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(2815, 2815, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government approved on Thursday separate proposals for procuring fertilizer, 55 lakh litres of soybean oil and 8,000 metric tons of lentil to meet the growing demand of the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The approvals came from the 32nd meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in this year held today virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.</div><div><br></div><div>Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division Additional Secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the day\'s meeting approved a total of 17 proposals.</div><div><br></div><div>He informed that following a proposal from the Ministry of Industries, the Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) would procure some 25,000 metric tons of rock phosphate from M/s Desh Trading Corporation (main supplier: M/s Zentrade, FZE, the UAE) with Taka 88.76 crore. The price of per ton phosphate would be $334.77 from the previous rate of $380.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahbub said that the BCIC would procure some 30,000 metric tons of bulk granular fertilizer from Muntajat, Qatar under the 9th lot under state-level agreement with around Taka 198.62 crore with the price of per ton fertilizer costing $626.67 down from the previous price of $632.</div><div><br></div><div>The BCIC would purchase another 30,000 metric tons of bulk granular fertilizer under the 3rd lot from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE with around Taka 198.62 crore and another consignment of 30,000 metric tons of bulk granular fertilizer under the 4th lot from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE with around Taka 198.62 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, Mahbub informed that the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) under the Ministry of Agriculture would procure some 25,000 metric tons of TSP form a Tunisian company with around Taka 148.65 crore. Per ton fertilizer would cost $562.5 against the previous price of $704.25.</div><div><br></div><div>The Cabinet Division Additional Secretary said that the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would procure some 8,000 metric tons of lentil with around Taka 68.78 crore where per ton lentil would cost $859. The price of per KG lentil would be Taka 85.99.</div><div><br></div><div>The TCB would also procure some 55 lakh litres of soybean oil with around Taka 89.61 crore with per litre soybean oil costing Taka 162.94 from the previous price of Taka 171.85.</div><div><br></div><div>Following a proposal from the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, the works under the package number WD-1, WD-2 and WD-4 under the project for establishing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novotheatre, Rangpur has been awarded to the M.g. Jamal and Company Ltd with around Taka 121.18 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the meeting approved a proposal from the Road Transport and Highways Division under which the package number WP-01 under the project for upgrading Kumargaon-Badaghat-Airport road into four-lane would be implemented by Spectra Engineers Ltd with around Taka 439.64 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, the meeting gave nod to a proposal for appointing Egis India Consulting Engineers Pvt Ltd as consultant with around Taka 111.44 crore for the Upgradation of Mongla Port project to be implemented by the Mongla Port Authority. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 01:35:06', '2022-11-04 01:35:06'),
(2816, 2816, '<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The accused, who fired shots at former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, confessed to his guilt. The accused reportedly said that he wanted to kill Imran Khan because he was misleading the public.</span><br></p><p>In a video, the attacker said, \"I wanted to kill Imran Khan. Only he had to be killed because he is misleading the public. I tried to kill Imran Khan, I did not mean to harm others. I suddenly thought of attacking him. I was planning to kill him since his rally began in Lahore. No one is behind me and I came to the rally with a bike. \"</p><p>Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was injured in a gun attack near Wazirabad on Thursday. As per ARY news, Imran Khan was hit in the leg, but he is now safe and stable.</p><p>According to Pak media reports, four people have been injured in the shooting that took place during the rally of the former Pakistani Prime Minister.</p><p>Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been rallying for the past several days by taking out long marches. It is believed that the firing allegedly took place near the container in which Imran Khan was travelling.</p><p>Several visuals from the spot were put on social media by Pakistani journalists. In the videos, people can be seen running away and escaping the rally for saving their lives. Source: TIMES NOW</p><p>bnbd24/fas</p><p></p>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 01:46:59', '2022-11-04 01:46:59'),
(2817, 2817, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Barsha Oli slammed a brilliant hat-trick as Nepal U-15 women\'s football team made a winning start in the SAFF U-15 Women\'s Championship crushing Bhutan by 7-0 goals drubbing held today (Thursday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city\'s Kamalapur in Dhaka.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Barsha Oli put the major contribution of Nepal\'s victory. All her four goals came in the first half in the 1st, 17th, 33rd and 34th minutes of the match.</div><div><br></div><div>She was well supported by Sukriya Miya who scored twice in the 65th and 72nd minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Senu Pariyar sealed the victory scoring the second goal for Himalaya Kingdom in the 85th minute of the match.</div><div><br></div><div>This is Bhutan\'s second successive loss in the tournament. Earlier, Bangladesh had defeated Bhutan 8-0 in the opening match of the tournament. Bangladesh are at the top of the table on goal difference for the time being.</div><div><br></div><div>Nepal will play their next match of the tournament against Bangladesh scheduled to be held on Saturday (November 5) at the same venue. Nepal will again face Bhutan and Bangladesh on November 7 and November 9 respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Three countries of South Asian nation are participating in the tournament being held in a double round-robin format. The top of the table at the end will be the winners of the tournament. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 02:03:33', '2022-11-04 02:03:33'),
(2818, 2818, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) students and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The HSC and equivalent exams are scheduled to begin on November 6.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 12.03 lakh students are expected to sit for the exams at 2,649 centres, from 9,181 institutions under 11 educational boards.</div><div><br></div><div>The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure \"proper and lawful\" exams, according to DMP commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq.</div><div><br></div><div>The order will remain in force until the end of the exam.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 02:30:27', '2022-11-04 02:30:27'),
(2819, 2819, '<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that 20 million cubic feet gas is being extracted every day from Tobgi-1 well of Shahbajpur in Bhola.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br></p><p>The state minister revealed this information at a press conference at the Secretariat in the capital on Thursday.</p><p>Nasrul Hamid said it would be possible to extract 20million cubic feet gas from Tobgi-1 per day. The estimated value will be Tk 8,000 crore if it is counted at Tk 11 at consumer level.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The price would be higher if it is counted as LNG, he said.&nbsp;</p><p>Nasrul Hamid also said the drilling of two wells--Elisha-1 and Bhola North-2--will be completed by June next year, he said.&nbsp; &nbsp;Some 55 million cubic feet gas will be extracted from these two wells, he hoped.&nbsp;</p><p>bnbd24/fas</p>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 02:47:41', '2022-11-04 02:47:41'),
(2820, 2820, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Climate change impacts battering vulnerable countries threaten to outstrip efforts to adapt to global warming, the UN warned Thursday, with a \"significant\" amount of international funding help recycled from other purposes.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many emerging economies, which are least to blame for the fossil-fuel gases that stoke global warming, are among the most exposed to climate impacts, such as worsening drought, floods and cyclones.</div><div><br></div><div>Funding to help them adapt to accelerating impacts and curb emissions is one of the thorniest issues at UN climate negotiations, which begin their latest round in Egypt on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Wealthy nations have failed to provide a pledged $100 billion a year to developing nations, reaching just $83 billion in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Only a part of that -- $29 billion -- was for adaptation.</div><div><br></div><div>That leaves a \"yawning gap to be filled\" said United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) chief Inger Andersen, adding that the actual needs were around five to 10 times greater than finance provided in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>While countries have committed to providing new funding for climate-vulnerable nations, richer nations have been accused of relabelling other types of funding, like humanitarian aid, as climate funding.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Some of that money -- and we don\'t know how much, but certainly a significant proportion -- is not actually adaptation or mitigation, it\'s repurposed,\" Henry Neufeldt, author of the UNEP report, told a press conference on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>But as the world warms, climate change impacts increase and so too do the costs of preparing for them.</div><div><br></div><div>UNEP revised up its adaptation estimates from a year earlier, saying countries will now need $160 billion to $340 billion annually by 2030 to strengthen their resilience, rising to $315 billion and $565 billion by 2050.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week the UN warned the world was nowhere near the Paris Agreement target of capping warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We must quickly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strive for net-zero. But people, ecosystems and economies are already suffering,\" said Anderson, calling for the international community to \"urgently increase efforts to adapt to climate change\".</div><div><br></div><div>In February, in a report dubbed an \"atlas of human suffering\", the UN\'s climate experts warned that global warming is outpacing our preparations for a climate-addled world.</div><div><br></div><div>The poorest are often the hardest hit and the least able to protect themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is unacceptable,\" said UN chief Antonio Guterres.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We need a global surge in adaptation investment to save millions of lives from climate carnage,\" he added, announcing a new tool to try to help fill this gap.</div><div><br></div><div>At the last UN climate talks in Glasgow, countries agreed to double their adaptation finance from 2019 levels by 2025, reaching $40 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>But even that target is under question after the increase from 2019 to 2020 was just four percent, the UN said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The current model for delivering adaptation support, quite frankly, is broken,\" a senior UN official told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>While financing has always been a key sticking point in the UN climate negotiations, the issue is taking on greater urgency at this year\'s meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>A series of weather extremes across the planet have further intensified calls for funding to help with climate impacts already being felt, known as \"loss and damage\".</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan, for example, is reeling from a crop-withering heatwave, followed within weeks by catastrophic inundations -- both intensified by climate change -- that killed over 1,700 people and swamped a third of its territory.</div><div><br></div><div>The floods caused over $30 billion in damages and economic losses, said Anderson.</div><div><br></div><div>But currently, the aftermath of this type of disaster is not covered by climate funds.</div><div><br></div><div>Harjeet Singh, head of global political strategy at the Climate Action Network, said that wealthy countries\' willingness to put loss and damage funding on the agenda would be a \"real test\" of the UN climate meeting, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>It will \"either send a message of hope or despair to people already facing the climate crisis,\" he said, but added that as temperatures rise, finance for adaptation, loss and damage and curbing emissions are no longer in the billions: \"We need trillions.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 03:19:25', '2022-11-04 03:19:25'),
(2821, 2821, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Months after he was ousted from power, Imran Khan - Pakistan’s former prime minister - was reported to have faced an attempt on his life. He suffered an injury on leg following a gunfire targeting his vehicle.</b></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The attack took place during a protest march in the city of Wazirabad in Pakistan on Thursday evening. A person - accused in the assassination attempt - has been arrested. One person died and at least five others were injured amid the gunfire.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here are top points on the attack on Imran Khan:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">1) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of Khan - the 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician who has been calling for fresh elections in the country ever since his government collapsed - has blamed Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and two others for the attack. His protesters also held widespread protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">2) \"Sirf Imran Khan ko maarna tha (I came only to kill Imran Khan)... I did this because he is misleading people. I couldn\'t accept it...\" the accused was heard saying in a leaked clip.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">3) \"Violence has no place in politics, and we call on all parties to refrain from violence, harassment, and intimidation,\" U.S. Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, was quoted as saying in an official statement amid the outpouring of reactions. The United States, he further added, \"is deeply committed to a democratic and peaceful Pakistan, and we stand with the Pakistani people\" as Blinken wished a speedy recovery to Khan and others injured; he also condoled the death during the rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">4) Earlier, in his statement, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had also made similar remarks on use of violence. “I condemn the incident of firing on PTI Chairman Imran Khan in the strongest words. I have directed Interior Minister for an immediate report on the incident.,” he tweeted, stressing that his government would offer all the support for a thorough probe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">5) The country\'s media watchdog - the Pakistan Electronic and Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) - is reported to have stopped news channels from broadcasting remarks by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar following the attack on Khan. Umar had reportedly blamed Shehbaz Sharif, the country\'s Interior Minister and a top ISI General</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">6) “Broadcasting of such content is likely to create hatred among the people or is prejudicial to maintenance of law and order or is likely to disturb public peace and tranquility or endangers national security,\" the watchdog stated, citing Article 19 of the Constitution and Section 27 of PEMRA Ordinance 2002, Pak daily - the Dawn - reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">7) Ensuring that the accused would be brought to justice, Punjab’s Chief Minister Chaudhary Parvez Elahi said on Thursday night: “The police personnel who leaked the statement to the media (of the accused) have been suspended and the mobile phone has been seized.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">8) Elahi also said in a video statement that Khan was stable and there was suspicion that not one but two people were involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">9) Not just the US, but other countries have also responded. Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry - in a statement - said that it stands with “people of Pakistan against all threats to its security and development process.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">10) India’s ministry of external affairs had earlier said: “We\'re closely keeping an eye on and we\'ll continue to monitor ongoing developments.” HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 17:42:23', '2022-11-04 17:42:23'),
(2822, 2822, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>British researchers announced Friday they have cured a man who was continually infected with Covid for 411 days by analysing the genetic code of his particular virus to find the right treatment.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Persistent Covid infection -- which is different to long Covid or repeated bouts of the disease -- occurs in a small number of patients with already weakened immune systems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These patients can test positive for months or even years with the infection \"rumbling along the whole time,\" said Luke Snell, a physician specialising in infectious diseases at Guy\'s and St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The infections can pose a serious threat because around half of patients also have persistent symptoms such as lung inflammation, Snell told AFP, adding that much remains unknown about the condition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a new study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, a team of researchers at Guy\'s & St Thomas\' NHS Foundation Trust and King\'s College London describe how a 59-year-old man finally overcame his infection after more than 13 months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man, who has a weakened immune system due to a kidney transplant, caught Covid in December 2020 and continued to test positive until January this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To discover whether he had contracted Covid numerous times or if it was one persistent infection, the researchers used a rapid genetic analysis with nanopore sequencing technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The test, which can deliver results in as little as 24 hours, showed the man had an early B.1 variant which was dominant in late 2020 but has since been replaced by newer strains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Because he had this early variant, the researchers gave him a combination of the basiliximab and imdevimab monoclonal antibodies from Regeneron.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Like most other antibody treatments, the treatment is no longer widely used because it is ineffective against newer variants such as Omicron.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it successfully cured the man because he was battling a variant from an earlier phase of the pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Resistant to treatment -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The very new variants that are increasing in prevalence now are resistant to all the antibodies available in the UK, the EU and now even the US,\" Snell said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers used several such treatments to try to save a seriously ill 60-year-old man in August this year who had been infected since April.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However none worked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We really thought he was going to die,\" Snell said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So the team crushed up two antiviral treatments not previously used together -- Paxlovid and remdesivir -- and administered them to the unconscious patient via a nasal tube, according to a non-peer-reviewed preprint study on the website ResearchSquare.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Miraculously he cleared and perhaps this is now the avenue for how we treat these very difficult persistent infections,\" Snell said, emphasising that this treatment may not translate for normal Covid cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the ECCMID conference in April, the team announced the longest-known persistent infection in a man who tested positive for 505 days before his death.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That \"very sad case\" came earlier in the pandemic, Snell said, adding that he was grateful there were now so many more treatment options available. 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(2823, 2823, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Twitter said it will start laying off employees on Friday, as the new billionaire owner Elon Musk moves quickly after his big takeover to make the messaging platform financially sound.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A company-wide email seen by AFP says Twitter employees will receive word via email at the start of business Friday, California time, as to what their fate is.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It does not give a number but the Washington Post and New York Times reported that about half of Twitter\'s 7,500 employees will be let go.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In an effort to place Twitter on a healthy path, we will go through the difficult process of reducing our global work force,\" the email said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter employees have been bracing for this kind of bad news since Musk completed his mammoth $44 billion acquisition late last week and quickly set about dissolving its board and firing its chief executive and top managers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A workplace and employee review and other projects ordered by Musk were reportedly so exhaustive and grueling that some engineers slept at Twitter headquarters over the weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The email sent Thursday told workers to go home and not report for work on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our offices will be temporarily closed and all badge access will be suspended,\" the email said. Those on the way to the office should turn around and return home.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The email acknowledged that Twitter is going through \"an incredibly challenging experience.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We recognize that this will impact a number of individuals who have made valuable contributions to Twitter, but this action is unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\'s success moving forward,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saddled with the purchase of Twitter, for which Musk has said he overpaid, the tycoon is looking for ways for Twitter to make money -- and fast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His most recent idea was to charge $8 a month to anyone on Twitter who would receive a blue \"verified\" badge assuring the public that the account is authentic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A news report this week said Musk wanted to charge $20 a month but faced a backlash, including from bestselling novelist Stephen King, who tweeted: \"$20 a month to keep my blue check?\" It was followed by an expletive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk responded on Twitter, seemingly bargaining with King: \"we need to pay the bills somehow! Twitter cannot rely entirely on advertisers. How about $8?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Musk has said he wants to increase Twitter\'s revenue from $5 billion last year to more than $26 billion in 2028.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Top global companies, including General Mills and Volkswagen, suspended their advertising on Twitter on Thursday as pressure builds on Musk to turn his platform into a succesful business.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US auto giant General Motors last week was the first major advertiser to suspend advertising following the takeover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials and civil rights groups have expressed worry that Musk will open the site to uncontrolled hate speech and misinformation as well as reinstate banned accounts, including that of former US president Donald Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advertisers are Twitter\'s main source of revenue and Musk has tried to calm the nerves by reassuring that the site would not become a \"free-for-all hellscape\". 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, '2022-11-04 17:53:57', '2022-11-04 17:53:57'),
(2824, 2824, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Commuters were hit hard after all modes of transportation went off the streets in Barisal on Friday, just a day before a divisional rally called by opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Barisal city has virtually been cut off from rest of the country after the two-day transport strike got underway on Friday. Buses, launches, speedboats, microbuses and even the three-wheeler auto-rickshaws are unavailable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the bus owners called the strike to demand a ban on the movement of auto-rickshaws on the highways, the three-wheelers want the authorities to allow them free movement there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A transport strike before BNP\'s anti-government divisional rallies has recently been common. Such strikes were called ahead of opposition party\'s rallies in Khulna, Mymensingh and Rangpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP\'s Barisal divisional rally has been called to protest against hike in fuel and essential commodities and to press home the party\'s other demands including restoration of the constitutional provision of holding general election under a neutral caretaker government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government has denied any link with the transport strikes coinciding BNP\'s rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From Friday 12am, microbus movement from and to the district had also been shut till November 5 for indefinite reasons, confirmed Md Farid, a member of district microbus owners\' association.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speedboat movement was halted on Wednesday evening while launch on Thursday morning amid BNP\'s allegation that launch owners went on the sudden strike as per the government\'s directive ahead of the rally slated for November 5.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even the rental private cars refused to move on the road, according to passengers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many people were seen waiting at the launch terminals and bus terminal without being able to reach their destination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, BNP leaders and activists started gathering at Barisal city\'s Bangabandhu Park to attend the party\'s divisional rally from Thursday morning, to defy all the transport bans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barisal\'s central bus terminal in Nathullabad, was overcrowded on Saturday night as hundreds of commuters arrived to leave for their destinations one day in advance, fearing the transport strike, which is set to begin from Friday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I had a plan to go to Dhaka on Friday, but I came here a day early keeping Friday\'s transport strike in mind,” said Subarna Pal, a commuter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I\'ve come here two days earlier due to the transport strike. Finding no other place, I\'m staying at my relative\'s house,” said Sadikur Rahman, a Jubo Dal activist from Patuakhali.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rally in Barisal will be the 5th one by the BNP at the divisional level as four others were held in Chittagong, Mymensingh, Khulna, and Rangpur. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 17:58:01', '2022-11-04 17:58:01'),
(2825, 2825, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Israel Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday congratulated Benjamin Netanyahu on his election win as final results confirmed the former premier\'s triumphant comeback at the head of a solidly right-wing alliance.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Netanyahu\'s victory is set to end an unprecedented stalemate in Israel after five elections in less than four years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This time Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of his generation, won a clear parliamentary majority, boosted by ultranationalist and religious parties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tuesday\'s ballot saw out the centrist Lapid, and his rare alliance of conservatives, liberals and Arab politicians which, over 18 months in power, made diplomatic inroads with Turkey and Lebanon and kept the economy humming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the conflict with the Palestinians surging anew and touching off Jewish-Arab tensions within Israel, Netanyahu\'s rightist Likud and kindred parties took 64 of the Knesset\'s 120 seats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Netanyahu still has to be officially tasked by the president with forming a government, a process that could take weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The time has come to impose order here. The time has come for there to be a landlord,\" tweeted Itamar Ben-Gvir of the far-right Religious Zionism party, Likud\'s likely senior partner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was responding to a stabbing reported by Jerusalem police. In the West Bank, troops killed an Islamic Jihad militant and a 45-year-old man in a separate incident, medics said. Queried on the latter death, the army said it opened fire when Palestinians attacked them with rocks and petrol bombs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later in the day, air attack sirens went off in south Israel after Gaza militants fired a rocket that was intercepted by missile defences, the military said. It responded with strikes against militant targets in Gaza. No injuries were reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ben-Gvir - a West Bank settler and former member of Kach, a Jewish militant group on Israeli and US terrorist watchlists - wants to become police minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Israeli media, citing political sources, said the new government may be clinched by mid-month. Previous coalitions in recent years have had narrower parliamentary majorities that made them vulnerable to no-confidence motions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With coalition building talks yet to officially begin, it was still unclear what position Ben-Gvir might hold in a future government. Since the election, both he and Netanyahu have pledged to serve all citizens.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Ben-Gvir\'s ascendancy has stirred alarm among the 21% Arab minority and centre-left Jews - and especially among Palestinians whose US-sponsored statehood talks with Israel broke down in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Washington has publicly reserved judgment pending the new Israeli coalition\'s formation, a US State Department spokesman on Wednesday emphasised the countries\' \"shared values\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We hope that all Israeli government officials will continue to share the values of an open, democratic society, including tolerance and respect for all in civil society, particularly for minority groups,\" the spokesperson said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said he spoke with Netanyahu and told him he looked forward to \"working together to maintain the unbreakable bond.\" Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 18:13:58', '2022-11-04 18:13:58'),
(2826, 2826, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy skies over Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Night and day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country, according to the weather department\'s forecast for the twenty-four hours from 9am on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trough of low lies over Northeast Bay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The highest temperature on Thursday was recorded at 33.3 degrees Celsius in Sitakunda and the lowest temperature on Friday was recorded at 15.6 degrees Celsius in Tetulia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sun will set at 05:18pm on Friday and rise at 06:07am on Saturday in Dhaka. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 18:22:43', '2022-11-04 18:22:43'),
(2827, 2827, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) students and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The HSC and equivalent exams are scheduled to begin on November 6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 12.03 lakh students are expected to sit for the exams at 2,649 centres, from 9,181 institutions under 11 education boards.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure \"proper and lawful\" exams, according to DMP Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The order will remain in force until the end of the exams. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 18:27:00', '2022-11-04 18:27:00'),
(2828, 2828, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Despite being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, Bangladesh has been taking various effective and innovative measures to cope with the adverse impacts of climate change.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 3 in 2022, Prestigious \"Newsweek\" news magazine carried an article, written by Bangladesh Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, focusing on Bangladesh\'s success in deal with climate change impacts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The following article titled \"A Focus on Climate Challenges in Bangladesh\" is given below:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is ranked seventh among the most climate vulnerable countries in the world, but its contribution to global warming is negligible. It contributes less than half of 1 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The average sea level rise along the coast of Bangladesh has been 3.8-to-5.8 millimeters a year over the last 30 years, according to a recent study. And that continues. In fact, without changes to global behavior, Bangladesh would see annual economic costs due to global warming equal to 2 percent of its Gross Domestic Product by 2050, widening to 9.4 percent by 2100. The people most impacted would be the poorest Bangladeshis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To be precise, a one degree rise in average world temperature would increase sea levels by about a meter, which would flood a fifth of Bangladesh. If that happens, 30 million people in Bangladesh would be forced to flee their homes. Bangladesh is likely to have more than half of South Asia\'s \"climate migrants\" by 2050 if warming trends continue, according to the World Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But the Bangladesh government is steadily improving its climate resilience. It has added to its constitution a requirement to protect the environment and natural resources. To that end, it will soon adopt a series of climate mitigation programs including the 20-year Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan and the Delta Plan 2100. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan, which already is underway, is focused on adaptation and on mitigation. An updated plan will add natural-resource management and urban development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime, Bangladesh has made astounding economic progress. Its Gross Domestic Product per capita has increased eightfold since 1990. It recently surpassed India in GDP per capita. And for most of the last decade, it eclipsed Pakistan\'s economy, too. Bangladesh\'s exports rose to a record of $52.1 billion in fiscal year 2022. HSBC Bank has predicted that Bangladesh would be the world\'s 26th largest economy by 2030 due in large part to its average annual GDP growth of 6 percent during the last twenty years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Strong economic growth has provided the government with the wherewithal to combat climate change. The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund, established more than a decade ago, has spent $480 million on 800 research, mitigation, and adaption projects. Over the last seven years, the government\'s climate related spending has doubled from $1.44 billion to $2.96 billion in fiscal 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is committed to developing a low-carbon economy. It has renewable energy projects underway that will produce 911.8 megawatts of electricity and combined-cycle gas-based power plants that will produce 3,208 megawatts of power. It has helped install 6 million solar home systems and more than 4.5 million environmentally friendly stoves. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina canceled 10 coal-based power plants worth $12 billion of foreign investment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To guard against rising sea levels, Bangladeshi islanders are planting oysters and curating oyster-encrusted reefs. This reduces coastal erosion by calming ocean waves before they reach shore. To increase oxygen creation and prevent damage caused by severe weather, mangroves have been replanted in large numbers. The mangroves\' roots, trunks, and leaves obstruct the flow of water, reducing water flow speeds by 29 percent to 92 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To accelerate reforestation, the government introduced the Social Afforestation Program, which encourages people to plant and raise trees. As a result, Bangladesh has tripled its forest coverage, from 7 percent in 2005 to 22.5 percent in 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh also has worked closely with scientists to increase the diversity and resilience of crops to hinder flooding. Floating gardens built out of paddy straw and aquatic plants create organic islands capable of producing squash, okra, and gourds while withstanding increased flood waters. Salt-tolerant seeds allow Bangladeshi farmers to plant potatoes, carrots, grounds, red beets, cabbages, and Indian spinach in salty soil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In addition, Bangladesh has turned to nuclear power. It started construction of its first nuclear power reactor in November 2017. The unit is scheduled to be commissioned next year. Construction on a second reactor began in July 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other countries have noticed Bangladesh\'s initiatives. Aditya Pillai of the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research said, \"Bangladesh has incrementally improved its capacity to adapt to climate change over the last fifteen years. Along the way, it\'s developed a model that holds lessons for South Asian peers.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate change has not spared Bangladesh, but the government has taken the lead in pushing back against its worst impacts. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 18:33:25', '2022-11-04 18:33:25');
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(2829, 2829, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>With the arrest of four more members of \'Jamatul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya\' from Laksham upazila in Cumilla,&nbsp; 26 members of the new militant outfit have been arrested so far, said Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of Rab’s legal and Media Wing, revealed the information while briefing the media on Friday in Dhaka’s Karwan Bazar over the arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Recently they arrested four militants -Md Abdul Kader, 24, Md Ismail Hossain,22, Muntasir Ahmmed alias Bacchu,23, and Helal Ahmed Zakaria, 33, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tipped-off, they were arrested during a drive conducted by Rab-11 and Detective Branch in Laksham on Thursday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The elite force also seized some leaflets, books on radical views from the arrestees, Commander Khandaker Al Moin said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During&nbsp; interrogation they confessed to planning sabotages in different places across the country, said Moin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They gave concrete information about six council or Shura members of the militant group including its amir (head) Mahmud, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrestees also disclosed that the militant group had an agreement with&nbsp; separatist group Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) to provide them shelter and training in exchange of money, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The militant group has provided Tk 17 lakh to KNF to buy arms to train up their members. They gets fund to serve their purposes from different sources,” said the Rab official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2019, ‘Jamatul Ansar fil Hindal Sharqiya’ (Jamatul Ansar of Eastern Hind) was formed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some leaders and activists of different levels of banned militant groups of Bangladesh including&nbsp; Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Ansar Al Islam and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B), joined together to start the activities of this radical militant group, said the Rab official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Oct 21, the elite force said they arrested 10 people including seven members of the newly launched militant outfit and three members of&nbsp; KNF from Bandarban and Rangamati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, the Amir of Jamatul Ansar fil Hindal Sharqiya had an agreement with the CHT-based armed group KNF regarding militant training in the area till next year, sad Rab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;As per the agreement, Tk 3 lakh per month and food expenses of all KNF members were to be borne, according to Rab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, on October 10, five men, including three youths, who apparently left home to join militant groups have been arrested by the Rab members from the capital\'s Jatrabari and Keraniganj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 23, eight youths from Cumilla sadar upazila went missing and a general diary was lodged with police in this regard after two days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident sparked a huge sensation across media and social media and Rab started an investigation to rescue the victims and arrest the accused.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 1, one of the missing youths, Shartaz Islam Niloy, 22, returned home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 6, Rab arrested seven people including four missing youths for involvement with a militant group from a drive conducted in Munshiganj, Naryanganj and Mymensingh following the information collected from questioning Niloy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On interrogation, the arrestees revealed that initially the members of the organization used to target youths from different parts of the country, including Cumilla. 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(2830, 2830, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Skipper Kane Williamson hit a quickfire half-century to all but take New Zealand into the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals as they hammered Ireland by 35 runs on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Williamson\'s 35-ball 61 guided New Zealand to 185-6 and their bowlers kept Ireland down to 150-9 to top Group 1 with seven points after their final Super 12 match in Adelaide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Australia, who next play Afghanistan at the same venue, and England can go level on points with New Zealand if they win, but the Black Caps have a far superior net run rate. Only a mathematical miracle can push them out now.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Williamson rocked back to form after he failed to convert starts in the earlier matches as New Zealand dominated on a sunny afternoon, despite a hat-trick by Ireland fast bowler Joshua Little.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">New Zealand were cruising at 174-3 in the 19th over when the left-arm quick removed Williamson, James Neesham and Mitchell Santner on successive balls in Adelaide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was the second hat-trick of this edition of the World Cup after Karthik Meiyappan of the Williamson helps New Zealand all but reach T20 World Cup semi-finals</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">United Arab Emirates against Sri Lanka in round one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Little\'s strikes checked New Zealand\'s surge, but Williamson, with his first fifty of this tournament, had already put his team on course for a challenging total.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Daryl Mitchell hit an unbeaten 21-ball 31 and put on a key partnership of 60 with Williamson, who was under scrutiny for his slow batting but smashed five fours and three sixes in his 35-ball knock.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Finn Allen and Devon Conway started cautiously against a disciplined Irish bowling attack after being invited to bat first.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Allen broke the shackles in the fourth over as he smashed leg-spinner Gareth Delany for three fours including two on consecutive deliveries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He kept up the charge and hit a six and four off fast bowler Mark Adair before the bowler got him caught at mid-off on the next ball as the Kiwis reached 52-1 at the end of six overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The left-handed Conway found it tough to accelerate despite a couple of boundaries but stood in a 44-run stand with Williamson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">New Zealand lost their way in the middle with Delany taking two wickets including Glenn Phillips for 17, but Williamson soon took charge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Paul Stirling (37) and Andrew Balbirnie (30) got the Irish off to a flier in their opening partnership of 68 off 49 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The giant-killing Irish team had taken down two-time champions the West Indies in round one and then shocked England in a rain-hit Super 12 clash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Balbirnie chopped one on to his stumps off Santner and fellow spinner Ish Sodhi bowled Stirling in the next over to douse Ireland\'s hopes as their chase fell apart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fast bowler Lockie Ferguson returned figures of 3-22 after a double strike in his fourth over. Santner, Sodhi and fast bowler Tim Southee took two wickets each. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 19:36:57', '2022-11-04 19:36:57'),
(2831, 2831, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Today is the Bangladesh Constitution Day as the Constitution of the People\'s Republic of Bangladesh was adopted by the Constituent Assembly of Bangladesh on November 4, 1972 and came into effect on December 16 in the same year.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the country achieved independence following a nine month-long bloody war, a 34-member Constitution Drafting Committee was formed with Dr Kamal Hossain as its chairman on April 11 in 1972.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The draft constitution was placed as the Constitution Bill in the second session of the Assembly on October 12, 1972. Its first reading began on October 19 and continued till October 30. The second reading took place from October 31 to November 3 in the same year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The third reading of the Constitution Bill took place in the Assembly on November 4, approving 65 amendments to the Constitution Bill and finally the Assembly adopted and enacted the Constitution on the same day with the four fundamental principles -- nationalism, socialism, democracy and secularism.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking part in the discussion on Constitution Bill, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had said, \"This Constitution has been written with the blood of the martyrs, this Constitution will remain alive as the symbol of the people\'s hopes and desires\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the original copy of the Constitution was written in English, it was simultaneously translated into Bangla. If any ambiguity is found in the meaning of Bangla and English versions, the Bangla version will be accepted in this regard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A committee led by Dr Anisuzzaman was tasked with reviewing the Bangla version of the Constitution. Syed Ali Ahsan and Mazharul Islam were members of the committee as the language experts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A five-member committee led by Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin was formed for decorating the Constitution. Artiste Hashem Khan, Janabul Islam, Sanjit Ray Chowdhury and Abul Barak Alvi were members of the committee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday issued separate messages on the occasion of the Bangladesh Constitution Day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also greeted all citizens of the country on the occasion of the Bangladesh Constitution Day and called upon the people of the country to uphold the dignity of the Constitution in establishing democratic values and the rule of law. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 19:57:36', '2022-11-04 19:57:36'),
(2832, 2832, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Owners called for a two-day strike in Barguna from Friday, demanding that three-wheelers be banned from the highways.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Barguna Bus Owners Association General Secretary Md Sagir Hossain confirmed the matter to UNB on Thursday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“If the administration does not ban the illegal plying of three wheelers on the highways even after this two-day strike, we will go for an indefinite strike,” Sagir Hossain said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Barguna Deputy Commissioner (DC) Habibur Rahman said it was decided to ban the movement of three-wheelers and auto-rickshaws on the highway in the district law and order meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“However, the number of police force required to stop three-wheelers on such a big highway is not available to the district police. So it cannot be stopped,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile, Barguna District BNP Member Secretary Advocate Tarikuzzaman Titu said the government is adopting various tactics to obstruct people from joining the rally in Barishal. “They will not succeed and Barishal will turn into a human sea on Saturday.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Barishal, microbus, launch, speedboats, bus owners and three-wheeler owners will keep their transports off streets till Saturday evening, the day of BNP rally in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A similar strike was also enforced ahead of BNP’s divisional rallies in Rangpur and Khulna, but thousands of party leaders, activists and supporters participated in the rallies overcoming the obstacles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As part of the move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, the BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The organisers said the rallies are meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuels, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government--a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League as the constitution does not allow it to happen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The rally in Barishal will be the 5th one by the BNP at the divisional level as four others were held in Chattogram, Mymensingh, Khulna and Rangpur. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 20:03:48', '2022-11-04 20:03:48'),
(2833, 2833, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni said on Friday that age barrier and time limit should be removed for admission to public universities of Bangladesh.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People of any age have the right to study in the university if he can pass the admission test. No obstacle can be placed in education, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister made these remarks while speaking as chief guest at the golden jubilee celebration programme of Jahangirnagar University\'s Physics Department.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She called upon all public universities to come under the cluster admission test system.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The admission test process in the cluster system has reduced the sufferings of everyone including students and parents. Five to six universities of the country are not covered by it.&nbsp; Hope they would join the cluster admission test system soon,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The education minister said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman gave autonomy to universities to promote free thinking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Bangabandhu knew that in order to retain the freedom we achieved, there must be development in the education and research sectors.&nbsp; So, after independence, he focused on the development of educational institutions and universities,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is now in the rank of developing countries and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is the mastermind behind this, Dipu Moni said, adding: “By 2041, we will become a developed country.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have to place our universities in the world ranking.&nbsp; So we have to work on the criteria of ranking so that we can stay ahead in the ranking,” said the education minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">‘We need to make more progress in science education. Honorable Prime Minister is working to focus on science education. After coming to power in 1996, she approved 12 science and technology universities,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the programme, JU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Nurul Alam said, after he took charge, the first demand of the students of the university was to organize the convocation. “I will organize the convocation very soon,” he declared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;During the Corona period, there was temporary lull in the education system. “We have started online education programs in the university. It reduced the session jam a lot. So, I thank the Prime Minister and the Education Minister for taking necessary steps to conduct online activities,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He mentioned that the Prime Minister has given Tk 1445 crore for the development of Jahangirnagar University and many works have been implemented under this project.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“By the end of this month, we will inaugurate two newly constructed halls.&nbsp; This will reduce the seat crisis at dormitories. We have sent a letter to the Prime Minister for naming and inaugurating the newly constructed halls.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The VC said the university accounts office, library and examination control office will come under automation by the end of this year.&nbsp; “Besides, we have taken the initiative to launch a scholarship in the name of Bangabandhu to encourage research,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">JU Pro-VC (Administration) Prof Sheikh Md Manzurul Huq, dean of JU Mathematical and Physical Sciences faculty Prof Dr Farid Ahmed and Director of Wazed Miah science research center and prominent scientist Prof Dr A A Mamun were present as special guests, among others. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 21:05:16', '2022-11-04 21:05:16'),
(2834, 2834, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Another death from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 162.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the period, 498 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest death was reported from Khulna division, taking its death toll to seven.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The death toll remained unchanged at 100 in Dhaka division, at 41 in Chattogram, six in Barishal and at four each in Rajshahi and Mymensingh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the new patients, 325 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 173 outside it, according to the DGHS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A total of 3,660 dengue patients, including 2,232 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The directorate has recorded 41,481 dengue cases and 37,659 recoveries so far this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, the country reported nine dengue deaths, the highest death toll from dengue in a day this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even before the country\'s healthcare system has been able to fully recover from the blow of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is being hit hard by a recurrence of an outbreak of dengue, the disease that is endemic to Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doctors and health experts say that measures taken by the city corporations and other authorities are not proving to be effective. The publicity and drives carried out by the authorities to destroy larvae of Aedes mosquito are proving to be inadequate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dengue outbreaks in Bangladesh exceeded all previous records in 2019, mostly in the capital city of Dhaka. A total of 101,354 dengue cases with 179 dengue-related deaths were officially recorded. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 21:39:25', '2022-11-04 21:39:25'),
(2835, 2835, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported 88 more Covid cases in 24 hours till Friday morning.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The total fatalities remained unchanged at 29,425 as no death was reported during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new infections, the caseload rose to 2,035,745, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div>The daily case test positivity rate rose to 3.25 per cent from Thursday\'s 3.10 per cent as 2,706 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.37 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 22:21:39', '2022-11-04 22:21:39'),
(2836, 2836, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Glenn Maxwell\'s unbeaten 54 helped Australia beat Afghanistan by four runs to stay in the hunt for the semi-finals at the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday in Adelaide.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The result ensured New Zealand book their final-four spot from Group 1. The hosts and defending champions Australia need England to lose their final Super 12 match on Saturday against Sri Lanka to make the last four.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">38TH MATCH</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia 168/8 (Maxwell 54*, Naveen 3/21) beat Afghanistan 164/7 (Rashid 48*, Zampa 2/22) by four runs. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 23:03:02', '2022-11-04 23:03:02'),
(2837, 2837, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bandarban district administration has further extended the temporary ban on tourism at Ruma, Rowangchhari, Alikadam and Thanchi upazilas till November 8 as part of high security measure.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A public notice regarding the extension was issued from Bandarban Deputy Commissioner’s office on Friday following a letter from Bandarban Cantonment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The travel ban on domestic and foreign tourists has been extended as the law enforcement agencies will conduct patrol and continue intelligence activities in the district against suspected militants, said the notice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the fourth such restricttion imposed for safety of tourists amid anti-militancy drive in the district\'s remote forested areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 29, the tourism ban in the upazilas was extended till today (Friday).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The administration imposed the temporary restriction on visitors in Ruma and Rowangchhari upazilas on October 18 morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On October 23, the local administration discouraged tourists from traveling to Thanchi and Alikadam upazilas due to the same reason.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From October 10, law enforcement agencies started a joint drive against the underground extremists and criminals in the district. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 23:16:39', '2022-11-04 23:16:39'),
(2838, 2838, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>North Korea has dramatically ramped up missile tests this year and tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBMs) on Thursday, as part of efforts to develop a nuclear-tipped missile that can strike the U.S. mainland.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Here are some characteristics of ICBMs, and North Korea\'s ICBM arsenal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>What are ICBMs?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICBMs are ballistic missiles with a minimum range of about 5,500 kilometres, chiefly designed for nuclear weapons delivery. Some are capable of travelling 10,000 km or farther.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some missiles carry only one warhead, but modern ICBMs can carry multiple warheads, each able to it a separate aimpoint, on independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ICBMs can be launched from multiple platforms. Fixed launch sites such as missile silos offer more protection but are vulnerable to preemptive strikes. Mobile launchers, including submarines, heavy trucks and rails, are more difficult to detect and provide greater mobility but are vulnerable if caught in the open.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Who has them?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia, the United States, China, Britain, France, and India have deployed ICBMs, either on land or at sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">North Korea conducted the first successful test of its Hwasong-14 ICBM in July 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>How many ICBMs does North Korea have?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly after two successful tests of the Hwasong-14, North Korea launched a new ICBM, the Hwasong-15, in November 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The continental United States is about 9,000 km from North Korea, and some US and South Korean experts believe both missiles can fly more than 10,000 km, putting many parts of the United States in range.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un declared after the Hwasong-15 test that the country had achieved the \"great historic cause of completing the state nuclear force.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In March 2022, North Korea launched its massive Hwasong-17 ICBM for the first time after unveiling it at a pre-dawn military parade in October 2020. The missile is large enough to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead anywhere in the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Unlike any of North Korea\'s previous ICBM tests, the Hwasong-17 was launched directly from a transporter-erector-launcher vehicle with 11 axles, which experts said is the largest road-mobile, liquid-fuelled ICBM in the world.&nbsp; Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 23:22:07', '2022-11-04 23:22:07'),
(2839, 2839, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League (AL) General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the way BNP is exaggerating in the name of movement, it seems that the sound of their movement\'s downfall is being heard.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He made the remark while addressing as the chief guest the ongoing two-day international conference on Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) titled \'4IR for Emerging Future\' at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Awami League (AL) Science and Technology Affairs Sub-Committee arranged the conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Awami League leaders and activists do not follow the policies of fleeing as they do not run away from the country like BNP leaders, said Quader.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lauding the loyalty of AL men, he further said that Awami League has no history of fleeing from the country and the leaders and activists of party will die or go behind bar for the country if needed.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Criticizing the BNP men, he mentioned that the leader of BNP fled to London by making a bond (Muchleka) of not doing politics.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mentioning that the current government has transformed the country into a digital Bangladesh, the ruling AL leader assured of building a smart Bangladesh in the future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said BNP did not free Khaleda Zia rather the worthy daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina suspended her jail-sentence and kept her at home on humanitarian grounds.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader added that Sheikh Hasina does not do politics of revenge whereas BNP does it.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The talk about revenge does not fit to those who committed August 15 carnage, August 21 grenade attack and November 3 incident (the Jail Killing Day), he said.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the 50th Constitution Day which is being observed today, he said this day has been approved by the cabinet nationally and the day will be celebrated nationally from now on.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding the global crisis, the minister said: \"Now, we have to \'Talk less-Do more\'.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged everyone to work hard for bringing a positive revolution to tackle the ongoing crisis.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AL Science and Technology Affairs Sub-Committee Chairman Professor Dr Md Hossain Mansur presided over the conference.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak and AL Science and Technology Affairs Sub-committee Secretary Engineer Abdus Sabur also spoke, among others, on the occasion. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-04 23:26:50', '2022-11-04 23:26:50'),
(2840, 2840, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan\'s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has made his first public address since he was shot during a protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sitting in a wheelchair at a hospital in Lahore, Mr Khan said he wouldn\'t have survived the shooting if the two shooters he saw had \"synchronised\" their attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Because I fell, one of the shooters thought I had died, and left,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Last month, Pakistan\'s election commission disqualified Mr Khan from holding public office, in a case described by the former star cricketer as politically motivated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video confession released by police, one man accused of shooting him said the former cricketer was \"misguiding\" the people, and that he \"wanted to kill him\" for doing so. The conditions under which the confession was carried out are unclear. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 12:39:13', '2022-11-05 12:39:13'),
(2841, 2841, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, has blamed \"activist groups pressuring advertisers\" for a \"massive drop in revenue\" as the company makes sweeping job cuts in an effort to save money.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The billionaire owner of Tesla tweeted that \"activists\" raising concerns about how Twitter is moderated are \"trying to destroy free speech in America\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It came as Twitter made widespread job cuts around the world on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports suggested that thousands of staff lost their jobs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yoel Roth, the company\'s head of safety and integrity, appeared to confirm in a tweet thread that \"approximately 50%\" of Twitter\'s workforce had been cut company-wide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that most of the 2,000+ content moderators \"working on front-line review were not impacted\" by the cuts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Musk posted his own comments, saying he was presented \"no choice\" over what he called Twitter\'s \"reduction in force\", as the company was losing $4m (£3.51m) a day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He insisted that all those losing their jobs were offered three months of severance pay, \"which is 50% more than legally required\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the topic of content moderation, he said Twitter\'s \"strong commitment\" remained \"absolutely unchanged\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Online safety groups and campaigners have expressed concerns about Mr Musk\'s plans to relax content moderation and reverse permanent Twitter bans given to controversial figures, including former US president Donald Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An internal email sent to staff earlier on Friday said the mass job cuts were \"unfortunately necessary to ensure the company\'s success moving forward\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Staff confirmed on Twitter they had been logged out of work laptops and Slack, a messaging system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many staff revealed that they had been axed in posts on the platform, painting a picture of cuts that spanned the globe and hit departments that ranged from marketing to engineering.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They included communications, content curation, and product development employees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A team that focused on research into how Twitter uses algorithms - an issue that was a priority for Mr Musk - was also sacked, according to a tweet from a former senior manager at the company. But that was later denied.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost all of Twitter\'s revenue currently comes from advertising and Volkswagen is among the brands that has stopped spending with it since Mr Musk bought the social media company.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are closely monitoring the situation and will decide about next steps depending on its evolvement,\" Europe\'s biggest carmaker said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, food manufacturer General Mills, which owns brands including Cheerios and Lucky Charms, did the same.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said it was continuing to monitor the social media company\'s \"new direction\" and wanted to \"evaluate [its] marketing spend\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other brands to have paused paid activity on the platform include car firms General Motors and Audi, and drugs giant Pfizer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Musk has been looking for ways to cut costs and make money in different ways from the platform, including plans to charge a monthly subscription fee for users to be verified on the platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also proposed that those paying the $8 per month fee would get their Tweets boosted in replies, mentions, and searches, prompting criticism from some people on Twitter that he was creating a two-tier system that would benefit those willing to pay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter employees filed a class action lawsuit on Thursday which argued the company was making big job cuts without giving 60 days\' notice, in violation of federal and Californian law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lawsuit also asked the San Francisco federal court to order Twitter not to ask sacked employees to sign documents waiving their rights without telling them about the court case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shannon Liss-Riordan, the lawyer co-ordinating the case, said: \"We filed this federal complaint to ensure that Twitter be held accountable to our laws and to aid Twitter employees by helping them understand their rights.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twitter was approached for comment. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 12:44:15', '2022-11-05 12:44:15'),
(2842, 2842, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea\'s missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022. South Korea scrambled dozens of military aircraft, including advanced F35 fighter jets, after spotting North Korean warplanes Friday, flying in North Korean territory in what appeared to be a defiant show of strength. AP/PTI</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India on Saturday - at the United Nations - reiterated its continued support for denuclearisation towards peace and security in the Korean peninsula, asserting that it’s in the “collective interest” . New Delhi has called for “dialogue and diplomacy” amid criticism of the latest ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launch by North Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have in the past expressed our concern at the recent ballistic missile launches by the DPRK (Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea) and we have now noted reports of another ICBM launch on November 2. These follow launches last month following which the (UN) Security Council had met,\" Ruchira Kamboj, India\'s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said in her address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"These launches constitute violations of the resolutions of the Security Council, relating to the DPRK. They affect the peace and security of the region and beyond. India calls for the full implementation of the UNSC resolution, relating to the DPRK. At the same, we would like to reiterate the proliferation of nuclear and missile technology relating to our region. Proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies is a matter of concern, and they have an adverse impact on peace and security in the region, including on India,\" she further stressed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has also strongly criticised North Korea for the launch “as well as the barrage of various missiles over the past two days.” Urging the North \"to immediately desist from taking any further provocative action and to fully comply with its international obligations under all relevant Security Council resolutions,\" he called for urgent steps to ensure \"sustainable peace and the complete and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, South Korea was reported to have scrambled stealth jets after detecting the mobilisation of 180 North Korean warplanes and a record-breaking blitz of missile tests by Pyongyang this week, news agency AFP reported. The tensions come as the Ukraine war - which started in February - continues with no end in sight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the US, and its allies have also been clashing with China, Russia over the North\'s missile launches. The US supports the South while China and Russia blame the country for the tensions.&nbsp; HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 13:07:09', '2022-11-05 13:07:09');
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(2843, 2843, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Athiya Shetty celebrates her 30th birthday on Saturday. The actor made her acting debut in 2015 with Hero opposite Sooraj Pancholi and has since been seen in movies such as Mubarakan (2017) and Motichoor Chaknachoor (2019). She is the daughter of actor Suniel Shetty and his wife Mana Shetty.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Apart from her work and stunning Instagram posts, Athiya is also often in news for her relationship with cricketer KL Rahul. The couple started dating a few years ago in secret but now don\'t shy away from occasionally flaunting their love on social media. They often share posts and pictures with each other on special moments and birthdays and we are sure KL Rahul\'s birthday wish for Athiya this year must also be in transit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is rumoured that they will get married in January next year and the wedding will take place in Maharashtra. \"KL informed me a few days back that he will marry Athiya next year. After that, a close family member from the girl\'s side also told me the same. After the T20 World Cup, the team will go for New Zealand tour and after this, the wedding will take place in Maharashtra,\" said a BCCI source to ANI.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were also rumours that Athiya was ‘moving in’ with KL Rahul. Refuting those, she told ETimes, \"I am not moving in with anyone, but my parents! My family and I will be staying in this brand new home.\" The family currently lives at their Altamount Road home in South Mumbai.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When asked about the rumours that she and KL Rahul are getting married, Athiya said, \"I am not answering any of these questions. I am tired of all this, now I only laugh them off. Let people think whatever they want to.\" HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 13:58:35', '2022-11-05 13:58:35'),
(2844, 2844, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly approved the evacuation of civilians from parts of Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kyiv\'s forces have been steadily advancing on the strategic port city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin said people living in dangerous areas should leave as \"the civilian population should not suffer\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 70,000 people are reported to have been moved already from Kherson - the only major city gained by Moscow since its troops invaded in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civilians at risk from shelling and attacks should be \"removed\", Mr Putin said, during the Unity Day holiday in Moscow\'s Red Square.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv accuses Russia of forcibly deporting Ukrainian civilians - which is considered a war crime - although Moscow denies this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s intensive missile and drone strikes on civilian infrastructure across Ukraine have caused heavy casualties and damage, and forced Kyiv to impose frequent electricity blackouts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin\'s comments followed reports on Thursday that Russian soldiers, too, had been leaving Kherson - in what would mark a major withdrawal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Kremlin-installed official in the region, Kirill Stremousov, told Russian media that Moscow was \"likely\" to pull its troops from the area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian officials remained cautious, warning that the reported move could be a trap to lure their soldiers into dangerous areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kherson was captured soon after Russia attacked its neighbour on 24 February, but recently Ukrainian forces have steadily recaptured territory on the city\'s outskirts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civilians were first urged to leave Kherson in the middle of last month, as the Russian army switched the city to defensive mode.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Military commanders later said they had completed an operation to evacuate the city\'s residents, ahead of an expected battle there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia claims the Kherson region and three other Ukrainian regions as its own territory, though it does not fully control any of them. It hastily arranged local \"referendums\" to justify the claim - a move condemned internationally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia also annexed Ukraine\'s Crimea peninsula in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Friday\'s speech in Red Square, Mr Putin also said some 318,000 military recruits had signed up for duty during a mobilisation, now complete - exceeding his target of 300,000.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of these, Mr Putin said 49,000 were already involved in active fighting - a figure not independently verified by the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, has opened its first official headquarters, in St Petersburg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its fighters are reported to be active in the Russian campaign in Ukraine, and it has recruited prisoners to fight there, in exchange for their sentences being commuted in Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wagner soldiers have repeatedly been accused of human rights violations, including in Syria, Libya and other conflicts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin has now amended the Russian law on calling up reservists to include men convicted of serious crimes who recently left prison.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The change means that convicted murderers and drug dealers who have recently been released could be conscripted to fight in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former prisoners convicted of sex crimes against children or terrorism are still excluded from serving.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his latest comments on the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attacked the \"absolutely insane stubbornness of the owners of today\'s Russia\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said his enemy was uninterested in peace talks, but was instead sending \"people to the meat grinder\" - both mobilised troops and mercenary fighters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the week\'s \"fiercest fighting\", Mr Zelensky singled out the eastern towns of Bakhmut and Soledar. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 14:13:38', '2022-11-05 14:13:38'),
(2845, 2845, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Former Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan Friday said what happened in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) is happening in his country now.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) chief drew comparisons to 1970, when the largest party, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-led Awami League, was denied the right to form the government despite gaining the majority of seats in East Pakistan in the general elections of December 7 – a watershed moment that later broke Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"What happened in East Pakistan? The military took action against the party which won the elections,\" Imran said in his first public remarks in a video broadcast on PTI\'s YouTube channel after narrowly escaping an assassination attempt during a long march in Punjab\'s Wazirabad Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The largest party won, but it was denied its rights; the same thing is happening here right now,\" the PTI chief added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sitting in a wheelchair at a hospital in Lahore, the 70-year-old former international cricket star said he would not have survived the shooting if the two shooters he saw had \"synchronised\" their attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of Imran\'s supporters was killed and 13 others, including two lawmakers, were wounded in the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imran\'s protest march and rallies were peaceful until Thursday afternoon\'s attack, raising concerns about growing political instability in Pakistan, a country with a history of political violence and assassinations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He maintains that his April ouster from Parliament was unlawful and a conspiracy by his political opponents orchestrated by the US, a charge denied by both Washington and his successor Shehbaz Sharif.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imran wants the government to announce snap elections. He led the protest from Lahore beginning last Friday along with thousands of supporters, saying his protest will continue until his demands are accepted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan says elections will take place as scheduled in 2023. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 14:49:29', '2022-11-05 14:49:29'),
(2846, 2846, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Turkey will not formally approve Finland and Sweden\'s membership of NATO until the two countries take the necessary \"steps\", Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg Friday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ankara has accused the two Nordic nations of providing a safe haven for outlawed Kurdish militants it deems \"terrorists\" and held back on ratifying their NATO membership despite an agreement in June.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"President Erdogan noted that the steps to be taken by Sweden and Finland would determine how fast the approval process... would go and when it would be concluded,\" the Turkish presidency said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Erdogan and Stoltenberg held a private meeting in Istanbul that was closed to the media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Finland and Sweden dropped decades of military non-alignment and scrambled to become NATO members in May, after Russia invaded Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Erdogan threatened to block their bids and sought concessions, leading to a deal in June between Turkey, Finland and Sweden that included provisions on extraditions and sharing information.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson will visit Ankara on Tuesday to meet with Erdogan in a trip that Stockholm hopes will lead to Turkey\'s approval.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stoltenberg \"welcomed the major, concrete steps already taken by both countries to put the memorandum into practice, and stressed that their accession will make NATO stronger\", the alliance said in a statement on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, the NATO secretary general said Finland and Sweden\'s accession was important \"to send a clear message to Russia\" during a press conference with the Turkish foreign minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All 30 NATO member states except Turkey and Hungary have ratified the accession of Sweden and Finland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New members to the alliance require unanimous approval. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 15:11:33', '2022-11-05 15:11:33'),
(2847, 2847, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Defying all challenges, BNP is ready to hold its fifth divisional rally in Barishal city on Saturday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Thousands of leaders and activists of BNP and its associate bodies from different districts under the Barishal division have already reached the city, to join the rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Party leaders and activists have erected a 50ft long stage at the Bangabandhu Udyan where the rally is scheduled to begin at 2pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, 120 loudspeakers were also installed in and around the podium, said Khandakar Abul Hossain Limon, joint convener of the committee to prepare the stage for the Barishal BNP divisional rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bus, launch, speedboat, three-wheeler movements in Barishal division have come to a halt over the last couple of days, ahead of the BNP rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sudden suspension of public vehicle movement on roads and waterways have caused immense public suffering.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official reason behind the suspension of bus, three-wheeler, launch and speedboat movement could not be known yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of its move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organisers said the rally is meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuel, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government — a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday’s rally will be the fifth by the BNP at the divisional level. The first one was held in Chattogram, the second one in Mymensingh and the third and fourth in Khulna and Rangpur, respectively. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 16:04:52', '2022-11-05 16:04:52'),
(2848, 2848, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League’s Local Government Public Representative Nomination Board today held a meeting at Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence Ganabhaban.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Board’s President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nominations have been given for candidates for vying polls to 12 union parishads (UPs) in four districts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Gaibandha district, the nominees are Nuruzzaman Mandal for Jamalpur union, Mokhlesur Rahman for Bangram union and Subal Chandra Sarker for Kamarpara union under Sadullapur upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Nure Alam has been nominated for Aslampur union and Md Raizul Islam for Omarpur union under Charfasson upazila in Bhola district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Cumilla, the nominees are Mohammad Mamtaz Uddin Khan for Jorkanan Purbo Union and Md Hasmat Ullah of Jorkanan Paschim Union, MD Selim Ahmed for Barpara, Md Abul Kalam Azad for Chouara and Md Tanvir Hossain for Bijoypur under Sadar Dakkin upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yusuf Zubair has been nominated for Charbhoirabi union under Haimchar upazila and Mohammad Hossain Mintu for Paikpara Dakkhin union under Faridganj upazila in Chandpur district. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 16:31:03', '2022-11-05 16:31:03'),
(2849, 2849, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A mobile DNA laboratory was set up this week in Izyum, eastern Ukraine, to spare relatives of the war dead the pain of visually identifying bodies.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 50 people came to take part Friday in the DNA sampling organised on a parking lot in Izyum, AFP journalists said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am searching for my father Anatoly Matyshko. His neighbours say he was killed on March 10 by shrapnel and buried in his garden,\" Inna Kupriyanova told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"He was unearthed and taken to the Kharkiv morgue, but another body was found in the same garden.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So I am coming to give my DNA, so that we can really identify my dad and give him a proper burial,\" the 46-year-old nurse explained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People genetically linked to a deceased or a missing person spent a few minutes providing saliva samples in a small white van.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The others were instructed to bring a personal item -- ideally, a toothbrush -- belonging to the missing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The \"LAB\'ADN\" is a mobile structure deployed by the forensics department of the French Gendarmerie Nationale (IRCGN). 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, '2022-11-05 16:38:24', '2022-11-05 16:38:24'),
(2850, 2850, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Consumers in southern part of Dhaka city and adjoining areas, and Narayanganj and Munshiganj may experience disruption or low pressure in gas supply for a week – from tomorrow (November 6) to November 12 – due to technical work in the gas transmission line.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to a statement from Titas Gas Transmission and Distribution Company Limited, the areas where consumers may face gas supply disruption include some areas in the southern part of Dhaka city, Zinjira, Keraniganj, Meghnaghat, Sonargaon, Haripur, Narayanganj and Munshiganj.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) will conduct “intelligent pigging” activities in its 60km long Bakhrabad-Shiddhirganj 30-inch-diameter transmission line during the period, said Titas Gas. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 17:05:51', '2022-11-05 17:05:51'),
(2851, 2851, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With winter inching closer, Dhaka’s air quality continues to be in the \'unhealthy\' zone.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 160 at 8.30am on Saturday, the metropolis ranked sixth in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Pakistan’s Lahore and India’s Delhi and Kolkata occupied the first three spots, with AQI scores of 439, 257 and 193, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 17:45:20', '2022-11-05 17:45:20'),
(2852, 2852, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Voting in the by-polls to Faridpur-2 constituency began on Saturday morning.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The voting began at 8am and will continue till 4pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No untoward incident was reported till filling of this report at 11:30am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Voting is undergoing at 123 centres in Nagarkanda, Saltha and Sadarpur upazilas of the constituency using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM), said senior district election officer Habibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 3,18,472 people are expected to cast their votes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As many as 1,052 CCTV cameras have been installed at polling centres ahead of the by-polls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rab, police, Ansar and BGB members have been deployed in the area to maintain law and order situation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Faridpur-2 constituency fell vacant following the death of senior Awami League leader Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sajeda Chowdhury’s son Akbar Chowdhury Labu and Advocate Joynal Abedin Bakul Mia are vying for the seat. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 18:16:09', '2022-11-05 18:16:09'),
(2853, 2853, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Current monkeypox trends are something to feel optimistic about. Global infection numbers have been falling since August — but why? In 2022, some 80,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 109 countries, resulting in 36 deaths. For most of these countries, this year\'s outbreaks were the first on record.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monkeypox is an infectious viral disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which is related to viruses causing smallpox and cowpox.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of August, new infection numbers started declining across the globe, and the trend has continued until today. New cases in the last week of October were 1,295, a 41% drop from the previous week, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To put that number into perspective, the number of weekly new cases reported globally was 7,477 during the peak of the outbreak in early August.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Why are infection numbers declining?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vaccination and behavioral change in the risk population seem to be the main reasons for the decrease, Paul Hunter, a medical professor at the University of West Anglia in the UK, told DW.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The risk population Hunter is referring to is men who have sex with other men (MSM), which is the group that has seen the most cases over the course of the outbreak. Although we only have information about sexual orientation from a portion — around 26,000 — of the total cases, 87% identified as MSM.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Hunter said he doubts the numbers could rise again, he acknowledged it is still possible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Because the vaccine lasts a very long time, any future spread will be much lower and won\'t be as great as we\'ve seen,\" he said. \"That doesn\'t mean we won\'t see occasional ups and downs. But I don\'t think we\'ll see the big peak at least for several years.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The risk of getting monkeypox is low for most people, according to the UK\'s National Health Service (NHS) and the US-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This, plus the lower risk of infectiousness in the risk population due to vaccination, helps explain the decline, Hunter said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But the situation is not the same everywhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>An unequal outbreak</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decline in new monkeypox cases has been most pronounced in the Americas and Europe. However, the two regions still reported the largest proportion of new cases worldwide in October — 88.7% in the Americas and 7.7% for Europe. Nearly half of the deaths reported in association with the outbreak have been in the Americas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That would seem to imply the outbreak has been largely confined to the Americas and Europe — but experts say \"not so fast.\" Members of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee handling the emergency response to the outbreak emphasized in a meeting late last month that monkeypox data from low-income settings is \"largely lacking\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee said this lack of information in places like Africa in particular makes it hard to understand how many local people are infected with the virus as well as whether it\'s being transmitted by humans or animals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the committee, low-income regions have little to no diagnostic capacity or access to vaccines and other treatments.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the outbreak began this summer, aggressive vaccine campaigns were quickly implemented in high income countries seeing surges, like the US, rather than Africa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Africa currently has no publicly available vaccines against monkeypox, according to Reuters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IHR is a legally binding international agreement between 194 countries aiming to tackle international outbreaks like this year\'s monkeypox\'s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These regional inequalities, among many others, are why the IHR decided late last month to keep the current monkeypox outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern after first being declared in late July.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Can we end monkeypox?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Before May, monkeypox infections were mostly limited to seven countries in Central and West Africa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In these countries, the virus exists in rodents and monkeys residing in tropical rainforests. These animals can spread the virus to humans upon contact.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials say one of the key measures needed to prevent a future outbreak of monkeypox is to minimize this zoonotic transmission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One way to achieve this could be the implementation of stronger restrictions on animal trade, according to the WHO.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As long as conditions remain ripe for zoonotic transmission, the disease \"will always be there and we\'ll always get events where the virus jumps to humans,\" Hunter told DW. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 18:31:30', '2022-11-05 18:31:30'),
(2854, 2854, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called upon the country\'s youth folk to engage in inspiring people to form cooperative for boosting food production and pulling the country ahead further.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Youth folk will have to come forward. We can go a long way if the youths do their activities in bringing village people together as everyone will have the responsibility,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier was addressing a function on the 51st National Cooperatives Day at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) as the chief guest, joining virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked the youth folk not to chase after the job rather to get involved in food production activities such as poultry and fish cultivation by forming cooperatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the 100 special economic zones being established by the government, she said, \"you (youths) can set up food processing factories there, which will not only meet the local demand but also can help export to abroad.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina said she believes that the country could attain desired economic success through cooperatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also urged all to work in combine to overcome the crisis what was created in the country due to the Covid-19 pandemic and Russian-Ukraine war as well as sanctions and counter sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With State Minister for Rural Development and Cooperative Swapan Bhattacharjee in the chair, Register and Director General of Department of Cooperatives Dr. Tarun Kanti Sikder delivered the welcome address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Md. Tazul Islam and Rural Development and Co-operative Division Sectary Md. Mashiur Rahman also spoke as special guests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of nine Samobay Samity (cooperative associations) and one person were given National Cooperative Award-2021 on the occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On behalf of the prime minister, Md. Tazul Islam handed over the award.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Each awardee was conferred with a gold medal and a certificate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the outset of the function, a video documentary on the national cooperative day was screened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The theme of the day is \"Bangabandhu\'s Philosophy, Development of Cooperative\". BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 18:39:37', '2022-11-05 18:39:37'),
(2855, 2855, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tens of thousands of opposition BNP activists and leaders joined the divisional rally in Barishal city on Saturday demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and national election under a non-party neutral government.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rally began around 11 am at the city’s Bangabandhu Udyan while the central party leaders will join the rally shortly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crowd spilled out onto the surrounding roads-- 1.5 km off the venue, said locals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police have taken position in the venue area to prevent any untoward incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">People with banners and placards have joined the rally from different parts of the district.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP activists started gathering at the rally venue on foot since Thursday night from different districts and units under Barishal Division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of them alleged that they faced obstacles at various entry points of the city as the ruling party men tried to intercept them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, nine BNP activists were injured when the motorcade of Ishraque Hossain, member of BNP’s foreign affairs committee, was attacked by miscreants on the way to the party’s divisional rally venue in Barishal city on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ishraque, also BNP’s Dhaka South City unit leader, was unhurt and reached the venue around 9 am. A number of vehicles were also vandalised during the attack, BNP activists said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ishraque said a group of miscreants attacked their motorcade when they reached Mahilara Bazar in Gouranadi upazila in the morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bus, launch, speedboat, three-wheeler movements in Barishal division have come to a halt over the last couple of days, ahead of the BNP rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suspension of public vehicle movement on roads and waterways have caused immense public suffering.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;The official reason behind the suspension of bus, three-wheeler, launch and speedboat movement could not be known yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of its move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organisers said the rally is meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuel, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government — a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday’s rally will be the fifth by the BNP at the divisional level. The first one was held in Chattogram, the second one in Mymensingh, and the third and fourth in Khulna and Rangpur, respectively. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 18:50:53', '2022-11-05 18:50:53'),
(2856, 2856, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Tens of thousands of opposition BNP activists and leaders joined the divisional rally in Barishal city on Saturday demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and national election under a non-party neutral government.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The rally began around 11 am at the city’s Bangabandhu Udyan while the central party leaders will join the rally shortly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crowd spilled out onto the surrounding roads-- 1.5 km off the venue, said locals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police have taken position in the venue area to prevent any untoward incident.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People with banners and placards have joined the rally from different parts of the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP activists started gathering at the rally venue on foot since Thursday night from different districts and units under Barishal Division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of them alleged that they faced obstacles at various entry points of the city as the ruling party men tried to intercept them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, nine BNP activists were injured when the motorcade of Ishraque Hossain, member of BNP’s foreign affairs committee, was attacked by miscreants on the way to the party’s divisional rally venue in Barishal city on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ishraque, also BNP’s Dhaka South City unit leader, was unhurt and reached the venue around 9 am. A number of vehicles were also vandalised during the attack, BNP activists said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ishraque said a group of miscreants attacked their motorcade when they reached Mahilara Bazar in Gouranadi upazila in the morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bus, launch, speedboat, three-wheeler movements in Barishal division have come to a halt over the last couple of days, ahead of the BNP rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suspension of public vehicle movement on roads and waterways have caused immense public suffering.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The official reason behind the suspension of bus, three-wheeler, launch and speedboat movement could not be known yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of its move to continue the pace of its ongoing movement, BNP on September 27 announced a series of public rallies in 10 divisional cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The organisers said the rally is meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuel, the death of five party men in previous police action in Bhola, Narayanganj, Munshiganj, and Jashore, and to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP has long been demanding that the next general election be held under a caretaker government, not under any political government — a demand sharply rejected by the ruling Awami League.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday’s rally will be the fifth by the BNP at the divisional level. The first one was held in Chattogram, the second one in Mymensingh, and the third and fourth in Khulna and Rangpur, respectively. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 19:34:25', '2022-11-05 19:34:25'),
(2857, 2857, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thirteen people have been killed in a fire overnight at a cafe in the Russian city of Kostroma, local authorities said today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“According to preliminary information, 13 people fell victim to the fire,” local governor Sergei Sitnikov said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian news agencies reported that 250 people were evacuated from the building when it caught fire at night in the city around 300km northeast of Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>Sitnikov said that the blaze at the cafe, called “Poligon”, was put out at around 7.30am.</div><div><br></div><div>At least five other people were injured, he said, but they did not need to be hospitalised.</div><div><br></div><div>Local emergency services said they received reports of the fire at around 2am, and that the blaze had spread out over 3,500sq m. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 20:25:15', '2022-11-05 20:25:15'),
(2858, 2858, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the country’s youths to come forward to boost agricultural production and improve livelihood of the rural people through cooperatives.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We think cooperatives are absolutely essential for our agricultural production, life and livelihood of people as cooperatives create enormous scopes for us in a densely populated country like ours. Paying attention to it, youths will have to strengthen cooperatives,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was addressing a function, arranged to mark the 51st National Cooperative Day-2022 and distribute the National Cooperative Award-2021 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC), joining it through a virtual platform from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina stressed the need for giving utmost importance to cooperatives for the development of the country’s people.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our young generation have to come forward. If the young generation comes forward and conducts activities through cooperatives uniting all the people of a village, we’ll be able to go forward much,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said her government has been working for the people and wants to create scopes so that every individual can improve their life and livelihood.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her government opened every sector for private entrepreneurs so that employment is created.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about inflation, Sheikh Hasina said prices of all commodities have soared throughout the world due to the Russia-Ukraine war and Covid-19, which affected Bangladesh also. “Now almost all the countries are now suffering due to high inflation.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said now Bangladesh needs to procure fertilizers, fuel and edible oil at very high prices amid high transportation costs for the sake of people and keep the agricultural production uninterrupted.</div><div><br></div><div>With the theme of “the Philosophy of Bangabandhu is Development through Cooperatives,” the day is being observed in the country this year.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the PM, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Tazul Islam handed over the National Cooperative Award-2021 to nine cooperative societies and an individual under 10 categories for their contributions to the sector. Each awardee was conferred with a gold medal and a certificate.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Swapan Bhattacharjee presided over the function, while Rural Development and Cooperatives Secretary Mashiur Rahman and Director General of Cooperatives Department Dr Tarun Kanti Sikder spoke on the occasion. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 21:19:41', '2022-11-05 21:19:41');
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(2859, 2859, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran acknowledged for the first time today that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used drones to target power stations and civilian infrastructure.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said a “small number” of drones had been supplied to Russia a few months before Moscow’s forces invaded Ukraine on Feb 24.</div><div><br></div><div>In Iran’s most detailed response to date on the drones, Amirabdollahian denied Tehran was continuing to supply drones to Moscow.</div><div><br></div><div>“This fuss made by some western countries that Iran has provided missiles and drones to Russia to help the war in Ukraine – the missile part is completely wrong,” the official Irna news agency quoted him as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>“The drone part is true and we provided Russia a small number of drones months before the Ukraine war,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In recent weeks Ukraine has reported a surge in drone attacks on civilian infrastructure, notably targeting power stations and dams, using Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia denies its forces have used Iranian drones to attack Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Last month, two senior Iranian officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters that Iran had promised to provide Russia with surface-to-surface missiles, in addition to more drones.</div><div><br></div><div>The official Irna news agency quoted Amirabdollahian as saying Tehran and Kyiv had agreed to discuss allegations about the use of Iranian drones in Ukraine two weeks ago but the Ukrainians did not show up at the agreed meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>“We agreed with the foreign minister of Ukraine to provide us with documents they have that Russia used Iranian drones in Ukraine,” Amirabdollahian said, but the Ukrainian delegation pulled out of the planned meeting at the last minute.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ukrainian foreign ministry did not immediately reply to a written request for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>The Iranian foreign minister repeated that Tehran would “not remain indifferent” if it were proven that Russia had used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>The European Union last month agreed new sanctions on Iran over its drone deliveries to Russia, and Britain imposed sanctions on three Iranian military figures and a defence manufacturer for supplying Russia with drones to attack civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 22:28:46', '2022-11-05 22:28:46'),
(2860, 2860, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Supercharged extreme weather events are striking every corner of the globe, and every year seems scarier than the last. The climate is breaking down much faster than even the worst case scenario predictions – way too fast and erratically for even the richest countries to adequately adapt and prepare.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It’s a perverse reality that the countries and communities that have contributed least to the greenhouse gases heating the planet are suffering the most – and are least equipped to cope with the death and destruction. After a catastrophic year that left 37 million people facing hunger and starvation in the drought-stricken greater Horn of Africa and a third of Pakistan under water due to unprecedented rainfall, expect to hear lots about loss and damage at Cop27.</div><div><br></div><div>But what does it mean, and why is it so contentious?</div><div><br></div><div>What is loss and damage?</div><div>Loss and damage refers to the irreversible economic and non-economic costs of both extreme weather events such as hurricanes, heatwaves, drought and wildfires, and slow onset climate disasters such as sea-level rise and melting glaciers. It’s about holding the biggest fossil fuel polluters liable for the pain and suffering already caused by the climate crisis, separately and in addition to securing climate finance for mitigation and adaptation to help developing nations prepare for what’s coming.</div><div><br></div><div>Economic costs include the lives, livelihoods, homes, food systems and territory irreversibly lost, while the harder to quantify non-economic costs refer to the loss of culture, identity, sovereignty, human dignity, biodiversity, and psychological well being. The most serious losses and damages are being felt by the poorest countries – by and large those who’ve contributed least to global heating. As a result, funding for loss and damage has become a central tenet in demands for climate justice or, in other words, climate action that addresses the inequities behind the climate crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Why are we talking about it now?</div><div>Island nations and other climate vulnerable countries started raising loss and damage more than 30 years ago, but it’s become an increasingly prominent and contentious issue at the UN climate talks in the past decade or so as the speed, magnitude and cost of global heating has become apparent. At the 2021 summit, Cop26 in Glasgow, a coalition of mostly developing nations representing six out of every seven people in the world called for the countries most responsible for greenhouse gas emissions to commit to pledging money for loss and damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Unsurprisingly, perhaps, given the UK’s role as Cop26 president, their call for new financial support under article 9 of the Paris agreement (in addition to funds for adaptation and mitigation) was rejected amid opposition from the US, EU, Australia and others. Almost all references were removed in the final agreement, the Glasgow Climate Pact, and instead the Glasgow dialogue was established, ostensibly to agree on a clear path and process for loss and damage finance.</div><div><br></div><div>Who’s for it, who’s against it?</div><div>By and large, developing countries, which often negotiate and vote in a block called G77 &amp; China, are for it as they are already suffering disproportionate irreversible damage. The richer nations responsible for the vast majority of greenhouse gases since the industrial age – and which would therefore be liable to cough up – are against it.</div><div><br></div><div>Exceptions include Denmark, which has promised 100m Danish kroner (£11.7m) to developing nations for climate losses, the first EU country to do so, as well as Scotland and the Belgian region of Wallonia. At this year’s UN general assembly, the UN chief, António Guterres, described loss and damage as a “fundamental question of climate justice, international solidarity and trust” – adding that “polluters must pay” because “vulnerable countries need meaningful action”. - The Guardian&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 22:51:01', '2022-11-05 22:51:01'),
(2861, 2861, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal said on Saturday that a comprehensive decision will be taken within seven days after a full investigation involving the cancellation of voting at Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He said that the initial investigation by a committee appointed by the Election Commission was partial, and they need a full investigation to reach a final decision.</div><div><br></div><div>The CEC made the remarks in response to reporters\' questions while monitoring the by-election vote in Faridpur-2 constituency on Saturday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Awal said that the EC has only observed 51 closed centres, while a committee has been constituted to analyse the remaining 94 centres\' CCTV footage at Gaibandha-5.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They will report within seven days. Then a coordinated decision will be taken,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>EC’s Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath, who headed the committee, submitted the report to EC Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker.</div><div><br></div><div>The EC suspended the election because of “widespread malpractices” on the election day on October 12.</div><div><br></div><div>It also extended the deadline for holding any fresh election to the Gaibandha-5 parliamentary seat by three months, or till January 20, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>While there was no concrete decision over if a new election will be held, pending an investigation into malpractices on the election day, the EC said that the deadline has been extended to follow the rule of 90 days in holding an election after a seat falls vacant.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the death of Gaibandha-5 lawmaker and Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Fazle Rabbi Miah on July 22, 2022, it became a constitutional obligation to hold election for the parliamentary seat by October 20, 2022. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 23:10:46', '2022-11-05 23:10:46'),
(2862, 2862, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mobile internet services have been shut and broadband internet services have become slow in Barishal city since Saturday morning amid the ongoing divisional rally of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Both subscribers of different telecom operators in the city and BNP activists present at Bangabandhu Park have complained about the disruption in internet services, speculating this to be a strategy of the government to control the flow of information about BNP’s political programme.</div><div><br></div><div>“I couldn’t send photos of BNP’s rally to my office due to an absence of mobile internet since the morning. Finally, I had to go to a shop and use broadband internet to do my work, which was also slow,” said Nurul Amin, a local journalist.</div><div><br></div><div>Broadband connection providers didn’t respond to the allegation.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Md Adnan, a resident of Kashipur union of Barishal sadar Upazila, said that he too couldn’t use mobile internet from the morning.</div><div><br></div><div>“However, broadband internet connection in my house was working,” said Adnan.</div><div><br></div><div>Sadia Akter, a resident of the city’s Sagardi area, echoed Adnan. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 23:14:28', '2022-11-05 23:14:28'),
(2863, 2863, '<div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan batsman Shan Masood on Saturday praised his team\'s character in battling back to stay in the hunt for a semi-finals spot after losing their first two matches at the Twenty20 World Cup.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Captain Babar Azam\'s side need to win their final Super 12 match against Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday -- and for other results to go their way -- to grab a place in the final four.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan suffered heartbreaking losses to arch-rivals India and Zimbabwe before finding form and drubbing South Africa on Thursday in a dramatic, rain-affected match in Sydney.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The timing of the losses proved costly for us because we are still not in that top two position,\" Masood told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But we haven\'t lost hope. Life teaches us harsh lessons and this was one of them. The way it affected the boys, they lost sleep, their morale went down. And how we responded after those setbacks showed our character and it was a big thing.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The best to come out of failure is that you learn from your mistakes. If we look at it from a balanced point of view, then we see the team has responded well since the loss to Zimbabwe.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan, currently third in the wide-open Group 2 table, can advance if India lose to Zimbabwe in the last league match on Sunday. They are also in if South Africa lose their clash against the Netherlands or the match is a washout.</div><div><br></div><div>Masood said the way Pakistan fought back to post 185-9 against South Africa, after being in trouble at 43-4, and then winning by 33 runs via the DLS method had lifted the morale of the team.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Mood is good. South Africa dominated the early stages of the game, but the way we came back and bowled well, even after the rain break, we kept up our momentum,\" said Masood.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So we will focus on taking two points from the Bangladesh game and that is in our hands. Hope will always be there till the last ball is bowled in this group.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, who had narrow wins over the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, also have a slim chance to advance if they win against Pakistan at the Adelaide Oval.</div><div><br></div><div>The Tigers gave India a scare in their previous match -- decided by the DLS method -- and are level at four points with Pakistan, but with a far inferior run-rate.</div><div><br></div><div>But technical consultant Sridharan Sriram said he is proud of the show his boys have put on in this tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is the best tournament Bangladesh has ever had in a T20 World Cup,\" Sriram told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'ve never won two games in Super 12s in the history of Bangladesh cricket, so we\'ve done that, so I think the boys should be proud of themselves.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 23:54:01', '2022-11-05 23:54:01'),
(2864, 2864, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">As all modes of transportation came to a halt ahead of&nbsp; the BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal, dedicated activists and supporters reached the rally venue by boat, raft, bicycle, on foot and even by floating on drums&nbsp; on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Though the rally began around 11 am at the city’s Bangabandhu Udyan, around 3 pm a group of BNP leaders and activists reached Barishal boat terminal to join the rally.</div><div><br></div><div>One of them, Md Rony said, “They have shut movement of all transports so that&nbsp; we can’t join the rally. But we had to made the rally a success by any means.”</div><div><br></div><div>Another activist Shawon said finding no other means seven of us decided to reach by floating on drums.</div><div><br></div><div>“Have seen another activist swimming through Kirtankhola River to reach the venue,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The activist said they will leave no stone unturned to make the movement for establishing democracy a success.</div><div><br></div><div>Tens of thousands of opposition BNP activists and leaders joined the divisional rally in Barishal city on Saturday demanding the release of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and national election under a non-party neutral government, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The crowd spilled out onto the surrounding roads-- 1.5 km off the venue, said locals.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-05 23:56:09', '2022-11-05 23:56:09'),
(2865, 2865, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Emboldened by their spirited performance in this T20 World Cup, Bangladesh are determined to break the jinx of beating a top team when they take on Pakistan in their final game of Super 12s tomorrow (Sunday) at Adelaide Oval.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The match which starts at 10 AM as per Bangladesh Time will be aired live on Gazi Television and T Sports Channel.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Tigers so far won two matches against Netherlands and Zimbabwe, giving the country a best ever T20 World Cup campaign but a victory against a top flight nation still eluded them. They tasted a huge 104-run margin defeat against South Africa but came close to beat India in the last game.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>However, panic and lack of experience got the better of them as they lost the match by five runs. But there is a lot to take from the game, which gave the confidence to beat Pakistan.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In the inaugural T20 world Cup in 2007, Bangladesh beat West Indies and that remained their only victory against a top team in this event.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Bangladesh then beat some big teams in bilateral series and other tournaments, albeit not more often. However, since the 2021 World Cup, they couldn\'t beat any top teams, which marked their vulnerability in this format further.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"We came so close against India. We\'ve already won two matches and it\'s the best tournament we have in our T20 World Cup history. The boys should be proud of it. And we are really confident to beat any team,\" Bangladesh\'s technical consultant Sridharan Sriram said here today.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Bangladesh\'s game against India was marred by some controversy-as vice-captain Nurul Hasan Sohan accused star India batter Virat Kohli of fake fielding which potentially could cost India five penalty runs according to him. Also Bangladesh had the reservation to play after the rain break because they thought the ground was not adequately dried up. But umpires didn\'t pay heed to any of this.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sriram said what happened in the India match is past now and they are now focused on the Pakistan game.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The two sides so far played 17 matches in this format with Pakistan winning 15 times and Bangladesh won just two matches. In the T20 World Cup, Pakistan won all of the five matches they played against Bangladesh. In fact in this global event, Bangladesh are absolutely no match for Pakistan. More often against Pakistan they lacked the spirit, confidence and never-say-attitude but Sriram said Bangladesh are upbeat this time to beat subcontinent giants as they came close to beat them twice in the tri-nation series in New Zealand ahead of the World Cup.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Bangladesh actually could win the first game against Pakistan in the tri-series but a sensational middle order collapse cost the game by 21 runs and in the return-leg game, their lackluster bowling caused their defeat despite amassing 173-6 on the board.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sriram said Bangladesh learnt from their mistakes and ready to show their improvement this time.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"Pakistan are a very good side but we played more often against them. They are aware of our strength and we are also aware of them. It should be an interesting game,\" he said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mathematically Bangladesh could still move to the semifinal if they beat Pakistan by big margin. But to make that happen, India or South Africa should lose their respective final game against Zimbabwe and Netherlands.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Sriram\'s contract with Bangladesh is up to this World Cup and so if Bangladesh can\'t make the semifinal, this will be his last match since the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is yet to renew his contract.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After conceding defeat to archrivals India and a shock defeat to Zimbabwe, Pakistan will also be desperate to win the game to stay alive for the semifinal race. They also want one of India and South Africa to lose their match to raise their semifinal hopes.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Overall Bangladesh played 143 T20 Internationals and while they won 49 matches, they had lost 91 matches. Three other matches ended in no result. So a victory against India would help them complete a half-century of T20 victory.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Squad:</div><div>Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (captain), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mossadek Hossain, Liton Das, Yasir Ali, Nurul Hasan, Mustafizur Rahman, Taskin Ahmed, Ebadot Hossain, Shoriful Islam, Hasan Mahmud, Najmul Hossain, Nasum Ahmed and Soumya Sarkar.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Pakistan: Babar Azam (c), Shadab Khan, Asif Ali, Fakhar Zaman, Haider Ali, Haris Rauf, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Mohammad Wasim, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shan Masood. Standby Players: Usman Qadir, Mohammad Haris, Shahnawaz Dahani. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 01:28:48', '2022-11-06 01:28:48'),
(2866, 2866, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Khandker Golam Faruq on Saturday asked the Detective Branch to work considering changing patterns of crimes.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Crime patterns are changing, cybercrime is increasing, DB needs to work considering all these crime patterns,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner made the remarks during a meeting with officers of the Detective Branch (DB) after visiting its Minto Road headquarters in the city on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>It was the first visit of Khandker Golam Faruq after he took over as the DMP commissioner on October 29 last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Praising the DB\'s working capabilities, the DMP chief said DB has the ability to unravel the mystery of any sensational case. The capabilities of DMP’s branch are at a very high level, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Commissioner also assured the detectives that he would take steps for further capacity building of the DB.</div><div><br></div><div>Congratulating the newly appointed commissioner for coming to visit DB office, Additional Commissioner (DB) Mohammad Harun-ur-Rashid said, \"You are the pride of Bangladesh Police. We are working under your leadership so that residents of Dhaka metropolis can stay safe.”</div><div><br></div><div>The DB chief also said that DMP\'s DB is now a trusted name for the city dwellers. When a crime occurs, DB works not only in the metropolis, but in any part of Bangladesh, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In his speech, Additional Commissioner and chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) of the DMP Md. Asaduzzaman said, \"You (DMP Commissioner) are an efficient officer in crime management. In 2015, a Japanese national was killed in a militant attack in Rangpur. Then the mystery of the case was revealed under your leadership\".</div><div><br></div><div>The CTTC chief said that as soon as any incident occurs in the DMP, the DB starts the shadow investigation. Detectives do not stop until the organised crime is revealed, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said that DB has capabilities, it will go further if get specific instructions from the DMP chief.</div><div><br></div><div>In his welcome speech, Joint Commissioner (Admin and DB South) of the DMP Sanjit Kumar Roy highlighted the recent notable achievements of the DB and also placed some demands, including establishment of forensic labs. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 02:03:40', '2022-11-06 02:03:40'),
(2867, 2867, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran’s foreign minister on Saturday acknowledged for the first time that his country has supplied Russia with drones, insisting the transfer came before Moscow’s war on Ukraine that has seen the Iranian-made drones divebombing Kyiv.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The comments by Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian come after months of confusing messaging from Iran about the weapons shipment, as Russia sends the drones slamming into Ukrainian energy infrastructure and civilian targets.</div><div><br></div><div>“We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war,” Amirabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran.</div><div><br></div><div>Previously, Iranian officials had denied arming Russia in its war on Ukraine. Just earlier this week, Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeid Iravani called the allegations “totally unfounded” and reiterated Iran’s position of neutrality in the war. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 02:48:46', '2022-11-06 02:48:46'),
(2868, 2868, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five dengue patient died while 788 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"As many as 374 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 414 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,\" a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A total of 167 people died from dengue disease between January 1 and November 5. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year,\" the daily statement of the DGHS said.</div><div><br></div><div>With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 42,199 while some 38,295 patients were released from the hospitals.</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.</div><div><br></div><div>The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 03:23:56', '2022-11-06 03:23:56'),
(2869, 2869, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka University authorities have suspended a student, also an activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League, allegedly for harassing a female student on Tuesday in front of Raju sculptor memorial on the university campus.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The suspended student is Najmul Alam, a residential student of Masterda Surja Sen Hall and postgraduate student of Institute of Social Welfare and Research of Dhaka University. He is also an activist of Master Da Surja Sen hall Chhatra League.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Najmul has been suspended for his misbehaviour with a student of a private university on the night of November 1,\" said a DU press release.</div><div><br></div><div>He has been asked to respond within next seven days explaining why he should not be expelled from university.</div><div><br></div><div>The student allegedly slapped and harassed a girl, who is a law student of Brac University, on the campus during the early hours on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>But the DU student contradicted and accused the girl of assaulting him.</div><div><br></div><div>Najmul said the girl was filming floating people who were asleep on footpath.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that he stopped along with a friend as he was returning on a bike to the university dormitory when he saw the girl and her friends.</div><div><br></div><div>He said he asked why the girl and her friends were filming the floating people without their permission.</div><div><br></div><div>An altercation broke out, prompting the girl to slap Najmul, he said. Najmul also retaliated and slapped the girl back.</div><div><br></div><div>In a video posted online it was seen that the girl using abusive words and slapping the boy.</div><div><br></div><div>According to an audio recorded by a witness some details have come out.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After my birthday celebration, I was standing in front of the sculpture with my friends and taking pictures. At that time two boys stopped their bike and started questioning us using bad words against me.&nbsp; They teased me and slapped me when I protested,\" the girl was heard in the audio.</div><div><br></div><div>Najmul told&nbsp; that the girl also used abusive words when he questioned their presence on the campus during early hours on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said they were filming the people who were asleep on the footpaths and attires of the floating people were not in order.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"When I asked why the girl was taking pictures of the people without their consent, she said her father has the ability to buy the entire DU campus multiple times,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When I took my mobile phone to record her abusive words, she again insulted me,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At one point she slapped me, and I slapped her in return,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The girl filed a complaint with the Proctor’s office on Tuesday. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 03:30:59', '2022-11-06 03:30:59'),
(2870, 2870, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Saturday said peace and stability are required for development.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We hope that this country\'s social and political stability will be there in place so that its socio-economic development continues,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador Li also said China does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.</div><div>He made the remarks while responding to questions at a seminar held in a city hotel.</div><div><br></div><div>Invited by Bangladesh China Silk Road Forum (BCSRF), he attended the seminar on the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).</div><div><br></div><div>The Ambassador delivered a keynote speech and answered questions from the media.</div><div><br></div><div>Dilip Barua, the Chairman of BCSRF and the Secretary General of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist), Rashed Khan Menon, MP, President of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, as well as other members of political parties in Bangladesh and representatives from think tanks also participated in the event.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador Li introduced the main contents of the report of the Congress, including the achievements of the past five years and the great changes in the past decade of China, the indigenous way to achieve Chinese modernization, and the general plan for the work of China on the new journey.</div><div><br></div><div>The envoy also shared his thoughts on the Congress, ranging from the importance of a powerful leading core and self-reform for a party, to the significance of theory innovation. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 03:34:21', '2022-11-06 03:34:21'),
(2871, 2871, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Iran of \"lying\" and \"terrorist cooperation\" by supporting Russia\'s war in Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It comes after Iran admitted for the first time it had supplied drones to Moscow, but only before the invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The West believes Russia has used Iranian \"kamikaze\" drones to hit key infrastructure sites in Ukraine, but Iran and Moscow previously denied it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blackouts have hit much of Ukraine after the attacks on power stations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western officials have accused Iran of supplying drones to Russia and of providing personnel on the ground to train Russian drone pilots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Previously, Tehran denied the accusations, but on Saturday Iran\'s foreign minister said a small number of the vehicles had been sent to Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We provided a limited number of drones to Russia many months prior to the Ukraine war,\" Hossein Amir-Abdollahian told reporters in Tehran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, in an address on his Telegram channel, President Zelensky accused Iran of lying \"even in this confession\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 44-year-old claimed that Ukraine was shooting down about 10 Iranian drones every day, despite Iran saying it had only supplied Russia with a small number.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Zelensky warned Iran about its support for Russia, saying this would backfire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We know for sure that Iranian instructors taught Russian terrorists how to use drones, and Tehran is generally silent about it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And if Iran continues lying about the obvious, it means that the world will make even more efforts to investigate the terrorist cooperation between the Russian and Iranian regimes and what Russia is paying Iran for such cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There will be no such thing in the modern world that any of the terrorists or their accomplices will remain unpunished.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US, EU and UK have all imposed sanctions on Iran for supplying drones to Russia for use in the conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia has used the \"kamikaze\" drones - named after the Japanese suicide pilots in World War Two because they get destroyed on impact - to hit critical infrastructure sites across Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a consequence, rolling blackouts and restrictions on electricity use have been imposed just as the weather turns cold for winter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some Western leaders have called the attacks \"war crimes\", because under the Geneva Conventions - which define the rules of war - civilian infrastructure cannot be deliberately targeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, Ukraine\'s national grid operator imposed further restrictions in some regions because electricity usage had grown compared to the same time last week. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 14:02:32', '2022-11-06 14:02:32'),
(2872, 2872, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Barcelona legend Gerard Pique was given an emotional standing ovation as he made his final Nou Camp appearance in their 2-0 La Liga win over Almeria.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was replaced in the 84th minute and tearfully embraced all his team-mates, boss Xavi and the entire Barca bench.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 35-year-old will retire after Tuesday\'s trip to Osasuna, although it is not certain he will play in that.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the game he gave a speech on the pitch, saying: \"I was born here and I will die here.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added: \"When you get older, you realise that sometimes to love is to let go. I\'m convinced that I\'ll be here again in the future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I love Barca. That\'s why I consider it\'s the right moment to go. This is not a goodbye.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were several tributes to him on his farewell night at the Nou Camp.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pique, who was named captain, walked on to the pitch with his two sons, as all his team-mates wore shirts with his name and number three on the back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was a huge banner on the pitch that said \'Sempr3\' (For3ver) and a video celebrating Pique\'s career was played on the big screen to the fans as well.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona won an early penalty with their fans chanting for Pique to take it. But the Spaniard pointed to Robert Lewandowski, who stepped up and hit the post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pique, who scored 53 goals for Barcelona, headed a chance over the bar and had another saved by Fernando Martinez.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ousmane Dembele and Frenkie de Jong scored the second-half goals to take Barcelona top of La Liga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At full-time Pique came back onto the pitch to applaud the fans and was throw into the air by his team-mates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ex-Spain defender announced his decision on Thursday, despite having 18 months left on his deal, and his exit will help Barca with their wage bill.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pique won 30 trophies and made 616 appearances for Barca after joining in 2008 from Manchester United.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barcelona reportedly put Pique under pressure to leave to ease their financial issues. He was their fifth-choice centre-back this season, although has still played 10 times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As well as other business interests, Pique owns FC Andorra, who play in the Spanish second tier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pique played the fifth most games of any Barcelona player - with the four players above him all team-mates at one time or another - Lionel Messi (778), manager Xavi Hernandez (767), current Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets (694) and Andres Iniesta (674).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only Messi (35) and Iniesta (32) won more trophies for Barca than Pique. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 14:25:30', '2022-11-06 14:25:30'),
(2873, 2873, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>France\'s far-right National Rally (RN) has confirmed 27-year-old Jordan Bardella as the replacement as party leader for Marine Le Pen.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Le Pen will focus instead on leading the party\'s group in parliament, after it took 89 seats in the National Assembly earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It marks the first time in its 50-year history that the main far-right party has not been led by a Le Pen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the move does not mark a major change in direction for the party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marine Le Pen remains the source of real power and she is still the likely candidate in the next presidential election in 2027.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She told the party on Saturday that she was not disappearing from politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am not leaving RN to take a holiday. I will be there where the country needs me,\" she said at the party convention.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the party, Mr Bardella said he sought to unite all those who want to put France back on the right track.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"With us, the people of France will always have priority at home and we do not intend to give up on serving our people first,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We will finally be the friends and the road to recovery that the country needs to ward off 40 years of mistakes, of letting go, of resignation and cowardice.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brought up in a poor family of Italian origin in the Paris suburbs, Mr Bardella joined the far-right as a teenager and rose quickly to the top of the party, becoming its acting president last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He ran the RN\'s successful 2019 European election campaign, and has since impressed even his enemies with his assertiveness in debates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is seen as loyal to Ms Le Pen, telling AFP news agency recently that he is a \"continuity candidate with the aim of building on the incredible legacy that Marine is handing over\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His elevation to the party\'s senior leadership is part of the RN\'s efforts to soften its image and attract younger voters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like Ms Le Pen he likes to portray himself as a new type of nationalist who has little in common with the racism and anti-Semitism of the party\'s predecessor, the National Front.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, critics say that these sentiments still exist within the party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the most recent controversy, a RN lawmaker was suspended for two weeks from the National Assembly for making an allegedly racist remark while a black member of parliament was speaking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Le Pen stepped down last year as leader of the party, which she had headed since she succeeded her father Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2011. She did so in order to focus on her presidential bid, which she eventually lost in April in a run-off to President Emmanuel Macron.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite the defeat, she fronted the party\'s parliamentary election campaign two months later in which the RN won 89 seats - a 10-fold rise and the party\'s best-ever showing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The success of the far-right and the left in those elections led to President Macron\'s party losing its majority. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 14:36:05', '2022-11-06 14:36:05'),
(2874, 2874, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">World Cup</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;semifinals</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India have been impressive in the T20 World Cup. They beat Pakistan in their opener and then defeated Netherlands before suffering their first defeat in the tournament, to South Africa. India then recovered to beat Bangladesh in a thriller.&nbsp;</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Rohit Sharma-led side now stands on the verge of making the semi-finals as they take on Zimbabwe in their final group game. But which team will India face in the semis if they win in Melbourne on Sunday?</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The fate of the six teams in Group 1 have been decided. Afghanistan and Ireland suffered an early exit while Australia and Sri Lanka were ousted on Saturday after England beat the Islanders.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The win in Sydney denied progress of the host nation and defending champions as England joined New Zealand for the semis. India are hence bound to face either one of the two if they make the semis, but whom will it be?</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sunday will witness three Group 2 matches - South Africa versus Netherlands, Pakistan vs Bangladesh and India versus Zimbabwe. If India, placed top of the table, win against Zimbabwe, they will qualify as the top ranked side from Group 2 irrespective of the results in the other two matches on Sunday. India will hence guarantee themselves a semi-final match against England, who finished second behind the Black Caps in Group 1.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">New Zealand will be facing the runners-up from Group 2 in the semis. India can finish second on the table if the Zimbabwe tie is washed out by rain and South Africa, who presently stand second in the points table, beat Netherlands.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">However, if India and the Proteas both lose and Pakistan win against Bangladesh, India will still make the semis as the top-ranked side from Group 1 and will be up against England.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sunday will witness three Group 2 matches - South Africa versus Netherlands, Pakistan vs Bangladesh and India versus Zimbabwe. If India, placed top of the table, win against Zimbabwe, they will qualify as the top ranked side from Group 2 irrespective of the results in the other two matches on Sunday.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India will hence guarantee themselves a semi-final match against England, who finished second behind the Black Caps in Group 1.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">New Zealand will be facing the runners-up from Group 2 in the semis. India can finish second on the table if the Zimbabwe tie is washed out by rain and South Africa, who presently stand second in the points table, beat Netherlands.&nbsp;</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">However, if India and the Proteas both lose and Pakistan win against Bangladesh, India will still make the semis as the top-ranked side from Group 1 and will be up against England. HT</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 15:41:48', '2022-11-06 15:41:48');
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(2875, 2875, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat first against Pakistan in their final game of Super 12s at Adelaide Oval on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh and Pakistan are fighting it out for the final spot in the last four.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Tigers so far won two matches against Netherlands and Zimbabwe, giving the country a best ever T20 World Cup campaign but a victory against a top flight nation still eluded them. They tasted a huge 104-run margin defeat against South Africa but came close to beat India in the last game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;However, panic and lack of experience got the better of them as they lost the match by five runs. But there is a lot to take from the game, which gave the confidence to beat Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the inaugural T20 world Cup in 2007, Bangladesh beat West Indies and that remained their only victory against a top team in this event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh then beat some big teams in bilateral series and other tournaments, albeit not more often. However, since the 2021 World Cup, they couldn\'t beat any top teams, which marked their vulnerability in this format further.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall Bangladesh played 143 T20 Internationals and while they won 49 matches, they had lost 91 matches. Three other matches ended in no result. So a victory against India would help them complete a half-century of T20 victory.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 16:03:05', '2022-11-06 16:03:05'),
(2876, 2876, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Twitter has confirmed plans to allow users to buy blue-tick verified status.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an update for Apple devices, the company said the feature would be open to users in certain countries who sign up to its Twitter Blue service for $7.99 (£7) per month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The policy change is controversial amid concerns that the platform could be swamped with fake accounts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It follows Twitter\'s takeover by Elon Musk who on Friday laid off around half of the company\'s workforce.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sought-after blue tick was previously only available to high-profile or influential individuals and organisations - who were asked to prove their identity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has been used as a sign that a profile is authentic, and is a key tool to help users identify reliable information on the platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The policy change may fuel worries that government figures, celebrities, journalists and brands could be impersonated by any user willing to pay a monthly fee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Musk, the world\'s richest person, appears to be looking to diversify Twitter\'s income, following his acquisition of the firm late last month in a $44bn (£39bn) deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, the billionaire said Twitter was losing more than $4m (£3.5m) per day, insisting that this gave him \"no choice\" over culling around half the company\'s 7,500-strong workforce. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 16:09:10', '2022-11-06 16:09:10'),
(2877, 2877, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The fishing community of Cox’s Bazar is very happy with business catching Hilsa in swarms. Fishing trawlers are returning to the shore full of Hilsa and other fish, bringing down the prices to a tolerable level.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once deserted fish warehouses and markets of the district are now buzzing with fishermen, traders and buyers from morning to night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Visiting Cox’s Bazar Fisheries Landing Station, UNB found the place in a celebratory mood. After the onslaught of Cyclone Sitrang and a 22-day ban on Hilsa catching, hundreds of fishing trawlers are arriving at the station with tons of Hilsa every day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No one seems to have time for doing anything else at the landing station. Some were loading the fish into warehouses, some were breaking ice while others were arranging the fishes in baskets. Many traders were also seen sending truckloads of Hilsa consignments to different parts of the country after getting expected prices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to UNB, some fishermen said that they had to face acute hardship due to being unable to catch fish for the previous couple of weeks. But now they are feeling much more optimistic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Everyone in the fish business will make profit this time as Hilsa is getting caught in massive amounts. We’ll be able to export Hilsa to other countries after meeting our own demands,” said Osman Gani Tutul, President of Cox’s Bazar Fishery Ghat Fish Traders Association.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On November 1, a total of 18 tons of Hilsa arrived at the landing station, while the amount was 12 tons the previous day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By way of complaint, the fishermen said that around 400-500 Indian fishing trawlers catch Hilsa from the bay despite a ban on doing so, which is eating into the amount of Hilsa caught by the local fishermen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Hilsa was being sold at Tk400-Tk600 per kg at the district’s Fishery Ghat. Traders hoped that more trawlers coming with the fish from the bay will further lower the price.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The amount of Hilsa in the Bay has multiplied due to the government ban. The ban has also resulted in the increased amount of breeding of fish. The fishermen are returning to the shore happily due to favorable weather in the coast. I hope they’ll exceed their target of Hilsa catching this year,” said Md Badruddoza, Cox’s Bazar District Fisheries Officer. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 16:16:27', '2022-11-06 16:16:27'),
(2878, 2878, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The Biden administration is privately encouraging Ukraine\'s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate with Russia and drop their public refusal to engage in peace talks unless President Vladimir Putin is removed from power, the Washington Post reported on Saturday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The paper quoted unnamed people familiar with the discussions as saying that the request by American officials was not aimed at pushing Ukraine to the negotiating table, but a calculated attempt to ensure Kyiv maintains the support of other nations facing constituencies wary of fuelling a war for many years to come.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said the discussions illustrated the complexity of the Biden administration\'s position on Ukraine, as US officials publicly vow to support Kyiv with massive sums of aid \"for as long as it takes\" while hoping for a resolution to the eight-month conflict that has taken a big toll on the world economy and triggered fears of nuclear war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The paper said US officials shared the assessment of their Ukrainian counterparts that Putin is not for now serious about negotiations, but acknowledged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\'s ban on talks with him had generated concern in parts of Europe, Africa and Latin America, where the war\'s effects on costs of food and fuel are felt most sharply.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Ukraine fatigue is a real thing for some of our partners,\" the Post quoted one unnamed US official as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The White House National Security Council had no immediate comment when asked if the report was accurate, while a spokesperson for the State Department responded by saying: \"We\'ve said it before and will say it again: Actions speak louder than words. If Russia is ready for negotiation, it should stop its bombs and missiles and withdraw its forces from Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Kremlin continues to escalate this war. The Kremlin has demonstrated its unwillingness to seriously engage in negotiations since even before it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The spokesperson also noted remarks by Zelensky on Friday, in which he said: \"We are ready for peace, for a fair and just peace, the formula of which we have voiced many times.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his nightly address to the Ukrainian people on Friday, Zelensky added: \"The world knows our position. This is respect for the UN Charter, respect for our territorial integrity, respect for our people.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said during a visit to Kyiv on Friday that Washington\'s support for Ukraine would remain \"unwavering and unflinching\" following next Tuesday\'s midterm congressional elections. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 16:23:01', '2022-11-06 16:23:01'),
(2879, 2879, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Sri Lankan cricketer was arrested and charged Sunday over the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Sydney, police said, just hours after the national team lost to England in the Twenty20 World Cup.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was widely identified in local media as batsman Danushka Gunathilaka, who was ruled out of the World Cup during the first round with a hamstring injury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 31-year-old was replaced in the squad but remained with the team in Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Sex Crimes Squad detectives have charged a Sri Lankan national following an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a woman in Sydney\'s east last week,\" New South Wales police said in a statement, without naming the man.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police said the pair met after communicating for several days on a dating app.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s alleged he then sexually assaulted her on the evening of Wednesday November 2, 2022,\" the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man was arrested at a hotel in Sydney in the early hours of Sunday morning and charged with four counts of sexual intercourse without consent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was refused bail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Left-handed opener Gunathilaka made his international debut in 2015 and has played eight Tests, 47 ODIs and 46 T20s. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 16:48:17', '2022-11-06 16:48:17'),
(2880, 2880, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams for the academic session 2021-22 are being held from today.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The exams will be held from 11am to 1pm and 2pm to 4pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, a total of 12,03,407 examinees are sitting for the exams. Of them, 6,22,769 are boys and 5,80,611 are girls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read more: HSC exams to be held with shortened syllabus, question paper</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">HSC, equivalent exams are being held in 2,649 centers and 9,181 institutions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examinees will not be allowed to carry mobile phones or any other devices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, written HSC exams will continue till December 13. Practical exams will be held from December 15 to 22.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Examinees will have to sit for the HSC exams for three hours — for 100 marks — in all subjects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Students will have two hours to finish the exams — 20 minutes for multiple-choice questions (MCQs), and 1 hour and 40 minutes for creative questions (CQs).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">HSC exams are kicking off with Bangla first paper.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All coaching centres across Bangladesh are closed from November 3 to December 14 as per the directives of the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on the movement of anyone except Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) candidates and exam officials, within 200 yards of test centres in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DMP announced the new step in a statement Thursday. The public will be completely barred from travelling within 200 yards of test centres to ensure \"proper and lawful\" exams, according to DMP Commissioner Khandker Gulam Faruq. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 17:01:34', '2022-11-06 17:01:34'),
(2881, 2881, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><div><b>Dhaka\'s air quality continued to be in the \'unhealthy\' zone Sunday morning.</b></div><div><br></div><div>With an air quality index (AQI) score of 186 at 8:26 am, the metropolis ranked second in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div><br></div><div>An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div><br></div><div>India’s Delhi and China’s Beijing occupied the first and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 226 and 170, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>An AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div><br></div><div>In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person’s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 17:36:43', '2022-11-06 17:36:43'),
(2882, 2882, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It was a tense moment when the TV umpire, Langton Rusere, gave his verdict in favour of the bowler, Shadab Khan, after Shakib Al Hasan\'s taking a review. The Bangladesh captain was stunned by the decision of the third umpire, as he seemed to believe that the ball hit his bat first after it touched his left-leg shoe. Now the question remains whether the TV umpire got it right when giving Shakib Al Hasan out in the crucial BAN vs PAK T20 World Cup match in Adelaide.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Leg-spinner Shadab Khan immediately appealed for the lbw wicket, and the on-field umpire gave the decision in favour of the bowler. Shakib Al Hasan, who just came at the crease after the departure of Soumya Sarkar in the previous ball, made an attempt to guide the ball in the leg side region for runs. However, he failed to connect the ball properly and lost his wicket to Shadab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In naked eyes, it seemed the ball might have touched Shakib\'s bat before it hit his front leg. That\'s why Shakib was a bit baffled by the decision of the TV umpire. It was a close call, and the umpire eventually gave the decision in favour of the fielding side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Normally, if there is any confusion about making a decision, the umpire gives the benefit of the doubt to the batting side. So, the umpire may have made a wrong call by giving Shakib Al Hasan out on this occasion in a vital BAN vs PAK T20 World Cup contest. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:02:26', '2022-11-06 19:02:26'),
(2883, 2883, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor are all set to welcome their first child. On Sunday morning, the couple was seen arriving at the Sir HN Reliance Hospital in Girgaon, Mumbai. Alia\'s mother and actor Soni Razdan and Ranbir\'s mother and actor Neetu Kapoor were also seen reaching the hospital in their respective cars.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A paparazzo video shows the couple reaching the hospital in their Range Rover. Soni was also seen reaching the hospital in her white BMW and Neetu was seen in a black and white Range Rover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Amid countdown to her delivery date, Alia Bhatt had been occasionally sharing pictures from her time with her loved ones at home. Two days ago, Alia had shared a picture with mom Soni and sister Shaheen Bhatt on Instagram. She captioned it, “Appreciation post for these wonderfully weird ladies.” It showed Alia and Soni twinning in denim jackets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Alia and Ranbir couple tied the knot in an intimate Hindu ceremony at their home on April 14 this year. Alia had announced her pregnancy in June.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On September 9, Alia and Ranbir saw the release of their much-delayed film, Brahmastra. Alia and Ranbir promoted the movie throughout the country during her pregnancy. The film turned out to be success at the box office with gross worldwide collection of Rs. 402.07 crore. Helmed by Ayan Mukerji, the film also starred Amitabh Bachchan and Mouni Roy in the lead roles. It is now streaming on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ranbir will reportedly take a long break to be around their baby. According to reports, he has not signed a new project. He is currently working on director Luv Ranjan\'s next untitled romantic comedy alongside Shraddha Kapoor and director Sandeep Reddy Vanga\'s gangster drama Animal opposite Rashmika Mandanna, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Alia had already wrapped up Karan Johar\'s Rocky aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani alongside Ranveer Singh, Dharmendra and Jaya Bachchan, and her Hollywood debut, Heart of Stone. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:16:10', '2022-11-06 19:16:10'),
(2884, 2884, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Two lanes of Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) flyover between Tongi Station Road and the Housebuilding area opened to traffic on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader inaugurated the lanes at a programme over the flyover near Tongi Bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">People will be able to travel comfortably following the opening of the two lanes, Obaidul Quader said. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">By the first week of June next year, the BRT Line-3 project would be completed and opened to the public, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The full length of the flyover is 4.5km. A part of the BRT flyover is a 2.2km stretch between Tongi Station Road and Housebuilding. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:22:03', '2022-11-06 19:23:46'),
(2885, 2885, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The bodies of two students, who went missing after a collision between two speedboats in Kaptai lake on Friday, have been recovered.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were Liton Chakma, 20, and Elina Chakma, 20, residents of Baghaichhari and Borokol upazilas respectively and students of Higher Secondary Certificate level of Open University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The body of Liton was recovered by fishermen early Sunday while and the body of Elina by fire service workers on Sunday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ariful Islam, officer-in-charge of Langadu police station, said they in association with the fire service men carried out search operation till Saturday evening since Friday afternoon but failed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Friday afternoon, seven people were injured and two others went missing in a head-on collision between a passenger carrying speedboat and a goods-laden boat in Kaptai Lake.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The passenger carrying boat was heading towards Langadu upazila from Rangamati Sadar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Seven out of total nine passengers of the boat managed to swim ashore while the reset went missing. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:32:40', '2022-11-06 19:32:40'),
(2886, 2886, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Shaheen Afridi\'s four-wicket haul and a calm hand from the Shan Masood helped Pakistan beat Bangladesh by five wickets and qualify for the semi-finals.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>South Africa\'s stunning loss to the Netherlands earlier in the day made this game a virtual quarter-finals, with both Bangladesh and Pakistan having a chance to finish in the top two. It was Pakistan who prevailed in a nervy chase in which both sides made a lot of mistakes. Bangladesh have finished fifth in the group, below the Netherlands.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh: 127/8</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan: (18.1/20 ov, T:128) 128/5</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:49:45', '2022-11-06 19:49:45'),
(2887, 2887, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Four people, including a woman and a child, were killed and 10 others injured as bus crashed into a roadside tree in Madhabpur area of the district early Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased are Merian Aktar, 32, Junayed, 3, Humayun Kabir, 48, and Abdul Rauf Hawladar, 50.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Md Taimur Islam, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Highway police station, said&nbsp; the bus of ‘Sakura Paribahan’ hit the tree around 3 am on Dhaka-Barishal Highway in Madhabpur area, leaving two people dead on the&nbsp; spot and 12 others critically injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Two of them succumbed to their injuries at Bhanga upazila health complex, he said adding that the injured were undergoing treatment at the health complex and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical College hospital. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 19:55:13', '2022-11-06 19:55:13'),
(2888, 2888, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said there are no plans to take on new mega projects now.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“As per the directives of the Prime Minister, currently there is no plan to take any new mega project,” he said while inaugurating the two lanes of a flyover under Bangladesh Rapid Transit (BRT) project in Tongi of Gazipur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing concern over public sufferings caused by the BRT project, the minister said already 80 percent work of the project has been completed and the difficulties will end soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Criticising BNP, the Awami League leader said, “BNP had not undertaken any mega project and during their tenure no development work has been carried out. Who will go to power and who will take safe exit public will decide.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He also urged BNP to participate in the next general election is likely to be held at last week of December 2023 or first week of January 2024.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“After opening the two lanes, people from 37 districts will be benefited by the flyover,” said State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell, who was present there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alamgir Hossain, deputy commissioner (traffic) of Gazipur Metropolitan Police, said traffic congestion will be reduced and the Dhaka-bound passengers can easily move to their respective destinations using the flyover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the BRT sources, once the project is implemented, it will be the first environment friendly mass transport system in Gazipur, Tongi and Uttara areas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the 20.5 km project of BRT, a 4.5 km elevated expressway, six elevated stations, ten lane Tongi Bridge are under construction, involving Tk 4268.32 crore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq, Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Atiqul islam, deputy commissioner Anisur Rahman, Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Nazrul Islam and President of Gazipur Metropolitan unit Awami League Azmat Ullah were present there. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 20:41:15', '2022-11-06 20:41:15'),
(2889, 2889, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday asked the people not to forget the terrible days of the arson violence unleashed by BNP-Jamaat in the name of movement.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“I would like to ask the people of the country to be alert so that none can resort to such incidents anymore in future,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier was addressing an event titled \'Cries of Arson Violence: A partial scenario of BNP-Jamaat Fire Terrorism, Anarchy and Violation of Human Rights\' organised by Bangladesh Awami League at National Museum Auditorium here in the city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said some 500 people were burnt to death and more than 3500 people were injured during the arson violence of BNP-Jamaat in 2013-15. “We tried our best to stand beside the victims and took steps for their treatments. But it is not possible to wipe out the pains and sufferings of the people who lost their dear ones,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina said those who were burned had many dreams with their lives, but the aspirations were burned to ashes. “I just would like to tell the people of the country that none should forget that awful time,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No objection with healthy politics, but such violence won\'t be tolerated, she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM said if anyone wants to do politics, they can do healthy politics. “We don’t have any objection (with healthy politics). But if anyone attacks my general people, they (attackers) will not be spared. It (violence) can’t be tolerated. No man can endure it,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said every citizen irrespective of political parties and creeds has rights to lead life and conduct livelihood freely. “We have the responsibility to protect the rights,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister talked to the victims and families of the arson violence unleashed by the BNP-Jamaat alliance in the period of 2013-2015.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the event, some victims, who are still suffering from the injuries or bear gruesome fire scars, and the victim family members shared their sufferings and demanded punishment of the perpetrators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The family members said they are now passing through serious financial hardship and mental agony after losing their dear and beloved ones. They wanted no innocent one like their dear ones to lose life in such violence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noted cultural personality Asaduzzaman Noor, also an Awami League MP, conducted the event. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 21:01:16', '2022-11-06 21:01:16'),
(2890, 2890, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine’s state electricity operator on Saturday announced blackouts in Kyiv and seven other regions of the country in the aftermath of Russia’s devastating strikes on energy infrastructure.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The move comes as Russian forces continue to pound Ukrainian cities and villages with missiles and drones, inflicting damage on power plants, water supplies and other civilian targets, in a grinding war that is nearing its nine-month mark.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia has denied that the drones it has used in Ukraine came from Iran, but the Islamic Republic’s foreign minister on Saturday for the first time acknowledged supplying Moscow with “a limited number” of drones before the invasion. Hossein Amirabdollahian claimed, however, that Tehran didn’t know if its drones were used against Ukraine and stated Iran’s commitment to stopping the conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrenergo, the sole operator of Ukraine’s high-voltage transmission lines, initially said in a an online statement Saturday that scheduled blackouts will take place in the capital and the greater Kyiv region, as well as several regions around it — Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Poltava and Kharkiv.</div><div><br></div><div>Later in the day, however, the company released an update saying that scheduled outages for a specific number of hours aren’t enough and instead there will be emergency outages, which could last an indefinite amount of time.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine has been grappling with power outages and the disruption of water supplies since Russia started unleashing massive barrages of missile and drone strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow has said those came in response to what it alleged were Ukrainian attacks on Crimea, the region that Russia illegally annexed in 2014. Ukraine has denied those allegations.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Ukraine’s presidential office, at least three civilians were killed and eight others were wounded over the past 24 hours by Russian shelling of nine Ukrainian regions, where drones, missiles and heavy artillery were used.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Russian-occupied Kherson region, where a Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway, the Russian military continue to abduct local residents, the presidential office said.</div><div><br></div><div>About 40 shells were fired overnight at the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Gov. Valentyn Reznichenko said on Telegram. The Russian forces targeted the city and the areas around it with heavy artillery, as they have done repeatedly since July. Two fires broke out, and more than a dozen residential and utility buildings, as well as a gas pipeline, were damaged, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Elsewhere in the region, Ukrainian forces shot down a drone and another projectile, according to Reznichenko.</div><div><br></div><div>In the southern Mykolaiv region, the overnight shelling of rural areas damaged several houses but didn’t cause any casualties, Mykolaiv Gov. Vitali Kim said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces also fired missiles at the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, which has been illegally annexed by Moscow and large parts of it remain occupied. According to regional Gov. Oleksandr Starukh, the attack took place shortly after midnight and damaged three businesses, as well as a number of cars.</div><div><br></div><div>In the eastern Donetsk region, also annexed and partially occupied by Russia, eight Ukrainian cities and villages were shelled, including Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Porkovsk, reports AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk reported an attempt on the life of a Moscow-appointed judge of the region’s Supreme Court. Alexander Nikulin, who was on a judicial panel that in June sentenced to death two Britons and a Moroccan fighting for Ukraine, has been hospitalized with gunshot wounds and is in grave condition, Kremlin-backed officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 21:31:46', '2022-11-06 21:31:46'),
(2891, 2891, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested Sultana Ahmed, general secretary of the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, in a Digital Security Act case, just after she arrived back in Dhaka following a rally in Barishal. Police have also received permission to interrogate her in their custody for two days, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sultana returned to Dhaka on Sunday morning after attending a BNP rally in Barishal. A RAB-3 team detained her as she was travelling home to Gulshan by car from the Sadarghat river port.</div><div><br></div><div>“A Digital Security Act case has been filed against Sultana Ahmed,” said Mohammad Salah Uddin Miah of Paltan Police Station.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“She made derogatory comments about the prime minister. An aggrieved citizen filed a case against her.”</div><div><br></div><div>The plaintiff in the case is former Gopalganj District Chhatra League President Abdul Hamid.</div><div><br></div><div>“RAB-3 arrested and handed her over to the police station. Police have taken her to the court and petitioned for a seven-day remand in that case.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The court of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shahidul Islam later granted police two days to interrogate the BNP activist over the comments.</div><div><br></div><div>Senior lawyer Masud Ahmed Talukder represented Sultana at the hearing and petitioned for the remand petition to be scrapped and requested bail.</div><div><br></div><div>The lawyer said the Facebook post in question has not been proven to belong to Sultana. In addition, the comments are not inflammatory, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People all over the country are saying the same thing – will the government arrest them all?\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The lawyer described the case as an example of political repression.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir mentioned the arrest during a discussion at the National Press Club on Sunday afternoon and said: \"I condemn this incident and demand that she be released as quickly as possible.”</div><div><br></div><div>The ruling party was attempting to silence their opposition by harassing them with false cases, Fakhrul said.</div><div><br></div><div>“If she is not freed, the government will have to take full responsibility.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 21:51:40', '2022-11-06 21:51:40'),
(2892, 2892, '<div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted North Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Sunday, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country\'s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. Source: AFP</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 22:06:44', '2022-11-06 22:06:44'),
(2893, 2893, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has brought forward the date for their anti-government rally in Sylhet by a day to November 19.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The opposition party made the decision to ensure the event doesn’t clash with ongoing Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) and equivalent exams as the venue was fixed at city’s Alia Madrasah field, one of the examination centers, said Khondokar Al Muktadir, BNP Chairperson’s Adviser, when he talked to reporters after a meeting on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Sylhet Metropolitan Police (CMP) issued a notification banning all kinds of rallies and gatherings near Alia Madrasah area.</div><div><br></div><div>The notice raised confusion among the party activists about the rally venue, so BNP refixed the rally schedule as there is no HSC exam on November 19.</div><div><br></div><div>The organisers said the rally is meant to denounce the price hike of daily essentials and fuel, to ensure the freedom of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, and demanding removal of politically motivated cases filed against the opposition activists and leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>Sylhet rally will be the sixth by the BNP at the divisional level. The first one was held in Chattogram, the second one in Mymensingh, the third and fourth in Khulna and Rangpur, and the fifth one in Barishal.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP has already sought permission from madrasa authorities and Sylhet City Corporation to hold the rally, and also sent a letter to the police for ensuring security, said Khondokar Al Muktadir.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are expecting the presence of at least 4.5 lakh people in the Sylhet rally,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question, Sylhet BNP President Abdul Kayum Chowdhury said he is hopeful that Sylhet transport workers will not embark on a strike ahead of the rally like other divisions as BNP’s movement is for people. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 23:39:05', '2022-11-06 23:39:05'),
(2894, 2894, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court on Sunday asked the jail authorities to produce former Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akhter before it in a case filed by Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) Chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar under the Digital Security Act.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ashek Imam passed the order following a petition by a counsel of the accused for showing Babul Akhter arrested in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also fixed November 10 for the hearing of the plea in presence of Babul Akhter.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also deferred the submission of the probe report in the case to December 8 which was scheduled to be submitted today.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 27, PBI Chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar filed the case accusing four people including Babul Akhter on charge for making ongoing investigation on Mitu murder questionable, spreading false information and throwing abusive words.</div><div><br></div><div>Banaj Kumar, also an additional inspector general of police, lodged the case at Dhanmondi police station.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused in the case are US expatriate and Youtuber Elias Hossain, Babul’s father Md Abdul Wadud Mia and brother Md Habibur Rahman Labu.</div><div><br></div><div>Of them, Elias was made the prime accused in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>In the case the plaintiff alleged that all the accused intentionally spread false information to make objectionable the ongoing investigation of Mahmuda Khatun Mitu murder case through social platforms including Youtube.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, Elias from the US spread misleading information to spoil communal harmony of the country and tarnish the image of PBI, the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul\'s wife Mitu at the port city\'s GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.</div><div><br></div><div>Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men.</div><div><br></div><div>The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu\'s father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP\'s mishandling of the case.</div><div><br></div><div>On May 12, 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akhter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.</div><div><br></div><div>Babul Akhter filed a no-confidence motion against the PBI report on October 14, 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 3 last year, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of PBI in the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife\'s murder.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 25 this year, a Chattogram court rejected a plea filed by Babul seeking its permission to file a case against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) including its chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar for torturing him in police custody.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also rejected two separate petitions for recording statement under Section 200 bringing Babul Akhter to the court and seeking security in Feni prison cell. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-06 23:44:24', '2022-11-06 23:44:24');
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(2895, 2895, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but only a small fraction — around one in 10 — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefits fueled by Qatar’s shared control of one of the world’s largest reserves of natural gas.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The tiny country on the eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula juts out into the Persian Gulf. There lies the North Field, the world’s largest underwater gas field, which Qatar shares with Iran. The gas field holds approximately 10% of the world’s known natural gas reserves.​</div><div><br></div><div>Oil and gas have made the 50-year-old country fantastically wealthy and influential. In a matter of decades, Qatar’s roughly 300,000 citizens have been pulled from the hard livelihood of fishing and pearl diving.</div><div><br></div><div>The country is now an international transit hub with a profitable national airline, a force behind the influential Al Jazeera news network and is paying for the expansion of the largest U.S. military base in the Mideast.</div><div><br></div><div>Here’s a look at Qatar’s economy and how this tiny country was able to spend so much to host the FIFA World Cup:</div><div><br></div><div>QATAR’S ECONOMIC STRENGTH</div><div><br></div><div>For most of its existence, the tribes of Qatar relied on pearl diving and fishing for survival. Like other parts of the Gulf, it was a harsh and bare existence. The discovery of oil and gas in the mid-20th century changed life in the Arabian Peninsula forever.</div><div><br></div><div>While much of the world grapples with recession and inflation, Qatar and other Gulf Arab energy producers are reaping the benefits of high energy prices. The International Monetary Fund expects Qatar’s economy to grow by about 3.4% this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite a massive spending spree to prepare for the World Cup, the country still earned more than it spent last year, giving it a cushy surplus that is continuing into 2022. Qatar’s riches are likely to grow as it expands capacity to be able to export more natural gas by 2025.</div><div>Its sovereign wealth fund, the Qatar Investment Authority, manages and invests the country’s financial reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>QATAR’S WORLD CUP SPENDING</div><div><br></div><div>Qatar has spent some $200 billion on infrastructure and other development projects since winning the bid to host the five-week long World Cup, according to official statements and a report from Deloitte.</div><div><br></div><div>Around $6.5 billion of that was spent on building eight stadiums for the tournament, including the Al Janoub stadium designed by the late acclaimed architect Zaha Hadid.</div><div><br></div><div>Billions were also spent to build a metro line, new airport, roads and other infrastructure ahead of the matches.</div><div><br></div><div>The London-based research firm Capital Economics said ticket sales suggest that around 1.5 million tourists will visit Qatar for the World Cup. If each visitor stayed for 10 days and spent $500 a day, spending per visitor would amount to $5,000, the research firm said. That could amount to a $7.5 billion boost to Qatar’s economy this year. However, some fans may fly in just for the matches while staying in nearby Dubai and elsewhere.</div><div><br></div><div>QATAR’S LAVISH BENEFITS</div><div><br></div><div>Like other rich petro-states in the Gulf, Qatar is not a democracy. Decisions are made by the ruling Al Thani family and its chose advisors. Citizens have little say in their country’s major policy decisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The government, however, provides citizens with vast perks that have helped to ensure continued loyalty and support. Qatari citizens enjoy tax-free incomes, high-paying government jobs, free health care, free higher education, financial support for newlyweds, housing support, generous subsidies that cover utility bills and plush retirement benefits.</div><div><br></div><div>The country’s citizens rely on laborers from other countries to fill jobs in the service sector, such as drivers and nannies, and to do the tough construction work that built modern-day Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>QATAR’S MIGRANT LABOR FORCE</div><div><br></div><div>The country has faced intense scrutiny for its labor laws and treatment of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers, mostly from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and other South Asian countries.</div><div><br></div><div>These men live in shared rooms on labor camps and work throughout the long summer months, with just a few hours of midday respite. They often go years without seeing their families back home.</div><div><br></div><div>The work is often dangerous, with Amnesty International saying dozens may have died from apparent heat stroke.</div><div><br></div><div>Rights groups have credited Qatar with improving its labor laws, such as by adopting a minimum monthly wage of around $275 in 2020, and for dismantling the “kafala” system that had prevented workers from changing jobs or leaving the country without the consent of their employers.</div><div><br></div><div>Human Rights Watch, however has urged Qatar to improve compensation for migrant workers who suffered injury and death. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 01:03:28', '2022-11-07 01:03:28'),
(2896, 2896, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Suryakumar Yadav hit a blazing unbeaten 61 as India set up a Twenty20 World Cup semi-final against England by crushing Zimbabwe by 71 runs at a packed Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>India were flying at 87-1 but the loss of three quick wickets slowed them down before Yadav set the proceedings alight, smashing six sixes in his 25-ball blitz to steer them to 186-5, with 79 coming off the last five overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe lost two wickets for two runs in reply and were never in the hunt, capitulating in the 17th over in front of 82,507 fans. Ravichandran Ashwin took 3-22 for a rampant India.</div><div><br></div><div>The number one-ranked Indians, the 2007 champions, were already through to the semi-finals after the Netherlands upset South Africa earlier in the day.</div><div><br></div><div>Victory over Zimbabwe confirmed their position at the top of Group 2 to tee up a last-four clash with Jos Buttler\'s England, who finished second in Group 1. The two sides face off at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Group 1 winners New Zealand will play Group 2 runners-up Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground a day earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>India won the toss and batted in the final group game of the Super 12 stage, with a disciplined Zimbabwe -- whose semi-final hopes were already over -- opening with nine dot balls.</div><div><br></div><div>But the runs started flowing with Rohit Sharma slapping a boundary off Tendai Chatara and then KL Rahul lashing a huge six from Richard Ngarava.</div><div><br></div><div>Rohit was just getting in the groove when he misjudged a pull shot going for the ropes again and was out for 15, caught in the deep by Wellington Masakadza.</div><div><br></div><div>That brought Virat Kohli to the crease and he and Rahul reached 79-1 after 10 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Kohli became the highest run-scorer in T20 World Cup history last week and had hit three half-centuries during the tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>But there would be no explosive fourth, with the master batsman holing out on 26 to Ryan Burl, undone by the spin of Sean Williams.</div><div><br></div><div>Rahul brought up an entertaining 50 with a six off Sikandar Raza but departed next ball trying for another, taken on the boundary by Masakadza for 51.</div><div><br></div><div>Williams and Burl combined again to remove Rishabh Pant (3) before Yadav and Hardik Pandya (18) powered India home.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe\'s chase got off to a horror start with Wesley Madhevere out first ball, flashing Bhuvneshwar Kumar to the covers, where Kohli hung on.</div><div><br></div><div>It went from bad to worse when Regis Chakabva also fell without scoring, bowled by Arshdeep Singh to leave them on 2-2.</div><div><br></div><div>Williams and skipper Craig Ervine put on 26 for the third wicket before both departed in the space of six balls -- Williams caught off Mohammed Shami for 11 and Ervine caught and bowled by Hardik Pandya for 13.</div><div><br></div><div>Raza and Burl came to the rescue, with spinner Axar Patel coming in for particular punishment.</div><div><br></div><div>They put on 60 runs before Burl was bowled by Ashwin for a 22-ball 35. The wickets kept tumbling with Raza the penultimate batsman, out for 34. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 02:51:24', '2022-11-07 02:51:24'),
(2897, 2897, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Astronomers have discovered the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scientists reported Friday that this black hole is 10 times more massive than our sun. And it’s three times closer than the previous record-holder.</div><div><br></div><div>It was identified by observing the motion of its companion star, which orbits the black hole at about the same distance as Earth orbits the sun.</div><div>The black hole was initially identified using the European Space Agency’s Gaia spacecraft, said Kareem El-Badry of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.</div><div><br></div><div>El-Badry and his team followed up with the International Gemini Observatory in Hawaii to confirm their findings, which were published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.</div><div><br></div><div>The researchers are uncertain how the system formed in the Milky Way. Named Gaia BH1, it’s located in the constellation Ophiuchus, the serpent-bearer. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 02:57:32', '2022-11-07 02:57:32'),
(2898, 2898, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US Deputy Assistant Secretary Afreen Akhter has said Washington is working \"very closely\" with Bangladeshi civil society actors to deliver free and fair elections in the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Our USAID mission is working very closely,\" she told reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after her meeting with acting Foreign Secretary Rear Admiral (Retd) Md Khurshed Alam.</div><div><br></div><div>The US official said they discussed maritime security and how they can cooperate with Bangladesh and other forms of maritime cooperation in the region during the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>She said they also discussed a range of bilateral issues, including&nbsp; US support for \"free and fair\" elections in Bangladesh.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Very exciting to be here to talk about a whole range of issues,\" said Akhter, who is Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) for Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives, as well the Office of Security and Transnational Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>She most recently served as a Senior Adviser to SCA Assistant Secretary Don Lu.</div><div><br></div><div>Previously, Akhter was the National Security and Foreign Affairs Adviser to U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 03:23:49', '2022-11-07 03:23:49'),
(2899, 2899, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After indefinitely suspending new Grameenphone SIM card sale, BTRC now says the telecom operator cannot sell old SIM cards either.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder made the announcement at a programme held at BTRC building on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said BTRC\'s approval -- a week ago -- to Grameenphone for selling 13 lakh old SIM cards has been suspended today.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 29, 2022, BTRC placed an indefinite suspension on new Grameenphone SIM card sale due to the operator’s “failure to provide quality service”.</div><div><br></div><div>BTRC imposed the indefinite suspension on Grameenphone as it is not providing quality service to its users despite repeatedly being asked to do so, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar told UNB at the time, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“The telecom company has no intention to provide quality service, as it is not doing anything to fix the problems that its subscribers are facing,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 04:13:45', '2022-11-07 04:13:45'),
(2900, 2900, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from Sunday\'s plane crash in Lake Victoria in Tanzania has jumped to 19, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said, after the Precision Air flight plunged into water while approaching the northwestern city of Bukoba.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"All Tanzanians are with you in mourning the 19 people who lost lives during this accident,\" Majaliwa told a crowd after arriving at Bukoba airport, where the flight had been scheduled to land from financial capital Dar es Salaam.</div><div><br></div><div>Rescuers have pulled 26 survivors to safety after the Precision Air plane crashed due to bad weather, with 43 people, including 39 passengers, aboard flight PW 494 from the financial capital Dar es Salaam to the lakeside city, according to regional authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>The aircraft was an ATR 42-500, manufactured by Toulouse-based Franco-Italian firm ATR.</div><div><br></div><div>Precision Air, a publicly-listed company which is Tanzania\'s largest private airline, said it had dispatched rescuers to the scene.</div><div><br></div><div>\"An investigation team consisting of Precision Air technical staff and TAA (Tanzania Airports Authority) has also departed to join the rescue team on the ground,\" the airline said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Precision Air sincerely understands the anxiety for confirmed information and will therefore do its best to issue more details,\" the company said.</div><div><br></div><div>Video footage broadcast on local media showed the plane largely submerged as rescuers, including fishermen, waded through water to bring people to safety.</div><div><br></div><div>Emergency workers attempted to lift the aircraft out of the water using ropes, assisted by cranes as local residents also sought to help in the effort.</div><div><br></div><div>Precision Air, which is partly owned by Kenya Airways, was founded in 1993 and operates domestic and regional flights as well as private charters to popular tourist destinations such as the Serengeti National Park and the Zanzibar archipelago.</div><div><br></div><div>The accident comes five years after 11 people died when a plane belonging to safari company Coastal Aviation crashed in northern Tanzania.</div><div><br></div><div>In March 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi plunged six minutes after take-off into a field southeast of the Ethiopian capital, killing all 157 people on board.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2007, a Kenya Airways flight from the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan to Kenya\'s capital Nairobi crashed into a swamp after take-off, killing all 114 passengers.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2000, another Kenya Airways flight from Abidjan to Nairobi crashed into the Atlantic Ocean minutes after take-off, killing 169 people while 10 survived. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 04:22:54', '2022-11-07 04:22:54'),
(2901, 2901, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Banks have decided to withdraw service charge on remittance transactions in a move to increase the flow of foreign currencies in the country, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the exchange houses abroad will remain open on holidays to facilitate transaction of remittances.</div><div><br></div><div>The decisions came at a meeting of senior officials of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh Limited (ABB) and the Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers\' Association (BAFEDA) on Sunday at Sonali Bank head office in the capital.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>BAFEDA Chairman Afzal Karim said that expats had to pay a maximum $2 as fee to send their earnings to the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also decided to raise the encashment rate of export proceeds to Tk100 per dollar from Tk99.5.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 04:36:03', '2022-11-07 04:36:03'),
(2902, 2902, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s Russian-occupied city of Kherson was cut off from water and electricity supplies Sunday after an air strike and a key dam in the region was also damaged, local officials said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is the first time that Kherson -- which fell to Moscow\'s forces within days of their February offensive -- has seen such a power cut.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In Kherson and a number of other areas in the region, there is temporarily no electricity or water supply,\" the city\'s Moscow-installed administration said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>It said it was the \"result of an attack organised by the Ukrainian side on the Berislav-Kakhovka highway that saw three concrete poles of high-voltage power lines damaged.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Energy specialists were working to \"quickly\" resolve the issue, the Russian-backed authorities said, as they called on people to \"remain calm.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But the head of the regional administration, Yaroslav Yanushevych, blamed Russia for the power outages.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that in Beryslav city around 1.5 kilometres (just under a mile) of electric power lines had been destroyed -- cutting off power entirely because the \"damage is quite extensive.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Probably, there will be no light in Beryslav until the city is completely de-occupied,\" he wrote on the Telegram social media platform.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is impossible to promptly repair the lines -- there is a lack of specialists, equipment, and the Russian invaders will not allow this to be done.\"</div><div><br></div><div>News of the outage followed reports that the Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled region of Kherson was \"damaged\" by a Ukrainian strike.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today at 10:00 (0800 GMT) there was a hit of six HIMARS rockets. Air defence units shot down five missiles, one hit a lock of the Kakhovka dam, which was damaged,\" Russian news agencies quoted local emergency services as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The RIA Novosti news agency quoted a local Moscow-backed official saying the damage was not \"critical.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine in recent weeks warned that Moscow\'s forces intended to blow up the strategic facility to cause flooding.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kakhovka hydroelectric dam in southern Ukraine was captured by Moscow\'s forces at the start of their offensive. It supplies Russian-annexed Crimea with water.</div><div><br></div><div>- Flooding threat –</div><div><br></div><div>For weeks, Russian forces have rained missiles and explosive drones onto Ukraine\'s infrastructure, as a major Ukrainian ground offensive -- propelled by Western arms deliveries -- has pushed Russian troops back in swathes of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are also aware of the fact that the terrorist state is concentrating forces and means for a possible repetition of massive attacks on our infrastructure, primarily energy,\" President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening speech, referring to Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In particular, Russia needed Iranian missiles for this. We are getting ready to respond,\" Zelensky said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said he does not rule out a full blackout in Ukraine\'s capital. \"We are calculating various scenarios in order to withstand this and be prepared,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian strikes over the past month have destroyed around a third of Ukraine\'s power stations and the government has urged Ukrainians to conserve electricity as much as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>But until now, Ukraine had only rarely struck Russian-held civilian energy infrastructure in territory annexed by Moscow, preferring to target Russian army supply lines.</div><div><br></div><div>As Ukraine presses a counteroffensive in the south, Moscow\'s occupational forces in Kherson have vowed to turn the city into a \"fortress.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces have for weeks organised a civilian pull-out from the Kherson region as Ukrainian troops advance, which Kyiv has called \"deportations.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow-installed Kherson governor Vladimir Saldo said he was moving people further into the region or to Russia because of the risks of a \"massive missile attack.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The dam\'s destruction would lead to flooding of the left bank of the Dnipro River, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Zelensky said last month that Russian forces had mined the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant with the intent of blowing it up.</div><div><br></div><div>Its destruction could cause flash-flooding for hundreds of thousands of people, he warned.</div><div><br></div><div>He said cutting water supplies to the south could also impact the cooling systems of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant -- the largest in Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile a Taiwanese man who volunteered to fight in Ukraine has died on the battlefield, Taipei\'s foreign ministry said, in what is believed to be the first person from the island killed in the conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>And in a final address on his visit to Bahrain, Pope Francis on Sunday urged congregants to pray \"for Ukraine, which is suffering so much,\" and for an end to the war. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 21:29:57', '2022-11-07 21:29:57'),
(2903, 2903, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday termed the inauguration of 100 bridges at a time as a historic event, saying it would help quicken the country\'s overall development.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The biggest thing is that we can make the country\'s development quicker with the inauguration of 100 bridges,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She virtually opened the 100 bridges in 25 districts at a cost of over Tk 879 crore from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier also said the bridges would help the law enforcement agencies take prompt measures to ensure public security and maintain law and order.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It will be easier to help people in any disaster,\" she said, adding that the transportation and marketing of the goods would be quicker and easier.</div><div><br></div><div>While exchanging views with the beneficiaries, the prime minister asked all to show austerity in using electricity and gas and take measures to grow more food so the global crisis stemming from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war could not hit the country\'s economy hard.</div><div><br></div><div>The bridges established direct road connectivity with the capital as they made 33 routes free from ferry services that will make road communication smooth, quicker, easier and safer.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the bridges, 46 are in Chattogram division, 17 in Sylhet division, 14 in Barishal division, seven each in Dhaka and Rajshahi division, six in Mymensingh division and three in Rangpur division.</div><div><br></div><div>Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader spoke on the occasion.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus moderated the function while Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary A B M Amin Ullah Nuri gave a brief description of the bridges.</div><div><br></div><div>A video-documentary on the bridges was screened on the occasion. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 22:02:16', '2022-11-07 22:02:16'),
(2904, 2904, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The High Court on Monday extended BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail in two defamation cases filed in Dhaka and Narail districts.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The HC bench of Justice Mustafa Zaman Islam and Justice Md Aminul Islam passed the order after hearing a petition. The bail was extended until the disposition of the two cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Barrister Kaisar Kamal stood for Khaleda Zia.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 21, 2015, Khaleda Zia at a discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh raised questions about the actual number of Liberation War martyrs saying, \"There\'re controversies over how many were martyred in the Liberation War. There\'re also many books and documents on the controversies.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Reacting to Khaleda\'s remarks, Raihan Farooque Imam of Naragati in Narail, filed a case with the Cognisance Court on December 24, 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>On January 5, 2016, Jananetri Parishad President AB Siddiqui filed another case with Dhaka Metropolitan Chief Magistrate Court.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court on August 13 and 14, 2018 granted six-month bail to Khaleda in the two cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the state counsel filed a petition seeking stay on the High Court&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">. - UNB</span></div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 22:07:38', '2022-11-07 22:07:38'),
(2905, 2905, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Elon Musk has said that any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be “permanently suspended”, issuing the warning after some celebrities changed their display names and tweeted as “Elon Musk”</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The new Twitter CEO tweeted on Sunday night: “Previously, we issued a warning before suspension, but now that we are rolling out widespread verification, there will be no warning.”</div><div><br></div><div>“Any name change at all” would result in the temporary loss of a verified checkmark, Musk said.</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday evening, several accounts that had changed their name to Elon Musk or approximations of Elon Musk appeared to be suspended or placed behind a warning sign, including those of US comedian Kathy Griffin and Australian satirical website the Chaser.</div><div><br></div><div>“I guess not ALL the content moderators were let go? Lol,” Griffin joked afterward on Mastodon, an alternative social media platform where she set up an account last week.</div><div><br></div><div>Actor Valerie Bertinelli had similarly appropriated Musk’s screen name posting a series of tweets in support of Democratic candidates on Saturday before switching back to her true name. “Okey-dokey. I’ve had fun and I think I made my point,” she tweeted afterwards.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest storm comes amid concerns about the potential for the abuse of Twitter’s planned rollout of verification checks for a monthly fee of $7.99, which is a feature of its paid-for Twitter Blue service.</div><div><br></div><div>Bertinelli noted the original purpose of the blue verification checkmark. It was granted free of charge to people whose identity Twitter had confirmed; with journalists accounting for a big portion of recipients. “It simply meant your identity was verified. Scammers would have a harder time impersonating you,” Bertinelli said. “That no longer applies. Good luck out there!”</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a tweet about this problem, Musk tweeted: “You represent the problem: journalists who think they are the only source of legitimate information. That’s the big lie.”</div><div><br></div><div>The New York Times reported Musk’s new blue tick proposal would be delayed until after the US midterm elections, amid concerns users could buy verification, pretend to be a political figure and then sow electoral confusion.</div><div><br></div><div>A Twitter employee, Esther Crawford, told the Associated Press the option was coming “soon but it hasn’t launched yet”.</div><div><br></div><div>Appearing to defend his sweeping bans on Sunday, Musk tweeted that he was still committed to free speech, and would continue to allow the account that flags his movements to remain online. Musk has previously said he opposed permanent bans on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, engineering teams at Twitter are rolling out new features at breakneck speed, amid the chaos and distress caused by reports of the summary dismissal of half of Twitter’s 7,500-strong workforce.</div><div><br></div><div>There were reports on Sunday night that dozens who had been laid off had been asked to return as they were either laid off by mistake or the company had since realised their work was vital to build the new features Musk is seeking.</div><div><br></div><div>He acquired Twitter at the end of last month for $44bn, in a deal backed by billions of his own money. The entrepreneur has now set up a war room in the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, where he and a small team of advisers are scrambling to save costs and push out new products.</div><div><br></div><div>On the topic of previously banned accounts, Musk last week said they will not be allowed back onto Twitter until the social media platform has “a clear process for doing so”.</div><div><br></div><div>Creating such a process would take at least a few more weeks, Musk had tweeted, giving more clarity about the potential return of Twitter’s most famous banned user, former US president Donald Trump. The new timeline implies Trump will not return in time for the midterm elections on 8 November. Source: The Guardian</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 22:26:20', '2022-11-07 22:26:20'),
(2906, 2906, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the officials concerned to open LCs to import food, fertiliser and energy, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She ruled out any restriction on LC for import of food, and essential items to ensure uninterrupted supplies.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier made the directive at a meeting with four important bureaucrats of finance, commerce, food, banking division and Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder the PMO.</div><div><br></div><div>“There is no compromise for importing essential products in this crucial situation,” she quoted as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM also discussed options to ensure adequate supply of energy and foods and maintain stability of market of essentials boosting subsidies or trimming import duties.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, in a major shift, the banks and foreign exchange dealers have moved to lift service charge on inbound remittance to tackle foreign currency shortage.</div><div><br></div><div>To ensure uninterrupted sending of remittance, the overseas exchange houses be kept operating on holidays also.</div><div><br></div><div>The development came at a meeting between Association of Bankers, Bangladesh Limited (ABB) and Bangladesh Foreign Exchange Dealers\' Association (BAFEDA) at Sonali Bank head office on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 22:49:34', '2022-11-07 22:49:34'),
(2907, 2907, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Premier League club Southampton announced Monday they had sacked manager Ralph Hasenhuttl after a poor start to the season.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The south coast club, in the relegation zone after Sunday\'s 4-1 defeat against Newcastle, said it was the \"appropriate time to make a change\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Hasenhuttl, who was appointed in December 2018, departs having made a significant contribution to the club, overseeing some memorable results and also playing a key role in the development of our club infrastructure, identity and playing squad,\" Southampton said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>First-team coach Ruben Selles will take charge of the side on an interim basis, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 22:57:59', '2022-11-07 22:57:59'),
(2908, 2908, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement\'s founder, Mullah Omar whose death and burial they kept secret for years.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rumours surrounding Omar\'s health and whereabouts abounded after the Taliban were kicked out of power in 2001 by a US-led invasion, and they only admitted in April 2015 that he had died two years earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP Sunday that senior leaders of the movement attended a ceremony at his gravesite earlier in the day near Omarzo, in Suri district of Zabul province.</div><div><br></div><div>The Taliban returned to power in August last year, routing government forces as the US-led military that propped up the regime ended a 20-year occupation, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Since a lot of enemies were around and the country was occupied, to avoid damage to the tomb it was kept secret,\" Mujahid said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 23:17:19', '2022-11-07 23:17:19'),
(2909, 2909, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Visiting delegation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in a meeting on Monday suggested capacity building of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) to act in a way so that people from various backgrounds are included in the market.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>BSEC’s executive director and spokesperson Razaul Karim told UNB that in the scheduled meeting the IMF team suggested product diversification in the stock market to ensure the involvement of the people from all parts of the society.</div><div><br></div><div>They (IMF) want to know details about commodity exchange market, real estate, and other sectors\' enrollment in the share markets.</div><div><br></div><div>The IMF will support both technological upgradation and human resource development of the capital market so that the market can act maintaining global standard, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Rahul Anand, IMF Mission Chief to Bangladesh, led a seven-member delegation of the IMF while Professor Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam, Chairman of BSEC, along with the members of BSEC took part in the discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the IMF team met for discussion with the finance ministry, Bangladesh Bank, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Power Division, Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission, and Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).</div><div><br></div><div>As part of the ongoing discussion on Monday, the IMF team met with the top management of BSEC and gave some suggestions to develop the capacity of the regulator.</div><div><br></div><div>The delegation of the Washington-based global lender started visiting Bangladesh on October 26, to discuss and realise the economic situation as the country sought a $4.5 billion loan as budgetary support.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh so far never seeks such a big loan from a global lender. The wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war have affected the country’s foreign exchange reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>As a result, the ministry of finance officially applied to the IMF for $4.5 billion loan in July this year. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-07 23:57:48', '2022-11-07 23:57:48'),
(2910, 2910, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five members of the Venezuelan military died Sunday when their plane crashed during a training mission, authorities in the South American country said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The C-208B aircraft \"fell to the ground\" 3 kilometers (1.9 miles) from the Jose Antonio Paez air base, in Venezuela\'s southern Amazonas state, Defense Minister General Vladimir Padrino Lopez said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So far, four lifeless bodies have been rescued and the search continues for the fifth,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro \"has ordered an inquiry to determine the possible causes of the incident\" and \"provide all the necessary support to the relatives of the deceased,\" the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>Amazonas Governor Miguel Rodriguez tweeted that his state \"is in mourning. Sadness overwhelms us,\" adding that \"unfortunately there were no survivors,\" reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the plane belonged to the Bolivarian Aviation Group 9, which assists Indigenous communities in the state\'s dense jungle region.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 00:15:08', '2022-11-08 00:15:08'),
(2911, 2911, '<div><br></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Facebook-parent Meta will become the latest tech firm to scale back its workforce, with plans to layoff thousands of employees this week, US media reported Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Wall Street Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that the layoffs could impact \"many thousands\" of Meta employees and that an announcement was expected as soon as Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>As of September 30, Meta had about 87,000 employees worldwide across its different platforms, which include social media sites Facebook and Instagram as well as messaging platform Whatsapp.</div><div><br></div><div>In his announcement of Meta\'s disappointing third quarter results, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the firm\'s staff would not increase by the end of 2023, and might decrease slightly.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest plans from Meta follow recent announcements by other tech firms to freeze hiring or cut their workforce as the industry fights economic headwinds.</div><div><br></div><div>Last Thursday, Silicon Valley firms Stripe and Lyft announced large-scale layoffs while Amazon said it would freeze hiring in its corporate offices.</div><div><br></div><div>Twitter, freshly acquired by Elon Musk, abruptly fired about half of its 7,500 employees last week.</div><div><br></div><div>Ad-supported platforms such as Facebook and Alphabet\'s Google are suffering from advertisers\' budget cuts as they struggle with inflation and rising interest rates.</div><div><br></div><div>Meta in the third quarter saw its profits fall to $4.4 billion, a 52 percent decrease year-over-year.</div><div><br></div><div>Meta\'s stock price took a major hit on the disappointing results, falling 25 percent in one day.</div><div><br></div><div>The company\'s market value over the past year is down to $600 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to its ad-supported business woes, investors have been worried about Zuckerberg\'s decision to devote major funds into developing the metaverse. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 02:27:18', '2022-11-08 02:27:18'),
(2912, 2912, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Seven dengue patients died while 875 patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country during the past 24 hours (till 8am today).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"As many as 497 dengue patients were hospitalized in Dhaka city and 378 patients were admitted to hospitals outside Dhaka during the past 24 hours,\" a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A total of 177 people died from dengue disease between January 1 and November 7. The first death from dengue was reported on June 21, this year,\" the daily statement of the DGHS said.&nbsp; With the new cases, the total number of dengue patients this year rose to 43,982 while some 40,535 patients were released from the hospitals.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne illness that occurs in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. Outbreak of the disease is usually seasonal, peaking during and after rainy seasons.&nbsp; The World Health Organization (WHO) classifies dengue as one of the top 10 threats to public health. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 02:34:58', '2022-11-08 02:34:58'),
(2913, 2913, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Suravi Akanda Prity slammed a brilliant double hat-trick as Bangladesh shrugged off their previous match defeat as they crushed Bhutan by 9-0 drubbing in their return match of SAFF U-15 Women\'s Championship held today (Monday) at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city\'s Kamalapur.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It was the second hat-trick for Prity in the ongoing tournament after she scored her first hat-trick against the same opponents in the tournament opening match.</div><div><br></div><div>The day\'s emphatic win saw, Bangladesh reached top of the table with six points from three matches while lowly Bhutan, who stand bottom at the points table, yet to open their accounts playing the same number of matches. Nepal also have six points, but they stand second position in the table playing one match less than Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Only three countries are participating in the tournament. Bhutan has already made exit from the tournament after losing three matches. Bhutan will play just a formality match against Nepal scheduled to be held on Wednesday 9 (Nov 9). If Nepal able to beat Bhutan in that match, the match between Bangladesh and Nepal on November 11 will basically be the final. Bangladesh must win against Nepal in that match to win the title.</div><div><br></div><div>However it\'ll not enough to win, the hosts will have to be ahead than Nepal in terms of goals calculation as well.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from Suravi Akanda Prity\'s six goals in the match, Nusrat Jahan Mitu, Ayesha Akter and Thunuye Marma supported her with a lone goal each for Bangladesh who led the first half by 4-0 goals.</div><div><br></div><div>Prity scored all her six goals in the 15th, 22nd, 24th, 45+1st 46th and 87th minutes while Nusrat Jahan Mitu, Aysha Akter and Thunuye</div><div><br></div><div>Marma scored one goal each in the 55th, 66th and 80th minutes respectively for Bangladesh in the one-sided affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Bangladesh, rode on Prity\'s a brilliant hat-trick, made a flying start in the championship crushing lowly Bhutan by 8-0 goals but went down a solitary goal defeat to Nepal in their second match of the championship.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will play their match against Nepal on November 11 at the same venue.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from host Bangladesh and Bhutan, Nepal is the third team who are participating in the double league basis tournament. The top team of the table will emerge as champions.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh squad:</div><div><br></div><div>Songgita Rani Das, Mahlathui Marma ,Jui Akter, Ritu Akter, Mst Ruma Akter, Mst Joynob Bibi Rita, Arpita Biswas Arpita, Kanom Akter, Kanon Rani Bahadur, Aysha Akter, Mst Oeyshi Khatun, Puja Das, Ananna Murmu Bith, Protima Munda, Most Munki Akhter, Nusrat Jahan Mitu, Sree Moti Trishna Rani, Munne, Mst Sultana Akter, Sauravi Akanda Prity, Thuinuye Marma, Umehla Marma And Mst Liva Akter. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 03:32:08', '2022-11-08 03:32:08'),
(2914, 2914, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">If you are looking for something premium to match the adaptability of your skin, then you are reading the right article. Next time you buy a new facewash you don’t have to worry about waiting for a long time to see the result, as the first use itself is going to change your opinion to a great extent.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>When you know that you have the option to resort to a halal facewash at a minimal price with zero side effects ...why wouldn’t you switch at the earliest.&nbsp; ...? Think Twice.</div><div><br></div><div>Zayn and Myza, a multinational Company, has introduced their Vitamin C foaming face wash to break the myth that face washes do not work on sensitive skin…</div><div><br></div><div>Read more to know Zayn and Myza better…</div><div><br></div><div>Zayn and Myza highly believes that skin care should be effortless and a fun thing to do every day. All products of Zayn and Myza are backed by science, free from chemical nasties, animal cruelty and 100% vegetarian. Recently, Zayn and Myza introduced an effective face wash called Vitamin C foaming face wash in the market to make skin care easier than ever.</div><div><br></div><div>Benefits of Using ZM Vitamin C foaming face wash&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>• Brightens the skin – As the in- built applicator is rotated on the skin surface, it releases micro bubbles which cleans away the dirt and the grime accumulated in pores to make the skin luminous and brighter.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>• Keeps photo damage at bay – This astounding product has a derivative of Vitamin C called ethyl – ascorbic -acid to repair acne damage and minimize open pores.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>• Smaller molecular structure – This attribute of this face wash helps better penetration of the actives into the skin to reduce dark spots, hyper – pigmentation and pimple marks.</div><div><br></div><div>• Hydrates the skin and prevents dryness – Packed with the combination of Aloe vera gel and Holy Basil to keep the skin moisturized.</div><div><br></div><div>• Maintain the Ph- balance of the skin – This face wash removes the impurities gently without disrupting the natural oil balance of one’s face which is rarely seen among face washes.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hence, without any further delay pamper your skin by making this hydrating face wash a part of your daily skin care regimen.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/rr/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 04:11:58', '2022-11-08 04:11:58');
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(2915, 2915, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The only way to \"put an end to all this suffering\" from \"a highway to climate hell\" is for the world to cooperate or perish, dozens of leaders were admonished as they gathered Monday for international climate talks.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>More than 100 world leaders will speak over the next few days to try to deal with a worsening problem that scientists call Earth\'s biggest challenge. Nearly 50 heads of states or governments started to take the stage Monday in the first day of \"high-level\" talks at this year\'s annual U.N. climate conference, known as COP27, with more to come in the following days.</div><div><br></div><div>Much of the focus will be on national leaders telling their stories of being devastated by climate disasters, culminating Tuesday with a speech by Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Sharif, whose country\'s summer floods caused at least $40 billion in damage and displaced millions of people.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The planet has become a world of suffering. ... Is it not high time to put an end to all this suffering,\" Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the summit host, told his fellow leaders.\"Climate change will never stop without our intervention. ... Our time here is limited and we must use every second that we have.\'\'</div><div><br></div><div>El-Sisi, who called for an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, was gentle compared to a fiery United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who said the world \"is on a highway to climate hell.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He called for a new pact between rich and poor countries to work more closely together, with financial help and phasing out of coal in rich nations by 2030 and elsewhere by 2040. He called on the United States and China — the two biggest producers of climate-changing emissions — to especially work together on climate, something they used to do until the last few years.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Humanity has a choice: Cooperate or perish,\" Guterres said. \"It is either a Climate Solidarity Pact - or a Collective Suicide Pact.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The World Meteorological Association issued a report at the summit Sunday saying, \"The past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record, fueled by ever-rising greenhouse gas concentrations and accumulated heat. Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The report said the \"tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change,\" such as the reate of sea level rise and glacial melting \"are becoming more dramatic.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Still, the fire and brimstone displayed by Guterres may not have quite the impact as it might have in past meetings.</div><div><br></div><div>Why? Because of bad timing and who isn\'t showing up, is coming late or is dithering about it.</div><div><br></div><div>Most of the leaders are meeting Monday and Tuesday, just as the United States has a potentially policy-shifting midterm election. Then the leaders of the world\'s 20 wealthiest nations will have their powerful-only club confab in Bali in Indonesia days later. Add to that, \"there are big climate summits and little climate summits and this was never expected to be a big one,\" said Climate Advisers CEO Nigel Purvis, a former U.S. negotiator.</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders of two of the three biggest carbon polluting nations — China and India — appear to be skipping the climate talks, although underlings are here negotiating. The leader of the other top polluting country — President Biden — is coming days later than most of the other presidents and prime ministers on his way to Bali.</div><div><br></div><div>United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was initially going to avoid the negotiations, but public pressure and predecessor Boris Johnson\'s plans to come changed his mind. New King Charles III, a longtime environment advocate, won\'t attend because of his new role. And Russia\'s leader Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine created energy chaos that reverberates in the world of climate negotiations, won\'t be here.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We always want more\" leaders, United Nations climate chief Simon Stiell said in a Sunday news conference. \"But I believe there is sufficient (leadership) right now for us to have a very productive outcome.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to speeches given by the leaders, the negotiations include \"innovative\'\' roundtable discussions that \"we are confident, will generate some very powerful insights,\" Stiell said.</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders showing up in droves are from the host continent of Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The historical polluters who caused climate change are not showing up,\" said Mohammed Adow of Power Shift Africa. \"Africa is the least responsible, the most vulnerable to the issue of climate change and it is a continent that is stepping up and providing leadership.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"The South is actually stepping up,\" Adow told The Associated Press. \"The North that historically caused the problem is failing.\'\'</div><div><br></div><div>Monday will be heavily dominated by leaders of nations victimized by climate change, not those that have created the problem of heat-trapping gases warming up the atmosphere by burning fossil fuel. It will be mostly African nations and small island nations and other vulnerable nations that will be telling their stories.</div><div><br></div><div>And they are dramatic ones, droughts in Africa and floods in Pakistan, in places that could least afford it. For the first time in 30 years of climate negotiations, the summit \"should focus its attention on the severe climate impacts we\'re already seeing,\" said World Resources International\'s David Waskow.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We can\'t discount an entire continent that has over a billion people living here and has some of the most severe impacts,\'\' Waskow said. \"It\'s pretty clear that Africa will be at risk in a very severe way.\'\'</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders come \"to share the progress they\'ve made at home and to accelerate action,\" Purvis said. In this case, with the passage of the first major climate legislation and $375 billion in spending, Mr. Biden has a lot to share, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>While it\'s impressive that so many leaders are coming to the summit, \"my expectations for ambitious climate targets in these two days are very low,\" said NewClimate Institute\' scientist Niklas Hohne. That\'s because of Putin\'s invasion of Ukraine, which caused energy and food crises that took away from climate action, he said. Source: CBS news&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 04:21:06', '2022-11-08 04:21:06'),
(2916, 2916, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh have recovered 31.10 kgs of gold worth around Taka 22.16 crore from Benapole and Putkhali border areas in Jashore district in the last three months.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In separate drives, the BGB-21 battalion team recovered 15 gold bars weighing 31.10 kgs from 17 alleged smugglers in the two border areas from August to November 7, 2022, said a press release.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The BGB personnel also recovered a huge amount of drugs, clothes, illegal chemicals and explosives and arrested smugglers during their regular drives from the border areas, said the press release, adding that smugglers were handed over to local police stations for taking legal steps. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 04:23:20', '2022-11-08 04:23:20'),
(2917, 2917, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned not to go for mega projects and instead take up small ones focusing on rural development and public welfare.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She made the directives while chairing the meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (Ecnec) at the NEC conference room in the city’s Sher-e Bangla Nagar area.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Prime Minister said the luxury projects can’t be taken up. But small rural projects or welfare oriented projects cannot be compromised. Mega projects can’t be undertaken,” said Planning Minister MA Mannan while briefing reporters after the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina, also the Ecnec chairperson, stressed the need for a thorough feasibility study in case of undertaking any big project.</div><div><br></div><div>She also asked the authorities concerned to find out uncultivated lands everywhere across the country to grow food and other crops.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Prime Minister said production will have to be raised. Not a single inch of land can be kept uncultivated,” said Mannan adding that she directed the cabinet secretary to identify the uncultivated lands with the help of deputy commissioners.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM asked everyone to be frugal and stop wastages amid the global recession.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ecnec meeting cleared seven projects with a total estimated cost of Tk 3,981.90 crore (only additional costs of three revised projects were counted here).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the cost, Tk 3,392.33 crore will be drawn from the government’s fund, while Tk 267.35 crore from the own funds of the organisations concerned and Tk 332.21 crore will come from the foreign sources. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 22:26:07', '2022-11-08 22:26:07'),
(2918, 2918, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The body of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) student Fardin Noor Parash bears several injury marks, according to the doctor who conducted autopsy.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“There are several injury marks on Fardin\'s head and body,” said Sheikh Farhad, a physician at Narayanganj General Hospital where the autopsy was done, on Tuesday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Maniruzzaman Moni, officer-in-charge of Narayanganj River Police, said police have detained two friends of Fardin for interrogation.</div><div><br></div><div>They are also trying to find clues to and possible reasons behind Fardin\'s death, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Fardin’s father Nuruddin Rana said that the family received a phone call on Monday, informing them of Fardin\'s dead body.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Monday, police found Fardin\'s body from the Shitalakshya river, three days after he went missing.</div><div><br></div><div>Fardin was a 3rd-year student of civil engineering department of BUET and a resident of Qutubpur area in Narayanganj\'s Fatullah, said Maniruzzaman.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 4, Fardin left home and did not return. He was also unreachable on phone.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, his father lodged a general diary with Rampura Police in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday afternoon, the dead body was seen floating on the river just behind a cotton mill at Siddhirganj, reports&nbsp; UNB</div><div><br></div><div>On information, police rushed to the spot and recovered the body, added the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 22:58:41', '2022-11-08 22:58:41'),
(2919, 2919, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Real Madrid lost their first La Liga game of the season, going down 3-2 in a battle at city-rivals Rayo Vallecano on Monday to leave Barcelona two points clear at the top.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Rayo took an early lead in a see-saw game before Real rallied to 2-1 ahead. Rayo equalised before half-time before sealing a famous win with a twice-taken penalty from Oscar Trejo in the 67th minute.</div><div><br></div><div>After 13 matches, Barcelona are top on 34 points to Real Madrid\'s 32.</div><div><br></div><div>Playing without injured Ballon d\'Or winner Karim Benzema, Real Madrid faced a tough opponent in a sold-out stadium in the working class suburb of Vallecas.</div><div><br></div><div>Santiago Comesana put the home side ahead to raucous scenes after just five minutes before two goals in the space of four minutes turned the match Madrid\'s way.</div><div><br></div><div>First Luca Modric levelled from the penalty spot in the 37th minute before Eder Militao fired Carlo Ancelotti\'s previously unbeaten side into the lead.</div><div><br></div><div>It was not to last, however, as Rayo were level at the break with Alvaro Garcia getting the better of a goalmouth scramble and snapping a shot through a sea of legs.</div><div><br></div><div>In a bad tempered and hotly-disputed game Real\'s Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois saved a penalty from Trejo on 67 minutes but was adjudged to have moved early.</div><div><br></div><div>Trejo showed no nerves converting the retaken spot-kick.</div><div>\"We lost it in the individual duels, and we missed chances we would normally convert,\" Ancelotti said.</div><div><br></div><div>Named in Brazil\'s World Cup squad Rodrygo looked horrified when he fired over the bar from close range in the 90th minute.</div><div><br></div><div>Real\'s other Brazilian striker Vinicius also fell flat but the Italian coach said the players hadn\'t been distracted by the upcoming World Cup in Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>\"That\'s the way it goes sometimes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"It was hard for Vinicius, but it was hard for all the team tonight.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'m upset by this defeat, not with the players, we have done better than ever in this first part of the season,\" said Ancelotti.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona beat Almeria 2-0 with goals from Ousmane Dembele and Frenkie de Jong to move top of La Liga on Saturday on an emotional night as Gerard Pique retired.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier Monday, Real were draw against Liverpool in the Champions League for a double header in February and March. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 23:49:13', '2022-11-08 23:49:13'),
(2920, 2920, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court fixed December 11 for hearing on framing charges against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat in a graft case filed by Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Special Judge\'s Court-6 judge Al Asad Md Asifuzzaman passed the order accepting the plea of time extension by Samrat\'s attorney in his client\'s present at dock as today was fixed for the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Samrat along with his associate and also former Jubo League leader Enamul Haque alias Arman from a village in Cumilla\'s Chauddagram upazila on October 6, 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 12 in the same year, ACC deputy director Md Jahangir Alam filed a case against him for amassing wealth worth of around Taka 3 crore beyond his known income sources.</div><div><br></div><div>The anti-corruption watchdog submitted a charge sheet against him on November 26, 2020, accusing him for rallying wealth worth of over Taka 222.88 crore beyond his known income sources.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Samrat was produced before the court from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on August 22.</div><div><br></div><div>After holding hearing on the plea for bail filed by the defence, the court granted his plea on a Taka 10,000 bond. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-08 23:53:13', '2022-11-08 23:53:13'),
(2921, 2921, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The overall inflation in Bangladesh fell to 8.91 percent in October, on a point-to-point basis, from 9.1 percent in September.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Planning Minister MA Mannan shared the information on Tuesday at a press conference after the meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).</div><div><br></div><div>Depreciation of taka should be considered positively as it helps to increase US dollar supply in the market, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply to a question, Mannan said, “As per Bangladesh Bank, foreign exchange reserves are close to $35 billion, no matter what the IMF said.”</div><div><br></div><div>In August this year, the overall inflation in the country rose to 9.5 percent. This important and sensitive indicator of the economy was the highest in August in the last 12 years.</div><div><br></div><div>In the fiscal 2010-11, the average inflation rate of the country was 10.92 percent. After that, this index did not rise above 9 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to the increase in prices of daily essentials, and fuel in the international market, there was a trend of rising inflation in the country for several months.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 5, the government increased fuel prices by 42 to 51 percent. The price of diesel was increased by Tk 34 per litre, octane by Tk 46 per litre, and petrol by Tk 44 per litre. This record jump in fuel prices contributed to the record inflation. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 00:16:05', '2022-11-09 00:16:05'),
(2922, 2922, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Under an awning in a bamboo thicket in northern Myanmar, an anti-coup fighter following instructions from YouTube welds scavenged steel into crude mortar rounds and shells to be fired at junta troops.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Almost two years after seizing power, the military has been unable to crush local militias that have sprung up to fight the putsch with hit-and-run tactics.</div><div><br></div><div>In turn, these People\'s Defence Forces (PDF) remain massively outgunned by the military\'s artillery strikes, Chinese and Russian-made jets and Israeli-patterned rifles.</div><div><br></div><div>Captured weapons and expensive purchases on the black market have provided patchy boosts to PDF firepower, analysts say, but many militias have turned to risky trial-and-error operations to churn out their own rockets, mines and mortars.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We just learn how to build weapons from the internet or YouTube,\" said Nay Min, an anti-coup fighter from the northern Sagaing region.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We search how to cook saltpetre (potassium nitrate), how to combine it to get gunpowder, how to build rifles. We haven\'t received any training,\" he told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Those with engineering or mechanical backgrounds, like his comrade Nay Myo Win, experiment and come up with prototypes or copies of captured weapons, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Blowtorches in hand, they sweat for hours in makeshift workshops powered by generators that are frequent targets of junta raids.</div><div><br></div><div>Nay Myo Win mixes saltpetre to make the gunpowder needed to fire mortar shells filled with lead and scrap metal that he claims have a range of just over two kilometres (1.2 miles).</div><div>- Crude armaments -</div><div><br></div><div>Laid out on a tarpaulin ahead of a mission in October, the mortars are unimpressive -- little more than construction pipes welded to bipods.</div><div><br></div><div>The shells require two charges to detonate -- one to fire the shell and the other to explode on impact -- a method first used at the beginning of the 20th century.</div><div><br></div><div>But the damage is substantial, Nay Min said -- \"around 15 feet from the target it will hit people and they will die or be wounded\".</div><div><br></div><div>One batch of shells was made from a telecoms tower owned by a firm close to the military, which was sabotaged by PDF fighters some months ago.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We just wanted to destroy their business,\" Nay Min added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But, after we had started making homemade weapons ... we needed more stainless steel and we thought of the tower.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Nay Min\'s group is one of dozens of PDF militias in Sagaing making their own weapons in a bid to turn the tide in the fighting.</div><div><br></div><div>Many upload footage of successful tests of mortars, rockets or mines to social media, with joyous shouts accompanying each loud bang.</div><div><br></div><div>But the work can be deadly.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s more than dangerous,\" said Bo Shaung, an anti-coup fighter and rocket maker from another group operating in Sagaing.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When we cook gunpowder, if we add too much saltpetre, it\'s dangerous. If we add too little, it\'s also dangerous.\"</div><div><br></div><div>One video obtained by AFP shows a new mortar being tested. The shell explodes in the barrel, killing the fighter who had just loaded it.</div><div><br></div><div>Thu Ya, another anti-coup fighter, said he lost his sight six months ago when the explosive he was handling went off too soon.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I got injuries on my hands and feet which have recovered now but I... still have blurry vision,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In the absence of machines like lathes and voltage regulators, each shell is made by hand.</div><div><br></div><div>And for all the risk that comes with producing them, the homemade munitions are often more bark than bite.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Drain on morale\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Once a target has been selected, preparing ammunition for an attack can take up to 10 days, Nay Min said.</div><div><br></div><div>His group relies on information from locals to gauge troop positions.</div><div><br></div><div>To guide their fire they have little more than Google Maps to measure the distance from the target.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We normally attack them in our own areas and we all know the locations and distance,\" he said, insisting that most attacks were accurate.</div><div><br></div><div>Assessing the effectiveness of these weapons is \"extremely difficult\" in the absence of impartial reporting from the field, said Bangkok-based security analyst Anthony Davis.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides regularly inflate or play down their casualty figures, analysts say.</div><div><br></div><div>But Davis said the spread of locally made mortars and rockets \"indicates that these systems are far from simply window-dressing\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"They inflict real casualties but perhaps as importantly are a constant drain on the morale of often isolated army units on the receiving end.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The junta has labelled all PDF groups as \"terrorists\". It blames anti-coup fighters for the deaths of more than 4,000 civilians.</div><div><br></div><div>Nay Min sees his group\'s fight as justified.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are satisfied with what we have done,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But \"we need everything. Especially we need weapons.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 00:19:49', '2022-11-09 00:19:49'),
(2923, 2923, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves is falling due to meeting import demand of essential goods and a downward trend in remittance-export incomes, the latest data of Bangladesh Bank revealed.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After paying $1.35 billion to Asian Clearing Union (ACU) as an import bill for September-October, and $131 million spent to meet LC liabilities, the forex reserves stood at $34.3 billion at the end of November 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Md Abul Kalam Azad told UNB that the liabilities of import payment are decreasing gradually after reining in opening of import LCs.</div><div><br></div><div>US $1.35 billion in ACU bill has been paid in September-October. Earlier, Bangladesh had to pay $1.73 billion for July-August period and $1.96 billion during May-June, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The central banks and the monetary authorities of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are currently members of the ACU.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the suggestion of International Monetary Fund (IMF), if $8 billion used as export development fund is excluded from the foreign exchange reserves, then the reserves stand at $26.3 billion. It is the lowest in 7 years. Forex reserves were $35.8 billion on October 30, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh’s foreign exchange reserves reached an all-time high of $48.06 billion in August 2021 and a record low of $42.5 million in August 1974.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite curbing imports, the foreign exchange reserves are falling sharply.</div><div><br></div><div>Opening of new LCs has been reduced. But the liability of the previously opened LCs is now payable in terms of arrears or late payment. Due to this, the dollar crisis is becoming more acute.</div><div>Bangladesh will be able to meet the import expenses of three and a half months with the current forex reserves.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the tightening of imports, economists said that forex reserves cannot be increased by stopping imports. Domestic products need some imported materials. If not, the economy will be adversely affected.</div><div><br></div><div>Former governor of Bangladesh Bank Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed told UNB that declining reserves are a major challenge for the economy.</div><div><br></div><div>“Now we have to think about how to meet this challenge. First, we need to emphasize increasing remittances. Dollar rates should be left to the market,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Banks will buy dollars at the required rate. It does not matter whether it is Tk 112 or more. It is important to raise remittance now, Dr. Salehuddin said. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:23:20', '2022-11-09 02:23:20'),
(2924, 2924, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Americans began voting Tuesday in midterm elections, with Republicans chasing a congressional majority that would paralyze President Joe Biden\'s agenda for the next two years and pave the way for Donald Trump to return to the White House.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Polling stations on the east coast started opening at 6:00 am (1100 GMT). With control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate up for grabs, more than 40 million people have already cast their ballots in pre-poll voting across the country. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:25:45', '2022-11-09 02:25:45'),
(2925, 2925, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The teachers of Jashore board who were involved in making the question paper for Bangla 1st paper of Dhaka board’s HSC exam that contained communal element will be show-caused first, said Professor Tapan Kumar Sarkar, Chairman of&nbsp; Dhaka Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to rules, those teachers from different educational institutions&nbsp; under Jashore board will be ordered to show cause, Professor Tapan Kumar UNB on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>After that punitive actions will be recommended against those teachers to Inter Education Board Coordination Committee and the Ministry of Education, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry will then take further measures in this regard, said Tapan Kumar Sarkar.</div><div><br></div><div>HSC and equivalent exams for the academic session 2021-22 began across the country with Bangla 1st Paper on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>One question in Dhaka Board’s question paper raised a controversy and drew criticism.</div><div><br></div><div>The bizarre and unnecessary passage said that two brothers, Nepal and Gopal (names generally used by Hindu community), had a land dispute. To punish his elder brother, Nepal sold the disputed land to a Muslim man named Abdul. But when the new owner sacrificed a cow on that land during Eid-ul-Azha, it hurt Nepal and he migrated to India.</div><div><br></div><div>This question received huge criticism from people and educationists for its blatant use of communal elements. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:31:35', '2022-11-09 02:31:35'),
(2926, 2926, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court on Tuesday dismissed the case against 15 Awami League activists and officer-in-charge of Banani police station over the attack on BNP executive committee member Tabith Awal and others at a programme in the capital\'s Banani on September 17.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge Mohammad Asaduzzaman passed the order, said additional public prosecutor Tapash Kumar Pal.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Monday, Tabith filed the case against 15 Awami League leaders and activists and officer-in-charge of Banani police station Nur-e-Azam.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the court fixed Tuesday morning for hearing the complaint after recording the statement of the plaintiff.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocates AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon and Masud Ahmed Talukdar stood for Tabith.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, leaders and activists of BNP’s Dhaka North City unit were holding a candlelight vigil around 7:45pm on Kamal Atartuk Avenue, the main thoroughfare in Banani on September 17.</div><div><br></div><div>Towards the end of the programme, the activists of Awami League and its associate organisations - Chhatra League and Jubo League - suddenly attacked the BNP leaders and activists with rods, brick chips and sticks, leaving at least 10 individuals injured.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP’s executive committee member Tabith Awal was among the injured.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, Tabith requested the Banani OC to ensure holding of peaceful vigil programme but no one paid any heed to his request.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader Khan, vice-president of Dhaka Metropolitan North unit Awami League, Jashim Uddin, former vice-president of Banani Thana unit Awami League, Mir Mosharraf Hossain, former general secretary, Amzad hossain, joint general secretary of&nbsp; Banani Thana unit Swechchashebak League and Mafizur Rahman, vice-president of Banani Thana unit Awami League were among the accused.</div><div><br></div><div>The accused included 200-300 unidentified people and 20-30 unidentified policemen. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:34:43', '2022-11-09 02:34:43'),
(2927, 2927, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A man in the United States has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to eat 10 Carolina Reaper chillies, the world\'s hottest peppers. Guinness World Records (GWR) said that the California resident Gregory Foster broke the record on September 17 after eating the chillies in an impressive 33.15 seconds. With the latest achievement, Mr Foster broke his own record - of eating three Carolina Reaper chillies in 8.72 seconds - just nine months ago.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>GWR said that the Reapers hold the record for being the hottest chilli peppers ever, outranking others like the jalapeno and ghost peppers.</div><div><br></div><div>Experts use Scoville Heat Units to determine how spicy the chilli is. The method determines the \'spiciness\' by determining the concentration of the chemical compounds responsible for the sensation, said GWR.</div><div><br></div><div>Carolina Reapers stand at 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units, GWR further said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Foster owns a hot sauce company and grown his own chillies on his farms.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s the passion of pain, I guess,\" he told GWR.</div><div><br></div><div>Fellow American Mitch Donnelly was his competitor and had once won a chilli eating competition that Mr Foster organized. But this time, he was beaten by Mr Foster who pushed through the pain of eating the chillies quickly.</div><div><br></div><div>He described the experience as similar to trying to eat charcoal as quickly as possible.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is the one part of the job that I hate. But it\'s the one part of the job that\'s the most entertaining for everybody else,\" Mr Foster told GWR.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that the key to competitive chilli eating is to have milk and ice cream on hand. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:40:26', '2022-11-09 02:40:26'),
(2928, 2928, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Varun Dhawan, during a recent interview had revealed that he has been diagnosed with Vestibular Hypofunction, a condition that affects the major functions of the vestibular organs. On Monday night, the actor shared an update on his health in a series of tweets, in which he stated that he is doing \"much better.\" Varun Dhawan\'s first tweet read: \"Hey guys I know I had recently given an interview where I spoke about my health not being a 100 percent. The amount of concern and love that has followed has left me humbled and actually very energised to get back to 100 percent.\"</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The actor assured his fans that he is on his path to recovery and added in another tweet: \"To everyone who has been concerned I would like to share I am doing much better with the help of yoga, swimming, physio and a change in lifestyle. Getting sun is the most important. Above all the blessings of Bhagwan.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Varun Dhawan first opened up about his diagnosis during India Today Mumbai Conclave 2022, where the actor said, \"Recently, I just shut down. I didn\'t know what had happened to me. I had this thing called vestibular hypofunction, basically your balance goes off. But I just pushed myself so hard. We are just running in this race, nobody is asking why. I think there is a greater purpose we are all here. I am trying to find mine, and hopefully, people will find theirs.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Varun Dhawan, star of films like October, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, ABCD 2, Badlapur and Dilwale made his Bollywood debut with the 2012 film Student Of The Year. He also featured in the remake of Coolie No 1 with Sara Ali Khan. He was last seen in Jugjugg Jeeyo. He will next be seen in BhediYa with Kriti Sanon. Other than that, his line-up of films also includes Bawaal with Janhvi Kapoor. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:51:13', '2022-11-09 02:51:13'),
(2929, 2929, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea said Tuesday that claims by the United States that Pyongyang is supplying artillery ammunition to Moscow for its war in Ukraine were groundless, state media KCNA reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rebuke comes amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula after a spate of North Korean weapons tests last week -- including an intercontinental ballistic missile -- as the United States and South Korea conducted their biggest-ever air force exercise.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States and South Korea have warned that the North\'s repeated recent missile launches could culminate in a nuclear test.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday\'s statement refuted allegations last week by White House national security spokesman John Kirby, who said the artillery from North Korea to Russia was coming under cover of shipments to the Middle East or Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Recently, the US is persistently spreading a groundless \'rumor of arms dealings\' between the DPRK and Russia,\" North Korea\'s vice director of military foreign affairs of the Ministry of National Defence said in a statement, according to KCNA.</div><div><br></div><div>The statement said North Korea sees the \"rumor\" as part of the United States\' \"hostile attempt to tarnish the image of the DPRK in the international arena,\" using an acronym for North Korea\'s official name.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We once again make clear that we have never had \'arms dealings\' with Russia and that we have no plan to do so in the future,\" the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>Kirby had said US officials did not know whether Russia has actually received the ammunition, but were trying to monitor the shipments.</div><div><br></div><div>US information indicates that North Korea \"is covertly supplying Russia\'s war in Ukraine with a significant number of artillery shells, while obfuscating the real destination of the arms shipments by trying to make it appear as though they are being sent to countries in the Middle East or North Africa,\" Kirby told reporters on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the United States believes the \"significant\" number of shells sent are enough to help Russia prolong the war -- which started with Moscow\'s invasion of its former Soviet neighbor in February -- but not enough to give it an advantage over Ukrainian forces, which are being supplied by the United States and NATO allies.</div><div><br></div><div>- Sign of Russia\'s \'shortages\' -</div><div><br></div><div>In September Pyongyang denied a White House claim that it was planning to provide ammunition to help the Russian military replenish its stockpiles, which have been severely depleted by the now eight-month-old war.</div><div><br></div><div>Kirby said the shipments were \"a sign of Russia\'s own defence article shortages and needs\" as they face international sanctions limiting their re-stocking abilities, which he said is also the reason for Iran sending drone supplies.</div><div><br></div><div>Kirby would not say how or by what routes the North Korean ammunition is traveling.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the US would consult allies and partners, especially at the United Nations, on what measures might be taken.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea\'s latest admonition against the United States came only a day after its previous repudiation, with Pyongyang on Monday vowing a \"resolute and overwhelming\" military response to last week\'s US-South Korean war drills.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea\'s military confirmed that its latest ballistic missile tests were a reply to Washington and Seoul\'s so-called Vigilant Storm operation. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 02:58:52', '2022-11-09 02:58:52'),
(2930, 2930, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif appears to have been the victim of a targeted killing in Kenya, and not an accidental shooting.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sharif, a well-known TV journalist, was shot dead on October 23 near the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, in unclear circumstances.</div><div><br></div><div>Kenyan media reported that the incident took place near the Nairobi-Magadi highway when police ordered a vehicle to stop, but it continued to speed away.</div><div><br></div><div>Police reportedly opened fire, which resulted in the death of Sharif and wounded the driver Khurram Ahmed, another Pakistani man who was accompanying Sharif.</div><div><br></div><div>The police expressed “regret” over the shooting, which they said was a case of “mistaken identity”, and a police watchdog said it would carry out an investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>Sanaullah said on Tuesday that evidence suggested Sharif was killed in a “targeted” attack.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have sought briefing from the inquiry team which visited Kenya and from the information they gave, it looks like this was a targeted attack, and not a case of mistaken identity,” Sanaullah told a press conference in Islamabad.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said further investigation into the incident was required to ascertain facts, adding the government has requested Kenyan authorities to share more information.</div><div><br></div><div>There was no immediate comment from Kenyan authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Sharif’s remains were brought back to Pakistan last month and were buried on October 27 with thousands of people in attendance, chanting slogans and demanding the arrest of his killers.</div><div><br></div><div>The death of Sharif, a prominent news anchor in Pakistan, came two months after he fled the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Sharif was long associated with the news channel ARY and was considered close to the country’s military establishment, which has been in power in Pakistan for more than half of the 75 years since independence.</div><div><br></div><div>However, after the removal of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government in April through a parliamentary vote of no confidence, Sharif became critical of the military.</div><div><br></div><div>He faced sedition charges in August in relation to an interview that he conducted with Khan’s close aide and that the military deemed offensive, after which Sharif left the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the killing, the Pakistani government ordered the formation of a two-member committee, which flew to Kenya to conduct a probe.</div><div><br></div><div>Lieutenant General Babar Iftikhar, the director general of the military’s media wing, said that it is yet to be determined who was behind the killing.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have to wait for the report from the inquiry commission. Until the report is released, it is not appropriate to make allegations,” he said during a press conference before Sharif’s funeral in Islamabad. Source: AL JAZEERA</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 03:13:00', '2022-11-09 03:13:00'),
(2931, 2931, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The rate of global sea level rise is speeding up dramatically as temperatures continue to rise due to climate change, a new report finds, and now poses “a major threat to many millions” of people living on ocean coastlines.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sea levels have risen by an average of 10 millimeters since January 2020, reaching a new record high this year, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which issued a stark warning in its provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report, released Sunday. The WMO, a division of the United Nations, found a number of striking facts about climate change and its effects, including that “the past eight years are on track to be the eight warmest on record.”</div><div><br></div><div>But the most alarming findings may be those related to sea level rise, as the encroaching ocean threatens major coastal population centers with stronger storms, higher storm surges and flooding. “The rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993,” the WMO noted. “The past two and a half years alone account for 10 percent of the overall rise in sea level since satellite measurements started nearly 30 years ago.”</div><div><br></div><div>One of the main causes of the accelerating pace of sea level rise is melting glaciers. According to the WMO, “2022 took an exceptionally heavy toll on glaciers in the European Alps, with initial indications of record-shattering melt. The Greenland ice sheet lost mass for the 26th consecutive year and it rained (rather than snowed) there for the first time in September.”</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) issued a report on endangered glaciers finding that one-third of the glaciers in UNESCO World Heritage sites are expected to disappear by 2050. The remaining two-thirds can be saved if greenhouse gas emissions are cut quickly and deeply enough to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the report concluded.</div><div><br></div><div>The devastating effects of melting glaciers is already being witnessed in Pakistan, where an unusually warm spring caused glacial melt that contributed to the floods that have submerged one-third of the country, displacing millions of residents.</div><div><br></div><div>The report’s release coincided with the opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Sharm-el Sheik, Egypt, also known as COP27, with the intent of bolstering support for more aggressive action to curb emissions. Political developments, however, have diminished hopes that major new commitments of reducing greenhouse gases will be announced during COP27.</div><div><br></div><div>“The greater the warming, the worse the impacts,” WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement. “We have such high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere now that the lower 1.5°C of the Paris Agreement is barely within reach. It’s already too late for many glaciers, and the melting will continue for hundreds if not thousands of years. … Although we still measure this in terms of millimeters per year, it adds up to half to 1 meter per century, and that is a long-term and a major threat to many millions of coastal dwellers and low-lying states.”</div><div><br></div><div>As the oceans rise from melting glaciers and polar ice caps, they also are getting warmer as they absorb more heat, causing their volume to expand further. Ocean temperatures reached record levels in 2021 (the latest year for which data was available).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hotter oceans lead to an array of effects on the ecosystem, including coral bleaching and declining fish populations. It also powers stronger storms like Hurricane Fiona, which recently devastated Puerto Rico with 30 inches of rain, causing landslides and overflowing rivers and widespread power outages.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2022, the average global temperature is estimated to be about 1.15 °C above the 1850-1900 average. This actually could have been worse. For the first time in a century, La Niña, a weather pattern that causes cool water to rise to the surface in the Pacific Ocean — leading to cooler-than-usual weather — occurred for the third year in a row. The WMO estimates that this means 2022 will be the fifth- or sixth-hottest year on record, rather than the hottest ever. But the trend toward ever-higher temperatures remains clear.</div><div><br></div><div>“The latest State of the Global Climate report is a chronicle of climate chaos,” said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in response to the report’s release. “As the World Meteorological Organization shows so clearly, change is happening with catastrophic speed, devastating lives and livelihoods on every continent. Glacier melt records are themselves melting away, jeopardizing water security for whole continents. We must answer the planet’s distress signal with action — ambitious, credible climate action. COP27 must be the place, and now must be the time.” Source: Yahoo News</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Environment Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 03:42:19', '2022-11-09 03:42:19');
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(2932, 2932, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sweden has taken \"concrete action\" to address Turkey\'s concerns over its NATO membership bid, including stepping up counter-terrorism efforts against Kurdish militants, Stockholm told Ankara in a letter dated Oct. 6 and seen by Reuters.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two-page letter gives 14 examples of steps taken by Sweden to show it \"is fully committed to the implementation\" of a memorandum it signed with Turkey and Finland in June, which resulted in NATO member Turkey lifting its veto of their applications to the trans-Atlantic security alliance.</div><div><br></div><div>Sweden and Finland launched their bids to join NATO in May in response to Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, but ran into objections from Turkey, which accuses the two Nordic countries of harbouring what it says are militants from the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and other groups.</div><div><br></div><div>Stockholm and Helsinki deny harbouring terrorists but have pledged to cooperate with Ankara to fully address its security concerns, and to lift arms embargoes. Yet Turkey\'s President Tayyip Erdogan said as recently as Oct. 6 that its demands had not yet been met.</div><div><br></div><div>In its letter to Turkey, Sweden said that \"concrete action has been taken on all core elements of the trilateral agreement\".</div><div><br></div><div>Sweden\'s security and counter-terrorism police, Sapo, \"has intensified its work against the PKK\", and it made \"a high-level visit\" to Turkey in September for meetings with Turkey\'s MIT intelligence agency, the letter said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sweden\'s foreign ministry and the communications arm of Erdogan\'s office each did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter.</div><div><br></div><div>Swedish officials delivered the letter, which was not previously reported, to Erdogan\'s office and the foreign ministry at the weekend, a source familiar with the situation said, requesting anonymity due to sensitivity over it. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 03:55:54', '2022-11-09 03:55:54'),
(2933, 2933, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The hosts of the COP27 climate talks on Tuesday launched a global plan to help the world’s poorest communities withstand the impacts of global warming.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Unveiling the Sharm Al Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, named after the Egyptian resort where the talks are being held, the plan sets out 30 goals to hit by the end of the decade to enhance the lives of 4 billion people.</div><div><br></div><div>The hope is that by setting targets across themes including food and agriculture, water and nature, and coastlines and oceans, the public and private sectors will work with common goals and accelerate adaptation to change.</div><div><br></div><div>Urgent targets highlighted by the COP27 Presidency include moving the world to more sustainable agriculture practices that could increase yields by 17 per cent and cut emissions by 21 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>Other goals include protecting 3 billion people from catastrophic weather events by installing early warning systems to help them prepare; investing $4 billion into mangrove restoration, which protects against flooding; and expanding clean cooking options to 2.4 billion people to reduce indoor air pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>In total, the plan seeks to mobilise up to $300 billion a year from private and public investors. By contrast, the world’s biggest multilateral development banks spent $17 billion on adaptation finance for poorer countries in 2021, a report by the lenders published last month showed.</div><div><br></div><div>The majority of climate finance goes towards mitigation efforts, such as reducing emissions, despite U.N. pleas that half of all funding should be channelled into helping vulnerable countries adapt.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Sharm Al Sheikh Adaptation Agenda is a critical step at COP27,” COP27 President and Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry said.</div><div><br></div><div>“The COP27 presidency has long articulated our commitment to bringing together state and non-state actors to progress on adaptation and resilience for the 4 billion people that live in the most climate vulnerable regions by 2030.”</div><div><br></div><div>UN climate chief Simon Stiell said: “The Sharm Al Sheikh Adaptation Agenda firmly puts key human needs at its core, along with concrete, specific action on the ground to build resilience to climate change.” For daily comprehensive coverage on COP27 in your inbox, Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 04:29:15', '2022-11-09 04:29:15'),
(2934, 2934, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday underlined the need for arranging more competitions and trainings to gain success in the international sports platforms, urging the players to play with the attitude of victory.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We have to arrange more competitions alongside proper trainings to achieve success in the international sports stages. The more sports competitions will be arranged, the more our players will attain excellence,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was addressing a programme at the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO) in the capital to accord reception and distribute monetary reward to Bangladesh National Women Football Team for clinching maiden SAFF Women Championship-22 title defeating Nepal by 3-1 goals.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty three players of the Bangladesh National Women Football Team have received cheque of Tk five lakh each and 11 trainers and officers got cheque of Tk two lakh each.</div><div><br></div><div>The players later handed over the trophy to the prime minister.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also talked to the players and inquired about them.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier asked the parents to give their children time for playing outside to ensure their sound mental and physical health.</div><div><br></div><div>She also asked all particularly the youths to engage themselves in sports, culture and literary works in helping them be worthy citizens of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister unveiled a book on slain Awami League leader Ahsanullah Master titled \"Ahsanullah Master Jibonalkhyo\" on his birthday today as well. The book was dedicated to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>Youth and Sports Minister Md Zahid Ahsan Russel and President of Bangladesh Football Federation Kazi Md. Salahuddin spoke at the function.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretary of Youth and Sports Ministry Md Mesbah Uddin gave the address of welcome while Bangladesh National Women Football Team skipper Sabina Khatun expressed her feelings.</div><div><br></div><div>A video-documentary on SAFF Women Championship-2022 was screened at the function. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 20:32:11', '2022-11-09 20:32:11'),
(2935, 2935, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two Bangladeshi nationals were shot dead by members of the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Lohakuchi border in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district on Wednesday morning, locals say.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased were identified as Waskurni, 32, son of Sanwar Hossain and Aynal Haque, 30, son of Sadek Ali of Mahishtuli village in Aditmari upazila of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Quoting locals, Golam Rasul, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said the BSF members from Koimari Botfor camp opened fire on some Bangladeshi nationals, including Waskurni and Aynal, who went to the border area to bring cattle early in this morning. The duo was dead on the spot.</div><div><br></div><div>On information, police went to the spot and legal action will be taken after investigation. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 20:36:17', '2022-11-09 20:36:17'),
(2936, 2936, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden\'s agenda hung in the balance early Wednesday as a predicted Republican wave failed to materialize in congressional elections fought against a backdrop of stubbornly high inflation and fears for US democracy.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday\'s election saw a clearer verdict in races for states\' governors with rising Republican star Ron DeSantis winning by a crushing margin in Florida, cementing his status as a top potential White House candidate in 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>Democrats suffered disappointment in Ohio as writer J.D. Vance, a Trump-endorsed chronicler of working-class white life, won a Senate seat that was already in Republican hands.</div><div><br></div><div>But in House races, one Ohio Republican conceded defeat to a Democrat and two Democratic congresswomen in Virginia seen as at risk survived challenges, although a third seat in the eastern state flipped.</div><div><br></div><div>The election is \"definitely not a Republican wave, that\'s for darn sure,\" Senator Lindsey Graham, a top Trump ally, told NBC News.</div><div><br></div><div>Senator Ted Cruz, who had previously forecast a \"red tsunami,\" still predicted Republicans would win both chambers but said, \"It hasn\'t been as big of a wave as I\'d hoped it would be.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The president\'s party has traditionally lost seats in midterm elections, with Republicans roaring back after the first two years of both Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.</div><div><br></div><div>With Biden\'s favorability ratings hovering in the low 40s and Republicans pounding him over inflation and crime, many pundits predicted major losses -- which would raise new questions on whether America\'s oldest-ever president, who turns 80 this month, should run again.</div><div><br></div><div>All eyes are on a handful of Senate races including in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arizona and Wisconsin, with a single seat enough to swing control of the Senate -- now evenly divided and controlled by Democrats only through the tie-breaking vote of Vice President Kamala Harris.</div><div>- Florida swings right -</div><div><br></div><div>On a night of close contests, one of the most decisive wins was for DeSantis, who has made a name in Florida by railing against Covid mitigation measures and transgender rights.</div><div><br></div><div>He was projected to have won by up to 20 points against a folksy former governor, four years after squeaking by in his longtime swing state.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will never, ever surrender to the woke mob,\" DeSantis told a victory rally, using a derisive term for social justice campaigners.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Florida is where woke goes to die,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But if the 44-year-old views his victory as a mandate for the White House in 2024, he will likely face a stiff challenge from another Florida resident -- Donald Trump.</div><div><br></div><div>The former president went to the polls teasing an announcement next week of a potential new White House run, telling reporters that November 15 \"will be a very exciting day for a lot of people.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly,\" Trump separately told Fox News, of DeSantis.</div><div><br></div><div>Among other gubernatorial races, two solidly Democratic states, Massachusetts and Maryland, elected Democrats to succeed popular moderate Republican incumbents.</div><div><br></div><div>In Massachusetts, Maura Healey will make history as the first openly lesbian governor in the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>And in New York, where recent polls gave Democrats a scare, Governor Kathy Hochul fended off a Republican challenge.</div><div><br></div><div>- Trump again alleges fraud -</div><div><br></div><div>Trump, who is facing criminal probes over taking top secret documents from the White House and trying to overturn the 2020 election, has returned to his playbook of airing unsubstantiated claims of fraud.</div><div><br></div><div>In Arizona, expected to be one of the closest states, Trump and his chosen candidate for governor, Kari Lake, alleged irregularities after problems with voting machines.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When we win, and I think we will within hours -- we will turn this around, no more incompetency,\" Lake -- whose Democratic rival took an early lead -- told supporters gathered at a luxury ranch in the Phoenix suburbs.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials in surrounding Maricopa County said about 20 percent of the 223 polling stations experienced difficulties related to printers but that no one was denied the right to vote.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden has warned that Republicans pose a dire threat to democracy with more than half their candidates repeating Trump\'s debunked claims of cheating in the 2020 election.</div><div><br></div><div>In the runup to the vote, an intruder espousing far-right beliefs broke into the San Francisco home of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and bludgeoned her husband with a hammer.</div><div><br></div><div>In his closing pitch, Biden vowed that Democrats would defend pensions, health care and the freedom to have an abortion, after a Supreme Court transformed by Trump rescinded the right to choose.</div><div><br></div><div>Voting in Phoenix, Kenneth Bellows, a 32-year-old law student, said runaway inflation is \"hurting Americans who are just trying to get by.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We don\'t need any of the crazy woke rhetoric that\'s going on right now. What we really need is focusing on everyday kitchen-table politics, to make sure taxes are low,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>But at a restaurant serving up soul food in Pittsburgh, Lasaine Latimore, 77, said Democrats were best placed to help people.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I just want my medical insurance and more money for dental and glasses,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>If both the House and Senate flip, Biden\'s legislative agenda would be paralyzed as Republicans launch aggressive investigations and oppose his spending plans.</div><div><br></div><div>That would raise questions over everything from climate policies, which the president will be laying out at the COP27 conference in Egypt this week, to Ukraine, where some Republicans are reluctant to maintain the current rate of US military support. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 20:44:55', '2022-11-09 20:44:55'),
(2937, 2937, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Science and Technology Minister Yeafesh Osman has said that the government is trying to complete the construction works of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project within the stipulated timeframe.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Due to the Russia-Ukraine war and subsequent dollar crisis, the work of the project has been delayed to some extent”, he said while briefing reporters after a joint meeting of his ministry with the Power Division on Wednesday at Biduyt Bhaban in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid was also present at the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting was mainly convened to discuss the progress of the construction of a power transmission line to be used to evacuate electricity from the nuclear power project.</div><div><br></div><div>The 2400 MW Ruupor NPP project, having two units, each 1200 MW generation capacity, was undertaken in 2010.</div><div><br></div><div>A target was set by the government to complete the construction of the first unit in 2022 and second unit in 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>But later the target was reset for first unit to complete by June 2024 and second unit by June 2025.</div><div><br></div><div>But officials involved in the project believe the project may miss the new timeline again.</div><div><br></div><div>The Minister did not specify how much time will take if the project is delayed again.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re trying to do the job within the nearest point of the timeline”, he said, adding, both the Science and Technology Ministry and the Power Division will work together in a coordinated manner to complete the project.</div><div><br></div><div>About the power transmission line project, Nasrul said the project was also delayed for the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“Now efforts are being made to expedite the project implementation”, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the transmission line’s Padma River crossing is a big work of the project which may take another one and a half year time to complete.</div><div><br></div><div>“We hope we will be able to complete the transmission line before completion of power plant project,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 21:18:58', '2022-11-09 21:18:58'),
(2938, 2938, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The global fuel price hike sparked by the Russia-Ukraine war coupled with dwindling gas reserves off late prompted authorities to adopt fast track projects exploring solar energy, while experts suggest the wind power could be another major source to negate the crisis.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We expect to get another 1,000 mw power exploring the solar power under a recently adopted fast track project,” energy ministry’s Power Cell chief Engr Mohammad Hossain told BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that the Power Development Board (PDB) started selecting appropriate locations to install solar panels under arrangements with independent power producers (IPPs).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>The power cell director general said three projects were underway to promote wind power in southern coastlines as Bangladesh moved to enhance the stake of clean energy sources in the national energy system as part of meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh now generates more than 948.03 MW power from renewable sources against the production of plus minus 11,000 mw, which is over 5 percent of the total generation,” Hossain said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The average officially estimated demand for power is around 11,800 mw.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister’s energy affairs adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury recently expressed worries that the global energy crisis could hit Bangladesh badly urging all to be restrained in energy uses particularly against the backdrop of a jump of LNG prices as well as the petroleum.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“It is the utmost demand of the time to move in fastest possible time to explore solar and wind power . . . this is the only option to save our industry and meet the routine household demand in cheapest price,” former power cell director general BD Rahmatullah said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said if all policy supports and logistics were provided the country could produce 36,000 mw wind power in less than a year as international studies suggested “Bangladesh has a huge potential for wind energy, negating an existing perception”.</div><div>According to Energy Tracker Asia’s 2022 report, renewable energy’s share in Bangladesh’s power mix remains negligibly low but there is massive potential for solar and wind power in electricity generation.</div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh could deploy up to 156 gigawatts (GW) of utility-scale solar and 150 GW of wind,” the report said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The incumbent power cell chief supplemented Rahmatullah saying Bangladesh has good potential for harnessing renewable energy sources such as solar, biomass, wind, and mini-hydropower.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said various policy, initiatives and financial schemes were taken to make self reliance in energy and the government also exempted tax on solar panels and continued grants and concessional loans for renewable energy expansion in the country, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>“We want to increase share of renewable sources to 40 percent and production mix will be ensured by 2050. Therefore, the power master plan is being updated,” said State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid.</div><div><br></div><div>The draft roadmap for solar power-2041 is being reviewed, he said, adding, “In context of Bangladesh, solar power is more likely than other renewable sources. But it takes more land so innovative solutions are needed for solar power, although we are moving towards rooftop solar and floating solar technology.”</div><div><br></div><div>Nasrul said that net metering system has also been introduced to popularise rooftop solar power. “There were opportunities to do more with wind power. Wind mapping was done at nine sites and research will be conducted about offshore winds soon,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 22:13:08', '2022-11-09 22:13:08'),
(2939, 2939, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Daryl Mitchell hit an unbeaten 53 against some sharp Pakistan fielding and disciplined bowling as New Zealand were held to 152-4 in the first Twenty20 World Cup semi-final in Sydney on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Black Caps struggled to get on top of the attack in the opening 10 overs, smacking just five boundaries as they crawled to 59-3.</div><div><br></div><div>Mitchell and Kane Williamson (46) then accelerated in a 68-run stand before they threw the bat in the final few overs. Shaheen Afridi was the pick of the bowlers with 2-24.</div><div><br></div><div>New Zealand, who topped Group 1, are aiming to make the final for the second consecutive time as they target a maiden T20 title.</div><div><br></div><div>Like New Zealand, Group 2 runners-up Pakistan are in the semis for a second straight year as they look to add to their 2009 World Cup triumph.</div><div><br></div><div>The winner will face either England or India -- who meet in Adelaide on Thursday -- in Sunday\'s final.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams batting first have won five from six games played at the Sydney Cricket Ground this tournament and when Williamson won the toss he had no hesitation in asking Pakistan to bowl.</div><div><br></div><div>In an eventful opening over, Finn Allen hit Afridi for four off the first delivery then was given out the next ball lbw.</div><div><br></div><div>It was overturned on review because of an inside edge only for Afridi to promptly do the same again and this time it was plumb.</div><div>Devon Conway and Williamson steadied the ship but some fine fielding restricted them in the six-over powerplay, where only two fielders are allowed outside the 30-yard circle.</div><div><br></div><div>It included the spectacular run out of Conway for 21 by Shadab Khan, who scored a direct hit from mid-off.</div><div><br></div><div>They suffered another big blow when danger man Glenn Phillips was caught and bowled by Mohammad Nawaz for six.</div><div><br></div><div>Mitchell and Williamson began taking more risks after they passed the 10-over mark with the first six coming in the 13th over -- Williamson\'s first boundary in 30 balls.</div><div><br></div><div>The New Zealand captain was finally undone by an Afridi yorker after a 42-ball knock that yielded only two boundaries before Mitchell and Jimmy Neesham, who scored 16, added 29 runs in the final three overs. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 22:28:12', '2022-11-09 22:28:12'),
(2940, 2940, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The visiting IMF delegation and the Bangladesh authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to support Bangladesh\'s economic policies with a 42-month arrangement of about US$ 3.2 billion under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) as well as of about US$1.3 billion under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A staff-level agreement means that the IMF team and the negotiating team of a sovereign country, in this case Bangladesh, are able to reach a deal on a country’s overall economic programme incorporating the loan, its disbursement schedule, and the planned reforms and policies. This will then be presented to the IMF Executive Board.</div><div><br></div><div>The objectives of Bangladesh’s new Fund-supported program are to preserve macroeconomic stability and support strong, inclusive, and green growth, while protecting the vulnerable, said an IMF press release.</div><div><br></div><div>The RSF is expected to provide affordable, long-term financing to support Bangladesh’s climate investment needs, catalyze climate financing, and reduce balance of payment pressures from import-intensive climate investment.</div><div><br></div><div>At the request of the Government of Bangladesh, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Rahul Anand visited Dhaka from October 26 to November 9 to discuss the IMF’s support for Bangladesh and the authorities’ comprehensive economic reform agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>At the end of the mission, Rahul Anand issued the following statement:</div><div><br></div><div>“The Bangladesh authorities and the IMF team have reached a staff-level agreement to support the authorities’ reform policies under a new 42-month ECF/EFF arrangement of about US$ 3.2 billion (SDR 2.5 billion, equivalent of 231.4 percent of quota), and a concurrent RSF arrangement of about US$1.3 billion (SDR 1 billion, equivalent of 93.8 percent of quota).</div><div><br></div><div>“The new ECF/EFF arrangement is aimed at restoring macroeconomic stability and preventing disruptive adjustments to protect the vulnerable, while promoting structural change to support strong inclusive and green growth. Reflecting Bangladesh’s large climate financing needs, the concurrent RSF, which supplements the resources made available under the ECF/EFF, will expand the fiscal space to finance climate priorities identified in the authorities’ plans, including by catalyzing other financing, and reducing external pressures from import-intensive climate investment. The staff-level agreement is subject to IMF management approval and Executive Board endorsement, which is expected in the coming weeks,” reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“Bangladesh’s robust economic recovery from the pandemic has been interrupted by Russia’s war in Ukraine, leading to a sharp widening of the current account deficit, rapid decline of foreign exchange reserves, rising inflation and slowing growth.”</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 23:32:40', '2022-11-09 23:32:40'),
(2941, 2941, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson is scheduled to arrive here on Thursday morning on a two-day official visit to discuss the issues of mutual interest with special focus on security matters.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Johansson, also a former Minister for Employment and Integration of Sweden, will meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during the visit, a senior official told UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>She will also meet Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and Expatriates\' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad.</div><div><br></div><div>The European Commissioner will also visit a project at Savar apart from her other engagements.</div><div><br></div><div>Developing a new EU internal security strategy, stepping up cooperation on law enforcement, developing a new pact on migration and asylum, strengthening external borders, reforming asylum, readmission and return rules, promoting integration and ensuring real legal pathways to the EU, by resettling those in need of international protection and offering job opportunities to skilled workers and stepping up the fight against human traffickers and smugglers, breaking their business models are among the list of her responsibilities as a Commissioner.</div><div><br></div><div>The European Commissioner will leave Dhaka on Friday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 23:37:41', '2022-11-09 23:37:41'),
(2942, 2942, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">After almost a month of high intensity action, we are now at the business end of the T20 World Cup as Pakistan lock horns against New Zealand in the first semifinal at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. Pakistan, who got to the semis after a nail-biting final day of the Super 12 stage, will have Netherlands to thank.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Dutch defeated favourites South Africa and then Pakistan defeated Bangladesh to scrape through to the next stage. The Men in Green will, however, start afresh in the knockout stage and with their gritty, never say die attitude, will be the team to beat.</div><div><br></div><div>New Zealand started their T20 campaign with a dominating victory over Australia and have just lost once in this tournament. Considered heavy&nbsp; favourites heading into the semi, the Kiwis will hope to end the jinx that Pakistan have over them.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Black Caps have never beaten Pakistan in a world-cup semi-final. In three past encounters, in 1992, 1999, and 2007, Pakistan would triumph. On Wednesday, New Zealand will hope to put all those doubts to bed.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 23:42:54', '2022-11-09 23:42:54'),
(2943, 2943, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami Jubo League will arrange a youth grand rally at historic Suhrawardy Udyan on November 11 on its golden jubilee as Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be present as the chief guest.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The youth gathering will start at 2.30 pm on the day, Jubo League Chairman Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash today said at a press conference at AL central office in the city’s Bangabandhu Avenue.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the biggest youth organization of the South Asia Bangladesh Awami Jubo League played key role in any crisis in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The anti-state evil force BNP-Jamaat is trying to create unstable situation in the country, he said, adding that after Nov 11, Jubo League leaders and activists will resist the BNP-Jamaat and their followers on the street if they try to make anarchy.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the countrymen didn\'t forget the strike of 92 days imposed by BNP-Jamaat.</div><div><br></div><div>During the strike, the BNP-Jamaat clique killed innocent people through arson attacks while a total of 560 educational institutions were burnt into ashes, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Jubo League chairman hoped that the Suhrawardy Udyan will be turned into a sea of people during the youth grand rally.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 10 sub-committees were formed to successfully hold the youth gathering, Parash informed.</div><div><br></div><div>Five gates will be there to enter the Suhrawardy Udyan.</div><div>Jubo League General Secretary Mainul Hossain Khan Nikhil was present at the press briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>Jubo League Presidium Members Advocate Mamunur Rashid, Manjur Alam Shaheen, Abu Ahmed Nasim Pavel, Sheikh Sohel Uddin, Dr Khaled Shawkat Ali, Sheikh Fazle Fahim, Mujibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon, Tajuddin Ahmed, Jewel Areng, Anwar Hossain and Shahadat Hossain, Joint General Secretaries Biswas Matiur Rahman Badsha, Subrata Paul, Md Badiul Alam, Barrister Sheikh Fazle Nayeem and Md Rafiqul Alam Joarder, Organizing Secretaries Kazi Md Majharul Islam, Dr Helal Uddin, Md Saifur Rahman Sohag, Md Jahir Uddin Khashru, Md Sohel Parvez, Abu Munir Md Shahidul Haque Russell, Mashiur Rahman Chapal, Advocate Md Shamim Al Saiful Sohag and Prof Dr Md Rezaul Kabir, among others, were also present. BSS</div><div><br></div><div><b><u>bnbd24/fas</u></b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-09 23:56:50', '2022-11-09 23:56:50'),
(2944, 2944, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With five more deaths reported in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, this year’s fatalities from Dengue climbed to 187.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 182 on Tuesday, exceeding all previous records in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>During the 24-hr period, 796 patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the latest deaths, three were reported from Dhaka and one each from Chattogram and Khulna divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>The new figures raised the death toll in Dhaka division to 117, in Chattogram division to 45 and in Khulna to&nbsp; 10.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 459 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 337 outside it, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 3,144 dengue patients, including 1,915 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The directorate has recorded 45,598 dengue cases and 42,267 recoveries so far this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier the country recorded the highest 179 deaths from Dengue in a year in 2019. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 00:14:29', '2022-11-10 00:14:29'),
(2945, 2945, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Joe Biden\'s Democrats seem to have escaped a feared drubbing in Tuesday\'s midterm elections, but it remains to be seen whether that will revive the US president\'s flagging fortunes until 2024 -- or beyond.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 79-year-old, who framed the race as a clash between defenders of democracy and the \"extremist\" camp of Donald Trump, spent election night in back-to-back calls with Democrats savoring their wins in Senate, House and gubernatorial races around the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Just got off the phone with some of tonight\'s winners -- including some folks I saw on the road this year,\" Biden tweeted as the results came in -- alongside a picture of himself in a turtle neck and baseball cap, seeming happy to take at least some of the credit.</div><div><br></div><div>White House staff, according to the former press secretary Jen Psaki, were \"giddy and gleeful\" as results came in.</div><div><br></div><div>The outcome taking shape was far from ideal for Democrats, who stand to lose the House of Representatives in what Biden has admitted will make his life much more \"difficult\" -- likely hobbling parts of his agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>But if overnight predictions hold and the Democrats lose the House by a handful of seats, with the Senate still in play, Biden\'s camp will have vastly outperformed expectations.</div><div><br></div><div>- Choppy waters -</div><div><br></div><div>The president\'s party has traditionally lost seats in midterm elections and with Biden\'s approval ratings stuck in the low 40s, and sky-high inflation topping voter concerns, Republicans had high hopes of seizing both chambers of Congress in a \"red wave.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Such a drubbing would have raised tough questions on whether America\'s oldest-ever president, who turns 80 this month, should run again.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead Biden stands to emerge in much better shape than either of his Democratic predecessors, Barack Obama or Bill Clinton, who both took a hammering at the midterms.</div><div><br></div><div>Nevertheless, Biden will be headed into choppy waters if the House flips.</div><div><br></div><div>In a country whose divisions run deeper than ever, even a longtime senator and moderate Democrat like Biden will likely struggle to find common ground with a Republican-led chamber.</div><div><br></div><div>Large parts of his legislative agenda could utterly stall as a result.</div><div><br></div><div>Another open question is whether a new Republican leadership would keep its promise to aggressively hold the president to account -- which even a slim House majority gives it the power to do.</div><div><br></div><div>That could easily translate into endless congressional investigations targeting Biden, his record and his family.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the loudest voices, far-right Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, has already promised stepped-up scrutiny of Biden\'s son Hunter, who Republicans accuse of exploiting his father\'s connections to do business with Ukraine and China.</div><div><br></div><div>- Eyes on 2024 -</div><div><br></div><div>With control of the House, Republicans would also be able to apply considerable budgetary pressure on the president -- with the potential to cut funding to the federal government.</div><div><br></div><div>As for the Senate -- which confers greater powers -- its fate still hangs in the balance.</div><div><br></div><div>But beyond, the big question facing Biden -- and his Democrats -- is who will carry the party\'s colors into the 2024 White House race.</div><div><br></div><div>Until now the US president has consistently said he intends to seek a second term, and any suggestion to the contrary would have immediately undermined his authority.</div><div><br></div><div>But there is little appetite among the US public -- or within his own party -- for a second White House run by an octogenarian commander in chief.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden leaves Friday on a diplomatic marathon taking him from the COP27 climate conference in Egypt, to Cambodia for an ASEAN summit, and on to Indonesia for the G20 gathering.</div><div><br></div><div>The veteran Democrat may keep America guessing some time yet about his intentions for 2024.</div><div><br></div><div>But with the president far from US shores, his rival Trump will be pressing ahead -- promising a big reveal, widely expected to be a new White House run, next Tuesday in Florida. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 00:19:16', '2022-11-10 00:19:16'),
(2946, 2946, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Nepal on Wednesday morning, the country\'s seismological centre said, with media reporting six people had been killed.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Reuters partner ANI reported that the six people were found dead after a house collapsed from the quake in Doti district of Nepal.</div><div><br></div><div>The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) had earlier pegged the earthquake at a magnitude of 5.6.</div><div><br></div><div>The quake was centred about 158 km (98 miles) northeast of Pilibhit, a city in the neighbouring Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, and occurred at a depth of 10 km, EMSC added.</div><div><br></div><div>Media reports after the quake showed that tremors were also felt in India\'s capital, New Delhi, and surrounding areas.</div><div><br></div><div>India\'s National Center for Seismology marked the quake at a magnitude of 6.3. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 00:24:15', '2022-11-10 00:24:15'),
(2947, 2947, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, Nov 9: The process of amending the Bangladesh Labour Law will be completed by mid-2023 and the amended law will be also applied to all industrial zones in the country, Law Minister Anisul Huq has said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>There are some confusions as to which of the two – the Bangladesh Labour Act and the Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act – will apply to the newly established industrial zones. But the amended Bangladesh Labour Act will be applied to Bangladesh industrial zones, the minister declared.</div><div><br></div><div>The law minister was speaking at the 346th session of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Switzerland’s Geneva.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh continues its efforts to resolve the complaints raised under Article 26 of the ILO Constitution, said Anisul.</div><div><br></div><div>After submitting the report to the meeting of the Governing Body of the ILO last March, the Bangladesh government has made significant progress in the implementation of the roadmap in about seven months, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“The government has tried to secure progress in the four clusters of the roadmap to improve the overall labour situation in the country.”</div><div><br></div><div>The minister also said the government has already amended the Bangladesh Labour Code and enacted the Bangladesh EPZ Labour Code. In this process, the observations of the ILO Committee of experts have been considered.</div><div><br></div><div>Assuring ILO, he said the process of revising the Labour Law has been started as the next phase of legal reformation. “So far, 17 stakeholders have received proposals for amendments. The Tripartite Working Group is seriously working on compiling these amendment proposals.”</div><div><br></div><div>The review committee will further discuss the recommendations or proposals compiled and seek the approval of the National Tripartite Consultative Council, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding trade union registration, the law minister said this process has been fully digitised to ensure greater accountability and transparency.</div><div><br></div><div>The Department of Labour with the help of its four industry related institutes and 32 labour welfare centers is providing training to workers and employers on the trade union registration process, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>In this regard, regular training is being given to the concerned officers. A pre-application service has been introduced by the Department of Labour to assist, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“Trade union registration process will be simplified further, if necessary.”</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the significant measures taken by the Bangladesh government to strengthen labour inspection and enforcement in line with the roadmap, the minister said, \"We are committed to continue engagement with domestic and foreign social partners and other stakeholders for bringing qualitative changes in the labour sector.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He also mentioned handing over of the document of ratification of ILO Convention 138 to its Director General the 344th session of the Governing Body.</div><div><br></div><div>“In January this year, the Bangladesh government also ratified Protocol 29 of the ILO Convention on Forced Labour, 1930. Clearly, these are a demonstration of our strong commitment to ILO labour standards.”</div><div><br></div><div>The law minister is leading the Bangladesh delegation in the ILO session that started from October 31. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 00:54:48', '2022-11-10 00:54:48');
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(2948, 2948, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">For weeks, Republicans predicted a “red wave” would carry them to power in Congress, as voters repudiated majority Democrats for failing to tame skyrocketing inflation and address worries about rising crime.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The reality appeared far different early Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Rather than a wholesale rejection of President Joe Biden and his party, the results were far more mixed as returns from Tuesday’s midterms trickled in.</div><div><br></div><div>Many Democratic incumbents proved surprisingly resilient, outperforming their party’s own expectations. Meanwhile, Democrat John Fetterman won an open Senate seat currently held by the GOP, while other key races that will determine control of the chamber remain too early to call.</div><div><br></div><div>“When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy predicted early Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>He may be right. But it appeared that likely Republican gains would come on far less favorable terms than anticipated.</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some takeaways from this year’s election:</div><div><br></div><div>Republicans hoped for a wipeout. They didn’t get it. After Democrats racked up several hard-fought wins in swing districts, like Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia seat, the sweeping wins many Republicans predicted had yet to materialize early Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the fate of Democrats narrow hold on the Senate was unclear.</div><div><br></div><div>Fetterman defeated Dr. Mehmet Oz for a crucial Pennsylvania Senate seat vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and former NFL star Herschel Walker, a Republican, were locked in a close contest in Georgia. The Wisconsin race between Republican Sen. Ron Johnson and Democrat Mandela Barnes was too close to call.</div><div><br></div><div>And the outcome of the two remaining two seats that will determine which party will hold a Senate majority — Arizona and Nevada — may not be known for days because both states conduct elections in part by mail ballots, which take a long time to count.</div><div><br></div><div>HISTORY LESSON</div><div><br></div><div>It’s called history for a reason. The party that celebrates winning the White House is usually mourning a loss in the midterms two years later.</div><div><br></div><div>Add to that historical pattern an economy battered by inflation and teetering on recession, throw in fears about crime, and the outcome is close to certain.</div><div><br></div><div>For Biden and House Democrats, the likelihood of keeping power in the lower chamber of Congress was always slight. Republicans have expected to gain enough seats to retake the majority. If successful, which was not immediately clear Wednesday morning, they also have plans to neuter Biden’s agenda for the next two years.</div><div><br></div><div>Since 1906, there have been only three midterms in which the party of the president in power gained House seats: 1934, when the country was struggling with a Depression, 1998 when the U.S. was buoyed by a soaring economy, and 2002, when President George W. Bush had a sky-high approval rating amid the national feeling of unity after the Sept. 11 attacks.</div><div><br></div><div>IS FLORIDA STILL A SWING STATE?</div><div><br></div><div>Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio, both Republicans, offer the latest evidence that Florida is becoming increasingly red. The two soared to early reelection victories Tuesday, both winning Miami-Dade County, which Democrat Hillary Clinton carried by 29 percentage points in 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>Florida has been a classic battleground. It twice helped propel Barack Obama to the White House. But the state, where the number of registered Democrats exceeded Republicans in 2020, has shifted increasingly to the right. That’s thanks to GOP inroads with Hispanic voters, as well as an influx of new residents, including many retirees, drawn to its lack of an income tax as well as its sunny weather.</div><div><br></div><div>“Democrats really have to think about how they are going to rebuild there. The Obama coalition no longer exists,” said Carlos Curbelo, a Republican former member of Congress, who called Florida ”off the map for the foreseeable future” to Democrats.</div><div><br></div><div>DeSantis won the governor’s office in 2018 by only about 30,000 votes. On Tuesday, he flipped at least six counties that he lost that year. Those same counties were carried by Biden just two years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Some Democrats blame some of Tuesday’s blowout losses to a lack of investment by their party.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is what happens when national Democrats decide to not spend money in the state,” said Greg Goddard, a Democratic fundraising consultant from Florida who raised money for Rep. Val Demings’ losing challenge of Rubio. “The pathway to Democrats winning future presidential elections is very thin if you do not plan to spend in Florida</div><div><br></div><div>WAS IT A ‘RED WAVE’ OR A RIPPLE?</div><div><br></div><div>Whether a red ripple will carry Republicans won’t likely be known for days or weeks as states that conduct their elections largely by mail, such a California, continue counting votes.</div><div><br></div><div>One thing is certain: It’s unlikely to match 2010′s tea party wave, which netted 63 seats, or the Newt Gingrich-led House takeover of 1994, which ousted 54 Democrats and flipped the chamber to GOP control for the first time since the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower.</div><div><br></div><div>One reason that won’t happen? There just aren’t that many competitive seats.</div><div><br></div><div>The end result? Far less interest in compromise and more gridlock in the halls of Congress.</div><div><br></div><div>Gingrich’s “Contract with America” was celebrated as a cornerstone of the Republicans’ 1994 House takeover for offering a concrete list of policies the GOP would pursue if put in power.</div><div><br></div><div>Now Republicans are far more circumspect about their aims.</div><div><br></div><div>“That’s a very good question. And I’ll let you know when we take it back,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell he told reporters in January.</div><div><br></div><div>McCarthy has offered up a “Commitment to America,” a list of priorities that fits on a pocket-sized card he carries with him that is heavy on slogans and light on detail.</div><div><br></div><div>Both may be attempting to avoid the plight of Gingrich whose “Contract with America” became a liability when Republicans failed to enact it.</div><div><br></div><div>House Republicans have said they intend to investigate Biden and his administration. They have also called for a renewed focus on fiscal restraint, a crackdown on illegal immigration at the southern border and increased domestic energy production.</div><div><br></div><div>Much of it may not matter. Biden, after all, has a veto pen</div><div><br></div><div>MOST EXPENSIVE MIDTERMS</div><div><br></div><div>The 2022 elections are on track to cost $16.7 billion at the state and federal level, making them the most expensive midterms ever, according to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.</div><div><br></div><div>For perspective: The contests will nearly double the cost of the 2010 midterm elections, more than double the 2014 midterms and are on pace to roughly equal the 2022 gross domestic product of Mongolia.</div><div><br></div><div>At least $1.1 billion given at the federal level so far this election season has come from a small coterie of donors, many of whom have favored conservative causes.</div><div><br></div><div>“When you look at the top 25 individual donors, conservativedonors heavily outweigh liberal donors by $200 million,” said Brendan Glavin, a senior data analyst for OpenSecrets. “There’s a big skew.”</div><div><br></div><div>Tech billionaire Peter Thiel ($32.6 million), shipping goods magnate Richard Uihlein ($80.7 million), hedge fund manager Ken Griffin (68.5 million) and Timothy Mellon, an heir to to a Gilded Age Fortune who gave $40 million, are among the top conservative donors.</div><div><br></div><div>On the liberal side, hedge fund founder George Soros gave the most ($128 million), though much of it has yet to be spent. Sam Bankman Fried, a liberal 30-year-old cryptocurrency billionaire, gave $39.8 million. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 01:37:34', '2022-11-10 01:37:34'),
(2949, 2949, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Shaheed Noor Hossain Day, a red-letter day to restore democracy in the country, will be observed tomorrow with due solemnity.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>On this day in 1987, Awami Jubo League leader Nur Hossain, who imprinted his bare chest and back with the slogans \"Free democracy\" and \"Down with autocracy\", embraced martyrdom in police firing during an anti-autocracy demonstration at Zero Point in the city, now known as Shaheed Noor Hossain Square.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami Jubo League leader Nurul Huda Babul and farmers\' leader Aminul Huda Tito of Bajitpur in Kishoreganj district were also killed in police firing during the mass movement for restoration of democracy against autocratic rule.</div><div><br></div><div>The martyrdom of Noor Hossain and others during the mass upsurge of late 1990s expedited the anti-autocracy movement.</div><div><br></div><div>In the face of the movement, the then autocratic ruler had to step down on December 6 in 1990.</div><div><br></div><div>Since then, the day is being observed every year as the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Different socio-cultural and professional organisations as well as ruling Awami League have chalked out elaborate programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.</div><div><br></div><div>Awami League\'s programmes to mark the day include placing of wreaths at Shaheed Nur Hossain Square at 7.30 am in city\'s Gulistan area and offering of special prayers seeking eternal peace of the departed soul of the slain Awami Jubo League leader.</div><div><br></div><div>President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day.</div><div><br></div><div>The \'November 10\' is an important day in the history of restoring democracy in Bangladesh,\" the President said in his message.</div><div><br></div><div>On this day in 1987, Noor Hossain sacrificed his life while waging movement in the city streets against autocratic rule, he said, adding, \"Today, I recall all the martyrs with respect, including Nur Hossain, who embraced martyrdom for the country\'s democracy\".</div><div><br></div><div>Prime minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, recalled all martyrs, who embraced martyrdom for the country\'s democracy in 1987, with due respect on the Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of all martyrs, including Nur Hossain, and convoyed deep sympathy to the bereaved families.</div><div><br></div><div>In a separate statement today, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urged the people of all levels, including party units, associate bodies and like-minded organizations across the country, to observe the \"Shaheed Noor Hossain Day\" in a befitting manner following proper health rules. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 01:49:04', '2022-11-10 01:49:04'),
(2950, 2950, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A protester was arrested Wednesday after hurling eggs and vitriol at King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, as they walked in the northern England city of York.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The incident happened as the king and his wife were entering York through Micklegate Bar, a medieval gateway where monarchs are traditionally welcomed to the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Video footage showed several eggs in motion and smashed on the ground. None appeared to hit the royal couple, who continued to greet crowds.</div><div><br></div><div>Several police officers could be seen grappling with a man at a crowd barrier. Britain\'s PA news agency reported that he booed and shouted “This country was built on the blood of slaves” as he was being detained.</div><div><br></div><div>Other members of the crowd tried to drown him out by chanting “Shame on you” and “God save the King.”</div><div><br></div><div>Charles and Camilla traveled to York as part of a series of engagements around the U.K. marking the start of the new king\'s reign. They also visited the city’s cathedral, York Minster, and unveiled a statue of the king\'s mother. Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September after 70 years on the throne. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 02:24:47', '2022-11-10 02:24:47'),
(2951, 2951, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government today banned foreign travel of all officers and employees of state-owned organisations at their institutions\' expenses.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>All orders on the officers\' and employees\' foreign travel with the funding of the government have been cancelled until further order, said a notification of the Finance Division.</div><div><br></div><div>The government institutions to be covered under this new order include all the ministries, divisions and their subordinate entities, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, public sector corporations and state-owned companies.</div><div><br></div><div>However, foreign travels can be made in limited scale subject to approval from the authorities concerned.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the ban on their foreign trips was imposed in the context of post Covid economic recovery and ongoing global crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in May, the finance ministry issued an order to bar all officers in government, semi-government, and autonomous organisations alongside government banks and financial institutions from travelling abroad.&nbsp; - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 03:23:53', '2022-11-10 03:23:53'),
(2952, 2952, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Indian government on Wednesday said it has allowed international trade settlements in the local currency for export promotion schemes under foreign trade policy, further easing such cross-border transactions in rupees.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The government of India has made suitable amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures to allow for international trade settlement in Indian rupees,\" the government said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier this year, New Delhi had allowed international trade invoicing, payment and settlement in the Indian rupee, activating the mechanism announced by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to facilitate trade in the domestic currency.</div><div><br></div><div>The central bank allowed authorised banks in India to open special rupee Vostro accounts of correspondent banks of any partner trading country to facilitate trade in the Indian currency.</div><div><br></div><div>The move was aimed to boost global trade with focus on shipments from India and to support the interests of the global trading community in Indian currency.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Given the rise in interest in internationalisation of Indian Rupee, the given Policy amendments have been undertaken to facilitate and to bring ease in international trade transactions in Indian Rupees,\" the government said. Source: The Economic Times&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 04:45:36', '2022-11-10 04:45:36'),
(2953, 2953, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nov 10: U.S. futures are modestly higher Thursday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that will likely influence Federal Reserve plans for more interest rate hikes as it tries to squelch four-decade high inflation, reports AP/UNB.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Futures for the benchmark S&amp;P 500 rose 0.2% and futures for the Dow Jones industrials inched up 0.1%.</div><div><br></div><div>Forecasters expect U.S. government data Thursday to show inflation eased in September but stayed near a 40-year high. That might reinforce arguments that rates have to stay elevated for an extended period to slow economic activity and extinguish inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>“An upside surprise today would present a challenge for officials who expect to slow the pace of rate hikes,” Rubeela Farooqi of High-Frequency Economics said in a report.</div><div><br></div><div>Economists forecast Thursday’s data to show inflation decelerated to 7.9% in September from the previous month’s 8.3%. However, prices were expected to rise 0.6% compared with August, accelerating from July’s 0.1% increase.</div><div><br></div><div>Core inflation, which strips out volatile food and energy prices to show a clearer trend, is expected to accelerate to 6.5% from August’s 6.3%. That suggests costs of rent, medical services, autos and other goods and services still are rising in response to strong demand.</div><div><br></div><div>Traders expect the Fed to raise rates again next month but by a smaller margin of one-half percentage point after a series of 0.75 percentage-point increases. The Fed’s key lending rate is a range of 3.75% to 4%, up from close to zero in March. A growing number of investors expect it to exceed 5% next year.</div><div><br></div><div>Wall Street\'s benchmark S&amp;P 500 index tumbled 2.1% on Wednesday as votes were counted to decide whether Republicans take control of Congress, possibly leading to changes that can unsettle markets. Investors were rattled by the crypto industry\'s latest crisis of confidence and weaker profit reports from The Walt Disney Co. and other companies.</div><div><br></div><div>In European trading at midday, the FTSE 100 in London was 0.1% lower, the DAX in Frankfurt was unchanged and the CAC 40 in Paris shed 0.5%.</div><div><br></div><div>In Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 1.7% to 16,081.04 and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo sank 1% to 27,446.10. The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.4% to 3,036.13.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kospi in Seoul declined 0.9% to 2,407.70 and Sydney’s S&amp;P-ASX 200 was off 0.5% at 6,964.00.</div><div><br></div><div>India’s Sensex shed 1% to 60,447.97. New Zealand, Bangkok and Jakarta declined while Singapore and Malaysia gained.</div><div><br></div><div>Investors worry rate hikes this year by the Fed and central banks in Europe and Asia to cool inflation might tip the global economy into recession. Traders hope indicators that show U.S. housing sales and other activity weakening might prompt the Fed to back off plans for more rate hikes.</div><div><br></div><div>In the United States, Republicans were within nine seats of the 218 needed to control the House of Representatives as votes still were being counted in some states. Control of the Senate depended on races in Nevada and Arizona that hadn’t been decided.</div><div><br></div><div>The outcome will determine how the next two years of President Joe Biden’s term play out. Republicans are likely to launch a spate of investigations into Biden, his family and his administration if they take power. A GOP takeover of the Senate would hobble the president’s ability to appoint judges.</div><div><br></div><div>Still, the election “impact on markets is pretty irrelevant beyond the very near term,” said David Chao of Invesco in a report. “Investors should be worried about inflation, since that will help to dictate the Fed’s future path.”</div><div><br></div><div>Cryptocurrencies inched back up Thursday following a major sell-off when the trading platform Binance backed away from buying troubled rival FTX citing reported investigations and other troubling details.</div><div><br></div><div>Bitcoin climbed to $16,334 after tumbling to $15,900 on Wednesday. The original cryptocurrency is down about 76% from last year’s high of $69,000.</div><div><br></div><div>The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which helps dictate rates for mortgages and other loans, fell to 4.09% from 4.13%. The two-year yield, which tends to more closely track expectations for Fed action, dropped to 4.60% from 4.66%.</div><div><br></div><div>In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude shed 61 cents to $85.22 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the price basis for international oil trading, lost 53 cents to $92.12 per barrel in London.</div><div><br></div><div>The dollar retreated to 146.35 yen from Wednesday’s 146.65 yen. The euro declined to 99.47 cents from $1.0073.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dow fell 2% and the Nasdaq composite, dominated by tech companies, tumbled 2.5% on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 14:41:09', '2022-11-10 14:41:09'),
(2954, 2954, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Russian Defence Ministry has announced that Russian forces are being moved out of the Kherson Region to the other side of the Dnipro river.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In his daily briefing to journalists, defence ministry spokesperson Lt-General Igor Konashenkov mentioned briefly that the withdrawal was taking place - but did not use the word \'withdrawal\', opting instead for \"manoeuvre\".</div><div><br></div><div>“Russian units are carrying out a manoeuvre to pre-prepared positions on the left bank of the Dnipro river in strict accordance with the approved plan,” in the Mykolaiv-Krivyi Rih direction, he said, referring to the area around Kherson.</div><div>No further details were given and no pictures of troops ‘manoeuvring’ accompanied the announcement. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 14:59:40', '2022-11-10 14:59:40'),
(2955, 2955, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Alex Hales hit 86 not out off 47 balls and Jos Buttler scored unbeaten 80 off 49 balls as England chased down a 169-run target vs India in 16 overs at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Hardik Pandya\'s 33-ball 63 and Virat Kohli\'s 50 steered India to 168 for 6. Chris Jordan picked three wickets for England but conceded 43 runs in his four overs.</div><div><br></div><div>England skipper Jos Buttler had won the toss and opted to bowl first in the game.</div><div><br></div><div>India (Playing XI): KL Rahul, Rohit Sharma(c), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rishabh Pant(w), Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh</div><div><br></div><div>England (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w/c), Alex Hales, Philip Salt, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Chris Jordan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 15:35:24', '2022-11-10 15:35:24'),
(2956, 2956, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Colombian music superstar Shakira and Spanish footballer Gerard Pique have reached an agreement over the custody of their two children following their breakup, their representatives said Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 45-year-old \"Hips don\'t Lie\" songstress plans to move to Miami with the couple\'s two sons and Pique will have them for 10 days each month plus during school holidays, the player\'s lawyer, Ramon Tamborero, said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is not that one has won and another has lost, if anyone won it has been the children,\" he told AFP after the conclusion of the custody negotiations which lasted months.</div><div><br></div><div>In a surprise move Pique, 35, last week announced he was retiring from football.</div><div><br></div><div>The Barcelona defender broke down in tears on Saturday during a farewell speech on Saturday at his final game at the club\'s Camp Nou stadium.</div><div><br></div><div>He also kicked a ball around on the pitch with his sons - Milan, nine, and Sascha, seven.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have signed an agreement that guarantees the well-being of our children and that it will be ratified in court,\" Shakira\'s representative said in a message jointly signed by the singer and Pique.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our sole objective is to provide them with the greatest security and protection, and we trust that their privacy will be respected,\" the statement added without providing further details.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakira and Pique announced their romantic relationship in 2011 but never married.</div><div><br></div><div>They met during the filming of the video for her infectious \"Waka Waka\", the official song of the 2010 World Cup, in which Pique made an appearance.</div><div><br></div><div>The couple, who had been living together for years on the outskirts of Barcelona, announced in June that they were separating.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakira, one of the biggest names in the global music industry, is facing trial in Spain for allegedly defrauding the tax office of 14.5 million euros ($14.5 million) on income earned between 2012 and 2014, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She told Elle magazine in September that the combination of her looming tax fraud trial, separation from Pique and her father\'s illness meant this was \"the most difficult, darkest hours of my life\".&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 15:39:50', '2022-11-10 15:39:50'),
(2957, 2957, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">United States coach Gregg Berhalter warned his players to beware Wales captain Gareth Bale on Wednesday as he revealed his 26-man squad for the World Cup.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The US face Wales on November 21 in their opening Group B game in Doha, with former Real Madrid star Bale looming large in Berhalter\'s thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>Bale provided a timely reminder of his enduring goal-scoring threat last Saturday, nodding in an opportunistic headed equalizer deep into stoppage time to help set up Los Angeles FC\'s MLS Cup victory.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking after revealing his World Cup squad at a ceremony in New York on Wednesday, Berhalter said Bale\'s knack of rising to the big occasion was cause for concern.</div><div><br></div><div>\"One of the things that\'s scary about Gareth Bale is that he can do things like that,\" Berhalter said of Bale\'s game-saving MLS Cup goal, noting that the Welshman had outjumped Philadelphia\'s 6ft 6in defender Jack Elliott to score.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He dunked on him. He has that explosiveness, that free-kick and he can serve a ball,\" Berhalter said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You have to be aware of him at any moment and if he doesn\'t start the game, he comes on and he\'ll worry you even more.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Because you don\'t have the chance to tire him out - he comes in fresh. He\'s a dangerous player.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Several selections in Berhalter\'s World Cup squad have been influenced by the fact that the USA face both Wales and England in Group B along with Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>Berhalter said England-based players such as Norwich\'s Josh Sargent and Fulham\'s Tim Ream were chosen due to their familiarity with the physicality of British football.</div><div><br></div><div>Sargent, who has scored eight goals in 18 games for Norwich in the English Championship this season, was included among a contingent of forwards which had no place for the 19-year-old striker Ricardo Pepi.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Difficult conversation\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Pepi, who plays in Holland for FC Groningen, impressed during qualifiers with three goals in wins over Honduras and Jamaica, and Berhalter admitted leaving out the teenager had been a hard call.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In the case of Ricardo that was a really difficult conversation that I had to have with him,\" Berhalter said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s always difficult when a guy helps you get to the World Cup, he scores three goals in World Cup qualifying, and isn\'t going to be part of the program.\"</div><div><br></div><div>In the end however, the 22-year-old Sargent\'s experience of English football tipped the balance in his favor.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Josh is competing in the Championship, he played in the Premier League last year,\" Berhalter said. \"We\'re playing Wales and England and both teams are stocked with players from those leagues.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We were judging Ricardo against Josh, and we felt it was valuable that Josh was playing in the competition where two of our three group opponents are coming from. We felt that brings value, the physicality.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Dutch league is a great league but it doesn\'t have the same physicality as the Championship.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The biggest shock in Berhalter\'s squad concerned the omission of goalkeeper Zack Steffen.</div><div><br></div><div>The 27-year-old has long been regarded as Berhalter\'s first choice goalkeeper, but was left out in favor of Arsenal reserve goalkeeper Matt Turner, Luton Town\'s Ethan Horvath and New York City\'s Sean Johnson.</div><div><br></div><div>Berhalter would not be drawn on why Steffen had been deemed surplus to requirements, instead focusing on the strengths of Horvath, Turner and Johnson.</div><div><br></div><div>\"With the three goalkeepers we have on the roster we feel great,\" Berhalter said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We saw a lot of progress with Matt Turner in this last six months, we know Ethan Horvath has been competing at a good level with Luton in the Championship, and Sean Johnson has been a mainstay with this group since day one. So we\'re comfortable with that.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Berhalter said Turner was likely to be the USA\'s starting goalkeeper in Qatar.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re going to determine that when we get into camp, but I would say the lean is towards Matt being the number one,\" the US coach said.</div><div><br></div><div>Full squad:</div><div><br></div><div>Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath (Luton Town/ENG), Matt Turner (Arsenal/ENG), Sean Johnson (New York City FC)</div><div><br></div><div>Defenders: Tim Ream (Fulham/ENG), Sergino Dest (AC Milan/ITA), Antonee Robinson (Fulham/ENG), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Celtic/SCO), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville), DeAndre Yedlin (Inter Miami), Shaq Moore (Nashville SC), Joe Scally (Borussia Monchengladbach/GER), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls)</div><div><br></div><div>Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds United/ENG), Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles FC), Tyler Adams (Leeds United/ENG), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo/ESP), Weston McKennie (Juventus/ITA), Yunus Musah (Valencia/ESP), Cristian Roldan (Seattle Sounders)</div><div><br></div><div>Forwards: Jesus Ferreira (Dallas), Jordan Morris (Seattle Sounders), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea/ENG), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Josh Sargent (Norwich/ENG), Timothy Weah (Lille/FRA), Haji Wright (Antalyaspor/TUR) - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 16:08:16', '2022-11-10 16:08:16'),
(2958, 2958, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Spain is to send Ukraine two more HAWK surface-to-air missile launchers on top of the four it has already dispatched to counter the Russian invasion, the Spanish government said Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Two extra launchers will be sent\" following a request from NATO, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said.</div><div><br></div><div>Madrid at the start of the month said it was sending anti-missile and air defence systems, including four HAWK missile launchers and an Aspide surface-to-air missile system.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are firmly committed to Ukraine because we understand that it is exercising its legitimate right to self-defence,\" Robles said.</div><div><br></div><div>Her ministry said that 64 members of the Ukrainian military would be trained in the central Spanish city of Toledo from next week on deactivating explosives, mine clearance and sharpshooting.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty-one other Ukrainian soldiers are being trained to handle 105/14 howitzers in the southern city of Almeria, it added, and another 19 have learnt how to use the Aspide air defence system.</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry says Spain is to train around 400 Ukrainian soldiers every two months.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia invaded neighbouring Ukraine in February and Western countries have since rushed military aid to support Kyiv\'s forces. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 16:12:05', '2022-11-10 16:12:05'),
(2959, 2959, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The King has unveiled a statue to his \"beloved\" mother in York, the first to be installed since her death.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 6ft 7in (2m) sculpture was designed to celebrate the late Queen\'s Platinum Jubilee and was completed in August, the month before she died.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking in front of crowds at York Minster, King Charles said her effigy would \"watch over\" the city.</div><div><br></div><div>The King was presented with a maquette of the statue after a service inside the cathedral.</div><div><br></div><div>He later travelled to Doncaster to confer formal city status as he concluded his two-day trip to Yorkshire.</div><div><br></div><div>During the ceremony in York, the King said: \"The late Queen was always vigilant for the welfare of her people during her life.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Now her image will watch over what will become Queen Elizabeth Square for centuries to come.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The statue, which sits in a niche at the west front of the Minster, is said to weigh almost two tonnes and is made from French lepine limestone.</div><div><br></div><div>It depicts the Queen wearing Garter robes and the George IV State Diadem, and holding the orb and sceptre symbols of authority.</div><div><br></div><div>The design had been chosen by the late monarch and was originally due to be unveiled in September, but this was postponed after the Queen\'s death.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Archbishop of York said: \"I think for the King personally it\'s going to be a time of sadness, because this is his mother. But also it is an honour for us to receive him and to welcome him.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It will be a time of great thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for. I believe the new King Charles has made a very impressive start.\" - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 16:17:53', '2022-11-10 16:17:53'),
(2960, 2960, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Egypt’s COP27 Presidency and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa launched an initiative “Reducing the Cost of Green and Sustainable Borrowing” in climate-vulnerable countries at the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The initiative is aimed at addressing the larger issues of deteriorating fiscal health under threat by potential output losses linked to climate hazards and disaster recovery costs, as well as transition risks that may hit the economy at large.</div><div><br></div><div>During the launch of the initiative, the Egyptian COP27 Presidency said:&nbsp; “Liquidity constraints remain some of the foremost barriers to allow African countries to invest towards climate resilience and the Sustainable Development Goals. This initiative will help build deeper, resilient, and sustainable financing to accelerate its post-Covid green recovery through various mechanisms.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"The focus will be on Green and Social and Sustainable (GSS) Bonds to fill the SDG financial gaps. There is a need for climate action to reduce poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. This initiative will strengthen the ability of African states to borrow at an affordable rate, mobilise more green funding, and attract private capital.”</div><div><br></div><div>African countries can lower green borrowing costs by pulling various levers, such as the below proposed mechanisms:</div><div><br></div><div>Liquidity and Sustainability Facility (LSF): It seeks to lower governments’ borrowing costs by increasing demand on their sovereign bonds.</div><div><br></div><div>Harmonisation of ESG Standards: This introduces a global baseline of sustainability disclosures, meets the needs of capital markets and contributes to enhancing transparency, accountability, efficiency, and comparability across markets.</div><div><br></div><div>Proposal of a Sustainability Sovereign Debt Hub (SSDH): It seeks to establish a sustainable sovereign debt hub aimed at providing facilitation for sovereign debt issuances aligned with climate and nature building on its research as well as assisting the scaling of performance-linked sovereign debt. </div><div><br></div><div>Capacity Building for developing countries to reliably access GSS Bond markets: It aims to allow African countries and developing countries in general to have more regular access to the GSS Bond markets.</div><div><br></div><div>Guarantees from Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs): It seeks to accelerate mobilizing external finance, including external debt and ODA, or avail more fiscal space through debt cancellation, according to reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-10 16:50:30', '2022-11-10 16:50:30'),
(2961, 2961, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States will provide air defense systems and surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine as part of a new $400 million security assistance package, the Pentagon announced on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With \"Russia\'s unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian civilian and critical infrastructure, additional air defense capabilities are critical,\" Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told journalists.</div><div><br></div><div>The package includes four short-range, highly mobile Avenger air defense systems -- the first time they have been provided to Ukraine -- as well as the Stinger missiles they fire.</div><div><br></div><div>Also in the package are missiles for HAWK air defense systems that Spain has agreed to provide, artillery and mortar rounds, ammunition for Himars precision rocket launchers, and more than 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition.</div><div><br></div><div>The HAWK missiles will be refurbished with Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds, which pay for procurement of equipment from the defense industry. Other items in the package will be taken from existing US inventories.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his US counterpart Joe Biden and the American people for the assistance.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Together we\'re building an air shield to protect (Ukrainian) civilians. We\'re bringing victory over the aggressor closer!\" Zelensky tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>The package brings to more than $18.6 billion the total US security assistance in Ukraine since Russian forces invaded in February.</div><div><br></div><div>The security assistance announcement came a day after top US General Mark Milley said more than 100,000 Russian military personnel have been killed or wounded in Ukraine, with Kyiv\'s forces likely suffering similar casualties.</div><div><br></div><div>Milley also said there is a chance for talks on ending the war, and that military victory may not be possible for either Russia or Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia meanwhile announced Thursday that its forces have begun retreating from Ukraine\'s southern city of Kherson -- a major blow to Moscow\'s military campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re seeing some indications of Russian forces withdrawing from Kherson city, but it\'s too early to make a full assessment of... what that means,\" Singh said. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-11 07:58:36', '2022-11-11 07:58:36'),
(2962, 2962, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden will meet Monday with President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of next week’s Group of 20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia, a face-to-face meeting that comes amid increasingly strained U.S.-China relations, the White House announced Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It will be the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies since Biden became president in January 2021 and comes weeks after Xi was awarded a norm-breaking third, five-year term as the Chinese Communist Party leader during the party’s national congress.</div><div><br></div><div>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement the leaders will meet to “discuss efforts to maintain and deepen lines of communication between” the two countries and to \"responsibly manage competition and work together where our interests align, especially on transnational challenges that affect the international community.”</div><div><br></div><div>The White House has been working with Chinese officials over the last several weeks to arrange the meeting. Biden on Wednesday told reporters that he intended to discuss with Xi growing tensions between Washington and Beijing over the self-ruled island of Taiwan, trade policies, Beijing’s relationship with Russia and more.</div><div><br></div><div>“What I want to do with him when we talk is lay out what each of our red lines are and understand what he believes to be in the critical national interests of China, what I know to be the critical interests of the United States,” Biden said. “And determine whether or not they conflict with one another.”</div><div><br></div><div>The White House sought to downplay expectations for the meeting, telling reporters there was no joint communique or deliverables anticipated from the sit-down.</div><div><br></div><div>“I don’t think you should look at this meeting as one in which there’s going to be specific deliverables announced,\" White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said. \"Rather the two leaders are going to give direction to their teams to work on a number of areas, both areas where we have differences and areas where we can work together.”</div><div><br></div><div>Biden and Xi traveled together in the U.S. and China in 2011 and 2012 when both leaders were serving as their respective countries\' vice presidents, and they have held five phone or video calls since Biden became president in January 2021. But the U.S.-China relationship has become far more complicated since those getting-to-know-you talks in Washington and on the Tibetan plateau a decade ago.</div><div><br></div><div>As president, Biden has repeatedly taken China to task for human rights abuses against the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities, Beijing’s crackdowns on democracy activists in Hong Kong, coercive trade practices, military provocations against self-ruled Taiwan and differences over Russia’s prosecution of its war against Ukraine.Weeks before Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, the Russian president met with Xi in Beijing and the two issued a memorandum expressing hopes of a “no limits” relationship for their nations.</div><div>China has largely refrained from criticizing Russia’s war but thus far has held off on supplying Moscow with arms.</div><div><br></div><div>“I don’t think there’s a lot of respect that China has for Russia or Putin,” Biden said Wednesday. “And in fact, they’ve been sort of keeping the distance a little bit.”</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders were also expected to address U.S. frustrations that Beijing has not used its influence to press North Korea to pull back from conducting provocative missile tests and to abandon its nuclear weapons program. Biden was set to discuss threats from North Korea with the leaders of South Korea and Japan a day before sitting down with Xi.</div><div><br></div><div>Sullivan said Biden would meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Seok Yeol on Sunday on the margins of the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, where North Korea\'s saber rattling is expected to be the focus of talks.</div><div><br></div><div>Xi’s government has criticized the Biden administration’s posture toward Taiwan — which Beijing looks eventually to unify with the communist mainland — as undermining China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Chinese president also has suggested that Washington wants to stifle Beijing’s growing clout as it tries to overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy.</div><div><br></div><div>Tensions over Taiwan have grown since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden said that he’s “not willing to make any fundamental concessions” about the United States’ Taiwan doctrine.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its “One China” policy, the United States recognizes the government in Beijing while allowing for informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. It takes a stance of “strategic ambiguity” toward the defense of Taiwan — leaving open the question of whether it would respond militarily were the island attacked.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the anticipated meeting, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said at a Thursday news briefing that China was looking for “win-win cooperation with the U.S.” while reiterating Beijing’s concerns about the U.S. stance on Taiwan.</div><div><br></div><div>“The U.S. needs to stop obscuring, hollowing out and distorting the One China principle, abide by the basic norms in international relations, including respecting other countries’ sovereignty, territorial integrity and noninterference in other countries’ internal affairs,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden caused a stir in Asia in May when at a news conference in Tokyo, said “yes” when asked if he was willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. The White House and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin were quick to clarify that there was no change in U.S. policy.</div><div><br></div><div>Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island’s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don’t support. Pelosi is the highest-ranking elected American official to visit since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.</div><div><br></div><div>Xi has stayed close to home throughout the global COVID-19 pandemic, where he has enforced a “zero-COVID” policy that has resulted in mass lockdowns that have roiled the global supply chains.</div><div><br></div><div>He made his first trip outside China since start of the pandemic in September with a stop in Kazakhstan and then onto Uzbekistan to take part in the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization with Putin and other leaders of the Central Asian security group.</div><div><br></div><div>U.S. officials were eager to see how Xi approaches the meeting after being newly empowered with a third term and consolidating his position as the unquestioned leader of the state, saying they would wait to assess whether that made him more or less likely to seek out areas of cooperation with the U.S.</div><div><br></div><div>They emphasized that party congress results reinforced the importance of direct engagement with Xi, rather than lower level officials whom they’ve found unable or unwilling to speak for the Chinese leader.</div><div><br></div><div>Sullivan says it “remains to be seen” what impact Xi\'s cementing another five years as Communist Party leader will have on his approach to the U.S.-China relationship. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-11-11 10:57:28', '2022-11-11 10:58:49');
