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(6807, 6807, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>China on Wednesday called on Afghanistan to reform its radical policies excluding women from education and public life and “adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism.”</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The comments from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin came on the heels of a Pakistan-hosted mini-summit of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan that sought to promote trade and lower border tensions amid a surge of attacks inside Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Wang said China hopes the Taliban-appointed Afghan interim government will “take solid steps in the right direction, make practical efforts to gain the understanding and trust of the international community, and create favorable conditions for Afghanistan to further develop good neighborliness with its neighbors and integrate into the international community.”</div><div><br></div><div>China generally refrains from commenting on the internal policies of nations with which it wishes to curry favor, or can use as leverage in its campaign to combat the dominance of global affairs by the U.S. and other liberal democracies.</div><div><br></div><div>China has also made halting efforts to extend its Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan that could see construction of railways and bridges, but is chiefly concerned with Afghanistan harboring separatists opposed to Chinese control in its northwestern region of Xinjiang.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The international community still has a lot of concerns and expectations for the Afghan interim government, including hoping the Afghan side will make more progress in implementing moderate and prudent internal and external policies and safeguarding the rights and interests of women and children, and adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism so as to produce more visible results,\" Wang said at a daily briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>Wang praised a joint statement issued Monday at the end of the trilateral meeting as the first time the Taliban had put in writing a commitment to disallow terrorist groups to use Afghanistan as a base of operations.</div><div><br></div><div>That document is “of great significance to the future development of China-Afghanistan relations and the promotion of regional counter-terrorism and security cooperation,” Wang said.</div><div><br></div><div>“As a traditional friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, China believes that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community,” he said. “The well-being and interests of the Afghan people deserve attention, the peace and reconstruction process of Afghanistan should be encouraged, and its sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected.”</div><div><br></div><div>The joint statement said the three sides stressed the need to prevent any individual, group or party “to use their territories to harm and threaten regional security and interests or conduct terrorist actions and activities.”</div><div><br></div><div>These include the Pakistani Taliban and a nebulous militant group claiming to represent the Uyghur ethnic group in China\'s Xinjiang region, called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Several hundred, possibly thousands, of Chinese Muslims are believed to live in Pakistan\'s largely ungoverned northern territories, but terrorism experts question whether the ETIM exists in any form other than on paper.</div><div><br></div><div>The Taliban have been shunned by most of the international community for sweeping restrictions on political opposition and civic life imposed after they seized power in August 2021.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Those measures have rolled back educational and cultural gains made during the 20-year presence of NATO and U.S. forces, despite earlier pledges by the group that it would moderate its hard-line interpretation of Islam that have left if an outlier in the Muslim world.</div><div><br></div><div>Most notably, girls have been banned from education beyond the sixth grade and women banned from most jobs outside the home and kept away</div><div><br></div><div>A U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices.</div><div><br></div><div>At the mini-summit, the diplomats from the three nations agreed “to further deepen and expand their cooperation in the security, development and political domains based on the principles of mutual respect, equal-footed consultation and mutual benefit.”</div><div><br></div><div>The involvement of China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the talks represented a further expansion of Chinese diplomacy into the Muslim communities following Beijing\'s hosting of talks resulting in the resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>In Pakistan, Beijing is bankrolling the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC — a sprawling package that includes road works, crop production and power plant construction.</div><div><br></div><div>The package is considered a lifeline for impoverished Pakistan, which is currently facing one of its worst economic crises amid stalled talks on a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.</div><div><br></div><div>During his visit, Qin met with President Arif Alvi, Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Qin was assured that Pakistan will boost security for Chinese nationals working in the country, a major concern since a suicide bomber killed nine Chinese and four Pakistanis in an attack in Pakistan’s volatile northwest in 2021. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 21:46:11', '2023-05-10 21:46:11'),
(6808, 6808, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Gazipur City Corporation election is important as there will be parliamentary elections in the future, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Gazipur election is very important for us. Because there will be parliamentary elections in the future. We think that an election of such a large scale before this will carry a lot of national significance. That\'s why the Gazipur election should be a model,” he said&nbsp; while exchanging views with the rival candidates of Gazipur City Corporation election at Shaheed Ahsanullah Master Auditorium in Gazipur.</div><div><br></div><div>Gazipur Returning Officer Faridul Islam presided over the meeting. Election Commissioner Md Alamgir, Secretary of the Election Commission Jahangir Alam and Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sadirul Islam were present as special guests, among others.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let this election set an example. Let us make a good choice. Countries around the world are talking about our election and we are unable to stop them from doing so,” the CEC said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“We must progressively escape from black culture. Our voting system is still rife with rotten and black culture. With your help, there may come a time when everyone will go to the polling booth in peace and exercise their right to vote,” he also said.</div><div><br></div><div>“No one should worry about black money. No matter how much black money is distributed. Vote for whomever you trust, whom you think is good. Because there will be no candidates at the time of voting,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>At the meeting, the candidates raised their grievances and demands. Election officials assured everyone of a free and fair election. Mayoral candidates and general ward councillor candidates and reserved women councillor candidates attended the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to the eight mayoral candidates, most of the councillor candidates of 57 wards and women councillor candidates for 19 reserved posts participated in the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The number of voters in Gazipur City Corporation election is 11,79,476. Of them, 5,92,762 are male voters, 5,86,696 are female voters and 18 are hijra voters.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 480 polling stations have been set for this election. The total numbers of polling booths in these centres are 3,497. Of these, there will be 491 temporary voting booths. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 22:09:42', '2023-05-10 22:09:42'),
(6809, 6809, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israel’s air force hit Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza for a second day on Wednesday.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>At least one Palestinian was killed in an airstrike east of Khan Yunis and several others were wounded, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.</div><div><br></div><div>Agricultural land close to the border areas in the strip was also hit.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli army claimed that its jets targeted a Palestinian cell preparing to fire missiles at Israeli towns.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets at Israeli towns following Israel’s assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders 36 hours earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, Israel killed three prominent members of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement. Ten civilians, including the leaders’ wives, children and neighbors, were also killed.</div><div><br></div><div>The increased violence has added to Gazans’ daily suffering.</div><div><br></div><div>Rami Lubbad, 33, said: “I have been waiting for more than an hour to get some bread. We don’t know how long this situation will last.”</div><div><br></div><div>Gaza has been under an Israeli lockdown since Tuesday. With the Erez crossing closed, patients cannot reach hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Israel also closed the only commercial crossing, Kerem Shalom, halting the entry of fuel and goods.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian Health Ministry said that closure of the Erez crossing stopped 142 patients, most undergoing cancer treatment, from reaching hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem.</div><div><br></div><div>“The occupation prevents patients from reaching specialized hospitals in violation of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, and deliberately deprives patients of their treatment rights,” it said in a statement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The occupation was not content with confiscating the diagnostic medical devices for more than 18 months and obstructing the entry of medicines. Today it completed the third aspect of its crime against the patients of the Gaza Strip.”</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control in mid-2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestine’s electricity provider said that power generation at Gaza’s only station had been cut because industrial fuel was unable to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing.</div><div><br></div><div>The Gaza Strip has witnessed a string of military confrontations with Israel, including four wars since 2008 resulting thousands of casualties.</div><div><br></div><div>Mustafa Ibrahim, a political analyst, said: “Israel is seeking to impose a policy of assassinations again, and this is what Hamas and Islamic Jihad will not allow.</div><div><br></div><div>“Israel does not seek a long-term war in the Gaza Strip. They needed to deal a strong blow to Islamic Jihad to address Israel’s internal issues, but the scene remains open to all possibilities.” According to Arab News reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 22:26:09', '2023-05-10 22:26:09'),
(6810, 6810, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A pre-dawn Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip has killed a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander and one other person.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A warplane attacked an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in Hamad Residential City, near Khan Younis in the south of the strip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wednesday saw militants in Gaza firing more than 460 rockets at Israel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli military hit more than 130 militant targets in Gaza, in the heaviest fighting in nine months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palestinian medical sources estimate the death toll from fighting this week is now at least 24, including three other PIJ commanders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several people were hurt in Israel rushing to shelters as the rockets were fired from Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The armed wing of the PIJ confirmed that the head of its missile unit, Ali Hassan Ghali, also known as Abu Muhammad, had died in Thursday morning\'s attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PIJ is the second biggest militant group in Gaza after Hamas, and it has sworn to avenge the deaths of Palestinians killed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel\'s military confirmed it had targeted Ghali and what it called two \"other Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They described the commander as a central figure in the PIJ who had been \"responsible for the recent rocket barrages launched against Israel\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A damaged building in the Gaza Strip after Thursday\'s Israeli air strike</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Map showing the Gaza Strip and southern Israel</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel\'s campaign was not over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have hit Islamic Jihad with the most significant blow it has ever suffered,\" he said, referring to the killing of the three PIJ commanders on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hours before Mr Netanyahu spoke, Egyptian media reported that Egypt had brokered a ceasefire, but there was no immediate confirmation from the two sides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An umbrella organisation representing armed factions in Gaza earlier warned that \"if Israel increases its aggression, dark days await it\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week\'s air strikes were the deadliest since three days of hostilities between Israel and PIJ last August, in which 49 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ has been responsible for many of the rocket attacks on Israel in recent years and is sworn to Israel\'s destruction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was a serious flare-up last week, as PIJ and other groups fired more than 100 rockets into Israel over two days, following the death in an Israeli prison of a Palestinian hunger striker. The Israeli military carried out air strikes on sites it said were linked to Hamas in response.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions also remained high in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, after Israel carried out arrest raids.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Palestinians were killed in the town of Qabatiya by Israeli forces, who said the pair had fired at them. An Israeli soldier was also seriously wounded during a separate exchange of fire with Palestinian gunmen in Tubas. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 07:44:39', '2023-05-11 07:44:39'),
(6811, 6811, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pakistan\'s former prime minister Imran Khan has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges a day after his arrest sparked nationwide protests.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eight people have died nationwide in the protests and about 1,000 have been arrested, police say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army is being deployed in some areas, and has issued a stern warning after crowds attacked its properties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Khan\'s arrest dramatically escalated tensions between Mr Khan and the military at a time of economic crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conviction would disqualify the former cricket star - prime minister from 2018 to 2022 - from standing for office, possibly for life. Elections are due later this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dramatic footage showed dozens of security officers forcibly removing the 70-year-old from court on Tuesday, then bundling him into a police vehicle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is tight security at the police guesthouse where he is being detained, which is also serving as a courtroom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday Mr Khan was indicted on charges that he unlawfully sold state gifts during his premiership, in a case brought by the Election Commission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He denies the allegations and says he fulfilled all legal requirements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the first of dozens of cases against him in which he has been formally charged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For months he had avoided arrest, with his supporters at times fighting pitched battles with police to keep him out of custody.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday\'s arrest was based on a new warrant for a separate corruption case, connected to the alleged transfer of land for Al-Qadir University, near Islamabad. The judge remanded Mr Khan in custody for eight days in this case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of his lawyers, Sher Afzal Marwat, said his client was faring well and relayed a message to supporters not to give up: \"You have to stand your ground for Rule of Law,\" Mr Khan said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it would challenge the legality of his arrest in court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The action by Pakistan\'s anti-corruption body has led to violent protests across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has called the army in to maintain order in several regions of the country, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan, and Islamabad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a televised address to the nation, Pakistan\'s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, warned that violent protests would not be tolerated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The perpetrators who take the law into their own hands will be dealt with with an iron hand,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extraordinary scenes on Tuesday evening showed Mr Khan\'s supporters ransacking the corps commander\'s residence in Lahore, smashing chandeliers and making away with peacocks - among other things - which they said were bought with \"citizen\'s money\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s army described 9 May as a \"dark day\" and warned protesters of an \"extreme reaction\" if properties of the state were attacked again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police in Islamabad used shipping containers to try to block routes to the compound where Imran Khan was appearing before a judge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC witnessed clashes between protesters and the police in the middle of one of Islamabad\'s main motorways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters began gathering after midday, some carrying with them PTI flags or wearing Imran Khan face masks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canisters of tear gas were fired into the crowd soon after they began to gather. The protesters attempted to hit the metal casings away using their sticks. There were no arrests during the 90 minutes the BBC were present. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 07:48:06', '2023-05-11 07:48:06'),
(6812, 6812, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Tonga in the early hours of Thursday but there were no reports of injuries or damage.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake struck at 1602 GMT about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off Tonga\'s remote volcanic island of Niuatoputapu at a depth of 210 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no tsunami risk, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We had calls early in the morning from people who felt it, but there have been no reports of damage,\" said Gary Vite, chief meteorologist at Tonga Meteorological Services near the capital Nuku\'alofa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake was also felt some 360 kilometres from the epicentre in the Samoan capital Apia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spokesman for the Samoa Meteorological Service said \"strong vibrations\" shook the office near Apia but there had been no reports of damage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonga and Samoa sit on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\", where tectonic plates often shift, frequently experiencing seismic activity. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:03:44', '2023-05-11 10:03:44'),
(6813, 6813, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A lull in high temperatures brought some relief on Wednesday from wildfires in Alberta in western Canada as reinforcements arrived to help battle the blazes.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In total, 76 forest and brush fires remained active in the province compared to 110 a few days ago, authorities said. Twenty-three are still considered uncontrolled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several Canadian provinces -- as well as the US states of Oregon and Alaska -- sent reinforcements to fight the wildfires, which authorities said could flare again as high temperatures return over the weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re very happy to have new resources coming in from our colleagues across Canada and colleagues in the United States. And I think that\'s going to be a much needed boost for firefighters who have been at this, some of them around the clock, for quite a while,\" Christie Tucker, a spokeswoman for the relief effort, said at a news conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of evacuees from fire-hit areas dipped to 24,000, down from almost 30,000 last weekend, authorities said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least one oil company, Tourmaline, has reopened seven of its nine facilities in Alberta, one of the world\'s largest oil producing regions. The other two facilities were expected to start up \"in the next couple of days,\" it said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alberta has experienced a hot, dry spring that has been conducive to fire outbreaks. The vast majority of the fires are human-caused.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mayor Allan Gamble of Parkland County voiced relief that \"all of our evacuated residents\" returned home and two highways leading to the county have reopened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the northern part of the province, some Indigenous villages were deeply affected, such as the Cree community of Little Red River.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There\'s been a huge loss of infrastructure, no lives thank God, but 4,000 people are evacuated, over 150 homes... have been destroyed or demolished,\" said Patty Hajdu, federal minister of Indigenous Services.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Yellowhead County, including Evansburg (west of Edmonton), residents were allowed to return home on Wednesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The wildfire risk has been reduced thanks to firefighting efforts and the shift in weather,\" the county said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it warned that \"wildfires may still be active in the area.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Fox Creek, cooler temperatures and reduced wind allowed firefighters to fortify containment lines to prevent fires from spreading.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Don\'t let the skyline and current clear skies deceive you. This fire is out of control and burns deep into the ground. It is a sleeping giant. The situation can change quickly,\" the county said in an advisory. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:07:21', '2023-05-11 10:07:21'),
(6814, 6814, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intelligence across its platform.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Executives at an annual Google developers conference in Silicon Valley said that generative AI will also be used to supercharge the tech giant\'s leading search engine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have been applying AI for a while, with generative AI we are taking the next step,\" Google chief executive Sundar Pichai told thousands of developers gathered for the event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are reimagining all our core products, including search,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google is racing to catch up with rival Microsoft, which has rushed to integrate ChatGPT-like powers in a wide array of its products, including the Bing search engine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\'s dash into AI came despite fears about the technology\'s potential threat to society, including its impact on the spread of disinformation and whether it could make whole categories of jobs obsolete.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cathy Edwards of Google Search said the new experience would be akin to a search that is \"supercharged\" by a conversational bot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other Google executives laid out how generative AI is being woven into Gmail, photo editing, online work tools and more.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company\'s AI efforts would be carried out in a \"bold and responsible\" way, senior product director Jack Krawczyk said during a briefing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google\'s expansion meant it removed a waitlist for Bard, letting users around the world engage with it in English after months of testing it out in the US and Britain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bard will be modified to support 40 languages in coming months, according to Krawczyk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re excited to get Bard into more people\'s hands,\" Krawczyk said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re pretty fired up about where Bard is going.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google also announced browser \"extensions\" that will imbue apps and services such as Gmail and Maps with AI features.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bard technology will enable features such as filling in text to help draft emails and suggesting ideas for artwork by scrutinizing a picture of available supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google is also letting partners build such extensions, including one from Adobe that will let users generate images, Krawczyk said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tech titan also unveiled new Pixel devices including a $1,799 foldable smartphone with a bendable screen that is the size of a tablet computer when opened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You\'re getting the best of both worlds,\" Google senior vice president of devices Rick Osterloh said of the Fold.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s a powerful smartphone when it\'s convenient and an immersive tablet when you need one.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google also added a new tablet and a lower-priced version of its flagship smartphone to the Pixel lineup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Risky tech? -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google\'s announcements came a week after rival Microsoft expanded public access to its generative artificial intelligence programs, which are powered by models made by OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This could be a defining moment in the AI battle with Google and Microsoft going head-to-head for market share,\" Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note to investors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\'s early investment in OpenAI gave it a head start \"in this Game of Thrones Battle for Big Tech with Google now playing major catchup mode,\" the analyst added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AI-enhanced features of Microsoft\'s Bing search engine and Edge internet browser recently became open for anyone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The services have been enhanced with the ability to work with images as well as text, and Microsoft intends to add video to the mix.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the rollouts by two of the world\'s biggest companies, risks from AI include its potential uses for disinformation, with voice clones, deep-fake videos and convincing written messages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A range of experts in March urged a pause in the development of powerful AI systems to allow time to make sure they are safe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their open letter, signed by more than 1,000 people, including billionaire Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, was prompted by generative AI technology from Microsoft-backed firm OpenAI.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A prominent computer scientist often dubbed \"the godfather of artificial intelligence\" recently quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Geoffrey Hinton, who created some of the technology underlying AI systems, maintained that the existential threat from AI is \"serious and close.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:09:50', '2023-05-11 10:09:50'),
(6815, 6815, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in Wednesday\'s pulsating last-four derby.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter have the upper hand ahead of Tuesday\'s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to strikes in the first 11 minutes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter could have won by a wider margin as Hakan Calhanoglu smashed a shot off the post and Dzeko wasted a great chance early in the second half, but they are still heavy favourites to reach the final of Europe\'s top club competition for the first time since they last won it 13 years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Sometimes I don\'t score goals and that\'s all anyone talks about, but I also give something else,\" Dzeko told Prime Video after his third goal since January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today I worked for the team and that was what was needed in such a big match.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reaching the final would be extra sweet for Inter as it would avenge semi- and quarter-final eliminations at the hands of Milan in 2003 and 2005.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winners of the tie will face holders Real Madrid or Manchester City in the June 10 showpiece in Istanbul. The first leg of that semi-final finished 1-1 in Spain on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milan, who also struck the woodwork through Sandro Tonali, have their work cut out if they want to have a chance at being crowned European champions for the eighth time and will hope Rafael Leao is available for next week\'s decisive clash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The absence of star man Leao left Milan without their key attacking threat and allowed Inter to play more on the front foot knowing their opponents didn\'t have the Portugal winger\'s pace in their armoury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We conceded two quick goals, and against Inter that\'s difficult to come back from,\" Milan defender Fikayo Tomori told Prime Video.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re disappointed, we could have done better, especially at the beginning, but we need to believe if we\'re going to reach the final.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- One team in it -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A colourful San Siro was nearly full an hour before kick-off, with both sets of fans exchanging chants and insults before the huge displays traditional to the fixture were unfurled as the teams came out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But once the match was underway there was really only one team on the pitch, with nominal away side Inter looking the more settled and dynamic off the back of five straight wins and the recent hot form of their attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It didn\'t take long for the away side to open the scoring and it was a fabulous Dzeko goal which did it in the eighth minute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bosnia striker held off Davide Calabria and met Calhanoglu\'s inswinging corner with a perfect volley which left Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan with no chance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With their tails up and their fans falling over each other with joy in the Curva Nord, Inter went for Milan and three minutes later Mkhitaryan doubled their lead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Federico Dimarco was set scampering down the left flank and his low cut-back was first left by Lautaro Martinez and then collected by Armenian midfielder Mkhitaryan, who smashed in his fifth goal of the season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milan escaped being three goals down after just a quarter of an hour when Calhanoglu nearly silenced the boos of his former supporters with a long-range drive which crashed out off the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Martinez then won a penalty which was rightly overturned by referee Jesus Gil Manzano following a look at the pitch-side monitor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dzeko should have all but sealed the tie when one-on-one with Maignan in the 53rd minute and not long after, while Milan\'s fans unleashed a volley of flares and explosives, Tonali held his head in despair after striking the bottom of the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However that was the last major chance of the game for Milan as Inter comfortably held off their rivals for the final half an hour and then bathed in the applause of their supporters who are dreaming of a trip to Turkey. 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(6816, 6816, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Moscow considers Kiev\'s attempt to attack the Kremlin using drones as an outrageous step which puts Ukraine on a par with the state sponsors of terrorism, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the ATV channel (Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov emphasized that Moscow\'s Kremlin, which was targeted with two drones, is the Russian president\'s residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In fact, we can interpret that as an attempt to carry out an act of terrorism against the Russian president. It is an absolutely outrageous and unacceptable terrorist activity of the country. We believe that in this way Ukraine actually puts itself on a par with the state sponsors of terrorism. Not even de jure, but de facto, in fact,\" the Kremlin spokesman said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov said that the Russian authorities were taking and would continue to take every possible measure to ensure security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Well, of course, as we said in the statement, we will respond to such steps when and how we see fit,\" he stressed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early in the morning of May 3, Kiev attempted to carry out a strike on the Kremlin grounds. The Russian presidential press service said that military and security officers promptly took the enemy UAVs out, disabling them. Putin was not harmed and is carrying on with his work as usual. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:51:39', '2023-05-11 10:51:39'),
(6817, 6817, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower distant cautionary signal number 1 and instead hoist distant warning signal 2 as the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved north-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ over the same area.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 6 am on Thursday, it was centered about 1295 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1220 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 1265 km south-southwest of Mongla port and 1225 km south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesterly direction till Friday. Thereafter, it is likely to recurve gradually and move north-northwestwards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 km of the cyclone centre is about 62 kph rising to 88 kph in gusts or squalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sea will remain very rough near the cyclone centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution due to Cyclone Mocha. They are also advised not to venture into the deep sea. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 11:44:35', '2023-05-11 11:44:35'),
(6818, 6818, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air ranked 12th most polluted among cities around the world this morning, as per Air Quality Index (AQI).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The air in Dhaka was categorised as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, with an AQI score of 112 at 8:53am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 286, 190, and 166 respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 150 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in 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.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 11:49:32', '2023-05-11 11:49:32'),
(6819, 6819, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it would create a $200 million fund for research and development projects aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels in commercial aviation.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emirates made the announcement ahead of releasing their annual report for 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The airline, owned by Dubai\'s government, said the funding would be distributed over three years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s clear that with the current pathways available to airlines in terms of emissions reduction, our industry won’t be able to hit net zero targets in the prescribed timeline,” airline President Tim Clark said in a statement. “We believe our industry needs better solutions, and that’s why we’re looking to partner with leading organizations.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emirates separately will aim to use so-called sustainable aviation fuel as well when possible — though it remains incredibly scarce in the market. In January, the airline successfully flew a Boeing 777 on a test flight with one of its two engines entirely powered by the fuel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement also comes ahead of Dubai hosting the COP28 climate talks in November. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 12:00:59', '2023-05-11 12:00:59');
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(6820, 6820, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A court here on Wednesday afternoon sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court also fined convict Shahab Uddin, 36, son of late Ismail Hossain of Rajarampur Malopara under Chapainawabganj municipality, Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer two more years in jail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chapainawabganj District and Session Judge Md. Adeeb Ali pronounced the verdict in presence of the convict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the prosecution, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Shahab Uddin with 50 grams of heroin from Shahibag area in the town on June 30, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next day, Sub-inspector Anup Kumar Sarker of DB police filed a case against him with Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Investigating officer of the case Sub-inspector Ripon Kumar Mondol submitted charge sheet against him to the court on August 8 of the same year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After hearing the witnesses the court handed down the punishment, the court sources said. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 12:13:20', '2023-05-11 12:13:20'),
(6821, 6821, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>As the Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ is brewing over the Bay of Bengal, panic gripped the residents of coastal areas of Bagerhat district due to the vulnerable state of dyke at several points.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents of Sharankhola, Baleshwar, Pashur in Mongla and Panguchhi in Morelganj upazilas are passing sleepless nights, worrying over when and where the storm and high tide will hit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Mocha is likely to make landfall on Cox’s Bazar coast by Sunday (May 14).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the water rises 5 feet above normal, a number of villages will be flooded as 11km of embankment is at risk while around 25,000 shrimp enclosures may be washed away, said locals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 446 cyclone shelters have been prepared in the district to accommodate people while 98% of boro paddy has been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 11 km of embankment at different points is in vulnerable condition. Many villages in the district will be inundated if the tidal water rises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masum Billah, Executive Engineer of Bagerhat Water Development Board, said there are 340 kms of dam in the district and currently, the authorities concerned are repairing three km dam in Morrelganj upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the water rises above the normal tide, the vulnerable dams might break down and water can enter the locality, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the shrimp industry of the district may experience a huge loss as all shrimp enclosures could be washed away due to high tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a recent visit to some shrimp enclosures, this correspondent found many farmers busy dumping soil along the enclosures and using nets to save their shrimps from being washed away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASM Russel, Bagerhat District Fisheries officer, said there are 73,000 fish enclosures and of these, 25,000 are in vulnerable condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, advice was given to the farmers to surround the edge of the enclosures with netting at a height of 2.5 feet above the water and 6.5 feet above the ground, said Russel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, hearing about Cyclone Mocha, farmers have already harvested their boro paddy; 98% of the paddy have been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Rafiqul Islam, deputy director of Bagerhat Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), said, “The boro paddy from the remaining 2% land or about 243 hectares, will be harvested within a day or two.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voicing concern, Rafiqul also feared that the cyclone may damage mangoes and that’s why he also asked the mango farmers to harvest the fruits from their orchards as soon as possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the local administration has kept 446 shelters ready to accommodate about 2,35,975 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Azizur Rahman said the local administration has taken all-out preparation to tackle the cyclonic storm Mocha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A meeting, organised by the District Disaster Management Committee, was held on Wednesday where the authorities concerned decided to take all precautionary measures depending on the weather bulletin, 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, '2023-05-11 13:30:11', '2023-05-11 13:30:11'),
(6822, 6822, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh hope the rain to stay away and allow them to play the second game without an interruption as they eye to take a lead in the three-match ODI series, to be held tomorrow (Friday) at County Ground, Chelmsford.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first match was washed out due to rain after Bangladesh apparently kept them in a position of dominance. The Tigers who were put into bat first, racked up 246-9, a score that deemed not satisfactory but they reduced Ireland to 65-3 in 16.3 overs before the rain arrived.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With rain in the forecast, the question was why captain Tamim Iqbal didn\'t introduce spinners from two ends to complete 20 overs as early as possible, which might bring DLS to the fore to determine the result. Specially Shakib Al Hasan was not introduced into the attack, raising a question.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But according to batter Najmul Hossain Shanto who made second highest 44, after Mushfiqur Rahim\'s 61, said the batter couldn\'t bat as it was expected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The wicket was batting friendly and it was possible to score 290-300 runs. But what we did was to assess the wicket first before going after the bowlers that didn\'t go well for us,\" Shanto said after the match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We couldn\'t build up any significant partnership, which was another point to note. If we can build up a good partnership we can give us a shot to put up 300 plus total.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh had just two fifty plus partnership with Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz adding 65 and Shanto and Towhid Hridoy combining for 50 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The top order batters need to take responsibility. But unfortunately we couldn\'t make our start count. It was our duty to make the partnership bigger but we failed to do this. Hopefully we will learn from the mistakes. Hopefully we will have a full game in the next match and we\'ll take a lead,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to stat, Ireland are no match for the Tigers. Of the 14 ODI matches between the two sides, Bangladesh won nine and lost just two while three matches were washed out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ireland won the maiden encounter between the two sides in 2007 ODI World Cup in Bridgetown, West Indies but last time they beat Bangladesh in ODI cricket in 2010 at Belfast. They could never put up any resistance in the matches they played against Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Very recently, Bangladesh won the three-match ODI series between the two sides at home by 2-0 and that too breaking several records. They also put up their highest ODI total 349-6 in the second with Mushfiqur Rahim hitting the fastest century by a Bangladeshi player, smashing ton off 60 balls but the match was washed out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh also won the three-match T20 series by 2-1 and beat Ireland in the one-off Test at home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Line Ups:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ireland: Andy Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young. 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, '2023-05-11 13:32:58', '2023-05-11 13:32:58'),
(6823, 6823, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Naga Chaitanya, who is gearing up for the release of Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Custody, has opened up about the quality he really likes in his ex-wife Samantha Ruth Prabhu in an interview. Chaitanya said that he’s always been amazed by Samantha’s determination.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that if Samantha Ruth Prabhu wants something, she will go get it. Chaitanya and Samantha were married for about four years. They announced their separation on October 2, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a promotional interview for Custody, Chaitanya was asked about the quality he likes in Samantha. “Samantha… go-getter, hard worker. Her determination is amazing. If she wants something, she will go get it,” Chaitanya said in an interview with Prema the Journalist. Speaking about the films that he liked of her in recent times, he mentioned Oh Baby! and the show Family Man 2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same interview, Chaitanya opened up on his failed marriage as well. When asked about how he sees his relationship with Samantha, he said he only has immense respect for that phase.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Whatever happened in my personal life with my marriage, that’s very unfortunate. But I have immense respect for that phase of my life. It is due to the media reportage and how they’ve portrayed everything by speculating and spreading rumours, the whole respect is lost, diminished in the public eye. This is what hurt me a lot,” Chaitanya said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Venkat Prabhu-directed film Custody, Chaitanya plays a police constable and he recently took out time to interact with some police constables in Hyderabad about the experience of turning into a cop. The project marks Chaitanya’s foray into Tamil industry. He has dubbed his own lines in Tamil for the first time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a press interaction, Chaitanya said that he was excited to play a constable, a role that’s rarely explored in mainstream cinema. “It is a role that has not been explored much in recent times. Constables are fresh out of training and they have the fire in them to make a change. The future is in their hands,” he said. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 13:42:08', '2023-05-11 13:42:08'),
(6824, 6824, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Local administration has kept 409 cyclone centres prepared for sheltering 2,73,850 people as a deep depression over the Bay turned into Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’and it is likely to cross Bangladesh on May 14.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandaker Yeasir Arefin, deputy commissioner of Khulna, said the government has opened 409 cyclone shelters in the district so that people can take shelter if needed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said a meeting of the disaster management committee will be held at 3:30 pm today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdul Karim, district relief and rehabilitation officer, said the upazila level officials were asked to remain in their respective workplaces and take precautionary measures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were also asked to take steps to inform people about the danger signal through loudspeakers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amirul Azad, in-charge of Khulna Weather Observatory Centre, said due to the impact of&nbsp; cyclone ‘Mocha’ heavy rains accompanied by gusty wind may lash the district on May 13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, unless the direction is changed, there is no possibility of the cyclone hitting the Khulna coast,&nbsp; he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding cyclone preparations, state minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Wednesday said , \"We are acting in accordance with the SOD (Standing Orders on Disasters). I have communicated with field personnel. The forecast indicates that Cox\'s Bazaar is the most vulnerable. Most at risk are the low-lying areas of St. Martin Island and Teknaf.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enamur Rahman said the authorities will start moving people to cyclone shelters if&nbsp; the cyclone danger signal reaches 5, 6 or 7.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state minister said the army, the navy and the coastguard are also ready.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We hope to bring down the loss of life and property to zero (if it strikes),\" 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, '2023-05-11 14:45:23', '2023-05-11 14:45:23'),
(6825, 6825, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as its military awaits the delivery of promised military aid.</b></p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expected attack could be decisive in the war, redrawing frontlines that, for months, have remained unchanged. It will also be a crucial test for Ukraine, eager to prove that the weapons and equipment it has received from the West can result in significant battlefield gains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at his headquarters in Kyiv, President Zelensky described combat brigades, some of which were trained by Nato countries, as being \"ready\" but said the army still needed \"some things\", including armoured vehicles that were \"arriving in batches\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"With [what we already have] we can go forward, and, I think, be successful,\" he said in an interview for public service broadcasters who are members of Eurovision News, like the BBC. \"But we\'d lose a lot of people. I think that\'s unacceptable. So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When and where the Ukrainian push will happen is a secret. Russian forces, meanwhile, have fortified their defences along a frontline that runs for 900 miles (1,450km) from the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian authorities have tried to lower expectations of a breakthrough, publicly and in private. Earlier this month, a senior government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the country\'s leaders \"understood that [they] needed to be successful\" but that the assault should not be seen as a \"silver bullet\" in a war now in its 15th month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president, however, expressed confidence that the Ukrainian military could advance, warning of the risks of a \"frozen conflict\" which, he said, was what Russia was \"counting on\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Kyiv, any result that is seen as disappointing in the West could mean a reduction in military support and pressure to negotiate with Russia. With nearly a fifth of the country under Russian control, and President Vladimir Putin declaring the annexation of four regions his forces partially occupy, this would possibly include discussions about land concessions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone will have an idea,\" President Zelensky said. \"[But] they can\'t pressure Ukraine into surrendering territories. Why should any country of the world give Putin its territory?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky dismissed fears about losing US support if President Joe Biden, who has vowed to support Ukraine as long as it takes, is not re-elected in 2024. Ukraine, he said, still enjoyed bipartisan support in the US Congress. \"Who knows where we\'ll be [when the election happens]?\" he said. \"I believe we\'ll win by then.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For now, there is no real possibility of talks to end the conflict, as both sides say they will fight until victory. President Zelensky has offered a 10-point peace proposal, calling for the return of all invaded territory, reparation payments for war-related damages and the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes, a plan that Moscow has flatly rejected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western sanctions, the president said, were having an impact on Russia\'s defence industry, mentioning depleted missiles stockpiles and shortages of artillery. \"They still have a lot in their warehouses but… we already see that they\'ve reduced shelling per day in some areas.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow, however, had found ways to bypass some of the measures, he said, and he urged countries to target those helping Russia circumvent the bans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky again rejected the Russian accusation that Ukraine was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin last week, which was described by Moscow as an attempt to assassinate President Putin. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 15:06:58', '2023-05-11 15:06:58'),
(6826, 6826, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A total of 51 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from Sudan returned home from Jeddah Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight today (May 11, 2023).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They arrived in Dhaka from Jeddah at 10:20 am via Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG336, according to a press release by Biman.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladeshi nationals from conflict-ridden Sudan took temporary shelter in Jeddah with the help of the Bangladesh Embassy and Saudi authorities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on May 8, Biman Bangladesh Airlines brought back 136 Bangladeshi nationals -- escaping Sudan -- from Jeddah.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, another 130 Bangladeshis will return home by Qatar Airlines and 238 by Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Madinah today, according to a press release from the Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is operating four chartered flights from Sudan, at its own cost, to evacuate the remaining Bangladeshi citizens to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Sudan plunged into a civil war last month that has so far claimed the lives of more than 600 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands.</div><div><br></div><div>Countries around the world are scrambling vessels and airplanes to evacuate their citizens from Sudan. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 16:52:32', '2023-05-11 16:52:32'),
(6827, 6827, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh is committed to implement the Sustainable Development Goals(SDG)including SDG-3 of the United Nations (UN) despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ukraine War and global crisis.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said this when former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Co-chair of the Chatham House Commission Helen Clerk paid a courtesy call on her at a hotel in the city.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed newsmen after the meeting.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said her government has been working to implement the National Health Strategic Plan 2011-2030 aimed at achieving the target.</div><div><br></div><div>During the call on, the Prime Minister briefed Helen Clerk about the steps of her government for further development of pharmaceutical industries.</div><div><br></div><div>She pointed out Bangladesh\'s successes in pharmaceutical sectors, and said, it is now exporting pharmaceuticals to over 100 countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina mentioned that the government has given emphasis on conducting research, producing Covid-19 and other vaccines in the country, while a vaccine manufacturing plant is being set up in&nbsp;</div><div>Gopalganj with the technical support of the US.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand said Bangladesh can be an exporter of special medicines including the Covid-19 vaccines.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning her upcoming participation at the UNGA in September next, Sheikh Hasina said, she is looking forward to attend the high level meeting on the Universal Health Coverage and other public issues in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, Helen Clerk said Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina can play an important role in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>Adviser to the DG of WHO on Mental Health and Autism Saima Wazed, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, PMO Secretary Mohammad Salahuddin, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Health Secretary Dr Md Anwar Howlader were present. According to BSS reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 18:27:03', '2023-05-11 18:27:03'),
(6828, 6828, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered shifting of the case filed against four people including former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Aktar and US based-Youtuber Elias Hossain, to Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) presented the charge sheet before the court today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Then, the court transferred the case to the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka for further trial.</div><div><br></div><div>On April 09, Dhanmondi Model Police Station Inspector (Operation) Md. Rabiul Islam, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted charge sheet against four people including Babul Akter and Ilias Hossain.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused in the case are Babul’s father Md Abdul Wadud Miah and his brother Md Habibur Rahman Lavu.</div><div><br></div><div>The investigation officer of the case submitted a petition to issue an arrest warrant against Ilias Hossain as he is absconding.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, Elias in association with Babul Aktar leaked an audio on his Facebook page and Youtube channel from the US about Babul’s wife Mitu murder. In the video, he alleged that Police Bureau of Investigation Chief&nbsp; (PBI) chief had intentionally implicated Babul in the case and the latter was tortured in custody.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 27 in 2022, Banaj Kumar Majumdar filed the case bringing the allegations under the DSA and the Special Power Act at Dhanmondi police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Babul was shown arrested in the case on November 10 in the same year.</div><div><br></div><div>The four accused were acquitted of the Special Power Act charges as the allegations against them could not be proved.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 18:54:37', '2023-05-11 18:54:37'),
(6829, 6829, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s Supreme Court (SC) today ordered the \"immediate release\" of PTI Chairman Imran Khan after terming his arrest unlawful.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The top court also directed the former prime minister to approach the Islamabad High Court (IHC).</div><div><br></div><div>The directives were issued by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial as the court resumed hearing the former prime minister\'s plea against his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in the day, a three-member SC bench including the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah directed the National Accountability Bureau to present Imran before the court.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The court will issue an appropriate order today,\" the CJP said during the hearing, adding that the court was \"very serious\" about the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Subsequently, Imran was presented in court amid tight security a little after 5:45pm. A Dawn.com correspondent present at the court said that the former prime minister was taken inside the SC via the judges\' gate.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of Imran\'s arrival, security was tightened outside the apex court, with contingents of the Rangers and police, and bomb disposal squads called in. Only lawyers and journalists already present in courtroom number 1 — where the hearing is being held — are allowed inside the room.</div><div><br></div><div>The media also reported that the Islamabad DIG (security) has reached the court to review the security situation.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the PTI asked its supporters to stay away from the top court. - Dawn</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 19:56:11', '2023-05-11 19:56:11'),
(6830, 6830, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25. Israel braced for more rocket fire amid reports of faltering Egyptian attempts to broker a cease-fire.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It has been the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza in months, and among the dead were also women and children. The conflagration comes at a time of soaring tensions and spiking violence over the past year in the occupied West Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Early on Thursday, the Israeli military carried out strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group and said a senior commander in charge of the group\'s rocket launching force, Ali Ghali, was killed when his apartment was hit.</div><div><br></div><div>Military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told Israeli Army Radio that two other militants were also killed in the strike, although no group immediately claimed them as members, and that the rest of the building remained intact.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The apartment was targeted in a very precise way,\" Hagari said. “I hope this leads to a reduction, a blow and a disruption of the Islamic Jihad rocket abilities.”</div><div><br></div><div>According to Palestinian media reports, the strikes targeted the top floor of a building in a residential, Qatari-built complex in southern Gaza Strip, killing at least two people, including the commander. The Health Ministry in Gaza said 25 people have been killed since the fighting erupted.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic Jihad said Ghali was a commander in charge of its rocket squad and a member of its armed group’s decision-making body. The group has said it will only cease fire if Israel agrees to halt targeted killings of its fighters.</div><div><br></div><div>Following intense fighting on Wednesday, when rockets rained down on southern and central Israel and airstrikes pounded Gaza, a state-run Egyptian TV station announced that Egypt, a frequent mediator between the sides, had brokered a cease-fire. But with the violence continuing into the early hours of Thursday, it appeared neither side was backing down.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli military says that in its strikes on some 150 targets it has zeroed in on militants with what it says are precision strikes, but children, among them a 4-year-old, were also killed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hagari, the military spokesman, told Army Radio that a quarter of the rockets launched during this round of fighting fell in Gaza, killing at least four, including a 10-year-old girl, two 16-year-olds and a 51-year-old man. That claim could not immediately be independently confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>In a televised prime-time address on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel had dealt a harsh blow to the militants. But he cautioned: \"This round is not over.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We say to the terrorists and those who send them: We see you everywhere. You can\'t hide, and we choose the place and time to strike you,” he said, adding that Israel would also decide when calm is restored.</div><div><br></div><div>The initial Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday that set off the exchange of fire killed three senior Islamic Jihad militants in their homes and at least 10 civilians — most of them women and children.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli military has said its attacks were focused on Islamic Jihad militant infrastructure in the coastal enclave and that it would investigate any civilian deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>Those strikes set off a burst of rocket fire on Wednesday that triggered air-raid sirens throughout southern and central Israel. Damage was reported when rockets slammed into buildings that were empty because residents had fled the area. The military said more than 500 rockets were fired toward Israel. It said most were intercepted by Israel\'s missile defense system or fell in open areas.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel says the airstrikes are a response to a barrage of rocket fire launched last week by Islamic Jihad in response to the death of one of its members from a hunger strike while in Israeli custody.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has come under international criticism for the high civilian toll, which included wives of two of the militant commanders, some of their children and a dentist who lived in one of the targeted buildings along with his wife and son.</div><div><br></div><div>In past conflicts, rights groups have accused Israel of committing war crimes due to high civilian deaths. Israel says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and holds militant groups responsible because they operate in heavily populated residential areas.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest outburst was the heaviest fighting between the sides in months, pushing the region closer toward a full-blown war. But in signs that both sides were trying to show restraint, Israel avoided attacks on the ruling Hamas militant group, targeting only the smaller and more militant Islamic Jihad faction. Hamas, meanwhile, appeared to remain on the sidelines.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel says it is trying to avoid conflict with Hamas, the more powerful militant group that rules Gaza, and limit the fighting to Islamic Jihad.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel and Hamas have fought four wars since the Islamic militant group took control of Gaza in 2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Late Wednesday, Egypt\'s Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian security agencies, said the Egyptian intelligence had brokered a cease-fire. Israeli officials confirmed that Egypt was trying to facilitate a cease-fire. Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss behind-the-scenes diplomacy, they said Israel would evaluate the situation based on actions on the ground, not declarations.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic Jihad said it would continue firing rockets. Mohamad al-Hindi, an official with the group, said a sticking point in the talks was that the Palestinians wanted an Israeli commitment to stop targeted killing operations, such as the ones that killed three top Islamic Jihad commanders early Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As rockets streaked through the sky, Israeli TV stations showed air defense systems intercepting rockets above the skies of Tel Aviv. In the nearby suburb of Ramat Gan, people lay face-down on the ground as they took cover.</div><div><br></div><div>The army said that schools would remain closed and restrictions on large gatherings would remain in place in southern Israel until at least Friday. Residents were instructed to stay near bomb shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, in the West Bank, where Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged over the past year, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 30-year-old man died after he was shot by Israeli troops in a raid on Wednesday. Source: AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 21:04:32', '2023-05-11 21:04:32'),
(6831, 6831, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, two days after his arrest sparked countrywide violence.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Supreme Court chief justice Umar Ata Bandial also asked Khan to issue an appeal to his supporters to remain peaceful, as the country faced growing turmoil in its streets.</div><div><br></div><div>The supporters of Khan were seen dancing near the court building to celebrate his release.</div><div><br></div><div>After being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote by lawmakers, Khan was faced with multiple corruption charges in Pakistani courts.</div><div><br></div><div>With former Prime Minister Imran Khan in custody, Pakistani authorities on Thursday cracked down on his supporters, detaining hundreds in overnight raids and sending troops across the country to rein in the wave of violence that followed his arrest earlier this week.</div><div><br></div><div>For this nation accustomed to military takeovers, political crises and violence, the turmoil has been unprecedented. It echoed unrest that followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Clashes with police since Khan’s dramatic arrest on Tuesday have left at least 10 of his supporters dead and dozens injured, along with more than 200 policemen injured. Demonstrators burned down a railway station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday night. On Thursday, they clashed with police in neighborhoods around Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, setting fire to a police car and blocking a train.</div><div><br></div><div>Police said Thursday that nearly 1,600 of Khan supporters were arrested overnight around the country on charges of damaging public property and attacking military installations, bringing the total of those detained since Tuesday to 2,300.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrests followed mob attacks on government and military buildings, with protesters torching trucks, cars and police vehicles in the streets and blocking highways. In one incident hours after Khan’s arrest, a mob set fire Tuesday to the sprawling residence of a top army commander in Lahore.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan was dragged from a courtroom in Islamabad where he showed up to face graft charges on Tuesday. He is now being held at a police compound in Islamabad where, at a temporary court, a judge on Wednesday ordered the 70-year-old opposition leader detained for at least another eight days, raising the prospect of more unrest.</div><div><br></div><div>After briefly hearing a petition from Khan’s lawyer, the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the manner in which Khan was arrested and ordered authorities to present him before it in an hour, raising speculation it would order him freed. Khan’s lawyer had sought his release, arguing that the arrest was illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>As police took Khan on Thursday to the Supreme Court amid tight security, the government demanded he remain in custody.</div><div><br></div><div>“It would be unfair if you give any reprieve to him,” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb told a news conference, addressing the top court\'s chief justice. She pointed to violence carried out by Khan\'s followers, saying the court would be giving a “license to kill to everyone\" if the former premier is freed.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately Thursday, police filed new terrorism charges against Khan and top leaders from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on charges of inciting mobs to violence.</div><div><br></div><div>In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif — who took over after Khan was removed in April last year in a no-confidence vote in Parliament — said the unrest by the former premier’s followers had “damaged sensitive public and private property,” forcing him to deploy the military in Islamabad, in Punjab – Pakistan’s most populous province -- and in volatile regions of the northwest.</div><div><br></div><div>“Such scenes were never seen by the people of Pakistan,” Sharif said, following a Cabinet meeting. “Even patients were taken out of ambulances and ambulances were set on fire.”</div><div><br></div><div>Sharif called the attacks “unforgivable,” and warned that those involved in violence would be given exemplary punishment. He said Khan was arrested because of his involvement in corruption, and that there was evidence backing up these charges.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the late Benazir Bhutto’s son, urged Khan’s followers on Thursday to end the violence but stressed that peaceful protests are their right. “What has happened, has happened. Don’t make things more difficult for yourself,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the violence, the government shut down schools, colleges and universities in Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, where Khan has a massive grassroots following and where most of the violence was reported.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At least seven of the protester deaths so far have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two in Punjab’s capital Lahore, along with one in the southwestern city of Quetta. The government also suspended internet service in various parts of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will arrest all those who disrupted law and order,” said Mohson Naqvi, the chief minister in Punjab.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials say Khan’s supporters in particular targeted military installations because he has been blaming the military for his 2022 ouster, while also claiming it was a conspiracy by Washington and Sharif’s government — charges that both the United States and Khan’s successor have denied. The military has also said it played no role in Khan’s ouster.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid the violence, Khan supporters have attacked the military headquarters in Rawalpindi and security posts in the northwest, torching the security Chakdara fort on the border with Afghanistan. In Lahore on Tuesday night, demonstrators ransacked and burned down the residence of the regional commander, Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani.</div><div><br></div><div>The military vowed on Wednesday to respond to attacks by demonstrators with full force. It said the attacks on its installations were launched in an orchestrated manner, and the violence was a “black chapter” in the country’s history.</div><div><br></div><div>The military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule and wields considerable power over civilian governments. according to AP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 22:21:11', '2023-05-11 22:21:11'),
(6832, 6832, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said that the market monitoring team will start raids to ensure that sugar is being sold at prices fixed by Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister also said they would consider importing onions if its price continues to rise.</div><div><br></div><div>The commerce minister made the statement in response to reporters\' questions after a courtesy call by Helena Konig, deputy secretary general for Economic and Global Affairs of the European Union, at the ministry on Thursday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said that due to the increase in the price of sugar in the international market the new price has been fixed.</div><div><br></div><div>Traders including Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association have been informed to sell loose sugar at Tk 120 per kg and packaged sugar at Tk 125 per kg as per the recommendation of the BTTC, Munshi said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Instructions will be issued to the concerned authorities including the National Consumer Protection Directorate, and District Administration to see whether they are selling sugar in the market at this price or not,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The price of onions in the market has increased a lot within a short time. When asked about the government\'s action in this regard, the minister said that if the price continues to rise like this, initiatives would be taken to import onion from India soon.</div><div><br></div><div>“Imports have been cut as domestic onion production is adequate. The market is being monitored. If the price of onion continues to rise, imports will be considered,” the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 22:34:05', '2023-05-11 22:34:05'),
(6833, 6833, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cyclone ‘Mocha’ has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area, according to a special bulletin by Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cyclonic storm is likely to further intensify in coming hours and it has moved further north-northeastwards, according to the special bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was centred at 6:00 am on May 12 about 1095 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1025 kms south-southwest of Cox\'s bazar port, 1055 kms south-southwest of Mongla port and 1020 kms south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bulletin said maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the cyclone centre is about 120 kph rising to 140 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain very high near the storm centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no-2 (two).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to BMD weather forecast, rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram &amp; Barishal divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna &amp; Sylhet divisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur, Khulna &amp; Barishal divisions and the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajgonj, Srimangal, Sandwip, Rangamati, Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali &amp; Hatiya and it may abate. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:28:52', '2023-05-12 14:28:52');
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(6834, 6834, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two hundred and sixty-two expatriate Bangladeshis who took shelter in Saudi Arabia from conflict-hit Sudan, returned home on Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A total of 239 people returned from Madina at 08:40 am by Biman flight BG338 while 23 people from Jeddah returned by BG136 flight at 12:15 pm, said a press release by Biman Bangladesh Airlines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The returnees were welcomed by officials from the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Ahmed Munirus Salehin, Member of the Board of Directors of Biman and Secretary of maritime affairs unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam (retd), Director Administration and Human Resources Joint Secretary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Md Siddiqur Rahman and representatives of IOM were present at the time, among others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biman has brought back a total of 449 people since May 8. The airline brought back 136 expatriates on May 8 and 51 on May 11.&nbsp; UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:55:45', '2023-05-12 14:55:45'),
(6835, 6835, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court on Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader will appear before the same court from which he had been dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest had triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The violence drew condemnation from the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday\'s court session is part of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan\'s Supreme Court had declared that Khan\'s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect Friday\'s ruling by the Islamabad court. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s supporters chanted slogans in support as he arrived at the Islamabad High Court amid tight security. Police arrested several for defying a ban on rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was arrested on Tuesday by the National Accountability Bureau in connection with graft charges, when security agents burst into the Islamabad High Court and dragged him out. On Friday, he was back inside the same courtroom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week\'s violence left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It echoed unrest that followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, who was ousted as prime minister last year and leads the opposition, faces more than legal 100 cases, most involving allegations that he incited to violence, and threatened police and government officials. He also faces at least three graft cases. A new terrorism charge was filed against him Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Pakistan\'s legal system, a defendant can seek protection from arrest in court hearings. Khan is vulnerable to arrests because he has not obtained such protection in all of the cases against him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent a night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with his family members and friends. The country\'s President Arif Alvi also had a meeting with him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid escalation in the country which is accustomed to military takeovers, political crises and violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since Tuesday, protesters have been clashing with police, who have arrested nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan\'s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. They include Khan\'s deputies who have been jailed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Khan was freed Thursday, Sharif\'s government criticized Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial for giving Khan a reprieve. It alleged Khan was involved in corruption and therefore should not have been freed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif, whose government accused the chief justice of bias, convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was ousted in April 2022 through no-confidence in the parliament. He claims his removal was part of a plot by the United States, Sharif and the military — a charge all three have denied. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:58:38', '2023-05-12 14:58:38'),
(6836, 6836, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The coastal areas are bracing as wind speed at the centre of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ -- which is brewing over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas – is rising and likely to make a landfall in Bangladesh coast on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s special bulletin on Friday morning, maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the cyclone centre is about 120 kph rising to 140 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain high near the centre of the severe cyclone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The severe cyclonic storm is likely to further intensify in coming hours and it has moved further north-northeastwards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was centred at 6:00 am on May 12 about 1095 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1025 kms south-southwest of Cox\'s bazar port, 1055 kms south-southwest of Mongla port and 1020 kms south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no-2 (two).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, local administration of the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar has already taken all out preparations to bring down the loss of lives and properties ahead of the landfall as the district is likely to be the most affected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad Shaheen Imran, deputy commissioner of the district, said they chalked out all kinds of preparations, considering the possible loss of lives before the cyclone hits the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 576 cyclone centres were prepared for sheltering 5,50,990 people, he said, adding that an emergency control room was also opened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Tk 10.30 lakh, 490 tonnes of rice and 194 bundles of corrugated iron sheet have been readied for humanitarian help during the disaster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, Tk 100,000, 50 tonnes of rice, 7 tonnes of dry foods have been allocated by the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry to face the disaster, the DC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Khulna, Local administration has kept 409 cyclone centres prepared for sheltering 2,73,850 people while at least 446 cyclone shelters have been prepared in Bagerhat district to accommodate people while 98% of boro paddy has been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Bhola district administration has prepared in three phases to deal with cyclone Mokha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Commissioner Md. Tawfiq-e-Lahi Chowdhury said eight control rooms have been opened in Bhola.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As many as 746 shelters have been kept ready. About 563,000 people can take shelter. In addition, 13,600 CPPs and 5,000 Red Crescent volunteers are on standby.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 90 percent of the fishermen who went to fish in the sea have already returned to the shore and the fisheries department and coast guard are working to bring back the remaining fishermen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Chandpur local administration is carrying out an awareness campaign in river coastal areas to alert the people regarding the situation and also to prepare them for the effects during and after cyclone \'Mocha’. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 15:01:57', '2023-05-12 15:01:57'),
(6837, 6837, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, May 12 (UNB) – With an air quality index (AQI) score of 182 at 9:15 am Friday Dhaka ranked 3rd in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first two spots on the list, with AQI scores of 225 and 182, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 15:03:59', '2023-05-12 15:03:59'),
(6838, 6838, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader appeared before the same court from which he was dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday’s court session is part of a series of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared that Khan’s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect whatever the Islamabad court rules on Friday. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an initial brief session of the Islamabad court Friday, the judges heard a request by Khan seeking protection from arrest on the graft charges. As Khan\'s supporters in the courtroom chanted, the judge adjourned the session for two hours. The Interior Ministry said Thursday it could arrest Khan on other charges if he is granted protection in the corruption cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government contends that Khan\'s release rewards and encourages mob violence. In court Friday, Khan\'s chief lawyer Babar Awan told reporters that the government seemed to be adamant to arrest the former prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday was a startling and controversial move — agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges and dragged him away, putting him into an armored vehicle. The Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was \"invalid and unlawful\" because it took place from the court premises, violating Khan\'s right to justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence that ensued left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways. Nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have been arrested, including Khan’s deputies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy surrounding Khan — a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition — threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid an escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments. Members of his government denounced the Supreme Court ruling, accusing the chief judge of bias and saying Khan\'s release rewards and encourages violence. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:28:07', '2023-05-12 16:28:07'),
(6839, 6839, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent singer Kalyani Kazi, the youngest daughter-in-law of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a condolence message, Sheikh Hasina said that the death of the famous Nazrul Geeti singer has caused an irreparable loss to the music world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister expressed her deepest sympathy to the bereaved family members. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:54:24', '2023-05-12 16:54:24'),
(6840, 6840, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The toss of the second ODI between Bangladesh and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ireland was delayed due to rain at County Ground in Chelmsford, England.</span></b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outcome is learnt from the Cricket Ireland tweet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Rain is falling and the toss has been delayed. The umpires are out in the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">middle inspecting,\" the tweet said.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first game between the two sides was washed out due to rain and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">effectively ruined Ireland\'s chance to have direct qualification to the ODI&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">World Cup in India. Ireland needed to win all three matches to make a direct&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">entry to the cricket\'s extravaganza. Now, they will have to play the</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qualifiers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Squads:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam,&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Rony&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Talukdar, Yasir Ali and Mustafizur Rahman</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ireland: Stephen Doheny, Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lorcan Tucker(w), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair,&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Joshua Little, Graham Hume, Craig Young, Gareth Delany and Fionn Hand. BSS</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:59:17', '2023-05-12 16:59:17'),
(6841, 6841, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Over 570 Bangladesh nationals who were stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict have been evacuated.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They have been evacuated with the support of the government of Bangladesh and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The evacuations began on May 8 and continued until May 12, when 262 migrants in two separate flights landed in Dhaka from Saudi Arabia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More flights are expected, IOM said on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Missions in Sudan and Jeddah, the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and the IOM worked together to evacuate the affected Bangladeshi nationals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kabir, a returnee from Sudan, said, \"I went to Sudan as a migrant worker, and I was doing quite well. Suddenly, the crisis erupted, putting my life in a grave danger. I struggled to meet even the most basic needs.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am grateful and relieved the Government of Bangladesh and IOM facilitated our return home,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 262 Bangladeshi nationals who arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday were provided with hot meals, refreshments, and an onward transportation allowance to facilitate their safe return to their places of origin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the airport, Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Secretary, Minister of Expatriates\' Welfare, said, \"Our primary goal is to alleviate any inconvenience you may face during this difficult time. The government will provide all possible financial assistance, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will also offer support. \"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rear Admiral (Retd) Md. Khurshed Alam, Secretary (Maritime Affairs Unit) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, \"Our government is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of every Bangladeshi, no matter where they are in the world. The invaluable assistance and expertise of IOM have been instrumental in helping us bring our citizens home safely from Sudan during this challenging time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Receiving the returnees at the airport, Abdusattor Esoev, Chief of Mission at IOM Bangladesh, said, \"It\'s a great collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh to bring back Bangladesh nationals from Sudan. Our foremost concern is the protection and welfare of these individuals. We pledge our unwavering commitment to collaborate with the government, striving to guarantee a seamless and effective evacuation process.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola, IOM Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, and senior officials from the Minister of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Civil Aviation, and Airport Authority were also present at the airport.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With no end in sight to the unpredictable situation in Sudan, the government of Bangladesh and IOM remain on alert, monitoring events and prepared to offer further assistance as needed. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 17:34:36', '2023-05-12 17:34:36'),
(6842, 6842, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A high court in Islamabad has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest in a graft case and granted him bail on the charges.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Babar Awan, the lawyer for Khan, says the court made the decision on Friday, a day after the country\'s Supreme Court asked it a ruling. He says Khan is now “a free man,” and that the decision was just.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling came after Khan returned to court to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader appeared before the same court from which he was dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday’s court session is part of a series of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared that Khan’s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect whatever the Islamabad court rules on Friday. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an initial brief session of the Islamabad court Friday, the judges heard a request by Khan seeking protection from arrest on the graft charges. As Khan\'s supporters in the courtroom chanted, the judge adjourned the session for two hours. The Interior Ministry said Thursday it could arrest Khan on other charges if he is granted protection in the corruption cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government contends that Khan\'s release rewards and encourages mob violence. In court Friday, Khan\'s chief lawyer Babar Awan told reporters that the government seemed to be adamant to arrest the former prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday was a startling and controversial move — agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges and dragged him away, putting him into an armored vehicle. The Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was \"invalid and unlawful\" because it took place from the court premises, violating Khan\'s right to justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence that ensued left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways. Nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have been arrested, including Khan’s deputies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy surrounding Khan — a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition — threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid an escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments. Members of his government denounced the Supreme Court ruling, accusing the chief judge of bias and saying Khan\'s release rewards and encourages violence. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 19:28:05', '2023-05-12 19:28:05'),
(6843, 6843, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday&nbsp; said the freelancers who are working in different online workplaces will get their identity cards shortly.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, PayPal, the world\'s most popular online money transfer service, will be launched in a very short time so that freelancers can enjoy hassle-free money transfers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said this while addressing a day-long \'Smart Employment Fair\' at Zilla Parishad Auditorium in Bagerhat on Friday afternoon as chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that work has already started to provide loans and financial assistance from banks for freelancers. Successful entrepreneurs will be given loans starting from Tk 50,000 to Tk 5 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, training centers on information technology and freelancing are being set up in each upazila. Thousands of skilled freelancers will emerge from these institutions every year. As a result, they will become self-reliant and will be able to create employment for others, the junior minister added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, a lawmaker from Bagerhat-2 Constituency, inaugurated the fair.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the chair of Deputy Commissioner of Bagerhat Mohammad Azizur Rahman,&nbsp; Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-4 Constituency Advocate Amirul Alam Milan, Rafiqun Nabi, Superintendent of Police KM Ariful Haque spoke on the occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty-four organisations have set up their stalls at the fair, expecting to hire hundreds of people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of job aspirants participated in the fair and registered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state minister handed over 50,000 taka checks each to 40 entrepreneurs and twenty laptops to 20 freelancers. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24//kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 19:43:40', '2023-05-12 19:43:40'),
(6844, 6844, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh recorded 23 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the new numbers, the country\'s total caseload rose to 2,038,453 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The daily case test positivity increased to 1.90 percent from Thursday’s 1.24 percent as 1208 samples were tested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.40 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively. 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, '2023-05-12 20:11:40', '2023-05-12 20:11:40'),
(6845, 6845, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After successfully hosting Bigg Boss 16 earlier this year, Salman Khan will reportedly return for the reality show\'s other show, Bigg Boss OTT later this month. Reports suggest that the actor will take over hosting duties from filmmaker Karan Johar who hosted the first season in 2021. The second season is said to premiere by the end of the month and will run for around three months.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a report in Koimoi, the actor will host the second season. The actor has been hosting Bigg Boss since 2010. In between, Farah Khan hosted a spinoff version titled Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2015 and Karan Johar hosted Bigg Boss OTT in 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Divya Agarwal ended up winning the first season. Uorfi Javed, Shamita Shetty, Raqesh Bapat, Zeeshan Khan, Nishant Bhat and Neha Bhasin were among the other contestants in the inaugural season on Voot. Meanwhile, MC Stan was the eventual winner of Bigg Boss 16, with Shiv Thakare and Priyanka Chahar Choudhary coming in as the runners-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karan\'s next film as director, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani, with Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan is releasing on July 28, 2023. It was originally due to be released in April 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another report in Telly Chakkar stated that the new season of Bigg Boss OTT would begin on May 29, 2023, and run for six weeks on Voot. The final list of the participating celebrities has not yet been confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a 2017 interview with Hindustan Times, Salman had shared that he doesn\'t do Bigg Boss for the money. He had said, \"I do it for the connect with the aam aadmi (regular people). That’s the power of television.\" The actor was last seen in the Eid release Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan which was also produced by his production house. The film also starred Venkatesh Daggubati, Pooja Hegde, Bhumika Chawla, Jagapathi Babu, Raghav Juyal, Jassie Gill, Shehnaaz Gill and Palak Tiwari.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will return as the spy Tiger in Yash Raj Films\' Tiger 3 later this year. Directed by Maneesh Sharma, the film also stars Katrina Kaif and will feature a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan as Pathaan. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 20:24:52', '2023-05-12 20:24:52'),
(6846, 6846, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday raised six priority areas for the countries of the Indian Ocean region, including fostering maritime diplomacy and partnership, and strengthening maritime security and mutual trust for prosperity for all.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Despite its potential, the region faces many challenges. The countries in the Indian Ocean region, therefore, need to foster partnerships and cooperation for ensuring peace, and prosperity for all,” she said while inaugurating the 6th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)-2023 in a city hotel here in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka is hosting the two-day conference with participation of the high-level government delegations and think-tanks from at least 25 countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the inaugural session, Hasina said given its geographical position, the Indian Ocean holds significant importance for not only Bangladesh, but for all the countries in the region. Bangladesh has recently formulated its Indo-Pacific Outlook, she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, “I would like to underscore six priority areas at this 6th Indian Ocean Conference. First: Countries in the Indian Ocean Region should foster “Maritime Diplomacy” for their development, thereby ensuring a prosperous future. Second: Climate vulnerability of many countries in the region calls for the need to enhance cooperation to reduce the impact of natural disasters,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Third: Strengthen mutual trust and respect among the countries for building strong partnerships to ensure stability for a resilient future in the Indian Ocean. Fourth: Strengthen existing mechanisms on maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean, including response to emergencies at sea, conduct of search and rescue, uphold the exercise of freedom of navigation and over flight, in accordance with international law,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Fifth: Promote ‘culture of peace’ and people centric development in the region. Women, half of the global population, should get due attention, for building peaceful, just and inclusive societies in the region. Sixth: Need to promote open, transparent, rules-based multilateral systems that facilitate equitable and sustainable development in the region and beyond through inclusive economic growth,” the PM went on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the oceans and seas account for 90% of world trade and 60% of oil transportation. The real value of global maritime trade has remarkably increased in the past 15 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Oceans offer excellent opportunities in supporting sustainable development in countries the world over. Yet much of the potential still remains untapped.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She noted that the Indian Ocean region has significant economic, political, and strategic implications in the Asia-Pacific and African regions. It shares 64% of global population and 60% of global GDP, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enacted the \"Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1974”, eight years prior to the \"United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the theme of the Conference - \"Peace, Partnership and Prosperity: Towards a resilient future,\" the premier said it is very appropriate and timely. “There is an intricate relation among the three (words) to ensure a resilient future,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The theme becomes all the more relevant in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, and consequent sanctions and counter-sanctions. These have posed unprecedented challenges for all nations world over,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said global recession, food, energy, and fertilizer crises have resulted in unbearable living conditions for all people of the world. The Indian Ocean region has also been facing challenges such as climate change, maritime security, terrorism, and natural disasters. “To overcome them, the countries in the region must come together to build partnership, and put collective efforts to promote peace and prosperity, for a brighter region,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh views the \"Culture of Peace\" as an essential element that will reinforce all aspects of peace. It is why Bangladesh is committed to UN’s global peacekeeping and peace-building endeavors. Currently our troop contribution to United Nations Peacekeeping is among the highest in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said despite many challenges, Bangladesh provided temporary shelter to more than 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. This gesture avoided a major humanitarian catastrophe in the region. “Now, we seek support from the global community to repatriate the Rohingya people to their homeland in a safe and sustainable manner,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh believes in the challenges, traditional and non-traditional, that the Indian Ocean region is facing. “We remain committed to playing our role for peace in the region, and expect all other countries to do the same to ensure a resilient future,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh, as a littoral state, has been a hub of maritime activities for centuries. It is active in many regional platforms. Bangladesh is the current Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. It is also the current President of the Council of the International Seabed Authority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun, Vice President of the Maldives Faisal Nassem, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and President of India Foundation Ram Madhav also spoke in the inaugural session. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 21:03:09', '2023-05-12 21:03:09');
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(6847, 6847, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been asked to hoist the great danger signal 10 as very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeastwards over the same area.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner Shaheen Imran told UNB that the maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been asked to hoist great danger signal No 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the maritime port of Chattogram has been advised to hoist great danger signal 8 while maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal 4.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday morning it was centred about 815 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 745 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 785 km south of Mongla port and 745 km south of Payra port, said the latest Met office bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northwesterly direction and cross Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar’s coast between 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday (May 14).</div><div><br></div><div>Coastal reasons of Chattogram and Barishal divisions will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night, said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Maximum sustained wind speed within 74 km of the very severe cyclone centre is about 160 kph, rising to 175 kph, in gusts or squalls.</div><div><br></div><div>Sea will remain very rough near the storm centre.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal no 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the peripheral effect of very cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 8-12 feet above normal astronomical tide.</div><div><br></div><div>The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 5-7 feet above normal astronomical tide.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the effect of very severe cyclone, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience&nbsp; heavy to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall landslide may occur a places over the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 14:48:43', '2023-05-13 14:48:43'),
(6848, 6848, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rain or thundershowers in all eight divisions, including Dhaka, in 24 hours starting from 9 am today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions; at many places over Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions; and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions,” said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Tangail, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Chattogram, Rangamati, Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Bandarban, Khulna, Jashore, Chuadanga, Patuakhali and Bhola and it may abate.</div><div>Day temperature may fall by 1-3 degree C and night temperature may fall by 2-4 degree C over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over central Bay and adjoining southeast Bay area moved north-northeast-wards and now lies over east central Bay and adjoining area -- as of 6 am on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northeasterly direction and may cross Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast by 6 pm Sunday (May 14). According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 14:58:02', '2023-05-13 14:58:02'),
(6849, 6849, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The local administration has prepared over 1000 shelters in the Chattogram district as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to cross Cox’s Bazar-Myanmar’s north coast by 6 pm on Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The authorities concerned will start the evacuation process from this afternoon, said Deputy Commissioner Abul Bashar Fakhruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the sources at local administration, the authorities concerned have opened 530 permanent and 500 temporary cyclone centres in the district where 5,01,110 people can be accommodated.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 8880 volunteers under Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) and 8000 more under Red Crescent Society are ready to evacuate people.</div><div><br></div><div>Fire service and civil defence, Navy, Coast Guard rescue boats and medical teams with adequate equipment are also ready.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the cyclone centres, 112 were opened in Fatikchhari, 18 in Hathazari, 85 in Mirsarai, 217 in Rangunia, two in Raozan, 116 in Sandwip, 25 in Sitakunda, 122 in Banshkhali, eight in Boalkhali, six in Chandanish, 126 in Patiya, four in Satkania, 58 in Anwara, 28 in Lohagarah, and 10 in Karnaphuli upazilas of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>The local administration has provided dry foods, drinking water and cash at the centres.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 94 cyclone centres were opened in Chattogram port city where 608 metric tonnes of rice, 3.5 metric tonnes of biscuits, 3.402 metric tonnes of dry cakes, 30,000 packets of ORSaline and 60,000 tablets for purifying water were allocated.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are ready to tackle Cyclone Mocha and all the upazila Nirbahi officers and upazila project implementation officers have been asked to take necessary steps,” said Fakhruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>Cox’s Bazar and adjoining coastal regions will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by Saturday evening, said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge — 8-12 feet above normal tide.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 8 while maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal 4. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 15:11:26', '2023-05-13 15:11:26'),
(6850, 6850, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan returned to his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park in the wee hours on Saturday after two days of detention, reported Geo News.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He was greeted all the way to Lahore by PTI supporters. Imran took a road route to reach his Lahore residence, marking his return after a tumultuous period.</div><div><br></div><div>During his journey to Lahore, the former premier revealed that the Inspector General of Islamabad police made extensive efforts to prevent him from leaving for Lahore. For a duration of three hours, he kept him waiting, claiming that it was highly perilous to venture outside, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>“By persuading him that we would inform the entire Pakistani nation about his act of kidnapping and forcefully detaining us, we managed to secure our release,” Khan stated. “Under pressure, he eventually permitted our departure,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“After finally setting out, we discovered that the roads were devoid of any traffic and that the perceived danger was non-existent,” he remarked.</div><div><br></div><div>After being granted bail, Khan remained within the premises of the IHC for several hours, waiting for the written order to avoid potential re-arrest by the police upon his departure.</div><div><br></div><div>However, a police officer informed him that higher authorities had issued orders not to allow him to leave the IHC building, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>Frustrated with the situation, Khan threatened to announce his next course of action if the routes in Islamabad were not opened within 15 minutes. Thankfully, senior police officers intervened and resolved the deadlock, allowing Khan to finally leave the court premises.</div><div><br></div><div>His arrest on corruption charges earlier this week led to violent clashes, but the Supreme Court of Pakistan subsequently declared the arrest illegal – a verdict criticised by the leaders of the ruling coalition of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has given him a two-week bail period, offering protection from arrest in any other case until Monday, including charges related to the violent riots that erupted following his initial detention.</div><div><br></div><div>The bail was granted in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, and the court ordered authorities to refrain from arresting Khan until May 17 in any new case.</div><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, he obtained bail until May 22 in the Zille Shah murder case, while another bench barred his arrest until May 15 in three terrorism cases, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrest of Imran Khan at the IHC on May 9 triggered violent protests across the country. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court intervened, nullified his arrest, and ordered his release. Taking advantage of this ruling, Khan sought bail in multiple cases against him at the IHC, and he received a favourable outcome.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 16:00:59', '2023-05-13 16:00:59'),
(6851, 6851, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine says it has recaptured ground in Bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding Russian gains in the eastern city.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv said its forces advanced 2km (1.2 miles) in a week. Russia said its troops had regrouped in one area.</div><div><br></div><div>The claims signal a momentum shift in Bakhmut - but more widely, there is no clear evidence of an Ukrainian counter-offensive.</div><div><br></div><div>However, two explosions were reported on Friday in Russian-occupied Luhansk.</div><div><br></div><div>Images posted on social media, verified by the BBC, show a big plume of black smoke rising from the city, which lies about 90km (55.9 miles) behind the front line in eastern Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The blasts come a day after the UK said it had supplied Ukraine with long range Storm Shadow cruise missiles.</div><div><br></div><div>Kremlin-appointed officials said six children in Luhansk were injured in a missile attack alongside Russian parliamentarian Viktor Vodolatsky. The authorities there have blamed the attack on Kyiv.</div><div><br></div><div>Luhansk is beyond the reach of the Himars rockets Ukraine has previously relied on for deep strikes against Russian targets.</div><div><br></div><div>But Russian-appointed officials in the region said they thought Ukrainian-made missiles were responsible, hitting administrative buildings of two defunct enterprises. Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 16:53:53', '2023-05-13 16:53:53'),
(6852, 6852, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions that may trigger landslides in five districts.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to a special bulletin of Met office, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeastwards over the same area, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to very heavy rainfall landslides may occur in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram, it also said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:00:09', '2023-05-13 17:00:09'),
(6853, 6853, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday that Linda Yaccarino, formerly NBC Universal\'s top advertising sales executive, will be Twitter\'s new CEO.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Musk said in a tweet that Yaccarino will focus on business operations and he will focus on product design and new technology.</div><div><br></div><div>He also reiterated his plan to turn Twitter into \"X, the everything app.\"</div><div>Musk acquired the social media platform for 44 billion U.S. dollars last year. The company was reincorporated into X Corp. last month and no longer exists as a separate corporation, but it still uses the brand name.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk had previously said he was looking for a new CEO and ran a Twitter poll, in which most voters said he should resign.</div><div><br></div><div>Yaccarino previously worked at NBC as chair for advertising and client partnerships, and president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:07:58', '2023-05-13 17:07:58'),
(6854, 6854, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that Bangladesh will not purchase anything from any country which imposes sanctions against it.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"There is now a tendency to give sanctions, and sanctions on those by whom we contain terrorism. We have taken a decision. I have said that I will not buy anything from those who will give sanctions,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while inaugurating the five-day long 60th Convention of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) at the IEB Headquarters with the theme “Innovative Engineering in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.</div><div><br></div><div>“What will you do with me? My parents, brothers and sisters have all been killed. I have nothing to lose. But I want to take my country forward,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 10 in 2021, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions against Bangladesh\'s elite force, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its former and current officials alleging serious human rights violation.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has strongly denied the allegation and instead highlighted RAB\'s remarkable success in combating terrorism and drug menace. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:11:29', '2023-05-13 17:11:29'),
(6855, 6855, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the government has taken all necessary preparations to tackle cyclone Mocha.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Cyclone Mocha is approaching . We’ve kept ready the cyclone centres and taken all types of preparation to tackle it,” she said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 60th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) as the chief guest on IEB premises.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that electricity and gas supply will be shut in the cyclone-hit areas to save lives.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the move ( shutting gas and electricity supply) would cause temporary sufferings but it would save the lives of people. “We will take and are taking such measures,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to hoist danger signal No 10, as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha - over east central Bay and adjoining area is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesterly direction.</div><div><br></div><div>The maritime ports Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist great danger signal number 8, and the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal number 4.</div><div><br></div><div>The very severe cyclonic storm \'Mocha\' is likely to cross Cox\'s Bazar-Myanmar\'s north coast by 6 pm on May 14 (Sunday), said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Cox\'s Bazar and adjoining coastal areas will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by this evening. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:28:09', '2023-05-13 17:28:09'),
(6856, 6856, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Thousands fled Myanmar\'s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (136 miles per hour), according to India\'s meteorological office, equivalent to a category four hurricane.</div><div><br></div><div>It is expected to weaken before making landfall on Sunday morning between Cox\'s Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in camps largely made up of flimsy shelters, and Sittwe on Myanmar\'s western Rakhine coast.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday Sittwe residents piled possessions and pets into cars, trucks and tuk-tuks and headed for higher ground, according to AFP reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have our grandma in our family and we have to take care of her,\" Khine Min told AFP from a truck packed with his relatives on a road out of the state capital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is only one man left in Sittwe to take care of our homes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Shops and markets in the town of about 150,000 people were shuttered, with many locals sheltering in monasteries.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyaw Tin, 40, said he could not leave the area as his son was in a local hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I hope this cyclone won\'t come to our state. But if this fate happens we can\'t ignore it,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m worried that this cyclone will affect our state just like Nargis did,\" he added, referring to a 2008 storm that killed more than 130,000 people in southern Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar\'s junta authorities were supervising evacuations from villages along the Rakhine coast, state media reported Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar Airways International said all its flights to Rakhine state had been suspended until Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Panic\' -</div><div>In neighbouring Bangladesh officials moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from \"risky areas\" to community centres, while hundreds of people fled a top resort island.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Cyclone Mocha is the most powerful storm since Cyclone Sidr,\" Azizur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh\'s Meteorological Department, told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>That cyclone hit Bangladesh\'s southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladeshi authorities have banned the Rohingya from constructing permanent concrete homes, fearing it may incentivise them to settle permanently rather than return to Myanmar, which they fled five years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We live in houses made of tarpaulin and bamboo,\" said refugee Enam Ahmed, who resides at the Nayapara camp near the border town of Teknaf.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are scared. We don\'t know where we will be sheltered. We are in a panic.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Forecasters expect the cyclone to bring a deluge of rain, which can trigger landslides. Most of the camps are built on hillsides, and landslips are a regular phenomenon in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Mocha is also predicted to unleash a storm surge up to four metres (13 feet) high, which could inundate low-lying coastal and riverine villages.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said thousands of volunteers were evacuating Rohingyas from \"risky areas\" to more solid structures such as schools.</div><div><br></div><div>But Bangladesh\'s deputy refugee commissioner Shamsud Douza told AFP: \"All the Rohingyas in the camps are at risk.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Panic has also gripped about 8,000 people in Bangladesh\'s southernmost island of Saint Martin\'s, with the tiny coral outcrop -- one of the country\'s top resort districts -- right in the storm\'s path.</div><div><br></div><div>Resident Dilara Begum travelled to Teknaf to wait out the storm.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Many have also left,\" she said. \"It is an island in the middle of the sea. We have been living in fear over the past few days.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said around 1,000 Saint Martin\'s islanders had done the same.</div><div><br></div><div>Operations were suspended at Bangladesh\'s largest seaport, Chittagong, with boat transport and fishing also halted. According to AFP reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 18:21:52', '2023-05-13 18:21:52'),
(6857, 6857, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The country is experiencing huge loadshedding to the tune of over 2000 MW today (Saturday) as gas shortage forced the authorities to shut down a number of gas-fired power plants.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to official sources, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had to resort to about 2051 MW loadshedding at 12noon when power generation was 10,749 MW against a demand of 12,800 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>But many officials unwilling to speak on the record believe that the loadshedding was even more than 2000 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This happened as we are not getting adequate gas supply that forced many plants to go for shutdown,\" said a senior official of the BPDB.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division had informed that gas supply from two floating terminals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will remain suspended from 11 pm on Friday due to the impact of the super cyclone Mokha.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, gas supply to the Chittagong and Comilla regions will be disrupted on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>However, supply will resume soon after considering the situation.</div><div><br></div><div>As a consequence, operation of gas-fired power stations will remain off or partially closed in Chittagong, Meghnaghat, Haripur and Siddhirganj areas.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid regretted the temporary inconvenience.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Power Supply Company (Desco) managing director Engr. Md. Kausar Ameer Ali said that the areas in Dhaka city under his jurisdiction experienced about 347 MW at 11 am in the day time on Saturday against a demand for 1157 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>The supply was 819 MW, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Managing director of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Bikash Dewan informed that the areas under his company had to resort to 350-380 MW in the day time.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the extent of loadshedding may be even higher after evening on Saturday. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 22:53:22', '2023-05-13 22:53:22'),
(6858, 6858, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Even as the entire nation was glued to the Karnataka election results, the arrival of Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Saturday for her sister Parineeti’s engagement with AAP leader Raghav Chadha drew a phalanx of press photographers and TV camera persons to the VIP area of Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Sporting a golf cap and dark shades, and lightly dressed in a beige sporty ensemble, Priyanka came out of the airport and headed straight for, presumably, Kapurthala House, where the ceremony is taking place at 5 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Unlike other occasions, she was not accompanied by her husband Nick Jonas, with whom she most recently grabbed a lot of attention on the Met Gala red carpet, or her daughter Malti Marie.</div><div><br></div><div>Priyanka, of course, has been coming regularly to India, first for the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre’s three-day inauguration gala and then for promotions of the sci-fi thriller series ‘Citadel’ with co-star Richard Madden.</div><div><br></div><div>The engagement ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. with the chanting of the Sukhmani Sahib from the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, which will be followed by the ‘ardas’ or the holy prayer. It is expected to be attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart, Bhagwant Mann, and Bollywood personalities as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Kapurthala House is now the official residence of the Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab whenever they are in the city. It was last occupied by Maharaja Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala, who sold it to a businessman named Radheshyam Makhanlal Seksaria in 1950, but it was later requisitioned by the Government of India.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of her engagement, Parineeti’s apartment in the Bandra area of Mumbai has been lit up with fairy lights. A video shared by the celebrity photographer Viral Bhayani shows Parineeti’s apartment in a Bandra highrise brightly lit up for the special occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Rumours that Raghav and Parineeti were dating picked up last month when the two were pictured together in London and then in Mumbai. The two have been spotted together several times – at the Mumbai airport or coming out of restaurants.</div><div><br></div><div>On the work front, meanwhile, Parineeti will be seen sharing the screen with Diljit Dosanjh in the Imtiaz Ali film ‘Chamkila’. The film is said to be inspired by popular Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila, who was assassinated in the 1980s.</div><div><br></div><div>It is believed that the couple got close to each other during the film unit’s long stay in Punjab for the ‘Chamkila’ shoot. Source: IANS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 23:00:46', '2023-05-13 23:00:46'),
(6859, 6859, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five facts about tropical cyclones and storm surges ahead of powerful Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday:</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>- Tropical cyclones -</div><div>Cyclones are low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters, with gale force winds near the centre. The winds can extend hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the eye of the storm.</div><div><br></div><div>Sucking up vast quantities of water, they often produce torrential rains and flooding resulting in major loss of life and property damage.</div><div><br></div><div>They are also known as hurricanes or typhoons, depending on where they originate in the world, when they reach sustained winds of at least 119 kilometres per hour (74 miles per hour).</div><div><br></div><div>Tropical cyclones (hurricanes) are the most powerful weather events on Earth, according to NASA.</div><div><br></div><div>- Storm surges -</div><div>Cyclones can unleash catastrophic storm surges -- tsunami-like flooding -- when they make landfall. They can be the deadliest part of a cyclone and are only partially affected by wind speeds.</div><div><br></div><div>The term \"storm surge\" refers to rising seas whipped up by a storm, creating a wall of water several metres higher than the normal tide level.</div><div>The large swells move faster than the cyclone and are sometimes spotted up to 1,000 kilometres ahead of a major storm.</div><div><br></div><div>The surge can extend for dozens of kilometres inland, overwhelming homes and making roads impassable.</div><div><br></div><div>A storm surge is shaped by a number of different factors, including storm intensity, forward speed, the size of a storm and the angle of approach to the coast.</div><div><br></div><div>The underlying features of the land at the coast, including bays and estuaries, are also at play.</div><div><br></div><div>In previous storms, people failed to flee because they did not grasp the surge\'s deadly threat.</div><div><br></div><div>That was the case for 2013\'s Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left 7,350 dead or missing in the central Philippines, primarily due to the surge.</div><div><br></div><div>A storm surge of up to three metres (10 feet) is likely to inundate low-lying areas of Myanmar\'s Rakhine State and eastern Bangladesh, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.</div><div><br></div><div>- Low-lying areas -</div><div>Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation, is routinely hit by bad storms between April and December that cause deaths and widespread property damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is vulnerable to cyclones due to its location at the triangular-shaped head of the Bay of Bengal, the geography of its coastal area and its high-population density, according to experts.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of thousands of people living around the Bay of Bengal have been killed in cyclones in recent decades.</div><div><br></div><div>The death tolls have come down in the past few years because of faster evacuations and the building of thousands of coastal shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>- Bay of Bengal -</div><div>The tropical cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring Arabian Sea has two peaks around May and November, according to the World Meteorological Organization.</div><div><br></div><div>The cyclones can form in the western Pacific Ocean and travel in a northwest direction before arriving in the Bay of Bengal.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bay of Bengal has conditions favourable to the development of cyclones, including high sea surface temperatures.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the deadliest storms in history have formed in the Bay of Bengal, including one in 1970 that killed half a million people in what is modern-day Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 138,000 died in Bangladesh in 1991 in a tidal wave caused by a cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1999 in India\'s Odisha state, 10,000 people were killed by a cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2007, Cyclone Sidr killed at least 4,000 in southern Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Then in 2008 Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Myanmar\'s Irrawaddy Delta, killed at least 138,000 people.</div><div><br></div><div>- Climate change -</div><div>Studies suggest a warming climate could bring more destructive cyclones as there would be extra heat in the oceans and atmosphere, although such systems could also become less frequent.</div><div><br></div><div>Rising sea levels could boost storm surges from cyclones, making them even more deadly and destructive. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 23:05:27', '2023-05-13 23:05:27'),
(6860, 6860, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There are hopes a ceasefire will take hold to end five days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants in Gaza.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It got off to a shaky start, as both sides kept firing for two hours after the truce started on Saturday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 33 Palestinians have been killed since Tuesday in Gaza, where Israel says it has struck PIJ targets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palestinian rocket fire into Israel has killed two people, one Israeli and one Palestinian working in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mediation efforts were led by Egypt, which urged both sides to adhere to the ceasefire agreement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barrages of Palestinian rockets set off warning sirens in southern Israel, close to Gaza, and the suburbs of the city of Tel Aviv just before the truce was due to come into effect at 22:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minutes after it supposedly started, militants launched more rockets at southern Israeli communities and the Israeli military carried out air strikes on what it said were two PIJ rocket launchers in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further rocket fire at around 23:00 drew another round of air strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the fighting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\'s office issued a statement confirming that a ceasefire had been agreed and thanked Egypt for its \"intensive efforts\" to secure one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also said Israel had made clear that its acceptance meant \"quiet will be met with quiet, and that if Israel is attacked or threatened, it will continue to do everything that it needs to in order to defend itself\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ also confirmed the ceasefire, with a spokesman telling Reuters news agency: \"We will abide by it as long as the occupation [Israel] abides by it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a text from Egyptian intelligence seen by the BBC, Palestinian militants and Israel have agreed to stop actions targeting civilians and other individuals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC\'s Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says this form of wording appears to cover both the recent intense rocket fire from Gaza and Israel\'s controversial policy of targeted killings of militant leaders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel began its military operation in Gaza before dawn on Tuesday, killing three leaders of PIJ in their homes as well as at least 10 civilians, including relatives and neighbours of the men.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ fighters then fired barrages of rockets at southern and central Israel, which they said were intended to avenge the dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 1,234 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza in total, with 976 crossing into Israeli territory, according to the Israeli military. Most have been intercepted or have landed in open areas, but some have hit homes and other buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One woman was killed when a rocket hit an apartment building in the central city of Rehovot on Thursday, while a worker from Gaza was killed when he was hit by rocket shrapnel at a building site in the southern Sdot Negev region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military says 221 of the rockets have fallen short inside Gaza and that they have killed four people there, including three children. Islamic Jihad denies the allegation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel has carried out air strikes on 371 PIJ targets across Gaza, killing three more leaders and destroying what it said were the group\'s rocket launch sites and command centres.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About half of the 33 people killed in Gaza were civilians, including seven children and four women, according to local health officials. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 07:15:14', '2023-05-14 07:15:14'),
(6861, 6861, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The hometown of Ukraine\'s Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in Liverpool, officials say.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of Ternopil regional state administration, Volodymyr Trush, confirmed two people had been injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ternopil mayor Serhiy Nadal said warehouses were damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s foreign ministry accused Russia of attacking Kyiv and Ternopil regions before and during Tvorchi\'s Eurovision performance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten minutes before taking to the stage at the Liverpool Arena, Tvorchi posted on Instagram citing reports of Ternopil in western Ukraine being attacked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After performing, they added: \"Ternopil is the name of our hometown, which was bombed by Russia while we sang on the Eurovision stage about our steel hearts, indomitability and will.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is a message for all cities of Ukraine that are shelled every day. Kharkiv, Dnipro, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Uman, Sumy, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kherson and all others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tvorchi, made up of producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigeria-born vocalist Jeffery Kenny, hoped to defend the Eurovision title after Kalush Orchestra won last year in Turin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They performed \"Heart of Steel\" - a song about troops who led an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against Russian forces at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo seeking Eurovision glory for Ukraine</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool is hosting the contest on behalf of Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of their performance, Tvorchi held their fists in the air as acts from other nations were also seen waving the blue and yellow flag of Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK\'s ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons described Tvorchi\'s Eurovision performance as \"poignant\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writing on Twitter, she added: \"Reminder that the reason why Ukraine could not host this event is because Russia continues to invade and the people of Ukraine live in continuing danger.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Swedish act Loreen took the Eurovision crown after a nail-biting finish, but there was praise from Ternopil\'s mayor who thanked the band for supporting the city during their performance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Posting on Facebook in Ukrainian, Mayor Nadal wrote: \"It was at this time that our city was attacked by Russian missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thank you, because your speech has become a symbol of not only the unity of the country, but of the whole world.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has not yet made any official comment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has since flown to Germany, arriving in Berlin just before 01:00 local time. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 07:26:50', '2023-05-14 07:26:50'),
(6862, 6862, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his arrival in Berlin for an official visit Sunday, having flown out of Rome after meetings with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Already in Berlin,\" he wrote on Twitter. \"Weapons. Powerful package. Air defense. Reconstruction. EU. NATO. Security.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German government is preparing a 2.7 billion-euro arms delivery for Ukraine, it announced on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The package is expected to include 30 Leopard 1 tanks, armoured vehicles, drones, air defence systems, missiles and ammunition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky\'s schedule for Germany has not yet been officially confirmed but, according to local media reports, he is expected to meet in the morning with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He may also head to the western German city of Aachen, which this year is awarding him and the Ukrainian people the Charlemagne Prize -- an honour awarded for efforts to foster European unity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki are due to attend the ceremony in Aachen. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:37:28', '2023-05-14 09:37:28');
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(6863, 6863, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Paris Saint-Germain closed in on a record 11th French league title with a 5-0 home win over Ajaccio on Saturday as Lionel Messi received a mixed reception on his return from suspension.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring on 22 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Achraf Hakimi added a second goal before Kylian Mbappe struck twice shortly after half-time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohamed Youssouf compounded a miserable night for the Corsicans with an own goal for PSG\'s fifth, while Hakimi and Ajaccio midfielder Thomas Mangani were sent off after a late bust-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG need four points from their final three games -- against Auxerre, Strasbourg and Clermont -- to secure the Ligue 1 title after restoring their six-point lead over second-placed Lens.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The players were very determined to put in a proper display. They want to be champions and they realise that Lens aren\'t giving up and a misstep could raise the pressure,\" said PSG coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s name elicited a combination of whistles and applause when it was read out before kick-off after he was banned by the club for last weekend\'s match over an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine again drew jeers with his early touches in what was likely his penultimate appearance in Paris ahead of a reported move to Saudi Arabia for the seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So there are whistles but very quickly a large part of the stadium made sure to drown them out to support Leo,\" said Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He stayed focused with the desire to liven up the game and create chances. He\'s used to it because he\'s been in difficult situations in his career.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three defeats in their past four home games for PSG had allowed Lens to stay in an unlikely title race, but Ajaccio offered little resistance as their relegation to Ligue 2 was confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Danilo\'s threaded pass was flicked into the path of Ruiz and the Spain midfielder took a couple of smart touches before finishing clinically for his second goal in as many games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hakimi then swept in the rebound after Mbappe\'s effort was parried by Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, with the goal allowed to stand despite the France striker using his arm to control in the build-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe hit the 25-goal mark for the fourth time early in the second half, slotting beyond Sollacaro after a scramble in the box to take over again as the league\'s top scorer this term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He then produced a brilliant first-time volley to lash in PSG\'s fourth minutes later after a long ball forward from Sergio Ramos glanced off the head of a backtracking defender.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An unfortunate Youssouf diverted a shot from Marquinhos into his own net on 73 minutes and both teams finished with 10 players after a challenge on Messi triggered a needless scuffle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hakimi, who was sent off against Lorient two weeks ago, received his second red card in as many outings after getting into an altercation with Mangani that also led to his dismissal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Express Diallo -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senegalese forward Habib Diallo scored inside the opening minute of a Ligue 1 game for the third time this year as he got both goals in Strasbourg\'s 2-0 win over Nice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diallo took his goals tally to 20 for the season and secured a fourth victory in five matches for Strasbourg which lifted them six points clear of the relegation zone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over two-thirds of his goals have come since January, when Strasbourg were second from bottom having won just once in 18 games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His first against Nice came after 40 seconds as he controlled Ibrahima Sissoko\'s floated ball over the defence and steered past Kasper Schmeichel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diallo added a second from the penalty spot on the hour after Jean-Ricner Bellegarde was brought down in the area by Jordan Lotomba.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is the first Strasbourg player to reach 20 goals in a top-flight season since 1977-78. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:41:45', '2023-05-14 09:41:45'),
(6864, 6864, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to cross Cox’s Bazar and North Myanmar between 9am and 3pm today (May 14, 2023), according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mocha, located over east central Bay and adjoining areas, kept moving north-northeastwards and kept intensifying, it reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cyclonic storm was located at 490 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 410 km south-southwest of Cox\'s Bazar port, 530 km south of Mongla port and 460 km south of Payra port, said the BMD bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts under Chattogram and Barishal divisions have already started experiencing the peripheral effects of the very severe cyclonic storm in the form of rain, it reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD said the maximum sustained wind speed near the storm\'s centre was about 190 kph, rising to 210 kph, in gusts or squalls. This was up from 180-200 kph in the evening, meaning the storm was still gathering strength.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afroza Sultana, an assistant meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB this morning that there is no possibility yet that Cyclone Mocha will turn into a super cyclonic storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We can predict that there is no possibility of Mocha turning into a super cyclone after observing its characteristics so far,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were some rumours that the cyclone had already turned into a “super cyclone”, but an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) update pointed out that it is called a super cyclone when the maximum sustained speed crosses 221 km per hour, which is not yet the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD in its update said the coastal districts of Cox\'s Bazar and Chattogram and the nearby islands and low-lying char areas may face tidal surges 8 to 12 feet above the normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 10. Maritime ports of Chattogram and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 8, said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and their offshore islands and chars will also come under great danger signal 8, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge, at 5-7 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the effects of Cyclone Mocha, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy (44-88mm) to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall, landslide may occur at places in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice, the bulletin also said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:48:45', '2023-05-14 09:48:45'),
(6865, 6865, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The country is experiencing huge loadshedding to the tune of over 2000 MW today (Saturday) as gas shortage forced the authorities to shut down a number of gas-fired power plants.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to official sources, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had to resort to about 2051 MW loadshedding at 12noon when power generation was 10,749 MW against a demand of 12,800 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But many officials unwilling to speak on the record believe that the loadshedding was even more than 2000 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This happened as we are not getting adequate gas supply that forced many plants to go for shutdown,\" said a senior official of the BPDB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division had informed that gas supply from two floating terminals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will remain suspended from 11 pm on Friday due to the impact of the super cyclone Mokha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, gas supply to the Chittagong and Comilla regions will be disrupted on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, supply will resume soon after considering the situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a consequence, operation of gas-fired power stations will remain off or partially closed in Chittagong, Meghnaghat, Haripur and Siddhirganj areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid regretted the temporary inconvenience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka Power Supply Company (Desco) managing director Engr. Md. Kausar Ameer Ali said that the areas in Dhaka city under his jurisdiction experienced about 347 MW at 11 am in the day time on Saturday against a demand for 1157 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The supply was 819 MW, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Managing director of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Bikash Dewan informed that the areas under his company had to resort to 350-380 MW in the day time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The extent of loadshedding may be even higher after evening on Saturday, he told UNB.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:52:32', '2023-05-14 09:52:32'),
(6866, 6866, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>As the effects of the cyclonic storm Mocha started in the country, Dhaka\'s air quality is ‘moderate’ this morning (May 14, 2023).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 86 at 9:30 am, Dhaka ranked 26th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Kuwait City and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 198, 171 and 159, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 150 is considered \'unhealthy\', AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in 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.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 11:10:24', '2023-05-14 11:10:24'),
(6867, 6867, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The cyclonic storm Mocha has started crossing the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and the neighbouring country Myanmar’s north coast with the speed of up to 215 km per hour (kmph), according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tariful Newaz Kabir, a meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB that the cyclone has started crossing Cox’s Bazar and “it will completely cross Bangladesh between afternoon and evening today (May 14, 2023).”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The speed of wind may increase with time, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyclone Mocha, located over east central Bay and adjoining areas, kept moving north-northeastwards and kept intensifying, the earlier BMD bulletin read.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 6 am today, the cyclone was located 385 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 305 km south-southwest of Cox\'s Bazar port, 450 km south of Mongla port and 370 km south of Payra port, said the BMD bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram and Barishal divisions have already started experiencing the peripheral effects of the very severe cyclonic storm in the form of rain, the bulletin reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD said the maximum sustained wind speed near the storm\'s centre was about 190 kph, rising to 215 kph, in gusts or squalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the morning, Afroza Sultana, an assistant meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB that there is no possibility yet that Cyclone Mocha will turn into a super cyclonic storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD in its update said the coastal districts of Cox\'s Bazar and Chattogram and the nearby islands and low-lying Char areas may face tidal surges 8 to 12 feet above the normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal no. 10. Maritime ports of Chattogram and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal no. 8, said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal no. 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and its offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal no 10, according to the BMD.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and their offshore islands and chars will also come under great danger signal 8, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the peripheral effect of the cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge, 8-12 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The low-lying areas of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by wind driven surge, 5-7 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the effects of Cyclone Mocha, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy (44-88mm) to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall, landslide may occur at places in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice, the bulletin also said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 11:13:19', '2023-05-14 11:13:19'),
(6868, 6868, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Though the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar is experiencing the effects of the cyclonic storm Mocha, no effects are seen in another coastal district Satkhira and the Sundarbans after the cyclone started crossing Bangladesh’s coast in the morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, fear gripped the residents as most of the dykes in Shyamnagar upazila are in vulnerable condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Julfiqar Ali, an official of Satkhira meteorological office, said the cyclone may not impact the district as no effects of it have been seen since this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The water-level in the rivers may increase slightly in the afternoon while the district may experience rain accompanied by gusty wind sporadically later, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masudul Alam, a chairman of Gabura union parishad by the Sundarbans, said panic gripped people despite no visible effects of Cyclone Mocha. Tidal surge is the main reason for the fear.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said many low-lying areas will be inundated once water enters those after breaking the vulnerable dams at several points in Shyamnagar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Humayun Kabir, deputy commissioner of the district, said all kinds of preparations have already been taken and cyclone centres were kept open for the people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Efforts are underway to fix the risky embankments and coastal people are being made aware of the cyclone, he added. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 12:50:00', '2023-05-14 12:50:00'),
(6869, 6869, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Drizzling, accompanied by gusty wind, has started in St Martin’s Island and nearby Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar soon after the cyclonic storm Mocha started crossing Bangladesh’s coast this morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 90 percent people of the island have already taken shelter in hotels, motels and cyclone centres, said Md Kamruzzaman, Teknaf upazila nirbahi officer, adding that the rest are reluctant to come to shelters leaving their valuables.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tidal surges in the coastal areas are yet to start, he said, adding that the gusty wind in the island is getting stronger gradually.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rest of the upazilas of Cox’s Bazar are also experiencing drizzling along with light gusty wind.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad Shaheen Imran, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar, said some 2 lakh people are at 576 cyclone centres where over 5.5 million people can be accommodated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urging people to stay in the cyclone centres, he said they took all-out preparations to protect lives and properties. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:27:32', '2023-05-14 13:27:32'),
(6870, 6870, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Turkey votes Sunday in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\'s 20-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential and parliamentary ballot has turned into a referendum on Turkey\'s longest-serving leader and his Islamic-rooted party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also the toughest of more than a dozen that Erdogan has confronted -- one that polls suggest he might lose.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 69-year-old has steered the nation of 85 million through one of its most transformative and divisive eras in the post-Ottoman state\'s 100-year history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey has grown into a military and geopolitical heavyweight that plays roles in conflicts stretching from Syria to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NATO member\'s footprint in both Europe and the Middle East makes the election\'s outcome as critical for Washington and Brussels as it is for Damascus and Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Erdogan\'s first decade of economic revival and warming relations with Europe was followed by a second one filled with social and political turmoil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He responded to a failed 2016 coup attempt with sweeping purges that sent chills through Turkish society and made him an increasingly uncomfortable partner for the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The emergence of Kemal Kilicdaroglu and his six-party alliance -- a group that forms the type of broad-based coalition that Erdogan excelled at forging throughout his career -- gives foreign allies and Turkish voters a clear alternative.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polls suggest the 74-year-old secular opposition leader is within touching distance of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to win in the first round.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A runoff on May 28 could give Erdogan time to regroup and reframe the debate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But he would still be hounded by Turkey\'s most dire economic crisis of his time in power and disquiet over his government\'s stuttering response to a February earthquake that claimed more than 50,000 lives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Body armour -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s second decade in power saw him abandoned by more liberal allies and increasingly reliant on far-right groups from Turkey\'s political fringe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His campaign became increasingly tailored to his core supporters as election day neared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He branded the opposition a \"pro-LGBT\" lobby that took orders from outlawed Kurdish militants and was bankrolled by the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His hawkish interior minister has repeatedly rereferred back to Joe Biden\'s suggestion in 2019 as a then-presidential candidate that Washington should embolden the opposition \"to take on and defeat Erdogan\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s ministers and pro-government media referred darkly to a Western \"political coup\" plot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition began to worry that Erdogan was scheming up ways to hold on to power at any cost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tensions boiled over when Istanbul\'s opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- a sworn foe of Erdogan who could become Kilicdaroglu\'s vice president -- was pelted with rocks and bottles while touring Turkey\'s conservative heartland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kilicdaroglu appeared at two campaign events on Friday wearing body armour and protected by men with long guns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Religious support -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition leader ended his campaign on Saturday by laying carnations at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- a revered military commander who created the secular Turkish state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Long live democracy, love, the republic and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,\" Kilicdaroglu said in his final pre-election video address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan wrapped things up by leading prayers at Istanbul\'s iconic Hagia Sophia mosque.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a characteristic flourish that openly defied his critics and paid homage to his most fervent followers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hagia Sophia was built as a Byzantine cathedral -- once the world\'s largest -- before being transformed into a mosque by the Ottomans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was turned into a museum as part of the modern republic\'s efforts to remove religion from public life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s decision to reconvert it into a mosque in 2020 solidified his hero status among his religious supporters and contributed to growing Western unease with his rule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The entire West got mad -- but I did it,\" Erdogan said on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Heavy turnout -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The election is expected to feature heavy turnout among the country\'s 64 million registered voters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last national election saw Erdogan win 52.5 percent on a turnout of more than 86 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey has no exit polls but tends to count ballots quickly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polling stations close at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) and all reporting restrictions are lifted four hours later. The first results are sometimes published before then.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voters will also select a new 600-seat parliament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polls suggest that Erdogan\'s right-wing alliance is edging out the opposition bloc in the parliamentary ballot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the opposition would win a majority if it secured support from a new leftist alliance that represents the Kurdish vote. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:31:49', '2023-05-14 13:31:49'),
(6871, 6871, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide \"freedom\" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The one-time cricket superstar -- who has been tied up in dozens of legal cases since being ousted from power in April last year -- was freed on bail on Friday after his detention was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enraged by the arrest, supporters set fire to government buildings, blocked roads and damaged property belonging to the military, which they blame for Khan\'s downfall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Freedom does not come easily. You have to snatch it. You have to sacrifice for it,\" he said in an address broadcast on YouTube Saturday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called for his supporters to hold protests \"at the end of your streets and villages\" across the country on Sunday, and announced a return to campaigning on Wednesday for immediate elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For months, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party leader has waged a campaign of defiance against the military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His arrest on Tuesday came just hours after he was rebuked for claiming senior officials were involved in an assassination attempt against him last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s powerful military has directly ruled the country off and on for nearly half of its 75-year history, and continues to wield power over the political system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The army chief\'s actions have made our military bad. It is because of him, not because of me,\" Khan said from his home in Lahore, although it was unclear whether he meant the serving chief, or his predecessor, whom Khan has held responsible for his ouster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He previously told reporters that \"one man, the army chief\" was behind his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Khan distanced himself from the attacks against the military\'s installations at the protests, denying his party workers were involved and calling for an independent investigation into the violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army, which denies the accusations made by Khan, on Saturday warned against attempts to create \"misperceptions\" against the institution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Anti-state behaviour\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least nine people died in the unrest last week, police and hospitals have said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of police officers were injured and more than 4,000 people detained, mostly in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, according to authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 10 senior PTI leaders have been arrested since the protests began, one of Khan\'s lawyers said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the head of a shaky coalition, on Saturday warned that those involved in \"facilitating, abetting and perpetrating\" the violence should be arrested within 72 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Those who demonstrated anti-state behaviour will be arrested and tried in anti-terrorist courts,\" he said during a visit to Lahore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has repeatedly vowed that police will re-arrest Khan, who remains wildly popular ahead of elections due in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Islamabad High Court ruled that Khan should be given protection from arrest until Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Everyone knows\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan won the 2018 election on an anti-corruption campaign, voted in by an electorate weary of decades of dynastic politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Independent analysts say he was brought to power with the support of the military, before falling out with the generals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone knows who it is. It\'s the military behind (Khan\'s arrest),\" 21-year-old PTI supporter Mohsin Khan told AFP outside the party chief\'s home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pushcart seller added that he wanted the military and politicians \"to work together\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The political crisis has simmered for months, with Khan attempting to disrupt the coalition government by dissolving two provincial parliaments he controlled and agitating for early elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mobile data services and access to social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube, which were cut shortly after Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday, had been partly restored around the country as of Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country now seems primed for a \"progressively ugly showdown in the days and weeks to come\", read an editorial in Dawn, the country\'s leading English language newspaper.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"None of the leaders, political or institutional, who are invested in this tug-of-war appear ready to take a step back,\" it said. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:34:58', '2023-05-14 13:34:58'),
(6872, 6872, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mother\'s role as a teacher evolves and plays a significant role in different stages of a child\'s life and throughout all stages, the mother\'s role as a teacher is intertwined with her unconditional love, nurturing and the building of a strong emotional bond with her child. She acts as a primary role model, imparting values, life skills and knowledge that shape the child\'s growth and development.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Neelima Kamrah, Principal of KIIT World School in Gurugram, explained, “The mother plays a very important role in a child\'s early education by introducing basic concepts, language development and social skills through daily interactions and play. She nurtures the child\'s curiosity, helps with motor skill development and lays the foundation for future learning.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She elaborated, “During this stage, a mother continues to support her child\'s education by fostering a love for learning, assisting with homework and monitoring academic progress. She encourages good study habits, provides guidance in problem-solving, and promotes a positive attitude towards education. As a child enters adulthood, a mother\'s role as a teacher shifts towards providing guidance and advice on higher education, career choices, financial literacy and life skills.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Pratibha Sharma, Academic Director at Bhai Parmanand Vidya Mandir in Delhi, a mother plays a crucial role as a teacher in different stages of a child\'s life and some of these stages are as follows -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Infancy:</b> A mother is the first teacher for her child. She teaches her child basic skills like feeding, sleeping, and communication. She also helps her child develop a sense of security and attachment through her nurturing and responsive care.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Toddlerhood: </b>As the child grows into toddlerhood, a mother teaches them about the world around them. She introduces them to new experiences, such as walking, talking, and playing. She also helps them develop social skills by teaching them how to share, take turns and express their emotions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Adolescence: </b>During adolescence, a mother\'s role as a teacher becomes more focused on helping her child develop independence and responsibility. She may help her child navigate complex social and emotional issues and provide guidance on making good decisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, a mother\'s role as a teacher is essential in shaping her child\'s development and helping them become successful adults. By providing support, encouragement and guidance throughout different stages of life, a mother can help her child reach their full potential as mother\'s unconditional love, encouragement and role-modeling significantly influence a child\'s overall development and educational success. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:40:44', '2023-05-14 13:40:44'),
(6873, 6873, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh and Mauritius are keen to work together in different sectors, including tourism, education, agriculture, communications, connectivity and ICT, to explore the possible areas of collaboration and investment between the two countries.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They came up with the common opinion as the visiting Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun paid a country call on Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban here this evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, both the Presidents called for joint investment in two country\'s potentials sectors, including trade and commerce, President\'s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mauritius President, who is currently in Dhaka on a three-day visit for attending the 6th Indian Ocean Conference, emphasized on tourism, fisheries and ocean economy - three cluster areas of cooperation to work together under the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed his eagerness to invest in Bangladesh\'s special economic zones and high-tech parks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing happiness over his first-ever visit to Bangladesh, President Roopun described the long-standing Bangladesh-Mauritius relations \"excellent\".&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He cited the recent high-level visits and highlighted connectivity, people-to-people contact and a collaborative approach in the areas of economic and development for fostering the ties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Roopun highly lauded the remarkable socio-economic progress made Bangladesh in many areas in recent times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citing Mauritius as a multi-ethnic society, the Maritain President expressed happiness over the role of Bangladeshi expatriates in Mauritius.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcoming his Mauritian counterpart, President Shahabuddin apprised the Mauritian president of the socio-economic growth that Bangladesh has achieved a \"role model of development\" across the world under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. With the \"Vision 2041\", the government is now working to build a \'smart\' Bangladesh, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President thanked the Mauritian government for looking after the Bangladeshi expatriates in Mauritius.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Shahabuddin expressed gratitude to the government of Mauritius for their consistent support to the Rohingya issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, the President urged Mauritius to import ships including cargo vessels from Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He underlined on more high-level visits, air connectivity, and exchange of training in agriculture, education, and IT sectors to develop existing relations between the two countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;The Head of the State expressed his sincere thanks to the government of Mauritius for naming a street in Port Louis after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Bangladesh President and his spouse Dr Rebecca Sultana welcomed the visiting Mauritian President and his Spouse of Sayukta Roopum by presenting bouquets at the Presidential palace. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 14:10:15', '2023-05-14 14:10:15');
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(6874, 6874, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP on Sunday asked its leaders and activists at all levels to stand beside people in the coastal areas as the severe cyclonic storm Mocha has started crossing the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar at noon.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’ve already instructed our leaders and activists at all levels to stand by the people at this time of extreme natural disaster and provide the coastal people with all possible assistance,” said party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, he also hoped that the country’s people will tackle the natural calamity with courage as they did in the past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“At the same time, we also call upon the government to stand by all people rising above politicization,” Fakhrul said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">said people in Teknaf, Cox’s Bazar, and Chattaogram have started experiencing the peripheral effects of the cyclonic storm which may complete crossing Bangladesh coast in the afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), cyclonic storm Mocha has started crossing the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and the neighbouring country Myanmar’s north coast with a speed of up to 215 km per hour (kmph).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tariful Newaz Kabir, a meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB that the cyclone has started crossing Cox’s Bazar and “it will completely cross Bangladesh between afternoon and evening today (May 14, 2023).”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drizzling, accompanied by a gusty wind, has started in St Martin’s Island and nearby Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar soon after the cyclonic storm Mocha started crossing Bangladesh’s coast this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD said the maximum sustained wind speed near the storm\'s center was about 190 kph, rising to 215 kph, in gusts or squalls. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 14:27:05', '2023-05-14 14:27:05'),
(6875, 6875, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Sunday said there is no possibility of tidal surge due to cyclone Mocha.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Low tide started in the morning and Mocha is now progressing with 65 km wind speed and maximum wind speed near the cyclone centre is about 220 km. So there is no possibility of tidal surge,” he said while talking to reporters at the secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>The authorities concerned have taken sufficient preparation this time, Enamur said adding that already seven lakh people have taken shelter in the cyclone shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has taken all necessary measures at the cyclone shelters and already dry foods, pure drinking water, water purification tablets and cash money have been sent to the shelter homes while the beach area vacated after the announcement of great danger signal, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the announcement of great danger signal 10 in Cox’s Bazar, many people were seen taking selfie, said the minister. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked me over phone to take step to control people on the beach,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question about the presence of curious people on the beach, the minister said the law enforcement agencies drove them out and all tourist activities were suspended, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 16:05:57', '2023-05-14 16:05:57'),
(6876, 6876, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into the coast of Myanmar, tearing the roofs off buildings and killing at least three people.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The center of Cyclone Mocha made landfall Sunday afternoon in Myanmar\'s Rakhine state near Sittwe township wind speeds up to 209 kpm (130 mph), Myanmar\'s Meteorological Department said.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar\'s military information office said the storm had damaged houses, electrical transformers, cell phone towers, boats and lampposts in Sittwe, Kyaukpyu, and Gwa townships. It said the storm also tore roofs off of sport buildings on the Coco Islands, about 425 kilometers (264 miles) southwest of the country\'s largest city, Yangon.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 4,000 of Sittwe\'s 300,000 residents were evacuated to other cities and more than 20,000 people are sheltering in sturdy buildings such as monasteries, pagodas and schools located on the city\'s highlands, said Tin Nyein Oo, who is volunteering in shelters in Sittwe.</div><div><br></div><div>Many local people live in areas more than 3 meters above sea level, where residents believe the storm surge cannot reach, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The storm has not yet entered, so we don\'t have much difficulty. However, there are too many people in the shelters and not enough toilets,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Lin Lin, the chairman of a local charitable foundation, said earlier there was not enough food in the shelters in Sittwe after more people arrived than expected.</div><div><br></div><div>Titon Mitra, the U.N. Development Program representative in Myanmar, tweeted: \"Mocha has made landfall. 2m people at risk. Damage and losses are expected to be extensive. We are ready to respond and will need unhindered access to all affected communities.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday morning, several deaths caused by wind and rain were reported in Myanmar. A rescue team from the country\'s eastern Shan state announced on its Facebook social media page that they had recovered the bodies of a couple who were buried when a landslide caused by heavy rain hit their house in Tachileik township. Local media reported that a man was crushed to death when a banyan tree fell on him in Pyin Oo Lwin township in the central Mandalay Region. In Sittwe, a cell phone tower collapsed under high wind and other buildings were damaged, local media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>In May 2008, Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar with a storm surge that devastated populated areas around the Irrawaddy River Delta. At least 138,000 people died and tens of thousands of homes and other buildings were washed away.</div><div><br></div><div>Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune city, said cyclones in the Bay of Bengal are becoming more intense more quickly, in part because of climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Climate scientists say cyclones can now retain their energy for many days. Cyclone Amphan in eastern India in 2020 continued to travel over land as a strong cyclone and caused extensive devastation.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As long as oceans are warm and winds are favorable, cyclones will retain their intensity for a longer period,\" Koll said.</div><div><br></div><div>Cyclones are among the most devastating natural disasters in the world, especially if they affect densely populated coastal regions in South Asia. According to AP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 17:26:38', '2023-05-14 17:26:38'),
(6877, 6877, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said that it will take two days to improve the power and gas supply situation in the country.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“The current disruption in power and gas supply will improve as one of the two terminals will resume supply within two days,” he told reporters at his office in the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that after the suspension of gas supply from two floating LNG terminals, one terminal left its place for safe location while another one remained stationed at its own location.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspension caused huge shortage in gas supply that triggered the current level of load shedding across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“But I hope, gas supply will resume from one terminal within two days which will improve the situation with the supply of 400 mmcfd gas,” he said adding that it will take 10-12 days to resume gas supply from the other LNG terminal, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said with the grace of Almighty Allah, no big disaster happened in the power and gas sector.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 19:18:44', '2023-05-14 19:18:44'),
(6878, 6878, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Sunday said there is no possibility of tidal surge due to cyclone Mocha.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Low tide started in the morning and Mocha is now progressing with 65 km wind speed and maximum wind speed near the cyclone centre is about 220 km. So there is no possibility of tidal surge,” he said while talking to reporters at the secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>The authorities concerned have taken sufficient preparation this time, Enamur said adding that already seven lakh people have taken shelter in the cyclone shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has taken all necessary measures at the cyclone shelters and already dry foods, pure drinking water, water purification tablets and cash money have been sent to the shelter homes while the beach area vacated&nbsp; after the announcement of great danger signal, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the announcement of great danger signal 10 in Cox’s Bazar, many people were seen taking selfie, said the minister. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked me over phone to take step to control people on the beach,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question about the presence of curious people on the beach, the minister said the law enforcement agencies drove them out and all tourist activities were suspended, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 19:34:00', '2023-05-14 19:34:00'),
(6879, 6879, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The government may allow import of onion anytime soon, said Agriculture Secretary Wahida Akhter.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The import of onion has been suspended considering the interest of farmers. This year onion production in the country has been more than 34 lakh tonnes. Additionally, there are 18.30 lakh tonnes of onions in stock. Although there is no reason behind increase in onion price this time, we are seeing a hike in onion prices in the market.”</div><div><br></div><div>“The Ministry of Agriculture is always monitoring the onion market. If prices continue to rise, onion import will be considered soon,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She made the remarks at a meeting held at the conference room of the Ministry of Agriculture at the Secretariat on Sunday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meeting, the Department of Agricultural Extension presented information on the production, demand and import of onion.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the DAE statistics, onion production in the country has increased by more than one million tonnes in the last two years.</div><div><br></div><div>This year alone, more than 34 lakh tonnes of onion has been produced in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>But due to lack of proper storage or adverse environment, 30-35% of onions are wasted.</div><div><br></div><div>The demand for onion in the country is 26 to 28 lakh tonnes per year, according to information provided by the DAE.</div><div><br></div><div>At present, the production cost of one kg of local onion is Tk 28-30. In 2021-22, the market price of local onion was low (Tk 30-35) due to open imports.</div><div><br></div><div>As the farmers did not get a fair price the Ministry of Agriculture temporarily suspended the import of onion this year to encourage the farmers in onion cultivation, according to the DAE.</div><div><br></div><div>Agriculture Ministry Additional Secretary Rabindra Shree Barua, Director General of The Department of Agricultural Extension Badal Chandra Biswas, Director General of the Department of Agricultural Marketing Md Masud Karim and Deputy Secretary of the Extension Wing of the Ministry Munsur Alam Khan were present at the meeting. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 19:52:23', '2023-05-14 19:52:23'),
(6880, 6880, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan has has been ruled out for around six weeks with a finger injury, the cricket board said on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shakib hurt the tip of his right index finger attempting a catch during Friday\'s second one-day international against Ireland at Chelmsford, England, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"An X-ray today (Saturday) confirmed a fracture on the base of the index finger. Such injuries usually take around six weeks to heal,\" national team physio Bayjedul Islam Khan said.</div><div><br></div><div>The injury means Shakib is not available for Sunday\'s final ODI against Ireland.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh currently lead the three-match series 1-0.</div><div><br></div><div>They won Friday\'s second match by three wickets, knocking off a target of 320 runs after the opening match of the series was rained off.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunday\'s ODI against Ireland is the final fixture of the ICC ODI Super League in the current cycle. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 20:42:44', '2023-05-14 20:42:44'),
(6881, 6881, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The “eye” or the centre point of most powerful cyclone Mocha in two decades made its landfall in south-eastern coastline ahead of the speculated timeline, making its way through the Naf River that divided Bangladesh and Myanmar.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The ‘eye’ or the centre point of the cyclone made its landfall shortly after the midday today on the Teknaf shorelines, coming through the Naf River, ahead of the time what we had speculated,” Bangladesh met office spokesman AKM Nazmul Huda today BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>But, he said, the tail or the rest part of the severe storm, which was categorized as very dangerous Cat 5 cyclone, might take more time to land or cross the coastlines.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Quamruzzaman of Teknaf, which visibly bears the worst brunt of the cyclone, said the wind was blowing at a speed of over 200 kilometres per hour in Taknaf and its southernmost part Shahpori Dip along the Bay of Bengal.</div><div><br></div><div>“The weather is frightening because of the very high velocity of wind but we are yet to see the much feared massive tidal surges,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The weather officials said the Naf River was currently witnessing high-tide that began at 11 am and would continue until 5 PM, contrary to the low-tide in Cox’s Bazar, which started at 9 am and continued till 3 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>The officials and residents in Cox’s Bazar said cyclone Mocha was bringing with it heavy rain and winds of up to 195kph (120mph) and feared which could trigger dangerous flooding on land around the Bay of Bengal.</div><div><br></div><div>The storm surges of up to four metres could swamp villages in low lying areas but tensions grew about amid speculations that the storm could ravage the world’s largest refugee camp in Teknaf where over a million Rohingyas took makeshift refugees to evade persecution in their homeland in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh authorities, however, moved to safety some half a million people while many of the Rohingyas living in risky foothills were relocated amid fears of mudslides. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 21:02:06', '2023-05-14 21:02:06'),
(6882, 6882, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations of all education boards scheduled for Monday (May 15) were postponed as cyclone Mocha is making landfall over Bangladesh-Myanmar coast .</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, the SSC exams of the six education boards-Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Jashore board, Barishal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education board and Technical Education board-for May 14 and 15 were postponed.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee issued a notice in this regard signed by its chairman Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Sunday (May 14, 2023).</div><div><br></div><div>The SCC exam for May 15 was postponed as it will be held on a single question in all boards, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>The revised schedule of the postponed exams will be announced later and exams will continue as per schedule from May 16, it reads. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 21:04:17', '2023-05-14 21:04:17'),
(6883, 6883, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Polls have closed in the most pivotal elections in Turkey\'s modern history, to decide if Recep Tayyip Erdogan stays president after 20 years in power.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>His main rival, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, promises to scrap many of the powers acquired by President Erdogan after he survived a failed coup in 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>Buoyed by a broad opposition alliance, he has a real chance of winning.</div><div><br></div><div>Two issues have troubled Turkey\'s 64 million voters more than anything: soaring inflation and two earthquakes.</div><div><br></div><div>But many voters are also looking for change after two decades.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Kilicdaroglu promises this Nato member state a path back towards a pro-Western, more democratic stance, while President Erdogan\'s Islamist-rooted government has accused the West of plotting to bring him down.</div><div><br></div><div>The race has become febrile in recent days and voters queued at polling stations even before they opened.</div><div><br></div><div>In Antakya, one of the cities hardest hit by the February earthquakes, more than 100 buses arrived bringing people displaced by the disaster so they could vote. Eleven of the country\'s provinces have been affected.</div><div><br></div><div>To secure outright victory on Sunday, the winner needs more than 50% of the vote. Otherwise it goes to a run-off in two weeks\' time.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Kilicdaroglu, 74, arrived at a packed polling station at an Ankara school to chants of \"everything will be all right\", while one voter shouted out \"grandpa\", which has become a term of affection for young voters.</div><div><br></div><div>Sima, who came with her friend Pilay to welcome him, said she was excited at the thought of change after more than 20 years. According to BBC reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 21:43:40', '2023-05-14 21:43:40'),
(6884, 6884, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday alleged that the filing of a case involving Ziaur Rahman in the killing of three freedom fighter army officers, including Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram, in November, 1975 is part of a \"far-reaching political conspiracy of the government\".</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“A complete omnipresent lie was brought to the fore again after 48 years. It’s totally intentional. The only purpose behind it is to mislead people when they (people) have started taking to the streets to restore their democratic rights,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office, Fakhrul said the case was filed also to confuse people as there is a strong national and international pressure on the government to hold the next election under an impartial government.”</div><div><br></div><div>\"An attempt is being made to mislead the nation by raising such a falsehood and a 48-year-old issue. They (govt) have a far-reaching political conspiracy behind this. This is part of their plot,” he observed.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Thursday, Col Khondkar Nazmul Huda Bir Bikram’s daughter Naheed Izaher Khan filed a case with Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station in Dhaka over the killing of her father on November 7, 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>In the case, Naheed made Maj (retd) Abdul Jalil of the 10th East Bengal Regiment accused and claimed that the killing was carried out as per Ziaur Rahman\'s instruction.</div><div><br></div><div>Protesting the filing of the case against their party founder, Fakhrul said Naheed, an MP of the current parliament formed through the night-time rigged voting and a beneficiary of the current ‘fascist‘ government led by Sheikh Hasina, may not have read the book written by her own mother Nilufar Huda about the incident happened on November 7, 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>In her book titled “The War of Colonel Huda and Me”, he said Nilufar Huda clearly mentioned that Ziaur Rahmann ordered Colonel Nawazish that day to protect Khaleda Musharraf, Col Nazmul Al-Huda and Major ATM Haider.</div><div><br></div><div>On page no. 134 of the book written by Nilufar Huda, the BNP leader said the involvement of Colonel Taher (Abu Taher) behind the killing (of three army officers) was described in clear language.</div><div><br></div><div>“It was also revealed (in the book) that JSD Ganobahini circulated among the members of the army that Col Huda and others were Indian spies as per the instruction of Col Taher, four days before the killing incident. “Major General Amin Ahmed Chowdhury also wrote the same in the introduction to the book,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul bemoaned the cruel irony of history is that Col Huda\'s daughter Naheed is raising her voice in the same tune with her father\'s ‘killers’ JSD- Ganobahini deputy chief Hasanul Haque Inu and Colonel Taher\'s brother Waresat Hossain Belal as MPs of a Parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>“She made Ziaur Rahman accused of ordering the killing of her father, who actually had given the order to save her father… In fact, Naheed Izaher Khan has filed a case against martyred President Ziaur Rahman mentioning him as order giver for her father\'s killing as she was used as a pawn of the fascist Awami quarter,” he observed.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts are continuing various conspiracies to divert the anti-fascist movement in a different direction. “This case is just a disgusting example of that conspiracy.”</div><div><br></div><div>He warned the party rank and file that such plots by the government will continue in the future, reports UNB. </div><div><br></div><div>He said, “We would like to say that we’ll foil all the plots together with people by establishing a non-partisan caretaker government ousting fascist regime.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 21:56:14', '2023-05-14 21:56:39'),
(6885, 6885, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>At least 10,000 houses were damaged in Cox\'s Bazar, with 1,200 of them being on vulnerable St Martin\'s Island off the coast of Teknaf.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Despite the widespread damage, there were no reports of casualties as of filing this report.</div><div><br></div><div>Cox\'s Bazar city, Sadar upazila, Maheshkhali upazila, Kutubdia upazila, and Ramu upazila were all hit by the cyclone, and locals are fearful of the potential for massive losses being uncovered as people return to their daily lives at home.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Shaheen Imran has confirmed that the cyclone\'s fury has ceased and that the 2.5 lakh people in shelters will be able to return home pending the authorities\' green light.</div><div><br></div><div>“However, the extent of the damage is still being assessed and will be reported later,” the DC said.</div><div><br></div><div>The cyclone caused extensive damage in Teknaf and St. Martin, with a lot of trees falling in isolated areas of St. Martin, Teknaf Sadar and Municipal areas, Sabrang, Dailpara, and Jadimura.</div><div><br></div><div>People have been seen removing trees from roads in different areas.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Teknaf Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Kamruzzaman, there are reports of extensive damage in Teknaf and Saint Martin, with trees being uprooted and houses being destroyed in some areas.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Chairman of St Martin union parishad, Mujibur Rahman, said that although the wind speed has decreased in St Martin since evening, many houses have been blown away, and some people have been injured.</div><div><br></div><div>More accurate, precise measures of the damage done by Mocha will have to wait till tomorrow, most probably. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 22:43:21', '2023-05-14 22:43:21'),
(6886, 6886, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A run-off between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main challenger looks increasingly likely, after Turkey\'s most closely-fought election in decades.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey\'s Supreme Election Council says Erdogan is on 49.49% of the vote, with his rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu on 44.79%, with nearly all the votes counted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">If neither men secure 50%, there will be a second poll in two weeks\' time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan has told his AK Party supporters in Ankara that he is ready for a run-off poll if necessary, but believes he can still win outright.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kilicdaroglu has vowed to win the election in a second round, saying his rival failed to get a vote of confidence from the people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The election comes against the background of soaring inflation and in the aftermath of devastating earthquakes. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 07:14:49', '2023-05-15 07:14:49'),
(6887, 6887, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine has no plans to hit targets in Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said in Germany, where Kyiv secured a big new defence aid package.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are not attacking Russian territory,\" he said after talks in Berlin with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are preparing a counterattack to de-occupy the illegitimately conquered territories,\" Mr Zelensky added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Scholz vowed to back Ukraine \"for as long as it is necessary\", promising €2.7bn (£2.4bn) worth of weapons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This includes advanced German Leopard tanks and more anti-aircraft systems to defend Ukraine from almost daily deadly Russian missile and drone attacks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Zelensky described the new tranche as \"the largest since the beginning of the full-scale aggression\" by Russia in February 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The war has transformed Germany\'s attitude towards Ukraine, moving from being a reluctant supplier of military hardware to virtually doubling its contribution overnight, the BBC\'s Jenny Hill in Berlin says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia accuses Ukraine of repeatedly hitting targets inside Russia, including a reported drone attack on Moscow\'s Kremlin earlier this month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine denies the accusations, while also stressing that it has a legitimate right to use force and other means to fully de-occupy its territories currently under Russian control. These include four regions in the south and east, as well as the Crimea peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later on Sunday, President Zelensky travelled to the western city of Aachen to receive the prestigious Charlemagne Prize awarded this year to him and the Ukrainian people. The honour is given for efforts to foster European unity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Ukraine incarnates everything the European idea is living for: the courage of convictions, the fight for values and freedom, the commitment to peace and unity,\" EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at the award ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previous winners include Winston Churchill, Pope Francis and Bill Clinton.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In other developments on Sunday:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s air force says it destroyed 25 drones and three cruise missiles launched by Russia in yet another massive overnight attack</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six people were killed and another 16 injured in the past 24 hours in Russian shelling of Ukraine-held areas in the eastern Donetsk region, local officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One person was killed in Sunday\'s Russian artillery attack on the southern Kherson region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mobile internet is temporarily suspended in the Russian-seized areas of the eastern Luhansk region because of increased shelling by Ukrainian troops, Moscow-installed officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Zelensky flew to Germany from Italy overnight, his plane escorted by two German Air Force fighter jets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Rome, the Ukrainian leader met Italian President Sergio President Mattarella and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. He also had a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine pontiff said he was constantly praying for peace in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pope also stressed the urgent need to help \"the most fragile people, innocent victims\" of the Russian invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Ms Meloni assured Mr Zelensky of Rome\'s support for united Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later on Sunday, the Ukrainian leader arrived in Paris, where he went to the Élysée Palace for a working dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron. 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(6888, 6888, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pacer Mustafizur Rahman bowled impeccably to claim 4-44 in his comeback match as Bangladesh overcame an Ireland scare to secure a thrilling four-run victory in the third and final ODI to take the series 2-0 at County Ground in Chelmsford, England today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first game was washed out before Bangladesh win the rain-hit second ODI by three wickets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Put into bat first, Bangladesh were bowled out for 274 in 48.5 overs but held nerve to defend it, restricting Ireland to 270-9. By doing so, Bangladesh kept its record intact of not losing any ODI game to the Irish since 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Ireland were again close to the victory, thanks to its resounding batting of the top order with Paul Striling leading the way with 60. Captain Andrew Balbirnie made 53 and Lorcan Tucker scored 50. Harry Tector who hit a century in the previous game added 45.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mustafizur broke through with the wicket of Stephen Doheny but Stirling and Balbrinie combined for 109-run for the second wicket that genuinely kept Ireland’s hope to get a victory finally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fast bowler Ebadot Hossain had Balbirnie caught by Rony Talukder to end the dangerous partnership before Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed the wicket of Stirling who struck four fours and two sixes in his knock.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry Tector and Lorcan Tucker further resisted, adding 79-run for the fourth wicket as Ireland further appeared to close in on victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Najmul Hossain Shanto’s occasional spin accounted Tector to give Bangladesh a crucial breakthrough and then Mustafizur got into act.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As Ireland were on course of the victory, Mustafizur who was overlooked in the first two matches, claimed three wickets in his next three overs at a stretch to rock the Ireland batting line up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ireland never recovered from that collapse as they fell agonizingly short. Hasan Mahmud grabbed 2-44 to play a perfect foil to Mustafizur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier skipper Tamim Iqbal finally hit a half-century after nine matches as Bangladesh posted a total not looked daunting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh were on course of a 300 plus total but tasted a sensational collapse that saw them losing five wickets for 13 runs toward the end to be wrapped up with seven balls still to play.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tamim who survived on just 1 after his opposite number Andrew Balbirnie put down a regulation catch at second slip off fast bowler Jos Little in the third over of finally made 69 off 82, hitting six fours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the Bangladeshi batters found their but simply failed to capitalize, a reason that resisted their chance to go past 300-run mark.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mushfiqur Rahim made 45 off 54 with three fours and one six while Najmul Hossain Shanto, the centurion of the previous game and Liton Das who moved down to No.4 position scored identical 35 runs.&nbsp; Mehidy Hasan Miraz added 37.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mark Adair was the most successful Irish bowler with 4-40 while George Dockrell and Andy McBrine claimed two wickets apiece.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rony Talukdar, one of the two debutants for Bangladesh alongside Mrittunjoy Chowdhory had a forgettable start to his ODI career as he replaced Liton in opening position with Tamim after the Tigers were asked to bat first.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a shaky start, he opened his account with a boundary in the 12th ball he faced but a rash shot saw him being dismissed just two balls later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fresh from his maiden century, Shanto started with some confident shots before Craig Young, the only change for Ireland, dismissed him, caught by Balbirnie at slip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tamim and Liton Das combined for a 70-run partnership for the fourth wicket to lay a platform, but failed to make it bigger as Andy McBrine struck to have him caught by Adair at mid-off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">George Dockrell gave the side a double delight, removing Towhid Hridoy (13) and Tamim Iqbal in quick succession to bring the side back into the contest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With Bangladesh at 186-5, it looked all gloomy but Mushfiqur and Miraz added 77-run for the sixth wicket to raise a prospect of 300 plus total.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However McBrine broke through again with the wicket of Mushfiqur and then Adair did the rest, running through the innings in impeccable fashion as Bangladesh lost last five wickets for just 13 runs. 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(6889, 6889, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Some 2,826 shanties were damaged in the Rohingya camps in Teknaf and Ukhiya due to the impact of Cyclone Mocha, according to a report prepared by the Office of the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner (RRRC), the government\'s point man on the ground in Cox\'s Bazar.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report that was circulated around 11pm on Sunday also said 7 refugees were injured during the storm.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although fully reliable accounts may take at least another day to emerge, initial reactions and assessments from some officials on the ground and experts with a focus on the Rohingya situation indicate that the refugee camps close to the border with Myanmar, which bore the brunt of the \'very severe\' cyclonic storm, managed to escape the worst of Mocha.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNB was keeping an eye on a number of their accounts on social media, especially Twitter, which they use regularly to organize and coordinate and ‘get the word out’.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Rohingyas currently housed in Bhasan Char were evacuated to the 53 cyclone shelters on the island as a preventive measure before the storm struck, those in the Cox’s Bazar camps mostly stayed put, with efforts leading up to the storm concentrating on fortifying their modest dwellings.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNHCR BGD, the UN Refugee Agency’s office in Bangladesh, tweeted at about 9.30pm on Sunday: “Timely evacuations of people at risk to communal shelters in the refugee camps, led by Rohingya refugee first responders with the support of the Government of Bangladesh &amp; humanitarian agencies, helped save lives during #CycloneMocha.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The chief of mission of the IOM,&nbsp; Abdusattor Esoev, tweeted right as the storm was making landfall: “As one of the leading agencies of the #RohinygaResponse, IOM has taken all necessary initiatives to respond to the cyclone, in coordinating with #GoB &amp; other humanitarian actors.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Couple of hours later, he tweeted again: “Strong wind of #CycloneMocha, though milder than expected, is damaging facilities in #RohingyaRefugees&nbsp; camp. We will need to restore them along with all damaged shelters once the Cyclone is over.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IOM is the coordinating agency behind the ISCG, or Inter Sector Coordination Group, aka Rohingya Refugee Response, an umbrella of numerous organisations involved in the effort over the last 6 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group’s principal coordinator, Arjun Jain, who is based in Cox’s Bazar, tweeted at about 10pm Sunday: “CycloneMocha has left Bangladesh. Cox’s Bazar stands down from Signal 10 to 3. We escaped the eye of the storm, but the damage is still extensive.&nbsp; Rains continue. The risk of landslides is real. Thx to GoB and to #Rohingya #refugee volunteers. Data forthcoming.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Islamic Relief Bangladesh, a charity group involved in the humanitarian efforts in the camps, tweeted photos of IRB staffs and volunteers supporting the Rohingyas to repair their damaged shelters at camp 7 Ukhiya,&nbsp; immediately after the landfall of cyclone Mocha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This isn’t to say there are no images or reports of roofs getting blown off, or caving in, trees getting knocked down onto the shelters,&nbsp; and what not.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Twitter account of Rohingyatographer Magazine, which showcases “ independent photography from a collective of Rohingya photographers in the world\'s largest refugee camp”, has been full of such images since Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet even they tweeted, seemingly in relief, around 11.15pm Sunday: “CycloneMocha left Bangladesh. #Rohingya Refugee Camp escaped from the Cyclone. Despite, huge numbers of shelters and facilities being damaged. Camps in Teknaf were severely affected.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides there have been no casualties reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We will see these claims get substantiated, or not, in the coming days. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 09:08:52', '2023-05-15 09:08:52'),
(6890, 6890, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Following Cyclone Mocha passing through yesterday, Dhaka\'s air quality is ‘moderate’ this morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 94 at 8:45 am, Dhaka ranked 17th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore, China’s Beijing and Chengdu occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 172, 162, and 157, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 150 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in 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.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 10:08:10', '2023-05-15 10:08:10');
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(6891, 6891, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race early Monday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The results, whether they come within days or after a second round of voting takes place in two weeks, will determine if a NATO ally that straddles Europe and Asia but borders Syria and Iran remains under Erdogan\'s control or resumes the more democratic path promised by his main rival, opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to supporters in Ankara, Erdogan, 69, said he could still win but would respect the nation\'s decision if the race went to a runoff vote in two weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We don\'t yet know if the elections ended in the first round. ... If our nation has chosen for a second round, that is also welcome,\" Erdogan said early Monday, noting that votes from Turkish citizens living abroad still need to be tallied. He garnered 60% of the overseas vote in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\'s election largely centered on domestic issues such as the economy, civil rights and a February earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people. But Western nations and foreign investors also awaited the outcome because of Erdogan\'s unorthodox leadership of the economy and often mercurial but successful efforts to put Turkey at the center of international negotiations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the unofficial count nearly completed, voter support for the incumbent had dipped below the majority required for him to win reelection outright. Erdogan had 49.3% of the vote, while Kilicdaroglu, had 45%, according to the state-run news agency Anadolu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will absolutely win the second round ... and bring democracy\" Kilicdaroglu, 74, the candidate of a six-party alliance, said, arguing that Erdogan had lost the trust of a nation now demanding change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey\'s election authority, the Supreme Electoral Board, said it was providing numbers to competing political parties \"instantly\" and would make the results public once the count was completed and finalized.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The majority of ballots from the 3.4 million eligible overseas voters still needed to be tallied, according to the board, and a May 28 runoff election was not assured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Howard Eissenstat, an associate professor of Middle East history and politics at St. Lawrence University in New York, said Erdogan was likely to have an advantage in a runoff because the president\'s party was likely to do better in a parliamentary election also held Sunday. Voters would not want a \"divided government,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan has governed Turkey as either prime minister or president since 2003. In the run-up to the election, opinion surveys had indicated the increasingly authoritarian leader narrowly trailed his challenger.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the partial results showing otherwise, members of Kilicdaroglu\'s center-left, pro-secular Republican People\'s Party, or CHP, disputed Anadolu\'s initial numbers, contending the state-run agency was biased in Erodgan\'s favor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Omer Celik, a spokesperson for Erdogan\'s Justice and Development, or AK, party, in turn accused the opposition of \"an attempt to assassinate the national will.\" He called the opposition claims \"irresponsible.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Erdogan hopes to win a five-year term that would take him well into his third decade as Turkey\'s leader, Kilicdaroglu campaigned on promises to reverse crackdowns on free speech and other forms of democratic backsliding, as well as to repair an economy battered by high inflation and currency devaluation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voters also elected lawmakers to fill Turkey\'s 600-seat parliament, which lost much of its legislative power after a referendum to change the country\'s system of governance to an executive presidency narrowly passed in 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anadolu news agency said Erdogan\'s ruling party alliance was hovering around 49.3%, while Kilicdaroglu\'s Nation Alliance had around 35.2% and support for a pro-Kurdish party stood above 10%.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That the election results have not been finalized doesn\'t change the fact that the nation has chosen us,\" Erdogan said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 64 million people, including the overseas voters, were eligible to vote and nearly 89% voted. This year marks 100 years since Turkey\'s establishment as a republic — a modern, secular state born on the ashes of the Ottoman Empire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voter turnout in Turkey is traditionally strong, despite the government suppressing freedom of expression and assembly over the years and especially since a 2016 coup attempt. Erdogan blamed the failed coup on followers of a former ally, cleric Fethullah Gulen, and initiated a large-scale crackdown on civil servants with alleged links to Gulen and on pro-Kurdish politicians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Internationally, the elections were seen as a test of a united opposition\'s ability to dislodge a leader who has concentrated nearly all state powers in his hands and worked to wield more influence on the world stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan, along with the United Nations, helped mediate a deal with Ukraine and Russia that allowed Ukrainian grain to reach the rest of the world from Black Sea ports despite Russia\'s war in Ukraine. The agreement, which is implemented by a center based in Istanbul, is set to expire in days, and Turkey hosted talks last week to keep it alive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Erdogan also has held up Sweden\'s quest to join NATO while demanding concessions, contending that nation was too lenient on followers of the U.S. based cleric and members of pro-Kurdish groups that Turkey considers national security threats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critics maintain the president\'s heavy-handed style is responsible for a painful cost-of-living crisis. The latest official statistics put inflation at about 44%, down from a high of around 86%. The price of vegetables became a campaign issue for the opposition, which used an onion as a symbol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In contrast with mainstream economic thinking, Erdogan contends that high interest rates fuel inflation, and he pressured the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey to lower its main rate multiple times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s government also faced criticism for its allegedly delayed and stunted response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that left 11 southern provinces devastated. Lax implementation of building codes is thought to have exacerbated the casualties and misery.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his election campaign, Erdogan used state resources and his domineering position over media to try to woo voters. He accused the opposition of colluding with \"terrorists,\" of being \"drunkards\" and of upholding LGBTQ+ rights, which he depicts as threatening traditional family values in the predominantly Muslim nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a bid to secure support, the Turkish leader increased wages and pensions and subsidized electricity and gas bills, while showcasing Turkey\'s homegrown defense and infrastructure projects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Paychecks, or putting food on the table doesn\'t necessarily surmount the identification one feels for one\'s own political party,\" Eissentat, the university professor, said. \"Erdogan\'s efforts at polarization, demonization of the opposition as traitors and as terrorists, the use of culture wars, ... that\'s all made to play on those dynamics.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kilicdaroglu\'s Nation Alliance pledged to return Turkey\'s governance system to a parliamentary democracy if it won both the presidential and parliamentary ballots. It also promised to restore the independence of the judiciary and the central bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have all missed democracy so much. We all missed being together,\" Kilicdaroglu said after voting at a school in Ankara.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also seeking the presidency was Sinan Ogan, a former academic who had the backing of an anti-immigrant nationalist party and more than 5% of votes tallied so far. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 10:48:42', '2023-05-15 10:48:42'),
(6892, 6892, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As the effects of Cyclone Mocha have passed, regular flights are starting at Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport this morning (May 15, 2023).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director of the Airport, Group Captain Taslim Ahmed, said regular flights will depart from Shah Amanat International Airport from today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, due to inclement weather caused by Cyclone Mocha, the authority suspended flights at Shah Amanat International Airport from 6 am on May 13 after Bangladesh Meteorological Department issued the No. 8 disaster signal in Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, all activities of Chattogram port were suspended since May 12 night due to fear of damage from Cyclone Mocha. Ships were being brought back to the jetty and outer anchor early today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Meteorological Department has asked Chattogram port to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 after the impact of Cyclone Mocha has passed. After the situation became normal, the Chittagong Port Authority decided to withdraw its alert-4 and normalise the port operations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The port will be fully operational from this morning, said Chattogram Port Authority Secretary Md. Omar Farouk. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 10:51:18', '2023-05-15 10:51:18'),
(6893, 6893, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 13 people were killed when a passenger van and a semi-truck collided on a highway in northeastern Mexico on Sunday, local authorities said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The vehicles crashed on a road between the cities of Zaragoza and Hidalgo in the border state of Tamaulipas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Civil protection authorities are responding, and so far they are reporting 13 people deceased,\" Tamaulipas security officials said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images shared by authorities showed the passenger van almost entirely destroyed by fire, with the semi-truck also severely burned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of victims could increase, said an official from the prosecutor\'s office, who did not want to be identified, as there were indications that the truck driver\'s family was with him and may have died too.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early indications were that the driver may have fled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local media reported that more than 20 people may have died in the crash and resulting fire, but first responders were still working to fully understand the situation at the scene, the prosecutor\'s office official said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The victims may have all been members of one family who had rented the van to drive to the northern city of Monterrey in Veracruz, local media reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Road accidents have increased in recent years in Mexico, usually due to high speeds, poor vehicle conditions or driver fatigue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civil organizations have demanded stricter regulations to curb the toll. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 10:54:10', '2023-05-15 10:54:10'),
(6894, 6894, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference this afternoon to brief the media about the outcome of her recent tri-nation visit to Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom (UK).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The press conference will be held at her official Ganabhaban residence at 4pm tomorrow (Monday) \"Prime Minister\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told BSS yesterday .</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 25, Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Tokyo on a four-day official visit to Japan on the first leg of her tri-nation visit. She went to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her stay in Tokyo, Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart witnessed the exchange of eight instruments, mostly memorandums of understanding, signed between Dhaka and Tokyo to boost cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, metro-rail, industrial up-gradation, ship-recycling, customs matters, intellectual property, defence, ICT and cyber security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier had a courtesy call on the emperor of Japan Naruhito and held a bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier also attended an investment summit and a community reception alongside handing over the \"Friends of Liberation War Honour\" to four Japanese nationals on April 27 for their contribution to Bangladesh\'s Liberation War in 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She, as well, attended several additional bilateral meetings with Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as well as leaders of JAICA, JETRO, JEBIC, JBPFL and JBCCEC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the second leg of her visit to Washington DC, the Prime Minister attended a programme marking the 50 years of Bangladesh-World Bank partnership and some side events that include a roundtable with US business leaders and several meetings with WB\'s incoming president Ajay Banga and managing director of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva alongside a civic reception.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the third leg of her visit to London, the Premier attended the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as the King and the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from Washington DC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In London, Sheikh Hasina had interaction with King Charles III, and a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">British foreign minister James Cleverly along with his wife Susannah Sparks also called on her at her place of residence, the Claridge Hotel in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She had a meeting with Bhutanese king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and queen Jetsun Pema there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former prime minister of UK Tony Blair and Commonwealth secretary general Baroness Patricia Scotland also met the Bangladesh prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina returned home from London on May 9. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 13:02:27', '2023-05-15 13:02:27'),
(6895, 6895, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The budget session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad will begin from May 31, said a parliament secretariat release here today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The session will begin at 5pm with Jatiya Sangsad Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President M Shahbuddin convened the 23rd session of the parliament exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the clause (1) of article 72 of the constitution, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 1, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal will present the national budget of 2023-24 financial year during this session. The parliament will pass the proposed budget on June 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, '2023-05-15 13:12:06', '2023-05-15 13:12:06'),
(6896, 6896, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Mohammed Shahabuddin today arrived here on a four-day official visit to his hometown.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of State reached Pabna Zila Stadium at about 12 noon by a helicopter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is his maiden visit to Pabna after assuming office as the 22nd President on April 24, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President was received by Jatiya Sangsad\'s Deputy Speaker Advocate Md. Shamsul Haque Tuku, local lawmakers- Ahmed Firoz Kabir, Golam Faruk Prince and Nadira Yeasmin Joly, Awami League district unit President Rezaur Rahim Lal and senior officials of the local administration with a bouquet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Shahabuddin was given a guard of honour at the Pabna Circuit House premises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President\'s spouse Dr Rebecca Sultana, son Mohammad Arshad Adanan Rony, senior civil and military officials and secretaries concerned to Bangabhaban accompanied the President. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 13:30:21', '2023-05-15 13:30:21'),
(6897, 6897, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sunday’s presidential and parliamentary polls in Türkiye ended with another victory for incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party, according to unofficial results as of 2 a.m. on Monday</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding another victory to his two decades of wins, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan dominated the polls in presidential elections on Sunday, according to unofficial results. As of 2 a.m. on Monday, Erdoğan had 49% of the vote. His Justice and Development Party (AK Party) also secured a high number of seats in the simultaneous parliamentary polls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing his supporters after midnight at the AK Party headquarters in the capital Ankara, Erdoğan said they were waiting for the \"outcome of the national will,\" but they had a \"clear lead, though unofficial results have been announced.\" Erdoğan had secured 49% of the vote as he spoke according to the initial unofficial results. \"Türkiye has proven once again that it is among world\'s leading democracies with its commitment to superiority of national will, freedom of its citizens in their political choices,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We believe that we will win this election with more than 50% of the votes,\" Erdoğan also said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdoğan and his main rival, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, did not secure more than 50% of the vote, setting up a runoff vote scheduled for May 28.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After an uneventful vote that ended at 5 p.m. local time, a tense night prevailed in Türkiye as ballot boxes were opened. The opposition bloc of six parties repeatedly opposed the vote count, claiming their candidate Kılıçdaroğlu was ahead of incumbent President Erdoğan. They contested the official results and cried foul over results announced by the public news agency Anadolu Agency (AA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Erdoğan and Kılıçdaroğlu called on their supporters to remain vigilant at the venues where votes were counted, “to stand guard at the ballot boxes.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the early hours of the vote count, Erdoğan criticized the opposition parties for claiming they were leading in the presidential and parliamentary elections while the vote count was still underway. Erdoğan slammed what he called a \"robbery of political will\" by the opposition in a tweet late Sunday. His statements came amid allegations from the opposition that the vote results were manipulated or delayed and amid pro-opposition media outlets publishing their own results. \"The May 14 elections were held in peace and have been a festival of democracy. It is a reflection of Türkiye\'s democratic maturity. As we carried out the elections in such a positive and democratic atmosphere and as the votes are still being counted, rushing the declaration of the results means robbery of political will,\" he said. Erdoğan said he was pleased with the reflection of the nation\'s will in the ballots and urged his supporters to stay at the venues where ballots are being counted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Some people are in the kitchen and here we are, on the balcony,\" Erdoğan told the vibrant crowd. A \"Balcony speech\" is a tradition of Turkish politicians emerging victorious in the elections. Erdoğan had earlier mocked Kılıçdaroğlu for shooting videos in his house\'s kitchen, instead of embracing people on the street.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our country wrapped up another festival of democracy. It seems like the count of votes across the country and abroad will take a little more time,\" he said. \"We are unlike those trying to deceive people. We know we have a clear lead but we await the manifestation of national will since official results are not clear yet,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president thanked \"brothers and sisters\" who voted for the People\'s Alliance. \"The winner is, undoubtedly, our country, our nation. Türkiye once again proved it is among the world\'s leading democracies thanks to its adherence to the supremacy of national will. We proved it through a record turnout. It is unique in the world. This is the highest turnout in our history,\" he highlighted. He said statements of CHP administrators and \"some mayors\" did not change this fact. \"In our political life, we have always respected the national will and we will do so in future elections too. The People\'s Alliance knows what to do, and we expect the same democratic maturity from others,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have 2.6 million more votes than our closest rival and I believe this will be far higher. We don\'t know if it is going to a runoff, but we will gladly accept it if our nation decided for a runoff; yet, we believe it will end in the first round,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Not having official results does not change the fact that we have a clear lead. Those who have seen the elections will tell the future generations the political climate Türkiye went through to reach the \'Century of Türkiye,\'\" he said, referring to his ambitious vision for a series of reforms and economic development. \"They will see this as a saga of the nation\'s will,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supreme Election Council (YSK) head Ahmet Yener announced that 91.93% of the ballot boxes were opened as of 2:25 a.m. on Monday. He said 36.85% of the ballot boxes from overseas were opened so far. DS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 14:05:01', '2023-05-15 14:05:01'),
(6898, 6898, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Welcoming Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook, Australia has said it seeks a region where “no country dominates, and no countries are dominated,” and the country thinks building a region like that requires efforts by all countries in the region.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We welcome the Bangladesh government’s Indo-Pacific Outlook in that context. I particularly welcome the point in the Indo-Pacific Outlook that argues for an inclusive region,” Australian Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts said while responding to a question from UNB in a group session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He laid emphasis on a “strategic equilibrium” where each country is able to make its own choices about its future -- “free from coercion”, and where sovereignty is respected. Bangladesh’s Indo-Pacific Outlook echoes many of Australia\'s shared principles for the region, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watts said Australia\'s vision for the Indo-Pacific and the Indian Ocean region is “peaceful, prosperous, and resilient” -- a region that is governed by rules, norms and international law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I think that reflects the Australian government\'s desire for a region where the interests of small nations are respected, and where all countries can make decisions for themselves, and where their sovereignty is respected,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Watts said they acknowledged that the Indo-Pacific faces significant challenges -- shifting geopolitics, climate change, maintaining the health of the blue economy, the source of millions of jobs across fishing, tourism, mining, and transport, and economic recovery in a post-Covid-19 world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he is very confident that with greater cooperation and partnership, they can create a region that meets the aspirations for being open, inclusive and secure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar said the views of Bangladesh are particularly noteworthy because of its standing as a progressive and successful developing economy that is making its fullest contribution to regional growth and prosperity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to Bangladesh, which released its Indo-Pacific Outlook on April 24, 2023, he said, \"By doing so, Bangladesh joined a number of countries ranging from ASEAN and East Asia to Europe and North America in articulating its thinking on this important subject.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime Security</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a UNB question on maritime security cooperation, the Australian Assistant Foreign Minister said his country has recently sent a defence advisor to its High Commission in Dhaka and, reciprocally, they will welcome a defence advisor from Bangladesh in Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“From our perspective, that defence adviser is a symbol of our intention and willingness to cooperate on defence matters,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the maritime space in particular, Watts said, Australia supports study on the different elements of maritime governance, maritime domain awareness, and law of the sea training.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But I think, the key point and the point that I really underlined in my contribution to the Indian Ocean conference this (last) week, is that if we want the region to operate in that way, all countries need to contribute to it,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Energy Cooperation</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watts said Australia is a “trusted and reliable” energy supplier to many countries around the world, and as the world transitions to green economy and clean energy, Australia believes that they can be a renewable energy superpower.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So we are making very significant contributions and commitments within our own domestic market to transition our economy and our energy generation to renewable energy. A big part of that transition is investing in our green hydrogen industry,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Australian Assistant Foreign Minister said they believe that Australia has the solar and wind power resources, and space to generate enormous renewable energy that can be exported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia\'s proximity and the proximity of its green hydrogen hubs to Bangladesh, particularly on the northwest coast of Australia, create potential for green hydrogen to meet Bangladesh’s future energy needs, Watts said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has recently made an extensive visit to Australia, travelling to the four corners of Australia to see the scope of renewable energy assets that they have and the potential for green hydrogen exports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So I think that visit is a good indicator of the potential for further cooperation between Australia and Bangladesh,” Watts said. 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(6899, 6899, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked new Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) cadre officers to work with patriotism and sincerity as country\'s development spree conducted by the government for the last 14 years isn\'t hampered in anyway.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You (BCS officers) should work sincerely as the change in development, we have made in the country for the last 14 years, cannot be hampered in anyway,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier was addressing the certificate-giving and closing ceremony of the 127th, 128th and 129th Law and Administration Training Courses for BCS admin cadres at BCS Administration Academy in city\'s Shahbagh this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked the fresh officers to imagine the condition of Bangladesh 14 years back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Isn\'t Bangladesh changed between 2009 and 2023 in every sector that include infrastructure development, food production, education, usage of digital system and others? Bangladesh has progressed a lot,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister, as well, directed the new officers to work with patriotism and devotion to continue the current development spree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to assassination of the Father of the Nation along with most of his family members on August 15 in 1975, she said Bangladesh had been advancing towards socio-economic development with over 9 percent GDP growth and stability at that time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the defeated force of 1971 is again hatching conspiracy to push the country back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also asked the fresh officers to expedite uplift works for ensuring country\'s overall development as it turned into a hunger-and-poverty free country as envisioned by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said, \"In accordance with the article 21 (2) of the Constitution, the government employees are always bound to serve the people. So, I want you (new officers) to work as servants of the people\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said she became Prime Minister of Bangladesh following the footprint of her father (Bangabandhu).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I never think myself as a prime minister. I consider myself as a servant of people. My only duty is to serve them,\" Sheikh Hasina said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She called upon the new officers to go to the grassroots and work as servants of the people to ensure their welfare.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier also unveiled covers of three separate souvenirs--- Joy Bangla (127th), Rangin Bangladesh (128th) and Elated Bangladesh (129th) --- and a research paper under the supervision of the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) at the function.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain, Senior Secretary of the Ministry Mohammed Mezbah Uddin Chowdhury and Rector of the BCS Administration Academy Mominur Rashid Amin spoke at the programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A video documentary on the BCS Administration Academy was also screened. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 14:39:05', '2023-05-15 14:39:05'),
(6900, 6900, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) have discovered novel gene mutations responsible for a rare illness that causes heart failure in youngsters. They were subsequently able to discover how the mutation works and apply medication to counteract its effects in cardiac muscle cells produced from the patient\'s stem cells.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The findings, published in late April in Circulation, suggest that treatments could be developed to manage the condition rather than requiring a heart transplant, which is the standard treatment for this condition in children.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Although much has been studied about heart failure in adults, there is still much to learn about the genetic causes of heart failure in infants,\" said Charles \"Chaz\" Hong, MD, PhD, Melvin Sharoky, MD Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Director of Cardiology Research, and Co-Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine at UMSOM. \"Mutations in the gene we identified had been implicated in microcephaly in babies but not yet in human heart disease.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Infantile dilated cardiomyopathy is a common cause of heart failure -- responsible for about half of pediatric heart failure cases -- whose cause is most often unknown. Although relatively rare, occurring in about one in 200,000 births, infants with the condition have hearts that fail to contract as effectively, so they are not able to pump as much blood as they should.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This genetic mutation discovered by Dr. Hong and his colleagues was found to normally make a protein found in a cell structure, the centrosome, that functions as a tether for the cell\'s skeleton and is best known for its role during cell division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without this protein, muscle cells in the heart were unable to organize themselves neatly and did not contract as well, which in turn affected the heart\'s pumping, the researchers theorized.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We originally dismissed our findings as artifacts that the cell division machinery would be involved in this kind of heart muscle dysfunction,\" said Dr. Hong. \"We thought that once the heart cells matured, this cell division machinery completely disappeared, but it turned out, it moves to a new location in the cell and takes on a new role in heart muscle function.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is the first human disease known to be caused by disrupting the transition in centrosome structure which normally occurs shortly after birth,\" said Matthew Miyamoto, the first co-author who worked on this project as a rising second-year medical student in Dr. Hong\'s laboratory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers then used the drug C19 that was known to organize centrosomes in developing heart muscle cells derived from the patient with infantile dilated cardiomyopathy. The drug restored organization of the developing heart muscle cells grown in a dish from the patient\'s stem cells and their ability to contract.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Because centrosomes play such a fundamental role in heart muscle development, specifically cell replication, structure, and function, a better understanding of this tissue-specific programmed process will be highly relevant to future cardiac regenerative therapy efforts,\" said UMSOM Dean, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, who is also Vice President for Medical Affairs, University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), and the John Z. and Akiko K. Bowers Distinguished Professor.Dr. Hong added, \"It is only through collaborations between cardiologists, medical student trainees, and laboratory researchers that allowed this biomedical discovery which we hope will one day translate to medical treatments for children with this condition.\" HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 15:03:57', '2023-05-15 15:03:57'),
(6901, 6901, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As many as 10 people including three women died allegedly after consuming spurious liquor in Villupuram and Chengalpattu districts of Tamil Nadu, officials said on Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Six people hailing from Ekkiyarkuppam near Marakkanam in Villupuram district died on Sunday. In Maduranthagam in Chengalpattu district, two persons died on Friday and a couple died on Sunday, all caused due to illicit liquor consumption, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Currently, more than two dozen people are undergoing treatment and are said to be doing well,\" they said further.</div><div>Following the incident, Inspector General of Police (North) N Kannan assured proper actions and said that all 10 victims possibly consumed spurious liquor with ethanol-methanol substances in it.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that two separate incidents of spurious liquor deaths have been reported in the north zone of Tamil Nadu and as of now police don\'t found any evidence of a link between the two incidents but police are investigating from an angle to find any possible links between both the incidents.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Two spurious liquor incidents have been reported, one in Chengalpattu district and another one in Villupuram district. In Ekkiyarkuppam village under Villupuram district near Marakkanam, yesterday 6 were hospitalised with complaints of Vomiting, eye irritation, vomiting and giddiness. On information, a police team reached the village and admitted ill to the hospital. In this four have died as they didn\'t respond to the treatment while two are in the Intensive Care Unit. 33 are doing well with treatment,\" IG said while addressing a press conference at Villupuram on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, two more people died while undergoing treatment in ICU taking the death count to six in the Villupuram district and the overall death toll to 10.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In connection with the incident, a man identified as Amaran has been arrested and spurious liquor has also been seized from his possession. It has been sent to the lab to ascertain the presence of methanol in it,\" IG said further.</div><div><br></div><div>Detailing about the second incident in Chengalpattu district where 4 people died, IG N Kannan said, \"In the morning, one case was reported from Chithamur of Chengalpattu district where two persons of a family died. While another person was undergoing treatment in the hospital. Initially, we thought this could be a suicide attempt because of a family dispute but after watching their symptom we suspected it to be a spurious liquor incident.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Following this an alert was raised in the area. Later two more were admitted to the hospital with similar symptoms. A total of four people died while the fifth is undergoing treatment. An autopsy has been done and in connection with the incident one accused named Ammavasai has been arrested,\" N Kannan added.</div><div><br></div><div>He also mentioned preliminary investigation and found that all deceased could possibly have consumed spurious liquor with ethanol and methanol mixed substances which could be the reason for death. \"In both incidents, a few accused are absconding and special teams are formed to trace and nab the accused,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that disciplinary actions have also been taken against the officials concerned. \"In the Villupuram Marakkanam, 2 inspectors and 2 sub-inspectors have been suspended. Likewise, in connection with the Chengalpattu incident, an inspector and 2 sub-inspector have been suspended,\" IG added. Source: ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 16:12:36', '2023-05-15 16:12:36');
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(6902, 6902, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (May 15, 2023) apprehend that frequent climate-induced disasters may disrupt Bangladesh’s smooth transition from the LDC to developing country.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh has been recommended for graduation from the LDC by 2026. However, the frequent climate-induced disasters may disrupt our smooth transition. Climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction are, therefore, policy priorities of my government,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister expressed her apprehension in her pre-recorded video speech that was played in the 79th Annual Session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on \"Accelerating Climate Action in Asia and the Pacific for Sustainable Development\" held in Bangkok, Thailand.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that Bangladesh has been hosting 1.2 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals.</div><div><br></div><div>“Their overdue presence not only poses a serious security threat but also triggers a severe environmental degradation,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She reiterated her call to take concerted efforts to send them back to their homes in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina put forward four proposals for UNESCAP for the betterment of the world to face the climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>The proposals are:</div><div>-Climate-vulnerable developing countries, especially in Asia and the Pacific, require adequate finances to implement their NAP as well as to achieve NDC targets.</div><div><br></div><div>-International Support Measures of knowledge sharing, technology transfer and innovation-driven trade and investment are to be placed for transition towards climate resilience growth for the graduating countries.</div><div><br></div><div>-Trade facilitation measures, digital trade and IT-enabled services should be available in the developing countries to deal with the Fourth Industrial Revolution and mitigate the challenges of climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>-Sub-regional cooperation is to be strengthened, especially accelerating the current partnership and developing new partnerships, for promoting the climate actions for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that climate change is the real challenge of this time. The Asia and Pacific region, home to 60 percent of the world\'s population, is highly vulnerable to climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that this region is facing natural calamities like floods, cyclones, heat waves and droughts in an increased rate due to the impacts of climate change affecting lives and livelihoods.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina mentioned that Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world although its contribution to global emission is very negligible.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our development programs, therefore, focus on addressing climate-resilient development efforts,” she told the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that her government has established \'Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund in 2009’ to help vulnerable communities. About 851 projects costing around half a billion US dollars have so far been executed under the fund.</div><div><br></div><div>In October 2022, she said, Bangladesh has submitted the National Adaptation Plan-NAP to UNFCCC. It has identified 113 interventions across 8 priority areas with a costing outlay of around 230 billion US dollar up to 2050.</div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh has also submitted an ambitious and updated Nationally Determined Contributions-NDC to the UNFCCC in 2021.”</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that the government has adopted the \'Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100\', a 100-year strategic plan, for achieving a safe, climate-resilient prosperous delta.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that Bangladesh is also implementing the \'Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan spanning from 2022 to 2041 with the vision of setting Bangladesh\'s development trajectory from vulnerability to resilience.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let us join our hands together to consolidate our partnership to fight against the perilous threats of Climate Change and make the world a safer and better place for our future generation,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 17:05:22', '2023-05-15 17:05:22'),
(6903, 6903, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations which were postponed due to cyclonic storm Mocha will be held after the completion of the written examinations, said Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The written test under nine general education boards, technical and madrasha boards will end on May 23 and the postponed examinations&nbsp; May 14 and May 15 will be held after the completion of the written test, she said while addressing a programme at Government Teachers’ Training College in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the&nbsp; SSC exams of the six education boards-Chattogram board, Cumilla board, Jashore board, Barishal board, Bangladesh Madrasa Education board and Technical Education board-for May 14 were postponed and then SSC exams of all education boards scheduled for 15 were postponed due to very severe cyclonic stom Mocha.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Inter-Education Board Coordination Committee issued two notices signed by its chairman Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar on Saturday and Sunday, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the new curriculum, Dipu Moni said the authorities have taken steps to implement the new curriculum to build a skilled and smart nation.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 17:18:25', '2023-05-15 17:18:25'),
(6904, 6904, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Launch services from Chandpur to all routes resumed on Monday morning after 60 hours of suspension due to Cyclone Mocha.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Director of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) Shahadat Hossain said launch services resumed as per the decision of the higher authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>The launch services remained suspended from 11 pm on Friday.</div><div>Chnadpur ghat manager Faysal Alam Chowdhury said ferry operation from Harina ferry terminal in Chandpur and Alurbazar terminal in Shaiatpur resumed operation after 50 hours of suspension. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 20:06:28', '2023-05-15 20:06:28'),
(6905, 6905, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka has alone been experiencing more than 600 MW of load shedding during daytime when demand for electricity remains relatively low than nighttime.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>According to official sources, like the previous few days the country has been seeing over 2000 MW of power shortage.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, consumers across the country are facing power outages for 6 to 7 hours in different spells during the day.</div><div><br></div><div>“After the evening, the situation will be deteriorating with the increase in demand,” said a top official of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) preferring anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>He attributed the gas shortage for the severe situation in power supply.</div><div><br></div><div>“Actually, we have been getting lower supply of gas that forced us to keep at least 25 generation units across the country shut,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said that if the BPDB receives normal supply of gas, it can produce 6,500 MW of electricity from its gas-fired plants.</div><div><br></div><div>“But now we’re producing 4667 MW and about 1,833 MW of electricity is not available for gas shortage,” he noted.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, managing director Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco) Md. Kausar Ameer Ali said that the area under the organization was experiencing a load shedding of 308 MW in the daytime.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Desco is receiving about 800 MW against a demand of 1111 MW,” he told UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Desco is entrusted with the responsibility to distribute electricity in Dhaka city’s north, north-west and eastern parts while Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) is responsible for power supply in the south, southeast and central part of Dhaka city.</div><div><br></div><div>DPDC Managing director Bikash Dewan said that&nbsp; area under DPDC has been experiencing a shortage of about 340 MW which might be up after the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>said DPDC has been resorting to load shedding of more than 340 MW to manage a demand of more than 1600 MW as it has been receiving 1250 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>However, consumers are complaining that they have to experience a huge load shedding.</div><div><br></div><div>In some areas, people are allegedly experiencing power outages just in every alternative hour.</div><div><br></div><div>“Power cuts are frequent and we have been experiencing load shedding in every alternative hour,”&nbsp; said Abdus Selim, a resident in the city’s Niketan area.</div><div><br></div><div>The same experience was shared by Nazim Uddin who lives in Moghbazar area.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Sunday said that it will take two days to improve the power and gas supply situation in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“The current disruption in power and gas supply will improve as one of the two LNG terminals will resume supply within two days,” he told reporters at his office in the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that after the suspension of gas supply from two floating LNG terminals, one terminal left its place for safe location while another one remained stationed at its own location.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspension caused a huge shortage in gas supply that triggered the current level of load shedding across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“But I hope, gas supply will resume from one terminal within two days which will improve the situation with the supply of 400 mmcfd gas,” he said, adding that it will take 10-12 days to resume gas supply from the other LNG terminal. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 20:13:45', '2023-05-15 20:13:45'),
(6906, 6906, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Health and Family Planning Minister Zahid Maleque today said the government has recruited 70,000 healthcare professionals in the past three years to ensure better medical services to the people.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Among the newly recruited 70,000 medical professionals, 20,000 are physicians, 30,000 nurses and 20,000 are health workers,\" he told a conference at Nagasaki University School of Medicine memorial hall in Japan, an official release said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The conference titled \"International symposium, Advancing the global health agenda from Nagasaki\" was held at Nagasaki University School of Medicine.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Secretary of Medical Education Division Azizur Rahman and Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam also attended the conference.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The health minister said Bangladesh has made a remarkable progress in the past 10 years under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In order to improve overall healthcare system in the country, the government has upgraded 500 upazila hospitals to 50-bed ones with modern facilities, he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the district hospitals has been upgraded to 250-bed ones while 22 healthcare institutes with 500-bed capacity have been established in Bangladesh, Maleque added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There are 37 medical colleges with 1000-bed capacity in the country, he said, adding Bangladesh has established five medical universities.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Community clinics are marking significant contribution to providing medical services to the rural people, Maleque said, \"A total of 32 types of medicines are available in community clinics...Rural people are getting basic healthcare services from the community clinics.\" - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 20:20:43', '2023-05-15 20:20:43'),
(6907, 6907, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The maiden flight of EgyptAir left Dhaka on Sunday night at 8:30 pm with passengers filling all 309 seats.&nbsp; &nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Our inaugural flight, brand-new Boeing 787-9 aircraft having 309-seat with 30 business class left the capital city Dhaka for Egyptian capital Cairo,” Farhad Hossain, executive director and chief operating officer (COO) of Egypt Air Bangladesh office, told UNB.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said this was the first flight of the regular non-stop Dhaka-Cairo-Dhaka flight operations of the state-owned airline of Egypt.</div><div><br></div><div>Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Md. Mahbub Ali while addressing at the inaugural function on this occasion at the ShahJalal International Airport, said that the start of EgyptAir flight operations in Bangladesh is a milestone in the bilateral relations between the two brotherly countries.</div><div><br></div><div>It will help the tourists who would come to explore the multifaceted Egyptian tourism, he opined.</div><div><br></div><div>“As EgyptAir commences, its direct flights between Dhaka and Cairo will offer a great opportunity for different stakeholders intending to visit Egypt, Europe, and North America via Cairo, and would reflect exchanging businesses, cargoes, and also facilitate Bangladeshi students studying in Egyptian universities,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Farhad Hossain said as per the plan of EgyptAir, the airline will initially operate two weekly flights between Dhaka and Cairo.</div><div><br></div><div>The airline will operate flights to and from Dhaka twice weekly on Sunday and Wednesday with brand-new Boeing 787-9 aircraft.</div><div><br></div><div>Farhad Hossain said that commencing the flights on this route would boost tourism, trade, and business between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>He also informed that currently the ticket selling system is being conducted in a semi-digital system and travel agents are maintaining direct contact with EgyptAir’s Dhaka office in Safura Tower at 20, Kamal Ataturk Avenue in Banani.</div><div><br></div><div>He noted that EgyptAir is arranging different tour packages for passengers who want to visit historic places in the ancient Arab country.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, Egypt Air will become the sole operator of nonstop flights between Egypt and Bangladesh in the aviation history of Bangladesh, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Tourism industry insiders said that the launching of bilateral air connectivity between Egypt and Bangladesh will open an immense opportunity in the tourism sector for both the brotherly nations.</div><div><br></div><div>District manager of Egypt Air Mostafa Magdy Hussain said that the airline hopes the nonstop service will further boost leisure travel between the two countries and connect traffic through Cairo to the airline\'s onward destinations, such as the USA, Canada, Middle East, and Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>Highlighting his country as the cradle of modern civilization,&nbsp; he said: \"Egypt and EgyptAir welcome tourists and passengers from Bangladesh to enjoy the Egyptian hospitality and various cultural heritage,” reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, Egypt Air will become the sole operator of nonstop flights between Egypt and Bangladesh in the aviation history of Bangladesh, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 21:06:05', '2023-05-15 21:06:05'),
(6908, 6908, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said an election-time government could be formed with the parties in parliament although the next general election will be held in the country following the Westminster democracy of Britain.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We follow the Westminster type democracy. We\'ll hold the election as Britain does... Yes, we can show our liberality if anyone of the MPs (parties) in parliament expresses desire to join the election-time government. We are ready to welcome them,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier made this remark while addressing a press conference to brief the media about the outcomes of her recent tri-nation visit to Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom from April 25 to May 08, at Ganabhaban this afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that her party Bangladesh Awami League (AL) had shown such liberality earlier too, Sheikh Hasina said that before the national election in 2014, Khaleda Zia was asked to give her party\'s representation in that election-time government, but they didn\'t do that.</div><div><br></div><div>She added: \"Now they (BNP) are not in parliament. So, there is nothing to think about them,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, said that she has been working for the welfare of the people and if the people vote for her, she will stay in power, otherwise not.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, AL Presidium Members - Deputy Leader of the House Begum Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Engineer Mosharraf Hossain - Planning Minister Abdul Mannan and PM\'s Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman, were present on the dais.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim moderated the press conference.</div><div>The Prime Minister said that the BNP is continuing their movement to oust the government, but the government is not doing anything over this.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But, whenever we were in the opposition, did they allow us to come to the street?\" she said, adding that they tried to kill her through grenade attack.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said that the government has no reservation on the movement of BNP, but it won\'t tolerate any arson violence.</div><div>\"If they wage movement, we\'ve no objection. But, if they resort to arson violence and burn any human being again, we\'ll not spare them. . . They can wage movement as much as they can,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In this connection, the premier referred to the arson terrorism of BNP-Jamaat alliance in the past where they burnt over 500 schools, 3,800 vehicles, launches, 70 rails and 3,500 people as well.</div><div><br></div><div>She questioned whether anybody keeps the information of the people who received burn injuries during the arson terrorism of BNP-Jamaat.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'ve said that they can carry on their movement, but there is no reason to burn people . . . ,\" she said, adding: \"We wouldn\'t allow anyone to harm people.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the movement of BNP, Sheikh Hasina said that she knows who are getting benefit from the movement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They can wage movement as much as they can, it matters nothing to me as I am with the people. I am working for the people and people\'s trust and confidence is my big strength,\" she added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that she has nothing to lose, Sheikh Hasina said \"I\'ve lost my mother-father-brother. I am working for my people.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The AL chief noted that her party works a lot and that is why vested groups have become enemies of AL. \"It is natural, but I don\'t bother it as I am working for the country and want the people to stay well.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said that her success is that she has been able to turn the country into a developing one but it would not be liked by those who opposed the country\'s independence, and killed Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'ve fulfilled my goal and the rest of it will be achieved, InshaAllah,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I would join election and the reason is that I didn\'t implement the full process of being a developing nation by 2024 due to Covid-19 and that is why my desire is to do it by 2026.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question if any talks will be held with those who (BNP) are now waging movement on the streets against the government, the Prime Minister said, \"Why would we go to call them for talks? Their demand is not specific as well.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question regarding the dollar crisis, she said that the dollar crisis is worldwide, not only in Bangladesh.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"There is no such crisis (in Bangladesh). The reserve of foreign currencies was only US$ 0.744 billion in 2006 during the BNP regime. That means less than one billion dollars. But, now we have a reserve of US$ 31.22 billion. So, there is not much reason to worry about it,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Replying to other questions, Sheikh Hasina said the IMF provided a loan to Bangladesh as the country has capacity to repay it and its economy didn\'t get poor yet.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She blasted a section of people who don\'t see any good side of the government, saying that they are blind despite having eyes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said now the rate of extreme poverty has come down to only 5 percent from 25 percent in the country.</div><div>The AL chief said they will declare developing \"Smart Bangladesh\" in her party\'s next election manifesto.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The premier ruled out any possibility of raising the age limit of entry to government jobs. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 22:08:43', '2023-05-15 22:08:43'),
(6909, 6909, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said she will always stand beside journalists as she always did in the past.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Tell me, what can I do for you (journalists)? I am always with you,\" she said</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said this while addressing a press conference on her tri-nation visit. Her comment was involved concerns regarding journalists’ welfare and announcement of dearness allowance against the backdrop of soaring inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>The press conference was held at her official residence—Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina returned home from London on May 9 after her 15-day official visit to Japan, the US and the UK.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said she has special feeling for the journalists as her father, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, worked as a journalist for some time.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her government has given a number of television channels and newspapers in private sectors aimed at generating employment for the journalists and ensuring their betterment.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said her government in 2015 announced dearness allowance for the government employees every year in line with the increased inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>She said they can do it as they are government employees.</div><div><br></div><div>But, she said, newspapers and TV channels are running under private ownership.</div><div><br></div><div>The owners of the media houses will take necessary measures to this end, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said she didn\'t know what the government can do in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>She, however, wanted to know from the journalist leaders what her government can do, assuring them of standing beside them.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said the owners of the media are rich and they have separate businesses, adding that they can take required measures to hike the salary of journalists.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 22:25:18', '2023-05-15 22:25:18'),
(6910, 6910, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President Tayyip Erdogan led comfortably on Monday after the first round of Turkey\'s presidential election, with his rival facing an uphill struggle to prevent the president extending his rule into a third decade in a runoff vote on May 28.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Turkish assets weakened on the news, which showed Erdogan only just below the 50% threshold needed to avoid sending the NATO-member country to a second round of a presidential election viewed as passing judgment on his autocratic rule.</div><div><br></div><div>Erdogan\'s People\'s Alliance, comprising his Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist partners, also appeared set to win a majority in Turkey\'s new parliament with 321 of the 600 seats, further boosting his chances in the presidential runoff.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The winner has undoubtedly been our country,\" Erdogan said in a speech to cheering supporters at the AKP headquarters in the capital Ankara overnight.</div><div><br></div><div>With most votes counted in the presidential contest, Erdogan had 49.51% and his main opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu 44.88%, High Election Board chairman Ahmet Yener told reporters. Turnout was a very high 88.8%.</div><div><br></div><div>Further boosting Erdogan\'s prospects, nationalist candidate Sinan Ogan, who placed third in Sunday\'s election, told Reuters in an interview he would only endorse Kilicdaroglu in the runoff if the latter ruled out any concessions to a pro-Kurdish party, parliament\'s third largest.</div><div><br></div><div>That party, the HDP, backs Kilicdaroglu but is accused of ties to Kurdish militants, which it denies.</div><div><br></div><div>The 2.8 million voters who backed Ogan in the first round could prove crucial for Kilicdaroglu if he is to defeat Erdogan.</div><div><br></div><div>Opinion polls had shown Erdogan, 69, trailing Kilicdaroglu, but the outcome suggested that the president and his AK Party were able to rally conservative voters despite a cost-of-living crisis and soaring inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>Kilicdaroglu, head of a six-party alliance, vowed to prevail in the runoff and accused Erdogan\'s party of interfering with the counting and reporting of results. He called on his supporters to be patient, but they were downcast on Monday. According to Reuters reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-15 22:33:04', '2023-05-15 22:33:04'),
(6911, 6911, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A long-awaited report has strongly criticised the FBI\'s handling of its investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a 306-page report, special counsel John Durham said the agency\'s inquiry had lacked \"analytical rigor\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He concluded the FBI had not possessed \"actual evidence\" of collusion between Donald Trump\'s campaign and Russia before launching an inquiry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FBI said it had addressed the issues highlighted in the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the report, Mr Durham - who was appointed by then-Attorney General William Barr in 2019 - accused the FBI of acting on \"raw, unanalysed and uncorroborated intelligence\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the investigative mistakes it made were repeated instances of \"confirmation bias\", in which it ignored information that undercut the initial premise of the investigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report noted significant differences in the way the FBI had handled the Trump investigation when compared with other potentially sensitive inquiries, such as those involving his 2016 electoral rival Hillary Clinton.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Durham noted that Mrs Clinton and others had received \"defensive briefings\" from the FBI aimed at \"those who may be the targets of nefarious activities by foreign powers\". Mr Trump had not.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Department [of Justice] and the FBI failed to uphold their important mission of strict fidelity to the law,\" the report concluded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, the FBI said it had \"already implemented dozens of corrective actions\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Had those reforms been in place in 2016, the missteps identified in the report could have been prevented,\" the statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The FBI investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, which was carried out by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, led to dozens of criminal charges against Trump campaign staff and associates for crimes including computer hacking and financial crimes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It did not, however, find that the Trump campaign and Russia had conspired together to influence the election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writing on his social media platform, Truth Social, Mr Trump said the Durham report showed that the \"American public was scammed\". He cited the report\'s conclusion that there had not been enough evidence to warrant a full investigation by the FBI. Mr Trump has long claimed that members of the \"Deep State\" are targeting him unfairly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, Mr Trump said he believed the Durham report would provide evidence of \"really bad, evil, unlawful and unconstitutional\" activities and \"reveal corruption at a level never before seen in our country\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Durham report falls short of the blockbuster revelations and prosecutions that some Trump allies hoped for from the inquiry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four-year investigation has resulted in three prosecutions. They include an FBI attorney who pleaded guilty to altering evidence while applying for permission to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two other people were acquitted on charges of lying to the FBI.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president cited some court filings by the Durham team as part of a lawsuit he filed against Mrs Clinton and several other Democrats and government officials, alleging that they had plotted to undermine his 2016 presidential bid by spreading rumours about his campaign\'s ties to Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A judge dismissed the lawsuit as frivolous in January and ordered Mr Trump to pay nearly a million dollars in penalties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Durham and his investigation are not likely to disappear from the national headlines in the immediate future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after news that the report would be publicly released, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan announced that he would be calling the US former attorney to testify before Congress about his work. 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(6912, 6912, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Curtis Jones scored twice as in-form Liverpool brushed aside hapless Leicester to maintain their recent winning streak and push the Foxes closer to Premier League relegation.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jurgen Klopp\'s side have won their past seven games to bolster their push for a top-four finish and now lie a point behind Newcastle and Manchester United, albeit having played a game more.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another dismal loss for Leicester leaves the 2016 Premier League champions firmly rooted in danger in 19th position, two points adrift of safety with only two games remaining.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Reds scored twice in the space of three first-half minutes through the same combination, Mohamed Salah twice feeding Jones who finished confidently to claim his first Premier League double.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It should have been 3-0 before half-time but home goalkeeper Daniel Iversen made a superb reaction save to deny Cody Gakpo from close range.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salah claimed his third assist in the second period by laying off a free-kick for Trent Alexander-Arnold to curl a sublime finish into the top corner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool maintain hunt for top-four finish</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Has Liverpool\'s charge for a Champions League spot come too late?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two Uniteds above them need two wins from their last three games to guarantee a top-four finish but Liverpool are right on their tails and poised to profit from any mishaps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Reds started slowly at Leicester, Luis Diaz smashing into the side-netting and Fabinho blazing over the pick of their early openings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But they clicked into gear on the half-hour mark as midfielder Jones took his tally to three goals in his last four games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His first was a controlled finish at the far post from Salah\'s deep cross and the second he thumped home following the Egyptian\'s through ball.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salah provided a hat-trick of assists by rolling the ball off for Alexander-Arnold\'s stunning second-half strike, but the Egyptian must wait for his 20th goal of the campaign after a remarkable miss late on, putting wide when through on goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool face European-chasing Aston Villa at home on Saturday and round off their season against relegated Southampton knowing maximum points in those games may complete a stunning turnaround in an otherwise disappointing season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foxes continue wretched run</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leicester look doomed and are prime candidates to join Southampton in the Championship next season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foxes have collected just one win in their last 14 games - earning six points in total during that run - and lost at home for a club-record equalling 10th time this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their frailties lie at the back where boss Dean Smith made another change by giving a start and handing the captain\'s armband to Jonny Evans, who has played one minute of top-flight football in the last seven months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it was ill-fated defensive partner Wout Faes - the scorer of two own goals in December\'s reverse fixture - who was culpable for both of Jones\' strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Belgian lost the flight of the ball for the first, failing to clear as the it dropped from the sky, and was caught out of position for the second, running out to intercept a pass without success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hosts had shown bright sparks early on but their confidence ebbed away alarmingly once they conceded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harvey Barnes forced Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson into a fine flying save with a curling effort in the second half, but the sorry home side never looked like making a comeback.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foxes have fixtures remaining at Newcastle and home to West Ham as they bid to avoid the ignominy of relegation just seven years after their remarkable title triumph. 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(6913, 6913, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There could only be one place for Thailand\'s youngest and most progressive party to celebrate its astonishing success in the election.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Move Forward and its supporters held their victory rally next to the art deco edifice known as Democracy Monument.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Situated right in the middle of the grandest boulevard running through Bangkok\'s historic royal quarter, it has long been a symbol of the country\'s frustrated democratic hopes, and the difficult relationship between those hopes and the exalted status of the monarchy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That relationship, once an unmentionable topic, is now on the agenda of the winning party. As is amending the lese majeste or 112 law, forbidding the insult of the monarchy, under which dozens of young protesters who often rallied at this same spot have been charged and jailed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lorries clad in the party\'s trademark orange circled the monument, its leaders waving at cheering supporters, many wearing orange ribbons in their hair and on their wrists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are so excited and happy,\" said Wiwan Sirivasaree, 35, and Narunphas Kornasavakun, 36, two women who stayed up all night to watch the results come in. \"We have waited four years for this, after what happened last time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were referring to Move Forward\'s previous incarnation Future Forward, which also performed well at the last election in 2019 on the back of a passionate young following, only to be dissolved by Thailand\'s Constitutional Court and have many of its MPs banned from politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Move Forward has come back even stronger, and attracted the support of a much wider range of people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think it is fair to say that the sentiment of the era has changed,\" said the Move Forward leader, Pita Limjaroenrat, at his first post-election press conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although the party\'s performance - giving it an estimated 151 seats - leaves it well short of a majority in parliament, it was so much stronger than predicted, and better than any other party, that it is being widely seen as a popular mandate for its reform agenda.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has now agreed with Pheu Thai, the second-largest party, which was also in opposition, to form a coalition government. With four smaller opposition parties, Mr Pita said, they do have a clear majority, and a mandate to govern.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The people of Thailand have already spoken their wish, and I am ready to be the prime minister for all, whether you agree with me or disagree with me,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, this proposed coalition would not have sufficient seats to outvote its opponents and the unelected 250-seat senate - that, under the military-drafted constitution, is allowed to join the vote for the next prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the senators were appointed by incumbent Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, it is presumed that they will oppose a Move Forward-led administration. If that happens, there could be a long political stalemate in Thailand.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Move Forward seems prepared to take that risk, as if daring the much-criticised senate to block them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"With the consensus which came out of the election there would be quite a hefty price to pay for someone who is thinking of abolishing the election result, or forming a minority government, and I think the people of Thailand would not allow that to happen,\" Mr Pita said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aside from the senators, the other unknown is whether the Election Commission or the Constitutional Court, two institutions notorious for their role in disabling previous elected governments, find some pretext for dissolving Move Forward.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In other countries when you have the largest two parties like this, combined, with control of more than half the lower chamber, you should be able to form a government,\" says Thitinan Pongsudhirak, from Chulalongkorn University. \"But in Thailand it is up to the referee agencies. And they have shown themselves not to be impartial.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As things stand, Move Forward says it is preparing for government, an unfamiliar experience for its new MPs, some of whom are young political activists with multiple criminal charges hanging over them for their street protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If it is allowed to take office, the people of Thailand will have the youngest and most progressive government in their country\'s history. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 07:43:14', '2023-05-16 07:43:14');
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(6914, 6914, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on a visit to Britain Monday won the promise of hundreds more missiles and drones -- and said his coveted goal of enlisting Western fighter jets was drawing nearer.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The visit came as a Russian missile strike killed four people and hit a hospital in eastern Ukraine, but also as Zelensky\'s army readies a long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian troops with claimed gains around the flashpoint town of Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After meeting UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Zelensky said he was \"very positive\" about creating a \"jets coalition\" in the war against Russia, with a decision expected soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western nations have balked so far at providing advanced jets to help Ukraine take command of the skies against Russia, although Sunak said the UK was preparing to open a flight school to train its pilots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France, too, has now offered to train Ukrainian fighter pilots, President Emmanuel Macron said in Paris, but he ruled out sending war planes to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while Russia\'s ally China vies to act as peace broker, sending an envoy to Kyiv this week, Zelensky drummed up hefty new packages of military aid on weekend visits to France and Germany.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He proceeded Monday to the UK prime minister\'s country estate of Chequers outside London. Sunak pledged air-defence missiles and long-range attack drones for Ukraine, both numbering in the hundreds.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia said the new UK weapons would only cause \"further destruction\", and claimed to have downed a Storm Shadow cruise missile that Britain said last week it was providing, in the West\'s first deployment of long-range rocketry for Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Spirit of Churchill -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak noted that the Chequers meeting was taking place in the buildup to a Council of Europe leaders\' meeting in Iceland and a G7 summit in Japan, as he hit out at Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The front lines of Putin\'s war of aggression may be in Ukraine but the fault lines stretch all over the world,\" Sunak said, vowing: \"We must not let them down.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak hosted Zelensky in the same Chequers room used by Britain\'s World War II leader Winston Churchill to broadcast defiant speeches vowing victory over the Nazis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And the same way today, your leadership, your country\'s bravery and fortitude are an inspiration to us all,\" he told Zelensky.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dressed in his trademark fatigues, Zelensky gave a bear hug to Sunak after disembarking from a Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter, and thanked him for the latest UK aid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the crisis was a matter of \"security not only for Ukraine, it is important for all of Europe\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The timing and focus of Ukraine\'s high-stakes counter-offensive remain unclear, but Zelensky\'s tour of European capitals underscored the importance of securing Western heavy weapons and ammunition to press the fight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France offered dozens more light tanks and armoured vehicles, while Germany said it was preparing a new military package worth 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion) -- its biggest yet for Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The British attack drones have a reach of more than 200 kilometres (125 miles), according to the UK government, complementing the long-range Storm Shadow missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another sign of the tensions with the West, Russia said Monday it had scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet over the Baltic Sea to intercept two aircraft, one German and one French, which Moscow said had attempted to \"violate\" its airspace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After turning the foreign military planes away from the Russian Federation state border, the Russian fighter (jet) returned safely to its airbase,\" the Russian defence ministry said in a statement</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Chinese mediation -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fighting on the ground appears poised to increase after months of stalemate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv said the southern region of Kherson came under \"massive enemy attack\", damaging several residential buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, seven people, including a Russian-installed senior official and a teenager, were injured in a blast in Russian-controlled Lugansk, local officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the search for an endgame continues, high-ranking Chinese diplomat Li Hui will start a two-day visit to Kyiv on Tuesday, a Ukrainian government official told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Moscow in March and has been criticised for refusing to condemn Putin\'s war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the front line, Kyiv said Ukrainian forces had captured more than 10 Russian positions on the outskirts of Bakhmut, where a fierce battle for control began nearly a year ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia said two of its military commanders had been killed in combat near the town.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of Russia\'s private Wagner mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin again accused the Russian army of inaction around Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Prigozhin dismissed as \"laughable\" a Washington Post report that he had offered information on Russian troop positions to Ukraine in January, in return for respite for Wagner forces near Bakhmut. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 09:58:46', '2023-05-16 09:58:46'),
(6915, 6915, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand’s capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas in what a fire chief on Tuesday called his “worst nightmare.”</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifty-two people had made it out of the building but firefighters were still trying to account for others, Wellington fire chief Nick Pyatt said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loafers Lodge resident Tala Sili told news outlet RNZ that he saw smoke pouring through under his door and opened it find the hallway pitch black.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I was on the top floor and I couldn’t go through the hallway because there was just too much smoke, so I jumped out the window,\" Sili said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he fell onto a roof two floors below.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It was just scary, it was really scary, but I knew I had to jump out the window or just burn inside the building,\" Sili told RNZ.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said he was rescued from the roof by paramedics and treated for a sprained ankle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Loafers Lodge offered basic, affordable rooms with shared lounges, kitchens and laundry facilities to people of a wide range of ages. Some were placed there by government agencies and were considered vulnerable because they had little in the way of resources or support networks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hostel is in an industrial area and features billboards on one side. Dark smoke stains extended up the exterior walls on the top story of the building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pyatt said firefighters were called to the hostel at about 12:30 a.m. Emergency officials said the building had no fire sprinklers, which Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said was not required in New Zealand’s building code for older buildings that would have to be retrofitted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police said the cause of the fire was not immediately known.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents told reporters that fire alarms would regularly sound in the building, possibly from people smoking or overly sensitive smoke monitors, so many had initially thought it was another false alarm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hipkins said the building was not currently safe for police to enter and it could take authorities some time to confirm the number of dead. He told the AM morning news program that he understood six people were dead and the number of fatalities would likely rise. Police said they did not have an exact count, although they believed the death toll was less than 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is an absolute tragedy. It is a horrific situation,” the prime minister told reporters. “In the fullness of time, of course, there will be a number of investigations about what has happened and why it happened. But for now, the focus clearly has to be on dealing with the situation.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Health authorities said two people who had been in the building were being treated at hospitals and both were in a stable condition. Three others had been treated and discharged, while a sixth patient had chosen to leave before getting treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pyatt, the fire chief, said his thoughts were with the families of those who had perished and with the crews who had rescued those they could and tried to rescue those they couldn’t.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is our worst nightmare,\" Pyatt said. “It doesn’t get worse than this.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said city and government officials were helping about 50 people who escaped the fire and were at an emergency center the council set up at a running track that had showers and other facilities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said a number of elderly people had escaped the building with only the pajamas they were wearing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“A lot are clearly shaken and bewildered about what happened,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loafers Lodge is near Wellington Regional Hospital and has 92 rooms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hostel provided a combination of short-term and long-term rentals, MacLean said. He didn\'t have all the details, he said, but he believed it was used by various government agencies to provide clients with needed accommodation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters he\'d spoken with Hipkins and offered Australian assistance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is a dreadful human tragedy,\" Albanese said. “I expressed my condolences on behalf of Australia to our friends in New Zealand at this very difficult time.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 10:50:19', '2023-05-16 10:50:19'),
(6916, 6916, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The mortal remains of renowned actor Akbar Hossain Pathan, popularly known as Farooque, arrived in Dhaka from Singapore this morning (May 16, 2023), a day after his demise.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The body was taken to his Uttara residence in the capital from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 8:15 am, according to family members.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The body will be kept at Central Shaheed Minar from 11 am to 1 pm for all to pay their last respects to the beloved actor.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that, the body will be taken to the premises of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and his first namaz-e-janaza will be held there after Zuhr prayer.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 3:30 pm, the body will be taken to Channel i from BFDC, and finally it will be taken to Gazipur’s Kaliganj where Farooque will be buried after another janaza at Gulshan Azad Mosque in Dhaka at 5 pm.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The actor breathed his last at the age of 75 while undergoing treatment in Singapore on Monday morning. He had been undergoing treatment there.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farooque was elected an MP from Dhaka-17 constituency in the last national election. He made his debut on the big screen in H Akbar\'s film \"Jolchhobi\". His performance in \"Lathiyal\" earned him a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1975.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was fondly known as \"Mia Bhai\" to the masses. He appeared in over 150 films in a career spanning more than five decades. 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, '2023-05-16 11:04:50', '2023-05-16 11:04:50'),
(6917, 6917, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air has been ranked the third most polluted in the world this morning (May 16, 2023).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 167 at 8:30 am, Dhaka’s air is deemed ‘unhealthy’.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is said to be ‘unhealthy’ while 201 and 300 is considered ‘very unhealthy’, and 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and China’s Chengdu occupied the first, second and fourth places with an AQI of 917, 189 and 165 respectively.</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;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 11:08:20', '2023-05-16 11:08:20'),
(6918, 6918, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States publicly released data on its nuclear arsenal Monday and pressed Russia to do the same after Moscow said it was suspending participation in New START, the last arms control treaty between the two powers.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The disclosure amounts to a quick shift by the United States, which said in March it would no longer share information under New START, reciprocating the move by Russia whose invasion of Ukraine has led to a nosedive in relations with the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United States continues to view transparency among nuclear weapon states as extremely valuable for reducing the likelihood of misperception, miscalculation and costly arms competitions,\" a State Department statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United States calls on the Russian Federation to comply with its legally binding obligations by returning to full implementation of the New START Treaty and all the stabilizing transparency and verification measures contained within it,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Describing the data release as voluntary, the State Department said that the United States had 1,419 deployed nuclear warheads as of March 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The figure was down from 1,515 in March 2022 and within the 1,550 limit set by the treaty signed in 2010. Last year, Russia said it had deployed 1,474 nuclear warheads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US warheads are on 662 intercontinental ballistic missiles and other deployed delivery systems, down from 686 a year earlier and within the New START limit of 700. Russia reported 526 a year earlier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States again said it retained a total stock of 800 delivery systems, including those not deployed, the same as a year before and the maximum allowed by the treaty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New START, a legacy of the Cold War, was signed by former presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev at a warmer point in relations and had the dual aims of limiting nuclear weapons and increasing transparency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Vladimir Putin, in a February address on the anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine, announced that Russia was suspending participation in the treaty although he stopped short of withdrawing from it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Joe Biden extended New START, which was set to expire, by five years immediately after entering office in 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The previous US administration of Donald Trump had held off on the treaty, saying it was unfair by making no demands of China, whose nuclear arsenal is significantly smaller than those of Russia and the United States but is expected to grow quickly. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 11:57:47', '2023-05-16 11:57:47'),
(6919, 6919, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Use of information and communication technology expanded significantly in all spheres of life in Rajshahi division to supplement the efforts of reaching the services to the peoples doorsteps.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public in general are getting e-services related to various emergency issues including payment of utility services, national identity card, land documents, training, education and health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like many other sectors, the education sector has witnessed revolutionary changes including introduction of multimedia classrooms and imparting education through developing digital content.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commissioner of Rajshahi division GSM Jafarullah said that 563 union digital centres, 61 municipality digital centres and 30 city digital centres were functioning in eight districts under the division in order to reach the public services to the doorsteps of grassroots people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said more than 5,828 multimedia classrooms were installed in educational institutions in the division, opening up a new door of expediting the process of modernisation in the education system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Multimedia classrooms were installed in 484 colleges, 2,415 secondary schools and 2,929 primary schools. Sheikh Russel Digital Laboratories were established in 102 colleges, 375 secondary schools and 12 primary schools in order to create skilled workforces in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commissioner Jafarullah said use of ICT, particularly introduction of multimedia classrooms, was making classrooms more interesting among the students. Multimedia had made difficult texts easily understandable to the students through visual contents, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further added that digital Bangladesh was one of the 10 special initiatives of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a multimedia classroom in BCSIR Laboratory High School at Binodpur in Rajshahi city where classes are being held through a projector regularly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students are getting education in an easy method of seeing pictures and video through multimedia. \"We are being benefited enormously by this modern method,’ said Hamida Akter, a student of class nine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alamgir Hossain, a teacher of the school, said the students were becoming more attentive for the multimedia classes in comparison to the conventional ones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like other parts of the country, e-commerce has been promoted in the Rajshahi region significantly. Learning and earning, freelancing, outsourcing, e-shopping, b-cash, nagad and rocket have created massive scopes of financial transaction and income generation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sowmik Sen Gupta, 26, a resident of Ghoramara area in the city, is doing outsourcing through development of various online and IT sector-based software and web page designs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, ‘I earn more money than that of any regular job by dint of the efforts of building digital Bangladesh.’ He attributed that the present government opened up new doors for the young generation through the flourishing of the ICT sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘I’m doing outsourcing. I have learnt how to earn money through outsourcing. Now, I’m self-reliant. My incomes meet up my educational expenses side by side with helping my family,’ said Labony Akter, a student of Rajshahi College.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ziaul Haque, entrepreneur of Huzripara Union Digital Centre (UDC) of Paba, has become a successful freelancer who earns more than Tk 85,000-90,000 per month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the people of remote and obscure sleepy little hamlets here now have easy access to essential public services resulting from expansion of advantages of Digital Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the city residents, the villagers are seen deriving the benefits of modern information and communication technologies (ICT) to get a number of important public services, easily adding a new dimension to the rural life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The existing UDCs and many private online entrepreneurs are playing pioneering roles towards reaching the public services to the grass root level after the best use of ICT knowledge and devices</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Shamim Ahmed of computer science and engineering department in Rajshahi University said many trained youths were earning handsome amounts of money from the outsourcing sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the one-stop service centre ekSheba has been acting as a platform for providing all digital government services. Any service seeker is able to submit an online application by paying the fees online and checking the latest status of his or her demand. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 12:52:41', '2023-05-16 12:52:41'),
(6920, 6920, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The study was published in the journal, \'Nature Communications\'.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It can help doctors prevent or better manage kidney disease in people with type 2 diabetes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This study provides a glimpse into the powerful future of predictive diagnostics,\" says co-senior author Kevin Yip, Ph.D., a professor and director of Bioinformatics at Sanford Burnham Prebys. \"Our team has demonstrated that by combining clinical data with cutting-edge technology, it\'s possible to develop computational models to help clinicians optimize the treatment of type 2 diabetes to prevent kidney disease.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure worldwide. In the United States, 44% of cases of end-stage kidney disease and dialysis are due to diabetes. In Asia, this number is 50%.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There has been significant progress developing treatments for kidney disease in people with diabetes,\" says co-senior author Ronald Ma, MB BChir, FRCP, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. \"However, it can be difficult to assess an individual patient\'s risk for developing kidney disease based on clinical factors alone, so determining who is at greatest risk of developing diabetic kidney disease is an important clinical need.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new algorithm depends on measurements of a process called DNA methylation, which occurs when subtle changes accumulate in our DNA. DNA methylation can encode important information about which genes are being turned on and off, and it can be easily measured through blood tests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our computational model can use methylation markers from a blood sample to predict both current kidney function and how the kidneys will function years in the future, which means it could be easily implemented alongside current methods for evaluating a patient\'s risk for kidney disease,\" says Yip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers developed their model using detailed data from more than 1,200 patients with type 2 diabetes in the Hong Kong Diabetes Register. They also tested their model on a separate group of 326 Native Americans with type 2 diabetes, which helped ensure that their approach could predict kidney disease in different populations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This study highlights the unique strength of the Hong Kong Diabetes Register and its huge potential to fuel further discoveries to improve our understanding of diabetes and its complications,\" says study co-author Juliana Chan, M.D., FRCP, a professor in the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, who established the Hong Kong Diabetes Register more than two decades ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Hong Kong Diabetes Register is a scientific treasure,\" adds first author Kelly Yichen Li, Ph.D., a postdoctoral scientist at Sanford Burnham Prebys. \"They follow up with patients for many years, which gives us a full picture of how human health can change over decades in people with diabetes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers are currently working to further refine their model. They are also expanding the application of their approach to look at other questions about human health and disease--such as determining why some people with cancer don\'t respond well to certain treatments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The science is still evolving, but we are working on incorporating additional information into our model to further empower precision medicine in diabetes,\" adds Ma. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 12:55:29', '2023-05-16 12:55:29'),
(6921, 6921, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States has said the safety and security of their diplomatic personnel and facilities are of utmost importance.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So, I’m not going to get into the specifics about security details concerning the U.S. embassy or its personnel,” Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the US Department of State, said during a press briefing on May 15 (US time) at the State Department while responding to a question.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He, however, noted that as per the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, any host country “must uphold its obligations to ensure the protection of all diplomatic mission premises and personnel and take all appropriate steps to prevent any attack on personnel.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Patel made the remarks after Bangladesh decided not to provide additional security escorts for a number of foreign diplomats, including the US and UK envoys, in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen yesterday said, “If they want it, they can get it in exchange for payment. We won’t provide this extra (security) escort service with taxpayers’ money.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In developed countries, no government provides such extra facilities,” Momen said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister said there has been no deterioration of the law and order situation that such service is required. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 12:57:40', '2023-05-16 12:57:40'),
(6922, 6922, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The prime minister said this while outgoing Ambassador of Republic of Korea Lee Jang-keun called on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the reporters after the call on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that PM Hasina admired Korean success in transformation of the country into a developed country within a generation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that this success inspired Bangladesh in its endeavour to steer the nation towards development and prosperity. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM recalled her two visits to South Korea saying that in the second visit she witnessed the amazing development there. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Lee Jang-keun emphasised on the enhancement of trade, official development assistance (ODA), employment and investment between the two countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that in 2020 the trade volume between Bangladesh and South Korea was USD 1.5 billion which is now stands at USD 3 billion. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also mentioned that the ODA was USD 500 million in 2020 whereas it  now stands at USD 3 billion. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said that Korea is interested to take skilled manpower from shipbuilding sector. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He highly appreciated the remarkable development of Bangladesh under the leadership of PM Hasina in the last 14 years. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing satisfaction with his tenure in Bangladesh, he said Bangladesh people are in his heart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister\'s Ambassador-at-Large Mohammad Ziauddin and Prime Minister\'s Principal Secretary Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah 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, '2023-05-16 13:50:37', '2023-05-16 22:49:39'),
(6923, 6923, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands is trying to subpoena billionaire Elon Musk for documents in its lawsuit seeking to hold JPMorgan Chase liable for sex trafficking acts committed by businessman Jeffrey Epstein.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk has never been publicly accused of any wrongdoing related to Epstein, who killed himself in 2019 as he awaited sex trafficking charges in a federal jail in Manhattan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But over the years, there had been unconfirmed speculation — encouraged by Epstein himself — that Epstein had advised Musk on certain business matters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spokespeople for Musk have denied those reports, but the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands said in a court filing that it believes Epstein may have referred or tried to refer Musk to JPMorgan as a potential client.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Virgin Islands, where Epstein had an estate, sued JPMorgan last year, saying its investigation has revealed that the financial services giant enabled Epstein’s recruiters to pay victims and was “indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawyers for JPMorgan did not immediately return messages seeking comment Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past, they have said victims are entitled to justice but litigation attempting to blame the financial institution for Epstein’s actions were legally meritless, directed at the wrong party and should be dismissed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities alleged that Epstein recruited and sexually abused dozens of underage girls at his mansions in New York and Palm Beach, Florida, in the early 2000s. He had pleaded not guilty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lawyers for the Virgin Islands told a federal judge Monday that they haven\'t been able to locate Musk to serve him with the subpoena.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They asked the court to serve Tesla, his electric vehicle company, instead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said they hired an investigative firm to search public records databases for possible addresses for Musk and reached out to one of his lawyers by email, but received no response.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A message sent to a lawyer for Musk seeking comment Monday was not immediately returned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The subpoena — one of several sent to prominent business figures — sought documents from Jan. 1, 2002, to the present reflecting communications between Musk and JPMorgan or Musk and Epstein regarding Epstein or Epstein’s role in Musk’s accounts, transactions or financial management.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also sought all documents reflecting or regarding Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and his procurement of girls or women for commercial sex.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And it sought information about fees Musk might have paid to Epstein or JPMorgan and any documents concerning communications between Musk, Epstein and JPMorgan regarding accounts, transactions or the relationship at JPMorgan. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 13:56:06', '2023-05-16 13:56:06'),
(6924, 6924, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sixteen people were killed over a decades-long land dispute between two tribes in Pakistan\'s coal-rich northwest, police said Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Akhorwal tribe opened fire on the Suni Khel tribe from an elevated position on Monday, police said, as the latter marked the boundaries of their territory in the mountainous area of Darra Adam Khel, less than 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Afghan border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The tribes were equipped with powerful firearms, and within a matter of minutes, the violent clash had resulted in a significant number of casualties,\" Farhan Khan, a senior police official, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan said the clash followed several previous jirgas -- tribal councils of elders responsible for settling disputes -- that had failed to yield any resolution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The clash left 12 individuals from the Suni Khel tribe and four individuals from the Akhorwal tribe dead, while an additional four people sustained injuries,\" local police spokesman Fazal Naeem told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter-family feuds are common in Pakistan, but in the mountainous northwestern region -- where communities abide by traditional tribal honour codes -- they can be particularly protracted and violent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Darra Adam Khel is a part of the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, home to the largest coal reserves in the region, with disputes over deposits common between tribes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite safety concerns and a lack of regulatory oversight, mining is a vital source of employment and income for the local community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police said that since the shooting, the situation in the area had been brought under control with the involvement of a local jirga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Darra Adam Khel is part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Pakistan that was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2018, bringing it into the legal and administrative mainstream. AFSixteen people were killed over a decades-long land dispute between two tribes in Pakistan\'s coal-rich northwest, police said Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Akhorwal tribe opened fire on the Suni Khel tribe from an elevated position on Monday, police said, as the latter marked the boundaries of their territory in the mountainous area of Darra Adam Khel, less than 100 kilometres (60 miles) from the Afghan border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The tribes were equipped with powerful firearms, and within a matter of minutes, the violent clash had resulted in a significant number of casualties,\" Farhan Khan, a senior police official, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan said the clash followed several previous jirgas -- tribal councils of elders responsible for settling disputes -- that had failed to yield any resolution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The clash left 12 individuals from the Suni Khel tribe and four individuals from the Akhorwal tribe dead, while an additional four people sustained injuries,\" local police spokesman Fazal Naeem told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter-family feuds are common in Pakistan, but in the mountainous northwestern region -- where communities abide by traditional tribal honour codes -- they can be particularly protracted and violent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Darra Adam Khel is a part of the Kohat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, home to the largest coal reserves in the region, with disputes over deposits common between tribes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite safety concerns and a lack of regulatory oversight, mining is a vital source of employment and income for the local community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The police said that since the shooting, the situation in the area had been brought under control with the involvement of a local jirga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Darra Adam Khel is part of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-autonomous region in northwestern Pakistan that was merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in 2018, bringing it into the legal and administrative mainstream.AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 14:03:01', '2023-05-16 14:03:01'),
(6925, 6925, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States said it is looking forward to deepening relationship and cooperation with Bangladesh on a number of key issues, “regardless of political party or candidates.”</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our hope for any election taking place around the world is that they are free and fair and accessible,\" Vedant Patel, principal deputy spokesperson for the US Department of State, said during a press briefing on May 15 (US time) at the State Department while responding to a question.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But beyond that, he said, he has nothing else to offer insight on when it comes to “political parties or candidates or anything like that.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, last year the two countries celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, US Deputy Assistant Secretary Afreen Akhter visited Bangladesh and attended the 6th Indian Ocean Conference on May 12-13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s an honor to have the opportunity to learn more about Bangladesh’s struggle for freedom and democracy,\" she tweeted, mentioning that the Liberation War Museum movingly conveys what Bangladeshis experienced during that time. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-16 14:46:28', '2023-05-16 14:46:28');
