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(1737, 1737, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Anger and criticism over China\'s unrelenting zero-Covid policy has erupted after a bus transporting residents to a coronavirus quarantine facility crashed on Sunday, killing 27 people.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to authorities, the bus was carrying 47 people from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province, to a remote county 155 miles (249 kilometers) away, when it overturned on a mountainous stretch of highway and rolled into a ditch at around 2:40 a.m.</div><div><br></div><div>It is unclear why a quarantine bus would take people on winding mountain roads after midnight. China\'s transport regulation prohibits long-distance coaches from operating between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m.</div><div><br></div><div>A photo widely circulated on social media shows the bus driving at night, with the driver wearing a full hazmat suit that left only his eyes uncovered. Other photos and videos show the bus being towed by a truck, its top crushed, and a hazmat suited worker spraying disinfectant on it. While CNN cannot independently verify the photos and videos, the bus license plate in the images matches the plate number reported by authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Survivors of the crash are now receiving treatment in hospital, according to authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>News about the deaths sparked a huge outcry on Chinese social media, with many questioning the increasingly over-the-top implementation of China\'s zero-Covid policy, which relies on snap lockdowns, mass testing and extensive quarantining measures to curb outbreaks.</div><div><br></div><div>Stringent and prolonged lockdowns have recently sparked outcries in cities ranging from Guiyang, Chengdu to Jinan, as well as the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet.</div><div><br></div><div>\"What makes you think that you won\'t be on that late-night bus one day?\" read a viral comment, which garnered more than 250,000 likes before it was censored.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re all on the bus. We just haven\'t crashed yet,\" another comment said.</div><div><br></div><div>Chinese censors rushed to cover the outrage. Many state media postings about the accident have closed the comment section, and search results appeared to be filtered. A related hashtag attracted more than 450 million views as of Sunday evening, but only posts from official government and media accounts were shown.</div><div><br></div><div>A Guizhou resident who said her friend was killed on the bus took to Weibo to demand the Guiyang government to be held accountable. Her posts were widely shared, drawing an outpouring of anger and sympathy. The user declined CNN\'s interview requests and later hid her posts.</div><div><br></div><div>Guizhou officials are under huge pressure to contain even small-scale Covid outbreaks in the lead up to the 20th Party Congress, where Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to secure a norm-breaking third term in power.</div><div><br></div><div>Guizhou reported 712 infections for Saturday, accounting for 70% of new cases nationwide. Nine local officials in Guiyang have already been suspended this month for failing to implement Covid policies properly.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday, Guiyang officials vowed to \"fight a decisive battle\" to eliminate community transmission. In zero-Covid China, a solution commonly used by local authorities is to bus entire buildings or communities of residents out of the city to quarantine elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>In Guiyang, which was placed under a lockdown earlier this month, authorities prepared 20 buses and 40 drivers to transport close contacts of Covid cases to other cities, the state-run Guiyang Evening Paper reported. As of Saturday, more than 7,000 people had been transferred, and nearly 3,000 were waiting to be bused out.</div><div><br></div><div>According to government data, only two people have died of Covid in Guizhou, a province of 38 million people, since the beginning of the pandemic. - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 20:35:45', '2022-09-19 20:35:45'),
(1738, 1738, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has attended the reception of King Charles III at Buckingham Palace with the other world leaders.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>King Charles and his wife Queen Consort Camilla hosted the reception in honour of the presidents, prime ministers and monarchs coming from around the world to join funeral of late Queen Elizabeth II.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina participated in the reception along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana on Sunday evening (local time).</div><div><br></div><div>Other members of the Royal Family including Prince William, Kate, Prince Edward, Sophie Wessex, Princess Anne, her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester also attended the event.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem while briefing the reporters said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had a long parley with the new throned King and the Queen.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that they discussed the late Queen Elizabeth II, mother of the new king.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said that late Queen Elizabeth II was not only the mother of the new King Charles, she was also a mother-like figure to her, Muna quoted Sheikh Hasina as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Premier also congratulated the new King and the Queen.</div><div><br></div><div>Both King and Queen expressed sorrow as their scheduled visit to Bangladesh in October has been postponed, Muna noted.</div><div>The new Queen said that she had the plan to visit Sylhet and the Sundarbans, the Bangladesh high commissioner quoted her as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>Muna said that the Bangladesh Prime Minister also exchanged greetings with the UK, Canada and New Zealand Prime Ministers, Queen of the Netherlands, Presidents of India and Nepal, and other world leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Sunday morning, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina along with her younger sister Sheikh Rehana went to the Palace of Westminster to pay their last respect to the late Queen where the body of Elizabeth II was kept in the Lying-in-State.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 15, Sheikh Hasina arrived in London on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.</div><div><br></div><div>She will depart from London en route to New York to attend 77th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) this evening (local time). - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 21:13:37', '2022-09-19 21:13:37'),
(1739, 1739, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Aftershocks struck southeastern Taiwan on Monday, including a 5.5-magnitude earthquake that was felt in the capital Taipei, a day after a more powerful tremor killed one person and injured around 150 others.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The latest quake hit around 10 am (0200 GMT), 66 kilometres (41 miles) south-southwest of the coastal city of Hualien at a depth of 13 kilometres, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan\'s central weather bureau put the magnitude at 5.9.</div><div>The most powerful, a 6.9-magnitude quake, struck on Sunday afternoon, tearing up roads and bringing down a handful of houses in the town of Yuli where at least one person was killed.</div><div><br></div><div>Four others were rescued from a collapsed building, while authorities said a total of 146 suffered injuries. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 21:28:59', '2022-09-19 21:28:59'),
(1740, 1740, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The funeral service to remember Britain\'s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, is taking place at Westminster Abbey.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Among the guests are world leaders including US President Biden and hundreds of other foreign dignitaries.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dean of Westminster, who is leading the service, expressed gratitude for the Queen\'s \"life-long sense of duty\".</div><div><br></div><div>King Charles III led a sombre procession behind his mother\'s coffin from Westminster Hall to the abbey.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dean, the Very Rev David Hoyle, began the service by speaking of the Queen\'s \"unswerving commitment to a high calling over so many years as Queen and Head of the Commonwealth\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"With admiration we recall her life-long sense of duty and dedication to her people,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The service has been filled with traditional church music and readings from the Bible.</div><div><br></div><div>As the Queen\'s coffin entered Westminster Abbey the choir sang lines, known as the Sentences, put to music which has been used at every state funeral since the early 18th century.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Liz Truss read to the mourners from John 14 and the congregation sang The Lord\'s My Shepherd - a hymn sung at the wedding of the Queen to the Duke of Edinburgh.</div><div><br></div><div>The Queen\'s coffin was conveyed - in the first of three processions throughout the day - from Westminster Hall where she was lying in state since Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex walked side-by-side behind their father, the King. The King walked alongside his siblings, the Queen\'s four children.</div><div><br></div><div>The procession to the abbey saw the State Gun Carriage carry the coffin, drawn by 142 sailors, while the sound of pipes and drum rang out.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the first state funeral to be held since Sir Winston Churchill\'s in 1965.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the service, the coffin will be drawn in a walking procession from the Abbey to Wellington Arch, at London\'s Hyde Park Corner, to the sombre toll of Big Ben.</div><div><br></div><div>Gun salutes will also fire every minute from Hyde Park during the procession and people can watch in person from designated viewing areas along the route.</div><div><br></div><div>At a private family service later, the Queen will be buried alongside her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, at the King George VI memorial chapel, located inside St George\'s Chapel. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 22:16:28', '2022-09-19 22:16:28'),
(1741, 1741, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court today extended bail of former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat until October 20 in a case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on the charge of acquiring wealth beyond known income.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Judge Asad Md Asifuzzaman of Dhaka Special Judge Court-6 passed the order today. The court also fixed October 20 as the date for next hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>The expelled Jubo League leader was present before the court today. The defence pleaded for his permanent bail, while ACC opposed the plea. After hearing both the parties, the court passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>Samrat was produced before the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on August 22.</div><div><br></div><div>After holding hearing on the plea for bail filed by the defence, the court allowed it on Taka 10,000 bond. The court also set September 19 for holding hearing on charge framing in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>From March 31 to May 11 this year, Samrat was granted bail by the lower court in a total of four cases on health ground.</div><div><br></div><div>On May 18, the ACC filed an application in the High Court seeking cancellation of bail in a case filed against him for acquiring assets other than known income, saying that Samrat could not secure a bail because of the gravity of his offence.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court cancelled his bail and ordered him to surrender to the lower court within the next seven days.</div><div><br></div><div>The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Samrat from a village in Cumilla\'s Chauddagram upazila on October 6, 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>A mobile court sentenced Samrat to six months of jail term for possessing wildlife hides. A case was filed against him under the Arms and Drugs Act for possession of arms and drugs. Later, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a case against him under the Money Laundering Act and the ACC filed a case alleging illegal acquisition of assets. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 22:20:52', '2022-09-19 22:20:52'),
(1742, 1742, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh received inward remittance worth over USD $1008.67 million (1,000 million = 1 billion) in the first 15 days of September, amid forex crisis in the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bankers said remittance inflow shows an upward trend as the remitters are encouraged by the depreciation of taka and they get more than Tk 108 per dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>The remittance inflow is expected to cross $2 billion in September.</div><div>Bangladesh received remittances of $2.09 billion in July and $2.03 billion in August, which became a blessing amidst forex crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Serajul Islam, executive director and spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank told UNB that the central bank has simplified various processes to attract more remittance through banking channels.</div><div><br></div><div>The government is also extending remittance incentives as well as providing policy support. Now the dollar rate is getting higher, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The sector insiders said that Bangladesh’s inward remittance flow will grow more as manpower export hit a new high in the past fiscal on a post-pandemic rebound of the overseas job market.</div><div><br></div><div>The data of the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET) showed over 9.88 lakh workers had gone abroad in the fiscal year FY22 while this figure was 2.71 lakh in FY 21.</div><div><br></div><div>This happens to be the highest number of annual overseas jobs in the last seven years.</div><div><br></div><div>It is also contributing to growing up the inward remittance flow. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 23:03:14', '2022-09-19 23:03:14'),
(1743, 1743, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Northern Ireland and Scotland attended the final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Northern Ireland</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders from Northern Ireland\'s five main political parties attended the funeral in London.</div><div><br></div><div>Sinn Féin\'s Alex Maskey has also been at Westminster Abbey, in his role as Stormont Speaker.</div><div><br></div><div>For security reasons, the late Queen\'s visits to Northern Ireland were less frequent during the violent years of the Troubles.</div><div><br></div><div>But she still visited Northern Ireland 25 times during her reign.</div><div><br></div><div>Scotland</div><div>Scotland joined the funeral to say a final farewell to the Queen.</div><div><br></div><div>After ten days of ceremony, tributes and mourning, the state funeral took place in London.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of members of the Armed Forces in Scotland are playing a part, as they did when the monarch\'s coffin made the journey from Balmoral to Edinburgh.</div><div><br></div><div>First minister Nicola Sturgeon is among the Scots at Westminster Abbey. She said it is \"one of the most momentous occasions in recent history\".</div><div><br></div><div>The Queen died on September 8, aged 96 prompting 10 days of mourning. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-19 23:45:04', '2022-09-19 23:45:04'),
(1744, 1744, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh made a history in women\'s football by defeating Nepal by 3-1 goals in SAAF Women\'s Champaionship at Kathmandu in Nepal on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The opening goal came in the 14th minute, as substitute Shamsunnahar smartly flicked home a finish to meet a cross from the right.</div><div><br></div><div>Nepal were mostly restricted to long shots from outside the box, but a clever free kick had to be saved by goalkeeper Rupna Chakma on the stretch, and the ensuing corner saw the teams almost level, with a goalmouth melee ending with Nepal hitting the post.</div><div><br></div><div>The hosts were made to pay in the 42nd minute, as captain Sabina showed great vision to release Krishna Rani Sorkar, who unleashed an unstoppable finish into the roof of the net&nbsp; that gave the Nepal keeper no chance.</div><div><br></div><div>Shamsunnahar replaced regular striker Shopna minutes before scoring, who had to go off with an injury.</div><div><br></div><div>Playing XIs:</div><div>Bangladesh: Rupna Chakma (gk), Sabina Khatun (c), Sheuli Azim,&nbsp; Shamsunnahar (sub),&nbsp; M Akhi Khatun, Masura Parvin Monika Chakma, Sanjida Akhter, Maria Manda,&nbsp; Krishna Rani Sarkar, and Jahan Shopna</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 00:44:02', '2022-09-20 00:44:02'),
(1745, 1745, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque has said that those who create artificial food crisis must be brought under the law.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister was talking to journalists before inaugurating a training workshop on the best use of high-yielding seeds at Mymensingh Town Hall on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that in the market economy the government should not set the prices of goods. He, however, said food shortage and spiraling prices have no relation with fixed price.</div><div><br></div><div>“In a market economy, fixed rates of goods can’t be implemented. Instead, an indicator of minimum prices can be provided. Monitoring and controlling the market are the keys here. Those who engage in profiteering by suddenly increasing the prices of essentials have to be punished and their trade licenses have to be cancelled,” Razzaque said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister added that the concerned ministries, including the Commerce Ministry, the Food Ministry, the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry and the Agriculture Ministry, must cooperate and coordinate to keep food prices in check.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to another question, Razzaque&nbsp; said that the government is on the right track in tackling food crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>“There hasn’t been any food crisis in the country in the last 13 years. Even, the government has ensured food security amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. We’re currently focusing on increasing food production so that we may not have to face any adverse situation in the future,” Razzaque said.</div><div><br></div><div>The workshop was presided over by Agriculture Secretary Md Sayedul Islam. Ikramul Haque Titu, Mayor of Mymensingh City Corporation (MCC), Kazim Uddin Ahmed, Member of Parliament (MP) from Mymensingh-11 constituency, and Anwarul Abedin Khan, MP from Mymensingh-9 constituency, among others, spoke at the event. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 01:26:01', '2022-09-20 01:26:01'),
(1746, 1746, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An American navy veteran detained in Afghanistan since 2020 was released by the Taliban on Monday in exchange for an ally who spent 17 years in a US jail for heroin smuggling, Afghanistan’s foreign minister said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mark Frerichs was working as a civil engineer on construction projects in Afghanistan when he was “taken hostage”, Washington previously said.</div><div><br></div><div>“After long negotiations, US citizen Mark Frerichs was handed over to an American delegation and that delegation handed over (Bashar Noorzai) to us today at Kabul airport,” Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said at a press conference.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are happy that at Kabul International Airport, in the capital of Afghanistan, we witnessed the wonderful ceremony of one of our compatriots returning home.”</div><div><br></div><div>Noorzai was welcomed with a hero’s fanfare by the government of the newly-styled Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA). Photos show he was greeted by masked Taliban soldiers bearing floral garlands.</div><div><br></div><div>“If the IEA had not shown its strong determination, I would not have been here today,” Noorzai told reporters at the press conference.</div><div><br></div><div>“My release in exchange for an American will be a source of peace between Afghanistan and Americans.”</div><div><br></div><div>Noorzai is the second Afghan inmate released by the United States in recent months. In June, Assadullah Haroon was released after 15 years of detention in the United States’ notorious Guantanamo Bay prison.</div><div><br></div><div>Haroon was accused of links to Al-Qaeda but languished without charge for years at the US detention centre in Cuba, after his arrest in 2006 whilst working as a honey trader.</div><div><br></div><div>He was not released under the terms of a deal with the Taliban.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghan security analyst Hekmatullah Hekmat said Noorzai’s release was a “major achievement” for Kabul’s new rulers.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Taliban can tell their foot soldiers and Afghans that they are able to bring back their people held by opposition groups,” he told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Muttaqi said the homecoming of Noorzai marks the beginning of a “new chapter” in relations between Afghanistan and the United States. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 01:59:27', '2022-09-20 01:59:27'),
(1747, 1747, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday congratulated all players, coach and the manager of the Bangladesh women\'s team for beating the hosts Nepal 3-1 to lift the title of the SAFF Women\'s Championship.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A brace from Krishna Rani Sarkar and an early goal from substitute player Shamsunnahar helped Bangladesh clinch their first SAFF Women\'s Championship title today.</div><div><br></div><div>Anita Basnet pulled one back for Nepal, but it was too little too late. With the win, Bangladesh shattered India\'s dominance in this competition. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 02:11:20', '2022-09-20 02:11:20'),
(1748, 1748, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The laying to rest of Queen Elizabeth II, whose 70-year reign witnessed the aftermath of World War II, the Cold War and dizzying technological change, marks a further step in a leave-taking with the 20th century.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The British monarch exercises little real power but Elizabeth was a titanic figure on the 20th-century stage, whose first prime minister was wartime leader Winston Churchill, met the first man in space Yuri Gagarin, and made landmark visits to newly independent nations as the British Empire fell apart.</div><div><br></div><div>Her death at the age of 96 was even more symbolic coming just over a week after the passing of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 91, another among increasingly few surviving icons of the last century, who let the USSR dissolve and eastern Europe escape Moscow\'s grip.</div><div><br></div><div>Their disappearances comes as the world is still recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic, shaken by Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, which has revived fears of nuclear war, and waking up to how climate change could wreck the hopes of this and future generations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These were absolutely central figures whose like we will be hard-pressed to see again,\" said Gilles Gressani, director of the French geopolitical journal Le Grand Continent.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are living in an interregnum -- a space between two reigns, two eras,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We often have this angst and anxiety; we know well that the world is changing because of the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, terrorism, economic crises and the climate crisis.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Losing the threads -</div><div><br></div><div>Queen Elizabeth II will be buried Monday alongside her father, King George VI, and other family members at Windsor Castle outside London, after a state funeral attended by world leaders in the heart of the British capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Gradually, the world is losing the threads that still tied it to the 20th century, and just a few iconic figures remain alive.</div><div><br></div><div>The great cultural giants are also taking their leave -- Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and the father of the French New Wave, died last week by assisted suicide.</div><div><br></div><div>Nelson Mandela, who campaigned to end apartheid in South Africa and then became its first majority-rule president, died in 2013. Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who led his country for half a century and was an icon of the Cold War, died in 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>Jimmy Carter, 97, is the sole former US president still alive to have ruled exclusively in the 20th century, during a convulsive single mandate that saw the overthrow of the shah in the Islamic revolution in Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>His successors Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush died in 2004 and 2018 respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>The current Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans based in exile in India since 1951, when a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule failed, is 87 and still working.</div><div><br></div><div>And Iran\'s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 83, who in 1989 took over after the death of revolutionary leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, remains in a post that is appointed for life.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'End of World War II\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the greatest bridges now retained with the 20th century are cultural.</div><div><br></div><div>Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, 79, still performs with his group while Beatles icon Paul McCartney, 80, continues with an illustrious solo career that included a rapturously received set at the Glastonbury Festival this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The queen herself was a symbol of a shift to modernity, with her coronation in 1953 the first major event televised around the world, and her first televised Christmas message in 1957 blazing a trail for other world leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>But above all, the death of the queen represents a major rupture with the memory of World War II, a conflict that her father King George VI endured along with his daughters and other Londoners in bomb-scarred London.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The queen participated directly in the victory of 1945. Being one of the victors of 1945 left a strong mark on the identity of the United Kingdom and the queen embodied that until her death,\" said Thomas Gomart, director of the French Institute of International Relations (IFRI), reports AFP</div><div><br></div><div>\"For me, the death of Elizabeth II, in a way, marks an end point for World War II,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 02:31:53', '2022-09-20 02:31:53'),
(1749, 1749, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All human beings are descended from Eve and Adam; therefore, Muslims believe in Brotherhood and suppose the entire Humanity as a family.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Then, there is no way to generate the concept of superiority over one another except on the basis of “Taqwa” (fear of God). In world everything is interconnected and society depends on the behaviour and interaction among people. It urges neighbours to create social ties where one can rely on other and to ensure that existence, dignity and asserts are secure among neighbours.</div><div><br></div><div>Rights of Neighbours in Islam</div><div>The Qur’an-book of Allah is the complete code of life, every matter of life is discussed in it including the rights of neighbours. Because neighbours play important role in the makeup of an ideal society, it also effects the life of People and the welfare of community, that is why God makes it the part of our religion.</div><div><br></div><div>Allah says:</div><div><br></div><div>“Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him; and do good – to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need, neighbours who are near, neighbours who are strangers, the Companion by your side, the wayfarer [you meet], and what your right hands possess: For Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious.”</div><div><br></div><div>(Quran 4:36)</div><div><br></div><div>Islam Prohibits to Harm Neighbours</div><div>Last Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) once said a same praise at three times, “by Allah, he is not a believer” in front of People, then to complete his statement he further added, “those whose Neighbours do not feel safe from their evil acts.” It shows the importance and value of Neighbourhood in Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>It is mentioned in Sahih Bukhari that:</div><div><br></div><div>The Prophet, (Peace and blessings be upon him) said: \"By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer! By Allah, he is not a believer.’’ It was asked, \"Who is that, O Messenger of Allah?’’ He said, \"One whose neighbour does not feel safe from his evil.”</div><div><br></div><div>(Sahih Bukhari)</div><div><br></div><div>Islam advices Mankind to Treat Neighbours in a Good Way</div><div>Neighbourhood is one of the blessings of God and it is found in many hadiths and verses about rights and good behaviour with Neighbours. Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) stated that Jibril always recommended me to treat my neighbours in a good way, it reached at that level where I thought he would may tell me to include them in heirs also.</div><div><br></div><div>The Messenger of Allah, (Peace and blessings be upon him), said: \"Jibril kept recommending me to treat my neighbour well until I thought that he would tell me to make him one of my heirs.”</div><div><br></div><div>(Bukhari: 6014)</div><div><br></div><div>You Must Take Care of Your Neighbours</div><div>To maintain the peaceful environment of the community, it is declared in Islam to take care of your Neighbours because then in return they also do the same, and in this way we may fulfil needs of each other.</div><div><br></div><div>In Hadith it is beautifully stated with an example, that how to care and behave with Neighbours:</div><div><br></div><div>Abu Dharr, May Allah be pleased with him, reported: The Messenger of Allah, (Peace and blessings be upon him), commanded me thus, \"O Abu Dharr! Whenever you prepare a broth, put plenty of water in it, and give some of it to your neighbours.\"</div><div><br></div><div>(Sahih Muslim).</div><div><br></div><div>Share Food with your Neighbour</div><div>Look after and be aware about the situation of Neighbours is also our responsibility because it is mentioned in Hadith that if we are not doing such deeds then God will not consider us a believer in the life hereafter.</div><div><br></div><div>The Messenger of Allah, (Peace and blessings be upon him) says:\" He is not a believer who eats his fill whilst his neighbour beside him goes hungry.\" (Bukhari) - Quran</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 02:58:33', '2022-09-20 02:58:33'),
(1750, 1750, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Britain said farewell to Queen Elizabeth II on Monday at a historic state funeral attended by world leaders, before a ceremonial journey past hundreds of thousands of mourners to her final place of rest.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Huge crowds gathered in London to watch as the queen\'s flag-draped coffin, topped with the Imperial State Crown, her orb and sceptre, was carried slowly to a gun carriage from parliament\'s Westminster Hall where it had lain in state since Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>To the tune of pipes and drums, the gun carriage -- used at every state funeral since Queen Victoria\'s in 1901 -- was then drawn by 142 junior enlisted sailors in the Royal Navy to Westminster Abbey.</div><div><br></div><div>The thousand-year-old church\'s tenor bell tolled 96 times at one-minute intervals -- one for every year of her life -- and stopped a minute before the service began at 11:00 am (1000 GMT).</div><div><br></div><div>In his funeral sermon, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby praised the queen\'s life of duty and service to the UK and Commonwealth.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People of loving service are rare in any walk of life. Leaders of loving service are still rarer,\" he told the 2,000 guests, who included US President Joe Biden and Japan\'s Emperor Naruhito.</div><div><br></div><div>The coffin was then borne, to the rhythmic strains of funeral marches, on three-hour journey through the streets of London and on to Windsor Castle, west of the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>All along the route, a sea of arms were raised aloft, clutching mobile phones, to record the choreographed display of military precision.</div><div><br></div><div>The last chants of \"God save the queen\" were heard as onlookers scattered flowers on the road, and muffled church bells rang in the distance.</div><div>- Corgis -</div><div><br></div><div>Army veteran Robert MacDonald, 48, was among the dense crowd lining the three-mile (five-kilometre) Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I was in the infantry for 26 years, so the queen was my boss. I came to... pay my respects and salute one last time as the hearse passed by,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>On the Long Walk, the military cortege passed by the late queen\'s Fell pony, Carltonlima Emma, standing without a rider. It was met at the castle by her last two corgi dogs, Muick and Sandy.</div><div><br></div><div>The queen -- the longest-serving monarch in British history -- died at Balmoral, her Scottish Highland retreat, on September 8 after a year of declining health.</div><div><br></div><div>Her eldest son and successor, King Charles III, dressed in ceremonial military uniform, followed the solemn processions in London, alongside his three siblings.</div><div><br></div><div>They were accompanied by Charles\'s eldest son Prince William, William\'s estranged brother, Prince Harry, and other senior royals.</div><div><br></div><div>William\'s two eldest children, George, aged nine, and Charlotte, aged seven, who are next in line to the throne, also walked behind the coffin in Westminster Abbey.</div><div><br></div><div>Late Sunday, Charles, 73, and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, 75, said they had been \"deeply touched\" by the public\'s flood of messages.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I wanted simply to take this opportunity to say thank you,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Britain, a country much changed since the queen\'s coronation in the same abbey in 1953, has dug deep into its centuries of tradition to honour the only monarch that most of its people have ever known.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Moment of history\' -</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s once in a lifetime,\" said student Naomi Thompson, 22, camped out in the crowds at London\'s Hyde Park.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s a moment of history,\" said engineer Alice Garret, 28.</div><div><br></div><div>John MacKinnon, a 49-year-old insurance broker from London, added: \"The ceremony was perfect in every way.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Very spectacular, as it should be for a great queen.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Others unable to be in London gathered in cinemas and churches around England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to watch the service and procession on big screens.</div><div><br></div><div>Auto engineer Jamie Page, a 41-year-old former soldier, stood on Whitehall to observe the funeral procession, wearing his military medals from service in the Iraq war.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She means everything, she was like a gift from God,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But on Charles, the oldest person yet to ascend the British throne, Page added: \"Who knows, time will tell.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The funeral -- watched by the crowds in silence -- lasted just under an hour.</div><div><br></div><div>It ended with trumpeters playing \"The Last Post\", two minutes of silence in memory of the queen and the reworded national anthem, \"God Save the King\".</div><div><br></div><div>- Driven to Windsor -</div><div><br></div><div>The long procession filed past Downing Street, government buildings in Whitehall, through Horse Guards Parade and up The Mall, the tree-lined avenue that leads to Buckingham Palace decked out in red, white and blue.</div><div><br></div><div>At nearby Wellington Arch, 6,000 members of the armed forces who had marched in hypnotic lockstep halted and the coffin was transferred to the royal hearse.</div><div><br></div><div>Charles saluted and the national anthem played again before the hearse headed by road to Windsor Castle.</div><div><br></div><div>The queen will be buried alongside her father king George VI, her mother queen Elizabeth and sister princess Margaret, reuniting in death the family who once called themselves \"us four\".</div><div><br></div><div>The coffin of her husband, Prince Philip, who died last year aged 99, will also be transferred to lie alongside her.</div><div><br></div><div>Elizabeth\'s funeral could not be more different from Philip\'s at St George\'s Chapel, Windsor, in April 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>Coronavirus restrictions limited mourners to just 30, led by the queen, a solitary figure in mourning black and a matching facemask.</div><div><br></div><div>In contrast on Monday, the abbey was packed with dignitaries and some ordinary Britons who were honoured for their military or community service, especially during the Covid pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You were fortunate to have had her for 70 years; we all were,\" Biden said on Sunday after signing a book of condolence. \"The world is better for her.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In the abbey pews was Liz Truss, whom the queen appointed as the 15th British prime minister of her reign just two days before her death, in her last major ceremonial duty.</div><div><br></div><div>All of Truss\'s living predecessors were there plus her counterparts and representatives from the 14 Commonwealth countries outside Britain where Charles is also head of state.</div><div><br></div><div>- Royal vault -</div><div><br></div><div>Whether they remain constitutional monarchies or become republics is likely to be the defining feature of Charles\'s reign.</div><div><br></div><div>The queen\'s death has prompted deep reflection about the Britain she reigned over, the legacy of its past, its present state and what the future might hold, as well as the values of lifelong service and duty she came to represent during her 70-year reign.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of thousands of people are estimated to have queued, sometimes for up to 25 hours and overnight, to file past the queen\'s coffin as it lay in state.</div><div><br></div><div>Chrissy Heerey, a serving member of the Royal Air Force who joined the marathon queue twice, was the last person through the doors early Monday and described the experience as \"amazing\".</div><div><br></div><div>Throughout the procession after the funeral, Big Ben, the giant bell atop the Elizabeth Tower at one end of the Houses of Parliament, tolled and military guns fired at one-minute intervals.</div><div><br></div><div>At Windsor, the Sebastopol Bell -- captured in Crimea in 1856 -- and the Curfew Tower Bell also sounded.</div><div><br></div><div>A vast television audience had been expected to watch the funeral worldwide and online, in a sign of the enduring fascination with the woman once described as \"the last global monarch\".</div><div><br></div><div>At Windsor, the queen\'s crown, orb and sceptre will be removed and placed on the altar at a committal service.</div><div><br></div><div>The most senior officer of the royal household, the lord chamberlain, breaks his \"wand of office\" and places it on the coffin, symbolising the end of her reign.</div><div><br></div><div>The lead-lined oak casket, draped with the queen\'s colours, will be lowered into the Royal Vault as a lone bagpiper plays a lament.</div><div><br></div><div>A private interment ceremony will take place at the adjoining King George VI Memorial Chapel at 1830 GMT. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 03:07:37', '2022-09-20 03:07:37'),
(1751, 1751, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Copy-Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt belongs to a large filmy family. He shares son Rahul Bhatt and daughter Pooja Bhatt with ex-wife Kiran Bhatt (Lorraine Bright). He also has two daughters, Shaheen Bhatt and Alia Bhatt, with his wife Soni Razdan.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Mahesh once shared that he feels family as a unit is not as supportive as it is perceived. He said that his family too will be happy he left them a goldmine upon his death even if they say that they will miss him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahesh made the comments during an appearance on Rendezvous with Simi Garewal in 1998. When asked about a comment of his that the family is the most exploitative unit of society devised to control the free human spirit, he said it\'s a cultural goal to be a great family member and one has to go through great anguish to live up to that role.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He explained, \"The role-playing is what culture uses because it suits those individuals who\'re living off you, like if I don\'t become a means of fulfilment for my brother who wants to live off me, he says I am a bad brother.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If I\'m no longer a meal ticket for my family, they say \'he\'s not a good family member.\'\" Asked if he feels his family won\'t be bothered about him if he didn\'t have any money tomorrow, he said, \"I don\'t think so,\" adding that he cannot rely on anybody.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He denied Simi\'s claims that he was being cynical and further said that all relationships are based on mutual ratification and the need for some fulfilment, even if it\'s the fulfilment of giving. He noted that it\'s the goals that tie people together and relationships die when they change.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said, \"When the head of the family dies, people fight like cats and dogs for money even before the corpse is reduced to ashes...When I drop dead, I know my family will say \'oh my dear papa, oh my dear husband, we miss him,\' but they would be happy that I left them a goldmine.\" Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 12:58:29', '2022-09-20 12:58:29');
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(1752, 1752, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden has declared the pandemic over in the US, even as the number of Americans who have died from Covid continues to rise.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Biden said that while \"we still have a problem\", the situation is rapidly improving.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Statistics show that over 400 Americans on average are dying from the virus each day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that the end of the pandemic is \"in sight\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with CBS programme 60 Minutes aired on Sunday, Mr Biden said that the US is still doing \"a lot of work\" to control the virus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interview - aired over the weekend - was partly filmed on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show, where the president gestured towards the crowds.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If you notice, no-one\'s wearing masks,\" he said. \"Everybody seems to be in pretty good shape... I think it\'s changing.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But administration officials told US media on Monday that the comments did not signal a change in policy and there were no plans to lift the ongoing Covid-19 public health emergency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In August, US officials extended the public health emergency, which has been in place since January 2020, through to 13 October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To date, more than one million Americans have died with the coronavirus disease.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Data from Johns Hopkins University shows that the seven-day average of deaths currently stands at over 400, with more than 3,000 dead in the past week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In January 2021, by comparison, more than 23,000 people were reported dead with the virus over a single week-long span. About 65% of the total US population is considered fully vaccinated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Certain federal vaccine mandates remain in place in the US - including on healthcare workers, military personnel and some non-US citizens entering the country by airplane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Top Republicans criticised the president\'s remarks, with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeting: \"Biden now says \'the pandemic is over\' as he\'s kicking tens of thousands of healthy soldiers out of the military with his COVID vaccine mandate.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Public health officials have expressed cautious optimism in recent weeks that the world is edging towards a pandemic recovery, but continue to urge people to be careful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, acknowledged the situation had improved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in comments made at a Washington DC think tank, he said the daily death rate remained \"unacceptably high\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are not where we need to be if we\'re going to be able to \'live with the virus,\'\" Dr Fauci said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also cautioned that new Covid-19 variants could still emerge, especially in the coming winter months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US recently authorised new vaccines that match the version of the Omicron variant currently dominant in the country, with federal health officials asking Americans to keep their jabs up-to-date.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world has \"never been in a better position to end the pandemic\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are not there yet,\" he said. \"But the end is in sight.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Covid-19 also continues to have a significant impact on the US economy, with the National Bureau of Economic Research reporting last week that Covid-related disease had slashed the US workforce by about 500,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Biden said he believes that the pandemic has had a \"profound\" impact on the psyche of Americans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That has changed everything... people\'s attitudes about themselves, their families, about the state of the nation, about the state of their communities,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s been a very difficult time. Very difficult.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 6.5 million people have died since the beginning of the pandemic around the world. The US has had the highest death toll, followed by India and Brazil. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 13:14:04', '2022-09-20 13:14:04'),
(1753, 1753, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Priyanka Chopra spoke about how \'all is not well with our world\' during her speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Taking to Instagram, Priyanka also shared several videos and photos from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Moment at the UNGA. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In one of the pictures, Priyanka posed with Vanessa Nakate. Priyanka also smiled as she posed with Malala Yousafzai, Amanda Gorman, Somaya Faruqi and Judith Hill in another picture. She also shared a brief clip of Amanda speaking at the event. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a clip, Priyanka said, \"We meet today at a critical point at our world at a time when global solidarity is more important than ever. As countries continue to struggle from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, as the climate crisis upends lives and livelihoods, as conflicts, rage, and as poverty, displacement, hunger and inequalities destroy the very foundation of the more just world that we have fought for such a long time. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And as we all know, all is not well with our world. But these crises didn\'t happen by chance, but they can be fixed with a plan. We have that plan. The UN Sustainable Development Goals, a to-do list for the world.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the post, Priyanka captioned it, \"Walking through the gates of the United Nations this morning to speak at UNGA for the second time, as a proud representative of @unicef, gave me real pause. At the top of this year’s agenda are the Sustainable Development Goals. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today was all about action, ambition, and hope. It was about what we must do together to make the SDG’s a reality, and we don’t have a moment to lose. A special thank you to Secretary-General @antonioguterres for having me today.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The second moment I had the privilege of participating was the Transforming Education Summit. It’s hard to believe that nearly 2/3 of children across the low- middle- and high-income countries cannot read and comprehend a simple story. The system has failed them. As the US Secretary of Education @seccardona put it so candidly, education is the great equalizer, but if we continue to do what we have done, we are going to get what we have gotten,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We owe every child this basic birthright, an equal chance to learn and reach their full potential. And as the incredible Amanda Gorman said, \'I dare you to shape our fate. Above all, I dare you to do good, so that the world might be great\'. Here are some highlights from today,\" she concluded. Reacting to the post, Amanda wrote, \"Loved seeing you.\" Priyanka became the Global UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2016.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans will see Priyanka in several projects such as It\'s All Coming Back To Me. She will also be a part of the series Citadel along with Richard Madden. Produced by Russo Brothers, Citadel will hit the OTT on Prime Video. The upcoming sci-fi drama series is being directed by Patrick Morgan. She will also star with Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif in Farhan Akhtar\'s Jee Le Zaraa. Source:HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 14:35:29', '2022-09-20 18:38:52'),
(1754, 1754, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina tonight arrived in New York in USA to attend the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A VVIP chartered flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage members landed at New York JFK International Airport at 10:25 PM (local time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh Ambassador in Washington Muhammad Imran and Bangladesh Permanent Representative to the UN Muhammad Abdul Muhith received the Premier at the airport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the flight took off from the Stansted International Airport in London at 8 pm (London time) on September 19.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prior to leave the UK, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (Sept 19)  attended the funeral of late Queen Elizabeth II along with other world leaders at Westminster Abbey in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Queen\'s funeral service took place at Westminster Abbey - the building in which she was married, and crowned as Queen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 15, Sheikh Hasina reached London on an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">On the fourth day evening of her UK visit, the Premier also attended the reception of King Charles III at Buckingham Palace which he hosted for the Presidents, Prime Ministers and Monarchs coming from around the world to attend funeral of Queen Elizabeth II.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In New York on September 20, Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to attend a reception meeting hosted by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and join the inaugural ceremony of 77th session of UNGA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She will have bilateral meetings with Filippo Grandi of UNHCR and Slovenian President Borut Pahor. She will also join the UNGA Platform of Women Leaders. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the day, she will attend the reception hosted by US President Joe Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, she will join a high-level side event on sustainable housing co-hosted by Bangladesh, Botswana, Slovak Republic and UN Habitat on September 21.  </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the same day, she will have a bilateral meeting with WEF Executive Director Professor Schwab Klaus, and join the Global Crisis Response Group (GCRG) Champions‘ Meeting. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, the Prime Minister will visit the photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at UNHQs followed by bilateral meetings with Kosovo President Dr Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, and Rabab Fatima, USG OHRLSS.  </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister will start September 22 through a breakfast meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) followed by a courtesy call on her by IOM Director General Antonio Vitorino. She will also join a high level policy roundtable with the US Bangladesh business council. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, she will have bilateral meetings with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen and ICC Prosecutor Nick Klegg and Karim Khan. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 23, the Prime Minister will deliver her address at the General Debate of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, she will join a civic reception by the expatriate Bangladeshi on September 24. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 15:10:19', '2022-09-20 18:25:42'),
(1755, 1755, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian forces have recaptured nearly all of the Kharkov region in a lightning-fast counterattack, but in the city of Kupyansk, which is split in two by the Osyr River, Russian forces are fighting to hold out.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So recent is the Ukrainian victory in Kupiansk, a rail hub, that billboards erected by President Vladimir Putin\'s United Russia party still loom over smashed shop fronts, while shells whistle overhead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kharkiv region in northeast Ukraine was an early target of Russia\'s invasion in February this year, and Kyiv\'s counterattack this month was hailed as a potential turning point in the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the past two weeks, Ukraine has pushed the Russians back from the fields around the regional capital Kharkiv and has liberated a string of villages -- along with most of Kupiansk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They have still not quite completed the symbolic feat of forcing Russia out of the entire Kharkiv region, and back into Donetsk, the eastern region the Kremlin insists was its main target all along.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, a steady stream of civilians were seeking transport out of Kupiansk, fleeing the shellfire and what locals said was the week-long failure of water and electricity supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was impossible to stay where we were living,\" said 56-year-old Lyudmyla, who braved the constant crack of shells to cross the river from the disputed east bank to the relative safety of the west.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There was incoming fire not just every day, but literally every hour. It\'s very tough there, on the other bank of the river.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the noise is outgoing fire from Ukrainian tanks and artillery.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But -- just as a small unit of Ukrainian infantry advanced towards a bridge painted in Russia\'s red, white and blue national colours -- there was a fierce exchange of rocket and artillery fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Ukraine is getting closer\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian soldiers took cover, ducking under a damaged brick building and a column of smoke rose in the distance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nearby, not yet torn down, a propaganda poster reads: \"We are with Russia. One nation.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because Kupiansk is a rail hub some military analysts said its capture would make it harder to supply Russian forces deployed further south defending their increasingly fragile gains in the Donbas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also a road crossing point for the Oskil, and several bridges in the city have been all but wrecked in the fighting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A bearded Ukrainian medic on a quad bike -- the vehicle he noted was best to negotiate the cracked and twisted bridges -- said he had brought back a wounded civilian from the other bank, his third in two days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As families cowered by the roadside on the western edge of town waiting for a lift, a Ukrainian tank on a low hill west of the city lobbed shells over their homes, targeting Russians to the east.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Ukraine is getting closer, but there are still Russian troops in some parts of the town,\" said 33-year-old Olena Glushko. \"Just terrifying, terrifying. It\'s horrible.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainians are now a constant sight in the town, speeding around in modified civilian vehicles or marching in line with packs of supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But when Olena first saw them after six months of Russian occupation, she was so overwhelmed that: \"I wanted to burst into tears and to laugh at the same time.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 15:26:17', '2022-09-20 15:26:17'),
(1756, 1756, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fire that broke out at a commercial building in the Wari area of the capital early on Tuesday morning has been doused, officials said.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fortunately, no casualties were reported.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The fire began around 6am on the ground floor of a two-storey building at Kaptanbazar Ershad Market.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Four fire tenders were pressed into service and it took them half an hour to douse the flames, Shahjahan Shikder, deputy assistant director (media cell) at Fire Service and Civil Defence headquarters, told UNB.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A probe has been ordered to ascertain the exact cause of the fire, he added. UNB</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 16:12:06', '2022-09-20 16:12:06'),
(1757, 1757, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After defeating Ireland in the first match of the ongoing ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers, Bangladesh have triumphed over Scotland as well -- their second successive win.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the last group match, Bangladesh will take on the United States of America.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, Bangladesh bowled first after losing the toss and wrapped up Scotland only for 77 runs all out in 19.3 overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lorna Jack was the highest run-getter for Scotland scoring 22, while wicketkeeper-batter Sarah Bryce was only the other batter for them to reach a double-digit score (14).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shohely Akhter, who was playing only her second match after a break of eight years from international cricket, bagged four wickets conceding seven runs in four overs— her career-best bowling performance. Nahida Akter took two wickets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh sealed the match in just 13 overs. Nigar Sultana, the Bangladesh captain, scored the highest -- 34 -- for her team, while Murshida Khatun and Rumana Ahmed scored 15 and 11 runs, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rachel Slater bagged two wickets for Scotland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With two wins in two matches, Bangladesh are close to the semifinals. If they can qualify for the finals of this event, they will get a ticket to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 which will take place in February 2023 in South Africa. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 16:18:40', '2022-09-20 16:18:40'),
(1758, 1758, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 617 million.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The total case count mounted to 617,573,821 while the death toll reached 6,531,909 on Tuesday morning, according to the latest global data.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US has recorded 97,554,555 cases so far and 1,078,938 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the federal health ministry data released on Monday morning, 1,681 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,534,188 in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country also logged 18 related deaths in 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll to 528,355, the ministry said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 17:12:00', '2022-09-20 17:12:00'),
(1759, 1759, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fire that broke out at a warehouse in Gazipur’s Tongi area on Tuesday morning has been brought under control, officials said.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The fire started at 9am inside the rented warehouse in the Millgate area of Tongi.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five fire tenders were pressed into service but it took them nearly one-and-a-half hours to contain the flames, said Iqbal Hassan, station officer of Tongi Fire Service and Civil Defence.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Only a probe can ascertain the exact amount of damages, he said. UNB</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 17:35:04', '2022-09-20 17:35:04'),
(1760, 1760, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fourteen young sperm whales have died in a mass stranding on a beach in Tasmania, Australia</b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The whale carcasses were discovered by locals on King Island and reported to authorities on Monday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reason for the stranding is unknown, but wildlife biologists and a vet have been sent to investigate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whale strandings are not uncommon in Tasmania - experts say the island state is a \"hotspot\" for such events.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An aerial survey will determine whether more animals are stranded in the area, a state government spokesperson said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sperm whales, which are considered vulnerable globally, can grow up to 18m and weigh up to 45 tonnes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wildlife scientist Vanessa Pirotta said the dead whales were probably part of a \"bachelor pod\" - a group of juvenile male whales - that ran into trouble.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sperm whales are like \"deep-diving buses\" and typically spend time in waters further offshore, Dr Pirotta said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All whale strandings remain a mystery. We don\'t exactly know why they happen,\" she told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The whales may have \"misnavigated\", followed a sick or disoriented leader, or been startled into shallower waters, she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In September 2020, more than 380 pilot whales died in Australia\'s worst mass stranding. It was also in Tasmania - at Macquarie Heads on the island\'s west coast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the cause remains unknown, Dr Pirotta notes Tasmania has \"a lot of different currents intersecting with land\". Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 17:47:30', '2022-09-20 17:47:30'),
(1761, 1761, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rescue workers in Japan have warned of mudslides and flooding as one of the biggest storms in recent decades batters the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Typhoon Nanmadol has killed at least two people and injured 90 others since it made landfall on the southernmost island of Kyushu on Sunday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nine million people have been told to evacuate, and more than 350,000 homes are without power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forecasts predict up to 400mm (16 inches) of rain over the next 24 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State broadcaster NHK said one man was killed when his car was submerged in flooding, and another died after being buried in a landslide. One more person remains missing, and reports say 87 others have been injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The super typhoon brought gusts of up to 234km/h (145mph), destroying homes, and disrupting transport and businesses. It\'s equivalent to a category four or five hurricane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The capital, Tokyo, experienced heavy rain, with the Tozai underground line suspended because of flooding. Bullet train services, ferries, and hundreds of flights have been cancelled; shops and businesses have shut. Local video footage showed roofs ripped off of buildings and billboards toppled over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delayed a visit to New York, where he is due to give speech at the UN General Assembly, until Tuesday, to monitor the storm\'s impact.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm is forecast to turn east and pass over Japan\'s main island of Honshu before moving out to sea by Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have predicted an active hurricane season this year, influenced by a natural phenomenon known as La Niña.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Warmer sea surface temperatures in the Atlantic and Caribbean as a result of climate change may also impact the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 18:21:07', '2022-09-20 18:21:07'),
(1762, 1762, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Myanmar has claimed that the Arakan Army and terrorist group ARSA used the same weapons and attacked the Taungpyo (Right) Border Guard Police Outpost at BP-34 on September 16 and 17, 2022 when nine mortar shells landed on Bangladeshi soil.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zaw Phyo Win, Director-General of Strategic Studies and Training Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Myanmar met Manjurul Karim Khan Chowdhury, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Myanmar, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Yangon on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The director-general claimed that Arakan Army and terrorist group ARSA have been deliberately carrying out such attacks to cause “negative consequences” on the existing “cordial bilateral relations” between Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to the Myanmar Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Myanmar will cooperate with Bangladesh to maintain peace in the border areas and stressed the significance of full and reciprocal cooperation from the Bangladesh side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The director-general stated that while taking the necessary security measures close to the border with utmost caution, the Myanmar side always abides by bilateral agreements and international norms as well as respects the integrity and sovereignty of all nations, including Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He recalled that on September 7, 2022, the Bangladeshi side was notified of the information of the trenches and bases of the AA and ARSA terrorists located “inside Bangladesh” through diplomatic channel and reiterated Myanmar’s call to take necessary and immediate actions to investigate on the ground and dismantle those structures and bases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, he handed over a non-paper containing the Myanmar version of the incidents to the Bangladesh ambassador.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, the director-general clarified the prevailing on-the-ground situations regarding the firing incidents near Myanmar-Bangladesh border in response to issues raised by the Bangladesh side at the meetings between Myanmar ambassador to Bangladesh and director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The director-general apprised that AA and terrorist group ARSA attacked the Taungpyo (Left) Border Guard Police Outpost at BP-31 with mortars on September 16, 2022 when three mortar shells landed inside Bangladesh territory. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 18:36:28', '2022-09-20 18:36:28'),
(1763, 1763, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh has conveyed its concerns over possible instability in the region to diplomats stationed in Dhaka – briefing them over the current situation in bordering areas with Myanmar.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The diplomats have appreciated Bangladesh’s position of not stepping into Myanmar’s traps by maintaining peace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khorshed Alam spoke to reporters at State guesthouse Padma, following the briefing with diplomats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The briefing lasted for around 30 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The diplomats assured Bangladesh of conveying its concerns to their capitals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a question regarding Myanmar blaming Arakan Army and ARSA for mortar shells landing in Bangladesh, the acting foreign secretary said the Myanmar side always makes the same claims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We sought their (diplomats) help so that Myanmar can’t take advantage of creating instability in the region,” said the acting foreign secretary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Monday, acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Rtd) Md. Khorshed Alam briefed the heads of missions from Southeast Asian countries and apprised them of the prevailing situation at Bangladesh-Myanmar border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoys took note of Bangladesh’s concerns and ensured of duly conveying those to their respective capitals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The acting foreign secretary conveyed Bangladesh’s deep concerns on the recent incidents of mortar shells from Myanmar falling and exploding inside Bangladesh territory, indiscriminate aerial firings, human fatalities and serious injuries, damages to the properties and livelihood of the people in the bordering areas to the ASEAN envoys.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No diplomat representing Myanmar was at the briefing but diplomats from other ASEAN countries – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – were present.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director General (South East Asia wing) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Md Najmul Huda was also present. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 18:56:46', '2022-09-20 18:56:46'),
(1764, 1764, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Israel will have an ambassador in Turkey for the first time in four years, the latest step in warming relations between the two countries following a years-long rift.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Irit Lillian, a senior diplomat who has been in charge of the Israeli embassy in Ankara for the last two years, will serve as the ambassador, Israel’s foreign ministry announced on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2018, Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Israel and ordered Israel’s ambassador to leave in protest at Israel’s killing of dozens of Palestinians in protests along the Gaza border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once-warm relations began to deteriorate after the election of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, an outspoken critic of Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians, as prime minister in 2003.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The now Turkish president famously berated ex-Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres while on stage at the World Economic Forum at Davos in 2009.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions peaked in 2010 when Israeli forces stormed a Turkish ship that broke through an Israeli blockade to deliver humanitarian aid to the Hamas-administered Gaza Strip. Nine Turkish activists were killed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the two countries have in recent years made efforts to put their troubled relationship behind them, as regional alliances shift.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a step towards rapprochement, Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Turkey in March to meet with Erdogan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was in Jerusalem in late May in what his then counterpart Yair Lapid called a “new chapter” in bilateral ties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, in June, Israel and Turkey officially announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations, including an exchange of ambassadors. Source: Aljazeera</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 19:52:27', '2022-09-20 19:52:27'),
(1765, 1765, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sending out a clear message to hoarders and rumour mongers, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder Tuesday said that strict legal action would be initiated against anyone trying to create an artificial fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Fertiliser supplies in Bangladesh have not declined even by a single tonne over that of previous year. The number of agricultural land has decreased instead. So, there is no chance of a fertiliser crisis,” Sadhan told reporters after visiting the under-construction rice silo in Naogaon.</div><div><br></div><div>A panic has been created and as a result those who need one sack of fertiliser are trying to collect two, said the minister. \"Even those who don’t need fertilisers are lining up to dealers to grab a sack.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will not spare anyone trying to create an artificial fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh by hoarding or spreading rumours. We will not let any corruption percolate into the sector,\" the Minister said, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Measures like jail custody, imposition of hefty fines and cancellation of dealership will be taken if necessary, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 20:28:47', '2022-09-20 20:28:47'),
(1766, 1766, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A student of Dhaka University (DU) was found dead at Jagannath Hall of the university on Tuesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Amit Sarkar, 24, was a post graduate student of Dhaka University\'s Institute of Leather Engineering and Technology.</div><div><br></div><div>Amit, son of Chittaranjan Sarkar of Baliaghat village of Jessore, was found unconscious in the dormitory around 11:30 am and taken to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him dead.</div><div><br></div><div>Amit\'s roommate Sajib Mitra said, \"We live in room number 4011 of Jagannath Hall.&nbsp; Last night Amit fell asleep around 1.30 am.&nbsp; When we tried to wake him up around 10:30 am today, he did not respond.&nbsp; Later, with the help of other roommates, he was taken to DMCH.\"</div><div><br></div><div>DMCH police camp in-charge Inspector Md. Bachchu Mia said the student was brought dead to the emergency unit of the hospital&nbsp; and the body has been kept at the morgue for post-mortem. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 21:07:12', '2022-09-20 21:07:12'),
(1767, 1767, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Chattogram’s Sitakundu upazila unit, who sustained injuries in a collision between a motorcycle and a lorry in Sitakunda upazila six days ago, died at a Dhaka hospital on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as college student Mehraj Bhuiyan, 22, a resident of the upazila and an activist of union unit BCL.</div><div><br></div><div>He succumbed to his injuries at IBN Sina Specialized Hospital in the capital in the morning while undergoing treatment, said Barabkunda UP Chairman Sadakat Ullah Miyaji.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 14, Mehraj was injured as a lorry hit his motorcycle at Faujdarhat of the upazila, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He was taken to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) first and then to the Dhaka hospital, said the UP chairman.</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 21:41:31', '2022-09-20 21:41:31'),
(1768, 1768, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a war-scarred Beirut heritage house turned museum, archives of Lebanon\'s troubled past fuse with artistic depictions of its grim present to portray a country seemingly in perpetual turmoil.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Newspaper clippings, film negatives and diary entries from the years before Lebanon\'s 1975-1990 civil war tell a story of government corruption, public sector strikes and student protests.</div><div><br></div><div>They are shown alongside contemporary pictures, video footage and art installations illustrating today\'s Lebanon, in the grip of political paralysis and its worst ever economic crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Allo, Beirut?\", which premiered Thursday and runs until 2023, seeks to map out the decades-old rot at the heart of Lebanon\'s downward spiral, said the exhibition\'s director Delphine Abirached Darmency.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s strange sometimes to explain what we are experiencing without knowing what happened in the past,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Beirut is suffering, we are suffering,\" she added, arguing that much of Lebanon\'s misery is rooted in the problems of a bygone era.</div><div><br></div><div>The exhibit was born in part from the discovery of the archives of late billionaire Jean Prosper Gay-Para, who owned the once-famous Les Caves du Roy nightclub and is widely regarded as a symbol of Lebanon\'s pre-civil war golden era.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Those sick minds, obsessed with making money,\" Gay-Para writes about the country\'s political elite, in a text on display.</div><div><br></div><div>That sentiment is still widely shared by a population battered by the unprecedented economic crisis that is widely blamed on the country\'s business and political barons.</div><div><br></div><div>Gay-Para \"was talking in the 1960s about what we are living today\", Darmency said.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Condition of loss\' -</div><div><br></div><div>More than three decades after the devastating civil war, Lebanon is reeling from a financial crisis that has seen poverty spike as the currency has lost more than 90 percent of its value on the black market.</div><div><br></div><div>Beirut also remains scarred by the huge 2020 portside blast of a pile of ammonium nitrate that killed more than 200 people and compounded a population exodus of a similar scale to that of the civil war period.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to the archive material, the show features installations by young Lebanese artists who were asked to express their feelings about their city.</div><div><br></div><div>Rawane Nassif made a short documentary about the Beirut neighbourhood she grew up in, and to which she returned this year after two decades away to take care of her sick parents, both of whom have since died.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The movie depicts the condition of loss,\" the 38-year-old anthropologist and filmmaker told AFP. \"Beirut is in mourning. It is mourning the death of its people and the death of all the chances it once had.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Visual artist Raoul Mallat, 28, also explored the theme of grief, in a short film combining archive family footage from his childhood with recent shots of Beirut.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This project helped me a lot in grieving some aspects of my city that I will not find again,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Built on rubble\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The venue for the exhibit is itself a testament to Lebanon\'s complicated past. The three-storey Beit Beirut, known as the Yellow House, was built in the 1920s by renowned architect Youssef Bey Aftimos.</div><div><br></div><div>Riddled with bullet holes and other civil war damage, it stands alongside what used to be known as the \"Green Line\" that separated Beirut\'s Muslim and Christian districts during the conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>It was renovated and turned into a museum and cultural space that temporarily opened in 2017. It closed again due to difficulties, but the new exhibit has once more opened it to the public.</div><div><br></div><div>Holes in the walls once used by wartime gunmen have been fitted with screens showing footage of the unprecedented protest movement of 2019 that demanded sweeping political change before it ran out of steam.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the rooms is decorated with worn-out furniture and destroyed objects collected from the now-abandoned Les Caves du Roy nightclub in an attempt to recreate the space from Beirut\'s heyday.</div><div><br></div><div>The installation by Lebanese artists Rola Abu Darwish and Rana Abbout aims to make a symbolic statement about rubble and Lebanon\'s tumultuous existence.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Beirut is built on rubble,\" said Abu Darwish, 38. \"One of the main elements of Beirut to me is rubble.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s part of where we live, how we live, and who we are. And I feel that in the direction we\'re going, we are going to be making more rubble.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 22:18:10', '2022-09-20 22:18:10');
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(1769, 1769, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A lawyer on Tuesday filed a writ petition seeking the High Court’s directive to authorities concerned to permanently ban the export of hilsa fish to neighbouring India.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Supreme Court Advocate Md Mahmudul Hasan filed petition saying that low-priced export of hilsa to India has made the national fish pricier in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>The writ petition also sought issuance of a rule as to why the inaction of the authorities concerned in halting the export of hilsa to India at a low price should not be declared illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the writ sought HC’s directions on the Tourism Corporation to work on the development of hilsa-centric tourism.</div><div><br></div><div>Commerce secretary, Fisheries and Livestock secretary, Foreign Secretary, Civil Aviation and Tourism secretary, National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairperson, office of Chief Controller of Imports and Exports and Tourism Corporation chairperson were made respondents to the writ petition.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 11, the same SC lawyer served a legal notice on the government to halt export of hilsa, a sought-after fish, to India in next seven days.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>According to the constitution of Bangladesh, ensuring food security for the public is one of the main duties of the government. On the other hand, it is the constitutional duty of the respondents to always act in the interests of the people, said the petitioner.</div><div><br></div><div>By exporting hilsa to India at a lower price than in the domestic market, those concerned, including the Commerce Ministry, have violated the country\'s constitution, stated in the writ.</div><div><br></div><div>They have hampered the food security and acted against the interest of the people.</div><div><br></div><div>According to export policy 2021-24, hilsa fish is not a freely exportable product, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Poor people in the country cannot think of buying hilsa from River Padma while middle class people also struggle due to its high price as a limited amount of fish can be harvested from there.</div><div><br></div><div>In Bangladesh markets hilsa, known as silver pride of Bangladesh, is being sold at Tk 1,600 to 1,800 per kg, while it is exported to India at $ 10 per kg (Tk 950), said the writ.</div><div><br></div><div>The commerce ministry has allowed the export of hilsa to India ignoring the public interest, said the SC lawyer. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-20 23:45:48', '2022-09-20 23:45:48'),
(1770, 1770, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The postponed exam of the Bangla Paper II\'s MCQ component under Jashore Education Board will be held on September 30.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 20-minute exam will start at 11am, according to a notice signed by Jashore Education Board Chairman Prof Dr Md Ahsan Habib published on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, the Jashore Education Board postponed the Bangla Paper II exam\'s MCQ component that was scheduled to be held Saturday, as the question paper got leaked due to the wrong question papers being sent to three centres during the Bangla I exam on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>According to sources, the issue came notice after exam officials distributed the question paper of Bangla second paper MCQ exam instead of Bangla first paper among the examinees at Narail’s Kalia Pari Shangkar Pilot Secondary Girls School center, Baishona Kamshia Secondary School, Dighalia Nabaganga Degree College and Itna School and College centers on Thursday - the day of the paper I exam.</div><div><br></div><div>Exam officials claimed that it wasn’t their mistake, rather it’s the officials of the BG Press in Dhaka who wrongly labeled the packets containing the questions. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 00:24:33', '2022-09-21 00:24:33'),
(1771, 1771, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN Resident Coordinator Gwyn Lewis has said Bangladesh has been a strong advocate for peace nationally and internationally, and the United Nations in Bangladesh is happy to continue to accompany the country in this regard.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a message marking the International Day of Peace that falls on September 21, the UNRC said the UN in Bangladesh would like to echo the universal and still timely message of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in his speech in 1974 at the UN General Assembly “Peace is an imperative for the survival of humanity. It represents the deepest aspirations of men and women throughout the world”.</div><div><br></div><div>Lewis said promoting peace and preventing violence, both at the international and national level, are at the core of the United Nations’ mandate.</div><div><br></div><div>Every year for the past 41 years, she said, the UN has marked the International Day of Peace to uphold the ideal of peace and inspire a day of action for non-violence.</div><div><br></div><div>As violence makes headlines daily and socio-economic uncertainty undermines cohesion globally, Peace Day 2022 provides an opportunity for all peoples and governments around the world to commit to peace above differences, divides, and borders.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It invites us to pause and think about what peace means and how it can be built and sustained,\" Lewis said.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s theme ‘End Racism. Build Peace’ reminds us all that peace means more than silencing the guns.</div><div><br></div><div>Building peace entails celebrating differences and leaving no one behind.</div><div><br></div><div>It means promoting societies where everyone, regardless of origin, sex, age, religion, opinion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, is treated in an equal manner and given the opportunity to flourish.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Peace also requires a social contract and a shared vision between governments and their people and within societies,\" Lewis said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sustainable Development Goal 16 ‘Promote just, peace and inclusive societies for sustainable development’ is the glue of Agenda 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Peace is a prerequisite for sustainable development; and development can help address causes and drivers of conflict and violence in the long run. On the opposite, violence, in all its forms, sets progress towards development back,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Peace should not be taken for granted. Sustaining peace and violence prevention requires intentional efforts and investments. It is the wise thing to do,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Lewis said sustaining peace is everyone’s business and everyone has a contribution to make, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>\"What is your contribution to peace in your family, community, country and in the world?\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 01:26:11', '2022-09-21 01:26:11'),
(1772, 1772, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prominent Tamil actor Pauline Jessica was found dead in her rented flat in Chennai\'s Virugambakkam Mallika Avenue on September 18. She was a native of Andhra Pradesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Popularly known as Deepa, Pauline Jessica, had played the lead role in the recently released Tamil movie \'Vaidha\'. Besides, she worked in various Tamil movies and serials.</div><div><br></div><div>The popular actor was found hanging in her apartment on Sunday, September 18.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Koyambedu Police had got information from neighbours of the actor regarding her death. Later, the said police reached the spot and sent the body to Kilpauk Government Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the relatives of the actor were informed and her body was sent to Andhra Pradesh.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are investigating the alleged suicide of popular actor Pauline Jessica from all sides and are taking the help of CCTV\", said the police.</div><div><br></div><div>The police are trying to find out who all came to Pauline\'s residence. Before the day of the suicide, it had been found that the popular actor had reached her apartment in an auto. The cops are also trying to ascertain whether it was a suicide case or somebody pushed her to commit suicide.</div><div><br></div><div>According to police, a suicide note had been found in which she had mentioned that a failed relationship was the main reason behind her death. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 01:32:40', '2022-09-21 01:32:40'),
(1773, 1773, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Making a conscious decision to better yourself can be empowering and motivating. But self-improvement sometimes gets a bad rap, and for good reason.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Our desire to improve ourselves has spawned an industry full of bad hacks that can leave you feeling more frustrated than before. Or, that feel good but don\'t move you forward.</div><div><br></div><div>Working to improve yourself can positively impact your own well-being and your relationships with family and friends.</div><div><br></div><div>► Set goals for yourself</div><div>Setting goals will help you organize the things you want to achieve. You can do this by simply creating a list, or you can have some fun with it and make a vision board using pictures from magazines or the internet.</div><div><br></div><div>Surround yourself with people who want to see you do well</div><div>Someone once said you are the sum of the people you spend the most time with. Ask yourself if the people you are spending time with want the best for you and your life. They should align with who you want to be.</div><div><br></div><div>Evaluate what isn’t working and eliminate those habits</div><div>Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result. Instead, take the time to evaluate what isn’t working and make the necessary improvements.</div><div><br></div><div>► Learn a new activity or skill</div><div>This is a chance to step outside your comfort zone and do something you have always wanted to do. Progress is better than perfection. People are learning new skills on the internet, for free, all of the time! No Excuses!</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 01:53:05', '2022-09-21 01:53:05'),
(1774, 1774, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for ICT Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak has said the Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU) in Dinajpur would be the country\'s first \'cashless\' campus.</span><br></div><div> </div><div>The pledge for the digital transformation came at an interactive programme before a group of students on the university campus on Sunday.</div><div> </div><div>Young Bangla, the youth secretariat of think-tank Centre for Research and Information (CRI), organised the event, titled \'Cashless Economy - Let\'s Talk\'.</div><div><br></div><div>Conducted by Sahosh Mustafiz, the programme was addressed by parliamentary standing committee member Kazi Nabil Ahmed,e-commerce platform Amar Desh, Amar Gram co-founder Sadeka Hasan Sejuti and Bangladesh Freelancing Society chairperson Dr Tanziba Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 250 students took part in the event with many came up with a series of questions before this group of policymakers.</div><div>Referring to the digital shift across the country, Palak said Digital Bangladesh has transitioned from a concept to reality.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh now sees herself as Smart Bangladesh and cashless economy is a stepping stone towards implementing that vision, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Under the directive of Prime Minister\'s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy, we built an interoperable digital transaction platform \'Binimoy\' (exchange) to catalyze the growth of the country\'s economic growth,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Reflecting on the remarkable portion of the young population of Bangladesh, Kazi Nabil said the country is now enjoying demographic dividend.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Youths have to play a crucial role to reap its true benefit. People, in general, are the main driving force behind this cashless economy and inclusion. We are on the verge of a new era and we must embrace this era,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Highlighting the digital transformation over the years, Sadeka Hasan Sejuti said there was no payment gateway in Bangladesh in 2008-09. With Digital Bangladesh being a reality, the nation is now endowed with a national payment gateway that accelerated the existing mobile banking system, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also stressed the need for including rural farmers in the process of digital transaction to wean them off cash-based transaction.</div><div><br></div><div>Freelancer and panelist Tanziba Rahman advocated for the shift towards digital transactions to save the money otherwise spent through the cash-out charge in mobile banking. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 02:33:05', '2022-09-21 02:57:02'),
(1775, 1775, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox\'s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisting the local cautionary signal number three as the squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, reports BSS.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The low pressure area over Northwest Bay and adjoining area intensified into a well-marked low over the same area. It is likely to intensify further and</div><div><br></div><div>move north-westwards. Under its influence, steep pressure gradient persists over North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh,\" the met office said in a weather bulletin today.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice, the bulletin added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 03:15:52', '2022-09-21 03:15:52'),
(1776, 1776, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government is going to introduce a fresh national curriculum from next year aimed at raising Bangladeshi children as the global citizens to make them befit for the 4th Industrial Revolution (4RI).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We look forward to raising our children as truly global citizens . We are introducing a new national curriculum from next year,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In a video recording national statement broadcast at the UN Secretary General\'s Transforming Education Summit on Monday (local time), the Prime Minister said, \"The new curriculum will prepare our students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.\"</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;She added that it will make them aware of becoming climate resilient and turn them into the real agents of her nation\'s \'Vision - 2041\' to become a developed , knowledge-based economy.</div><div><br></div><div>In higher education, the premier said, \"We are giving priority to research and development . For technical education, we aim to have better industry linkages.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said that their children should have skills that they can use anywhere in the world.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We need international cooperation for mutual recognition of qualifications .We commit to improve access to foundational and lifelong learning ,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>To promote multi-lingual education, the Prime Minister said, they have developed text books in the mother tongues of some of their ethnic groups.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are offering education in Myanmar curriculum to millions of children forcibly displaced from Rakhine State and sheltered in our land,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>For quality and inclusive education , she said, her government has to invest in regular training and incentives for their teachers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We commit to increasing budget allocation for education in proportion to our GDP,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said the development partners of Bangladesh need to live up to their fiscal commitments for SDG - 4 . The resources spent on global arms race should be channeled to a sound partnership for education, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"---we shall continue to monitor SDG - 4 indicators on local to national level. Education is the backbone of a nation . We must take an equity and rights - based approach proportion to our GDP,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister thanked the Secretary General for organising the Transforming Education Summit, saying that this Summit marks a new way of thinking about education with future changes in the world of work.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The COVID -19 pandemic caused learning losses all over. In Bangladesh, we have enrolled six hundred thousand out-of-school students into non-formal education since December 2021,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said they have started vaccinating children above 5 years of age.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Nearly 23 million students from primary level to high education get stipends and scholarships,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She said they will continue to provide cash incentives through mobile gateways to hard-pressed families .</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our successful programmes involving stipends , midday meal and free textbook distribution will be carried on,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The pandemic also opened up scope for innovations in distance learning, she said, adding that in Bangladesh , they have developed a Blended Education Master Plan.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We shall set up nearly 59,780 multi-media classrooms by next year. We shall put focus on reducing digital divide among our students,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said Bangladesh has made significant gains in achieving gender parity in primary and secondary schools, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We shall continue to work on reducing gender gaps in higher and technical education . Educating our girls has always been one of my key priorities,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 03:23:15', '2022-09-21 03:23:15'),
(1777, 1777, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today reiterated her call to the international community and the United Nations (UN) to play intensified role in solving the Rohingya crisis by repatriating the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals to their motherland.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier made this call while UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi paid a courtesy call on her at the bilateral meeting room of Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen briefed the newsmen about the activities of the Prime Minister on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting with Grandi, Sheikh Hasina also emphasized enhancing UNHCR\'s activities in Myanmar on Rohingya issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In reply, Grandi said that he would visit Myanmar soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister restated that the Rohingya crisis can only be resolved through repatriating the forcibly displaced Rohingyas to their motherland Myanmar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UNHCR High Commissioner also agreed with her on this matter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, they discussed in details the present activities of UNHCR to help the Rohingyas who took shelter in Cox\'s Bazar and Bhashanchar in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim A A Khan QC also called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the same venue here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They discussed various aspects of cooperation between Bangladesh and the ICC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier has assured the ICC Prosecutor that Bangladesh will continue cooperation with all ongoing efforts at the ICC to ensure justice and accountability for the Rohingya victims in Myanmar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan in the meeting expressed his interest to visit Bangladesh early next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Executive Director of the UN Habitat Maimunah Mohd Sharif also paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting at bilateral meeting room of the Lotte New York Palace hotel here, they discussed Bangladesh government’s steps considering the importance of sustainable urbanization and the areas of future cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this connection, the Prime Minister informed him about the success of the Ashrayan Project undertaken by her government for the landless and homeless people of Bangladesh. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 15:34:04', '2022-09-21 15:34:04'),
(1778, 1778, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Global leaders called Tuesday for urgent efforts to address global food insecurity amid fears of disastrous harvests next year, as Ukraine\'s president blamed Russia for the crisis and sought the world\'s \"toughest reaction\" against Moscow.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, ministers from the European Union, United States, African Union and Spain met on food shortages which are seen as a key factor in conflicts and instability.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appearing by video link was Ukraine\'s Volodymyr Zelensky, who directly accused Moscow of willingly triggering a food crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Any state that provokes famine, that tries to make access to food a privilege, that tries to make the protection of nations from famine dependent on... the mercy of some dictator -- such a state must get the toughest reaction from the world,\" Zelensky said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He blamed Russian blockades and other \"immoral actions\" for slashing exports from Ukraine, a major agricultural producer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Russia must bear responsibility for this,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Russian President Vladimir Putin, with his February invasion of Ukraine, \"is trying to blackmail the international community with food.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is no peace with hunger and we cannot combat hunger without peace,\" Sanchez said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Group of Seven major industrial powers at a June summit in Germany promised $5 billion to fight food insecurity but German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said there was still \"great urgency.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Russian war of aggression has caused and accelerated a multidimensional global crisis. Countries in the Global South with prior vulnerabilities have been hit hardest,\" Scholz said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Joe Biden will address the General Assembly on Wednesday and announce new US aid, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his own address Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron said his country will finance shipments of Ukrainian wheat to Somalia which is facing risk of famine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine is one of the world\'s largest grain producers and the Russian invasion sent global prices soaring.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has cast blame on Western sanctions, an assertion denounced by Washington which says it is not targeting agricultural or humanitarian goods.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey and the United Nations in July brokered a deal between Russia and Ukraine to allow ships with grain to sail through the blockaded Black Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin has recently criticized the deal, pointing to shipments that have headed to Europe. US officials say some of the grain is then processed and sent to poorer countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Despite some of the misinformation that continues to come from Moscow, that grain and other food products are getting where they need to go to the countries most in need, predominantly in the Global South,\" Blinken said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s also helped lower food prices around the world. So it needs to keep going, it needs to be renewed. That is urgent.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Long-term fears -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concerns are also mounting on the long-term impacts. A recent report by the Ukraine Conflict Observatory, a non-governmental US group, found that around 15 percent of Ukraine grain stocks have been lost since the invasion began.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And experts warn that disruptions in fertilizer shipments could seriously impede future harvests worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s very clear that the current food supply disruption and the war in Ukraine is having an impact on the next harvest,\" said Alvaro Lario, incoming president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There\'s one or two harvests per year, and already we\'re seeing that it\'s going to be devastating for next year,\" he told AFP, warning that the impact could be \"much worse\" than Covid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called for longer-term action, which would entail billions of dollars of investment, to ensure stability of food supply chains and adapt to a warming climate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We know the solutions and we have the institutions to make that happen. What is currently lacking is the political will, in terms of the investment,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said recently that the world had enough food in 2022 but that the problem was distribution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the situation does not stabilize this year, in 2023 \"we risk to have a real lack of food,\" he said. Source: AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 15:40:59', '2022-09-21 15:40:59'),
(1779, 1779, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today laid emphasis on the integration of women in decision-making process, saying that it is important to have them in leadership team to reflect on the solutions and benefit from their experiences and perspective.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Women are disproportionately affected during crises. It is, therefore, important to integrate women in decision-making for finding an effective solution to the crises,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina noted that women are shining in each and every sector, breaking all the stereotyping and showing indomitable courage and leadership skills.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier made this remarks while addressing a “High Level Meeting of the UNGA Platform of Women Leaders Convened by the President of the General Assembly Csaba Korösi” at Trusteeship Council in the United Nations Headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>The theme of this year’s conference is “Transformative Solutions by Women Leaders to Today’s Interlinked Challenges”.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina strongly felt that it was high time to utilise the network (UNGA Platform of Women Leaders) to share views on tackling the complex global challenges and bring positive outcomes not only for their respective countries but also for mankind.</div><div><br></div><div>From the point of view of her country, the Bangladesh premier said, they look forward to continue participating in the UN’s efforts to encourage women leadership globally.</div><div><br></div><div>She highlighted three points on localising the advisory board on gender equality, nurturing and supporting the women-led civil society organisations with sufficient political and financial means and convening a Leaders’ Summit to reinforce common agenda for gender equality.</div><div><br></div><div>In her first point, Sheikh Hasina recommend for founding the advisory board on gender equality. \"This now needs to be localized. We need gender champions at all levels, especially at the grass-root level, and we can lead by example.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, women-led civil society organizations need to be nurtured and supported with sufficient political and financial means, she said in her second point, adding that UN has an important role in supporting such efforts.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, she invited all to convene a Leaders’ Summit to reinforce their common agenda for gender equality. \"All leaders – not just us - should join and present concrete commitments for advancing gender equality and women empowerment.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina said the government has taken various steps to empower women and girls, to secure their legal protections and creating new ways for them to attain financial freedom.</div><div><br></div><div>To this end, she said that Bangladesh substantially achieved Goal three of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by ensuring gender parity in primary and secondary education.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are committed to achieving the Sustainable Development Goal of Gender equality and empowering women,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that about 27 percent of the national budget is allocated for women’s social and economic empowerment activities.</div><div><br></div><div>In the political spectrum, the premier said, Bangladesh has ensured representation of women in all levels, from the top to the lowest tier of government. \"We are bringing our women in the forefront of all economic activities.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Encouraging women entrepreneurship is a key policy goal of her government, she said, adding: “We\'ve taken specific policy actions, such as, fostering a gender-neutral legal framework for business ensuring equal access to finance for female and male entrepreneurs.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said Bangladesh central bank is providing collateral-free loan up to Taka 2.5 million to the women entrepreneurs.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of government mentioned that 15 percent funds of the refinancing scheme, 10 percent industrial plots and 10 percent small entrepreneur funds are allocated for women.</div><div><br></div><div>“Every bank and non-bank financial institutions have dedicated desk for women entrepreneurs,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said that over four million women are employed in the readymade garments industry, while some 35 percent of the country\'s women have their bank account and women’s contribution to the GDP growth is 34 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>“We aim at ensuring 40 percent participation of women in every sector by 2021 and 50 percent by 2030,” she added. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 15:49:57', '2022-09-21 15:49:57'),
(1780, 1780, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Stakes were high as India kicked off their final preparations for the T20I World Cup in the three-match series against World Champions Australia on Tuesday. Asked to chase down a daunting total set by Rohit Sharma-led Team India, Australia made an impressive start with makeshift-opener Cameron Green playing the role of an aggressor. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After losing skipper Aaron Finch in the opening Powerplay, premier batter Steve Smith joined forces with an on-song Green during Australia\'s record-breaking run chase at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though Smith looked in fine touch, the star batter was stopped in his tracks by Umesh Yadav, who got the better of the Australian batter in the 12th over. Interestingly, pacer Umesh jolted Australia with his second strike in the same over by removing Glenn Maxwell following another successful Decision Review System (DRS) call.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After opting for the review, Indian skipper Rohit was seen grabbing Dinesh Karthik\'s neck in a playful manner. Rohit poked fun at his long-time teammate and good friend after the senior gloveman somehow didn\'t appeal for a review. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rohit\'s hilarious on-field antics soon became the talk of the town. Instead of Maxwell\'s dismissal, Rohit\'s aggressive gesture towards DK became an instant hit among the fans and followers on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about the match, Australia bounced back through Matthew Wade\'s batting exploits after parting ways with superstars Maxwell and Smith in the epic run chase. Wade, who propelled Australia to the final of the ICC World T20 last year, showcased his power-hitting against Team India in the high-scoring encounter at Mohali on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Australian southpaw fired 45 off 21 balls while debutant Tim David chipped in with 18 off 14 balls as Australia produced a record-breaking run-chase at Mohali. Riding on Wade\'s match-changing knock, the Finch-led side completed the 209-run chase in 19.2 overs. With the win, Australia have taken a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the match, Australia had invited India to bat in Mohali and opener KL Rahul – whose string of low-scores had brought him under the scanner – produced an impressive outing as he scored a brisk 55 off 35 deliveries. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli failed to step up, it was Hardik Pandya who provided India with a strong finish in the game, as he remained unbeaten on 71 in merely 30 deliveries to take the side\'s score to 208/6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Umesh Yadav, who played in his first T20I in over three years on Tuesday, bowled only two overs as he ended with figures of 2/27, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar\'s form remains a concern for India as he returned wicketless, conceding 52 off four overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Harshal Patel, who made a return after injury, also proved expensive as he had figures of 0/49. Indian spinner Axar Patel was the only positive for India from their bowling lineup, as he conceded only 17 runs while picking three crucial wickets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both sides return for the second T20I of the series in Nagpur on September 23. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 16:01:20', '2022-09-21 22:08:16'),
(1781, 1781, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Western nations have condemned Moscow\'s plans to hold urgent so-called referendums in parts of Ukraine that are currently under Russian control.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The votes have been called by Russian-backed officials in four Ukrainian regions to ask whether they should become part of Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US, Germany and France have said they would never recognise the results of such \"sham\" ballots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nato military alliance said the plans spelt an escalation in the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plans to run polls for five days, starting on Friday, have been announced in the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk - as well as Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quartet represent around 15% of Ukrainian territory - or an area the size of Hungary, according to Reuters news agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suggestion that legitimate and fair polls could be run in the middle of a war were immediately scorned by the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz blasted the Russian plans for \"sham\" votes, while French President Emmanuel Macron labelled them a \"parody\" of democracy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If the Donbas referendum idea wasn\'t so tragic it would be funny,\" Mr Macron told reporters in New York, where he is attending the United Nations General Assembly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He pleaded with neutral countries to change their stance to the war, saying silence or complicity was an \"historic error\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US would never recognise the votes, calling them \"an affront to the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any referendum planned by invading forces contravenes international law and will have no legal force, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his partners for their support in the face of Russia\'s \"noisy news\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky is expected to address the UN General Assembly by video-link later on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were reports that Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin would give his own, rare address on Tuesday evening - potentially discussing the planned votes, or a wider troop mobilisation in Ukraine. But no speech came, and speculation shifted to Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plans to hold votes within a matter of days is widely seen as a push by Mr Putin to accelerate Russia\'s annexation of Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It comes after a sweeping Ukrainian counter-offensive, in which Kyiv claims to have retaken 8,000 sq km (3,088 sq miles) this month, putting Russia on the back foot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cementing its control over Ukrainian land could enable Russia to make the claim that its territory - not just its army - was coming under attack from Western weapons as hostilities continue. This is because several western nations have been supplying Ukraine with weapons to help in its defence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is feared that this could lead to an intensification of the already-bloody conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross has expressed fears the war could move into the long term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to the recent discovery of more mass graves in Ukraine, Peter Maurer told the BBC\'s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet that reconciliation was becoming ever more difficult. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 16:41:37', '2022-09-21 16:41:37'),
(1782, 1782, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt keep setting couple goals higher. The couple are currently in the daily news and for all the right reasons. From expressing their love for each other to speaking of their family plans, Ranbir and Alia are making us go aww at them on a regular basis. Ranbir and Alia were first seen together on the screen in the recent release Brahmastra.  </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directed by Ayan Mukerji, Brahmastra is a fantasy thriller tracing the life of Shiva – played by Ranbir Kapoor. Alia Bhatt essayed the role of Isha, Ranbir\'s love interest, in the film. Alia, who had earlier spoken about having a crush on Ranbir, finally fell in love with him on the sets of Brahmastra. The couple got married in April this year and are expecting their first child together.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The actors are often spotted by paparazzi together. From their airport looks to their promotion diaries, they keep rocking couple fashion goals. Alia’s father Mahesh Bhatt celebrated his birthday a day back in Mumbai. The birthday party was a cozy affair with just family visiting him. Alia and Ranbir also arrived in style to attend Mahesh Bhatt’s birthday celebrations at his Mumbai house. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The couple were photographed by paparazzi arriving together. They twinned as usual and made netizens scurry to take notes as well. Alia and Ranbir chose to go classy in all-black attires as they looked super stylish together. Take a look at their pictures here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alia’s mother Soni Razdan shared a picture from the fam jam diaries where we got a detailed view of Alia and Ranbir’s attires. Alia looked pretty in a black long dress with a V-neckline and short sleeves. Ranbir, on the other hand, chose to unleash his boyish charm in a black T-shirt and a pair of black trousers. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The picture also featured Mahesh Bhatt, Soni Razdan, Alia’s sister Shaheen Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt, Kunal Kapoor and Tina Razdan Hertzke.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alia accessorised her look in golden hoop earrings and wore her tresses into a clean bun as she rocked the maternity fashion. Ranbir’s mother Neetu Kapoor was one of the first ones to comment on the family picture. She dropped by to comment with a red heart and a celebration emoticon. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 17:15:00', '2022-09-22 00:38:30');
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(1783, 1783, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has become a lightning rod for controversy, prompting demonstrations and even an apparent act of attempted self-immolation.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But why has the September 27 funeral become such a hot-button issue?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How was Abe assassinated?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abe was shot dead on July 8 by a gunman in the Nara region as he campaigned for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His suspected murderer reportedly resented the Unification Church because his mother had made hefty donations to the sect, and believed Abe was linked to the group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A private funeral for Abe was held in Tokyo, attended by friends and family. Thousands lined the streets nearby to offer prayers and flowers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Why a state funeral?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan has only held one other state funeral for a former prime minister in the post-war period, that of Shigeru Yoshida in 1967.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Abe was Japan\'s longest-serving prime minister and the country\'s best-known politician, both at home and abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has said a state funeral will allow international leaders to offer condolences and show \"Japan will not give in to violence\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event is set for September 27 at Tokyo\'s storied Budokan venue, with US Vice President Kamala Harris and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese among the leaders expected to attend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What was the reaction?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Controversy about the decision erupted quickly, with opposition politicians arguing Kishida was overstepping his powers by approving the funeral.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He thought the cabinet has the right to decide on what kind of events it holds,\" Yoshinobu Yamamoto, professor emeritus of international politics at the University of Tokyo, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But there is no formal system in Japan that defines state funerals. So what the opposition says is that his government has to seek parliamentary approval after debate.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polls have shown opposition growing steadily.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">National broadcaster NHK found 38 percent of respondents were against the plan in July, but by August that figure had grown to 57 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Why are people opposed?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yamamoto says the funeral has become controversial for two main reasons: \"questions around Kishida\'s decision-making... (and) the issues around the Unification Church and its links to the LDP.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Abe\'s death, the LDP revealed around half its members had links to the controversial sect, whose followers are sometimes dubbed \"Moonies\" after the group\'s founder Sun Myung Moon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kishida has vowed the party will sever all links, but the revelations and renewed scrutiny of the church have dented his government\'s popularity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abe was also far from universally popular in Japan, despite his record-breaking tenure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His nationalist views and persistent allegations he was involved in cronyism engendered deep-seated antipathy towards him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He is seen as the nemesis\" by some in Japan, said Kazuhisa Kawakami, a political psychology professor at Reitaku University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"His state funeral is, in a way, used by his political foes as a weapon to galvanise their bases.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Does cost play a role?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The funeral will cost around 1.7 billion yen ($12 million), according to the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That is vastly more than the initial 250 million yen figure mooted by the government, which excluded costs for security and hosting foreign dignitaries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That didn\'t give a good impression in terms of transparency, either,\" said Yamamoto.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kishida has acknowledged the discontent about the funeral and answered questions during a televised special session of parliament, but polls show he has done little to move the needle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, with invitations also sent out and security operations under way, \"cancellation is not an option,\" Yamamoto added. 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(1784, 1784, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indian comedian Raju Srivastava died today in Delhi, over a month after he suffered a cardiac arrest while working out in the gym. He was 58.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raju Srivastava was declared dead at 10.20 am, said news agency PTI citing hospital sources.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I got a call from the family about half an hour ago saying he is no more. It is really unfortunate news. He was fighting in the hospital for over 40 days,\" his brother Dipoo Srivastava told the agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defence Minister Rajnath Singh condoled the comedian\'s death and said he was deeply saddened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am deeply saddened by the death of renowned comedian Raju Srivastava. Apart from being an accomplished artist, he was also a very lively person. He was also very active in the social spheres. I extend my condolences to his bereaved family and fans. Shanti,\" he tweeted in Hindi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Srivastava was hospitalised on August 10 after he collapsed in the gym and was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). He underwent angioplasty the same day and was put on a ventilator.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Srivastava has been active in the entertainment industry since the 1980s but received recognition only in 2005 after he participated in the stand-up comedy show \"The Great Indian Laughter Challenge\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has appeared in Hindi films like \"Maine Pyar Kiya\", \"Baazigar\", \"Bombay to Goa\" and \"Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiya\". He was one of the contestants on \"Bigg Boss\" season three.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Srivastava also served as the chairman of the Film Development Council of Uttar Pradesh until his death. Source: NDTV</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 17:27:52', '2022-09-21 17:27:52'),
(1785, 1785, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Narendra Modi government is closely monitoring rise of Sikh radicalisation, attacks and vandalisation of symbols of Hindu religion in UK and Canada and evaluating various options to send a terse message to the two members of the Commonwealth community.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While India has taken strong umbrage to violence perpetrated against the Indian community in Leicester and protested to the UK authorities, it is also watching how British security agencies are turning a blind eye towards fund collection by Sikh radicals to fan the separatism movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Modi government has decided not to take anything lying down and will respond in kind to these anti-India developments in the two countries. The events in UK are adding up to India’s angst against London for trying to carve out a non -existent global role for itself in Af-Pak region and the Indo-Pacific.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is understood that External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who is perfectly fine in health contrary to mischievous planted reports on social media, have taken strong notice of these events in UK and Canada and the Indian response will be commensurate to the aggravation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has strongly denounced Russia’s planned “referendums” in the occupied regions of Ukraine, he has virtually turned a blind eye to so-called referendum organized by proscribed “Sikhs for Justice” organization in Brampton, Ontario, on September 19. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Narendra Modi government sent three diplomatic messages to Global Affairs Canada---OTT/POL/453/1/2022, August 31, 2022, OTT/POL/103/01/2022, September 14 and OTT/Pol/453/01/2022—asking the Trudeau government to stop the illegal referendum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the Trudeau government replied back to Modi government on September 16 that Canada respects the territorial integrity and sovereignty of India and does not recognise this so-called referendum. There was no denouncement of referendum organized by radicalised Sikhs by PM Trudeau like in the case of Ukraine, where he tweeted his terse response.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Trudeau government in its response to world’s largest democracy added that in Canada individuals have the right to assemble and to express their views so long as they do so peacefully and lawfully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Canadian response also stated that they were distressed by the recent vandalism at the Swaminarayan Mandir in Brampton, Ontario and all the information has been shared with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for their assessment and review.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fact is that the entire Sikh radical movement is funded in these two countries with Canada being the hub of gangsters from Punjab. India has made it very clear to not only UK, Canada but also US that non-action against anti-India Sikh radicals tantamount to complicity. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 17:34:25', '2022-09-21 17:34:36'),
(1786, 1786, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Japanese man has set himself alight reportedly to protest a state funeral for ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of foreign dignitaries are expected to attend the funeral on 27 September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, witnesses called police after spotting a man on fire near the prime minister\'s office in Tokyo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officers put out the blaze, and took the still-conscious man to hospital, local media reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The extent of his injuries and his current condition is unknown. Japanese media reports say the man is believed to be in his 70s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government is yet to comment on the protest. But public opposition to the holding of the state funeral has intensified in recent months, with polls showing a majority of voters unhappy with the expenditure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abe was shot dead on 8 July, aged 67, at a campaign rally for his political party. The killing of Japan\'s longest-serving prime minister was condemned internationally and shocked Japan, a country with a minimal record of political violence and gun crime.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But state funerals are not an established practice in Japan, and protesters say they resent the use of public funds on the event that is projected to cost about 1.65bn yen (£10.1m; $11.4m).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the country\'s main opposition parties, the Constitutional Democratic Party, has also said its lawmakers won\'t participate in next week\'s ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many in Japan are commenting on how the mood around Abe\'s state funeral contrasts starkly with the affection shown at the Queen\'s state funeral in the UK.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surveys show a majority of Japanese are against the event. Aside from the amount of taxpayers\' money being spent, the guestlist - which reportedly includes representatives from the Burmese junta - is raising eyebrows.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others say that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is failing to address Abe\'s and senior ruling party politicians\' links to the controversial Unification Church, and this is increasing opposition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adding to the sour mood, a film about Abe\'s murder - produced by a former member of the terror group the Japanese Red Army - will be shown next week, with critics saying it romanticises the killing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police are yet to confirm details of the protest on Tuesday, but local media reported the man had voiced his opposition to the funeral to a nearby officer before setting himself alight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Handwritten notes were also found around him expressing the same message, local media reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Criticism of the state funeral has also increased as more politicians in Japan\'s parliament have been found to have connections with a controversial church.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man charged with killing Abe said he had targeted the former prime minister for his connections to the Unification Church, which he said had bankrupted his family. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 18:33:51', '2022-09-21 18:33:51'),
(1787, 1787, '<div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced that it will give a cash reward of Tk50 lakh for the Bangladesh Women’s football team who won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship for the first time.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nazmul Hassan Papon (BCB President) has lauded the success of the women footballers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The women’s football team has made the whole nation proud with its exceptional performance and historic achievement,” Papon was quoted in a BCB press release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“As a mark of our appreciation and support for their effort, I am declaring 50 lac taka for the entire team on behalf of the BCB. I have no doubts that the SAFF triumph will greatly inspire sportsmen and women around the country and sports teams to strive for international glory in respective disciplines,” the press release further reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh women beat the hosts Nepal in the final by 3-1. Before that, Bangladesh beat the hot favourite India in the semifinals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the first time for Bangladesh women to win the SAAF. In 2003, Bangladesh men won the event in Dhaka beating Maldives. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 18:43:57', '2022-09-21 18:43:57'),
(1788, 1788, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">According to a study, reducing protein consumption can help regulate metabolic syndrome and some of its key symptoms, such as obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure (hypertension).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An article reporting the study is published in the journal Nutrients.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of conditions that heighten the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and diabetes, including hypertension, high blood sugar, excess body fat around the waist and abnormal cholesterol levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The study showed that cutting protein intake to 0.8 g per kg of body weight was sufficient to achieve almost the same clinical results as restricting calories, but without the need to reduce calorie intake. The results suggest that protein restriction may be one of the key factors leading to the known benefits of dietary restriction.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protein restriction dieting may therefore be a more attractive nutritional strategy and easier to follow for people with metabolic syndrome,\" said Rafael Ferraz-Bannitz, first author of the article and currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Harvard Medical School in the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study was funded by FAPESP via a PhD scholarship awarded to Ferraz-Bannitz while he was attending the University of Sao Paulo\'s Ribeirao Preto Medical School (FMRP-USP) in Brazil.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study also benefited from a FAPESP Thematic Project on strategies for mimicking the effects of dietary restriction, led by Marcelo Mori, a professor at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), also in Brazil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A multidisciplinary team of scientists conducted the study, including researchers affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, and the University of Sao Paulo and the National Cancer Institute (INCA) in Brazil, as well as the Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center (OCRC), a Research, Innovation and Dissemination Center (RIDC) funded by FAPESP and hosted by UNICAM</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the study, 21 volunteers with metabolic syndrome were analyzed for a period of 27 days during which their diet was monitored. Throughout the period, they were inpatients at FMRP-USP\'s teaching hospital (Hospital das Clinicas in Ribeirao Preto).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each volunteer\'s daily calorie intake was calculated as a function of baseline metabolism (energy expenditure at rest). One group was fed what the authors call a standard Western diet (50% carbohydrate, 20% protein and 30% fat) but with 25% fewer calories.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the second group, protein intake was reduced to 10%. Calorie intake was tailored to each volunteer\'s baseline energy expenditure. Both groups consumed 4 g of salt per day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The results showed that both the calorie and protein restriction groups lost weight owing to a decrease in body fat and that the symptoms of metabolic syndrome improved. Decreased body fat is known to be associated with reduced blood sugar and more normal levels of lipids and blood pressure. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 19:23:17', '2022-09-21 19:23:17'),
(1789, 1789, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dinajpur Education Board has postponed the examinations of four subjects under the ongoing Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination 2022 due to an unavoidable reason.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Manik Hossain \'\'Deputy Examination Controller of Dinajpur Education Board\'\' confirmed the news on Wednesday (September 21).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examinations of four subjects—Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Agriculture— have been postponed due to an unavoidable reason, according to a press note issued from the Dinajpur Education Board.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 19:35:52', '2022-09-21 19:35:52'),
(1790, 1790, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said he believes Russia\'s leader is seeking an end to the war he began in Ukraine, and that a \"significant step\" will be made.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said his impression from recent talks with Vladimir Putin was that he wanted to \"end this as soon as possible\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine has recaptured swathes of its territory this month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Turkish leader indicated things were \"quite problematic\" for Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Erdogan spoke of having \"very extensive discussions\" with Mr Putin at a summit in Uzbekistan last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with US broadcaster PBS, the Turkish leader said he gained the impression that the Russian president wanted a speedy end to the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He is actually showing me that he\'s willing to end this as soon as possible,\" Mr Erdogan said. \"That was my impression, because the way things are going right now are quite problematic.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said 200 \"hostages\" would soon be exchanged between the two sides. He gave no further detail of who would be included in such a prisoner swap.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Erdogan has repeatedly sought to mediate during the war, promoting a \"balanced\" stance for Nato member Turkey, while opposing Western sanctions on Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He helped the UN mediate a resumption of grain exports from Ukraine and said last week he was trying to organise direct ceasefire talks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, two months after Russian forces seized control over the entire eastern region of Luhansk, Ukraine has reclaimed part of the territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Luhansk\'s Ukrainian leader Serhiy Haidai said Russian forces had retreated from the village of Bilohorivka - but were doing all they could to dig in elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Volodymyr Zelensky said \"the occupiers are clearly in a pani\'\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this month, Mr Erdogan accused the West of adopting a policy of \"provocation\" towards Russia and warned that the war was unlikely to end \"any time soon\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week the Russian leader said he was open to meeting the Ukrainian president, but that Mr Zelensky was not. He told India\'s prime minister he wanted to end the fighting \"as soon as possible\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Russia has not given any indication that it is prepared to accept Kyiv\'s demands for a full withdrawal from Ukrainian territory, including areas seized in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crimea was annexed by Russia at the time, and now ex-President Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russian-backed separatists should hold \"referendums\" on annexing the territories of Luhansk and Donetsk - which are known as Donbas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Putin has repeatedly identified \"liberation\" of Ukraine\'s Donbas region as Russia\'s main goal. \"Referendums in Donbas are essential,\" said Mr Medvedev, who is now deputy head of Russia\'s security council.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local Russian-backed leaders in Luhansk and Donetsk have also called for urgent referendums, and Ukrainian defence ministry adviser Oleksiy Koptyko suggested they were a \"sign of hysteria\" in Moscow, as well as an attempt to spur Mr Putin into action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As well as recapturing much of the Kharkiv region in the north-east, Ukrainian forces have launched a counter-offensive in the southern region of Kherson, forcing its Russian-installed leader to delay a referendum on joining Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked by PBS whether Russia should be allowed to keep any territory it had taken since February, and whether that should be part of a peace deal, Mr Erdogan said: \"No, and undoubtedly no.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that \"lands which were invaded will be returned to Ukraine\". It was not clear whether he also included territory held by Russian-backed separatists since 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked whether Russia should be allowed to keep Crimea - which it annexed in 2014 - Mr Erdogan said that since then, Turkey had been talking to Mr Putin about returning the peninsula \"to its rightful owners\" but that no progress had been made. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 20:01:23', '2022-09-21 20:01:23'),
(1791, 1791, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh national women\'s team is back home after winning the SAFF Women’s Football Championship, beating Nepal in the final.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The team reached Dhaka around 1:50 pm today.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russel received the team at the airport; a cake was cut at the airport to celebrate the team\'s victory.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the flight arrived in Dhaka, thousands of supporters arrived in groups and waited outside Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. They were shouting slogans, congratulating the girls.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh beat Maldives, Pakistan, India and Nepal on their way to the ultimate victory. Bangladesh scored 23 goals in the event and conceded only one in the final.</div><div><br></div><div>Krishna Rani Sarkar scored twice and Shamsunnahar scored the other goal. Sabina Akter led the team on their best journey so far.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of the final, Sanjida Akter, a member of Bangladesh’s glorious football team, said they might not get an open-deck bus to celebrate the win, still, they are committed to winning the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>Her post became viral on social media, and subsequently, BRTC decided to prepare an open-deck bus for them. The bus is decorated with images of the footballers along with a big image of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina holding a football.</div><div><br></div><div>The bus will carry the champions to the Bangladesh Football Federation headquarters from the airport. No team has received this kind of grand reception in Bangladesh in the recent past.</div><div><br></div><div>This team has been impressive for years. And now, they delivered the best performance so far, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Bangladesh Cricket Board announced a reward of BDT 5 million for the victorious girls.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 20:29:20', '2022-09-21 20:29:20'),
(1792, 1792, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Women have been at the forefront of escalating protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of a woman detained for breaking hijab laws.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Crowds cheered when women burned their hijabs on a bonfire in Sari on Tuesday, as the unrest continued for a fifth night and spread to more cities.</div><div><br></div><div>Activists said two male protesters were shot dead by security forces in Urmia and Piranshahr, in the north-west.</div><div><br></div><div>A police assistant was also reportedly killed in Shiraz, in the south.</div><div><br></div><div>At least six people are now believed to have been killed since protests against the hijab laws and the morality police erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini.</div><div><br></div><div>The 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the north-western city of Saqez died in hospital on Friday, after spending three days in a coma.</div><div><br></div><div>She was with her brother in Tehran when she was arrested by morality police, who accused her of breaking the law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf, and their arms and legs with loose clothing. She fell into the coma shortly after collapsing at a detention centre.</div><div><br></div><div>There were reports that police beat Ms Amini\'s head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles, Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada al-Nashif said.</div><div><br></div><div>The police have denied that she was mistreated and said she suffered \"sudden heart failure\". But her family has said she was fit and healthy. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 21:13:47', '2022-09-21 21:13:47'),
(1793, 1793, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Japanese man has set himself alight reportedly to protest a state funeral for ex-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of foreign dignitaries are expected to attend the funeral on 27 September.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday, witnesses called police after spotting a man on fire near the prime minister\'s office in Tokyo.</div><div><br></div><div>Officers put out the blaze, and took the still-conscious man to hospital, local media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>The extent of his injuries and his current condition is unknown. Japanese media reports say the man is believed to be in his 70s.</div><div><br></div><div>The government is yet to comment on the protest. But public opposition to the holding of the state funeral has intensified in recent months, with polls showing a majority of voters unhappy with the expenditure.</div><div><br></div><div>Abe was shot dead on 8 July, aged 67, at a campaign rally for his political party. The killing of Japan\'s longest-serving prime minister was condemned internationally and shocked Japan, a country with a minimal record of political violence and gun crime.</div><div><br></div><div>But state funerals are not an established practice in Japan, and protesters say they resent the use of public funds on the event that is projected to cost about 1.65bn yen (£10.1m; $11.4m).</div><div><br></div><div>One of the country\'s main opposition parties, the Constitutional Democratic Party, has also said its lawmakers won\'t participate in next week\'s ceremony.</div><div><br></div><div>Police are yet to confirm details of the protest on Tuesday, but local media reported the man had voiced his opposition to the funeral to a nearby officer before setting himself alight.</div><div><br></div><div>The man charged with killing Abe said he had targeted the former prime minister for his connections to the Unification Church, which he said had bankrupted his family. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 21:18:57', '2022-09-21 21:18:57'),
(1794, 1794, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cristiano Ronaldo has set his sights on reaching Euro 2024 and the Portugal and Manchester United forward says he has no plans to retire any time soon.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"My journey is not over yet, you\'re going to have to put up with \'Cris\' for a while longer,\" said Ronaldo on Tuesday, after receiving a trophy at the Portuguese football federation\'s (FPF) Quinas de Ouro awards in Lisbon for being the top national team goalscorer of all time.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I want to be part of the World Cup and the Euros ... I feel very motivated. My ambition is great,\" the 37-year-old said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo has scored 117 goals in 189 Portugal appearances and is expecting to play in his 10th major international tournament for his country at Qatar 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>The forward\'s brace against the Republic of Ireland in September 2021 allowed him to overtake Iranian great Ali Daei\'s haul of 109 goals as the record international scorer.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo eventually stayed at Manchester United this summer despite speculation he would switch clubs, and despite being benched for Premier League matches he scored in the team\'s last outing at Moldovan minnows FC Sheriff in the Europa League. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 21:23:15', '2022-09-21 21:23:15'),
(1795, 1795, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka Court set October 13 for the submission of investigation report in a case lodged against Bangladesh National Cricket Team\'s pacer Al-Amin Hossain over the allegations of domestic violence.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As the investigation officer of the case failed to submit the report today Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Afnan Sumi set the date afresh.</div><div><br></div><div>Ishrat Jahan, wife of the national team pacer (pace-bowler), filed a complaint in Mirpur Model Thana on August 1 alleging that Al-Amin tortured and physically abused her for dowry. Also, the victim was forcefully driven out of her house with her minor kids, the complaint said.</div><div><br></div><div>After primary investigation and verification police registered the complaint as a case of domestic violence the next day.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 6, Al-Amin was granted an eight-week anticipatory bail by the High Court. The next day, the victim filed another case against the sportsperson seeking maintenance of her and children. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 21:49:15', '2022-09-21 21:49:15'),
(1796, 1796, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the authorities concerned to build a house for Rupna Chakma, a proud member of Bangladesh Women Football Team that clinched the title of SAFF Women\'s&nbsp; Championship, 2022 beating host Nepal by 3-1 goals, at her Rangamati home town.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The premier, now in New York to attend the 77th UNGA summit, gave the instruction after her attention was caught on a picture of Rupna Chakma\'s dilapidated house that went viral on the social media.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Press Secretary Ihasanul Karim told BSS that the Prime Minister ordered to build a house for Rupna Chakma, who became the best goalkeeper in the just-concluded SAFF Women’s Championship in Nepal.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>However, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Rangamati, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman visited the homes of Rupna Chakma and her fellow player Ritu Porna with sweets, fruits and flowers to greet them for winning maiden SAFF Women\'s Championship title for Bangladesh. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 21:56:03', '2022-09-21 21:56:03'),
(1797, 1797, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Over two years after Jupiter and Saturn came in line with Earth in a rare planetary conjunction, the former is once again headed towards us. The largest planet in the solar system will be hanging over the skies later this month as it comes closest to Earth in nearly 70 years.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jupiter will be visible in the skies the entire night of September 26 when it reaches opposition. The planet\'s opposition happens when an astronomical object rises in the east as the Sun sets in the west, placing the object and the Sun on opposite sides of Earth as seen from our home planet.</div><div><br></div><div>This opposition is special since this will be Jupiter\'s closest approach to Earth in 70 years. This happens due to the difference in orbit of the two planets around the Sun. Both Jupiter and Earth do not orbit the Sun in perfect circles. It means that the planets will pass each other at different distances throughout the year. Source: India Today</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 22:10:48', '2022-09-21 22:10:48'),
(1798, 1798, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government will procure 1.65 crore litres of soybean oil for the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The decision was taken today at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) chaired by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Abdul Barik said the cabinet committee approved three procurement proposals of the TCB under the Commerce Ministry to procure 1.65 crore liters of Soybean oil with a cost of around Taka 305.25 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>TCB will procure 55 lakh liters oil from Super Oil Refinery Ltd., Dhaka, 55 lakh liters from City Edible Oil Ltd. Dhaka and another 55 lakh liters from Meghna Edible Oil Refinery Ltd., Dhaka.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>CCGP also approved a procurement proposal of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) under the Secondary and Higher Secondary Division for the printing, binding and supplying of 11,20,01474 copies of text books for Ibtedai (1st and 2nd class), Secondary (Bangla and English versions) 6th and 7th class, Dakhil (6th and 7th class) and Teacher’s Guide and Technical (Trade Book) at a cost of around Taka 489.25 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved a proposal of Public Works Department under the Housing and Public Works Ministry to procure the electrification works of the ‘External Electrification works of 1500 sft 4 Units 20 storied 2 nos Building’ of the Ruppur Green City Residential Complex from Mazid Sons Construction Limited with a cost of Taka 41.86 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) under the Agriculture Ministry to procure 30,000 metric tonnes TSP Fertilizer from OCPSA, Morocco with a cost of Taka 221.53 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved a proposal of the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) under the Ministry of Industries to procure 30,000 metric tonnes Bagged Prilled Urea Fertilizer from the Muntajat, Qatar at a cost of Taka 206.59 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved another proposal of the BCIC to procure 30,000 metric tonnes (10%+) bulk granular urea fertilizer from the Muntajat, Qatar at a cost of Taka 209.10 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved a proposal of the Local Government Department (LGD) under the Local Government Division to construct a 1.2 thousand-meter bridge over Ghora Uttara River in Mithamain Upazila of Kishoreganj District through the Max Infrastructure Limited at a cost of Taka 145.65 crore.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also approved another proposal of the LGD to construct a 606-meter bridge over the Brahmaputra River in Sadar Upazila of Jamalpur District through Restructure Limited at a cost of Taka 145.65 crore. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-21 23:52:17', '2022-09-21 23:52:17'),
(1799, 1799, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US President Joe Biden will urge Prime Minister Liz Truss to work with the EU to resolve tensions around post-Brexit trading arrangements in Northern Ireland, the White House has said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They will hold their first bilateral meeting on Wednesday, after Ms Truss travelled to New York for a UN summit.</div><div><br></div><div>Tensions between the two leaders have emerged over controversial UK plans to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Truss has said she will not allow problems with the deal to \"drift\".</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking to reporters in New York, she said the UK must fix issues preventing the formation of a new government in Northern Ireland and ensure \"free-flowing trade east to west as well as north to south\".</div><div><br></div><div>Both Mr Biden and Ms Truss have said a negotiated resolution to the row over the protocol - which was signed when Boris Johnson was prime minister - between London and Brussels is preferable.</div><div><br></div><div>The basics</div><div><br></div><div>► The Northern Ireland Protocol is part of the Brexit deal: it means lorries don\'t face checkpoints when they go from Northern Ireland (in the UK) to the Irish Republic (in the EU)</div><div><br></div><div>► Instead, when goods arrive in Northern Ireland from the rest of the UK (England, Scotland and Wales), they are checked against EU rules</div><div><br></div><div>► The UK and the EU chose this arrangement because the Irish border is a sensitive issue due to Northern Ireland\'s troubled political history</div><div><br></div><div>The Northern Ireland Protocol is the post-Brexit agreement which allows for special trading arrangements between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.</div><div><br></div><div>It keeps Northern Ireland in the EU\'s single market for goods, avoiding the need for a hard border between the UK and Ireland after Brexit.</div><div><br></div><div>But it has been a source of tension since it came into force at the start of 2021. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 00:24:20', '2022-09-22 00:24:20'),
(1800, 1800, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>World Bank (WB) new Vice President for South Asia Martin Raiser has said the WB will remain beside Bangladesh as a partner in adopting economic policies to overcome the challenges of development.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Raiser said this at a meeting with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday night. This is his first visit to Bangladesh after taking over as WB Vice President. Martin Raiser arrived in Dhaka on September 19 on a three-day visit.</div><div><br></div><div>Raiser praised Bangladesh\'s economic development in the meeting with the Finance Minister. He also appreciated the timely steps taken by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to face the crisis created by the Covid-19 pandemic situation.</div><div><br></div><div>The finance minister said that the WB is one of the development partners of Bangladesh. The organization has provided budget support to various development projects in Bangladesh including education, health, electricity, and disaster management sectors.</div><div><br></div><div>Kamal also thanked the WB for its support in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic .</div><div><br></div><div>The Finance Minister emphasized further partnership of the World Bank in various initiatives for the socio-economic development of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Raiser called the continuity of Bangladesh\'s progress an exemplary example for many countries in the world and said that Bangladesh is one of the countries receiving the highest IDA loans.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder, Finance Department Senior Secretary Fatima Yasmin, Economic Relations Department Secretary Sharifa Khan, Financial Institutions Department Secretary Sheikh Mohammad Saleem Ullah, and others were present at the meeting. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 00:43:42', '2022-09-22 00:43:42');
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(1801, 1801, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 19 people were killed in a flare-up of fighting between nomadic herders and sedentary farmers in south Chad last week, authorities said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Deadly inter-communal conflicts are relatively frequent in Chad, mainly between herders and local farmers who accuse them of grazing animals on their farmland. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 01:01:37', '2022-09-22 01:01:37'),
(1802, 1802, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said homelessness is indeed a curse and it affects people in both developing and developed countries.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Our experience shows, it is within our capacity to do something about removing this curse. All our friends and stakeholders gathered here can forge a strong partnership to make that happen,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while speaking at a high-level side event on Sustainable Housing held at her place of residence in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>She is now in New York to attend the 77th session of the UNGA.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina said Bangladesh, being a densely populated country of 165 million people, could successfully manage the issue of homelessness.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re providing the landless-homeless people houses with land free of cost,” she said, sharing her experiences of success in building sustainable houses for the underprivileged people across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that counting on the vision of the Father of the Nation, her government in 1997 launched a project named ‘Ashrayan’ that means housing for landless-homeless people.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>For the last two decades, the government has made the most sincere effort to ensure free of cost housing for all.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that the coverage areas are not only the cities, rather it includes every village, town, district, island and hilly region of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On the occasion of birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, this effort is rejuvenated with bigger standings, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Hasina cited that just in the last two years, the government has built 200,000 homes which accommodate nearly one million people.</div><div><br></div><div>During her premiership of eighteen years the government has accommodated 3.5 million homeless people in more than half a million houses. Construction of another 40 thousand houses is presently going on.</div><div><br></div><div>Under this project, each family is getting ownership of a brick-built house of 400-sq feet area with two-bedrooms, one long verandah, a kitchen and a sanitary latrine, she mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re providing free electricity connections, safe drinking water to every household. We’re giving the house and the land with a sufficient homestead area free of cost, which is unique in the history of the world,” she went on.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said the beneficiaries of these houses are landless-homeless, beggars, day labourers, destitute women, widows, persons with disabilities, elderly-people, the victims of domestic violence, ethnic minority, third gender people, leprosy patients, sweepers, and Harijan community.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are addressing the climate-victim families too. We’ve already accommodated 5,000 climate-refugee families in 139 multistoried buildings in Cox’s Bazar,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said previously it was a common scenario in Bangladesh that homeless people used to flock to the cities in search of employment and dwelling. “But, since the introduction of the Ashrayan project, this trend has almost stopped,” she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Hasina said these people are now self-employed in their own localities.</div><div><br></div><div>The government is following a model of `Inclusive Development.\' The model ensures a holistic approach to make a rehabilitated person self-reliant and self-dignified with economic and social empowerment. The project ensures an equal share of ownership of the land and house for both husband and wife, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said the house is the most basic need of every citizen of the country and it creates opportunities for fulfilling other needs. “In Bangladesh, we have experienced that a home is not just a place to live. Housing security accelerates a person\'s economic emancipation and motivates them to live with dignity.”</div><div><br></div><div>Along with the provision of land and houses, the government has made successful arrangements in sending children to primary schools, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, she said that to deliver primary healthcare, connections have been made with the nearby community clinics. The children and women receive thirty types of medicines free of cost.</div><div><br></div><div>Homestead gardening, rearing poultry and fish production, including micro and small entrepreneurship activities led by women are in place. These interventions have made the initiative sustainable and eco-friendly, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said the new urban agenda provides a useful blueprint for moving forward, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“We must support UN-HABITAT’s work in supporting countries to implement the Agenda. Bangladesh will remain engaged with the Group of Friends here in New York to bring these issues to the forefront. Let us keep working for a world where homelessness becomes a matter of the past.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 01:43:44', '2022-09-22 01:43:44'),
(1803, 1803, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Queen of Denmark has tested positive for Covid-19 for the second time this year, the Danish Royal Court has confirmed.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Queen Margrethe II has cancelled her appointments for this week after the diagnosis on Tuesday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>The 82-year-old monarch was one of 2,000 guests who attended Queen Elizabeth II\'s state funeral on Monday.</div><div>She is Europe\'s longest-serving head of state following the British monarch\'s death.</div><div><br></div><div>She and Queen Elizabeth were third cousins, both being descended from Queen Victoria.</div><div><br></div><div>Queen Margrethe has been vaccinated against Covid and last tested positive in February this year when she presented mild symptoms. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 02:33:42', '2022-09-22 02:33:42'),
(1804, 1804, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Germany nationalised gas importer Uniper (UN01.DE) on Wednesday and Britain said it would halve energy bills for businesses in response to a deepening energy crisis that has exposed Europe\'s reliance on Russian fuel.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Russian President Vladimir Putin added to the upward pressure on energy prices by announcing a partial military mobilisation, in the biggest escalation of the Ukraine war since Moscow\'s Feb. 24 invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>European governments had already earmarked almost 500 billion euros ($496 billion) in the last year to shield citizens and companies from soaring gas and power prices, according to research by think-tank Bruegel.</div><div><br></div><div>Uniper has been among the biggest corporate casualties, with Germany earmarking an additional 8 billion euros on Wednesday in the latest step in a 29 billion euro bailout.</div><div><br></div><div>France, also among the high spenders, will allocate 9.7 billion euros to take full control of utility EDF</div><div><br></div><div>Britain said its new plan to help businesses would cost \"tens of billions of pounds.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have stepped in to stop businesses collapsing, protect jobs, and limit inflation,\" Britain\'s finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said of the cap on wholesale electricity and gas costs for businesses, which is set to apply from Oct.1</div><div><br></div><div>More than 20 British power providers have collapsed, many crumbling because a government price cap prevented them from passing on soaring prices.</div><div><br></div><div>Uniper\'s full nationalisation will involve the German government buying out Finland\'s Fortum (FORTUM.HE) to give the state a 99% holding.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is clearly not sustainable from a public finance perspective,\" Bruegel senior fellow Simone Tagliapietra said of Europe\'s overall energy crisis bill.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Governments with more fiscal space will inevitably better manage the energy crisis by outcompeting their neighbours for limited energy resources over the winter months.\" - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 03:15:51', '2022-09-22 03:15:51'),
(1805, 1805, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least eight people have been killed by Wednesday in a crackdown on protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini after the young woman was arrested by morality police, according to a combined toll.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Public anger has flared in the Islamic republic since authorities on Friday&nbsp; announced the death of 22-year-old Amini, who had been held for allegedly&nbsp; wearing a hijab headscarf in an \"improper\" way.</div><div><br></div><div>Activists said the woman, whose Kurdish first name is Jhina, had suffered a fatal blow to the head, a claim denied by officials who have announced an investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>Some women demonstrators have defiantly taken off their hijabs and burned them in bonfires or symbolically cut their hair before cheering crowds, video footage spread virally on social media has shown.</div><div><br></div><div>\"No to the headscarf, no to the turban, yes to freedom and equality!\" protesters in Tehran were heard chanting in a rally that has been echoed by solidarity protests abroad, including in New York and Istanbul. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 03:22:53', '2022-09-22 03:22:53'),
(1806, 1806, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Allowing girl students to wear hijab to educational institutions may also be viewed as an opportunity for children at an impressionable age to learn about diversity that India is all about, the Supreme Court observed on Wednesday as it continued hearing the Karnataka hijab ban cases.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a bench of justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia, while uniformity in dress code could be the prime argument of the Karnataka government , it cannot be ignored that allowing diversity in a classroom can make children culturally sensitive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“One can also say, this is an opportunity of being exposed to diversity. We have students from all cultures, religions...look at diversity of the country, be culturally sensitive towards them,” remarked the bench, as it heard lawyers on behalf of the state government and some teachers from Karnataka supporting the hijab ban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When senior advocate R Venkataramani, appearing for a teacher, argued that he would rather want a school free from all distractions of this kind, the court replied that it all depends on the perspective.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“How will you prepare the students when they go out of the schools? When they face the world, they will face the great diversity of the country...diversity in culture, diversity in dress, diversity in cuisine. So, this can also be an opportunity to prepare them. It can be an opportunity to inculcate some values. That can also be a perspective,” it observed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the proceedings, the court also asked the law officers representing the Karnataka government to explain on what basis hijab was sought to be pitched as a reasonable restriction to fundamental right to practice religion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There are three grounds, public order, morality and health. On what ground are you restricting [hijab]? Under which head are you restricting it? Is it affecting public order, or someone’s health or morality?” it asked Karnataka advocate general Prabhuling K Navadgi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Navadgi, on his part, retorted that the state is not targeting any particular religion, but was simply acting to ascertain discipline in educational institutions. “Right to wear a dress of one’s own choice will not automatically becomes a fundamental right. Every fundamental right can be restricted in a manner known to law...an assumed right that wearing hijab is a protected under the right to expression is to be viewed with caution and cannot be easily accepted,” Navadgi added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He contended that everything mentioned in the Quran could not be regarded as an essential religious practice, since such an assumption would prove impractical. “The dominant purpose of the government order is to enforce a dress code and discipline. It may have an incidental effect on some other subject,” Navadgi maintained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additional solicitor general KM Nataraj, also appearing for the Karnataka government, said that the state has neither prohibited nor promoted any religious activity, but only ensured equality among children in the schools.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At this point, the bench commented that the net effect of the February order by the government was to prevent girl students from wearing hijab. The ASG replied: “The state has not said don’t wear hijab. We respect hijab, we respect shawl, everything...It is a simple case of discipline in an institution. No religion or person has been discriminated against. All have been treated equally.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senior advocates Venkataramani and V Mohana represented two teachers from Karnataka, supporting the state’s mandate to prescribe uniform in educational institutions. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/HT</span><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 12:38:58', '2022-09-22 12:38:58'),
(1807, 1807, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesky said that Russia is not serious about ending the war in his country, which will soon enter the eighth month.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Addressing the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) through a pre-recorded video on Wednesday, Zelensky, donning his signature green military T-shirt said, “Ukraine demands punishment for trying to steal our territory. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Punishment for the murders of thousands of people. Punishment for tortures and humiliations of women and men,” news agency AFP reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukrainian President called for a special tribunal to hold Russia accountable and also demanded a compensation fund, saying that Moscow “should pay for this war with its own assets.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Volodymyr Zelensky further said that Russia was afraid of real negotiations and does not want to fulfil any fair international obligations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">His address to the UNGA came hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation of reservists to bolster his forces in Ukraine.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a 14-minute nationally televised address, Putin warned the West that he was not bluffing about using everything at his disposal to protect Russia, an apparent reference to the nuclear arsenal.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also Read| China calls for ‘ceasefire through dialogue’ after Putin\'s address on Ukraine</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A report by the Associated Press on Wednesday said that the total number of reservists to be called up could be as high as 3,00,000.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Protests broke out in several Russian cities denouncing the mobilisation. According to the OVD-Info protest monitoring group, security forces detained 1,311 people in 38 cities.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Apart from widespread protests, Putin\'s announcement regarding the mobilisation also sent some Russians scrambling to buy plane tickets to flee the country. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets for the Moscow-Belgrade flights operated by Air Serbia were quickly sold out for the next several days. The price for flights from Moscow to Istanbul or Dubai increased within minutes before jumping again, reaching as high as 9,200 euros (around ₹7.22 lakhs). Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 12:59:22', '2022-09-22 18:05:04'),
(1808, 1808, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nine people are now reported to have been killed at protests in Iran sparked by the death of a woman detained for allegedly breaking strict hijab rules.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Among those reported killed is a 16-year-old boy, shot dead when security forces opened fire on protesters.</div><div><br></div><div>The unrest has spread to more than 20 major cities, including the capital Tehran.</div><div><br></div><div>Videos posted online from Wednesday\'s unrest showed women waving their headscarves in the air or burning them.</div><div><br></div><div>\"No to the headscarf, no to the turban, yes to freedom and equality!\" protesters were heard chanting at a demonstration in Tehran.</div><div><br></div><div>In an address to the UN General Assembly, US President Joe Biden said Americans stood with \"the brave women of Iran who right now are demonstrating to secure their basic rights\".</div><div><br></div><div>He spoke after Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi rejected calls from Western powers to respect women\'s rights.</div><div><br></div><div>The hard-line Shia Muslim cleric accused them of \"double standards\", citing the discovery of unmarked graves of indigenous children in Canada and the treatment of the Palestinian people.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the north-western city of Saqez, died in hospital on Friday, after spending three days in a coma.</div><div><br></div><div>She was visiting the capital Tehran with her family when she was arrested by morality police, who accused her of violating the law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab and their arms and legs with loose clothing. She collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be \"educated\".</div><div><br></div><div>There are reports that officers beat Ms Amini\'s head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman from the north-western city of Saqez, died in hospital on Friday, after spending three days in a coma.</div><div><br></div><div>She was visiting the capital Tehran with her family when she was arrested by morality police, who accused her of violating the law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab and their arms and legs with loose clothing. She collapsed after being taken to a detention centre to be \"educated\".</div><div><br></div><div>There are reports that officers beat Ms Amini\'s head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles.Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 14:07:00', '2022-09-22 14:37:49'),
(1809, 1809, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization of reservists Wednesday to bolster his forces in Ukraine, a deeply unpopular move that sparked rare protests across the country and led to almost 1,200 arrests.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The risky order follows humiliating setbacks for Putin’s troops nearly seven months after they invaded Ukraine. The first such call-up in Russia since World War II heightened tensions with Ukraine’s Western backers, who derided it as an act of weakness and desperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move also sent some Russians scrambling to buy plane tickets to flee the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his 14-minute nationally televised address, Putin also warned the West that he isn’t bluffing about using everything at his disposal to protect Russia — an apparent reference to his nuclear arsenal. He has previously rebuked NATO countries for supplying weapons to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Confronted with steep battlefield losses, expanding front lines and a conflict that has raged longer than expected, the Kremlin has struggled to replenish its troops in Ukraine, reportedly even resorting to widespread recruitment in prisons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The total number of reservists to be called up could be as high as 300,000, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Putin’s decree authorizing the partial mobilization, which took effect immediately, offered few details, raising suspicions that the draft could be broadened at any moment. Notably, one clause was kept secret. Source: AP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 14:49:31', '2022-09-23 02:00:53'),
(1810, 1810, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said that BNP is once again trying to create street violence and terror in the name of movement.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader made the statement during a briefing at his Secretariat office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling party leader said that by changing the party\'s constitution, BNP has become a safe haven for corrupt people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that BNP has never shown the courage to take action against corruption.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He claimed that BNP is in mega pain as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\'s government is implementing mega projects.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reminding the BNP leaders of their past statements, Quader said that they had once said that the Padma Bridge would collapse anytime, but the BNP leaders are now crossing the bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding BNP leaders\' stand on the election and against the Election Commission, the AL leader said that BNP held farcical elections in the past wearing military uniforms. They staged yes-no votes, elections without voters, and sometimes took away the rights of people to vote by creating fake voters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So Obaidul Quader said that the talk of impartial election by BNP is a joke.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that even though BNP wants to forget those misdeeds, the people have not forgotten their inglorious past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the failure of BNP in the political arena of this country in the election as well as in the movement, the general secretary of the Awami League said that in the past, when BNP was in power, it could not establish any development that was acceptable to the people and could be seen by the people, due to which their distance with the people widened</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader said that it is impossible to reduce the distance from the people only by lip service and lofty speeches. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 15:03:17', '2022-09-22 15:03:17'),
(1811, 1811, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh cricket team is set to fly to the UAE Thursday for a week-long training and a two-match T20I series against the UAE.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sridharan Sriram, T20 consultant of Bangladesh, planned this tour for the Tigers ahead of a tri-series in New Zealand and the T20 World Cup next month in Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The T20 matches against the UAE will be played on September 25 and 27.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced the squad for the New Zealand tour and the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shakib Al Hasan, captain of the Bangladesh T20 team, may not be available for the UAE series. In his absence, Nurul Hasan Sohan, vice-captain, will lead the team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh will play five matches in the Super 12s round of the World Cup. The Tigers will take to the field to play their first match on October 24 and other matches are on October 27, 30, and on November 2 and 6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The top two teams from each group of the Super 12s round will qualify for the semi-finals which will be played on November 9 and 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final of the World Cup will be played on November 13 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 15:18:10', '2022-09-22 15:18:10'),
(1812, 1812, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed concern about financial and commercial challenges alongside food and energy crisis facing the developing countries in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic as well as Russia-Ukraine war.</b><br></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 Premier expressed this worry while Executive Chairman of World Economic Forum (WEF) Professor Klaus Schwab paid a courtesy call on her at her place of residence in New York.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam briefed the newsmen about today\'s activities of the Prime Minister on the sidelines of participating the 77th session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina hoped that cooperation between Bangladesh and WEF will increase in the future in dealing with the challenges arisen from pandemic and war, socio-economic development through information technology and facing climate change effects, and expanding trade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professor Schwab invited the Bangladesh Premier to attend the WEF Summit in Davos next January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh Prime Minister also had a bilateral meeting with Slovenian President Borut Pahor at bilateral booth in United Nations Headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting, bilateral issues on cooperation between Bangladesh and Slovenia were discussed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, another bilateral meeting between Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso was held at bilateral booth in United Nations Headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both the leaders discussed the bilateral issues of cooperation between the two countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, UN Under Secretary General at Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS) Rabab Fatima paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at the bilateral meeting room in her place of residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina&nbsp; expressed hope that OHRLLS will play a more active role in helping the LDC and developing countries so that international financial institutions provides assistance without imposing strict conditions during the global crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rabab Fatima invited the Prime Minister to participate in the LDC-5 Conference to be held in Doha in March, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end, Nick Clegg, President of Global Affairs, Meta called on the Bangladesh Premier at the bilateral meeting room in her place of residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister at the meeting mentioned the significant success achieved by Bangladesh in the information technology sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Potential aspects of cooperation between Bangladesh and Meta in the field of information technology were also discussed at the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Praising achievements of the present government in building Digital Bangladesh, Nick Clegg expressed his pleasure to provide Meta\'s full cooperation in the ongoing development of Internet-based business for the country\'s economic development. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 16:43:53', '2022-09-22 16:43:53'),
(1813, 1813, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday visited the photo exhibition on Padma Bridge at the United Nations (UN) headquarters.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">She witnessed the exhibition organized on the curved wall at level-1 of the UN headquarters this afternoon, said Prime Minister\'s Deputy Press Secretary K M Shakhawat Moon.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He said some foreign guests, including UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) President Lachezara Stoeva, were present there during the premier’s visit to the exhibition.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Prime Minister told the foreign guests that, \"We\'ve built Padma Bridge with our own funding as its construction was a challenge for us.&nbsp;</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Bank tried to blame us bringing corruption allegation, but it was later proved that there was no corruption.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The exhibition started on September 19 and it will continue till September 24.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A total of 25 pictures are being displayed at the photo exhibition.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, Ambassador-at-Large Mohammad Ziauddin, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, State Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury, Senior Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Prime Minister\'s Office Senior Secretary Md. Tofazzel Hossain Miah, among others, were present. BSS</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 17:18:48', '2022-09-22 17:18:48'),
(1814, 1814, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will gift prize money to all the players of Bangladesh Women Football Team who clinched the title of SAFF Women’s Championship.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier will also gift houses to those players who need abodes as she has already ordered the authorities concerned to collect information about the conditions of players’ houses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina, who is now in New York to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), will provide the prize money and houses after returning home, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Wednesday, the PM directed to build a house for Rupna Chakma, the goalkeeper of Bangladesh Women Football Team, in her hometown Rangamati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She gave the directive after a picture of Rupna Chakma\'s dilapidated house went viral on social media and came to her notice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the news came to the notice of the PM that another player needs a house. So, the prime minister directed the authorities concerned to get the information on the condition of other players’ houses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh women team lifted the SAFF women\'s title 2022 by beating four-time finalists and hosts Nepal 3-1 in Kathmandu on September 19. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 18:03:53', '2022-09-22 18:03:53'),
(1815, 1815, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Amitabh Bachchan has revealed that he gifts pink-coloured hair bands and hair clips to his granddaughter Aaradhya Bachchan whenever she gets upset.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The actor was talking about his granddaughter on his popular game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He was responding to questions that a contestant asked him on the show.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Amitabh informed the audience on KBC 14 that Vaishnavi is a reporter, she told him that it was her desire to interview him. She asked how he manages to spend time with granddaughter Aaradhya, since he is busy with work on so many films and shows. Amitabh said, “Yes, I am not able to spend much time with her.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I leave around 7-7:30am, she leaves for school around 8am. She returns after 3-4pm and then she has homework and all to complete. Her mother (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) helps her with those. I return home around 10-11pm. She is already asleep by then.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thanks to technology, we stay connected through facetime. It is only Sundays when she is free, and if I get the time, I play with her for some time. When she gets angry or upset with me, I gift her chocolates. And, what is it that women wear in their hair? Bands.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pink is her favourite colour so I gift her pink hair bands and clips when she gets upset. She becomes happy then.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contestant also asked Amitabh to share his weirdest fan encounter and Amitabh told her, \"It is weird when I say it but every fan is curious. We were once shooting in near a lake near Botanical Garden in Kolkata. We had to cross a lake and found 20-30 people standing on the other end.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were in a boat and I saw a man waving a paper and he kept screamed \'one autograph please\'. I called him. He carried the paper and pen in his mouth and swam over to our side. I hugged him and I also got wet.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was very happy when I gave him my autograph. But then he jumped back into the water to swim and the paper as well as the autograph washed away.” Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 18:12:57', '2022-09-22 18:12:57'),
(1816, 1816, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quakity index (AQI) was recorded at 141 at 8.50am today, once again making the capital\'s air most polluted in the world.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and the United Arab Emirates\' Dubai occupied the second and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 131and 117, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div 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 during winter and improves during monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the advent of winter, the city’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction works, rundown roads, brick kilns and other sources.</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 heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 18:35:48', '2022-09-22 18:35:48'),
(1817, 1817, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Almost all of us know about the conventional risk factors for heart attacks and most health check-ups correctly identify conditions like diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, etc but unfortunately, stress as a cause of heart attack is often missed and neglected. There is often difficulty in the self-realisation of excess stress by patients or their consulting doctors.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stress is a giant killer and its presence alone is enough to cause a massive heart attack. On top of busy life, Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the quality of mental health and stress which is a normal part of life has exponentially risen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stress can come from physical causes like not getting enough sleep or having an illness or it can be emotional, worrying about not having enough money, death of a loved one and can also come from less dramatic causes like everyday obligations and pressures that make you feel that you are not in control. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, in the pandemic, the stress of social and emotional distancing, fear of contracting the disease, loss of near and dear ones and loss of job and daily earnings have made life even more stressful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Brajesh Kumar Kunwar, Senior Cardiologist, Head and Director, Department of Cardiology at Medicover Hospitals in Navi Mumbai, shared, “The body’s response to stress is supposed to protect us but if it\'s constant, it can harm us. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hormone cortisol is released in response to stress. Studies suggest that the high levels of cortisol from long-term stress can increase blood cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar and blood pressure. These are common risk factors for heart disease. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This stress can also cause changes that promote the buildup of plaque deposits in the arteries. Similarly, catecholamines which are released in bursts in response to stressful events cause surges in blood pressure responsible for heart attacks and heart failures.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He revealed, “Even minor stress can trigger heart problems like poor blood flow to the heart muscle. This is a condition in which the heart doesn\'t get enough blood or oxygen. And, long-term stress can affect how the blood clots. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This makes the blood stickier and increases the risk of stroke and heart attack. In addition, people who have a lot of stress may smoke or choose other unhealthy ways to deal with stress. Common responses to stress include aches and pains, decreased energy and sleep, feelings of anxiety, anger and depression, impatience and forgetfulness.” Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 19:09:31', '2022-09-23 02:00:19');
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(1818, 1818, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Donald Trump and family members lied to tax collectors, lenders and insurers for years in a scheme that routinely misstated the value of his properties to enrich themselves, according to a suit filed by New York\'s attorney general on Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Top state prosecutor Letitia James said that with the help of his children and others at the Trump Organization, the former president provided fraudulent statements of his net worth and false asset valuations \"to obtain and satisfy loans, get insurance benefits, and pay lower taxes.\"</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In short, he lied to gain massive financial benefits for himself.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sweeping investigation is one of many criminal, civil and congressional probes into Trump, who is eyeing another run for the White House in 2024.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump repeated his oft-used defense that the suit is \"another witch hunt\" against him, while his spokesperson denounced it as a political move by Democrats against the Republican businessman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">James\' office requested that the former president pay at least $250 million in penalties -- a sum she says he made from the fraud -- and that his family be banned from running businesses in the state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also urged that Trump along with his children Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump be barred from purchasing property in the state for five years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The very foundation of his purported net worth is rooted in incredible fraud and illegality,\" James said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring the title of Trump\'s book \"The Art of Deal,\" she said that \"Mr. Trump thought he could get away with the art of the steal, but today, that conduct ends.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- \'Staggering\' overvaluations -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">James said her office, which lacks authority to file criminal charges, was making a criminal referral to the US Justice Department as well as the Internal Revenue Service based on the three-year investigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawsuit filed with the New York State Supreme Court includes allegations that Trump\'s annual financial statements for at least a decade grossly inflated property values across his assets -- from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida to Manhattan\'s Trump Tower -- to a \"staggering\" degree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He did so to obtain favorable loans with lower interests and premiums, said James, who is running to be re-elected to her post in November.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suit details tactics used by Trump and his associates, saying they would represent that he had cash on hand when he didn\'t, change valuation properties wildly, and use \"objectively false numbers to calculate property values\" including at his famous triplex on Fifth Avenue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"White collar financial crime is not a victimless crime,\" James said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When the well-connected break the law to take in more money than they are entitled to, it reduces resources available to working people, to regular people, to small businesses and to all tax payers.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">James\' lawsuit requests that a judge appoint an independent authority to monitor the Trump Organization\'s financial practices, and remove the Trumps from their own family business.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Web of investigations -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New York authorities have been probing Trump and his family business since 2018, when the Manhattan district attorney opened a probe into the then-president who has long vied to present himself as a self-made billionaire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">James\' civil inquiry began the next year, after Trump\'s former lawyer gave testimony that indicated the company had engaged in misconduct.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DA\'s criminal probe has not resulted in any charges as of yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization\'s long-time finance chief, pleaded guilty to tax fraud and agreed to testify at an upcoming criminal trial of the former US president\'s real estate company.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is to serve five months in prison contingent on his testifying truthfully at the October criminal trial of the Trump Organization on tax fraud charges, the Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">FBI agents separately searched Trump\'s palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on August 8 and seized numerous boxes of documents, including some marked \"Top Secret,\" \"Secret\" and \"Confidential.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His lawyers have tried to block the government\'s access to those files, requesting that an independent arbiter sort through the documents to determine if any fall under special legal privileges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A federal judge sided with Trump and allowed the appointment of a so-called special master, though the government appealed her decision to block their access to those documents marked as classified.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A three-judge appellate panel, two of whom were nominated by Trump, agreed on Wednesday that government should regain access to the classified documents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump is also facing legal scrutiny for his efforts to overturn the results of the November 2020 election and over the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol by his supporters. 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(1819, 1819, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>About 200 pilot whales have perished after stranding themselves on an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, Australian rescuers said Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just 35 of the approximately 230 beached whales are still alive, according to state wildlife services, who described a tough battle ahead to rescue survivors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aerial images from the scene revealed dozens of glossy, black mammals strewn along Ocean Beach, stuck on the waterline where the frigid southern ocean meets the sand.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals covered some of the creatures with blankets and doused them with buckets of sea water to keep them alive until more help arrived.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have got about 35 surviving animals out on the beach and the primary focus this morning will be on the rescue and release of these animals,\" said state wildlife operations manager, Brendon Clark.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately we do have a high mortality rate on this particular stranding,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Helpers usually wade into the water and use harnesses to float the mammals into deeper waters, but officials said a new technique will also be tested, using a aquaculture firm\'s mechanical aid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From there a vessel will take them to deeper clearer waters to avoid a new stranding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two years ago nearby Macquarie Harbour was the scene of the country\'s largest-ever mass stranding, involving almost 500 pilot whales.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 300 pilot whales died during that stranding, despite the efforts of dozens of volunteers who toiled for days in Tasmania\'s freezing waters to free them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clark said the conditions of the latest stranding were tougher for the whales than two years ago, when the animals were in \"much more sheltered waters\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attention will also turn to the removal and disposal of carcasses, which often attract sharks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Distress signals -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Necropsies will be performed for clues as to why the whales beached, but scientists still do not fully understand why mass strandings occur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have suggested pods could go off track after feeding too close to shore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pilot whales -- which can grow to more than six metres (20 feet) long -- are also highly sociable, so they may follow podmates who stray into danger.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That sometimes occurs when old, sick or injured animals swim ashore and other pod members follow, trying to respond to the trapped whale\'s distress signals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others believe gently sloping beaches like those found in Tasmania confuse the whales\' sonar making them think they are in open waters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest stranding came days after a dozen young male sperm whales were reported dead in a separate mass stranding on King Island -- between Tasmania and the Australian mainland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State officials said that incident may have been a case of \"misadventure\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In nearby New Zealand strandings are also common.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There, around 300 animals beach themselves annually, according to official figures and it is not unusual for groups of between 20 and 50 pilot whales to run aground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But numbers can run into the hundreds when a \"super pod\" is involved -- in 2017, there was a mass stranding of almost 700 pilot whales. 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(1820, 1820, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The weather department has predicted light to moderate showers across the country in the next 24 hours, with monsoon being fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over the north Bay.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light to moderate rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty winds are likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and at one or two places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy falls at isolated places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions of the country,” the department said in its bulletin Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Rainfall activity may increase in the next 72 hours, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The Met office recorded the highest 76mm of rainfall in Sylhet in 24 hours till 6am on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The mercury reached 35.6 degrees Celsius – the highest – in Rajshahi, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 24.7 degrees in Sylhet, as per the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the Low pressure area over eastern Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas has merged with the monsoon axis.</div><div><br></div><div>The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. One of its associated troughs extends up to the northwest Bay, as per the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 20:28:03', '2022-09-22 20:28:03'),
(1821, 1821, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hollywood star and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has said the flood disaster in Pakistan should be a \"wake-up call\" for the world regarding climate change, calling for more international aid after meeting with victims.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan has been battered by unprecedented monsoon downpours that flooded a third of the country -- an area the size of the United Kingdom -- and killed nearly 1,600 people, according to the latest government figures.</div><div><br></div><div>More than seven million people have been displaced, many living in makeshift tents without protection from mosquitoes, and often with little access to clean drinking water or washing facilities.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'ve never seen anything like this,\" said Jolie, who previously visited Pakistan to meet the victims of the devastating 2010 floods and a deadly 2005 earthquake, in footage released on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am absolutely with you in pushing the international community to do more... I think this is a real wake-up call to the world about where we are at,\" she told a meeting of civil and military officials in the capital Islamabad.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Climate change is not only real and it\'s not only coming, it\'s very much here.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Jolie, who represents the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), visited southern Sindh province, one of the worst-affected areas, where she met with displaced flood victims living in camps.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations has warned of a \"second disaster\" from diseases such as dengue, malaria, cholera and diarrhoea, as well as from malnutrition.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I have been speaking to people and thinking that if enough aid doesn\'t come, they won\'t be here in the next few weeks, they won\'t make it,\" said Jolie.</div><div><br></div><div>Scientists have linked the record-breaking monsoon rains to climate change. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 21:29:07', '2022-09-22 21:29:07'),
(1822, 1822, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s annual inflation rate surged to more than 70% in August as it struggles with its worst economic crisis in over seven decades.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Official data also showed food prices rose by 84.6% compared to a year ago.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Asian nation of 22m people was plunged into financial and political chaos this year as it faced a shortage of foreign currencies.</div><div><br></div><div>The country has been unable to afford key imports - including fuel, fertiliser and medicine.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, the Central Bank of Sri Lanka said it expected inflation to ease, as the country\'s economy slowed, after peaking at about 70%.</div><div><br></div><div>Official figures released last week showed that the economy had contracted by 8.4% in the three months to the end of August.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the pandemic, Sri Lanka was heavily reliant on tourism for foreign currencies, including the US dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>However, border closures aimed to slow the spread of Covid-19 kept tourists away and took a major toll on the country\'s economy. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 22:28:50', '2022-09-22 22:28:50'),
(1823, 1823, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed will go on retirement from service on September 30, </span>according<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Public Security Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a gazette confirming his retirement on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The IGP will complete of 59 years of age on September 30 and be put on Post-Retirement Leave (PRL) for one year from October 1.</div><div><br></div><div>Benazir, who was Director General of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), got promoted as IGP on April 8, 2020.</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-22 22:58:37', '2022-09-22 22:58:37'),
(1824, 1824, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladeshi businesses won’t be able to use Indian Rupee for foreign trade as Bangladesh Bank (BB) is yet to enlist Rupee to settle letters of credit (LC).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>BB spokesperson and executive director told UNB that the central bank is yet enlisted Rupee for foreign trade.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that BB is reviewing the currency diversification in foreign trade to reduce the sole dependency on US dollar.</div><div><br></div><div>Before allowing any foreign currency for trading the central bank has to maintain an exchange stander, and stability in line with the IMF standard, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The businesses said if trade between Bangladesh and India take place in local currencies, pressure from falling US dollar reserves and ongoing forex market volatility would be reduced to some extent.</div><div><br></div><div>They said India is the second largest source of imports of raw materials and other goods and services for Bangladesh.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Industrial raw materials, capital machinery, cotton, yarn, fabrics, and chemicals worth $16.19 billion were imported in the fiscal year 2021-22.</div><div><br></div><div>At the same time, Bangladesh exported goods worth $2 billion to the neighboring country.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 15, the BB allowed the banks to open accounts in Chinese currency Yuan.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;IMF recognized 5 countries’ currencies as high-value currencies. Yuan was recognized as the IMF\'s high-value currency basket in 2016. Since then, Yuan has become stronger than ever as per a currency review by the IMF. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 00:31:22', '2022-09-23 00:31:22'),
(1825, 1825, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The authority of Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport said the luggage of SAFF champion footballers were received by the Bangladesh Football Federation representative in a “locked and intact” condition.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The authority also said they did not find any irregularity in handling the luggage at the airport, after going over CCTV footage.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, at least two members of the Bangladesh women’s football team claimed their luggage were broken into at the airport and money was stolen.</div><div><br></div><div>The footballers said they lost around Tk 2.5 lac which was in their luggage.</div><div><br></div><div>“After receiving the complaint, we checked the CCTV footage and found that the complaint (of luggage being broken into) is not true,” a press release from HSIA authority reads.</div><div><br></div><div>The press release was signed by the executive director of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Kamrul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh women’s football team landed in Dhaka on Wednesday around 1:45 pm. They were taken to the headquarters of Bangladesh Football Federation from there by an open-deck bus.</div><div><br></div><div>It was the first time that a Bangladesh women’s football team won the SAFF championship. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 00:49:32', '2022-09-23 00:49:32'),
(1826, 1826, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ecuador\'s president has said a body found by authorities is that of a young female lawyer who went missing after visiting a police training school.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He named the woman as María Belén Bernal, 34, who vanished 10 days ago after going to see her husband at the facility in the capital Quito.</div><div><br></div><div>Her husband is the main suspect in her killing and is on the run, police say.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Bernal\'s death sparked protests in a country which has reportedly seen more than 200 femicides this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said her remains were found on a hill 5km (3 miles) from the training school in question. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 00:54:50', '2022-09-23 00:54:50'),
(1827, 1827, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President M Abdul Hamid called for discarding the unnecessary alien degenerate culture which has infiltrated the country through the sky culture.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Alien culture is constantly infiltrating our local cultural arena due to the sky culture . . . You must discard the unnecessary alien degenerate culture,\" he told a function at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy here marking the distribution of ‘Shilpakala Padak 2019 &amp; 2020\'.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Virtually joining the function&nbsp; from the Bangabhaban\'s Gallery Hall, the President said initiatives should be taken at the grassroots level to develop non-communal culture imbued with the spirit of the War of Liberation war.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>To develop sound and humane citizens, he said a healthy culture should be flourished at the individual, family, social and national levels.</div><div><br></div><div>To turn the country\'s youth into modern, skilled manpower, they should be involved in cultural activities, he observed.</div><div><br></div><div>President Hamid also asked for starting the cultural practice from the grassroots, especially from the respective families.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the contribution of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the development of the country\'s cultural arena, the President said Bangabandhu established the \'Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy\' on February 19, 1974 and its activities have now expanded to 492 upazilas of 64 districts countrywide.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Hamid said various activities organized by Shilpakala Academy on the occasion of \"Mujib Borsho\" celebration have played a commendable role in spreading Bangabandhu\'s life and works as well as his artistic and cultural ideas, among the people at home and abroad, especially at the grassroots.</div><div><br></div><div>The President said everyone at the grassroots level, irrespective of caste and religion must be aware of the nation’s modern culture and traditions.</div><div><br></div><div>Terming the culture as a mirror of life, Hamid said, “The development and tradition of our culture also shows how advanced and modern we are as a nation.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our culture can play a major role in the fight against militancy and terrorism,\" the Head of the State added.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, \"Young children and youth are tired of chasing various apps, including Facebook, YouTube, Tiktok, games. Mobile and laptop have become the main means of entertainment and sports as well.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>If they continue doing like this, they will forget their actual history and heritage one day, Hamid said, expressing his concern.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Culture is the bulwark against social degradation . . . The development of culture is very important to eliminate militancy, fundamentalism, violence and hatred from the society,\" the President mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>\"An enlightened society can build a humane society, ensure the desired prosperity and welfare of a country and nation,\" Abdul Hamid said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In the function, 20 talented artists were awarded medals.</div><div><br></div><div>Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, MP, State Minister for Culture KM Khalid, MP, Cultural Affairs Ministry Secretary Md Abul Mansur and Director General of Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky, also spoke.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At the Bangabhaban side, secretaries concerned of the President\'s Office were present&nbsp; on the occasion. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 01:53:12', '2022-09-23 01:53:12'),
(1828, 1828, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 31 civilians have been killed in an Iranian security forces crackdown on protests that erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, an Oslo-based NGO said Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The people of Iran have come to the streets to achieve their fundamental rights and human dignity... and the government is responding to their peaceful protest with bullets,\" Iran Human Rights (IHR) director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam said in a statement, publishing a toll after six days of protests.</div><div><br></div><div>IHR said it had confirmed protests taking place in over 30 cities and other urban centres, raising alarm over \"mass arrests\" of protesters and civil society activists.</div><div><br></div><div>Protests first erupted over the weekend in the northern province of Kurdistan, from where Amini originated, but have now spread across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>IHR said its toll included the deaths of 11 people killed Wednesday night in the town of Amol in the northern Mazandaran province on the Caspian Sea, and six killed in Babol in the same province.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the major northeastern city of Tabriz saw its first death in the protests, IHR said.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Kurdish rights group Hengaw said 15 people had been killed in Kurdistan province and other Kurdish-populated areas of the north of Iran, including eight on Wednesday night, according to media reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 02:29:54', '2022-09-23 02:29:54'),
(1829, 1829, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nurul Hasan Sohan, vice-captain of the Bangladesh T20 team, has said he hopes to start a new winning streak in the UAE with the two-match T20 series.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shakib Al Hasan, regular T20 captain of Bangladesh, is not available for this tour. He is now playing in the Caribbean Premier League for Guyana Amazon Warriors. In his absence, Nurul will lead the Bangladesh team.</div><div><br></div><div>The Tigers left for the UAE Thursday evening.</div><div>\"Winning matches in this tour will help boost our confidence ahead of the New Zealand tour and the T20 World Cup,\" Nurul told the media before flying to Dubai.</div><div><br></div><div>The T20 World Cup will take place in late October in Australia. Ahead of this mega event, Bangladesh will play a tri-series in New Zealand that also involves Pakistan alongside the hosts.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will play five matches in the Super 12s of the World Cup. The Tigers will take to the field to play their first match on October 24 and other ones on October 27, 30, and November 2 and 6.</div><div><br></div><div>The top two teams from each group of the Super 12s round will qualify for the semifinals, which will be played on November 9 and 10.</div><div><br></div><div>The final of the World Cup will be played on November 13 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 02:55:54', '2022-09-23 02:55:54'),
(1830, 1830, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Monday and spoke in depth about the problems the world is facing currently.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She said that the world needs \"global solidarity\" now more than ever as she took the centre stage. Priyanka met Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai as well and emphasized the adverse after-effects of COVID-19 during her address.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, \"As countries continue to struggle from the devastative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the climate crisis upends the lives and livelihoods, as conflicts rage, and as poverty displacement, hunger, and inequalities destroy the very foundation of the more just world that we have fought for such a long time.\" But these crises did not happen by chance, but they can be fixed with a plan. We have that plan. The UNSustainable Goals, a to-do list for the world.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Priyanka took to Instagram to express gratitude and wrote, \"Walking through the gates of the United Nations this morning to speak at UNGA for the second time, as a proud representative of @unicef, gave me real pause.A special thank you to Secretary-General @antonioguterres for having me today.\"</div><div><br></div><div>It\'s important to mention here that Priyanka is the UNICEF global goodwill ambassador. She has been working with the organisation for more than a decade now. Meanwhile, as far as films are concerned, Priyanka will be seen in international projects such as \'It\'s All Coming Back To Me\'. In Bollywood, she will be starring with Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif in Farhan Akhtar\'s \'Jee Le Zaraa\', which promises to be another tale of friendship following the lineage of \'Dil Chahta Hai\' and \'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara\'. Source-ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 03:13:25', '2022-09-23 03:13:25'),
(1831, 1831, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Battle-tested and determined to win, Ukrainian soldiers consider the looming arrival of tens of thousands of mobilised Russians a minor threat.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Their attacks will be aggressive, but not dangerous,” a serviceman, who spent several months on the front lines of the southern Mykolaiv region, told Al Jazeera.</div><div><br></div><div>On Wednesday in a televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilisation of 300,000 men to “protect our motherland, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to ensure the safety of our people and people in the liberated territories” of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>But the real figure of those to be mobilised is one million men, Novaya Gazeta Europe, the exiled version of Russia’s oldest independent daily, claimed on Thursday, citing a top-secret decree and a source in Putin’s administration. The Kremlin denied this report.</div><div><br></div><div>The partial mobilisation follows Ukraine’s unexpected counteroffensive success in the eastern Kharkiv region that was almost fully liberated from Russian troops earlier this month.</div><div><br></div><div>And the Ukrainian forces are ready to counterattack in three more directions, observers say.</div><div><br></div><div>One is in the Luhansk region that lies south of Kharkiv, where the counteroffensive will focus along the strategic Siverskyi Donets river.</div><div><br></div><div>Fierce battles with heavy losses took place there in the summer after Moscow withdrew its forces from four northern regions and the capital, Kyiv.</div><div><br></div><div>The second direction is in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, around the town of Hulyaipole, from where Ukrainians can wedge deep into Russia-occupied areas and bisect them.</div><div><br></div><div>And the third is the southern region of Kherson, an entrance to the annexed Crimean peninsula that was occupied in early March, possibly due to treason by Ukrainian officials.</div><div><br></div><div>If the Ukrainian counteroffensive takes place in the coming days, Russia will not have time to train and deploy the newly-mobilised troops.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces “will have to use [the mobilised troops] to form a second line of defence about 100km (60 miles) away from the current front line,” Nikolay Mitrokhin, a Russia expert at Germany’s University of Bremen, told Al Jazeera.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russians will have to replenish their battalions that have a “huge deficit” of manpower due to heavy, disheartening losses in the past six months, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“If by mid-October Ukrainian forces can break through the front lines in at least two directions and advance for at least 50km (30 miles), they will deal the Russian forces a heavy blow that will upturn the mobilisation,” Mitrokhin said.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, the inevitable loss of armoured vehicles and artillery will heavily impede the revitalisation of Russia’s military might in occupied areas, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But if there is no successful Ukrainian breakthrough, the Russians could restore the combat readiness of many front-line units, reports Al Jazeera</div><div><br></div><div>“It doesn’t mean they will be ready to attack, but they could hold the front line,” Mitrokhin added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 03:25:55', '2022-09-23 03:25:55'),
(1832, 1832, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh and Cambodia are expected to sign Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the Prime Ministers of both the countries have agreed to do it for further expanding the area of trade cooperation.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen here on Thursday night, they agreed to do it, said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen while briefing reporters about the activities of the premier on the sidelines of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The meeting was held at the bilateral meeting room in her place of residence in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed her interest for FTA with Cambodia while her counterpart Hun Sen agreed to this proposal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meeting, issues of bilateral cooperation between Bangladesh and Cambodia were also discussed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Cambodian premier expressed his interest in signing an agreement on the export of rice from Cambodia to Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also invited Bangladesh to invest in agricultural and physical infrastructures development in Cambodia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hun Sen assured the Bangladesh Prime Minister that Cambodia, as the chair of ASEAN, will continue all efforts to resolve the Rohingya issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said International Organisation for Migration (IOM) can assist the migrant sending countries by making effective recommendations to address the challenges, which they are being faced due to Covid pandemic and Ukraine war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier passed this remark during a bilateral meeting with IOM Director General António Vitorino at the bilateral meeting room in her place of residence in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also thanked IOM for its cooperation in repatriating Bangladeshi victims of trafficking to various countries including Libya and the European Union.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IOM Director General appreciated the steps taken by Bangladesh for the welfare of migrants and expressed hope that the areas of cooperation between Bangladesh and IOM will expand in the future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the Premier held another bilateral meeting with President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu. In the meeting, bilateral cooperation issues between Bangladesh and Kosovo were discussed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, leaders of Bangladesh Hindu- Buddhist-Christian Unity Council also called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the same venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam was also present. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 18:03:46', '2022-09-23 18:03:46'),
(1833, 1833, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Armed attackers killed 10 people in a pool hall in an industrial region of central Mexico plagued by drug cartel-related violence, authorities said Thursday.</span><br></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 massacre happened on Wednesday night in the municipality of Tarimoro in Guanajuato state, according to the regional prosecutor\'s office.</span><br></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 bodies of nine men were found at the scene and another man died in hospital, it said.</span><br></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 governor of Guanajuato, Diego Sinhue Rodriguez, condemned what he called a \"cowardly attack\" and vowed to restore order.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Guanajuato has become one of Mexico\'s most violent states due to a dispute between the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco New Generation cartels, which fight for control of trafficking in drugs and stolen fuel.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since December 2006, when the government launched a controversial military anti-drug operation, Mexico has recorded more than 340,000 murders, according to official figures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities have blamed most of the killings on organized crime. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 18:12:54', '2022-09-23 18:12:54'),
(1834, 1834, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">PM Sheikh Hasina on Thursday called upon the US investors to make investments in various sectors that included renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile and pharmaceuticals in Bangladesh saying that Bangladesh is pleased to offer a special economic zone for them.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I would like to invite US investors to invest in renewable energy, shipbuilding, automobile, pharmaceuticals, heavy machineries, chemical fertilizers, ICT, marine resources, shipbuilding, medical equipment, and COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Bangladesh,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While delivering her address at the high-level Policy Roundtable organised by the US–Bangladesh Business Council at her palace of residence here, she said that Bangladesh has liberal investment policy, which included foreign investment protection, tax holiday, remittances of royalty; unrestricted exit policy; full repatriation of dividends and capital on exit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister said that Bangladesh is setting up 100 \'Special Economic Zones\' (SEZs) and several Hi-tech Parks in different parts of the country, adding that having more than six hundred thousand (600,000) free-lancing IT professionals, Bangladesh is the right destination for IT investments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Moreover, skilled human resources at a competitive wage is an added advantage in Bangladesh. Even if required, we would be happy to offer a dedicated \'Special Economic Zone\' for the US investors. I believe the US- Bangladesh Business Council can play a significant role in this direction,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister said Bangladesh is a pioneer in South Asia for regional connectivity and the strategic location of Bangladesh offers tremendous potential to be the economic hub of the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Having India, China, and Southeast Asia; Bangladesh is in the middle of a combined market of 4 billion people,\" she told the gathering of business leaders from Bangladesh and the USA.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting that technology and innovation are the keys for fast-track economic growth, she said thus, Bangladesh has become the second largest RMG exporter, third largest producer of vegetables; fourth largest producer of rice; and fifth largest producer of inland fisheries in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh would consistently pursue economic diplomacy with its neighbours and global players, including the United States. We are continuously improving our physical, legal, and financial infrastructures and enhanced connectivity in the country,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The completion of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge has enhanced both the domestic and regional connectivity, while Dhaka Metro-rail Project is expected to open in December 2022, which would add faster domestic mobility, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mentioning that Bangladesh is set to graduate from the LDC status by 2026, therefore, she said they need adequate support to enhance our global competitiveness and export basket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am sure that the United States can be our most robust partner in this challenging endeavour,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister said the Bangladesh government recognizes the necessity of ensuring labour rights in the country. ILO Roadmap provides a clear plan of actions and timeline to address the concerns and suggests remedials in the labour sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"My government is adequately engaged with the United States and other development partners for continuous improvements in this sector. The US government is actively represented in the 3+5+1 mechanism on labour issues,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, she said that \"the formation of a \'Government-to-Government\' Working Group, as a follow up decision of the 2nd High Level Economic Consultation is an important step in this direction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier wished every success to the US-Bangladesh Business Council and sincerely believed that it will significantly enhance the trade and investment cooperation between the two countries, saying, \"Let us once again join our hands for a mutually inclusive partnership for a sustainable economic growth.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina said this year Bangladesh and the United States both celebrated the 50 years of diplomatic relations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United States is a major economic and development partner of Bangladesh and we have extensive engagements with the United States on a wide range of issues including trade, investment, military-military cooperation, security, climate change, and global health. Our shared goals of mutual prosperity have been echoed through the expanding business-to-business and people-to-people contacts,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier mentioned that in 2021-22, Bangladesh\'s export to the United States was around US$ 10.42 billion and import was around US$ 2.8 billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 18:55:17', '2022-09-23 18:55:17');
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(1835, 1835, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called on Russians to resist the partial mobilisation announced by president Vladimir Putin, which has sparked protests and a fresh exodus out of the country.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘55,000 Russian soldiers died in these six months of war...,’ Zelensky said in his daily address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘Want more? No? Then protest. Fight back. Run away. Or surrender’ to the Ukrainian army.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘You are already complicit in all these crimes, murders and torture of Ukrainians. Because you were silent. Because you are silent,’ Zelensky added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘And now it’s time for you to choose: for men in Russia, this is a choice to die or live, to become a cripple or to preserve health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘For women in Russia, the choice is to lose their husbands, sons, grandchildren forever, or still try to protect them from death, from war, from one person (Putin),’ Zelensky continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 1,300 people were arrested at demonstrations across Russia on Wednesday after the announcement of a partial mobilisation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were also reports of a mass exodus following the announcement. Flights out of Russia to the neighbouring countries that allow Russians visa-free entry were nearly entirely booked, while prices skyrocketed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday the Kremlin dismissed as ‘fake’ reports that Russians eligible for mobilisation were rushing for the exit. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 20:05:08', '2022-09-23 20:05:08'),
(1836, 1836, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan openers Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan produced a magnificent outing in the second T20I of the series against England on Thursday. In a record-shattering opening stand, the duo forged a 203-run unbeaten partnership to steer Pakistan to a 10-wicket victory, thus levelling the seven-match series 1-1.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">En route to their exceptional knocks, Babar and Rizwan also silenced their critics who had been questioning the duo\'s intent, following a series of slow knocks in their last few matches.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rizwan, in particular, had been under the scanner as he scored at a strike-rate of just over 117 in the Asia Cup, even as he ended as the highest run-getter in the tournament. In the game against England, Babar Azam scored an unbeaten century (110 off 66 deliveries) at a brilliant strike rate of 166, while Rizwan\'s run-scoring was even better (unbeaten 88 off 51 balls, strike rate of 172).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following their knocks, Pakistan\'s leading pacer Shaheen Afridi hit back at critics with a savage dig, as he backed his fellow teammates. Shaheen wrote, \"I think it is time to get rid of Kaptaan @babarazam258 and @iMRizwanPak.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Itne selfish players. Agar sahi se khelte to match 15 overs me finish hojana chahye tha. Ye akhri over tak le gaye. Let\'s make this a movement. Nahi? (Such selfish players. If they played in the right way, they could have finished this match in 15 overs, but they took it to the final over).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shaheen imitated a number of former cricketers through his tweet, who had criticised the intent from Babar and Rizwan with similar words.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Absolutely proud of this amazing Pakistani team,” Shaheen further wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shaheen\'s tweet sent fans into a frenzy, with fans being both, in favour and against of the Pakistan bowler for his swipe on the critics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Babar and Rizwan scripted a world record as they went past the Indian duo of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan to record the highest opening partnership runs in T20Is. The Pakistan duo has scored 1929 runs together as openers, while Rohit and Dhawan stand second with 1743 runs to their name. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 20:45:02', '2022-09-23 20:45:02'),
(1837, 1837, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Ajay Devgn wished his mother-in-law and veteran actor Tanuja on her 79th birthday with a special post. Taking to Twitter, Ajay posted a photo of Tanuja smiling while posing for a photo. In the picture, she draped a grey and cream saree along with a yellow blouse.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the photo, Ajay captioned the post, \"Birthday (party popper emoji) wishes &amp; Respects to Tanujaji (balloon emoji) Here’s wishing you happiness always (red heart emoji).\" Reacting to the post, many fans wished Tanuja on her special occasion. A fan commented, \"Happy birthday legend.\"&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A person also pointed out that Ajay called his mother-in-law by her name. The Twitter user said, \"Naam se bula rahe hai (He\'s calling her by her name).\" Sharing the same photo on his Instagram Stories, Ajay wrote, \"Happy Birthday. Regards, Ajay Devgn.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ajay\'s wife and actor Kajol also wished her mother with a video and a message on Instagram. The clip featured Tanuja over the years--as a child actor till her recent appearance on a reality show.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song Raat Akeli Hai Bujh Gaye Diye by Asha Bhosle featured as the background music. The original song featured Tanuja and Dev Anand in Jewel Thief (1967). The video ended with the words \'Happy Birthday Ma...\' written on it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the post, Kajol wrote, \"She’s completed 70 odd years in the movies and 48 as my mother .. through this entire journey never once did I feel anything but safe and loved.. so many trials and yet she discussed everything that makes a life worth living with us. From death to compassion to charity to anger bitterness love and forgiveness.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kajol also added, \"Like she says \'if I keep telling u these things then one day they will take root when u need them most “… and I thank u everyday for making me a thinking responsible feeling adult.. u taught us to soar not by throwing us off the cliff but by flying off it yourself and letting us watch u soar unafraid.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I will always be ur first lieutenant and commander of ur armies and you will always be my captain and my queen.. love u to the moon and back mom. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 21:00:59', '2022-09-23 21:00:59'),
(1838, 1838, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russian-backed officials in four occupied regions of Ukraine are holding self styled referendums on joining Russia.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denounced as illegitimate and a sham by Ukraine and the West, these so-called votes are taking place over five days while all four areas - two in the east and two in the south - are on the front line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An annexation could lead to a claim by Russia that its territory is coming under attack from Western weapons supplied to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What makes these votes a sham?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We have already seen how Crimea was annexed by Russia in 2014. While the Kremlin claimed 96.7% support, a leaked report from Russia\'s Human Rights Council said only around 30% had voted and barely half supported annexation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Not a shot had been fired in Crimea, and yet in this latest case voting is expected to take place in the middle of a war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four regions involved are either partially or completely under occupation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the south, the city of Kherson is not a safe place right now, with Russian soldiers struggling to hold back a big Ukrainian counter-offensive. The central administration building was hit by a series of missiles only last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A secure vote is impossible, and yet officials talk of 750,000 people registered and plans to incorporate occupied parts of another Ukrainian region, Mykolayiv, into the annexed area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian media reported that electoral officials would go from door-to-door with portable ballot boxes from Friday to Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polling stations will only operate on the fifth day, 27 September, with officials citing security reasons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of stations are scheduled to open that day, with voters also able to cast ballots in regions outside their own - and refugees eligible to vote in parts of Russia itself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then there\'s Zaporizhzhia\'s capital, which remains securely in Ukrainian hands, so any vote to annex that region makes little sense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Donetsk in the east is only 60% under Russian occupation and very much at the heart of the conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia does control most of Luhansk in the north-east even if it has begun to lose ground. Russian news agencies showed flyers being handed out entitled \"Russia is the future\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much of the pre-war population has fled the conflict. The head of Russia\'s proxy authority in Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, ordered a mass evacuation days before the invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian-backed leaders have been keen to stage votes for several months, but the decision to hold the vote was taken just three days in advance and smacks of desperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be no independent observers. Much of the voting will be online, although officials have promised extra security at polling stations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What will change?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian defence ministry adviser Yuriy Sak told the BBC the so-called referendums were doomed. \"We are seeing that local populations are all in favour of returning to Ukraine, and this is why there\'s so much guerrilla movement resistance in these territories.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In any event, Kyiv says nothing will change and its forces will continue to push to liberate the territories.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia analyst Alexander Baunov says merely redefining the occupied areas as Russian territory is unlikely to stop Ukraine\'s army, but it does send a message of intent to the populations under their control. And the Kremlin\'s hope is that the West will baulk at having its weapons fired at land declared by Moscow as Russian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alarmingly President Putin has spoken of using all means at his disposal \"to protect Russia\". And in case there was any doubt at all. the deputy head of Russia\'s security council, Dmitry Medvedev, made clear that nuclear weapons could also be used to protect annexed territories.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has spoken of a \"dangerous escalation\", but reaffirmed Washington\'s position that no Russian claim to Ukrainian soil could take away Ukraine\'s right to defend itself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even Turkey, which has sought to play a mediating role, has damned the vote as illegitimate. Source:BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 21:42:35', '2022-09-23 21:42:35'),
(1839, 1839, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address on Friday afternoon the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York and focus on ensuring peace and stability in the lives of people around the world.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister will deliver her speech in the 77th session of the UNGA on Friday afternoon (local time), said Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen while briefing reporters about the activities of the prime minister on the sidelines of UNGA session.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the premier in her speech will put emphasis on multilateralism.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will force for the peace, we will say that the best way to get out of any kind of conflict is through dialogue and peaceful resolution,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Momen said that Sheikh Hasina will also mention the fact that Bangladesh has dealt with the Covid-19 epidemic very well and Bangladesh is among the top countries in the world in dealing with the pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>He said despite the pandemic, Bangladesh has achieved considerable economic success and for achieving that the Prime Minister will highlight the steps Bangladesh has taken.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have given various stimulus packages and incentives. We will also highlight them there,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will also highlight the climate issue in her speech, said Momen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All the time we say that we have to save the world and the thing that is needed to save this world is the global temperature must not exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius. We do not see the implementation of the Paris Agreement that was made to save the Earth and give 100 million dollars every year.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The foreign minister said that Bangladesh expects those who are responsible for the global warming will share the responsibility of rehabilitating the victims due to climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister will bring that up in his speech, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Foreign Minister said that the Awami League government is giving houses to the landless people across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are giving people a home and a life. We will show the world that we have done a very good job.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He mentioned that the main focus of Bangladesh is it wants peace. \"Peace and stability. We will say that peace and stability are most needed for the well-being of the common people,\" he added. BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 21:59:12', '2022-09-23 21:59:12'),
(1840, 1840, '<article class=\"mt-3\" style=\"background-color: rgb(254, 253, 240);\"><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">Skipper Sabina Khatun, who led the Bangladesh national women\'s soccer team to its maiden SAFF Women’s Football Championship triumph, was given a hero\'s welcome on return to her hometown of Satkhira on Friday.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">Sabina was received by the Satkhira District Sport Association office-bearers around 10.30am at the Circuit House, where hundreds of people were already waiting to get a glimpse of her.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">Thousands of people flooded the streets as she later toured Satkhira city in an open mini-truck decorated with flags, banners and flowers. Subsequently, she went to her house in the city\'s Sabujbagh area.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">Overjoyed by the grand reception, Sabina told reporters that she was overwhelmed.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">“I have been struggling in the field for the past 12 years and now I feel that I have achieved my goal. After winning the hearts of the 16 crore people of Bangladesh, I don\'t want to stop,\" she said.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">Sabina said that she had urged the district authorities to build a stadium in Satkhira, where all modern amenities will be available for women players.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">Mir Tajul Islam Ripon, joint general secretary of the Satkhira District Sports Association, said that preparations are now under way fy giving another grand reception to both Sabina and Masura Parveen, another player of the winning team. UNB</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-family: conv_abhayalibre-regular, sans-serif;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p></article>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 22:20:15', '2022-09-23 22:20:15'),
(1841, 1841, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a video that has gone viral on social media, Janardan Mishra, a BJP Member of Parliament from Madhya Pradesh, can be seen cleaning the toilet at a girls\' school in the state with his bare hands.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A tweet from the BJP MP said that under the \"Seva Pakhwada\" currently being run by BJP Yuva Morcha, the youth wing cleaned the toilets of Khatkhari Girls School. This exercise followed a tree plantation drive at the school\'s premises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to reports, the youth wing of the BJP is running a cleanliness drive from September 17, which is Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s birthday, to October 2, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. As part of this initiative, Mr Mishra visited the school to participate in a tree-plantation drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During his visit, the MP from Rewa constituency noticed the unhygienic condition of the toilet at the girls\' school and decided to clean it with his bare hands and all by himself.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Mishra later said that it is one\'s duty to maintain hygiene and cleanliness - a message that has been delivered by Mahatma Gandhi and Prime Minister Modi. He added that this wasn\'t the first time that he took part in such a cleanliness drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Modi had launched the Swachh Bharat Mission on October 2, 2014. Under the mission, all villages, panchayats, districts, states and union territories in India declared themselves \"open-defecation free\" by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of this project, more than 100 million toilets were built in rural India, according to government data. NDTV</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 23:35:53', '2022-09-23 23:35:53'),
(1842, 1842, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported another death from Covid- 19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With the new numbers, country\'s total fatalities rose to 29,347 while the total caseload to 2,020,768, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The daily case test positivity rate rises to 15.38 per cent from Thursday’s 14.13 per cent as 4,031 samples were tested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest deceased was a man from Sylhet division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 percent while the recovery rate declined to 97.10 per cent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In August, the country reported 32 Covid-linked deaths and 6,689 cases.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. UNB</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-23 23:54:48', '2022-09-23 23:54:48'),
(1843, 1843, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A new type of cancer therapy that uses a common virus to infect and destroy harmful cells is showing big promise in early human trials, say UK scientists.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">One patient\'s cancer vanished, while others saw their tumours shrink.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The drug is a weakened form of the cold sore virus - herpes simplex - that has been modified to kill tumours.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Larger and longer studies will be needed, but experts say the injection might ultimately offer a lifeline to more people with advanced cancers.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Krzysztof Wojkowski, a 39-year-old builder from west London, is one of the patients who took part in the ongoing phase one safety trial, run by the Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He was diagnosed in 2017 with cancer of the salivary glands, near the mouth. Despite surgery and other treatments at the time, his cancer continued to grow.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"I was told there was no options left for me and I was receiving end-of-life care. It was devastating, so it was incredible to be given the chance to join the trial.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A short course of the virus therapy - which is a specially modified version of the herpes virus which normally causes cold sores - appears to have cleared his cancer.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"I had injections every two weeks for five weeks which completely eradicated my cancer. I\'ve been cancer-free for two years now.\"</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">The injections, given directly into the tumour, attacks cancer in two ways - by invading the cancerous cells and making them burst, and by activating the immune system.</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">About 40 patients have tried the treatment as part of the trial. Some were given the virus injection, called RP2, on its own. Others also received another cancer drug - called nivolumab - as well.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The findings, presented at a medical conference in Paris, France, show:</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>&lt;&gt;Three out of nine patients given RP2 only, which included Krzysztof, saw their tumours shrink</b></span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&lt;&gt;Seven out of 30 who had combined treatment also appeared to</b>&nbsp;<b>benefit</b></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>&lt;&gt;Side effects, such as tiredness, were generally mild</b></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">Source: BBC</p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 00:10:39', '2022-09-24 00:10:39'),
(1844, 1844, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two more dengue patients died in 24 hours till Friday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 50.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">During this period, 125 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued to increase, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest deaths were reported from Dhaka division raising the death in the division to 23.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dengue death toll in Chattogram division remained unchanged at 23 and in Barishal division at four.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the new patients, 92 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 33 outside it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 1,514 dengue patients, including 1,174 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;\">On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, the directorate has recorded 13,000 dengue cases and 11,436 recoveries so far. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 00:31:15', '2022-09-24 00:31:15'),
(1845, 1845, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s defence ministry has revealed a host of occupations that will be exempted from conscription aimed at boosting its war effort in Ukrain. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">IT workers, bankers and journalists working for state media will escape the \"partial mobilisation\" announced by President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 300,000 citizens face being called up as part of the drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move has prompted a rush towards borders as young men attempt to flee to evade the draft.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Announcing the exemptions on Friday, Russia defence ministry said employers must <span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">compile a list of workers who meet the criteria and submit it to its offices.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it accepted some sectors had to be excluded to \"ensure the work of specific high-tech industries, as well as Russia\'s financial system\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some commentators have observed that the text of the mobilisation decree has been left vague - potentially allowing it to be widened if necessary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And one paragraph remains entirely classified. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday this referred to the total number of Russians that could be conscripted, which he said could not be disclosed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta had reported - citing an unnamed government source - that the redacted section allowed for a call-up of up to a million people, rather than the reported 300,000.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian men are continuing to try to flee the country to avoid being called up by recruiters for the country\'s first military mobilisation since World War Two.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the south, miles-long queues of traffic have formed at the border crossing between Russia and Georgia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of those heading into the neighbouring country have used bicycles to bypass lines of cars and evade a ban on crossing on foot, with others reporting waits of up to 12 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked about the war, one man who did not wish to be named told the BBC he had known it was happening but that, until Mr Putin\'s declaration of a \"partial mobilisation\", it had not been his concern.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Russian student, who also did not want to be identified, said that people had woken up. \"They opened their eyes and started thinking about where to hide their children. Now people understand what\'s happening because it affects them directly,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another IT worker told the BBC that he was opposed to the war, but was too scared to speak out against it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I don\'t want to risk my life, the life of my family. I don\'t want to be put in detention,\" he said. \"All I could do was to get Schengen visa. Luckily I got one in May.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Georgia is one of the few neighbouring countries that Russians can enter without needing to apply for a visa. Border guards in neighbouring Finland, which shares a 1,300km (800 mile) border with Russia but requires an entry visa, told the BBC that queues had grown at various crossing points.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other destinations reachable by air - such as Istanbul, Belgrade or Dubai - have seen ticket prices skyrocket immediately after the military call-up was announced, with some destinations sold out completely.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkish media have reported a large spike in one-way ticket sales, while remaining flights to non-visa destinations can cost thousands of euros.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several countries are grappling with the prospect of an influx of Russian draft dodgers. Germany\'s interior minister signalled on Thursday that those fleeing conscription would be welcome in her country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nancy Faeser said deserters threatened by \"severe repression\" would receive protection on a case-by-case basis, following security checks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But several other European countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Czech Republic, struck a different tone, saying they would not offer fleeing Russians refuge. The countries have long-pushed the EU to take a harder line on Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I understand that Russians are fleeing from ever more desperate decisions by Putin,\" Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said. \"But those running because they don\'t want to fulfil a duty imposed by their own government, they don\'t meet the criteria for humanitarian visa.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The call-up sparked protests in major Russian cities including Moscow and St Petersburg on Tuesday, resulting in a reported 1,300 arrests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were also reports from Russia that some of those detained for protesting had been handed draft papers while in custody at police stations. When asked about the reports, Mr Peskov said that doing so was not against the law. 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(1846, 1846, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League (AL) Presidium Member and former state minister Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak said the elections in the country will not be held under the control of the government.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The elections will be conducted under control of the independent Election Commission. Why is BNP so reluctant to take part in the elections under control of the impartial Election Commission? If so, are they involved in a deep conspiracy?” he asked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nanak said Jatiya Party is playing the role of the responsible opposition party in the Jatiya Sangsad.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“If Jatiya Party decides to take part in the elections in all 300 parliamentary constituencies, we welcome them. Jatiya Party is not a part of the Grand Alliance and is not with us,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nanak said this while talking to journalists after laying the foundation stone of Nasim Khan Mother and Child Hospital at Muslimpara area of the city marking the 17th death anniversary of the chief patron of Stranded Pakistani General Repatriation Committee (SPGRC) leader late Alhaj Nasim Khan.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Earlier, Nanak visited the grave of Nasim Khan, the chief patron of SPGRC-Bangladesh, an organization of Urdu-speaking people living in Bangladesh, at Muslimpara Railway Graveyard, paid tribute to Nasim Khan by placing wreaths and offered Fateha there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, Nanak attended a memorial discussion and the 17th annual council of SPGRC-Bangladesh arranged marking the 17th death anniversary of late Alhaj Nasim Khan at Rangpur Zilla Parishad Community Center in the afternoon as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">General Secretary of SPGRC-Bangladesh M. Shawkat Ali presided over the memorial discussion and 17th annual council while its Joint Secretary and Councilor of Rangpur City Corporation Md. Harun Or Rashid gave the welcome address.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of Rangpur city Awami League Safiur Rahman Safi, its General Secretary Tushar Kanti Mandal, Geneva Camp Chairman SK Golam Jelani, SPGRC-Bangladesh’s Publicity Secretary Md. Shahid, Sports Secretary Md. Chhoto, SPGRC-Chittagong Joint Secretary Sohel Ashrafi, SPGRC-Khulna General Secretary Humayun Kabir and SPGRC-Adamji President Liakat Hossain addressed as special guests.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of SPGRC-Rangpur Md. Sharfuddin, its General Secretary Md. Salahuddin, Office Secretary Md. Tayeb Ali, Treasurer Md. Nasim, Regional Secretary Mostaq Ahmed, representatives of different units of SPGRC from Dhaka Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Adamji, Geneva Camp, Chittagong, Khulna, Saidpur, Bogura Jessore were present. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 01:20:39', '2022-09-24 01:20:39');
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(1847, 1847, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given utmost importance on dialogue to resolve crises and disputes, urging the world community to stop arms race, war and sanctions for building a peaceful world.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"My urge to the conscience of the world community- stop the arms race, war, and sanctions, ensure food and security of the children; build peace,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier made this call while delivering her speech at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the UN headquarters on September 23.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We believe that antagonism like war or economic sanctions, counter-sanctions can never bring good to any nation,\" she said, adding \"Dialogue is the best way to resolve crises and disputes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She continued that \"We believe without addressing root causes of conflict, we cannot sustain peace.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Wanting to see a peaceful world with enhanced cooperation and solidarity, shared prosperity and collective actions, Sheikh Hasina said \"We share one planet, and we owe it to our future generations to leave it in a better shape.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She went on saying that \"We want the end of the Ukraine-Russia conflict.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She noted that in punishing one country with sanctions, counter-sanctions, the entire world including women and children are being punished.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Its impact is not limited to a country, rather puts the lives and livelihoods of the people in greater risk, infringe their human rights; people are deprived of food, shelter, healthcare and education,\" she said, adding, \"Children suffer the most in particular. Their future is lost in darkness.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The 77th session of the UNGA is taking place from September 13 to 27 at the UN Headquarters in New York, in the first in-person format since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic with heads of states and governments from 193 Member States.</div><div><br></div><div>The UNGA session is taking place at a time when overlapping crises unfold around the world with food insecurity is looming, humanitarian needs are deepening, climate goals remain largely unmet, inequality is worsening.</div><div><br></div><div>The world leaders will exchange statements in-person in the General Assembly Hall, on the theme \"A watershed moment: transformative solutions to interlocking challenges\" to consider and debate how they can collectively solve the shared problems of present time-and create a more sustainable, more just future for all.</div><div><br></div><div>Alongside the Russia-Ukraine war, the peace and stability, climate change, food insecurity, Covid-19 pandemic, Palestine and migration issues among others concerning the global as well as Bangladesh perspectives were prominently featured in Sheikh Hasina\'s speech in the 77th session of the UNGA.</div><div><br></div><div>As the world begins to recover from the devastating effects of the coronavirus pandemic over the past two and a half years, Sheikh Hasina said, the Russia-Ukraine conflict has plunged the world into a collective uncertainty.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Growing food insecurity, energy and economic crisis are affecting us all,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She observed that countries that are already in vulnerable situations needing support to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will now face even more challenges to achieve the SDGs.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today we\'ve reached a critical time, when mutual solidarity must be shown more than at any time in the past. We need to prove that in times of crisis, the UN is the cornerstone of the multilateral system,\" she said, adding \"Therefore, in order to gain the trust and confidence of the people at all levels, the UN must lead from the front and work to fulfill the expectations of all.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In this context, she mentioned about the Global Crisis Response Group (GCRC) and said \"as a champion of this group, I am working with other world leaders to determine a global solution commensurate with the gravity and depth of the current situation\".</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said that Bangladesh is fully committed to complete disarmament, including the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and that is why it has ratified the landmark Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2019. \"We\'ve consistently implemented our commitment to peacekeeping operations\", she added.</div><div><br></div><div>As a reflection of our peace-centric foreign policy, she said Bangladesh has consistently demonstrated its commitment to UN peacekeeping operations as the leading troops and police contributing country, presently being the largest.</div><div><br></div><div>They (peacekeepers) help maintain peace, support capacity building of national and local institutions, protect the civilians from harm, empower women and other vulnerable communities and build a sustainable society, she said, adding that while performing their duties, many of them died.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh Premier said as the current Chair of the UN Peacebuilding Commission, her country is doing their part by creating a platform for multi-stakeholder engagements in support of the conflict affected countries.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are committed to continue our efforts in strengthening the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that Bangladesh has adopted a \"zero tolerance\" policy on terrorism and violent extremism in its land, she said \"We do not allow our territory to be used by any party to incite or cause terrorist acts or harm to others.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She also called upon the member states to work together for the conclusion of an internationally binding instrument to tackle cyber-crimes and cyber-violence.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning the brutal and pathetic tragedy of her life on 15 August 1975 when her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of family members were killed, she said \"So, myself as a sufferer, I can rightly realize the pain and agony that people endure due to the horrors of war, killings, coups and conflicts.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said \"Therefore, I don\'t want war, I want peace, I want welfare for humankind. I want economic development for people. I want to ensure a peaceful world, developed and prosperous life for future generations.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She continued \"My earnest appeal to you, \'stop war, stop arms race\'. May the values of humanity be upheld.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Let us join our hands together and build a better future leaving no one behind,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Rohingya Crisis:</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called upon the United Nations and the global leaders to take effective measures for sustainable repatriation of the Rohingyas, warning the global community that if the problem persists further it may affect stability and security beyond its region.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The ongoing political turmoil and armed conflicts in the country has made the repatriation of the displaced Rohingyas more difficult. I hope the United Nations will play an effective role in this regard,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The premier told the gathering of world leaders that last month Bangladesh has witnessed the five years of the 2017 mass exodus of the Rohingyas to Bangladesh from their home country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Not a single Rohingya was repatriated to their ancestral home Myanmar, despite our bilateral engagements with Myanmar, discussions with partners in trilateral format and engagements with the UN and other partners to assist Myanmar to create necessary conditions for safe and dignified repatriation,\" she said with great concern.</div><div><br></div><div>To ensure a permanent solution to the Rohingya issue, she said \"I shall now seek your attention to the forcibly displaced Rohingya peoples from Myanmar.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said the prolonged presence of the Rohingyas in Bangladesh has caused serious ramifications on the economy, environment, security, and socio-political stability in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Uncertainty over repatriation has led to widespread frustration. Cross border organized crimes including human and drug trafficking are on the rise. This situation can potentially fuel radicalisation. If the problem persists further, it may affect the security and stability of the entire region, and beyond,\" she warned.</div><div><br></div><div>Climate Change:</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said that the impact of climate change is one of the biggest threats for humankind. \"In the past, we have seen a vicious cycle of promises being made and broken. We must now change this course.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In Bangladesh, she said, the government has led to many transformative measures to tackle perilous impacts of climate change consistent with implementing the Paris Agreement and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.</div><div><br></div><div>During Bangladesh\'s Presidency of Climate Vulnerable Forum, Sheikh Hasina said that they\'ve launched \"Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan\", which aims to put Bangladesh on a sustainable trajectory from \"one of vulnerability to resilience to climate prosperity\".</div><div><br></div><div>She said \"Our national plans and policies on climate change and natural disaster are gender responsive and take into account the critical role of women in adaptation and mitigation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She added that \"We are ready to support other vulnerable countries to develop their own prosperity plans. I call on world leaders to promote inclusive climate action.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Covid-19 Pandemic:</div><div><br></div><div>Since the beginning of the pandemic in Bangladesh, the Prime Ministe said that her government has taken strategies to contain this crisis mainly focusing on three aspects.</div><div><br></div><div>Firstly, the government expanded national health care to prevent the transmission and spread of the infection, she said,</div><div><br></div><div>Secondly, she said, they have provided strategic fiscal stimulus to safeguard the country\'s economy.</div><div><br></div><div>And finally, the government has secured people\'s livelihood, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that these initiatives have helped reduce the number of deaths due to pandemic as well as reduce public suffering.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that vaccination is the key to safe transition from the pandemic, Sheikh Hasina thanked the World Health Organization and its COVAX system and partner countries for providing this vaccine.</div><div><br></div><div>As of August 2022, 100 percent of the eligible population of Bangladesh have been vaccinated, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The greatest lesson, learnt from the Covid-19 pandemic is that \"Until we all are safe, no one is safe,\" she said, adding \"We must use the hard-earned lessons to stimulate critical and much needed reforms of our institutions, including of the United Nations, to better prepare for such calamities in the future.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier said that Bangladesh is interested in looking for transformative solutions to poverty alleviation, mitigating climate change effects, preventing conflicts and finance, energy and fuel crises that the world is grappling with now, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>\"However, we need to understand the fact that socio-economic development cannot be achieved without ensuring peace and stability,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 18:31:51', '2022-09-24 18:31:51'),
(1848, 1848, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has laid emphasis on sustained and significant funds injected for capacity-building of the health sector, especially in lower income countries.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He welcomed the formation of the financial intermediary fund at the World Bank to complement investments in prevention, preparedness and response (PPR).</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Momen stressed on devising a global health strategy that will prepare the world better for any future pandemic.</div><div>He underscored the need to create a playbook where the countries will be ready to respond immediately to future health threats.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Momen was speaking at the opening session of the COVID-19 Global Action Plan (GAP) Ministerial held in New York on Friday, September 23.</div><div><br></div><div>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares Bueno and Botswana Foreign Minister Dr. Lemogang Kwape jointly convened the Ministerial, aiming at bringing together partners to maintain and strengthen political will to address COVID-19 challenges.</div><div><br></div><div>The Foreign Ministers from several countries, including from Japan, Saudi Arabia and Thailand, and the Director General of WHO participated in the meeting. High level delegates from a number of countries, including France, Indonesia, Germany, UK, India, Norway, Italy, and South Korea also joined.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Momen highlighted that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh was a standout success in COVID-19 response.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that Bangladesh was open to sharing its COVID-19 management experience, which had been centered around saving lives, supporting livelihoods, especially of the most vulnerable, and posting quick economic recovery.</div><div><br></div><div>Stressing further on the global partnership and concerted efforts, Foreign Minister lauded the multilateral processes, including initiatives like ACT-A and COVAX under WHO that played an important role in making vaccines and other COVID materials available.</div><div><br></div><div>However, he reminded that the pandemic was not over yet, and vaccination needed to continue.</div><div><br></div><div>To this effect, the Foreign Minister reiterated that vaccines should be declared global public goods and distributed without discrimination.</div><div><br></div><div>A joint statement was issued at the end of the Ministerial with concrete recommendations and ways forward, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>It highlighted the state of the global response to COVID-19 in line with six core lines of efforts and the role of foreign ministries to enhance political will and coordination.</div><div><br></div><div>The joint statement underscored the importance of enhanced coordination among GAP partners to fill remaining gaps in the pandemic response, and build better health security to prevent, prepare for, and respond to future health threats. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 20:26:42', '2022-09-24 20:26:42'),
(1849, 1849, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Vladimir Putin\'s threat to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine if Russian \"territorial integrity\" is threatened has sparked deep discussion in the West as to how it would respond.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the wind can also turn in their direction,\" Putin said, adding: \"This is not a bluff.\"</div><div><br></div><div>However, analysts aren\'t convinced the Russian president is willing to be the first to unleash nuclear weapons since the US bombed Japan in 1945.</div><div><br></div><div>AFP spoke with several experts and officials about the possible scenarios that could arise should Russia carry out a nuclear attack.</div><div><br></div><div>What would a Russian nuclear attack look like?</div><div>Analysts said Moscow would likely deploy one or more \"tactical\" or battlefield nuclear bombs.</div><div><br></div><div>These are small weapons, ranging from 0.3 kilotons to 100 kilotons of explosive power, compared to the 1.2 megatons of the largest US strategic warhead or the 58 megaton bomb Russia tested in 1961.</div><div><br></div><div>Tactical bombs are designed to have a limited impact on the battlefield, compared to strategic nuclear weapons which are designed to fight and win all-out wars.</div><div><br></div><div>But \"small\" and \"limited\" are relative: The atom bomb the US dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 to devastating effect was just 15 kilotons.</div><div><br></div><div>What would Moscow target?</div><div>Analysts said Russia\'s goal in using a tactical nuclear bomb in Ukraine would be to frighten it into surrender or submission to negotiations, and to divide the country\'s Western backers.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Cancian, a military expert with the CSIS International Security Program in Washington, said Russia would not likely use nuclear weapons on the front lines.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Capturing 20 miles of territory could require 20 small nuclear bombs – small gains for the huge risks of introducing nuclear weapons and nuclear fallout.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Just using one will not be enough,\" Cancian said.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow could instead send a strong message and avoid significant casualties by detonating a nuclear bomb over water, or exploding one high over Ukraine to generate an electromagnetic pulse that would knock out electronic equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>Or Putin could opt for greater destruction and death: attacking a Ukraine military base, or hitting an urban centre like Kyiv, generating mass casualties and possibly killing the country\'s political leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>Such scenarios \"would likely be designed to split the NATO alliance and global consensus against Putin,\" Jon Wolfsthal, a former white House nuclear policy expert, wrote Friday on Substack.</div><div><br></div><div>But \"it is unclear if it would succeed, and could just as easily be seen as desperation as resolve,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Should the West respond with nukes?</div><div>The West has remained ambiguous on how it would respond to a tactical nuclear strike, and the choices are complicated.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States and NATO do not want to appear weak in front of an implicit nuclear threat.</div><div><br></div><div>But they also would want to avoid the possibility that the war in Ukraine — not a NATO member — could escalate into a much broader, devastating global nuclear war.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts said the West would have no option but to respond, and that a response should come from NATO as a group, rather than the United States alone.</div><div><br></div><div>Any response should \"ensure both that Putin\'s military situation did not improve from such a strike, and that his political, economic and personal position suffered as a result,\" said Wolfsthal.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States has positioned about 100 of its own tactical nuclear weapons in NATO countries and could respond in kind against Russian forces.</div><div><br></div><div>That would demonstrate resolve and remind Moscow of the danger of its actions, according to Matthew Kroenig of the Atlantic Council.</div><div><br></div><div>However, he said: \"It might also provoke a Russian nuclear reprisal, raising the risk of a larger nuclear exchange and further humanitarian disaster.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Another risk is that some NATO members might reject a nuclear response, serving Putin\'s aims of weakening the alliance.</div><div><br></div><div>Give Ukraine the ability to attack Russia?</div><div>Answering a Russian nuclear attack in a more conventional military or diplomatic way, and supplying Ukraine with more lethal arms to attack Russia, could be more effective, experts said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Russian nuclear use might provide an opening to convince countries that have so far been reluctant — such as India and possibly even China — to participate in escalating sanctions,\" said Kroenig.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, the United States could offer Ukraine NATO aircraft, Patriot and THAAD anti-missile batteries, and ATACMS long-range missiles that could be used by Ukraine forces to strike deep inside Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Whatever restrictions we have on Ukraine forces — and I think we have some restrictions — I think we take all of those off,\" said Cancian. ‍Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 20:55:55', '2022-09-24 20:55:55'),
(1850, 1850, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 25-year-old university student was crushed under the wheels of a train in Natore as he attempted to reboard it at Abdulpur Junction station on Saturday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Nuruzzaman Entaj, son of advocate Ishaq Ali. He was a sixth semester law student of Rajshahi’s Barendra University.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Sheikh Ziauddin Bablu, station&nbsp; master of Abdulpur Junction, Entaj was travelling with his father from Pabna’s Ishwardi to Rajshahi on a Rohanpur-bound commuter train on Saturday morning, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“Entaj had disembarked from the train at Abdulpur Junction. As the train started to leave the station, Entaj tried to get inside hurriedly. His hands slipped and met with the tragedy,” added Bablu.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 21:23:42', '2022-09-24 21:23:42'),
(1851, 1851, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As many as 10 people have died in separate rain-related tragedies in the past 24 hours in India\'s Uttar Pradesh state, officials said Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Incessant showers have been lashing the northern stats and neighbouring Delhi since Thursday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All the 10 died after walls collapsed on them due to heavy showers across the state\'s Etawah district. Of them, seven were children,\" a police officer told the media.</div><div><br></div><div>An elderly couple was among the three other deceased, the officer added.</div><div><br></div><div>Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas and asked authorities to do the needful.</div><div><br></div><div>Wall collapses are common in India, particularly during the monsoon season. according to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 21:46:45', '2022-09-24 21:46:45'),
(1852, 1852, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Band shows and live concerts are back in the city in full swing, and the band music lovers were mesmerized by two fantabulous shows at the International Convention City Bashundhara (ICCB) in the capital on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;At ICCB’s Hall 4 (Novoratri), seven popular bands grooved the audiences while showcasing a befitting tribute to the riverine beauty of Bangladesh at the ‘Nodi Rocks Season 1’ concert.</div><div><br></div><div>Focusing on the issue of climate change, the concert was initiated by Salt Creatives while hosted by Brandmyth Experiential, supported by the Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, and facilitated by the Manusher Jonno Foundation.</div><div><br></div><div>Seven of the popular Bangladeshi bands - Arbovirus, Cryptic Fate, Chirkutt, Ashes, Smooches, Bangla Five and F Minor, who have previously performed in seven music videos on seven Bangladeshi rivers - Padma, Chitra, Kushiyara, Dahuk, Pashur, Buriganga and Sangu, performed at the concert.</div><div><br></div><div>The bands performed their respective songs on their respective rivers - Arbovirus performed on Padma river, Smooches on Chitra, Cryptic Fate on Kushiyara, F Minor on Dahuk, Bangla Five on Pashur, Ashes on Buriganga and Sangu was featured by Chirkutt, alongside many of their iconic and fan-favourite tracks.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the concert stood out as one of the historic live events in the Bangladeshi band music scene, as this was the very last concert of Sufi Maverick with Arbovirus, the iconic lead vocalist and frontman of the popular rock band for the last 19 years.</div><div><br></div><div>Fans and admirers gathered under the Novoratri roof to witness his last stage performance with the band, and Sufi returned the love by performing the most popular tracks of Arbovirus one after another, including ‘Hariye Jao,’ ‘Jaalo Aagun Jaalo,’ ‘School’ and more.</div><div><br></div><div>Rock music enthusiasts were also grooved by the amazing performances of Ashes, Bangla Five Band and Cryptic Fate, alongside the nostalgic performance of Arbovirus, while all-girls indigenous band F Minor and pop band smooches mesmerized the fans with their melodious numbers.</div><div><br></div><div>Chirkutt was the showstopper of the night, and its founding vocalist Sharmin Sultana Sumi who is the initiator of the ‘Nodi Rocks’ project, conveyed her vote of thanks to the audience while reminding everyone of the importance of protecting rivers in riverine Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, one of the most famous and highly revered, generational singers-musicians-music directors of the country and band team Dalchhut’s founder-vocalist Bappa Mazumder’s first-ever solo concert was held at ICCB’s Hall 3 on Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>The concert, titled ‘ALIVE Experience Chapter 1’ was joined by a houseful of Bappa Mazumder fans and admirers, who witnessed a magical solo night of the popular superstar where he performed his majestic and fan-favourite tracks one after another.</div><div><br></div><div>On this celebratory night of his glorious career of over 30 years, fans were mesmerized by Bappa Mazumder’s amazing performances for straight four hours at the event, who was accompanied by several popular singers including Dilshad Nahar Kona, Somnur Monir Konal, Shuvo, Farhin Khan Joyita, Saif Uz Zaman, Sazzad Hossain Shawon, Musharrat Anchal and more.</div><div><br></div><div>The concert was presented by AirAstra and organised by CarrotComm Limited, while audio and video music streaming service Shadhin was the streaming partner. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 22:25:14', '2022-09-24 22:25:14'),
(1853, 1853, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi\'s expertly taken double helped seal a comprehensive 3-0 win for Argentina over Honduras in Miami on Friday to extend their impressive unbeaten run ahead of the Qatar World Cup.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Argentina captain scored a goal in each half, his opener doubling the lead given to Lionel Scaloni\'s team by Lautaro Martinez early on.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina haven\'t lost in 34 matches heading into Tuesday\'s game against Jamaica in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>With their last defeat coming in the 2019 Copa America semi-final, the thousands of Argentina fans who packed Hard Rock Stadium in a crowd of 64,420 were in an expectant mood and left delighted as a combative Honduran side were firmly put to the sword.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The game was what we expected,\" Argentina coach Scaloni said. \"I am satisfied with that.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As far as players who didn\'t play, as a coach I have to manage minutes and rest some players. Most important thing is that whoever plays proves they can belong and can play.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Honduras failed to qualify for Qatar and were under pressure from the off, Alejandro Gomez blazing an early effort over before Rodrigo De Paul screwed a shot just wide.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Americans were dominating possession with Messi beginning to weave some magic despite being tightly man marked by the Honduran defence.</div><div><br></div><div>And it was the Paris St.Germain forward who started the move which created the opener for Martinez on 16 minutes, an excellent pass freeing Gomez on the left hand side and his cross was tapped home with ease.</div><div><br></div><div>Honduras were undeterred, however, and even though they saw little of the ball, the challenges were flying in, much to the anger of an increasingly irritated Argentina side who were left constantly complaining to the officials.</div><div><br></div><div>A pull on Giovani Lo Celso\'s shirt however on the stroke of half-time was deemed a penalty by referee Rubiel Vazquez and Messi coolly rolled in the penalty to double the lead for Scaloni\'s men.</div><div><br></div><div>The former Barcelona star, who played for the full 90 minutes, remained in the thick of the action and almost grabbed his second on 56 minutes but failed to finish off an excellent, free-flowing move when his shot sailed over the bar.</div><div><br></div><div>- Messi brings house down -</div><div><br></div><div>Julian Alvarez, the Manchester City striker, was introduced in the second half and was denied by Honduras keeper Luis Fernandez as Argentina searched for further goals to reinforce their total dominance.</div><div><br></div><div>It was left to Messi to bring the house down with a brilliant lofted finish over Fernandez on 69 minutes to leave the result in no doubt.</div><div><br></div><div>Argentina face Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in Group C at the World Cup and, on this evidence albeit against limited opposition, will arrive in Qatar as one of the favourites to lift the trophy.</div><div><br></div><div>Even with the world Cup looming, Scaloni said it was key that his players enjoy themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Argentine national team whenever we play, it\'s a huge responsibility, but we need to enjoy it, the fans need to enjoy it,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At the end of the day, it\'s a game. The important thing is to play the way we want to play and for people to enjoy it. That is more important than the result.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Honduras coach Diego Vasquez said his side would \"take the positives\" from the match.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Obviously we knew the rival we were going to face,\" he said. \"If they scored three goals in a final against Italy, it\'s not that drastic or bad that they scored three on Honduras. They scored six goals against Estonia, so they scored less against us than one might expect.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have to accept the difference between a World Cup team like Argentina with so many prestigious players and our team. We have to respect the reality, but we are not satisfied or happy. We will take the positives and keep growing.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 22:29:45', '2022-09-24 22:29:45'),
(1854, 1854, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The overall number of global Covid cases is fast approaching 620 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 619,609,628 while the death toll reached 6,538,804 on Saturday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The US has recorded 97,880,451 cases so far and 1,081,566 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>India has reported 5,383 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total tally to 44,558,425 in the country, according to the federal health ministry\'s data released on Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>With the reporting of fresh cases, India\'s active caseload currently stands at 45,281.</div><div><br></div><div>The country logged 20 new related deaths, pushing the overall death toll to 528,449 since the beginning of the pandemic, the ministry said.</div><div><br></div><div>Covid in Bangladesh</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh reported another death from Covid-19 with 620 more cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new death, the country\'s total fatalities rose to 29,347 and the caseload rose to 2,020,768, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 23:08:59', '2022-09-24 23:08:59'),
(1855, 1855, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed as a “tragedy” the richer nations’ meaningful response to the crucial climate issue despite their blustering words saying the urgency of the situation was not being matched by actions of countries responsible for emissions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"They don\'t act. They can talk but they don\'t act,\" she told French news agency AFP in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session, adding that those countries were “the responsible ones for these damages”.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina added: “The rich countries, the developed countries, this is their responsibility. They should come forward. But we are not getting that much response from them. That is the tragedy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I know the rich countries; they want to become more rich and rich. They don\'t bother for others.\"&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Supplementing her concerns AFP commented that “fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying” Bangladesh was among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, it said, produced a miniscule amount of the greenhouse gas emissions that have already contributed to the warming of the planet by an average of nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.</div><div><br></div><div>The Paris accord called for US$100 billion a year by 2020 from wealthy nations to help developing nations cope with climate change. That year, $83.3 billion was committed, including through private sources, according to Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development figures.</div><div><br></div><div>The French news agency predicted that one key issue facing the next UN climate summit, to take place in Egypt in November, is whether wealthy nations also need to pay for losses and damages from climate change -- not just to pay for adaptation and mitigation.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We want that fund to be raised. Unfortunately we didn\'t get a good response from the developed countries,\" Sheikh Hasina said in her interview with AFP, which noted that wealthy nations agreed only to discuss the loss and damage issue through 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>The UNGA this year featured repeated calls for climate justice with the leader of tiny Vanuatu urging an international treaty against fossil fuels while Pakistan’s prime minister warned that floods that swamped one-third of his country could happen elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Questions on Rohingya&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The AFP commented that climate is not the only issue on which Bangladesh saw inaction from the West, the Rohingya crisis was another major issue from where the richer countries attention shifted with the outbreak of the COVID-19 outbreak and Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>It said some 750,000 Rohingya fled to Bangladesh in 2017 after a scorched-earth campaign against the minority group by troops in neighboring Myanmar, a campaign that the United States has described as genocide.</div><div><br></div><div>The international news agency also noted that while the world has saluted Bangladesh for taking in the refugees -- along with 100,000 who fled earlier violence -- attention has shifted since the Covid-19 pandemic and now Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As long as they are in our country, we feel that it is our duty,\" Sheikh Hasina told the interviewer but added that for Bangladeshi hosts, patience was running thin.</div><div><br></div><div>AFP also recalled the then UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet had commented on a visit in August this year that there was growing anti-Rohingya sentiment in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Local people also suffer a lot . . . I can\'t say that they\'re angry, but they feel uncomfortable,\" the Bangladesh premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All the burden is coming upon us. This is a problem.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Rohingya refugees, who are mostly Muslim, live largely in ramshackle camps with tarpaulins, sheet metal and bamboo.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet on her visit said there was no prospect of sending them back to Buddhist-majority, military-run Myanmar, where the Rohingya are not considered citizens.</div><div><br></div><div>But in her interview, Sheikh Hasina signaled that there were few options other than for the Rohingya to reside in camps.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is not possible for us to give them an open space because they have their own country. They want to go back there. So that is the main priority for everybody,\" she said adding, “If anybody wants to take them, they can take them\". - BSS/AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 23:29:47', '2022-09-24 23:29:47'),
(1856, 1856, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A large part of a hill came crashing down due to heavy rain in Uttarakhand on Friday, leading to the closure of a key route used by pilgrims for the Adi Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At least 40 pilgrims along with locals are reported to be stranded near Tawaghat after the national highway was closed following the landslide near Najang Tamba village late last evening, news agency ANI reported. Adi Kailash is a popular pilgrimage of the Hindu devotees.</div><div><br></div><div>An orange alert for very heavy rainfall has been issued for Uttarakhand till September 25.</div><div><br></div><div><iframe frameborder=\"0\" src=\"//www.youtube.com/embed/XU1wVj4GT20\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"note-video-clip\"></iframe><br></div><div><br></div><div>Several highways and more than 100 rural motor roads have been blocked by mounds of debris following landslides triggered by heavy rain in the hills.</div><div><br></div><div>The Rishikesh-Gangotri National Highway was blocked by rocks and boulders falling from the hills near Helgugad and Swarigad in Uttarkashi, while the Vikasnagar-Kalsi-Barkot National Highway in Dehradun district was also blocked, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.</div><div><br></div><div>In Dehradun, the downpour has led to flooding and disruption of power supply in many areas of the town.</div><div><br></div><div>More than half a dozen places in the state capital including Chandrabani Choyla, Shimla bypass witnessed heavy waterlogging. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-24 23:52:45', '2022-09-24 23:52:45'),
(1857, 1857, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 50 people have been killed in a crackdown by the Iranian security forces on protests that erupted following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, an NGO said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) NGO said the rise in the toll came after six people were killed by fire from the security forces in the town of Rezvanshahr in the northern Gilan province on Thursday night. Other deaths were recorded in Babol and Amol, also in northern Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>There had been protests in some 80 cities and other urban centers since the demonstrations started one week ago, it added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Angry demonstrators have taken to the streets of major cities across Iran, including the capital Tehran, for eight straight nights since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kurdish woman was pronounced dead after spending three days in a coma following her arrest by Iran\'s feared morality police for wearing the hijab headscarf in an \"improper\" way.</div><div><br></div><div>Protests were held around the Islamic republic on Friday, with online videos showing some turning violent in Tehran and other major cities including Tabriz. Rights groups have also pointed to deaths in the northern Kurdistan region where Amini was from.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At least 50 people have been killed so far, and people continue protesting for their fundamental rights and dignity,\" IHR director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam told AFP.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"The international community must stand by the Iranian people against one of our time\'s most repressive regimes,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In some of the footage, security forces could be seen firing what appeared to be live ammunition at unarmed demonstrators in the northwestern cities of Piranshahr, Mahabad and Urmia.</div><div><br></div><div>In one video shared by the Oslo-based Iran Human Rights non-governmental organization, a uniformed member of the security forces is seen shooting an AK-47 assault rifle at protesters on Tehran\'s Ferdowsi Boulevard. It said other footage showed a \"stream of state security forces... on a Tehran highway\" on Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Iranian state media reported that the number of people who died in recent riots in the country has risen to 35. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 00:51:56', '2022-09-25 00:51:56'),
(1858, 1858, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Hindu community across the country will celebrate Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion of heralding the advent of Goddess Durga.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the beginning of \'Devipaksha\', Mahalaya is observed six days before Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community. Usually, the Devi Paksha commences with Mahalaya Amavasya.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>According to Hindu mythology Mahalaya marks the last day of \'Krishnapaksha\', which is a dark fortnight of the month of Ashwin.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Indian state of West Bengal, Mahalaya is depicted in a show-tell manner, with songs, enactments and dances on regional television channels. The television show is also viewed by a lot of people specially children in Bangladesh at dawn.</div><div><br></div><div>The most popular rendition of it, however, has been in the sonorous recorded voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra, whose collection of songs and mantras called Mahishasura Mardini are played customarily on the day of Mahalaya in every Bengali household mostly in West Bengal as well as in Bangladesh early in the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Although Durga Puja will formally begin on October 1 through \'Shasti\' puja, the advent of Durga will be herald from tomorrow.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The nine-day festival of Navratri dedicated to Goddess Durga in the month of Ashwin usually commences soon after Pitru Paksha ends.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahalaya marks an invitation of sorts to goddess Durga to begin her journey from Kailash to her paternal home (earth), along with her children.</div><div><br></div><div>This invitation is extended through the chanting of mantras from Sri Sri Chandi and singing of devotional songs.</div><div><br></div><div>Countdown of Durga Puja begins with the celebration of Mahalaya.</div><div><br></div><div>On October 1, the Durga Puja will begin with various rituals on the day of Maha Shashthi.</div><div><br></div><div>On the occasion of the day, special programmes of Mahalaya will be arranged at different temples across the country including the capital tomorrow at dawn.</div><div><br></div><div>Hindus will remember and pay homage to their ancestors, who passed away, by performing puja, and offering Brahmins clothes, food and sweets in their name.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee will hold a special programme marking the Mahalaya at Dhakeshwari National Temple at 6am.</div><div><br></div><div>Gulshan-Banani Sarbajanin Puja Foundation will hold a programme to welcome Goddess Durga at 5.30am at Banani playground.</div><div><br></div><div>Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud will attend the event as the chief guest while Panna Lal Dutta will chair it.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Similar programmes will also be arranged in different temples in the capital city and across the country. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 01:26:34', '2022-09-25 01:26:34'),
(1859, 1859, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Salma Khatun claimed 3-18 with her wily off-spin as Bangladesh defended 113-5 effortlessly to beat Thailand by 11 runs in the second semifinal of the T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament at Abu Dhabi on Friday night.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victory confirmed their place in the ICC Women\'s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa. Given their performance and the strength of the other teams, the result was expected but Bangladesh\'s ultimate goal is to be champions in the Qualifying tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh first played in the T20 World Cup in 2014. They played that edition directly as the hosts of the event. However later for the next three times in 2015, 2018 and 2109 they had to play the tournament by overcoming the Qualifiers. In 2015, they though became runners-up, last two times, they were champions of the Qualifiers.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Women\'s team this time got Ireland in the final, which will be held tomorrow at Abu Dhabi. The Irish girls confirmed their ticket for the T20 World Cup, beating Zimbabwe by four runs in the first semifinal.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We came here to qualify for the T20 World Cup, and we did it. We have been playing together for so many years, this is our time to show the world how good we are, how much we have improved as a side,\" Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana Joty said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are a lot of experienced and talented players in our side, and we need to show the kind of potential we have. It was a little disappointing that we could not do well in batting today. But I was confident about my bowling side, and I am happy at the way we handled the pressure.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Being sent to bat first in the crucial game, Bangladesh put up just 113-5 but a strong bowling performance saw then defend the total.</div><div><br></div><div>Rumana Ahmed was the highest run-getter for the side with 28 not out off 24, which included two fours and one six. Her fluent batting towards the end overs, helped Bangladesh propel past 100 runs mark.</div><div><br></div><div>Opener Murshida Khatun scored 26 off 35 while Ritu Moni hit 17 off 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Rosena Kanoh, Phannita Maya and Onnicha Kamchomphu took one wicket apiece for Thailand.</div><div><br></div><div>The Thai Women\'s team was restricted to 102-6 with Natthakan Chantham battling lonely with 51 ball-64,that designed with four fours and three sixes.</div><div><br></div><div>Sanjida Akhter Meghla snapped up 2-7 and Nahida Akater picked up 1-25 to complement Salma\'s three-for. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 01:43:39', '2022-09-25 01:43:39');
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(1860, 1860, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UNGA about war and sanctions doesn\'t suit her while her government has been indulging in killings and enforced disappearances.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“She (Sheikh Hasina) is telling tall stories going abroad. She is saying in America that she doesn’t want war and sanctions...but it doesn\'t suit her. She herself is involved in killings in her country. The government is carrying out killings while more than 600 people have been made disappear,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said several hundred people have been taken to police stations and made crippled while over 1,000 people have been killed by resorting to extrajudicial killings.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“That’s why sanctions have been imposed on RAB who had earned reputations in the country in the fight against crime earlier, and on its seven officials for executing the government’s unjustified orders,” Mirza Fakhrul said.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said sanctions should be first imposed on those who gave illegal orders.</div><div><br></div><div>“The country’s people have given sanctions on them (government). People are saying they no longer want to see the current regime in power,” Mirza Fakhrul claimed.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP’s national committee on the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of Independence arranged the program at the Jatiya Press Club.</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded an immediate end to the Ukraine-Russia war and resulting sanctions for the sake of the lives and livelihoods of the people throughout the world.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We want the end of the Russia-Ukraine war. Due to sanctions, and counter-sanctions, not a single country, rather the entire mankind including women and children is punished,\" she made the call while delivering her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div><br></div><div>About the murder of Munshiganj Jubo Dal activist Shahidul Islam Shaon, Fakhrul said a section of media is reporting that Shaon was killed by throwing brick chips from behind.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said: “The way media are being regulated, the newspapers don’t dare to speak the truth. The fact is that Shahidul Islam Shaon was shot dead. He scarified his blood for the entire nation, not for BNP.”</div><div><br></div><div>Stating BNP has been carrying out a movement all over Bangladesh on public issues, he said four leaders and activists of BNP’s different associate bodies, including Shaon in Munshiganj, have already been killed in the movement.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said Shaon sustained bullet wounds in his head as police fired on their party program in Munshiganj and he succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re here today with a heavy heart. We’ve been going through suffering, despair and a terrible terror acts for the last 15 years,” he said in an emotional choked voice.</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul accused the government of completely destroying the history of the Liberation War as the ruling party does not recognize the contributions of most national leaders who played major role in the war of independence, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He also bemoaned that the ruling party always tries to belittle BNP founder Ziaur Rahman by carrying out false propaganda against him.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 02:00:33', '2022-09-25 02:00:33'),
(1861, 1861, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Powerful storm Fiona slammed into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, nearly a week after devastating parts of the Caribbean.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The US National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm, now called Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, was crossing eastern Nova Scotia, bringing high winds and heavy rains.</div><div><br></div><div>The storm had weakened somewhat as it traveled north. As of 5 a.m. (0900 GMT), the storm was about 160 miles (255 km) northeast of Halifax, carrying maximum winds of 90 miles per hour (150 kph) and barrelling north at around 26 mph (43 kph), the NHC said.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts predicted high winds, storm surges and heavy rainfall from Fiona. Although a gradual weakening was forecast during the next couple of days, Fiona was expected to maintain hurricane-force winds until Saturday afternoon, the NHC said.</div><div><br></div><div>Formerly designated a hurricane, the storm battered Caribbean islands earlier in the week, killing at least eight people and knocking out power for virtually all of Puerto Rico’s 3.3 million people during a sweltering heat wave. Nearly a million people remained without power five days later.</div><div><br></div><div>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delayed Saturday’s departure for Japan, where he was to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to receive briefings and support the government’s emergency response, Press Secretary Cecely Roy said on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>A hurricane warning was in effect for much of central Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, home to more than 150,000 people, and parts of Newfoundland, the Miami-based NHC said.</div><div><br></div><div>Canadian Hurricane Center meteorologist Ian Hubbard said on Friday the effects of Fiona would be felt over a wide area.</div><div><br></div><div>“The center of it is one thing, but the weather that’s associated with it in terms of the rain and where all the strong winds are, it’s going to be over a much larger area,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Many, many places away from the center of the storm are still going to be seriously impacted from this,” Hubbard told Reuters.</div><div>There will be rough and pounding surf, with waves as high as 10 meters (33 feet) expected to hit the eastern shore of Nova Scotia Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>Canadian authorities sent emergency alerts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, warning of severe flooding along shorelines and extremely dangerous waves. People in coastal areas were advised to evacuate.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve had a few before, but they say this is going to be the biggest of them all,” said Chris MacPhee, 53, of Sydney, Nova Scotia, who stocked up on groceries, batteries and candles. He said he was feeling “a little nervous, I guess.”</div><div><br></div><div>The storm could prove more ferocious than the benchmarks of Hurricane Juan in 2003 and Hurricane Dorian in 2019, Canadian Hurricane Center meteorologist Bob Robichaud told a briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>The country’s two largest carriers, Air Canada and WestJet Airlines, suspended regional service starting Friday evening.</div><div>Trailing Fiona in the Caribbean is Tropical storm Ian, which is expected to become a hurricane on Sunday night. The NHC said that a hurricane watch is in effect for Cayman Islands.</div><div><br></div><div>The storms Ian’s projected path takes it just south of Jamaica, over western Cuba and into Florida early next week, the hurricane center said.</div><div><br></div><div>Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency on Friday, freeing up funding and emergency services in advance of the storm. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 02:46:17', '2022-09-25 02:46:17'),
(1862, 1862, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, external affairs minister S Jaishankar has said that India is on the side of peace in the Ukraine conflict and will remain there; it is on the side that respects the United Nations charter and its founding principles; on the side that calls for diplomacy and dialogue; and on the side of those struggling to make ends meet, even as they stare at escalating costs of food, fuel and fertilisers.</span><br></p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is therefore in our collective interest to work constructively, both within the United Nations and outside, in finding an early resolution to this conflict,” Jaishankar told the assembly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India also called out the current multilateral structure as “anachronistic and ineffective”. Jaishankar said, “It is also perceived as deeply unfair, denying entire continents and regions a voice in a forum that deliberates their future.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that India was ready to take greater responsibilities, but also flagged the needs of the global south. HT had reported on Wednesday that India was set to focus on issues of the global south at the UN.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During his speech, Jaishankar focused on the transformational period in international politics currently playing out, the series of shocks that had led to a reset in assumptions and policies, and projected India as a democratic and responsible power which was there in times of need for its neighbours and the global south while being the voice of reason in the global system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister used the UNGA perch to speak about post-Independence journey of Indians as they celebrate 75 years of Independence. “The story of that period has been one of toil, determination, innovation and enterprise of millions of ordinary Indians. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are rejuvenating a society pillaged by centuries of foreign attacks and colonialism.” He said they were doing so in a “democratic framework”, whose steady progress is reflected in more “authentic voices and grounded leadership”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jaishankar said this “new India” under Narendra Modi was “a confident and resurgent society” and listed out the five pledges the PM announced on Independence Day — to make India a developed country by 2047; liberation from a colonial mindset (“Externally, this means reformed multilateralism and more contemporary global governance.”); treating India’s rich civilisational heritage as a source of pride and strength (“this includes care and concern for the environment, so ingrained in our traditional ethos”); promoting greater unity and solidarity (“this expresses a coming together on global issues, such as terrorism, pandemics or the environment”) and instilling consciousness of duties and responsibilities (“This applies to nations, as much as it does to citizens”).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The minister said it was this conviction that led India to supply vaccines to over 100 nations, create room for other nationals in distress during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations, offering partnerships to countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America “based on their needs and priorities”. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Today, that focus is on green growth, better connectivity, digital delivery and accessible health. Our solidarity is not just words; you can see them in 700 projects across the world.” Source:HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 12:33:16', '2022-09-25 18:10:34'),
(1863, 1863, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hundreds of people have benn arrested by authorities as protests against Russia\'s new \"partial mobilisation\" continue across the country, an independent rights group has said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">OVD-Info said 724 people were detained across 32 different cities on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Widespread demonstrations have broken out since President Vladimir Putin announced plans to draft 300,000 men to fight in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Unsanctioned rallies are banned under Russian law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Mr Putin\'s move to draft civilians into the military has sparked large scale protests in urban areas, with more than 1,000 people being detained at demonstrations earlier this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Moscow, news agency AFP reported witnessing one demonstrator shouting \"we are not cannon fodder\" as she was arrested by officers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in St Petersburg, Russia\'s second city, one man told reporters: \"I don\'t want to go to war for Putin.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seventy-year-old Natalya Dubova told AFP that she opposed the war and confessed she was \"afraid for young people\" being ordered to the front.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of those arrested on Saturday reported being handed draft papers and ordered to report to recruiting centres while being held by security officials. The Kremlin defended the practice earlier this week, saying \"it isn\'t against the law\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow has also approved harsh new punishments for those accused of dereliction of duty once drafted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin signed fresh decrees on Saturday imposing punishments of up to 10 years imprisonment for any soldier caught surrendering, attempting to desert the military or refusing to fight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president also signed orders granting Russian citizenship to any foreign national who signs up to serve a year in the country\'s military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decree, which some observers have suggested displays how severe Moscow\'s shortage of troops has become, bypasses the usual requirement of five years of residency in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elsewhere, other young Russians continue to flee mobilisation by seeking to leave the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the border with Georgia, queues of Russian cars stretch back more than 30km (18 miles) and the interior ministry has urged people not to travel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local Russian officials have admitted that there\'s been a significant influx of cars trying to cross - with nearly 2,500 vehicles waiting at one checkpoint.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The admission is a change of tone from Russia, with the Kremlin describing reports of Russians fleeing conscription as \"fake\" on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Meanwhile, Finland has also seen a sharp increase in the number of Russians seeking to enter the country.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matti Pitkaniitty, a spokesperson for the country\'s Border Guard, said said the number of Russians arriving had more than doubled since last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, the government announced plans to stop Russian tourists entering the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The aspiration and purpose is to significantly reduce the number of people coming to Finland from Russia,\" President Sauli Niinistö told the state broadcaster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several other neighbouring states have already ruled out offering asylum to Russians seeking to avoid the draft.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Many Russians who now flee Russia because of mobilisation were fine with killing Ukrainians,\" Latvia\'s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs said. \"They did not protest then. It is not right to consider them as conscientious objectors.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, the Kremlin revealed a host of occupations it said will be exempt from conscription aimed at boosting its war effort in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">IT workers, bankers and journalists working for state media will escape the \"partial mobilisation\" announced by President Putin on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But some have cast doubt on the truth of the Kremlin\'s claims, and reports have been emerging of Russian men who do not meet the criteria being called up by local recruiting officers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Margarita Simonyan, the editor of the state-run media outlet RT, posted to Twitter a list of elderly and disabled citizens ordered to report for duty. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 13:12:15', '2022-09-25 13:12:15'),
(1864, 1864, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea has fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast, its first known test since June, South Korean military officials have said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It came after a US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea to participate in joint drills, and ahead of a planned visit by Vice President Kamala Harris.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Korean state-run media said its neighbour may be preparing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN prohibits North Korea from ballistic and nuclear weapons tests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan\'s coast guard confirmed the launch, warning ships to \"be vigilant\". It said the object appeared to have fallen outside its exclusive economic zone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan docked in the southern port city of Busan on Friday, to take part in joint drills off South Korea\'s east coast. The exercises are for the \"sake of peace and stability on the Korean peninsula\", according to the South Korean navy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Harris will visit South Korea in the coming days as part of a trip to the region that will include the funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions on the Korean peninsula have spiked in the past year, with Pyongyang firing a number of ballistic missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Korea\'s President, Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has promised a tougher stance on North Korea and indicated closer ties with the US. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 13:36:34', '2022-09-25 13:36:34'),
(1865, 1865, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran\'s president has vowed to take action against protesters after more than a week of anti-government demonstrations.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Ebrahim Raisi pledged to \"deal decisively\" with the protests, which have now spread to most of Iran\'s 31 provinces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials say some 35 people have been killed since protests broke out over the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clashes continue in several cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Amini had been detained for allegedly breaking headscarf rules. Officers reportedly beat her head with a baton and banged her head against one of their vehicles. The police have said there is no evidence of any mistreatment and that she suffered \"sudden heart failure\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while Mr Raisi says her death will be investigated, his Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has insisted that Ms Amini was not beaten.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Reports from oversight bodies were received, witnesses were interviewed, videos were reviewed, forensic opinions were obtained and it was found that there had been no beating,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos circulating on social media have captured violent unrest in dozens of cities across the country over the past few days, with some showing security forces firing what appeared to be live ammunition on protesters in the north-western cities of Piranshahr, Mahabad and Urmia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More clashes in several cities, including the capital Tehran, were reported on Saturday. Demonstrators are reported to be spreading out to avoid congregating in a single place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New images have also appeared on social media showing protesters hurling petrol bombs at the security forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile reformist group the Union of Islamic Iran People\'s Party has called for the mandatory dress code to be repealed and for \"peaceful demonstrations\" to be allowed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnesty International has warned that evidence it gathered pointed to \"a harrowing pattern of Iranian security forces deliberately and unlawfully firing live ammunition at protesters\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It added that government forces shot 19 people dead - including three children - on Wednesday night alone. The BBC cannot independently verify this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Raisi has dismissed the protests as \"riots\". Iran, he said, must \"deal decisively with those who oppose the country\'s security and tranquillity\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of people have been detained by security forces, with the police chief in the north-western province of Guilan announcing on Saturday that some 739 people - including 60 women - have been detained in his region alone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC has heard testimony from some of those arrested who allege they were beaten. One said he was beaten \"ruthlessly\" before being jailed in a small cell with hundreds of others, where they were deprived of food, water and access to a bathroom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Government forces have also launched a crackdown on independent media and activists. The US-based media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists says 11 journalists have been detained since Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the western border town of Oshnavieh, sources told the BBC that demonstrators briefly took control of sections of the town from government forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Locals told the BBC that demonstrators had seized control overnight and that security forces and government officials had fled, before regaining control on Saturday. Videos posted from the town showed large crowds of people marching through city streets with no police presence, while loud explosions could be heard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State media denied the reports, but said protesters had stormed three outposts of the Basji Organisation, a paramilitary associated with the government\'s Revolutionary Guards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US says it will ease internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran\'s clampdown on the protests, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledging to \"help make sure the Iranian people are not kept isolated and in the dark\". Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 14:08:19', '2022-09-25 14:08:19'),
(1866, 1866, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday reiterated that election process only becomes transparent in the tenure of the Awami League (AL) government which was not in the past, saying AL always comes to the power through the people\'s votes.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"AL never ever came to the power through rigging votes rather AL always comes to the power through the votes of the people,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said this while responding to a question at a press conference held at Bangladesh Permanent Mission in the United Nations in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, \"Who are those people who wanted to raise questions regarding elections? AL always fought to establish democracy in the country\".</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina categorically said that people will cast their votes freely in the elections and assured BNP that there is nothing to be worried.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think they (BNP) are really worried when there will be a transparent election, as they are not going to get the scope to be in the power through vote rigging and keeping 1.23 crore fake voters in the voters\' list. Otherwise there is nothing to be worried,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said that she doesn\'t know what is there to give so much importance on those people\'s question regarding the election those who never came to the power by getting votes from the people.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People cast their votes in the election freely in 2009, 2014 and 2018 elections held under such environment,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about the participation of BNP in the election, she said, BNP didn\'t participate in the 2014 elections. It was their party\'s decision, she added. </div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said, \"They knew that they don\'t have any possibility to come to the power through an accurate election process. They are habituated to come to the power through killing, coup and conspiracy. That is the reality.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The premier firmly said that the AL government has ensured the people\'s right to vote. </div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also claimed that the AL government has put the election process of the country on the right track which had been derailed during the military regimes and BNP-Jamaat tenures.</div><div><br></div><div>About Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs), she said that EVM is a modern system and used in many countries around the world. </div><div><br></div><div>\"We saw that the elections where the EVM was used got quicker election results and people could give their votes freely,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to another query on investment of expatriates of the country, the premier said that investment opportunities have been created so that the expatriates can invest in the country. The government is establishing 100 economic zones for domestic and foreign investment, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to a question, she said, among the expatriates who do not have NID, they can open bank accounts with their passports. \"That arrangement has already been made.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Answering to another query on \'with what you are returning home from this UNGA\', she replied that \"Friendship, I am returning home with friendship for Bangladesh and everyone tried to say that about the development of Bangladesh.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"The most important thing is that we want peace; I don\'t want war, I don\'t want conflict. I think the biggest thing is that I have been able to convey this message to everyone and everyone has appreciated Bangladesh and appreciated our role,\" she said. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 14:25:20', '2022-09-26 00:46:17'),
(1867, 1867, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Washington DC on Saturday evening from New York wrapping up her official visit to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session at the UN Headquarters and high voltage side events.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier and her entourage members arrived in Washington DC from New York by road on Saturday evening, Prime Minister\'s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon told BSS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the prime minister reached New York on September 19 after an official visit to the United Kingdom (UK) to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II from September 15 to 19.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her stay in New York, Sheikh Hasina addressed the general debate of the 77th session of the UNGA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She delivered her speech in Bangla on September 23 following the footprint of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From September 20 to 23, Sheikh Hasina attended several high-level and close-door meetings as well as bilateral talks with the head of the governments, states and organisations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier is scheduled to return home on October 4. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 15:06:15', '2022-09-25 15:06:15'),
(1868, 1868, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">French authorities on Saturday shut the airport in the southern French authorities on Saturday shut the airport in the southern city of Montpellier for an indefinite period after a cargo plane overran the runway and ended up with its nose in a nearby lake.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images showed the Boeing 737 of the West Atlantic cargo carrier tilting with its nose in the lake and body perched on the land. The three crew escaped the accident in the early hours of Saturday unhurt, local authorities said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prefecture for the Herault region said the airport would be closed to both passenger and cargo planes until further notice as a security measure and until a specialised firm came to take the plane away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will not reopen the airport as long as the aircraft is on the runway and the investigation is not finished,\" an airport source, who asked not to be named, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"After the removal of the aircraft, the runway will also be carefully checked,\" added the source.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty-one commercial flights had been scheduled on Saturday at the airport which in peak season sees up to 197,000 passengers a month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A technical incident prevents normal operation,\" said an English message on the airport\'s website headlined \"closure of Montpellier airport\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The website showed that flights had either being cancelled or diverted to Marseille. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 16:17:40', '2022-09-25 16:17:40'),
(1869, 1869, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Chris Hemsworth will be returning with much more action in Extraction 2, as hinted by the actor in the first look of the film. The video also showed a glimpse of actor Golshifteh Farahani in action. Extraction 2 first look was unveiled during the ongoing Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event on the streaming platform’s YouTube channel.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chris will return as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black ops mercenary, and Golshifteh will mark her return as his mercenary partner Nik Khan in Extraction 2. The first look video shows Chris shooting an action sequence. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director Sam Hargrave says behind the camera, “With the title of 2 behind your name, you have to bring at least twice the action.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After performing several action scenes involving helicopters, cars and trains, Chris says, \"Where everything that got you here doesn\'t mean a thing unless you can do it bigger and better than ever before.\" A helicopter is seen landing on top of a moving train in one of the scenes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Netflix shared the first look video on social media with the caption, \"We\'re landing helicopters on moving trains. Chris Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave return for Extraction 2 - where the on-camera stunt-work is just as mind-blowing as the behind-the-scenes effort it takes to shoot it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extraction 2 also stars Daniel Bernhardt and Tinatin Dalakishvili. The film\'s summary read, “After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are  being held.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a sequel of the 2020 film Extraction that also starred Randeep Hooda as the parallel male lead and child actor Rudhraksh Jaiswal. It became most-watched original film in Netflix\'s history post its release. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 16:36:50', '2022-09-25 16:38:17'),
(1870, 1870, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russia on Saturday toughened penalties for soldiers voluntarily surrendering or refusing to fight, with up to 10 years imprisonment, and it replaced its top logistics general after a series of setbacks to its seven-month war in Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Those developments come days after Russia instigated a partial mobilisation affecting up to 300,000 additional troops, at a time when Kyiv has taken back more and more territory in a stunning counter-offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Seemingly in response to the new Russian penalties, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky directly addressed Russian citizens on Saturday, telling them that their president was knowingly \"sending citizens to their death.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking in Russian, he called on Moscow\'s forces to surrender, saying, \"You will be treated in a civilized manner... No one will know the circumstances of your surrendering.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His pointed remarks came as Kremlin-held regions of eastern and southern Ukraine voted for a second day on whether to become part of Russia, dramatically raising the stakes in the conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Integrating the four regions into Russia would mean that Moscow would consider any military move there as an attack on its own territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky has denounced the polls, on Friday calling them \"crimes against international law and the law of Ukraine\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s recent gains have laid bare flaws in Russia\'s approach since it invaded on February 24, with some analysts seeing logistics as the weak link in Moscow\'s army.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Army General Dmitry Bulgakov has been relieved of the post of deputy minister of defence\" and will be replaced by Colonel General Mikhail Mizintsev, aged 60, the defence ministry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s partial mobilisation, announced on Wednesday, will likely be one of Mizintsev\'s first big logistical challenges, with the hundreds of thousands of reservists being called up needing equipment and training before deployment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Military-age men have sought to leave, with flights full and neighbouring countries receiving an influx of Russians. Some 2,300 private vehicles were waiting at one crossing into Georgia, regional Russian authorities said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We were talking to our friends and many are thinking about leaving,\" said Daria, 22, after fleeing Russia to Istanbul with many of her compatriots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Not everyone wanted to leave in February. The (mobilisation) decision of September 21 forced many to think about it again.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 700 people were detained in protests on Saturday against the partial mobilisation, according to independent monitoring group OVD-Info.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now that President Vladimir Putin has signed the legislation, servicemen who desert, surrender \"without authorisation\", refuse to fight or disobey orders can face up to 10 years imprisonment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Looting will be punishable by 15 years imprisonment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A separate law, also signed on Saturday, facilitates Russian citizenship for foreigners who enlist in the Russian army as the Kremlin seeks to bolster the ranks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Biden calls vote a \'sham\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Friday, US President Joe Biden dismissed as a \"sham\" the voting on whether Russia should annex four regions of Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in remarks at the UN General Assembly in New York, even Beijing, Moscow\'s closest ally since the war began, called on Russia and Ukraine not to let the effects of the war \"spill over\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his own address to the UN on Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov bitterly criticized Western nations, saying the United States and its allies sought to \"destroy\" his country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The official Russophobia in the West is unprecedented. Now the scope is grotesque,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also defended the referendums, describing them as people claiming land \"where their ancestors have been living for hundreds of years.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The voting is being held in Russian-controlled areas of Donetsk and Lugansk in the east, and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities there are going door-to-door to collect votes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polling stations then open Tuesday for residents to cast ballots on the final day of voting. Results are expected as early as late Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Ultimately, things are moving towards the restoration of the Soviet Union. The referendum is one step towards this,\" Leonid, a 59-year-old military official, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The snap referendums were announced just this week after the Ukrainian counter-offensive seized most of the northeast Kharkiv region -- bringing hundreds of settlements back under Kyiv\'s control after months of Russian occupation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, bad weather and stiff Russian resistance caused Ukraine\'s counter-offensive to slow to a brutal slog in Kupiansk, in the eastern Kharkiv region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"For now, the rain is making it difficult to use heavy weapons everywhere. We can only use paved roads,\" Ukrainian army sergeant Roman Malyna told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Irpin, close to the capital, was recaptured after weeks of fighting and residents have rallied to start rebuilding before winter sets in.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 100 apartment blocks in Irpin -- dubbed a \"hero city\" by Zelensky for holding back Russian invaders -- were badly damaged by shelling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Evidence of \'war crimes\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Head of the residents\' association in his building, Mykhailo Kyrylenko looked proudly at the new roof taking shape.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"People don\'t have much money, but they agreed\" to donate funds to gradually restore shattered homes, he told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin this week warned that Moscow would use \"all means\" to protect its territory -- which former Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev said on social media could include the use of \"strategic nuclear weapons\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN investigators on Friday accused Russia of committing war crimes on a \"massive scale\" in Ukraine -- listing bombings, executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the eastern Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials said they had exhumed 447 bodies from a site near the city of Izyum, which was recaptured from Russian forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin has accused Kyiv of fabricating evidence of the alleged war crimes. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 17:14:32', '2022-09-25 17:14:32');
