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(3390, 3390, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fire that broke out in a textile mill in Gazipur early Tuesday could not be extinguished till morning.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fire started around 12 am inside a cotton warehouse of Shamim Textile Mill at Bhabanipur area in sadar upazila, said Md Belal Hossain, warehouse inspector of Sreepur Fire Service.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Five fire fighting units from Sreepur, Joydebpur started a strenuous effort to bring the flames under control immediately after being informed, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until 10:40 am the flames could not be brought under completely, said the fire service official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No injury or casualty was reported but huge amount of cotton was gutted, said Inspector Belal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The origin of the fire can be determined after an investigation, he said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 06:23:34', '2022-11-29 06:23:34'),
(3391, 3391, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 22,30,219 tonnes of clean Boro rice (33,45,329 tonnes of paddy) from 5,07,050 hectares of land for Rangpur agriculture during the current Rabi season.&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The record Boro rice production target has been fixed to further enhance rice production in the wake of the global crises caused by the Russia-Ukraine War and Covid-19 pandemic for ensuring national food security with surplus output in the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said farmers produced 21,93,513 tonnes clean Boro rice (32,90,270 tonnes of paddy) from 5,05,235 hectares of land in all five districts of the region during the last 2021-2021 Rabi season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, farmers produced 21,56,000 tonnes of clean Boro rice (32.34 tonnes of paddy) from five lakh hectares of land in the region during the previous Rabi 2020-2021 season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Farmers are expected to bring more land under Boro rice farming this time as the government is providing special assistance to farmers,” Additional Director of DAE for Rangpur region Agriculturist Mohammad Shah Alam said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This season, farmers will produce 10,73,085 tonnes of hybrid variety Boro rice from 2,19,900 hectares of land, 11,54,663 tonnes of high yielding variety rice from 2,85,800 hectares and 2,471 tonnes of local variety Boro rice from 1,350 hectares of land.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Presently, farmers are busy with harvesting Aman rice and sowing seeds of Rabi crops like potato, maize, mustard and winter vegetables on their croplands alongside preparing seedbeds of early varieties of Boro rice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farmers will start preparing Boro rice seedbeds in full swing from the next week and begin transplantation of seedlings in the low-lying and riverine char areas from late-December to complete harvest the crop before the next rainy season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Meanwhile, transplantation of Boro rice seedlings will begin on the mainland from mid-January and continue till February next,” Alam said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farmers of all five districts of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat in the region are expected to engage their full efforts to make the intensive Boro rice programme a success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DAE, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Barind Multipurpose Development Authority, Rural Electrification Board and commercial banks have taken special steps to assist farmers in farming Boro rice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The authorities concerned will ensure smooth supply of quality seeds of Boro rice, fertilisers and power to farmers for smooth cultivation of Boro rice,” Alam added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, field level officials of the DAE have started extending assistance and latest technologies to farmers for successful Boro rice cultivation to enhance rice production aiming at ensuring food security despite the prevailing global crises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to BSS, Armanul Haque, Morshed Rahman, Narayan Chandra, Bakul Mian, Mohsin Ali and Liyakat Hossain of different villages in Rangpur said they are expecting to bring more land under Boro rice cultivation this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farmers Manik Mian of village Darshona village in Rangpur Sadar said he is planning to bring four acres of land under Boro rice cultivation this time after getting repeated bumper outputs in recent years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Independence Award 2018 Medal (food security) awardee Agriculturist Dr. Md. Abdul Mazid suggested farmers complete transplantation of Boro rice seedlings within February 15 to get maximum production. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 06:32:58', '2022-11-29 06:32:58'),
(3392, 3392, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 16-year old boy in Chandpur sadar upazila was stabbed to death on Monday night allegedly by his friend following an argument over Argentina’s match against Mexico in Qatar World Cup.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hasan, a student of class X and son of Helal Bepari from South Nanupur village.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The incident occurred around 7 pm in front of Amin Beprai’s house in the village, said police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mehedi was declared dead when he was taken to Chandpur Government General Hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“He had three stabbing injuries on his chest,\" said duty doctor Omar Faruq.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the help of locals, police detained accused Barkat, 20, and seized the knife he used for stabbing, said A Rashid, Officer-in-Charge of sadar model police station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mehedi’s father Helal said Barkat had beaten his son over a heated argument while watching the World Cup match on Sunday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“ Barkat called Mehedi from home today and severely stabbed him,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additional Superintendent of police (finance and crime) Sudipto Roy said according to locals they were friend and neighbours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“They had a fight over personal issues and the accused has confessed to stabbing Mehedi in primary questioning. More information can be known after investigation,” he said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 07:10:31', '2022-11-29 07:10:31'),
(3393, 3393, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Vitamin B12 deficiency can affect your body in many ways causing physical, mental and neurological issues. An essential vitamin to make red blood cells, nerve cells and DNA, Vitamin B12 is mostly found in animal products like meat, dairy and eggs.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People who are vegetarians or vegans can have Vitamin B12 fortified foods or supplements to meet the required Vitamin B12 levels considering the body doesn\'t make this important nutrient on its own. Elderly especially should get their Vitamin B12 levels checked considering they have higher risk of developing this deficiency.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Vitamin B12 deficiency is getting more prominent in today’s world because of many dietary changes that are taking place in our community where more people are getting away from dairy products and consuming strict vegetarian foods. This condition is seen more in Indian vegans who do not consume meat/fish/eggs/dairy products like cheese which are the major source of vitamin B12 in many surveys conducted,\" says Dr. Anil Kumar Anand Kustagi, Senior Consultant - Internal Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Bannerghatta Road.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also opens up on symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency and the illnesses one can develop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Symptoms of Vitamin B12 deficiency</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The symptoms are usually generalised weakness, shortness of breath, mouth ulcer, loose stools, pigmentation of fingers, forgetfulness, urinary irritation, getting frequently depressed, not able to concentrate on work and hair loss.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Cardiac diseases</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Many cardiac diseases like coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular diseases are seen when you are low on Vitamin B12 levels due to either non-absorption of these essential nutrition or not eating diet rich in Vitamin B12.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Neurological issues</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neurological disorders like weakness and decrease sensation of hands and feet, dementia, decreased taste, vision and urinary abnormalities are seen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Anaemia</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common causes of anaemia. Further tests need to be done and to find the exact cause.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Pregnancy issues</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All pregnant women should get levels of Vitamin B12 checked as the deficiency can cause foetal anomalies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Worm infection</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Helminthic infections may also decrease the absorption of vitamin B12 due to hyperoxia and increased gastric motility from diarrhoea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">How can Vitamin B12 deficiency be detected</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The malabsorption of the vitamin is the major cause of deficiency than inadequate intake as most of it is re-absorbed in the intestine. Tests like bone marrow examination, gastro-endoscopy and further blood tests will help to detect the cause Vitamin B12 deficiency,\" says Dr. Anil Kumar Anand Kustagi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Encouraging intake of dairy products particularly in vegetarians is important as it is the only source.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Restriction of alcohol intake is advised.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Getting Vitamin B12 levels checked in all vegans is recommended. If levels are low the individual has to be treated by medication in the form of injections and oral tablets. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 07:29:29', '2022-11-29 07:29:29'),
(3394, 3394, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Will Smith is making a comeback to the screen months after his controversial appearance at the 94th Academy Awards where he assaulted host Chris Rock on stage.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The actor was subsequently banned by the Academy even though he won Best Actor later that night. The fallout saw his popularity plummet sharply. Now, he is amounting a comeback but is unsure if people will accept him now.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Will’s new film Emancipation is the real life story of a slave named Gordon, known in popular culture as Whipped Peter. He was the subject of controversial photographs that documented the beatings and whippings he received over the course of his life. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The film was originally slated to release in May but was postponed in the aftermath of the Oscars slap controversy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In conversation with Fox 5, Will said about his comeback, “I completely understand — if someone is not ready, I would absolutely respect that and allow them their space to not be ready.” </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The controversy involved Oscars 2022 host Chris Rock making a joke about Will’s wife, actor Jada Pinkett Smith. Following this, Will walked up to the stage and slapped Chris on his face, angrily telling him to not joke about Jada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, he added that his hope is that his actions do not penalise the work of the entire crew of Emancipation. “My deepest concern is my team – Antoine has done what I think is the greatest work of his entire career.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The people on this team have done some of the best work of their entire careers, and my deepest hope is that my actions don’t penalize my team. At this point, that’s what I’m working for,” said Will.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emancipation will now release in theatres this Friday for a limited time before it begins streaming on Apple TV+ from December. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 07:51:27', '2022-11-29 07:51:27'),
(3395, 3395, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up a 1000 MW solar power plant in Bangladesh</b>.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcoming the initiative, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that the investment and technology of the ACWA will help Bangladesh achieve its clean energy goal of 2041.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hesaid Bangladesh has been supporting renewable energy in different ways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The government has been working in a coordinated manner to promote renewable energy. State-owned Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) is providing necessary technological support and consultations,” he said at the contract signing ceremony held at Biduyt Bhaban in the city on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nasrul Hamid said application of modern technology is essential to overcome the land-scarcity related problem.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We hope ACWA will bring that solution which will help achieve our goal for 2041,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BPDB Board secretary Mohammad Selim Reza and ACWA Power business development department’s executive director Ayad Al Amri signed the MoU on behalf of their respective sides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the non-binding MoU, the ACWA Power will provide technological and financial support while BPDB will extend its administrative support for the 1000 MW solar power project.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With BPDB chairman Md Mahbubur Rahman in the chair, the function was also addressed by power secretary Habuibur Rahman and Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Bangladesh Essa Bin Yousef Al Duhailan. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 08:08:35', '2022-11-29 08:08:35'),
(3396, 3396, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today had her eyes checked at the National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) and Hospital. Like every general patient, the PM had her check-up after purchasing a Tk 10 ticket.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister went to the national eye hospital at 8am. First, she went to the ground floor to purchase the Tk 10 ticket from the counter of the hospital in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that she went to the designated physician for her eye check-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director of National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital, Professor Dr. Golam Mustafa, welcomed the PM on her arrival.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While leaving the hospital, the PM exchanged greetings with nurses, patients and their relatives. She inquired about them and took photos with them on National Institute of Ophthalmology and Hospital premises. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 08:44:31', '2022-11-29 08:44:31'),
(3397, 3397, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Neymar has lauded Casemiro as \"the best midfielder in the world\" after the latter fired Brazil into the knockout rounds of the World Cup against Switzerland.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After sustaining an ankle injury in the Selecao\'s opening Group G match, the Paris Saint-Germain attacker was forced to watch his team\'s second match from their hotel.</div><div><br></div><div>In a cagey encounter, it was the Manchester United midfielder\'s late strike that earned Brazil a 1-0 win, and Neymar was succinctly effusive in his praise for his team-mate after the final whistle.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Casemiro has been the best midfielder in the world for a long time,\" the forward simply wrote on Twitter after the match.</div><div><br></div><div>Having left it late to seal victory - his 83rd-minute goal was the second-latest winner for Brazil in a World Cup match, after beating Costa Rica in 2018 - Casemiro\'s intervention proved crucial for Tite\'s side.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked by Stats Perform in his post-match press conference on whether he agreed with Neymar, Tite replied: \"As a habit, I always respect opinions, but do not comment on them.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But I will allow myself to do so today. I agree.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Explaining why he elected to play the 30-year-old in a deeper position, he added: \"Casemiro is a second midfielder, that’s what we saw happen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He works as a central player, he’s a surprise element from the back. If Casemiro is already high, it\'s easy to be marked, but when he comes from the back he can be a surprise.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Brazil wrap up their Group G campaign against Cameroon on December 2. Source: yahoo! sport</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 09:57:10', '2022-11-29 09:57:10'),
(3398, 3398, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court today set January 11 next for submitting probe report in a case lodged over the sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Preeti in the city\'s Shahjahanpur area.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Today was fixed for submitting the probe report, but the investigation officer of the case failed to submit the report, prompting Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury to fix the fresh date.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu, who was on his microbus destined for his home, was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital\'s Shahjahanpur area at the night of March 24 last.</div><div><br></div><div>Rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Preeti was also killed in the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu\'s wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed the case with Shahjahanpur Police station on March 25.</div><div><br></div><div>Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested main shooter Masum Mohammad alias Akash from Bogura. During primary interrogation, Masum admitted that he killed Tipu. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 10:09:42', '2022-11-29 10:09:42'),
(3399, 3399, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A 61-year-old man has been charged in the cold case killings of two women who were found dead in their Toronto homes within months of each other almost four decades ago, police said Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Police Chief James Ramer said Joseph George Sutherland, of Moosonee, Ontario, was arrested Thursday and charged with first-degree murder in the killings of Erin Gilmour and Susan Tice in 1983.</div><div><br></div><div>Both women had been sexually assaulted and stabbed to death, Ramer said. Although their bodies were discovered four months apart, detectives linked the deaths using DNA technology in 2000, and investigators suspected the same man in both cases, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Police said Gilmour was a 22-year-old aspiring fashion designer and Tice was a 45-year-old mother of four who held a master’s degree in social work and worked with disadvantaged children.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is a day that I and we’ve been waiting almost an entire lifetime for,” said Sean McCowan, Erin’s brother.</div><div><br></div><div>“It finally puts a name and a face to someone who for all of us had been a ghost.”</div><div><br></div><div>In 2019, genetic samples in the case were sent to a lab in Texas, where the results were cross-referenced with samples uploaded to Family Tree DNA, a Houston-based commercial genetic testing company, police said.</div><div><br></div><div>From there, detectives worked backwards, building a family tree of the suspect’s nearest common relatives, said Det. Sgt. Steve Smith. As they closed in on Sutherland, police served him with a warrant for his DNA to test directly against the samples recovered from the crime scenes.</div><div><br></div><div>Smith said the same lab had helped police in a different case, analyzing DNA samples to identify the man who likely killed 9-year-old Christine Jessop in 1984. Police said they would have charged that man with murder, but a lawyer for the Jessop family said he died by suicide in 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>Smith said Sutherland had not previously been a suspect or person of interest in the deaths of Gilmour and Tice, and that police would not have connected him without the DNA technology.</div><div><br></div><div>Toronto police said they will now investigate whether Sutherland is connected to any other unsolved cases from the past 39 years. Detectives are also reaching out to police services across the province where the man might have lived or visited, Smith said.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers with the Ontario Provincial Police arrested Sutherland without incident on Thursday in Moosonee. He is next set to appear in court on Dec. 9.</div><div>Smith said Sutherland was living in Toronto at the time of the deaths. He said there is a publication ban on the case and declined to release more details. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 10:23:20', '2022-11-29 10:23:20'),
(3400, 3400, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All regions of the world saw water extremes last year -- both floods and droughts -- and billions of people had insufficient freshwater, the United Nations said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Large areas of the planet recorded drier than normal conditions in 2021, the UN\'s World Meteorological Organization said in its first annual State of Global Water Resources report.</div><div><br></div><div>The report assesses the effects of changes in the climate, environment and society on the Earth\'s freshwater resources -- limited supplies that are under growing demand -- so they can be managed better.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The impacts of climate change are often felt through water -- more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and accelerated melting of glaciers -- with cascading effects on economies, ecosystems and all aspects of our daily lives,\" said WMO head Petteri Taalas.</div><div><br></div><div>\"And yet there is insufficient understanding of changes in the distribution, quantity and quality of freshwater resources.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Some 3.6 billion people face inadequate access to freshwater at least one month per year. That is forecast to rise to more than five billion by 2050, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Between 2001 and 2018, 74 percent of all natural disasters were water-related, according to UN studies.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2021, all regions saw devastating water extremes, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>There were record-breaking floods in western Europe and the Amazon, while water levels in rivers in Paraguay and southern Brazil dropped to an all-time low.</div><div><br></div><div>The report assessed streamflow -- the volume of water flowing through a river -- over a 30-year period.</div><div><br></div><div>Drops in water volumes were twice as widespread as rises.</div><div><br></div><div>Major river basins in the Americas and central Africa saw water volumes shrink. Rivers in northern India and southern Africa saw above average increases.</div><div><br></div><div>- Frozen resources -</div><div>Terrestrial water storage -- all water on the land surface and in the subsurface -- shrank more than it grew, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Negative hotspots included Patagonia, the Ganges and Indus headwaters, and the southwestern United States.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Some of the hotspots are exacerbated by (over-extraction) of groundwater for irrigation. The melting of snow and ice also has a significant impact in several areas, including Alaska, Patagonia and the Himalayas,\" the WMO said.</div><div><br></div><div>The world\'s biggest natural reservoir of freshwater is the cryosphere -- glaciers, snow cover, ice caps and permafrost -- and changes to this reservoir affect food production, health and the natural world, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 1.9 billion people live in areas where drinking water is supplied by glaciers and snow melt but these glaciers are melting increasingly fast, it stressed.</div><div><br></div><div>It urged authorities to speed up the introduction of drought and flood early warning systems to help reduce the impact of water extremes. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 11:18:11', '2022-11-29 11:18:11'),
(3401, 3401, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday has approved Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to use Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital instead of proposed Naya Paltan as the venue for its rally slated for 10 December under 26 conditions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a letter issued, DMP said staging the rally at Naya Paltan, opposite of BNP\'s party office, will create traffic jams and cause public to suffer.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Instead of the said place, permission has been granted to BNP to hold Dhaka divisional rally at Suhrawardy Udyan, Shahbagh, Dhaka from 12pm to 4:30pm on Saturday, 10 December, subject to the following conditions being duly observed,\" it said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>According to reports, the 26 conditions include getting permission from the proper authority of the venue, limiting activities within the venue; deploying a sufficient number of volunteers; installing CCTV cameras in Suhrawardy Udyan; installing metal detectors for checking the delegates and following health guidelines while conducting the rally.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP workers were also instructed not to set up loudspeakers and projectors outside of Suhrawardy Udyan; not to create gathering on roads adjacent to Sunhrawardy Udyan; not to broadcast any speech or display any content or caricature that may hurt religious sentiment and not to carry blunt instruments like sticks and rods under the guise of carrying festoons and banners.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>DMP in its list of conditions also prohibited the BNP from delivering instigating speech or distributing such leaflets and travelling to the venue in processions.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>People can come to assemble at the venue two hours before the start of the rally, said the DMP letter.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Senior Joint Secretary General of BNP, Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday said that the mass rally to be held on 10 December is a rally in the public interest and to restore the lost democracy.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 11:58:07', '2022-11-29 11:58:07'),
(3402, 3402, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina always works to serve the people of the country, not as a ruler, so AL activists must sincerely work for the nation.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Just wearing a Mujib coat doesn’t prove that you are a true soldier of Bangabandhu. To be a ‘Mujib’s soldier’, one must uphold his ideals,” Quader said while speaking as the chief guest at the tri-annual conference of Noakhali town and Sadar upazila unit of Awami League.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader joined the conference virtually from his official residence in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will counter misinformation from BNP’s Mirza Fakhrul with truth and constructive action,” the AL leader and minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the “killings of 21,000 AL leaders and activists by BNP,” Obaidul Quader said that during BNP’s last 5-year tenure, AL leaders and activists could not stay at home even for 50 days, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Regarding BNP’s recent countrywide movement, Quader told that they have no issues with peaceful protests, but if BNP “plays with fire and resorts to violence, we are prepared, and a fitting reply will be given to protect the lives and property of the people.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 14:33:56', '2022-11-29 14:33:56'),
(3403, 3403, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iranian security forces have killed at least 448 people in a crackdown on protests that began in mid-September, over half in ethnic minority regions, a rights group said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of the 448 people confirmed to have been killed, 60 were children aged under 18, including nine girls, and 29 women, the Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) group said.</div><div><br></div><div>It said 16 people were killed by security forces in the past week alone, of whom 12 were slain in Kurdish-populated areas where protests have been particularly intense.</div><div><br></div><div>The toll has also risen after the deaths of people killed in previous weeks were verified and included, it added. The toll only includes citizens killed in the crackdown and not members of the security forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Brigadier General Amirali Hajizadeh of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier Tuesday said more than 300 people had been killed, the first time the authorities have acknowledged such a figure.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN Rights Council last week voted to establish a high-level fact-finding mission to probe the crackdown in a move angrily rejected by Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>“[The] Islamic Republic authorities know full well that if they cooperate with the UN fact-finding mission, an even wider scale of their crimes will be revealed,” said IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.</div><div><br></div><div>“That’s why their non-cooperation is predictable,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The protests erupted after the September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian Mahsa Amini who had been arrested by the Tehran morality police and have become the biggest challenge to the regime since the 1979 revolution.</div><div><br></div><div>Amiry-Moghaddam said more than half the deaths were recorded in regions populated by the Sunni Baluch or Kurdish ethnic minorities, reports AFP</div><div><br></div><div>The most deaths were in the southeastern region Sistan-Baluchistan where 128 people were killed after protests which had a separate spark but have fed into the nationwide anger, IHR said.</div><div><br></div><div>After that the most deaths were recorded in the western Kurdish-populated Kurdistan and West Azerbaijan provinces where 53 and 51 people were killed respectively, it said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 15:17:52', '2022-11-29 15:17:52'),
(3404, 3404, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to media reports, as part of the investigation into the aggressive lending by Islami Bank to eight companies including Nabil Group, the Bangladesh Bank has asked the bank to suspend the disbursement of loans to them until further notice.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A central bank official confirmed the matter to the media that, \"A central bank team visited the bank and sought an explanation for these irregularities. Besides, the team is collecting related documents.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the Bangladesh Bank has not made any official comment regarding the major loan irregularities of Islami Bank. Even the regulator\'s spokesperson declined to comment on the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson GM Abul Kalam Azad said that a three-member team has been formed to probe into Islami Bank.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"They visited the bank for two days already. They will visit for four more days,\" he told.</div><div><br></div><div>There are recent incidents of taking loans of thousands of crores of taka from Islami Bank by ghost companies and fake addresses.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At least three such firms borrowed Tk900 crore each just the next month of company registration.</div><div><br></div><div>Another company, S.S Straight Line, obtained registration on 3 August from RJSC and applied to the VIP Road branch of Islami Bank for a loan on 23 August. The bank approved a loan of Tk900 crore on 18 September without collateral, as the loan documents show.</div><div><br></div><div>Marts Business was registered on 11 September and applied to the Farmgate branch of Islami Bank on 28 September for a loan of Tk900 crore. The bank approved the loan on 24 October without taking collateral, according to the loan documents.</div><div><br></div><div>Each of the three companies which have secured Tk2,700 crore in loans from Islami Bank has used fake office addresses, which clearly demonstrates that these are shell companies and the real beneficiaries of these loans are anonymous, and the loans were given for the same purposes, according to media reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 15:42:22', '2022-11-29 15:42:22'),
(3405, 3405, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Poland plans to charge Ukrainian refugees for food and housing after four months of staying in state accommodation, the government said on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>More than a million Ukrainian refugees made a temporary home in Poland, Ukraine’s western neighbour, after Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb 24, relying on the kindness of strangers who opened up their homes and government aid.</div><div><br></div><div>However, after an initial outpouring of public support for refugees, resources are drying up and refugees are having a harder time finding flats and getting support with Poland facing a cost-of-living crisis and budget strains.</div><div><br></div><div>“Citizens of Ukraine who stay in Poland in collective accommodation centres will participate in the costs of housing and meals,” the government said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Those staying in such accommodations, for example government-funded hotel rooms or school dormitories, longer than 120 days will have to cover 50% of the cost up to 40 zlotys (US$8.87) per day, per person.</div><div><br></div><div>After 180 days, it will be 75% of the cost, up to 60 zlotys. Those unable to work because of their age or disability will be excluded, as will pregnant women, according to the plan.</div><div><br></div><div>The government wants the new rules to apply from March 1, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>The bill will go to parliament where it is expected to pass comfortably. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 16:01:17', '2022-11-29 16:01:17'),
(3406, 3406, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina star Lionel Messi is football\'s answer to skiing great Alberto Tomba, Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking ahead of Poland\'s final World Cup group stage match against Argentina in Doha, Michniewicz said his side would need to surround Messi to stop him.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Messi on the pitch is like Alberto Tomba on the slope, he\'s able to avoid everyone like Tomba can get around everything,\" said Michniewicz.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So we need to put players around Messi because if he can get around (them) easily he will easily score.</div><div><br></div><div>\"One player cannot stop Messi, we must get players around him.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Even so, Michniewicz says that may not be enough.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The whole world has been thinking for years about how to stop Lionel Messi and he has made dozens of goals and assists,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I don\'t think we\'ll ever find the final answer to this question.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Poland have their own star striker in Robert Lewandowski, who is following in the Argentine\'s footsteps as the darling of Barcelona, where he has scored 18 goals in 19 games this season.</div><div><br></div><div>Many have billed this as the clash between Messi and Lewandowski, but Michniewicz does not buy into that.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s not only a match between Lewandowski and Messi, it\'s not tennis,\" said the coach.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Robert needs his teammates, the same as Leo needs his. We rely on these great strikers but they cannot win on their own.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Michniewicz admitted that as a fan he has long supported Argentina but said he would have no conflicting emotions during Wednesday\'s game.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Since I was a little boy I\'ve always rooted for Argentina. They have great fans, a great team, huge personalities like Mario Kempes in 1978 and other players.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There have been many ups and downs but I have always rooted for Argentina, although I won\'t tomorrow.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-29 16:15:38', '2022-11-29 16:15:38');
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(3407, 3407, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Marcus Rashford inspired England to the victory required to top Group B and ensure it was despair for Wales as they went out of the tournament after a bitterly disappointing World Cup campaign.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Wales needed to either beat England and hope Iran and USA ended in a draw or pursue the more unlikely outcome of running up a four-goal victory margin at Ahmad bin Ali Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England, who now face Senegal in the last 16 on Sunday (19:00 GMT), ensured neither scenario was ever a serious consideration as they dominated throughout and took full control after an uneventful first 45 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wales manager Rob Page was forced to replace Gareth Bale at half-time because of an injury, although the great talisman had only had seven touches in an anonymous display.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And any hope of Wales qualifying for the last 16 was wiped out as England scored twice within six minutes of the restart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rashford fired a free-kick past Danny Ward following Ethan Ampadu\'s foul on Phil Foden after 50 minutes, with the Manchester City midfielder then marking his return to England\'s team moments later by turning in Harry Kane\'s cross at the far post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wales were demoralised and outclassed as they knew they were on the way home from Qatar and Rashford added his second in the 68th minute, with a large slice of help from Wales keeper Ward, in for suspended Wayne Hennessey after his red card against Iran, who allowed a fierce shot to slip through his legs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England top Group B with seven points, two points ahead of the United States who set up a last-16 meeting with the Netherlands by beating Iran 1-0 in their grudge match, while Wales finished bottom of the table with a point.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>England make smooth progress</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It took England time and a desperately dull first half before they clicked into top gear but once they did they were then able to overrun Wales, who ended this World Cup in timid fashion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Rashford continued to make a big impact at this World Cup, with his double here coming after scoring with virtually his first touch in the 6-2 romp against Iran in England\'s opening game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He missed a good chance in the first half when he was played though by Kane but his free-kick was emphatic and the second a reward for his willingness to drive into the Wales defence at pace. He almost had a hat-trick only for Ward to block his shot at the near post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rashford must now be under serious consideration for a starting place when England face the tough test of Senegal as the knockout phase gets under way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Manager Gareth Southgate made four changes to his team that performed so poorly against USA, Rashford, Foden, Jordan Henderson and fit-again Kyle Walker coming in for Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount and Kieran Trippier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It not only helped England run out easy winners but gave squad members valuable game time, especially Walker, who is such an important part of Southgate\'s plans but missed the end of the Premier League to undergo groin surgery.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Rashford rated star player in Wales 0-3 England</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Fifa World Cup: Groups and schedule</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England and Southgate have achieved their first priority of qualifying for the last 16 while topping their group, two strong wins against Iran and Wales coming either side of that dismal USA showing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It represents a job satisfactorily done by England - now they must take the next step against the dangerous African champions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Wales slip quietly out of Qatar</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wales arrived in Qatar with real pride after qualifying for their first World Cup since 1958 but they must reflect on a poor campaign after England confirmed the formality of their elimination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Page\'s side have always relied heavily on the inspiration provided by Bale and Aaron Ramsey but the two great figures of this fine era for Welsh football found this World Cup a step too far, with those around them simply not of the quality to make up for that deficit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bale\'s only meaningful contribution was the penalty that earned a draw against USA in their opening game but he contributed nothing in the damaging loss to Iran and was little more than a passenger in his 45 minutes against England.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ramsey was no better and while the duo\'s magnificent contribution to Wales can never be under-estimated the brutal truth is that their lack of match sharpness left them unable to exert their usual influence on games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now the question is whether they will carry on with their international careers - or whether their country moves on without them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It had the feel of the end of an era for Wales here on Tuesday. It is an era that has brought much joy, and was appreciated by their outstanding support after the final whistle, but this was a desperate anti-climax after reaching their first World Cup for 64 years. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 02:11:30', '2022-11-30 02:11:30'),
(3408, 3408, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China\'s top security agency has called for a crackdown on \"hostile forces\" after rare protests against Covid rules in Chinese cities at the weekend.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police officers have flooded now-empty protest sites, with some protesters saying police have contacted them to seek information on their whereabouts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile the country\'s health officials say lockdowns should be \"imposed and eased quickly\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China has recorded record numbers of new cases in recent days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the only major economy with a zero-Covid policy, with local authorities clamping down on even small outbreaks with mass testing, quarantines and snap lockdowns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the weekend, thousands in China took to the streets demanding an end to the strict measures - with some even making rare calls for President Xi Jinping to stand down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But a heavy police presence in China\'s major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, seems to have curbed further protests on Monday and Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling Communist Party\'s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which oversees domestic law enforcement across China, said it was \"necessary to crack down on infiltration and sabotage activities by hostile forces in accordance with the law\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement, reported by Chinese news agency Xinhua, did not mention the recent demonstrations, which began after a fire in a high-rise block in Urumqi, western China, killed 10 people on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many Chinese believe Covid restrictions in the city contributed to the deaths, although the authorities deny this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police officers were seen on Tuesday patrolling in large numbers in parts of Beijing and Shanghai where demonstrations were held at the weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were also reports of around 150 officers showing up at a busy shopping area in the southern city of Shenzhen after rumours of a planned protest there circulated on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also on Tuesday, Chinese health officials said the authorities would work to reduce \"inconvenience\" caused by the Covid pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mi Feng, spokesperson of China\'s National Health Commission (NHC), told reporters that lockdowns should be \"imposed and eased quickly\" and that \"excessive control measures should be continuously rectified\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health officials earlier called for more targeted Covid measures - saying complaints over tough curbs were a result of the \"arbitrary\" local roll-outs, rather than national guidelines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In southern Guangdong province, authorities announced changes to local Covid policy on Tuesday evening, allowing some close contacts of Covid cases to quarantine at home rather than in state facilities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, the UK has summoned the Chinese ambassador for a meeting after a BBC journalist, Ed Lawrence, was beaten and briefly detained while covering anti-government lockdown protests on Sunday. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 02:14:29', '2022-11-30 02:14:29'),
(3409, 3409, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Around 360 crore people currently face inadequate access to water at least a month per year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its State of Global Water Resources 2021 report published on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The figure is projected to increase to more than 5 billion by 2050. The report assesses the effects of climate, environmental and societal change on the Earth\'s water resources. Its aim is to support the monitoring and management of global freshwater resources in an era of growing demand and limited supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It shows that due to the influence of climate change and a La Nina event (period cooling of ocean surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific), the year 2021 witnessed large areas of the globe recording drier than normal conditions. Compared with the 30-year hydrological average, the area with below-average streamflow last year was approximately two times larger than the above-average area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Between 2001 and 2018, the interagency mechanism United Nations Water reported that 74 percent of all natural disasters were water-related. The recent 27th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) has urged governments to further integrate water into adaptation efforts. It was the first time that water has been referenced in a COP outcome document in recognition of its critical importance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, though the impacts of climate change are often felt through water -- such as more intense and frequent droughts, more extreme flooding, more erratic seasonal rainfall and accelerated melting of glaciers -- there is still insufficient understanding of changes in the distribution, quantity and quality of freshwater resources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The WMO report aims to fill this knowledge gap, which would be helpful in providing universal access in the next five years to early warnings of hazards, such as floods and droughts, he said. XINHUA/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 03:06:59', '2022-11-30 03:06:59'),
(3410, 3410, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kim Kardashian and Ye have reached a settlement in their divorce, averting a trial that had been set for next month, court documents filed Tuesday showed.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former couple and their attorneys filed documents asking for a judge’s approval of terms they have agreed on, including $200,000 per month child support payments rom Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, to Kardashian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two will have joint custody, and neither will pay the other spousal support, according to the documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The judge declared the two legally single at Kardashian’s request in March, ending their eight-year marriage, but issues of property and custody remained that were to be worked out in a trial starting Dec. 14.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two have four children whose ages range from 3 to 9 years old.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kardashian and Ye will equally split the expenses for the kids’ private security and private school, including college, according to the settlement proposal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will also each pay their own debts the settlement said. The two had a pre-nuptial agreement and kept their property largely separate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The couple began dating in 2012 and had their first child in 2013. West proposed later that year using the giant screen at the empty waterfront ballpark of the San Francisco Giants, and the two married May 24, 2014, in a ceremony at a Renaissance fortress in Florence, Italy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two appeared to be headed for a cordial split with agreed-upon terms when Kardashian first filed for divorce in February of 2021. Neither discussed the split publicly until early this year, when Ye started lashing out on social media against Kardashian, her family, and then-boyfriend Pete Davidson. Among his complaints were that he was not being allowed to make major parenting decisions and was been excluded from birthday parties and other events for their children.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ye, who has fired two lawyers since the divorce filing, also raised several technical issues and demands, including seeking the right to question any new husband of Kardashian’s under oath, which Judge Steve Cochran promptly rejected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The settlement comes soon after several companies have cut ties with Ye ove r offensive and antisemitic remarks that have further eroded an already withering public image.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His latest lawyer, Nicholas Salick, did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the settlement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the third marriage for Kardashian, the reality TV superstar, businesswoman and influencer, and the first marriage for the rap and fashion mogul Ye. Theirs was one of the most closely followed celebrity unions in recent decades. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 04:11:37', '2022-11-30 04:11:37'),
(3411, 3411, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Lionel Messi and Robert Lewandowski head into Wednesday\'s showdown between Argentina and Poland with the futures of what could be their final World Cup adventures hanging in the balance.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Either one of two of the biggest stars of European club football could fail to qualify for the knockout stages in Qatar and end their careers without tasting glory at the most prestigious tournament of all.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi has already netted twice in his last attempt to emulate Diego Maradona and win the World Cup for Argentina and is trying to drag the Albiceleste out of Group C after they were stunned by Saudi Arabia in their opening match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina beat Mexico 2-0 to salvage their campaign and sit second, level on three points with the Saudis and one behind leaders Poland and only a win will guarantee that 35-year-old Messi\'s Qatar campaign continues into December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Argentine exit would devastate fans back home and a worldwide army of Messi fans desperate to see him lift the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would also be a fitting climax to the career of one of football\'s greatest ever players, but coach Lionel Scaloni sees such histrionics as unnecessary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s hard to make people understand that the sun will rise tomorrow, win or lose,\" he said after his side beat Mexico to get their challenge back on track.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What matters is how you do things.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lewandowski was brought to tears by fulfilling his \"childhood dream\" of scoring his first ever World Cup goal in what was his fifth match at the finals, a 2-0 win over the Saudis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Barcelona forward knows he might not get another chance on this stage should the Poles exit the tournament on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m aware it might be my last World Cup and I wanted to be able to say that I\'ve played and scored at World Cups,\" said the 34-year-old.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lewandowski is a safer bet to make the last 16 as Poland will be through with a win or a draw, and even if they lose they are only sure to be knocked out if the Saudis beat Mexico.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz insisted it wasn\'t simply a contest between the forwards despite the inevitable focus on the two big stars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s not only a match between Lewandowski and Messi, it\'s not tennis,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;<b>- USA send Iran out -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, the United States reached the knockout phase by beating Iran 1-0 in a battle of geopolitical foes, earning a second round meeting with the Netherlands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christian Pulisic\'s winner in the 38th minute of an absorbing contest in Doha eliminated the Iranians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The meeting of the bitter ideological rivals had been marked by a bad-tempered buildup, with Iran\'s Football Federation demanding on Sunday that FIFA punish US Soccer for posting a modified version of their country\'s flag on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defeat ended a fraught campaign for Iran, whose every move in Qatar has been scrutinised for signs the players are showing support for mass anti-government protests that have shaken the Islamic republic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The dream is over,\" coach Carlos Queiroz said. \"Unfortunately football always punishes the team that doesn\'t score.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Americans finished two points behind England in Group B after Gareth Southgate\'s team cruised past Wales 3-0 in a one-sided \'Battle of Britain\' decided by a Marcus Rashford brace and another strike from Manchester City star Phil Foden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rashford said his double, which included a stunning free-kick to open the scoring in the 50th minute at the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium, was \"what I play football for\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have massive ambition for this team and think we can play even better than we showed today,\" added Rashford.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England will face Senegal on Sunday after Chelsea defender Kalidou Koulibaly snatched a 2-1 win over Ecuador to finish second behind the Dutch in Group A and knock out the South Americans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Koulibaly said he would give late Senegalese icon Papa Bouba Diop\'s family his man-of-the-match award after firing the Lions of Teranga into the last 16 for the second time in their history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cody Gakpo his third goal of the tournament as the Netherlands booked their place last 16 as group winners with a straightforward 2-0 victory over hosts Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qatar, which has spent $200 billion to host the World Cup, bow out of their own tournament with the worst ever performance by a host nation -- zero points and just one goal scored. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 04:19:14', '2022-11-30 04:19:14'),
(3412, 3412, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine urged NATO members Tuesday to speed up weapons deliveries and help restore its shattered power grid, as Western allies vowed to bolster support to aid Kyiv through winter in the face of Russia\'s attacks.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow has unleashed waves of strikes against Ukraine\'s energy infrastructure as its troops are pushed back on the ground, plunging millions of people into darkness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for supplies of weapons, especially advanced air defence systems, to come \"faster, faster, faster\" as he joined a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in the Romanian capital Bucharest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When we have transformers and generators, we can restore our system, our energy grid, and provide people with decent living conditions,\" Kuleba said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When we have air defence systems, we will be able to protect this infrastructure from the next Russian missile strikes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In a nutshell, Patriots and transformers is what Ukraine needs the most\", he said, referring to the US-made Patriot missile defence system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The appeal came as NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of targeting infrastructure in a bid to use the winter as \"a weapon of war\" against Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoltenberg said NATO allies had pledged more support for Ukraine to fix its infrastructure and would keep on sending arms and air defences to help it better protect itself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said there was an \"ongoing discussion\" on supplying the Patriot systems that Washington and others have so far refused to give to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"NATO is not a party to the war. But we will continue to support Ukraine. For as long as it takes, we will not back down,\" Stoltenberg said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he expected Russia to carry out more attacks on Ukraine\'s grid as the Kremlin suffers defeats on the ground and warned Europe should \"be prepared for more refugees\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced a package worth $53 million \"to support acquisition of critical electricity grid equipment\" by Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior US official said the assistance would not be the last and pointed out that the Biden administration had budgeted $1.1 billion for energy spending in Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Keep calm, give tanks\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Allies have given arms worth billions of dollars to Ukraine, but Kyiv is pleading for more air defence, tanks and longer-range missiles to push the Kremlin\'s forces back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But there are growing concerns that weapon stores in some NATO countries are running low as stockpiles have been diverted to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said his request to fellow NATO ministers was simple: \"Keep calm and give tanks\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany, which currently chairs the G7, convened a meeting on the sidelines of the NATO gathering to discuss the energy crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany\'s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said the participants had looked to \"better understand and prioritise the most urgent needs\" ahead of an international conference in Paris on December 13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Separately, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said Germany would dispatch 350 generators and provide financial assistance to repair energy infrastructure worth 56 million euros ($57 million).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky said they had discussed cooperation, both bilateral and in international institutions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The priorities are clear -- protection against missile terror, energy restoration, food security,\" Zelensky said in his daily video address late Tuesday, noting that \"the situation at the front is difficult\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Despite extremely big Russian losses, the occupiers are still trying to advance in the Donetsk region, gain a foothold in the Luhansk region, move in the Kharkiv region, they are planning something in the south,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>\"But we are holding out.\"</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- \'Door is open\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO said the meeting in Bucharest has showcased its unity on continuing to support Ukraine as Moscow\'s war against its neighbour drags into its 10th month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The alliance did not, however, make any progress on Ukraine\'s request to join, despite reiterating it remained committed to its pledge made some 14 years ago that Kyiv would one day become a member.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoltenberg insisted the \"door is open\" to new members but said the focus now was on assisting Ukraine in its fight with Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oleksiy Arestovych, an aide to the Ukrainian president, said \"several concrete and important announcements were made\" at the summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Ukraine can become a member of the alliance after the end of hostilities\" and \"support to Ukraine will be expanded in terms of energy and military,\" he noted in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides the war in Ukraine, the ministers will take stock of progress in the accession of NATO candidates Finland and Sweden, already ratified by 28 of the 30 member countries but which remains suspended awaiting a green light from Hungary and Turkey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Finnish, Swedish and Turkish foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the meeting, but Ankara did not signal that there had been any progress. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 05:08:24', '2022-11-30 05:08:24'),
(3413, 3413, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 647 million.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 646,955,042 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,638,544 on Wednesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US has recorded 100,532,711 cases so far, while 1,105,049 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to India\'s health ministry data released on Tuesday morning, 215 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, and the active caseload stands at 4,982.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country also logged one COVID-19-related death during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 530,615 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Russia has registered 4,928 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide tally to 21,584,740, said the official monitoring and response center on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Covid in Bangladesh</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh reported another Covid-linked death with 11 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the new numbers, the fatalities rose to 29,433 and the caseload to 2,036,567, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The daily case test positivity dropped to 0.72 per cent from Monday’s 0.79 per cent as 1,520 samples were tested during the period.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate rose to 97.51 per cent. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 05:18:16', '2022-11-30 05:18:16'),
(3414, 3414, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka was ranked as the fourth most polluted city in the world with ‘unhealthy’ air quality on Wednesday (November 30, 2022) morning.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 186 at 10.15 am today.</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, India’s Delhi and Pakistan\'s Karachi occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 505, 320 and 243, 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. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 06:03:31', '2022-11-30 06:03:31'),
(3415, 3415, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Following Beijing’s crackdown on the tech industry, Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma has been residing in Tokyo for almost six months, according to a Financial Times report published yesterday (November 29, 2022).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The co-founder of Alibaba Group Holding has made frequent journeys to the United States and Israel in addition to visits to the countryside during his time in Japan, according to Financial Times. Ma is a close friend of Alibaba investor and billionaire Masayoshi Son, who founded the Tokyo-based SoftBank Group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Formerly the richest and most well-known tech figure in China, Ma withdrew from the public eye in recent years after getting into issue with Beijing over his criticism of government regulation, which halted the initial public offering (IPO) of fintech behemoth Ant Group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that, China’s private sector came under intense scrutiny, with a focus on limiting the influence of internet companies. Since then, Jack Ma’s infrequent public appearances have drawn a lot of attention.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Financial Times, Ma has restricted himself to a small number of exclusive clubs in Tokyo’s downtown Ginza and Marunouchi neighbourhoods. The report also noted that he has enthusiastically taken up collecting modern art and brought along his personal chef and security team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the early stages of the Covid-19 outbreak, Ma, who had previously been a well-known regular at business conventions, oversaw massive international donations of protective gear and other supplies that the world required.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A report in July said that Ma intended to cede control of Ant Group in order to placate Chinese regulators and resurrect the IPO of the digital payments division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The behemoth firm has been placed on a watchlist by US regulators, and if Alibaba does not abide by disclosure orders, its shares would plummet and it might be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the first time ever, Jack ma\'s e-commerce venture Alibaba reported flat sales growth in August as China struggled with a slowing economy and resurgent Covid-19 cases. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 06:12:06', '2022-11-30 06:12:06'),
(3416, 3416, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese astronauts on Wednesday arrived at the Tiangong space station, where they completed the country\'s first-ever crew handover in orbit, state news agency Xinhua reported.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The trio blasted off aboard a Long March-2F rocket at 11:08 pm (1508 GMT) from the Jiuquan launch centre in northwestern China\'s Gobi desert, Xinhua said, citing the China Manned Space Administration (CMSA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vessel -- carrying veteran Fei Junlong and first-time astronauts Deng Qingming and Zhang Lu -- successfully docked with the station early Wednesday, the agency said, according to Xinhua.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They then joined three other astronauts who had been aboard the Tiangong space station since early June.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fei, 57, is returning to space after 17 years, having commanded the Shenzhou-6 mission in 2005.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission\'s main responsibilities were \"achieving the first crew handover in orbit, installing... equipment and facilities inside and outside the space station, and carrying out scientific experiments,\" said CMSA spokesman Ji Qiming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"During the stay, the Shenzhou-15 crew will welcome the visiting Tianzhou-6 cargo ship and hand over (operations to) the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, and are planning to return to China\'s Dongfeng landing site in May next year.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tiangong space station is the crown jewel of Beijing\'s ambitious space programme -- which has landed robotic rovers on Mars and the Moon, and made the country the third to put humans in orbit -- as it looks to catch up with the United States and Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Tiangong\'s final module successfully docked with the core structure earlier this month, state media said -- a key step in its completion by year\'s end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I expect that China will declare construction completion during or at the end of the Shenzhou-15 mission,\" independent Chinese space analyst Chen Lan said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China has been excluded from the International Space Station since 2011, when the United States banned NASA from engaging with the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once completed, the Tiangong space station is expected to have a mass of 90 tonnes -- around a quarter of the ISS -- or similar in size to the Soviet-built Mir station that orbited Earth from the 1980s until 2001.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tiangong, which means \"heavenly palace\", will operate for around a decade and host a variety of experiments in near-zero gravity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next year, Beijing plans to launch the Xuntian space telescope with a field of view 350 times that of NASA\'s Hubble Space Telescope. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 06:26:01', '2022-11-30 06:26:01'),
(3417, 3417, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Stephanie Frappart will become the first woman to referee a men\'s World Cup match after FIFA announced on Tuesday that she will take charge of Thursday\'s Group E match between Germany and Costa Rica.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">France\'s Frappart is one of three women referees among the 36 selected for the tournament in Qatar, alongside Rwandan official Salima Mukansanga and Japan\'s Yoshimi Yamashita.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three other female officials have travelled to the World Cup as assistant referees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the 38-year-old Frappart, refereeing her men\'s World Cup match is the latest step in a rapid rise to the top level in Europe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was the first woman to referee in France\'s Ligue 1 in 2019, the same year she took charge of the women\'s World Cup final in her home country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Frappart also officiated the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea, before refereeing the Champions League in 2020 and then the French Cup final last season. 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, '2022-11-30 07:00:43', '2022-11-30 07:00:43'),
(3418, 3418, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh High Commission in Canada has urged all “peace-loving and patriotic Bangladeshi-Canadians to be cautious of those spreading anti-Bangladesh propaganda from Canada”.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a notice released on November 28, 2022, the high commission in Ottawa, Canada said that individuals and media involved in anti-Bangladesh propaganda and activities and their promoters, supporters as well as money launderers, loan defaulters, and people engaged in “hundi trade” will not be provided any consular service.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The high commission noted that some media and individuals have been engaged in anti-Bangladesh propaganda for long. It particularly mentioned an online TV and its owner in Montreal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A number of money launderers, loan defaulters, convicts and accused and “hundi traders” have been found involved in spreading rumours and propaganda against Bangladesh, the notice said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Such anti-Bangladesh activities are being monitoring and concerned authorities will be notified for proper action in this regard if needed, the high commission in Canada further said. \"UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 07:10:58', '2022-11-30 07:10:58'),
(3419, 3419, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday presided over the regular general meeting of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting of the management committee of the board of trustees, the premier inquired about different issues of the memorial trust, said Prime Minister\'s Deputy Press Secretary K M Shakhawat Moon while briefing reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina also gave various directives to carry out different activities of the trust, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trust members Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury, Nazrul Islam Khan, among others, were present at the meeting. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 07:30:59', '2022-11-30 07:30:59');
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(3420, 3420, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma today said that Bangladesh always gets the highest priority from his country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“India has a policy for neighbouring countries. But in this regard, Bangladesh gets the highest priority. Bangladesh always gets priority in any case,” the envoy was quoted as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said this while calling on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban. PM’s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Indian high commissioner said that Bangladesh and India will continue to work together to curb terrorism in the region. He also termed Bangladesh as “a very good friend” of India.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has categorically said that Bangladesh never allows terrorism, adding that terrorism has no religion and boundary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Awami League has never tolerated terrorism, and it never allows using Bangladesh’s soil for that purpose,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh always gets highest priority from India: High Commissioner tells PM&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh and India could resolve all unsolved issues, including Teesta river water sharing, through discussion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She also called for Indian businessmen to invest in the 100 economic zones in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Indian high commissioner noted that trade and connectivity between Bangladesh and India have increased remarkably in recent times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The PM and the Indian envoy also discussed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) for facilitating economic relations between the two countries. Ambassador at large Md Ziauddin and Principal Secretary Ahmad Kaikaus were present at the meeting. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 07:54:34', '2022-11-30 07:54:34'),
(3421, 3421, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Natinoal Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended the income tax returns submission date to December 31, considering application of trade bodies.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NBR Chairman Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem today officially announced the time extension while speaking at a seminar, on the occasion of National Income Tax Day 2022, held at the conference hall of Revenue Bhaban in Dhaka’s Segunbagicha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Muslim Chowdhury, Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh, was present at the function as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NBR chairman said that around 22 lakh income tax returns were submitted till November 29.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many new taxpayers are willingly submitting returns this year and a good number of taxpayers sought time extension. Considering these, the time has been extended, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said, submitting income tax returns is being simplified so that people can complete the process in a hassle-free environment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone with taxable income must submit returns, the NBR chairman said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 08:24:05', '2022-11-30 08:24:05'),
(3422, 3422, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government will launch another seven-day special vaccination campaign against Covid-19 from Thursday. This campaign will send on December 7, Dr Shamsul Haque, director of the vaccination program of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told reporters on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Around 90 lakh people will be vaccinated under this campaign where 17,116 teams will provide the service, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended administering the fourth dose of Covid vaccine to contain the further spread of the virus, said Dr Shamsul Haque.</div><div><br></div><div>It recommended bringing front liners, citizens aged above 60 and the pregnant women under the fourth dose vaccination progamme in the first phase, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, 87 percent of the total population, including children, have received the first dose in the country while 73 percent the second dose, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 09:30:25', '2022-11-30 09:30:25'),
(3423, 3423, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said that the BNP will make a grave mistake if it creates anarchy centring on its rally on December 10.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister was responding to questions from reporters after an event in Dhaka on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\'The BNP wanted two places for the December 10 rally. We have given them permission to gather at Suhrawardy Udyan. It will be a lapse in judgement by the BNP if it tries to create anarchy over the rally,\' Khan said.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked if BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia\'s bail would be cancelled if she attended the rally, the home minister said it was up to the court concerned to make that decision.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Tuesday permitted the BNP to hold its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on 26 conditions.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP meanwhile is determined to hold its rally at Naya Paltan instead of Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 10:22:36', '2022-11-30 10:22:36'),
(3424, 3424, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGO) in a virtual meeting has approved six proposals including two for procurement of soybean oil and import of fertilizer.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting while other members of the committee attended it.</div><div><br></div><div>As per a proposal, placed by the Commerce Ministry, state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 22 million (2.20 crore) litres of Soybean oil from the local suppliers for its open market sale (OMS) programme.</div><div><br></div><div>However, it was not immediately known which companies are the suppliers and whether the companies are selected through direct procurement method (DPC) or through open tender process.</div><div><br></div><div>Sayeed Mahbub Khan, additional secretary of the Cabinet Division, who briefed about the decisions of the CCGP meeting, said the proposal was placed on the table in an instant move and he had no detailed information on the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Two proposals from the Agriculture Ministry on the import of a total 80,000 metric tons (MT) of fertiliser received the nod of the committee.</div><div><br></div><div>Of these, state-owned Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC) will import 50,000 MT of Muriate of Potash (MOP) from Canadian Commercial Corporation under state level contract at Tk 358.48 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Each MT of fertilizer will cost $679.65 while the previous rate of such fertilizer was $778.17 per MT.</div><div><br></div><div>The BADC will import 30,000 MT of Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) fertilizer from OCP, SA of Morocco at a cost of Tk 150.67 crore under state-level contract.</div><div><br></div><div>Each MT of TSP will cost $474 while the previous rate of such a product was $687.25 per MT.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee approved three proposals of Dhaka WASA, placed by the Local Government Division.</div><div><br></div><div>Of these, Dhaka WASA (Water Supply and Sewerage Authority) will award a Tk 420.06 crore contract to the Joint Venture of (1) CCECC, China; (@) SafBon, China and (3) SMEDI, China for the civil works of the package No-WD-2 under Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project (DSIP).</div><div><br></div><div>Under the same DSIP, Dhaka WASA will award a Tk 229.72 crore contract for civil works of the package No-3 to the Joint Venture of (1) Gypsum Structural India Pvt. Ltd, India; (2) EMIT Group Ercole Marelli Technologici, Italy and (3) Khilari Infrastructure Private Ltd., India.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the same project of DSIP, the Dhaka WASA will appoint DOHWA Engineering Co.Ltd., Korea as its consultant at Tk 70.77 crore, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 10:56:29', '2022-11-30 10:56:29'),
(3425, 3425, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin, who steered the country through a transformational era from the late 1980s and into the new millennium, died Wednesday at the age of 96, state news agency Xinhua said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jiang took power in the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown and led the world\'s most populous nation towards its emergence as a powerhouse on the global stage.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Jiang Zemin passed away due to leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai at 12:13 p.m. on Nov. 30, 2022, at the age of 96, it was announced on Wednesday,\" Xinhua reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Xinhua said the announcement of his death was made in a letter expressing \"profound grief\" at Jiang\'s death, addressed to the whole Communist Party, military and Chinese people.</div><div><br></div><div>His death came after all medical treatments had failed, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Comrade Jiang Zemin was an outstanding leader... a great Marxist, a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist and diplomat, a long-tested communist fighter, and an outstanding leader of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics,\" Xinhua quoted the letter as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>Jiang\'s death comes as China sees a flare-up of anti-lockdown protests that have morphed into calls for wider political freedoms -- the most widespread since the 1989 pro-democracy rallies that were crushed the year Jiang took power.</div><div><br></div><div>\"During the serious political turmoil in China in the spring and summer of 1989, Comrade Jiang Zemin supported and implemented the correct decision of the Party Central Committee to oppose unrest, defend the socialist state power and safeguard the fundamental interests of the people,\" state broadcaster CCTV said on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>State broadcaster CCTV said flags would be flown at half-mast at Chinese government buildings.</div><div><br></div><div>When Jiang replaced Deng Xiaoping as leader in 1989, China was still in the early stages of economic modernisation.</div><div><br></div><div>By the time he retired as president in 2003, China was a member of the World Trade Organization, Beijing had secured the 2008 Olympics, and the country was well on its way to superpower status.</div><div><br></div><div>Analysts say Jiang and his \"Shanghai Gang\" faction continued to exert influence over communist politics long after he left the top job.</div><div><br></div><div>In the immediate aftermath of the announcement, Chinese state media all posted the same black-and-white photo of a chrysanthemum on their official accounts on social media platform Weibo.</div><div><br></div><div>Jiang\'s entry on Baidu Encyclopedia, a Chinese site similar to Wikipedia, also turned black-and-white.</div><div><br></div><div>Jiang is survived by his wife Wang Yeping and two sons. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 11:32:15', '2022-11-30 11:32:15'),
(3426, 3426, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With four more deaths from dengue recorded in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, the official death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 254 this year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 426 more patients, including 239 in Dhaka city, were hospitalised, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>All the latest deaths were reported from Dhaka division, taking its death toll to 157.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,803 dengue patients, including 1,048 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS has recorded 57,358 dengue cases and 55,301 recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 12:02:09', '2022-11-30 12:02:09'),
(3427, 3427, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">If BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia attends the party’s December 10 rally in Dhaka, court will take necessary steps, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Khaleda Zia is out of jail on condition, and if she joins the public rally, the court will take steps,” the minister said while speaking at an annual training programme of Bangladesh Police Women Network in Dhaka’s Rajarbagh area.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP received permission to hold their rally at Dhaka’s Suhrawardy Udyan on December 10 and the government has allowed them to conduct it smoothly, the home minister said, adding, “If they initiate any kind of violence, it will be a big mistake.”</div><div><br></div><div>BNP initially sought permission to hold the rally at either Suhrawardy Udyan or Manik Mia Avenue. They got permission to hold the event at Suhrawardy Udyan as Manik Mia Avenue, where the National Parliament is located, is a restricted area, said the minister.</div><div><br></div><div>“We told them that they must conduct their political activities as it is their political right, but they will not be allowed to create chaos and anarchy in the name of rally,” said Asaduzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on November 15, a BNP delegation met Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq and sought permission to hold their much-talked-about rally in front of the party’s Nayapaltan central office in the capital on December 10.</div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner, however, asked BNP to give the name of any other alternative venue.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of the move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div><br></div><div>The party has already arranged rallies in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, Rangpur, Barishal,&nbsp; Faridpur, and Sylhet braving various obstacles and transport strikes.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP will conclude the divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10, coinciding with International Human Rights day.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government – a demand rejected by the ruling Awami League. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 13:14:13', '2022-11-30 13:14:13'),
(3428, 3428, '<div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mursalin Nomani has been elected president of Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) while Dipu Sarwar vice-president.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Manul Hasan Sohel has become general secretary, Moinul Ahsan joint secretary, Shakhawat Hossain Sumon finance secretary, Saiful Islam organising secretary, Kawsar Azam office secretary, Mariam Moni Sejuti women affairs secretary.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 13:22:13', '2022-11-30 13:22:13'),
(3429, 3429, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">West Bengal will soon have Sunderbans as a separate district which will benefit the people of the region get easier and quicker access to administrative activities, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Once formed, it will be 24th district in West Bengal, forked out of portions from the existing South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, the Sundarbans area is scattered over 19 blocks and 16 police stations spread over these two districts. Out of the 19 blocks, 13 are in South 24 Parganas while the remaining are in North 24 Parganas.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a meeting at Samserganj in North 24 Parganas district on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said besides creating a new district, the Department of Sundarban Affairs has chalked out a masterplan for the development of the region.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The masterplan will be forwarded to the Union government for its assistance in implementing it,\" Banerjee said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Sundarbans is traditionally affected because of bank erosion. The state government is initiating some projects to arrest this erosion. The initiative needs Central assistance for its proper implementation,\" the Chief Minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>Commenting on forking out Sunderbans as a new district, Banerjee said that the residents of the region currently have to travel long distances to reach administrative offices to get government assistance. Source: IANS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 15:07:09', '2022-11-30 15:07:09'),
(3430, 3430, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kylian Mbappe is among the players rested as France coach Didier Deschamps makes nine changes to his starting line-up for Wednesday\'s final World Cup group game against Tunisia at Education City Stadium.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe has scored three times so far in Qatar, netting once in the holders\' opening 4-1 win against Australia before his brace secured a 2-1 win over Denmark on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet he starts on the bench as captain Raphael Varane and midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni are the only players to retain their places.</div><div><br></div><div>There is a debut for Monaco\'s Axel Disasi, who is expected to start at right-back, while Eintracht Frankfurt\'s Randal Kolo Muani gets a first start for his country.</div><div><br></div><div>France\'s two opening victories made them the first team to secure qualification for the last 16 and they now only require a point to clinch first place in Group D.</div><div><br></div><div>Even a defeat will not stop them topping the section so long as Australia do not beat Denmark at the same time and manage to overturn France\'s advantage on goal difference, which is currently superior by six.</div><div><br></div><div>Tunisia need to win and hope Australia do not win the other game to have a chance of going through.</div><div><br></div><div>Their coach Jalel Kadri makes six changes to the team that lost 1-0 to Australia, including bringing in Corsican-born Wahbi Khazri as captain.</div><div><br></div><div>Starting line-ups:</div><div>Tunisia (3-4-3)</div><div><br></div><div>Aymen Dahmen; Nader Ghandri, Yassine Meriah, Montassar Talbi; Wajdi Kechrida, Ellyes Skhiri, Aissa Laidouni, Ali Maaloul; Anis Slimane, Wahbi Khazri (capt), Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane</div><div><br></div><div>Coach: Jalel Kadri (TUN)</div><div><br></div><div>France (4-3-3)</div><div><br></div><div>Steve Mandanda; Axel Disasi, Raphael Varane (capt), Ibrahima Konate, Eduardo Camavinga; Youssouf Fofana, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jordan Veretout; Matteo Guendouzi, Randal Kolo Muani, Kingsley Coman</div><div><br></div><div>Coach: Didier Deschamps (FRA)</div><div><br></div><div>Referee: Matthew Conger (NZL) - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 15:40:10', '2022-11-30 15:40:10'),
(3431, 3431, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated Bangladesh‘s stance against terrorism as India\'s newly appointed high commissioner in Dhaka Pranay Verma called on her.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The Awami League (government) never ever pampers terrorism and it never allows using of Bangladesh soil for the purpose,\" a PMO spokesman quoted her as saying at a briefing after Verma made the courtesy call at her Ganobhaban official residence.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said her government believed that terrorism has no religion and boundary.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, the spokesman said, expected that Bangladesh and India could resolve all outstanding issues including Teesta river water sharing through dialogue.</div><div><br></div><div>She urged the Indian businessmen to come up with their investment to 100 economic zones of her country.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the spokesman Verma said Bangladesh always gets highest priority from his country as it has a policy for its neighbouring countries.</div><div><br></div><div>\"India has a policy for its neighbouring countries. In this regard, Bangladesh has the highest priority. Bangladesh always gets priority in any case,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The envoy called Bangladesh as \"a very good friend\" of India and said the two neighbors would work together to curb terrorism in this region.</div><div><br></div><div>Verma said trade and connectivity between Bangladesh and India have increased remarkably in recent times.</div><div><br></div><div>The spokesman said during the meeting, Sheikh Hasina and Verma also discussed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) for facilitating economic relations between the two neighbouring countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister\'s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed the reporters after the meeting, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>Verma told that India will cooperate with Bangladesh in power and energy sector. He appreciated the socio-economic development of Bangladesh under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-30 16:46:18', '2022-11-30 16:46:18'),
(3432, 3432, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">South African president Cyril Ramaphosa is facing a possible impeachment threat over the \"Farmgate\" scandal.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The president has been accused of covering up a $4m (£3.3m) theft from his farm in 2020, including kidnapping and bribing the burglars into silence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A leaked report from an independent panel has found that Mr Ramaphosa abused his position and may have broken an anti-corruption law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has denied wrongdoing, and said the money was from selling buffalo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel\'s findings have been handed to parliament, which is set to examine them and decide whether or not to launch impeachment proceedings next week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Ramaphosa is less than a month away from a conference which will decide if he can run for a second term with his party, the African National Congress (ANC), in 2024. The incident could be particularly damaging as Mr Ramaphosa ran for office on an anti-corruption ticket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ANC will hold a meeting with its executive on Thursday, where it is expected that the issue will be discussed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Farmgate scandal erupted in June, when a former South African spy boss, Arthur Fraser, filed a complaint with police accusing the president of hiding a theft of $4m from his Phala Phala farm in the north-east of the country in 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Fraser, who is a close ally of former President Jacob Zuma, alleged that the money could have been the proceeds of money-laundering and corruption, and accused the president of kidnapping and bribing the burglars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holding such a large amount of money in dollars could violate foreign exchange control laws.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Ramaphosa has confirmed a robbery, but said the amount stolen was less than that alleged, and denied attempting to cover it up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some $580,000 which had been paid in cash for buffalo was stolen from under sofa cushions in the farmhouse, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I did not \'hunt\' for the perpetrators of the theft, as alleged, nor did I give any instructions for this to take place,\" he wrote in a submission to the panel\'s report, according to AFP news agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel concluded that there were many unanswered questions, calling it a \"very serious matter\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Little information was kept about the man who supposedly paid the money for buffalo, it said, adding that he had still not collected the animals two and a half years later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The panel also said it was strange that the money had been kept hidden in a sofa, rather than in a safe until it could be lodged in a bank account.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We think that the president has a case to answer on the origin of the foreign currency that was stolen, as well as the underlying transaction for it,\" the report said. It added: \"The president abused his position as head of state to have the matter investigated and seeking the assistance of the Namibian president to apprehend a suspect.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Namibian president Hage Geingob has previously denied any involvement in the incident. 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, '2022-12-01 02:19:50', '2022-12-01 02:19:50'),
(3433, 3433, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina completed the turnaround from the shock opening World Cup loss to Saudi Arabia by qualifying for the last 16 in impressive style against Poland - who went through on goal difference having finished level on points with Mexico.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Lionel Messi was the catalyst for the crucial win against Mexico that got Argentina\'s campaign back on track, and he was instrumental again as they illustrated why they were regarded as one of the tournament favourites to set up a second-round match against Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland were set to progress by virtue of the Fifa Fair Play rule for having fewer yellow cards than Mexico - until Saudi Arabia pulled one back deep into stoppage time in their 2-1 loss to the Concacaf side. That meant goal difference was decisive for the Poles, who will next face France.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina ran out comfortable winners with second-half goals from Brighton\'s Alexis Mac Allister and Manchester City striker Julian Alvarez, but the game still held real drama and jeopardy in the closing stages as Poland knew another goal conceded, or another goal for Mexico against the Saudis, would send them out on goals scored.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina dominated throughout but had to wait until after the second half to make the breakthrough as Messi had a first-half penalty saved by Poland keeper Wojciech Szczesny after the pair collided in an aerial challenge, a harsh award after a video assistant referee consultation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mac Allister gave Argentina the lead they deserved when he swept home Nahuel Molina\'s cross a minute after the break and Alvarez sealed victory with a fine finish into the top corner in the 67th minute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina\'s improvement continued as they produced their best performance of the World Cup to outclass a disappointing Poland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentines shook off the shock of that stunning loss to Saudi Arabia to settle their nerves with a Messi-inspired win against Mexico then stepped up to another level to confirm a last-16 game against Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s first-half penalty miss was a minor interruption on their path to victory as they held complete command of territory and possession against a passive Poland, especially given what was at stake.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Argentina keeper Emi Martinez did not have a moment of anxiety and once Mac Allister put them ahead the game was virtually over, Alvarez confirming it with a superb strike past the excellent Szczesny that hinted at his own rich potential.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi showed flashes of his mercurial best but this was a complete performance from Argentina who played with greater intensity and fire than they have so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have taken their time to show why they are so highly regarded but produced plenty of evidence here to illustrate just how dangerous they will be in the knockout stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Passive Poland ride their luck</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was symbolic of this lacklustre Poland performance that their greatest show of passion all night came after the game had finished when they punched the air as news of Saudi Arabia\'s goal against Mexico that confirmed their place in the last 16 filtered down on to the pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland\'s players revelled in the good tidings as they waved red and white flags on the pitch, barely able to believe they were through to face France.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They can consider themselves fortunate to be there after this poor performance in which they never troubled Argentina and the great striker Robert Lewandowski did not receive any service worthy of the name.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One exception to the mediocre fare from the rest of his colleagues was former Arsenal goalkeeper Szczesny, who was magnificent throughout, saving Messi\'s penalty and producing other stops in a faultless display.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Poland are through and enjoyed their celebration but they will have to step up several levels to trouble France. 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(3434, 3434, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mexico defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1 but agonisingly went out of the World Cup on goal difference on a night of incredible drama in Doha.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With Argentina beating Poland 2-0 in Group C at Stadium 974 and Mexico leading by the same scoreline at Lusail Stadium in the 94th minute, Gerardo Martino\'s side needed one more goal to prevent them from going out according to Fifa\'s fair play rule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Salem Al Dawsari\'s injury-time consolation goal for Saudi Arabia sent the distraught Mexicans home anyway, leaving the Polish players to celebrate across the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After a stop-start first half with little rhythm to it, the match burst into life two minutes after the break as Henry Martin reacted quickest to finish Cesar Montes\' flick on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mexico fans had barely calmed their celebrations before Luis Chavez curled a glorious 30-yard free-kick into the top corner to send their supporters into pandemonium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They thought they had another but Hirving Lozano\'s low strike was chalked off for offside and Martin should have had a second but volleyed over from 12 yards out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was all Mexico as they pushed for further goals. Chavez nearly struck another stunning free-kick but Mohammed Al Owais palmed it out, then Orbelín Pineda curled narrowly wide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mexico thought they had sealed progression when Uriel Antuna stroked in late on, but that too was flagged for offside and they went out in the most excruciating manner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Agony for Mexico</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first half was one to forget, the drama in the second will live long in the memory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was absolute chaos before the game, with thousands of Saudi fans making the trip across the border for a game in which victory would have secured a place in the knockout stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But they never really managed to put Mexico under pressure and ultimately both sides went out of the competition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At one stage, Mexico were set to be knocked out because they had collected more yellow cards (seven) than Poland (five), with the two teams level on points and goal difference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">While Al Dawsari\'s late goal changed little, Mexico fans were still left dejected at full-time, with some staying long after the final whistle with their head in their hands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Martin\'s opener from close range and Chavez\'s peach of a free-kick gave them hope, but two disallowed goals crushed any optimism of advancing out of the group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The result ends a sequence of progression to the round of 16, having done so at the previous eight World Cups, a run stretching back to 1978.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For Saudi Arabia, the tournament ends in disappointment by finishing bottom of the group despite an opening game victory over Argentina that will go down as one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mohamed Kanno had his chances, shanking wide from the angle and curling a free-kick narrowly over, while Ali Al Hassan almost headed in on the stroke of half-time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The stadium was filled mostly with raucous Saudi supporters and they went home with one final cheer as Al Dawsari coolly converted late on. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 02:40:53', '2022-12-01 02:40:53'),
(3435, 3435, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Canada\'s ambassador to the European Union has voiced concern with proposed EU rules to curb deforestation.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A November letter from Ailish Campbell said the rules add \"burdensome\" requirements and will hurt trade between Canada and the EU.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU regulation aims to limit the trade of products linked to deforestation worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate campaigners have called Canada\'s resistance to the rules \"shocking\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 17 November letter obtained by the BBC, Ms Campbell says Canada supports the objectives of the proposed deforestation regulation, but is \"greatly concerned\" that some elements will cause trade barriers for Canadian exporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asks for several revisions to the regulation, including providing a delay and a clearer definition for what falls under forest \"degradation\" - a practice that climate advocates say is widely seen in Canada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deforestation is the permanent loss of a forest, for example, replacing it with agricultural alternatives, such as coffee or soybeans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed EU legislation would also cover forest degradation, which is when the forest ecosystem is eroded. Among the main causes are climate change and illegal or unsustainable logging.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forest degradation can have a significant impact on things like biodiversity and climate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate campaigners have called the ambassador\'s letter \"outrageous\" because of Canada\'s public commitments to environmental policies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s really shocking that [Canada is] resisting these kinds of measures in Europe to protect the world\'s remaining forests,\" said Shane Moffatt, head of Food and Nature at Greenpeace Canada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU member states are currently negotiating the final text of the legislation, which was passed with strong support at the EU parliament in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU Deforestation Regulation would force companies and trade partners to verify that goods being sold to the 27-nation bloc are \"deforestation-free\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Campbell did defend Canada\'s record on deforestation, calling the country a \"world leader on forest management\", with an annual deforestation rate of 0.02%.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While those rates are low, Mr Moffatt said the letter ignored the higher rates of forest degradation and the subsequent impact on wildlife.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has specifically affected the caribou population, which has drastically dwindled in recent years, Mighty Earth CEO Glenn Hurowitz told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian forestry practices have been gaining more attention from environmentalists in recent years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March, a group of more than 90 scientists penned an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau outlining concerns about Canada\'s rate of industrial logging in old-growth forests, which they said had \"unique and irreplaceable ecological values\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to questions from the BBC, the federal government said they were \"undertaking a range of initiatives to protect and restore nature in Canada\" including a pledge to plant two billion trees over 10 years, starting in 2021. 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, '2022-12-01 02:49:14', '2022-12-01 02:49:14'),
(3436, 3436, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Transport owners will enforce an indefinite strike beginning at 6:00 am on Thursday in all eight districts of Rajshahi division to press home for various demands ahead of the BNP’s rally on Saturday.  </b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main opposition BNP said that the strike was called to spoil their rally, but the transport owners rejected the allegation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Safakat Manjur, president of Rajshahi Divisional Transport Owners’ Association, said they took the decision following a joint meeting at the office of Rajshahi Road Transport Group on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strike has no link with the BNP’s rally as they gave an ultimatum to meet their demands earlier, he said.   </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 26, the Divisional Transport Owners and Workers Solidarity Council gave an ultimatum to the authority concerned to meet their 10-point demand by November 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They had threatened to go for the indefinite strike from December 1 if the demands were not met by the deadline.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Safkat said they called the strike for various demands including the scrapping of the Road Transport Act 2018 and the ban on movement of illegal three-wheelers and battery-driven auto-rickshaws on highways by November 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said all types of passenger and goods carrying vehicles will remain under purview of the strike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We will call off the strike if any assurance comes in favour of our demands”, he said.  </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ruhul Quddus Talukder Dulu, an organising secretary of the BNP and coordinator of the mass rally committee, said the strike was called to refrain the leaders and activists from joining the rally.   </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the rally would be organised successfully at any cost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional and big cities. The party began the rallies by holding the first one in Chattogram on October 12. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transport owners and workers called strikes ahead of all the rallies in various cities, except in Chattogram and Cumilla.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP will end its divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10. 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, '2022-12-01 03:40:10', '2022-12-01 14:11:05'),
(3437, 3437, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cash transfers to low- and middle-income countries eased this year, with rising prices taking a toll on migrants\' incomes, the World Bank said Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Remittances to lower-income countries rose around five percent to $626 billion, lower than the 10.2 percent jump in 2021, the bank added in a report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the reopening of economies as the pandemic receded helped with employment, rising costs \"adversely affected migrants\' real incomes,\" the Washington-based development lender said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in 2023, the increase of such remittance flows is projected to slow further to two percent, as GDP growth in wealthier countries moderates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Downside risks remain substantial, including a further deterioration of the war in Ukraine, volatile oil prices and currency exchange rates, and a deeper-than-expected downturn in major high-income countries,\" said the World Bank in its report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, rising oil prices and continued demand for migrant workers boosted remittances to Central Asian countries, while the ruble\'s appreciation against the US dollar translated into higher value of outward transfers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in Europe, a weaker euro had the opposite effect, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Ukraine, remittance growth is pegged at two percent, lower than earlier estimates \"as funds for Ukrainians were sent to countries hosting them, and hand-carried money transfers likely increased,\" the bank added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, India is on track to receive over $100 billion in yearly remittances in 2022. 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, '2022-12-01 03:46:16', '2022-12-01 03:46:16');
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(3438, 3438, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Gang members in Haiti killed 12 people and burned down houses in a town near the capital, an official said Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police and residents had ejected gangsters from the town of Cabaret north of Port-au-Prince several days ago but they returned and attacked Tuesday night, said Mayor Joseph Jeanson Guillaume.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This morning we found several charred bodies,\" the mayor told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Powerful and heavily armed Gangs that control much of Haiti have been targeting Cabaret for months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cabaret sits along a major road, meaning attacks on it disrupt traffic and trade, said the mayor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haiti has been mired in an economic, political and public safety crisis for years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The assassination of president Jovenel Moise in July 2021 exacerbated the crises, as gangs grew in strength and territorial control.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police are outnumbered, with the United Nations saying there were 13,000 officers in the force as of September -- one for every 1,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, formally requested international assistance in October to help it regain control but nothing has come of the appeal. 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, '2022-12-01 04:01:32', '2022-12-01 04:01:32'),
(3439, 3439, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The nation is set to celebrate the month of victory with much festivity and enthusiasm amid a series of programmes throughout the month of December that begins today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On December 16, 1971, Bangladesh was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces after a nine-month-long bloodstained Liberation War and the supreme sacrifices of three million people and honour of two lakh women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Different socio-political, educational and cultural institutions and organisations have chalked out various programmes to celebrate the nation\'s great victory that was achieved under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the previous years, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (Jasad) and organisations of freedom fighters will observe December 1 as the Freedom Fighters Day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marking the day, Jasad central committee leaders will place wreaths at the graveyard of valiant freedom fighters in the morning at Mirpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, it will also pay homage at the \'Shikha Chirantan\' in the Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 14, the nation will observe Martyred Intellectuals\' Day to commemorate those intellectuals who were killed by Pakistani forces and their collaborators during the 1971 Liberation War, particularly on 25 March and 14 December 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Victory Day of the country will be celebrated on December 16 paying homage to the martyrs for their supreme sacrifice for freeing the country from the misrule and occupation of Pakistani ruler.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 16 in 1971, the commander of Pakistan occupation army, General AAK Niazi, and his 93,000 soldiers surrendered to the allied forces of freedom fighters and Indian army at Ramna Racecourse, now Suhrawardy Udyan, in Dhaka following a miserable defeat in the war of independence that broke out in March 25. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"> bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 04:12:45', '2022-12-01 14:11:59'),
(3440, 3440, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">New York and Singapore are jointly the world\'s most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed Thursday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pair displaced last year\'s number one Tel Aviv, which fell to third place this time round in the Worldwide Cost of Living index from London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The survey revealed \"the soaring cost of living in the world\'s biggest cities as the war in Ukraine and continuing pandemic restrictions disrupt supply chains, particularly for energy and food\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New York hit the top spot for the first time, while Damascus and Tripoli remained the cheapest cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prices rocketed by an average 8.1 percent in the 172 major cities covered by the EIU survey, conducted between August and September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The survey \"also shows the impact of the strong US dollar on our city rankings\", it noted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 50,000 worldwide prices were converted into dollars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US currency has jumped this year as the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by large amounts to try and tame decades-high inflation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In addition to New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco moved into the top ten.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The biggest upward movers were Moscow and St Petersburg, \"which shot up by 88 and 70 places respectively as prices soared amid Western sanctions and buoyant energy markets supported the rouble\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upasana Dutt, who headed the research, said \"the war in Ukraine, Western sanctions on Russia and China\'s zero-covid policies have caused supply-chain problems that, combined with rising interest rates and exchange-rate shifts, have resulted in a cost-of-living crisis across the world.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We can clearly see the impact in this year\'s index, with the average price rise across the 172 cities in our survey being the strongest we\'ve seen in the 20 years for which we have digital data,\" she added. 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, '2022-12-01 04:53:50', '2022-12-01 04:53:50'),
(3441, 3441, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka was ranked as the seventh most polluted city in the world with ‘unhealthy’ air quality on Thursday (December 1, 2022) morning.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 162 at 10am today.</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, India’s Delhi and Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 409, 284 and 193, 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. 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, '2022-12-01 05:44:09', '2022-12-01 05:44:09'),
(3442, 3442, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A top European Union official warned Elon Musk on Wednesday that Twitter needs to beef up measures to protect users from hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content to avoid violating new rules that threaten tech giants with big fines or even a ban in the 27-nation bloc.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thierry Breton, the EU\'s commissioner for digital policy, told the billionaire Tesla CEO that the social media platform will have to significantly increase efforts to comply with the new rules, known as the Digital Services Act, set to take effect next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two held a video call to discuss Twitter\'s preparedness for the law, which will require tech companies to better police their platforms for material that, for instance, promotes terrorism, child sexual abuse, hate speech and commercial scams.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It’s part of a new digital rulebook that has made Europe the global leader in the push to rein in the power of social media companies, potentially setting up a clash with Musk’s vision for a more unfettered Twitter. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also said Wednesday that an investigation into Musk\'s $44 billion purchase was not off the table.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Breton said he was pleased to hear that Musk considers the EU rules “a sensible approach to implement on a worldwide basis.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But let’s also be clear that there is still huge work ahead,” Musk said, according to a readout of the call released by Breton’s office. “Twitter will have to implement transparent user policies, significantly reinforce content moderation and protect freedom of speech, tackle disinformation with resolve, and limit targeted advertising.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Musk, a self-described “free speech absolutist,” bought Twitter a month ago, groups that monitor the platform for racist, antisemitic and other toxic speech, such the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, say it’s been on the rise on the world’s de facto digital public square.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk has signaled an interest in rolling back many of Twitter’s previous rules meant to combat misinformation, most recently by abandoning enforcement of its COVID-19 misinformation policy. He already reinstated some high-profile accounts that had violated Twitter’s content rules and had promised a “general amnesty” restoring most suspended accounts starting this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter didn’t respond to an email request for comment. In a separate blog post Wednesday, the company said “human safety” is its top priority and that its trust and safety team “continues its diligent work to keep the platform safe from hateful conduct, abusive behavior, and any violation of Twitter’s rules.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk, however, has laid off half the company’s 7,500-person workforce, along with an untold number of contractors responsible for content moderation. Many others have resigned, including the company’s head of trust and safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the call Wednesday, Musk agreed to let the EU\'s executive Commission carry out a “stress test\" at Twitter’s headquarters early next year to help the platform comply with the new rules ahead of schedule, the readout said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That will also help the company prepare for an “extensive independent audit\" as required by the new law, which is aimed at protecting internet users from illegal content and reducing the spread of harmful but legal material.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Violations could result in huge fines of up to 6% of a company’s annual global revenue or even a ban on operating in the European Union\'s single market.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with European regulators, Musk risks running afoul of Apple and Google, which power most of the world’s smartphones. Both have stringent policies against misinformation, hate speech and other misconduct, previously enforced to boot apps like the social media platform Parler from their devices. Apps must also meet certain data security, privacy and performance standards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk tweeted without providing evidence this week that Apple “threatened to withhold Twitter from its App Store, but won’t tell us why.” Apple hasn’t commented but Musk backtracked on his claim Wednesday, saying he met with Apple CEO Tim Cook who “was clear that Apple never considered” removing Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen walked back her statements about whether Musk’s purchase of Twitter warrants government review.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I misspoke,” she said at The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday, referring to a CBS interview this month where she said there was “no basis” to review the Twitter purchase.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Treasury secretary oversees the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, an interagency committee that investigates the national security risks from foreign investments in American firms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“If there are such risks, it would be appropriate for the Treasury to have a look,” Yellen told The New York Times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She declined to confirm whether CFIUS is currently investigating Musk’s Twitter purchase.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Billionaire Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal is, through his investment company, Twitter’s biggest shareholder after Musk. 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, '2022-12-01 06:11:33', '2022-12-01 06:11:33'),
(3443, 3443, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Chinese spokesperson invoking the 1993-1996 bilateral agreements for conveying concerns over India-US battalion level joint exercises at Auli in Uttarakhand, 100 km from LAC, is yet another example of Beijing changing goalposts to suit its strategic requirements.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson, the joint exercise near the LAC violated the spirit of relevant agreements signed by China and India in 1993 and 1996. The Chinese Defence Ministry spokesperson said the joint “Yudh Abhyas” exercise was an effort by a “third party” to meddle in India-China border affairs. The Yudh Abhyas exercise has been an annual affair since 2004.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both statements are quite instructive as the wolf warriors of the Middle Kingdom are often known to cherry-pick past statements and agreements to put the blame on India.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1993-1996 agreements invoked by the China were the same agreements that were torn to shreds by the PLA when it transgressed into Galwan (patrolling point 14) on May 5, 2020, and then in the areas of Kugrang Nala (patrolling point 15), Gogra (patrolling point 16-17) and north banks of Pangong Tso by occupying the heights above finger four of the salt-water lake.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even today, PLA stands in violation of both the agreements as it has amassed forces near the LAC since May 2020 with no signs of de-escalation. It has moved more forces close to the LAC across Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh since September 2022. Not only that, the PLA Air Force has violated air protocols since May 2020 under the 1993-1996 agreements that do not allow aircraft within 10 km of the LAC.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even today, PLA is building a new highway (C-695) that cuts into the Indian claim line in East Ladakh near Khurnak Fort for faster inter-sector deployments on the north and south banks of Pangong Tso.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the Chinese aggression in Galwan that forced Col Santosh Babu and his troops to push them back from occupying patrolling point 14 in Galwan Valley as a result of which the Indian Army lost 20 brave men including Col Babu in the skirmish on June 15, 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese social media has been actively commenting on the ongoing India-US exercises by posting apparently hitherto unseen pictures of Indian troopers along with their photos who bravely fought and lost their lives in the Galwan skirmish. In fact, one military observer account on Chinese Weibo noted that a rising India would be a serious problem for China and hence should be dismembered as soon as possible.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another account talked about China banning the sale of TATA-produced Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles as the same company was providing military trucks being used in India-US exercises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sudden Chinese recall of the 1993-1996 bilateral agreements on India-US joint high-altitude warfare exercises also reveals the concern that Beijing has about New Delhi and Washington joining hands on national security issues and the Indo-Pacific.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a long time, the Chinese propaganda media and their ilk in India have been trying to harp at India’s strategic autonomy to keep New Delhi distant from Washington on military security issues. The periodic recall of the USS Enterprise presence in the Bay of Bengal during the 1971 war with Pakistan is designed to promote distrust of the US among the Indian public. That Russia chose to look the other way and the US helped during the 1962 India-China war is conveniently forgotten. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 06:41:31', '2022-12-01 06:41:31'),
(3444, 3444, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Commuters are bearing the brunt of the indefinite strike enforced by transport owners in all eight districts of Rajshahi division – to press home their 10-point demand – ahead of BNP’s December 3 rally in Rajshahi city.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Movement of all types of vehicles, except private cars and microbuses, remains halted in the city since this morning – causing immense sufferings to the commuters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though only a BRTC bus left the Rajshahi Bus Terminal, other bus counters were found closed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ashraful Islam, who was waiting for transport in the city’s Talaymari intersection, told the UNB correspondent that he will have to pay extra fare to go to Bogura through Natore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Commuters like me are the worst sufferers due to the strike,” he observed.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matiur Hoque Titu, general secretary of Rajshahi Road Transport Group, said no bus left from Rajshahi and entered from other parts of the country as the strike is on.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: Transport strike in Rajshahi ahead of Saturday’s BNP rally</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Natore, presence of all types of public transport is very thin, while commuters were seen standing by the road.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some commuters were seen rushing to their destinations, taking CNG-run autorickshaws.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rajshahi Divisional Transport Owners’ Association has enforced the strike since this morning, following a decision taken from a joint meeting at the office of Rajshahi Road Transport Group on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They claimed that the strike has no link with BNP’s rally, as they gave an ultimatum to meet their demands earlier.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 26, the Divisional Transport Owners and Workers Solidarity Council gave an ultimatum to the authorities concerned to meet their 10-point demand by November 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They called the strike for various demands including scrapping the Road Transport Act 2018 and banning movement of illegal three-wheelers and battery-run autorickshaws on highways by November 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, leaders and activists of BNP have started gathering at the rally venue, Madrasa Field, after law enforcers gave permission for the rally on eight conditions on Wednesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ruhul Quddus Dulu, an organising secretary of the BNP and coordinator of the rally organising committee, said the party activists will stay at the rally venue from today and return home after making it a success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional and major cities. The party began the rallies by holding the first one in Chattogram on October 12.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transport owners and workers called strikes ahead of all the rallies in various cities, except in Chattogram and Cumilla.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP will end its divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10. 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, '2022-12-01 07:16:31', '2022-12-01 07:16:31'),
(3445, 3445, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Actor Shah Rukh Khan on Thursday shared a new poster of his upcoming action thriller Pathaan. Apart from Shah Rukh, the poster also featured Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. The trio sported tough looks as they posed with guns. Taking to Instagram, he shared the poster in four languages--English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh captioned the post, \"Peti baandh li hai (Have you tightened your seat belts)..? Toh chalein (Then let\'s go)!!! #55DaysToPathaan Celebrate #Pathaan with #YRF50 only at a big screen near you on 25th January 2023. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. @deepikapadukone | @thejohnabraham | #SiddharthAnand | @yrf.\" Reacting to the post, Dheeraj Dhoopar commented, \"Can’t wait.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A fan wrote, \"Every post about Pathan increases the excitement.\" Another person said, \"Wohoooooo this gonna be the biggest COMEBACK.\" \"Fasten your seatbelts there is a storm coming,\" read a comment. \"Isko kehte hai perfect comeback (This is called the perfect comeback),\" said an Instagram user.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directed by Siddharth Anand, the film is all set to hit the theatres on January 25, 2023, in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Recently, Siddharth confirmed that the songs of Pathaan will be out before the official trailer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As quoted by news agency ANI, Siddharth had said, \"Pathaan has two spectacular songs. And fortunately, both are so incredible that they are potential chartbuster anthems of the year. Hence, we decided to give people ample time to enjoy the songs before the film releases.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Especially since December is a party and holiday season for people across the world. So we will release the songs of the film before the theatrical trailer. This is also part of our strategy to hold back the plot of Pathaan to as close to the release as possible. So get ready to dance to the music of Pathaan,\" Siddharth had added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from Pathaan, Shah Rukh will also be seen in his upcoming film Dunki, directed by Rajkumar Hirani. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu and will release in theatres in December next year. He also has Atlee\'s Jawan in the pipeline alongside Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi. The film will release across five languages — Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada in theatres across the globe on June 2, 2023. 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, '2022-12-01 08:25:27', '2022-12-01 08:25:27'),
(3446, 3446, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), this morning, recovered the severed head of five-year-old Ayat, who was abducted and murdered in Chattogram, from a canal in the port city.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Illias Khan, PBI inspector in Chattogram, said that they recovered the head from a canal near a sluice gate in EPZ area on Akmal Ali Road, following information from the accused Abir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said two teams of 25 PBI personnel have been searching for Ayat’s remains for the last three days at the spot where the remains were dumped.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Ayat’s face has been disfigured and it is difficult to identify, but it should be her head,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Wednesday, Ayat’s remains were recovered from the canal on Akmal Ali Road in Chattogram city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 25, PBI arrested Abir Ali (20) for kidnapping and murdering Alina Islam Ayat, 10 days after the child went missing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accused Abir, an ex-tenant of the victim’s family, kidnapped the child on November 15 for ransom when she was on her way to a mosque for Arabic lessons, at Bandartila area in Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abir strangled the girl to death and later chopped her body into six pieces. He subsequently dumped the body parts, wrapped in two bags, on the beach in the city’s Kattali area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ayat’s father, Sohel Rana, lodged a general diary at the local police station after she went missing, police said. Abir was put on another seven-day remand on Monday on completion of his two-day remand. Abir’s parents Azharul Islam and Aleya Begum were placed on a three-day remand on Tuesday. 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, '2022-12-01 08:31:29', '2022-12-01 08:31:29'),
(3447, 3447, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">SpaceX on Wednesday postponed the launch of the world\'s first private lander to the Moon, a mission undertaken by Japanese firm ispace.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled to blast off at 3:37 am (0837 GMT) on Thursday from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida, but SpaceX said further checks on the vehicle had led to a delay.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After further inspections of the launch vehicle and data review, we\'re standing down from tomorrow\'s launch of @ispace_inc\'s HAKUTO-R Mission 1; a new target launch date will be shared once confirmed,\" the firm tweeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until now, only the United States, Russia and China have managed to put a robot on the lunar surface.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission by ispace is the first of a program called Hakuto-R.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lander would touch down around April 2023 on the visible side of the Moon, in the Atlas crater, according to a company statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delay came after the launch had already been postponed by a day due to the need for additional pre-flight checks, SpaceX and ispace said on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Measuring just over 2 by 2.5 meters, the lander carries on board a 10-kilogram rover named Rashid, built by the United Arab Emirates.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The oil-rich country is a newcomer to the space race but counts recent successes including sending a probe into Mars\' orbit last year. If it succeeds, Rashid will be the Arab world\'s first Moon mission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have achieved so much in the six short years since we first began conceptualizing this project in 2016,\" said ispace CEO Takeshi Hakamada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hakuto was one of five finalists in the international Google Lunar XPrize competition, a challenge to land a rover on the Moon before a 2018 deadline, which ended without a winner. But some of the projects are still ongoing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another finalist, from the Israeli organization SpaceIL, failed in April 2019 to become the first privately-funded mission to achieve the feat, after crashing into the surface while attempting to land.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ispace, which has just 200 employees, says it \"aims to extend the sphere of human life into space and create a sustainable world by providing high-frequency, low-cost transportation services to the Moon.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 08:49:06', '2022-12-01 08:49:06'),
(3448, 3448, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Remittances to low and middle income countries (LMICs) withstood global headwinds in 2022, growing an estimated 5 percent to $626 billion.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is sharply lower than the 10.2 percent increase in 2021, according to the latest World Bank Migration and Development Brief.</div><div><br></div><div>Remittances are a vital source of household income for LMICs. They alleviate poverty, improve nutritional outcomes, and are associated with increased birth weight and higher school enrollment rates for children in disadvantaged households.</div><div><br></div><div>Studies show that remittances help recipient households to build resilience, for example through financing better housing and to cope with the losses in the aftermath of disasters.</div><div><br></div><div>Remittance flows to developing regions were shaped by several factors in 2022. A reopening of host economies as the COVID-19 pandemic receded supported migrants\' employment and their ability to continue helping their families back home.</div><div><br></div><div>Rising prices, on the other hand, adversely affected migrants\' real incomes. Also influencing the value of remittances is the appreciation of the ruble, which translated into higher value, in U.S. dollar terms, of outward remittances from Russia to Central Asia.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brief said remittances to South Asia grew an estimated 3.5 percent to $163 billion in 2022, but there is large disparity across countries, from India\'s projected 12 percent gain-which is on track to reach $100 billion in receipts for the year--to Nepal\'s 4 percent increase, to an aggregate decline of 10 percent for the region\'s remaining countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The easing of flows reflects the discontinuation of special incentives some governments had introduced to attract flows during the pandemic, as well as preferences for informal channels offering better exchange rates.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Remittances to India were enhanced by wage hikes and a strong labor market in the United States and other OECD countries. In the Gulf Cooperation Council destination countries, governments ensured low inflation through direct support measures that protected migrants\' ability to remit. Sending $200 to the region cost 4.1 percent on average in the second quarter of 2022, down from 4.3 percent a year ago.</div><div><br></div><div>In the case of Europe, a weaker euro had the opposite effect of reducing the U.S. dollar valuation of remittance flows to North Africa and elsewhere. In countries that experienced scarcity of foreign exchange and multiple exchange rates, officially recorded remittance flows declined as flows shifted to alternative channels offering better rates.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Migrants help to ease tight labor markets in host countries while supporting their families through remittances. Inclusive social protection policies have helped workers weather the income and employment uncertainties created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Such policies have global impacts through remittances and must be continued,\" said Michal Rutkowski, World Bank Global Director for Social Protection and Jobs.</div><div><br></div><div>By region, Africa stands to be the most severely exposed to the concurrent crises, including severe drought and spikes in global energy and food commodity prices. Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa are estimated to have increased 5.2 percent compared with 16.4 percent last year.</div><div><br></div><div>In other regions, remittance flows are estimated to have increased 10.3 percent to Europe and Central Asia, where rising oil prices and demand for migrant workers in Russia supported remittances, in addition to the currency valuation effect.</div><div><br></div><div>In Ukraine, remittance growth is estimated at 2 percent, lower than earlier projections as funds for Ukrainians were sent to countries hosting them, and hand-carried money transfers likely increased.</div><div><br></div><div>Growth in remittance flows is estimated at 9.3 percent for Latin America and the Caribbean, 3.5 percent in South Asia, 2.5 percent in the Middle East and North Africa, and 0.7 percent in East Asia and the Pacific.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2022, for the first time a single country, India, is on track to receive more than $100 billion in yearly remittances.</div><div><br></div><div>In a special feature on climate-driven migration, the Brief notes that rising pressures from climate change will both drive increases in migration within countries and impair livelihoods.</div><div><br></div><div>The poorest are likely to be most affected as they often lack the resources necessary to adapt or move. Studies show that migration can play a role in coping with climate impacts, for example, by providing an escape from disasters and also through remittances and other forms of support to affected households.</div><div><br></div><div>Changes in the international legal norms and institutional frameworks for migration may be required to cope with the challenge of climate-related migration, particularly in the context of cross-border mobility, as is the case for small island nations.</div><div><br></div><div>Also reported in the Brief is the cost of sending $200 across international borders to LMICs, which remains high at 6% on average in the second quarter of 2022, according to the Remittances Prices Worldwide Database.</div><div><br></div><div>It is cheapest to send via mobile operators (3.5%), but digital channels account for less than 1% of total transaction volume. Digital technologies allow for significantly faster and cheaper remittance services. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 10:20:04', '2022-12-01 10:20:04'),
(3449, 3449, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">France this year experienced the hottest year since records began, the country\'s national weather service said Wednesday, as global warming stokes temperatures globally.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A cascade of extreme weather exacerbated by climate change devastated communities across the globe this year, including sweltering heat and drought across Europe that wilted crops, drove forest fires and saw major rivers shrink to a trickle.</div><div><br></div><div>France saw temperatures surge repeatedly in successive heatwaves from May and into October, accompanied by extreme events like wildfires in areas like north-western Brittany, and damaging marine heat waves in the Mediterranean.</div><div><br></div><div>\"2022 will be the hottest year recorded in France since measurements began -- so since at least 1900 -- that is a certainty,\" even if December is very cold, said Matthieu Sorel, a climatologist at Meteo France, in a briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>It estimated the average temperature for the year as a whole would be between 14.2 degrees Celsius and 14.6C degrees depending on December temperatures. That is a significant increase from the previous record of 14.07C seen in 2020, and the highest since records began in 1990.</div><div><br></div><div>Annual rainfall is expected to be as much as 25 percent lower than normal, with precipitation in July 85 percent below average. The driest year in France was 1989, which saw a 25 percent rainfall deficit.</div><div><br></div><div>Eight months of drought in France is already the country\'s third longest dry spell on record, following 17 months in 1989 to 1990 and nine months in 2005.</div><div><br></div><div>Across Europe, exceptionally high summer temperatures led to the worst drought the continent has witnessed since the Middle Ages.</div><div><br></div><div>Crops withered in European breadbaskets, as the historic dry spell drove record wildfire intensity and placed severe pressure on the continent\'s power grid.</div><div><br></div><div>China and North America also experienced unusually high temperatures and exceptionally low rainfall over the June-August period.</div><div><br></div><div>An analysis by an international team of climate scientists in October found that human-caused climate change made the drought across the Northern Hemisphere at least 20 times more likely, and warned such extreme dry periods will become increasingly common with global heating.</div><div><br></div><div>Earth has warmed more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since the late 19th century, with roughly half of that increase occurring in the past 30 years, the World Meteorological Organization said in a report in November.</div><div><br></div><div>Globally, if projections for the rest of 2022 hold, the United Nations says that each of the last eight years will be hotter than any year prior to 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>Greenhouse gases accounting for more than 95 percent of warming are all at record levels, the WMO\'s annual State of the Global Climate found.</div><div><br></div><div>In the European Alps, glacier melt records have been shattered in 2022, with average thickness losses of between three and over four metres (between 9.8 and over 13 feet), the most ever recorded.</div><div><br></div><div>Switzerland has lost more than a third of its glacier volume since 2001. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 10:43:13', '2022-12-01 10:43:13'),
(3450, 3450, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh bagged the second position again in the global apparel export market in 2021 after it was pushed back in third position by Vietnam in 2020.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>World Trade Statistical Review 2022, released by the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday, showed that Vietnam\'s share in global ready-made garment (RMG) exports dropped to 5.80 percent in 2021 from 6.40 percent in 2020.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The share of Bangladesh in the global RMG market, however, increased to 6.40 percent in the last year from 6.30 percent in 2020. The ratio was 6.80 percent in 2019 and 6.40 percent in 2018.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>WTO statistical review also showed that RMG exports from Bangladesh rebounded strongly in the last year, recording 24 percent annual growth.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 2020, the exports faced a big setback and declined by 17 percent against 7 percent growth of Vietnam\'s RMG exports.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The share of Bangladesh in the global clothing export market was 4.20 percent in 2010, when the share of Vietnam was 2.90 percent.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>China retained that first position by increasing its share to 32.80 percent of the global clothing export market in the last year from 31.60 percent in 2020.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The European Union (EU), according to the WTO publication, is the second largest global exporter of RMG. So, technically, Bangladesh is the third largest global RMG exporter, and Vietnam is the fourth largest.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>If EU\'s combined export figures were disaggregated country-wise, Bangladesh and Vietnam would be the second and third top exporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Turkey and India remained in the fifth and sixth positions, followed by Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, and Pakistan, reports BSS.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On the other hand, WTO statistics also showed that the annual export value of the top 10 exporters of clothing stood at $460 billion, a big jump from $378 billion in 2020. The value was recorded at $411.0 billion in 2019.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 11:01:05', '2022-12-01 11:01:05'),
(3451, 3451, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chief of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh has said they will install 5,500 security cameras along the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The central government has “sanctioned ₹30 crore for this procurement,” he said on Wednesday addressing the annual press conference in Delhi, reports the Hindustan Times.</div><div><br></div><div>They have been sanctioned the fund for surveillance cameras, drones and other monitoring gadgets, Singh said.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have got around 5,500 CCTV surveillance cameras and some other gadgets and the Union home ministry has sanctioned a ₹30-crore fund for this procurement,” Singh said. Soon, he said, 5,500 security cameras will be installed in the front areas, both at borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>While terming the use of drones from across the border as a ‘major challenge’ for which they don’t have a foolproof solution yet, Singh said that BSF has developed “low-cost” technology solutions for monitoring infiltration, drone activity and other crimes at India’s border with Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will find solutions in the times to come and we are increasingly detecting and killing the drones,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have tried to enhance the surveillance in border areas in a big way. This entails use of surveillance cameras and drones on the western and eastern theatres (Pakistan and Bangladesh fronts respectively).”</div><div><br></div><div>India and Bangladesh share 4,096 km land border, of which 1,880 km is shared with the northeastern states of Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 11:12:29', '2022-12-01 11:12:29'),
(3452, 3452, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Poland have 4 points while Argentina and Saudi Arabia have 3 points each. Mexico have one point.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Alex Mac Allister and Julian Alvarez score one goal apiece to give Argentina 2-0 lead vs Poland.</div><div><br></div><div>Mexico opened the scoring against Saudi Arabia, going 1-0 up at the start of the second half through Henry Martin.</div><div><br></div><div>Luis Chavez then unleashed a long-range free-kick to put Mexico 2-0 up. Earlier in the first-half, Lionel Messi had the opportunity to put Argentina ahead in the first half after VAR gave a penalty call in his side\'s favour. The 7-time Ballon d\'Or winner\'s penalty, however, was saved by Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 11:54:30', '2022-12-01 11:54:30');
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(3453, 3453, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Bangladesh Police headquarters have instructed all of its units across the country to carry out special operations between December 1 and December 15 and raid hotels, dormitories, hostels, community centres and other institutions in search of ‘terrorists’, criminals, drug dealers, illegal arms holders, and suspects with the arrest warrant.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The police headquarters issued an instruction signed by additional deputy inspector general Md Hasanuzzaman on November 29 and asked all the units to report back to the headquarters from 10 am on December 2.</div><div><br></div><div>The instructions from the police headquarters came ahead of a mass divisional rally announced by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, scheduled to be held in Dhaka on December 10.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>This would be the 10th and the last divisional rally of the BNP, after holding nine mass rallies by the party’s nine other organisational divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the party wants to hold the rally in front of their central headquarters in the capital’s Naya Paltan while Dhaka Metropolitan Police insisted to hold it only for four and a half hours inside the Suhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 12:08:53', '2022-12-01 12:08:53'),
(3454, 3454, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh suffered a big blow ahead of the three-match ODI series against India as the pace spearhead Taskin Ahed was ruled out of the first match due to a recurring back injury.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The injury of Taskin puts Bangladesh in further troublesome situation not only for that he has been in the form of his life but also for the fact that captain Tamim Iqbal is highly likely to miss the whole ODI series after suffering from a groin injury.</div><div><br></div><div>For the last two years, Taskin has been Bangladesh\'s prime bowler and won the side some of the crucial matches with his own. In fact he was instrumental in delivering Bangladesh the first ever ODI series victory on South African soil.</div><div>Pacer Shoriful Islam was called up in the squad as the back up of Taskin Ahmed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Due to his old back injury, Taskin is ruled out of the first ODI game. A further decision on him will be taken after assessing his condition,\" said BCB chief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu.</div><div><br></div><div>The Indian side reached Bangladesh today and will have their first practice session on Friday. The first match of the three-match series starts on December 4 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium.</div><div><br></div><div>The second match is on December 7 at the same venue while the third and final ODI is on December 10 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram.</div><div><br></div><div>The two sides will play two-match Test series with the first match from December 14-18 in Chattogram. The series ending second Test is from December 22-26 in Dhaka. According to BSS reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 12:43:51', '2022-12-01 12:43:51'),
(3455, 3455, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Apple supplier Foxconn is ramping up efforts to recruit workers after unrest at the world\'s biggest iPhone factory.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Employees who successfully refer a friend or family member to work at its plant in Zhengzhou, China will receive a 1,000 yuan award ($141; £117).</div><div><br></div><div>It comes after footage circulated widely online last week showed angry protests at the factory.</div><div><br></div><div>Apple has warned that shipments of its new iPhone 14 would be delayed due to Covid restrictions.</div><div><br></div><div>Foxconn employees who refer a new recruit will be paid 500 yuan if the person stays working for the company for 15 days. They will get another 500 yuan if the recruit remains in the role for a month, a post seen by the BBC on the popular messaging app WeChat said.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, Foxconn apologised for a \"technical error\" in its payment system after protests at the factory in the city of Zhengzhou over Covid restrictions and claims of overdue pay.</div><div><br></div><div>The announcement came after videos posted on social media showed hundreds of workers clashing with security staff.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of October, video shared online showed people jumping a fence outside the Foxconn after a Covid outbreak forced staff to lockdown at the facility.</div><div><br></div><div>The company then recruited new workers with the promise of generous bonuses. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 12:58:00', '2022-12-01 12:58:00'),
(3456, 3456, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Voters in Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s home state of Gujarat cast ballots Thursday in crucial local elections, a vote that is seen as a barometer of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s popularity ahead of a 2024 general election in India.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>he polls are the first of two phases of voting in the western state that Modi ruled as chief minister for over a decade before he led his ruling Hindu nationalist party to victories in national elections in 2014 and 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>A second round of voting will take place Monday before votes are counted Dec. 8.</div><div>Modi’s party remains popular despite criticism of inflation and unemployment and is expected to emerge victorious. Most pre-election surveys and several political analysts have predicted that it will win a majority of the 182 seats in the state for a record seventh time in a row, defeating the main opposition Congress party and new entrant Aam Aadmi Party.</div><div><br></div><div>The BJP has been in power in Gujarat, a state of more than 60 million, since 1995.</div><div><br></div><div>Modi and dozens of top leaders of his party have been campaigning in Gujarat and voters will go to the polls a month after the collapse of a suspension bridge in the town of Morbi killed 135 people. The disaster angered people across the state but analysts say it won’t dent BJP’s popularity in the polls.</div><div><br></div><div>India’s main opposition Congress party is hoping to revive its fortunes and regain some popularity in the state. In October, the party elected a new president, a move that was seen to shed its image as a family dynasty. In September, Rahul Gandhi, its most prominent leader, launched a cross-country unity march across Indian cities, towns and villages to rejuvenate the party and win the people’s support. But analysts say neither event will help the party electorally during the Gujarat polls.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the BJP is facing a tough challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party, which has ruled the capital, Delhi, since 2015. Earlier this year, it swept polls in the northern Punjab state by overthrowing the Congress party.</div><div><br></div><div>Aam Aadmi Party, which grew out of a nationwide anti-corruption movement in 2012, has been a force to reckon with in Delhi. Since its surprise win in the Punjab state, the party has been trying to strengthen its presence across the country. A strong showing in Gujarat could indicate whether the party could appeal voters during the 2024 general election, mainly at the expense of the Indian National Congress party that has struggled since 2014. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 14:08:14', '2022-12-01 14:08:14'),
(3457, 3457, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The date of submitting the probe report in journalist couple Sagar-Runi murder case has been deferred for the 94th time.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rashedul Alam fixed January 4 for the submission of investigation report during a hearing after investigating agency Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) didn’t submit the report today.</div><div><br></div><div>Maasranga Television News Editor Sagar Sarowar and his wife ATN Bangla senior reporter Meherun Runi were found dead in their rented apartment in the city’s West Rajabazar area on 11 February 2012.</div><div><br></div><div>Nousher Ali Roman, brother of Runi, filed a case with Sher-e-Banglanagar Police Station on the following day.</div><div><br></div><div>Police arrested Tanvir in connection with the murder case on October 1, 2012. Later, he secured bail in 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>Law enforcers have so far arrested eight people, including Tanvir, in connection with the murder case.</div><div><br></div><div>The seven other suspects are Rafiqul Islam, Bakul Mia, Abu Syed, Mintu alias Baggira Mintu alias Masum Mintu, Quamrul Hasan alias Arun, security guard Enam Ahmed alias Humayun Kabir and Palash Rudra Pal. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 14:28:29', '2022-12-01 14:28:29'),
(3458, 3458, '<div><br></div><div>According to Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh received $1.59 billion inward remittance in November, showing a slight increase in expatriate income flow.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the central bank is expecting a sharp rise in inward remittance flow after announcing half a dozen facilities including cash incentives and free-of-cost remittance-sending opportunities, the response is not satisfactory yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Expatriate income or remittances have been steadily declining amid the foreign exchange crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>The expatriates sent $1.52 billion in October. In July and August, Bangladesh received $2.09 billion and $2.03 billion respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Since September the flow of inward remittance has been declining. A rumor spread among the expatriates that sending money to Bangladesh through banking channel is not secure, which has apparently impacted the remittance flow, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Bangladesh Bank (BB) data, the country received inward remittance of $8.78 billion in July-November of FY 23 while the figure was $8.60 billion in the same time of FY 22. It shows that expatriates sent more than $18 billion in remittances compared to the previous fiscal year.</div><div><br></div><div>BB spokesperson Md Abul Kalam Azad said to media that in order to increase remittance inflow, the central bank has increased the exchange rate of US dollars for remittance.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to 2.5 percent hassle-free incentive for remittance, several banks also provide additional incentives to attract foreign exchange, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks will not charge any fee for sending remittances through the legal channel, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-01 16:08:55', '2022-12-01 16:08:55'),
(3459, 3459, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>As many as 13,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed since Russia\'s invasion in February, a senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We have official estimates from the General Staff... And they range from 10,000 ... to 13,000 dead,\" Mykhailo Podolyak told Ukraine\'s Channel 24 on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky would make the official data public \"when the right moment comes\", he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In June, as Russian forces battled to take full control of the easternmost Lugansk region, Zelensky said Ukraine was losing \"60 to 100 soldiers per day, killed in action, and around 500 people wounded in action\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu in September said 5,937 Russian troops had been killed in the nearly seven months of fighting to that point.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both sides are suspected of minimising their losses to avoid damaging the morale of their troops.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Top US general Mark Milley last month said more than 100,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine, with Kyiv\'s forces likely suffering similar casualties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those figures -- which could not be independently confirmed -- are the most precise to date from the US government.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the worst fighting in Europe in decades. 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, '2022-12-02 06:14:49', '2022-12-02 06:14:49'),
(3460, 3460, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Opposition BNP activists across Rajshahi division started gathering at Madrasa Ground in the city&nbsp; from Wednesday to attend the party’s divisional rally defying a transport strike.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The rally is slated for Saturday (December 3) but activists from the opposition party started arriving early as Rajshahi Divisional Road Transport Owners\' Association threatened to enforce an indefinite strike in all eight districts of Rajshahi division from December 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“As the transport movement was suspended on Thursday it took me 12 hours to reach Rajshahi city from my home in Sariakandi upazila by auto rickshaw, and foot amid obstruction from police throughout the difficult journey,” Tabibur Rahman, a 60-year old BNP activist told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tabibur who fell sick after reaching Rajshahi and was admitted to Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital said, “I’ve taken the trouble to come only to protest against all the irregularities of the government.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, on Thursday night hundreds of BNP activists from different upazilas, districts of Rajshahi entered the city with processions. Most of them reached the rally venue by auto rickshaws,&nbsp; trucks, pickup vans, train and on foot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As police obstructed them from entering Madrasa Ground they stayed at the Eidgah Ground beside it at night under canopies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The police have been blocking the entrance to Rajshahi city since Wednesday night. The leaders and activists had to suffer a lot as they were forced to get down from the vehicles but they defied all odds,” said Mizanur Rahman Minu, BNP Chairperson’s advisor while visiting the venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders and activists will reach Rajshahi and enter the venue on time on Saturday, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisions and major cities. The party began the rallies by holding the first one in Chattogram on October 12.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Transport owners and workers called strikes ahead all the rallies in various cities, except in Chattogram and Cumilla.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP says it will conclude its divisional rallies through a mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10. 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, '2022-12-02 06:21:20', '2022-12-02 06:21:20'),
(3461, 3461, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The World Bank on Thursday approved $250 million in financing to help Bangladesh strengthen its environmental management and promote private sector participation in green investment.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation (BEST) Project will support the Department of Environment to strengthen its technical and administrative capacity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The project will also help improve environmental regulations and enforcement to curb pollution and improve environmental quality, according to the World Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation will pilot new financing mechanisms to promote green investments in targeted sectors. It will also establish a Green Credit Guarantee Scheme to incentivise the financial sector to support green investments to reduce air pollution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Successful implementation of the project will help Bangladesh tackle key pollution issues, benefitting over 21 million people living in Greater Dhaka and beyond, the World Bank said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh\'s rapid economic growth and urbanisation have come at a high environmental cost in terms of pollution. Not only that the pollution is impacting our health, but also it is eroding the country’s economic competitiveness,\" said Dandan Chen, World Bank acting country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Environmental Sustainability and Transformation will strengthen the country\'s environmental institutions to better control pollution and promote sustainable development, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project will help construct four vehicle inspection centres using a private-public partnership modality to inspect about 46,000 vehicles annually.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An e-waste management facility will be set up to process 3,500 metric tons of e-waste annually.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project will help reduce over 1 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from targeted sources, according to the World Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In newspapers, we regularly see reports on Dhaka\'s high level of air pollution. The World Bank estimate shows that in 2019, air pollution and lead exposure are responsible for more than one-fifth of the deaths in Bangladesh, costing about 12 percent of the country\'s GDP,\" said Jiang Ru, World Bank senior environment specialist and task team leader for the project.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Strong environmental regulations and strict environmental enforcement will incentivise the private sector to invest in pollution control and green growth and thus help the country to achieve its target of net-zero emissions by 2050.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The project will also set up a first-ever network of 22 continuous surface water quality monitoring stations to start monitoring of water quality of Dhaka rivers and targeted international rivers in real-time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will also establish continuous water quality monitoring stations to ensure the environmental compliance of selected industrial effluent treatment plants.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The credit is from the World Bank\'s International Development Association, which provides concessional financing, and has a 30-year term with a five-year grace period. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/khHome&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 06:33:07', '2022-12-02 06:33:07'),
(3462, 3462, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage for the second time in succession despite a 4-2 win against Costa Rica on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four-time World Cup winners came into the match needing a win but were also relying on the result of Japan\'s game with Spain to progress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the Germans were eliminated from Group E due to goal difference as Japan followed up their defeat of Germany with another shock result by beating Spain 2-1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It is unbelievably bitter for us because our result would have been enough,\" forward Thomas Mueller said. \"It\'s a feeling of powerlessness.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany took an early lead but briefly fell behind in the second half as coach Hansi Flick made a flurry of changes, reacting to the live score of the Japan v Spain fixture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Germans started positively, with Flick\'s all-Bayern Munich front line turning the screws early, battering the Costa Rica defence before Serge Gnabry got his head to a curling cross from Leipzig defender David Raum after 10 minutes to open the scoring.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Midfielder Leon Goretzka almost doubled Germany\'s lead just five minutes later but his header was directly at Keylor Navas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complacency began to creep into Germany\'s game. Keysher Fuller, Costa Rica\'s goal-scoring hero in a 1-0 win against Japan, forced Manuel Neuer into a fingertip save after some half-hearted defending from Raum and Antonio Ruediger.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flick moved Kimmich back to his familiar defensive midfield position at half-time, bringing on Lukas Klostermann at the expense of Goretzka, who like Kimmich started the match on a yellow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just seven minutes into the second half, word crept around the Al Bayt Stadium that Japan had scored two quick goals to take the lead against Spain, a result which would force Germany out of the tournament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flick reacted immediately, bringing on Niclas Fuellkrug and taking off another midfielder in Ilkay Gundogan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany appeared disjointed as Costa Rica went on the counter on the 58-minute mark, the ball rebounding off Neuer and into the path of Yeltsin Tejeda, who slammed it home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flick continued to chase the game, making more changes but it was Costa Rica who scored next when Juan Pablo Vargas tapped a free kick past Neuer to put his side past Spain and into the Round of 16. The goal was later recorded as an own goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Germany hit back minutes later through Chelsea forward Kai Havertz to draw level.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Havertz scored again in the 86th minute and Fuellkrug added another in the 89th minute to bring the score to 4-2, but the side\'s focus remained nervously fixed on the group\'s parallel fixture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The night ended with Germany losing out to second-placed Spain as Japan unexpectedly won the group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It means Germany, who had not missed out on the knockout stages of a World Cup for 80 years until the 2018 tournament in Russia, have now been bundled out in the group stage for the second World Cup in a row. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 06:49:04', '2022-12-02 06:49:04'),
(3463, 3463, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord was signed two decades ago, but peace still remains elusive&nbsp; due to criminal activities like killing and extortion while the emergence of new armed group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) providing training to a militant group has become a major concern.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Communities living in the region have been trying to rebuild their lives leaving behind all the despair, but fears and conflicts put them back. Violence unleashed by armed groups kills people and destroys the prospect of peace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even tourism in Bandarban remains banned as part of high security measures preventing militant activities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is marking the 25th anniversary of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Peace Accord on Friday (December 2).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Militant training at CHT with emergence of KNF</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 20, members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested seven members of newly launched militant outfit Jama\'atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya and three members of the armed separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) conducting drives at Bandarban and Rangamati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rab started their drives in these areas on October 9.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main purpose of the drives by the elite force was to capture those who are taking shelter and taking training there after tracing their location, Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of Rab’s legal and Media Wing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrestees confessed that they had an agreement with a separatist group (KNF) to provide them shelter and training in exchange for money, disclosed the Rab spokesman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, the Amir of Jamatul Ansar fil Hindal Sharqiya had an agreement with the CHT-based armed group KNF regarding militant training in the area till next year. As per the agreement, Tk 3 lakh per month and food expenses of all KNF members were to be borne, according to the Rab officer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tourism banned in Bandarban</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bandarban district administration imposed a temporary restriction on visitors in Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas from October 18 morning for the safety of tourists amid anti-militancy drive in the district\'s remote areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later on October 23, the local administration discouraged tourists from traveling to Thanchi and Alikadam upazilas due to the same reason.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ban on tourism in Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas has been extended for ninth time till December 4 while it was lifted in two others upazila. 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, '2022-12-02 07:14:50', '2022-12-02 07:14:50'),
(3464, 3464, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Elon Musk kicked Kanye West off Twitter on Friday, after the controversial rapper posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering pic of me,\" Musk said in response to West\'s tweet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">West had also shared a picture of a shirtless Musk getting sprayed with water, captioned: \"Let\'s always remember this as my final tweet.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk, who previously called himself a \"free speech absolutist,\" has repeatedly said he believes that all content permitted by law should be allowed on Twitter and sought to remake the social media organization after he took control in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since taking over the platform, Musk has cut around half of Twitter\'s workforce, including many employees tasked with fighting disinformation, while an unknown number of others have voluntarily quit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company has also begun reinstating roughly 62,000 accounts in what is being referred to internally as \"the Big Bang,\" according to Platformer news blog.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">West has made a series of anti-Semitic comments recently, as the one-time titan of fashion and music appears to have entered a disturbing spiral.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, he appeared on Infowars, the show fronted by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, to rant about sin, pornography and the devil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I like Hitler,\" West said several times. 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, '2022-12-02 07:49:58', '2022-12-02 07:49:58'),
(3465, 3465, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has said it seized goods, arms, and drugs worth Tk134.37 crore in November.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seized items include 521,989 yaba pills, 2.162kg crystal meth, 12,576 bottles of Phensedyl, 18,910 bottles of foreign liquor, 214 litres of local liquor, 1,315 cans of beer, 1,881kg hemp, 4kg heroin, 23,974 stimulant injections, 8,592 Eskuf syrups, and 1,618 bottles of MkDil/Cofidil, Shariful Islam, public relations officer of the BGB headquarters, said Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, 55.546kg gold, 7kg silver, 212,563 cosmetics, 10,494 imitation jewellery, 17,424 sarees, 6,011 three-piece sets, blankets and shirt pieces; 1,631 pieces of readymade garments, 2,989 cubic feet of timber, 6,080kg tea leaves, 78,533kg coal, one touchstone idol, 68 motorcycles, two trucks/covered vans, five pickup vans, 24 CNG and battery-run auto-rickshaws were also seized.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seized arms include seven pistols, eight guns, as many cocktails, 24 mortar shells, 56 rounds of bullets, and a magazine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, legal action was taken against 216 smugglers, 104 Bangladesh nationals and six Indian nationals for illegally crossing the border, Shariful 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, '2022-12-02 08:44:34', '2022-12-02 08:44:34'),
(3466, 3466, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Japan once again stunned the World Cup in Qatar with another giant-killing effort Thursday that kept the Samurai Blue on course for their first quarterfinals and sparked jubilant celebrations among players and fans.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Staring at a potential exit, Hajime Moriyasu\'s side evoked their earlier victory over Germany as they came back to beat Spain 2-1 and top Group E on a night likely to be remembered as one of the most enthralling in the tournament\'s long history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m speechless. This is why you can\'t quit the national team. (It\'s the) best feeling ever,\" said 34-year-old captain Maya Yoshida, who gained redemption for a misplaced pass that enabled Costa Rica to upset Japan 1-0 on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ve watched some of (Spain\'s) matches and we also found it very tough facing them playing four at the back last summer at the Olympics (semifinal in Tokyo), so the plan was to have three or five at the back and play patiently.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our original target was to win the next game. Everyone was also saying today they can\'t go home yet.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alvaro Morata headed home the 11th-minute opener during a deja vu of Japan\'s underwhelming first-half display against Germany, hardly venturing forward and saving their best for the second half.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Needing a win to ensure their place in the last 16, Japan resisted the impulse to attack from the start with Moriyasu and his players taking a measured approach against one of the tournament favorites.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Asian side succeeded in making lightning strike twice, once again beating former World Cup champions by grabbing goals on the break and shutting up shop following another half-time reshuffle from Moriyasu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We persevered to leave everything for the second half, like the Germany game. I\'m glad it worked out well,\" said Yoshida. \"The second half was incredibly long. But we were OK as long as we got that defensive block laid out. It\'s thanks to everyone\'s effort.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Half-time substitute Kaoru Mitoma was again a vital cog for Japan, desperately stretching his left leg to keep the ball in play by millimeters on the byline and set up Ao Tanaka\'s 51st-minute winner. The Brighton attacker also worked his socks off defensively until the final whistle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 25-year-old rising star said Japan\'s wins over Germany and Spain were something to be remembered for a long time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They\'re two massive wins within the whole World Cup (narrative),\" said Mitoma. \"We can make history if we manage to reach the last eight next, so we\'ll refocus.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yuto Nagatomo, who has become the first Japanese player to appear in four straight World Cups, said he had presaged the outcome.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I had this exact image (of winning) popping up in my mind two days ago. Bravo to all the teammates, the manager, the fans here and everyone back home,\" the 36-year-old former Inter defender said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Of course we sense good things (now) after going through a very tough three days (following the loss to Costa Rica). But we showed our resilience and went into the game with strong determination.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan made the last 16 on three occasions in the past starting with 2002 and Nagatomo, who reached that stage in 2010 and 2018, wants to go one further.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve had two really frustrating moments and I absolutely want to win and see new scenery, with everyone part of this best team ever,\" the veteran said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One player who may have felt particularly disappointed had Japan not prevailed was Barcelona youth product Takefusa Kubo, who was replaced at the break despite arguably being his side\'s best until that point.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 21-year-old, whose early withdrawal also meant he missed the chance to face his La Masia teammate, Spanish second-half substitute Ansu Fati, was eager to quickly get back in action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Honestly speaking, I believe I was the best player in the first half,\" said Kubo. \"But Doan came on for me and scored. I\'d have been left unfulfilled otherwise, so I\'m grateful. I hadn\'t packed my bag yet and I\'m relieved we\'re not going home at this stage.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan\'s attention now turns to a last-16 showdown with 2018 runners-up Croatia on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We don\'t know how Croatia play, but losing after beating these two teams (Germany and Spain) would be wasteful,\" Kubo said. \"It\'s all over with a loss from here, we can etch our names into Japanese history books with one more win, and I want my name to be among them.\" KYODO /UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 09:24:46', '2022-12-02 09:24:46'),
(3467, 3467, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Though the country’s political landscape has become overheated with some opposition leaders’ fiery comments about the participation of Khaleda Zia in her party’s much-talked-about rally in the capital on December 10, BNP senior leaders say they never had any plan to take her to their programme.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also said their December-10 rally in the capital is similar to 9 other divisional programmes of BNP where party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will address as chief guest and announce the party’s next course of action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the party leaders are determined to hold the rally at Nayapaltan in front of their party headquarters instead of Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP senior leaders said they want to hold the rally peacefully avoiding any type of chaos as they will initiate the second phase of the movement to realise their demand for a polls-time neutral government and the resignation of the government after the December-10 programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We don’t have any different plan about our Dhaka rally. It’s like other divisional rallies. I don’t know why the ruling party leaders and some media are talking about our chairperson’s participation in the rally. Our standing committee never discussed this issue and we never had any such plan,” said BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to UNB, he said they are moving ahead with a plan for a peaceful gathering to reach their desired goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said they will not give anyone any scope to divert their movement to a a different direction by creating any trouble. “We’ll neither fall into Awami League’s trap nor take any imprudent move.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political mercury has started rising since Dhaka North City unit BNP convener Aman Ullah Aman at a programme on October 8 last announced that the country will run as per the directives of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman after December 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two days later, BNP chairperson’s adviser Zainul Abedin Farroque said Khaleda will join the December -10 rally and later some other party low-tier leaders echoed Aman and Farroque.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP senior leaders, however, said the remarks of Aman and Farroque about Khaleda are their personal opinions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid such speculation, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday warned that the court will take steps if Khaleda, who has been temporarily freed from jail on conditions, attends the party\'s December 10 rally in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday at a programme in Narayanganj said Khaleda was freed suspending her sentence on conditions as her family submitted an application saying she was too sick to move.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“If Khaleda Zia now joins BNP’s rally on December 10, then it’ll be proved that what was written in her family’s application was false,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the wake of Coronavirus outbreak, the government freed Khaleda from jail for six months through an executive order suspending her sentence on 25 March 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government extended her conditional release from jail in the two corruption cases several times. The 76-year-old BNP chief has been staying at her Gulshan residence since her release from jail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities. The party has already held eight divisional rallies while the 9th rally will be held In Rajshahi on Saturday. The BNP will conclude the divisional rallies through a huge mass gathering in Dhaka city on December 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the party sought permission to hold the rally at Nayapaltan, the government has permitted it to hold the programme at Suhrawardy Udyan on 26 conditions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Contacted,&nbsp; BNP’s Dhaka south city unit BNP convener Abdus Salam said Khaleda’s participation in the Dhaka rally is nothing but speculation by media and the ruling party leaders. “No one of our responsible leaders talked about it.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said they are taking allout preparations to make the rally a success with the participation of lakhs of people. “It’ll surely be a peaceful programme. We’ll remain alert about all types of plots and provocations to foil our programme.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Publicity Secretary Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie said the ruling party leaders are making comments involving Khaleda with the rally as part of their political motive to mislead people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Madam (Khaleda) remains under house arrest and she is very sick. We never said she would take part in our programme. But the government is playing a bad game over the issue”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’ll also hold the rally in the capital peacefully and then return homes. We have no other plans.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During their meeting with Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Thursday, the BNP leader said they urged him to cooperate with BNP to hold the rally at Nayapaltan. “We\'re determined to hold the rally at Nayapaltan. We’ve no other plan about any venue.” 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, '2022-12-02 10:52:11', '2022-12-02 10:52:11'),
(3468, 3468, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has said the breakup of the country that led to the creation of Bangladesh in 1971 was a “military failure”.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \"debacle had created many challenges\" for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led by his grandfather Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilawal, also PPP chairman, made the comments on Wednesday at the Nishtar Park rally, organised to mark the 55th Foundation Day of his party, days after former army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa called the \"East Pakistan loss a political failure.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When Zulfikar Ali Bhutto took over the government, the people were broken and had lost all hope,\" he was quoted as saying by the Dawn newspaper.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But he rebuilt the nation, restored the confidence of the people and finally brought our 90,000 troops back home who had been made prisoners of war due to \'military failure.\' Those 90,000 soldiers were reunited with their families. And that all was made possible due to politics of hope... of unity... and inclusion,\" Bilawal added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Days before his retirement, General Qamar rejected that 92,000 Pakistani soldiers surrendered in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qamar said: \"I want to correct the record. The fall of East Pakistan was not a military but a political failure. The number of fighting soldiers was not 92,000, it was rather only 34,000, the rest were from various government departments.\" 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, '2022-12-02 10:57:56', '2022-12-02 10:57:56');
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(3469, 3469, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League (AL) Presidium Member Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, MP paid rich tributes on Friday to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum at Tungipara in Gopalganj.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After laying the wreath, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the Father of the Nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, he offered doa seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of Bangabandhu and other martyrs who had to embrace martyrdom on the fateful August 15, 1975.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A special prayer was also offered wishing for longevity of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jubo League Central Leader Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nayeem, newly elected President of Gopalganj District Awami League Mahabub Ali Khan, General Secretary GM Sahabuddin Azam, Gopalganj Sadar Upazila Awami League President Kazi Liaquat Ali Leku, General Secretary Abu Siddique Sikdar, Gopalganj Municipal Awami League President Golam Kabir and General Secretary Alimuzzaman Bitu, among others, were present. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 11:37:46', '2022-12-02 11:37:46'),
(3470, 3470, '<h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;\">Tina Datta’s friendship with Shalin Bhanot was questioned in the Weekend ka Vaar episode. A promo of the upcoming episode dropped on Friday, in which host Salman Khan is seen throwing a challenge at them after the two contestants addressed their relationship on the show.&nbsp;</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">Tina also said her friendship with Shalin on the show had backfired on her.</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">In the clip shared by ColorsTV, a panel of audience members sat together on stage, and posed questions to Bigg Boss 16 contestants. One person asked Shalin, “Aap hamesha Tina ke peeche-peeche kyun bhagte ho (why do you always run behind Tina)?” To which Salman remarked, “Kya karein aadat hai (what can he do, he is used to it).”&nbsp;</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">A viewer also said about Shalin, “Tina apne fayde ke liye usko use kar rahi hai (Tina is using Shalin for her own benefit).” Reacting to the accusations, Shalin said in Hindi, “I am not dependant on anyone.”</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">In response to all the discussion around her relationship with Shalin, Tina said in the clip, “Main uss (Shalin) ke saath apni dosti bhi nahi nibhaongi kyunki mere upar ab yeh backfire kar raha hai (I will no longer stay friends with Shalin as that has backfired on me).” Responding to Tina’s statement on the future of her friendship with Shalin, Salman said, “Ab mujhe yeh dekhna hai, challenge hai (now I want to see how that goes, it is a challenge)…’</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">Earlier, former Bigg Boss 16 contestant Sreejita De and Rajiv Adatia of Bigg Boss 15 fame had also questioned Tina and Shalin’s friendship, and tweeted about their ‘fake cringey love story’ on the show. Many on social media had also insinuated that the actors’ relationship was a part of their game on Bigg Boss.</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">Bigg Boss 16 airs Monday to Friday at 10pm, and on Saturday and Sunday 9.30pm. HT</span><br></h1><h1 class=\"hdg1\" style=\"text-align: justify; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); padding: 5px 0px 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; list-style-type: none; outline: none; overflow-wrap: break-word; position: relative; line-height: 24px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></h1>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 11:47:04', '2022-12-02 11:47:04'),
(3471, 3471, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">On the night of 26 November 2008, Gautam Adani, then the 10th richest man in India, was having dinner at a restaurant in Mumbai\'s luxury Taj Mahal Hotel when he saw gunmen barging in, firing in all directions and hurling grenades.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten heavily armed militants, all Pakistani nationals, had arrived by sea that evening, split into groups, hijacked vehicles and attacked targets, including two upscale hotels. The 60-hour siege of the city left 166 dead and soured ties between India and Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Adani later told India Today magazine that hotel staff had quickly corralled the diners in a basement for a couple of hours, and then moved them to a hall on an upper floor even as the bloody mayhem continued outside.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were 100 guests packed into the hall - \"some hiding under sofas, others taking evasive positions\" - praying for their lives. Mr Adani recounted that he had sat on a sofa, told the trapped guests to have \"faith in God\", and made phone calls to his distraught family in his native city of Ahmedabad, more than 500km (310 miles) away, as his driver and security guard waited anxiously in his car outside.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After spending the night in the hall, Mr Adani and fellow hostages were taken out through the rear entrance after commandos cordoned off the hotel next morning. \"I saw death at a distance of just 15ft [about 5m],\" he told reporters after returning to Ahmedabad on his private jet later in the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 14 years later, Mr Adani, 60, is the world\'s third richest man - behind Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. He runs a sprawling port-to-energy conglomerate with seven publicly traded companies, 23,000 employees and a market capitalisation of more than $230bn (£190bn).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has been in the news this week because he is close to acquiring NDTV, India\'s most respected news network, in what is his first major media venture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long before the school dropout-turned-trader became a billionaire with an inveterate appetite for risk, Mr Adani had a narrow escape. In January 1998, he and an associate were reportedly kidnapped for ransom from their car at gunpoint by a group of men in Ahmedabad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two suspects were set free in 2018 after the businessman and his associate \"never turned up for deposition despite repeated summons from the court\". A businessman who has often described himself as low-profile, Mr Adani does not talk about these incidents much, apart from simply telling a journalist once that \"two or three very unfortunate incidents have happened in my life\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After dropping out of school when he was 16, Mr Adani moved to Mumbai to try his hand at business, trading diamonds in a bustling commercial district. This foray into early business did not last long: two years later he returned to Gujarat, his home state, to run a packaging factory managed by a brother.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Adani, who hails from a middle-class family of textile merchants, never really looked back after he launched his firm in 1998, trading in commodities. Over the next 24 years, his debt-fuelled companies diversified into ports, mines, railways, infrastructure, power and real estate making him what one commentator described as \"perhaps the most aggressive of India\'s new generation of tycoons\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, Mr Adani is India\'s undisputed infrastructure tycoon. He runs India\'s second-largest cement company, 13 ports - including the country\'s largest in the western coastal town of Mundra - and operates seven airports. He is building India\'s longest expressway between Delhi and Mumbai, the country\'s commercial capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With six coal-fired power plants, Mr Adani is India\'s largest private player in power. At the same time, he has pledged to invest $50bn in green hydrogen and runs a 8,000km-long natural gas pipeline. He has also bought coal mines in Indonesia and Australia. He aims to be the top global renewable player by 2030.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pace and scale of Mr Adani\'s expansion were comparable with those of industrial giants of previous eras, writes James Crabtree, a policy analyst in his book The Billionaire Raj: Journey Through India\'s New Gilded Age.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unable to rely on India\'s ramshackle infrastructure, he built his own private railways and power lines. Lacking easy access to domestic coal, he bought mines in Indonesia and Australia and took their contents back home through his port,\" notes Mr Crabtree, adding that his \"expansion closely mirrored India\'s own\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Along the way, Mr Adani has courted abundant controversy. His close relationship with Narendra Modi, first during his tenure as chief minister of Gujarat and now as India\'s prime minister, has prompted critics to call his business empire an example of crony capitalism.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The two men enjoyed symbiotic careers. Mr Modi\'s pro-business policies helped Mr Adani expand. Mr Adani\'s own companies, meanwhile, built many of the grand projects that came to symbolise Mr Modi\'s \'Gujarat model\' with its emphasis on infrastructure investment, attracting foreign capital and export industries,\" Mr Crabtree says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Adani-owned coal mine in Queensland\'s Galilee Basin became a flashpoint for pro- and anti-coal groups and was the subject of years of hold-ups over environmental approvals before final construction began in 2019. A website called AdaniWatch, run by an Australia-based non-profit, professes to \"shine a light on the Adani Group\'s misdeeds across the planet\". The Adani group has denied breaking any laws in Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2012, India\'s government auditor accused Mr Modi, then Gujarat chief minister, of providing cheap fuel from a state-run gas company to Mr Adani and other businessmen. A journalist wrote a series of articles in 2017 saying Mr Adani\'s companies had received favourable treatment on Mr Modi\'s watch. Mr Adani\'s companies and Mr Modi\'s government have consistently denied such allegations of favourable treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">RN Bhaskar, author of a new biography of Mr Adani, says his \"ability to build and maintain relationships\" helped in the growth of his businesses. He is friends with most \"political and social leaders\" across the spectrum. Mr Adani\'s port project in Kerala was approved when the main opposition Congress party was in power and the Communists, who now run the state, have backed it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Bhaskar says what makes Mr Adani stand out among his peers is his \"unwillingness to raise funds from the investing public till a business has begun generating money\". More importantly, he adds, Mr Adani believes that growth is assured when a business group\'s interests are \"closely aligned with national interests\". Not surprisingly, the group\'s guiding philosophy, as outlined on its website, is \"Nation Building\" driven by \"Growth with Goodness\". 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, '2022-12-02 12:53:07', '2022-12-02 12:53:07'),
(3472, 3472, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Terming Begum Khaleda Zia as a convicted accused, Information and Broadcasting minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said she resided at home outside the prison by the kindness of Bangabandhu\'s daughter.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hasan, also Joint General Secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said the discussion of whether or not Begum Khaleda Zia goes to BNP\'s public meeting on December 10 is unrealistic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`Khaleda Zia changed her date of birth and cut the birthday cake on the day the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu was killed. However, she is residing in her house outside the prison by the kindness of Prime Minister Bangabandhu\'s daughter Sheikh Hasina. Now if they think like that then the government will be forced to send him to jail’- he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Information Minister said these in response to queries of the journalists after delivering speech as the chief guest at the reunion of Government Haji Mohammad Mohsin College, a traditional educational institution of Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Mohsin College Alumni Association organized the reunion&nbsp; at city’s Navy Convention Hall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Hasan Mahmud said BNP wants to hold a rally in Nayapaltan excluding Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`They didn\'t want to go there for two reasons. Firstly, gathering of fifty thousand people in front of Naya Paltan seems a huge crowd. They are sure that there will not be more than fifty thousand people in their public meeting. That\'s why they don\'t want to go to Suhrawardy Udyan,’- the AL joint secretary said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Hasan said, the second reason is that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman called for independence in Suhrawardy Udyan, in fact declared independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`And that\'s the place where the Pakistani army surrendered. BNP is Pakistan\'s friend, their secretary general said Pakistan was better. So the ground where Bangabandhu called for independence is not their choice. For these two reasons they don\'t want to go there,’ he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mentioning `BNP wants to create chaos’ the information minister said they want to rally in front of Nayapaltan because they want to create chaos. They will not be allowed to create chaos as people of the country will resist them, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Hashan said, the entire Chattogram is dressed up on the occasion of the public meeting of the Prime Minister Bangabandhu\'s daughter Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`A great enthusiasm has been created among the people. It will be the biggest gathering ever and millions of people will gather Inshallah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because of the enthusiasm that has already been generated among the mass people in the region, we are sure that this will be one of the biggest public meetings in history’ he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, in the speech of the chief guest at the Government Mohsin College Alumni Association, Dr Hasan said that the activities of a college, university and school are not limited to teaching only.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Colleges, universities and schools are places to learn many things, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`I would never have been able to stand where I am today if I had not been around the great teachers of the school. Similarly, I remember some teachers of the college, especially Sumangal Mutsuddi sir. Because I used to study privately with him. There were many other teachers, whose presence played a major role in shaping our lives,’.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Dr Hasan, a former student of Govt. Mohsin College, reminisced and said Mohsin College is one of the best colleges in Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">`In future, the Alumni Association will have some programs that will open the third eye of the society. The society will create opportunities in doing charitable work. Alumni Association will play a remarkable role especially in building the lives of current students. Many alumni of Mohsin College are established and wealthy in the society,’ he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Chairman of Chattogram Government Mohsin College Alumni Association and President of Chattogram Chamber Mahbubul Alam presided over the function while Ekushey Padak awarded daily Azadi editor MA Malek delivered the special guest speech. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 12:57:37', '2022-12-02 12:57:37'),
(3473, 3473, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Kremlin on Friday rejected US President Joe Biden\'s terms for Ukraine talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow\'s offensive will continue.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What did President Biden say in fact? He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding Moscow was \"certainly\" not ready to accept those conditions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The special military operation is continuing,\" Peskov said, using the Kremlin term for the assault on Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron, Biden said Thursday he would be willing to speak to Putin if the Russian leader truly wants to end the fighting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'m prepared to speak with Mr Putin if in fact there is an interest in him deciding he\'s looking for a way to end the war,\" the US leader said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov on Friday said Putin was ready for talks to ensure Russia\'s interests are respected but added that Washington\'s stance \"complicates\" any possible talks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United States does not recognise new territories as part of the Russian Federation,\" Peskov said, referring to Ukrainian regions that the Kremlin claims to have annexed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September, Moscow held so-called referendums in four regions of Ukraine -- Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia -- and said residents had voted in favour of becoming subjects of Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations has condemned the \"attempted illegal annexation\" of Ukrainian land.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov said that before sending troops to Ukraine on February 24 Putin had repeatedly proposed to hold talks with NATO, the OSCE and the United States but those attempts had proved \"unsuccessful.\" 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, '2022-12-02 13:14:59', '2022-12-02 13:14:59'),
(3474, 3474, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported one more Covid-linked death and 15 cases in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With the new numbers, the country\'s total fatalities rose to 29,434 and caseload to 2,036,612, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The daily case test positivity rate rose to 0.79 percent from Thursday\'s 0.45 percent as 1,894 samples were tested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent and the recovery rate at 97.51 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In November, the country reported 10 Covid-linked deaths and 1,345 cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 13:45:46', '2022-12-02 13:45:46'),
(3475, 3475, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued a message paying tribute to the memory of Ziaur Rahman Patwari Raju, a hero of Chandpur who embraced martyrdom during the mass uprising and anti-autocracy movement in 1990.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I sincerely salute and thank all those associated with \'Shaheed Raju Smrity Sangsad\' for taking the initiative to publish the memorial book \'Sahosik\' paying tribute to the memory of martyred Ziaur Rahman Patwari Raju who is the heroic son of Chandpur,\" she said in her message marking the publication of the memorial book \'Sahosik\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The greatest Bangalee of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman struggled throughout his life for the liberation of the exploited and deprived people of this country, the premier said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jail, oppression and torture by Pakistani exploiters could not divert him from the path of democratic movement, she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Under his far-reaching and strong leadership, we have achieved independent and sovereign Bangladesh in exchange of the sacrifice of 30 lakh martyrs and the honor of two lakh mothers and sisters,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She further said that Bangabandhu had created a distinct identity for the Bangalee nation and in just three and a half years, he reconstructed the war-torn country and upgraded it to a least developed country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that she started fighting to change the fate of the people of this country after returning to her country on May 17, 1981.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I led the movement to restore democracy by ending the dictatorship in the country. How many fresh lives have been lost in the struggle to restore democracy cannot be counted. In 1990, the anti-autocracy movement arose. Many people sacrificed their lives by participating in this movement and the dictatorial government fell,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ziaur Rahman Patwari Raju, a meritorious HSC student of commerce department of Chandpur Government College and Chhatra League leader, was also martyred in this movement, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also remembered all the martyrs of the democratic movement of Bangladesh including Shaheed Raju.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She hoped that the book \'Sahasik\' published in memory of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Patwari Raju will inspire the new generation throughout the ages as a shining document of self-sacrifice to restore democracy in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier wished all the success of the programmes taken on the occasion of the 32nd martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Patwari Raju. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 13:54:12', '2022-12-02 13:54:12'),
(3476, 3476, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Opener Liton Das will lead Bangladesh in the upcoming three-match ODI series against India after the regular captain Tamim Iqbal was ruled out of the series due to groin injury.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Liton is one of the more experienced players in the side and has demonstrated his leadership qualities,\" BCB Cricket Operations Chairman Jalal Younus said here today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He has a sharp cricketing mind and reads the game very well. It is most unfortunate to lose Tamim to injury for this very important series, especially because under his captaincy the team has played some outstanding cricket in the last couple of years and he has been our most prolific batter in this format. He will be missed but we also feel that Liton has the attributes to do a good job as captain.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liton has so far made 1835 runs in 57 ODIs for Bangladesh since making his debut in 2015 against the same opponents. He also holds the highest individual ODI score by a Bangladeshi batter when he hit 176 against Zimbabwe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first two ODIs will take place at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka on December 4 and 7 while the third and final match is slated at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram on December 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh ODI Squad: Liton Das (captain), Anamul Haque, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Afif Hossain, Yasir Ali Chowdhury, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mustafizur Rahman, Shoriful Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain Chowdhury, Nasum Ahmed, Mahmudullah, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Nurul Hasan Sohan. 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, '2022-12-02 14:45:00', '2022-12-02 14:45:00'),
(3477, 3477, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader urged BNP to hold its rally peacefully in Dhaka city on December 10 next, cautioning that if the party creates any chaos in the name of rally, it will be given a befitting reply.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“If any disorder or violence is created and terrorist acts are conducted in the name of rally, the AL leaders and workers along with the people will give them a befitting reply,” he told the joint conference of Dhaka North and South City units of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Suhrawardy Udyan here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Speaking as the chief guest, Quader said it is reported that the BNP has deployed militants and gunmen at the field level. “We are informed that money is coming in sacks from Dubai,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issuing a fresh warning that there would be games in this December and the next general elections as well, he said: “You (BNP) must hold the rally in an organised way; no chaos will be allowed. But time will say whether if we will conduct counter attack or not”.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said a BRTC bus was burnt in the city’s Motijheel area yesterday and they (BNP terrorists) are signaling that they are coming back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the leaders and activists of the AL and its affiliated organisations to remain alert to this end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the allegation of Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain that the government is siphoning off money abroad, the AL general secretary said Dr Kamal is a mysterious person of politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was arrested by the Pakistani forces in 1971, Kamal Hossain got down from the car in front of the Intercontinental Hotel and entered it, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“He (Kamal) was not traced after that. We got news that he went to Pakistan and escaped to Pakistan. You later became the Foreign Minister of the government by the grace of Bangabandhu. Today Kamal Hossain talks about money laundering,” Quader said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blaming that Kamal Hossain whitened black money, the AL general secretary said the Gonoforum president himself siphoned off money and also laundered a huge amount of money through his Jewish son-in-law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The people of the country want to know how much money you (Kamal) laundered,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Dr Kamal himself evaded tax and is now talking much by insulting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Mr Kamal Hossain, we knew that you always have a visa in your pocket. Journalists also know that. He suddenly went abroad without even informing his party men,” Quader said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AL presidium members Adv Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretary BM Mozammel Haque, office secretary Barrister Biplob Barua, Dhaka North City AL president Sheikh Bazlur Rahman and its general secretary SM Mannan Kochi, and Dhaka South City AL president Abu Ahmed Mohammad Mannafi and its general secretary Humayun Kabir were, others were, present.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BCL president Al Nahian Khan Joy inaugurated the conference while its general secretary Lekhak Bhattacharjee spoke as main discussant. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-02 15:21:50', '2022-12-02 15:21:50'),
(3478, 3478, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP\'s divisional rally in Rajshahi began on Saturday morning, with the presence of thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rally began around 9:30 am at the city’s Haji Mohammad Mohsin School Ground.</div><div><br></div><div>Though the rally was scheduled to begin at 2 pm, it started in the morning with the national anthem.</div><div><br></div><div>Golam Mostafa, a member of the mass rally media committee and former organizing secretary of Rajshahi district unit of BNP, said all the central leaders are now in Rajshahi and they are on the stage.</div><div><br></div><div>Local BNP leaders were seen coming to the venue area with small processions in the morning and the large crowd spilled onto the surrounding roads.</div><div><br></div><div>Police have taken position at the venue, to prevent any untoward incident.</div><div><br></div><div>People with banners and placards joined the rally from Natore, Bogura, Pabna, Sirajganj, Naogaon, Joypurhat and Chapainawabganj as well.</div><div><br></div><div>UNB’s Rajshahi correspondent found the venue full to the brim with the presence of BNP leaders and activists around 9 am.</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders and activists, who reached the city in advance on Thursday, have been taking position at Eidgah field, adjacent to the venue.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has already reached the city on Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>Law enforcers have taken adequate measures to maintain the law and order situation in and around the city centering the BNP rally and check-posts have been set up at all entry points of the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Plainclothes police are also patrolling the whole area.</div><div><br></div><div>Additional deputy commissioner of Rajshahi Metropolitan Police, Rafiqul Alam, said, “Police are on alert so that no one can create any anarchy centering the rally and three-tier security measures have been taken to ensure smooth conduct of the rally.”</div><div><br></div><div>Seventeen check-posts have been installed at important points of the city and detective police are also performing their duties alongside police.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, a number of CCTV cameras were installed in the venue area to ensure security and a cybercrime unit will observe the activities ar the venue through the cameras.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, bus communication remained halted between Rajshahi and other parts of the country since Thursday morning,</div><div><br></div><div>BNP activists from the districts under the divisions were seen coming to the city by train, trucks, and other vehicles like human haulers, auto rickshaws, three-wheelers, motorbikes, and micro-buses from Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Transport owners and workers enforced the strike in eight districts under the Rajshahi division for an indefinite period from Thursday, causing immense suffering to commuters.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the Rajshahi auto-rickshaw owners association also enforced an indefinite strike on Friday afternoon. BNP leaders alleged that the strikes are meant for obstructing mass waves toward their rally.</div><div><br></div><div>The rally in Rajshahi on Saturday will be the 9th by BNP at the divisional level as eight others were held in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna, Rangpur, Barishal and Faridpur, Sylhet and Cumilla.</div><div><br></div><div>A similar strike was also enforced ahead of BNP’s divisional rallies in Sylhet, Faridpur, Barishal, Rangpur and Khulna, but thousands of party leaders, activists and supporters participated in the rallies overcoming the obstacles.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of the move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, the BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The party will conclude the divisional programmes by holding its last rally in Dhaka on December 10.</div><div><br></div><div>The organisers said the rallies are meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government — a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League as the constitution does not allow it to happen.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 09:09:56', '2022-12-03 09:09:56'),
(3479, 3479, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The price cap on Russian seaborne crude oil agreed to by the Group of Seven nations and Australia on Friday should be lowered to $30 per barrel to hit Russia\'s economy harder, a senior Ukrainian presidential aide said on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"This was everything that was proposed by the McFaul-Yermak group, but it would be necessary to lower it to $30 to destroy the enemy\'s economy quicker,\" Andriy Yermak, head of Ukraine\'s presidential administration, wrote on Telegram referencing an international working group on sanctions.</div><div><br></div><div>The G7 and Australia have agreed a $60 per barrel price cap.</div><div><br></div><div>The group and Australia said in a statement the price cap would take effect on Dec. 5 or very soon thereafter.</div><div><br></div><div>The nations said they anticipated that any revision of the price would include a form of grandfathering to allow compliant transactions concluded before the change.</div><div><br></div><div>The price cap will allow non-EU countries to continue importing seaborne Russian crude oil, but it will prohibit shipping, insurance and re-insurance companies from handling cargoes of Russian crude around the globe, unless it is sold for less than the price cap.</div><div><br></div><div>Because the most important shipping and insurance firms are based in G7 countries, the price cap would make it very difficult for Moscow to sell its oil for a higher price. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 09:49:19', '2022-12-03 09:49:19'),
(3480, 3480, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Myanmar\'s military-installed government has sentenced more critics to death, bringing the total to 139, and is using capital punishment as a tool to crush opposition, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights said Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>High Commissioner Volker Türk said at least seven university students were sentenced to death behind closed doors on Wednesday, and there are reports that as many as four more youth activists were sentenced on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>“The military continues to hold proceedings in secretive courts in violation of basic principles of fair trial and contrary to core judicial guarantees of independence and impartiality,” Türk said in a statement. “Military courts have consistently failed to uphold any degree of transparency contrary to the most basic due process or fair trial guarantees.”</div><div><br></div><div>The military seized power in February last year, ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The army\'s action was met with widespread peaceful protests that were quashed with lethal force, triggering armed resistance that some U.N. experts have characterized as civil war.</div><div><br></div><div>Türk said the military-installed government has arrested nearly 16,500 people for opposing the army takeover, including about 1,700 who have been convicted in secret courts without access to lawyers.</div><div><br></div><div>The Students’ Union of Dagon University in Yangon, the country’s largest city, announced Thursday on its Facebook page that seven university students between the ages of 18 and 24 who were arrested on April 21 had been sentenced to death Wednesday by a military court in Yangon’s Insein Prison.</div><div><br></div><div>An executive member of the Dagon University Students’ Union told The Associated Press that the seven were accused of links to an urban guerrilla group opposed to military rule and convicted of murder for allegedly taking part in shooting a bank branch manager in April.</div><div><br></div><div>In late July, the government hanged four political activists, in the country’s first executions in at least three decades.</div><div><br></div><div>The hangings prompted condemnations from Western nations and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which has sought to defuse the crisis with a five-point plan that the military government has failed to implement, reports AP.</div><div><br></div><div>“By resorting to use death sentences as a political tool to crush opposition, the military confirms its disdain for the efforts by ASEAN and the international community at large to end violence and create the conditions for a political dialogue to lead Myanmar out of a human rights crisis created by the military,” Türk said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 10:23:20', '2022-12-03 10:23:20');
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(3481, 3481, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There is arguably no more thrilling player at this World Cup than Kylian Mbappe, who leads France into their last-16 clash on Sunday with a Poland side whose own hopes of pulling off a famous upset will depend to a large extent on Robert Lewandowski.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is a sobering thought that Mbappe, not 24 until later this month, may not yet be at the peak of his powers but he has already scored seven goals in 10 appearances at the World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>That tally includes one in the 2018 final when he was still a teenager as France beat Croatia in Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>His mission now is to help his country become the first to retain the World Cup since Brazil, with an even younger Pele, did so in 1962.</div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe has already scored three times in Qatar, including a brace in a 2-1 victory against Denmark that secured qualification for the last 16, and there is a belief he is thriving as the undisputed star of Didier Deschamps\' side.</div><div><br></div><div>The situation is different to that of Paris Saint-Germain, where he shares the limelight with Lionel Messi and Neymar, and in that sense it may be that Karim Benzema\'s withdrawal due to injury on the eve of the tournament does no harm to French hopes.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Kylian has no ego,\" insisted Deschamps a few days ago, going against the perception of Mbappe in the context of PSG.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He is a decisive player for us and his performances put him in the spotlight. He is not 18 anymore. He has experience now.\"</div><div><br></div><div>It wasn\'t just Mbappe -- who now has as many international goals as Zinedine Zidane -- that France missed as a second-string team lost 1-0 to Tunisia on Wednesday, a result that did not stop them topping their group.</div><div><br></div><div>He will be back along with the likes of Hugo Lloris, Antoine Griezmann and Olivier Giroud as France and Poland meet at a major tournament for the first time since the 1982 World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>\'Beyond reproach\'&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Kylian is not the same player or person as in 2018,\" said Griezmann on Friday when asked about Mbappe\'s role in a squad hit by injuries to several key players before the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He is much more a part of the squad now. He speaks a lot and has fun. He knows that the media, fans and even his teammates will be watching everything that he does but he is beyond reproach.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>France are clear favourites for Sunday\'s game but there is the memory of what happened in the last 16 at last year\'s European Championship, when Mbappe missed the crucial penalty in a shoot-out defeat to Switzerland.</div><div><br></div><div>Poland only just scraped through their group ahead of Mexico on goal difference and Lewandowski\'s strike -- his first World Cup goal -- in the win over Saudi Arabia was therefore crucial.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m aware it might be my last World Cup and I wanted to be able to say that I\'ve played and scored at World Cups,\" he said after that game.</div><div><br></div><div>The 34-year-old also got nine goals in qualifying and there is nobody else quite on his level in Czeslaw Michniewicz\'s squad.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are happy because getting out of the group was our objective,\" said defender Jakub Kiwior after the team trained on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Seeing Mbappe and Lewandowski together on the same pitch is a rare treat.</div><div><br></div><div>Two of the most prolific forwards in the modern game, they are nevertheless different types of striker -- one all about explosive pace coming into the box from wide areas, and the other the ultimate penalty-box finisher now coming towards the end of his career.</div><div><br></div><div>Lewandowski left Bayern Munich for Barcelona in the last close season, but according to reports in France he might have ended up at PSG.</div><div><br></div><div>Le Parisien reported on Friday that PSG tried to convince Lewandowski to join them after tying Mbappe to a new contract in May.</div><div><br></div><div>PSG\'s failure to sign Lewandowski or another top-class number nine was given as one reason why Mbappe was reportedly so unhappy at his club just a couple of months ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Those reports have since died down and his focus is on the World Cup, with Lewandowski now standing in his way. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 10:26:49', '2022-12-03 10:26:49'),
(3482, 3482, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least three people were killed and two others were injured in a blast inside the house of Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporter at Bhupatinagar area, a few kilometres away from the venue where party leader Abhishek Banerjee had addressed a rally, in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on December 2.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast occurred in the house of Trinamool Congress leader Rajkumar Manna and large portions of the house were destroyed in the blast. Parts of the roof of the thatched house were blown off in the explosion.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The blast occurred in the late hours of December 2 and two others have sustained injuries in the blast. Locals said that they heard a loud sound from the house in the evening. Father of one of the deceased in the explosion, Biswajit Gayen, said that his son had gone to the house of Rajkumar Manna on Dec. 2.</div><div><br></div><div>While investigations are on to ascertain the reasons behind the blast, political parties are targetting each other for the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>“3 Dead &amp; 2 others grievously injured as TMC Leader’s house blows up in explosion at Bhupatinagar, Bhagabanpur ii Block, Purba Medinipur District. TMC leader Rajkumar Manna was making bombs at his home when this high intensity explosion happened. I demand @NIA_India Investigation,” Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on social media. BJP State president Sukanta Ghosh and national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said that under the Trinamool regime crude bomb-making has turned an industry in the State.</div><div><br></div><div>Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kumal Ghosh blamed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the incident and said that over the past few days BJP supporters were targeting Trinamool supporters, according to The Hindu reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 10:59:55', '2022-12-03 10:59:55'),
(3483, 3483, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia\'s main island of Java on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, less than two weeks after another quake in the same province killed more than 320 people.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The epicentre was located 18 kilometres (11 miles) southeast of the West Java city of Banjar, according to USGS. Indonesia\'s meteorological agency gave a higher magnitude of 6.4 for the quake, which also shook buildings in the capital Jakarta, according to an AFP journalist. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 11:21:38', '2022-12-03 11:21:38'),
(3484, 3484, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) today predicted that weather may remain dry over the country in the next 24 hours commencing 9am today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Weather may remain dry over the country. Light fog may occur at places over the country early morning tomorrow,\" said a BMD bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>However, night and day temperatures may fall slightly over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Country\'s maximum temperature on Friday was recorded 31.5 degrees Celsius at Sitakunda, while the minimum temperature today was 12.0 degrees Celsius at Chuadanga.</div><div><br></div><div>The sun sets at 05:11 pm today and rises at 06:27 am tomorrow in the capital. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 11:52:17', '2022-12-03 11:52:17'),
(3485, 3485, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">No dengue patients died while 351 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On November 3, Bangladesh logged nine dengue deaths, the highest in a single day, this year.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As many as 207 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 144 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,\" a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A total of 254 people died from dengue disease between January 1 and December 3. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year,\" the daily statement of the DGHS said.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 58,209 while some 56,245 patients were released from the hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS sources said Mirpur, Uttara, Mugda, Jatrabari, Dhanmondi and Mohammadpur in Dhaka city have been identified as dengue hotspots. It said the highest number of cases has been detected in Cox\'s Bazar after Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.</div><div><br></div><div>The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 12:26:39', '2022-12-03 12:26:39'),
(3486, 3486, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Holders Bashundhara Kings maintained their winning run in the Bashundhara Group Women\'s Football League when they blanked Barisal Football Academy by 5-0 goals in a match held today (Saturday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city\'s Kamalapur.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the day\'s proceeding, Krisna Rani scored a brace in the 44th and 60th minutes while Ritu Porna, Sumaya and Samsunnahar Jr. supported her with a lone goal apiece for Bashundhara in the 45+2nd, 85th and 86th minutes respectively in the one-sided affair. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 13:50:38', '2022-12-03 13:50:38'),
(3487, 3487, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A case has been filed against expelled DU teacher Azhar Zafar Shah in connection with the death of a woman who was hit by his car and then dragged on the Dhaka University (DU) campus on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The case under the Road Transport Act was filed at the Shahbag police station early Saturday, officer in-charge of Shahabag police station Noor Mohammad told reporter.</div><div><br></div><div>Zakir Hossain, brother of the deceased woman, filed the case as the plaintiff, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kamrunnahar, sub-Inspector of Shahbag police station, said accused Zafar Shah is undergoing treatment at DMCH under police custody as he was thrashed by an agitated mob after the accident.</div><div><br></div><div>Zafar Sah’s car had struck the motorcycle of deceased Rubina Akter, 45, was on around 3 pm Friday at Shahbagh. Then he dragged her along the road till Nilkhet intersection as her clothes got entangled with the tier after falling.</div><div><br></div><div>Rubina’s body was handed over to her family Saturday afternoon after the postmortem at DMCH.</div><div><br></div><div>As her body was taken to her residence at city’s Tejkunipara area, her 13-year old son Rehan, other family members and neigbours broke down into tears.</div><div><br></div><div>Her family members said she will be buried at Ajimpur graveyard.</div><div><br></div><div>Rubina was a housewife whose husband passed away two years ago.</div><div>Rubina Akter\'s brother-in-law Nurul Amin told reporter that he was taking Rubina to her sister\'s house in Hazaribagh from Tejgaon on motorcycle, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When we reached in front of Shahbagh museum, a private car hit us from behind and dragged her till Nilkhet intersection from Shahabagh,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I was shouting from behind to stop the car but the driver didn’t hear me,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, police came and took severely injured Rubina and Zafar Shah to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where she was declared dead.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 14:07:23', '2022-12-03 14:07:23'),
(3488, 3488, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is Malaika Arora\'s BFF, is asking the latter to let her guard down and take the plunge with her upcoming OTT show \'Moving In With Malaika\'.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Malaika is set to make her foray in the digital space with the show which will feature unfiltered conversations. Her close friends and family members are praising and wishing luck to Malaika for her individuality and celebrating her confidence for being a part of a reality show.</div><div><br></div><div>Congratulating her on the show, Kareena said, \"We all know Malaika as a very guarded person. The fact that she is doing a reality show is super interesting. It will be amazing to see somebody as gorgeous as Malaika to kind of open up. As a friend, I think she\'s rock solid, super hot and the original supermodel.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The actress further wishes Malaika saying, \"Malla let your guard down and go for it. Be absolutely full of guts because \'No Guts, No Glory\'.\" - Etimes&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 14:42:49', '2022-12-03 14:42:49'),
(3489, 3489, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">67</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kalidou Koulibaly took 67 caps to score his first Senegal goal – and what a time he picked to score it. His volley snatched the Lions of Teranga a 2-1 win over Ecuador and a last-16 tie against England. The only outfield players at Qatar 2022 to have played more internationals without scoring are Koke (70) and Chris Gunter (109). Senegal\'s victory ended a 21-game winless run for African sides against South American opposition in the World Cup (17 losses, four draws), with the last being Cameroon\'s dramatic defeat of Colombia at Italia \'90.</div><div><br></div><div>44</div><div><br></div><div>Forty-four years had passed since Mexico went out at the group stage of a World Cup until Tata Martino\'s team fell at the first hurdle in Qatar. El Tri had suffered last-16 elimination at seven successive global finals, while in 1986 they lost on penalties to West Germany in the quarter-finals. The exit came despite the fact that Luis Chavez became the first Mexican to score a direct free-kick at the World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>39</div><div><br></div><div>Canada\'s Atiba Hutchinson, at 39 years and 296 days against Morocco, is the second-oldest outfield player to appear in the World Cup. The distinction had belonged to Argentina\'s Angel Labruna, due to his run-out against Czechoslovakia in 1958, going into this tournament. Roger Milla played as a 42-year-old at USA 1994.</div><div><br></div><div>36</div><div><br></div><div>Marcus Rashford scored three times in just 109 minutes – one every 36 minutes of action. There were just 96 seconds between Rashford\'s opener and Phil Foden\'s lead-doubler in the victory over Wales. It meant that the 145 seconds between the Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling efforts against IR Iran reigned for only eight days as the shortest gap between England goals in World Cup history.</div><div><br></div><div>8</div><div><br></div><div>Cameroon had lost eight consecutive matches across eight cities over three World Cups until they dramatically snatched a draw in Al Wakrah. Three-one down to Serbia, quick-fire goals from Vincent Aboubakar and Maxim Choupo-Moting ensured the Indomitable Lions avoided tieing the World Cup record of nine straight defeats Mexico set between 1930 and \'58. Those Cameroonian goals came within 151 seconds of one another. It was the fastest time a team had recovered a two-goal deficit to restore parity in the competition since Austria did it against Switzerland in the highest-scoring match in World Cup history in 1954.</div><div><br></div><div>7</div><div><br></div><div>Spain astonishingly scored seven goals with their first seven shots on target against Costa Rica. The match finished 7-0, giving La Roja their biggest-ever World Cup win and meaning their goal difference from that game was, unbelievably, greater than their goal difference from all seven games during their triumphant South Africa 2010 campaign. Spain completed exactly 1,000 passes against Costa Rica, becoming the first team in World Cup history to reach that figure in a 90-minute game, while Alejandro Balde, Gavi, Pedri and Nico Williams ensured four players under the age of 21 represented a European country in a World Cup match for the first time since Yugoslavia fielded several teenagers 92 years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>5</div><div><br></div><div>Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man to score in five World Cups when he found the net against Ghana. Uwe Seeler, Pele, Miroslav Klose and Lionel Messi have netted in four global finals. Grzegorz Lato, Andrzej Szarmach, Michel Platini, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Diego Maradona, Lothar Matthaus, Rudi Voller, Roberto Baggio, Jurgen Klinsmann, Gabriel Batistuta, Fernando Hierro, Henrik Larsson, Raul, Ronaldo, Tim Cahill, Arjen Robben, David Villa, Edinson Cavani and Luis Suarez have scored in three.</div><div><br></div><div>5</div><div><br></div><div>Lionel Messi became the first player to register an assist in five World Cups when he set up Enzo Fernandez to seal a 2-0 win over Mexico. ‘La Pulga Atomica\' had previously laid on goals for Hernan Crespo in 2006, Carlos Tevez in 2010, Angel Di Maria v Switzerland in 2014, and Gabriel Mercado and Di Maria in 2018. No other player has recorded an assist in more than three World Cups. Grzegorz Lato, Diego Maradona and David Beckham and the only other players to have set up goals in three editions.</div><div><br></div><div>3</div><div><br></div><div>Harry Kane surprisingly leads the assists\' chart on three. The England forward won the adidas Golden Boot at Russia 2018 but failed to register an assist in almost 10 hours of action. Kane has become only the second Englishman to set up three goals in a World Cup after David Beckham at Korea/Japan 2002. Jordi Alba, Bruno Fernandes, Theo Hernandez, Davy Klaassen, Ivan Perisic and Andrija Zivkovic all have two assists apiece.</div><div><br></div><div>3</div><div><br></div><div>Wahbi Khazri became the first African player to score in three successive World Cup starts after he followed up goals against Belgium and Panama at Russia 2018 with the winner against France. The 31-year-old has now been directly involved in Tunisia\'s last five goals in the competition, having assisted Dylan Bronn and Fakhreddine Ben Youssef four years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>2</div><div><br></div><div>Wojciech Szczesny became just the fourth man at the World Cup to save multiple penalties outside of shoot-outs. The Poland goalkeeper kept out spot-kicks from Salem Aldawsari and Messi, who became just the second player, after Asamoah Gyan, to fail to score two penalties outside of shoot-outs at this tournament tournament. Jan Tomaszewski, Brad Friedel and Iker Casillas are the other goalkeepers to have saved two penalties in normal or extra-time at the World Cup. - FIFA</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 15:41:20', '2022-12-03 15:41:20'),
(3490, 3490, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Saturday called upon the meritorious students to come forward to fulfill the dream of making Bangladesh a developed, prosperous country in 2041.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The IGP made the call while addressing the \'Bangladesh Police Merit scholarship-2022\' awarding ceremony for the meritorious children of police families at Rajarbagh Bangladesh Police Auditorium this morning as chief guest. Additional IGP Kamrul Ahsan presided over the programme.</div><div><br></div><div>In his speech, the IGP addressed the meritorious students directly, saying: \"If you (Students) have patriotism, you can fulfill your duties by being dedicated to the country even if you are outside the country. Just as you have brightened the faces of your parents with good results, you have also to be diligent in brightening the image of the country.\"</div><div><br></div><div>AIG (Education, Sports and Culture) Md. Sohail Rana delivered the welcome speech. Additional DIG Shahina Amin and ADC ABM Zakir Hossain of DMP spoke among the parents of meritorious students.</div><div><br></div><div>From the meritorious children who received the scholarships, Md. Abul Hasnat and Nazia Mumtahina, who succeeded in the SSC examination, and Mallik Faiz Islam Meehan and Farzana Haque who did similarly in the HSC, spoke on rthe occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Additional IGs, senior police officers and meritorious students and their parents were present on the occasion. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 15:51:44', '2022-12-03 15:51:44'),
(3491, 3491, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia on Saturday rejected a $60 price cap on its oil agreed by the EU, G7 and Australia, which Ukraine said would contribute to the destruction of Russia\'s economy.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We will not accept this price cap,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told domestic news agencies, adding that Russia, the world\'s second largest crude exporter, was \"analysing\" the move.</div><div><br></div><div>The $60 oil price cap will come into effect on Monday or soon after, alongside an EU embargo on maritime deliveries of Russian crude oil.</div><div><br></div><div>The embargo will prevent seaborne shipments of Russian crude to the European Union, which account for two thirds of the bloc\'s oil imports, potentially depriving Russia\'s war chest of billions of euros.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv welcomed the price cap, which stops countries paying more than $60 a barrel for Russian oil deliveries by tanker vessel and is designed to make it harder for Russia to bypass EU sanctions by selling beyond the European Union at market prices.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We always achieve our goal and the economy of Russia will be destroyed, and Russia itself will pay and be responsible for all crimes,\" Ukraine\'s presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak said on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin also said Russian President Vladimir Putin would \"in due time\" visit the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, which he claims to have annexed. But Peskov gave no indication of when this could happen.</div><div><br></div><div>- Limit funds for the \'war machine\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Poland had earlier refused to back the price cap over concerns the $60 ceiling was too high but confirmed its agreement on Friday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>Yermak noted a cap of \"$30 would have destroyed it (the Russian economy) more quickly\".</div><div><br></div><div>The market price of a barrel of Russian Urals crude is currently around $65 dollars, just slightly higher than the $60 cap, indicating the measure may have only a limited impact in the short term.</div><div><br></div><div>The G7 said it was delivering on its vow \"to prevent Russia from profiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine, to support stability in global energy markets and to minimise negative economic spillovers of Russia\'s war of aggression\".</div><div><br></div><div>The White House described the cap as \"welcome news\" that would help limit Putin\'s ability to fund the Kremlin\'s \"war machine\".</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has threatened not to deliver to countries that adopted the measure.</div><div><br></div><div>The G7 and Australia said they were prepared to ajust the price ceiling if necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has earned 67 billion euros ($71 billion) from the sale of oil to the European Union since the start of the war in February.</div><div><br></div><div>Its annual military budget amounts to around 60 billion, noted Phuc-Vinh Nguyen, an energy expert at the Institut Jacques-Delors in Paris.</div><div><br></div><div>The EU embargo on seaborne deliveries follows a decision by Germany and Poland to stop taking Russian oil via pipeline by the end of 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>In all, more than 90 percent of Russian deliveries to the European Union will be affected, according to the bloc.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Endure\' power cuts -</div><div><br></div><div>After suffering humiliating defeats during what has become the largest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, Russia began targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure in October.</div><div><br></div><div>The strikes have caused sweeping blackouts, and cut off water supplies and heating to civilians at a time when the temperature in some regions has dropped to minus five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Farenheit).</div><div><br></div><div>The authorities have introduced scheduled power cuts several times a day to keep essential infrastructure working.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, the governor of the southern region of Mykolaiv, Vitaly Kim, urged citizens to \"endure\" the electricity shortages.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin on Friday told Germany\'s Chancellor Olaf Scholz the Russian strikes, which have destroyed close to half of the Ukrainian energy system, were an \"inevitable response to Kyiv\'s provocative attacks on Russia\'s civilian infrastructure\".</div><div><br></div><div>He was referring in particular to the October attack on a bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland.</div><div><br></div><div>Scholz \"urged the Russian president to come as quickly as possible to a diplomatic solution, including the withdrawal of Russian troops\", according to his spokesman.</div><div><br></div><div>But Putin accused the West of carrying out \"destructive\" policies in Ukraine, the Kremlin said, stressing that Western political and financial aid meant Kyiv \"completely rejects the idea of any negotiations\".</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out talks with Russia while Putin is in power after the Kremlin claimed to have annexed several Ukrainian regions.</div><div><br></div><div>- Talks off the table -</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin also indicated Moscow was in no mood for talks, after US President Joe Biden said he would be willing to sit down with Putin if the latter truly wanted to end the fighting.</div><div><br></div><div>\"What did President Biden say in fact? He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine,\" Peskov told reporters, adding Moscow was \"certainly\" not ready to accept those conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>The White House on Friday downplayed the idea too, saying Biden currently has \"no intention\" of holding talks with Putin, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Top US general Mark Milley last month told more than 100,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine, with Kyiv\'s forces likely suffering similar casualties.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 15:57:43', '2022-12-03 15:57:43'),
(3492, 3492, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Goals from Memphis Depay and Daley Blind gave the Netherlands a 2-0 halftime lead over the United States at the Khalifa International Stadium on Saturday in the first knockout match of the World Cup.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Depay\'s wonderful finish from a free-flowing team move in the 10th minute broke the deadlock, and Blind delivered another blow just before the break to put the Dutch on course for a quarter-final clash with Argentina or Australia.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams:</div><div>United States: Matt Turner, Sergino Dest, Walker Zimmerman, Tyler Adams (capt.), Antonee Robinson, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Tim Ream, Tim Weah, Jesus Ferreira</div><div><br></div><div>Netherlands: Andries Noppert, Daley Blind, Nathan Ake, Virgil van Dijk (capt.), Jurrien Timber, Denzel Dumfries, Marten de Roon, Davy Klaassen, Frenkie de Jong, Cody Gakpo, Memphis Depay. According to Reuters reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-03 16:01:27', '2022-12-03 16:01:27'),
(3493, 3493, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Brazil great Pele says he is \"strong with a lot of hope\" as he undergoes treatment in hospital in Sao Paulo.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a statement released on Saturday he said messages of support as well as watching Brazil at the World Cup had given him \"energy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Earlier the hospital had said he was \"still undergoing treatment and remains stable\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It follows a report in Brazil that he was beginning end-of-life care after not responding to chemotherapy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"My friends, I want to keep everyone calm and positive,\" he said in a statement on Instagram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I\'m strong, with a lot of hope and I follow my treatment as usual. I want to thank the entire medical and nursing team for all the care I have received.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I have a lot of faith in God and every message of love I receive from you all over the world keeps me full of energy. And watching Brazil in the World Cup too!</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Thank you so much for everything.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 82-year-old three-time World Cup winner has been in hospital since Tuesday, and on Thursday night he said it was a \"routine monthly visit\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He had a tumour removed from his colon in September 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The statement from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein on Saturday said Pele \"had a good response to treatment for respiratory infection care\". It added he was undergoing a \"reassessment of chemotherapy treatment\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The legendary forward was diagnosed with a respiratory infection and on Friday the hospital had said he was in a stable condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Saturday, the new statement said his condition has not worsened in the last 24 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile, messages of support have been sent from across the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>\'He\'s an inspiration\'</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Speaking on Saturday, England captain Harry Kane said: \"We are very sad to hear news of him being ill but we wish him well, not just me but the whole England set-up. He\'s an inspiration, an incredible person.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">World Cup-winning former Germany forward Jurgen Klinsmann, speaking on BBC One\'s World Cup coverage on Saturday, said: \"Pele is just such a wonderful person. The outstanding personality of world football. We can just pray and hope for the best.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Former Argentina defender Pablo Zabaleta added on BBC One: \"It\'s very sad news to hear about Pele. He\'s been a true inspiration for all of us, on and off the pitch. He\'s always been a great man.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Pray for the King,\" France forward Kylian Mbappe tweeted.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">World Cup host nation Qatar showed its support for Pele on Saturday, lighting up buildings with a \"Get well soon\" message.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Lusail Stadium in Doha, which will host the World Cup final on 18 December, and the Aspire Tower next to the Khalifa Stadium, were adorned with pictures of Pele in his famous number 10 shirt.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Concerns were initially raised on Wednesday when ESPN Brasil reported Pele had been admitted, with his daughter Kely Nascimento saying there was \"no emergency\" involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Pele thanked well-wishers on Friday for sending \"good vibes\" and said his stay in hospital was \"a routine visit\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The former striker is Brazil\'s all-time leading scorer with 77 goals in 92 games and scored in four World Cup tournaments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Santos, his only Brazilian club, tweeted: \"It\'s the whole world wishing you well, King Pele\". BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 02:38:49', '2022-12-04 02:38:49'),
(3494, 3494, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">On his 1,000th appearance in professional football and his 100th game as Argentina captain, Lionel Messi stepped up again to keep his country\'s World Cup dream alive.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In his fifth World Cup, the \'magician\' finally scored his first ever World Cup knockout goal as Argentina took another step to ending their 36-year wait for World Cup glory with a 2-1 second-round win against Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After a nervy opening half-hour, Messi intervened to open the scoring and from there it was mostly plain sailing at an absolutely bouncing Ahmad bin Ali Stadium - until a late goal from the gallant Australians gave Argentina one almighty scare.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Argentines now face a mouth-watering quarter-final against the Dutch with the hopes of a nation once again inevitably resting on their number 10, who is now the tournament\'s joint-top scorer with three goals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Messi, who scored his 789th career goal, said: \"I am happy for taking another step forward, achieving another objective. It was a very strong and difficult match.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Former England defender Rio Ferdinand said on BBC One: \"The best individual performance from a player at this World Cup. It was almost god-like. I\'ve not seen anything like this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"How is he doing this? He is embarrassing players with his head up. He\'s taking people on and is able to see the whole pitch, where people are. He is phenomenal.\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 02:48:20', '2022-12-04 02:48:20'),
(3495, 3495, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticised a price cap set by his Western allies on Russian oil exports, calling it \"weak\".</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The cap, approved on Friday, is aimed at stopping countries paying more than $60 (£48) for a barrel of seaborne Russian crude oil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia says it will not accept a cap on prices for its oil exports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The measure - due to come into force on Monday - intensifies Western pressure on Russia over the invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Mr Zelensky called the price cap \"a weak position\" and not \"serious\" enough to damage to the Russian economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Russia has already caused huge losses to all countries of the world by deliberately destabilising the energy market,\" he said in his nightly address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It is \"only a matter of time when stronger tools will have to be used\", he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The price cap was put forward in September by the G7 group of industrialised nations (the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the EU) in a bid to hit Moscow\'s ability to finance the war in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a joint statement, the G7, the EU and Australia said the decision was taken to \"prevent Russia from profiting from its war of aggression against Ukraine\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Saturday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow had prepared for the move but would \"not accept\" the cap.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Though the measures will most certainly be felt by Russia, the blow will be partially softened by its move to sell its oil to other markets such as India and China - which are currently the largest single buyers of Russian crude oil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The agreement of a price cap comes just days before an EU-wide ban on Russian crude oil imported by sea comes into force, also on 5 December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The price cap - which is meant to affect oil exports worldwide - is meant to complement that.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Countries which sign up to the G7-led policy will only be permitted to purchase oil and petroleum products transported via sea that are sold at or below the price cap.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukraine\'s Western allies also plan to deny insurance to tankers delivering Russian oil to countries that do not stick to the price cap. This will make it hard for Russia to sell oil above that price. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 02:57:38', '2022-12-04 02:57:38'),
(3496, 3496, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Out on a spacewalk with Nasa astronauts at the ISS</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Nasa has released video footage of a spacewalk at the International Space Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">American astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio were tasked with installing two new solar arrays - a collection of solar panels - in an operation that took seven hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The array was delivered by Space X\'s Dragon cargo craft on 27 November and will provide the ISS with up 30% more power, generating a total of 120,000 watts of energy during orbital daytime, according to Nasa. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 03:10:39', '2022-12-04 03:10:39'),
(3497, 3497, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Around 10,000 troops have surrounded the city of Soyapango in El Salvador as part of a massive crackdown on gangs, President Nayib Bukele has announced.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">All roads leading to the city have been blocked, and special forces have been searching houses for gang members.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Officers have also been stopping everyone attempting to leave the city and checking identity papers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The operation is part of a massive crackdown on gangs after a surge in violence earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Soyapango is one of El Salvador\'s largest cities and is home to more than 290,000 people. The city - which sits just 13 km (8 miles) west of the capital San Salvador - has long been known as a hub for gang activity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The people caught up in El Salvador\'s gang crackdown</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"As of this moment, the municipality of Soyapango is totally surrounded,\" President Bukele wrote on Twitter. \"Extraction teams from the police and the army are tasked with extricating all the gang members still there one by one.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He added that ordinary people \"have nothing to fear\" and said that the crackdown was part of \"an operation against criminals, not against honest citizens\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Images released by the government showed heavily armed troops clad in body armour and carrying assault rifles outside the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">One resident, Guadalupe Perez, told the AFP news agency that the raid had come as a welcome surprise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"They search you and ask for your identity papers to verify where you live, but that\'s fine - it\'s all for our safety,\" the 53-year-old said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since Mr Bukele announced a state of emergency in late March, more than 58,000 people have been jailed by authorities in the country of 6.5 million people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rights groups have criticised the heavy handed nature of the crackdown, saying the measures, which allow police to arrest suspects without warrants, have led to arbitrary detentions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Mr Bukele\'s allies say the crackdown is necessary after a wave of homicides culminated with gangs being blamed for 62 murders in a single day on 26 March.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A recent poll taken by the Central American University (UCA) found that 75.9 percent of Salvadorans approved of the state of emergency. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 03:26:06', '2022-12-04 03:26:06');
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(3498, 3498, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian authorities rejected a price cap on the country\'s oil set by Ukraine’s Western supporters and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60-per-barrel. The limit is set to take effect Monday, along with an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia needed to analyze the situation before deciding on a specific response but that it would not accept the price ceiling. Russia\'s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, warned that the cap\'s European backers would come to rue their decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“From this year, Europe will live without Russian oil,\" Ulyanov tweeted. \"Moscow has already made it clear that it will not supply oil to those countries that support anti-market price caps. Wait, very soon the EU will accuse Russia of using oil as a weapon.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, called Saturday for a lower price cap, saying the one adopted by the EU and the Group of Seven leading economies didn\'t go far enough.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“It would be necessary to lower it to $30 in order to destroy the enemy’s economy faster,” Andriy Yermak, the head of Zelenskyy’s office, wrote on Telegram, staking out a position also favored by Poland — a leading critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin\'s war in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Under Friday\'s agreements, insurance companies and other firms needed to ship oil would only be able to deal with Russian crude if the oil is priced at or below the cap. Most insurers are located in the EU and the United Kingdom and could be required to observe the ceiling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia’s crude has already been selling for around $60 a barrel, a deep discount from international benchmark Brent, which closed Friday at $85.42 per barrel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Russian Embassy in Washington insisted that Russian oil \"will continue to be in demand\" and criticized the price limit as “reshaping the basic principles of the functioning of free markets.” A post on the embassy\'s Telegram channel predicted the per-barrel cap would lead to “a widespread increase in uncertainty and higher costs for consumers of raw materials.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“What happens in China will help shape whether the price cap has any teeth,” said Jim Burkhard, an oil markets analyst with IHS Markit. He said dampened demand from China means most Russian crude exports are already selling below $60.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The price cap aims to put an economic squeeze on Russia and further crimp its ability to finance a war that has killed an untold number of civilians and fighters, driven millions of Ukrainians from their homes and weighed on the world economy for more than nine months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that since Friday Russia\'s forces had fired five missiles, carried out 27 airstrikes and launched 44 shelling attacks against Ukraine\'s military positions and civilian infrastructure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the president\'s office, said the attacks killed one civilian and wounded four others in eastern Ukraine\'s Donetsk region. According to the U.K. Defense Ministry, Russian forces “continue to invest a large element of their overall military effort and firepower” around the small Donestsk city of Bakhmut, which they have spent weeks trying to capture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In southern Ukraine\'s Kherson province, whose capital city of the same name was liberated by Ukrainian forces three weeks ago following a Russian retreat, Gov. Yaroslav Yanushkevich said evacuations of civilians stuck in Russian-held territory across the Dnieper River would resume temporarily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian forces pulled back to the river\'s eastern bank last month. Yanushkevich said a ban on crossing the waterway would be lifted during daylight hours for three days for Ukrainian citizens who \"did not have time to leave the temporarily occupied territory.” His announcement cited a “possible intensification of hostilities in this area.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kherson is one of four regions that Putin illegally annexed in September and vowed to defend as Russian territory. From their new positions, Russian troops have regularly shelled Kherson city and nearby infrastructure in recent days, leaving many residents without power. Running water remained unavailable in much of the city — and one resident was seen scooping up water from a dirty puddle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The city continued to suffer heavy shelling Saturday that left many residents disoriented, toppled power lines and dumped torn-off tree branches on the roads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“When we start to repair (electricity networks), the shelling starts immediately,” said Oleksandr Kravchenko, who is in charge of high-voltage networks in Kherson. “We just repair electric lines and on the next day we have to repair lines again.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian authorities also reported intense fighting in Luhansk and Russian shelling of northeastern Ukraine\'s Kharkiv region, which Russia\'s soldiers mostly withdrew from in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The mayor of the city of Kharkiv, which remained under Ukrainian control during Russia\'s occupation of other parts of the region, said some 500 apartment buildings were damaged beyond repair, and nearly 220 schools and kindergartens were damaged or destroyed. He estimated the cost of the damage at $9 billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met Saturday in Minsk with the president and defense minister of Belarus, which hosts Russian troops and artillery. Belarus has said its own forces are not taking part in the war, but Ukrainian officials have frequently expressed concern that they could be be induced to cross the border into northern Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at the meeting that his troops and Russian forces train in coordination. “We ready ourselves as one grouping, one army. Everyone knows it. We were not hiding it,” he was quoted as saying by the news agency Interfax. 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(3499, 3499, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Biden administration officials are toughening their language toward NATO ally Turkey as they try to talk Turkish President Recep Erdogan out of launching a bloody and destabilizing ground offensive against American-allied Kurdish forces in neighboring Syria.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since Nov. 20, after six people died in an Istanbul bombing a week before that Turkey blamed, without evidence, on the U.S. and its Kurdish allies in Syria, Turkey has launched cross-border airstrikes, rockets and shells into U.S.- and Kurdish-patrolled areas of Syria, leaving Kurdish funeral corteges burying scores of dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some criticized the initial muted U.S. response to the near-daily Turkish bombardment — a broad call for “de-escalation” — as a U.S. green light for more. With Erdogan not backing down on his threat to escalate, the U.S. began speaking more forcefully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin called his Turkish counterpart on Wednesday to express “strong opposition” to Turkey launching a new military operation in northern Syria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">And National Security Council spokesman John Kirby on Friday made one of the administration\'s first specific mentions of the impact of the Turkish strikes on the Kurdish militia, known as the Syrian Democratic Forces, that works with the United States against Islamic State militants bottled up in northern Syria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">How successfully the United States manages Erdogan’s threat to send troops in against America\'s Kurdish partners over coming weeks will affect global security concerns far from that isolated corner of Syria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That\'s especially true for the Ukraine conflict. The Biden administration is eager for Erdogan\'s cooperation with other NATO partners in countering Russia, particularly when it comes to persuading Turkey to drop its objections to Finland and Sweden joining NATO.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But giving Turkey free rein in attacks on the Syrian Kurds in hopes of securing Erdogan\'s cooperation within NATO would have big security implications of its own.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">U.S. forces on Friday stopped joint military patrols with the Kurdish forces in northern Syria to counter Islamic State extremists, as the Kurds concentrate on defending themselves from the Turkish air and artillery attacks and a possible ground invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since 2015, the Syrian Kurdish forces have worked with the few hundred forces the U.S. has on the ground there, winning back territory from the Islamic State and then detaining thousands of Islamic State fighters and their families and battling remnant Islamic State fighters. On Saturday, the U.S. and Kurds resumed limited patrols at one of the detention camps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“ISIS is the forgotten story for the world and the United States, because of the focus on Ukraine,” said Omer Taspinar, an expert on Turkey and European security at the Brookings Institution and the National War College. ISIS is one widely used acronym for the Islamic State.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Tragically, what would revive Western support for the Kurds ... would be another ISIS terrorist attack, God forbid, in Europe or in the United States that will remind people that we actually have not defeated ISIS,” Taspinar said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Turkey says the Syrian Kurds are allied to a nearly four-decade PKK Kurdish insurgency in southeast Turkey that has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people on both sides. The United States\' Syrian Kurdish allies deny any attacks in Turkey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">U.S. Central Command, and many in Congress, praise the Syrian Kurds as brave comrades in arms. In July, Central Command angered Turkey by tweeting condolences for a Syrian Kurdish deputy commander and two other female fighters killed by a drone strike blamed on Turkey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In 2019, a public outcry by his fellow Republicans and many others killed a plan by President Donald Trump, which he announced after a call with Erdogan, to clear U.S. troops out of the way of an expected Turkish attack on the Kurdish allies in Syria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Then-presidential contender Joe Biden was among those expressing outrage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The Kurds were integral in helping us defeat ISIS — and too many lost their lives. Now, President Trump has abandoned them. It’s shameful,” Biden tweeted at the time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The measured U.S. response now — even after some Turkish strikes hit near sites that host U.S. forces — reflects the significant strategic role that Turkey, as a NATO member, plays in the alliance\'s efforts to counter Russia in Europe. The State Department and USAID did not immediately answer questions about whether the Turkish strikes had hindered aid workers and operations that partner with the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Turkey, with strong ties to both Russia and the United States, has contributed to its NATO allies\' efforts against Russia in key ways during the Ukraine conflict. That includes supplying armed drones to Ukraine, and helping mediate between Russia and the United States and others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Turkey is also seeking to exert leverage within the alliance by blocking Finland and Sweden from joining NATO. Turkey is demanding that Sweden surrender Kurdish exiles that it says are affiliated with the PKK Kurdish insurgents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Turkey’s state-run news agency reported that Sweden extradited a member of the PKK and he was arrested Saturday upon arrival in Istanbul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Turkey is one of only two of the 30 NATO members not to have signed off yet on the Nordic countries\' NATO memberships. Hungary, the other, is expected to do so.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At a gathering of NATO foreign ministers in Bucharest, Romania, this past week, NATO diplomats refrained from publicly confronting Turkey, avoiding giving offense that might further set back the cause of Finland\'s and Sweden\'s NATO membership.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Turkey\'s foreign minister made clear to his European counterparts that Turkey had yet to be appeased, when it came to Finland or Sweden hosting Kurdish exiles there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We reminded that in the end, it’s the Turkish people and the Turkish parliament that need to be convinced,” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters on the sidelines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to talk Thursday with Finland\'s and Sweden\'s foreign ministers on dealing with Turkey\'s objections to their NATO accession.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Experts say the Biden administration has plenty of leverage to wield privately in urging Erdogan to relent in the threatened escalated attack on Syrian Kurds. That includes U.S. F-16 fighter sales that Turkey wants but have been opposed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Robert Menendez and others in Congress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There\'s a third big security risk in the U.S. handling of Turkey\'s invasion threat, along with the possible impact on the Ukraine conflict and on efforts to contain the Islamic State.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That\'s the risk to Kurds, a stateless people and frequent U.S. ally often abandoned by the U.S. and the West in past conflicts over the past century.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">If the U.S. stands by while Turkey escalates attacks on the Syrian Kurds who were instrumental in quelling the Islamic State, “especially in the aftermath of Afghanistan, what message are we sending to the Middle East?\" asked Henri J. Barkey, an expert on Kurds and Turkey at the Council on Foreign Relations and at Lehigh University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“And to all allies in general?\" Barkey asked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An ethnic group of millions at the intersection of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria, Kurds lost out on a state of their own as the U.S. and other powers carved up the remnants of the Turkish Ottoman Empire after World War I.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Saddam Hussein and other regional leaders used poison gas, airstrikes and other tools of mass slaughter over the decades to suppress the Kurds. As under U.S. President George H.W. Bush in 1991 after the Gulf War, the United States at times encouraged popular uprisings but stood by as Kurds died in the resulting massacres.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Nov. 28, hundreds of Syrian Kurds gathered for the victims of one of the Turkish airstrikes — five guards killed securing the al-Hol camp, which holds thousands of family members of Islamic State fighters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Relatives of one of the Kurdish guards, Saifuddin Mohammed, placed his photo on his grave.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Of course, we are proud,” said his brother, Abbas Mohammed. “He defended his land and his honor against the Turkish invading forces.” 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, '2022-12-04 04:14:49', '2022-12-04 04:14:49'),
(3500, 3500, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League (AL) leaders and activists are ready to welcome Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (Sunday) for her public rally in Chattogram after a gap of ten years.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The second largest city is all set to welcome the AL chief amid festivity. About 10 lakh people are expected to join the rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Prime Minister will deliver her speech from a 160-foot, boat-shaped stage. Chattogram City Unit Awami League has organised the rally at the Polo Ground, a major venue for a big gathering.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">During her day-long visit, Hasina will attend the President Parade-2022 at Bangladesh Military Academy in Bhatiary. She will also take salute at the passing out parade at the BMA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The government has taken massive development schemes for Chattogram which is now under implementation. PM Hasina will also inaugurate 30 development projects here today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She will address the rally at Railway Pologround at 3pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Colourful arches and gates have been constructed on various roads of the town with the posters and banners of the Prime Minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Billboards, banners, balloons, festoons and posters welcoming the Prime Minister and the party chief have been hung in city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) has carried out beautification works on different roads ahead of the rally, including cleaning and painting footpaths, decorating flyovers with colourful lights and repairing dilapidated roads in different areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Awami League presidium member and former minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain said the Prime Minister will address the rally here after 10 years and will talk about the national important issues and local issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken strict security measures marking the rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Three layers of security have been ensured throughout the city. Members of Rapid Action Battelions (Rab) and armed forces are deployed along with 7,500 police members, said CMP Commissioner Krishnapad Roy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hasina plans to visit different districts in stages before the 12th national election. As part of this, the first public meeting was held at Jashore Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Through the public rally in Jashore, election campaign of the ruling party began.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On December 7, she will address another party rally at the Sheikh Kamal Cricket Stadium in Cox\'s Bazar. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 04:56:07', '2022-12-04 04:56:07'),
(3501, 3501, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Actor Aamir Khan says there were a lot of misconceptions about his family\'s financial health while he was growing up. His father, Tahir Hussain was a film producer so everyone assumed they would live a cushioned life. However, such was not always the case.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In an interview with Humans of Bombay, Aamir recalled how the family when through a big lull when he was about 10 years old. His father had taken loans on interest for a film which did not get made for almost eight years. Aamir got emotional thinking about the time and left the interview for a bit to compose himself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As he returned, he told the interview not to get concerned as he often gets emotional too quickly, About the days he then explained, “Thing that would trouble us most was Abba Jaan ko dekh ke (seeing our father). Because he was a very simple man. Maybe he didn\'t have enough sense that he should not have taken so much loan,” he said. Aamir said that due to the film tickets getting sold in black, producers would also often not get their dues. He added that though a few of his father\'s films did work, \'he never had money\'.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Unko problem mein dekh ke takleef hoti thi kyuki un logon ke phone aate the jinse paise liye hain. Unka jhagda shuru hojata tha phone pe ki ‘main kya karu, mere paas paise nahi hai. Meri film atki hai, mere actors ko boliye dates dein mujhe, main kya karu.’ (So it would hurt us seeing him in trouble. Because lenders used to call us. We would hear him fighting with people on the phone, telling them \'what do I do, my film is stuck. Tell the actors to give me dates).\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Aamir also mentioned that his dad still made sure to return everyone\'s money. He remembered how Mahesh Bhatt was surprised to finally get his money back for a film when even he had given up all expectation for it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The actor also added that despite the crunch, Aamir\'s school fees was always paid. He, however, recalled that his mother used to buy extra long pants for them and fold the hem in so they could be used for longer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Aamir was last seen in Laal Singh Chaddha, which did not perform well at the box office but was loved upon its release on Netflix. He has not announced his next project yet. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 05:08:46', '2022-12-04 05:08:46'),
(3502, 3502, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Iran has begun the construction of a new nuclear plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, the country\'s atomic energy agency said Saturday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced in televised remarks the start of construction of the 300-megawatt Karun power plant in the Darkhovin district of Khuzestan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Construction of the plant will take seven years and is expected to cost between $1.5 billion and $2 billion, he added on state television.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Eslami said the power plant was \"first set to be constructed by a French company\", but that the firm had backed out of its \"commitments\" after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 05:44:51', '2022-12-04 05:44:51'),
(3503, 3503, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka ranked third in the list of world cities with the worst air quality on Sunday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Its air quality continued to be in the \'unhealthy\' zone with an air quality index (AQI) score of 196 at 9am.</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; \">Pakistan’s Lahore and Iraq’s Baghdad occupied the first two spots in the list, with AQI scores of 396 and 198, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 06:01:57', '2022-12-04 06:01:57'),
(3504, 3504, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first ODI of the three-match series against India on Sunday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With this match, Liton Das started his ODI captaincy as the 15th man from Bangladesh. The regular captain of Bangladesh, Tamim Iqbal, was ruled out due to a groin injury.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">This is the first ODI in Dhaka after more than a year.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh fielded three pacers — Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman and Ebadot Hossain — in this match. Along with Shakib Al Hasan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz is the second spinner for Bangladesh.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kuldeep Sen, a right-handed pacer, is making his debut for India. He has 25 wickets in 13 List-A matches so far.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Read more: Indian Captain Rohit considers Bangladesh a tough opponent but eyes a series win</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh and India faced each other in 36 ODIs with India winning 30 of those and Bangladesh only five (one match ended with no result). The stats unmistakably indicate the gulf between these two teams. However, when the match is in Dhaka, Bangladesh proves to be a tenacious adversary to overcome, as Rohit Sharma astutely pointed out in his pre-series press meet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Bangladesh (Playing XI): Litton Das (c), Anamul Haque, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (w), Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Mustafizur Rahman, Ebadot Hossain</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Washington Sundar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Shardul Thakur, Deepak Chahar, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Sen</b> . UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 06:11:17', '2022-12-04 06:11:17'),
(3505, 3505, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three BNP leaders including Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, president of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the BNP\'s youth front, were arrested while returning from the party\'s divisional rally held in Rajshahi on Saturday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The two other arrestees are Jubo Dal vice president Noor Islam Nayan and Tuku\'s personal assistant Mokhles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi confirmed this matter at 11:10 pm Saturday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said that when they reached Dhaka\'s Amin Bazar area on their way back from the Rajshahi public rally, DB police waylaid and arrested them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rizvi strongly condemned and protested this incident and demanded their immediate release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sources said police have started an arrest drive across the country ahead of BNP\'s rally scheduled on December 10. A search operation is also underway in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After the cocktail explosion in front of the BNP central office in the capital’s Nayapaltan on Saturday evening, police arrested several people from there as well, sources added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">BNP\'s Naya Paltan office has also been kept under police surveillance. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 06:27:31', '2022-12-04 06:27:31'),
(3506, 3506, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government is collecting ultra-modern and time-befitting war weapons to build the professional and powerful armed forces.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We\'re collecting ultra-modern and time-befitting war weapons for each force---We\'re working to build the armed forces as professional and powerful as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,\" she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister was addressing a ceremony as the chief guest at the parade ground of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA), Bhatiary, Chattogram marking the President Parade-2022 of the passing out cadets of the 83rd BMA Long Course.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She said her government is implementing the Forces Goal-2030 formulated in line with the Defence Policy-1974 by the Father of the Nation to build a time-befitting technology knowledge based military force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">To make the defence system more strengthened, she said her government has established three infantry divisions, three brigades and 58 small and large units across the country and set up Sheikh Russel Cantonment at Jazira while works are on to build cantonments in Mitamine, Rajbari and Trishal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister reiterated that her government is pursuing establishment of peace across the globe, saying, \"The Father of the Nation formulated the policy \"Friendship to all, malice to none\" and we\'re following it appropriately.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She asked the new army officer cadets to serve the country and uphold the spirit of the War of Liberation being imbued with patriotism. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 06:49:32', '2022-12-04 06:49:32'),
(3507, 3507, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Umrah pilgrims from five countries including Bangladesh must provide their biometric data, including “fingerprints” in order to get an electronic Umrah visa, the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The four other countries are the UK, Tunisia, Kuwait and Malaysia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Interested pilgrims will have to use the Saudi Visa Bio app that allows for visa registration via fingerprints and selfie biometrics to attend significant Muslim pilgrimages,&nbsp; reports The Gulf News.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The new app delivers on a commitment made by the Saudi government late last year to allow biometrics enrolment through mobile devices so pilgrims to Mecca can avoid visiting visa centres in person, and makes the country one of the first in the world to accept biometrics by mobile for visa issuance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In February 2022, the KSA released an electronic passport with a chip that stores the user’s biometrics for authentication purposes. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 07:52:32', '2022-12-04 07:52:32'),
(3508, 3508, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League leaders and activists started thronging the Polo Ground in the city Sunday morning where Prime Minister and AL president Sheikh Hasina will address a public rally in the afternoon.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are arriving the venue on various vehicles including buses, auto-rickshaws, boats, steamers from different districts, upazilas, thana levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Law enforcers allowed entry to the ground following strict security since 10am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Members of the law enforcement agencies are particularly searching the bags, electronic devices of the leaders and media personnel at the rally venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AL leaders and activists of various upazilas including Patia, Sandwip, Raujan have already taken position inside the field. The workers of each area have come wearing same color t-shirts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among them, Patiya’s activists wore red t–shirt while Sandwip in orange, Raujan came in pink t-shirt.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Member of Parliament Mahfuzur Rahman Mita has claimed that 15,000 activists have arrived at the&nbsp; rally venue from six unions of Sandwip upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We left on various trawlers and boats on Saturday night. At 7am this morning, all the activists entered the Sadar Ghat area.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chattogram-12 MP Shamsul Haque Chowdhury said, \"We have held various meetings ward to union level on the preparations of the rally in our parliamentary areas almost every day for a month.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 20,000-22,000 people from Patiya have attended this rally, he claimed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister is scheduled to deliver her speech from a 160-foot, boat-shaped stage at the Polo Ground, at 3 pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) has taken strict security measures marking the rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three layers of security have been ensured throughout the city. Army and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) are deployed along with 7,500 police members, said CMP Commissioner Krishnapad Roy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina plans to visit different districts in stages before the 12th national election. As part of this, the first public meeting was held at Jashore Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Through the public rally in Jashore, election campaign of the ruling party began.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On December 7, she will address another party rally at the Sheikh Kamal Cricket Stadium in Cox\'s Bazar. 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, '2022-12-04 08:47:35', '2022-12-04 08:47:35'),
(3509, 3509, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court today ordered the authorities concerned to probe into the much talked about and reported “loan scam” in three banks – Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank Ltd and First Security Islami Bank – and submit the report within next four months.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat passed the order after issuing a Suo Motu (voluntary) rule following newspaper reports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court directed Bangladesh Bank’s Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) and Bangladesh Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to submit the probe report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, the court ordered the authorities of these three banks to submit the list of bank officials involved in approving loans worth thousands of crores of taka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HC also issued a rule, asking why the inaction of the banks to take action against those responsible for approving loans worth thousands of crores and S Alam Group’s Tk 30,000 loan should not be declared illegal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rule also asked why no instructions should be given to take action against those responsible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the HC bench asked S Alam Group to explain the newspaper reports that said the company took Tk 30,000 crore from Islami Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court also set April 5 next year for the hearing and asked to submit the report after verifying the authenticity of the news published.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan for ACC and Deputy Attorney General AKM Amin Uddin Manik for the state were present in the court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 24, a report was published in the daily Prothom Alo stating that an “unscrupulous group” had taken a loan of Tk 2,000 crore from Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) by opening two companies with fake addresses and papers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In all, about Tk 7,000 crore loans have been approved from Islami Bank in various ways in the name of eight companies this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maximum amount of loan, Tk 2,460 crore, was withdrawn from November 1 to 17, according to the newspaper report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same way, the companies have withdrawn Tk 2,320 crore loan from Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) and the First Security Islami Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, the debt of the companies with interest to these three banks has increased to Tk 9,500 crores, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, another report published in the New Age newspaper on November 29 said that S Alam Group alone has taken loan of Tk 30,000 crore from Islami Bank. 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, '2022-12-04 09:19:28', '2022-12-04 09:19:28'),
(3510, 3510, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan rippen the Indian team apart registering his fourth five-for in ODIs – on the tricky Mirpur surface today.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shakib began with a bang, claiming the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in his opening over. From then on, he never looked back and finished with an exceptional five-wicket haul against India, with another double-strike in his seventh over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After his initial success with the ball, Shakib kept striking and claimed the scalps of Washington Sundar, Shardul Thakur and Dipak Chahar in just 6.4 overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was Shakib\'s fourth five-wicket haul in ODIs. He has two similar achievements against Zimbabwe and one against Afghanistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Indian batters had a tough time facing the spin prowess of Shakib in Mirpur, as the rugged surface provided plenty of assistance to the bowlers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh\'s pace attack discovered varying bounce while the spinners were gifted ample varieties as well – truly making this a challenging encounter between Indian batters and Bangladeshi bowlers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whilst the other batters were battling against tough bowling challenge, Lokesh Rahul stood out with an impressive half-century in the match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After 39 overs, India were batting at 168 for eight with Mohammed Siraj and Rahul were batting at 4 and 67, respectively. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 09:28:07', '2022-12-04 09:28:07');
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(3511, 3511, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ace left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan claimed a 5-36 as Bangladesh raised a prospect of winning the first ODI of three-match series by wrapping India up for paltry 186 in 41.2 overs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Pace bowler Ebadot Hossain complemented Shakib with his career-best 4-47, extending the agony of Indian batters who looked out of sort and jaded against the ruthless approach of Bangladeshi bowlers.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>KL Rahul fought hard and was instrumental in helping the side propel past at least 150-run mark with his 70 ball-73, studded with five fours and four sixes. Rahul\'s knock proved the wicket was not entirely unforgiving but the Indian batters found it tough to negotiate Shakib Al Hasan who was almost unplayable in his first spell.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After being sent to bat first, India openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan looked shaky against spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraj who broke through with the wicket of Dhawan (7).</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Celebrated pair Rohit and Virat Kohli then saw off the first powerplay without any fuss after which Shakib was introduced.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>And the left-arm spinner got immediate success. In his first delivery, he undid Rohit with an unplayable arm-ball that rattled the stump as Rohit was out for 27.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the fourth ball, Shakib got the prized scalp of Virat Kohli who looked at his sublime touch. But the credit should go to skipper Liton Das who pulled off a stunner to remove Kohli for 9.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>With 49-3, India was on back foot but in form Shreyas Iyer and Rahul gave them a hope to hit back.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ebadot Hossain has the other plan. His strategy to undo India with a barrage of short balls finally worked when Iyer top-edged to be out of 24, ending a 44-run partnership with Rahul.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>India\'s innings after that could never gain the momentum as Shakib and Ebadot continued their good work to force India to lose wickets at regular intervals.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Rahul though played exceptionally well and gave India glimmer of hope to go past 200 but that was not to be as he was also victimized by a vicious short ball of Ebadot to be out as ninth batter, reports BSS.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On the other hand, Shakib took the wicket of Shardul Thakur to complete his fourth five-for in ODI cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 10:07:29', '2022-12-04 10:07:29'),
(3512, 3512, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The South Atlantic island of St. Helena is celebrating the birthday of the world’s oldest living land animal – a Seychelles giant tortoise called Jonathan, who is turning 190.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The island governor’s house, where Jonathan has spent most of his life, is marking the occasion by opening up for three days to visitors wishing to celebrate the “historic milestone.”</div><div><br></div><div>Officials on the island – a British overseas territory – have also made a series of commemorative stamps.</div><div><br></div><div>While there’s no real record of his birth, Jonathan is thought to have been born around 1832.</div><div><br></div><div>He was brought to St. Helena from the Seychelles in 1882 as a gift to Sir William Grey-Wilson – who later became governor.</div><div><br></div><div>But Jonathan could actually be as old as 200, according to Matt Joshua, head of tourism on St. Helena.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Guinness World Records, Jonathan is also the oldest ever chelonian, a category that encompasses all turtles, terrapins and tortoises.</div><div><br></div><div>The previous oldest chelonian was Tu’i Malila, a radiated tortoise that lived to be at least 188. Presented to the royal family of Tonga by British explorer Captain James Cook in around 1777, Tu’i Malila died in 1965.</div><div><br></div><div>Life as the world’s oldest tortoise</div><div>In St. Helena, Jonathan is something of a celebrity. The elderly animal lives alongside three other giant tortoises – David, Emma and Fred.</div><div><br></div><div>Though old age has left Jonathan blind and with no sense of smell, his hearing is excellent. According to Guiness World Records, he responds well to the sound of his vet’s voice.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite some of his senses now failing, Jonathan’s vet, Joe Hollins, told Guinness World Records that the animal still has plenty of energy – though this varies with the weather.</div><div><br></div><div>“On mild days, he will sunbathe – his long neck and legs stretched fully out of his shell to absorb heat and transfer it to his core,” Hollins said.</div><div><br></div><div>In colder weather, he prefers to “dig himself into leaf mold or grass clippings and remain there all day,” reports CNN</div><div><br></div><div>Hollins added, “In spite of his age, Jonathan still has a good libido and is seen frequently to mate with Emma and sometimes Fred – animals are often not particularly gender-sensitive!”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 10:46:22', '2022-12-04 10:46:22'),
(3513, 3513, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said they will consider if the government&nbsp; comes up with any suitable and alternative venue for the party’s rally on December 10.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this while speaking at an emergency press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office he also warned that the government will be held responsible if any anarchic and conflicting situation is created over the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the party accused the government of unnecessarily creating an anarchic and conflicting situation over a peaceful democratic programme.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our Dhaka rally will be the most successful and peaceful one. So we urge the government not to create any instability by trying to divert our programme to a different direction,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He once again urged the government to stop arresting BNP leaders and activists and release those who were arrested for creating a convenient and democratic environment.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Fakhrul said their party standing committee member Mirza Aabbas on Saturday called upon the government t to come up with an alternative proposal for holding the rally instead of Nayapaltan and Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div><br></div><div>“If we get any suitable alternative venue then we will consider it, but it should not be Suhrawady Udyan or on the Turag bank,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul also said that the government has established a reign of terror over the rally by issuing threats, filing cases and arresting BNP leaders and activists.</div><div><br></div><div>He claimed that over 1,000 BNP leaders and activists have been arrested since November 30 in Dhaka division centering the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 11:21:10', '2022-12-04 11:21:10'),
(3514, 3514, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Pakistan government on Saturday invited Imran Khan\'s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party for holding “unconditional talks”, saying negotiations are part of the political process and complex problems are resolved when two sides hear each other out, PTI reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Addressing a joint press conference with Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique said the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party should sit down and negotiate with the government to resolve the impasse over holding early general elections.</div><div><br></div><div>At the same time, they said that threats and talks cannot go together.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 12:05:50', '2022-12-04 12:05:50'),
(3515, 3515, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina today once again sought vote for her party’s election symbol ‘boat’ to save the country and its people from the fury of the killers and war criminals.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We want your blessings and cooperation so that the war criminals and killers can’t play ducks and drakes with the fate of Bangladeshi people after coming to power again,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister was addressing as the chief guest a grand rally of thousands that turned into a human sea at the historical Polo Ground here this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>“Before leaving, I want a promise from you that you will vote for boat in the next election as you did in the past and give us the scope to serve you. Raise your hand and say you will vote for the boat,” she said.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said all should be united for that reason as the Jamaat-BNP, the political parties of war criminals, killers and patrons of the killers of the Father of the Nation still do politics on the soil of Bangladesh and they may come to power again.</div><div><br></div><div>At the grand rally organised by the Chattogram city, north and south district units of the AL, Sheikh Hasina also inaugurated 29 development projects and laid foundation stones of six other schemes to ensure overall development of Chattogram and described those as gifts from her government, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>After inaugurating and laying foundation stones of the projects, she told, \'All these development projects are gifts from mine,\' adding that the Awami League is the only government which has carried out tremendous development of the port city.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 12:20:33', '2022-12-04 12:20:33'),
(3516, 3516, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh managed a nail-biting win defeating India by just one wicket while chasing 187 runs during their first ODI at Mirpur\'s Sher-e-Bangla national cricket stadium.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib al Hasan has taken five wickets as India scored 186 runs losing all of their wickets from 41.2 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib came to bowl in the 11th over of the innings and in his second delivery he bowled a superb arm ball to bowled India captain Rohit Sharma (27). It was a tossed up delivery on middle stump line and Rohit tried to defend it but it went through between the bat and pad to hit the timbers.</div><div><br></div><div>In the fourth ball of that over Shakib took another big wicket and this time it was Virat Kohli (9) as the right-hander drive the ball uppishly and Liton Das took a stunning one-handed catch at short cover diving to his right with full stretch.</div><div><br></div><div>Later Shakib also took the wickets of Washington Sundar (19), Shardul Thakur (2) and Deepak Chahar (0) to complete his five-wicket haul. Shakib finished the innings with a bowling figure of 10-2-36-5.</div><div><br></div><div>Pacer Ebadot Hossian took four wickets conceding 47 runs from his 8.2 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>The other wicket was taken by off-spinner Mehedi Hasan Miraz who broke the opening partnership of India removing Shikhar Dhawan (7) in sixth over.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 13:52:51', '2022-12-04 13:52:51'),
(3517, 3517, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Price of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) has increased by Tk 3.84 per kg to Tk 108.09, from previous price of Tk 104.26 per kg, as Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) today announced the latest price of gas for the month of December.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As per the new price, a retail consumer will get a 12kg LPG cylinder at Tk 1297, instead of Tk 1251. Price has been increased by Tk 46.</div><div><br></div><div>LPG prices for other sizes of cylinders – from 5.5kg to 45kg – will go up rationally, said BERC chairman Abdul Jalil, who announced the new price at a virtual press briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the announcement, the price of “auto gas” (LPG used for motor vehicles) was increased too – to 60.41 per litre from previous price of Tk 58.28 per litre, up by Tk 2.13 per litre.</div><div><br></div><div>The new price will be effective from 6 pm today (December 4, 2022).</div><div><br></div><div>The price of LPG, marketed by state-owned LP Gas Company, will remain as usual as it is locally produced with a market share of less than 5%.</div><div><br></div><div>The LPG price went up to the highest, Tk 1,439 (per 12kg cylinder), in the local market, following the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in February this year.</div><div><br></div><div>LPG price in Bangladesh was the lowest at Tk 1,225 for a 12kg cylinder in January this year and it witnessed continuous hikes in February, March and April. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 13:58:54', '2022-12-04 13:58:54'),
(3518, 3518, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The 59th death anniversary of the champion of democracy and one of the greatest leaders of undivided India, Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy will be observed in the country tomorrow in a befitting manner.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The unparalleled leader of all Indian politics, who had dedicated his entire life to ensure the welfare of the people by upholding democracy, died at a Beirut hotel in Lebanon on December 5 in 1963. He was alone in the hotel suite at the time of his death.</div><div><br></div><div>Suhrawardy was a Bengali politician and statesman in the first half of the 20th century. He served as the premier of Bengal in British India and was the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today paid rich tributes to the memory of Suhrawardy on the occasion of his death anniversary.</div><div><br></div><div>In a message, the Prime Minister prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul of Suhrawardy, terming him \'the champion of democracy\'.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Hossain Shaheed Suhrawardy was a wise and prudent political organizer. He formed the Independent Muslim Party in 1926 and the United Muslim Party in 1936 to organize the Muslims in British India. He also played an important role in the establishment of the then Awami Muslim League (later Awami League) on 23 June 1949. He was also instrumental in the Muslim League\'s tragic defeat to the United Front in the first provincial assembly elections in 1954,\" the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>To mark the day, different political and socio-cultural organisations, including ruling Awami League, have chalked out various programmes including placing wreaths at the grave of the great leader in the morning, holding discussions, offering Qurankhwani and arranging milad and doa-mahfil in the capital and elsewhere in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League (AL) will pay tribute to the late leader by placing wreaths on his grave adjacent to the High Court at 8 am tomorrow. Fateha and doa will also be offered there.</div><div><br></div><div>Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy was born in a respected Muslim family at Medinipur in West Bengal, India on September 8 in 1892.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, in a statement, today paid deep homage to the memory of late Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy saying that he had fought for democracy throughout his life.</div><div><br></div><div>The extraordinary strength, perseverance and qualities of his leadership have guided the nation on the right path, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He had made outstanding contributions to the struggle for democracy, justice and the rule of law, Quader said.</div><div><br></div><div>In the statement, Quader called upon the leaders and workers of all levels of the Awami League and its affiliated organizations to observe the death anniversary of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy with due dignity.</div><div><br></div><div>Jatiya Party (JP-Manzu) will place wreaths at the grave of Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy near Doel Chattar at 8am tomorrow. It will also offer fateha and munajat seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of the late leader.</div><div><br></div><div>Party chairman Anwar Hossain Manzu and general secretary Sheikh Shahidul Islam urged party leaders-activists to make the programmes a success. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 15:08:22', '2022-12-04 15:08:22'),
(3519, 3519, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The USA has imported RMG items worth $7.55 billons from Bangladesh during the January-September period of the current year which is around 51 percent higher compared to the same period of last year.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the latest statistics from the Office of Textiles and Apparel of the United States, the import of RMG items by USA from different countries of the world also increased by 34.61 percent during this nine-month period.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has been able to maintain its position as the 3rd largest RMG sourcing country for USA with a share of 8.54 percent.</div><div>Talking to BSS, Director of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Mohiuddin Rubel said that the interest of USA buyers in procuring RMG items from Bangladesh has increased in the recent times due to the various initiatives of the government and the entrepreneur during the COVID-19 period alongside the improved compliance situation in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the USA has also reduced its import of apparel form China which has also came as a blessing for Bangladesh, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>According to official data, China is currently the largest source of apparel items for the USA with a share of 22.48 percent followed by Vietnam in the 2nd position having a market share of 18.51 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the USA also imports RMG items from Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Pakistan and South Korea.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 15:18:29', '2022-12-04 15:18:29'),
(3520, 3520, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP on Sunday demanded the withdrawal of the check post set up by the police in front of party chairperson Khaleda Zia\'s house in the city’s Gulshan area.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Police blocked the area by setting up a check post in the same style of keeping the sand-loaded trucks in front of our leader Khaleda Zia. This is another new level of oppression on her,” said party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, he also strongly condemned and protested such a bad attitude of the Awami League government.</div><div><br></div><div>“I strongly demand the removal of the check posts and barricade immediately from in front of the house of Begum Khaleda Zia,\" the BNP leader said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Saturday night, Police put up a check post near BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s home at Gulshan in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Police authorities, however, said the check post was part of a special drive to arrest drug peddlers, militants, and criminals in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Khaleda, a three-time former prime minister, has been staying at her Gulshan residence, Firoza, since she was freed on March 25, 2020, through an executive order by the government suspending her sentences in two graft cases, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said that the government is constantly trying to kill a popular leader like Khaleda by keeping her imprisoned in ‘false’ cases and blocking all ways of treatment.</div><div><br></div><div>He also accused the government of violating human rights and keeping Khaleda under mental stress by blocking her residence and threatening to send her to jail.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 15:48:49', '2022-12-04 15:48:49'),
(3521, 3521, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP executive committee member Ishraque Hossain was attacked on Sunday allegedly by the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League BCL) near Jagannath University (JnU) while distributing leaflets to drum up public support for the party’s December-10 rally.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Talking to UNB, Ishraque alleged that the BCL activists from Jagannath University carried out the attack at noon, leaving six-seven BNP leaders and activists.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said the BCL men first started throwing brick chips when he along with BNP leaders and activists were getting into his vehicle after completing the leaflet distribution programme.</div><div><br></div><div>“Later, they attacked us with rods and hockey sticks. They also vandalised my vehicle,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ishraque,&nbsp; the son of late BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka, said four injured BNP activists were admitted to a hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>Contacted, JnU unit BCL president Ibrahim Farazi said they chased Ishraque and his followers as the BNP leader was making provocative remarks while distributing the leaflets</div><div><br></div><div>He claimed that some BCL activists were injured as the ‘cadres’ of Ishraque attacked them.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Nov 5, the motorcade of Ishraque came under attack by miscreants at Mahilara Bazar in Gouranadi upazila on his way to BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal.</div><div><br></div><div>A number of vehicles were vandalised while nine BNP activists were injured in the attack. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 16:18:30', '2022-12-04 16:18:30'),
(3522, 3522, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">France\'s bid to retain the World Cup continues against Poland on Sunday, while England\'s pursuit of a first major trophy in 56 years will be tested by African champions Senegal. Didier Deschamps\' French side are aiming to become the first team to win successive World Cups since Brazil in 1958 and 1962 after winning Group D in Qatar.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Led by electric Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe, the French are heavy favourites to progress past Poland at Doha\'s Al Thumama Stadium. But in a World Cup packed with shocks like the group-stage exits of Germany and Belgium, subduing Barcelona striker Robert Lewandowski is the key to France\'s hopes of avoiding another upset.</div><div><br></div><div>Poland\'s all-time leading scorer will be hoping to add to his meagre World Cup tally of one goal against France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, who is set to make his 142nd international appearance and equal Lilian Thuram as Les Bleus\' most-capped player.</div><div><br></div><div>France captain Lloris praised both Lewandowski and his Polish counterpart Wojciech Szczesny, who has starred with two superb penalty saves which were crucial to his team finishing second in Group C.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Lewandowski has been one of the best number nines in the world for years now but they are a good side collectively,\" said Lloris.&nbsp; \"Szczesny is a having a fantastic tournament, Poland owe their place in the last 16 to their goalkeeper.\"</div><div><br></div><div>If France see off Poland, their path towards the World Cup final on December 18 could include a quarter-final showdown against England. Gareth Southgate\'s team are slated to meet France in the last eight if they beat Senegal at Al Bayt Stadium. England reached the semi-finals four years ago and finished runners-up at Euro 2020, and got off to a fine start in Qatar by winning Group B.</div><div><br></div><div>And they believe they can win the tournament in Qatar to finally end their agonising wait for a first major trophy since the 1966 World Cup. \"That is not being over-confident, that is being humble enough to see what goes on in our training and how the staff prepare, and believing in ourselves too,\" said England defender John Stones.</div><div><br></div><div>Rocked by the loss to injury of talisman Sadio Mane before the tournament, Senegal reached the World Cup knockout stages for only the second time after Tuesday\'s 2-1 win against Ecuador secured the runners-up spot in Group A. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-04 16:26:17', '2022-12-04 16:26:17'),
(3523, 3523, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Faced with unprecedented protests against Covid restrictions, the Chinese authorities have said they are ramping up their vaccination campaign among the elderly.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The relatively low rate of vaccination for older people is a major obstacle to China relaxing its zero-Covid strategy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How many older people are vaccinated?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">China has acknowledged it has relatively low rates of Covid vaccination among the elderly, who are most likely to get seriously ill or die from the virus compared with younger age groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In April this year, official data showed that only about 20% of over-80s had received two jabs plus a booster, while under 50% of the 70-79 age group fell into this category.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The latest figures from the Chinese authorities, released as lockdown protests erupted across the country, suggest a marked jump in these over-80s vaccination rates to about 40% fully vaccinated with a booster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These Chinese vaccination rates for the elderly are significantly lower than, for example, those in the US and UK.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Figures from the UK in November indicate that about 80% of people aged 80 or above (living in England) had received a booster jab in the previous three months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">China has also announced a plan to increase vaccination rates among the elderly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It is also reported to have set a goal of getting 90% of the over-80s to either complete the initial two-dose vaccination course or get a booster jab by the end of January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Why are more older people not vaccinated?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The head of China\'s Covid expert panel, Prof Liang Wannian, has told the BBC that vaccine hesitancy among the elderly is one issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Many old people have underlying diseases. They reckon it won\'t be safe to get vaccinated. But in fact, it is safe.\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Unlike in other countries which targeted the elderly first, China prioritised the working-age population when it started its vaccine rollout at the end of 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It also tested its vaccines outside China in countries with much younger populations - and initially told its own elderly population there was not enough data on the effectiveness and safety of the vaccines to recommend they receive them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Community health infrastructure is also vital to vaccine rollouts, says Prof George Liu, of La Trobe University in Melbourne. He says this is lacking for the elderly in China.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Unlike planned immunisation for children, community health facilities don\'t have a full name list and schedules for the elderly, and they don\'t have an existing process to ensure proper vaccination coverage for them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Faith in locally-made vaccines has also been dented by a series of health scandals in recent years. These include safety issues and production standards for rabies jabs, as well as for diphtheria and tetanus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Are Chinese-made vaccines effective?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">China has developed and produced its own vaccines, which use an inactivated form of the virus to train the body to fight the whole virus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Why has China not used Western vaccines?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the early stages of vaccine rollout during the pandemic, China made great play about its own production efforts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Last year, it claimed to have made half of the world\'s existing stock of Covid vaccines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">So it is not surprising that it has been reluctant to use vaccines developed elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Germany has urged China to consider using Western-developed mRNA vaccines. These are currently difficult to obtain in China, and only made available to foreign residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">China is believed to be developing its own vaccine using mRNA vaccine technology, but it is not clear when this might be available. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-05 02:21:38', '2022-12-05 02:21:38'),
(3524, 3524, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>France have seen some incredible players in their history but it\'s the unassuming Olivier Giroud that can now lay claim to being among the country\'s greats.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The AC Milan striker became France\'s leading men\'s scorer when he put his side ahead in their 3-1 victory over Poland in the last 16 of the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But on his momentous day - when he scored his 52nd international goal - the former Chelsea and Arsenal striker was upstaged by team-mate Kylian Mbappe\'s stunning showing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Didier Deschamps\' men mean business as they aim to defend their crown and their charge is being led by veteran 36-year-old striker Giroud and 23-year-old sensation Mbappe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This is the competition of my dreams,\" said man of the match Mbappe, who scored twice and set up Giroud\'s goal. \"It is something I have been preparing for physically and mentally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We are doing well but [we are] a long way from the objective of winning the final.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Just as Argentina\'s Lionel Messi brings fans out of their seats in excitement, Mbappe does the same for France and he was at his devastating best against Poland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mbappe drew loud cheers when he put Aston Villa full-back Matty Cash on his backside with a quick turn but the resulting shot deflected into the side-netting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Having provided the assist for Giroud\'s opener, Mbappe showcased his fantastic finishing by smacking his first into the roof of the net before curling a glorious second into the far corner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He is now the competition\'s top scorer with five and added to the four he netted in France\'s triumphant 2018 World Cup campaign, he has already overtaken Argentina\'s Diego Maradona, who scored eight, while Portugal\'s Cristiano Ronaldo has also reached that tally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At 23 years of age, Mbappe is the youngest player to score nine World Cup goals, breaking the record held by Eusebio, who scored eight for Portugal by the age of 24 years and 182 days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We know about Kylian,\" said Deschamps. \"We have already seen him and he speaks on the football pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"He knows he can change a match in moment. He plays with such joy and smiles. France needed a great Kylian Mbappe tonight and they got one.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Former Premier League striker Dion Dublin said on BBC One: \"He is playing the game as though he is in the park. He is an incredible footballer.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Chris Sutton, speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, said: \"Eventually it came down to Kylian Mbappe and a couple of wonderful finishes from him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This was a strong performance from France. There are tougher tests to come but it was a display of French swagger and a statement that we are still the team to beat.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some may have felt Giroud\'s best years were behind him when he left Arsenal last summer to move to Italy but he scored 11 goals to help Milan win the Serie A title.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Giroud has a star-studded cast operating around him with the likes of Mbappe and the classy Antoine Griezmann pulling the strings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Giroud is a Deschamps favourite and knows what he brings to the team with his unselfishness and physicality up front, while he has been given more minutes this time because of the pre-tournament injury to Karim Benzema.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At the last World Cup, Giroud played all the games in their triumph in Russia, but in 546 minutes of action, he not only failed to score a goal but did not have a single shot on target.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">How things can change. Giroud has scored three times already in this competition, but will be aware that his overall record may not last too long given Mbappe has already scored 33 goals for France.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Giroud has always been an important player,\" said Deschamps. \"Four years ago he didn\'t score but we are seeing his quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"He has managed to remain mentally strong. He has broken the record by Henry, and Mbappe might beat it one day. To score so many goals at international level is a great achievement.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Former England defender Rio Ferdinand said on BBC One: \"You have to have the right attitude to do what Olivier Giroud does, with people saying at times he wasn\'t good enough.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"He is not flashy like a Kylian Mbappe with skills or pace but he knows what he\'s good at and he executes it well.\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-05 02:26:25', '2022-12-05 02:26:25'),
(3525, 3525, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">About 2,500 seals have been found dead on the Caspian Sea coast in southern Russia, officials say.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Officials say there is no sign that they died violent deaths.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some 700 dead seals were initially reported, but further investigation has revealed a much higher number and counting continues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Caspian seals have been classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list since 2008.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Zaur Gapizov, head of the Caspian Environmental Protection Center, said in a statement that the seals probably died about two weeks ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There is no evidence to suggest the animals were killed or caught in fishing nets, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Dagestan region\'s ministry of natural resources and environment wrote on Telegram that a large number had been found between the mouths of two rivers, the Sulak and the Shurinka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Experts have collected samples from the seals and the ministry said reasons for the deaths will be established when lab results come back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The seal population of the Caspian Sea has dwindled drastically over the decades from over-hunting and industrial pollution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Caspian Environmental Protection Center puts the number now at just 70,000, down from more than one million around a century ago. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-05 02:31:26', '2022-12-05 02:31:26'),
(3526, 3526, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An Iranian lawmaker said Sunday that Iran\'s government is “paying attention to the people’s real demands,” state media reported, a day after a top official suggested that the country’s morality police whose conduct helped trigger months of protests has been shut down.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The role of the morality police, which enforces veiling laws, came under scrutiny after a detainee, 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, died in its custody in mid-September. Amini had been held for allegedly violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress codes. Her death unleashed a wave of unrest that has grown into calls for the downfall of Iran\'s clerical rulers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Iran\'s chief prosecutor Mohamed Jafar Montazeri said on Saturday the morality police “had been closed,\" the semi-official news agency ISNA reported. The agency did not provide details, and state media hasn\'t reported such a purported decision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a report carried by ISNA on Sunday, lawmaker Nezamoddin Mousavi signaled a less confrontational approach toward the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Mossad: State news</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Both the administration and parliament insisted that paying attention to the people’s demand that is mainly economic is the best way for achieving stability and confronting the riots,” he said, following a closed meeting with several senior Iranian officials, including President Ebrahim Raisi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mousavi did not address the reported closure of the morality police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Associated Press has been unable to confirm the current status of the force, established in 2005 with the task of arresting people who violate the country’s Islamic dress code.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since September, there has been a reported decline in the number of morality police officers across Iranian cities and an increase in women walking in public without headscarves, contrary to Iranian law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Montazeri, the chief prosecutor, provided no further details about the future of the morality police or if its closure was nationwide and permanent. However he added that Iran’s judiciary will ‘‘continue to monitor behavior at the community level.’’</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a report by ISNA on Friday, Montazeri was quoted as saying that the government was reviewing the mandatory hijab law. “We are working fast on the issue of hijab and we are doing our best to come up with a thoughtful solution to deal with this phenomenon that hurts everyone’s heart,” said Montazeri, without offering details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Saturday\'s announcement could signal an attempt to appease the public and find a way to end the protests in which, according to rights groups, at least 470 people were killed. More than 18,000 people have been arrested in the protests and the violent security force crackdown that followed, according to Human Rights Activists in Iran, a group monitoring the demonstrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ali Alfoneh, a senior fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, said Montazeri’s statement about closing the morality police could be an attempt to pacify domestic unrest without making real concessions to protesters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">‘‘The secular middle class loathes the organization (morality police) for restricting personal freedoms,\" said Alfoneh. On the other hand, the “underprivileged and socially conservative class resents how they conveniently keep away from enforcing the hijab legislation” in wealthier areas of Iran\'s cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">When asked about Montazeri\'s statement, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gave no direct answer. ‘‘Be sure that in Iran, within the framework of democracy and freedom, which very clearly exists in Iran, everything is going very well,’’ Amirabdollahian said, speaking during a visit to Belgrade, Serbia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The anti-government demonstrations, now in their third month, have shown no sign of stopping despite a violent crackdown. Protesters say they are fed up after decades of social and political repression, including a strict dress code imposed on women.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Young women continue to play a leading role in the protests, stripping off the mandatory Islamic headscarf to express their rejection of clerical rule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After the outbreak of the protests, the Iranian government hadn\'t appeared willing to heed the protesters\' demands. It has continued to crack down on protesters, including sentencing at least seven arrested protesters to death. Authorities continue to blame the unrest on hostile foreign powers, without providing evidence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But in recent days, Iranian state media platforms seemed to be adopting a more conciliatory tone, expressing a desire to engage with the problems of the Iranian people. 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, '2022-12-05 03:06:58', '2022-12-05 03:06:58'),
(3527, 3527, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Gunmen abducted 19 Muslim worshippers after attacking a mosque in the restive northwest of Nigeria, police said Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The attackers stormed the mosque in Maigamji village, in Katsina state, during evening prayers Saturday and carried out the kidnappings after shooting and wounding the imam and another worshipper, said local police spokesman Gambo Isah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Our men mobilised and went after the bandits and succeeded in rescuing six of the worshippers from their abductors, while efforts are underway to free the remaining 13,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The two people wounded were being treated in hospital, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Northwest and central Nigeria have been terrorised by criminal gangs locally known as bandits, who village raids steal cattle, kidnap for ransom and burn homes after looting supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hostages are usually released after a ransom is paid to the gangs, which take refuge in the vast Rugu Forest. It straddles four states in northwest Nigeria, including Katsina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Last month, 15 people were killed and several others wounded in a series of bandit attacks on villages in neighbouring Kaduna state, say the authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has been under intense pressure to end the violence before he leaves office next year at the end of his eight-year tenure in office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There is growing concern over an alliance in the northeast between the bandits and jihadists waging a 12-year insurgency to establish a Caliphate. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'Newsdesk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-12-05 03:44:22', '2022-12-05 03:44:22');
