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(6748, 6748, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A total of 136 Bangladeshi nationals, who were among those stranded in crisis-hit Sudan, arrived in Dhaka via Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Monday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Bangladeshi nationals left Jeddah around 1am Monday and reached Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30 am , said Seheli Sabrin, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed welcomed the Bangladeshi nationals at the airport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sudan conflict: 136 Bangladeshi evacuees arrive in Dhaka&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladeshi nationals reached Jeddah on Sunday from Sudan by special flights of the Royal Saudi Air Force as fighting between the army and a paramilitary force continues in the African country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Javed Patwary, Bangladesh\'s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Consul General of Bangladesh in Jeddah Md Nazmul Hoque welcomed the Bangladeshis Jeddah airport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the sources, about 1,500 Bangladeshi citizens live in Sudan, who can register to come back to the country, after which they will be brought back in phases. Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia and Bangladesh Consulate in Jeddah have made all preparations in this regard, sources added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sudan conflict: 136 Bangladeshi evacuees arrive in Dhaka&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, 675 Bangladeshi nationals looking to leave crisis-hit Sudan reached Port Sudan from Khartoum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Those who are without passports have already been provided with travel permits,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said in a Facebook post on Thursday. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 15:08:14', '2023-05-08 15:08:14'),
(6749, 6749, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Air raid sirens have sounded across Ukraine after Russia launched a fresh wave of missile and drone strikes on cities around the country.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Explosions were heard in Ukraine\'s capital Kyiv, where the city\'s mayor said five people had been injured by falling debris from down drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Blasts also hit Kharkiv, Kherson, Odessa and Mykolaiv, officials said.</div><div>It marks the fourth attack in eight days on Kyiv, and comes just 24 hours before Russia celebrates Victory Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The annual holiday commemorates Russia\'s victory over Nazi Germany during World War Two, a conflict the Kremlin has baselessly tried to draw parallels to, since launching its invasion of Ukraine last year.</div><div><br></div><div>After a lull in Russian attacks on civilian targets in recent months, which saw Kyiv go days without an attack, Moscow has intensified its air raids over the past week ahead of an expected Ukrainian offensive in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ukrainian military said Monday morning\'s raids - which lasted more than four hours and were launched shortly after midnight - saw 16 missiles fired at targets across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>It said that 61 airstrikes and 52 rocket salvos were also fired at cities and military positions. Officials added that some 35 Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drones had been destroyed. The BBC has not been able to verify these numbers.</div><div><br></div><div>In Kyiv, emergency services responded after drone wreckage fell on a runway at Zhuliany international airport - one of the city\'s two commercial airports - Kyiv\'s military administration said.</div><div><br></div><div>And civilians were injured after drone debris hit a residential building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, the administration added.</div><div><br></div><div>Elsewhere, in the Black Sea port city of Odessa, a warehouse was set ablaze in the strikes. - BBC&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 15:38:43', '2023-05-08 15:38:43'),
(6750, 6750, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called the BNP-Jamaat vote thieves, saying the Bangladesh people will vote for Awami League (AL) in the next elections as she was accorded a civic reception by expatriate Bangladeshis in the United Kingdom (UK).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"They (BNP-Jamaat) will destroy Bangladesh. So, make sure that BNP-Jamaat clique couldn\'t come to power again,\" she told the function held at London Marriott Hotel here on Sunday (local time).</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister also called upon the countrymen not to cast vote for BNP-Jamaat as they\'re out to destroy the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her party will win the next general polls as it is always beside the people in their needs.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Insha Allah, the people will give us scope to serve them. All (AL leaders and activists) will have to work confidently as we can win the vote,\" the premier said.</div><div><br></div><div>She, as well, expressed her hope that the people of the country will not keep trust in the BNP-Jamaat.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said: \"They (BNP) laundered the country\'s money abroad and such destroyed the country. So, how the people will have confidence in them.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said the people have already known they (BNP-Jamaat) are thieves, corrupts, killers, grenade attackers, looters and patrons of killers.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said that BNP-Jamaat nexus siphoned off money and put the country on the verge of the destruction.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that Tarique Rahman has been sentenced for his corruption and the government has been able to bring back some Tk 40 crore that was siphoned off by Khaleda Zia\'s younger son Coco.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier reiterated her vow that the country will be a Smart Bangladesh by 2041, saying, \"We have formulated Delta-2100 plan. We have to take the country forward.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said that there will also be no homeless, landless people in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Awami League works for the welfare of the people. No person in Bangladesh will remain without food,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister again dubbed the BNP and its leaders as vote thieves, saying, \"Tarique Zia is a vote thief and his mother is also a vote thief.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said that Awami League did not come to the power through vote rigging like BNP-Jamaat.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Awami League always fights for the rights of the people. It comes to power after being elected by people. It never grabbed or stole power,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier asked the BNP leaders that how many parties did participate in the February 15, 1996 election and how many votes were cast?</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, also AL president, said that the people of the country are aware enough about their right to vote.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have made the people aware of it,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said no one has anything to say about the 2008 election.</div><div><br></div><div>\"What was the result of that election? How many seats did BNP\'s 20-party alliance get? The 20-party coalition won 29 seats in that election and 1 in a by-election, totaling 30 seats. And the remaining seat was of the Awami League led alliance. We got all. What is their (BNP-Jamaat) position to the people that they jump so much?\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister also briefly enunciated her government\'s various development programmes in the last 14 years. According to BSS reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 16:23:13', '2023-05-08 16:23:13'),
(6751, 6751, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A second blast in 36 hours rocked the area around the Sikh holy site of the Golden Temple in India\'s Amritsar city on Monday, police said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Authorities said that there were no casualties or damage reported in the incident, with police investigating the possible cause.</div><div><br></div><div>The late Saturday night blast, which police said they were still probing, left at least one person wounded in the northern city in the Sikh-majority Punjab state.</div><div><br></div><div>The Golden Temple - a gleaming edifice in a large artificial pond -- is revered by Sikhs the world over.</div><div><br></div><div>But it has been the scene of violence in the past, most notably when Indian special forces stormed it in 1984 to remove Sikh militants.</div><div><br></div><div>Devotees told AFP that officials arrived soon after the early morning blast on Monday -- when hundreds of people would have been at the shrine -- to collect forensic samples.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Such happenings are creating panic,\" said worshipper Jasbir Singh Patti, who visits the temple daily.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is time for the police administration to act swiftly to present the truth before the public.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Several windows cracked in the blast in the same area on Saturday -- when the site can see around 200,000 visitors.</div><div><br></div><div>In March, a manhunt was launched in Punjab to arrest a firebrand Sikh separatist that sparked protests and vandalism among the diaspora.</div><div><br></div><div>It was unclear if the latest blasts were linked.</div><div><br></div><div>Thousands of officers were deployed in the northern state and mobile internet was cut off for days in the effort to locate Amritpal Singh, 30, who was arrested last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Singh rose to prominence calling for a separate Sikh homeland known as Khalistan, the struggle for which sparked deadly violence in India in the 1980s and 1990s. According to BBC reports </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 17:28:20', '2023-05-08 17:30:15'),
(6752, 6752, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pakistan and Afghanistan\'s Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant attacks on security forces, officials said Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal Sunday in Islamabad, according to Pakistan\'s Foreign Ministry. The agreement is designed to improve bilateral trade, combat terrorism and boost bilateral ties.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Bhutto Zardari and Muttaqi also held talks with China\'s Foreign Minister Qin Gang, a departure from recent years when such dialogue had been on hold, according to analysts, who say China is expanding its influence in the region. China also has played a role in the resumption of Saudi-Iran diplomatic ties.</div><div><br></div><div>In Pakistan, Beijing is bankrolling the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC — a sprawling package that includes such projects as road and power plant construction and boosting agriculture production.</div><div><br></div><div>The package is considered a lifeline for this impoverished Islamic nation, which is currently facing one of its worst economic crises amid stalled talks on a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.</div><div><br></div><div>CPEC, also known as the One Road Project, is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global endeavor aimed at reconstituting the ancient Silk Road and linking China to all corners of Asia.</div><div><br></div><div>Qin arrived in Islamabad on Friday and met with President Arif Alvi, Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan\'s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir. During these meetings, he was assured that Pakistan will boost security for all Chinese nationals who are working on multi-billion dollar projects in cash-strapped Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>China has been demanding more security from Pakistan for its nationals residing and working in the Islamic country since 2021, when a suicide bomber killed nine Chinese and four Pakistanis in an attack in Pakistan’s volatile northwest.</div><div><br></div><div>According to a Foreign Ministry statement, Bhutto Zardari and Muttaqi on Sunday “held a candid and in-depth exchange on key issues of mutual concern, including peace and security, as well as trade and connectivity.\" The two sides “reaffirmed their desire to pursue continuous and practical engagement,\" it said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Afghan embassy, Muttaqi and his delegation met with Bhutto Zardari and other officials. “During the meeting, matters of mutual interest, Afghan-Pak political, economic, and transit relations as well as challenges of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan have been discussed,” it said on Twitter early Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan\'s military said Muttaqi also met with Munir, the army chief, to discuss \"issues of mutual interest including aspects related to regional security, border management, and formalization of bilateral security mechanisms for improvement in the current security environment.” Munir sought enhanced cooperation to “effectively tackle the common challenges of terrorism and extremism,\" the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>Relations between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban have featured ups and down in the past year.</div><div><br></div><div>In February, the two sides shut the main Afghan-Pakistan border crossing at Torkham, stranding people and trucks carrying food and essential items. After a Pakistani delegation traveled to Kabul for talks on the crisis, the border was reopened after a week and Muttaqi\'s visit to Islamabad was planned.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan\'s Taliban have been shunned by most of the international community for harsh and restrictive measures they have imposed since seizing power in August 2021, when U.S. and NATO troops were in the final weeks of their pullout from the country after 20 years of war. The Afghan Taliban has banned girls from education beyond the sixth grade and barred women from most jobs and public life.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan has lately expressed concern over a surge of deadly attacks across the country by the Pakistani Taliban — an independent militant group that is allied with and sheltered by the Afghan Taliban.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamabad has demanded from the Taliban in Kabul that they do more to rein in anti-Pakistani groups such as the Pakistani Taliban — also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP — which have stepped up attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent months. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 18:47:10', '2023-05-08 18:47:10'),
(6753, 6753, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court set July 13 for submitting&nbsp; probe report in a graft case filed against former chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Asaduzzaman set the date as investigation agency Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) couldn\'t submit the report today.</div><div><br></div><div>On October 10, 2021, ACC deputy director Md Gulshan Anwar filed the case against Sinha for amassing wealth of Taka 7.14 crore on his brother and relative\'s names through misuse of power, later transferring and handing over the money.</div><div><br></div><div>The ACC in its probe found that the former chief justice paid Taka 75 lakh to Rajuk against a plot in Uttara and raised a nine-floor apartment complex on it at a cost of Taka 6.31 crore.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The anti-graft body however, said that they did not find any legal source of earning for the money used in buying the plot and developing the apartment complex. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 19:01:27', '2023-05-08 19:01:27'),
(6754, 6754, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Breakingnews.combd, a leading Bangla and English online newspaper, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary with a cake-cutting ceremony at its Bijoynagar office in the capital.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Publisher Md. Mainul Islam led the event, which was attended by journalists and officials from Aman Builders Group Limited. In his speech, Islam expressed his pride in the newspaper\'s accomplishments and its continued success in the competitive news market.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Breakingnews.combd has made a significant impact on the news industry with its exclusive and authentic reports,\" he stated. \"Our success story is a testament to our unwavering commitment to delivering accurate and reliable news to our readers.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Over the past decade, Breakingnews.combd has established itself as a trusted source of news and information, covering a wide range of topics, including politics, business, entertainment, and sports. </div><div><br></div><div>The newspaper\'s dedicated team of journalists works tirelessly to provide its readers with timely and relevant news updates, making it a go-to source for breaking news in Bangladesh and beyond.</div><div><br></div><div>As the newspaper enters its 11th year of publication, its management and staff remain committed to upholding its high standards of journalism and providing its readers with the latest and most accurate news from around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 20:38:14', '2023-05-08 20:38:14'),
(6755, 6755, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, authorities said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With no bench at the unmarked city bus stop, some of the victims were sitting on the curb around 8:30 a.m. when the driver hit them, surveillance video from the Bishop Enrique San Pedro Ozanam Center showed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Brownsville police investigator Martin Sandoval, who confirmed the latest death Sunday evening, said police did not know whether the collision was intentional.</div><div><br></div><div>Shelter director Victor Maldonado said the SUV ran up the curb, flipped and continued moving for about 200 feet (60 meters). Some people walking on the sidewalk about 30 feet (9 meters) from the main group were also hit, Maldonado said. Witnesses detained the driver as he tried to run away and held him until police arrived, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This SUV, a Range Rover, just ran the light that was about 100 feet (30 meters) away and just went through the people who were sitting there in the bus stop,” said Maldonado, who reviewed the shelter’s surveillance video.</div><div><br></div><div>Victims struck by the vehicle were waiting for the bus to return to downtown Brownsville after spending the night at the overnight shelter, said Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the victims were Venezuelan men, Maldonado said. Brownsville has seen a surge of Venezuelan migrants over the last two weeks for unclear reasons, authorities said. On Thursday, 4,000 of about 6,000 migrants in Border Patrol custody in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley were Venezuelan.</div><div><br></div><div>The driver was taken to the hospital for injuries sustained when the car rolled over, Sandoval said. There were no passengers in the car, and police didn’t immediately know the driver’s name or age, Sandoval said Sunday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Sandoval said there are three possible explanations for the collision: “It could be intoxication; it could be an accident; or it could be intentional. In order for us to find out exactly what happened, we have to eliminate the other two.</div><div><br></div><div>“He’s being very uncooperative at the hospital, but he will be transported to our city jail as soon as he gets released,\" Sandoval said. \"Then we’ll fingerprint him and (take a) mug shot, and then we can find his true identity.”</div><div><br></div><div>Police retrieved a blood sample and sent it to a Texas Department of Public Safety lab to test for intoxicants.</div><div><br></div><div>The surge in the number of migrants this week has prompted Brownsville commissioners to indefinitely extend a declaration of emergency during a special meeting Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We don’t want them wandering around outside,” Pedro Cardenas, a city commissioner, said Sunday after the crash. “So, we’re trying to make sure they’re as comfortable as they can be so they don’t have to go out and look for anywhere else.”</div><div><br></div><div>Brownsville has long been an epicenter for migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, and it has become a key location of interest for next week\'s end to pandemic-era border restrictions known as Title 42. The Ozanam shelter is the only overnight shelter in the city and manages the release of thousands of migrants from federal custody.</div><div><br></div><div>Maldonado said the center had not received any threats before the crash, but did afterward.</div><div><br></div><div>“I\'ve had a couple of people come by the gate and tell the security guard that the reason this happened was because of us,” Maldonado said.</div><div><br></div><div>About 2,500 migrants have crossed through the river daily into Brownsville in the past few days, Cardenas said. He said the Border Patrol is aware of the city’s capacity of 1,000 at their processing area near the crossing point and a downtown building where city employees and volunteers guide migrants on how to purchase bus or plane tickets to their final destinations. The city is considering expanding services to accommodate needs in the coming days, Cardenas said.</div><div><br></div><div>While 80% of people released from federal custody leave the same day, the city’s emergency management official said, a bottleneck has formed over the past few days.</div><div><br></div><div>“Most of the people coming across don’t want to stay in Brownsville, but we don’t have enough buses for them to buy their ticket to leave,” Cardenas said. “Some are waiting for family members.”</div><div><br></div><div>The Ozanam shelter can hold 250, but many who arrive leave the same day. In the last several weeks, an uptick in border crossings prompted the city to declare an emergency as local, state and federal resources coordinated enforcement and humanitarian response.</div><div><br></div><div>“In the last two months, we’ve been getting 250 to 380 a day,” Maldonado said.</div><div><br></div><div>While the shelter offers migrants transportation during the week, they also use the city’s public transportation.</div><div><br></div><div>Rochelle Garza, president of the Texas Civil Rights Project, said in a statement shared Sunday afternoon: “I hope that today serves as a wake up call, and that state officials will begin investing in a humanitarian response that might have helped the people who were impacted by this morning’s tragedy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>U.S. Rep. Vicente González said Sunday that local officials are in communication with the federal government about the crash, reports AP</div><div><br></div><div>“We are all extremely sad and heartbroken to have such a tragedy in our neighborhood,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 20:59:18', '2023-05-08 20:59:18'),
(6756, 6756, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Renowned author and novelist Samaresh Majumdar died in Kolkata on Monday. He was 81.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>He breathed his last around 5:45pm at a private hospital in Kolkata, Anandabazar daily reported.</div><div><br></div><div>He had long been suffering from multiple health complications. The Sahitya Akademi award-winning novelist was admitted to the hospital on April 25 due to brain haemorrhage. Later, his respiratory problems worsened.</div><div><br></div><div>Samaresh Majumdar is the author of many timeless novels including Uttaradhikar, Kalpurush, Kalbela. He was born in 1942 in North Bengal. He spent his childhood in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.</div><div><br></div><div>His other notable novels include Satkahan, Tero Parvan, At Kuthuri Noy Dorja, Anurag etc, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, winning many national and international awards, Samaresh Majumdar has won the hearts of millions of readers at home and abroad.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 21:07:00', '2023-05-08 21:07:00'),
(6757, 6757, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed on Monday said the government will provide all possible financial assistance to returnees from Sudan, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will be offering their support as well.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Our primary goal is to alleviate any inconvenience you may face during this difficult time,” he said while receiving the returnees at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, \"Don\'t worry. You have contributed significantly to our country, but unfortunately, you\'ve lost everything in Sudan. Now, each of you is returning empty-handed. Rest assured, we are here to help and support you.”</div><div><br></div><div>The 136 Bangladeshi nationals who arrived this morning at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport were supported by IOM with air tickets through its internal emergency assistance funding mechanisms to travel from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Dhaka Bangladesh with the coordinated support from the Biman Bangladesh Airlines.</div><div><br></div><div>Upon arrival the returnees were provided with hot meals, refreshments and onward transportation allowance from the Wage Earners\' Welfare Board (Tk 3,000) and IOM (Tk 2,000), facilitating their safe return back to their places of origin.</div><div><br></div><div>Representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed their gratitude to the IOM for its cooperation during this delicate operation and emphasized the government of Bangladesh’s unwavering commitment to the safety of its nationals abroad.</div><div><br></div><div>The government said they are dedicated to ensuring the well-being of every Bangladeshi, no matter where they are in the world.</div><div><br></div><div>While the government of Bangladesh in close coordination with its diplomatic Missions in Sudan and Saudi Arabia made all necessary arrangements to ensure the safe passage of more than 682 vulnerable Bangladeshi nationals, their air travel from Jeddah to Dhaka was sponsored by IOM with flight tickets and other necessary arrangements.</div><div><br></div><div>Fathima Nusrath Ghazzali, Officer in Charge, IOM Bangladesh, reiterated the organization\'s commitment to supporting the government of Bangladesh in this humanitarian effort.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our priority is the safety and well-being of these vulnerable individuals. We are fully committed to working with the Government to ensure a smooth and efficient repatriation process.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This group is the first of over 680 Bangladeshis to safely return home thanks to the combined efforts and collaboration of IOM and the Government of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>As the volatile situation in Sudan continues to escalate, the government of Bangladesh and IOM remain on alert in monitoring events and are prepared to offer further assistance as needed.</div><div><br></div><div>The remaining Bangladeshi nationals are expected to return to the country in the coming days.</div><div><br></div><div>In a joint effort to safeguard the well-being of its citizens, the government of Bangladesh and IOM on Monday successfully repatriated the first group of Bangladeshi nationals who were stranded in various locations across the Republic of Sudan.</div><div><br></div><div>The ongoing conflict in Sudan has left many Bangladeshi expatriate nationals in a precarious situation. In response to this crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the support of its Missions in Sudan and</div><div><br></div><div>Jeddah, Ministry of Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment and the IOM have taken the initiative to repatriate affected Bangladeshi nationals. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 21:42:47', '2023-05-08 21:42:47'),
(6758, 6758, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi returned to training with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday six days after Argentina\'s World Cup-winning captain was suspended for going on an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"Leo Messi returns to training Monday morning,\" tweeted the club along with a photo of the 35-year-old in action.</div><div><br></div><div>His return makes it likely he will feature in PSG\'s home match with relegation-threatened Ajaccio next Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>PSG hold the whip hand in defending their Ligue 1 title, a six point lead over Lens with four matches remaining.</div><div><br></div><div>He was suspended by the Qatar-owned club after failing to turn up for training last Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead, the seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner travelled to Saudi Arabia without PSG\'s permission to fulfil commitments as part of a contract with the country\'s tourist office.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi subsequently apologised in a video posted on Instagram to his 458 million followers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I had organised this trip to Saudi Arabia having cancelled it previously. This time I couldn\'t cancel it. I am sorry for what I did and I wait to see what the club decides to do.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The affair has made it increasingly unlikely that Messi will remain at PSG beyond this season, when his two-year contract with the club expires. Source: AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 21:49:36', '2023-05-08 21:49:36'),
(6759, 6759, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal is expected to present the national budget for FY2023-24 in Parliament on June 1, a ministry spokesman said on Monday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The finance division got the approval of relevant official documents on Monday as part of the preparation, Gazi Tawhidul Islam, public relations officer of the Finance Ministry, told UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>In the documents, responsibilities on the budget day have also been defined so that everyone can do their respective work smoothly, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The government is willing to finish the next national budget before the vacation of Eid-ul-Azha.</div><div><br></div><div>The budget for the FY 2023-24 will be around Tk 7.5 lakh crore, which will be the highest ever budget amount,&nbsp; in the history of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Economic Council is scheduled to announce the new annual development programme of Tk 2.74 lakh crore on May 11, sources said. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-08 22:03:02', '2023-05-08 22:03:02'),
(6760, 6760, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tens of thousands of Serbs have joined protests against gun violence in the capital Belgrade and another city after two mass shootings last week.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seventeen people died in the shootings on Wednesday and Thursday, including eight children in a primary school.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters called for the resignation of top government officials and want newspapers and TV stations they say promote violence shut down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serbia\'s President, Aleksandar Vucic, condemned the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He accused the opposition of capitalising on a national tragedy to promote their own interests. He said he was ready to test his party\'s popularity at a snap vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I will continue to work and I will never back down before the street and the mob... Whether it will be a reshuffle of the government or an election, we shall see,\" he said on TV.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next parliamentary elections are set to take place in 2026.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police were stationed near all of Belgrade\'s schools as they restarted classes on Monday. The government is planning to recruit more officers to be stationed at schools.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crowds marched through the centre of the city behind a banner that read \"Serbia against violence\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are here because we can\'t wait any longer. We\'ve waited too long, we\'ve been silent too long, we\'ve turned our heads too long,\" Marina Vidojevic, a schoolteacher, told the crowd, as quoted by AFP news agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We want safe schools, streets, villages and cities for all children.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands also turned out across the northern city of Novi Sad, where protests threw flowers into the Danube river which flows to the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters called for the resignation of the interior minister and the head of Serbia\'s intelligence agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serbia\'s Education Minister, Branko Ruzic, stepped down on Sunday, citing the \"cataclysmic tragedy\" of the recent school massacre in his resignation letter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Serbia has the highest rates of gun ownership in Europe, with about 39 out of 100 people owning guns according to a 2018 survey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Vucic has started a one-month amnesty for surrendering illegal weapons, with people able to drop off their guns to police with no questions asked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The amnesty will last 30 days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the first day of the amnesty around 1,500 guns were surrendered, according to Serbian police. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 07:00:25', '2023-05-09 07:00:25'),
(6761, 6761, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Providing simple and cheap healthcare measures to pregnant women -- such as offering aspirin -- could prevent more than a million babies from being stillborn or dying as newborns in developing countries every year, new research said on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An international team of researchers also estimated that one quarter of the world\'s babies are born either premature or underweight, adding that almost no progress is being made in this area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers called for governments and organisations to ramp up the care women and babies receive during pregnancy and birth in 81 low- and middle-income countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eight proven and easily implementable measures could prevent more than 565,000 stillbirths in these countries, according to a series of papers published in the Lancet journal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The measures included providing micronutrient, protein and energy supplements, low-dose aspirin, the hormone progesterone, education on the harms of smoking, and treatments for malaria, syphilis and bacteria in urine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If steroids were made available to pregnant women and doctors did not immediately clamp the umbilical cord, the deaths of more than 475,000 newborn babies could also be prevented, the research found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Implementing these changes would cost an estimated $1.1 billion, the researchers said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is \"a fraction of what other health programmes receive\", said Per Ashorn, a lead study author and professor at Finland\'s Tampere University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Shockingly\' common -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another study author, Joy Lawn of the London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told AFP that the researchers used a new definition for babies born premature or underweight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the traditional way to determine a baby had a low birthweight -- if it was born weighing under 2.5 kilogrammes (5.8 pounds) -- was \"a bit randomly selected\" by a Finnish doctor in 1919.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This \"very blunt measure\" has remained the benchmark for more than a century, despite plentiful evidence that \"those babies are not all the same\", Lawn said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers analysed a database that included 160 million live births from 2000 to 2020 to work out how often babies are born \"too soon and too small\", she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Quite shockingly, we found that this is much more common once you start to think about it in a more nuanced way.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers estimated that 35.3 million -- or one in four -- of the babies born worldwide in 2020 were either premature or too small, classifying them under the new term \"small vulnerable newborns\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While most of the babies were born in southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, Lawn emphasised that every country was affected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One reason progress has flatlined is that these problems tend \"to be something that happens to families and women with less of a voice\", Lawn said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For example, pregnant African-American women in the United States received a lower level of care than other groups, she added. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 08:53:05', '2023-05-09 08:53:05'),
(6762, 6762, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Canada struggled on Monday to control wildfires that have forced thousands to flee, halted oil production and razed towns, with the western province of Alberta calling for federal help.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 30,000 people were ordered to leave their homes over the past three days, as nearly 100 fires flared across the province -- including 27 out of control.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Federal disaster officials and the military were on standby, after Alberta leader Danielle Smith spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to formally ask for assistance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Canadians stand with the people of Alberta as they deal with these terrible, terrible wildfires,\" Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We were watching images from the communities affected by these wildfires and I assured Danielle that we will be there to help,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Details of what supports would be made available were not immediately released.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Alberta, firefighters prioritized dousing flames threatening homes and businesses. Many roads near the provincial capital Edmonton were blocked off as temporary shelters welcomed evacuees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials said 390,000 hectares had burned, patients and long-term care residents had to be relocated and many schools were closed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oil firms -- including Vermilion Energy and Crescent Point Energy -- announced temporary shutdowns of operations, slashing production by more than 125,000 barrels of oil per day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many residents and oil workers rode to safety in motorhomes or with campers in tow, and set up in empty parking lots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Others are staying with friends or family, like Jerry Greiner, a resident from Dayton Valley, west of Edmonton, the capital of Alberta.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We could see the smoke on Friday and there was a pretty strong wind,\" the 55-year-old told AFP, his eyes tearing up as he recounted receiving the order to evacuate that night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We quickly grabbed our bags (and went) to our friends\' house. About 12 people stayed there,\" he said. This was the first time Greiner has ever had to flee wildfires.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dayton Valley, a small town of 7,000, was completely abandoned. Trees and grass fields all around were blackened by the fires, and smoke billowed from a few charred buildings, but most of the homes appeared intact, observed an AFP reporter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Black smokey skies -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was not clear when residents would be permitted to return.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Resident Randy Braun, 57, said the fire chief told locals it would be \"at least a week minimum.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smith said the fires \"may continue on for several months,\" but added that evacuation orders had been lifted in the morning for three communities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kathy Bereuwski, 61, escaped with her family and dogs. \"The sky,\" she told AFP, \"was pitch black\" with smoke and falling ash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the northern community of Fox Lake, a fire destroyed 20 homes, a store and a police station. Residents had to be evacuated by boat and helicopter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Alberta premier declared a state of emergency on Saturday, calling the wildfire situation \"unprecedented.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The province -- one of the world\'s largest oil-producing regions -- \"has been experiencing a hot, dry spring and with so much kindling, all it takes is a few sparks to ignite some truly frightening wildfires,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost all of Alberta as well as much of neighboring Saskatchewan province, parts of British Columbia and a large swath of the Northwest Territories face extreme fire risks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two out-of-control wildfires in westernmost British Columbia have also forced residents to evacuate, and authorities have warned they expect strong winds to swell those blazes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent years, western Canada has been hit repeatedly by extreme weather, the intensity and frequency of which have increased due to global warming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forest fires in Canada\'s oil sands region in 2016 disrupted production and forced out 100,000 residents from Fort McMurray, pummelling the nation\'s economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More recently in 2021, British Columbia suffered record-high temperatures over the summer that killed more than 500 people, as well as wildfires that destroyed an entire town.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That was followed by devastating floods and mudslides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Christie Tucker, a spokesperson with Alberta\'s wildfire agency, said Monday brought \"a continuation of yesterday\'s break in the hot weather across most of the province, with light scattered showers.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s a much needed chance to make progress on some of these powerful, challenging wildfires,\" she said. \"But we\'re not out of the woods yet.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 08:58:16', '2023-05-09 08:58:16'),
(6763, 6763, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israeli air strikes killed nine people before dawn on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, according to the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled territory.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli military announced it had carried out strikes against Palestinian \"Islamic Jihad targets\" in the area, without giving further details. An AFP journalist in Gaza saw the top of a building on fire after the strikes and ambulances evacuating victims. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 09:19:11', '2023-05-09 09:19:11');
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(6764, 6764, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US President Joe Biden said Monday he wants to see striking movie and television writers in Hollywood get a \"fair deal\" on contract negotiations quickly.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I sincerely hope the writers\' strike in Hollywood gets resolved and writers are given the fair deal they deserve as soon as possible,\" he said during a film screening at the White House in honor of the Asian-American community. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 09:22:07', '2023-05-09 09:22:07'),
(6765, 6765, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Vladimir Putin is set to preside Tuesday over Victory Day celebrations overshadowed by Russia\'s battlefield failures in Ukraine, confrontation with the West and fear of new attacks at home.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in a major coup for the Kremlin, at least six post-Soviet leaders including the prime minister of Armenia and the president of Kazakhstan are expected to attend the military parade that fetes the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in 1945.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin, who has become the target of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant, is expected to address thousands of troops standing at attention in Moscow\'s Red Square amid ramped-up security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, after 14 months of fighting in Ukraine, Russia has little to show for its military campaign, with troops failing to take control of the eastern town of Bakhmut, its military leadership riven by conflict and Kyiv preparing to go on the offensive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Political analyst Arkady Dubnov said that \"for the first time in many years\" Putin will be surrounded at a Victory Day parade by a number of post-Soviet leaders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Despite the serious weakening of its global positions after February 24, 2022, Russia remains to a certain extent the metropolis of a former empire whose actions have to be taken into account,\" Dubnov said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that \"all necessary measures\" were being taken to ensure the safety of the leaders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the run-up to the festivities, Russia has witnessed numerous incidents, including explosions derailing trains, fires, a drone attack on the Kremlin and a bombing attack that wounded a fiercely pro-Kremlin writer, Zakhar Prilepin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than two dozen cities and towns -- near the Ukraine border, but also in more distant Russian regions -- have cancelled plans to stage their own military parades over security concerns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin has, however, said that the Red Square parade, which is essential to Putin\'s legitimacy, will take place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has promoted a patriotic cult around the 1945 Soviet victory over the Nazis, used to stoke patriotism and boost his standing as the heir of Soviet power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin has also used the memory of the Soviet war effort to justify its offensive in Ukraine, claiming it is fighting \"fascists\" supported by the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities have scrapped plans to hold so-called \"Immortal Regiment\" marches that see people carry photos of veterans or family members who died in World War II.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While officials said the events would not take place due to security concerns, Kremlin critics say many Russians could have brought photos of those who died fighting in Ukraine, highlighting the scale of Moscow\'s losses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Problems at the front -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the parade, Yevgeny Prigozhin, chief of the mercenary group Wagner, issued a series of blistering, profanity-laced videos, blaming Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov for withholding ammunition amid talk of infighting and rivalries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Institute for the Study of War has pointed to \"chain of command problems\" for the Russian army in Ukraine that cast doubt on Moscow\'s ability to \"coordinate a coherent theatre-wide defensive campaign\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By contrast, Ukraine commemorated the end of World War II together with Europe on Monday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky vowing that Russian forces would be defeated just as Nazi Germany was beaten in 1945.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukrainian leader said the Kremlin was responsible for \"aggression and annexation, occupation and deportation\", as well as \"mass murder and torture\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky said he had submitted a bill to parliament to formally commemorate World War II in Ukraine on May 8. For years the anniversary was marked on May 9, as it was in Russia and other ex-Soviet countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine will also mark a separate Europe Day on May 9, which promotes peace and unity on the continent, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen is expected to visit Kyiv for talks with Zelensky on Tuesday. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 09:37:54', '2023-05-09 09:37:54'),
(6766, 6766, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 160 at 9:10 am today, Dhaka ranked 4th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s Delhi, Pakistan\'s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 245, 186, and 160, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 151 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 10:37:02', '2023-05-09 10:37:02'),
(6767, 6767, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday morning returned home from London after her 15-day official visit to Japan, the US and the UK.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:05am. The flight departed Heathrow International Airport, London at 6:25pm on Monday (London Time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 25 last, Hasina left Dhaka for Tokyo on a four-day official visit to Japan on the first leg of her official three-nation visit. She went to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her stay in Tokyo, the Bangladesh PM met Emperor of Japan Naruhito, held summit meeting with her Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She and her Japanese counterpart witnessed the exchange of eight instruments, mostly memorandums of cooperation signed between Dhaka and Tokyo to boost cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, metro-rail, industrial up-gradation, ship-recycling, customs matters, intellectual property, defense, ICT and cyber security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also attended an investment summit and a community reception as well as handed over the “Friends of Liberation War Honour” to two Japanese nationals for their special contribution to the Liberation War of Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, Hasina held meetings separately with Foreign Minister of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi, President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Dr Tanaka Akihiko, Chairman of Japan-Bangladesh Committee for Commercial & Economic Cooperation (JBCCEC) Fumiya Kokubu, Chairman and CEO of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) Ishiguro Norihiko and President of Japan-Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship League (JBPFL) Taro Aso.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 28, the PM left Tokyo for Washington DC on a six-day official visit to the USA on the second leg of her three-nation tour in a bid to attend the celebration of the 50 years of partnership between the World Bank and Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She attended a seminar titled \"Reflection on 50 years of Bangladesh-World Bank Partnership\" organized at the headquarters of the World Bank in Washington DC, USA on May 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Washington DC, Sheikh Hasina also had meetings separately with IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and President and CEO of US Chamber of Commerce Suzanne P. Clark.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, she attended a high-level executive roundtable with the US business delegation and a community reception.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 04, the premier left Washington DC for London on a five-day official visit to the UK to attend the coronation of UK\'s King Charles III, hosted by Buckingham Palace on May 06.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In London, Hasina had interaction with King Charles III, a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event, the King\'s reception for heads of states, governments and overseas representatives at Buckingham Palace in advance of the coronation of the King and the Queen Consort, and a community reception.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She had a meeting with and Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, PM Hasina had interactions with Presidents of Egypt and Rwanda, Prime Ministers of Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Gambia, Namibia and Uganda in the coronation programme of King Charles III. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 10:47:05', '2023-05-09 12:18:48'),
(6768, 6768, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Boro cultivation has brought smiles to the farmers of Chapainawabganj district with a bumper yield this season.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a recent visit to different parts of the district, this correspondent found that some farmers are busy harvesting paddy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ibrahim Ali, a farmer in Sadar upazila, said, “I have brought three bighas of land under boro cultivation. I got 80 maunds of paddy from my land and I am happy with this.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Though I did not face any shortage of seeds and fertilizers this year, the production cost has shot up,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shafiqul Islam, another farmer of Nunapokhar area, said, “I have cultivated boro paddy on 12 bigha land. Now paddy harvesting is going on. This year the yield is quite good, and I’m getting 25–26 maunds of paddy per bigha. The current price is also good – Tk 1,100–1,200 per maund. If the cost of fertilizer, irrigation and pesticide were down, we would be benefited more,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), a total of 51,555 hectares of land have been brought under boro cultivation as farmers are showing more interest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, the DAE set a target to cultivate boro paddy on 51,150 hectares of land but the farmers cultivated 51,555 hectares exceeding the target, said Palash Sarkar, deputy director of DAE.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under agricultural incentives, boro seeds and fertilizers were provided free of charge to 36,200 marginal farmers in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farmers have cultivated the Ufsi variety of paddy in their fields as it is more profitable than the other varieties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, this time the cultivation of BRRI Dhan-88 and BRRI Dhan-89 has been expanded, Deputy Director Palash Sarkar said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 11:40:51', '2023-05-09 11:40:51'),
(6769, 6769, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today returned home from London after wrapping up her 15-day tri-nation visit to Japan, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the premier and her entourage members, landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here at 10:05 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the flight departed from Heathrow International Airport, London at 6:25pm on Monday (London time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 25, the prime minister on the first leg of her three-nation visit reached Japan as a special VVIP flight (BG1403) of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying her and entourage members landed at the Haneda International Airport, Tokyo at 4:45pm (local time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Japan had rolled out a red carpet to welcome the Bangladesh prime minister and gave her the state guard of honour at the airport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her stay at Tokyo, Sheikh Hasina and her Japanese counterpart witnessed the exchange of eight instruments, mostly memorandums of understanding, signed between Dhaka and Tokyo to boost cooperation in the sectors of agriculture, metro-rail, industrial up-gradation, ship-recycling, customs matters, intellectual property, defense, ICT and cyber security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On April 26, the premier had a courtesy call on the Emperor of Japan Naruhito. Then on the same day, she held a bilateral meeting with her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier also attended an investment summit and a community reception alongside handing over the \"Friends of Liberation War Honour\" to four Japanese nationals on April 27 for their contribution to Bangladesh\'s Liberation War in 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister, as well, attended several additional bilateral meetings with Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi as well as leaders of JAICA, JETRO, JEBIC, JBPFL and JBCCEC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also had meetings with the former late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe\'s wife Akie Abe and Japanese architect Tadao Ando.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the second leg of her visit, on April 29, the premier arrived in Washington DC wrapping up her four-day official tour to Tokyo in Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her visit to the United States, the prime minister attended a programme marking 50 years of Bangladesh-World Bank partnership and some side events that include a roundtable with US business leaders and several meetings with WB\'s incoming President Ajay Banga and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva alongside a civic reception.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On May 4, on the third leg of her visit, the prime minister arrived in London to attend the coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla as the King and the Queen of the United Kingdom (UK) and the other Commonwealth realms from Washington DC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her stay in the UK, Sheikh Hasina attended the coronation of King Charles III and the Queen at Westminster Abbey on May 6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In London, Sheikh Hasina had interaction with King Charles III, and a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">British Foreign Minister James Cleverly along with his wife Susannah Sparks also called on her at her place of residence, the Claridge Hotel in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier attended a dinner in honour of her hosted by Bangladesh high commissioner to the UK at the Foyer Private Dining Room of Claridge Hotel on the same day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She had a meeting with Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, Sheikh Hasina had interactions with Presidents of Egypt and Rwanda, Prime Ministers of Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Gambia, Namibia and Uganda in the coronation programme of King Charles III.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Prime Minister of UK Tony Blair and Commonwealth Secretary General Baroness Patricia Scotland also met the Bangladesh prime minister at her place of residence on May 7.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister was accorded a civic reception by expatriate Bangladeshis in the UK at London Marriott Hotel on the same day and she also gave an interview to BBC. 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(6770, 6770, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said Bangladesh would become another China in terms of economic development due to the strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I can see Bangladesh will become another China, may be better, since it has strong leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,\" he said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said as per the forecast, the GDP growth of Bangladesh will overtake the China next year and Beijing very much appreciate Dhaka\'s such success.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are encouraged to see Bangladesh\'s development,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yao was speaking at the pre-departure reception on Sunday evening at the Chinese Embassy here in honour of the Bangladeshi participants attending Chinese government training programmes of 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoy said Bangladesh is already a model for many countries in the world in terms of development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our (Bangladesh and China) final objective is common- development,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yao said that the participants of the first batch of the training are very lucky as such visits have resumed after three years of Covid-19 related restrictions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said this programme will help the participants study China in a better way as the two countries eye strengthening bilateral relations on all aspects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Embassy Song Yang coordinated the programme. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 12:47:43', '2023-05-09 12:47:43'),
(6771, 6771, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court on Tuesday sentenced Mohammad Rabiul Islam alias Arav Khan, a Dubai-based gold dealer, to 10 years\' rigorous imprisonment in an arms case filed in January 2015.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Judge Murshid Ahmed of Dhaka Metro Special Tribunal-14 passed the order this noon, in absence of Arav Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment, Arav Khan was sentenced to a fine of Tk 10,000, in default of which he will have to serve another three months\' imprisonment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assistant Public Prosecutor (APP) AKM Salahuddin confirmed the development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, on March 28, the court heard the testimonies of 10, out of 20, witnesses. Arav Khan could not claim his innocence as he was absconding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the prosecution, Arav Khan was arrested in January 2015, with a loaded revolver from Dhaka\'s Moghbazar area as he went to his father-in-law Sekendar Ali’s house to collect money at gunpoint.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the same day, Sujan Kumar Kundu, the then Sub-inspector of DB West\'s Car Theft Prevention and Rescue Team, filed a case against Arav Khan with Ramna Model Police Station under arms act.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">DB Police Sub-inspector Sheikh Hasan Mohammad Mostafa Sarwar, also the investigating officer of the case, submitted the charge sheet against Arav Khan to the court on March 1, 2015. The tribunal framed charges against him on May 10.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was granted bail in the case on March 14, 2018. The court issued an arrest warrant against Arav Khan on October 24, 2018 declaring him as \"fugitive\". UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 13:02:10', '2023-05-09 13:02:10'),
(6772, 6772, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentina and Paris Saint Germain veteran star Lionel Messi on Monday scooped a unique double, landing individual and team Laureus awards for his exploits and those of his World-Cup winning nation.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, 35, finally landed a first World Cup winners medal in Qatar last December after a thrilling penalty shootout final win over France -- enough to earn him an individual accolade while the seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner also accepted the team award at a prestigious Paris ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine, who attended the ceremony with wife Antonela Roccuzzo, previously had won the award jointly with British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton in 2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accolade saw Messi, who earned a fine and suspension from PSG for making an unauthorised promotional visit to Saudi Arabia, see off competition notably from clubmate Kylian Mbappé, whose World Cup final hattrick was not enough to earn him glory in Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who last August earned a fifth world 100m crown at Eugene, Oregon, picked up the female athlete award while US Open tennis champion Carlos Alcaraz earned the World Breakthrough of the Year award.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Going back to football, Denmark and Manchester United star Christian Eriksen earned a Comeback Award for returning to the top of the European game after collapsing with cardiac arrest during the Euros two years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Swiss para-athlete sensation Catherine Debrunner meanwhile picked up the Disability Award after triumphing in her opening two marathons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Sport for Good Award was presented to TeamUp -- a programme for children displaced by war -- by Barcelona and Poland star Robert Lewandowski.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Chinese-American Olympic ski freestyle champion Eileen Gu won the World Action Sportsperson accolade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The awards have been made annually since 2000 by a jury comprising 71 members of the Laureus World Sports Academy, representing the past 50 years of athletic excellence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\'s ceremony following two virtual editions owing to Covid restrictions. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 13:21:16', '2023-05-09 13:21:16'),
(6773, 6773, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The low pressure area over Southeast Bay and adjoining South Andaman Sea intensify into a well-marked low over the same area.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The low pressure area over Southeast Bay and adjoining South Andaman Sea intensify into a well-marked low over the same area. It is likely to intensify further. Trough of low lies over West Bengal and adjoining area\", according to latest weather bulletin on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country, having chances of rain thunders at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions; the release added which is valid for the next 24 hours begins from 9am on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the same time, severe heat wave is sweeping over the districts of Rajshahi, Netrokona, Khulna, Chudanga and Kushtia and mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping elsewhere over the country and it may continue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Day and night temperature may rise slightly over the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Country\'s maximum temperature on Monday was recorded by 41.0 degree celsius at Chuadanga while minimum one was recorded today by 22.5 degree celsius at Badalgachhi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today\'s sunset at Dhaka at 06-31 PM while Tomorrow\'s sunrise at 05-19 AM. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 13:45:14', '2023-05-09 13:45:14'),
(6774, 6774, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Priyanka Chopra has spoken about her daughter Malti Marie Chopra\'s first India trip and how she loved the food including paneer (cottage cheese). In a new interview, Priyanka also talked about how her mother Madhu Chopra and mother-in-law Denise Jonas help by taking care of Malti when the actor is away. She added that because of Madhu and Denise, Priyanka and her husband-singer Nick Jonas can focus on their work.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Priyanka and Nick Jonas announced that they welcomed their daughter Malti Marie Chopra Jonas via surrogacy last year in January. The couple didn\'t reveal Malti\'s face for a year. Earlier this year, Malti made her first public appearance as she attended the Jonas Brothers\' Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony with Priyanka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with ABC\'s The View, Priyanka agreed that after Malti\'s birth, she re-prioritised her life. She said, \"Definitely. I was really grateful that she happened to me at a time where I had the ability to put a pin in it. Not everyone has the ability to say that, \'Hey I won\'t go to work\' or take a year off but I did. I took a year off and I\'m someone who has done four movies a year because I\'m greedy.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">I don\'t want anyone else to do the job, just in case I don\'t get it again. I still have that energy. But when she came there\'s nothing else matters. She is my honing signal. Wherever I go I have to come back home. She is with me everywhere. She is in New York right now which means my mother schlepped everywhere.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She added that she can\'t go to work without someone in the family being with Malti. The actor added that Madhu \'loves it though\'. Priyanka said that as she was being interviewed, her mother-in-law took care of Malti. She added that between her mother and mother-in-law, the couple has \'so much support to be able to do our jobs\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about Malti\'s recent India trip, Priyanka said, \"It meant everything. She loved everything about India the sights, the sound, the fact that you don\'t need car seats. I was like, \'Oh boy, getting her back into the car seat will be an issue\'. She loved everything. She had right hand paneer and left hand paneer in her mouth and \'Mmmm\'. Loved Indian food, loved the sights, the sounds. It made me so happy we could be there as a family--Nick, me and the baby, went. It was so special.\" Priyanka, Nick and Malti visited India together last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Priyanka currently features in Citadel, created by The Russo Brothers. The action-packed show revolves around two elite agents Mason Kane (Richard Madden) and Nadia Sinh (Priyanka) of the global spy agency Citadel. She was also seen in Love Again. Priyanka will be seen with Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif in Farhan Akhtar\'s directorial Jee Le Zaraa. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 14:05:29', '2023-05-09 14:05:29'),
(6775, 6775, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed three Islamic Jihad militant group leaders early Tuesday and left 10 others dead, including several children, according to officials in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic Jihad vowed to \"avenge\" the deaths after the pre-dawn raid in which more than 40 Israeli jets hit targets for nearly two hours in the crowded coastal enclave from just after 2:00 am (Monday 2300 GMT).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Gaza health ministry said four children were among those killed and 20 people were wounded, some of them in serious or critical condition, after the attacks which left buildings ablaze and reduced others to rubble.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Violence also flared later in the occupied West Bank when Israeli forces launched a raid in Nablus that left at least a dozen people suffering bullet wounds, according to Palestinian medics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli army said that in its Gaza air strikes it had targeted three leaders of Islamic Jihad, which it considers a terrorist group, as well as its \"weapon manufacturing sites\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel \"achieved what we wanted to achieve\" in the operation, said army spokesman Richard Hecht. Asked about child casualties, he said: \"If there were some tragic deaths, we\'ll look into it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic Jihad confirmed three of its senior members were killed in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It named them as Jihad Ghannam, secretary of the Al-Quds Brigades military council, Khalil al-Bahtini, commander of the military wing in northern Gaza, and Tareq Ezzedine, a military leader in the West Bank who operated from Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AFP photographers saw the body of a man identified as Ghannam in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, and also a boy\'s body in the morgue of Gaza City\'s Shifa hospital, where mourners had gathered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic Jihad vowed to retaliate, with spokesman Daoud Shehab warning that \"the resistance considers that all cities and settlements in the Zionist (Israeli) depths will be under its fire\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hecht said the military was \"looking where this thing will develop\", while instructing Israeli residents within 40 kilometres (25 miles) of the Gaza border to stay near bomb shelters until Wednesday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Avenge the leaders\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel last week traded air strikes on Gaza for rocket fire from the enclave, an exchange sparked by the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian hunger striker with ties to Islamic Jihad, which ended with an Egypt-brokered truce.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic Jihad charged on Tuesday that Israel had \"scorned all the initiatives of mediators\" and vowed it would \"avenge the leaders\" killed in the latest air strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli military described Ghannan as \"one of the most senior members\" of Islamic Jihad who had coordinated weapons and money transfers with Hamas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bahtini was \"responsible for the rocket fire toward Israel in the past month\", Israel said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Ezzedine had been planning \"multiple attacks against Israeli\" civilians in the West Bank, it charged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was sentenced to 25 years in prison by Israel for his involvement in suicide attacks in the 2000s, before being freed in a 2011 prisoner exchange and transferred to Gaza, according to the army.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Islamic Jihad source told AFP that Ezzedine was part of a delegation from the group that had been due to travel to Cairo for a meeting Thursday, which had now been cancelled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Treacherous operation\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army later Tuesday said its troops had entered Nablus in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967, with residents telling AFP they heard explosions during the raid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics treated 145 injuries in Nablus, including a dozen people who were shot with live fire and many more who suffered tear gas inhalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on the Gaza attacks that \"assassinating the leadership in a treacherous operation will not bring security to the occupier, but instead greater resistance\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The militant group\'s spokesman, Hazem Qassem, warned that Israel \"bears responsibility for the repercussions of this escalation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel and Gaza militants have fought multiple wars since Hamas took control of the enclave in 2007.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A three-day conflict in Gaza last August left 49 Palestinians and no Israelis dead, with Cairo playing a key role in securing a ceasefire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday\'s deaths bring to 121 the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so far this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nineteen Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have been killed over the same period, according to an AFP count based on official sources from the two sides. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 14:41:52', '2023-05-09 14:41:52'),
(6776, 6776, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 22 people were killed and several others were injured when a bus they were travelling in fell from a bridge in Indian Madhya Pradesh\'s Khargone on Tuesday, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bus, with 50 people on board, was on its way to Indore when it fell from a bridge in Khargone\'s Dasanga village. Emergency services with the help of local villagers are engaged in rescue operation, Mr Mishra said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a compensation of ₹ 4 lakh to the families of those who were killed in the accident, ₹ 50,000 each to those who are \'seriously\' injured and ₹ 25,000 each to people with minor injuries. Chief Minister Chouhan\'s government will also bear the costs of treatment of those injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s office announced today that a compensation of ₹ 2 lakh each will be given to the families of those who died.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A probe is underway to determine the cause of the accident, the police said. 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, '2023-05-09 14:57:37', '2023-05-09 14:57:37'),
(6777, 6777, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bhutan and Bangladesh are close to sign a Memorandum of Understanding( MoU) on cooperation in hydropower between the two neighbouring countries.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador of Bhutan Rinchen Keuntsy said this during a courtesy meeting with President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Press secretary to the president Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>President Shahabuddin said signing a bilateral MoU on cooperation in hydropower will strengthen the relationship between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The president recalled the unwavering support of the people of Bhutan during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Dhaka gives special importance to the relationship with Bhutan as it was the first country to recognise Bangladesh December 6, 1971, even before the final victory in our war of liberation.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the excellent relations between the two neighbourly countries would be elevated to even newer height in the coming days and the two countries will continue to cooperate at different regional and multilateral forums to harness the existing potentials for the benefit of the entire region.</div><div><br></div><div>He also emphasised increasing the connectivity between the two countries to explore the possibilities.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that Bhutan is the second largest commercial partner of Bangladesh, he said the markets in the Himalyan kingdom display many Bangladeshi products including garments.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretaries concerned to the president were also present during the meeting. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 15:44:15', '2023-05-09 15:44:15'),
(6778, 6778, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been taken into custody by paramilitary force, local GEO TV reported on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Khan was taken into custody from a court premises in Islamabad in a corruption case, the broadcaster reported.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Imran Khan\'s car has been surrounded,\" Khan\'s aide Fawad Chaudhry said without confirming his arrest.</div><div><br></div><div>Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb did not immediately respond to a Reuters request seeking confirmation of the report. According to Reuters reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 15:52:29', '2023-05-09 15:52:29'),
(6779, 6779, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ireland captain Andrew Balbirnie won the toss and sent Bangladesh into bat first in the three-match ODI series opener at County Ground Chelmsford.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just one and half months on from beating Ireland in their own backyard, Bangladesh found themselves on English shores to play the Irish again.</div><div><br></div><div>But the series is particularly important for Ireland. Had they win the series 3-0, they\'ll pip South Africa and push them to the World Cup qualifiers. Bangladesh, however want to keep the winning momentum going on ahead of the World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>As it was expected, Bangladesh are going with three fast bowlers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After the first ten overs, when it stops swinging, I think it will be a very good wicket,\" Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ireland also want to make a good start to the series.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We want to try to turn this into our home for this week, and have a good week,\" Irish captain Balbirnie said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Line Ups:</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Shakib Al Hasan,Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain</div><div>Ireland: Paul Stirling, Stephen Doheny, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker(w), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair, Joshua Little, Graham Hume. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 16:35:52', '2023-05-09 16:35:52');
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(6780, 6780, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>One of India\'s biggest states on Monday banned a movie critics accused of stoking communal hatred and propaganda against Muslims but defended strongly by the ruling right-wing Hindu government.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The Kerala Story\" claims that 32,000 Hindu and Christian women from the mixed-faith state of Kerala have converted to Islam, and that some were recruited by the Islamic State jihadist group.</div><div><br></div><div>Critics have called the film out for peddling lies aimed at fomenting communal polarisation and unrest.</div><div><br></div><div>But the movie has been endorsed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and seized on by Hindu hardliners who say its portrayal is accurate.</div><div><br></div><div>The state of West Bengal, which has a larger population than Germany, on Monday banned the movie, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee -- whose party opposes Modi\'s -- slamming it as a \"distorted story\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is to avoid any incident of hatred and violence, and to maintain peace in the state,\" she told reporters in Kolkata.</div><div><br></div><div>The trailer for the Hindi-language film initially claimed that thousands of women had fled their homes \"to be buried in the deserts\" but as controversy mounted it was edited to say it was a story about three women from Kerala.</div><div><br></div><div>But the closing credits still say it is \"dedicated to the thousands of girls in Kerala and Mangalore who didn\'t come back home after their conversions\".</div><div><br></div><div>Anurag Thakur, the information and broadcast minister, said the film showed \"the reality of ISIS\" and that by banning it, West Bengal was effectively siding with terror outfits that \"lure women with love\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everyone must see this movie to understand the agenda of these terror outfits who operate globally but do their recruitment in some parts of India,\" Thakur told broadcaster India Today.</div><div><br></div><div>Indian authorities have not previously expressed concern that thousands of their citizens may have joined Islamic State (also known by the acronym ISIS), a prospect which would alarm counter-terrorism experts.</div><div><br></div><div>Multiplexes in the southern state of Tamil Nadu have also stopped the screenings of the movie fearing violence and unrest.</div><div><br></div><div>The controversy comes after \"The Kashmir Files\", about Hindus fleeing from Muslim-majority Kashmir in 1989-90, last year saw incidents of people in cinemas calling for revenge killings of Muslims.</div><div><br></div><div>India, the world\'s largest democracy, in January banned the screening of a BBC documentary about Modi\'s role during deadly 2002 sectarian riots in Gujarat, calling it \"hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage\". According to AFP reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 17:03:30', '2023-05-09 17:03:30'),
(6781, 6781, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The High Court scrapped a petition of former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Akter, challenging a Chattogram court\'s order, framing charges against him in a case lodged over his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Rejected as being not pressed,\" said the High Court bench of Justice S M Kuddus Zaman and Justice Shahed Nuruddin.</div><div><br></div><div>Concerned lawyers said because of today\'s order, now there is no legal bar in continuing the case proceedings against Babul. Advocate Mohammad Shishir Manir argued for Babul, while Deputy Attorney General Sujit Chatterjee Bappi stood for the state.</div><div><br></div><div>Chattogram 3rd Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jasim Uddin on March 13, 2023, framed charges against seven including Mitu\'s husband Babul Akter in the sensational murder case. The other accused in the case are- Motaleb Miah alias Wasim, Anwar Hossain, Ehteshamul Haque Bhola, Shahjahan Miah, Kamrul Islam Shikder Musa and Khairul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Babul after that filed the petition with the High Court, challenging the legality of Chattogram court\'s indictment order.</div><div><br></div><div>Police Bureau of Investigation on September 13, 2021, filed charge-sheet against the seven. The court on October 10, 2021, accepted it. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 17:32:14', '2023-05-09 17:32:14'),
(6782, 6782, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will play in Saudi Arabia next season under a \"huge\" deal, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Tuesday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>\"Messi is a done deal. He will play in Saudi Arabia next season,\" said the source, speaking on condition of anonymity and without naming the club.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The contract is exceptional. It\'s huge. We are just finalising some small details,\" added the source, who is not authorised to speak to media.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the comments, Messi\'s current club Paris Saint-Germain simply noted he remains under contract until June 30.</div><div><br></div><div>A separate PSG source said: \"If the club had wanted to renew his contract, it would have been done earlier.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The 35-year-old World Cup winner was suspended by Qatari-owned PSG last week for an unauthorised trip to Saudi, where he is a tourism ambassador.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi\'s expected arrival in the oil-rich kingdom follows in the footsteps of his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr in a massive deal in January.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo\'s agreement to June 2025 is said to total more than 400 million euros ($439million), making him the world\'s highest paid athlete according to Forbes.</div><div><br></div><div>Both deals are being bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world\'s biggest sovereign wealth funds with more than $620 billion in assets, the source said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The negotiations didn\'t take as much time as the ones with Ronaldo. As we now know the recipe to contract world-class players,\" said the source.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s Saudi Arabia that brought him not a specific club. The Money comes from one place -- PIF.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo\'s arrival has not had the impact Al Nassr would have hoped for on the pitch.</div><div><br></div><div>They have lost top spot in the Saudi Pro League table and are out of the running in the King\'s Cup and Super Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>French coach Rudi Garcia departed in April.</div><div><br></div><div>- PSG protesters -</div><div><br></div><div>Messi, who turns 36 in June, has had two lacklustre seasons in Paris after a glorious era at Barcelona where he won four Champions League and 10 La Liga titles, and is still worshipped by the fans.</div><div><br></div><div>The record seven-time world player of the year, joining a mouth-watering attack featuring Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, scored just 11 goals in his first season as he helped PSG to a routine Ligue 1 title.</div><div><br></div><div>But PSG have got no closer to a coveted maiden Champions League victory, bowing out twice in the last 16 even with the illustrious Argentine in the line-up.</div><div><br></div><div>Frustrations boiled over last week when black-clad PSG protesters let off flares and sang hostile chants targeting the underperforming Messi, Neymar and Italian midfielder Marco Verratti.</div><div><br></div><div>The angry scenes contrasted with Messi\'s career-crowning moment in December, when he led Argentina to a breathless World Cup final victory over Mbappe and France in Doha to fill the biggest gap in his resume.</div><div><br></div><div>Qatar\'s emir draped him in a traditional bisht robe at the trophy ceremony, a reminder of the fossil-fuel riches pouring into football and Messi\'s bank account via PSG.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Messi is also a highly paid tourism ambassador for Qatar\'s neighbours and sometime rivals Saudi Arabia, the world\'s biggest oil exporter that is attempting to diversify its largely single-stream economy. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 18:24:19', '2023-05-09 18:24:19'),
(6783, 6783, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Chattogram court on Tuesday sentenced a former commander of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to 20 years imprisonment in two cases filed over the Explosives Substances Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The convict was Ershad Hossain alias Mamun, son of Riazul Islam of Dinajpur district.</div><div><br></div><div>Judge of the Chattogram Additional Session Judge Court-4, Shariful Alam Bhuiya announced the verdict.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also fined him Tk 20,000 and if he failed to pay the money he will be jailed for one year more.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the prosecution, police arrested Ershad from a house in Akbar Shah area and seized some explosives, bomb-making materials and some books from his possession on March 23, 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>Sub-inspector of Akbar Shah Police Station, Shahidur Rahman filed two separate cases against him under the Explosives Substance Act and the Anti-Terrorism Act.</div><div><br></div><div>On April 8, 2016, police submitted chargesheets against him in the two cases.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also acquitted three persons—Bulbul Ahmed Sarkar alias Fuad, 26, Md Sujon, 24 and Mahabubur Rahman alias Khokon, 35—as allegations brought against them could not be proved. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 18:57:18', '2023-05-09 18:57:18'),
(6784, 6784, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday at Moscow\'s Red Square Victory Day parade that the world was at a \"turning point\" and claimed a \"war\" had been unleashed against Russia.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He vowed victory and said Russia\'s future \"rests on\" its soldiers fighting in Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The traditional Soviet-style event celebrating Moscow\'s victory over the Nazis took place amid security fears, 15 months into Russia\'s Ukraine offensive.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today civilisation is again at a decisive turning point,\" Putin said at the parade, which included elderly veterans and soldiers from Russia\'s Ukraine campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A war has been unleashed against our motherland,\" he claimed.</div><div>He called for Russia to be victorious: \"For Russia, for our armed forces, for victory! Hurrah!\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian leader has increasingly portrayed the campaign in Ukraine as an existential conflict, which he says the West has escalated by supporting the Ukrainian government.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin told soldiers taking part in Moscow\'s Ukraine campaign, several hundreds of whom were present at the Red Square parade, that \"the whole country is with you.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is nothing more important now than your combat effort,\" he said.</div><div>\"The security of the country rests on you today, the future of our statehood and our people depend on you.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Putin also railed against \"Western globalist elites\", accusing them of sowing conflicts and \"coups\" around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Their goal, and there is nothing new here, is to achieve the collapse and destruction of our country,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The longtime Russian leader vowed that Moscow would overcome this.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"But we have rebuffed international terrorism, we will protect the people of (eastern Ukraine\'s) Donbas, we will ensure our security,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>This appeared to be a reference to an unprecedented series of attacks on Russian soil in the run-up to the Victory Day parade, a central event under Putin\'s rule. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 21:30:53', '2023-05-09 21:30:53'),
(6785, 6785, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>European Union (EU) Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Tuesday said they are not here to \"mediate or interfere\" in politics in Bangladesh but they are here to meet and listen to all political parties to understand the situation.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said they “of course want to see free and fair elections” in Bangladesh without any violence and that he thinks all Bangladeshis want to see the same.</div><div><br></div><div>The EU Ambassador made remarks while responding to a question on the next national election in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Diplomats from the EU countries joined the media conference hosted at a hotel in Dhaka, marking Europe Day 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>The European Union will send an exploratory election monitoring mission in July. The EU has already received a written invitation from the Bangladesh Election Commission.</div><div><br></div><div>The EU Ambassador recently had a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-09 22:25:23', '2023-05-09 22:25:23'),
(6786, 6786, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over 130 accounts including those of Barack Obama and Joe Biden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joseph James O\'Connor, 23, known as PlugwalkJoe, pleaded guilty to hacking charges carrying a total maximum sentence of over 70 years in prison.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US justice department said he had also used technology to stalk a minor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Assistant Attorney-General Kenneth Polite Jr described in a statement O\'Connor\'s actions as \"flagrant and malicious\". saying he had \"harassed, threatened, and extorted his victims, causing substantial emotional harm\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Like many criminal actors, O\'Connor tried to stay anonymous by using a computer to hide behind stealth accounts and aliases from outside the United States. But this plea shows that our investigators and prosecutors will identify, locate, and bring to justice such criminals to ensure they face the consequences for their crimes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2020, an estimated 350 million Twitter users saw suspicious tweets from official accounts of the platform\'s biggest users. Thousands fell for a scam, trusting that a crypto giveaway was real.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyber experts agreed that the consequences of the Twitter hack could have been far worse if O\'Connor and other hackers had had plans more sophisticated than a get-rich-quick scheme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Disinformation could have been spread to affect political discourse and markets could have been moved by well-worded fake business announcements for example.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hack showed how fragile Twitter\'s security was at the time as the hackers managed to use social engineering tricks more akin to those of conmen than of high-level cyber criminals to get access to the powerful internal control panel at the site.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was, and still is, a hugely embarrassing moment in Twitter\'s troubled history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">O\'Connor\'s admission has not come as a shock though as there was a wealth of evidence in the public domain thanks to the hackers making some bad mistakes or being too loud in their celebrations in the aftermath of the hack. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 07:20:37', '2023-05-10 07:20:37'),
(6787, 6787, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will play in Saudi Arabia next season under a blockbuster deal, a source close to the negotiations in the kingdom told AFP on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deal would mean Messi potentially joins his arch-rival Cristiano Ronaldo in the Saudi league as the Gulf state lavishes its oil wealth on sport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no confirmation from Messi\'s current club Paris Saint-Germain, who noted simply that he was under contract until June 30 when contacted by AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The source said Messi will sign a \"huge\" deal with an as-yet-unnamed Saudi club just months after the 35-year-old lifted the World Cup in neighbouring Qatar in December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Messi is a done deal. He will play in Saudi Arabia next season,\" said the source, who is not authorised to speak to media and spoke on condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The contract is exceptional. It\'s huge. We are just finalising some small details,\" added the source.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A separate PSG source said the Qatar-owned French club had not offered Messi a new deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If the club had wanted to renew his contract, it would have been done earlier,\" that source said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite several reports linking Messi with Al Hilal, one of the top Saudi teams, club sources told AFP they had not been in direct contact with PSG.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lionel Messi\'s father and agent Jorge insisted Tuesday his son has not decided where he will play next season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is absolutely nothing agreed with any club for next year,\" Messi\'s father wrote on Instagram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The decision will not be made before Lionel finishes the league with PSG.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just five years after allowing its first non-Muslim tourists visit and letting women drive, Saudi Arabia is attempting to open up its conservative society and diversify its oil-reliant economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The world\'s biggest oil exporter has thrown hundreds of millions at sports deals including Ronaldo\'s signing, Formula One in Jeddah and the divisive LIV Golf tour, drawing frequent claims it is \"sportswashing\" its human rights record.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi was suspended by Qatari-owned PSG last week for an unauthorised mid-season trip to Saudi, where he is a tourism ambassador.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has also been heavily linked to a return to his former club, Barcelona. A spokesman for the Spanish La Liga leaders said, \"We don\'t know anything about that,\" when asked about a potential Saudi deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Not a specific club\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s long-time sparring partner Ronaldo joined Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr in a massive deal in January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ronaldo\'s agreement to June 2025 is said to total more than 400 million euros ($439 million), making him the world\'s highest paid athlete according to Forbes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both deals -- along with others including LIV Golf and the 2021 purchase of Newcastle United football club -- are being bankrolled by the Public Investment Fund (PIF), one of the world\'s biggest sovereign wealth funds, the source said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In any transfer involving such enormous financial stakes, last-minute changes are not unusual.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However the source in Saudi Arabia said the negotiations with Messi had gone smoothly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The negotiations didn\'t take as much time as the ones with Ronaldo. As we now know the recipe to contract world-class players,\" the source said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s Saudi Arabia that brought him, not a specific club. The money comes from one place -- PIF.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ronaldo, 38, has not been a guarantee of success at Al Nassr, who have slipped off the top of the Saudi Pro League and missed out on silverware in the Saudi cup competitions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Messi is also intended to raise the profile of Saudi Arabia as it tries to bring in tourists and investment, the source said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He is a player at the end of his career and he is not here only for football. He is here to secure international attraction for the kingdom,\" said the source who is following the Messi negotiations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The plan is not only Messi and Ronaldo, the plan is to bring glorious players like these two and also upcoming youth players who have a promising future.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We want people to visit Saudi Arabia to watch football stars,\" the source added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- World Cup bid -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi has had two lacklustre seasons in Paris after a glorious era at Barcelona where he won four Champions League and 10 La Liga titles, and is still worshipped by the fans there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The record seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner, joining a mouth-watering attack featuring Kylian Mbappe and Neymar, scored just 11 goals in his first season as he helped PSG to a routine Ligue 1 title.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But PSG have got no closer to a coveted maiden Champions League victory, bowing out twice in the last 16 with the illustrious Argentine in their line-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia has held talks with Egypt and Greece about a joint World Cup bid, according to officials. In coming years it will hold the men\'s Asian Cup football tournament, the Asian Games and even the Asian Winter Games on artificial snow. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 07:26:12', '2023-05-10 07:26:12'),
(6788, 6788, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Donald Trump has been found liable for battery and defamation, after a civil trial jury found he sexually abused writer E Jean Carroll in the 1990s.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The jury rejected the rape claim but awarded the former Elle magazine advice columnist $5m (£4m) in damages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The nine-person jury began discussing the battery and defamation lawsuit on Tuesday and deliberated for just under three hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Carroll, 79, had claimed that the former US president raped her in a department store changing room in Manhattan in 1995 or 1996.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said he defamed her by claiming she made up the story and was seeking compensation and punitive damages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the verdict, Ms Carroll said in a statement that she filed the lawsuit to \"get my life back\" adding that \"today the world finally knows the truth\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she was not believed,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump calls verdict \'disgrace\'</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump, who did not attend the trial, has insisted he never sexually assaulted Ms Carroll or even knew her. He has called the verdict a \"disgrace\" on his Truth Social platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump said: \"I have absolutely no idea who this woman is. This verdict is a disgrace - a continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former US president, campaigning to retake the White House in 2024, will appeal, his lawyer confirmed. He will not have to pay so long as the case is on appeal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the trial, Ms Carroll testified and told jurors Trump \"shattered\" her reputation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her defamation claim concerns an October 2022 post on Truth Social in which he called her allegations a \"complete con job\" and \"a hoax and a lie.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\'No one is above the law not even a former president\'</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Because this was a civil case, Trump faces no criminal consequences.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former Trump aide Sean Spicer has said the charge of rape would have \"stung a lot\" for Donald Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said to \"keep in mind this is a civil proceeding not a criminal proceeding\", but added: \"It\'s never a good thing to have a verdict against you... especially of this nature.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Spicer said the \"optics do matter in politics, but I think if you were president Trump right now... the charge of rape would have stung a lot\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Carroll\'s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, said the verdict is a victory not only for Ms Carroll but \"for democracy itself and for all survivors everywhere\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"No one is above the law, not even a former President of the United States,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the seven-day trial, jurors were also shown a deposition by Trump confusing Ms Carroll for his ex-wife Marla Maples in a photograph - which Ms Carroll\'s lawyers said undermines the former president\'s argument that she was not his type.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump\'s lawyers previously said Ms Carroll has \"abused the system\" for \"money, status and political reasons\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking outside the court, Trump\'s lawyer Joe Tacopina said it was an \"inconsistent verdict\" but added that he was happy Trump \"was not branded a rapist\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said: \"For me it\'s about the results. While it was strange, part of me was obviously very happy that Donald Trump was not branded a rapist I didn\'t think there should be any liability findings so we\'ll pursue that.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president waived his right to testify at trial and opted not to present a defence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Carroll first made her accusations in a 2019 memoir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She testified that she had a chance encounter with Trump at the Bergdorf Goodman store across the street from Trump Tower.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said it was a light-hearted interaction in which they teased each other about trying on a piece of lingerie before Trump became violent inside a dressing room. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 07:29:48', '2023-05-10 07:29:48'),
(6789, 6789, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested and dragged from court Tuesday as he appeared to face charges in multiple graft cases, a dramatic escalation of political tensions that sparked violent demonstrations by his angry supporters across the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrest of Khan, who was ousted in a no-confidence vote in April 2022 but remains the leading opposition figure, represented the latest confrontation to roil Pakistan, which has seen former prime ministers arrested over the years and interventions by its powerful military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least one person was reported killed in clashes between protesters and the military in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, with another five people wounded there, while about 15 injuries were reported amid similar violence in Karachi, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Lahore. Police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid the violence, officials at Pakistan’s telecommunication authority said regulators blocked social media, including Twitter, and internet service was suspended in the capital of Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were canceled for Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was removed from the Islamabad High Court by security agents from the National Accountability Bureau, said Fawad Chaudhry, a senior official with his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, and then shoved into an armored car and whisked away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chaudhry denounced the arrest of the 71-year-old former cricket star as “an abduction.” Pakistan’s independent GEO TV broadcast video of Khan being hauled away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A scuffle broke out between Khan’s supporters and police outside the court. Some of Khan’s lawyers and supporters were injured in the melee, as were several police, Chaudhry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was taken to the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, for questioning at the offices of the National Accountability Bureau, according to police and government officials. He also was to undergo a routine medical checkup, police said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan had arrived at the Islamabad High Court from nearby Lahore, where he lives, to face charges in the graft cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has denounced the cases against him, which include terrorism charges, as a politically motivated plot by his successor, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, saying his ouster was illegal and a Western conspiracy. Khan has campaigned against Sharif and demanded early elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday\'s arrest was based on a new warrant from the National Accountability Bureau obtained last week in a separate graft case for which Khan had not been granted bail. His lawyers challenged the legality of the arrest, but the court upheld it, although it added that Khan should not have been forcibly removed from the courtroom. Khan is scheduled to appear at an anti-graft tribunal on Wednesday, officials said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Imran Khan has been arrested because he was being sought in a graft case,” Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan told a news conference. He alleged Pakistan’s treasury had lost millions of dollars while Khan was in office due to illegal purchases of lands from a business tycoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan’s powerful anti-corruption organization that has detained and investigated former officials, including prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents. When Khan was in power, his government arrested Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a news conference, Law Minister Azam Tarar said Khan was arrested because he was not cooperating with the investigations. He also denounced the violence by Khan supporters, saying that protests must remain peaceful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It should have not happened,” he said, shortly after TV video emerged of burning vehicles and damaged public property in parts of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities said they have banned rallies in the eastern province of Punjab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the news of the arrest spread, about 4,000 of Khan’s supporters stormed the official residence of the top regional commander in Lahore, smashing windows and doors, damaging furniture and staging a sit-in as troops there retreated to avoid violence. The protesters also burned police vehicles and blocked key roads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters also smashed the main gate of the army’s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, where troops exercised restraint. Hundreds of demonstrators shouted pro-Khan slogans as they moved toward the sprawling building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the port city of Karachi, police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Khan supporters who had gathered on a key road.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raoof Hasan, another leader from Khan’s party, told Al Jazeera English television that the arrest is “blatant interference in the judicial affairs by the powers-that-be.\" Hasan added that Khan \"was virtually abducted from the court of law.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s arrest came hours after he issued a video message before heading to Islamabad, saying he was “mentally prepared” for arrest there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was wounded by a gunman at a rally in November, an attack that killed one of his supporters and wounded 13. He has insisted, without offering any evidence, that there is a plot to assassinate him, alleging that Pakistan\'s spy agency was behind the conspiracy. The gunman was immediately arrested and police later released a video of him in custody, allegedly saying he had acted alone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a strongly worded statement Monday, the military accused Khan of “fabricated and malicious allegations” of its involvement in the November shooting, saying they are “extremely unfortunate, deplorable and unacceptable.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule, and wields considerable power over civilian governments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif, whose government faces spiraling economic woes and is struggling to recover from last year’s devastating floods that killed hundreds and caused $30 billion in damage, slammed Khan for assailing the military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Let this be abundantly clear that you, as former prime minister, currently on trial for corruption, are claiming legitimacy to overturn the legal and political system,\" Sharif tweeted after Khan\'s arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, the European Union urged “restraint and cool headedness” in the country, through dialogue and the rule of law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly both said at a news conference they were aware of reports about Khan’s arrest but declined any substantive comment. “We just want to make sure that whatever happens in Pakistan is consistent with the rule of law, with the constitution,” Blinken said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cleverly said he had not been briefed in detail but added, “The U.K. has a longstanding and close relationship with Pakistan. We are Commonwealth partners. We want to see peaceful democracy in that country. We want ot see the rule of law adhered to. I’m uncomfortable to speculate further without having a detailed briefing on that.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was arrested and hanged in 1979. The current prime minister’s brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March, police stormed Khan’s Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him based on a court order in a different case. Dozens of people, including police, were injured in ensuing clashes. Khan was not arrested at the time and later obtained bail in the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan came to power in 2018 after winning parliamentary elections and had initially good relations with the military which gradually soured. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 10:03:53', '2023-05-10 10:03:53'),
(6790, 6790, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Tunisian naval guard shot and killed a colleague and two civilians Tuesday as he tried to reach a synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. The attacker was slain by security guards, and 10 people were injured.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The motive for the attack was under investigation. It came as Tunisia, once a prized tourist destination and birthplace of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings, has fallen into political and economic crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Djerba, a picturesque island off the southern coast of Tunisia, is home to the North African country’s main Jewish community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The civilians killed were French and Tunisian, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said. It was not immediately clear if they were pilgrims attending ceremonies at the 2,500-year-old Ghriba temple, one of Africa\'s oldest synagogues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those injured include six security agents and four civilians, the Interior Ministry said. It did not specify how they were injured or whether they were all shot by the attacker, who was not publicly identified.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The assailant, a guard affiliated with the National Guard naval center in the port town of Aghir on Djerba, first killed a colleague with his service weapon and then seized ammunition and headed toward the Ghriba synagogue, the ministry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When he reached the site, he opened fire on security units stationed at the temple, who fired back, killing him before he reached the entrance, the ministry said. The synagogue was locked down and those inside and outside were kept secure while authorities investigate the motives for the attack, the ministry said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghayda Thabet, a member of the Tunisian Association for the Support of Minorities, was at the Ghriba synagogue and appealed for help on Facebook. “They are shooting with live ammunition. Help us,” she pleaded in a post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos circulating online showed panic-stricken visitors running while gunshots rang out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It occurred during an annual pilgrimage that attracts thousands of visitors from around the world to Djerba.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2002, a truck bombing killed some 20 people at the entrance to the same temple during the annual Jewish pilgrimage. Al-Qaida claimed responsibility for that attack, whose victims included German and French tourists as well as Tunisians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2015, an attack in Tunisia at the Mediterranean resort of Sousse killed 38, mostly British tourists. The Islamic State group claimed that attack, along with attacks that year on the famed Bardo Museum in the capital Tunis and on a bus carrying presidential guards. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 10:07:16', '2023-05-10 10:07:16'),
(6791, 6791, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Health professionals must warn the world about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), a group of academics wrote on Wednesday, as clamours grow for work on the technology to be halted.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The academics wrote in the BMJ Global Health journal that time was running out to take action because corporations, the military and governments were working so fast to develop AI tools.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AI exploded into the public consciousness last year with ChatGPT, a bot capable of generating tracts of coherent text from short prompts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wild popularity of the bot sparked a race between tech giants like Google and Microsoft to embed AI in everything from spreadsheets to search tools, and prompted investors to pour money into AI startups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the health academics pointed to a range of threats, including powerful AI surveillance systems being developed in dozens of countries, killer robots and disinformation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For healthcare, they wrote, people with darker skin were at serious risk of harm or reduced care because the datasets used to \"train\" AI algorithms were often biased.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They argued that \"the window of opportunity to avoid serious and potentially existential harms is closing\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The authors, led by Frederik Federspiel of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and David McCoy of the United Nations University in Kuala Lumpur, wrote that global cooperation would be needed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Healthcare professionals have a key role in raising awareness and sounding the alarm on the risks and threats posed by AI,\" they wrote in an analysis piece.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If AI is to ever fulfil its promise to benefit humanity and society, we must protect democracy, strengthen our public-interest institutions, and dilute power so that there are effective checks and balances.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concern about the direction of AI research is prompting alarm even among those at the centre of the field.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this month, computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton, often dubbed \"the godfather of AI\", quit his job at Google to warn of the \"profound risks to society and humanity\" of the technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March, billionaire Elon Musk -- whose Tesla carmaker deploys AI systems -- and hundreds of experts called for a pause in AI development to allow time to make sure the technology was safe and properly regulated. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 10:10:32', '2023-05-10 10:10:32');
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(6792, 6792, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States said it has opened an embassy in the Kingdom of Tonga, as it jostles with China\'s growing clout in the South Pacific.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonga, a Polynesian archipelago of about 100,000 people, is the latest in a string of Pacific island states targeted in a renewed US diplomatic push into the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new embassy in the capital Nuku\'alofa was officially opened Tuesday, the US State Department said in a statement, with more diplomatic staff to follow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This opening symbolises the renewal of our relationship and underlines the strength of our bilateral relations, to the people of Tonga, and to our partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The State Department tipped the \"potential appointment\" of a resident US ambassador to Tonga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States also has plans to open embassies in Vanuatu and Kiribati, and in February it restored its embassy in Solomon Islands after a 30-year hiatus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States has been the dominant military force in the South Pacific since World War II.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the region is increasingly the arena for powers to compete for commercial, political and military influence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China, the rising military power in the region, has also asserted itself through its expanding diplomatic reach, investment, police training, and security deals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States and its allies were taken by surprise when China reached a secretive security pact last year with Solomon Islands.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite denials from Solomon Islands, US and Australian officials have voiced concerns the pact could open vast waters to China\'s military. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 10:13:01', '2023-05-10 10:13:01'),
(6793, 6793, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The United States and Britain on Tuesday pressed Russia to extend again a deal to export Ukrainian grain, accusing Moscow of exploiting global hunger for advantage in the war.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Black Sea Grain Initiative, in place since July after diplomacy by the United Nations and Turkey, allows the export by port of Ukrainian grain, helping ease shortages and resulting price spikes triggered by Russia\'s invasion of the breadbasket nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Russia has not committed to a third renewal before the deal expires on May 18.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In recent days, Russia has once again returned to blocking ships from sailing to Ukraine\'s ports to pick up the grain, in a cynical action that directly results in less food getting to global markets and to human beings in Africa, the Middle East and around the world,\" US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The world shouldn\'t need to remind Moscow every few weeks to stop using people\'s hunger as a weapon in their war against Ukraine,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">British Secretary James Cleverly, speaking alongside Blinken, said Russia \"should re-sign the Black Sea Green Initiative and do so immediately.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is completely wrong that Russia uses the hunger of some of the poorest people in the world to pursue leverage during this conflict,\" Cleverly said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian officials say they have not seen progress on a parallel part of the initiative which calls for unhindered Russian food and fertilizer exports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States argues that food has never been under sanctions, despite the other wide restrictions it has led against Russia over its invasion. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 11:10:11', '2023-05-10 11:10:11'),
(6794, 6794, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The depression over southeast Bay and the adjoining area has intensified into a deep depression.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At 6 am on Wednesday, it was centred about 1550 km south of Chattogram port, 1470 km south of Cox’s Bazar port, 1550 km south-southeast of Mongla port and 1505 km south-southeast of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesterly direction till May 11 (Thursday). Thereafter, it is likely to recurve gradually and move north-northwards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maximum sustained wind speed within 48 km of the deep depression centre is about 50 kph rising to 60 kph in gusts or squalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sea will remain moderate near the deep depression centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted distant cautionary signal no one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over north Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are also advised not to venture into the deep sea. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 11:30:30', '2023-05-10 11:30:30'),
(6795, 6795, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The US border with Mexico will be \"chaotic for a while,\" President Joe Biden acknowledged Tuesday, days before pandemic-era rules that have made claiming asylum at the frontier all but impossible are due to end.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tens of thousands of people are massing at border crossing points awaiting the expiration of Title 42 overnight Thursday into Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands have already entered the United States, squeezing through the holes that pockmark the division between the world\'s wealthiest country and its poorer neighbor, and a spike in asylum claims is expected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Texan cities of El Paso, Brownsville and Laredo have declared a state of emergency as they struggle to cope with hundreds of people -- most from Latin America, some from China, Russia and Turkey -- who are already there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked if the United States was ready for a surge in people, Biden told reporters: \"It remains to be seen. It\'s going to be chaotic for a while.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Title 42 was put in place under Donald Trump, ostensibly to prevent people with Covid-19 from entering the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In practice, it has been little more than a crude tool to swiftly expel those trying to migrate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Friday, migrants will once again be able to lodge asylum claims and have their cases dealt with through the legal system, a process that can take years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden\'s Republican Party opponents have hammered the veteran Democrat over his border policy, which they say amounts to throwing open the doors, with dire forecasts that more than a million people could arrive in the next three months, overwhelming an already-stretched system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden has ordered 1,500 active duty troops to the frontier, where they are expected to assist border patrol agents with the processing of applicants.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With a presidential election 18 months away and immigration a regular fault line in the country\'s fractious politics, Biden is hoping new rules -- and the influx of troops -- will help staunch that flow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Monday lashed out at the president, accusing him of \"laying down the welcome mat.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Republican said he was sending Texas National Guard Soldiers to \"hotspots all along the border to help intercept and repel large groups of migrants trying to enter Texas illegally.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of those troops were visible Tuesday at the border in El Paso, across from Mexico\'s Ciudad Juarez.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'I was left alone\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the city, hundreds of migrants who have already crossed into the country -- many of them Venezuelans -- were queueing to hand themselves in to border patrol agents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those fleeing the dysfunctional South American country previously had a carve-out from the Title 42 rules, and were still able to claim asylum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They fear that once the measure lapses, they will be stuck in Mexico, unable to reverse the difficult journey back to a hostile homeland, and living without money at the mercy of human traffickers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I waited for four months trying to lodge my request but I was left alone,\" Gleidys Losada told AFP in El Paso.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"All the people I knew were crossing through the gaps. I was left alone, and I decided I couldn\'t wait any longer.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lopez has spent the last four nights outside Sacred Heart Church in downtown El Paso, which has become a gathering point for thousands of migrants.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They huddle there, dependent on charity and hoping to somehow be able to scrabble together enough money to get them to cities across the United States, where they may have friends or family waiting for them. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 11:55:58', '2023-05-10 11:55:58'),
(6796, 6796, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israeli forces killed two Palestinians accused of shooting at soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with the Palestinian health ministry confirming the deaths near the northern city of Jenin.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry identified the two men as Ahmed Jamal Tawfiq Assaf, 19, and Rani Walid Ahmed Qatanat, 24, saying they were \"shot dead by the Israeli occupation\" in the town of Qabatiya.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, the army said \"assailants opened fire at IDF soldiers from a vehicle\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The soldiers responded with live fire toward the two assailants and killed them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"An M-16 rifle and a handgun\" were found at the scene, the statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident came just one day after a series of Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed three Islamic Jihad militant group leaders and 12 civilians, leaving both sides braced for an escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest violence brings to 125 the number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict so far this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nineteen Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have been killed over the same period, according to an AFP count based on official sources from the two sides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These figures include combatants as well as civilians, and, on the Israeli side, three members of the country\'s Arab minority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 12:33:54', '2023-05-10 12:33:54'),
(6797, 6797, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 158 at 8:51 am on Wednesday, Dhaka ranked 4th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality for the second consecutive day.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Kazakhstan’s Astana and Pakistan’s Lahore occupied the first, second, and third spots, with AQI scores of 204, 173 and 160, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered ‘unhealthy’ while between 201–300 is ‘’very unhealthy’, and 301–400 is \'hazardous\', posing severe health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs 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;\">The AQI in Bangladesh is based on five pollutants: particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, mainly due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 12:36:52', '2023-05-10 12:36:52'),
(6798, 6798, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh\'s partnership with countries in the Indian Ocean will become stronger through hosting the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Dhaka on May 12-13, Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said on Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mauritius President Prithvirajsing Roopun, minister and state minister-level delegation from 25 countries including Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar will attend the conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Briefing reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dr Momen also said around 150 foreign guests will participate in the conference including representatives from D8, SAARC and BIMSTEC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participating ministers will also visit Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi 32 to pay respect to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said Bangladesh maintains good relations with Mauritius and the relations will further strengthen through the visit of the country\'s president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a question, Dr momen said Myanmar was not invited to the conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference at a Dhaka hotel on May 12. The Prime Minister will also host a dinner in honour of the guests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 6th edition of the conference is being organised by India Foundation in association with Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the theme of “Peace, Prosperity and Partnership for a Resilient Future”, the conference would bring together a luminary gathering of key stakeholders to chart the roadmap for strengthening the Indian Ocean Region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) was started in 2016 and in the last six years it has emerged as the \"flagship consultative forum\" for countries in the region over regional affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The conference endeavours to bring critical states and principal maritime partners of the region together on a common platform to deliberate upon the prospects of regional cooperation for Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first edition of the conference was held in Singapore in 2016.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was attended by over 300 delegates from 22 countries including ministers, political leaders, diplomats, strategic thinkers, academics, and media. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 12:57:59', '2023-05-10 12:57:59'),
(6799, 6799, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh is operating four chartered flights from Sudan, at its own cost, to evacuate the remaining Bangladeshi citizens to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three of the chartered flights will be operated today, while the fourth will be operated tomorrow, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the government has sent required financial support for providing food to Bangladeshis who are waiting in Sudan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once they reach Jeddah, they will fly back to Dhaka as soon as possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, 136 Bangladeshi nationals arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were supported by IOM with air tickets through its internal emergency assistance funding mechanisms to travel from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Dhaka, Bangladesh with the coordinated support from Biman Bangladesh Airlines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upon arrival the returnees were provided with meals and onward transportation allowance from the Wage Earners\' Welfare Board (Tk 3,000) and IOM (Tk 2,000). UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 13:37:01', '2023-05-10 13:37:01'),
(6800, 6800, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police held scores of opposition activists in an overnight crackdown across Pakistan following outrage and widespread protests over the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on corruption charges Tuesday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>At least three people were killed in clashes between the protesting workers belonging to Khan\'s party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), and police, according to officials.</div><div><br></div><div>The detainees included Umar Sarfraz Cheema, former governor of the northeastern Punjab province, several lawmakers and second-tier party leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>The PTI on Wednesday called for nationwide protests and a shutdown, but distanced itself from violence, calling upon the supporters to remain peaceful and gather outside police headquarters in Islamabad, where Khan is expected to appear before a judge.</div><div><br></div><div>According to a government notification, the hearing would take place at a police guest house to avoid any security situation.</div><div><br></div><div>While mobile internet and social media platforms remain restricted, schools were shut in many parts of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>PTI leader Shah Mahmood Qureshi said the party had no information about Khan\'s whereabouts.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan\'s lawyer Faisal Chaudhry also told reporters that he had no contact with his client.</div><div><br></div><div>The former prime minister was arrested from the Islamabad High Court in one of the several dozen cases filed against him since his ouster last April. His party says the cases are politically motivated.</div><div><br></div><div>Since being removed from power after losing a vote of confidence, he has led a campaign for early elections, and accused the US, as well as the country\'s powerful military, of removing him from office.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan was arrested in connection with alleged corruption involving the Al Qadir University Trust.</div><div><br></div><div>It is alleged that the cricketer-turned-politician and his wife, Bushra Bibi, received billions of rupees and a large piece of costly land to build the educational institution in return for releasing an amount of £190 million to a property tycoon in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The amount, equivalent to around PKR 60 billion, was identified and returned to the country by the UK\'s National Crime Agency (NCA), following a settlement with real estate tycoon Malik Riaz in 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan\'s anti-corruption body, alleges that Khan’s PTI government struck a deal with Riaz that caused a loss of more than $239 million to the national exchequer, in a quid pro quid arrangement with the businessman.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan and his party leaders, however, deny the allegations. - Anadolu Agency</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 16:02:14', '2023-05-10 16:02:14'),
(6801, 6801, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US aircraft manufacturer giant Boeing has predicted that air travel in Bangladesh will double in the next decade – driven by the country’s growing population, expanding economy and the middleclass.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Boeing provided details about the increasing demand and capacity for air travel in Bangladesh in a briefing today on its Commercial Market Outlook (CMO), a yearly forecast of global and regional demand for aircraft.</div><div><br></div><div>Through 2032, Bangladesh is expected to achieve an annual economic growth rate of more than 5% -- double the global average, supporting air traffic growth at nearly 8.5% annually, according to Boeing.</div><div><br></div><div>“As travel restrictions were relaxed over the past year, capacity growth in Bangladesh has increased by 11% year-over-year,” said Dave Schulte, Boeing Commercial Marketing Managing Director for Asia Pacific and India, on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Led by regional traffic to the Middle East and India, Bangladesh’s air travel could double over the next 10 years, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>To meet strong demands in passenger travel and air cargo, Boeing anticipates South Asia’s carriers will need more than 2,300 new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years, more than tripling South Asia’s current in-service fleet of 700 airplanes.</div><div><br></div><div>“We see tremendous opportunity in South Asia, with more than 80% of new deliveries supporting air travel growth and 20% replacing older, less fuel-efficient airplanes,” said Schulte.</div><div><br></div><div>Single-aisle airplanes like the Boeing 737 family will make up nearly 90% of South Asia’s future fleet, while 10% of the regional fleet will be widebody airplanes like the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Both airplane models are currently in operation with Biman Bangladesh Airlines and US-Bangla Airlines.</div><div><br></div><div>“Boeing airplanes have played a tremendous role in the rapid growth of commercial aviation in Bangladesh. Commonality across the fleet will continue to play a major role in furthering growth, especially as it enables our airline customers to reduce operating costs and expenditures associated with training and maintenance,” added the Boeing Commercial Marketing Managing Director for Asia Pacific and India. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 16:50:53', '2023-05-10 16:50:53'),
(6802, 6802, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>NATO military chiefs met on Wednesday to prepare for the leaders’ summit to be held in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius in July.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The officials will discuss new regional plans that “provide a much more precise requirement for what is needed to help transform our militaries,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in his opening remarks.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new arrangements that are expected to be adopted by the NATO leaders in July, “allies will know exactly what forces and capabilities are needed, including where, what, and how to deploy,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>These “geographically specific plans describe how we will defend key and relevant places in our alliance against” the threats of Russia and terrorism, Adm. Rob Bauer, the chair of the NATO Military Committee, explained.</div><div><br></div><div>“For the first time since the end of the Cold War, we will have objective, threat-based capability targets to offer to nations,” Bauer added.</div><div><br></div><div>Stoltenberg expressed hope that NATO heads of states and governments will show “political courage” at the Vilnius summit to adopt reforms, as the alliance must “redouble” its efforts to keep its 1 billion citizens safe and to uphold the rules-based international order as it prepares for “more dangerous future.”</div><div><br></div><div>“High-intensity warfare is back in Europe; global competition is rising, authoritarian regimes are challenging our values, interests and security,” while climate change and terrorism also remain significant threats, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to meet new challenges, NATO leaders should agree on a new defense investment pledge that sees 2% of the gross domestic product (GDP) as a minimum investment, Stoltenberg asserted.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, he said he expects leaders to “endorse the new NATO defense production action plan” to boost investment and production capacities in the allied countries. - Anadolu Agency&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 17:09:16', '2023-05-10 17:09:16'),
(6803, 6803, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Superstar Priyanka Chopra is in a happy place thanks to her web series Citadel receiving positive response across the world. During the promotions of the spy thriller, which features her alongside Richard Madden, the actress said that for the first time in her over two-decade-long career she received equal pay.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Now, as a guest on the American talk show The View, Priyanka Chopra has shared how she initially did not believe that equal pay was a possibility and attributed the positive development to Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke\'s vision. Speaking about receiving equal pay for Citadel, Priyanka Chopra said: “Thank God. 23 years later.</div><div><br></div><div>But I do think – and I have talked about this a little bit – the head of film and TV for Amazon Prime is Jennifer Salke whose idea was Citadel. She came in five years ago and she wanted to build this global universe.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder if the head of the studio was not female, would this have been a different conversation? Would it have been a conversation because with her it wasn\'t. They [the team] went back and said, ‘They\'re playing co-leads, and should be paid the same.\' She was like, ‘Yeah, it\'s only fair\'.”</div><div><br></div><div>Sharing that she didn\'t even believe equal pay was a possibility before Citadel, Priyanka Chopra continued, “My cynical self was like, ‘No, it\'s never going to happen\'. I am telling my agents – ‘You can ask for it, but, guys, I\'ve done this for a long time\'.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She added that this is why it is important for women to be in decision-making positions, “Because it changes other women\'s lives. After Citadel, every job I have done where I\'m the co-lead, I\'ve gotten parity. So, it did change my life. ”</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Priyanka Chopra revealed during an interview at the 2023 South by Southwest Film Festival with Jennifer Salke, the head of Amazon Studios, that she had finally received equal pay for her work on Citadel and that this was a first in her career.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Priyanka acknowledged that her statement might land her in trouble depending on who was listening. She said, “I might get into trouble for saying this, depending on who\'s watching. I\'ve been working in the entertainment industry for 22 years, and I have done almost 70-plus features and two TV shows. But when I did Citadel, it was the first time in my career that I had pay parity. I\'m laughing about this, but it\'s kind of nuts.”</div><div><br></div><div>Before that in an interview with BBC 100 Women, Priyanka Chopra spoke about pay parity and said, “It (the pay gap) is large, substantially large. And so many women still deal with that. I\'m sure I will too if I worked with a male co-actor now in Bollywood.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“I thought it was absolutely OK to sit for hours and hours on set, while my male co-actor just took his own time, and decided whenever he wanted to show up on set is when we would shoot,” she added about her working experience in Bollywood. Source : NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 17:22:57', '2023-05-10 17:22:57'),
(6804, 6804, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan can be held for questioning for eight days, a court ruled Wednesday, a day after the country\'s popular opposition leader was dragged from a courtroom and arrested.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>His detention set off clashes between his supporters and police Tuesday, leaving at least four people dead. On Wednesday, angry protesters stormed and set fire to a building housing Radio Pakistan in the northwest.</div><div><br></div><div>The 70-year-old politician lost power last year but remains the country\'s most popular opposition figure. He is the seventh former prime minister to be arrested in Pakistan. His dramatic arrest on Tuesday deepened the political turmoil.</div><div><br></div><div>Two people were killed first, one Tuesday in the southwestern city of Quetta and another in the northwestern city of Peshawar overnight. Two more were in clashes with police Wednesday in Peshawar.</div><div><br></div><div>In eastern Punjab province, where authorities said 157 police officers were injured in clashes with Khan supporters, the local government asked the army to step in and restore order.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan\'s GEO television broadcast footage showing Khan appearing before a judge at a temporary court inside a police compound Wednesday. The former premier was seen seated in a chair, holding documents. He appeared calm but tired.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the National Accountability Bureau requested 14-day detention of Khan, but the tribunal said authorities could keep him in their custody for eight days.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Khan’s legal team challenged his arrest before the Islamabad High Court, seeking his release.</div><div><br></div><div>Also in Peshawar, Khan\'s supporters raided the building housing Radio Pakistan, damaging equipment and setting fire to it, said police official Naeem Khan. Some of the employees were trapped inside, he said, and police were trying to restore order.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan\'s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party had called for demonstrators to remain peaceful, hours after mobs angered over the dramatic arrest set fire to the residence of a top army general in the eastern city of Lahore.</div><div><br></div><div>When he was arrested on Tuesday, Khan was appearing in court on multiple graft charges brought by Islamabad police. As he showed up in court, dozens of agents from the National Accountability Bureau backed by paramilitary troops stormed the courtroom, breaking windows after Khan\'s guards refused to open the door.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan’s supporters attacked the military’s headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near the capital, Islamabad, but did not reach the main building housing the offices of army chief Gen. Asim Munir.</div><div><br></div><div>Other demonstrators tried to reach the prime minister\'s residence in Lahore, but were driven off by baton-wielding in police. Others attacked vehicles carrying troops and hit armed soldiers with sticks. So far, police and soldiers have not fired at protesters.</div><div><br></div><div>The military has not commented on the attacks on its facilities. None of the leaders from Khan’s party denounced the attacks on the military.</div><div><br></div><div>A police statement Wednesday said officers in eastern Punjab province arrested 945 Khan supporters since Tuesday - including Asad Umar, a senior leader from Khan\'s party. Dozens of Khan supporters were also detained in Islamabad, Karachi, Peshawar and elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>Shah Mahmood Qureshi, senior vice president from Khan’s party, appealed for peaceful demonstrations Wednesday, urging followers: “Don’t damage public property, don’t attack offices, as we are peace lovers.” He said the party is considering challenging Khan\'s arrest in the Supreme Court.</div><div><br></div><div>By morning, police said some 2,000 protesters still surrounded the fire-damaged residence in Lahore of Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani, a top regional commander. They chanted slogans at the military, including “Khan is our red line and you have crossed it.” Ghani and his family members were moved to a safer place when the mob on Tuesday first attacked their sprawling house.</div><div><br></div><div>Police deployed in force across the country, and placed shipping containers on a road leading to the sprawling police compound in Islamabad where Khan is being held and where he appeared before a judge at the temporary court placed there for security reasons, according to the government.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid violence, Pakistan’s telecommunication authority on Tuesday blocked social media, including Twitter. The government also suspended internet service in Islamabad and other cities. Classes at some private schools were canceled for Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Rights group Amnesty International said it was alarmed by reports of Pakistani authorities blocking access to mobile internet networks and social media — Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube are suspended for a second day. Amnesty urged authorities to show restraint, saying clashes between law enforcement and Khan’s supporters risk human rights violations.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Accountability Bureau has detained and investigated former officials, including former prime ministers, politicians and retired military officers. But some view the NAB as a tool used by those in power, especially the military, to crack down on political opponents.</div><div><br></div><div>When Khan was in power, his government arrested Shahbaz Sharif, then the opposition leader, through the NAB. Sharif was facing multiple corruption cases when he managed to oust Khan in a 2022 no-confidence vote. The charges were later dropped, citing a lack of evidence.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sharif returned to Pakistan on Wednesday from a U.K. trip and was to hold a Cabinet meeting on the latest developments. His brother, Nawaz Sharif, who also served as prime minister, was arrested several times on corruption allegations.</div><div><br></div><div>In March, police stormed Khan’s Lahore residence, seeking to arrest him in a corruption case related to hiding income from the sale of official gifts.</div><div><br></div><div>Later Wednesday, Khan appeared in a different courtroom at the high security court and was indicted in the lingering graft case, pleading not guilty, local media said.</div><div><br></div><div>As violence spread, diplomats from various countries and common people in Pakistan stayed home. The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad canceled all its Wednesday consular appointments following Khan’s arrest and issued a nationwide alert, telling Americans to review their personal security plans and avoid large crowds. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 19:44:34', '2023-05-10 19:44:34'),
(6805, 6805, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Mohammad Enamur Rahman on Wednesday said Cyclone Mocha is likely to intensify into a super cyclone. However meteorologists are predicting by the time it makes landfall, it would most likely take the form of a severe cyclonic storm.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The cyclone is likely to make landfall on Cox’s Bazar coast by Sunday (May 14), he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister made the remarks at a press briefing at the Secretariat on Wednesday afternoon. Earlier, the state minister held an inter-ministerial meeting to discuss preparations for Cyclone Mocha.</div><div>\"We have predicted that it will intensify into a super cyclone. The wind speed can be upto 220-232 kilometers per hour.”</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister said the low pressure in the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify into a cyclonic storm by Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>“According to the forecast, the cyclone is likely to make landfall between the evening of May 13 and the morning of May 14,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister further said the cyclone is now moving towards north and northwest direction citing reports of the forecast agencies of different countries including the meteorological departments of Bangladesh and India.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is still located an average of 1,500 km south of the coast of Bangladesh. It will turn northeastwards by May 12,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, according to the Indian Meteorological Department\'s latest update, the system intensified into a deep depression over southeast Bay of Bengal during the early hours of Wednesday morning. As of 6am today, it lay centred about 540 km west-southwest of Port Blair (capital city of Andaman-Nicobar Islands) and 1350 km south-southwest of Sittwe (Myanmar).</div><div><br></div><div>IMD said the Deep Depression is expected to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm by today evening. A system is categorised as a cyclonic storm when its 3-minute average maximum sustained wind speeds fall between 63-88 kmph.</div><div><br></div><div>Cyclone Mocha will then move north-northwestwards over southeast and adjoining central Bay of Bengal, and gradually strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm (wind speed 89-117 kmph) by Thursday morning and then a very severe cyclonic storm (118-165 kmph) by Friday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Thereafter, it will gradually recurve, and start its move north-northeastwards towards the Bangladesh coast. As it does though, it will start weakening by Saturday (May 13), according to IMD.</div><div><br></div><div>Come Sunday (May 14) afternoon, it will make landfall over southeast Bangladesh and north Myanmar coasts — between Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh and Kyaukpyu (Myanmar) — as a Severe Cyclonic Storm, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 110-120 kmph, gusting to 130 kmph. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 20:58:36', '2023-05-10 20:58:36'),
(6806, 6806, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US President Joe Biden will host India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit on June 22 that will affirm the two countries\' \"deep and close partnership,\" the White House announced Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The visit, the highest level of diplomatic reception at the White House, will boost Washington and New Delhi\'s \"shared commitment to a free, open, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific,\" the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>The invitation comes as both India and the United States seek to shore up support against China\'s growing assertiveness, and despite rising concerns about human rights and democratic backsliding in the world\'s most populous nation.</div><div><br></div><div>Modi\'s government has been widely accused by political opponents and rights groups of using the law to target and silence critics.</div><div><br></div><div>It will be the first state visit by Modi to the United States. He visited Biden at the White House in 2021, but as part of the Quad summit bringing together the United States, Australia, Japan and India.</div><div><br></div><div>This time India is understood to have pushed for the pomp of a full state visit. The trip will include a state dinner.</div><div><br></div><div>The visit will also strengthen the two countries\' \"shared resolve to elevate our strategic technology partnership, including in defense, clean energy, and space,\" the White House statement continued, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The leaders will discuss ways to further expand our educational exchanges and people-to-people ties, as well as our work together to confront common challenges from climate change, to workforce development and health security,\" it said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 21:40:13', '2023-05-10 21:40:13');
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(6807, 6807, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>China on Wednesday called on Afghanistan to reform its radical policies excluding women from education and public life and “adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism.”</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The comments from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin came on the heels of a Pakistan-hosted mini-summit of China, Afghanistan and Pakistan that sought to promote trade and lower border tensions amid a surge of attacks inside Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Wang said China hopes the Taliban-appointed Afghan interim government will “take solid steps in the right direction, make practical efforts to gain the understanding and trust of the international community, and create favorable conditions for Afghanistan to further develop good neighborliness with its neighbors and integrate into the international community.”</div><div><br></div><div>China generally refrains from commenting on the internal policies of nations with which it wishes to curry favor, or can use as leverage in its campaign to combat the dominance of global affairs by the U.S. and other liberal democracies.</div><div><br></div><div>China has also made halting efforts to extend its Belt and Road Initiative to Afghanistan that could see construction of railways and bridges, but is chiefly concerned with Afghanistan harboring separatists opposed to Chinese control in its northwestern region of Xinjiang.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The international community still has a lot of concerns and expectations for the Afghan interim government, including hoping the Afghan side will make more progress in implementing moderate and prudent internal and external policies and safeguarding the rights and interests of women and children, and adopt a more resolute attitude in combating terrorism so as to produce more visible results,\" Wang said at a daily briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>Wang praised a joint statement issued Monday at the end of the trilateral meeting as the first time the Taliban had put in writing a commitment to disallow terrorist groups to use Afghanistan as a base of operations.</div><div><br></div><div>That document is “of great significance to the future development of China-Afghanistan relations and the promotion of regional counter-terrorism and security cooperation,” Wang said.</div><div><br></div><div>“As a traditional friendly neighbor of Afghanistan, China believes that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community,” he said. “The well-being and interests of the Afghan people deserve attention, the peace and reconstruction process of Afghanistan should be encouraged, and its sovereignty and territorial integrity should be respected.”</div><div><br></div><div>The joint statement said the three sides stressed the need to prevent any individual, group or party “to use their territories to harm and threaten regional security and interests or conduct terrorist actions and activities.”</div><div><br></div><div>These include the Pakistani Taliban and a nebulous militant group claiming to represent the Uyghur ethnic group in China\'s Xinjiang region, called the East Turkestan Islamic Movement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Several hundred, possibly thousands, of Chinese Muslims are believed to live in Pakistan\'s largely ungoverned northern territories, but terrorism experts question whether the ETIM exists in any form other than on paper.</div><div><br></div><div>The Taliban have been shunned by most of the international community for sweeping restrictions on political opposition and civic life imposed after they seized power in August 2021.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Those measures have rolled back educational and cultural gains made during the 20-year presence of NATO and U.S. forces, despite earlier pledges by the group that it would moderate its hard-line interpretation of Islam that have left if an outlier in the Muslim world.</div><div><br></div><div>Most notably, girls have been banned from education beyond the sixth grade and women banned from most jobs outside the home and kept away</div><div><br></div><div>A U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices.</div><div><br></div><div>At the mini-summit, the diplomats from the three nations agreed “to further deepen and expand their cooperation in the security, development and political domains based on the principles of mutual respect, equal-footed consultation and mutual benefit.”</div><div><br></div><div>The involvement of China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in the talks represented a further expansion of Chinese diplomacy into the Muslim communities following Beijing\'s hosting of talks resulting in the resumption of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>In Pakistan, Beijing is bankrolling the so-called China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, or CPEC — a sprawling package that includes road works, crop production and power plant construction.</div><div><br></div><div>The package is considered a lifeline for impoverished Pakistan, which is currently facing one of its worst economic crises amid stalled talks on a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.</div><div><br></div><div>During his visit, Qin met with President Arif Alvi, Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari and Pakistan’s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Qin was assured that Pakistan will boost security for Chinese nationals working in the country, a major concern since a suicide bomber killed nine Chinese and four Pakistanis in an attack in Pakistan’s volatile northwest in 2021. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 21:46:11', '2023-05-10 21:46:11'),
(6808, 6808, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Gazipur City Corporation election is important as there will be parliamentary elections in the future, said Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Gazipur election is very important for us. Because there will be parliamentary elections in the future. We think that an election of such a large scale before this will carry a lot of national significance. That\'s why the Gazipur election should be a model,” he said&nbsp; while exchanging views with the rival candidates of Gazipur City Corporation election at Shaheed Ahsanullah Master Auditorium in Gazipur.</div><div><br></div><div>Gazipur Returning Officer Faridul Islam presided over the meeting. Election Commissioner Md Alamgir, Secretary of the Election Commission Jahangir Alam and Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Sadirul Islam were present as special guests, among others.</div><div><br></div><div>“Let this election set an example. Let us make a good choice. Countries around the world are talking about our election and we are unable to stop them from doing so,” the CEC said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“We must progressively escape from black culture. Our voting system is still rife with rotten and black culture. With your help, there may come a time when everyone will go to the polling booth in peace and exercise their right to vote,” he also said.</div><div><br></div><div>“No one should worry about black money. No matter how much black money is distributed. Vote for whomever you trust, whom you think is good. Because there will be no candidates at the time of voting,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>At the meeting, the candidates raised their grievances and demands. Election officials assured everyone of a free and fair election. Mayoral candidates and general ward councillor candidates and reserved women councillor candidates attended the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to the eight mayoral candidates, most of the councillor candidates of 57 wards and women councillor candidates for 19 reserved posts participated in the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The number of voters in Gazipur City Corporation election is 11,79,476. Of them, 5,92,762 are male voters, 5,86,696 are female voters and 18 are hijra voters.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 480 polling stations have been set for this election. The total numbers of polling booths in these centres are 3,497. Of these, there will be 491 temporary voting booths. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 22:09:42', '2023-05-10 22:09:42'),
(6809, 6809, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israel’s air force hit Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza for a second day on Wednesday.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>At least one Palestinian was killed in an airstrike east of Khan Yunis and several others were wounded, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.</div><div><br></div><div>Agricultural land close to the border areas in the strip was also hit.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli army claimed that its jets targeted a Palestinian cell preparing to fire missiles at Israeli towns.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestinian militants fired dozens of rockets at Israeli towns following Israel’s assassination of three Islamic Jihad leaders 36 hours earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, Israel killed three prominent members of the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement. Ten civilians, including the leaders’ wives, children and neighbors, were also killed.</div><div><br></div><div>The increased violence has added to Gazans’ daily suffering.</div><div><br></div><div>Rami Lubbad, 33, said: “I have been waiting for more than an hour to get some bread. We don’t know how long this situation will last.”</div><div><br></div><div>Gaza has been under an Israeli lockdown since Tuesday. With the Erez crossing closed, patients cannot reach hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Israel also closed the only commercial crossing, Kerem Shalom, halting the entry of fuel and goods.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian Health Ministry said that closure of the Erez crossing stopped 142 patients, most undergoing cancer treatment, from reaching hospitals in the West Bank and Jerusalem.</div><div><br></div><div>“The occupation prevents patients from reaching specialized hospitals in violation of international humanitarian law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, and deliberately deprives patients of their treatment rights,” it said in a statement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The occupation was not content with confiscating the diagnostic medical devices for more than 18 months and obstructing the entry of medicines. Today it completed the third aspect of its crime against the patients of the Gaza Strip.”</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip since Hamas took control in mid-2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestine’s electricity provider said that power generation at Gaza’s only station had been cut because industrial fuel was unable to pass through the Kerem Shalom crossing.</div><div><br></div><div>The Gaza Strip has witnessed a string of military confrontations with Israel, including four wars since 2008 resulting thousands of casualties.</div><div><br></div><div>Mustafa Ibrahim, a political analyst, said: “Israel is seeking to impose a policy of assassinations again, and this is what Hamas and Islamic Jihad will not allow.</div><div><br></div><div>“Israel does not seek a long-term war in the Gaza Strip. They needed to deal a strong blow to Islamic Jihad to address Israel’s internal issues, but the scene remains open to all possibilities.” According to Arab News reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-10 22:26:09', '2023-05-10 22:26:09'),
(6810, 6810, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A pre-dawn Israeli air strike on an apartment in the Gaza Strip has killed a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) commander and one other person.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A warplane attacked an apartment on the fifth floor of a building in Hamad Residential City, near Khan Younis in the south of the strip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wednesday saw militants in Gaza firing more than 460 rockets at Israel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Israeli military hit more than 130 militant targets in Gaza, in the heaviest fighting in nine months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palestinian medical sources estimate the death toll from fighting this week is now at least 24, including three other PIJ commanders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several people were hurt in Israel rushing to shelters as the rockets were fired from Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The armed wing of the PIJ confirmed that the head of its missile unit, Ali Hassan Ghali, also known as Abu Muhammad, had died in Thursday morning\'s attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PIJ is the second biggest militant group in Gaza after Hamas, and it has sworn to avenge the deaths of Palestinians killed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel\'s military confirmed it had targeted Ghali and what it called two \"other Islamic Jihad operatives in Gaza\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They described the commander as a central figure in the PIJ who had been \"responsible for the recent rocket barrages launched against Israel\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A damaged building in the Gaza Strip after Thursday\'s Israeli air strike</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Map showing the Gaza Strip and southern Israel</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel\'s campaign was not over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have hit Islamic Jihad with the most significant blow it has ever suffered,\" he said, referring to the killing of the three PIJ commanders on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hours before Mr Netanyahu spoke, Egyptian media reported that Egypt had brokered a ceasefire, but there was no immediate confirmation from the two sides.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An umbrella organisation representing armed factions in Gaza earlier warned that \"if Israel increases its aggression, dark days await it\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week\'s air strikes were the deadliest since three days of hostilities between Israel and PIJ last August, in which 49 Palestinians were killed in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ has been responsible for many of the rocket attacks on Israel in recent years and is sworn to Israel\'s destruction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was a serious flare-up last week, as PIJ and other groups fired more than 100 rockets into Israel over two days, following the death in an Israeli prison of a Palestinian hunger striker. The Israeli military carried out air strikes on sites it said were linked to Hamas in response.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions also remained high in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, after Israel carried out arrest raids.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two Palestinians were killed in the town of Qabatiya by Israeli forces, who said the pair had fired at them. An Israeli soldier was also seriously wounded during a separate exchange of fire with Palestinian gunmen in Tubas. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 07:44:39', '2023-05-11 07:44:39'),
(6811, 6811, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pakistan\'s former prime minister Imran Khan has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges a day after his arrest sparked nationwide protests.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eight people have died nationwide in the protests and about 1,000 have been arrested, police say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army is being deployed in some areas, and has issued a stern warning after crowds attacked its properties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Khan\'s arrest dramatically escalated tensions between Mr Khan and the military at a time of economic crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Conviction would disqualify the former cricket star - prime minister from 2018 to 2022 - from standing for office, possibly for life. Elections are due later this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dramatic footage showed dozens of security officers forcibly removing the 70-year-old from court on Tuesday, then bundling him into a police vehicle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is tight security at the police guesthouse where he is being detained, which is also serving as a courtroom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday Mr Khan was indicted on charges that he unlawfully sold state gifts during his premiership, in a case brought by the Election Commission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He denies the allegations and says he fulfilled all legal requirements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was the first of dozens of cases against him in which he has been formally charged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For months he had avoided arrest, with his supporters at times fighting pitched battles with police to keep him out of custody.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday\'s arrest was based on a new warrant for a separate corruption case, connected to the alleged transfer of land for Al-Qadir University, near Islamabad. The judge remanded Mr Khan in custody for eight days in this case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of his lawyers, Sher Afzal Marwat, said his client was faring well and relayed a message to supporters not to give up: \"You have to stand your ground for Rule of Law,\" Mr Khan said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said it would challenge the legality of his arrest in court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The action by Pakistan\'s anti-corruption body has led to violent protests across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has called the army in to maintain order in several regions of the country, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Balochistan, and Islamabad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a televised address to the nation, Pakistan\'s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, warned that violent protests would not be tolerated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The perpetrators who take the law into their own hands will be dealt with with an iron hand,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Extraordinary scenes on Tuesday evening showed Mr Khan\'s supporters ransacking the corps commander\'s residence in Lahore, smashing chandeliers and making away with peacocks - among other things - which they said were bought with \"citizen\'s money\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s army described 9 May as a \"dark day\" and warned protesters of an \"extreme reaction\" if properties of the state were attacked again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police in Islamabad used shipping containers to try to block routes to the compound where Imran Khan was appearing before a judge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC witnessed clashes between protesters and the police in the middle of one of Islamabad\'s main motorways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters began gathering after midday, some carrying with them PTI flags or wearing Imran Khan face masks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canisters of tear gas were fired into the crowd soon after they began to gather. The protesters attempted to hit the metal casings away using their sticks. There were no arrests during the 90 minutes the BBC were present. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 07:48:06', '2023-05-11 07:48:06'),
(6812, 6812, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Tonga in the early hours of Thursday but there were no reports of injuries or damage.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake struck at 1602 GMT about 100 kilometres (60 miles) off Tonga\'s remote volcanic island of Niuatoputapu at a depth of 210 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was no tsunami risk, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We had calls early in the morning from people who felt it, but there have been no reports of damage,\" said Gary Vite, chief meteorologist at Tonga Meteorological Services near the capital Nuku\'alofa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake was also felt some 360 kilometres from the epicentre in the Samoan capital Apia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A spokesman for the Samoa Meteorological Service said \"strong vibrations\" shook the office near Apia but there had been no reports of damage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tonga and Samoa sit on the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\", where tectonic plates often shift, frequently experiencing seismic activity. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:03:44', '2023-05-11 10:03:44'),
(6813, 6813, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A lull in high temperatures brought some relief on Wednesday from wildfires in Alberta in western Canada as reinforcements arrived to help battle the blazes.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In total, 76 forest and brush fires remained active in the province compared to 110 a few days ago, authorities said. Twenty-three are still considered uncontrolled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several Canadian provinces -- as well as the US states of Oregon and Alaska -- sent reinforcements to fight the wildfires, which authorities said could flare again as high temperatures return over the weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re very happy to have new resources coming in from our colleagues across Canada and colleagues in the United States. And I think that\'s going to be a much needed boost for firefighters who have been at this, some of them around the clock, for quite a while,\" Christie Tucker, a spokeswoman for the relief effort, said at a news conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The number of evacuees from fire-hit areas dipped to 24,000, down from almost 30,000 last weekend, authorities said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least one oil company, Tourmaline, has reopened seven of its nine facilities in Alberta, one of the world\'s largest oil producing regions. The other two facilities were expected to start up \"in the next couple of days,\" it said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alberta has experienced a hot, dry spring that has been conducive to fire outbreaks. The vast majority of the fires are human-caused.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mayor Allan Gamble of Parkland County voiced relief that \"all of our evacuated residents\" returned home and two highways leading to the county have reopened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the northern part of the province, some Indigenous villages were deeply affected, such as the Cree community of Little Red River.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There\'s been a huge loss of infrastructure, no lives thank God, but 4,000 people are evacuated, over 150 homes... have been destroyed or demolished,\" said Patty Hajdu, federal minister of Indigenous Services.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Yellowhead County, including Evansburg (west of Edmonton), residents were allowed to return home on Wednesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The wildfire risk has been reduced thanks to firefighting efforts and the shift in weather,\" the county said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it warned that \"wildfires may still be active in the area.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Fox Creek, cooler temperatures and reduced wind allowed firefighters to fortify containment lines to prevent fires from spreading.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Don\'t let the skyline and current clear skies deceive you. This fire is out of control and burns deep into the ground. It is a sleeping giant. The situation can change quickly,\" the county said in an advisory. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:07:21', '2023-05-11 10:07:21'),
(6814, 6814, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intelligence across its platform.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Executives at an annual Google developers conference in Silicon Valley said that generative AI will also be used to supercharge the tech giant\'s leading search engine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have been applying AI for a while, with generative AI we are taking the next step,\" Google chief executive Sundar Pichai told thousands of developers gathered for the event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are reimagining all our core products, including search,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google is racing to catch up with rival Microsoft, which has rushed to integrate ChatGPT-like powers in a wide array of its products, including the Bing search engine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\'s dash into AI came despite fears about the technology\'s potential threat to society, including its impact on the spread of disinformation and whether it could make whole categories of jobs obsolete.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cathy Edwards of Google Search said the new experience would be akin to a search that is \"supercharged\" by a conversational bot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other Google executives laid out how generative AI is being woven into Gmail, photo editing, online work tools and more.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The company\'s AI efforts would be carried out in a \"bold and responsible\" way, senior product director Jack Krawczyk said during a briefing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google\'s expansion meant it removed a waitlist for Bard, letting users around the world engage with it in English after months of testing it out in the US and Britain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bard will be modified to support 40 languages in coming months, according to Krawczyk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re excited to get Bard into more people\'s hands,\" Krawczyk said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re pretty fired up about where Bard is going.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google also announced browser \"extensions\" that will imbue apps and services such as Gmail and Maps with AI features.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bard technology will enable features such as filling in text to help draft emails and suggesting ideas for artwork by scrutinizing a picture of available supplies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google is also letting partners build such extensions, including one from Adobe that will let users generate images, Krawczyk said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tech titan also unveiled new Pixel devices including a $1,799 foldable smartphone with a bendable screen that is the size of a tablet computer when opened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"You\'re getting the best of both worlds,\" Google senior vice president of devices Rick Osterloh said of the Fold.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s a powerful smartphone when it\'s convenient and an immersive tablet when you need one.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google also added a new tablet and a lower-priced version of its flagship smartphone to the Pixel lineup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Risky tech? -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Google\'s announcements came a week after rival Microsoft expanded public access to its generative artificial intelligence programs, which are powered by models made by OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This could be a defining moment in the AI battle with Google and Microsoft going head-to-head for market share,\" Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a note to investors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Microsoft\'s early investment in OpenAI gave it a head start \"in this Game of Thrones Battle for Big Tech with Google now playing major catchup mode,\" the analyst added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AI-enhanced features of Microsoft\'s Bing search engine and Edge internet browser recently became open for anyone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The services have been enhanced with the ability to work with images as well as text, and Microsoft intends to add video to the mix.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the rollouts by two of the world\'s biggest companies, risks from AI include its potential uses for disinformation, with voice clones, deep-fake videos and convincing written messages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A range of experts in March urged a pause in the development of powerful AI systems to allow time to make sure they are safe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their open letter, signed by more than 1,000 people, including billionaire Elon Musk and Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, was prompted by generative AI technology from Microsoft-backed firm OpenAI.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A prominent computer scientist often dubbed \"the godfather of artificial intelligence\" recently quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Geoffrey Hinton, who created some of the technology underlying AI systems, maintained that the existential threat from AI is \"serious and close.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:09:50', '2023-05-11 10:09:50'),
(6815, 6815, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inter Milan have one foot in the Champions League final after an impressive 2-0 win over AC Milan in Wednesday\'s pulsating last-four derby.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter have the upper hand ahead of Tuesday\'s second leg of the biggest Milan derby of a generation thanks to strikes in the first 11 minutes from Edin Dzeko and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inter could have won by a wider margin as Hakan Calhanoglu smashed a shot off the post and Dzeko wasted a great chance early in the second half, but they are still heavy favourites to reach the final of Europe\'s top club competition for the first time since they last won it 13 years ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Sometimes I don\'t score goals and that\'s all anyone talks about, but I also give something else,\" Dzeko told Prime Video after his third goal since January.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today I worked for the team and that was what was needed in such a big match.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reaching the final would be extra sweet for Inter as it would avenge semi- and quarter-final eliminations at the hands of Milan in 2003 and 2005.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The winners of the tie will face holders Real Madrid or Manchester City in the June 10 showpiece in Istanbul. The first leg of that semi-final finished 1-1 in Spain on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milan, who also struck the woodwork through Sandro Tonali, have their work cut out if they want to have a chance at being crowned European champions for the eighth time and will hope Rafael Leao is available for next week\'s decisive clash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The absence of star man Leao left Milan without their key attacking threat and allowed Inter to play more on the front foot knowing their opponents didn\'t have the Portugal winger\'s pace in their armoury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We conceded two quick goals, and against Inter that\'s difficult to come back from,\" Milan defender Fikayo Tomori told Prime Video.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re disappointed, we could have done better, especially at the beginning, but we need to believe if we\'re going to reach the final.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- One team in it -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A colourful San Siro was nearly full an hour before kick-off, with both sets of fans exchanging chants and insults before the huge displays traditional to the fixture were unfurled as the teams came out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But once the match was underway there was really only one team on the pitch, with nominal away side Inter looking the more settled and dynamic off the back of five straight wins and the recent hot form of their attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It didn\'t take long for the away side to open the scoring and it was a fabulous Dzeko goal which did it in the eighth minute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bosnia striker held off Davide Calabria and met Calhanoglu\'s inswinging corner with a perfect volley which left Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan with no chance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With their tails up and their fans falling over each other with joy in the Curva Nord, Inter went for Milan and three minutes later Mkhitaryan doubled their lead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Federico Dimarco was set scampering down the left flank and his low cut-back was first left by Lautaro Martinez and then collected by Armenian midfielder Mkhitaryan, who smashed in his fifth goal of the season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Milan escaped being three goals down after just a quarter of an hour when Calhanoglu nearly silenced the boos of his former supporters with a long-range drive which crashed out off the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Martinez then won a penalty which was rightly overturned by referee Jesus Gil Manzano following a look at the pitch-side monitor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dzeko should have all but sealed the tie when one-on-one with Maignan in the 53rd minute and not long after, while Milan\'s fans unleashed a volley of flares and explosives, Tonali held his head in despair after striking the bottom of the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However that was the last major chance of the game for Milan as Inter comfortably held off their rivals for the final half an hour and then bathed in the applause of their supporters who are dreaming of a trip to Turkey. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:49:46', '2023-05-11 10:49:46'),
(6816, 6816, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Moscow considers Kiev\'s attempt to attack the Kremlin using drones as an outrageous step which puts Ukraine on a par with the state sponsors of terrorism, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with the ATV channel (Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov emphasized that Moscow\'s Kremlin, which was targeted with two drones, is the Russian president\'s residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In fact, we can interpret that as an attempt to carry out an act of terrorism against the Russian president. It is an absolutely outrageous and unacceptable terrorist activity of the country. We believe that in this way Ukraine actually puts itself on a par with the state sponsors of terrorism. Not even de jure, but de facto, in fact,\" the Kremlin spokesman said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Peskov said that the Russian authorities were taking and would continue to take every possible measure to ensure security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Well, of course, as we said in the statement, we will respond to such steps when and how we see fit,\" he stressed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Early in the morning of May 3, Kiev attempted to carry out a strike on the Kremlin grounds. The Russian presidential press service said that military and security officers promptly took the enemy UAVs out, disabling them. Putin was not harmed and is carrying on with his work as usual. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 10:51:39', '2023-05-11 10:51:39'),
(6817, 6817, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower distant cautionary signal number 1 and instead hoist distant warning signal 2 as the depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved north-northwestwards and intensified into cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ over the same area.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 6 am on Thursday, it was centered about 1295 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1220 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 1265 km south-southwest of Mongla port and 1225 km south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesterly direction till Friday. Thereafter, it is likely to recurve gradually and move north-northwestwards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 km of the cyclone centre is about 62 kph rising to 88 kph in gusts or squalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sea will remain very rough near the cyclone centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay and deep sea have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution due to Cyclone Mocha. They are also advised not to venture into the deep sea. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 11:44:35', '2023-05-11 11:44:35'),
(6818, 6818, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air ranked 12th most polluted among cities around the world this morning, as per Air Quality Index (AQI).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The air in Dhaka was categorised as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, with an AQI score of 112 at 8:53am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 286, 190, and 166 respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 150 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 11:49:32', '2023-05-11 11:49:32'),
(6819, 6819, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Long-haul carrier Emirates said Thursday it would create a $200 million fund for research and development projects aimed at reducing the use of fossil fuels in commercial aviation.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emirates made the announcement ahead of releasing their annual report for 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The airline, owned by Dubai\'s government, said the funding would be distributed over three years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s clear that with the current pathways available to airlines in terms of emissions reduction, our industry won’t be able to hit net zero targets in the prescribed timeline,” airline President Tim Clark said in a statement. “We believe our industry needs better solutions, and that’s why we’re looking to partner with leading organizations.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emirates separately will aim to use so-called sustainable aviation fuel as well when possible — though it remains incredibly scarce in the market. In January, the airline successfully flew a Boeing 777 on a test flight with one of its two engines entirely powered by the fuel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The announcement also comes ahead of Dubai hosting the COP28 climate talks in November. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 12:00:59', '2023-05-11 12:00:59');
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(6820, 6820, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A court here on Wednesday afternoon sentenced a man to life-term imprisonment in a drug case.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The court also fined convict Shahab Uddin, 36, son of late Ismail Hossain of Rajarampur Malopara under Chapainawabganj municipality, Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer two more years in jail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chapainawabganj District and Session Judge Md. Adeeb Ali pronounced the verdict in presence of the convict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the prosecution, Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested Shahab Uddin with 50 grams of heroin from Shahibag area in the town on June 30, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next day, Sub-inspector Anup Kumar Sarker of DB police filed a case against him with Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Investigating officer of the case Sub-inspector Ripon Kumar Mondol submitted charge sheet against him to the court on August 8 of the same year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After hearing the witnesses the court handed down the punishment, the court sources said. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 12:13:20', '2023-05-11 12:13:20'),
(6821, 6821, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>As the Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ is brewing over the Bay of Bengal, panic gripped the residents of coastal areas of Bagerhat district due to the vulnerable state of dyke at several points.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Residents of Sharankhola, Baleshwar, Pashur in Mongla and Panguchhi in Morelganj upazilas are passing sleepless nights, worrying over when and where the storm and high tide will hit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), Mocha is likely to make landfall on Cox’s Bazar coast by Sunday (May 14).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the water rises 5 feet above normal, a number of villages will be flooded as 11km of embankment is at risk while around 25,000 shrimp enclosures may be washed away, said locals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 446 cyclone shelters have been prepared in the district to accommodate people while 98% of boro paddy has been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 11 km of embankment at different points is in vulnerable condition. Many villages in the district will be inundated if the tidal water rises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masum Billah, Executive Engineer of Bagerhat Water Development Board, said there are 340 kms of dam in the district and currently, the authorities concerned are repairing three km dam in Morrelganj upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the water rises above the normal tide, the vulnerable dams might break down and water can enter the locality, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the shrimp industry of the district may experience a huge loss as all shrimp enclosures could be washed away due to high tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a recent visit to some shrimp enclosures, this correspondent found many farmers busy dumping soil along the enclosures and using nets to save their shrimps from being washed away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ASM Russel, Bagerhat District Fisheries officer, said there are 73,000 fish enclosures and of these, 25,000 are in vulnerable condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, advice was given to the farmers to surround the edge of the enclosures with netting at a height of 2.5 feet above the water and 6.5 feet above the ground, said Russel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, hearing about Cyclone Mocha, farmers have already harvested their boro paddy; 98% of the paddy have been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Rafiqul Islam, deputy director of Bagerhat Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), said, “The boro paddy from the remaining 2% land or about 243 hectares, will be harvested within a day or two.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voicing concern, Rafiqul also feared that the cyclone may damage mangoes and that’s why he also asked the mango farmers to harvest the fruits from their orchards as soon as possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the local administration has kept 446 shelters ready to accommodate about 2,35,975 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Azizur Rahman said the local administration has taken all-out preparation to tackle the cyclonic storm Mocha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A meeting, organised by the District Disaster Management Committee, was held on Wednesday where the authorities concerned decided to take all precautionary measures depending on the weather bulletin, he said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 13:30:11', '2023-05-11 13:30:11'),
(6822, 6822, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh hope the rain to stay away and allow them to play the second game without an interruption as they eye to take a lead in the three-match ODI series, to be held tomorrow (Friday) at County Ground, Chelmsford.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first match was washed out due to rain after Bangladesh apparently kept them in a position of dominance. The Tigers who were put into bat first, racked up 246-9, a score that deemed not satisfactory but they reduced Ireland to 65-3 in 16.3 overs before the rain arrived.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With rain in the forecast, the question was why captain Tamim Iqbal didn\'t introduce spinners from two ends to complete 20 overs as early as possible, which might bring DLS to the fore to determine the result. Specially Shakib Al Hasan was not introduced into the attack, raising a question.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But according to batter Najmul Hossain Shanto who made second highest 44, after Mushfiqur Rahim\'s 61, said the batter couldn\'t bat as it was expected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The wicket was batting friendly and it was possible to score 290-300 runs. But what we did was to assess the wicket first before going after the bowlers that didn\'t go well for us,\" Shanto said after the match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We couldn\'t build up any significant partnership, which was another point to note. If we can build up a good partnership we can give us a shot to put up 300 plus total.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh had just two fifty plus partnership with Mushfiqur Rahim and Mehidy Hasan Miraz adding 65 and Shanto and Towhid Hridoy combining for 50 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The top order batters need to take responsibility. But unfortunately we couldn\'t make our start count. It was our duty to make the partnership bigger but we failed to do this. Hopefully we will learn from the mistakes. Hopefully we will have a full game in the next match and we\'ll take a lead,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to stat, Ireland are no match for the Tigers. Of the 14 ODI matches between the two sides, Bangladesh won nine and lost just two while three matches were washed out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ireland won the maiden encounter between the two sides in 2007 ODI World Cup in Bridgetown, West Indies but last time they beat Bangladesh in ODI cricket in 2010 at Belfast. They could never put up any resistance in the matches they played against Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Very recently, Bangladesh won the three-match ODI series between the two sides at home by 2-0 and that too breaking several records. They also put up their highest ODI total 349-6 in the second with Mushfiqur Rahim hitting the fastest century by a Bangladeshi player, smashing ton off 60 balls but the match was washed out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh also won the three-match T20 series by 2-1 and beat Ireland in the one-off Test at home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Line Ups:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal, Liton Das, Rony Talukdar, Najmul Hossain, Towhid Hridoy, Shakib Al Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim, Yasir Ali, Mehidy Hasan, Taijul Islam, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ireland: Andy Balbirnie (capt), Mark Adair, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Stephen Doheny, Fionn Hand, Graham Hume, Josh Little, Andy McBrine, Paul Stirling, Harry Tector, Lorcan Tucker, Craig Young. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 13:32:58', '2023-05-11 13:32:58'),
(6823, 6823, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Naga Chaitanya, who is gearing up for the release of Tamil-Telugu bilingual film Custody, has opened up about the quality he really likes in his ex-wife Samantha Ruth Prabhu in an interview. Chaitanya said that he’s always been amazed by Samantha’s determination.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that if Samantha Ruth Prabhu wants something, she will go get it. Chaitanya and Samantha were married for about four years. They announced their separation on October 2, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a promotional interview for Custody, Chaitanya was asked about the quality he likes in Samantha. “Samantha… go-getter, hard worker. Her determination is amazing. If she wants something, she will go get it,” Chaitanya said in an interview with Prema the Journalist. Speaking about the films that he liked of her in recent times, he mentioned Oh Baby! and the show Family Man 2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same interview, Chaitanya opened up on his failed marriage as well. When asked about how he sees his relationship with Samantha, he said he only has immense respect for that phase.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Whatever happened in my personal life with my marriage, that’s very unfortunate. But I have immense respect for that phase of my life. It is due to the media reportage and how they’ve portrayed everything by speculating and spreading rumours, the whole respect is lost, diminished in the public eye. This is what hurt me a lot,” Chaitanya said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Venkat Prabhu-directed film Custody, Chaitanya plays a police constable and he recently took out time to interact with some police constables in Hyderabad about the experience of turning into a cop. The project marks Chaitanya’s foray into Tamil industry. He has dubbed his own lines in Tamil for the first time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a press interaction, Chaitanya said that he was excited to play a constable, a role that’s rarely explored in mainstream cinema. “It is a role that has not been explored much in recent times. Constables are fresh out of training and they have the fire in them to make a change. The future is in their hands,” he said. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 13:42:08', '2023-05-11 13:42:08'),
(6824, 6824, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Local administration has kept 409 cyclone centres prepared for sheltering 2,73,850 people as a deep depression over the Bay turned into Cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’and it is likely to cross Bangladesh on May 14.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khandaker Yeasir Arefin, deputy commissioner of Khulna, said the government has opened 409 cyclone shelters in the district so that people can take shelter if needed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said a meeting of the disaster management committee will be held at 3:30 pm today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdul Karim, district relief and rehabilitation officer, said the upazila level officials were asked to remain in their respective workplaces and take precautionary measures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were also asked to take steps to inform people about the danger signal through loudspeakers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amirul Azad, in-charge of Khulna Weather Observatory Centre, said due to the impact of&nbsp; cyclone ‘Mocha’ heavy rains accompanied by gusty wind may lash the district on May 13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, unless the direction is changed, there is no possibility of the cyclone hitting the Khulna coast,&nbsp; he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding cyclone preparations, state minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman on Wednesday said , \"We are acting in accordance with the SOD (Standing Orders on Disasters). I have communicated with field personnel. The forecast indicates that Cox\'s Bazaar is the most vulnerable. Most at risk are the low-lying areas of St. Martin Island and Teknaf.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enamur Rahman said the authorities will start moving people to cyclone shelters if&nbsp; the cyclone danger signal reaches 5, 6 or 7.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state minister said the army, the navy and the coastguard are also ready.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We hope to bring down the loss of life and property to zero (if it strikes),\" he said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 14:45:23', '2023-05-11 14:45:23'),
(6825, 6825, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country needs more time to launch a much-anticipated counter-offensive against Russian forces, as its military awaits the delivery of promised military aid.</b></p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The expected attack could be decisive in the war, redrawing frontlines that, for months, have remained unchanged. It will also be a crucial test for Ukraine, eager to prove that the weapons and equipment it has received from the West can result in significant battlefield gains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at his headquarters in Kyiv, President Zelensky described combat brigades, some of which were trained by Nato countries, as being \"ready\" but said the army still needed \"some things\", including armoured vehicles that were \"arriving in batches\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"With [what we already have] we can go forward, and, I think, be successful,\" he said in an interview for public service broadcasters who are members of Eurovision News, like the BBC. \"But we\'d lose a lot of people. I think that\'s unacceptable. So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When and where the Ukrainian push will happen is a secret. Russian forces, meanwhile, have fortified their defences along a frontline that runs for 900 miles (1,450km) from the eastern regions of Luhansk and Donetsk, to Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian authorities have tried to lower expectations of a breakthrough, publicly and in private. Earlier this month, a senior government official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the country\'s leaders \"understood that [they] needed to be successful\" but that the assault should not be seen as a \"silver bullet\" in a war now in its 15th month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president, however, expressed confidence that the Ukrainian military could advance, warning of the risks of a \"frozen conflict\" which, he said, was what Russia was \"counting on\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For Kyiv, any result that is seen as disappointing in the West could mean a reduction in military support and pressure to negotiate with Russia. With nearly a fifth of the country under Russian control, and President Vladimir Putin declaring the annexation of four regions his forces partially occupy, this would possibly include discussions about land concessions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone will have an idea,\" President Zelensky said. \"[But] they can\'t pressure Ukraine into surrendering territories. Why should any country of the world give Putin its territory?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky dismissed fears about losing US support if President Joe Biden, who has vowed to support Ukraine as long as it takes, is not re-elected in 2024. Ukraine, he said, still enjoyed bipartisan support in the US Congress. \"Who knows where we\'ll be [when the election happens]?\" he said. \"I believe we\'ll win by then.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For now, there is no real possibility of talks to end the conflict, as both sides say they will fight until victory. President Zelensky has offered a 10-point peace proposal, calling for the return of all invaded territory, reparation payments for war-related damages and the creation of a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes, a plan that Moscow has flatly rejected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western sanctions, the president said, were having an impact on Russia\'s defence industry, mentioning depleted missiles stockpiles and shortages of artillery. \"They still have a lot in their warehouses but… we already see that they\'ve reduced shelling per day in some areas.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow, however, had found ways to bypass some of the measures, he said, and he urged countries to target those helping Russia circumvent the bans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky again rejected the Russian accusation that Ukraine was behind an alleged drone attack on the Kremlin last week, which was described by Moscow as an attempt to assassinate President Putin. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 15:06:58', '2023-05-11 15:06:58'),
(6826, 6826, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A total of 51 Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from Sudan returned home from Jeddah Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight today (May 11, 2023).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>They arrived in Dhaka from Jeddah at 10:20 am via Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG336, according to a press release by Biman.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladeshi nationals from conflict-ridden Sudan took temporary shelter in Jeddah with the help of the Bangladesh Embassy and Saudi authorities.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on May 8, Biman Bangladesh Airlines brought back 136 Bangladeshi nationals -- escaping Sudan -- from Jeddah.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, another 130 Bangladeshis will return home by Qatar Airlines and 238 by Biman Bangladesh Airlines from Madinah today, according to a press release from the Bangladesh Embassy in Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is operating four chartered flights from Sudan, at its own cost, to evacuate the remaining Bangladeshi citizens to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.</div><div><br></div><div>Sudan plunged into a civil war last month that has so far claimed the lives of more than 600 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands.</div><div><br></div><div>Countries around the world are scrambling vessels and airplanes to evacuate their citizens from Sudan. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 16:52:32', '2023-05-11 16:52:32'),
(6827, 6827, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh is committed to implement the Sustainable Development Goals(SDG)including SDG-3 of the United Nations (UN) despite challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Ukraine War and global crisis.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said this when former Prime Minister of New Zealand and Co-chair of the Chatham House Commission Helen Clerk paid a courtesy call on her at a hotel in the city.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed newsmen after the meeting.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said her government has been working to implement the National Health Strategic Plan 2011-2030 aimed at achieving the target.</div><div><br></div><div>During the call on, the Prime Minister briefed Helen Clerk about the steps of her government for further development of pharmaceutical industries.</div><div><br></div><div>She pointed out Bangladesh\'s successes in pharmaceutical sectors, and said, it is now exporting pharmaceuticals to over 100 countries.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina mentioned that the government has given emphasis on conducting research, producing Covid-19 and other vaccines in the country, while a vaccine manufacturing plant is being set up in&nbsp;</div><div>Gopalganj with the technical support of the US.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand said Bangladesh can be an exporter of special medicines including the Covid-19 vaccines.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning her upcoming participation at the UNGA in September next, Sheikh Hasina said, she is looking forward to attend the high level meeting on the Universal Health Coverage and other public issues in New York.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, Helen Clerk said Bangladesh under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina can play an important role in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>Adviser to the DG of WHO on Mental Health and Autism Saima Wazed, Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam, PMO Secretary Mohammad Salahuddin, Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and Health Secretary Dr Md Anwar Howlader were present. According to BSS reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 18:27:03', '2023-05-11 18:27:03'),
(6828, 6828, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered shifting of the case filed against four people including former superintendent of police (SP) Babul Aktar and US based-Youtuber Elias Hossain, to Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ashek Imam passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) presented the charge sheet before the court today.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Then, the court transferred the case to the Cyber Tribunal in Dhaka for further trial.</div><div><br></div><div>On April 09, Dhanmondi Model Police Station Inspector (Operation) Md. Rabiul Islam, also the investigation officer of the case, submitted charge sheet against four people including Babul Akter and Ilias Hossain.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused in the case are Babul’s father Md Abdul Wadud Miah and his brother Md Habibur Rahman Lavu.</div><div><br></div><div>The investigation officer of the case submitted a petition to issue an arrest warrant against Ilias Hossain as he is absconding.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, Elias in association with Babul Aktar leaked an audio on his Facebook page and Youtube channel from the US about Babul’s wife Mitu murder. In the video, he alleged that Police Bureau of Investigation Chief&nbsp; (PBI) chief had intentionally implicated Babul in the case and the latter was tortured in custody.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 27 in 2022, Banaj Kumar Majumdar filed the case bringing the allegations under the DSA and the Special Power Act at Dhanmondi police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Babul was shown arrested in the case on November 10 in the same year.</div><div><br></div><div>The four accused were acquitted of the Special Power Act charges as the allegations against them could not be proved.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 18:54:37', '2023-05-11 18:54:37'),
(6829, 6829, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s Supreme Court (SC) today ordered the \"immediate release\" of PTI Chairman Imran Khan after terming his arrest unlawful.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The top court also directed the former prime minister to approach the Islamabad High Court (IHC).</div><div><br></div><div>The directives were issued by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial as the court resumed hearing the former prime minister\'s plea against his arrest in the Al-Qadir Trust case.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in the day, a three-member SC bench including the CJP, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Athar Minallah directed the National Accountability Bureau to present Imran before the court.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The court will issue an appropriate order today,\" the CJP said during the hearing, adding that the court was \"very serious\" about the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>Subsequently, Imran was presented in court amid tight security a little after 5:45pm. A Dawn.com correspondent present at the court said that the former prime minister was taken inside the SC via the judges\' gate.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of Imran\'s arrival, security was tightened outside the apex court, with contingents of the Rangers and police, and bomb disposal squads called in. Only lawyers and journalists already present in courtroom number 1 — where the hearing is being held — are allowed inside the room.</div><div><br></div><div>The media also reported that the Islamabad DIG (security) has reached the court to review the security situation.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the PTI asked its supporters to stay away from the top court. - Dawn</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 19:56:11', '2023-05-11 19:56:11'),
(6830, 6830, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25. Israel braced for more rocket fire amid reports of faltering Egyptian attempts to broker a cease-fire.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It has been the worst bout of fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza in months, and among the dead were also women and children. The conflagration comes at a time of soaring tensions and spiking violence over the past year in the occupied West Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Early on Thursday, the Israeli military carried out strikes against the Islamic Jihad militant group and said a senior commander in charge of the group\'s rocket launching force, Ali Ghali, was killed when his apartment was hit.</div><div><br></div><div>Military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told Israeli Army Radio that two other militants were also killed in the strike, although no group immediately claimed them as members, and that the rest of the building remained intact.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The apartment was targeted in a very precise way,\" Hagari said. “I hope this leads to a reduction, a blow and a disruption of the Islamic Jihad rocket abilities.”</div><div><br></div><div>According to Palestinian media reports, the strikes targeted the top floor of a building in a residential, Qatari-built complex in southern Gaza Strip, killing at least two people, including the commander. The Health Ministry in Gaza said 25 people have been killed since the fighting erupted.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic Jihad said Ghali was a commander in charge of its rocket squad and a member of its armed group’s decision-making body. The group has said it will only cease fire if Israel agrees to halt targeted killings of its fighters.</div><div><br></div><div>Following intense fighting on Wednesday, when rockets rained down on southern and central Israel and airstrikes pounded Gaza, a state-run Egyptian TV station announced that Egypt, a frequent mediator between the sides, had brokered a cease-fire. But with the violence continuing into the early hours of Thursday, it appeared neither side was backing down.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli military says that in its strikes on some 150 targets it has zeroed in on militants with what it says are precision strikes, but children, among them a 4-year-old, were also killed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hagari, the military spokesman, told Army Radio that a quarter of the rockets launched during this round of fighting fell in Gaza, killing at least four, including a 10-year-old girl, two 16-year-olds and a 51-year-old man. That claim could not immediately be independently confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>In a televised prime-time address on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israel had dealt a harsh blow to the militants. But he cautioned: \"This round is not over.”</div><div><br></div><div>“We say to the terrorists and those who send them: We see you everywhere. You can\'t hide, and we choose the place and time to strike you,” he said, adding that Israel would also decide when calm is restored.</div><div><br></div><div>The initial Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday that set off the exchange of fire killed three senior Islamic Jihad militants in their homes and at least 10 civilians — most of them women and children.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli military has said its attacks were focused on Islamic Jihad militant infrastructure in the coastal enclave and that it would investigate any civilian deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>Those strikes set off a burst of rocket fire on Wednesday that triggered air-raid sirens throughout southern and central Israel. Damage was reported when rockets slammed into buildings that were empty because residents had fled the area. The military said more than 500 rockets were fired toward Israel. It said most were intercepted by Israel\'s missile defense system or fell in open areas.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel says the airstrikes are a response to a barrage of rocket fire launched last week by Islamic Jihad in response to the death of one of its members from a hunger strike while in Israeli custody.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel has come under international criticism for the high civilian toll, which included wives of two of the militant commanders, some of their children and a dentist who lived in one of the targeted buildings along with his wife and son.</div><div><br></div><div>In past conflicts, rights groups have accused Israel of committing war crimes due to high civilian deaths. Israel says it does its utmost to avoid civilian casualties and holds militant groups responsible because they operate in heavily populated residential areas.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest outburst was the heaviest fighting between the sides in months, pushing the region closer toward a full-blown war. But in signs that both sides were trying to show restraint, Israel avoided attacks on the ruling Hamas militant group, targeting only the smaller and more militant Islamic Jihad faction. Hamas, meanwhile, appeared to remain on the sidelines.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel says it is trying to avoid conflict with Hamas, the more powerful militant group that rules Gaza, and limit the fighting to Islamic Jihad.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel and Hamas have fought four wars since the Islamic militant group took control of Gaza in 2007.</div><div><br></div><div>Late Wednesday, Egypt\'s Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian security agencies, said the Egyptian intelligence had brokered a cease-fire. Israeli officials confirmed that Egypt was trying to facilitate a cease-fire. Speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss behind-the-scenes diplomacy, they said Israel would evaluate the situation based on actions on the ground, not declarations.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic Jihad said it would continue firing rockets. Mohamad al-Hindi, an official with the group, said a sticking point in the talks was that the Palestinians wanted an Israeli commitment to stop targeted killing operations, such as the ones that killed three top Islamic Jihad commanders early Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As rockets streaked through the sky, Israeli TV stations showed air defense systems intercepting rockets above the skies of Tel Aviv. In the nearby suburb of Ramat Gan, people lay face-down on the ground as they took cover.</div><div><br></div><div>The army said that schools would remain closed and restrictions on large gatherings would remain in place in southern Israel until at least Friday. Residents were instructed to stay near bomb shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, in the West Bank, where Israeli-Palestinian violence has surged over the past year, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 30-year-old man died after he was shot by Israeli troops in a raid on Wednesday. Source: AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 21:04:32', '2023-05-11 21:04:32'),
(6831, 6831, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s Supreme Court has ordered the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, two days after his arrest sparked countrywide violence.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Supreme Court chief justice Umar Ata Bandial also asked Khan to issue an appeal to his supporters to remain peaceful, as the country faced growing turmoil in its streets.</div><div><br></div><div>The supporters of Khan were seen dancing near the court building to celebrate his release.</div><div><br></div><div>After being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote by lawmakers, Khan was faced with multiple corruption charges in Pakistani courts.</div><div><br></div><div>With former Prime Minister Imran Khan in custody, Pakistani authorities on Thursday cracked down on his supporters, detaining hundreds in overnight raids and sending troops across the country to rein in the wave of violence that followed his arrest earlier this week.</div><div><br></div><div>For this nation accustomed to military takeovers, political crises and violence, the turmoil has been unprecedented. It echoed unrest that followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally in the garrison city of Rawalpindi. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Clashes with police since Khan’s dramatic arrest on Tuesday have left at least 10 of his supporters dead and dozens injured, along with more than 200 policemen injured. Demonstrators burned down a railway station on the outskirts of the capital, Islamabad, on Wednesday night. On Thursday, they clashed with police in neighborhoods around Pakistan’s second largest city, Lahore, setting fire to a police car and blocking a train.</div><div><br></div><div>Police said Thursday that nearly 1,600 of Khan supporters were arrested overnight around the country on charges of damaging public property and attacking military installations, bringing the total of those detained since Tuesday to 2,300.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrests followed mob attacks on government and military buildings, with protesters torching trucks, cars and police vehicles in the streets and blocking highways. In one incident hours after Khan’s arrest, a mob set fire Tuesday to the sprawling residence of a top army commander in Lahore.</div><div><br></div><div>Khan was dragged from a courtroom in Islamabad where he showed up to face graft charges on Tuesday. He is now being held at a police compound in Islamabad where, at a temporary court, a judge on Wednesday ordered the 70-year-old opposition leader detained for at least another eight days, raising the prospect of more unrest.</div><div><br></div><div>After briefly hearing a petition from Khan’s lawyer, the Supreme Court on Thursday expressed displeasure over the manner in which Khan was arrested and ordered authorities to present him before it in an hour, raising speculation it would order him freed. Khan’s lawyer had sought his release, arguing that the arrest was illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>As police took Khan on Thursday to the Supreme Court amid tight security, the government demanded he remain in custody.</div><div><br></div><div>“It would be unfair if you give any reprieve to him,” Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb told a news conference, addressing the top court\'s chief justice. She pointed to violence carried out by Khan\'s followers, saying the court would be giving a “license to kill to everyone\" if the former premier is freed.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately Thursday, police filed new terrorism charges against Khan and top leaders from his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party on charges of inciting mobs to violence.</div><div><br></div><div>In an address to the nation late Wednesday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif — who took over after Khan was removed in April last year in a no-confidence vote in Parliament — said the unrest by the former premier’s followers had “damaged sensitive public and private property,” forcing him to deploy the military in Islamabad, in Punjab – Pakistan’s most populous province -- and in volatile regions of the northwest.</div><div><br></div><div>“Such scenes were never seen by the people of Pakistan,” Sharif said, following a Cabinet meeting. “Even patients were taken out of ambulances and ambulances were set on fire.”</div><div><br></div><div>Sharif called the attacks “unforgivable,” and warned that those involved in violence would be given exemplary punishment. He said Khan was arrested because of his involvement in corruption, and that there was evidence backing up these charges.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the late Benazir Bhutto’s son, urged Khan’s followers on Thursday to end the violence but stressed that peaceful protests are their right. “What has happened, has happened. Don’t make things more difficult for yourself,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the violence, the government shut down schools, colleges and universities in Punjab and northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, where Khan has a massive grassroots following and where most of the violence was reported.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At least seven of the protester deaths so far have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and two in Punjab’s capital Lahore, along with one in the southwestern city of Quetta. The government also suspended internet service in various parts of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will arrest all those who disrupted law and order,” said Mohson Naqvi, the chief minister in Punjab.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials say Khan’s supporters in particular targeted military installations because he has been blaming the military for his 2022 ouster, while also claiming it was a conspiracy by Washington and Sharif’s government — charges that both the United States and Khan’s successor have denied. The military has also said it played no role in Khan’s ouster.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid the violence, Khan supporters have attacked the military headquarters in Rawalpindi and security posts in the northwest, torching the security Chakdara fort on the border with Afghanistan. In Lahore on Tuesday night, demonstrators ransacked and burned down the residence of the regional commander, Lt. Gen. Salman Fayyaz Ghani.</div><div><br></div><div>The military vowed on Wednesday to respond to attacks by demonstrators with full force. It said the attacks on its installations were launched in an orchestrated manner, and the violence was a “black chapter” in the country’s history.</div><div><br></div><div>The military has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since the country gained independence from British colonial rule and wields considerable power over civilian governments. according to AP reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 22:21:11', '2023-05-11 22:21:11'),
(6832, 6832, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Thursday said that the market monitoring team will start raids to ensure that sugar is being sold at prices fixed by Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (BTTC).</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister also said they would consider importing onions if its price continues to rise.</div><div><br></div><div>The commerce minister made the statement in response to reporters\' questions after a courtesy call by Helena Konig, deputy secretary general for Economic and Global Affairs of the European Union, at the ministry on Thursday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said that due to the increase in the price of sugar in the international market the new price has been fixed.</div><div><br></div><div>Traders including Bangladesh Sugar Refiners Association have been informed to sell loose sugar at Tk 120 per kg and packaged sugar at Tk 125 per kg as per the recommendation of the BTTC, Munshi said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Instructions will be issued to the concerned authorities including the National Consumer Protection Directorate, and District Administration to see whether they are selling sugar in the market at this price or not,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The price of onions in the market has increased a lot within a short time. When asked about the government\'s action in this regard, the minister said that if the price continues to rise like this, initiatives would be taken to import onion from India soon.</div><div><br></div><div>“Imports have been cut as domestic onion production is adequate. The market is being monitored. If the price of onion continues to rise, imports will be considered,” the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-11 22:34:05', '2023-05-11 22:34:05'),
(6833, 6833, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cyclone ‘Mocha’ has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining area, according to a special bulletin by Bangladesh Meteorological Department on Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cyclonic storm is likely to further intensify in coming hours and it has moved further north-northeastwards, according to the special bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was centred at 6:00 am on May 12 about 1095 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1025 kms south-southwest of Cox\'s bazar port, 1055 kms south-southwest of Mongla port and 1020 kms south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bulletin said maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the cyclone centre is about 120 kph rising to 140 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain very high near the storm centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no-2 (two).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to BMD weather forecast, rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at a few places over Chattogram &amp; Barishal divisions and at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna &amp; Sylhet divisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping over Dhaka, Rangpur, Khulna &amp; Barishal divisions and the regions of Rajshahi, Pabna, Sirajgonj, Srimangal, Sandwip, Rangamati, Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali &amp; Hatiya and it may abate. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:28:52', '2023-05-12 14:28:52');
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(6834, 6834, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two hundred and sixty-two expatriate Bangladeshis who took shelter in Saudi Arabia from conflict-hit Sudan, returned home on Friday morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A total of 239 people returned from Madina at 08:40 am by Biman flight BG338 while 23 people from Jeddah returned by BG136 flight at 12:15 pm, said a press release by Biman Bangladesh Airlines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The returnees were welcomed by officials from the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, The Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary of the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment Dr Ahmed Munirus Salehin, Member of the Board of Directors of Biman and Secretary of maritime affairs unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral Md Khurshed Alam (retd), Director Administration and Human Resources Joint Secretary of Biman Bangladesh Airlines Md Siddiqur Rahman and representatives of IOM were present at the time, among others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biman has brought back a total of 449 people since May 8. The airline brought back 136 expatriates on May 8 and 51 on May 11.&nbsp; UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:55:45', '2023-05-12 14:55:45'),
(6835, 6835, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court on Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader will appear before the same court from which he had been dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest had triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The violence drew condemnation from the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday\'s court session is part of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan\'s Supreme Court had declared that Khan\'s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect Friday\'s ruling by the Islamabad court. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s supporters chanted slogans in support as he arrived at the Islamabad High Court amid tight security. Police arrested several for defying a ban on rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was arrested on Tuesday by the National Accountability Bureau in connection with graft charges, when security agents burst into the Islamabad High Court and dragged him out. On Friday, he was back inside the same courtroom.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This week\'s violence left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It echoed unrest that followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, who was ousted as prime minister last year and leads the opposition, faces more than legal 100 cases, most involving allegations that he incited to violence, and threatened police and government officials. He also faces at least three graft cases. A new terrorism charge was filed against him Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Pakistan\'s legal system, a defendant can seek protection from arrest in court hearings. Khan is vulnerable to arrests because he has not obtained such protection in all of the cases against him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent a night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with his family members and friends. The country\'s President Arif Alvi also had a meeting with him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid escalation in the country which is accustomed to military takeovers, political crises and violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since Tuesday, protesters have been clashing with police, who have arrested nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan\'s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. They include Khan\'s deputies who have been jailed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After Khan was freed Thursday, Sharif\'s government criticized Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial for giving Khan a reprieve. It alleged Khan was involved in corruption and therefore should not have been freed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif, whose government accused the chief justice of bias, convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was ousted in April 2022 through no-confidence in the parliament. He claims his removal was part of a plot by the United States, Sharif and the military — a charge all three have denied. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 14:58:38', '2023-05-12 14:58:38'),
(6836, 6836, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The coastal areas are bracing as wind speed at the centre of the severe cyclonic storm ‘Mocha’ -- which is brewing over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining areas – is rising and likely to make a landfall in Bangladesh coast on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a Bangladesh Meteorological Department’s special bulletin on Friday morning, maximum sustained wind speed within 74km of the cyclone centre is about 120 kph rising to 140 kph in gusts or squalls. Sea will remain high near the centre of the severe cyclone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The severe cyclonic storm is likely to further intensify in coming hours and it has moved further north-northeastwards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was centred at 6:00 am on May 12 about 1095 kms south-southwest of Chattogram port, 1025 kms south-southwest of Cox\'s bazar port, 1055 kms south-southwest of Mongla port and 1020 kms south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram and Mongla have been advised to keep hoisted distant warning signal no-2 (two).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, local administration of the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar has already taken all out preparations to bring down the loss of lives and properties ahead of the landfall as the district is likely to be the most affected.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad Shaheen Imran, deputy commissioner of the district, said they chalked out all kinds of preparations, considering the possible loss of lives before the cyclone hits the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 576 cyclone centres were prepared for sheltering 5,50,990 people, he said, adding that an emergency control room was also opened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said Tk 10.30 lakh, 490 tonnes of rice and 194 bundles of corrugated iron sheet have been readied for humanitarian help during the disaster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moreover, Tk 100,000, 50 tonnes of rice, 7 tonnes of dry foods have been allocated by the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry to face the disaster, the DC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Khulna, Local administration has kept 409 cyclone centres prepared for sheltering 2,73,850 people while at least 446 cyclone shelters have been prepared in Bagerhat district to accommodate people while 98% of boro paddy has been harvested in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Bhola district administration has prepared in three phases to deal with cyclone Mokha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Deputy Commissioner Md. Tawfiq-e-Lahi Chowdhury said eight control rooms have been opened in Bhola.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As many as 746 shelters have been kept ready. About 563,000 people can take shelter. In addition, 13,600 CPPs and 5,000 Red Crescent volunteers are on standby.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 90 percent of the fishermen who went to fish in the sea have already returned to the shore and the fisheries department and coast guard are working to bring back the remaining fishermen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Chandpur local administration is carrying out an awareness campaign in river coastal areas to alert the people regarding the situation and also to prepare them for the effects during and after cyclone \'Mocha’. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 15:01:57', '2023-05-12 15:01:57'),
(6837, 6837, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, May 12 (UNB) – With an air quality index (AQI) score of 182 at 9:15 am Friday Dhaka ranked 3rd in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first two spots on the list, with AQI scores of 225 and 182, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 15:03:59', '2023-05-12 15:03:59'),
(6838, 6838, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader appeared before the same court from which he was dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday’s court session is part of a series of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared that Khan’s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect whatever the Islamabad court rules on Friday. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an initial brief session of the Islamabad court Friday, the judges heard a request by Khan seeking protection from arrest on the graft charges. As Khan\'s supporters in the courtroom chanted, the judge adjourned the session for two hours. The Interior Ministry said Thursday it could arrest Khan on other charges if he is granted protection in the corruption cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government contends that Khan\'s release rewards and encourages mob violence. In court Friday, Khan\'s chief lawyer Babar Awan told reporters that the government seemed to be adamant to arrest the former prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday was a startling and controversial move — agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges and dragged him away, putting him into an armored vehicle. The Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was \"invalid and unlawful\" because it took place from the court premises, violating Khan\'s right to justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence that ensued left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways. Nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have been arrested, including Khan’s deputies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy surrounding Khan — a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition — threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid an escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments. Members of his government denounced the Supreme Court ruling, accusing the chief judge of bias and saying Khan\'s release rewards and encourages violence. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:28:07', '2023-05-12 16:28:07'),
(6839, 6839, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of eminent singer Kalyani Kazi, the youngest daughter-in-law of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a condolence message, Sheikh Hasina said that the death of the famous Nazrul Geeti singer has caused an irreparable loss to the music world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister expressed her deepest sympathy to the bereaved family members. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:54:24', '2023-05-12 16:54:24'),
(6840, 6840, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The toss of the second ODI between Bangladesh and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ireland was delayed due to rain at County Ground in Chelmsford, England.</span></b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outcome is learnt from the Cricket Ireland tweet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Rain is falling and the toss has been delayed. The umpires are out in the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">middle inspecting,\" the tweet said.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The first game between the two sides was washed out due to rain and&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">effectively ruined Ireland\'s chance to have direct qualification to the ODI&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">World Cup in India. Ireland needed to win all three matches to make a direct&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">entry to the cricket\'s extravaganza. Now, they will have to play the</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Qualifiers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Squads:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal(c), Liton Das, Najmul Hossain Shanto, Shakib Al&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hasan, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim(w), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam,&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Ebadot Hossain, Mrittunjoy Chowdhury, Rony&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Talukdar, Yasir Ali and Mustafizur Rahman</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ireland: Stephen Doheny, Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie(c), Harry Tector,&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lorcan Tucker(w), Curtis Campher, George Dockrell, Andy McBrine, Mark Adair,&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Joshua Little, Graham Hume, Craig Young, Gareth Delany and Fionn Hand. BSS</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 16:59:17', '2023-05-12 16:59:17'),
(6841, 6841, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Over 570 Bangladesh nationals who were stranded in Sudan due to the ongoing conflict have been evacuated.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They have been evacuated with the support of the government of Bangladesh and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The evacuations began on May 8 and continued until May 12, when 262 migrants in two separate flights landed in Dhaka from Saudi Arabia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More flights are expected, IOM said on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through its Missions in Sudan and Jeddah, the Ministry of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, and the IOM worked together to evacuate the affected Bangladeshi nationals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kabir, a returnee from Sudan, said, \"I went to Sudan as a migrant worker, and I was doing quite well. Suddenly, the crisis erupted, putting my life in a grave danger. I struggled to meet even the most basic needs.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am grateful and relieved the Government of Bangladesh and IOM facilitated our return home,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 262 Bangladeshi nationals who arrived at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday were provided with hot meals, refreshments, and an onward transportation allowance to facilitate their safe return to their places of origin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the airport, Dr Ahmed Munirus Saleheen, Secretary, Minister of Expatriates\' Welfare, said, \"Our primary goal is to alleviate any inconvenience you may face during this difficult time. The government will provide all possible financial assistance, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) will also offer support. \"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rear Admiral (Retd) Md. Khurshed Alam, Secretary (Maritime Affairs Unit) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said, \"Our government is dedicated to ensuring the well-being of every Bangladeshi, no matter where they are in the world. The invaluable assistance and expertise of IOM have been instrumental in helping us bring our citizens home safely from Sudan during this challenging time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Receiving the returnees at the airport, Abdusattor Esoev, Chief of Mission at IOM Bangladesh, said, \"It\'s a great collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh to bring back Bangladesh nationals from Sudan. Our foremost concern is the protection and welfare of these individuals. We pledge our unwavering commitment to collaborate with the government, striving to guarantee a seamless and effective evacuation process.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sarah Lou Ysmael Arriola, IOM Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, and senior officials from the Minister of Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Civil Aviation, and Airport Authority were also present at the airport.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With no end in sight to the unpredictable situation in Sudan, the government of Bangladesh and IOM remain on alert, monitoring events and prepared to offer further assistance as needed. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 17:34:36', '2023-05-12 17:34:36'),
(6842, 6842, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A high court in Islamabad has granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-week reprieve from arrest in a graft case and granted him bail on the charges.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Babar Awan, the lawyer for Khan, says the court made the decision on Friday, a day after the country\'s Supreme Court asked it a ruling. He says Khan is now “a free man,” and that the decision was just.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ruling came after Khan returned to court to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan returned to court Friday to hear whether he will be shielded from renewed arrest or taken back into custody — a decision that put the government and legions of Khan supporters on edge after days of violent confrontations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The popular 70-year-old opposition leader appeared before the same court from which he was dragged and arrested on Tuesday. The arrest triggered nationwide protests in which his supporters attacked military installations, burned vehicles, and ambulances and looted general stores in various parts of the country. The government responded with a crackdown, arresting nearly 3,000 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday’s court session is part of a series of complex legal maneuvers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Pakistan’s Supreme Court declared that Khan’s arrest was unlawful, but then asked the Islamabad High Court — a lower court — to reconsider its initial decision to uphold the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Supreme Court said it would respect whatever the Islamabad court rules on Friday. The government has said it would quickly re-arrest Khan if the Islamabad High Court upheld its earlier order.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an initial brief session of the Islamabad court Friday, the judges heard a request by Khan seeking protection from arrest on the graft charges. As Khan\'s supporters in the courtroom chanted, the judge adjourned the session for two hours. The Interior Ministry said Thursday it could arrest Khan on other charges if he is granted protection in the corruption cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government contends that Khan\'s release rewards and encourages mob violence. In court Friday, Khan\'s chief lawyer Babar Awan told reporters that the government seemed to be adamant to arrest the former prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday was a startling and controversial move — agents from the National Accountability Bureau burst into the Islamabad High Court where Khan was attending a session on other charges and dragged him away, putting him into an armored vehicle. The Supreme Court ruled that the arrest was \"invalid and unlawful\" because it took place from the court premises, violating Khan\'s right to justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence that ensued left at least 10 Khan supporters dead. Dozens of protesters and more than 200 police officers were injured. Protesters torched trucks, cars and police vehicles and blocked highways. Nearly 3,000 supporters from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party have been arrested, including Khan’s deputies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy surrounding Khan — a figure who inspires both vehement loyalty and furious opposition — threatens to open a deeper vein of turmoil in a country that has seen multiple military takeovers and bouts of violence. The unrest has echoed that which followed the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto during an election rally. Her supporters at the time, outraged by her killing, rampaged for days across Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan, a former cricket star turned Islamist politician, was removed as prime minister last year by a no-confidence vote in Parliament and now leads the opposition. He faces more than 100 legal cases, most involving allegations that he incited violence and threatened police and government officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also faces at least three graft cases, including accusations from the National Accountability Bureau that he accepted millions of dollars worth of property in exchange for providing benefits to a real estate tycoon. A new terrorism charge was filed against him on Thursday for allegedly inciting his followers to violence after his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the Supreme Court\'s release order Thursday, Khan spent the night at a government guest house in Islamabad, where he met with family members and friends.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s president, Arif Alvi, also had a meeting with him. Alvi has been trying to defuse tension between Khan and Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif\'s government to avoid an escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharif convened a special Cabinet meeting on Friday to discuss the latest developments. Members of his government denounced the Supreme Court ruling, accusing the chief judge of bias and saying Khan\'s release rewards and encourages violence. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 19:28:05', '2023-05-12 19:28:05'),
(6843, 6843, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Sunday&nbsp; said the freelancers who are working in different online workplaces will get their identity cards shortly.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, PayPal, the world\'s most popular online money transfer service, will be launched in a very short time so that freelancers can enjoy hassle-free money transfers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said this while addressing a day-long \'Smart Employment Fair\' at Zilla Parishad Auditorium in Bagerhat on Friday afternoon as chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that work has already started to provide loans and financial assistance from banks for freelancers. Successful entrepreneurs will be given loans starting from Tk 50,000 to Tk 5 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, training centers on information technology and freelancing are being set up in each upazila. Thousands of skilled freelancers will emerge from these institutions every year. As a result, they will become self-reliant and will be able to create employment for others, the junior minister added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Sarhan Naser Tonmoy, a lawmaker from Bagerhat-2 Constituency, inaugurated the fair.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the chair of Deputy Commissioner of Bagerhat Mohammad Azizur Rahman,&nbsp; Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-4 Constituency Advocate Amirul Alam Milan, Rafiqun Nabi, Superintendent of Police KM Ariful Haque spoke on the occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty-four organisations have set up their stalls at the fair, expecting to hire hundreds of people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of job aspirants participated in the fair and registered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state minister handed over 50,000 taka checks each to 40 entrepreneurs and twenty laptops to 20 freelancers. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24//kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 19:43:40', '2023-05-12 19:43:40'),
(6844, 6844, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh recorded 23 more Covid-19 cases in the 24 hours till Friday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the new numbers, the country\'s total caseload rose to 2,038,453 according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the official death toll from the disease remained unchanged at 29,446 as no new fatalities were reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The daily case test positivity increased to 1.90 percent from Thursday’s 1.24 percent as 1208 samples were tested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The recovery and death rates remained unchanged at 98.40 percent and 1.44 percent, respectively. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 20:11:40', '2023-05-12 20:11:40'),
(6845, 6845, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After successfully hosting Bigg Boss 16 earlier this year, Salman Khan will reportedly return for the reality show\'s other show, Bigg Boss OTT later this month. Reports suggest that the actor will take over hosting duties from filmmaker Karan Johar who hosted the first season in 2021. The second season is said to premiere by the end of the month and will run for around three months.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a report in Koimoi, the actor will host the second season. The actor has been hosting Bigg Boss since 2010. In between, Farah Khan hosted a spinoff version titled Bigg Boss Halla Bol in 2015 and Karan Johar hosted Bigg Boss OTT in 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Divya Agarwal ended up winning the first season. Uorfi Javed, Shamita Shetty, Raqesh Bapat, Zeeshan Khan, Nishant Bhat and Neha Bhasin were among the other contestants in the inaugural season on Voot. Meanwhile, MC Stan was the eventual winner of Bigg Boss 16, with Shiv Thakare and Priyanka Chahar Choudhary coming in as the runners-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Karan\'s next film as director, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani, with Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan is releasing on July 28, 2023. It was originally due to be released in April 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another report in Telly Chakkar stated that the new season of Bigg Boss OTT would begin on May 29, 2023, and run for six weeks on Voot. The final list of the participating celebrities has not yet been confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a 2017 interview with Hindustan Times, Salman had shared that he doesn\'t do Bigg Boss for the money. He had said, \"I do it for the connect with the aam aadmi (regular people). That’s the power of television.\" The actor was last seen in the Eid release Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan which was also produced by his production house. The film also starred Venkatesh Daggubati, Pooja Hegde, Bhumika Chawla, Jagapathi Babu, Raghav Juyal, Jassie Gill, Shehnaaz Gill and Palak Tiwari.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He will return as the spy Tiger in Yash Raj Films\' Tiger 3 later this year. Directed by Maneesh Sharma, the film also stars Katrina Kaif and will feature a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan as Pathaan. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 20:24:52', '2023-05-12 20:24:52'),
(6846, 6846, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday raised six priority areas for the countries of the Indian Ocean region, including fostering maritime diplomacy and partnership, and strengthening maritime security and mutual trust for prosperity for all.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Despite its potential, the region faces many challenges. The countries in the Indian Ocean region, therefore, need to foster partnerships and cooperation for ensuring peace, and prosperity for all,” she said while inaugurating the 6th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC)-2023 in a city hotel here in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka is hosting the two-day conference with participation of the high-level government delegations and think-tanks from at least 25 countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the inaugural session, Hasina said given its geographical position, the Indian Ocean holds significant importance for not only Bangladesh, but for all the countries in the region. Bangladesh has recently formulated its Indo-Pacific Outlook, she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, “I would like to underscore six priority areas at this 6th Indian Ocean Conference. First: Countries in the Indian Ocean Region should foster “Maritime Diplomacy” for their development, thereby ensuring a prosperous future. Second: Climate vulnerability of many countries in the region calls for the need to enhance cooperation to reduce the impact of natural disasters,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Third: Strengthen mutual trust and respect among the countries for building strong partnerships to ensure stability for a resilient future in the Indian Ocean. Fourth: Strengthen existing mechanisms on maritime safety and security in the Indian Ocean, including response to emergencies at sea, conduct of search and rescue, uphold the exercise of freedom of navigation and over flight, in accordance with international law,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Fifth: Promote ‘culture of peace’ and people centric development in the region. Women, half of the global population, should get due attention, for building peaceful, just and inclusive societies in the region. Sixth: Need to promote open, transparent, rules-based multilateral systems that facilitate equitable and sustainable development in the region and beyond through inclusive economic growth,” the PM went on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the oceans and seas account for 90% of world trade and 60% of oil transportation. The real value of global maritime trade has remarkably increased in the past 15 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Oceans offer excellent opportunities in supporting sustainable development in countries the world over. Yet much of the potential still remains untapped.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She noted that the Indian Ocean region has significant economic, political, and strategic implications in the Asia-Pacific and African regions. It shares 64% of global population and 60% of global GDP, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Hasina said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman enacted the \"Territorial Waters and Maritime Zones Act, 1974”, eight years prior to the \"United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the theme of the Conference - \"Peace, Partnership and Prosperity: Towards a resilient future,\" the premier said it is very appropriate and timely. “There is an intricate relation among the three (words) to ensure a resilient future,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The theme becomes all the more relevant in light of the recent Covid-19 pandemic, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, and consequent sanctions and counter-sanctions. These have posed unprecedented challenges for all nations world over,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said global recession, food, energy, and fertilizer crises have resulted in unbearable living conditions for all people of the world. The Indian Ocean region has also been facing challenges such as climate change, maritime security, terrorism, and natural disasters. “To overcome them, the countries in the region must come together to build partnership, and put collective efforts to promote peace and prosperity, for a brighter region,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh views the \"Culture of Peace\" as an essential element that will reinforce all aspects of peace. It is why Bangladesh is committed to UN’s global peacekeeping and peace-building endeavors. Currently our troop contribution to United Nations Peacekeeping is among the highest in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said despite many challenges, Bangladesh provided temporary shelter to more than 1.1 million forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. This gesture avoided a major humanitarian catastrophe in the region. “Now, we seek support from the global community to repatriate the Rohingya people to their homeland in a safe and sustainable manner,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh believes in the challenges, traditional and non-traditional, that the Indian Ocean region is facing. “We remain committed to playing our role for peace in the region, and expect all other countries to do the same to ensure a resilient future,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh, as a littoral state, has been a hub of maritime activities for centuries. It is active in many regional platforms. Bangladesh is the current Chair of the Indian Ocean Rim Association. It is also the current President of the Council of the International Seabed Authority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">President of Mauritius Prithvirajsing Roopun, Vice President of the Maldives Faisal Nassem, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and President of India Foundation Ram Madhav also spoke in the inaugural session. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-12 21:03:09', '2023-05-12 21:03:09');
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(6847, 6847, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been asked to hoist the great danger signal 10 as very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeastwards over the same area.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner Shaheen Imran told UNB that the maritime port of Cox’s Bazar has been asked to hoist great danger signal No 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the maritime port of Chattogram has been advised to hoist great danger signal 8 while maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist local warning signal 4.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday morning it was centred about 815 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 745 km south-southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 785 km south of Mongla port and 745 km south of Payra port, said the latest Met office bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northwesterly direction and cross Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar’s coast between 6 am to 6 pm on Sunday (May 14).</div><div><br></div><div>Coastal reasons of Chattogram and Barishal divisions will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by Saturday night, said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Maximum sustained wind speed within 74 km of the very severe cyclone centre is about 160 kph, rising to 175 kph, in gusts or squalls.</div><div><br></div><div>Sea will remain very rough near the storm centre.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal no 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the peripheral effect of very cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 8-12 feet above normal astronomical tide.</div><div><br></div><div>The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore island and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge height of 5-7 feet above normal astronomical tide.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the effect of very severe cyclone, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience&nbsp; heavy to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall landslide may occur a places over the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 14:48:43', '2023-05-13 14:48:43'),
(6848, 6848, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has predicted rain or thundershowers in all eight divisions, including Dhaka, in 24 hours starting from 9 am today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Barishal and Chattogram divisions; at many places over Dhaka, Khulna and Sylhet divisions; and at a few places over Rangpur, Rajshahi and Mymensingh divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions,” said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over the districts of Dhaka, Tangail, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Kurigram, Chattogram, Rangamati, Cumilla, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Bandarban, Khulna, Jashore, Chuadanga, Patuakhali and Bhola and it may abate.</div><div>Day temperature may fall by 1-3 degree C and night temperature may fall by 2-4 degree C over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over central Bay and adjoining southeast Bay area moved north-northeast-wards and now lies over east central Bay and adjoining area -- as of 6 am on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northeasterly direction and may cross Cox’s Bazar-North Myanmar coast by 6 pm Sunday (May 14). According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 14:58:02', '2023-05-13 14:58:02'),
(6849, 6849, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The local administration has prepared over 1000 shelters in the Chattogram district as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to cross Cox’s Bazar-Myanmar’s north coast by 6 pm on Sunday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The authorities concerned will start the evacuation process from this afternoon, said Deputy Commissioner Abul Bashar Fakhruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the sources at local administration, the authorities concerned have opened 530 permanent and 500 temporary cyclone centres in the district where 5,01,110 people can be accommodated.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 8880 volunteers under Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) and 8000 more under Red Crescent Society are ready to evacuate people.</div><div><br></div><div>Fire service and civil defence, Navy, Coast Guard rescue boats and medical teams with adequate equipment are also ready.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the cyclone centres, 112 were opened in Fatikchhari, 18 in Hathazari, 85 in Mirsarai, 217 in Rangunia, two in Raozan, 116 in Sandwip, 25 in Sitakunda, 122 in Banshkhali, eight in Boalkhali, six in Chandanish, 126 in Patiya, four in Satkania, 58 in Anwara, 28 in Lohagarah, and 10 in Karnaphuli upazilas of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>The local administration has provided dry foods, drinking water and cash at the centres.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 94 cyclone centres were opened in Chattogram port city where 608 metric tonnes of rice, 3.5 metric tonnes of biscuits, 3.402 metric tonnes of dry cakes, 30,000 packets of ORSaline and 60,000 tablets for purifying water were allocated.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are ready to tackle Cyclone Mocha and all the upazila Nirbahi officers and upazila project implementation officers have been asked to take necessary steps,” said Fakhruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>Cox’s Bazar and adjoining coastal regions will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by Saturday evening, said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar, Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge — 8-12 feet above normal tide.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime ports of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 8 while maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal 4. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 15:11:26', '2023-05-13 15:11:26'),
(6850, 6850, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan returned to his residence in Lahore’s Zaman Park in the wee hours on Saturday after two days of detention, reported Geo News.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He was greeted all the way to Lahore by PTI supporters. Imran took a road route to reach his Lahore residence, marking his return after a tumultuous period.</div><div><br></div><div>During his journey to Lahore, the former premier revealed that the Inspector General of Islamabad police made extensive efforts to prevent him from leaving for Lahore. For a duration of three hours, he kept him waiting, claiming that it was highly perilous to venture outside, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>“By persuading him that we would inform the entire Pakistani nation about his act of kidnapping and forcefully detaining us, we managed to secure our release,” Khan stated. “Under pressure, he eventually permitted our departure,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“After finally setting out, we discovered that the roads were devoid of any traffic and that the perceived danger was non-existent,” he remarked.</div><div><br></div><div>After being granted bail, Khan remained within the premises of the IHC for several hours, waiting for the written order to avoid potential re-arrest by the police upon his departure.</div><div><br></div><div>However, a police officer informed him that higher authorities had issued orders not to allow him to leave the IHC building, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>Frustrated with the situation, Khan threatened to announce his next course of action if the routes in Islamabad were not opened within 15 minutes. Thankfully, senior police officers intervened and resolved the deadlock, allowing Khan to finally leave the court premises.</div><div><br></div><div>His arrest on corruption charges earlier this week led to violent clashes, but the Supreme Court of Pakistan subsequently declared the arrest illegal – a verdict criticised by the leaders of the ruling coalition of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has given him a two-week bail period, offering protection from arrest in any other case until Monday, including charges related to the violent riots that erupted following his initial detention.</div><div><br></div><div>The bail was granted in the Al-Qadir Trust corruption case, and the court ordered authorities to refrain from arresting Khan until May 17 in any new case.</div><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, he obtained bail until May 22 in the Zille Shah murder case, while another bench barred his arrest until May 15 in three terrorism cases, reported Geo News.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrest of Imran Khan at the IHC on May 9 triggered violent protests across the country. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court intervened, nullified his arrest, and ordered his release. Taking advantage of this ruling, Khan sought bail in multiple cases against him at the IHC, and he received a favourable outcome.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 16:00:59', '2023-05-13 16:00:59'),
(6851, 6851, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine says it has recaptured ground in Bakhmut, a rare advance after months of grinding Russian gains in the eastern city.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv said its forces advanced 2km (1.2 miles) in a week. Russia said its troops had regrouped in one area.</div><div><br></div><div>The claims signal a momentum shift in Bakhmut - but more widely, there is no clear evidence of an Ukrainian counter-offensive.</div><div><br></div><div>However, two explosions were reported on Friday in Russian-occupied Luhansk.</div><div><br></div><div>Images posted on social media, verified by the BBC, show a big plume of black smoke rising from the city, which lies about 90km (55.9 miles) behind the front line in eastern Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The blasts come a day after the UK said it had supplied Ukraine with long range Storm Shadow cruise missiles.</div><div><br></div><div>Kremlin-appointed officials said six children in Luhansk were injured in a missile attack alongside Russian parliamentarian Viktor Vodolatsky. The authorities there have blamed the attack on Kyiv.</div><div><br></div><div>Luhansk is beyond the reach of the Himars rockets Ukraine has previously relied on for deep strikes against Russian targets.</div><div><br></div><div>But Russian-appointed officials in the region said they thought Ukrainian-made missiles were responsible, hitting administrative buildings of two defunct enterprises. Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 16:53:53', '2023-05-13 16:53:53'),
(6852, 6852, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Meteorological Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions that may trigger landslides in five districts.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to a special bulletin of Met office, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy to very heavy rainfall as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha over east central Bay and adjoining area moved North-Northeastwards over the same area, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to very heavy rainfall landslides may occur in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarbans, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram, it also said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:00:09', '2023-05-13 17:00:09'),
(6853, 6853, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced on Friday that Linda Yaccarino, formerly NBC Universal\'s top advertising sales executive, will be Twitter\'s new CEO.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Musk said in a tweet that Yaccarino will focus on business operations and he will focus on product design and new technology.</div><div><br></div><div>He also reiterated his plan to turn Twitter into \"X, the everything app.\"</div><div>Musk acquired the social media platform for 44 billion U.S. dollars last year. The company was reincorporated into X Corp. last month and no longer exists as a separate corporation, but it still uses the brand name.</div><div><br></div><div>Musk had previously said he was looking for a new CEO and ran a Twitter poll, in which most voters said he should resign.</div><div><br></div><div>Yaccarino previously worked at NBC as chair for advertising and client partnerships, and president of cable entertainment and digital advertising sales. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:07:58', '2023-05-13 17:07:58'),
(6854, 6854, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that Bangladesh will not purchase anything from any country which imposes sanctions against it.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"There is now a tendency to give sanctions, and sanctions on those by whom we contain terrorism. We have taken a decision. I have said that I will not buy anything from those who will give sanctions,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while inaugurating the five-day long 60th Convention of Institute of Engineers Bangladesh (IEB) at the IEB Headquarters with the theme “Innovative Engineering in the 4th Industrial Revolution”.</div><div><br></div><div>“What will you do with me? My parents, brothers and sisters have all been killed. I have nothing to lose. But I want to take my country forward,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 10 in 2021, the US Treasury Department slapped sanctions against Bangladesh\'s elite force, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and seven of its former and current officials alleging serious human rights violation.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh has strongly denied the allegation and instead highlighted RAB\'s remarkable success in combating terrorism and drug menace. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:11:29', '2023-05-13 17:11:29'),
(6855, 6855, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the government has taken all necessary preparations to tackle cyclone Mocha.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Cyclone Mocha is approaching . We’ve kept ready the cyclone centres and taken all types of preparation to tackle it,” she said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 60th convention of the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) as the chief guest on IEB premises.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that electricity and gas supply will be shut in the cyclone-hit areas to save lives.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the move ( shutting gas and electricity supply) would cause temporary sufferings but it would save the lives of people. “We will take and are taking such measures,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to hoist danger signal No 10, as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha - over east central Bay and adjoining area is likely to intensify further and move in a north-northwesterly direction.</div><div><br></div><div>The maritime ports Mongla and Payra have been advised to hoist great danger signal number 8, and the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal number 4.</div><div><br></div><div>The very severe cyclonic storm \'Mocha\' is likely to cross Cox\'s Bazar-Myanmar\'s north coast by 6 pm on May 14 (Sunday), said a special bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div><br></div><div>Cox\'s Bazar and adjoining coastal areas will experience the peripheral effect of the very severe cyclonic storm by this evening. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 17:28:09', '2023-05-13 17:28:09'),
(6856, 6856, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Thousands fled Myanmar\'s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in the region for over a decade churned across the Bay of Bengal.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cyclone Mocha was packing winds of up to 220 kilometres per hour (136 miles per hour), according to India\'s meteorological office, equivalent to a category four hurricane.</div><div><br></div><div>It is expected to weaken before making landfall on Sunday morning between Cox\'s Bazar, where nearly one million Rohingya refugees live in camps largely made up of flimsy shelters, and Sittwe on Myanmar\'s western Rakhine coast.</div><div><br></div><div>On Saturday Sittwe residents piled possessions and pets into cars, trucks and tuk-tuks and headed for higher ground, according to AFP reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have our grandma in our family and we have to take care of her,\" Khine Min told AFP from a truck packed with his relatives on a road out of the state capital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is only one man left in Sittwe to take care of our homes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Shops and markets in the town of about 150,000 people were shuttered, with many locals sheltering in monasteries.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyaw Tin, 40, said he could not leave the area as his son was in a local hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I hope this cyclone won\'t come to our state. But if this fate happens we can\'t ignore it,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m worried that this cyclone will affect our state just like Nargis did,\" he added, referring to a 2008 storm that killed more than 130,000 people in southern Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar\'s junta authorities were supervising evacuations from villages along the Rakhine coast, state media reported Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar Airways International said all its flights to Rakhine state had been suspended until Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Panic\' -</div><div>In neighbouring Bangladesh officials moved to evacuate Rohingya refugees from \"risky areas\" to community centres, while hundreds of people fled a top resort island.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Cyclone Mocha is the most powerful storm since Cyclone Sidr,\" Azizur Rahman, the head of Bangladesh\'s Meteorological Department, told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>That cyclone hit Bangladesh\'s southern coast in November 2007, killing more than 3,000 people and causing billions of dollars in damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladeshi authorities have banned the Rohingya from constructing permanent concrete homes, fearing it may incentivise them to settle permanently rather than return to Myanmar, which they fled five years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We live in houses made of tarpaulin and bamboo,\" said refugee Enam Ahmed, who resides at the Nayapara camp near the border town of Teknaf.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are scared. We don\'t know where we will be sheltered. We are in a panic.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Forecasters expect the cyclone to bring a deluge of rain, which can trigger landslides. Most of the camps are built on hillsides, and landslips are a regular phenomenon in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Mocha is also predicted to unleash a storm surge up to four metres (13 feet) high, which could inundate low-lying coastal and riverine villages.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said thousands of volunteers were evacuating Rohingyas from \"risky areas\" to more solid structures such as schools.</div><div><br></div><div>But Bangladesh\'s deputy refugee commissioner Shamsud Douza told AFP: \"All the Rohingyas in the camps are at risk.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Panic has also gripped about 8,000 people in Bangladesh\'s southernmost island of Saint Martin\'s, with the tiny coral outcrop -- one of the country\'s top resort districts -- right in the storm\'s path.</div><div><br></div><div>Resident Dilara Begum travelled to Teknaf to wait out the storm.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Many have also left,\" she said. \"It is an island in the middle of the sea. We have been living in fear over the past few days.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said around 1,000 Saint Martin\'s islanders had done the same.</div><div><br></div><div>Operations were suspended at Bangladesh\'s largest seaport, Chittagong, with boat transport and fishing also halted. According to AFP reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 18:21:52', '2023-05-13 18:21:52'),
(6857, 6857, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The country is experiencing huge loadshedding to the tune of over 2000 MW today (Saturday) as gas shortage forced the authorities to shut down a number of gas-fired power plants.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to official sources, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had to resort to about 2051 MW loadshedding at 12noon when power generation was 10,749 MW against a demand of 12,800 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>But many officials unwilling to speak on the record believe that the loadshedding was even more than 2000 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This happened as we are not getting adequate gas supply that forced many plants to go for shutdown,\" said a senior official of the BPDB.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division had informed that gas supply from two floating terminals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will remain suspended from 11 pm on Friday due to the impact of the super cyclone Mokha.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, gas supply to the Chittagong and Comilla regions will be disrupted on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>However, supply will resume soon after considering the situation.</div><div><br></div><div>As a consequence, operation of gas-fired power stations will remain off or partially closed in Chittagong, Meghnaghat, Haripur and Siddhirganj areas.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid regretted the temporary inconvenience.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Power Supply Company (Desco) managing director Engr. Md. Kausar Ameer Ali said that the areas in Dhaka city under his jurisdiction experienced about 347 MW at 11 am in the day time on Saturday against a demand for 1157 MW.</div><div><br></div><div>The supply was 819 MW, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Managing director of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Bikash Dewan informed that the areas under his company had to resort to 350-380 MW in the day time.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the extent of loadshedding may be even higher after evening on Saturday. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 22:53:22', '2023-05-13 22:53:22'),
(6858, 6858, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Even as the entire nation was glued to the Karnataka election results, the arrival of Priyanka Chopra Jonas on Saturday for her sister Parineeti’s engagement with AAP leader Raghav Chadha drew a phalanx of press photographers and TV camera persons to the VIP area of Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Sporting a golf cap and dark shades, and lightly dressed in a beige sporty ensemble, Priyanka came out of the airport and headed straight for, presumably, Kapurthala House, where the ceremony is taking place at 5 p.m.</div><div><br></div><div>Unlike other occasions, she was not accompanied by her husband Nick Jonas, with whom she most recently grabbed a lot of attention on the Met Gala red carpet, or her daughter Malti Marie.</div><div><br></div><div>Priyanka, of course, has been coming regularly to India, first for the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre’s three-day inauguration gala and then for promotions of the sci-fi thriller series ‘Citadel’ with co-star Richard Madden.</div><div><br></div><div>The engagement ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. with the chanting of the Sukhmani Sahib from the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of the Sikhs, which will be followed by the ‘ardas’ or the holy prayer. It is expected to be attended by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Punjab counterpart, Bhagwant Mann, and Bollywood personalities as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Kapurthala House is now the official residence of the Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab whenever they are in the city. It was last occupied by Maharaja Paramjit Singh of Kapurthala, who sold it to a businessman named Radheshyam Makhanlal Seksaria in 1950, but it was later requisitioned by the Government of India.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of her engagement, Parineeti’s apartment in the Bandra area of Mumbai has been lit up with fairy lights. A video shared by the celebrity photographer Viral Bhayani shows Parineeti’s apartment in a Bandra highrise brightly lit up for the special occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Rumours that Raghav and Parineeti were dating picked up last month when the two were pictured together in London and then in Mumbai. The two have been spotted together several times – at the Mumbai airport or coming out of restaurants.</div><div><br></div><div>On the work front, meanwhile, Parineeti will be seen sharing the screen with Diljit Dosanjh in the Imtiaz Ali film ‘Chamkila’. The film is said to be inspired by popular Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila, who was assassinated in the 1980s.</div><div><br></div><div>It is believed that the couple got close to each other during the film unit’s long stay in Punjab for the ‘Chamkila’ shoot. Source: IANS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 23:00:46', '2023-05-13 23:00:46'),
(6859, 6859, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five facts about tropical cyclones and storm surges ahead of powerful Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday:</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>- Tropical cyclones -</div><div>Cyclones are low-pressure systems that form over warm tropical waters, with gale force winds near the centre. The winds can extend hundreds of kilometres (miles) from the eye of the storm.</div><div><br></div><div>Sucking up vast quantities of water, they often produce torrential rains and flooding resulting in major loss of life and property damage.</div><div><br></div><div>They are also known as hurricanes or typhoons, depending on where they originate in the world, when they reach sustained winds of at least 119 kilometres per hour (74 miles per hour).</div><div><br></div><div>Tropical cyclones (hurricanes) are the most powerful weather events on Earth, according to NASA.</div><div><br></div><div>- Storm surges -</div><div>Cyclones can unleash catastrophic storm surges -- tsunami-like flooding -- when they make landfall. They can be the deadliest part of a cyclone and are only partially affected by wind speeds.</div><div><br></div><div>The term \"storm surge\" refers to rising seas whipped up by a storm, creating a wall of water several metres higher than the normal tide level.</div><div>The large swells move faster than the cyclone and are sometimes spotted up to 1,000 kilometres ahead of a major storm.</div><div><br></div><div>The surge can extend for dozens of kilometres inland, overwhelming homes and making roads impassable.</div><div><br></div><div>A storm surge is shaped by a number of different factors, including storm intensity, forward speed, the size of a storm and the angle of approach to the coast.</div><div><br></div><div>The underlying features of the land at the coast, including bays and estuaries, are also at play.</div><div><br></div><div>In previous storms, people failed to flee because they did not grasp the surge\'s deadly threat.</div><div><br></div><div>That was the case for 2013\'s Super Typhoon Haiyan, which left 7,350 dead or missing in the central Philippines, primarily due to the surge.</div><div><br></div><div>A storm surge of up to three metres (10 feet) is likely to inundate low-lying areas of Myanmar\'s Rakhine State and eastern Bangladesh, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.</div><div><br></div><div>- Low-lying areas -</div><div>Bangladesh, a low-lying delta nation, is routinely hit by bad storms between April and December that cause deaths and widespread property damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is vulnerable to cyclones due to its location at the triangular-shaped head of the Bay of Bengal, the geography of its coastal area and its high-population density, according to experts.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of thousands of people living around the Bay of Bengal have been killed in cyclones in recent decades.</div><div><br></div><div>The death tolls have come down in the past few years because of faster evacuations and the building of thousands of coastal shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>- Bay of Bengal -</div><div>The tropical cyclone season in the Bay of Bengal and neighbouring Arabian Sea has two peaks around May and November, according to the World Meteorological Organization.</div><div><br></div><div>The cyclones can form in the western Pacific Ocean and travel in a northwest direction before arriving in the Bay of Bengal.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bay of Bengal has conditions favourable to the development of cyclones, including high sea surface temperatures.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the deadliest storms in history have formed in the Bay of Bengal, including one in 1970 that killed half a million people in what is modern-day Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 138,000 died in Bangladesh in 1991 in a tidal wave caused by a cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>In 1999 in India\'s Odisha state, 10,000 people were killed by a cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2007, Cyclone Sidr killed at least 4,000 in southern Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Then in 2008 Cyclone Nargis, which devastated Myanmar\'s Irrawaddy Delta, killed at least 138,000 people.</div><div><br></div><div>- Climate change -</div><div>Studies suggest a warming climate could bring more destructive cyclones as there would be extra heat in the oceans and atmosphere, although such systems could also become less frequent.</div><div><br></div><div>Rising sea levels could boost storm surges from cyclones, making them even more deadly and destructive. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-13 23:05:27', '2023-05-13 23:05:27'),
(6860, 6860, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There are hopes a ceasefire will take hold to end five days of fighting between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militants in Gaza.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It got off to a shaky start, as both sides kept firing for two hours after the truce started on Saturday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 33 Palestinians have been killed since Tuesday in Gaza, where Israel says it has struck PIJ targets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Palestinian rocket fire into Israel has killed two people, one Israeli and one Palestinian working in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mediation efforts were led by Egypt, which urged both sides to adhere to the ceasefire agreement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barrages of Palestinian rockets set off warning sirens in southern Israel, close to Gaza, and the suburbs of the city of Tel Aviv just before the truce was due to come into effect at 22:00 local time (19:00 GMT) on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minutes after it supposedly started, militants launched more rockets at southern Israeli communities and the Israeli military carried out air strikes on what it said were two PIJ rocket launchers in Gaza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further rocket fire at around 23:00 drew another round of air strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the fighting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\'s office issued a statement confirming that a ceasefire had been agreed and thanked Egypt for its \"intensive efforts\" to secure one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also said Israel had made clear that its acceptance meant \"quiet will be met with quiet, and that if Israel is attacked or threatened, it will continue to do everything that it needs to in order to defend itself\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ also confirmed the ceasefire, with a spokesman telling Reuters news agency: \"We will abide by it as long as the occupation [Israel] abides by it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a text from Egyptian intelligence seen by the BBC, Palestinian militants and Israel have agreed to stop actions targeting civilians and other individuals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BBC\'s Yolande Knell in Jerusalem says this form of wording appears to cover both the recent intense rocket fire from Gaza and Israel\'s controversial policy of targeted killings of militant leaders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel began its military operation in Gaza before dawn on Tuesday, killing three leaders of PIJ in their homes as well as at least 10 civilians, including relatives and neighbours of the men.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PIJ fighters then fired barrages of rockets at southern and central Israel, which they said were intended to avenge the dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 1,234 rockets and mortars have been fired from Gaza in total, with 976 crossing into Israeli territory, according to the Israeli military. Most have been intercepted or have landed in open areas, but some have hit homes and other buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One woman was killed when a rocket hit an apartment building in the central city of Rehovot on Thursday, while a worker from Gaza was killed when he was hit by rocket shrapnel at a building site in the southern Sdot Negev region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military says 221 of the rockets have fallen short inside Gaza and that they have killed four people there, including three children. Islamic Jihad denies the allegation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israel has carried out air strikes on 371 PIJ targets across Gaza, killing three more leaders and destroying what it said were the group\'s rocket launch sites and command centres.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About half of the 33 people killed in Gaza were civilians, including seven children and four women, according to local health officials. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 07:15:14', '2023-05-14 07:15:14'),
(6861, 6861, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The hometown of Ukraine\'s Eurovision act was hit by Russian missiles moments before the band took to the stage in Liverpool, officials say.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of Ternopil regional state administration, Volodymyr Trush, confirmed two people had been injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ternopil mayor Serhiy Nadal said warehouses were damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s foreign ministry accused Russia of attacking Kyiv and Ternopil regions before and during Tvorchi\'s Eurovision performance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ten minutes before taking to the stage at the Liverpool Arena, Tvorchi posted on Instagram citing reports of Ternopil in western Ukraine being attacked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After performing, they added: \"Ternopil is the name of our hometown, which was bombed by Russia while we sang on the Eurovision stage about our steel hearts, indomitability and will.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is a message for all cities of Ukraine that are shelled every day. Kharkiv, Dnipro, Khmelnytsky, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Uman, Sumy, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kherson and all others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tvorchi, made up of producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigeria-born vocalist Jeffery Kenny, hoped to defend the Eurovision title after Kalush Orchestra won last year in Turin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They performed \"Heart of Steel\" - a song about troops who led an ultimately unsuccessful resistance against Russian forces at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo seeking Eurovision glory for Ukraine</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liverpool is hosting the contest on behalf of Ukraine due to the ongoing conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of their performance, Tvorchi held their fists in the air as acts from other nations were also seen waving the blue and yellow flag of Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK\'s ambassador to Ukraine Dame Melinda Simmons described Tvorchi\'s Eurovision performance as \"poignant\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Writing on Twitter, she added: \"Reminder that the reason why Ukraine could not host this event is because Russia continues to invade and the people of Ukraine live in continuing danger.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Swedish act Loreen took the Eurovision crown after a nail-biting finish, but there was praise from Ternopil\'s mayor who thanked the band for supporting the city during their performance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Posting on Facebook in Ukrainian, Mayor Nadal wrote: \"It was at this time that our city was attacked by Russian missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thank you, because your speech has become a symbol of not only the unity of the country, but of the whole world.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has not yet made any official comment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Pope Francis at the Vatican and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has since flown to Germany, arriving in Berlin just before 01:00 local time. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 07:26:50', '2023-05-14 07:26:50'),
(6862, 6862, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced his arrival in Berlin for an official visit Sunday, having flown out of Rome after meetings with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Already in Berlin,\" he wrote on Twitter. \"Weapons. Powerful package. Air defense. Reconstruction. EU. NATO. Security.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German government is preparing a 2.7 billion-euro arms delivery for Ukraine, it announced on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The package is expected to include 30 Leopard 1 tanks, armoured vehicles, drones, air defence systems, missiles and ammunition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky\'s schedule for Germany has not yet been officially confirmed but, according to local media reports, he is expected to meet in the morning with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He may also head to the western German city of Aachen, which this year is awarding him and the Ukrainian people the Charlemagne Prize -- an honour awarded for efforts to foster European unity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki are due to attend the ceremony in Aachen. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:37:28', '2023-05-14 09:37:28');
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(6863, 6863, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Paris Saint-Germain closed in on a record 11th French league title with a 5-0 home win over Ajaccio on Saturday as Lionel Messi received a mixed reception on his return from suspension.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fabian Ruiz opened the scoring on 22 minutes at the Parc des Princes and Achraf Hakimi added a second goal before Kylian Mbappe struck twice shortly after half-time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohamed Youssouf compounded a miserable night for the Corsicans with an own goal for PSG\'s fifth, while Hakimi and Ajaccio midfielder Thomas Mangani were sent off after a late bust-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG need four points from their final three games -- against Auxerre, Strasbourg and Clermont -- to secure the Ligue 1 title after restoring their six-point lead over second-placed Lens.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The players were very determined to put in a proper display. They want to be champions and they realise that Lens aren\'t giving up and a misstep could raise the pressure,\" said PSG coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s name elicited a combination of whistles and applause when it was read out before kick-off after he was banned by the club for last weekend\'s match over an unauthorised trip to Saudi Arabia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentine again drew jeers with his early touches in what was likely his penultimate appearance in Paris ahead of a reported move to Saudi Arabia for the seven-time Ballon d\'Or winner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So there are whistles but very quickly a large part of the stadium made sure to drown them out to support Leo,\" said Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He stayed focused with the desire to liven up the game and create chances. He\'s used to it because he\'s been in difficult situations in his career.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three defeats in their past four home games for PSG had allowed Lens to stay in an unlikely title race, but Ajaccio offered little resistance as their relegation to Ligue 2 was confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Danilo\'s threaded pass was flicked into the path of Ruiz and the Spain midfielder took a couple of smart touches before finishing clinically for his second goal in as many games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hakimi then swept in the rebound after Mbappe\'s effort was parried by Francois-Joseph Sollacaro, with the goal allowed to stand despite the France striker using his arm to control in the build-up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe hit the 25-goal mark for the fourth time early in the second half, slotting beyond Sollacaro after a scramble in the box to take over again as the league\'s top scorer this term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He then produced a brilliant first-time volley to lash in PSG\'s fourth minutes later after a long ball forward from Sergio Ramos glanced off the head of a backtracking defender.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An unfortunate Youssouf diverted a shot from Marquinhos into his own net on 73 minutes and both teams finished with 10 players after a challenge on Messi triggered a needless scuffle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hakimi, who was sent off against Lorient two weeks ago, received his second red card in as many outings after getting into an altercation with Mangani that also led to his dismissal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Express Diallo -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Senegalese forward Habib Diallo scored inside the opening minute of a Ligue 1 game for the third time this year as he got both goals in Strasbourg\'s 2-0 win over Nice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diallo took his goals tally to 20 for the season and secured a fourth victory in five matches for Strasbourg which lifted them six points clear of the relegation zone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over two-thirds of his goals have come since January, when Strasbourg were second from bottom having won just once in 18 games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His first against Nice came after 40 seconds as he controlled Ibrahima Sissoko\'s floated ball over the defence and steered past Kasper Schmeichel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diallo added a second from the penalty spot on the hour after Jean-Ricner Bellegarde was brought down in the area by Jordan Lotomba.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is the first Strasbourg player to reach 20 goals in a top-flight season since 1977-78. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:41:45', '2023-05-14 09:41:45'),
(6864, 6864, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to cross Cox’s Bazar and North Myanmar between 9am and 3pm today (May 14, 2023), according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mocha, located over east central Bay and adjoining areas, kept moving north-northeastwards and kept intensifying, it reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The cyclonic storm was located at 490 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 410 km south-southwest of Cox\'s Bazar port, 530 km south of Mongla port and 460 km south of Payra port, said the BMD bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts under Chattogram and Barishal divisions have already started experiencing the peripheral effects of the very severe cyclonic storm in the form of rain, it reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD said the maximum sustained wind speed near the storm\'s centre was about 190 kph, rising to 210 kph, in gusts or squalls. This was up from 180-200 kph in the evening, meaning the storm was still gathering strength.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afroza Sultana, an assistant meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB this morning that there is no possibility yet that Cyclone Mocha will turn into a super cyclonic storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We can predict that there is no possibility of Mocha turning into a super cyclone after observing its characteristics so far,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were some rumours that the cyclone had already turned into a “super cyclone”, but an Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) update pointed out that it is called a super cyclone when the maximum sustained speed crosses 221 km per hour, which is not yet the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD in its update said the coastal districts of Cox\'s Bazar and Chattogram and the nearby islands and low-lying char areas may face tidal surges 8 to 12 feet above the normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 10. Maritime ports of Chattogram and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal 8, said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and their offshore islands and chars will also come under great danger signal 8, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge, at 5-7 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the effects of Cyclone Mocha, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy (44-88mm) to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall, landslide may occur at places in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice, the bulletin also said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:48:45', '2023-05-14 09:48:45'),
(6865, 6865, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The country is experiencing huge loadshedding to the tune of over 2000 MW today (Saturday) as gas shortage forced the authorities to shut down a number of gas-fired power plants.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to official sources, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) had to resort to about 2051 MW loadshedding at 12noon when power generation was 10,749 MW against a demand of 12,800 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But many officials unwilling to speak on the record believe that the loadshedding was even more than 2000 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This happened as we are not getting adequate gas supply that forced many plants to go for shutdown,\" said a senior official of the BPDB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the Energy and Mineral Resources Division had informed that gas supply from two floating terminals of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will remain suspended from 11 pm on Friday due to the impact of the super cyclone Mokha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result, gas supply to the Chittagong and Comilla regions will be disrupted on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, supply will resume soon after considering the situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a consequence, operation of gas-fired power stations will remain off or partially closed in Chittagong, Meghnaghat, Haripur and Siddhirganj areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid regretted the temporary inconvenience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka Power Supply Company (Desco) managing director Engr. Md. Kausar Ameer Ali said that the areas in Dhaka city under his jurisdiction experienced about 347 MW at 11 am in the day time on Saturday against a demand for 1157 MW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The supply was 819 MW, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Managing director of Dhaka Power Distribution Company (DPDC) Bikash Dewan informed that the areas under his company had to resort to 350-380 MW in the day time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The extent of loadshedding may be even higher after evening on Saturday, he told UNB.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 09:52:32', '2023-05-14 09:52:32'),
(6866, 6866, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>As the effects of the cyclonic storm Mocha started in the country, Dhaka\'s air quality is ‘moderate’ this morning (May 14, 2023).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 86 at 9:30 am, Dhaka ranked 26th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India’s Delhi, Kuwait City and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 198, 171 and 159, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 150 is considered \'unhealthy\', AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 11:10:24', '2023-05-14 11:10:24'),
(6867, 6867, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The cyclonic storm Mocha has started crossing the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and the neighbouring country Myanmar’s north coast with the speed of up to 215 km per hour (kmph), according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tariful Newaz Kabir, a meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB that the cyclone has started crossing Cox’s Bazar and “it will completely cross Bangladesh between afternoon and evening today (May 14, 2023).”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The speed of wind may increase with time, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyclone Mocha, located over east central Bay and adjoining areas, kept moving north-northeastwards and kept intensifying, the earlier BMD bulletin read.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 6 am today, the cyclone was located 385 km south-southwest of Chattogram port, 305 km south-southwest of Cox\'s Bazar port, 450 km south of Mongla port and 370 km south of Payra port, said the BMD bulletin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram and Barishal divisions have already started experiencing the peripheral effects of the very severe cyclonic storm in the form of rain, the bulletin reads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD said the maximum sustained wind speed near the storm\'s centre was about 190 kph, rising to 215 kph, in gusts or squalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the morning, Afroza Sultana, an assistant meteorologist of the BMD, told UNB that there is no possibility yet that Cyclone Mocha will turn into a super cyclonic storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BMD in its update said the coastal districts of Cox\'s Bazar and Chattogram and the nearby islands and low-lying Char areas may face tidal surges 8 to 12 feet above the normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maritime port of Cox\'s Bazar has been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal no. 10. Maritime ports of Chattogram and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted great danger signal no. 8, said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the other hand, the maritime port of Mongla has been advised to keep hoisted local warning signal no. 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal district of Cox’s Bazar and its offshore islands and chars will come under great danger signal no 10, according to the BMD.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coastal districts of Chattogram, Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Barishal, Bhola, Patuakhali, Jhalokathi, Pirojpur, Barguna and their offshore islands and chars will also come under great danger signal 8, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the peripheral effect of the cyclone and steep pressure gradient, the low-lying areas of the coastal districts of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by the wind driven surge, 8-12 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The low-lying areas of Feni, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Bhola and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by wind driven surge, 5-7 feet above normal tide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the effects of Cyclone Mocha, Chattogram, Sylhet and Barishal divisions are likely to experience heavy (44-88mm) to very heavy rainfall. Due to very heavy rainfall, landslide may occur at places in the hilly regions of Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari and Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All fishing boats and trawlers over the north Bay have been advised to remain in shelter till further notice, the bulletin also said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 11:13:19', '2023-05-14 11:13:19'),
(6868, 6868, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Though the coastal district of Cox’s Bazar is experiencing the effects of the cyclonic storm Mocha, no effects are seen in another coastal district Satkhira and the Sundarbans after the cyclone started crossing Bangladesh’s coast in the morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, fear gripped the residents as most of the dykes in Shyamnagar upazila are in vulnerable condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Julfiqar Ali, an official of Satkhira meteorological office, said the cyclone may not impact the district as no effects of it have been seen since this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The water-level in the rivers may increase slightly in the afternoon while the district may experience rain accompanied by gusty wind sporadically later, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Masudul Alam, a chairman of Gabura union parishad by the Sundarbans, said panic gripped people despite no visible effects of Cyclone Mocha. Tidal surge is the main reason for the fear.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said many low-lying areas will be inundated once water enters those after breaking the vulnerable dams at several points in Shyamnagar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohammad Humayun Kabir, deputy commissioner of the district, said all kinds of preparations have already been taken and cyclone centres were kept open for the people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Efforts are underway to fix the risky embankments and coastal people are being made aware of the cyclone, he added. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 12:50:00', '2023-05-14 12:50:00'),
(6869, 6869, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Drizzling, accompanied by gusty wind, has started in St Martin’s Island and nearby Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar soon after the cyclonic storm Mocha started crossing Bangladesh’s coast this morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 90 percent people of the island have already taken shelter in hotels, motels and cyclone centres, said Md Kamruzzaman, Teknaf upazila nirbahi officer, adding that the rest are reluctant to come to shelters leaving their valuables.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tidal surges in the coastal areas are yet to start, he said, adding that the gusty wind in the island is getting stronger gradually.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rest of the upazilas of Cox’s Bazar are also experiencing drizzling along with light gusty wind.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad Shaheen Imran, deputy commissioner of Cox’s Bazar, said some 2 lakh people are at 576 cyclone centres where over 5.5 million people can be accommodated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urging people to stay in the cyclone centres, he said they took all-out preparations to protect lives and properties. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:27:32', '2023-05-14 13:27:32'),
(6870, 6870, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Turkey votes Sunday in a momentous election that could extend President Recep Tayyip Erdogan\'s 20-year grip on power or put the mostly Muslim nation on a more secular course.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential and parliamentary ballot has turned into a referendum on Turkey\'s longest-serving leader and his Islamic-rooted party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is also the toughest of more than a dozen that Erdogan has confronted -- one that polls suggest he might lose.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 69-year-old has steered the nation of 85 million through one of its most transformative and divisive eras in the post-Ottoman state\'s 100-year history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey has grown into a military and geopolitical heavyweight that plays roles in conflicts stretching from Syria to Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NATO member\'s footprint in both Europe and the Middle East makes the election\'s outcome as critical for Washington and Brussels as it is for Damascus and Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Erdogan\'s first decade of economic revival and warming relations with Europe was followed by a second one filled with social and political turmoil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He responded to a failed 2016 coup attempt with sweeping purges that sent chills through Turkish society and made him an increasingly uncomfortable partner for the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The emergence of Kemal Kilicdaroglu and his six-party alliance -- a group that forms the type of broad-based coalition that Erdogan excelled at forging throughout his career -- gives foreign allies and Turkish voters a clear alternative.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polls suggest the 74-year-old secular opposition leader is within touching distance of breaking the 50-percent threshold needed to win in the first round.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A runoff on May 28 could give Erdogan time to regroup and reframe the debate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But he would still be hounded by Turkey\'s most dire economic crisis of his time in power and disquiet over his government\'s stuttering response to a February earthquake that claimed more than 50,000 lives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Body armour -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s second decade in power saw him abandoned by more liberal allies and increasingly reliant on far-right groups from Turkey\'s political fringe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His campaign became increasingly tailored to his core supporters as election day neared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He branded the opposition a \"pro-LGBT\" lobby that took orders from outlawed Kurdish militants and was bankrolled by the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His hawkish interior minister has repeatedly rereferred back to Joe Biden\'s suggestion in 2019 as a then-presidential candidate that Washington should embolden the opposition \"to take on and defeat Erdogan\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s ministers and pro-government media referred darkly to a Western \"political coup\" plot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition began to worry that Erdogan was scheming up ways to hold on to power at any cost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tensions boiled over when Istanbul\'s opposition Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- a sworn foe of Erdogan who could become Kilicdaroglu\'s vice president -- was pelted with rocks and bottles while touring Turkey\'s conservative heartland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kilicdaroglu appeared at two campaign events on Friday wearing body armour and protected by men with long guns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Religious support -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition leader ended his campaign on Saturday by laying carnations at the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk -- a revered military commander who created the secular Turkish state.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Long live democracy, love, the republic and Mustafa Kemal Ataturk,\" Kilicdaroglu said in his final pre-election video address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan wrapped things up by leading prayers at Istanbul\'s iconic Hagia Sophia mosque.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a characteristic flourish that openly defied his critics and paid homage to his most fervent followers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Hagia Sophia was built as a Byzantine cathedral -- once the world\'s largest -- before being transformed into a mosque by the Ottomans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was turned into a museum as part of the modern republic\'s efforts to remove religion from public life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan\'s decision to reconvert it into a mosque in 2020 solidified his hero status among his religious supporters and contributed to growing Western unease with his rule.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The entire West got mad -- but I did it,\" Erdogan said on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Heavy turnout -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The election is expected to feature heavy turnout among the country\'s 64 million registered voters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last national election saw Erdogan win 52.5 percent on a turnout of more than 86 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey has no exit polls but tends to count ballots quickly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polling stations close at 5:00 pm (1400 GMT) and all reporting restrictions are lifted four hours later. The first results are sometimes published before then.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voters will also select a new 600-seat parliament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Polls suggest that Erdogan\'s right-wing alliance is edging out the opposition bloc in the parliamentary ballot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the opposition would win a majority if it secured support from a new leftist alliance that represents the Kurdish vote. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:31:49', '2023-05-14 13:31:49'),
(6871, 6871, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s former prime minister Imran Khan called for nationwide \"freedom\" protests on Sunday, after his brief arrest and detention last week triggered deadly unrest.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The one-time cricket superstar -- who has been tied up in dozens of legal cases since being ousted from power in April last year -- was freed on bail on Friday after his detention was declared unlawful by the Supreme Court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enraged by the arrest, supporters set fire to government buildings, blocked roads and damaged property belonging to the military, which they blame for Khan\'s downfall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Freedom does not come easily. You have to snatch it. You have to sacrifice for it,\" he said in an address broadcast on YouTube Saturday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called for his supporters to hold protests \"at the end of your streets and villages\" across the country on Sunday, and announced a return to campaigning on Wednesday for immediate elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For months, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party leader has waged a campaign of defiance against the military.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His arrest on Tuesday came just hours after he was rebuked for claiming senior officials were involved in an assassination attempt against him last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s powerful military has directly ruled the country off and on for nearly half of its 75-year history, and continues to wield power over the political system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The army chief\'s actions have made our military bad. It is because of him, not because of me,\" Khan said from his home in Lahore, although it was unclear whether he meant the serving chief, or his predecessor, whom Khan has held responsible for his ouster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He previously told reporters that \"one man, the army chief\" was behind his arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Khan distanced himself from the attacks against the military\'s installations at the protests, denying his party workers were involved and calling for an independent investigation into the violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army, which denies the accusations made by Khan, on Saturday warned against attempts to create \"misperceptions\" against the institution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Anti-state behaviour\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least nine people died in the unrest last week, police and hospitals have said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of police officers were injured and more than 4,000 people detained, mostly in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, according to authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 10 senior PTI leaders have been arrested since the protests began, one of Khan\'s lawyers said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the head of a shaky coalition, on Saturday warned that those involved in \"facilitating, abetting and perpetrating\" the violence should be arrested within 72 hours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Those who demonstrated anti-state behaviour will be arrested and tried in anti-terrorist courts,\" he said during a visit to Lahore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has repeatedly vowed that police will re-arrest Khan, who remains wildly popular ahead of elections due in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Islamabad High Court ruled that Khan should be given protection from arrest until Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Everyone knows\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan won the 2018 election on an anti-corruption campaign, voted in by an electorate weary of decades of dynastic politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Independent analysts say he was brought to power with the support of the military, before falling out with the generals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone knows who it is. It\'s the military behind (Khan\'s arrest),\" 21-year-old PTI supporter Mohsin Khan told AFP outside the party chief\'s home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pushcart seller added that he wanted the military and politicians \"to work together\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The political crisis has simmered for months, with Khan attempting to disrupt the coalition government by dissolving two provincial parliaments he controlled and agitating for early elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mobile data services and access to social media platforms including Facebook and YouTube, which were cut shortly after Khan\'s arrest on Tuesday, had been partly restored around the country as of Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country now seems primed for a \"progressively ugly showdown in the days and weeks to come\", read an editorial in Dawn, the country\'s leading English language newspaper.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"None of the leaders, political or institutional, who are invested in this tug-of-war appear ready to take a step back,\" it said. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:34:58', '2023-05-14 13:34:58'),
(6872, 6872, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mother\'s role as a teacher evolves and plays a significant role in different stages of a child\'s life and throughout all stages, the mother\'s role as a teacher is intertwined with her unconditional love, nurturing and the building of a strong emotional bond with her child. She acts as a primary role model, imparting values, life skills and knowledge that shape the child\'s growth and development.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Neelima Kamrah, Principal of KIIT World School in Gurugram, explained, “The mother plays a very important role in a child\'s early education by introducing basic concepts, language development and social skills through daily interactions and play. She nurtures the child\'s curiosity, helps with motor skill development and lays the foundation for future learning.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She elaborated, “During this stage, a mother continues to support her child\'s education by fostering a love for learning, assisting with homework and monitoring academic progress. She encourages good study habits, provides guidance in problem-solving, and promotes a positive attitude towards education. As a child enters adulthood, a mother\'s role as a teacher shifts towards providing guidance and advice on higher education, career choices, financial literacy and life skills.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Pratibha Sharma, Academic Director at Bhai Parmanand Vidya Mandir in Delhi, a mother plays a crucial role as a teacher in different stages of a child\'s life and some of these stages are as follows -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Infancy:</b> A mother is the first teacher for her child. She teaches her child basic skills like feeding, sleeping, and communication. She also helps her child develop a sense of security and attachment through her nurturing and responsive care.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Toddlerhood: </b>As the child grows into toddlerhood, a mother teaches them about the world around them. She introduces them to new experiences, such as walking, talking, and playing. She also helps them develop social skills by teaching them how to share, take turns and express their emotions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>*Adolescence: </b>During adolescence, a mother\'s role as a teacher becomes more focused on helping her child develop independence and responsibility. She may help her child navigate complex social and emotional issues and provide guidance on making good decisions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, a mother\'s role as a teacher is essential in shaping her child\'s development and helping them become successful adults. By providing support, encouragement and guidance throughout different stages of life, a mother can help her child reach their full potential as mother\'s unconditional love, encouragement and role-modeling significantly influence a child\'s overall development and educational success. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 13:40:44', '2023-05-14 13:40:44'),
(6873, 6873, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh and Mauritius are keen to work together in different sectors, including tourism, education, agriculture, communications, connectivity and ICT, to explore the possible areas of collaboration and investment between the two countries.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They came up with the common opinion as the visiting Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun paid a country call on Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban here this evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, both the Presidents called for joint investment in two country\'s potentials sectors, including trade and commerce, President\'s press secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mauritius President, who is currently in Dhaka on a three-day visit for attending the 6th Indian Ocean Conference, emphasized on tourism, fisheries and ocean economy - three cluster areas of cooperation to work together under the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He expressed his eagerness to invest in Bangladesh\'s special economic zones and high-tech parks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing happiness over his first-ever visit to Bangladesh, President Roopun described the long-standing Bangladesh-Mauritius relations \"excellent\".&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He cited the recent high-level visits and highlighted connectivity, people-to-people contact and a collaborative approach in the areas of economic and development for fostering the ties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Roopun highly lauded the remarkable socio-economic progress made Bangladesh in many areas in recent times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citing Mauritius as a multi-ethnic society, the Maritain President expressed happiness over the role of Bangladeshi expatriates in Mauritius.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Welcoming his Mauritian counterpart, President Shahabuddin apprised the Mauritian president of the socio-economic growth that Bangladesh has achieved a \"role model of development\" across the world under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. With the \"Vision 2041\", the government is now working to build a \'smart\' Bangladesh, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The President thanked the Mauritian government for looking after the Bangladeshi expatriates in Mauritius.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Shahabuddin expressed gratitude to the government of Mauritius for their consistent support to the Rohingya issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh, the President urged Mauritius to import ships including cargo vessels from Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He underlined on more high-level visits, air connectivity, and exchange of training in agriculture, education, and IT sectors to develop existing relations between the two countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;The Head of the State expressed his sincere thanks to the government of Mauritius for naming a street in Port Louis after Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Bangladesh President and his spouse Dr Rebecca Sultana welcomed the visiting Mauritian President and his Spouse of Sayukta Roopum by presenting bouquets at the Presidential palace. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-05-14 14:10:15', '2023-05-14 14:10:15');
