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(4313, 4313, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on the necessity of boosting trade cooperation between Bangladesh and Brazil as there is a huge prospect of expansion of trade and business between the two countries.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She laid the emphasis when Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Fernando Dias Feres paid a courtesy call on her at the premier’s official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister’s Speech Writer Md. Nazrul Islam briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina requested the Brazilian government to take steps over the expansion of bilateral trade and business.</div><div><br></div><div>She emphasized on signing preferential trade agreement (PTA) or free trade agreement (FTA) with Brazil and three other MERCOSUR (Southern common market) countries - Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay - soon as Bangladesh will finally graduate into a developing country in 2026.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that the discussions continue over signing PTA or FTA with the MERCOSUR countries, the Prime Minister asked to complete the deal signing process soon.</div><div><br></div><div>She also emphasized on enhancing agricultural cooperation between Bangladesh and Brazil as the two countries are agricultural ones.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding pharmaceuticals, a major Bangladeshi export item to Brazilian market, she said the pharmaceutical item are now facing some restrictions over the registration process in the Brazilian market. She asked the Brazilian authority to ease the restrictions.</div><div><br></div><div>About the Rohingya issue, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh is providing shelter to more than 11 lakh displaced Rohingya people, which has become a big burden for the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the displaced Rohingya population continues to go high with the births of 30,000 new babies every year.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier asked Brazil to play a strong role in the United Nations Security Council over the Rohingya issue.</div><div><br></div><div>She congratulated new Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina expressed shock at the death of Brazilian Football Legend Edson Arantes do Nascimento Pelé as well as conveyed sympathy to his family and the people of Brazil.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brazilian Ambassador said Bangladeshi readymade garments (RMG) have a great demand in Brazilian market. Brazil can be a big market for Bangladeshi RMG products, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He said there is a huge scope to strengthen the bilateral cooperation between the two countries particularly over trade and technology.</div><div><br></div><div>Paulo Fernando put emphasized on enhancing the people-to-people and business-to-business contact between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about the bilateral agricultural cooperation, the envoy said agricultural good practices, experiences and technology can be shared with each other.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister’s Ambassador-at-Large Mohammad Ziauddin, Principal Secretary M. Tofazzel Hossain Miah and Foreign Senior Secretary Masud Bin Momen were present. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 12:33:47', '2023-01-08 12:33:47'),
(4314, 4314, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Forty people were killed and many others injured in a collision between two buses near Kaffrine, Senegal, early Sunday morning, SeneNews reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Senegalese President Macky Sall said on Twitter that 40 people died in the accident and there are many \"serious\" injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>The president declared three days of mourning beginning on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>He expressed his condolences to the victims\' families and said a meeting will be convened to ensure road safety and public transport.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheikh Fall, who is in charge of operations for the West African country\'s National Fire Brigade, had previously told AFP that 38 people had died and 87 were injured in the accident. - CGTN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 12:43:38', '2023-01-08 12:43:38'),
(4315, 4315, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Ministry on Sunday placed its report on a bill that seeks to introduce a universal pension scheme focusing particularly on the country’s elderly population.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Universal Pension Management Bill, 2022 was placed in the House by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on August 29.&nbsp; It was then sent to the parliamentary watchdog on the finance ministry for further examination.</div><div><br></div><div>The bill says all Bangladeshi nationals aged from 18 to 50 years can participate in this pension scheme. The expatriate Bangladeshis are also eligible to get the benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>The Finance Division prepared the draft of the bill seeking to bring the growing elderly population under a sustainable social safety net.</div><div><br></div><div>This will particularly benefit the elderly population when they become jobless or become afflicted with diseases, paralysis, old age or other similar conditions, or extreme poverty amid high life expectancy rate, according to the bill’s statement.</div><div><br></div><div>It says a person will have to provide premium for at least 10 years to get pension from the age of 60 until the death.</div><div><br></div><div>If an elderly person dies before the age of 75 years, the nominee will get the pension for the remaining time.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the amount of premium will be determined by a rule under the proposed law.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the proposed law, there will be a five-member national pension authority headed by a chairman and also a 15-member governing body with the finance minister as its chair.</div><div><br></div><div>The government will appoint the chairman and the other four members.</div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister will be the chairman of the governing body where the other members will be the Bangladesh Bank governor, finance secretary, financial institutions division secretary, NBR chairman, social welfare secretary, secretary of woman and child affairs ministry, expatriate welfare and overseas employment secretary, labour and employment secretary, post and telecommunication division secretary, PMO secretary, BSEC chairman, FBCCI president, Bangladesh Employers Federation president, BWCCI president and the executive chairman.</div><div><br></div><div>The governing body will hold at least three meetings each year.</div><div><br></div><div>The main office of the authority will be in Dhaka and its branches can be established in any place of the country taking prior permission.</div><div><br></div><div>The inclusion in this pension scheme will be voluntarily unless the government issues any gazette for making it compulsory.</div><div><br></div><div>Committee chairman Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali placed the report. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 14:05:36', '2023-01-08 14:05:36'),
(4316, 4316, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sangsad Bhaban, State Minister for Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan on Sunday said a total of 1.27 lakh Bangladeshis will be able to perform hajj this year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The quota for hajj pilgrims from Bangladesh this year is 1, 27, 198,” he said in reply to a tabled question from ruling Awami League MP elected from Chattogram M Abdul Latif.</div><div><br></div><div>In a scripted answer, the state minister said the quota for hajj pilgrims for Bangladesh was 58,628 in 2009, which was increased to around 1.27 lakh in 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, the quota for Bangladeshis was deceased to 60,146 pilgrims in 2022 like other countries in the world, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Faridul Haque Khan said overall the quota for hajj pilgrims has increased by 148% from 2009 to 2023 which is a big milestone of the success of the current government.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 14:11:01', '2023-01-08 14:11:01'),
(4317, 4317, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late Sunday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The shallow quake hit around 11:30 pm local time (1230 GMT) around 27 kilometres (17 miles) deep, said the USGS, which placed it about 25 kilometres from the village of Port-Olry.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Tsunami waves reaching 0.3 to one metre above the tide level are possible for some coasts of Vanuatu,\" the NWS Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii said.</div><div><br></div><div>Waves smaller than 0.3 metres were possible for New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Vanuatu is part of the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\", where tectonic plates collide, and it experiences frequent seismic and volcanic activity.</div><div><br></div><div>Solomon Islands, a nearby island nation just north of Vanuatu, was in November hit with a strong 7.0 quake, though there were no reports of serious injuries or major structural damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Eyewitnesses reported violent shaking that hurled items to the ground and knocked out power in parts of the capital Honiara.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal regions of Vanuatu and nearby Papua New Guinea was put on alert for tsunami waves of up to 30 centimetres (12 inches). - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 14:23:37', '2023-01-08 14:23:37'),
(4318, 4318, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Bank (BB) has simplified documentary formalities for opening Non-Resident Investor’s Taka Accounts (NITAs).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Foreign Exchange Investment Department (FEID) issued a circular on Sunday and sent it to all authorised dealers (ADs) in Bangladesh for the immediate execution of the directive.</div><div><br></div><div>The circular stated that commercial banks are using different sets of documents for opening NITAs, which may create ambiguity among the applicants.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to bring uniformity in opening NITAs in the name of NRBs, authorised dealers are advised to obtain specific documents and information from applicants, according to the circular.</div><div><br></div><div>The BB has specified documents for opening NITAs in order to simplify the documentation. As per the new directive, the documents require applicant\'s valid passport copy, applicant’s photograph, applicant’s proof of address, reliable source of income of the applicant, nominee or authorised person’s passport or National Identity Card (NID) copy, nominee or authorised person’s photograph.</div><div><br></div><div>For opening NITAs in the name of non-resident foreign nationals or institutions, authorised dealers are asked to fix and distribute a unified set of documents to their branches at home and abroad to comply with the existing rules and regulations.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks are requested to advise all AD branches and Central Processing Centers (CPCs) for meticulous compliance of the instructions, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>The ADs have to follow the tools of the Guidelines for Foreign Exchange Transactions 2018 and instructions issued earlier by the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) to stop money laundering and terror financing, the circular said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 14:33:40', '2023-01-08 14:33:40'),
(4319, 4319, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Twenty-seven more people were hospitalised with dengue in the 24 hours till Sunday morning.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, seven were admitted to the hospitals in Dhaka and 20 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 176 dengue patients, including 62 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country</div><div>So far, the DGHS recorded 269 dengue cases and 93 recoveries this year with zero death.</div><div><br></div><div>The country reported 281 deaths from the mosquito-borne disease last year, the highest ever dengue fatalities recorded in a single year in Bangladesh. The previous record of 179 deaths was reported in 2019, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The DGHS has recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries in the past year.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 15:18:50', '2023-01-08 15:18:50'),
(4320, 4320, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Election Commissioner Begum Rasheda Sultana on Sunday said that if the scheme for the electronic voting machines (EVMs) is not passed by mid-January voting in the next general election will be held by using ballot papers.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Unless the new scheme of the EVMs is passed by mid-January, these machines cannot be used in 150 (parliamentary) seats. In this case, the EC will have to prepare for voting on ballot papers,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She made the comment to journalists after a meeting with technical experts at her Election Commission office in Agargaon. The Election Commission had earlier proposed a project of Tk 9000 crore to the government for procuring and using EVMs in 150 seats. That proposal has not yet been cleared, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The EC commissioner said the EVM project does not seem to have progressed much.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We said that we will use EVMs in a maximum of 150 seats subject to receipt of project funds,\" she said. \"If it comes on time, it is better. If not, we will do with what we have. We have the capacity to use EVMs in 70 to 80 seats, (but) I don\'t know what we have now,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that they did not talk to the policymakers (ministries) about this and said that it is not customary. The EC Secretariat may discuss.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 15:36:04', '2023-01-08 15:36:04'),
(4321, 4321, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said there are no unauthorised clinics operating in the capital.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister made the comment while responding to a tabled question of AL MP Habib Hasan.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that if an unauthorised private clinic is found, necessary measures are taken as per the rules, including suspending the operation of the clinic by operating a mobile court with the help of law enforcement agencies.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to the question from ruling Awami Leaague MP M. Abdul Latif, the health minister said that the process of starting the geriatric department for the treatment of the elderly in the medical college hospitals of the divisional cities across the country has started.</div><div><br></div><div>Activities will start soon to provide modern medical care to patients aged 65 years and above at this department, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to AL MP Habib Hasan\'s question, the health minister said that the number of approved private hospitals and clinics in Dhaka city is 484.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply to another question from AL MP Anwarul Abedin Khan, Zahid Maleque said that the government has a plan to increase the number of beds in all upazila health complexes in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that upgradation of upazila hospital from 31 to 50 beds is ongoing. Already five upazila health complexes have been upgraded to 100 beds.</div><div><br></div><div>The government plans to upgrade all the 50-bed upazila hospitals to 100 beds as per requirement in phases, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to the question of Didarul Alam, the minister said that the government has taken up the project of establishing one full-fledged cancer hospital at each divisional city where it will be possible to ensure the diagnosis and treatment of cancer patients of all ages including children. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 15:46:06', '2023-01-08 15:46:06'),
(4322, 4322, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Appellate Division on Sunday morning upheld the High Court order granting bail to BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas in a case filed over the clash between police and the party activists at Naya Paltan on December 7 last year.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order disposing of the state\'s petition challenging the High Court order.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also ordered the disposal of the High Court rule on maintenance grounds.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 4, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Jahangir Hossain fixed Sunday for the hearing of the petition at the full-bench of the Appellate Division.</div><div><br></div><div>The petition was filed on the same day with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order granting bail to the two BNP leaders in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court granted six months\' bail to Mirza Fakhrul and Mirza Abbas, in the case on January 3.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court also issued a rule asking the government to explain why the two BNP leaders should not be granted permanent bail.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 21 last year, Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Asaduzzaman rejected the BNP leaders\' bail petitions for the fourth time.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 9, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, they were arrested in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital\'s Nayapaltan. A Dhaka court sent them to jail rejecting their bail pleas. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 16:09:48', '2023-01-08 16:09:48'),
(4323, 4323, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that there is no alternative to Sheikh Hasina for continuing the country\'s development spree.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He urged the party leaders and activists to get prepared for the next national election, noting that the final game will be held in January next year.</div><div><br></div><div>“The final game will be held in January next year,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He made the remarks while addressing the Jatiya Party (JP) tri-annual council at the Engineers’ Institute auditorium in the capital on Sunday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning his slogan ‘Game will be played’ as a kind of political humor, he said, “There&nbsp; will be game against corruption, drugs, conspiracy, communalism, militancy, and for the sake of protecting democracy.”</div><div><br></div><div>He urged the party leaders and activists to get prepared for the next election and said “Good people are not in politics these days. We have failed to make politics appealing.”</div><div><br></div><div>Stating that the reputation of student politics has gone, he said, “Politics will become characterless without the participation of good, honest, and bright individuals.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-08 16:24:31', '2023-01-08 16:24:31'),
(4324, 4324, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tetulia in Panchagarh recorded the season\'s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 7°C, in 24 hours till Monday morning as a mild cold wave is sweeping parts of Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka recorded 13.2°C during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>A mild cold wave is sweeping Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and Chuadanga district which may continue, said the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) in its latest bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, moderate to thick fog may occur over the river basins and adjoining area and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere over the country from midnight to morning and it may continue at places till noon, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged and day temperature may rise by 1-2° Celsius over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, said the weather department. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 07:45:10', '2023-01-09 07:45:10'),
(4325, 4325, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A sedition complaint was filed against Nurul Haque Nur, former Ducsu VP and leader of Bangladesh Gono Odhikar Parishad, at a police station in Sylhet.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Emon Ahmed, secretary of the district unit of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Mancha, lodged the complaint with Kotwali Police on Sunday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>The complaint said Nur held a secret meeting with an individual named Mendi N. Safadi, apparently an agent of Israel\'s intelligence agency Mossad according to the complaint, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). </div><div><br></div><div>\"It seems that Nur has been involved in a conspiracy to unseat the elected government in Bangladesh,\" it added.</div><div><br></div><div>It also said he is actually conspiring to create division among Bangladesh, its government and the holy religion Islam by handshake with the Mossad agent going abroad in the name of holy Kaaba Sharif Tawaf.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Abul Kaher, inspector (Investigation) of Kotwali police station, however, said this type of case cannot be filed by an individual without the permission of the state. -  UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 08:44:06', '2023-01-09 08:44:49'),
(4326, 4326, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that stayed the trial proceedings against Dhallywood actress Pori Moni in a case filed under the Narcotics Control Act.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A three-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Appeal Division Judge Justice Md Nuruzzaman passed the order following the state’s appeal against the HC order.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also ordered disposing of the HC rule over charge framing against Pori Moni in six months.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate ZI Khan Panna and Advocate Shah Monjurul Hoque appeared for Pori Moni in the court today.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Monjurul said the trial proceeding of the case will remain suspended for six months and the HC rule should be disposed of by this period.</div><div><br></div><div>Otherwise, the trial court may start the trial proceeding of the case after this period, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>On March 1 last year, High Court stayed the trial proceeding of the case for three months.</div><div><br></div><div>It also issued a rule asking the government to explain as to why the order of charge framing against Pori Moni should not be revoked.</div><div><br></div><div>Judge of Dhaka Special Judge of Court-10 Md Nazrul Islam indicted Pori Moni and two others in the case on January 5 last year.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 30, Pori Moni appealed before the High Court for quashing the case and subsequent indictment by the trial court.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 15 2021, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge KM Emrul Kayesh took into cognizance the charges framed by police against the accused.</div><div><br></div><div>On October 4, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) submitted a charge sheet against them.</div><div><br></div><div>Pori Moni was arrested on August 4, following a raid by RAB on her Banani residence. A case was filed against her under the Narcotics Control Act the following day.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 31, 2021, a Dhaka court granted bail to Pori Moni in the narcotics case. She had walked out of jail the following day. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 09:01:10', '2023-01-09 09:01:10'),
(4327, 4327, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ousmane Dembele\'s strike sent Barcelona three points clear at the top of La Liga with a tense 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Earlier David Silva produced a masterclass to help third place Real Sociedad beat Almeria 2-0, while Real Betis moved fourth with an entertaining 2-1 win at Rayo Vallecano.</div><div><br></div><div>Struggling Sevilla earned a crucial 2-1 win over Getafe to climb out of the relegation zone on goal difference.</div><div><br></div><div>Capitalising on champions Real Madrid\'s defeat by Villarreal, Barcelona set out to make a statement victory over Atletico at the Metropolitano.</div><div><br></div><div>Shorn of suspended top scorer Robert Lewandowski, Xavi selected Ansu Fati up front in his place, but it was Dembele who made the difference, finishing a slick move in the 22nd minute.</div><div><br></div><div>Atletico ramped up the pressure, with the superb Ronald Araujo clearing off the line from Antoine Griezmann at the death, but Diego Simeone\'s side could not find an equaliser.</div><div><br></div><div>Both teams finished with 10 men after Ferran Torres and Stefan Savic were sent off for brawling with each other on the floor as tempers soured.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s a win, but it\'s not just three points. It gives us morale and confidence for what\'s left of the league,\" Xavi told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are capable of winning at place as tough as this, suffering, being a family.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We knew how to suffer and we take three golden points. It\'s a real statement that we are candidates to win this league.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona have conceded just six goals in their first 16 La Liga matches but Griezmann twice came close to finding the equaliser Atletico craved.</div><div><br></div><div>The Catalans only mustered two shots on target and Atletico goalkeeper Jan Oblak said his side deserved more.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We had a good game, apart from the first 25 minutes,\" Oblak told DAZN.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We pressed well, we had chances, but lacked a bit of luck to score.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We started badly, the first 25 minutes we had little confidence, and later we woke up, but at 1-0 down it\'s already harder.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Defeat means Atletico languish in fifth, 14 points behind leaders Barcelona.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s not a worrying situation but it is one that we have to deal with,\" Simeone told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The reality is that we lost. It\'s true the team had the merit to take away another result, that didn\'t happen because we didn\'t put it away. What happens in the boxes is crucial.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Decisive Dembele -</div><div><br></div><div>Youngster Fati had an early effort brilliantly blocked by the sprawling Jose Gimenez, as Barcelona dominated the opening exchanges.</div><div><br></div><div>Xavi said on Saturday Atletico barely have any gaps in their defence but Pedri uncovered one to create the opening goal.</div><div><br></div><div>The midfielder capitalised on space in front of the box, before feeding Gavi, who teed up Dembele to clinically slot home.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Llorente had Atletico\'s first decent opportunity after half an hour when Griezmann scooped a ball delicately over the defence to set him in, but Araujo deflected his effort wide.</div><div><br></div><div>The hosts wrestled back control and Marc-Andre ter Stegen made a superb save at full stretch to deny the pink-haired Griezmann, becoming increasingly influential against his former side.</div><div><br></div><div>Atletico began the second half in determined fashion, pushing Barca deeper and deeper.</div><div><br></div><div>Only Griezmann\'s compatriot Dembele offered the leaders an outlet on the break and he had a drive deflected into the side-netting.</div><div><br></div><div>Xavi brought on Franck Kessie for De Jong and it helped steady the ship, with Barcelona managing some stretches of possession which frustrated the home fans.</div><div><br></div><div>Red cards for Torres and Savic reignited the game in stoppage time and Griezmann might have snatched a point but for Araujo\'s crucial clearance on the line.</div><div><br></div><div>Real Sociedad\'s veteran Spanish playmaker Silva, 37, capitalised on defensive confusion in Almeria\'s box to nip in and fire home the opener just after half-time.</div><div><br></div><div>Alexander Sorloth drilled home his sixth league goal of the season five minutes later to extend La Real\'s lead.</div><div><br></div><div>Without the suspended Brais Mendez, Imanol Alguacil\'s side were not at their best but still managed to inflict promoted side Almeria\'s first home defeat since September, leaving them 14th.</div><div><br></div><div>The victory leaves Alguacil\'s side in high spirits ahead of next weekend\'s Basque derby clash with Athletic Bilbao. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 09:05:04', '2023-01-09 09:05:04'),
(4328, 4328, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said that her government overcame several challenges in implementation of metro rail and different development projects in the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“There had been challenges when we went for any work, but we completed all those projects overcoming all hurdles,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this in her introductory speech in the weekly cabinet meeting held at her office (PMO).</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about the metro rail project, she said that in the initial feasibility study the metro rail route was designed to go through Bijoy Sarani.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“In that case, we would have to close down our Tejgaon airport which has a 9000 feet long runway. I was dead against that closure proposal,” she recalled.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that during the 1998 floods, all the relief goods were transported through this airport as Kurmitola Airport went under flood water.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that while the government designed for the planetarium the tomb was much higher.</div><div><br></div><div>“We reduced that height. If the height crosses 60-70 feet then it will come under the air funnel (of the Tejgaon airport),” she said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She told the meeting that if the old alignment was used then the government would have to demolish 22 buildings.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I proposed the new route using the Khamar Bari area,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that she extended the metro rail route up to Kamalapur station from Bangladesh Bank station.</div><div><br></div><div>“At that time it was proposed to demolish Kamalapur station for metro rail for its turning and landing space,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM asked the officials concerned that it would not be wise to demolish such a big station and construct another.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I told them how could we do that keeping that station intact. If necessary metro rail will go over the station or find another site for its turning. Now it is done that way,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that the metro rail project was obstructed at Dhaka University area by the students terming that it would destroy the academic atmosphere of the university.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I assured them that there will be no disturbance due to the Metro Rail as it will go through a corner of the university area,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, she said it was stopped after the Holey Artisan attack where seven Japanese involved with this project were killed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“At that time all Japanese people went back to their homeland, I expressed condolence at once to the then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and while visiting Japan I met the family members of the seven deceased Japanese officials,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, she recalled, it was stopped again during Covid-19 pandemic. “But that time the work progressed slowly using the videoconferencing system through the internet,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina urged all to use metro rail carefully as this has the most modern technology.</div><div><br></div><div>“I will request all to use the rail with utmost care as this is the asset of the whole country and its people,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the government is constructing an underpass to go from airport railway station to the airport with modern facilities for the convenience of the passengers and hajj pilgrims. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 09:17:22', '2023-01-09 09:17:22'),
(4329, 4329, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest, which took place over four days featuring a wide range of the world\'s top authors, filmmakers, singers, and artists, has been concluded at the Bangla Academy with a reaffirmation of its dedication to promoting Bangladeshi literature, culture, and arts.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The festival concluded on Sunday with an enthralling closing ceremony, featuring performances by Coke Studio Bangla artistes Animes Roy, Ritu Raj, Pantha Kanai, Boga Taleb, Momotaz, Rubayat Rehman and its other artistes. With ‘Nasek Nasek’, the debut track of Coke Studio in Bangladesh, the 10th edition of the literary festival bids its adieu.</div><div><br></div><div>The formal closing act was conducted at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (AKSB) auditorium before that, and it started with a dynamic dance and recital performance by Jatrik named \"Women Rise\" about women\'s emancipation.</div><div><br></div><div>The adversity and persistence against women in the Indian subcontinent were portrayed through the performance of classical and modern dance forms, choreographed by Naila Azad Nupur with recitals by DLF director-producer Sadaf Saaz and Nupur herself.</div><div><br></div><div>Booker Prize-winning Indian author Gitanjalee Shree, eminent Somalian novelist Nuruddin Farah, Dhaka Tribune editor Zafar Sobhan, City Bank managing director and CEO Mashrur Arefin, and Dhaka Lit Fest director and producer Sadaf Saaz spoke at the closing ceremony, sharing their remarks bidding adieus and expressing their gratitude to everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>Stating that the DLF has become a global celebration of literature, Geetanjali Shree said, \"It has been five amazing days for me and this has been a wonderful experience. I don\'t feel like a foreigner here, and Dhaka Lit Fest is not just another fest mushrooming around us.”</div><div><br></div><div>Nuruddin Farah said, \"When I\'ll go back to Cape Town where I live, my friends will be asking me how was it and if it is different from other festivals around the world? I have attended many festivals around the world, and I\'ll be telling my friends about how I felt a great deal of warmth from the organisers as well as the people here, in the Dhaka Lit Fest.”</div><div><br></div><div>Writer and City Bank managing director-CEO Mashrur Arefin said, “I’m a serious writer, and I admire it when foreign writers visit us and have an exchange with our writers. Many people disliked the idea of introducing tickets at this year’s DLF, saying that it has become a festival for the elite but the crowds from the first day have changed this perception.”</div><div><br></div><div>City Bank was the platinum sponsor of the event and Arefin said that it will be the title sponsor for the fest moving forward, and also the bank will sponsor to establish a translation centre if possible in the future.</div><div>In her closing remarks, DLF director-producer Sadaf Saaz thanked the audience and sponsors for believing in them, saying, “We are happy to see the love for literature, science, and knowledge, and we are not scared of controversy when we really believe in something. We wanted to make this festival sustainable, we wanted to put a value on wonderful artistes and writers and creative personalities - and Dhaka, you proved that we were right.”</div><div><br></div><div>Showcasing over 170 sessions from January 5-8, the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest featured informative and engaging dialogues and cultural segments with around 500 writers, poets, performers, intellectuals, journalists, athletes, social workers and globally acclaimed-celebrated personalities including the winners of the Academy Awards, Pulitzer, International Booker, Neustadt International, and PEN/Pinter prizes, Prix Médicis, Windham-Campbell Prize, Albert Medal, Waterstones Children\'s Book Prize, and Aga Khan Award. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 09:28:10', '2023-01-09 09:28:10'),
(4330, 4330, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has signed a decree introducing sanctions against Russian film director Nikita Mikhalkov and 118 others, according to a document published on the website of Ukraine\'s presidential office on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The sanctions were also introduced, among others, against opera singer Anna Netrebko, philosopher Alexander Dugin, General Director of the Rossiya Segodnya media group Dmitry Kiselyov, Editor-in-Chief of the RT TV channel Margarita Simonyan, political scientists, singers and actors. The list also includes several Ukrainian citizens.</div><div><br></div><div>The sanctions include blocked bank accounts, the suspension of economic and financial obligations, the cessation of cultural exchanges and cooperation, a ban on entering Ukraine, the revocation of Ukrainian state awards and others. These restrictions will be in effect for ten years.</div><div><br></div><div>In December 2022, Zelensky introduced sanctions against seven priests of the canonic Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 09:37:24', '2023-01-09 09:37:24'),
(4331, 4331, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prince Harry said Sunday that he did not view as \"racist\" a British royal family member inquiring about the skin colour of his and his wife Meghan\'s unborn baby.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The prince and Meghan had told the story of an unnamed royal repeatedly asking about the skin colour of their unborn son Archie, in a 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.</div><div><br></div><div>It became one of the most discussed points on the show, which also accused British tabloids of racist treatment of Meghan, and prompted a rare reaction from the palace.</div><div><br></div><div>Harry denied accusing the royal of racism, in an interview aired Sunday on Britain\'s ITV television to promote his memoir \"Spare\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"No I didn\'t. The British press said that,\" Harry said, adding that Meghan had also not called the royals \"racist\".</div><div><br></div><div>Harry said that \"having lived within that family\", he blamed the incident on \"unconscious bias\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"My understanding is because of my own experience -- the difference between racism and unconscious bias, the two things are different,\" the prince said.</div><div><br></div><div>His comments came after a recent embarrassing incident late last year when a royal attendant asked a black British charity head where she \"really came from\" at a reception.</div><div><br></div><div>The elderly aristocrat resigned and later apologised in person.</div><div><br></div><div>Harry\'s wife Meghan is mixed-race and she told Winfrey that Harry had relayed to her details of several conversations about how dark their baby\'s skin colour would be.</div><div><br></div><div>Winfrey asked if they were concerned the baby would be \"too brown\" and Meghan replied: \"I wasn\'t able to follow up with why, but that - if that\'s the assumption you\'re making, I think that feels like a pretty safe one.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Meghan said that naming the royal responsible would be \"very damaging for them\".</div><div><br></div><div>The Winfrey interview prompted Buckingham Palace to issue a rare statement on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, saying \"the issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately,\" the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>Prince William told reporters at the time that \"we are very much not a racist family\". Source: AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 10:41:59', '2023-01-09 10:41:59'),
(4332, 4332, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Monday said Bangladesh wants to take its relations with the United States to a new height with good intention and better understanding.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will also raise its demand for withdrawal of sanctions imposed on the elite force RAB during the visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our first intention will be to take the relations to a new height and make it deeper,\" he told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>Donald Lu who became Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs on September 15, 2021, is likely to begin his Bangladesh visit on January 15.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding Bangladesh-US engagements after the US sanctions, Shahriar Alam said there is \'transparent\" process.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"As long as we are transparent and they receive it with good intention, there is no scope for any ambiguity,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question regarding fear of fresh sanctions, the State Minister again ruled out any such possibility, saying \"Certainly not.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the letter sent by Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen to Bangladesh Missions abroad, he posed a question, \"Do you have the letter?\"</div><div><br></div><div>The State Minister said there were directives to Bangladesh envoys which he described as a \"routine job\" to uphold Bangladesh\'s interest and professionalism.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the Bangladesh visit of US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen recently said it is very good news that he is coming. \"He is like a policymaker in this area. We welcome him.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve a very good relationship with the US. We have multifaceted engagements with the US. There will be talks on different issues when he (Donald Lu) comes.”</div><div><br></div><div>He also hoped Donald Lu’s visit will help strengthen the good relationship between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question from the reporters on the US sanctions on Rab, the minister said bilateral relation is not determined by a single issue.</div><div><br></div><div>“The US is our biggest consumer and our biggest investor. With engagements in many areas, we don\'t have to worry about just one issue. We both have common values and principles.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said the US wants a democratic system and Bangladesh also wants a democratic system, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, “The US wants to uphold human rights. We want to, too. Three million people of Bangladesh have sacrificed their lives for human rights, justice and democracy.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We will talk about many things. It is open. Many issues will be discussed,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 10:55:50', '2023-01-09 10:55:50'),
(4333, 4333, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A human chain was formed in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka today, demanding justice for the killing of the Bangladeshi-American student of University of Massachusetts, Sayed Faisal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The protest took place just ahead of the visiting US National Security Council’s Senior Director for South Asia Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher’s scheduled meeting (2:30pm) with Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen at the foreign ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>The protestors shouted: “We want justice.”</div><div>Eileen Laubacher arrived in Dhaka on Saturday evening and is scheduled to leave Dhaka on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday, she visited the Rohingya camps and talked to relevant officials and the Rohingyas.</div><div><br></div><div>A Cambridge Police officer shot and killed an allegedly armed Faisal on Wednesday, prompting dozens to protest police brutality and call for transparency at Cambridge City Hall on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Journalist and columnist Ajay Das Gupta described the incident as “very unfortunate” and said that the US police shot dead the Bangladeshi who was not found guilty of any crime.</div><div><br></div><div>“We want justice for him,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said there are many human rights violations and racial violence happening in the US but they are lecturing other countries, including Bangladesh, on human rights.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka South City Corporation Councillor and former Bangladesh Chhatra League Vice President Hasibur Rahman Manik said they want justice for Faisal and that the foreign ministry should take actions in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>When approached, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said the US has a good judicial process and the authorities there will surely take action.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the killing of a Bangladeshi-American in the US, Momen on Friday said that Bangladesh does not want any hate crime anywhere in the world.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Bangladeshi community there (US) are alleging it to be a hate crime,” Momen told reporters about the death of a Bangladeshi expatriate after being shot by the police at Cambridge in Massachusetts of the US on Thursday. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 11:14:00', '2023-01-09 11:14:00');
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(4334, 4334, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged Metro Rail commuters to follow guidelines to keep the service smooth and ensure its cleanliness.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"My request to all commuters, follow the rules and guidelines of Metro Rail during travel,\" she said in the regular cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) here.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier added that everyone should be cautious in using the \"modern technology-based train\" and particularly requested the commuters to be careful about the cleanliness of the stations and carriages.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"Do not throw any garbage here and there.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina added: \"This Metro Rail has been built using a digital system. It will continue to run. So, use it following the rules and guidelines. Everyone should keep it in mind during use.\"</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the meeting, the prime minister also told the cabinet members and officials concerned about the challenges that appeared prior to implementation of the Metro Rail projects, especially in the Sangsad Bhaban areas and Dhaka University.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said that the government is facing various types of challenge in different development projects of the country.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"There were challenges that arose while we went for any work (development projects). We completed all those projects facing all challenges,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>About the Metro Rail project, the head of government said the Metro Rail route was designed via Bijoy Sarani initially in the feasibility study.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;\"If it was so, we would have to shut down our Tejgaon airport which has a 9000 feet long runway. And I was dire against that closure proposal (of the airport),\" she recalled.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In this connection, Sheikh Hasina mentioned that in the 1998 flood, all the relief goods came through this airport as Kurmitola Airport went under flood water.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She also said that while the government had designed for the planetarium, the dome was much higher in the design.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She added, \"We reduced that height. If the height crossed 60-70 feet then it would come into the air funnel (of the Tejgaon airport).\"</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister however told the meeting that if the old alignment was executed then the government would have to demolish 22 buildings and that\'s why \"I proposed the new route via Khamar Bari area\".</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She also said that she extended the Metro Rail route up to Kamalapur Station from the Bangladesh Bank.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"At that time, it was proposed to demolish Kamalapur Rail Station for Metro Rail for its turning and landing space,\" she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The premier said she asked the concerned officials that it would not be wise to demolish such a big station and construct another.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I asked them, how could we do it keeping the station intact, if necessary the metro rail will go over the station or find another site for its turning. Now, it is implementing in that way,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sheikh Hasina also mentioned that the Metro Rail project was obstructed in Dhaka University area by the students terming that it would destroy the academic atmosphere of the university.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"I assured them that they will face no disturbance due to the Metro Rail as it will go through a corner of the university area which will have no sound,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, it was stopped after the Holey Artisan attack when seven Japanese involved with this project were killed, she continued.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"At that time, all Japanese people went back to their homeland. I extended my condolences at once to the then Japanese Prime Minister Abe and I met the family members of the seven deceased Japanese officials when I visited Japan,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She recalled that it was stopped again during COVID-19 pandemic. \"But, that time, the work progressed slowly using the video conferencing system,\" she added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The prime minister said that the government is constructing an underpass to go from the airport railway station to the airport with modern facilities for the convenience of the passengers and Hajj pilgrims, reports BSS</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We will arrange all modern facilities in the underpass for hassle free movement,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 11:33:08', '2023-01-09 11:33:08'),
(4335, 4335, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ferry services on&nbsp; Chandpur -Shariatpur route resumed on Monday morning after eight hours of suspension due to dense fog.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Ferry services were suspended at 12 am on Sunday due to heavy fog considering the safety of the passengers,” Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) ferry ghat manager Faisal Alam said.</div><div><br></div><div>Seven ferries are now operating on Chandpur-Shariatpur-Narsinghpur route.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Due to the suspension of ferry services, small and large vehicles got stranded on both sides of the river. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 11:38:06', '2023-01-09 11:38:06'),
(4336, 4336, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said Monday his country would invest in the development of Indonesia’s new capital on Borneo island, which both nations share.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Anwar made his first overseas trip to Jakarta since taking office in November, saying at least 10 Malaysian companies have committed to invest in Nusantara, the new capital that was chosen in 2019 to replace Jakarta, some 2,000 kilometers (1,240 miles) away.</div><div><br></div><div>The city of about 10 million on the densely populated main island of Java has been sinking due to environmental degradation and overcrowding. The main cause is uncontrolled groundwater extraction exacerbated by the rising levels of the Java Sea.</div><div><br></div><div>The first phase of development of Nusantara started in March last year, and is expected to be completed in 2045.</div><div><br></div><div>Anwar and Indonesian President Joko Widodo also witnessed the signing of agreements for economic cooperation estimated to be worth $263 million.</div><div><br></div><div>Anwar arrived in Jakarta on Sunday with a delegation that includes Foreign Affairs Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir, who held separate talks with his Indonesian counterpart, Retno Marsudi, last week.</div><div><br></div><div>The two sides also discussed issues of land and maritime border demarcation, and employment and protection of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia, which has long been plagued with cases of human trafficking and abuse.</div><div><br></div><div>Indonesia’s government data shows over 50% of Indonesians working abroad, or about 1.6 million, are in Malaysia.</div><div><br></div><div>Widodo welcome Anwar’s commitment to protect migrant workers, and reiterated his request to Malaysia to also provide education for workers’ children. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 12:23:02', '2023-01-09 12:23:02'),
(4337, 4337, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The overall number of global Covid-19 cases is gradually nearing 669 million, with the sudden surge of the virus’ Omicron sub-variant in Asia and some other parts of the world.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to latest global data, the total case count mounted to 668,664,437 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,713,700 on Monday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The US has recorded 103,086,927 cases so far, while 1,121,097 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>India reported 153 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, taking the caseload to 44,681,170.</div><div><br></div><div>With no deaths reported across the country during this period, India’s Covid death toll remained static at 530,720.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, France has registered 39,407,727 Covid-19 cases so far, occupying the third position, while 162,643 people have died in the country, as per the Worldometer.</div><div><br></div><div>Covid situation in Bangladesh</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered 17 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Sunday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new numbers, the country\'s total caseload rose to 2,037,267, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,440 as no new fatalities were reported. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Health Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 12:43:26', '2023-01-09 12:43:26'),
(4338, 4338, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Just after a month of their arrest, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and standing committee member Mirza Abbas were freed from jail on bail on Monday evening.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6pm after the bail order reached the jail authorities, said media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>He said BNP leaders and activists and the relatives of the two-party top leaders received the duo at the jail gate.</div><div><br></div><div>Getting released from jail, Fakhrul came straight to BNP\'s Nayapaltan Central office.</div><div><br></div><div>Several hundred BNP leaders and activists received him as he reached in front of the office around 6:30 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>The party leaders chanted anti-government slogans.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Sunday, the Appellate Division upheld the High Court order granting bail to Fakhrul and party standing committee member Abbas in a case filed over the clash between police and the party activists at Nayapaltan on December 7 last year.</div><div><br></div><div>A four-member bench of the Appellate Division led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique passed the order disposing of the state\'s petition challenging the High Court order.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 4, Chamber Judge of the Appellate Division Justice Jahangir Hossain fixed Sunday for the hearing of the petition at the full-bench of the Appellate Division.</div><div><br></div><div>The petition was filed on the same day with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court seeking stay on the High Court order granting bail to the two BNP leaders in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court granted six months\' bail to Fakhrul and Abbas, in the case on January 3.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 9, a team of Detective Branch (DB) of police picked up Fakhrul and Abbas from their homes in separate raids in the capital, a day before the party’s much-talked about rally in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, they were arrested in a case over the clash between police and the party activists in the capital\'s Nayapaltan on December 7 centring the rally. A Dhaka court sent them to jail rejecting their bail pleas.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP, however, arranged the rally in absence of Fakhrul and Abbas and placed a 10-point demand, including the resignation of the current government and holding the next polls under a non-party polls-time government. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 13:24:15', '2023-01-09 13:24:15'),
(4339, 4339, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain will play a friendly against a select side made up of players from Cristiano Ronaldo\'s new club Al Nassr and their Saudi rivals Al Hilal in Riyadh on January 19, the French champions announced on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Qatar-owned PSG will travel to Doha on January 17 before moving on to the Saudi capital for the match at the King Fahd Stadium which will see Messi and Ronaldo renew their rivalry.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi returned to training with PSG last week after being given a fortnight off following Argentina\'s World Cup triumph in Qatar in December.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile Ronaldo, who will turn 38 in February, recently joined Al Nassr after agreeing a contract that runs until 2025 and is reportedly worth more than 200 million euros ($214m).</div><div><br></div><div>His arrival at Al Nassr, who are coached by Frenchman Rudi Garcia, comes as Saudi Arabia seeks to improve the profile of football in the country ahead of a possible joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup along with Greece and Egypt.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo and Messi have dominated the sport over the last 15 years, winning the Ballon d\'Or 12 times between them.</div><div><br></div><div>Their rivalry grew during nine years in which they came up against each other in Spain, when Messi was starring for Barcelona and Ronaldo for Real Madrid.</div><div><br></div><div>Riyadh clubs Al Hilal and Al Nassr are Saudi Arabia\'s two most successful sides.</div><div><br></div><div>PSG have made a habit of travelling to Qatar in winter since the Gulf state bought the club in 2011.</div><div><br></div><div>However, this trip comes despite the Ligue 1 leaders having a French Cup tie scheduled for the weekend of January 21 and 22 against lower-league opponents yet to be determined. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/as</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 13:45:47', '2023-01-09 13:45:47'),
(4340, 4340, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>At least seven of the 18 jetties remained vacant in the Chittagong Seaport at the start of the new year due to a decline in container throughput.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Port officials said on Monday vessels can currently enter the jetty without waiting at the outer anchorage. Earlier, vessels had to wait for several days.</div><div><br></div><div>They say it could cause revenue losses for the port authorities and the National Board of Revenue (NBR).</div><div>The decline is due to a decrease in import cargo flow. Although port users are reaping some short-term benefits because vessel congestion used to be a major impediment to container unloading.</div><div><br></div><div>As the jetties have remained nearly empty, the average waiting time and cost of transportation of export goods have decreased.</div><div><br></div><div>However, shipping agents are worried that this can eventually lead to a crisis in the long run. Port users are also worried about an impending problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Port officials said that a decrease in vessel arrivals over the last few days was mostly caused by the use of new machinery.</div><div><br></div><div>Chattogram Port Director (Transport) Enamul Karim said, the main reason for the decreased waiting time is the port\'s increased efficiency.</div><div><br></div><div>“Container handling has sped up. So, we have to wait at least a month to determine if vessel unloading has decreased.” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Captain Tanveer Hossain, Chief Operating Officer of Saif Powertec, the terminal operator of Chittagong Seaport, told UNB that container handling has sped up due to the addition of modern machinery.</div><div><br></div><div>“Even a year ago, vessels had to wait for days. Now, vessels can depart faster.”</div><div><br></div><div>He did, however, also point out a decline in vessel arrivals as a result of the ongoing world economic crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Syed Mohammad Arif, Chairman of Bangladesh Shipping Agents Association, told UNB that port users\' hassle has lessened due to the addition of modern machinery.</div><div><br></div><div>“However, if the current situation continues, there is a high risk of future decline.” he concluded.</div><div><br></div><div>The port faced negative growth in container throughput in 2022 due to the decline in container handling. Some 31.42 lakh TEUs of containers were unloaded at the port last year, which was over 72,000 TEUs less in 2021. A dramatic fall in imports due to the global economic crisis caused the decrease. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 13:54:59', '2023-01-09 13:54:59'),
(4341, 4341, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Md Abdul Hamid today called upon the countrymen to go ahead with relentless efforts to build a prosperous and developed ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>In a message on the eve of the Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu, he said on the historic January 10 in 1972, the Father of the Nation had returned to independent and sovereign Bangladesh after nine months and 14 days of captivity in Pakistani jail.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Paying profound homage to Bangabandhu, the President said: “Though we had achieved ultimate victory on December 16 in 1971 through an armed struggle, the true essence of victory came with the return of the Father of the Nation”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said Bangabandhu, a visionary leader, led the nation in every movement including the All Party State Language Movement Council in 1948, Language Movement in 1952, Jukta-Front Election in 1954, movement against Martial Law proclamation by General Ayub Khan in 1958, Movement against Education Commission in 1962, Six-Point Movement in 1966, Mass Upsurge in 1969 and the General Election in 1970, where Awami League won landslide victory.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Hamid said though Awami League had won absolute majority in the 1970 general elections, the Pakistani rulers were reluctant to hand over power and therefore, the freedom-loving people of the country started non-cooperation movement under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On March 7, 1971 Bangabandhu delivered a historic speech at Race Course Maidan which was the indirect declaration of independence as at the mammoth gathering Bangabandhu uttered in his thunderous voice, “The struggle this time is a struggle for emancipation. The struggle this time is a struggle for independence”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On the fateful night of March 25, 1971, the invading army of Pakistan, as part of their blueprint, committed genocide by launching ‘Operation Searchlight’ with a view to destroying Bangali nation, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Against this backdrop, Bangabandhu declared independence in the early hours of March 26 and called upon the countrymen to take part in the War of Liberation and continue fighting until the final victory is achieved, he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The President said immediately after the declaration of independence, the Pakistani Junta arrested Bangabandhu from his Dhanmondi residence located on road number 32 in the city and taken him to Pakistan jail for confinement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In absence of Bangabandhu, the Liberation War was being carried out under his leadership and on December 16, 1971 the Bangali nation achieved ultimate victory, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The President said stepping into the soil of the newly independent Bangladesh on January 10 in 1972, Bangabandhu was overwhelmed by the feelings of emotion.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said in front of hundreds of thousands of people who gathered at the then Race Course Maidan, “The dream of my life has been fulfilled today. My Sonar Bangla is now a free and sovereign state”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu was sentenced to death during his imprisonment in Pakistan but he was firm and steadfast in his aims, the head of the state said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The President quoted Bangabandhu as saying, “I will say, while going to the gallows, I am Bangali, Bangla is my country and Bangla is my language. Joy Bangla”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Such profound love for country and people is a unique example in the world,” he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The anti-liberation forces tried to wipe out the ideal and principle of Bangabandhu and tarnish the image of sovereign Bangladesh through the assassination of Bangabandhu and most of his family members on August 15, 1975, he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>But Bangabandhu and Bangladesh now emerged as a unique symbol to the people of Bangladesh, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Hamid said as long as Bangladesh and the Bangali nation exist, Bangabandhu will remain as the “eternal source of our inspiration.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the worthy daughter of Bangabandhu, Bangladesh is now moving towards the highway of development at a tremendous pace, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said Bangladesh is being lauded worldwide for its development in various sectors including education, health, agriculture, information communication technology (ICT) and women empowerment. The government has opened the Padma Bridge and Metro Rail, which will contribute to the national economy, he said, adding that the tunnel under the River Karnaphuli will soon be opened for vehicular movement.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He added, “Following the path of success in building a \'Digital Bangladesh\' by 2021, we will be able to move forward with more courage and confidence on the path of building a developed Bangladesh by 2041 - this is my expectation on the Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 14:16:22', '2023-01-09 14:16:22'),
(4342, 4342, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, will begin on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the city, on January 13.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first phase of the Ijtema will begin with \'Aam Bayan\' (general sermons) by noted scholars after Fazr prayers on the day that will end with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) on January 15.</div><div><br></div><div>The second phase of the Ijtema, however, will begin on January 20 at the same venue and it is scheduled to end with Akheri Munajat on January 22.</div><div><br></div><div>On the occasion, the Islamic Foundation (IF) today issued directives for holding the Ijtema successfully, keeping intact the law and order, religious and social harmony as well as upholding the country\'s image before the foreigners, who will join the congregation.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In the directives, the IF urged the officials concerned to take measures for conducting a regular campaign at all the mosques across the country so that everyone should refrain from making any propaganda and provocative remarks and activities during the Ijtema.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The IF asked the authorities concerned for conducting the campaign through pre-Khutba sermons before Juma prayers as well as before and after the five times prayers at all mosques using the mosque loudspeakers. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-09 14:30:27', '2023-01-09 14:30:27'),
(4343, 4343, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his Homecoming Day.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier paid homage to the great leader by placing wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of Bangladesh\'s independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flanked by central leaders of Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the party, placed another wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu on behalf of her party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country’s Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on January 10 in 1972, after 290 days of confinement in Pakistan jail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since then, the nation is observing the day as the Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation. 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, '2023-01-10 05:15:41', '2023-01-10 05:15:41'),
(4344, 4344, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh has conveyed to China that it maintains a balanced foreign policy and walks together with all the countries while reassuring Dhaka\'s support to Beijing.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We believe in one-China principle. We maintain a balanced foreign policy. This is our principle. We will extend our support (to China) time to time,\" Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told reporters on Tuesday as conveyed to his Chinese counterpart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang had a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Momen received his Chinese counterpart upon his arrival at around 1:58am, a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two Foreign Ministers had brief meeting at the VIP Lounge of the airport and discussed issues of mutual interest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While briefing the media at the airport early Tuesday, Momen said he raised the huge trade gap issue with China.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said though there was a decision of duty free and quota free facilities for Bangladeshi exports, it has not been implemented yet fully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Businesses are yet to take advantage of the DFQF facilities in the Chinese market, Momen mentioned, seeking measures from the Chinese side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen described the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh in 2016 as a milestone but mentioned that many decisions in terms of investment are yet to be implemented.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh also mentioned China\'s involvement in a number of important development projects including rail link of Padma Bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also thanked the Chinese government for its support to Bangladesh during Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese Foreign Minister invited Momen to visit Beijing at a mutually convenient time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Momen also invited his Chinese counterpart to come again for a longer stay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Momen saw off his Chinese counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:50 am on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Momen told UNB that it was not an official visit to Bangladesh, but the Chinese foreign minister would make a stopover here on his way to another destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qin Gang, who until recently was ambassador to the US, has started his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To \"deepen the China-Africa comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership\" and boost friendly cooperation between China and Africa, Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters upon invitation, from January 9 to 16, 2023,\" Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily media briefing on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the 33rd consecutive year that Africa has been the destination of the Chinese foreign ministers\' annual first overseas visit, 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, '2023-01-10 05:20:17', '2023-01-10 05:20:17'),
(4345, 4345, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Gareth Bale announced his retirement from club and international football at the age of 33 on Monday, bringing the curtain down on one of the most decorated careers in British football history.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former Real Madrid star, who played his final match at the recent World Cup, won five Champions League trophies and made a record 111 appearances for Wales, becoming their greatest goalscorer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bale led his country from the international football wilderness to two European Championships -- reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2016 -- and a first World Cup since 1958.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward, who also played for Southampton, Tottenham and Los Angeles FC, said after the World Cup in Qatar he would keep going for \"as long as I\'m wanted\" but the Cardiff-born player has now decided to hang up his boots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After careful and thoughtful consideration, I announce my immediate retirement from club and international football,\" Bale wrote on his social media accounts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I feel incredibly fortunate to have realised my dream of playing the sport I love.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It has truly given me some of the best moments of my life, the highest of highs over 17 seasons. That will be impossible to replicate, no matter what the next chapter has in store for me.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bale started his career at Southampton but made his name in the Premier League at Tottenham, where he was twice named players\' player of the year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After scoring 31 goals for club and country in the 2012/13 season, it was clear that Spurs would struggle to keep Bale and Real Madrid paid a then world record fee of around £85 ($104 million) to sign him in September 2013.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The high point of Bale\'s club career came in May 2018 when he scored twice in the 3-1 Champions League final victory over Liverpool, including a stunning overhead kick.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also won three league titles in Spain but had a troubled final few years in Madrid as injuries and a perceived lack of commitment pushed him to the fringes of the first team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forward joined Los Angeles FC last year and went on to win the MLS Cup in early November in his short stint in the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Madrid \'legend\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bale started off his one and only World Cup campaign in style, scoring from the penalty spot in his country\'s 1-1 draw with USA in November but defeats to Iran and England meant Wales bowed out at the group stage in Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Wales talisman, whose 41 goals make him the top goalscorer in the country\'s history, issued a separate statement to his \"Welsh family\", saying his decision to retire from international football had been \"by far the hardest of my career\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"My journey on the international stage is one that has changed not only my life but who I am,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The fortune of being Welsh and being selected to play for and captain Wales, has given me something incomparable to anything else I\'ve experienced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am honoured and humbled to have been able to play a part in the history of this incredible country, to have felt the support and passion of the red wall, and together have been to unexpected and amazing places.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Real Madrid issued a statement saying they wanted to \"show their appreciation, admiration and love for a legend of our club and world football\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He will forever be united to the history and legend of our club,\" the club said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tottenham and Southampton congratulated Bale on an \"incredible career\" while LAFC also paid tribute to the star forward.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We want to thank Gareth for everything he brought to our club,\" LAFC co-president and general manager John Thorrington said. \"He arrived here with a goal to win championships in LA and, like he has done everywhere else in his career, he succeeded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was an honour to have one of the most talented, dynamic and exciting players of his generation finish his career with a title for LAFC.\" 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, '2023-01-10 05:23:20', '2023-01-10 05:23:20'),
(4346, 4346, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and arrested 1,500 people as President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned \"acts of terrorism\" after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power, unleashing chaos on the capital.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of soldiers and police mobilized to dismantle an improvised camp outside the army\'s headquarters in Brasilia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There, some 3,000 supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro had set up tents -- used as a base for the sea of protesters who ran riot inside the presidential palace, Congress and Supreme Court for around four hours Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula, who took office on January 1 after a bitterly divisive election win over Bolsonaro, returned to work in the pillaged presidential palace, where AFP reporters saw the wreckage that remained of the previous day\'s havoc: trashed artwork and offices, shattered windows and doors, broken glass strewn across the floor, and furniture dragged into a reflecting pool.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula, the 77-year-old veteran leftist who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, met with the leaders of both houses of Congress and the chief justice of the Supreme Court, and joined them in condemning what many called the South American country\'s version of the US Capitol riots in Washington two years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The three powers of the republic, the defenders of democracy and the constitution, reject the terrorist acts and criminal, coup-mongering vandalism that occurred,\" they said in a joint statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula accepted an invitation to meet with President Joe Biden next month in Washington, US officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bolsonaro, who narrowly lost the October elections, was meanwhile hospitalized with abdominal pains, his wife said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bolsonaro has alleged he is the victim of a conspiracy against him by Brazil\'s courts and electoral authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Media reports said the ex-president was admitted to hospital in Orlando, Florida, where the politician dubbed the \"Tropical Trump\" traveled on the second-to-last day of his term -- snubbing Lula\'s inauguration, in a break with tradition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the latest in a series of health problems stemming from a stabbing attack that nearly claimed Bolsonaro\'s life during his winning 2018 presidential campaign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bolsonaro, 67, took to Twitter Sunday night to condemn the \"pillaging\" in Brasilia, but rejected Lula\'s claim he incited the attacks, and defended the right to \"peaceful protests.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Traces of Trumpism\' –</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the nation continued to come to grips with Sunday\'s stunning violence, hundreds of people gathered along a major avenue in downtown Sao Paulo to defend Brazilian democracy and demand punishment for the people who stormed the halls of power a day earlier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have not endured what I have in this life to see what I saw yesterday -- my people, my country, divided in such a way,\" said Edi Valladares, a 61 year old teacher.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators included young people, entire families, labor union activists, anti racism advocates and others, with banners reading \"We are with Lula and for democracy\" and \"respect for the people\'s vote.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, large contingents of riot police deployed to lock down the capital\'s Three Powers Square, home to the iconic modernist buildings that serve as the headquarters of the three branches of government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Condemnation continued to pour in from around the world, with Pope Francis criticizing the unrest as a sign of \"weakening of democracy\" in the Americas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a joint statement ahead of summit talks in Mexico City, Biden, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condemned the attacks and said they \"stand with Brazil as it safeguards its democratic institutions.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a show of firm support, Biden spoke with Lula by phone Monday and invited him to visit the White House in early February. The Brazilian leader accepted, the White House said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden told Lula of his support for \"the free will of the Brazilian people as expressed in Brazil\'s recent presidential election, which President Lula won,\" the White House said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many drew the inevitable comparison to January 6, 2021, when supporters of then-US president Donald Trump invaded the Capitol in Washington in a violent, failed bid to stop Congress from certifying his election loss.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Investigation begins -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula, who was in the southeastern city of Araraquara visiting a flood-hit region when the riot started, signed a decree Sunday declaring a federal intervention in Brasilia, giving his government special powers over the local police force to restore law and order in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His government vowed to find and arrest those who planned and financed the attacks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes suspended Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha, a Bolsonaro ally, from his post for 90 days, on grounds of \"criminal negligence.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moraes also ordered the security forces to disperse anti-government protests outside military bases nationwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hardline Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting outside army barracks calling for a military intervention to keep Lula from power since his election win.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the ruling, soldiers and police broke up camps in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, as well as Brasilia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula narrowly won the October 30 runoff election by a score of 50.9 percent to 49.1 percent. 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, '2023-01-10 05:26:45', '2023-01-10 05:26:45'),
(4347, 4347, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said that the party is ready to quash domestic and foreign conspiracies, organised violence in the name of movement, and the rise of communalism.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He made the remarks after AL paid tribute to Father of the Nation on the occasion of Bangabandhu\'s Homecoming Day at the historical Bangabandhu Bhaban premises at Dhanmondi-32 at 8:30 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Obaidul Quader said Awami League, under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, is more united, and much stronger, than before.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid tribute to the portrait of Father of the Nation on the occasion of Bangabandhu\'s Homecoming Day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, as the president of Awami League, she paid tribute to Bangabandhu\'s portrait for the second time with top leaders of the party. 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, '2023-01-10 07:18:40', '2023-01-10 07:18:40'),
(4348, 4348, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three people were dead and at least 10 were injured in a head-on collision between two buses in Rangpur\'s Taraganj upazila onTuesday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The accident occurred in Doalipara area of the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway around 7:45 am, said Mostafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Taraganj police station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The injured were admitted to the Rangpur Medical College Hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the police, a Rangpur-bound bus of Tripti Paribahan from Saidpur collided head-on with another bus, of Saimon Exclusive Paribahan, coming from the opposite direction in Doalipara area -- leaving two dead on the spot and 10 injured. \"Another person died at the hospital while undergoing treatment there,\" the OC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bodies have been kept in the hospital morgue for autopsies, added the OC. 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, '2023-01-10 07:22:33', '2023-01-10 07:22:33');
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(4349, 4349, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">U.S. President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country on Monday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to a statement released by the White House on Monday, Biden has ordered federal assistance to supplement State of California, tribal and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from successive and severe winter storms, flooding and mudslides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The federal emergency declaration will authorize the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">California Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed last Wednesday a state of emergency throughout the western U.S. state, home to around 40 million residents, due to the severe winter storms. He submitted a request on Sunday to the White House for a presidential emergency declaration to support ongoing storm response and recovery efforts in the state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since late December, 12 Californians have died from storm-related impacts, including flooding, more than the number of civilians who lost their lives to wildfires in the past two years combined, according to a statement released by the governor\'s office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are in the middle of a deadly barrage of winter storms -- and California is using every resource at its disposal to protect lives and limit damage,\" said Newsom in the statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are taking the threat from these storms seriously, and want to make sure that Californians stay vigilant as more storms head our way,\" the governor added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winter storms continued to hit California with heavy rains, causing flooding, road closures and power outages in many regions across the state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"California is expecting a stronger and more widespread atmospheric river that will bring strong winds, heavy rain, and thunderstorms,\" the governor\'s office tweeted, adding that \"this is serious -- stay safe, make the necessary preparations, and limit non-essential travel.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nearly 100,000 homes and businesses in California were still without power as of Monday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, a website which collects live power outage data from utilities all over the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tens of thousands of people across Northern California are dealing with continued power outages on Monday, as heavy rain and strong winds caused issues on roadways but spared the region from widespread devastation, reported KCRA-TV, a television station in Sacramento, the capital of the state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many school districts across the region and some individual schools facing power outages have canceled classes for Monday, the news outlet added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No significant letup is expected in the recent very wet weather pattern that has been plaguing much of California and the ongoing heavy rains Monday afternoon across central California will be dropping into Southern California Monday night into early Tuesday, said the U.S. National Weather Service in a weather forecast on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U.S. National Weather Service noted that nearly all of California has seen much above average rainfall totals over the past several weeks, with totals 400-600 percent above average values.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This has resulted in nearly saturated soils and increasingly high river levels. Additional heavy rains on Tuesday will exacerbate ongoing flooding and continue the risk of flash flooding and mudslides, especially across recent burn scar regions,\" said the agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Dangerous life-threatening flash flooding across southern Santa Barbara county and central Ventura county through this evening as additional heavy rain moves into the area. Follow orders from emergency officials,\" the U.S. National Weather Service tweeted Monday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of people were ordered to immediately evacuate Southern California\'s Montecito on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All residents in the community in Santa Barbara County were urged to \"leave now\" by local officials as \"the heaviest rain is yet to come this afternoon and evening.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A total of 23 people were killed in January 2018 when a massive mudslide caused by heavy rains swept through the coastal community and destroyed 130 homes.&nbsp; Xinhua/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 07:26:29', '2023-01-10 07:26:29'),
(4350, 4350, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh has conveyed to China that it maintains a balanced foreign policy and walks together with all the countries while reassuring Dhaka\'s support to Beijing.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We believe in one-China principle. We maintain a balanced foreign policy. This is our principle. We will extend our support (to China) time to time,\" Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen told reporters on Tuesday as conveyed to his Chinese counterpart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang had a brief stopover at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Momen received his Chinese counterpart upon his arrival at around 1:58am, a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two Foreign Ministers had brief meeting at the VIP Lounge of the airport and discussed issues of mutual interest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While briefing the media at the airport early Tuesday, Momen said he raised the huge trade gap issue with China.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said though there was a decision of duty free and quota free facilities for Bangladeshi exports, it has not been implemented yet fully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Businesses are yet to take advantage of the DFQF facilities in the Chinese market, Momen mentioned, seeking measures from the Chinese side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen described the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh in 2016 as a milestone but mentioned that many decisions in terms of investment are yet to be implemented.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foreign Minister of Bangladesh also mentioned China\'s involvement in a number of important development projects including rail link of Padma Bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also thanked the Chinese government for its support to Bangladesh during Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese Foreign Minister invited Momen to visit Beijing at a mutually convenient time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Momen also invited his Chinese counterpart to come again for a longer stay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Momen saw off his Chinese counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:50 am on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Momen told UNB that it was not an official visit to Bangladesh, but the Chinese foreign minister would make a stopover here on his way to another destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qin Gang, who until recently was ambassador to the US, has started his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To \"deepen the China-Africa comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership\" and boost friendly cooperation between China and Africa, Foreign Minister Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters upon invitation, from January 9 to 16, 2023,\" Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily media briefing on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the 33rd consecutive year that Africa has been the destination of the Chinese foreign ministers\' annual first overseas visit, 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, '2023-01-10 07:31:31', '2023-01-10 07:31:31'),
(4351, 4351, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Varun Dhawan recently hit back at a news portal which claimed that she wasn\'t glowing like before at the trailer launch of her upcoming film Shaakuntalam on Monday. Samantha is currently battling myositis, which causes weak, painful or aching muscles.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tweet from the news portal read: ‘Feeling sad for Samantha. She lost all her charm and glow. When everyone thought she came out of divorce strongly and her professional life is seeing heights, myositis hit her badly, making her weak again’. Responding to it, Samantha wrote, \"I pray you never have to go through months of treatment and medication like I did .. And here’s some love from me to add to your glow.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Varun Dhawan also defended Samantha and responded to the tweet. He wrote, “You don’t feel bad about anything you just care about clickbait feel bad for you son. Also glow is available in Instagram filters. Just meet Sam trust me she was glowing.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Samantha\'s fans also slammed such comments made on the actor\'s look and the actor called her “beautiful”. A Twitter user wrote, “As someone who has an autoimmune disease, and went through heaps of experimental treatments including steroids, with all the effects of illness &amp; treatment that showed up visibly, these kinds of condescending remarks can feel brutal. I feel sorry for those that can’t see .”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praising the user, Samantha wrote in her response, “In a world where you can be anything … Be kind !! @MeDamselDee You are beautiful.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, Samantha shared a few pictures of herself from the trailer launch along with a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. Her caption read: “Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. -Martin Luther King jr. This is what we’ll do.” 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, '2023-01-10 07:39:25', '2023-01-10 07:39:25'),
(4352, 4352, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned the conquered country in the guise of a champion 25 days after independence of Bangladesh - on January 10, 1972. There is no such homecoming in the history. Homecoming is not just a come back to \'sweet home,\' a return to the country, the soil of the country, and the people after a lifelong struggle to finally return to the firm hope of building a dream-Sonar Bangla (Golden Bengal).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Waiting for 28 days (9 months 12 days) to return home as a winner, while in the prison in Pakistan it was either death, or freedom. No, not death; Sheikh Mujib made the independence of his men and motherland after about 23 years of struggle, and a total of 13 years of imprisonment. He faced execution twice (1969 and 1971) but survived to implement the country\'s independence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the Bengalis was united for independence at the call of Bangabandhu, the Pakistani military launched a brutal attack on the night of March 25, 1971 on the independence-loving Bengalis and arrested Bangabandhu from his Dhanmondi residence on March 26 at 1.20 pm, shortly after he declared the independence of Bangladesh. He could have escaped if he wanted to. But Bangabandhu was not such a man.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with British journalist David Fraser, he made it clear: \'I thought it is better I die and at least save my people who love me so much. I am their leader, I will embrace death if necessary, but why should I escape? \'However, after the victory of Bangladesh, on international pressure Bangabandhu was released from prison on the morning of January 8, 1972. After his release, he returned to the country on January 10, 1972, via London and Delhi. When the plane carrying Bangabandhu touched the runway of Tejgaon Airport that afternoon, countless crowds greeted their undisputed leader with cheers and sky-scraping \'Joy Bangla\' slogans.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangabandhu went to Suhrawardy Udyan (then Racecourse Maidan) straight from the airport, where he one day urged millions of Bengalis to jump into the freedom struggle. There, he congratulated the country\'s people in an emotional voice for snatching victory in the bloody liberation war and called upon all to dedicate themselves to rebuilding the war-torn country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As soon as he returned to the country on January 10, 1972, getting him back alive millions of Bengalis welcomed him at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan, where once he called for independence ten months back. He firmly called upon people, \"If my people are killed again, then my request to you is: \'build fortress in every home\'.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his words, the desire to liberate the motherland has fascinated the whole nation, provoked, \'Remember, since we have given blood, we will give more, by we will surely liberate liberate the people of this country, inshallah.\' He emphasized, \'The struggle this time is the struggle for our liberation. The struggle this time is the struggle for our independence.\'&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After returning to the country, the father of the nation started tidying up the country. In the beginning, he gave his focus in formulating the state policies- the principles on which the new country Bangladesh would be governed. Mujibbad gave a remarkable imprint of the life, culture, and heritage of the land and people of the country in politics, gifted with his political experience, wisdom, foresight, and the uniqueness of independent Bengal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was not unaware of the plight of ordinary people in the war-torn country. He expressed his determination to alleviate their suffering as follows: \"From today my request, from today my command, from today my order, as a brother-not as a leader, nor as to the president or as the prime minister, I am your brother, you are my brothers.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This independence of mine will be futile-if the people of my Bengal are not fully fed on rice, this independence of mine will not be fulfilled-if the mothers and sisters of Bengal do not get clothes, this independence of mine will not be fulfilled-if the mothers and sisters of this country do not get clothes for the protection of their modesty, this independence of mine will not be fulfilled-if the people of this country, the youth of mine, do not find employment or do not get jobs.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The drafting of the constitution reflected the idea of local, and not the imitation of other developed countries. The views of the people were reflected in the constitution; 98 recommendations were adopted on the basis of public opinion. Bangabandhu always emphasized the will and needs of the people first.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In just nine months, Bangabandhu presented the nation with one of the world\'s best constitutions, which was adopted by the National Assembly on November 4, 1972, and came into effect from December 16 (Victory Day). Speaking on the constitution in the parliament, the country\'s architect said: \"This constitution is written in the blood of the martyrs. This constitution will survive as a tangible symbol of the hopes and aspirations of the entire people.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is unknown whether anyone else in history got a chance to speak about the passion and love that Bangabandhu expressed at the people\'s reception at all levels. Emotional Bangabandhu said at that auspicious time; my Bangladesh has become independent today. \"My Bangladesh has been independent today, my life\'s desire has been fulfilled today, the people of my Bengal have been liberated today. My Bengal will remain free. Today I won\'t be able to make a speech. The way the sons of Bengal, the mothers of Bengal, the peasants of Bengal, the laborers of Bengal, the intellectuals of Bengal did struggle, I was imprisoned, was ready and waiting to go to the gallows. But I knew that they could not suppress my Bangalees. The people of my Bengal would be liberated.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sitting in a dark cell of a prison (multiple prisons - Karachi, Faisalabad) and dreaming of freedom, he was not sure he would return to his beloved motherland alive. \"I did not know I would return to you\", fascinated by the motherland, Bangabandhu uttered. \"I have come. I did not know I was sentenced to death by hanging. A grave was dug for me beside my cell. I prepared myself, I said I\'m a Bangalee, I\'m a man, I\'m a Muslim-who dies once not twice. I said, if death comes to me, I\'ll die laughing.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Bangabandhu was imprisoned in Pakistan from March 26, 1971 to January 8, 1972 (9 months and 12 days), obviously he was alive in Bangladesh\'s consciousness and liberation struggle, and inspired them for nine months. He was the President of the Mujibnagar Government and the first President of the country. In his physical absence or absence, the four national leaders conducted the Mujibnagar government i.e., the war of liberation, by embracing his ideals, thoughts, and consciousness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although he was in prison in Pakistan, he was not unaware of the atrocities that the Pakistanis had inflicted on the Bengalis in the nine-month war. Mentioning that 3 million people have been killed in the war, Bangabandhu aggrieved, \"In the Second World War and also in the First World War, such a number of people, such a number of common citizens did not die, were not martyred, which happened in my 7-crore people\'s Bangladesh.\" While in prison in Pakistan, he was never disturbed or intimidated by the thought of execution. His compassion for the country was expressed in his speech: \"I told just one thing, I have no objection if you kill me. Please return my dead body to my Bangalees, this is my only request to you.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was a prison, but he believed that no one could keep the Bengalis in suppress. Bangladesh would be independent. And so he prepared in his mind about what to build an independent country. That is why he did not have to hurry or take time to concentrate on the task of building a Sonar Bangla, including the drafting of the constitution in the earliest possible time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruthless Pakistani military could not kill this great humane-the leader of the seven-crore Bangali. But he had to give his life in the hands of his \'loved\' ones, in the plan of the very own traitors, while the chief mastermind Mushtaq sent the cooked the sand duck to Bangabandhu\'s home just two days ago (13 August). Who knew that this \'lovely\' feast was also an exercise in plotting to assassinate Bangabandhu! By killing Bangabandhu, the murderous circle silenced his dream of Sonar Bangla.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladeshi forms of politics that he has formulated in this country taken from the soil and people\'s lives was also blocked. When the people of Bangladesh, under the leadership of Bangabandhu, were determined to transform the country into Sonar Bangla in a democratic state system with a secular mindset of the 1970s, they stopped that progress by killing him and went back to the \'religion\'-centric social divisions like the 1940s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the killers did not know that Bangabandhu could be killed and could not be kept suppressed (dabay rakha). He was, is, and will, always be. That is why the people overthrew the then military government in the late 1990s, overcoming all obstacles and bearing his secular mentality. He has always been equally popular, no matter whether his party is in power or not. For example, in a 2004 BBC poll, Bangabandhu was elected the greatest Bengali of all time (then the BNP-led government in power (2001-2006)). In 2005, the High Court quashed the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and ruled to restore the 1972 constitution, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2010.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, since 2010, people have rallied in various places, including the capital, to restore the 1972 constitution. In this favorable environment, the government led by his daughter restored the main provisions of the 1972 constitution in 2011. In addition to any emergency of the Awami League, Bangabandhu is still more relevant and influential in any crisis of the nation. As long as Bangladesh, so long Bangabandhu. In fact, Bangladesh and Bangabandhu are synonymous.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the question of Bangabandhu\'s relevance, Bengali economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen recently stated that \'Bangabandhu and his ideals are still relevant\'. He further emphasized that Bangabandhu\'s philosophy and ideology should be imitated in the conflicting contemporary world, especially in South and South-East Asia.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangabandhu\'s need for secularism and religious freedom in resolving ethnic and religious conflicts not only in Asia but also in the Western world is undeniable and socialist democracy is essential to build an exploitation-free society. The country lost its genuine architect and friend- Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib a quarter century ago. But he was, is, will be in the arteries of Bengalis: \"As long as Padma, Meghna, Gouri, Jamuna flows on, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, your accomplishment will also live on.\" 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, '2023-01-10 07:47:27', '2023-01-10 07:47:27'),
(4353, 4353, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has conveyed to Bangladesh that his country will “remain engaged” in Bangladesh’s development journey to the next level, noting Bangladesh’s “remarkable” economic progress over the years.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Our discussion was very useful and fruitful. Good news is that China has expressed its willingness to remain engaged with Bangladesh in our development journey. They want to work with us as a partner,” Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to reporters after attending a discussion, marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Momen said he and his Chinese counterpart discussed the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war, including disruptions in the supply chain and economic fallout.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“… We need to work together to overcome the current situation (due to the Ukraine war),” Momen said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>TRADE RELATIONS</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The foreign minister said he raised the huge trade gap issue with China as Bangladesh imports goods worth US$ 13 billion against exports worth less than US$ 800 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said though there was a decision of duty-free and quota-free facilities for 98 percent of Bangladeshi products, it has not been fully implemented yet due to the absence of a gazette notification.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Businesses are yet to take advantage of the duty-free and quota-free facilities in the Chinese market, the minister said, seeking steps from the Chinese side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>ROHINGYA ISSUE</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding the Rohingya issue, Momen said the Chinese side sees some problems in Myanmar that are delaying the repatriation of the Rohingyas. “But he (Chinese foreign minister) remains hopeful.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen said if the Rohingya issue remains unresolved, there is a possibility that they could become “radicalised”. “These people are stateless. Their future is uncertain. For that reason, they could succumb to extremism and terrorism,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladeshi foreign Minister sought special measures from the Chinese side so that the problem could be resolved as soon as possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“At least the process should start. He agreed,” Momen told reporters referring to his conversation with the Chinese foreign minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is hosting over 1.1 million Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and Bhasan Char and not a single Rohingya has been repatriated since August, 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In August 2017, a deadly crackdown by Myanmar army on Rohingya Muslims sent hundreds of thousands fleeing across the border into Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh also conveyed to China that it maintains a balanced foreign policy with all countries while reassuring Dhaka’s support to Beijing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We believe in the One-China principle. We maintain a balanced foreign policy. This is our principle. We will extend our support (to China) from time to time,” Momen told reporters at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early Tuesday as conveyed to his Chinese counterpart who had a brief stopover there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen received his Chinese counterpart upon his arrival at around 1:58am, a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two Foreign Ministers had a brief meeting at the VIP Lounge of the airport and discussed issues of mutual interest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen described the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Bangladesh in 2016 as a milestone but mentioned that many decisions in terms of investment are yet to be implemented.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The foreign minister of Bangladesh also mentioned China’s involvement in a number of important development projects including the rail link of Padma Bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also thanked the Chinese government for its support to Bangladesh during Covid-19 pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chinese foreign minister invited Momen to visit Beijing at a mutually convenient time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Momen also invited his Chinese counterpart to come again for a longer stay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Momen saw off his Chinese counterpart at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2:50 am on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Momen told UNB that it was not an official visit to Bangladesh, but the Chinese foreign minister would make a stopover here on his way to another destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qin Gang, who until recently was ambassador to the US, has started his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To “deepen the China-Africa comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership”, Qin Gang will visit Ethiopia, Gabon, Angola, Benin, Egypt, the African Union Headquarters and the League of Arab States Headquarters upon invitation, from January 9 to 16, 2023, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a daily media briefing on Monday. 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, '2023-01-10 08:55:36', '2023-01-10 08:55:36'),
(4354, 4354, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his Homecoming Day.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The premier paid homage to the great leader by placing wreath at the portrait of the Father of the Nation in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi in the capital this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of Bangabandhu, the architect of Bangladesh\'s independence.</div><div><br></div><div>Flanked by central leaders of Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina, also the president of the party, placed another wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu on behalf of her party.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu, the undisputed leader of the nation and supreme commander of the country’s Liberation War, returned to the sacred soil of independent Bangladesh via London and New Delhi on January 10 in 1972, after 290 days of confinement in Pakistan jail.</div><div><br></div><div>Since then, the nation is observing the day as the Homecoming Day of the Father of the Nation. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 10:25:42', '2023-01-10 10:25:42'),
(4355, 4355, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said, “Our discussion was very useful and fruitful. Good news is that China has expressed its willingness to remain engaged with Bangladesh in our development journey. They want to work with us as a partner.”&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Newly appointed Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has conveyed to Bangladesh that his country will “remain engaged” in Bangladesh’s development journey to the next level noting its “remarkable” economic progress over the past years.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking to reporters on Tuesday after attending a discussion marking the historic Homecoming Day of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the greatest Bangalee of all time, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said they discussed the consequences of the Ukraine war like disruptions in the supply and financial chains.</div><div><br></div><div>A new situation has been created and we need to work together to overcome the current situation (due to the Ukraine war),” Momen said.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said he raised the huge trade gap issue with China as Bangladesh imports goods worth US$ 13 billion against Bangladesh’s exports worth less than US$ 800 million.</div><div><br></div><div>He said though there was a decision of duty free and quota free facilities for 98 percent of Bangladeshi products, it has not been implemented yet fully due to absence of a gazette notification.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, he said the Chinese side sees some problems in Myanmar that delayed the repatriation of the Rohingyas. “But he (Chinese FM) remains hopeful.”</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said there is a possibility of radicalism if the problem remains unresolved.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“These people are stateless. Their future is uncertain. For that reason they could succumb to extremism and terrorism. As a result peace will be disrupted for the whole reason,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Foreign Minister sought special measures from the Chinese side so that the problem could be resolved as soon as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 11:09:31', '2023-01-10 11:09:31'),
(4356, 4356, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Amatullah Bushra, the prime suspect in the death of Buet student Fardin Noor Parash, was released on bail from Kashimpur Women\'s Central Jail in Gazipur after around two months.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jailer Farhana Akhtar of Kashimpur Women\'s Central Jail confirmed the release on Tuesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>A bail hearing was held for Bushra on January 5. The court was then waiting for the order after the hearing.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, on Sunday, Judge Tahsin Iftekhar of Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge\'s Court-7 granted her bail.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 11:31:42', '2023-01-10 11:31:42'),
(4357, 4357, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indian authorities will demolish some buildings in a northern Himalayan town near the China border after evacuating families in the past few days, an official said on Tuesday, as hundreds of houses developed cracks in the area popular with pilgrims.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Experts and residents have long warned that large-scale construction work in and around Joshimath town, including for power projects built by companies like state-run NTPC could lead to land subsidence.</div><div><br></div><div>NTPC, India\'s largest power producer, says its tunnelling and other work is not responsible for the cracks in the town of about 17,000 people.</div><div><br></div><div>Joshimath is a gateway to Hindu and Sikh shrines and is popular with tourists looking to trek parts of the Himalayas.</div><div><br></div><div>Nearly 700 houses in the town in Uttarakhand state have developed cracks and some 400 people have been moved to safer locations, authorities say.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Six structures from across four wards have been found very unsafe,\" Himanshu Khurana, a top official of the Chamoli district where Joshimath is located, told Reuters. \"We will demolish some unsafe buildings based on the recommendation and under the guidance of federal experts.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Two buildings have been identified already for demolition, he said, without clarifying when that could happen.</div><div><br></div><div>Khurana earlier told Reuters that work on some border road projects as well as NTPC\'s Tapovan Vishnugad 520 megawatt hydro power plant had been suspended.</div><div><br></div><div>Local resident Prakash Bhutiyal, 50, said seven of the 11 rooms in his residence-cum-guesthouse had developed cracks and they were waiting to be moved to a safer location, reports Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our family of nine has been forced to live in just one room,\" he said. \"We have kept all our belongings in the open. We are yet to be shifted to a safer place.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 12:03:08', '2023-01-10 12:03:08'),
(4358, 4358, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Monsio Sayeh is due in Dhaka on January 14 for a 5-day visit, to finalise the agreement for a $4.5 billion loan.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The IMF DMD will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukder, Finance Secretary Fatima Yasmin, and Economic Relations Department (ERD) Secretary Sharifa Khan, sources in the finance division said.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh applied for a loan of $4.5 billion last July. The IMF has agreed, subject to conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>A team led by Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rauf Talukder met with the IMF on the sidelines of the World Bank-IMF annual meeting in Washington last October. After the meeting, the governor told reporters that Bangladesh will get a loan from the IMF.</div><div><br></div><div>A team of IMF held a two-week meeting in Dhaka from October 26 to November 9, 2022. The IMF team, led by Rahul Anand (Bangladesh’s mission chief), met with Bangladesh Bank, the Ministry of Finance, the Energy Division, BBS, the Planning Ministry, BSEC, NBR, and BERC to know the latest economic situation. According to UNB reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 12:38:52', '2023-01-10 12:38:52'),
(4359, 4359, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque said that the government has taken initiative to provide healthcare services to the countrymen by issuing health card.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Zahid Maleque said this while addressing ‘BSRF Dialogue’ at the media centre of the Secretariat in the capital on Tuesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Zahid Maleque said that everyone will have health card. Development Project Proposal (DPP) has been sent to the Planning Commission. Hope, Prime Minister will approve it. In this regard, there were discussions with the premier.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“The card will contain all health related information of an individual. Such card is issued in foreign countries. We will issue the card like them,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 13:13:45', '2023-01-10 13:13:45'),
(4360, 4360, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Fortune Barishal registered their first victory in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), securing a six-wicket win against Rangpur Riders in an eventful game that was marred by controversy at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The game was stopped unexpectedly for five minutes during when Barishal came to chase the innings as their captain Shakib Al Hasan entered into the ground and was seen to exchange some heated words with the umpires.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Barishal manager Sazzad Ahmed Shipon clarified that Shakib did what was within the rules.</div><div><br></div><div>However Barishal went on to win the game, chasing Rangpur\'s 158-7 with four balls to spare as Iftikhar Ahmed sealed the deal with a massive six to help them reach 162-4.</div><div><br></div><div>Openers Chaturanga de Silva and Anamul Haque Bijoy, for whom Shakib indeed got involved in verbal brawl with umpires, failed to give the side a good start with the former being out on 1 in the fourth ball of the innings.</div><div><br></div><div>Anamul failed to capitalize on his start, being out on 15 as Barishal were left to 18-2 in fourth over. He was also seen to be engaged with verbal spat with umpires after being trapped leg-before by Sikandar Raza.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghan recruit Ibrahim Zadran helped the side bring the chase back on track, ably supported by Mehidy Hasan Miraz who led the side in the first match.</div><div><br></div><div>The duo shared 84-run for the third wicket stand to set the platform of their first victory in the second game. Mehidy made 43 off 29, hitting five fours before being dismissed by Robiul Haque.</div><div><br></div><div>Sikandar Raza, who was the most successful bowler for Rangpur with 2-14 then gave the side a glimmer of hope, getting rid of Zadran, whose 52 came off just 41 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes.</div><div><br></div><div>To the surprise of many, Shakib didn\'t come to bat as it was expected. Rather He sent Iftikhar Ahmed and Karim Janat ahead of him, a decision that proved to be decisive. The duo helped the side sail the home without much fuss.</div><div><br></div><div>Iftikhar was not out on 25 off 18 while Janat was on 21 off 14.</div><div><br></div><div>After being asked to bat first, Rangpur rode on Shoaib Malik\'s unbeaten 54 off 36 to post a moderate target. Rony Talukdar who fashioned the side\'s victory against defending champions Comilla in the first match by 34 runs, also made a fluent 40 off 28. Captain Nurul Hasan Sohan was the other batter who reached double digit mark with 12.</div><div><br></div><div>After a good start from Rony, Malik kept the side on track and helped them go past 150 plus mark.</div><div><br></div><div>Chaturanga de Silva and Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed two wickets apiece for Barishal. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 14:07:01', '2023-01-10 14:07:01'),
(4361, 4361, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The northernmost town of Tentulia recorded the country\'s lowest temperature of 6.9 degrees Celsius as a mild cold wave continued seeping over the northern region exposing the poor, elderly people and children to intense miseries.</b></span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Met Office sources said the minimum temperatures mostly remained unchanged with little ups and downs at most places in the last 24 hours ending at 6 pm this evening adding misery to common people in the region.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Besides, the recorded minimum temperatures were-- 10.8 degrees Celsius at Rangpur, 7.9 degrees at Dinajpur, 9 degrees at Saidpur, 8.2 degrees Celsius at Dimla and 8 degrees Celsius at Rajarhat monitoring points in the region.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However, the weather marked slight improvement as the sun appeared in a clear sky free from fog and clouds across the northern region from 10 am bringing little relief to the common people till 4 pm today.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>According to local residents, the severity of the cold forced thousands to stay indoors affecting businesses and normal activities as the sun remained covered by fog and clouds till 10 am today amid blowing cooler winds.</div><div><br></div><div>The district administrations, trade bodies, banks, voluntary, sociocultural and charitable organisations and NGOs have further intensified distribution of warm clothes among the cold-hit people to mitigate their sufferings.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Rangpur District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer (DRRO) Md. Motahar Hossain said distribution of 75,000 pieces of blankets allocated, so far, by the government are being distributed to cold-stricken people of the district.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We are expecting to get more allocations of warm clothes from the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief to further intensify distribution of the same among cold-hit poorer section people to mitigate their sufferings,\" Hossain added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Kurigram DRRO Md Abdul Hye Sarker said Kurigram DRRO Abdul Hye Sarker said the district administration continues distribution of 53,000 pieces of blankets allocated, so far, by the government among cold-affected people of the district.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Rangpur Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman said adequate steps have been taken in all district, upazila and union level health service facilities to provide proper treatments to the increasing number of cold- related patients.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"The physicians are conducting their duties round the clock in all hospitals and other health service facilities in Rangpur division,\" he added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) at its regional office here Agriculturist Mohammad Shah Alam said agriculture officers are assisting farmers in nursing growing crop plants and Boro rice seedlings to save those from cold injuries, reports BSS.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He suggested farmers irrigate Boro rice seedbeds at nights and discharge water in the mornings and keep seedbeds under cover of polythene sheets to save seedlings from cold injuries if the situation deteriorates.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 14:30:11', '2023-01-10 14:30:11');
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(4362, 4362, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday warned that all the extreme rightist and leftist groups are joining forces with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party to try to oust her Awami League government, which has been working tirelessly for the welfare of the country and its people.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Now they (BNP) are saying they will forge movement from 11 (January)…they got their as their companions the extreme leftists and rightists. All extremists are gathering in one place to topple us from power,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was addressing a discussion marking the historic Homecoming Day of Bangabandhu organised by the Awami League at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC). Hasina, also the AL president, presided over the event.</div><div><br></div><div>On this day in 1972, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returned to the newly liberated Bangladesh via London and New Delhi after spending nine and a half months in a Pakistani jail.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that her government is so strong that it won’t be easy at all for BNP and its extremist allies to oust it from power.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let me tell you one thing. The AL works for the people and their welfare. Don’t think it will fall down if one shakes it. Things are not that much easy,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, she said, her party does know very well how to oust illegal power grabbers and voter riggers. “And we had proved that repeatedly.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said that taking advantages of digital transformation of the country BNP has hired people who are spreading slander against Awami League on the social media and trying to confuse the people.</div><div><br></div><div>“They spread panic over the December 10 (rally of BNP) beating drums and trumpets, but it finally went to Golapbag,” she said ridiculing the opposition party.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina recalled that Khaleda Zia was compelled to cancel two elections - February 15, 1996 and January 6, 2006 - that took place under her government.</div><div><br></div><div>“People deposed them as they rigged people’s votes. They were ousted and rejected repeatedly by the people. How would they practice democracy? They and their party do not have any democracy in them,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She claimed that Awami League practices democracy within the party and also in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“Transparent ballot boxes, voters’ lists with photos, ID cards and EVMs all have been introduced by us so that people could cast their votes freely,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Coming to power with people’s verdict, Hasina said, her party engaged all their strength for the development and welfare of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>“Advancement of AL will be continued. Inshallah, we will build Golden Bangladesh and Smart Bangladesh. This is our pledge to our Father (of the Nation),“ she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that supreme sacrifice of the Father of the Nation and millions of martyrs must not go in vain.</div><div><br></div><div>“It will not go in vain. People of Bangladesh will move across the world with their heads ever high,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>AL general secretary Obaidul Quader gave the welcome address at the programme where AL central committee members Professor Mohammad Ali Arafat, Advocate Tarana Halim, former Jahangirnagar Vice-Chancellor Farzana Islam, eminent actor Ramendu Majumder, Dhaka South unit AL Abu Ahammad Mannafi and Dhaka north unit AL general secretary SM Mannan Kochi also spoke.</div><div><br></div><div>AL Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap conducted the discussion. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 15:09:30', '2023-01-10 15:09:30'),
(4363, 4363, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China has stopped issuing short-term visas to individuals from South Korea and Japan in retaliation for Covid restrictions on Chinese travellers.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Visas for South Koreans entering China as tourists have been suspended, Beijing\'s embassy in Seoul said.</div><div><br></div><div>And Japanese media reported China was imposing similar measures there.</div><div><br></div><div>It\'s a tit-for-tat move which Beijing says will remain in place until \"discriminatory\" entry restrictions against China are lifted.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, South Korea stopped issuing tourist visas for those coming from China, which the Chinese foreign ministry called \"unacceptable\" and \"unscientific\".</div><div><br></div><div>Reacting to China\'s latest move, South Korea\'s foreign ministry told the BBC that its policy towards arrivals from China was \"in accordance with scientific and objective evidence\".</div><div><br></div><div>Japan meanwhile is currently allowing Chinese visitors into the country - provided they test negative for Covid.</div><div><br></div><div>According to South Korea\'s Disease Control and Prevention Agency, around a third of all arrivals from China tested positive for Covid prior to the visa restrictions being put in place.</div><div><br></div><div>At Seoul\'s Incheon International airport - the only South Korean airport still allowing flights from China - arrivals are met by military personnel in personal protective equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>The BBC managed to speak to some of them as they were escorted to the airport testing centre.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Personally, I think it\'s OK. I have been through much worse during this pandemic,\" said William, a businessman from Shanghai. \"As a traveller I just try to comply with the policies are much as possible.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But another passenger disagreed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In my mind it\'s not scientific at all,\" said Emily, who arrived from Hong Kong. She, like those coming from mainland China, was required to test.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I feel like it\'s a little bit unfair on this side. They must feel really unsafe, I suppose.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Many South Koreans support the idea of protecting their country from China\'s coronavirus surge - but not all are convinced that the decision is a purely medical one.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is a political element to it and the relationship between the two countries isn\'t a good one. A lot of Korean people hold a lot of animosity blaming China for the coronavirus,\" said Jinsun, who was heading to Abu Dhabi.</div><div><br></div><div>Another woman going on her honeymoon to Paris said South Korea might not have implemented such rules if the country concerned wasn\'t China.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But then again, whatever we did, China would have a problem with it,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Korean curbs are supposed to last at least until the end of the month, which would give scientists time to analyse for any potential new variants coming from China.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There\'s no transparency at the moment in China about any monitoring for new variants. If a new variant comes from China, it would be a very difficult situation for the whole world,\" Professor Kim Woo Joo, an infectious diseases expert at Korea University and a government adviser, told the BBC.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It would also be a disaster for the Korean healthcare system. We currently have a lot of hospitalisations and deaths already and our elderly people are also under-vaccinated. This is what we are worried about.\"</div><div><br></div><div>At the moment, only a small number of business or diplomatic travellers from China are being allowed into South Korea. They must test negative before departure and also on arrival.</div><div><br></div><div>One Chinese man who tested positive escaped from a bus taking him to a quarantine hotel near the airport. Two days later he was caught by police in a hotel in Seoul. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 15:25:54', '2023-01-10 15:25:54'),
(4364, 4364, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun today asked the police to ensure security on the premises of the Biswa Ijtema.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"Police, other law enforcement agencies, intelligence agencies, administration and all related departments have taken necessary measures to hold Bishwa Ijtema peacefully,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The IGP chaired the meeting on overall security and law and order of the upcoming Bishwa Ijtema to be held in Tongi on the outskirts of the capital on January 13-15 and on January 20-22 at the Hall of Pride of Police Headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>He hoped that the Ijtema would be held safely and peacefully with the collective efforts of all including police forces and other law enforcement agencies.</div><div><br></div><div>Mamun called upon the organisers to hold the Bishwa Ijtema maintaining cordial relations between themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials of the Uttara Traffic Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) were placed their plan on traffic system.</div><div><br></div><div>Plainclothes police will be deployed for the security of the Ijtema. Besides, Bomb Disposal Unit, Dog Squad, River Patrol and Explosive trained teams will be on duty.</div><div><br></div><div>Senior police officials, representatives of various intelligence agencies, representatives of relevant government departments and Tabligh leaders\' were present. According to BSS reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 16:17:28', '2023-01-10 16:20:04'),
(4365, 4365, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A powerful deep-sea earthquake damaged village buildings in a lightly populated island chain in eastern Indonesia early Tuesday, and its substantial shaking was widely felt in northern Australia. - AP</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"25\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-10 16:24:00', '2023-01-10 16:24:00'),
(4366, 4366, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Brazil\'s judicial authorities have ordered the arrest of top public officials after rioters stormed key government buildings in Brasília.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One official, the former commander of the military police, has been arrested, local media reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The officials also include Brasília\'s former public security chief Anderson Torres and others \"responsible for acts and omissions\" leading to the riots, the attorney general\'s office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Torres denies any role in the riots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Colonel Fábio Augusto, the police commander, was dismissed from his role after supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rioting came a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula, was sworn in.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dramatic scenes saw thousands of protesters, some clad in yellow Brazil football shirts and waving flags, overrun police and ransack the heart of the Brazilian state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the approximately 1,500 people arrested and brought to the police academy after the riot, officials say that nearly 600 have been taken to other facilities, where police officials have five days to formally charge them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Tuesday, the federal intervenor in public security accused Mr Torres of \"a structured sabotage operation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ricardo Cappelli, who has been appointed to run security in Brasília, said there was a \"lack of command\" from Mr Torres before government buildings were stormed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula\'s inauguration on 1 January was \"an extremely successful security operation,\" Mr Cappelli told CNN.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">What changed before Sunday was that, on 2 January, \"Anderson Torres took over as Secretary of Security, dismissed the entire command and travelled\", he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If this isn\'t sabotage, I don\'t know what is,\" Mr Cappelli added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Torres said that he deeply regretted the \"absurd hypotheses\" that he played any part in the riots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the scenes, which occurred during his family holiday, were lamentable and said it was \"the most bitter day\" of his personal and professional life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula has accused security forces of \"neglecting\" their duty in not halting the \"terrorist acts\" in Brasília.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public prosecutors asked on Tuesday for a federal audit court to freeze Mr Bolsonaro\'s assets in light of the riots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president, who has condemned the riots, has not admitted defeat from October\'s tight election that divided the nation, and flew to the US before the handover on 1 January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, he was admitted to hospital in Florida with abdominal pain relating to a stabbing attack during his election campaign in 2018. Reports say he left the hospital on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Bolsonaro said on Tuesday that he intended to return to Brazil, telling CNN that he would bring forward his departure from the US, which was originally scheduled for the end of January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day after the riots, heavily armed officers started dismantling a camp of Mr Bolsonaro\'s supporters in Brasília - one of a number that have been set up outside army barracks around the country since the presidential election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Torres, who previously served as Mr Bolsonaro\'s justice minister, was fired from his role as Secretary of Public Security on Sunday by Brasília governor Ibaneis Rocha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Rocha was himself later removed from his post for 90 days by the Supreme Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula has also taken aim at the security forces, accusing them of \"incompetence, bad faith or malice\" for failing to stop demonstrators accessing Congress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You will see in the images that they [police officers] are guiding people on the walk to Praca dos Tres Powers,\" he said. \"We are going to find out who the financiers of these vandals who went to Brasília are and they will all pay with the force of law.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video shared by the Brazilian outlet O Globo showed some officers laughing and taking photos together as demonstrators occupied the congressional campus in the background.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters had been gathering since the morning on the lawns in front of the parliament and up and down the kilometre of the Esplanada avenue, which is lined with government ministries and national monuments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the actions of the protesters, in the hours before the chaos, security had appeared tight, with the roads closed for about a block around the parliament area and armed police pairs guarding every entrance into the area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC had seen about 50 police officers around on Sunday morning local time and cars were turned away at entry points, while those entering on foot were frisked by police checking bags.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Katy Watson, the BBC\'s South America correspondent, some protesters aren\'t just angry that Mr Bolsonaro lost the election - they want President Lula to return to prison.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Bolsonaro has gone very quiet since losing October\'s elections, she said, adding that in not publicly conceding defeat, he\'s allowed his most ardent supporters to remain angry over a democratic election that he legitimately lost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president condemned the attack and denied responsibility for encouraging the rioters in a post on Twitter some six hours after violence broke out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, his son, Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, said people should not try to link his father to the riots, stating that he has been silently \"licking his wounds\" since losing the election. 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(4367, 4367, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prince Harry has said claims he boasted in his new book about killing 25 Taliban fighters while on duty in Afghanistan are a \"dangerous lie\".</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prince has been criticised for discussing killings in Spare, with some military figures saying it was wrong to refer to the dead as \"chess pieces\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But on US TV, Harry accused the press of taking his words out of context with spin that could endanger his family.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also defended his remarks, saying he had wanted to reduce veteran suicide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spare, which was published on Tuesday, has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever in the UK.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 400,000 copies of the memoir have been bought, despite many excerpts being leaked in the press ahead of its official release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People in Spain were also able to get their hands on a copy last week after it was accidentally released early in bookstores across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a short teaser clip from his latest interview with Stephen Colbert on The Late Show to promote the book, Harry said it had been a difficult period.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The last few days have been hurtful and challenging, not being able to do anything about those leaks,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He then appeared to condemn some coverage of the book, saying: \"Without a doubt, the most dangerous lie that they have told, is that I somehow boasted about the number of people I killed in Afghanistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If I heard anyone boasting about that kind of thing, I would be angry. But it\'s a lie.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry said that now the book was out, he hoped people would be able to \"see the context\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s really troubling and very disturbing that they can get away with it because they had the context. It wasn\'t like here\'s just one line, they had the whole section, they ripped it away and just said \'here it is, he\'s boasting on this\'.\"That\'s dangerous - my words are not dangerous - but the spin of my words are very dangerous to my family. That is a choice they\'ve made.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to his openness about killing people while on military duty, he said he had \"made a choice to share it because having spent nearly two decades working with veterans all around the world I think the most important thing is to be honest\", and to give people the space to share their experiences \"without any shame\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"My whole goal and my attempt with sharing that detail is to reduce the number of suicides,\" he added. 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, '2023-01-11 02:21:14', '2023-01-11 02:21:14'),
(4368, 4368, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s mercenary Wagner Group has claimed control over the town of Soledar in eastern Ukraine - but Kyiv says its soldiers are holding out.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s media carried a statement purported to be by the Wagner head, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, who said Ukrainians were now encircled in the city centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar earlier said that \"heavy fighting is continuing\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The claims by both sides have not been independently verified.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the reported statement late on Tuesday, Mr Prigozhin said: \"Wagner units took control of the entire territory of Soledar. A cauldron has been formed in the centre of the city in which urban fighting is going on.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement stressed that only Wagner fighters - who are not part of the Russian armed forces - were taking part \"in the storming\" of Soledar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Ms Maliar said a few hours before that \"the enemy does not pay attention to the large losses of its personnel and continues to actively storm\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The approaches to our positions are simply strewn with the bodies of dead enemy fighters. Our fighters are defending bravely,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fall of Soledar - a small salt-mining town in the Donetsk region - could help Russian troops to encircle the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK said earlier on Tuesday that Russian troops and the mercenary Wagner Group were \"likely\" to now be in control of the town.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was \"almost no life\" left in Soledar and \"no whole walls left\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is what madness looks like,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in a new address late on Tuesday, Mr Zelensky praised the resilience of Ukrainian forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The strategic importance of Soledar is debated, but its capture would be significant for two reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, it would allow Russian forces to inch closer to the regional city of Bakhmut. Russia could use access to Soledar\'s deep, city-like network of salt mine tunnels, dormant since April, to penetrate Ukrainian-controlled territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secondly, invading forces would be able to give Ukraine a taste of its own medicine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One thing that has helped Kyiv liberate territory has been its ability to target Russian supply lines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long-range missile strikes have often left thousands of invading troops unable to replenish personnel, ammunition, fuel, and rations, and stopped them freely moving military hardware.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The capturing of Soledar - which had a population of 10,000 before the war - would effectively cut Bakhmut off from a major supply line from nearby Sloviansk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK said it believed Soledar was close to falling to Russia - but added that the Kremlin was \"unlikely\" to take Bakhmut immediately due to Ukraine\'s \"stable defence lines\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A senior military official from the US Department of Defense said earlier on Monday there was a \"good portion\" of Soledar in Russian hands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fighting around Bakhmut has been going on for months, and the US official described the most recent exchanges as \"savage\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two British nationals have gone missing in the region and were last seen heading to Soledar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the long and intense battle, Oleh Zhdanov - a highly respected military analyst in Ukraine - believes that neither Soledar nor Bakhmut are especially important from an operational point of view.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zhdanov said in an interview on Monday with the Ukrainian newspaper Gazeta that Russia \"is trying to prove to the whole world that its army is capable of winning\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Institute for the Study of War, a US-based think-tank, has said that Mr Prigozhin, \"will continue to use both confirmed and fabricated Wagner Group success in Soledar and Bakhmut to promote the Wagner Group as the only Russian force in Ukraine capable of securing tangible gains\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has suffered several major setbacks in Ukraine since its invasion nearly a year ago, including losing control of the only regional capital in the south it had managed to capture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Capturing Soledar would just as much be a propaganda victory for the Kremlin as a military one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gains for Russia are relatively small and costly, but the town would be a much-needed trophy to present to critics back home. 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(4369, 4369, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">“No amnesty! No amnesty! No amnesty!”</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The chant reverberated off the walls of the jam-packed hall at the University of Sao Paulo’s law college on Monday afternoon. Within hours, it was the rallying cry for thousands of Brazilians who streamed into the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, penned on protest posters and banners.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The words are a demand for retribution against the supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed Brazil’s capital Sunday, and those who enabled the rampage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“These people need to be punished, the people who ordered it need to be punished, those who gave money for it need to be punished,” Bety Amin, a 61-year-old therapist, said on Sao Paulo’s main boulevard. The word “DEMOCRACY” stretched across the back of her shirt. “They don’t represent Brazil. We represent Brazil.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters\' push for accountability evokes memories of an amnesty law that for decades has protected military members accused of abuse and murder during the country\'s 1964-85 dictatorship. A 2014 truth commission report sparked debate over how Brazil has grappled with the regime\'s legacy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Declining to mete out punishment “can avoid tensions at the moment, but perpetuates instability,” Luis Felipe Miguel, a professor of political science at the University of Brasilia, wrote in a column entitled “No Amnesty” published Monday evening. “That is the lesson we should have learned from the end of the military dictatorship, when Brazil opted not to punish the regime’s killers and torturers.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazilian police on Monday had already rounded up roughly 1,500 rioters. Some were caught in the act of trashing Brazil\'s Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace. Most were detained the following morning at an encampment in Brasilia. Many were held in a gymnasium throughout the day, and video shared on pro-Bolsonaro social media channels showed some complaining about poor treatment in the crowded space.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of elderly and sick detainees were released Tuesday after they were questioned and had their phones inspected, local media O Globo reported. The Federal Police’s press office told The Associated Press that the force plans to indict at least 1,000 people. As of early afternoon, 447 people had been transfered to either a detention center or prison, according to a bulletin from the federal district’s penitenciary administration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says jailing the rioters is only the start.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice minister Flávio Dino vowed to prosecute those who acted behind the scenes to summon supporters on social media and finance their transport on charges involving organized crime, staging a coup, and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. Authorities also are investigating allegations that local security personnel allowed the destruction to proceed unabated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We cannot and will not compromise in fulfilling our legal duties,\" Dino said. \"This fulfillment is essential so such events do not repeat themselves.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula signed a decree, now approved by both houses of Congress, ordering the federal government to assume control of security in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Far-right elements have refused to accept Bolsonaro’s electoral defeat. Since his Oct. 30 loss, they have camped outside military barracks in Brasilia, pleading for intervention to allow Bolsonaro to remain in power and oust Lula. When no coup materialized, they rose up themselves.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Decked out in the green and yellow of the national flag, they broke windows, toppled furniture and hurled computers and printers to the ground. They punched holes in a massive Emiliano Di Cavalcanti painting at the presidential palace and destroyed other works of art. They overturned the U-shaped table where Supreme Court justices convene, ripped a door off one justice’s office and vandalized a statue outside the court. Hours passed before police expelled the mob.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s unacceptable what happened yesterday. It\'s terrorism,\" Marcelo Menezes, a 59-year-old police officer from northeastern Pernambuco state, said at a protest in Sao Paulo. “I’m here in defense of democracy, I’m here in defense of the people.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cries of “No amnesty!\" were also heard during Lula\'s Jan. 1 inaugural address, in response to the president detailing the neglect of the outgoing Bolsonaro administration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bolsonaro, a former army captain, has waxed nostalgic for the dictatorship era, praised a notorious torturer as a hero and said the regime should have gone further in executing communists. His government also commemorated the anniversary of Brazil’s 1964 coup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political analysts had repeatedly warned that Bolsonaro was laying the groundwork for an insurrection in the mold of that which unfolded in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. For months, he stoked belief among hardcore supporters that the nation’s electronic voting system was prone to fraud — though he never presented any evidence and independent experts disagreed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Results from the election, the closest since Brazil\'s return to democracy, were quickly recognized by politicians across the spectrum, including some Bolsonaro allies, as well as dozens of other governments. The outgoing president surprised nearly everyone by promptly fading from view, neither conceding defeat nor emphatically crying fraud. He and his party submitted a request to nullify millions of votes, which was swiftly dismissed by the electoral authority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">None of that dissuaded his die-hard backers from their conviction that Bolsonaro should still be in power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the immediate aftermath of the riot, Lula said that the so-called “fascist fanatics” and their financial backers must be held responsible. He also accused Bolsonaro of encouraging the uprising.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bolsonaro denied the president’s accusation Sunday. Writing on Twitter, he said peaceful protest is part of democracy, but vandalism and invasion of public buildings cross the line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities are also investigating the role of the federal district\'s police in either failing to halt protesters\' advance or standing aside to let them run amok. Prosecutors in the capital said local security forces were negligent at the very least. A supreme court justice temporarily suspended the regional governor, who oversees the force, for what he termed \"willful omission\". Another justice blamed authorities across Brazil for not swiftly cracking down on “homegrown neofascism.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The upheaval finally prompted municipal and state governments to disperse the pro-Bolsonaro encampments outside the military barracks. Their tents and tarps were taken down, and residents were sent packing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, pro-democracy protesters want to ensure their message — “No amnesty!” — will be heeded by both the law enforcement authorities and any far-right elements who might dare defy democracy again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“After what happened yesterday, we need to go to the street,” said Marcos Gama, a retiree protesting Monday night in Sao Paulo. “We need to react.” 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, '2023-01-11 02:37:10', '2023-01-11 02:37:10'),
(4370, 4370, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to downplay their frustrations with one another on migration and trade as they met for the near-annual North American Leaders Summit.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders offered a unified front on Tuesday despite tensions that have put a strain on their relationships even as Biden has made repairing alliances a cornerstone of his foreign policy agenda.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tensions were front and center when Biden and López Obrador met on Monday, with the Mexican president complaining of “abandonment” and “disdain” for Latin America.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But as they closed Tuesday’s summit in Mexico City with a joint news conference, the leaders offered an optimistic outlook.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’re true partners the three of us,” said Biden, adding that they had “genuine like” for one another. “We share a common vision for the future, grounded on common values.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">López Obrador, for his part, thanked Biden for not building “even one meter of wall,” a not so subtle dig at Biden’s Republican predecessor, Donald Trump. The warmth during their joint press conference stood in stark contrast to the more brusque exchange a day earlier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, López Obrador prodded Biden to “insist” Congress regularize undocumented Mexican migrants who work in industries where American employers are struggling mightily to find enough workers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The three-way gathering is held most years, although there was a hiatus while Trump was president. It’s often called the “three amigos summit,” a reference to the deep diplomatic and economic ties among the countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the leaders have found themselves at odds, especially as they struggle to handle an influx of migrants and to crack down on smugglers who profit from persuading people to make the dangerous trip to the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, Canada and the U.S. accuse López Obrador of violating a free trade pact by favoring Mexico’s state-owned utility over power plants built by foreign and private investors. Meanwhile, Trudeau and López Obrador are concerned about Biden’s efforts to boost domestic manufacturing, creating concerns that U.S. neighbors could be left behind.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trudeau emphasized in a one-on-one meeting with Biden the benefits of free trade and warned against Buy America policies that the U.S. administration has promoted, according to the prime minister’s office. Nearly 80% of Canada’s exports go to the U.S., so avoiding protectionism remains a priority for Canada.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The key takeaways from the summit revolve around better connections among the three nations and a shared goal of a stronger North America on energy and in particular semiconductors, climate and a pledge to cut methane emissions, an agreement to manage large waves of migrants coming to the region and a more cohesive regional strategy on dealing with future pandemic-related health threats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In their talks on Monday, López Obrador challenged Biden to improve life across the region, telling him that “you hold the key in your hand.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is the moment for us to determine to do away with this abandonment, this disdain, and this forgetfulness for Latin America and the Caribbean,” Lopez Obrador said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden responded by pointing to the billions of dollars that the United States spends in foreign aid around the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the start of Tuesday’s Biden-Trudeau meeting, the leaders spoke familiarly and with optimism. Trudeau called the U.S. president “Joe” and Biden joked with Trudeau — after the Canadian leader had delivered a statement to reporters in English and French — that he should have paid more attention in his college French classes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden and Trudeau also discussed their countries’ efforts to support Ukraine nearly 11 months after Russia’s invasion. Canada announced Tuesday that it would buy an American-made National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, or NASAMS, to be donated to Ukraine. The medium-range ground-based air defense system, which protects against drone, missile and aircraft attacks, costs about $406 million and brings Canada’s contribution to Ukraine to more than $1 billion since the start of the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House said in a statement that the leaders also discussed “the generational opportunity to strengthen supply chains for critical minerals, electric vehicles, and semiconductors.” The U.S. administration also announced that Biden will make his first visit to Canada as president in March.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“There’s a lot of reasons to be optimistic, especially for those of us in our countries,” Trudeau said. “But it’s going to take a lot of work, something neither you or I or most our citizens have ever been afraid of.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden and López Obrador haven’t been on particularly good terms for the past two years. The Mexican leader made no secret of his admiration for Trump, and last year he skipped a Los Angeles summit of the Americas because Biden didn’t invite the authoritarian leaders of Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But despite the tension, there’s been cooperation. The U.S. and Mexico have also reached an agreement on a major shift in migration policy, which Biden announced last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the plan, the U.S. will send 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela back across the border from among those who entered the U.S. illegally. Migrants who arrive from those four countries are not easily returned to their home countries for a variety of reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, 30,000 people per month from those four nations who get sponsors, background checks and an airline flight to the U.S. will be able to work legally in the country for two years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has risen dramatically during Biden’s first two years in office. There were more than 2.38 million stops during the year that ended Sept. 30, the first time the number topped 2 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">López Obrador spoke at length about Mexico’s efforts to control the flow into the United States of fentanyl, the synthetic opioid that has become a scourge for many American communities. He noted that his government gave the military control of sea ports to help with the interdiction of precursor chemicals coming from Asia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We are battling fentanyl, these chemicals, and we are doing it because we care. No human is foreign to us,” he said. “It really matters to us to be able to help with what is happening in the United States, the deaths from fentanyl. But also as we discussed today, it is not only an issue for the United States, because if we don’t confront this problem, this scourge, we are going to suffer it, too. So we have to act in a coordinated way.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada is being nudged by the U.S. and other allies to lead an international mission to Haiti to help solve the ongoing humanitarian and security crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and the country’s Council of Ministers sent an urgent appeal Oct. 7 calling for “the immediate deployment of a specialized armed force, in sufficient quantity” to stop the crisis caused partly by the “criminal actions of armed gangs.” But more than three months later, no countries have stepped forward.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trudeau on Tuesday called the situation “heartbreaking.” Both he and Biden said they will work with the United Nations Security Council to assist the Caribbean nation but also expressed caution about direct intervention.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We need to make sure that the solutions are driven by the people of Haiti themselves,” Trudeau said. 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(4371, 4371, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An upward trend in imports once again amid calls for austerity from the highest levels of government has raised concern among economists as to whether truly effective steps are being taken to check trade-based capital flight, particularly through the practise of over-invoicing by the country’s importers.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has been looking to shore up its dwindling reserves of foreign exchange by cutting down imports of non-essential and luxury items, as well as tightening the process for issuing LCs by banks on behalf of importers, during which over-invoicing occurs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both Bangladesh Bank and the government took a number of measures to curb import payments, which hit a record high of $82.5 billion in FY22, that ended last June 30. The central bank has asked banks to impose a 100 percent margin on the opening of LCs for non-essential items, meaning that importers have to make a full import payment in advance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The results were mixed, with only a slight cooling down in imports noticeable in the first quarter of the current fiscal (July to September 2022), clocking $19.3 billion. With exports too slowing somewhat to $10.8 billion in the same period, the country’s trade deficit had already ballooned to $7.5 billion in the first three months of the year - sustaining the pressure on the reserves.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Subsequent data from the Export Promotion Bureau have shown that exports bounced back strongly in the second quarter, breaking records in November and December. But now import data, which from Bangladesh Bank tends to be a month behind the export numbers from EPB, has shown that imports too have kept performing robustly.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After continuing to hover above the $6 billion mark in October, the country’s imports crossed the $7 billion mark once again in November 2022, clocking $7.03 billion, up 14.2 percent from the previous month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acknowledging the need for austerity to check superficial spending, economist and former caretaker government advisor Dr. A.B.M Mirza Azizul Islam was keen not to see rising imports as a negative per se, since it also signals strong demand in the economy and the people’s purchasing power. Consumption can be a driver of growth.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is a good aspect of increasing imports. It is natural that imports will increase when the economy grows. Imports will increase, investment in the country will increase. The economy will move forward,” he told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The problem is our imports had increased abnormally. It came down in various steps. Now there is an increasing trend again. But our reserves are dwindling. In this situation, there will be more pressure on reserves,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the government has to stay on the path of austerity, it should continue for some more time. After getting loans from the IMF, World Bank and ADB, things can be thought of differently, Mirza Aziz said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former governor of the central bank, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, opined much the same, encouraging increased domestic resource mobilisation while following the path of austerity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also suggested strongly to verify the LCs against goods arriving via containers to stop trade-based money laundering, the real menace that needs to be targeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the global economy started to normalise in the post-pandemic period, Bangladesh witnessed galloping import demand outshine record exports in the 2021-22 fiscal. The $82.5 billion import figure was itself a record, up 36 percent year-on-year and leading to a record trade deficit as well.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country’s forex reserves, which peaked at $48.1 billion in August 2021, will soon have halved since then.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the last trading week on Thursday (Jan. 5), the reserves stood at $33.6 billion, including encumbered reserves. The unencumbered reserves figure would be $24.5 billion, following the next payment to the Asian Clearing Union, $1.12 billion for the November-December period, due this week. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbdn24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 03:34:25', '2023-01-11 03:34:25'),
(4372, 4372, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian strikes hit eastern Ukraine\'s city of Kharkiv late Tuesday, the regional governor said, just hours after a surprise visit by the German foreign minister with her Ukrainian counterpart.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Annalena Baerbock vowed further German support for Kyiv on her unannounced trip, but Ukraine\'s top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba said Berlin\'s refusal to send his country battle tanks was costing lives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently agreed to provide to Ukraine Marder infantry fighting vehicles long sought by Kyiv in its battle against Russia\'s invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Berlin has so far declined to supply Ukraine with more advanced Leopard battle tanks. Kuleba, accompanying Baerbock during her visit to the eastern city of Kharkiv, pressed Germany again to send them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \"longer it takes to make the decision, the more people will die\", he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have no doubt that Ukraine will receive German Leopard tanks. I think the German government somewhere deep down understands that this decision will be made and the tanks will be transferred to Ukraine.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kharkiv has faced heavy bombardment during the war, but the frontline has moved east since a Ukrainian counter-offensive last year retook territory from Russian forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Stay in the shelters. The occupiers are bombing again!\" regional governor Oleg Synegubov warned on Telegram. An AFP journalist heard several explosions in the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baerbock, who on Tuesday became the highest-level Western official to visit Kharkiv, had pledged further German support for Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In all parts of Ukraine, from Kharkiv to Kherson to Kyiv, people should know they can rely on our solidarity and support,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She stressed that Germany will keep supplying weapons \"that Ukraine needs in order to free its citizens who are still suffering under the terror of Russian occupation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baerbock brought with her a \"further help package\" of power generators, 20 million euros ($21 million) for demining and 20 million euros as financial help for the Starlink project ensuring internet access for the population.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Putin ally stripped of citizenship -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he had revoked the citizenship of Viktor Medvedchuk, once seen as Russian leader Vladimir Putin\'s top ally in Kyiv and accused of high treason.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Medvedchuk, a former Ukrainian lawmaker who was handed over to Russia in a prisoner exchange last September, was stripped of his citizenship along with three others, Zelensky said in his daily address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on materials prepared by Ukraine\'s security and state migration services and in accordance with the constitution, \"I have decided to terminate the citizenship of four persons,\" Zelensky said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the actions were appropriate for those who \"choose to serve not the people of Ukraine, but the murderers who came to Ukraine\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian tycoon Medvedchuk was captured in April last year by Ukraine\'s special services, after fleeing home arrest when Russia invaded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The super-rich powerbroker -- once dubbed the \"dark prince\" of Ukrainian politics -- was accused of high treason and attempting to steal natural resources from Russia-annexed Crimea and of handing Ukrainian military secrets to Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Symbol of incredible perseverance\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several Western leaders including Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron have visited Ukraine since Russia\'s invasion on February 24, 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But none have travelled so far east as Baerbock, where swathes of territory are under Russian control.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baerbock\'s visit was kept secret for security reasons and announced only as she made her way back to Berlin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said she wanted to get a picture of the situation on the ground and send her message of solidarity to Ukrainians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Baerbock called the city a \"symbol of the Ukrainians\' incredible perseverance and courage\", as she noted that deep traces of the destruction wrought by Russian forces were still visible \"practically on every street corner\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kharkiv was not just a city of the country\'s \"successful counter-offensive that impressed the whole world, but it is also, unfortunately, a place of mass crimes committed by the Russian army on our territory against our people\", said Kuleba.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest trip is Baerbock\'s third to the war-torn country since Russia\'s invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In May, she became the first senior German government figure to travel to Ukraine since the conflict began. 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, '2023-01-11 03:41:36', '2023-01-11 03:41:36'),
(4373, 4373, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Peru on Tuesday announced a curfew in the southern Puno region in a bid to suppress violent protests, a day after 18 people were killed imn clashes between demonstrators and security forces.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said the three-day nighttime curfew would run from 8:00 pm to 4:00 am (0100 to 0900 GMT).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In total 40 people have been killed over a month of protests demanding the departure of President Dina Boluarte, who took over after the ouster and arrest of then president Pedro Castillo on December 7.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday Peru\'s prosecutor\'s office said it was opening a genocide investigation against Boluarte and other top officials as a result of the deaths.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Puno region that borders Bolivia and is home to many Aymara Indigenous people has become the epicenter of the protest movement led by Castillo supporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overnight, protesters looted shops and attacked police vehicles in the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the bloodshed there took place when protesters tried to storm the airport in the city of Juliaca that was being guarded by security forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fourteen people were killed, many having suffered gunshot wounds, according to an official at a Juliaca hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Three more people died during the ransacking of a shopping center in Juliaca while the last known victim was a police officer who the United Nations said died after his vehicle was set on fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has defended the actions of the security forces in Juliaca, claiming those guarding the airport faced down an organized attempted \"coup\" by thousands of demonstrators.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado called on authorities \"to carry out prompt, impartial and effective investigations into the deaths and injuries, holding those responsible to account and ensuring victims receive access to justice and redress.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protests erupted a month ago when leftist Castillo -- who was facing several graft investigations -- was forced from office and arrested on charges of rebellion after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tension had since been mounting in the cities of Puno and Juliaca where a week-long general strike has forced businesses to close.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both cities are at elevations of around 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) near the high Andean border with Bolivia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Demonstrators have set up road blocks in six of the country\'s 25 departments. Officials say there are 53 separate road blocks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the southern Andean region of Ayacucho, thousands marched through the streets of the city of Huamanga demanding Boluarte\'s resignation and new elections, which have already been brought forward from 2026 to April 2024.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'War situation\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The death toll brought a rebuke from the UN office in Peru, which expressed its \"deep concern over the increasing violence.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We urge the authorities and security forces to take urgent measures to ensure the respect of human rights, including the right to protest peacefully,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leaders of the Catholic Church, which is dominant in Peru, called the latest violence \"a situation of war.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are in the hands of barbarism,\" Cardinal Pedro Barreto, the archbishop of the central city of Huancayo, told RPP radio station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Puno regional government declared three days of mourning over the recent deaths and called on Boluarte to resign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, a delegation from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will visit Peru to investigate the protests and accusations of political repression.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, former Bolivia president Evo Morales, who is from the Aymara ethnicity and was his country\'s first indigenous leader, called on Peru to end \"the massacre of our brothers.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, he was barred from entering Peru as the government accused him of trying to interfere in the country\'s affairs. 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, '2023-01-11 03:51:19', '2023-01-11 03:51:19'),
(4374, 4374, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Singapore is a small island nation with a rich cultural heritage. From its diverse population to its vibrant nightlife, Singapore is a melting pot of cultures and traditions.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singapore has a long and storied history, having been ruled by the British and the Japanese before becoming an independent nation. This has resulted in a unique blend of cultures and customs that make Singapore a truly unique destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city-state is home to a variety of ethnic groups, including Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Eurasian. Each of these groups has contributed to the culture of Singapore, and visitors can explore the different traditions and customs of each group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most popular attractions in Singapore is the Singapore River Cruise. This cruise takes visitors along the Singapore River and offers a glimpse into the city\'s past. Along the way, visitors can see the colonial buildings of the British era, the colorful shop houses of Chinatown, and the bustling markets of Little India.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Singapore River Cruise is also a great way to experience the city\'s vibrant nightlife. From the lively pubs and clubs of Boat Quay to the chic rooftop bars of Clarke Quay, there is something for everyone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city is also home to a number of cultural attractions. The National Museum of Singapore offers a comprehensive look at the nation\'s history, while the Asian Civilisations Museum is dedicated to the cultures of the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For a more modern take on culture, visitors can explore the city\'s bustling Chinatown. This area is filled with street food, shops, and markets, and is a great place to experience the vibrancy of Singapore\'s Chinese culture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The city is also home to a number of religious sites, such as the Sri Mariamman Temple, the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple, and the Sultan Mosque. These sites provide visitors with a glimpse into the spiritual traditions of Singapore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singapore is also a great place to experience the performing arts. The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is a popular venue for concerts and theatre performances, while the Singapore Repertory Theatre offers performances of classic and contemporary plays.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, Singapore is home to a number of cultural festivals throughout the year. From the Chinese New Year to the Hindu Deepavali, visitors can experience the vibrant culture of Singapore through these events.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singapore is a vibrant and diverse nation and its cultural heritage is something that should be explored and experienced. From the colonial buildings of the British era to the bustling markets of Chinatown, Singapore offers a wealth of cultural experiences for visitors to explore. 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, '2023-01-11 04:07:13', '2023-01-11 04:07:13'),
(4375, 4375, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Virat Kohli smashed a brilliant attacking century to set up a convincing 67-run win for India in the opening one-day international against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kohli hammered 113 off 87 balls to drive India to 373-7 after they were invited to bat first at the start of the three-match series in Guwahati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Skipper Rohit Sharma (83) and fellow opener Shubman Gill (70) put on 143 runs to lay the foundations of the mammoth total.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bowlers, led by Mohammed Siraj, then restricted Sri Lanka to 306-8 to give India a 1-0 lead in the series.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Skipper Dasun Shanaka top-scored with an unbeaten 108 after opening batsman Pathum Nissanka hit 72 but the knocks could only reduce the margin of loss for the tourists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kohli, who survived two dropped catches on 52 and 81, stood out with his 45th ODI hundred and 73rd across all formats as he let out a roar and took off his helmet to bask in the stadium\'s applause.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He finally fell to third-time-lucky quick Kasun Rajitha, who was also bowling when wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis and Shanaka dropped the star batsman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gill hit three successive boundaries off debutant left-arm quick Dilshan Madushanka in the fourth over and Rohit smashed two sixes and a four off Rajitha to begin the charge on a batting-friendly pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rohit, who returned to captain the side after missing India\'s 2-1 T20I series win, reached his fifty with a four and Gill raised his half-century a short time later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gill took on Dunith Wellalage with three successive fours in one over before he fell lbw in the next to Shanaka\'s medium-pace bowling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rohit attempted to keep up the attack with regular boundaries but Madushanka cut short his knock with a length ball that bowled the Indian skipper off an inside edge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rest of the innings belonged to Kohli, who has hit two successive ODI hundreds since coming out of an extended lean patch last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Sri Lanka were never in the chase after losing two early wickets including Mendis bowled for a duck off Siraj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nissanka attempted to give some life to the chase with his fighting knock and a 72-run fourth-wicket stand with Dhananjaya de Silva, who made 47.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sri Lanka slipped to 206-8 in the 38th over but Shanaka stretched the match till the final ball with an unbeaten 100-run stand with Rajitha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Umran Malik took three wickets with his express pace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second match is on Thursday at Kolkata\'s Eden Gardens. 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, '2023-01-11 04:13:24', '2023-01-11 04:13:24'),
(4376, 4376, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Irish comedy \"The Banshees of Inisherin\" and Steven Spielberg\'s semi-autobiographical \"The Fabelmans\" scooped the top film awards at the Golden Globes on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Top comedy \"Banshees\" and top drama \"Fabelmans\" -- which each claimed other prizes at the gala -- will take the momentum into the rest of awards season and are hotly tipped to win Oscars, which are awarded on March 12. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 04:55:23', '2023-01-11 04:55:23'),
(4377, 4377, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The mass sit-in programme, by the BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances and organisations began today in the capital and other divisions in the county as part of the simultaneous movement against the current government.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four-hour programme began at 10 am and will continue till 2 pm — separately by opposition parties — to realise their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party neutral government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leaders and activists of BNP and other like-minded opposition parties have already gathered in Nayapaltan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the second programme of the simultaneous movement after the mass procession by the 33 opposition parties on December 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP leaders said the programme was worked out for January 11 keeping in mind the political changeover that took place on that day in 2007 - an episode popularly known as “1/11” in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP vice chairman Dr AZM Zahid Hossain along with party law affairs secretary Kaiser Kamal met Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq on Tuesday and they got permission for observing the sit-in programme in front of their party’s Nayapaltan central office from 10-am to 2pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">DMP Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq said they urged BNP to observe the programme keeping traffic movement normal. \"They (BNP) have to take the responsibility if there is a disruption in traffic.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP senior leaders, including secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Mirza Abbas, will address the programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, Ganatantra Mancha will hold the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club while the 12-Party Alliance at Bijoy Nagar Water Tank, Jatiyatabadi Samamona Jote at Purana Paltan, LDP at FDC crossing and Ganatantrik Bam Oikya in the east side of the Jatiya Press Club and Gonoforum (Montu) at Arambagh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though Bangladesh Jamaat Islami joined the mass procession programme with BNP and other parties on December 30, the Islamist party has decided not to observe the sit-in programme due to a strategic region, said a senior leader of the party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the sit-in, the opposition parties and alliances are likely to announce fresh programmes to intensify the simultaneous movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, BNP senior leaders will take part in the mass sit-in programme in different divisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the plan of BNP, party standing committee members Gayeshwar Chandra Roy will lead the programme in Sylhet Division while Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan in Rajshahi, Nazrul Islam Khan in Mymensingh, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in Chattogram, Selima Rahman in Barishal, and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku in Rangpur, Vice-Chairmen Barkat Ullah Bulu in Cumilla, Shamsuzzaman Dudu in Khulna and Advocate Ahmad Azam Khan in Faridpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on December 30, BNP and 32 other like-minded opposition parties staged a mass procession programme in different parts of the capital and Rangpur city as the first programme of the simultaneous movement. 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, '2023-01-11 06:05:57', '2023-01-11 06:05:57'),
(4378, 4378, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said his government would purchase a US air defense system to donate to Ukraine.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US-built air defense system is worth $406 million Canadian (US$302 million), Defense Minister Anita Anand said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement was made after a bilateral meeting between Trudeau and US President Joe Biden in Mexico City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada is offering the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) to Ukraine to counter Russia\'s massive bombardment of its critical infrastructure, Anand said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Canada will continue to stand with the Ukrainian people as they fight against Russia\'s illegal and unjustifiable invasion,\" Anand tweeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky responded that Canada had \"vividly proven\" its support.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thank you for helping us to protect our sky. NASAMS procured for us by Canada will be a strong shield for our cities and citizens,\" Zelensky tweeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The donation is in addition to the armored vehicles, artillery, ammunition, drone cameras and winter clothing that Canada has already provided to Ukraine to repel the Russian invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several other countries have delivered air defense systems to Kiev, including the United States, Norway, Spain, Germany and France.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NASAMS defense system has proven highly successful in protecting against drone, missile and aircraft attack. 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, '2023-01-11 06:13:04', '2023-01-11 06:13:04'),
(4379, 4379, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court today refused to hear the petition filed by Ayesha Siddika Minni -- sentenced to death for her invilvement in her husband Rifat Sharif’s murder -- seeking bail in the murder case.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Biswajit Debnath refused to hear Minni\'s bail petition when her lawyers Advocate Syeda Nasrin and Advocate Jamiul Haque Foysal made a plea before the court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The HC bench refused to hear the petition today, and we’ll go to another bench and place the petition,” said Advocate Jamiul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, on October 16, 2022, Minni filed a petition with the High Court, seeking bail in the murder case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 6, 2020, Minni moved the High Court challenging the lower court verdict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 30, 2020, Minni and five others were sentenced to death by District and Sessions Judge Md Asaduzzaman over Rifat\'s killing in Barguna in broad daylight in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The full verdict of the case was published on October 3, 2020, and the death reference reached the High Court Division the next day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rifat Sharif, 22, was hacked to death in Barguna town on June 26, 2019. He was attacked near the main gate of Barguna Government College. Surveillance camera footage showed his wife Minni apparently trying to save him from the attackers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rifat’s father filed a murder case accusing 24 people. Although Minni was initially named as a witness, she was later arrested on July 16, 2019, and made an accused.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sabbir Ahmed alias Nayon Bond, the main accused, was killed in an alleged gunfight with police on July 2 that year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minni and nine others were indicted for Rifat’s murder on January 1, 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, 14 other underage accused are being tried separately at a juvenile court for the killing. 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, '2023-01-11 06:58:34', '2023-01-11 06:58:34'),
(4380, 4380, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese embassies stopped issuing new visas for South Koreans and Japanese on Tuesday in apparent retaliation for COVID-19 measures recently imposed by those countries on travelers from China.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It wasn’t clear whether China would expand the visa suspensions to other countries that have imposed virus testing on passengers from China following its COVID-19 surge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The embassies in Tokyo and Seoul announced the suspensions in brief online notices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Seoul notice, posted on the embassy’s WeChat social media account, said the ban would continue until South Korea lifts its “discriminatory entry measures” against China. The announcement covered tourist, business and some other visas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China’s Foreign Ministry threatened countermeasures last week against countries that had announced new virus testing requirements for travelers from China. At least 10 in Europe, North America and Asia have done so recently, with officials expressing concern about a lack of information about the Chinese outbreak and the potential for new virus variants to emerge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Korea had also stopped issuing most short-term visas at its consulates in China for the month of January, except for government activities, essential business and humanitarian reasons. Japan has not announced a similar step.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China’s embassy in Tokyo said only that visa issuance had been suspended. The announcements appeared to apply only to new applicants, with nothing about people currently holding visas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan has protested the move through diplomatic channels, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters in Argentina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is extremely regrettable that China has restricted visa issuances,” he said, adding that Japan would respond appropriately while watching China’s outbreak and how much information the government shares about it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A South Korean Foreign Ministry statement said that “our government’s step to strengthen anti-virus measures on passengers arriving from China is based on scientific and objective evidence ... and we have communicated with the Chinese side in advance.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Japanese Foreign Ministry official said earlier that it would be “regrettable” if restrictions were imposed. The official spoke on customary condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A withholding of visas from South Korean or Japanese businesspeople could delay a hoped-for revival of commercial activity and potential new investment following China’s abrupt lifting of anti-virus controls last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Business groups had warned earlier that global companies were shifting investment plans away from China because it was too hard for foreign executives to visit under the pandemic controls. A handful of foreign auto and other executives have visited China over the past three years, but many companies have relied on Chinese employees or managers already in the country to run their operations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A South Korean restaurant owner in Beijing said the announcement forced friends to postpone plans to visit China. He spoke on condition of anonymity out of concern his business might be affected. He added that he is preparing to renew his Chinese work visa and doesn’t know whether that will be affected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a phone call on Monday before the visa suspension was announced, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang “expressed concern” about the measures taken by South Korea to his counterpart, Foreign Minister Park Jin. Qin said he “hopes that the South Korean side will uphold an objective and scientific attitude.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China’s move appeared to be grounded in its demands that its citizens be treated the same as those of other countries. About a dozen countries have followed the U.S. in requiring either a negative test before departing China, a virus test on arrival at the airport, or both.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Regrettably, a handful of countries, in disregard of science and facts and the reality at home, have insisted on taking discriminatory entry restriction measures targeting China,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday. “China firmly rejected this and took reciprocal measures.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He did not respond directly when asked if new visas had been suspended for South Koreans and Japanese, saying only that he had “made it very clear.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Health Organization and several nations have accused China of withholding data on its outbreak. A WHO official said Tuesday that t he agency sees no immediate threat for the European region from China’s outbreak, but that more information is needed..</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xiao Qian told reporters in Canberra that China had shifted its strategy late last year from preventing infections to preventing severe cases. He said countries should use a science-based response.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Entry restrictions, if they’re targeted at China, they’re unnecessary,” the ambassador told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once-cordial ties between South Korea and China, its biggest trading partner, soured in recent years after Beijing targeted businesses, sports teams and even K-pop groups to protest deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China abruptly reversed its “zero-COVID” strategy of trying to contain the virus last month in response to what it says was the changing nature of the outbreak. That came after three years of lockdowns, quarantines and mass testing that prompted rare politically tinged protests in the streets in Beijing and other major cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most optimistic forecasts say China’s business and consumer activity might revive as early as the first quarter of this year. But before that happens, entrepreneurs and families face a painful squeeze from a surge in virus cases that has left employers without enough healthy workers and kept wary customers away from shopping malls, restaurants, hair salons and gyms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China is now facing a surge in cases and hospitalizations in major cities and is bracing for a further spread into less developed areas with the start of the Lunar New Year travel rush, set to accelerate in the coming days. While international flights are still reduced, authorities say they expect domestic rail and air journeys will double over the same period last year. AP/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, '2023-01-11 07:07:09', '2023-01-11 07:07:09'),
(4381, 4381, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Japan visit could be scheduled for April.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Newly-appointed Japanese Ambassador Iwama Kiminori today made the propodal to PM Hasina on behalf of his country while calling on her at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">PM’s speechwriter M Nazrul Islam said this while briefing reporters on the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that the Japanese Ambassador had proposed the PM to visit Japan in March or April.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The prime minister preferred April for her visit,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to visit Japan from November 29 to December 1 last year. 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, '2023-01-11 07:38:51', '2023-01-11 07:38:51'),
(4382, 4382, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chittagong University (CU) suspended 18 students for separate terms following several incidents including clashes, vandalism and harassment of journalists on the university campus.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The CU authorities suspended them on Monday night after a virtual meeting of the Board of Residence Health and Disciplinary Committee of the university, said the university\'s Proctor Dr Rabiul Hasan Bhuiyan on Tuesday at midnight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of them, Md Jobayer Hossain, an activist of Chhatra Adhikar parishad, was suspended for two years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The others are: Tasfia Jasarat, deputy information and research secretary of CU BCL unit; Arshil Azim Niloy of the Public Administration department; Shoaib Mohammad Atik of the Anthropology department; Hasan Mahmud of Sociology department; Shahidul Islam of Education and Research department; Anik Das of Sanskrit department; Ayan Kanti Sarkar of Islamic History department; Labib Saeed Fayyaz of Economics department; Sifatul Islam of History department; Md Mobarak Hossain, Nahidul Islam of Islamic History department; Amirul Haque Chowdhury of Finance department; Ikramul Haque of History department; Nayan Debnath of Philosophy department; Sakhawat Hossain of Bangla department; Mahmudul Hasan of Islamic History department and Mohammad Fahim of Botany department. 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, '2023-01-11 07:53:00', '2023-01-11 07:53:00');
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(4383, 4383, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Wednesday visited the Vatican Embassy, formally known as the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See, in Dhaka and signed a book of condolences for former Pope Benedict XVI who passed away on December 31, 2022.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We are deeply saddened at the passing away of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. The demise of His Holiness the Pope Emeritus is surely an irreparable loss for the entire humanity,\" Foreign Minister Momen wrote in the condolence book.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be remembered for his tireless pursuit to promote peace, development, and human rights across the world. Under his guidance, the Catholic community in Bangladesh played a noticeable role in promoting education and social services,\" he noted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I am confident that Bangladesh will continue to uphold the teachings of His Holiness Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in maintaining religious harmony and the defence of human rights,” Momen added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Foreign Minister offered his sincere condolences to the Catholic faithful around the world, the Holy See, and all the people whose lives were enriched by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s spiritual teachings. 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, '2023-01-11 08:41:59', '2023-01-11 08:41:59'),
(4384, 4384, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP has announced countrywide rally and procession programmes for January 16 to press home their 10-point demand and protest the government’s power price hike plan.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement from their party’s sit-in programme at Nayapaltan in Dhaka today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the programme will be observed at all metropolitan cities, district towns, upazilas and municipality headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP and other like-minded opposition parties, alliances, and organisations organised a sit-in programme today in the capital and other divisions of the county as part of the simultaneous movement against the government.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme began at 10 am and ended at 2 pm with the speech of Mirza Fakhrul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP arranged the four-hour programme with their 10-point demand, including holding the next polls under a non-party neutral government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is the second programme of the simultaneous movement after the mass procession by 33 opposition parties on December 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP leaders said the programme was worked out for January 11, keeping in mind the political changeover that took place on that day in 2007 -- an episode popularly known as “1/11” in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on December 30, BNP and 32 other like-minded opposition parties staged a mass procession in different parts of the capital and Rangpur city as the first programme of the simultaneous movement. 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, '2023-01-11 08:57:58', '2023-01-11 08:57:58'),
(4385, 4385, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Marcus Rashford came off the bench to score twice as Manchester United beat Charlton 3-0 to reach the League Cup semi-finals on Tuesday, while Newcastle saw off Leicester 2-0.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>A youthful United side featured eight changes as Erik ten Hag had one eye on Saturday\'s derby against Manchester City at Old Trafford.</div><div><br></div><div>One of those retained in the starting line-up from Friday\'s 3-1 win over Everton, Antony, made the breakthrough with a sumptuous strike on 21 minutes.</div><div>Charlton were roared on by a travelling support of 9,000 and the third-tier side kept the tie alive despite Ten Hag introducing Casemiro, Rashford and Christian Eriksen off the bench for the final half hour.</div><div><br></div><div>Rashford finally made the game safe for the hosts in the 90th minute, scoring for the eighth straight game at Old Trafford.</div><div><br></div><div>The England international then took his tally for the season to 15 with a thumping finish from Casemiro\'s pass deep into stoppage time.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We had to be in that semi final and we did the job,\" said Ten Hag.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think we had to finish this off early on but in the end the objective was to get through so compliments to the team.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Newcastle are into the semi-finals of the League Cup for the first time since 1976 as Eddie Howe\'s men moved one step closer to ending a 54-year wait for silverware on Tyneside.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It would mean everything to win a trophy but we just need to focus on the next game,\" said Newcastle right-back Kieran Trippier.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The supporters here are brilliant. They follow us in numbers and it\'s always a great atmosphere at home. We want to make them proud by giving everything on the pitch.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Magpies swept Leicester aside in a recent 3-0 win at the King Power in the Premier League and only a lack of ruthlessness from the hosts kept the Foxes in the game for an hour at St. James\' Park.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruno Guimaraes, Sean Longstaff and Callum Wilson were guilty of passing up big chances before half-time.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead, it was the unlikely figure of Dan Burn who opened the scoring. The giant left-back slotted home coolly with his right foot.</div><div><br></div><div>Joelinton quickly doubled Newcastle\'s lead with a calm finish from Miguel Almiron\'s pass to leave the home fans dreaming of a visit to Wembley next month.</div><div><br></div><div>Manchester City remain favourites for the competition they have won four times in the last five years with Pep Guardiola\'s men in quarter-final action away to Southampton on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Nottingham Forest host Wolves in the other last eight tie. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 09:39:58', '2023-01-11 09:39:58'),
(4386, 4386, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Peru on Tuesday announced a curfew in the southern Puno region in a bid to suppress violent protests, a day after 18 people were killed in clashes between demonstrators and security forces.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Alberto Otarola said the three-day nighttime curfew would run from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 am (0100 to 0900 GMT).</div><div><br></div><div>In total 40 people have been killed over a month of protests demanding the departure of President Dina Boluarte, who took over after the ouster and arrest of then president Pedro Castillo on December 7.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday Peru’s prosecutor’s office said it was opening a genocide investigation against Boluarte and other top officials as a result of the deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>The Puno region that borders Bolivia and is home to many Aymara Indigenous people has become the epicenter of the protest movement led by Castillo supporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Overnight, protesters looted shops and attacked police vehicles in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the bloodshed there took place when protesters tried to storm the airport in the city of Juliaca that was being guarded by security forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Fourteen people were killed, many having suffered gunshot wounds, according to an official at a Juliaca hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>Three more people died during the ransacking of a shopping center in Juliaca while the last known victim was a police officer who the United Nations said died after his vehicle was set on fire.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has defended the actions of the security forces in Juliaca, claiming those guarding the airport faced down an organized attempted “coup” by thousands of demonstrators.</div><div><br></div><div>But UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado called on authorities “to carry out prompt, impartial and effective investigations into the deaths and injuries, holding those responsible to account and ensuring victims receive access to justice and redress.”</div><div><br></div><div>Protests erupted a month ago when leftist Castillo — who was facing several graft investigations — was forced from office and arrested on charges of rebellion after attempting to dissolve parliament and rule by decree.</div><div><br></div><div>Tension had since been mounting in the cities of Puno and Juliaca where a week-long general strike has forced businesses to close.</div><div><br></div><div>Both cities are at elevations of around 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) near the high Andean border with Bolivia.</div><div>Demonstrators have set up road blocks in six of the country’s 25 departments. Officials say there are 53 separate road blocks.</div><div><br></div><div>In the southern Andean region of Ayacucho, thousands marched through the streets of the city of Huamanga demanding Boluarte’s resignation and new elections, which have already been brought forward from 2026 to April 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>The death toll brought a rebuke from the UN office in Peru, which expressed its “deep concern over the increasing violence.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We urge the authorities and security forces to take urgent measures to ensure the respect of human rights, including the right to protest peacefully,” it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders of the Catholic Church, which is dominant in Peru, called the latest violence “a situation of war.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We are in the hands of barbarism,” Cardinal Pedro Barreto, the archbishop of the central city of Huancayo, told RPP radio station.</div><div><br></div><div>The Puno regional government declared three days of mourning over the recent deaths and called on Boluarte to resign.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday, a delegation from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will visit Peru to investigate the protests and accusations of political repression.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, former Bolivia president Evo Morales, who is from the Aymara ethnicity and was his country’s first indigenous leader, called on Peru to end “the massacre of our brothers.”</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, he was barred from entering Peru as the government accused him of trying to interfere in the country’s affairs. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 10:09:01', '2023-01-11 10:09:01'),
(4387, 4387, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NATO and the EU on Wednesday announced a \"joint taskforce\" aimed at bolstering the protection of critical infrastructure in the face of threats from Russia.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The move comes after a sabotage attack on the underwater Nord Stream gas pipelines last year and as the two organisations seek to bolster cooperation in the wake of Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said the taskforce would bring together EU and NATO experts to study vulnerabilities of key infrastructure and recommend ways to better protect it.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have seen the sabotage of Nord Stream that has so shown that we need to be ready and that we need to confront this new type of threat,\" von der Leyen said at a meeting with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg.</div><div><br></div><div>The NATO secretary general said the two sides \"want to look together at how to make our critical infrastructure, technology and supply chains more resilient\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"This will be an important step in making our societies stronger and safer,\" Stoltenberg said.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine has upended the European security order and spurred calls for greater coordination between US-led military alliance NATO and the EU.</div><div><br></div><div>The two organisations -- which share 21 members -- on Tuesday signed a cooperation pledge to take their partnership to the \"next level\".</div><div><br></div><div>They also vowed to step up support for Kyiv as it battles to push back the Russian invading forces.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In recent days, we have seen fierce fighting around around Bakhmut and Soledar in eastern Ukraine,\" Stoltenberg said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This shows once again the bravery of Ukrainian forces as they fight to defend their homeland. It also shows how vital it is that we step up our support.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Four large gas leaks were discovered on Nord Stream\'s two pipelines off the Danish island of Bornholm at the end of September, with seismic institutes recording two underwater explosions just prior.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigations by Danish and Swedish authorities have confirmed the leaks were due to sabotage and experts have said that only a state has the means to carry out such an operation.</div><div><br></div><div>But investigations have not identified who was responsible.</div><div><br></div><div>NATO has already bolstered its naval deployments in the region in the wake of the attacks on pipelines. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 10:19:18', '2023-01-11 10:19:18'),
(4388, 4388, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A case has been filed against some kidney patients and their relatives who have been protesting the recent hike in dialysis fee at Chattogram Medical College and Hospital.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mostafizur Rahman, sub-inspector (SI) of Panchlaish police station, registered the case against Md Mostakim, a patient and 50 to 60 unidentified others around 12:30 am Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Inspector Sadekur Rahman of Panchlaish police station said the case was filed against the patients on charges of assaulting police and obstructing their work.</div><div><br></div><div>Five policemen were injured while trying to remove the protesters from road, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, police detained Mostakim from the CMCH during the patients’ demonstrations blocking road and obstructing vehicular movement, said Md Nazim Uddin Majumder, officer-in-charge (OC) of Panchlaish Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>The kidney patients and their relatives have been staging demonstrations in front of the dialysis centre of the hospital for the last four days protesting the hike in dialysis fee.</div><div><br></div><div>The protesters said a patient needs dialysis eight times in a month and they have to pay Tk 2,795 first two times and Tk 510 for each of the rest.</div><div><br></div><div>Now the hospital authorities raised the fee to Tk 2935 and the patients have to pay it four times and Tk 535 for each of the rest dialysis in a month, they said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kidney Dialysis Centre was launched at the hospital under the public-private partnership project in 2017 and it is now operating with 32 dialysis machines.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the agreement with the Ministry of Health, Indian company Sandor will continue its operations at this center for ten years. The institution will use government space for this. A patient has to pay about Tk 3000 against kidney dialysis each time. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 10:55:39', '2023-01-11 10:55:39'),
(4389, 4389, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court set February 27 for submitting probe report in a case lodged over the sensational murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Preeti in the city\'s Shahjahanpur area.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Today was fixed for submitting the probe report, but the investigation officer of the case failed to submit the report, prompting Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury to fix the date afresh.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu, who was on his microbus destined for his home, was shot dead by a masked assailant in the capital\'s Shahjahanpur area at the night of March 24 last.</div><div>Rickshaw passenger Samia Afran Preeti was also killed in the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu\'s wife Farhana Islam Dolly filed the case with Shahjahanpur Police station on March 25.</div><div><br></div><div>Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested main shooter Masum Mohammad alias Akash from Bogura. During primary interrogation, Masum admitted that he killed Tipu. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 11:33:15', '2023-01-11 11:33:15'),
(4390, 4390, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">One of Iran\'s most prominent female activists has described how confessions are forced out of prisoners, in a letter written inside a notorious jail.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Sepideh Qolian has been serving a five-year sentence since 2018 after being convicted of acting \"against national security\" for supporting a strike.</div><div><br></div><div>Writing from Evin prison, she describes the brutal treatment of her and other detainees by interrogators.</div><div><br></div><div>Their forced confessions are later broadcast on state-run television.</div><div><br></div><div>Alluding to the current anti-government protests sweeping the country, Ms Qolian writes: \"In the fourth year of my imprisonment I can finally hear the footsteps of liberation from all across Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The echoes of \'Woman, Life, Freedom\' can be heard even through the thick walls of Evin prison.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Qolian is currently studying law in prison. In her letter she describes how Evin\'s \"cultural\" wing - where she takes her exams - has been turned into a \"torture and interrogation\" building, and says she has witnessed young detainees being interrogated there.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The exam room is filled with young boys and girls and the shouts of torturers can be heard,\" she writes.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Qolian describes a scene she witnessed on 28 December 2022 as she was taken to the wing for her exam.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s freezing cold and snowing, near the exit door of the building, a young boy blindfolded and wearing nothing but a thin grey T-shirt is sat in front of an interrogator.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He\'s shaking and pleading: \'I swear to God I didn\'t beat anyone.\' They want him to confess. As I am passing I shout: \'DO NOT confess,\' and \'Death to you tyrants.\'\"</div><div><br></div><div>So far, at least 519 protesters - including 69 children - have been killed and 19,300 arrested, according to the Human Rights Activists\' News Agency (HRANA). Th Many of those arrested face the death penalty and so far four protesters have been hanged after their confessions were shown on TV.</div><div><br></div><div>Human rights activists and lawyers say their trials were held without legal representation, and after the defendants were tortured. Authorities deny these claims.</div><div><br></div><div>Since the start of the mass protests in September last year, dozens of forced confessions of detained protesters have been broadcast.</div><div><br></div><div>In her letter, Sepideh Qolian recalls her own interrogation and forced confession in 2018, after she was arrested for supporting the workers\' strike and protest at a sugar factory in Iran\'s Khuzestan province.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Qolian describes being interrogated by a woman who she hoped might be softer on her than her male interrogators and \"at least she won\'t sexually assault me\".</div><div><br></div><div>But she writes that her hopes were short lived - the female interrogator \"kicked the leg of the desk and shouted \'you communist whore, who did you sleep with?\'\"</div><div><br></div><div>In December last year, Narges Mohammadi, a female human rights activist who is serving a 34-year prison sentence, gave a detailed account of how women arrested in recent protests are being sexually abused in prison.ousands have been imprisoned. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 13:01:35', '2023-01-11 13:01:35'),
(4391, 4391, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said if her party can form government again its vision would be transforming every village into a township and the country into a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ by 2041.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“If Bangladesh Awami League forms the government in the future, our vision will be building a ‘Smart Bangladesh\' by 2041,” she told Parliament, replying to a starred question from Jatiya Party lawmaker Rustum Ali Faraji (Pirojpur-3).</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ will be based on smart citizens, smart economy, smart government and smart society.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Awami League\'s \"Election Manifesto-2018: Bangladesh on the journey to Prosperity\" which was presented before the nation on the eve of the 11th National Parliamentary elections outlined plans for building a \'prosperous and developed Bangladesh by 2041\' and a \'safe delta\' by 2100.</div><div><br></div><div>As the first step in the journey of a developed Bangladesh, the country has already become a developing one from a least developed country, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will become an upper middle-income country by 2031 with average per capita income above $ 5,906 and Bangladesh will be a developed country in 2041 with per capita income of over $ 12,500, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that currently the GDP growth rate in Bangladesh is 7.25 percent, Hasina said the target is to raise the rate to 8.51 in 2025, 9.0 in 2031 and 9.9 in 2041.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to accomplish the vision, different short, medium and long-term plans will be taken, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The plans, which now are under consideration, include the 2nd perspective plan 2021-2041 to build a ‘Smart Bangladesh’ in the line with the Vision-2041, Bangladesh Delta Plan-2100 to build a smart delta, the 9th five-year plan (2026-2030), the 10th five-year plan (2031-2035) and the 11th five-year plan (2036-2040), she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said the agricultural production would be raised through promoting agricultural mechanisation; small, cottage, medium and large industries would be developed: all projects undertaken for road, sea, rail and air connectivity would be completed; a massive employment would be generated by ensuring local and foreign investment in 100 economic zones, and steps would be taken emphasising on agriculture and food processing industries.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said the production of digital devices and the own market for the devices would be expanded by increasing the purchasing power of the people of Bangladesh alongside finding new overseas markets for the items.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said the overall living standard of all the people of Bangladesh will be improved by ensuring the basic needs of people - clothing, shelter, education and medical care- up to the grassroots level in the country, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“A developed golden Bangladesh will be built by transforming every village into a township,” she told.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, adding that the detailed plans will be published in the next election manifesto in time.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 13:15:09', '2023-01-11 13:15:09'),
(4392, 4392, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The world\'s oceans, which have absorbed most of the excess heat caused by humanity\'s carbon pollution, continued to see record-breaking temperatures last year, according to research published Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Climate change has increased surface temperatures across the planet, leading to atmospheric instability and amplifying extreme weather events such as storms.</div><div><br></div><div>Oceans absorb about 90 percent of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions, shielding land surfaces but generating huge, long-lasting marine heatwaves that are already having devastating effects on underwater life.</div><div><br></div><div>The study, by researchers in China, the US, Italy and New Zealand, said that 2022 was \"the hottest year ever recorded in the world\'s oceans\".</div><div><br></div><div>Heat content in the oceans exceeded the previous year\'s levels by around 10 Zetta joules -- equivalent to 100 times the electricity generation worldwide in 2021, according to the authors.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The oceans are absorbing most of the heating from human carbon emissions,\" said co-author Michael Mann, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Until we reach net zero emissions, that heating will continue, and we\'ll continue to break ocean heat content records, as we did this year,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Better awareness and understanding of the oceans are a basis for the actions to combat climate change.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Records going back to the late 1950s show a relentless rise in ocean temperatures with almost continuous increases going back to around 1985.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Nightmare for marine life\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Scientists have warned that climbing temperatures have wrought major changes to ocean stability faster than previously thought.</div><div><br></div><div>The research, published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, was based on observations from 24 scientists across 16 institutes worldwide.</div><div><br></div><div>It also found other indications suggesting that ocean health is deteriorating.</div><div><br></div><div>Increasing water temperatures and ocean salinity -- also at an all-time high -- directly contribute to a process of \"stratification\", where water separates into layers that no longer mix.</div><div><br></div><div>This has wide-ranging implications because it affects the exchange of heat, oxygen and carbon between the ocean and atmosphere, with effects including a loss of oxygen in the ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Deoxygenation itself is a nightmare for not only marine life and ecosystems but also for humans and our terrestrial ecosystems,\" the researchers said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Updated data released this week showed that average global atmospheric temperatures across 2022 made it the fifth warmest year since records began in the 19th century, according to Europe\'s Copernicus Climate Change Service.</div><div><br></div><div>Countries across the world have faced a cascade of unprecedented natural disasters made more likely and deadly by climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of these impacts can be linked to a fast-warming ocean and the related changes in the hydrological cycle.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Some places are experiencing more droughts, which lead to an increased risk of wildfires, and other places are experiencing massive floods from heavy rainfall, often supported by increased evaporation from warm oceans,\" said co-author Kevin Trenberth, of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Auckland. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 13:38:04', '2023-01-11 13:38:04'),
(4393, 4393, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh will import 2.040 million (20.40 lakh) metric tons (MT) of refined petroleum from 7 state-owned entities from 6 countries for a six month period from January to June in 2023.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a virtual meeting approved a proposal of state-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) in this regard on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the proposal, placed by the Energy and Mineral Resources Division, the BPC will import the bulk refined petroleum at a total cost of Tk 18,215.52 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal presided over the meeting which was virtually attended by the members of the committee.</div><div><br></div><div>However, no detail of the proposed refined petroleum import was disclosed by the authorities concerned.</div><div><br></div><div>Normally, Bangladesh annually needs to import about 6.633 million metric tons of refined and crude petroleum of which 5.233 is refined and remaining 1.4 million metric tons is crude oils for a year to meet its requirements. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 14:01:19', '2023-01-11 14:01:19'),
(4394, 4394, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There is no sign of a cyberattack \"at this point\" in the computer problem that triggered US authorities to pause all domestic air travel departures Wednesday, the White House said, adding that President Joe Biden has been briefed.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The president has been briefed by the secretary of transportation this morning on the FAA system outage. There is no evidence of a cyberattack at this point, but the President directed DOT to conduct a full investigation into the causes. The FAA will provide regular updates,\" tweeted Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, referring to the transport department and federal aviation authority. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 14:15:32', '2023-01-11 14:15:32'),
(4395, 4395, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Bank on Wednesday cut Bangladesh\'s economic growth (gross domestic product -GDP) forecast for the 2022-23 fiscal year further by 0.9 percent to 5.2 percent, due to a combination of factors including elevated inflation, energy shortages and tightening of the monetary policy.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The GDP growth has been predicted in the World Bank\'s \'Global Economic Prospects report released on Tuesday night.</div><div><br></div><div>The forecast is down from 7.2 percent growth in the previous year.</div><div>The government has set a target of 7.5 percent GDP growth in the current financial year.</div><div><br></div><div>The World Bank said that the growth of Bangladesh may increase slightly to 6.2 percent in the next financial year.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the report, the economy of Bangladesh is being affected due to the global context. “Bangladesh’s economy is affected by the global situation and the sharp increase in fuel prices in the international market,” it said.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, there has been a disruption in power supply to industries and households. Industrial production has been disrupted. The government had to do load-shedding to deal with the situation. Apart from this, buying of cars has been stopped as well as luxury goods have been discouraged, the World Bank report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) predicted a 6.6 percent GDP growth in Bangladesh in the current fiscal year. The ADB\'s growth forecast was based largely on a slowdown in domestic consumption demand, a decline in exports and remittances, and a slowdown in the global economy. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 15:16:15', '2023-01-11 15:16:15'),
(4396, 4396, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Wednesday has said that if BNP gets power again, there will be no spirit of Liberation War in the country.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>He said this while joining a discussion meeting organised in the city by Dhaka Metropolitan South Awami League unit to commemorate the ‘Homecoming Day’ of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after Bangladesh gained victory over Pakistan in 1971. Bangabandhu returned to Dhaka via London and New Delhi on January 10 in 1972 after being freed from jail in Pakistan.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"We cannot hand over power to BNP, which is the patron of communal forces and militancy,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader said that another name for Bangladesh is Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangabandhu will remain as long as this land exists, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“(But) What will the 54 parties do? They can’t do anything.” Quader said he could not stay at home even for 50 days during the BNP regime.</div><div><br></div><div>“(Now) Two BNP leaders had been in jail for 26 days. Some media outlets are writing in a way as if they had been in jail for 26 thousand years,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader said there will be a game “against corruption, looting and misrule” of BNP.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that Hasina has “repaired what the BNP had destroyed while in power.”</div><div><br></div><div>\"Sheikh Hasina inaugurated hundreds of bridges and hundreds of roads in one day. Sheikh Hasina can, only Sheikh Hasina can. Let us strengthen her hands,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 15:33:28', '2023-01-11 15:33:28'),
(4397, 4397, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday rescinded the Pentagon\'s Covid-19 vaccine mandate, a move required by Congress over his objections as part of the 2023 defense spending bill.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Austin wrote in a memo scrapping the mandate -- under which the Pentagon says more than 8,000 military personnel were discharged for refusing to comply -- that he is \"deeply proud\" of the Defense Department\'s efforts to combat Covid-19.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have improved the health of our service members and the readiness of the force, and we have provided life-saving assistance to the American people,\" he wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>The memo also said that the department would continue to encourage vaccination, and told commanders that they have \"the responsibility and authority to preserve the department\'s compelling interests in mission accomplishment.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Personnel who were removed from the military solely as a result of the mandate can apply to have the characterizations of their discharges amended, the memo says, but makes no mention of reinstatement -- a move some Republican lawmakers had sought.</div><div><br></div><div>The requirement in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 that the mandate be ended was a victory for Republicans.</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the party pushed for the mandate\'s removal and had threatened to hold up the bill if it did not lift the shot requirement. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 16:05:21', '2023-01-11 16:05:21'),
(4398, 4398, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>An explosion outside the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the center of Kabul on Wednesday has killed at least five people, police said.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast in front of a gate to the ministry took place at a time when many employees were leaving their offices.</div><div><br></div><div>As security personnel cordoned off the area, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran told Arab News that the explosion took place at 4 p.m. on the road in front of the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>“At least five civilians were martyred and a number of others wounded as a result of the explosion,” he added in a later statement to the media.</div><div><br></div><div>No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion.</div><div><br></div><div>The blast comes as the Taliban announced the killing of a number of militants and the arrest of others during raids in Kabul and two other provinces on Jan. 4.</div><div><br></div><div>The operation targeted “a dangerous and significant network of Daesh” believed to be behind recent high-profile attacks in the capital, the Taliban said.</div><div><br></div><div>A regional affiliate of Daesh known as Islamic State Khorasan Province, or Daesh-K, claimed responsibility for a Dec. 2 attack on the Pakistani Embassy in what officials in Islamabad said was an assassination attempt against the country’s top envoy in Afghanistan.</div><div><br></div><div>On Dec. 11, Daesh gunmen stormed a hotel that caters to Chinese businessmen in central Kabul. The assailants were killed and another 21 people, including two foreigners, were wounded in a gunbattle lasting several hours.</div><div><br></div><div>On Jan. 2, Daesh claimed responsibility for an explosion outside the Kabul military airport that caused multiple casualties among Taliban security forces. - Arab News&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-11 16:17:43', '2023-01-11 16:17:43'),
(4399, 4399, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US President Joe Biden\'s aides have found a fresh batch of classified government records at a second location, in a growing political embarrassment for the White House.</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first cache was found at a private office in Washington DC that Mr Biden used after his vice-presidency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The matter is under review by the US Department of Justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donald Trump is facing a criminal investigation for allegedly mishandling classified files.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not yet clear on Wednesday when or where the additional tranche of files was found by Biden aides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original batch of about 10 documents was discovered in November at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank near the White House, but only came to light this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those papers reportedly include US intelligence memos and briefing materials related to Ukraine, Iran and the United Kingdom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House has not yet commented on the newly discovered batch. Earlier on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to answer questions about the first cache of files during her daily press briefing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is under review by the Department of Justice\" she said. \"I\'m not going to go beyond what the president shared yesterday.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Biden said on Tuesday he was \"surprised\" by the discovery of the files and was \"co-operating\" with the justice department\'s review.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy comes as the Democratic president faces scrutiny from a new Republican majority in the US House of Representatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Now that Democrats no longer have one-party rule in Washington, oversight and accountability are coming,\" James Comer, the new chairman of the House Oversight Committee, said on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee is launching inquiries into the president and his family, including a request for the White House to turn over documents and communications related to the classified files.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law requires that all White House records, including classified ones, be turned over to the US National Archives, after an administration\'s time in office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last August, FBI agents searched the Florida home of Mr Biden\'s predecessor and seized more than 10,000 files that Mr Trump had failed to turn over to the National Archives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The justice department had issued a subpoena for the return of the classified files before the FBI showed up at Mar-a-Lago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 300 documents with classified markings, including 18 marked top secret, were recovered by federal agents from the golf club in Palm Beach.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House has said Mr Biden\'s lawyers alerted the National Archives as soon as they recovered the classified materials at the think tank, and the agency retrieved the materials the next morning. 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, '2023-01-12 02:23:59', '2023-01-12 02:23:59'),
(4400, 4400, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Vladimir Putin has removed Russia\'s top commander in Ukraine, just three months after he was installed.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov will now lead what Mr Putin terms a \"special military operation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gen Gerasimov replaces Sergei Surovikin who has overseen recent brutal attacks on Ukraine\'s energy infrastructure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reshuffle comes as Russians claim they are making progress in eastern Ukraine after suffering a series of military defeats in recent months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia launched its invasion into Ukraine on 24 February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gen Gerasimov, who has been in post since 2012, is the longest-serving Russian chief of general staff of the post-Soviet era.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gen Surovikin - now his deputy - has been dubbed \"General Armageddon\" for his brutal tactics in previous wars, including Russia\'s operations in Syria and the heavy bombardment of the city of Aleppo in particular.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after he was appointed to lead the operation in October, Russia began its campaign to destroy Ukraine\'s energy infrastructure, leaving millions of Ukrainian civilians without power or running water for extended periods in the depths of winter. He also oversaw Russia\'s withdrawal from the southern city of Kherson - a major success for the Ukrainians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s defence ministry said the decision to replace Gen Surovikin was aimed at organising \"closer contact between different branches of the armed forces and improving the quality and effectiveness of the management of Russian forces\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the move has been seen by some as a sign that he may have gained too much power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As the unified commander in Ukraine, Surovikin was becoming very powerful, and was likely bypassing [Russian Defence Minister Sergei] Shoigu and Gerasimov when talking to Putin,\" military analyst Rob Lee wrote on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of Russia\'s hawkish military bloggers, who support the war but frequently criticise the way it is being carried out, have been highly critical of Russia\'s military leadership, including the new head of the special operation, Gen Gerasimov.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wednesday\'s announcement comes as fighting continues in Soledar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fall of Soledar may help Russian troops in their assault on the strategic city of Bakhmut, about 10km (six miles) to the south-west, providing them with a secure artillery position within range of the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soledar also has deep salt mines, which could be used to station troops and store equipment, protected from Ukrainian missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s mercenary Wagner Group has taken full credit for \"storming\" it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday night, the group\'s leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said his forces were in full control of Soledar. However, on Wednesday the Russian defence ministry released a statement appearing to contradict his claim - or that only Wagner group troops were involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This led to Mr Prigozhin repeating the claim on Wednesday evening. In a short statement on Telegram, he boasted that his mercenaries had killed around 500 pro-Ukraine troops. \"The whole city is littered with the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers,\" he wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has recently made similar comments about piles of Russian bodies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is no independent confirmation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US-based Maxar Technologies company has published pictures of Soledar from August and early January, showing the scale of destruction during the recent fighting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The apparent differences in Russia\'s official narrative surrounding the latest events around Soledar hint at divisions in the country\'s military leadership, particularly between the Wagner Group and the defence ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his part, Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky denied that Soledar had fallen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The terrorist state and its propagandists are trying to pretend\" to have achieved some successes in Soledar, Mr Zelensky said in his nightly address on Wednesday, \"but the fighting continues\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We do everything, without stopping for a single day, to strengthen Ukrainian defence. Our potential is growing,\" he added. 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, '2023-01-12 02:28:33', '2023-01-12 02:28:33');
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(4401, 4401, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A suicide bomb attack outside the Afghan foreign ministry in Kabul has caused heavy casualties.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Police said at least five civilians had been killed but another Taliban official put the toll as high as 20.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attack took place about 16:00 local time (11:30 GMT) when the bomber tried, but failed to enter the ministry building itself, the Taliban said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several countries, including Turkey and China, have embassies in the area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The local offshoot of the Islamic State group, known as Islamic State - Khorasan Province (Isis-K) claimed it carried out the attack, in a post on Telegram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports suggest a Chinese delegation was due to hold talks with the Afghan officials inside the foreign ministry building at the time of the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Italian humanitarian agency, Emergency NGO in Kabul said it had received more than 40 wounded people and the casualty numbers were continuing to rise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kabul police described the attack as cowardly, adding in a statement that the perpetrators would be held accountable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan has been rocked by dozens of blasts since the Taliban seized power last year, mostly claimed by Isis-K.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Correspondents say that the Taliban tend to underplay casualty figures in such incidents. 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, '2023-01-12 02:34:38', '2023-01-12 02:34:38'),
(4402, 4402, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that there is now no force in Bangladesh that can overthrow her Awami League government.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The Awami League has deep roots among the people. No such force has yet emerged that can topple the Awami League government,” she told Parliament, replying to a supplementary question from Jatiya Party MP Fakhrul Imam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina, also the AL president, said her party wasn’t born from the pocket of any power-grabber and military dictator, rather it was born from the soil and the people of this country. “So, our roots have gone deeper into the soil,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said dictators like Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Gen. Ziaur Rahman, Gen. Ershad and Khaleda Zia tried to destroy Awami League but failed. No such force will ever again be able to do so with the AL, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“When Awami League is in power, it means the government serves the people and changes the fate of the people,” she said, asking all to remember what the condition of Bangladesh was before her party was voted to power 14 years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his question, Fakhrul referred to one-eleven political changeover in 2007 and asked the PM if she thinks it is now time to reach political compromise among all parties though there is no possibility that the country would witness another one-eleven due to her wise leadership.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said those who polluted the election, utterly destroyed the electoral process, snatched away the voting rights of the people and played ducks and drakes with the fate of the people are now raising questions over election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“What right do they have to raise questions (regarding election)? ….If we analyze every election, we see that the people can vote peacefully when the Awami League is in power,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the people vote for the Awami League spontaneously because they know this party keeps the promises it makes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said BNP didn’t join the 2014 general election as the party knew that they secured only 30 seats in the 2008 election and the country witnessed an unprecedented development thanks to steps taken by the grand alliance government. “So, the people bestowed their trust and confidence in us and voted for us. They (BNP) boycotted the election,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said BNP apparently stood aside from the 2018 election midway due to nomination business and tried to make the polls questionable. “They have been able to make it questionable by carrying out different campaigns and propaganda…. But the people still have trust and confidence in Awami League,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pointing to Fakhrul, the PM said there is nothing to be scared. “Don’t be scared. We’re still here (in power). There is nothing to be worried,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply to another supplementary question from AL lawmaker Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, the premier said the government would take tougher action, if necessary, against the hoarders of commodities and black marketeers in order to ease the sufferings of consumers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the matter is really unfortunate here in Bangladesh that the businessmen try to enhance the commodity prices anyhow during Ramazan and other festivals when their demands go higher. But in other countries, the prices of commodities are always reduced during festivals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the businesspeople are dilly dallying in importing commodities in many cases as they want to make profit by increasing the prices and demand of goods. “It is inhumane,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’re taking proper actions against the hoarders, black-marketeers and those who are engaged in LC-related anomalies.If needed, we’ll take tougher actions and we will pay special attention so that people won’t suffer,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a supplementary question from AL MP Ahasanul Islam (Titu), the PM said the government is taking steps to ensure proper supply of commodities during the upcoming Ramazan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We want so that the people of our country won’t suffer during Ramazan,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has kept arrangements to open LCs for importing essential consumer goods from different countries, she said adding that there is no problem in opening LCs for importing food items at proper prices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply to a question from Gonoforum MP Mukabbir Khan, the PM outright rejected the allegations of corruption in various mega projects and threw a challenge to place specific evidence—where and how much money was lost due to corruption.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The allegations he has raised are completely baseless…. I am throwing a challenge to the lawmaker that he will have to say clearly here about where and what amount (of money) was lost due to corruption and I will answer to these,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mukabbir in his question raised allegations of corruption in mega projects and quick rental power plants. 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, '2023-01-12 02:54:52', '2023-01-12 02:54:52'),
(4403, 4403, '<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The map was called “Beach Trip” and was blasted out to more than 18,000 members of a public Telegram channel called, in Portuguese, “Hunting and Fishing.”</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But instead of outdoor recreation tips, the 43 pins spread across the map of Brazil pointed to cities where bus transportation to the capital could be found for what promoters promised would a huge “party” on Jan. 8.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Children and the elderly aren’t invited,” according to the post circulated on the Telegram channel, which has since been removed. “Only adults willing to participate in all the games, including target shooting of police and robbers, musical chairs, indigenous dancing, tag, and others.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The post was one of several thinly coded messages circulating on social media ahead of Sunday’s violent attack on the capital by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro looking to restore the far-right leader to power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It’s also now a potentially vital lead in a fledgling criminal investigation about how the rampage was organized and how officials missed clues to a conspiracy that, like the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol two years ago, appears to have been organized and carried out in plain view.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And like the attack in the U.S., the Brazilian riots demonstrate how social media makes it easier than ever for anti-democratic groups to recruit followers and transform online rhetoric into offline action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On YouTube, rioters livestreaming the mayhem racked up hundreds of thousands of views before a Brazilian judge ordered social media platforms to remove such content. Misleading claims about the election and the uprising also could be found on Twitter, Facebook and other platforms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But even before Sunday’s riot, social media and private messaging networks in Brazil were being flooded with calls for one final push to overturn the October election of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva — something authorities appear to have inexplicably missed or ignored.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the online chatter referred to the planned gathering at Brasilia’s Three Powers Plaza as “Selma’s party” — a play on the Portuguese word for “selva,” a battle cry used by Brazil’s military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participants were told to bring their own mask to protect against “pepper pie in the face” — or pepper spray fired by security forces. They also were told to dress in the green and yellow of Brazil’s flag — and not the red preferred by Lula’s Workers’ Party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Get ready guests, the party will be a blast,” the widely-circulated post said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It was all in the open,” said David Nemer, a Brazil native and University of Virginia professor who studies social media. “They listed the people responsible for buses, with their full names and contact information. They weren’t trying to hide anything.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, it’s unclear to what extent social media was responsible for the worst attack on Brazil’s democracy in decades. Only a handful of far-right activists showed up at gas terminals and refineries that were also pinpointed on the “Beach Trip” map as locations for demonstrations planned for Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bruno Fonseca, a journalist for Agencia Publica, a digital investigative journalism outlet, has tracked the online activities of pro-Bolsonaro groups for years. He said the activists live in a state of constant confrontation but sometimes, their frequent calls to mobilize fall flat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s difficult to know when something will jump out from social media and not,” said Fonseca, who in a report this week traced the spread of the “Selma’s Party” post to users who appear to be bots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, he said, authorities could have paired the online activity with other intelligence-gathering tools to investigate, for example, a surge in bus traffic to the capital before the attacks. He said their inaction may reflect negligence or the deep support for Bolsonaro among security forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One gnawing question is why, on the day of the chaos, Anderson Torres, a Bolsonaro ally who had just been named the top security official in Brasilia, was reportedly in Florida — where his former boss was on a retreat. Torres was swiftly fired and Brazil’s Supreme Court has ordered his arrest pending an investigation. Torres denied any wrongdoing and said he would return to Brazil and present his defense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunday’s violence came after Brazilian voters were bombarded by a flood of false and misleading claims before last fall’s vote. Much of the content focused on unfounded concerns about electronic voting, and some featured threats of violent retaliation if Bolsonaro was defeated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the most popular rallying cries used by Bolsonaro’s supporters was #BrazilianSpring, a term coined by former Trump aide Steve Bannon in the hours after Bolsonaro’s defeat to Lula.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We all know that this Brazilian election was going to be contentious,” said Flora Rebello Arduini, a London-based campaign director with SumOfUs, a nonprofit that tracked extremist content before and after Brazil’s election. “Social media platforms played a vital role in amplifying far-right extremist voices and even calls for violent uprising. If we can identify this kind of content, then so can they (the companies). Incompetence is not an excuse.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil’s capital city steeled itself Wednesday for the possibility of new attacks fueled by social media posts, including one circulating on Telegram calling for a “mega protest to retake power.” But those protests fizzled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response to the criticism, spokespeople for Telegram, YouTube and Facebook said their companies were working to remove content urging more violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Telegram is a platform for free speech and peaceful protest,” Telegram spokesman Remi Vaughn wrote in a statement to the AP. “Calls to violence are explicitly forbidden and dozens of public communities where such calls were being made have been blocked in Brazil in the past week — both proactively as per our Terms of Service as well as in response to court orders.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A YouTube spokeswoman said the platform has removed more than 2,500 channels and more than 10,000 videos related to the election in Brazil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has prioritized efforts to combat harmful content about Brazil’s election, a company spokesman told The Associated Press. 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, '2023-01-12 03:07:15', '2023-01-12 03:07:15'),
(4404, 4404, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 10 people are believed to have died in recent fighting between armed rebel groups in Colombia near the Venezuelan border, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The information we have received reports at least 10 deaths in the department of Arauca as a result of clashes between the ELN (National Liberation Army) and the dissidents of FARC,\" the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, wrote Juan Pappier, a researcher with the international rights group, on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The office of the ombudsman in Colombia, without specifying the number of fatalities, reported \"the discovery of several bodies of men killed in fighting\" that took place Monday and Tuesday in the small town of Puerto Rondo, in northeastern Colombia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neither the government nor military authorities have reacted to the announcements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ELN fighters in the region are engaged in bloody conflict with FARC dissidents, with both groups having rejected a historic 2016 peace agreement with the government as well as a recent truce announced by the government of new President Gustavo Petro.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Petro, the country\'s first leftist leader, had declared on New Year\'s Eve that a temporary truce had been reached with the country\'s five largest armed groups, including the ELN, from January 1 to June 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the ELN a few days later said it had not agreed to any such measure, forcing the government to walk back its major declaration, a reversal that dampened hopes for an end to decades of violence that has continued despite the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Insurgents and drug traffickers battle over remote areas of the South American country as they seek to expand their territory and control over the cocaine trade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In January 2022 ELN and other rebels engaged in fierce fighting in Arauca, leaving 50 people dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peace talks between the ELN and the government will resume later this month in Mexico City. 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, '2023-01-12 03:27:47', '2023-01-12 03:27:47'),
(4405, 4405, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Air pollution still remains one of the top-most environmental challenges for Bangladesh and Dhaka has ranked as the third most polluted city in the world with ‘very unhealthy’ air quality this morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was 239 at 9 am today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Karachi and India’s Delhi occupied the first two spots in the list, with AQI scores of 428 and 241 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;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 03:55:10', '2023-01-12 03:55:10'),
(4406, 4406, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi scored in Paris Saint-Germain\'s 2-0 win over Angers in Ligue 1 on Wednesday on his first appearance since leading Argentina to victory in the World Cup in Qatar.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi had been rested for PSG\'s first three matches following the long break in the season caused by the World Cup but he returned to training in Paris a week ago and was back in the starting line-up for this game against Ligue 1\'s bottom side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The win, which came three and a half weeks after he captained Argentina to their World Cup final triumph on penalties against France in Qatar, saw PSG move six points clear at the top of the French table<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.Neymar also started, having missed his team\'s last two matches due to suspension and to undergo treatment on the ankle injury he suffered playing for Brazil at the World Cup.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Kylian Mbappe was rested for a second straight game having been afforded time off for a holiday in New York in the wake of his own World Cup campaign, which saw him score a hat-trick in the final but come out on the losing side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe and Messi are expected to be reunited this weekend in Sunday\'s match away to Rennes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime the absence of the France star meant young striker Hugo Ekitike again started in the home attack at the Parc des Princes and he opened the scoring in the fifth minute from a Nordi Mukiele cross at the end of a move in which Messi also featured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG were not at their sparkling best but Messi swept in his 13th club goal of the season to make it 2-0 with 17 minutes left.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ekitike and Mukiele were again involved before Messi applied the finish. The goal was initially disallowed for offside but a VAR check allowed it to stand.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Messi has recovered well. He is relaxed and in great shape physically, and with Leo the team looks different,\" said coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to broadcaster Canal Plus, Galtier, who said he had come down with a fever during the game, added: \"We are coming back off the World Cup so it is difficult for the players to find their reference points again.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are all just getting used to playing together again and you could see at times that we lacked some of the connections between the players that we had more often before the World Cup.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- PSG extend lead over Lens -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a 10th straight league loss for Angers, while Galtier\'s PSG team extended their lead at the top of the table as second-placed Lens were held to a 2-2 draw away at Strasbourg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG\'s unbeaten record this season had been ended in a 3-1 defeat away at Lens on New Year\'s Day, but they bounced back to win 3-1 at third-tier Chateauroux in the French Cup at the weekend without any of their superstar attacking trio.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lens are enjoying a fine season but could not get the better of struggling Strasbourg, who were playing their first game since the sacking of coach Julien Stephan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alexis Claude-Maurice put Lens ahead in Alsace only for Sanjin Prcic to equalise before Kevin Gameiro gave Strasbourg the lead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belgian international Lois Openda then made it 2-2 before the break, and there were no further goals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marseille are now just two points behind Lens in third place after a 2-0 win at Troyes, sealed thanks to goals by Chancel Mbemba and Jordan Veretout, the latter a member of France\'s World Cup squad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rennes in fourth lost ground after having two men sent off before conceding in injury time to lose 2-1 away at Clermont.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile fifth-placed Monaco drew 2-2 at Lorient, while Nice crushed Montpellier 6-1 in their first game since sacking coach Lucien Favre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On-loan Arsenal forward Nicolas Pepe and England international midfielder Ross Barkley both scored twice for Nice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lyon and Lille drew 0-0 away at Nantes and Brest respectively, while there were also wins for Toulouse and Ajaccio. 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(4407, 4407, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chuadanga has recorded the season’s lowest temperature in Bangladesh at 6.3 degrees Celsius today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rakibul Hasan, in-charge of Chuadanga Weather Observatory Centre, said they have recorded 6.3 degrees Celsius at 9 am on Thursday, which is the lowest temperature of this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the district and it may continue, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The temperature may fall further in the next few days, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The shivering cold has disrupted the day-to-day lives of people, especially the daily wager earners in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People are being forced to remain indoors due to the cold wave. 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, '2023-01-12 04:44:25', '2023-01-12 04:44:25'),
(4408, 4408, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia said Wednesday that it will send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) next month to bring home three astronauts whose planned return vehicle was damaged by a strike from a tiny meteoroid.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, made the announcement after examining the flight worthiness of the Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule docked with the ISS that sprang a radiator coolant leak in December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roscosmos and NASA officials said at a joint press briefing that an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft, MS-23, would be sent to the ISS on February 20 to bring Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Sergei Prokopyev and NASA astronaut Frank Rubio back to Earth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re not calling it a rescue Soyuz,\" said Joel Montalbano, ISS program manager at NASA\'s Johnson Space Center in Houston. \"I\'m calling it a replacement Soyuz.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Right now the crew is safe onboard the space station.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">MS-22 flew Petelin, Prokopyev and Rubio to the ISS in September after taking off from the Russian-operated Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were scheduled to return home in the same spacecraft in March, but their stay on the ISS will now be extended by several extra months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I may have to find some more ice cream to reward them,\" Montalbano joked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">MS-22 began leaking coolant on December 14 -- shortly before Russian cosmonauts were to begin a spacewalk -- after being hit by what US and Russian space officials believe was a tiny space rock.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Montalbano said \"everything does point to a micrometeoroid\" and not space debris, or a technical problem.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The executive director of Human Space Flight Programs at Roscosmos, Sergei Krikalev, said the \"current theory is that this damage was caused by a small particle about one millimeter in diameter.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">MS-23 had been scheduled to fly Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub and NASA\'s Loral O\'Hara to the ISS on March 16.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- SpaceX Crew Dragon -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision was made to use MS-23 to fly the current crew home, Krikalev said, because of concerns over potential high temperatures in the damaged MS-22 during reentry to Earth\'s atmosphere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said it could still potentially be used \"in case of emergency.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another emergency scenario involves using the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule that is currently docked with the ISS after flying four astronauts to the space station in October for a six-month mission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Montalbano said discussions have been underway with SpaceX about using the Crew Dragon capsule to fly home other astronauts aboard the ISS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We could safely secure the crew members in the area that the cargo normally returns on the Dragon,\" Montalbano said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All that is only for an emergency, only if we have to evacuate ISS,\" the NASA official stressed. \"That\'s not the nominal plan or anything like that.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Krikalev said an uncrewed MS-22 would return to Earth, probably in March, following the arrival of the replacement vehicle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It would bring back equipment and experiments that are not \"temperature sensitive,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the original MS-23 crew will get to the ISS is still being worked out, Montalbano added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Space has remained a rare venue of cooperation between Moscow and Washington since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine and ensuing Western sanctions on Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ISS was launched in 1998 at a time of increased US-Russia cooperation following the Cold War \"Space Race.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has been using the ageing but reliable Soyuz capsules to ferry astronauts into space since the 1960s. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 05:14:44', '2023-01-12 05:14:44'),
(4409, 4409, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Islamic State jihadist group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a suicide bombing outside the foreign ministry in Kabul that officials and witnesses said killed at least five people and wounded 40 others.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An IS member slipped by Taliban security barriers \"before blowing up his explosive belt in the middle of employees and guards,\" the Amaq news agency of the local chapter of Islamic State said on the Telegram messaging app.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An AFP team was conducting an interview inside the information ministry next door when Wednesday\'s blast took place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A company driver waiting outside saw a man holding a bag and with a rifle slung over his shoulder walk past before the man blew himself up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He passed by my car and after a few seconds there was a loud blast,\" Jamshed Karimi said, adding he saw 20 to 25 casualties. \"I saw the man blowing himself up.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said five civilians were killed and several more wounded by the blast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The local IS branch, known as Islamic State-Khorasan (ISK), claimed that the blast killed at least 20 people, \"including several \'diplomatic\' employees.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italian nongovernmental organisation Emergency NGO, which operates a hospital in Kabul, said it received more than 40 wounded people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Casualty numbers are continuing to rise,\" Emergency said in a statement. \"We have also set up beds in the kitchens and canteen.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bodies lay strewn on the road in the aftermath outside the high-walled compound of the ministry, marked with the Taliban flag, a video verified by AFP showed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some wounded people writhed on the ground, screaming for help, and a handful of onlookers scrambled to offer assistance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry itself did not appear to be badly damaged. Window panes in the interior ministry were also shattered by the explosion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There was supposed to be a Chinese delegation at the foreign ministry today, but we don\'t know if they were present at the time of the blast,\" deputy minister of information and culture Muhajer Farahi told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Ahmadullah Muttaqi, a senior official at the prime minister\'s office, said no foreigners were present at the ministry when the suicide bomber struck.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom West, the US special representative on Afghanistan, tweeted that diplomats \"have seen reports of at least 20 dead and many more injured. This violence serves no purpose.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Attacks targeting foreigners -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">IS has claimed a string of attacks that have targeted foreigners or foreign interests in recent months, at a time when the Taliban is trying to attract investment from neighbouring countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least five Chinese nationals were wounded last month when gunmen stormed a hotel popular with Chinese business people in Kabul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That raid was claimed by IS, which also took responsibility for an attack on Pakistan\'s embassy in Kabul in December that Islamabad denounced as an \"assassination attempt\" against its ambassador.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neighbouring China is one of the few nations to maintain diplomatic ties with Afghanistan\'s new rulers, saying it was ready for \"friendly and cooperative\" relations after the Taliban entered Kabul in August 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beijing has not recognised the Taliban government but has been eyeing investment in Afghanistan\'s ample mineral deposits, which were largely impossible to exploit during the 20-year war that followed the end of the Taliban\'s previous reign in late 2001.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Four people were killed and 25 wounded in an attack on a mosque in the grounds of the interior ministry in Kabul in October, with survivors reporting it was a suicide bombing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And two Russian embassy staff members were killed in a suicide bombing outside their mission in September in another attack claimed by IS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of people, including members of Afghanistan\'s minority communities, have been killed and wounded in other attacks since the Taliban regained power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan\'s regional chapter of the Islamic State group is known as Islamic State-Khorasan, a historical term describing the territory they hope to rule spanning India, Iran and Central Asia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Taliban and IS-K share an austere Sunni Islamist ideology but the latter are fighting to establish a global \"caliphate\" instead of the Taliban\'s more inward-looking goal of ruling an independent Afghanistan. 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(4410, 4410, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged the world leaders to work collectively for a just and fair economic order as the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict with sanctions and counter-sanctions have created havoc throughout the world.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Taking current global economy into account, it is high time to work collectively for a just and fair economic order,” she said, addressing the inaugural leaders’ session of the ‘Voice of Global South Summit-2023’ through a virtual platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India is hosting the two-day virtual summit under the theme “Unity of Voice, Unity of Purpose” by bringing together the countries of the Global South to share their perspectives and priorities on a common platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 120 countries have been invited to participate in this virtual Summit. The outcomes of the two-day event will be channeled into the Indian’s G20 presidency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said Bangladesh, a country of global South, welcomes India\'s vision as the President of G20 to ensure inclusive development under the theme, \"One Earth, One Family, One Future\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Let us work together to have a better future and a better world,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh PM said the recent Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia- Ukraine conflict with sanctions and counter-sanctions have created havoc world over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Global recession, crises of food, fuel and fertilizers have added to the rising impacts of climate change making peoples\' life unbearable,” she said, adding that bold, concrete and concerted actions are required at the global level to face these challenges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina also highlighted before the G20 platform six important points for sustained economic growth and development of the Global South.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“First, global peace and stability must be maintained for the greater benefit of humanity. Second, need a new paradigm that will address inequality in a holistic manner in parallel with SDGs, Third, special financing needs of the most vulnerable countries, including LDCs, climate vulnerable countries, etc. must be met during their transition,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raising the 4th point, she asked to bridge the \'Digital Divides\' to ensure equal opportunities for all, including women. “Take advantage of the 4th Industrial Revolution by investing in young population for which financing and technology transfer support is vital,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 5th point, PM Hasina said all human beings should have equal rights to lead decent life. “The global community must not forget ensuring return of the unfortunate Forcibly Displaced Myanmar Nationals to Myanmar,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In her final point, she asked to strengthen South-South and Triangular cooperation to ensure global human development. “Here, support from partners, international financial institutions, private sectors, think-tanks, and other stakeholders are crucial,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina warmly congratulated Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government on assumption of G20 Presidency. “I deeply appreciate his strong commitment to make the G20 Platform more meaningful by consultative engagement on inclusive development,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She thanked the Indian government for inviting Bangladesh as a guest country to this important summit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Focusing on the recent development of Bangladesh, the PM said the country has achieved rapid economic growth ensuring social justice for all. Bangladesh is acknowledged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We’ve reduced the poverty rate from 41.5pc to 20pc in the last 14 years. Our per capita has tripled in just a decade. Bangladesh has fulfilled all criterions for graduating from the LDC category to a developing country,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh is ranked as world\'s 5th best COVID resilient country, and South Asia\'s best performer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said the country aspires to build \'Smart Bangladesh\" with improved physical infrastructures as the foundation of a strong economy. “Our aspiration is to transform Bangladesh into a knowledge-based country by 2041 and to build a prosperous and climate-resilient delta by 2100,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Group of Twenty (G20) comprises 19 countries --Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, United Kingdom and United States-- and the European Union. 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(4411, 4411, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ramadan (Roja) is not merely refraining from eating but to restrain oneself from selfish desire, wrong-doings , bad habits etc. Ramadan provide and command us to learn for controlling all sense organs from all bad habits.</b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last 10 night is 1000 tines more valuable in terms of degree of forgiveness by Allah S.W. T.(Subhan-W-Tala). It is called the night of Lalatul-Kadra. The Hell (Jahannum) remains closed. The Paradise (Jannat) remains open in this month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simply it is an opportunity to come more close to Allah&nbsp; S.W.T as Ramadan (roja) is directly monitored by Allah S.W.T.(told by many Islamic scholars). It is important time to learn self control. Almighty Allah has given an easier way to get protection from Hellfire ( Jahannum in Urdu). If someone do Umrah , then he gets the benefit equal to a Haj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reading the \'Quran\' in this month is also very important. I recommend every Muslim to know the meaning of the \'Quran\' in this month. There are various electronic device that can be used to understand the \'Quran\'. Understanding of the \'Quran\' will strengthen our belief in the Qayamat and in day of judgement (Hashra).&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">My personal scientific Experience : Ramadan teaches us to avoid unnecessary eating. Depth of sleep gets improved. Squeezing and expanding&nbsp; of plasma (Blood\'s constituent) strengthen blood formations capacity.&nbsp; We become able to know the great taste of water and food. Intake of carbohydrate gets minimised.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All cells of body become stressed to release energy , hence garbage of the body reduces. Blood pressure becomes normal due to good sleep. Addict people have greater opportunity to quit bad habits. We realise the pain of empty stomach and feel also the pain of poverty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 06:28:21', '2023-01-12 06:28:21'),
(4412, 4412, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka commuters have been stuck in massive traffic jam since this morning as a 22km long tailback has formed from Tongi Bridge to Moghbazar in the city.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gridlock stretched from Tongi Bridge-Abdullahpur-Airport to Mohakhali-Moghbazar areas of Dhaka — causing untold sufferings for commuters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vehicular movement in parts of Dhaka came to a standstill for hours due to the huge pressure of Ijtema-bound vehicles in Tongi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joint Commissioner (Traffic North) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Abu Saleh Md Raihan, said the pressure of vehicles is a main reason for traffic jams as many people were heading towards the Ijtema venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commuters, especially the office goers and students were seen walking to reach their respective destinations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the traffic congestion came at tolerable level around 12 pm as additional traffic police are working to bring the situation under control, 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, '2023-01-12 07:03:56', '2023-01-12 07:03:56'),
(4413, 4413, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In public, they present a united front — always. But Prince Harry has a very different story to tell about the British royals and the way they operate.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Harry’s explosive memoir, with its damning allegations of a toxic relationship between the monarchy and the press, could accelerate the pace of change already under way within the House of Windsor following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harry’s description of royals leaking unflattering information about other members of the family in exchange for positive coverage of themselves is but one of the more tawdry allegations in his book, “ Spare,” published this week. The prince singled out King Charles III’s wife, Camilla, accusing her of feeding private conversations to the media as she sought to rehabilitate her image after her longtime affair with Charles when he was heir to the throne.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Far from the unity that is presented in public, the royal family and their staffs are depicted as scheming rivals, ready to stab each other in the back to make themselves or their bosses look better in the public eye. The palace that Harry describes resembles a modern version of the court of King Henry VIII, where courtiers jockeyed for the monarch’s favor and some lost their heads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The book leaves the impression of a deeply dysfunctional British royal family whose members are so concerned about the tabloid press that they are forced to make deals with journalists, says Ed Owens, author of “ The Family Firm: Monarchy, Mass Media and the British Public, 1932-53.” And the public, when faced with this proposition, may think twice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I think there needs to be some kind of reset, and we need to think carefully about what the monarchy is, what role it plays in society,” says Owens, a historian. “Because this idea of `we, the British taxpayers, pay and in return they perform’ — it’s really a broken and corrupting kind of equation.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Largely funded by taxpayers, the monarchy plays a mostly ceremonial role in British society these days — masters of soft power. But supporters argue that the institution still serves a vital role, uniting the country behind shared history and traditions embodied in both the grandeur of royal ceremonies and the day-to-day work of royals as they open schools and hospitals and hand out honors to those who serve the nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">News coverage of the royal family generally falls into one of two categories: carefully orchestrated public appearances or sometimes chaotic stories about the private lives of royals based on unidentified sources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But change may be at hand.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The history of colonialism — so deeply intertwined with the crown — is being re-examined around the world. Protesters have torn down or defaced statues in British cities, and internationally respected universities such as Oxford and Cambridge are changing their course offerings. It all adds up to one thing: An institution that was once the symbol of the British Empire is facing scrutiny as never before.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Charles, who became king after the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September, faces the challenge of modernizing Britain’s 1,000-year-old monarchy to guarantee its survival. He has already said he plans to reduce the number of working royals and reduce the cost of the monarchy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has been a long time coming, perhaps, but was delayed by one key factor: Elizabeth herself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Personal affection for the queen meant that the monarchy’s role in British society was rarely debated during her seven decades on the throne. Now that she’s gone, the royal family is confronting questions about its relevance in a modern, multicultural nation that looks very different than when Elizabeth ascended the throne in 1952.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Elizabeth’s world — governed by the mantra “never complain, never explain” — the sort of personal revelations in Harry’s book would have been unthinkable. He describes his mental health struggles following the 1997 car accident that killed his mother, Princess Diana, He recounts a physical altercation with his older brother, Prince William, reveals how he lost his virginity and describes using cocaine and cannabis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Spare” is the latest effort by Harry and his wife, Meghan, to tell their own story after they quit royal life and moved to California in 2020, citing what they saw as the media’s racist treatment of Meghan and a lack of support from the palace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the ghostwritten memoir, Harry, 38, alleges that Camilla forged connections with the British press and traded information on her way to becoming queen consort, essentially feeding unflattering stories on Harry and Meghan to the press in exchange for better coverage of herself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The allegations are particularly sensitive because of Camilla’s role in the acrimonious breakdown of Charles’ marriage to Diana. While many members of the public initially shunned Camilla, she has won fans by taking on a wide range of charitable activities and has been credited with helping Charles appear less stuffy and more in tune with modern Britain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daily Mail columnist Stephen Glover leapt to her defense, arguing that Harry was just thin-skinned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I daresay some members of the royal family have passed stories to the press through their courtiers over the years, but it is absurd and naïve to infer that this was part of an orchestrated attempt to destabilize Harry and Meghan,” he wrote. “Royals are not puppets of the press, since — if they have any sense — they realize they can be biffed as well as praised. The wise ones know how to take the rough with the smooth.’’</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But unlike Elizabeth, who famously issued a statement suggesting that “some recollections may vary” when confronted with racism allegations after Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, Buckingham Palace has responded to the first major crisis of Charles’ reign with silence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That has left Harry to dominate the headlines on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently being served tequila on a late night U.S. television show and repeatedly talking about the House of Windsor’s dirty laundry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since this isn’t the first scandal to rock Buckingham Palace —among other sensations, Elizabeth’s uncle abdicated the throne to marry a divorced American — many of those who bought Harry’s book on Tuesday seemed certain the institution would weather the storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“They just have to shrug it off and carry on being the royal family,” James Bradley, 61, said as he bought a copy. “After the queen’s death, the royal family’s stock has never been higher in my lifetime, and this will just bounce off. In six months’ time we won’t be talking about this.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Steven Barnett, a professor of communications at the University of Westminster, expects Harry’s revelations to push the palace to be more transparent— perhaps more like other institutions such the White House or the British prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“He’s done us a favor in exposing the collusive nature, the conspiratorial nature of relationships between the royal family and the British press,” Barnett says. “They will have to change the way in which they do business with the press. And that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing for the monarchy and it’s a good thing for British society.’’ 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, '2023-01-12 07:28:06', '2023-01-12 07:28:06'),
(4414, 4414, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United Kingdom has announced an additional £500,000 (Tk 60.6 million) in humanitarian support in response to last year’s flood in the Sylhet region, in which 7.2 million people were affected.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Delivered by BRAC, this funding will provide water, shelter, livelihood opportunities, and improved nutrition for people affected in Sunamganj, Sylhet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UK Development Director in Bangladesh, Matt Cannell, said last year’s devastating floods in the Sylhet region underline that Bangladesh remains vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This new funding provides vital water, nutrition, shelter and livelihood opportunities to some of the worst affected communities in Sunamganj, Sylhet. The UK is proud to partner with BRAC to deliver this support,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This new UK support will ensure safe water and shelter for nearly 1,000 affected households and restore livelihoods and food security for more than 5,000 affected households.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BRAC Executive Director, Asif Saleh, said the floods in northeastern Bangladesh, which affected over 7.2 million people in June 2022, were the worst to hit Bangladesh in the last two decades.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“They left a trail of destruction in nine districts, with Sunamganj being the worst affected. Significant efforts were undertaken to provide emergency response to meet immediate needs, but sustained humanitarian support is direly needed to help people recover and rebuild their lives. This partnership between the British High Commission and BRAC will be crucial in standing beside the people in Sunamganj and being a partner in their journey to build back better,” 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, '2023-01-12 07:59:11', '2023-01-12 07:59:11'),
(4415, 4415, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League will remain cautious about BNP’s movement and stay on streets to protect people’s lives and property, said Awami Leaque general secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We will be cautious about BNP’s movement as they can’t create any anarchic situation and we won’t change our stance. We are on streets and won’t leave those as we’ll perform our duty to protect the lives and property of people,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came up remarks while talking to reporters at the Secretariat on the current issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Replying to a question about BNP’s leadership, Quader said, “Awami League will join the next election under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina but who is BNP’s leader? In the past election they took part in the election under the leadership of Kamal Hossain”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the Wednesday’s sit-in programme of BNP, the Awami League leader said there was no violence centering the programme but BNP activists hurled brickbats at police in Faridpur and it didn’t turn violent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If they held rally then Awami Leauge will bring out peace procession, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Replying to a question about possibility of banning Jamaat-e-Islami, the AL leader said it is the matter of court and no decision has been taken yet from the party to proceed with it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Without Jammat BNP is powerless as BNP and Jamaat are the two sides of a coin. If it difficult for BNP to move without Jamaat and if they want more people in their programmes they have to depend on Jamaat,” he said. 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, '2023-01-12 08:36:58', '2023-01-12 08:36:58'),
(4416, 4416, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed at 10:30am today after five hours of suspension.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shah Mohammad Khaled Newaj, deputy manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) Aricha sector, said ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route were suspended due to poor visibility caused by dense fog.</div><div><br></div><div>Two ferries were stuck in the middle of the river while around 200 vehicles got stranded on both sides of the river due to the suspension of the ferry services.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, ferry services on the Aricha-Kazirhat route remained suspended from 4 am today. Around 300 vehicles, mostly goods-laden trucks were seen waiting on both sides to cross the river. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 10:01:19', '2023-01-12 10:01:19'),
(4417, 4417, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The official trailer of the spy thriller Pathaan was unveiled by Yash Raj Films on Tuesday, Hindustan Times reported.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The movie features Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, and John Abraham in the lead roles. The over two-minute-long trailer begins with John Abraham-led terrorist outfit announcing an attack on India.</div><div><br></div><div>Shah Rukh Khan is seen as a soldier who has a mission to take down John. Deepika Padukone, also a soldier, joins Shah Rukh in his mission.</div><div><br></div><div>In the action-packed trailer, Shah Rukh is seen as a daredevil. The story moves to various international sites where Shah Rukh chases John Abraham.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Throughout the trailer, Deepika has moments where she gets to try her handslick action. After watching the trailer, the internet is convinced that not only John but Deepika is also the \'bad guy\' in the film.</div><div><br></div><div>A Twitter user wrote, \"#PathaanTrailer looks like Deepika will be playing the bad guy.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Another person said, \"Deepika is the main villain here, John is not!!!???\" \"Kya Deepika cheat karegi SRK ko (Will Deepika cheat SRK)?\" \"I\'m sensing from the trailer Deepika will be the real villain in Pathaan,\" read a tweet.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everyone is prepared for SRK vs John. But I don\'t know why I feel her character to be mysterious. She is definitely going to be a surprise package,\" tweeted a fan.&nbsp;</div><div>\"Imagine Deepika turning villain after Pathan falls for her,\" said a person. \"Hear me out, if Shah Rukh Khan is a good character and they gave him the colour green and John is the villain character and they gave him the color blue... Why does Deepika have the color blue then and supposed in the end she will be a good character?\" asked a Twitter user.</div><div><br></div><div>Pathaan will release on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Actor Salman Khan will make a cameo appearance in the film, helmed by Siddharth Anand. The film also stars Dimple Kapadia and Ashutosh Rana among others. Pathaan marks Deepika and Shah Rukh\'s fourth collaboration after Om Shanti Om, Happy New Year, and Chennai Express.</div><div><br></div><div>Shah Rukh will also be seen in director Atlee\'s upcoming action thriller film Jawan with Nayanthara and Rajkumar Hirani\'s Dunki with Taapsee Pannu. Deepika, on the other hand, will be next seen in The Intern remake; Project K alongside Prabhas, and in Siddharth\'s Fighter opposite Hrithik Roshan.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 10:32:31', '2023-01-12 10:32:31'),
(4418, 4418, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has said that cultural activists played great role in achieving Bangladesh independence and flourishing its democracy.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The culture and education are deeply related. We have to keep our rich culture alive- cultural activists contributed to achieving Bangladesh independence and flourishing its democracy,\" she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The education minister said this while inaugurating a five day long \"Gate opening festival\" at Sufiaful Monch in Taslima-Jalal Monchobari at Golaidanga village under Singair Upazila of the district as the chief guest last evening.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>She said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working to spread the peace all over the country and she was recognized as the leader of humanity all over the world.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 11:14:33', '2023-01-12 11:14:33'),
(4419, 4419, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A British doctor has cautioned that hospitals in the UK are so overcrowded that the conditions in the UK’s National Health Services (NHS) are even worse in nations with poor medical infrastructure like war-torn Ukraine, Hindustan Times reported.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dr Paul Ransom works part-time with the UK hospital and also carries out humanitarian work overseas. In a letter to UK Newspaper The Argus, he described that Hospitals in Sussex, like the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, had overflowing corridors and staff who were \"at their wits\' end”.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Ransom said, “Sometimes I feel guilty at seeing my NHS colleagues trying to keep patients safe and sometimes even keep them alive in conditions that are worse than those I see in many hospitals I work overseas.”</div><div><br></div><div>“I have worked in many places like Ukraine, Georgia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe but very rarely saw corridors overflowing with patients waiting for a cubicle”, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In his letter, he recommended suggestions like to set up temporary medical infrastructure as it was done during Covid. In addition, the government should also enhance staffing levels, raise staff salaries, and use temporary facilities.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 11:41:07', '2023-01-12 11:41:07'),
(4420, 4420, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India is reviving a network of thousands of village guards in Jammu and Kashmir, including arming some with automatic rifles, after a militant attack in the disputed region killed seven civilians earlier in January, a police official said.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>New Delhi has battled a decades-long armed insurgency in Kashmir, accusing arch rival Pakistan of stoking violence in the territory - an allegation that Islamabad denies. The nuclear-armed neighbours claim the Himalayan region - that includes the Muslim majority Kashmir valley and Hindu-dominated Jammu - in full but control only parts of it.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities reactivated an almost defunct network of 26,000 Village Defence Guards (VDGs) after militants killed seven residents of a Hindu community in a remote village in Jammu\'s Rajouri district on Jan. 1.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are re-grouping and rejuvenating the VDGs who were already there,\" local police chief Haseeb Mughal told Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There was slackness after years of normalcy in the region and now we are training and reorganising them to prevent any such attacks. We have also provided automatic rifles to some.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Rajouri attack alarmed authorities, concerned that it could be a sign that militants were looking to expand into Jammu because of a heavy military presence in the Kashmir valley, a security official said, asking not to be named.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s government reorganised Jammu and Kashmir, then India\'s only Muslim-majority state, into two federally administered territories, aiming to spur development and tamp down on the bloody insurgency.</div><div><br></div><div>Basant Raj Thakur, a VDG from Jammu\'s Doda area, said that he supported the move to provide automatic weapons, replacing bolt-action rifles that some guards are currently armed with.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The way the situation is developing they should provide more such weapons and training,\" Thakur said.</div><div><br></div><div>VDGs receive a monthly pay of around 4,000 rupees ($49) from the local government.</div><div><br></div><div>The push to retrain and rearm VDGs, some of whom had been accused of indulging in criminal activities, has drawn some criticism from local politicians.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Placing weapons in the hands of locals of border districts in Jammu region contradicts the government\'s claims of normalcy,\" Mehbooba Mufti, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister whose party wants more autonomy for the region, told reporters this week. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 12:11:12', '2023-01-12 12:11:12'),
(4421, 4421, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Golden Globes television ratings slumped to a new low of just 6.3 million viewers, even as the troubled award show tried to bounce back from its recent scandals, broadcaster NBC\'s preliminary figures showed Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The audience on Tuesday night fell from 6.9 million in 2021 -- itself a massive drop suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, when award shows were held remotely -- and was down from more than 18 million in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The Globes were not televised at all last year, when NBC pulled the plug due to outrage over the lack of diversity and alleged ethical shortcomings of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organizes the awards.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday\'s ratings -- the lowest ever for a full Golden Globes gala on NBC, and marginally higher than the audience for a stripped-down press conference held to announce winners during the Hollywood writers\' strike in 2008 -- will add to uncertainty over the Globes\' future.</div><div><br></div><div>The event has no television deal currently in place from next year. NBC tore up its longstanding multi-year Globes broadcast deal, and only agreed to bring back this year\'s show on a one-off basis.</div><div><br></div><div>Still, the 80th Golden Globes on Tuesday night saw many A-list stars return to the event\'s Beverly Hills gala, with Steven Spielberg winning best director, Colin Farrell collecting best actor in a comedy, and Eddie Murphy receiving a lifetime achievement award.</div><div><br></div><div>While the presence of so many stars suggested many in Hollywood are happy with the reforms the HFPA has recently enacted -- including the admission of Black members, after a Los Angeles Times expose revealed the group had none -- questions remain.</div><div><br></div><div>A plan by US billionaire Todd Boehly to spin off the awards show into a for-profit entity and pay salaries to members has raised eyebrows.</div><div><br></div><div>And several prominent winners did not attend on Tuesday, citing scheduling difficulties, including Cate Blanchett, who best actress in a drama for \"Tar.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In an email to AFP, an NBC spokesman pointed out that the \"Globes historically airs on Sunday nights,\" when ratings are usually higher, and in previous years benefited from following an NFL game on the channel.</div><div><br></div><div>The awards were moved to a Tuesday evening slot this year to avoid clashing with the wildly popular American football league.</div><div><br></div><div>Updated final figures including ratings from streaming platform Peacock, which also showed the Globes live on Tuesday, will be issued at a later date.</div><div><br></div><div>Live television ratings have slumped generally for awards show in recent years, as younger audiences in particular change the way they consume entertainment, gravitating more toward social media and streaming.</div><div><br></div><div>But the Oscars last March bounced back significantly from their pandemic slump, recording over 16 million US viewers, up from around 10 million a year earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>At Tuesday night\'s Globes, Spielberg\'s \"The Fabelmans\" was named best drama and \"The Banshees of Inisherin,\" starring Farrell, won best comedy. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 12:22:31', '2023-01-12 12:22:31'),
(4422, 4422, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the medal and citation of IDF Global Ambassador for Diabetes.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen handed over the medal to her at her official residence Ganabhaban this morning, said PM\'s Speech Writer Md. Nazrul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina was offered the first-ever Honorary title of the Global Ambassador for Diabetes in recognition of her role to ensure affordable access to health care for patients with diabetes and other non-communicable diseases during the opening ceremony of the IDF world diabetes congress held in Lisbon, Portugal on 5 December 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier the Prime Minister accepted the title during a call on by IDF President Professor Akhtar Hussain on 24 August 2022 at Ganabhaban here in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Ambassador to Portugal accepted the title on her behalf at the opening ceremony of the IDF world diabetes congress in Lisbon.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, PM’s ambassador-at-large Mohammad Ziauddin, PM\'s Principal Secretary Tofazzal Hossain and Senior Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen were present, while handing over the medal and the citation at Ganabhaban, according to UNB reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 13:00:49', '2023-01-12 13:00:49'),
(4423, 4423, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A delegation of Bangladesh Anjumane Al Islah, led by its president Moulana Hushamuddin Chowdhury Fultoli, called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence here this afternoon.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They discussed various issues relating to the curriculum and education system. They apprised the Prime Minister of the absence of the glories of Muslim civilization in different textbooks of schools and madrasha.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Speechwriter M Nazrul Islam briefed newsmen after the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister listened to them and assured of looking into those issues. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 13:54:34', '2023-01-12 13:54:34'),
(4424, 4424, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said after effective implementation of National Payment Gateway, people will be able to pay trade license fee through online soon.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>He also proposed that a seven-day long camp can be organised at Dhaka Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (DCCI) office so that the members of the Chamber could especially avail the facilities of trade license renewal from it.</div><div><br></div><div>The Mayor said till June 2022, DSCC earned Taka 879 crore without increasing any tax. For creating a business and investment friendly environment, the Corporation would make Dhaka a smart city, he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Taposh said this when the Board of Directors of DCCI, led by its President Barrister Md. Sameer Sattar, called on him at Nagar Bhaban in the capital today, said a DCCI press release here.</div><div><br></div><div>The DSCC Mayor also informed that they would take an initiative to establish IoT based traffic signal system in the city to avoid traffic congestion.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>During the discussion, DCCI President Barrister Md. Sameer Sattar urged for automation of the application and renewal process of trade license including online fee submission through an integrated payment gateway.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He also proposed to establish a booth at DCCI to provide trade license service on behalf of DSCC or enter into a MoU for this purpose.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sameer also sought DSCC\'s special attention to address huge traffic congestion that heavily affects commuters, costs energy and damage important working hours which is related to doing business context.</div><div><br></div><div>He also requested the Mayor to consider issuance of trade licenses to the young startups which do not have any commercial address but do their&nbsp; businesses from home or online. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 15:38:40', '2023-01-12 15:38:40'),
(4425, 4425, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The position of basic macroeconomic indexes including revenue collection, remittances, export growth, annual development programme (ADP) expenditure and money supply in the first quarter (July-September) of the running 2022-23 fiscal was satisfactory.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This was stated by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday in a report placed in the House on the progress of the implementation 2022-23 budget in the financial year’s first quarter.</div><div><br></div><div>“Revenue collection was done as per the target, positive trend was seen in import and export income, and as a result I am hoping that we will be able to attain our desired target in the current budget,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He mentioned that the revenue collection registered 19.33 percent in the first quarter which was 18.72 percent in the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>The public expenditure was 11.14 percent against 11.90 percent in the same period of 2021-22 fiscal while implementation rate of ADP was 8.55 percent against 8.26 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>The finance minister said that due to the increase of import expenditure there was deficit in the current account balance that reduced to USD 36.47 billion in the reserve on September 30, 2022 which was USD 46.22 billion in the same period of 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>The growth in the remittances inflow was 4.89 percent against 19.44 percent in the previous 2021-22 fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>The export income growth rate was 13.38 percent against 11.37 percent during the same period of the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>“The positive trend of export trading growth will play as important variable in advancing our economy,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the import expenditure (C&amp;F) increased 11.67 percent which was 47.56 percent in the same time of the last fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that normalisation of economic activities after COVID-19 period and significant rise of import of intermediary and capital machineries led to a huge hike in import expenditure.</div><div><br></div><div>“But, currently avoidance of luxury items and exercise of austerity by the government caused a decrease in import expenditure,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The LC opening during July-September tenure in 2022 was USD 18.58 billion which was 4.57 percent less than the same period of the previous fiscal.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the report, annual average inflation was 5.50 percent in September 2021 while it increased 6.96 percent in September 2022. On the other hand, the point-to-point inflation in September 2021 was 5.59 percent, while it increased to 9.10 percent in 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the budget deficit Mustafa Kamal said that the estimated deficit is 5.51 percent of the GDP. For deficit financing 2.22 percent sill come from external sources while 3.29 percent would be mitigated from domestic sources, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He told that to contain pressure from inflation, the central bank took the path of contractionary monetary policy.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister also said that thanks to timely steps from the government it was possible to contain the inflation forced by price hike of fuel oil price and food items due to the Russia-Ukraine War, and depreciation of Taka against US Dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 15:48:22', '2023-01-12 15:48:22'),
(4426, 4426, '<div><b>The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of the Muslims, will begin on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the city, tomorrow.&nbsp;</b></div><div><br></div><div>The Ijtema will begin with \'Aam Bayan\' (general sermons) by noted scholars after Fazr prayers on the day that will end with Akheri Munajat (final prayers) on January 15.</div><div><br></div><div>The second phase of the Ijtema, however, will begin on January 20 at the same venue and it is scheduled to end with Akheri Munajat on January 22.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate messages on the occasion of the Bishwa Ijtema.</div><div><br></div><div>In his message, President Abdul Hamid welcomed the pilgrims from different countries of the world, including Bangladesh, who are coming to join the Ijtema.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that \'Islam is a religion of peace and humanity\', the head of the state said the participation of Muslims from different countries of the world in the Bishwa Ijtema is a great initiative to follow the noble ideals and creed of Islam as well as its propagation and expansion.</div><div><br></div><div>He hoped that Ijtema will pave the way to know, understand and practice the noble ideals of Islam.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hamid believed that the Ijtema will play a significant role in strengthening the unity, solidarity and brotherhood of the Muslim-Ummah.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said every year since 1967, one of the largest congregation of the Muslims on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka, has been making a significant contribution in propagating and spreading the message of Islam.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Ijtema is a wonderful meeting place of mutual unity, harmony and friendship among Muslims from different parts of the world, which is an unparalleled example of Islamic society, discipline, brotherhood and magnanimity,\" the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>She hoped that the message of the cherished non-communal spirit, genuine simplicity and hospitality and tolerance of Bangladesh will reach the world through the foreign guests coming to Ijtema.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the footsteps of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Awami League (AL)-led government has taken many steps for the development of Islam in Bangladesh since assuming the state-power in 2009, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Model mosques and Islamic cultural centers are being constructed in all districts and upazilas, she said, adding that through the Islamic Foundation (IF), the government is spreading the teaching of the Quran to millions of children under mosque-based and public education programs (Gono-Shikkha) to propagate the education of the Quran.</div><div><br></div><div>The greatest Bangalee of all time, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman took many effective steps in the development, propagation, expansion and service of Islam after the country\'s great liberation war, Sheikh Hasina said.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu established Islamic Foundation and Madrasah Board, she said, adding that Bangabandhu donated land to the Kakrail Mosque for the Tabligh Jamaat and allocated land for the Bishwa Ijtema on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi, the premier continued.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I wish the happiness, peace, welfare and prosperity for the countrymen including the Muslim Ummah to the Almighty Allah on the occasion of the Bishwa Ijtema,\" said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun has said all-out security measures have been taken centering the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Adequate security arrangements have been taken for smooth holding of the Bishwa Ijtema. All the police, RAB and other law and enforcement agencies and the administration have been working together in a cordial atmosphere,\" he told the journalists after visiting the Ijtema ground at Tongi in Gazipur on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that special measures have been taken by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), Gazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) and Dhaka District Police to facilitate the movement of pilgrims coming for Ijtema.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Car parking was arranged according to the division. Watch towers and control rooms were set up for the security of the Ijtema field. Police will perform duty in uniform and plain clothes,\" Mamun said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He added that sector based security measures were taken. Besides, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) helicopters will be engaged in security patrolling. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-12 16:00:16', '2023-01-12 16:00:16'),
(4427, 4427, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government has taken initiative to introduce an “Integrated Lawful Interception System (ILIS)” in a bid to monitor social media platforms and thwart various anti-state and anti-government activities, said Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Thursday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Home Minister divulged the matter in Parliament while replying to a tabled question from ruling Awami League MP from Dhaka-10 Md Shafiul Islam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shafiul wanted to know whether the government will increase vigilance to thwart local and foreign conspiracy inside the country.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, the Home Minister said that law enforcement and intelligence agencies are working relentlessly to thwart any kinds of conspiracy against the country.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Besides, modern technology like Open Source Intelligence Technology (OSINT) has been included in the National Tele¬communication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) to prevent different anti-state and anti-government activities through monitoring social media platforms on the Internet,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asaduzzaman also said that efforts were also made to introduce ILIS in this regard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining the logic behind placing the activities of National Identity Card (NID) under his ministry, Khan said that the Election Commission (EC) has no involvement with the usage of NID except for voting purposes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply to a query from Gonoforum MP Mokabbir Khan the minister said that the national identity registration process is done under the executive department in almost all the countries of the world.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In view of the reality, it should be under the executive department in Bangladesh like other countries,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For this reason, he said that the process of bringing it (issuance of NID cards) under the security service department of the Ministry of Home Affairs is ongoing. 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, '2023-01-13 05:44:02', '2023-01-13 05:44:02');
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(4428, 4428, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fresh from their brilliant performances at the World Cup, Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe are among the nominees for FIFA\'s The Best award for last year, world football\'s governing body announced on Thursday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Messi, who has won the prize once before, captained Argentina to victory in Qatar, a career-defining triumph that has boosted his chances of winning an eighth Ballon d\'Or but may also make him favourite for this prize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As well as Mbappe, who netted a hat-trick in the World Cup final, another two Paris Saint-Germain players are nominated in Neymar and Achraf Hakimi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karim Benzema, who won last year\'s Ballon d\'Or for his performances with Real Madrid, is also nominated, as is Robert Lewandowski, winner of the FIFA prize in the last two years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list of nominees is completed by Manchester City\'s Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland; the Real Madrid pair of Luka Modric and Vinicius Junior; Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Jude Bellingham.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alexia Putellas is nominated for the women\'s award despite being out for the last six months due to injury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Barcelona and Spain midfielder won the award last year and retained the Ballon d\'Or in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arsenal striker Beth Mead, runner-up to Putellas for the Ballon d\'Or, is also nominated, as are two other members of the England team that won the European Championship on home soil in Leah Williamson and Keira Walsh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There are also prizes for the best male and female coach, the best goalkeeper, and the Puskas Award for the best goal of 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A public vote, open until February 3, will decide the three finalists in each category.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winner is then voted for by a jury made up of national team coaches and captains as well as journalists and fans. 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, '2023-01-13 05:49:11', '2023-01-13 05:49:11'),
(4429, 4429, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia said Thursday that its forces are edging closer to capturing a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine, which would mark an elusive victory for the Kremlin but come at the cost of heavy Russian casualties and extensive destruction of the territory they claim.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 100 Russian troops were killed in the battle for Soledar over the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in televised remarks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The Russians have literally marched on the bodies of their own soldiers, burning everything on their way,” Kyrylenko said while reporting that Russian forces had shelled a dozen towns and villages in the region in the past day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian forces are using mortars and rockets to bombard Soledar in an unrelenting assault, struggling for a breakthrough after military setbacks have turned what the Kremlin hoped would be a fast victory into a grinding war of attrition that has dragged on for nearly 11 months with no end in sight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Civilians are trying to survive amid that bloodbath as the Russians are pressing their attacks,” Kyrylenko said. Serhii Cherevatiy, a spokesman for Ukraine’s forces in the east, said Soledar was hit by Russian artillery more than 90 times in the past day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soledar’s fall would be a prize for a Kremlin starved of good battlefield news in recent months, after losing the significant city of Kherson in December. It would also offer Russian troops a springboard to conquer other areas of the eastern Donetsk province that remain under Ukrainian control, particularly the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russians’ tactic in the assault on Soledar is to send one or two waves of soldiers, many from the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group who take heavy casualties as they probe the Ukrainian defenses, a Ukrainian officer near Soledar told The Associated Press.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Ukrainian troops suffer casualties and are exhausted, the Russians send in another wave of highly-trained soldiers, paratroopers or special forces, to get a new toehold on the battlefield, said the Ukrainian officer, who insisted on anonymity for security reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov praised the “selfless and courageous action” of Russian troops, which he said is helping them to press forward in Soledar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Gigantic work has been done in Soledar,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov, however, stopped short of confirming a claim by Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin, who boasted about capturing Soledar on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There is still a lot to be done and it’s too early to stop and rub our hands, the main work is still ahead,” he said in a conference call with reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister, Hanna Malyar, said at a briefing Thursday: “The enemy continues the assaults, but suffers significant losses and is not successful.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AP was unable to verify the claims made by either side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed that the troops defending Soledar “will be guaranteed ammunition and everything necessary.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia’s Defense Ministry made no mention of Soledar in its daily briefing on Thursday. The ministry announced Wednesday that the country’s top military officer — the chief of the military’s General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov — was put in charge of the military operation in Ukraine. He replaces Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who was demoted to deputy only three months after he was installed in that job.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian officials also said they were taking note of personnel changes at the top levels of the Russian military command, describing them as a sign that Moscow isn’t achieving what it had hoped.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Personnel changes would not occur with such frequency if they were doing well,” a senior Ukrainian military official, Brig. Gen. Oleksiy Hromov, said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fighting continued elsewhere in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, reported Thursday that two civilians were killed and a further eight were wounded in Russian attacks on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citing data from regional officials, Tymoshenko said that one civilian died and five were wounded in the southern Kherson province, where shells hit a maternity hospital, private houses and apartment buildings, while one person was killed in Donetsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two people were wounded in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia province, with one further civilian sustaining injuries in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk province.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the United Nations, Ukraine’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova told the Security Council that Ukraine will seek a general assembly vote on a resolution supporting Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace formula that includes the restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the Russians’ withdrawal. The plan that Zelenskyy presented to the Group of 20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia in November also includes the release of all prisoners, a tribunal for those responsible for the Russian aggression, and security guarantees for Ukraine. 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, '2023-01-13 05:59:34', '2023-01-13 05:59:34'),
(4430, 4430, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The past eight years were the hottest since records began, the United Nations confirmed Thursday, despite the cooling influence of a drawn-out La Nina weather pattern.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, as the world faced a cascade of unprecedented natural disasters made more likely and deadly by climate change, the average global temperature was about 1.15 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, the World Meteorological Organization said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA released similar 2022 global temperature figures on Thursday and Bill Nelson, head of the US space agency, described them as \"alarming.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Forest fires are intensifying, hurricanes are getting stronger, droughts are wreaking havoc, sea levels are rising,\" Nelson said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Extreme weather patterns threaten our well-being across this planet,\" he said. \"And we need some bold action.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WMO, a UN agency, said the past eight years \"were the warmest on record globally, fuelled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hottest year on record was 2016, followed by 2019 and 2020, it found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year marked the eighth consecutive year that annual global temperatures were at least one degree over the pre-industrial levels seen between 1850 and 1900.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Paris Agreement, agreed by nearly all the world\'s nations in 2015, called for capping global warming at 1.5C, which scientists say would limit climate impacts to manageable levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the WMO warned Thursday that \"the likelihood of -- temporarily -- breaching the 1.5C limit... is increasing with time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russell Vose, NOAA\'s chief of climate monitoring, said there is a 50-50 chance that there will be a year in the 2020s above 1.5C, although a sustained average of 1.5C warming is not projected to occur until the late 2030s or 2040s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WMO reached its conclusions by consolidating six leading international datasets, including those of NOAA and the European Union\'s Copernicus climate monitor (C3S).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- La Nina effect \'short-lived\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN agency highlighted that the warmest eight years on record had all been since 2015, despite consecutive La Nina events since 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weather phenomenon has a cooling effect on global temperatures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year was therefore \"just\" the fifth or sixth hottest year ever recorded, the WMO said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation last year was more extreme in some places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Copernicus said in its annual report Tuesday that the planet\'s polar regions experienced record temperatures last year, as did large swathes of the Middle East, China, central Asia and northern Africa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europe endured its second-hottest year ever as France, Britain, Spain and Italy set new average temperature records and heatwaves across the continent were compounded by severe drought conditions, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the planet as a whole, the WMO said the impact of La Nina, which is expected to end within months, would be \"short-lived.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weather pattern, it said, \"will not reverse the long-term warming trend caused by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Extreme weather events -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WMO said the trend was clear.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Since the 1980s, each decade has been warmer than the previous one,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The average temperature for the period 2013-2022 was 1.14C above the pre-industrial baseline.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It stood at 1.09C between 2011 and 2020, according to estimates by the UN\'s climate science advisory panel, the IPCC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This, WMO said, \"indicates that long-term warming continues,\" with the world \"already approaching the lower limit of temperature increase the Paris Agreement seeks to avert.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like NASA\'s Nelson, the WMO chief Petteri Taalas highlighted extreme weather events in 2020, pointing to floods that submerged a third of Pakistan, record-breaking heatwaves in China, Europe and the Americas, and a drawn-out drought in the Horn of Africa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the COP27 climate summit in November, UN chief Antonio Guterres unveiled a five-year, $3-billion plan to build a global early warning system for deadly and costly extreme weather events amplified by climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So far, only half of the 193 UN member states have such systems, Taalas said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA\'s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, said collective action is needed now but \"it\'s never going to be too late to make better decisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Future warming is a function of future emissions of carbon dioxide,\" Schmidt said. \"At any point in the future, we can decide to do something that will reduce the emissions and reduce the temperatures in the future.\" 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, '2023-01-13 06:37:42', '2023-01-13 06:37:42'),
(4431, 4431, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to tens of thousands of people.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Autauga County, Alabama, 41 miles (66 kilometers) northeast of Selma, at least six fatalities were confirmed and an estimated 40 homes were damaged or destroyed by a tornado that cut a 20-mile (32-kilometer) path across two rural communities, said Ernie Baggett, the county’s emergency management director.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several mobile homes were launched into the air and at least 12 people were injured severely enough to be taken to hospitals by emergency responders, Baggett told The Associated Press. He said crews were focused Thursday night on cutting through downed trees to look for people who may need help.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It really did a good bit of damage. This is the worst that I’ve seen here in this county,” Baggett said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Georgia, a passenger died when a tree fell on a vehicle in Jackson during the storm, Butts County Coroner Lacey Prue said. In the same county southeast of Atlanta, the storm appeared to have knocked a freight train off its tracks, officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials in Griffin, south of Atlanta, told local news outlets that multiple people had been trapped inside an apartment complex after trees fell on it. Firefighters also cut a Griffin man loose who had been pinned for hours under a tree that fell on his house. A high school was damaged, and students were held at four middle schools for parents to pick up after officials determined it was unsafe to run buses. The city of Griffin imposed a curfew from 10 p.m. Thursday to 6 a.m. Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">School systems in at least six Georgia counties on the southern fringes of metro Atlanta canceled classes on Friday. Those systems enroll a total of 90,000 students.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nationwide, there were 33 separate tornado reports Thursday from the National Weather Service as of Thursday evening, with a handful of tornado warnings still in effect in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. However, the reports were not yet confirmed and some of them could later be classified as wind damage after assessments are done in coming days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Selma, a city etched in the history of the civil rights movement, a tornado cut a wide path through the downtown area, where brick buildings collapsed, oak trees were uprooted, cars were on their side and power lines were left dangling. Plumes of thick, black smoke rose over the city from a fire burning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It wasn\'t immediately known whether the storm caused the blaze. Selma Mayor James Perkins said no fatalities have been reported, but several people were seriously injured. First responders were continuing to assess the damage and officials hoped to get an aerial view of the city Friday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have a lot of downed power lines,\" he said. \"There is a lot of danger on the streets.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With widespread power outages, the Selma City Council held a meeting on the sidewalk, using lights from cellphones, to declare a state of emergency. A high school was opened as a shelter, officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mattie Moore was among Selma residents who picked up boxed meals offered by a charity downtown.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Thank God that we’re here. It’s like something you see on TV,” Moore said of all the destruction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A city of about 18,000 people, Selma is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of the Alabama capital of Montgomery. It was a flashpoint of the civil rights movement and where Alabama state troopers viciously attacked Black people advocating for voting rights as they marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge on March 7, 1965.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the tornado passed, Krishun Moore emerged from her home to the sound of children crying and screaming. She and her mother encouraged the kids to keep screaming until they found the two of them on top of the roof of a damaged apartment. She estimated the kids were about 1 and 4 years old. Both of them are OK, she said through Facebook messenger.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Malesha McVay drove parallel to the tornado with her family. She said it got less than a mile (less than 2 kilometers) from her home before suddenly turning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We stopped and we prayed. We followed it and prayed,” she said. “It was a 100% God thing that it turned right before it hit my house.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She took video of the giant twister, which would turn black as it swept away home after home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It would hit a house, and black smoke would swirl up,” she said. “It was very terrifying.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 40,000 customers were without power in Alabama on Thursday night, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide. In Georgia, about 86,000 customers were without electricity after the storm system carved a path across a tier of counties just south of Atlanta.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm hit in Griffin, south of Atlanta, with winds damaging a shopping area, local news outlets reported. A Hobby Lobby store partially lost its roof, and at least one car was flipped in the parking lot of a nearby Walmart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Damage was also reported west of downtown Atlanta in Douglas County and Cobb County, with Cobb County government posting a damage report showing a crumbled cinder block wall at a warehouse in suburban Austell.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Kentucky, the National Weather Service in Louisville confirmed that an EF-1 tornado struck Mercer County and said crews were surveying damage in a handful of other counties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three factors — a natural La Nina weather cycle, warming of the Gulf of Mexico likely related to climate change and a decades-long shift of tornadoes from the west to east — came together to make Thursday’s tornado outbreak unusual and damaging, said Victor Gensini, a meteorology professor at Northern Illinois University who studies tornado trends.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The La Nina, a cooling of parts of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide, was a factor in making a wavy jet stream that brought a cold front through, Gensini said. But that’s not enough for a tornado outbreak. What’s needed is moisture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Normally the air in the Southeast is fairly dry this time of year but the dew point was twice what is normal, likely because of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, which is likely influenced by climate change. That moisture hit the cold front and everything was in place, Gensini said. 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, '2023-01-13 06:45:14', '2023-01-13 06:45:14'),
(4432, 4432, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two people were killed and as many injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck in the capital\'s Jatrabari area early Friday, police said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Momin Mia, 37, of Narayanganj and passenger Palash, 50, a fish trader of Munshiganj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The injured are fish traders Shah Ali, 36, and Sumon, 40.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salman Rahman, sub-inspector (SI) of Jatrabari Police Station, said the accident occurred around 4am. \"The auto-rickshaw crashed into the truck on its way to Jatrabari wholesale fish market as the truck driver suddenly stopped his vehicle in the middle of the road in front of Dania College, leaving four occupants of the auto-rickshaw critically injured.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The injured were rushed to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital where Momin and Palash were declared dead, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, police failed to seize the truck, the SI 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, '2023-01-13 06:51:13', '2023-01-13 06:51:13'),
(4433, 4433, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five members of a family, including two children, who were asleep in their house, were found charred to death in Rangunia early Friday, police said.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The dead were identified as Kangal Boshak, 70, Lolita Boshak, 60, Lucky Boshak, 32, Saraswati Boshak, 4, and Sowrabh Boshak, 12.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another member of the family, Khokon Boshak, 42, was rushed to Chittagong Medical College in a critical condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fire broke out and engulfed the house of Abdul Malek at the Mohajonpara area of Parua union around 2am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdul Hamid Mia, deputy assistant director of Chattogram fire service, said firefighters reached the spot after getting the information and they could tame the flames around 4am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An accidental fire outbreak was suspected to be the reason for the accident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Hamid said the exact reasons for the fire mishap and the extent of damage could not immediately be confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abu Bakar, sub-inspector of Rangunia Police Station, said: \"The bodies of five members of the family were brought to the police station in the morning.\" 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, '2023-01-13 08:26:38', '2023-01-13 08:26:38'),
(4434, 4434, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began Friday morning after two years of Covid hiatus on the bank of the River Turag river in Tongi.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 56th edition of the annual Biswa Ijtema (World Congregation) began with the a\'mbayan (general sermons) of Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ziaul Haque after Fajr prayers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of devotees from home and abroad – including India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Syria, Chad, Tajikistan Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, the UK, and the US – thronged the bank of Turag to listen to scholars reciting and explaining verses from the Quran and to renew their commitment to Islamic values.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, the country\'s largest Jumah prayers, led by Maulana Hafez Zobair Ahmad, leader of a faction of Tabligh Jamaat, will be held at Ijtema ground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mollah Nazrul Islam said additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the Ijtema venue to ensure the security of the devotees. The venue has been brought under closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera surveillance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, the government set up health camps for the devotees to provide them with treatment like the previous years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, another devotee died today at the Ijtema venue due to complications of old age. On Thursday, two devotees died from cold-related illness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first phase of Ijtema will end Sunday with Akheri Munajat (final prayers).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tabligh Jamaat has been organising the congregation at the venue since 1967.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2011, it divided Ijtema into two phases to accommodate a large number of attendees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second phase of Ijtema will be held from January 20 to 22 this year. 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, '2023-01-13 08:38:53', '2023-01-13 08:38:53'),
(4435, 4435, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A mild cold wave is sweeping several parts of the country but it may abate in some places, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Friday morning.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mild cold wave is sweeping Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and Faridpur, Madaripur, Manikgonj, Moulvibazar, Cumilla, Feni, Jashore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Barishal and Bhola districts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur in the 24 hours until 6:00am on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest temperature was recorded at 30.2 degrees Celsius in Teknaf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, moderate to thick fog may envelop the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere from midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky. The night and day temperatures may rise slightly,’ the BMD 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, '2023-01-13 09:30:57', '2023-01-13 09:30:57'),
(4436, 4436, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Vladimir Putin\'s move to replace his top commander in Ukraine is a sign of military disarray and his growing impatience in a war Russia is not winning, analysts said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defence ministry in Moscow said Wednesday it had, again, replaced its top commander in Ukraine, putting army chief of staff Valery Gerasimov in charge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">His predecessor, Sergei Surovikin, a veteran of Moscow\'s wars since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, will become Gerasimov\'s deputy, working alongside two other generals, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian and Western observers said the move was a sign of Putin becoming exasperated by Ukrainian resistance, but also by fault lines in the Russian army command as it faces difficult demands which could include launching a possible major offensive within weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analysts said putting an army chief of staff in charge of an operation on the ground is highly unusual, as the job is usually removed from the battlefield, involving coordination, political contacts, threat evaluation and logistics choices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Not going to plan\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That Putin made the appointment anyway shows that \"things are not going to plan\", said a Moscow-based defence analyst, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The short legacy of Surovikin -- famous for his shaved head and uncompromising scowl, and appointed only in October -- was marked by missile attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, an apparent attempt to cow civilians into submission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But that strategy has not shown signs of working, adding to Russia\'s frustrations over its failure, nearly 11 months into the war, to beat Ukraine\'s army, undermine its government or warn off Western countries increasingly willing to send sophisticated weapons to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Troop morale took a major hit when Russia suffered its worst military losses from a single Ukrainian attack with the death of at least 89 servicemen in Makiivka in eastern Ukraine over New Year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some analysts meanwhile questioned the wisdom of key changes at the helm while fierce fighting is ongoing around the frontline city of Bakhmut.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s inconsistent to change the head of operations in the middle of a battle,\" said Tatiana Kastoueva-Jean, a researcher on Russia at IFRI, a French international relations think tank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It doesn\'t send a good signal to unbalance the entire hierarchy from top to bottom,\" she told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts questioned by AFP said Moscow\'s move may well herald intensifying military action, such as a fresh offensive and a possible new mobilisation drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is obvious that there are plans to expand the scale of fighting,\" Alexander Khramchikhin, a Russian military analyst, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the goal would be to gain full control of the four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia on September 30 -- Lugansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia currently does not control the full extent of the Ukrainian regions of Lugansk and Donetsk, while Russian forces pulled out of Kherson city in November. Russia has meanwhile never occupied Zaporizhzhia city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Serious offensives coming\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is confirmation, if we needed it, that there will be serious offensives coming, and that even Putin recognises that poor coordination has been an issue,\" said Mark Galeotti, at the Royal United Services Institute think tank in the UK.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The brevity of Surovikin\'s command meanwhile points to Putin\'s growing impatience, although experts admitted that the motives behind the Kremlin master\'s opaque decision-making are often difficult to gauge fully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone seems to be in shock,\" tweeted Tatiana Stanovaya, an analyst specialising in Russian elites.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A great many knowledgeable people seem to not get the gist of this decision.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Especially since the Makiivka deaths, Putin has had to deal with \"long, sharp, emotional debates about the eternal Russian questions: \'who is to blame\' and \'what to do\'\", she wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some observers said Putin\'s personnel change in Ukraine was perhaps motivated by the desire for a loyal ally, but Galeotti said the basis for such trusted partnerships was dwindling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If you keep appointing, rotating, burning your stars, setting unrealistic expectations, arbitrarily demoting them, that\'s not going to win loyalty,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian leader will also find it increasingly hard to assuage the doubts of parts of the Moscow elite and public opinion, Khramchikhin said, detecting \"discontent on why... (Russia) has not won this war yet\". 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, '2023-01-13 09:39:07', '2023-01-13 09:39:07'),
(4437, 4437, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">One more person died from dengue in the 24 hours to Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the new number, the official death toll from dengue rose to two this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also, 10 people were hospitalised with the mosquito-borne disease. Of the new patients, four were admitted to hospitals in Dhaka and six outside it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One hundred and twenty-seven dengue patients, including 53 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DGHS has recorded 370 dengue cases and 241 recoveries so far this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country recorded 281 dengue deaths in 2022 – the highest on record after 179 deaths recorded in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DGHS recorded 62,423 dengue cases and 61,971 recoveries in the past year. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-01-13 10:25:28', '2023-01-13 10:25:28'),
(4438, 4438, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Congressional Republicans are demanding to see visitor logs for US President Joe Biden\'s homes, arguing that the discovery of classified files at one of his residences is a national security risk.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden acknowledged on Thursday that sensitive material was found in the garage of his house in Delaware.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House deflected when asked if the visitor logs would be provided.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The justice department has appointed an investigator to look into the files.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">News that sensitive documents dating from Mr Biden\'s time as vice-president had been found in a private office at the Penn Biden Center, a think tank in Washington, emerged earlier this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That was followed by a disclosure that a second cache was discovered at Mr Biden\'s home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first batch was found on November 2, just before the US midterm elections, but only became public on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden kept an office at the think tank after he left the White House in 2017 until he launched his presidential campaign in 2019. 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, '2023-01-13 11:03:46', '2023-01-13 11:03:46'),
(4439, 4439, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 26-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter were crushed to death on rail tracks in Lalmonirhat\'s Patgram Friday morning, police said.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Also, the accident left her two-year-old son critically injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dead were identified as Sumi Begum and her daughter Tasmira Tabassum Tasin from Dhabalsuti Rahmanpur village of Patgram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Burimari land port-bound train ran them over as they were crossing the Burimari-Patgram railway tracks in the Ghunti area around 10am, Omar Faruk, officer-in-charge of Patgram Police Station, said. \"The mother and her daughter died on the spot.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bodies were sent to the district\'s Sadar Hospital morgue for autopsies, Faruk said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sumi\'s son is now undergoing treatment at the hospital, 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, '2023-01-13 11:07:14', '2023-01-13 11:07:14'),
(4440, 4440, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mild cold wave is sweeping several parts of the country, but it may abate in some places, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mild cold wave is sweeping Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions and Faridpur, Madaripur, Manikgonj, Moulvibazar, Cumilla, Feni, Jashore, Chuadanga, Kushtia, Barishal and Bhola districts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Temperature between 8 to 10 degrees Celsius is considered a mild cold wave, 6 to 8 degrees Celsius a moderate cold wave and less than 6 degrees Celsius a severe cold wave.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lowest temperature in the country was recorded at 8 degrees Celsius in Dinajpur in the 24 hours to 6am today. The highest temperature was recorded at 30.2 degrees Celsius in Teknaf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, moderate to thick fog may envelop the river basins and light to moderate fog may occur elsewhere from midnight to morning and it may continue till noon at places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The weather may remain mainly dry with a temporary partly cloudy sky. The night and day temperatures may rise slightly,\" the BMD 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, '2023-01-13 11:10:56', '2023-01-13 11:10:56');
