tk 3 crore 24 lakh 36 thousand for the tiger census as part of the project.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Forest Department, currently 3,840 tigers survive in nature in 13 countries of the world. - BSS</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 14:50:13', '2022-12-20 14:50:13'),
(3901, 3901, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">That amazing World Cup final between Argentina and France on Sunday at the Lusail Stadium in Doha that ended 3-3 before the South Americans won on penalties also featured two of the best goals of the tournament.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In fact Kyilan Mbappe\'s astounding volley from the edge of the box is also our&nbsp; favourite goal of the tournament, and it is arguably the best individual goal ever scored in a World Cup final. Thinking back on famous World Cup final goals, there\'s the one Brazil scored in 1970, with the captain Carlos Alberto finishing off a sweeping team move after being laid on by Pele. But nothing like the individual skill and execution it took, in that moment with so much riding on it, for Mbappe\'s second.</div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe is a player who seems to have made a habit of being mentioned in the same breath as Pele, ever since he broke through in Russia 2018 to become the first teenager since the great Brazilian to score in the knockout stages of the World Cup, including the final.</div><div><br></div><div>And we have his stupendous equaliser against Argentina on Sunday down as the best individual goal in a World Cup final since Pele\'s strike in 1958 against hosts Sweden, that Brazil won 5-2 to win their first World Cup. In that game, Brazil were already up 2-1 when Pele receives a ball in the box, outrageously flicks it over the defender marking him and volleys home.</div><div><br></div><div>So with Mbappe a clear number one, here are the other goals we really loved from this year\'s edition. In choosing them, we valued the moment, the importance of the goal in the overall context of the match as much as the execution, so you won\'t find goals like, say, the one South Korea scored at 4-0 down v Brazil on this list. They are in no particular order though.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Angel Di Maria in the Final: A rapier-like counterattack involving 5 players starting with right back Nahuel Molina, with only Lionel Messi in the middle of the move taking two touches. Everyone else takes just one touch, although Alexis MacAllister is involved at the start and then continues his run to provide the assist as well, that Di Maria sweeps home coming in from the left.</div><div><br></div><div>3. Aurelien Tchouameni (France) v England. THAT shot. The way he just hooked it dismissively into the corner of the net, giving the goalkeeper no chance. It was almost disdainful.</div><div><br></div><div>4. Enzo Fernandez (Argentina) v Mexico: The game (and Argentina\'s comeback in the tournament) wasn\'t in the bag yet despite Messi\'s opener, when the Young Player of the Tournament showed some neat footwork to create a bit of space before unleashing a superb shot beyond the keeper at the far post.</div><div><br></div><div>5. Neymar (Brazil) v Croatia: It\'s a couple of quick one-twos with Rodrygo and Paqueta that Neymar uses to get behind the defence, before rounding the keeper and finishing emphatically. Massive goal for Brazil in that moment, though ultimately futile. People talk about Richarlison\'s goal against Serbia, but frankly that\'s not such a great goal, because he takes the first touch inadvertently and then has to make up for it with that athletic finish. It\'s not all the shakes it created early on in the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>6. The Dutch free kick v Argentina, scored by Weghorst. To try that in that moment, literally the last kick of the game, and pull it off. Stunning.</div><div><br></div><div>7. Luis Chavez (Mexico) v Saudi Arabia. There weren\'t many direct freekicks scored in the tournament (in fact just two), but this was certainly the best. In the middle of a pulsating clash for qualification to the round of 16. It was timed by FIFA at 75mph. Unfortunately it didn\'t ultimately help them qualify.</div><div><br></div><div>8. Salem Al Dawsari (Saudi Arabia) v Argentina: Speaking of Saudi Arabia, how can we leave out Al Dawsari\'s winner against the eventual champions, the goal that very nearly upended the entire script? A screamer to decide a game that will go down as the mother of all upsets.</div><div><br></div><div>9. Gonçalo Ramos (Portugal) v Switzerland. The first strike in what was a sumptuous hattrick. How about that for announcing you can take on the mantle replacing the best footballer in your country\'s history! Some may have gripes about the keeper being beaten at his near post, but it was into the roof as well. Unstoppable.</div><div><br></div><div>10. Gavi (Spain) v Costa Rica: Okay it was at three or four-nil up and the game was already won, but it was only their first game, the teams were still announcing themselves, and that technique is to die for, the way Gavi just floats in and guides the volley home. Meant every bit of it.</div><div><br></div><div>There were 172 goals at this World Cup - the highest ever (don\'t be misled though, it\'s only since 1998 that we\'ve had as many matches with the expansion to 32 teams). It beat the 171 goals in France \'98. The 1954 version in Switzerland still has the most goals per game. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 15:52:32', '2022-12-20 15:52:32'),
(3902, 3902, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said energy security will be ensured by facing all challenges through honesty, integrity and dedication.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The energy sector has to deal with new challenges constantly. And it is necessary to address growing challenges through continuous coordinated and joint efforts,\" he said this while addressing as the chief guest at the annual performance, implementation, innovation and integrity award ceremony at his ministry conference room.</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister said that the power and energy sector is now in a better position from the fragile condition due to the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Team work, hard work and concentration lead to success in anything. And today\'s award will cheer up the hardworking and dedicated officers and employees. It will also help to develop competitive spirit among other officers,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Nasrul said that the Petrobangla, Hydrocarbon Unit and GSB were awarded in recognition of their efficiency in the implementation of the Annual Performance Agreement (APA) during the financial year 2021-22.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Nazmul Ahsan, former chairman of Petrobangla, received the Integrity Award. Deputy Secretary Shakil Ahmed received the Integrity Award from 2-9 grade, Administrative Officer Md Abdur Rahim Azad got the award from 10-16 grade and Office Assistant Begum Azizun Nahar from 17-20 grade received the award for the financial year 2021-22.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Limited (Bapex) and Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) received awards in the organization category for special contribution/innovation to the energy sector on the occasion of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman for the fiscal year 2021-22.</div><div><br></div><div>Senior Secretary of Energy Division Md Mahbub Hossain presided over the programme, while ABM Azad, chairman of Bapex was present. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 16:03:38', '2022-12-20 16:03:38'),
(3903, 3903, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Election commissioner (EC) Md Alamgir said the number of constituencies that will be voted on by electronic voting machines (EVM) will be known within January.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The decision will be made within the month of January regarding how many seats\' election will be held through EVM in the 12th national election,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>EC Alamgir said this to reporters at his office in the Agargaon election building in the capital on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said polling can be held in 70 seats with the current number of EVMs while how many more depends on the amount allocated in the budget.</div><div><br></div><div>The Election Commissioner also said that if sufficient budget is available by January, then the EVM voting will be held in 150 seats. But it will not be possible if the budget is received in February. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 16:22:55', '2022-12-20 16:22:55'),
(3904, 3904, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Tuesday said that there is “no reason to worry” about new US sanctions, and described Bangladesh, US ties as “very good”.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The US puts sanctions in thousands. These (sanctions) come one way and go another way. There is nothing to worry or panic about,” he told reporters when asked whether the government is concerned about new sanctions from the US.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen also said the US puts sanctions when they want to put pressure, and that there are examples of withdrawing those sanctions.</div><div><br></div><div>Citing multifaceted engagements between the two countries, the foreign minister said the US comes up with suggestions at times as there is cordial relationship between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The US embassy said they raised the December 14 incident in Dhaka’s Shaheenbagh area at the “highest levels” of Bangladesh government, as well as with the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Momen told on Monday, “The US ambassador (Peter Haas) is a bit panicked about his security. Our ambassador said there is no reason to get panicked.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-20 16:31:01', '2022-12-20 16:31:01');
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(3905, 3905, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Taliban have announced the closure of universities to women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It further restricts women\'s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One Kabul University student told the BBC she had been crying since she heard the news.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three months ago thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across Afghanistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But sweeping restrictions were imposed on the subjects they could study, with veterinary science, engineering, economics and agriculture off limits and journalism severely restricted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the Taliban takeover last year, universities introduced gender segregated classrooms and entrances.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Female students could only be taught by women professors or old men.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to the latest ban, a female university student told the BBC she thought the Taliban were scared of women and their power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They destroyed the only bridge that could connect me with my future,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"How can I react? I believed that I could study and change my future or bring the light to my life but they destroyed it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan\'s education sector was badly affected after the Taliban takeover and there has been an exodus of trained academics after the withdrawal of US-led forces last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another woman spoke about \"too many difficulties\" just trying to continue her education after the Taliban takeover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She told the BBC: \"We fought with our brothers, with our fathers, with society and even with the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We went through a hard situation just to be able to continue our education.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"At that time at least I was happy that I could graduate from university and achieve my dreams. But, now how can I convince myself?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan\'s economy has been largely dependent on foreign aid in recent decades, but aid agencies have partly - and in some cases fully - withdrawn support to the education sector after the Taliban refused to allow girls into secondary schools.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of the teaching staff who remain go unpaid for months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest measures are likely to cause further concerns in the international community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US and other Western countries have made improvements to female education in Afghanistan a prior condition for the formal recognition of the Taliban government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Deputy UN Ambassador Robert Wood condemned the Taliban\'s latest actions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Taliban cannot expect to be a legitimate member of the international community until they respect the rights of all Afghans,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Especially the human rights and fundamental freedom of women and girls.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In November, the authorities banned women from parks in the capital Kabul, claiming Islamic laws were not being followed there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Issue splits Taliban</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analysis by Yogita Limaye, BBC South Asia correspondent</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There has been speculation for over a month now that the Taliban government would ban university education for women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One female student predicted it a few weeks ago. \"One day we will wake up and they will say girls are banned from universities,\" she had said. And so while many Afghans might have expected that sooner or later this decision would be taken, it still comes as a shock.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month women were barred from parks, gyms and swimming pools. In March this year, the Taliban government did not deliver on its commitment to open secondary schools for girls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From conversations with Taliban leaders over the past year, it is evident that there is disagreement within the Taliban on the issue of girls\' education.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Off the record, some Taliban members have repeatedly said they are hopeful and working to try and ensure girls get an education.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Girls were allowed to sit for graduation exams for secondary schools two weeks ago, in 31 of Afghanistan\'s 34 provinces, even though they haven\'t been allowed to be in school for more than a year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That provided a glimmer of hope, which has now been extinguished. 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(3906, 3906, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky is planning to visit Washington on Wednesday and may meet US President Joe Biden, reports say.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would be his first foreign trip since the Russian invasion in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky could also address Congress, unnamed officials told US media. There is no official confirmation of the visit or the plans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A visit would be fraught with security concerns - meaning plans could likely change at short notice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a letter on Tuesday, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged members of Congress to be in attendance on Wednesday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Please be present for a very special focus on democracy,\" she wrote, without giving further details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky regularly hosts foreign leaders in the capital, Kyiv, and has visited troops around Ukraine. He made an unannounced visit to the front-line city of Bakhmut on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukrainian president has also spoken frequently to world leaders over the telephone and by video call - often from his office in Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But an unannounced visit to a foreign country would mark a first since the war began, and also signal the importance of Ukraine\'s relationship with the US which has played a leading role in providing military support.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of overall spending on direct military support since the start of the conflict, the US has committed $18.5bn (£15.1bn), far more than any other individual country (to 20 November).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Zelensky has appealed for more funding, and has said the monthly cost of defence for Ukraine was about $5bn (£4.1bn).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most recently, US media have reported that President Joe Biden\'s administration is considering supplying Ukraine with Patriot missiles that would enable the country to protect its vital infrastructure against Russian attacks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has been targeting Ukraine\'s energy sector, plunging millions into darkness in winter temperatures several degrees below freezing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, President Zelensky made an unannounced visit to the front-line city of Bakhmut, where Ukrainian and Russian forces have fought a fierce, months-long battle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He met troops and handed out awards to soldiers, the presidency said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visit was a significant show of defiance - and a demonstration of support for Ukrainian forces engaged in some of the fiercest battles in recent weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soldiers gave Mr Zelensky a Ukrainian flag with their names signed on it and asked him to give it to President Biden and the US Congress, in a moment that was captured on camera.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky\'s office has not officially commented on any imminent trip to the US.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded medals inside the Kremlin to figures involved in the Russian invasion. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-21 02:21:05', '2022-12-21 02:21:05'),
(3907, 3907, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A large swath of the U.S. braced for a dangerous mix of sub-zero temperatures, howling winds and blizzard conditions expected to disrupt plans for millions of holiday travelers.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast of frigid weather began hammering the Pacific Northwest Tuesday morning, and is expected to move to the northern Rockies, then grip the Plains in a deep-freeze and blanket the Midwest with heavy snowfall, forecasters say. By Friday, the arctic front is forecast to spread bone-chilling cold as far south as Florida.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities across the country are worried about the potential for power outages and warned people to take precautions to protect the elderly, the homeless and livestock — and, if possible, to postpone travel.</div><div><br></div><div>The northern-most regions of the U.S. could see wind chills approaching 70 degrees below zero (minus 57 Celsius) — cold enough to leave exposed skin frostbitten in a matter of minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Even warm-weather states are preparing for the worst. Texas officials are hoping to avoid a repeat of the February 2021 storm that left millions without power, some for several days. Temperatures were expected to dip to near freezing as far south as central Florida by the weekend.</div><div><br></div><div>The drop in temperatures will be precipitous. In Denver, the high on Wednesday will be around 50 degrees (10 degrees Celsius); by Thursday, it is forecast to plummet to around zero (minus 18 Celsius).</div><div><br></div><div>The heaviest snow is expected in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, according to the National Weather Service, and frigid wind will be fierce across the country’s mid-section.</div><div><br></div><div>“I would not be surprised if there are lots of delays due to wind and also a lot of delays due to the snow,” said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in College Park, Maryland.</div><div><br></div><div>The Northwest was already experiencing the effects by Tuesday. In Vancouver, Canada, authorities at the city’s YVR airport said the conditions have resulted in an “unprecedented number of cancelled flights,” adding that cancellations and delays “will persist for the majority of scheduled flights” and that de-icing operations will continue to be necessary. In Seattle, a combination of snow, rain and low visibility caused nearly 200 flight cancellations at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Greyhound cancelled bus service between Seattle and Spokane, Washington.</div><div><br></div><div>In Oregon, one person died Tuesday after a semi-truck collided with an SUV. Police said a thin layer of ice on the highway may have been a contributing factor.</div><div><br></div><div>Nearly 113 million Americans were expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday season, up 4% from last year but still short of the record 119 million in 2019, according to AAA. Most were planning to travel by car; around 6% were planning to fly.</div><div><br></div><div>Several inches of snow were expected from Chicago through the Great Lakes region by Friday. Snow also was forecast in the lower Midwest. With the storm approaching, Delta, American, United and Southwest airlines said they were waiving change fees for people traveling through affected airports.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Weather Service predicted wind-chill levels in Montana that could approach 60 degrees below zero (minus 51 Celsius) by Thursday morning. Almost impossibly, the forecast was even worse for parts of Wyoming. The 1,500-resident town of Lusk could see wind chills of 70 degrees below zero (minus 57 Celsius.)</div><div><br></div><div>“Please take precautions: Check on elderly/vulnerable, protect pets, shelter livestock, cover exposed skin!” the local branch of the National Weather Service said on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>Karina Jones’ family raises about 400 head of cattle in north-central Nebraska near Broken Bow, where wind chills as low as 50 below zero (minus 46 Celsius) are expected Thursday and Friday mornings. She said Nebraska cattle ranchers are “a hearty bunch,” but the bitter cold is rough.</div><div><br></div><div>Ranchers “lie awake at night praying that you did everything you could for your livestock,” Jones said.</div><div><br></div><div>In Kansas, where up to 4 inches of snow is expected to accompany wind chills dipping to 40 degrees below zero (minus 40 Celsius), Shawn Tiffany runs three feedlots with about 35,000 cattle combined. He’s worried about keeping 40 employees safe and warm.</div><div><br></div><div>“Every conversation I’ve had for the last four days has consisted of ‘Are you prepared and are you ready?’ Everybody is taking it very seriously,” Tiffany said.</div><div><br></div><div>In Texas, where the temperature is expected to drop to around 11 degrees (minus 12 Celsius), the state’s power grid will be put to the test once again.</div><div><br></div><div>A historic freeze in February 2021 led to one of the biggest power outages in U.S. history, knocking out electricity to 4 million customers in Texas and leading to hundreds of deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages the state’s power grid, said last week it expects to have sufficient generation to meet anticipated electricity demand during this week’s winter blast. The council said it has implemented reforms to increase reliability, including bringing more generation online sooner if needed and purchasing more reserve power.</div><div><br></div><div>But a report on the power grid that ERCOT published last month said that Texans could still face possible power outages this winter if an extreme storm prompted very high demand for electricity.</div><div><br></div><div>In Jackson, Mississippi, where dangerously cold weather is expected by the weekend, all eyes are on the capital city’s troubled water system. A cold snap in 2021 left tens of thousands of people without running water after pipes froze, and Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said Monday that the water distribution system remains a “huge vulnerability.”</div><div><br></div><div>The deep-freeze will be particularly dangerous for people without homes. Salt Lake City will make 95 additional shelter beds available after five died in recent days amid sub-freezing temperatures, Mayor Erin Mendenhall, a Democrat, said.</div><div><br></div><div>In Kansas City, Missouri, emergency shelters are opening for anyone needing warmth, food or safety. Organizers warn, though, that capacity is limited overnight.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re going to get in as many as we can,” said Karl Ploeger, chief development officer for City Union Mission, a Christian nonprofit.</div><div><br></div><div>If the shelters are over-capacity at night, the mission works with other organizations to try and find alternatives for people.</div><div><br></div><div>Northern Florida cities such as Tallahassee may see temperatures in the low 20s (minus 3 Celsius) on Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas nights. The forecast calls for temperatures to drop to near freezing as far south as Tampa. 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(3908, 3908, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Elon Musk has said he will resign as Twitter\'s chief executive officer when he finds someone \"foolish enough to take the job\".</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The billionaire promised earlier to abide by the result of a Twitter poll which saw 57.5% of users vote \"yes\" to him quitting the role.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says he will still run the software and servers teams after his replacement is found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Changes on the platform since his takeover have been much criticised.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since Mr Musk bought the social media site in October, he has fired about half of its staff and attempted a rollout of Twitter\'s paid-for verification feature before putting it on pause. The feature was relaunched last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civil liberties groups have also criticised his approach to content moderation, accusing him of taking steps that will increase hate speech and misinformation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, Mr Musk was condemned by the United Nations and European Union over Twitter\'s decision to suspend some journalists who cover the social media firm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN tweeted that media freedom was \"not a toy\", while the EU threatened Twitter with sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the first time the multibillionaire has responded to the poll launched on Sunday asking if he should resign. Finding someone to take over the social media platform may be a challenge, according to Mr Musk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"No one wants the job who can actually keep Twitter alive,\" he tweeted following the poll.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to a tweet saying Twitter Blue subscribers \"should be the only ones that can vote in policy related polls. We actually have skin in the game\", Mr Musk said: \"Good point, Twitter will make that change.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter\'s paid-for verification feature was rolled out for a second time last week after its launch was paused. The service costs $8 per month, or $11 for people using the Twitter app on Apple devices, and gives subscribers a \"blue tick\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously a blue tick was used as a badge of authenticity and was free. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-21 03:00:00', '2022-12-21 03:00:00'),
(3909, 3909, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has been collecting necessary information and data from two divisions and their associate bodies in the power and energy sector to make some policy decisions on power, gas and petroleum prices.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to official sources, the PMO will soon reconvene a recently postponed meeting to discuss the issues where dealing with a tough possible situation in the coming summer might top the agenda.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said that the PMO had convened a meeting on December 15 to discuss the overall situation in the power and energy sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But at the last moment, the meeting was postponed”, said a top official in the Power Division adding that a new principal secretary to the Prime Minister and also a new cabinet secretary took office on the day for which the meeting was postponed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We hope the suspended meeting will be called soon where the two top bureaucrats may attend”, he said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read: Dhaka seeks Riyadh\'s support to meet energy needs</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the issue of power tariff enhancement in the retail consumer level will get a top priority in the proposed meeting”, said a senior official of the largest organisation in the power sector, preferring not to be quoted because of its sensitivity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Power Cell director general Mohammad Hossain said that his organisation has also provided necessary data to the PMO and the Power Division as per their requirements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Official sources said the PMO is collecting data and information against the backdrop of the government’s plan to increase power tariff at retail consumer level to cover a huge flaw in the power sector’s revenue collection.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of the purchase of electricity from the private sector at higher rates and sell it to consumers at lower rates, the loss of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), state-owned principal organisation, was estimated to be Tk 48,000 crore in the current fiscal year 2022-23.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The officials said the recent hike of about 20 percent in bulk power tariff, effective from December 1, might reduce the loss by only Tk 5000 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To cover the remaining loss, all the six distribution companies were asked by the Power Division to submit their respective proposals to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read: Ensuring access to electricity at an affordable cost is govt’s prime goal: PM’s Energy Advisor</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They already submitted a proposal to the BERC to increase the retail power tariff by about 20 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the BERC needs to follow a public hearing to take any decision on the issue and the whole process needs about 90 days while the government is in urgent need to increase the retail power tariff.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In such a situation, the Cabinet on November28 approved an amendment to BERC Ordinance 2022 to empower the government to set fuel tariff on its own under special circumstances without waiting for the commission’s public hearing and decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now the BERC is in a dilemma whether it will move to hold a public hearing to adjust retail power tariff or the government on its own takes decision on retail power tariff enhancement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials said the PMO office wants to learn about the entire situation so that it can give an instruction to the Power Division to take the future decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The officials also said that a directive is also expected from the PMO meeting to tackle the situation in the next summer, which normally starts from February 15 with an extra load in power supply.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Normally an extra load of about 3000 MW in power supply is assumed to be coming from the agriculture irrigation sector in the coming summer, which may continue until May next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read: Cabinet approves amendment to let govt decide energy price without BERC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fasting month of Ramada, which will begin from the first week of April next year will also put another load of 3000 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But due to the primary fuel crisis, the government is under pressure to increase the power generation and a big deficit is apprehended in the coming year, officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All these issues are expected to be discussed in the PMO meeting where the State Minister and the PM’s energy advisor are likely to be present, they said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a meeting recently said that the government supplies electricity to everyone at subsidised prices though the production cost is much higher.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it will not be possible to provide electricity at lower prices considering the global recession, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The actual cost will have to be paid,\" she said, adding that the price of gas has increased in the international market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone, including businessmen in the country, will have to exercise austerity and will have to be ready to pay the money spent on the (increased) price of gas and transport cost. Otherwise, we will not be able to provide electricity. If you want (electricity), you will have to pay the real prices,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said costs of electricity, gas, water and fuel can be reduced by exercising austerity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently the country’s installed power generation capacity is over 25,000 MW while the generation was limited within 12,000 MW because of the primary fuel crisis. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-21 04:16:20', '2022-12-21 04:16:20'),
(3910, 3910, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A parade to celebrate the Argentine World Cup champions was abruptly cut short Tuesday as millions of people poured onto thoroughfares, highways and overpasses in a chaotic attempt to catch a glimpse of the national team that won one of the great World Cup finals of all time.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So many jubilant, flag-waving fans swarmed the capital that the players had to abandon the open-air bus transporting them to Buenos Aires and board helicopters for a capital flyover that the government billed as an aerial parade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The world champions are flying over the whole route on helicopters because it was impossible to continue by land due to the explosion of people’s happiness,” Gabriela Cerruti, the spokesperson for President Alberto Fernández, wrote on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After flying over key points of Buenos Aires where fans had gathered, the helicopters returned to the headquarters of the Argentine Football Association outside the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some fans continued celebrating in the streets, while others headed out of Buenos Aires with long faces, complaining they were unable to pay their respects to the team that brought home the country’s first World Cup trophy since 1986.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’re angry because the government didn’t organize this properly so we could all celebrate,” said Diego Benavídez, 25, who had been waiting since early morning to see the team. “They stole the World Cup from us.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others, however, took it in stride.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I’m not disappointed, we lived the party,” said Nicolás López, 33, who was in downtown Buenos Aires with his 7-year-old daughter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The parade was suspended shortly after two people jumped from a bridge onto the open-top bus carrying the players. One made it inside the bus, the other fell onto the pavement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Football association head Claudio Tapia blamed law enforcement for the changeup of plans. “The same security organisms that were escorting us are not allowing us to move forward,” Tapia wrote on social media. “I apologize in the name of all the champion players.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Toward nightfall, when most of the fans had already poured out of downtown Buenos Aires, there were isolated clashes between a few stragglers and law enforcemen. At least eight people were injured, according to local media reports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incidents began when firefighters went to the Obelisk, the iconic Buenos Aires landmark that is the traditional site of celebrations, to evict a few people who had broken their way inside the monument.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bus had been moving at a snail’s pace for more than four hours through the throngs of humanity before the overland parade was cut short. Team Captain Lionel Messi and the rest of the players waved at the massive crowd as they carried the World Cup trophy aloft after securing the country’s third title.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is madness, it’s indescribable,” said Brian Andreassi, 23, as he walked downtown wearing the team’s jersey. “There are no words.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Cup and the success of the Messi-led squad brought much-needed good news for a country stuck for years in economic doldrums and suffering one of the world’s highest inflation rates, with nearly 4-in-10 people living in poverty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There’s an immense union among all Argentines — unity, happiness. It’s as if you can breathe another air, there’s another energy in the air,” said Victoria Roldán. “My body and heart are about to burst.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Carrying a World Cup replica, the 32-year-old and her 36-year-old sister, Mariana, were eager to catch a glimpse of the team and in particular its captain, Messi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’re dying to see him,” Roldán said. “Seeing him with that immense smile, with those bright eyes filled with hope, it really fills our heart with joy and happiness. ... I think that Leo has deserved it for years, and this was his moment.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The players were all smiles as they watched the multitudes hostling to get as close as possible to the bus. An estimated 4 million people were in the streets by Tuesday afternoon, according to local media citing police sources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I celebrate the way the people took to the streets to honor our squad,” President Alberto Fernández wrote on social media after the parade was cut short.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Celebrating fans took over highways, avenues and the access routes into the capital as temperatures climbed to 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands had set up camp since early Tuesday morning at the Obelisk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine president declared a national holiday Tuesday so the country could celebrate the World Cup victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song “Muchachos,” which was written by a fan and became a popular unofficial anthem for the Argentine team at the World Cup, filled the streets as fans joined in singing it over and over again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some fans also paid tribute to Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, the captain of the 1986 squad that won the World Cup and who died two years ago, with flags bearing his name and face. “This is for Diego, who’s seeing it from heaven,” fans chanted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is a party. The last time Argentina was a champion I was 3 years old, I don’t remember anything,” said Yael Torchinsky, 39. “I want to live this intensely because the Argentine people need this happiness.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By mid-afternoon, fans started filling up Plaza de Mayo in front of Government House, amid rumors the players might go there for a reprise of the festivities for Argentina’s 1986 World Cup victory that were held there. Fernández’s administration had offered the palatial mansion, popularly known as the Casa Rosada, or Pink House, according to Security Minister Aníbal Fernández.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The raucous welcome for the team began before dawn as thousands of fans lined up upon their return from Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The players were beaming as they descended from their plane in Ezeiza, outside Argentina’s capital, shortly before 3 a.m. onto a red carpet. Messi was the first one out, carrying the World Cup trophy, flanked by coach Lionel Scaloni, who put his arm around the captain as they walked past a sign that read, “Thank you, champions.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team was welcomed by rock band La Mosca singing “Muchachos,” and several players, including Messi, could be seen singing the words as they boarded the bus taking them to the Argentine Football Association headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It took the bus an hour to travel the 11 kilometers (6.8 miles) from the airport to AFA headquarters, where the players were welcomed with fireworks, and then spent the night. In the morning, Messi posted a photo on social media showing him hugging the World Cup trophy next to him while he slept. 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(3911, 3911, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a touchstone idol weighing 301 kilograms from Phulbari upazila in the district on Tuesday afternoon.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals said workers found the idol while digging soil under a government project along Amra border in Kazihal union of the upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being informed, a team of the BGB-29 led by Commandant Lieutenant Colonel Alamgir Kabir rushed to the spot and recovered the idol, they said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BGB Officer Alamgir said the market price of the idol is around Tk 3 crore. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-21 04:25:16', '2022-12-21 05:19:20'),
(3912, 3912, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Tuesday said that they won’t force any party to take part in the upcoming national elections.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He made the remark while talking to journalists after a view-exchange meeting with higher officials of Barishal division, regional election officers and officers of the district election office at the conference room of district administration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We won’t force any party to participate in the election, we sent a letter to them (BNP) to take part in dialogue, they (BNP) have so far said they have no confidence in us, the government is also sincere on the participation of the BNP in the election,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">CEC Awal said they want to ensure a smooth atmosphere of holding a fair election so that voters can cast their votes freely.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said they would try to hold a fair, neutral and participatory election in association with the administration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Administrative officials assured us of carrying out their duties in line with the constitution as employees of the republic,” he said, adding that they want to hold the next election in coordination with the administration. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-21 04:33:16', '2022-12-21 04:33:16'),
(3913, 3913, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US lawmakers voted Tuesday to make public Donald Trump\'s tax returns, ending a years-long battle by the former president to keep the filings private as his cloudy financial past continues to stoke controversy.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Republican leader -- who is running for the White House again after losing the 2020 election -- broke with presidential tradition by refusing to release the records, triggering feverish speculation about what they might contain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee voted along party lines, 24-16, to release six years of the billionaire\'s filings -- one of its last actions before the reins are handed to the Republicans in January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democratic congressman Lloyd Doggett told CNN a summary report would be sent to the full House of Representatives with analysis from the US Congress Joint Committee on Taxation -- along with the raw returns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That may be delayed for a few days, only to permit time for redacting things like social security numbers... that kind of thing,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vote came after committee chairman Richard Neal won access to the documents, covering 2015-20, at the end of a protracted legal fight that went all the way to the Supreme Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This was not about being punitive, it was not about being malicious -- and there were no leaks from the committee,\" he said after the vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only a small, select group of lawmakers have seen the returns, which have been subject to privacy laws that made it a felony for anyone to leak details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law allows legislators with responsibility over taxation to examine the returns of any American taxpayer however.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump\'s finances have always been of immense interest to the US public, in part due to the lengths to which he has gone to keep them private, and also because of his lavish pre-White House lifestyle as a property mogul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The returns could show how much he has given to charity, if he has foreign business concerns or other conflicts of interest, and how his businesses were affected by his presidency and the pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Greed and cheating\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump\'s family business was convicted of tax fraud earlier this month, in a case Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said was \"about greed and cheating.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump himself was not charged but the company and a separate Trump family entity were convicted of running a 13-year scheme to defraud and evade taxes by falsifying business records.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New York Times published an investigation of Trump\'s finances in 2020 alleging that he paid little or no federal income tax for years before he came to power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Democrats jumped on the allegation, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying it showed \"Trump\'s disdain for America\'s working families.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump immediately dismissed the accusations as \"totally fake news.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ways and Means Committee Republicans had warned ahead of Tuesday\'s vote that releasing the returns could set a precedent eroding privacy for everyday Americans and enabling unwarranted investigations of political opponents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Democrats will open the door for partisans in Congress to have nearly unlimited power to target political enemies by obtaining and making public their private tax returns,\" the panel\'s top Republican Kevin Brady said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Republicans have argued that the Democrats\' stated purpose for examining the returns -- to aid a review of the Internal Revenue Service\'s methods for auditing presidents -- is disingenuous.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"While Democrats insist it\'s not political, their rush to release the returns through a hurried, botched process signifies that their motivations are indeed politicized,\" they said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every president from Richard Nixon to Trump\'s predecessor Barack Obama released their full tax returns to the public -- except Gerald Ford, who released a summary. 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