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(990, 990, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China\'s military declared new military drills on Monday in the seas and airspace around Taiwan - a day after the scheduled end of its largest ever exercises to protest against last week\'s visit to Taipei by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>China\'s Eastern Theatre Command said it would conduct joint drills focusing on anti-submarine and sea assault operations - confirming the fears of some security analysts and diplomats that Beijing would continue to maintain pressure on Taiwan\'s defences.</div><div><br></div><div>Pelosi\'s visit to Taiwan last week infuriated China, which regards the self-ruled island as its own and responded with test launches of ballistic missiles over Taipei for the first time, as well as ditching some lines of dialogue with Washington.</div><div><br></div><div>The duration and precise location of the latest drills is not yet known, but Taiwan has already eased flight restrictions near the six earlier Chinese exercise areas surrounding the island. read more</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly before the latest drills were announced, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met visiting St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, telling him she was moved by his determination to visit despite China\'s military pressure.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Prime Minister Gonsalves has expressed in recent days that the Chinese military drills would not prevent him from visiting friends in Taiwan. These statements have deeply touched us,\" Tsai said at a welcome ceremony for Gonsalves in Taipei.</div><div><br></div><div>It was unclear if Tsai had invited Gonsalves before or after Pelosi\'s visit. \"We don’t disclose internal planning or communications between governments,\" the Taiwanese foreign ministry said when asked by Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>Beyond the firing of 11 short-range ballistic missiles during the four earlier days of exercises, Chinese warships, fighter jets and drones manoeuvred extensively around the island.</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly before those drills ended on Sunday, about 10 warships each from China and Taiwan manoeuvred at close quarters around the unofficial median line of the Taiwan Strait, according to a person familiar with the situation who is involved with security planning.</div><div><br></div><div>A Chinese state television commentator said late on Sunday that the Chinese military would now conduct \"regular\" drills on the Taiwan side of the line.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Military talks shelved&nbsp;</b></div><div><br></div><div>A man reads a newspaper report with an image of military exercises near Taiwan by the Chinese People\'s Liberation Army\'s (PLA) Eastern Theatre Command on the front-page, at a newspaper stand in Beijing</div><div><br></div><div>In Taipei, defence ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang told reporters that Taiwan’s armed forces had \"calmly\" handled the Chinese drills. Earlier, the ministry had said the drills had used warships, aircraft and drones to simulate attacks on the island and its navy.</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s designated no fly zones, and crossings of the median line, have \"compressed\" Taiwan’s training space and will affect the normal operation of international flights and air routes in the future, the ministry said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday that China was conducting normal military exercises \"in our own waters\" in an open, transparent and professional way, adding that Taiwan was part of China.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked whether China\'s ongoing drills abided by international law and whether new warnings for civilian air and sea traffic would be issued, Wang said relevant departments issued timely announcements in line with both domestic and international law.</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s defence ministry meanwhile maintained its diplomatic pressure on the United States, defending its shelving of military-to-military talks in protest at Pelosi\'s visit.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The current tense situation in the Taiwan Strait is entirely provoked and created by the U.S. side on its own initiative, and the U.S. side must bear full responsibility and serious consequences for this,\" defence ministry spokesman Wu Qian said in an online post.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The bottom line cannot be broken, and communication requires sincerity,\" Wu said.</div><div><br></div><div>China called off formal talks involving theatre-level commands, defence policy co-ordination and military maritime consultations on Friday as Pelosi left the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Pentagon, State Department and White House officials condemned the move, describing it as an irresponsible over-reaction.</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s cutting of some of its few communication links with the U.S. military raises the risk of an accidental escalation over Taiwan at a critical moment, according to security analysts and diplomats. read more</div><div><br></div><div>One U.S. official noted that Chinese officials had not responded to calls from senior Pentagon officials amid the tensions last week, but that they did not see this as a formal severing of ties with senior figures, such as U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked directly about those reports, defence ministry spokesman Wu said, \"China\'s relevant counter-measures are a necessary warning to the provocations of the United States and Taiwan, and a legitimate defence of national sovereignty and security\". -Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/TR</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 20:01:26', '2022-08-08 20:01:26'),
(991, 991, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday distributed \"Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib Padak-2022\" to five distinguished women for their outstanding contributions to various fields marking the 92nd birth anniversary of the majestic woman and wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She virtually joined the award distribution ceremony as the chief guest from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Ministry of Women and Cultural Affairs organised the function at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in city as the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gopalganj also remotely connected to it.</div><div><br></div><div>Five women who received the Padak, the highest state honour for women, are: Syeda Zebunnesa Haque (Sylhet) in politics, lawmaker Selima Ahmed (Cumilla) in economics, Dhaka University\'s former Pro-Vice Chancellor Nasreen Ahmad in education, Mst Achhia Alam (Kishoreganj) in social service and valiant freedom fighter of Gopalganj district Ashalata Baidya (commander during the Liberation War) in independence and Liberation War.</div><div><br></div><div>Each of the recipients got a medal made of 40gm of 18-carat gold, a cheque of Taka 4 lakh and a certificate of honour.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Fazilatun Nessa Indira handed over the Padak introduced last year.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier also inaugurated handing over financial assistance and sewing machines among insolvent women across the country on Bangamata\'s birth anniversary.</div><div><br></div><div>With the state minister in the chair, Women and Cultural Affairs Secretary Md. Hasanuzzaman Kallol gave the address of welcome while eminent writer Anwara Syed Haq delivered the keynote speech.</div><div><br></div><div>Jatiyo Mohila Sangstha Chairman Begum Chemon Ara Tayab also spoke at the function.</div><div><br></div><div>On behalf of the Padak recipients, Syeda Zebunnesa Haque spoke at the ceremony expressing her feelings.</div><div><br></div><div>A documentary on the life and works of Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, mother of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was also screened at the function.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangamata was born on August 8 in 1930 at Tungipara village in Gopalganj. She was killed brutally along with Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15 in 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>The birthday of Bangamata is being observed across the country in a befitting manner.</div><div><br></div><div>Alongside the government, various political and socio-cultural organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes that included discussions to observe the day. Wreath was placed at her grave in the city\'s Banani area this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave separate messages on the eve of the 92nd birth anniversary of Bangamata.</div><div><br></div><div>State owned Bangladesh Television and Bangladesh Betar in addition to other electronic media are broadcasting special programmes to mark the day.</div><div><br></div><div>Marking the birth anniversary of Bangamata, financial assistance of Taka 50 lakh is being distributed among 2500 insolvent women. Each of the women is getting Taka 2000.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Of the total amount, Taka 13 lakhs are being distributed among the women of flood hit districts, Sylhet, Sunamganj, Moulovibazar, Habiganj and Netrokona. Besides, a total 4,500 sewing machines are being distributed across the country. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 20:15:54', '2022-08-08 20:15:54'),
(992, 992, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ratan Hossain is the mastermind of recent incidents of dacoity and rape in a bus in Tangail.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Aged 21, he led dacoit groups in at least 10 incidents of dacoity in the past. He served in jail in a case for blocking road in Savar and committing robbery in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained ten more people, including the ‘mastermind’ of the robbery incident Ratan who along with others took control of Chattogram bound bus in Tangail and committed dacoity and rape.</div><div><br></div><div>Other arrested in connection with the case are Md Alauddin, 24, Sohag Mondol, 20, Khandakar Md Hasmat Ali alias Dipu, 23, Md Babu Hossain alias Julhas, 21, Md Jibon, 21, Md Abdul Mannan, 22, Md Nayeem Sarkar, 19, Russell Talukdar, 32, and Md Aslam Talukdar alias Raihan.</div><div><br></div><div>RAB arrested them conducting drives in Dhaka, Gazipur and Sirajganj on Sunday, said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director of the Legal and Media Wing of the RAB headquarters, at a press briefing in Dhaka on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>RAB also seized 20 mobile phone sets, two silver bangles, 14 SIM (subscriber identity module) cards and a sharp weapon used in robbery from their possession.</div><div><br></div><div>During primary interrogation, it was known that mastermind Ratan served jail for one and a half years for robbing a bus of ‘Savar Paribahan’ along with Jibon, who was a helper of a bus, in 2018. After being released from jail on bail in 2020, Ratan snatched an auto-rickshaw and again jailed for another year.</div><div><br></div><div>After being released on bail, he and his gang committed robberies on the highways in Savar, Gazipur or Sirajganj areas.</div><div><br></div><div>During the robbery in Tangail, Jibon was engaged in looting the goods of the passengers.</div><div><br></div><div>Legal steps will be taken against the detainees, the official added.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 3, the spine-chilling crime occurred in Raktipara area of Tangail\'s Madhupur upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>When the bus took the busy Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Natiapara area, the seven robbers whiffed out guns, hijacked the vehicle, and drove it towards Madhupur upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Posing as passengers, the seven boarded the bus in two groups in a span of 10 minutes around 11pm after it resumed its onward journey following a stopover at a hotel in Sirajganj district.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty-four people, including 22 passengers and two staffers, were on board the bus of ‘Eagle Paribahan’ at the time.</div><div><br></div><div>On a desolate stretch, the armed gang robbed the twenty-four people, including 22 passengers of cash, jewellery and mobile phones.</div><div><br></div><div>They then blindfolded the passengers and raped the woman commuter on board.</div><div><br></div><div>The passengers\' ordeal continued for over three hours till the seven criminals forced them to get off the bus and drove the heavy vehicle towards Raktipara\'s Jam-e-Mosque, where they abandoned it and fled with the booty, police said.</div><div><br></div><div>An FIR was lodged in connection with the robbery and rape.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, Raza Mia, 32, was arrested from the Deula area of Tangail district town, said police. Raza is a driver of ‘Jhatika Service’ bus in Tangail and lived in a rented house in Tangail new bus terminal area.</div><div><br></div><div>During interrogation, Raza told cops that he was the one who drove the bus while others held the passengers and staff hostage at gunpoint, said Sarkar Md Kaisar, superintendent of Tangail Police. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 21:58:20', '2022-08-08 21:58:20'),
(993, 993, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China said Monday it was extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and substantially raised concerns about the potential for conflict in a region crucial to global trade.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The exercises would include anti-submarine drills, apparently targeting U.S. support for Taiwan in the event of a potential Chinese invasion, according to social media posts from the eastern leadership of China’s ruling Communist Party’s military arm, the People’s Liberation Army.</div><div><br></div><div>The military has said the exercises involving missile strikes, warplanes and ship movements crossing the midline of the Taiwan Strait dividing the sides were a response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\'s visit to the self-ruled island last week.</div><div><br></div><div>China has ignored calls to calm the tensions, and there was no immediate indication when it would end what amounts to a blockade.</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan’s defense ministry said Sunday it detected a total of 66 aircraft and 14 warships conducting the naval and air exercises.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The island has responded by putting its military on alert and deploying ships, planes and other assets to monitor Chinese aircraft, ships and drones that are “simulating attacks on the island of Taiwan and our ships at sea.”</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported that Taiwan’s army will conduct live-fire artillery drills in southern Pingtung County on Tuesday and Thursday, in response to the Chinese exercises.</div><div><br></div><div>The drills will include snipers, combat vehicles, armored vehicles as well as attack helicopters, said the report, which cited an anonymous source.</div><div><br></div><div>China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has threatened to annex it by force if necessary. The two sides split in 1949 after a civil war, but Beijing considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has called on the international community to “support democratic Taiwan” and “halt any escalation of the regional security situation.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Group of Seven industrialized nations has also criticized China\'s actions, prompting Beijing to cancel a meeting between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Japanese counterpart, Yoshimasa Hayashi.</div><div>China has cut off defense and climate talks with the U.S. and imposed sanctions on Pelosi in retaliation for her visit.</div><div><br></div><div>The Biden administration and Pelosi say the U.S. remains committed to the “one-China” policy that extends formal diplomatic recognition to Beijing while allowing robust informal relations and defense ties with Taipei.</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. however criticized Beijing’s actions in the Taiwan Strait, with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling them “fundamentally irresponsible.”</div><div><br></div><div>“There’s no need and no reason for this escalation,” Jean-Pierre said.</div><div><br></div><div>In Washington, Taiwan\'s de facto ambassador Bi-khim Hsiao said China had no reason to “be so furious,\" over Pelosi\'s visit, which follows a long tradition of American lawmakers visiting Taiwan.</div><div><br></div><div>“Well, you know, we have been living under the threat from China for decades,\" Hsiao told CBS News on Sunday. “If you have a kid being bullied at school, you don’t say you don’t go to school. You try to find a way to deal with the bully.</div><div><br></div><div>“The risks are posed by Beijing,\" Hsiao said.</div><div><br></div><div>On a visit to Myanmar, whose Chinese-backed military government has been accused of murdering its opponents, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Washington was “taking the opportunity to build up its military deployment in the region, which deserves high vigilance and resolute boycott from all sides.\"</div><div><br></div><div>“China’s firm stance\" is aimed at “earnestly safeguarding peace across the Taiwan Strait and regional stability,\" Wang was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong called for a cooling of tensions. “Australia continues to urge restraint, Australia continues to urge deescalation, and this is not something that solely Australia is calling for, and the whole region is concerned about the current situation, the whole region is calling for stability to be restored,” Wong told reporters in Canberra. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 23:07:35', '2022-08-08 23:07:35'),
(994, 994, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US dollar price against local currency taka reached its peak at Tk115 in the kerb market on Monday because of acute shortage of the greenback in local market, </span>according<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It was the biggest fall in taka’s value against the US dollar in the country’s history, according to money changers selling dollars on the the kerb market at Motijheel in the capital.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The previous highest US dollar price on the open market was recorded at Tk112&nbsp; on July 26.</div><div><br></div><div>The greenback was selling between Tk111 and Tk 111.5 in the kerb market on Sunday, a day before reaching the record rate.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the central bank increased interbank rate of US dollar further by Tk0.25 to Tk94.95 on Monday from Tk94.70.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank sold dollars from reserves to state-owned banks at this rate.</div><div><br></div><div>The money market regulator fixed the US dollar’s interbank exchange rate at Tk94.70 on July 25.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Bank spokesperson Md Serajul Islam confirmed the development to the media.</div><div><br></div><div>The dollar exchange rate is spiking amid an ongoing crisis of the foreign currency owing to a soaring trade deficit and declining remittance inflows.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 23:33:46', '2022-08-08 23:33:46'),
(995, 995, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court granted a leave to appeal petition filed by the successors of author and publisher Qazi Anwar Hussain against a High Court order that granted copyright of 260 books of the \"Masud Rana Series\" and 50 books of \"Kuasha Series\" to ghostwriter Sheikh Abdul Hakim.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Leave is granted,\" said the order passed by a three-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Appellate Division granted a leave to appeal petition filed by the two sons and a grand-daughter of Kazi Anwar Hossain, The apex court ordered to stay the activities on the decision given by Registrar of the Bangladesh Copyright Office on June 14, 2020. It also asked to maintain a status quo on selling of the books,\" said Advocate Hamidul Misbah, who along with Advocate Murad Reza moved the plea before the court.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Khurshid Alam Khan and Md Iftabul Kamal took part in the hearing for Bangladesh Copyright Office.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court on December 13, 2021, upheld the order of Bangladesh Copyright Office. It also came up with some observations on that day. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 23:37:39', '2022-08-08 23:37:39'),
(996, 996, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Veteran actor Clu Gulager, best known for the western TV series The Virginian and the film The Return of the Living Dead, has died of natural causes at the age of 93.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Gulager’s daughter-in-law Diane Goldner posted the family’s statement on Facebook. “Clu Gulager, revered television and film actor, known for The Tall Man and The Virginian, died of natural causes at the home of his son John and beloved daughter-in-law Diane, surrounded by his loving family. Clu was as caring as he was loyal and devoted to his craft, a proud member of the Cherokee nation, a rule-breaker, sharp and astute and on the side — always — of the oppressed. He was good-humored, an avid reader, tender and kind. Loud and dangerous,” the statement reads.</div><div><br></div><div>It continues, “as a writer and director, he made the influential short film A Day with the Boys, which opened the 1970 Cannes Film Festival as an example of the state of the art of filmmaking. He was shocked that he lived, for even a day after Miriam Byrd-Nethery, the love of his life, died 18 years ago. He was 93 years old. He is survived by his sons John and Tom, their partners Diane and Zoe, his cherished grandson Clu Mosha, dedicated fans, and decades of extraordinary students. His family will miss him terribly.”</div><div><br></div><div>Gulager has over 150 film and TV credits. His early TV roles include guest spots on Studio One, West Point, Black Saddle, The Untouchables, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. His more recent TV roles were on episodes of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, Walker, Texas Ranger, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, the ’80s MacGyver, the original Hawaii Five-O, and Murder, She Wrote. Source: NY Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 23:46:30', '2022-08-08 23:46:30'),
(997, 997, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ten people were killed by an Afghan national with a knife in a scuffle in southeastern Iran, the local media reported on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The assailant, who committed the murder in Rafsanjan on Sunday evening over personal disputes, has been arrested by Iranian police, the Entekhab news website quoted Rafsanjan\'s Governor Hossein Rezaei as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>The victims, all men, comprised six Afghan nationals and four Iranian citizens, said Rezaei, adding that the Afghan victims have been among the assailant\'s relatives.</div><div><br></div><div>Rezaei said the assailant did not seem to have balanced psychological health when being arrested, and had inflicted minor wounds on himself in the act of self-harm before being seized.</div><div><br></div><div>Based on the testimonies from the assailant\'s friends, the murderer is addicted to methamphetamine, Rezaei told the Iranian Students\' News Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>He added further investigations are underway to determine the murderer\'s identity and whether he is a legal migrant. - Xinhua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-08 23:55:16', '2022-08-08 23:55:16'),
(998, 998, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is trying to resolve Shakib Al Hasan\'s contract issue with Betwinner News, said cricket operations chairman Jalal Younus.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Younus who has been in talk with Shakib since the issue came to the light, thinks it might be a mistake from Shakib\'s part and hopes it will be resolved soon.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He was informed that we do not accept it. We told him, he is our player, he will understand that too. No one wants to get involved in such controversial issues. Be it unknowingly or knowingly, there may be mistakes [from his part]. We are trying to resolve it, hopefully it will be resolved,\" Younus said on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib himself announced this partnership with Betwinner News on his official Facebook page, writing, \"Dear fans! I am proud to announce my new official partnership with BETWINNER NEWS!</div><div><br></div><div>BETWINNER NEWS is one and only source of sports news! If you want to be always in trend and find the most important match analysis and sports highlights, then BETWINNER NEWS is for you! Search for BETWINNER NEWS on the Internet!\"</div><div><br></div><div>As his facebook post created a huge uproar, BCB president Nazmul Hassan Papon said they would take stern against the ace allrounder if he is found guilty since involvement with betting company is completely banned as per Bangladesh and BCB\'s law.</div><div><br></div><div>The news was broken at a moment when BCB was mulling Shakib as the next T20 captain, replacing Mahmudullah Riyad.</div><div><br></div><div>However, due to the captaincy issue, the BCB sought a three-day extension to name the squad of the Asian Cup from the ACC (Asian Cricket Council). The deadline of announcing the Asia Cup team was today (Monday).</div><div><br></div><div>\"There has been an issue. We are in touch with him about it. As this is a sensitive issue, we need to address it. We are talking to him to solve the problem. You will get to know within a couple of days,\" Younus said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In any case, we certainly show zero tolerance for such Betting issue. We have seen his involvement with such a company. We are trying to solve it as soon as possible.\" - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 01:36:06', '2022-08-09 01:36:06'),
(999, 999, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Maritime ports of Bangladesh have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal No 3 as the well-marked low which formed over Northwest Bay of Odisha-West Bengal Coast lies over Northwest Bay of Odisha coast and adjoining area.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further, said a special bulletin of the Met office.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its influence, squally weather may affect the Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra ports, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 01:48:02', '2022-08-09 01:48:02'),
(1000, 1000, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The number of black money holders paying taxes under an amnesty decreased by19.16 per cent to 2300 in the FY2021-22 down from12000 in the previous fiscal year, according to latest NBR data available on Monday</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the last financial year, there was an opportunity to whiten all kinds of black money by combining the stock market, land-flat purchases, and the money kept in the bank.</div><div><br></div><div>But at the end of the year, it was found that despite the opportunity, only 2,300 taxpayers came forward.</div><div><br></div><div>The poor response is attributed to higher tax rates imposed last year.</div><div><br></div><div>In the FY21, the tax rate was only 10 per cent compared to 25 per cent in the FY 22.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides 5 per cent penalty on that tax had to be paid to whiten black money. As a result, the total tax rate stood at 26.25 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>A top official of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) said that the response was low due to this.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Iftekharuzzaman, executive director of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), told UNB that giving such an opportunity is unethical, discriminatory and against the constitution.</div><div><br></div><div>It proved that little was gained from such opportunities given at the expense of morality, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Such opportunities provide protection only to the corrupt and encourage corruption, said the TIB chief. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 02:34:48', '2022-08-09 02:34:48'),
(1001, 1001, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The holy Ashura, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain Ibn Ali (RA), a grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him), will be observed across the country tomorrow with due religious solemnity.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Tomorrow is the 10th day of the month of Muharram in Hijri calendar. This day is well-known as the \"Holy Ashura\".</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;It is regarded as the day of Karbala, a \'mourning and heartbreaking event\', which has special religious significance for the Muslim community across the globe.</div><div><br></div><div>Muslims across the world recall the sacrifice of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA) along with his family members and 72 followers, who embraced martyrdom in 680 AD in the desert of Karbala on the banks of the Euphrates River in Iraq while fighting for truth and justice against the Yazid forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Their self-sacrifice at Karbala Maidan to uphold the great ideals of Islam, the religion of peace and harmony, is shining in the history of humanity.</div><div><br></div><div>On the eve of the holy Ashura, President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today issued separate messages, paying deep respect to Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA) and other martyrs of Karbala.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that the Holy Ashura is a significant and mourning day for the entire Muslim Ummah, the President said the eternal words of the sacred Ashura, burning in the memory of the tragic events of Karbala, inspires us to speak out against injustice and oppression, inspire us to follow the path of truth and beauty.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Abdul Hamid hoped that the great teachings of Holy Ashura would reflect in the lives of all.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Islam is a religion of peace and harmony. Here there is no room for confrontation, jealousy and envy,\" the President added.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, termed the holy Ashura as a very mournful, significant and glorious day.</div><div><br></div><div>She said all have to uphold the day\'s significance in their hearts and participate in public welfare work from their respective positions in establishing truth and justice in the national life and build a non-discriminatory, happy, prosperous and peaceful \"Sonar Bangladesh\" earlier envisioned by the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the ongoing pandemic Covid-19 outbreak, the premier said the lethal virus has reared its head again and her government is taking necessary measures to deal with this situation.</div><div><br></div><div>She also sought for providing continued assistance from the people of all walks of life in this regard and urged all to observe the holy Ashura with respective families at home and offer special doa so that the Almighty Allah help get rid of this pandemic soon.</div><div><br></div><div>Police have taken special security measures in the capital Dhaka on the occasion. The procession will be brought out with some security guidelines.</div><div><br></div><div>The day is a public holiday.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television and private TV channels will air special programmes while newspapers and online news portals publish supplements highlighting the significance of the day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On the occasion, a special prayer and discussion on \'Importance and Significance of Holy Ashura\' was held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque today at 1.30pm by Islamic Foundation. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 02:55:31', '2022-08-09 02:55:31'),
(1002, 1002, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith has briefed the Security Council at its high-level open debate on “Peace and Security in Africa: Capacity Building for sustaining peace”, in his capacity as the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC).&nbsp;</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Ambassador Muhith thanked the Security Council for inviting the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and referred to the support extended by the PBC in discussing and strengthening the peacebuilding priorities of Africa.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He shared PBC\'s past and ongoing engagements in various countries and regions in building capacities in the areas of sustainable development, transitional justice, women\'s equal participation in socio-economic and political process, empowerment of youth and accompanying the regional and sub-regional peacebuilding initiatives.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Chair called for increased partnerships with international and regional financial organizations and promoting south-south cooperation to build effective, accountable, inclusive and responsive institutions at the national and local levels in Africa.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He highlighted the important role of African Union and other regional and sub regional organizations and expressed PBC’s commitment to working more closely with the African Union and its Peace and Security Council.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The important role of civil society in building the capacity in Africa was also recognized, according to a media release.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador Muhith also acknowledged the invaluable contributions of the Peacebuilding Fund in supporting peacebuilding and sustaining peace in Africa.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The PBC Chair also reiterated PBC’s call for adequate, predictable and sustainable financing for peacebuilding.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is a 31-member intergovernmental advisory body that supports peace efforts in conflict-affected countries.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador Muhith is the present Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:03:53', '2022-08-09 20:03:53'),
(1003, 1003, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When she left a bad marriage, Sania Khan said some members of her South Asian Muslim community made her feel like she had \"failed at life\". Through TikTok, she found support and comfort in strangers - until her ex returned and murdered her.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Her bags were packed. She was ready to be free.</div><div><br></div><div>The 21st of July was to be the day Sania Khan, 29, left Chicago, Illinois - and the trauma of a relationship gone wrong - to begin a new solo chapter in her native Chattanooga.</div><div><br></div><div>Instead, that day, she returned home to Tennessee in a casket.</div><div><br></div><div>Three days earlier, officers had found Khan unresponsive near the front door of the Chicago condominium she had once shared with her estranged husband, Raheel Ahmad, 36. She had a gunshot wound to the back of her head and was pronounced dead at the scene.</div><div><br></div><div>Upon arrival of the police, Ahmad had turned the gun on himself, taking his own life.</div><div><br></div><div>According to police reports shared with the Chicago Sun-Times, the pair were \"going through a divorce\", and Ahmad, who had gone to live in a different state while separated from Khan, had travelled some 700 miles back to their former home \"to salvage the marriage\".</div><div><br></div><div>The grisly murder-suicide was the tragic final chapter in the life of Khan, a young Pakistani-American photographer who had recently found recognition on the social-media platform TikTok as a voice for women fighting marriage trauma and divorce stigma in the South Asian community.</div><div><br></div><div>Her death has left her friends shaken, and has reverberated with her online followers and other South Asian women who say they have felt the pressure to stay in unhealthy relationships for the sake of appearances.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She said 29 is going to be her year and it\'s going to be a new beginning,\" said BriAnna Williams, a university friend. \"She was so excited.\"</div><div><br></div><div>To her friends, Khan was a joy to be around - authentic, positive and selfless almost to a fault.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She was someone who would give you the shirt off her back,\" said Mehru Sheikh, 31, who called Khan her best friend.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Even when she was going through some really tough times in her life, she would be the first to call you and ask you how your day is going.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On Instagram, where she first built a public platform, she described her passion for photography with a biographic line that read: \"I help people fall in love with themselves and with each other in front of the camera.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Khan photographed weddings, maternity shoots, baby showers and other milestones, often for big-paying clients but also for many of her friends.</div><div>\"Behind the camera is where she came alive,\" said Ms Sheikh. \"She had a knack for making people comfortable in front of the camera, for capturing raw emotion and joy.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile she sought the same kind of joy in her own life. After dating Ahmad for about five years, she married him in June 2021 and they moved to Chicago together.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They had a fabulous, big, fat Pakistani wedding,\"a childhood friend recalled. \"But the marriage was built on a foundation of lies and manipulation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Khan\'s friends claim Ahmad had long-standing mental health issues. The couple had been mostly in a long distance relationship before marrying, which her friends say likely obscured the extent of their incompatibility.</div><div><br></div><div>The problems came to a head last December when, her friend said, Khan told her that Ahmad had a mental-health crisis and she felt unsafe. The BBC was unable to reach the Ahmad family for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the Khan family declined, through Khan\'s friends, to comment for this story.</div><div><br></div><div>About a dozen murder-suicides take place in the US every week, about two-thirds of which involve intimate partners, according to the Violence Policy Center.</div><div><br></div><div>Mental illness and relationship troubles are often identified among the top risk factors for women facing abuse by their partners. Domestic violence experts say women are most at risk of being killed by an intimate partner when they are leaving the relationship.</div><div><br></div><div>The December episode convinced Khan - who had until then kept details of the relationship private - to open up about her unhappy marriage, friends said.</div><div><br></div><div>They said Khan discussed the struggles in her marriage, telling them that her husband wasn\'t sleeping and often acted strangely, that he was refusing her pleas to seek help or go to therapy, and that she felt his mental health struggles had become her burden.</div><div><br></div><div>But friends allege that, while they told Khan to leave the marriage, others counselled her to stay in it.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Williams, 26, said her old friend broke down when they last met in Chicago in May.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She told me that divorce was considered shameful and she was extremely lonely,\" she told the BBC - recounting how Khan used the phrase \"what will people say\", more commonly known in Urdu and Hindi as log kya kahenge.</div><div><br></div><div>Herself a child of divorce, Khan said she had witnessed first-hand the stigma some South Asian communities attach to women who leave their marriages.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There\'s a lot of cultural pressure around the impacted family and how it looks to the outside world,\" said Neha Gill, executive director of Apna Ghar, a Chicago-based organisation that offers culturally sensitive services to predominantly South Asian women facing intimate partner abuse.</div><div><br></div><div>Many South Asian communities continue to see women as inferior and needing to be controlled, Ms Gill said, adding: \"The cultures are very communal, so it\'s about prioritising family or community over a person\'s safety and well-being\".</div><div><br></div><div>But with the support of her friends, Khan filed for divorce and secured an August hearing to finalise the split.</div><div><br></div><div>She also filed a restraining order and changed the locks on her doors, friends said.</div><div><br></div><div>And she began sharing her story on TikTok, describing herself as \"the black sheep\" in her community.</div><div><br></div><div>One post reads: \"Going through a divorce as a South Asian woman feels like you failed at life sometimes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"My family members told me if I left my husband I would be letting Shaytan [the devil in Arabic] \'win\', that I dress like a prostitute and if I move back to my hometown they\'ll kill themselves,\" says another.</div><div><br></div><div>Another university friend, Naty, 28, who asked that her surname not be published, vividly remembers the first time Khan went viral on the platform.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She was blowing up my phone and she said this is what I\'m meant to do: To spread the word about my relationship and be a leader for women leaving their toxic marriages.\"</div><div><br></div><div>With each post, Khan found solace and strength, even as she \"received backlash\" for airing out the breakdown of her marriage, according to Naty.</div><div><br></div><div>At the time of her death, more than 20,000 people were following Khan on TikTok.</div><div><br></div><div>Bisma Parvez, 35, a fellow Pakistani-American Muslim woman, was one of them.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I remember, [after] the first video that I saw of hers, I just prayed for her,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Women in these situations are told to have \'sabr\' [patience in Arabic] and, in an abusive relationship, patience is not the answer.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She lamented Khan\'s death in a TikTok video of her own that has been among many shared across the platform.</div><div><br></div><div>The conversation has only swelled since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Apna Ghar, the Chicago domestic violence organisation, said it plans to hold a virtual panel discussion to commemorate Khan\'s one-month death anniversary later this month.</div><div><br></div><div>And amid the outpouring of love from friends and followers on social media, former classmates at Khan\'s high school - the Chattanooga School for Arts and Sciences - established a memorial scholarship in her name.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everyone\'s hush-hush, but social media helps you realise what a worldwide problem this is,\" said Ms Parvez.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re always telling women to protect themselves, but it\'s important to also raise sons who respect women. That training starts at home and each household has to make that change.\" - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:14:05', '2022-08-09 20:14:05'),
(1004, 1004, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tens of thousands of users reported being unable to access various Google services on Monday night, according to outage monitor Downdetector.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"User reports indicate Google Maps is having problems since 9:36 PM EDT (0136 GMT),\" Downdetector tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 40,000 users, including in New York City and Denver, Colorado, reported disruptions when trying to use Google\'s services, particularly the maps and search engine.</div><div><br></div><div>After around two hours, reports of the outage began tapering, but a small number of users continued to report trouble accessing Google\'s cloud and calendar functions, according to Downdetector.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re aware of a software update issue that occurred late this afternoon Pacific Time and briefly affected availability of Google Search and Maps, and we apologize for the inconvenience,\" a Google spokesperson said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We worked to quickly address the issue and our services are now back online.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On Twitter, some users posted screenshots of the 500 error message they received while trying to use Google, which said the server had \"encountered an error and could not complete your request.\" - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:17:43', '2022-08-09 20:17:43');
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(1005, 1005, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former US president Donald Trump said Monday that his Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida was being \"raided\" by FBI agents in what he called an act of \"prosecutorial misconduct.\"</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The FBI declined to comment on whether the search was happening or what it might be for, nor did Trump give any indication of why federal agents were at his home -- a situation that adds to the legal pressure on the ex-president.</div><div><br></div><div>\"These are dark times for our Nation, as my beautiful home, Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, is currently under siege, raided, and occupied by a large group of FBI agents,\" Trump said in a statement posted on his Truth Social network.</div><div><br></div><div>Aerial footage of Mar-a-Lago showed police cars outside the property.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is prosecutorial misconduct, the weaponization of the Justice System, and an attack by Radical Left Democrats who desperately don\'t want me to run for President in 2024,\" said the former president, who was not present during the raid, according to The New York Times.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Such an assault could only take place in broken, Third-World Countries. Sadly, America has now become one of those Countries,\" Trump said, adding: \"They even broke into my safe!\"</div><div><br></div><div>Multiple US media outlets cited sources close to the investigation as saying that agents were conducting a court-authorized search related to the potential mishandling of classified documents that had been sent to Mar-a-Lago.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Archives said in February it had recovered 15 boxes of documents from Trump\'s Florida estate, which The Washington Post reported included highly classified texts, taken with him when he left Washington following his reelection defeat.</div><div><br></div><div>The documents and mementos -- which also included correspondence from ex-US president Barack Obama -- should by law have been turned over at the end of Trump\'s presidency but instead ended up at his Mar-a-Lago resort.</div><div><br></div><div>The recovery of the boxes raised questions about Trump\'s adherence to presidential records laws enacted after the 1970s Watergate scandal that require Oval Office occupants to preserve records related to administration activity.</div><div><br></div><div>The Archives had requested then that the Justice Department open a probe into Trump\'s practices.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Accountable\' -</div><div>White House staff also regularly discovered wads of paper clogging toilets, leading them to believe Trump was trying to get rid of certain documents, according to a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.</div><div><br></div><div>Since taking his last Air Force One flight from Washington to Florida on January 20 last year, Trump has remained the country\'s most polarizing figure, continuing his unprecedented campaign to sow falsehoods that he actually won the 2020 election.</div><div><br></div><div>For weeks, Washington has been riveted by hearings in Congress about the January 6 storming of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters and his attempts to overturn the election.</div><div><br></div><div>The US Department of Justice is also investigating the January 6 attack.</div><div><br></div><div>While Attorney General Merrick Garland has declined to comment on growing speculation that Trump could face criminal charges, he has insisted that \"no person is above the law\" and that he intends to \"hold accountable every person who is criminally responsible for trying to overturn a legitimate election.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Trump is also being investigated for his efforts to alter the 2020 voting results in the state of Georgia, while his business practices are being probed in New York in separate cases, one civil and the other criminal.</div><div><br></div><div>The real estate mogul has not yet officially declared his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, though he has dropped strong hints over the past few months.</div><div><br></div><div>With President Joe Biden\'s approval rating currently below 40 percent and Democrats forecast to lose control of Congress in November midterm elections, Trump is apparently bullish that he could ride the Republican wave all the way to the White House in 2024. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:27:43', '2022-08-09 20:27:43'),
(1006, 1006, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Unauthorised level crossings have become a death trap in Feni district where nine people were killed in the past seven months, thanks to the dereliction of the authorities concerned.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Every year, a number of people die in rail accidents in Bangladesh, despite trains being considered one of the safest modes of travel. In 2021, some 147 people lost their lives in 123 railway accidents, according to the official data of Road Safety Foundation released in January, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>Many people have died in train accidents in Bangladesh and a number of probe bodies were formed to look into the accident but the authorities concerned have only fallen on deaf ears.</div><div><br></div><div>The recent Mirsarai train accident on Dhaka-Chattogram rail route is an example of the sheer negligence of the rail authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Twelve tourists including students were killed when a speeding express train rammed into the microbus carrying the tourists at a level crossing in Mirsarai upazila on July 29.</div><div><br></div><div>The gateman was suspended after the accident, having been absent from his post at the time of the accident. But unmanned level crossings are not a rarity in Feni.</div><div><br></div><div>Local sources said there are 12 unauthorised level crossings on the Dhaka-Chattogram route in Feni and the 23-km route stretching from Sashardi to Muhuriganj has 21 authorised level crossings.</div><div><br></div><div>Sub Assistant Engineer of Railway East, Riton Chakma, said people are stretching roads over the rail crossing as per their wish and most of the unapproved level crossings are in Muhuriganj - where there are six unmanned level crossings.</div><div><br></div><div>Muhuriganj point on Dhaka-Chattogram rail route has been identified as a risky level crossing as no gatemen were even appointed in the six unauthorised level crossings, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Jibon, a gateman posted at Barahipur Railcrossing, said “Gates were closed after getting siren of the train but some drivers and pedestrians desperately try to cross the rail track which causes accident.”</div><div><br></div><div>Feni Rail Station Master Saiful Islam, said many unauthorities crossings were made by people which raised the risk of accidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Nafil Uddin, sub-inspector of Feni Railway Police, said at least nine people have died in seven rail accidents in the past seven months in the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Twelve cases including nine unnatural death cases have been recorded during this period, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>A number of train accidents occurred at Fatehpur level crossing, Barahipur Level crossing and Railgate crossing in Feni district town.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, signal light of level crossing in many points went out of order and dereliction of gatemen in different level crossings, unawareness of drivers and pedestrians are behind the rail accidents.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahmudul Haque, a resident of Feni District town said Gudam quarter rail crossing on Dhaka-Chattogram rail route is the most risky level crossing in Feni district town as the vehicles kept moving after closing gates of the level crossing. The pedestrians are also seen moving ignoring signals.</div><div><br></div><div>Many accidents occurred on the level crossing as the drivers of small vehicles ignored train signals.</div><div><br></div><div>Shahadat Hossain, President of Feni district unit Sushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujon), identified three reasons behind the rail accidents. These are—the construction of roads without informing the rail authorities, gatemen crisis and unawareness of drivers and pedestrians while crossing level crossing.</div><div><br></div><div>He also pointed out that the dereliction of gatemen is also behind the frequent accidents. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:31:50', '2022-08-09 20:31:50'),
(1007, 1007, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cricketer Mohammad Ashraful will be seen acting in a drama serial titled ‘Golden Six’. Written and directed by Tariq Muhammad Hasan, the serial goes on air on Rtv today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh women national cricketer Jahanara Alam will also play a major role in the play. The drama also stars Zaher Alvi, Shahtaj Monira Hashem, Chamak, Mukit Zakaria, Waliul Haq Rumi, ex- cricketer Hasibul Hossain Shanto and others.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>‘Golden Six’ will be aired every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a week, accoridng to media reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:42:01', '2022-08-09 20:42:01'),
(1008, 1008, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh are determined to come up with their best performance in a bid to avoid their first ever whitewash at the hands of Zimbabwe after 21 years when they take on the host for the third and final ODI tomorrow (Wednesday) at Harare Sports Club.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The match which starts at 1.15 PM (Bangladesh Time) will be aired live on T Sports Channel.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh lost the first two ODIs of the series by the identical five wickets margin and it raised a prospect of being swept by Zimbabwe after 2001.</div><div>No doubt Bangladesh wouldn\'t like to let the thing happen to haunt them.</div><div><br></div><div>The Tigers earlier lost the three-match T20 series by 2-1, which was also their first ever series defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe in this format.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh were whitewashed at the hands of Zimbabwe twice in the history in ODI format, and both in 2001 during the first two meetings of the two sides. Thereafter even a full strength Zimbabwe could never sweep the series against them. Rather Bangladesh dominated Zimbabwe in a style that hardly any team could do against any particular opponent.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh and Zimbabwe played 18 bilateral ODI series before the ongoing three-match series, amongst which, the Tigers won 12 and lost 6. However Zimbabwe increased the number of winning series to 7 after, clinching the current series.</div><div><br></div><div>Before losing this one, Bangladesh won five straight series against the African opponents and whitewashed them in all of those five series, which extended their winning streak to 19.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe firstly snapped the losing streak by winning the first game and then clinched the series for the first time after 2013. On both matches, Sikandar Raza stood tall, hitting two unbeaten centuries that sailed the side home in emphatic way. Innocent Kaia with 110 and captain Regis Chakabva with 102 played a second fiddle to him in those two matches to help the side beat Bangladesh. Interestingly, both Kaia and Chakabva got their maiden ODI hundred in the process.</div><div><br></div><div>What haunted Bangladesh most is their outdated batting and lackluster fielding. Despite knowing that the pitch was completely benign, they didn\'t force the things in batting. Specially the senior players like captain Tamim Iqbal, Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur were mostly culpable, according to the cricket experts.</div><div><br></div><div>When even 330 was not safe in this pitch, Tamim and company played for just 300 on the board. The mindset damaged Bangladesh mostly. Tamim\'s 62 in the first match came off 88 balls, which was a crime in this pitch and though he made 50 off 45 in the next game, he played out 34 dot balls, something that is completely unacceptable in modern cricket. Mahmudullah and Mushfiqur Rahim played many dot balls initially but couldn\'t push for the ultimate onslaught in the last powerplay.</div><div><br></div><div>When critics raised their voice high against Bangladesh\'s senior players who continued to play outdated cricket even in the placid deck, head coach Russell Domingo refused to blame them.</div><div><br></div><div>\"[Zimbabwe] were 60 [62] for 3 and 49 for 4 [in the first and second ODIs, respectively], but the boys didn\'t deal with the pressure well enough,\" Domingo said.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;\"Too many knock-ons in the field, too many soft balls, too many balls bowled to the wrong field, wrong options taken. The boys are trying but they are not learning quickly enough. They are making those same mistakes over and over again. That\'s the most disappointing thing.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal however emphasized on playing best cricket to have a consolation victory and avoid the whitewash.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All credit to Zimbabwe, they were the better team this series. We have to pull up our socks. We haven\'t played our best cricket and that\'s why we are in this position,\" Tamim said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We need to play our best game in the next match to win a match at least. Hopefully we will come up with our best cricket.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh which won 50 and lost 30 in the 80 matches against Zimbabwe however may bring up some changes to the squad to avoid the clean sweep. There is chance that Ebadot Hossain may replace fellow pacer Shoriful Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal (captain), Liton Das, Anamul Haque Bijoy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Afif Hossain, Nurul Hasan Sohan, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Mosaddek Hossain Saikat, Taijul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe: Ryan Burl, Regis Chakabva (wk), Tanaka Chivanga, Craig Ervine (capt), Luke Jongwe, Innocent Kaia, Wessly Madhevere, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wellington Masakadza, Tony Munyonga, Richard Ngarava, Victor Nyauchi, Sikandar Raza, Milton Shumba, Sean Williams. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 20:44:39', '2022-08-09 20:44:39'),
(1009, 1009, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Each woman more or less faces several challenges in life while reaching adolescence, getting married, being pregnant, going through menstrual cycles, attaining menopause and the list just goes on. Each episode or each life changing event brings various changes which are responsible for hair fall.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, to make life much easier for our beloved women, Lafz has arrived with a one- stop- solution which is Lafz halal onion hair oil.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Let us explore some major reasons which cause drastic hair fall in women and how Lafz onion hair oil can come handy in each of these situations.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>1. Pregnancy – During this time a woman goes through most of the hormonal changes which cause immense hair loss. Therefore, turning to lafz onion hair oil will take care of this problem to a great extent as it is filled with olive, coconut, jojoba, sunflower, sweet almond, Moroccan Argan oil and the goodness of many other essential oils.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>2. Thyroid disorders – When hormones like T3 AND T4 are affected due to prolonged hypothyroidism, then women suffer from thinning of hair on the scalp as the hair starts to fall out. To avoid bald patches from occurring, one should shift to Lafz onion hair oil immediately as it is enriched with Vitamin E and antioxidants which will control premature hair fall and greying.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>To Shop the ultimate anti hair fall solution: https://www.lafz.com/bd/onion-seed-essential-oil-for-hair-100ml.html&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>3. Genetics – Many women acquire a thin volume of hair genetically from either side of their parents. In such a case one should regularly take care of their hair and definitely should switch to Lafz halal onion hair oil which is rich in antioxidants to take care of genetic problems.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>4. Chemical treatments – Due to the demand of new hairstyles, smoothening treatments, rebounding, perming and many such treatments women tend to lose a lot of hair before time. Therefore, adopting lafz onion hair oil can easily tackle issues related to chemically treated hair.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>5. Pollution and sun damage – As pollution is on the uprise, many women get affected by toxic pollutants and harmful chemicals in the air. Hence, sticking to Lafz onion hair oil is the ultimate solution for getting rid of such damage as it is blanketed with anti – inflammatory properties.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>6. Improper diet – Women tend to remain careless about having a proper balanced diet. Therefore, consuming vitamin supplements combined with a proper diet is highly essential. Along with those, applying Lafz onion hair oil will strengthen the hair from root to the tip.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Know more: https://www.lafz.com/blog/&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Hence, it is highly recommended for every woman out there to make Lafz onion hair oil their permanent friend. As it is absolutely halal, budget friendly and all- in – one solution.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas/rr</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 21:30:09', '2022-08-09 21:30:09'),
(1010, 1010, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has stressed that the principle of non-interference in internal affairs is the \"golden rule\" for state-to-state relations and the \"magic tool\" for developing countries to safeguard their sovereignty and security.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We appreciate those countries for their understanding and support for China\'s position,\" said the Chinese Foreign Ministry in a media release.</div><div><br></div><div>As unilateral bullying acts happen from time to time in today\'s world, the international community should reach an even clearer consensus and speak even louder, so as to jointly uphold the basic norms governing international relations and international law, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all developing countries, said media release circulated by the Chinese Embassy here on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>The world needs China’s strength and voice, and Bangladesh will stand firmly with China, China said highlighting discussions between the two Foreign Ministers.</div><div><br></div><div>Some countries do not want to see developing countries grow and become strong, and do everything possible to create various obstacles, according to a media release on the meeting between Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi held on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>The two sides agreed on strengthening cooperation in infrastructure, economic and industrial parks, and people-to-people and cultural exchanges, to expand cooperation in local currency settlement, 5G and clean energy.</div><div><br></div><div>Wang Yi announced that China\'s grant of zero-tariff treatment for 98 percent of taxable items of Bangladeshi products exported to China will officially take effect on September 1.</div><div><br></div><div>China welcomes more superior products from Bangladesh to the Chinese market, the media release reads, reports.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh expects to strengthen the alignment and cooperation between the \"Sonar Bangla\" dream and the Belt and Road Initiative, to speed up the achievement of Bangladesh\'s vision and goals, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 21:34:32', '2022-08-09 21:34:32'),
(1011, 1011, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least three Palestinians, including a senior armed resistance commander, have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli army surrounded a building in the Old City at 5am local time (02:00 GMT) on Tuesday, where Ibrahim al-Nabulsi – the commander of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, had barricaded himself in. A gunfight lasted for several hours.</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Nabulsi, 30, was killed along with 32-year-old Islam Sabbouh and Hussein Jamal Taha, the health ministry said, adding at least 40 others were wounded. Four were in critical condition.</div><div><br></div><div>Translation: Local sources: Images of destruction in the place where resistance fighters clashed with Israeli forces in Nablus’s Old City this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Al Jazeera’s John Holman said al-Nabulsi had “refused to surrender, and was defended by other armed Palestinians” before he was killed.</div><div><br></div><div>“This isn’t the first time that Israeli forces have tried to get al-Nabulsi,” Holman said. “They tried several times, including in July, in a massive operation again in which two other men died.”</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Nabulsi, known popularly as “the lion of Nablus”, had been on the run for many months, and survived several assassination attempts by Israel. His public appearances at the funerals of his fellow comrades, such as in February and July, had further raised the ire of Israeli forces.</div><div><br></div><div>“The terrorist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi was killed in the city of Nablus,” the Israeli army said in a statement, adding that “another terrorist who was staying in the house” also died.</div><div><br></div><div>The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade is the armed wing of Fatah – the movement that controls the Palestinian Authority, which has limited self-rule in the West Bank. However, it is a loose network without a clear hierarchy, and local groups often act on their own.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the death of al-Nabulsi almost an hour after his killing, resulting in conflicting reports. Videos shared on social media showed al-Nabulsi barefoot and in military fatigues, being carried by Palestinians, to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, with a gaping bullet wound in his neck but still alive.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of Palestinians surrounded the hospital and some made it inside the operating room, hoping he would survive. Others shared al-Nabulsi’s will, which he recorded in an audio message hours earlier.</div><div><br></div><div>“Take care of the homeland,” he said. “I am surrounded now but I will fight until I become a martyr. I love my mother. Don’t abandon the gun.”</div><div><br></div><div>Translation: Ibrahim al-Nabulsi is carried on the shoulders of Palestinians who extracted him from the building he and his comrade Islam Sabbouh holed up in. - Al Jazeera&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 22:03:07', '2022-08-09 22:03:07'),
(1012, 1012, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Visiting Ukraine right now to experience what\'s it like living in the middle of a war, seeing its bombed cities and feeling the danger isn\'t likely to be high on many people\'s travel wish list.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>But six months after Russia invaded the country, unleashing a wave of death and destruction, one organization is inviting tourists to come visit Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Online platform Visit Ukraine.Today last month launched guided day tours of the so-called \"Brave Cities\" that have defied and continue to resist Russian invaders, offering travelers a look at how the country is living amid conflict.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Set off on a journey to awesome Ukraine right now,\" the tour company\'s website implores.</div><div><br></div><div>Despite international alerts warning against travel to Ukraine, the company says it\'s so far sold 150 tickets, while its website offering information on safely traveling to and from Ukraine is receiving 1.5 million hits a month, up 50% on pre-invasion numbers. - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 22:32:57', '2022-08-09 22:32:57'),
(1013, 1013, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A pilot of a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army, who has been undergoing treatment at a hospital in Singapore after being injured in a helicopter crash on July 27 in Nawabganj upazila of Keraniganj, succumbed to his injuries on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Air Wing Director of Rab Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Ismail Hossain, 45.</div><div><br></div><div>Two pilots were injured as a training helicopter of the Bangladesh Army made crash landing on a waterbody&nbsp; in Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka district on July 27.</div><div><br></div><div>The pilots- Lt Col Ismail and Major Shams were shifted to Dhaka Combined Military Hospital by a helicopter, according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).</div><div><br></div><div>Col Ismail was airlifted to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore on August 5 as he got severe injury in his backbone.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 6, a successful surgery was conducted at the hospital but his physical condition started to be deteriorated.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, he breathed his last on Tuesday at the hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>Col Ismail was survived by his parents, wife and two sons.</div><div><br></div><div>Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Army Cheif, Senior Secretary of Security Division under Home Ministry, IGP, RAB DG and high officials concerned of Rab and Army expressed deep shock at the demise of Col Ismail and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 23:13:09', '2022-08-09 23:13:09'),
(1014, 1014, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s state-run electricity monopoly will raise tariffs by a stinging 264 percent for people consuming the least, it announced Tuesday, while higher users will face a smaller increase.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The loss-making Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said the regulator had allowed it to carry out the sharp increases, the first in nine years, from Wednesday to recoup part of its accumulated losses of $616 million.</div><div><br></div><div>The CEB had asked for a bigger tariff increase of over 800 percent, but the regulator capped it at a maximum of 264 percent, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>Two-thirds of the 7.8 million households using less than 90 kilowatts a month will be affected by the highest increases, while bigger consumers will pay about 80 percent more, according to official records.</div><div><br></div><div>The smallest consumers, currently charged 2.50 rupees a unit, will be charged 8.0 rupees. Bigger consumers, being charged 45 rupees a unit, will have to pay 75 rupees ($0.20).</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis after running out of foreign exchange reserves to finance even its most essential imports such as food, fuel and medicine.</div><div><br></div><div>The country is also facing hyperinflation and lengthy electricity blackouts after the CEB was unable to buy oil for its thermal generators.</div><div><br></div><div>Unable to repay its $51 billion foreign debt, the government declared it was defaulting in April and is negotiating with the International Monetary Fund for a possible bailout. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 23:33:49', '2022-08-09 23:33:49'),
(1015, 1015, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from this season\'s floods in the country rose to 138 with another death in Habiganj district in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to August 9, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the deceased, 78 were from Sylhet, 43 from Mymensingh, 16 from Rangpur and one from Dhaka division.</div><div><br></div><div>One hundred and seven people drowned in floodwaters, 18 died by lightning strikes, three from snake bites, one from diarrhoea, and nine others due to other reasons.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 30,756 people were hit by floods during the same period.</div><div><br></div><div>Thirty seven upazilas were affected by floods, including 33 in Sylhet, three in Rangpur and one in Chattogram divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar were the worst-hit districts, with 13, 11 and five upazilas affected by floods respectively. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-09 23:47:53', '2022-08-09 23:47:53'),
(1016, 1016, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh recorded another Covid-linked deaths with 239 fresh cases in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the latest numbers, the total fatalities reached 29,308 while the caseload 2,007,870, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case positivity rate slightly dropped to 4.34 per cent from Monday\'s 4.99 percent as 5,504 samples were tested.</div><div><br></div><div>The latest deceased was a man from Dhaka division.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.46 percent. The recovery rate rose to 97.08 per cent from Tuesday\'s 97.06 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In July, Bangladesh reported 142 Covid-linked deaths and 31,422 cases, the highest death toll and cases in the last five months since March this year, as per DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the deceased, 57 were unvaccinated while seven received the first dose, 52 the second dose and 26 the third dose, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, 34,901 patients recovered from the disease during this period.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh reported its first zero Covid death on November 20 last year since the pandemic broke out here in March 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>The country registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and daily fatalities of 264 on August 10 in the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 00:02:33', '2022-08-10 00:02:33'),
(1017, 1017, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There are deep and intense divisions among jurisprudents about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. Some jurisprudents believe that it is highly recommended to fast on the day of ‘Ashura. Others say it is prohibited [haram] to fast on the day of ‘Ashura and some believe that fasting on the day of ‘Ashura is disapproved but not absolutely prohibited.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>There are also other questions related to this issue. For example, has the fast of ‘Ashura been enacted or legalized for the sake of appeasing and being in agreement with the Jews? Was it enacted before the fast of the holy month of Ramadan and later suspended when the fast of Ramadan was enacted?</div><div><br></div><div>Did the Holy Prophet (S) and the Ahl al-Bayt (as) ever fast on the day of ‘Ashura? Did Bani Umayyah put emphasis on this fast to show their happiness and pleasure? These are some of the questions that will be discussed in this chapter.</div><div><br></div><div>Enacting and enforcing the fast of ‘Ashura before the fast of the holy month of Ramadan</div><div><br></div><div>Jurisprudents differ in their opinions about whether the judgement of the fast of the day of ‘Ashura was enacted before the Qur’anic verse which enacted the fast of the holy month of Ramadan and whether it was obligatory [wajib] to fast on that day or not.</div><div><br></div><div>According to certain opinions put forth by some Shi‘ah scholars and the purport of some Islamic traditions, the first possibility is that it was wajib to fast on the day of ‘Ashura before the Qur’anic verse enacting the fast of the holy month of Ramadan was revealed. Also, some Sunnis, among them Abu HHanifah, believe that it was wajib to fast on the day of ‘Ashura.</div><div><br></div><div>The Shafi‘i sect apparently believe that it was not wajib to fast on the day of ‘Ashura. Two opinions have been quoted from Shafi‘i and two hadiths have been quoted by Ahmad. We will now mention some of the opinions expressed by jurisprudents belonging to different sects.</div><div><br></div><div>Opinions put forth by Shi‘ah scholars</div><div>1. The renowned researcher Muhaqqiq Qummi says, “What can be deduced from the wording of hadiths is that apparently the fast of the day of ‘Ashura was enacted before the fast of Ramadan and was later abandoned.”1</div><div><br></div><div>2. Sayyid ‘Amili writes, “There are a lot of differing opinions about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. Was it wajib or was it not? That which has been recorded in our hadiths is that fasting on the day of ‘Ashura was wajib before the enactment of fasting in the holy month of Ramadan. Among the people who narrated these hadiths are Zurarah and Muhammad ibn Muslim.”2</div><div><br></div><div>3. Allamah Majlisi relates from the book, “Al-Muntaqi” that in the first year of migration to Medina, Allah’s Prophet (S) fasted on ‘Ashura and the other people followed suit.”3</div><div><br></div><div>Upon study of the sayings of the Shi‘ah scholars, we infer that they have not put forward a definite opinion about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. They have contented themselves with narrating the differences which exist among the scholars and in hadiths. Only the renowned researcher Muhaqqiq Qummi has cited hadiths that apparently indicate the necessity of fasting on this day.</div><div><br></div><div>The opinions of Sunni jurisprudents</div><div>1. Qadi ‘Ayni says, “They have differed about the judgement of fasting during the early days of Islam. Abu Hanifah has said that it was wajib to fast on the day of ‘Ashura in the past.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Shafi‘i’s companions have given two opinions: the most famous opinion is that it was highly recommended [mustahabb-e mu’akkad] right from the beginning of Islam and Islamic law and never has it been wajib for the Islamic ummah.</div><div><br></div><div>After the revelation of the Qur’anic verse enacting the fast of Ramadan, it remained mustahabb, but lost the recommendation and emphasis it enjoyed before. The second opinion of Shafi‘i’s companions is similar to that of Abu Hanifah.</div><div><br></div><div>‘Ayad has said that some predecessors used to believe that this fast was wajib and remained wajib without any abrogation even after the verse enacting the fast of Ramadan, but supporters of this opinion have been weakened and vanquished and hence common consensus is that this fast is not wajib, and they maintain that it is mustahabb.”4</div><div><br></div><div>2. Ibn Qudamah says, “There are differing opinions about the fast of the day of ‘Ashura as to whether it was wajib or not. Qadi says that it was wajib and this is as a result of religious deduction and conclusion. He has deduced this using two rationales. It has also been quoted from Ahmad ibn Hanbal that the fast of the day of ‘Ashura was wajib.”5</div><div><br></div><div>3. Kasani writes, “The fast of the day of ‘Ashura was wajib during those days.”6</div><div><br></div><div>4. ‘Asqalani says, “It can be deduced from the total sum of reported hadiths that this fast was wajib.” After this, he has listed six reasons to support and prove his claim.7</div><div><br></div><div>A critique of ‘Asqalani’s statements</div><div>Ibn Hajar writes, “In matters where Allah’s command and law had not yet been revealed, the Holy Prophet (S) preferred to follow the Jewish ways, especially in matters where the Jews were opposed to the ways of the idol-worshipers.”8</div><div><br></div><div>Problem</div><div>This claim is opposed to hadiths quoted from the Holy Prophet (S) because he said the following about opposing the Jews,</div><div><br></div><div>«صوموا عاشوراء وخالفوا فيه اليهود.»</div><div><br></div><div>“Fast on the day of ‘Ashura and by doing so oppose the Jews.”9</div><div><br></div><div>Also, Ya‘la ibn Shaddad narrates that he heard from his father that Holy Prophet (S) said,</div><div><br></div><div>«صلّوا في نعالکم وخالفوا اليهود.»</div><div><br></div><div>“Pray your prayers in your slippers and in this way oppose the Jews.”10</div><div><br></div><div>And it has been reported in another hadith that the Holy Prophet (S) said,</div><div><br></div><div>«لا تشبّهوا باليهود.»</div><div><br></div><div>“Do not resemble the Jews in any way.”11</div><div><br></div><div>In light of the above traditions, it cannot be claimed that the fast of the day of ‘Ashura was enacted for the sake of imitating or resembling the Jews.</div><div><br></div><div>Jews and fasting on the day of ‘Ashura</div><div>When we study history, we come to know that the Jews organized their traditions around their own calendar. The Jews had their own months which did not coincide with the Islamic calendar.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There is no logic in saying that they ‘fasted on the 10th of Muharram’, unless it could be proven that this date always coincided with the Jewish day of fast. Their fasting did not take place every year on the day of ‘Ashura and certainly not in the holy month of Muharram.</div><div><br></div><div>Apparently, the tradition of the Jews at the time of the Holy Prophet (S) was that on the 10th of the month of Tishri of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the Jews observed a fast.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>They say God delivered Moses and his people and drowned Pharaoh and his forces on that day. It cannot be said, however, that Pharaoh was drowned on the day of ‘Ashura.</div><div><br></div><div>On the contrary, these events are said to have taken place on the 10th of Tishri which does not correspond to the day of ‘Ashura. Therefore, that which has been said about the fast of ‘Ashura having its roots in Judaism and that it has been imported from the Jews is baseless and not founded on truth.</div><div><br></div><div>Abu Rayhan says, “Tishri lasts thirty days… and on the tenth day of that month, the Jews start their fast of Yom Kippur, which some call ‘Ashura. This fast carries more virtues for the Jews than the other fasts. That is why it is wajib.”12</div><div><br></div><div>Hasan ibn ‘Ali Saqqaf Shafi‘i says, “We do not find any evidence to prove that the Jews used to fast or hold a festival on the tenth of Muharram. There is no written historical evidence to suggest this. On the contrary, they used to fast on the tenth of Tishri.”13</div><div><br></div><div>He also says, “The Jews have their own special calendar which has very apparent differences with the Islamic calendar. This calendar begins with the month of Tishri, which is followed by the month of Heshvan, and ends with the twelfth month called Elul…</div><div><br></div><div>The number of days in a normal year is either 353 or 354 or 355 days. However, in a leap year, the number of days is either 383 or 384 or 385. And therefore, the calendar that is now observed by the Jews is such that the months are lunar but the years are solar.”14</div><div><br></div><div>About the Arab calendar that was used before the Islamic calendar came into effect, Mahmud Pasha Falaki says, “It can be gathered and deduced from history that the Arab Jews also had ‘Ashura, but their ‘Ashura was on the tenth of Tishri which is the first month of their calendar according to Jewish civil law and the eighteenth month of their religious calendar. Also, the Jews follow a solar calendar.</div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, the day of ‘Ashura on which Pharaoh was drowned is not at all connected to Muharram. In addition to that, it was merely accidental that it coincided with the Holy Prophet’s (S) entry into Medina.”15</div><div><br></div><div>The verdict of fasting on the day of ‘Ashura</div><div>There is a number of hadiths that have mentioned the fast of ‘Ashura:</div><div><br></div><div>With recourse to Shi‘ah sources of hadiths, we come to know that it has been narrated in some hadiths that the one who quits this fast has to atone and expiate for his actions for up to one year. It has also been reported that the Holy Prophet (S) himself used to fast on the day of ‘Ashura, and strongly advised everyone, even children, to fast on that day.</div><div><br></div><div>This demonstrates and proves that the day of ‘Ashura and its fast are overflowing with heavenly blessings.16</div><div><br></div><div>In other reported hadiths, the opposite has been narrated; that is to say, the fasting on the day of ‘Ashura has been forbidden and is one of the prohibited actions. Some other hadiths say it is an act of innovation, and fasting on that day is not a part of the religion.</div><div><br></div><div>Others have gone so far as to say that the reward of fasting on the day of ‘Ashura is the fire of Hell. It has been reported in other hadiths that the Holy Prophet never used to fast on that day.</div><div><br></div><div>As regards the conduct of the Infallible Imams (as), it is important to mention that no hadith has reached us suggesting that they or their companions used to fast on the day of ‘Ashura. If fasting on this day were mustahabb, the Infallibles would not fail to fast on that day.17</div><div><br></div><div>The hadiths which have been recorded in Sunni books regarding this issue are also varied. The meaning of many of these hadiths is that it is highly recommended [mustahabb-e mu’akkad] to observe the fast of ‘Ashura.</div><div><br></div><div>However, another group of hadiths contradict the first, in the sense that they say that the Holy Prophet (S) never used to fast on that day and never at all ordered anyone to fast on that day after the Qur’anic verse enacting the fasting of the month of Ramadan.18</div><div><br></div><div>Hadiths which prevent fasting on the day of ‘Ashura</div><div>1. On his own chain of transmission Shaykh Saduq narrates that Imam al-Baqir (as) said,</div><div><br></div><div>«کان صومه قبل شهر رمضان، فلمّا نزل شهر رمضان ترك.»</div><div><br></div><div>“The fast of the day of ‘Ashura used to be observed before the Qur’anic verse about the fast of the holy month of Ramadan, but after that it was discontinued.”19</div><div><br></div><div>2. Kulayni on his own chain of transmission narrates from both Imam al-Baqir (as) and Imam al-Sadiq (as) that they said,</div><div><br></div><div>«لا تصم في عاشوراء، ولا عرفة بمکة، ولا في المدينة، ولا في وطنك، ولا في مصر من الامصار.»</div><div><br></div><div>“On the days of ‘Ashura and ‘Arafah, do not fast whether you are in Medina, your hometown, or any other city.”20</div><div><br></div><div>3. Kulayni has also narrated that he asked Imam al-Baqir (as) about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. Answering his question, Imam al-Baqir (as) said,</div><div><br></div><div>«صوم متروك بنزول شهر رمضان، والمتروك بدعة.»</div><div><br></div><div>“This is a fast which was discontinued after the Qur’anic verse enacting the fast of the holy month of Ramadan was revealed. Doing that which is abandoned is an act of innovation.”21</div><div><br></div><div>The narrator (Kulayni) says, “I asked this same question from Imam al-Sadiq’s (as) father, too. He gave the same answer as Imam al-Sadiq (as) and added,</div><div><br></div><div>«أما انّه صوم يوم ما نزل به کتاب، ولا جرت به سنّة، الاّ سنّة آل زياد بقتل الحسين بن علي.»</div><div><br></div><div>‘Beware! This is a fast about which no Qur’anic verse has been revealed and is not an observed way of conduct. It was only the way of conduct for the partisans of Ziyad when they killed al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (as)’.”</div><div><br></div><div>4. Kulayni again on his own chain of transmission narrates that ‘Abd al-Malik said, “I asked Imam al-Sadiq (as) about fasting on the ninth day of Muharram and the day of ‘Ashura.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Imam al-Sadiq said, ‘The ninth day is the day when al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (as) and his companions got besieged and surrounded by the enemy.</div><div><br></div><div>It was the day that the mounted soldiers of Sham were enlisted and brought to Karbala where they camped. Ibn Marjanah and ‘Umar ibn Sa‘d were very pleased because of the great numbers of mounted soldiers and considered al-Husayn (as) and his companions as weak.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>They believed that no help would come for al-Husayn (as) because the people of Iraq would not help him.</div><div><br></div><div>O my Father! May I be sacrificed for you, O you who were oppressed in a foreign land!’ Then, Imam al-Sadiq continued, ‘However, the day of ‘Ashura is the day when al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali (as) fell to the ground (was martyred) along with all his companions. Should fasting be observed on such a day? Never at all!</div><div><br></div><div>I swear upon the Lord of the Sacred House (the Ka‘bah)! Such a day is not a day for fasting. That day is only reserved for sorrow and mourning that has been inflicted on the inhabitants of the skies and the earth altogether. It is a day of happiness and pleasure for the son of Marjanah and Ibn Ziyad’s partisans and the people of Sham.</div><div><br></div><div>Allah’s curse be on them and their offspring. The day of ‘Ashura is a day when all the tombs and mausoleums of the earth except the tombs of Sham cry for al-Husayn. Therefore, Allah will unite on the Day of Resurrection anyone who fasts on that day or looks upon that day as a day of celebration with Ibn Ziyad and his partisans, discontent with a transformed heart…’”22</div><div><br></div><div>5. Kulayni also quotes from Ja‘far ibn ‘Isa that he said, “I asked Imam al-Rida (as) about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. I also asked his opinion about what people say about this fast. The Imam (as) said,</div><div><br></div><div>«عن صوم ابن مرجانة تسألني.»</div><div><br></div><div>‘You are asking me about the fast of the son of Marjanah?’”23</div><div><br></div><div>6. On his own chain of transmission, Kulayni quotes from Zayd Narsi that he said, “I heard ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Zurarah asking Imam al-Sadiq about fasting on the day of ‘Ashura. Imam al-Sadiq (as) replied saying,</div><div><br></div><div>«من صامه کان حظّه من صيام ذلك اليوم حظّ ابن مرجانة وآل زياد.»</div><div><br></div><div>‘The reward for anyone fasting on that day will be given to the son of Marjanah and Ibn Ziyad’s partisans’.”24</div><div><br></div><div>Zayd says, “I asked what the reward of fasting on that day is.’ The Imam (as) replied,</div><div><br></div><div>«النار، اعاذنا الله من النار، ومن عمل يقرب من النار.»</div><div><br></div><div>“The Fire, may Allah save us from the Fire. Anyone who fasts on the day of ‘Ashura has made himself nearer to the Fire.”25 - Al-Islam.org</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 00:58:37', '2022-08-10 00:58:37'),
(1018, 1018, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All maritime ports of Bangladesh have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3 as the well marked low over Northwest Bay of Odisha Coast and adjoining area intensified into a depression lies over coastal Odisha and adjoining Northwest Bay.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to move Northwestwards further, said a special bulletin of Met office on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its influence, squally weather may affect the maritime ports, North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 01:04:37', '2022-08-10 01:04:37');
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(1019, 1019, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">People traffickers smuggling migrants across the English Channel are offering a “summer sale” to people wanting to reach the UK, promising safe passage and that “the French won’t stop you.”</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that traffickers are advertising trips across the Channel for as little as £1,500 ($1,815) on social media, with talk of limited intervention from French authorities and unusually good weather contributing to an uptick in numbers attempting the journey.</div><div><br></div><div>The UK has seen a steady increase in people making the dangerous Channel crossing over the past year, with many coming from Syria and Iraq, but in particular from Afghanistan, following the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the recent swell is also thought to have been driven by large numbers of Albanians — who made up more than one-third of arrivals by boat in the past six weeks — exploiting a loophole in UK asylum law, claiming that although their country is not at war nor do they face persecution, they are victims of trafficking and slavery.</div><div><br></div><div>One advert on TikTok said: “Don’t pay £17,800-£18,000. They are passing by every day, it has never been cheaper.” Another showed a group of people holding an Albanian flag smiling in a dinghy crossing the sea.</div><div><br></div><div>The price of a journey by dinghy across the Channel has dropped significantly in the past year after previously costing as much as £20,000 per person.</div><div><br></div><div>Competition has helped lower the price, with up to nine gangs now known to be operating trafficking routes by boat from France — and fears abound that the UK’s plans to deport people to Rwanda will make it more difficult to cross in the near future.</div><div><br></div><div>One smuggler using a TikTok account called @franc_gomone_angli1 told an undercover reporter from The Sun posing as a migrant that the UK’s Rwanda policy had been canceled, and that the country would put asylum seekers up in hotels.</div><div><br></div><div>“The French won’t stop you. On the contrary, they will escort you safely until you reach the UK water border,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“I can give you a number of a solicitor (in the UK) I have used for my relatives. They have managed to secure documentation (permission to stay) for half the Albanians in London.”</div><div><br></div><div>He added: “Three months ago one boy was kept in detention for a month, then he was freed by his solicitor. All others I have talked to after they arrived were sent to hotels, then they disappeared. They went to their relatives.”</div><div><br></div><div>The former director-general of the UK Border Force, Tony Smith, told the Telegraph: “It may be the business model is struggling to handle new markets like Albania, and may have to do a bit more of this sales pitch to encourage more people to do it.”</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, 150 migrants, including young children and a baby, were rescued in the Channel. More than 500 people reached the UK by dinghy over the weekend, with the total for the year climbing above 18,000. At least 28,526 crossed in 2021, up from 8,404 the year before.</div><div><br></div><div>Natalie Elphicke, Conservative MP for Dover, which bears the brunt of the influx, told the Mail: “It’s clear many Albanians coming to the UK in small boats are not fleeing war or persecution — they are economic migrants.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“This is blatant criminality, and it underlines the urgency of getting on with Rwanda and similar schemes.”</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hunt, Conservative MP for Ipswich, said: “It’s so critical that the government gets on and introduces the Rwanda scheme.</div><div><br></div><div>“We need to bring this farce to a close. Legislation to bring the Rwanda scheme to fruition should be top of the in-tray when Parliament gets back after summer recess.”</div><div><br></div><div>Home Secretary Priti Patel said in a statement: “No one should question this government’s determination to break the gangs’ business model.</div><div><br></div><div>“Social media posts promoting illegal crossings are totally unacceptable. We are looking at reforming the system we use to identify victims of modern slavery, so that we can support genuine victims while making sure that the system is not misused.” - Arab News</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 01:33:39', '2022-08-10 01:33:39'),
(1020, 1020, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine’s president called on the West to impose a blanket travel ban on Russians, an idea that has found support among some EU member states but angered Moscow which pressed on with a fierce military offensive in eastern Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Zelenskiy’s idea looked likely to divide the European Union, where differences on how to deal with Moscow have long persisted between some of its eastern and western members, and came as Ukraine halted flows of Russian oil to some eastern European countries due to a sanctions-related payment issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Zelenskiy’s call for a one-year travel ban and the apparent expulsion of Russians living in the West so that they could live “in their own world until they change their philosophy” was made in an interview with the Washington Post. He complained that sanctions imposed so far on Russia to punish it for invading his country on Feb. 24 were too weak.</div><div><br></div><div>“Whichever kind of Russian … make them go to Russia,” Zelenskiy was quoted as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>“They’ll understand then,” he said. “They’ll say, ‘This (war) has nothing to do with us. The whole population can’t be held responsible, can it?’ It can.”</div><div><br></div><div>Zelenskiy was quoted as saying the ban should also extend to Russians who had fled since the start of what Moscow calls a “special military operation” because they disagreed with President Vladimir Putin.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kremlin dismissed Zelenskiy’s words as irrational, saying that Europe would ultimately have to decide if it wanted to pay the bills for his “whims.”</div><div><br></div><div>“Any attempt to isolate Russia or Russians is a process that has no prospects,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.</div><div><br></div><div>Other senior Russian officials have questioned the legality of implementing such restrictions under international law, suggesting they would infringe Russians’ human rights.</div><div><br></div><div>There was support though from Kaja Kallas, Estonia’s prime minister, who said she thought it was time for the EU to stop issuing visas to Russians that allow them to visit the 27-nation bloc.</div><div><br></div><div>“Visiting #Europe is a privilege, not a human right,” Kallas wrote on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said on Monday that she also favored an EU-wide curb on Russian tourism and that EU leaders were likely to discuss the issue at their next summit.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is not right that while Russia is conducting an aggressive and cruel attack in Europe, Russians can live a kind of normal life, travel in Europe, be tourists,” Marin told Finnish public broadcaster Yle.</div><div><br></div><div>While Finland still issues Schengen visas to Russian tourists, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania no longer do. The Schengen area comprises 26 European countries among which people can travel freely without presenting passports.</div><div><br></div><div>Latvia has said it also favors an EU-wide ban.</div><div><br></div><div>Other countries which have traditionally enjoyed closer ties to Russia such as Hungary are however likely to oppose an EU-wide travel ban and the European Commission has questioned the feasibility of a blanket ban, saying that certain categories of people such as family members, journalists and dissidents should always be granted visas. According to Reuters reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 01:58:01', '2022-08-10 01:58:01'),
(1021, 1021, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The defeat in the second match by five wickets on Sunday which ensured Bangladesh’s first ever ODI series defeat to Zimbabwe after nine years came up with additional penalty as the Tigers, as they are adorably called by the fans, were fined 40 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Andy Pycroft of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees imposed the sanction after Tamim Iqbal’s side was ruled to be two overs short of the target after time allowances were taken into consideration at Harare Sports Club.</div><div><br></div><div>In accordance with Article 2.22 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to minimum over-rate offences, players are fined 20 per cent of their match fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time.</div><div><br></div><div>Tamim pleaded guilty to the offence and accepted the proposed sanction, so there was no need for a formal hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>On-field umpires Forster Mutizwa and Langton Rusere, third umpire Iknow Chabi and fourth umpire Christoper Phiri levelled the charges.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh who are down 2-0 in the series will play the third and final ODI against Zimbabwe tomorrow (Wednesday) in a bid to avoid whitewash at the hands of the African opponents for the first time after 21 years. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 02:00:02', '2022-08-10 02:00:02'),
(1022, 1022, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasted off from Kazakhstan Tuesday and reached orbit amid controversy that Moscow might use it to boost its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As Russia\'s international isolation grows following Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin is seeking to pivot towards the Middle East, Asia and Africa and find new clients for its embattled space programme.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at the Moscow-controlled Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh steppe, Russian space chief Yury Borisov hailed \"an important milestone in Russian-Iranian bilateral cooperation, opening the way to the implementation of new and even larger projects\".</div><div><br></div><div>Iran\'s Telecommunications Minister Issa Zarepour, who also attended the launch of the Khayyam satellite, called the event \"historic\" and \"a turning point for the start of a new interaction in the field of space between our two countries\".</div><div><br></div><div>Nasser Kanani, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, said on Twitter that \"the brilliant path of scientific and technological progress of the Islamic republic of Iran continues despite sanctions and the enemies\' maximum pressure\".</div><div><br></div><div>Iran, which has maintained ties with Moscow and refrained from criticism of the Ukraine invasion, has sought to deflect suspicions that Moscow could use Khayyam to spy on Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to the launch, Washington said Russia\'s growing cooperation with Iran should be viewed as a \"profound threat\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are aware of reports that Russia launched a satellite with significant spying capabilities on Iran\'s behalf,\" a US State Department spokesperson said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Russia deepening an alliance with Iran is something that the whole world should look at and see as a profound threat.\"</div><div>Last week, The Washington Post quoted anonymous Western intelligence officials as saying that Russia \"plans to use the satellite for several months or longer\" to assist its war efforts before allowing Iran to take control.</div><div><br></div><div>Less than two hours after the satellite was launched on a Soyuz-2.1b rocket, the Iran Space Agency (ISA) said \"ground stations of the Iran Space Agency\" had already received \"first telemetric data\".</div><div><br></div><div>The space agency stressed on Sunday that the Islamic republic would control the satellite \"from day one\" in an apparent reaction to the Post\'s report.</div><div><br></div><div>\"No third country is able to access the information\" sent by the satellite due to its \"encrypted algorithm\", it said.</div><div><br></div><div>The purpose of Khayyam is to \"monitor the country\'s borders\", enhance agricultural productivity and monitor water resources and natural disasters, according to the space agency.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Long-term cooperation\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Khayyam, apparently named after the 11th-century Persian polymath Omar Khayyam, will not be the first Iranian satellite that Russia has put into space.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2005, Iran\'s Sina-1 satellite was deployed from Russia\'s Plesetsk Cosmodrome.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran is currently negotiating with world powers, including Moscow, to salvage a 2015 deal aimed at reining in Tehran\'s nuclear ambitions.</div><div><br></div><div>The United States -- which quit the landmark Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA in 2018 under then-president Donald Trump -- has accused Iran of effectively supporting Russia\'s war against Ukraine while adopting a \"veil of neutrality\".</div><div><br></div><div>Russian President Vladimir Putin met Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran last month -- one of his few trips abroad since Moscow\'s February 24 invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran\'s Khamenei called for \"long-term cooperation\" with Russia during their meeting, and Tehran has refused to join international condemnation of Moscow\'s invasion of its pro-Western neighbour.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran insists its space programme is for civilian and defence purposes only, and does not breach the 2015 nuclear deal, or any other international agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>Western governments worry that satellite launch systems incorporate technologies interchangeable with those used in ballistic missiles capable of delivering a nuclear warhead, something Iran has always denied wanting to build.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran successfully put its first military satellite into orbit in April 2020, drawing a sharp rebuke from the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>Borisov, who last month replaced bombastic nationalist Dmitry Rogozin as head of the Russian space agency, had acknowledged that the national space industry is in a \"difficult situation\" amid tensions with the West, reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Russia will continue its space programme but end activities at the International Space Station -- an outlier of cooperation between Moscow and the West -- after 2024, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 17:47:23', '2022-08-10 17:47:23'),
(1023, 1023, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard on Wednesday said they want to engage on the UN Security Council and are looking forward to working with Bangladesh to pursue their collective actions in favor of peace, international law, sustainable development and human rights in the multilateral fora.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"But let me be clear here. This will not be an easy task: taken into account the numerous global challenges which we are facing, cooperation is essential,\" she said, adding that Switzerland is a serious global player and a reliable partner of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ambassador was speaking at the DCAB Talk at Jatiya Press Club hosted by the Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB).</div><div>DCAB President Rezaul Karim Lotus and its General Secretary AKM Moinuddin also spoke at the event.</div><div><br></div><div>The DCAB members and Ambassador Chuard observed one minute silence paying deepest homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members who were brutally assassinated in 1975 as the country observes the month of mourning.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador Chuard said what her country is engaged in and contributes here in Bangladesh is actually a reflection of what Switzerland stands for and promotes globally.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is part of our broader quest to make a better, more secure, prosperous and sustainable future for all,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In June this year, the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly elected Switzerland as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2023-2024.</div><div><br></div><div>Dialogue, confidence building and consensus-seeking are in our DNA, said the Ambassador, focusing on their shared commitments that they can really make a difference.</div><div><br></div><div>The Swiss envoy said they will continue&nbsp; committed partnership with Bangladesh towards the next stage of its socio-economic development.</div><div><br></div><div>To this end, she said, good governance, respect and promotion of human rights, empowerment and inclusion of women and minority groups, as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation, will remain at the heart of our action and development cooperation.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ambassador said they will also work with drivers of change such as women and youth and focus on strengthening civil society voices and participation to provide checks and balances, which are key for sustainability and inclusivity.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are keen to reinforce our engagement with Bangladesh on SDGs since they remain our compass for the years to come. In that regard, one SDG that is particularly dear to our hearts is SDG 16 – peace, justice and strong institutions - since it is so closely interlinked with other SDGs,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Indeed, the envoy said, without peace, justice and inclusion, achieving goals such as ending poverty, ensuring education, promoting economic growth seem difficult or even impossible, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Multilateralism matters, now more than ever, especially for countries like ours,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 20:21:01', '2022-08-10 20:21:01'),
(1024, 1024, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Four workers of Salam Steel Mill sustained burn injuries in a transformer blast in the capital’s Shyampur area on Tuesday, police said on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victims -- Sunil, 40, Raton, 35, Rony, 29 and Akaeed, 22 -- are undergoing treatment at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, said Md Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) police outpost.</div><div><br></div><div>The blast occurred around 7pm when the workers were washing their hands and faces at the water tap next to the mill after work.</div><div><br></div><div>Among them, Raton received 25% burn injuries while Sunil sustained 22%, and Rony and Akaeed 5% burn injuries, he added. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 20:30:03', '2022-08-10 20:30:03'),
(1025, 1025, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thirteen civilians were killed by Russian strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine, the local governor said on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"It was a terrible night. 11 people were killed,\" Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>He added in a later post that two more people had died of their injuries overnight.</div><div><br></div><div>Twelve of the victims were killed in strikes on the village of Marganets, on the other side of the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, said Mykola Lukashuk, the regional council head.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Administrative buildings were damaged: high-rise buildings, a school, a cultural palace, a city council building,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In the town, the power line has been cut. Several thousand people are without electricity.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Reznichenko urged residents to heed air raid sirens and find shelter.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am asking and begging you... Don\'t let the Russians kill you,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe\'s biggest, is occupied by Russian troops and has been at the centre of renewed fighting.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling near the plant, with Kyiv saying that Moscow is using it as a base for troops and ammunition to shield from Ukrainian forces. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 20:35:12', '2022-08-10 20:35:12'),
(1026, 1026, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least nine people were killed and seven others missing in South Korea after record downpours flooded major roads, metro stations and homes, officials said Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rain that began Monday is the heaviest since South Korea\'s weather observations began 115 years ago, according to President Yoon Suk-yeol, who apologised for the \"inconveniences\".</div><div><br></div><div>Images shared on social media earlier this week showed people wading through waist-deep water and overflowing metro stations.</div><div><br></div><div>Seoul\'s posh Gangnam district was particularly hard hit, with cars left half submerged.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are a total of 16 casualties, including nine deaths and seven missing,\" an official at the Interior Ministry told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>In all, around 600 people have been affected, he said, with many forced to leave their homes.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the nine victims, three died while trapped in their flooded semi-basement apartment, known as a banjiha, according to the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>Local reports say the victims were a teenager, her mother and her aunt.</div><div><br></div><div>Another victim died while removing a tree that had fallen onto a sidewalk, and is believed to have been electrocuted.</div><div>Another died after a landslide buried his home in the mountainous Gangwon Province.</div><div><br></div><div>President Yoon, who on Tuesday visited the banjiha apartment, acknowledged South Koreans have \"suffered a lot of damage\".</div><div><br></div><div>At a separate government meeting, he told officials to pay special attention to the most vulnerable.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Those who struggle financially or with physical difficulties are bound to be more vulnerable to natural disasters,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Yoon\'s approval rating has plummeted to just 24 percent since he took office in May, according to the latest Gallup Korea poll. He is facing criticism for not going to the government\'s emergency control centre when the downpour started.</div><div><br></div><div>Local media reported his absence was due to flooding around his house, but his office denied the claim, saying he decided to stay home as his team already had the response in hand. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 21:06:02', '2022-08-10 21:06:02'),
(1027, 1027, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Scientists are tracking a new, animal-derived virus in eastern China that has infected at least several dozen people.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The novel Langya henipavirus (LayV) was found in 35 patients in the Shandong and Henan provinces. Many had symptoms such as fever, fatigue and a cough.</div><div><br></div><div>They are thought to have contracted the virus from animals. There is no evidence so far LayV can transmit among humans.</div><div><br></div><div>Researchers detected the virus predominantly in shrews.</div><div><br></div><div>The discovery was highlighted in a letter written by researchers from China, Singapore and Australia and published in the New England Journal of Medicine this month.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the researchers, Wang Linfa from the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, told China\'s state-run Global Times that the cases of LayV found so far have not been fatal or very serious, so there is \"no need to panic\".</div><div><br></div><div>However, Mr Wang said, there is still a need to be alert as many viruses that exist in nature have unpredictable results when they infect humans.</div><div><br></div><div>The scientists said LayV was found in 27% of shrews tested, suggesting the mole-like mammals may be \"natural reservoirs\" for the virus. About 5% of dogs and 2% of goats also tested positive for it.</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan\'s Center for Disease Control said on Sunday it was paying \"close attention\" to the development of LayV.</div><div><br></div><div>LayV is a type of henipavirus, a category of zoonotic viruses which can jump from animals to humans.</div><div><br></div><div>Zoonotic viruses are very common but have attracted more attention since the start of the Covid pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention said scientists estimate that three out of every four new or emerging infectious diseases in people come from animals.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations had previously warned the world will see more of such diseases with increased exploitation of wildlife and climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Some zoonotic viruses can be potentially fatal to humans. These include the Nipah virus which has periodic outbreaks among animals and humans in Asia, and the Hendra virus which was first detected in horses in Australia.</div><div><br></div><div>Other related henipaviruses have also been found in shrews, as well as bats and rodents. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 21:52:38', '2022-08-10 21:52:38'),
(1028, 1028, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eight fishermen have gone missing as two trawlers capsized in the Bay of Bengal due to strong current triggered by monsoon depression, said Coast Guard.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Seven of the missing fishermen were identified as Md Russel, 35, Md Mannan, 36, Nazrul, 40, Abdur Rahman, 37, Taslim, 30, Md Ismail, 40, and Jewel, 32.</div><div><br></div><div>Two trawlers of ‘Kalam Majhi’ and ‘Yusuf Majhi’ of Dhalchar Union of Charfashion Upazila sank in the south Bay near Payra port in Patuakhali district on Tuesday, said Bhola Coast Guard South Zone Media Officer KM Shafiul Kinjal.</div><div><br></div><div>The fishing trawler of Yusuf Majhi with 13 fishermen sank in the Bay amid inclement weather in the afternoon. Although five fishermen including Yusuf Majhi were rescued, eight others went missing.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhalchar fisherman Abul Hossain said the fishing trawler of Kalam Majhi with eight fishermen sank in the Bay near Dhalchar in the morning. However, all fishermen of this trawler were saved.</div><div><br></div><div>All the rescued fishermen are undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Patuakhali.</div><div><br></div><div>Six teams of the Coast Guard with their two ships started a rescue operation. However, the rescue operation is being disrupted due to severe weather condition, said KM Shafiul.</div><div><br></div><div>The depression over coastal Odisha and the adjoining Northwest Bay moved westwards and weakened into a well-marked low.</div><div><br></div><div>It now lies over Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of India, according to a special bulletin of the Met office. It is likely to move northwestwards further.</div><div>Under its influence, steep pressure gradient persists over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Squally weather may affect the maritime ports, the North Bay and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, as per the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 22:14:58', '2022-08-10 22:14:58'),
(1029, 1029, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Israeli forces killed four people Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, including two teens and a man Israel said was a senior militant commander.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The latest violence comes two days after a truce halted deadly conflict between the Israeli military and Islamic Jihad militants in the coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza, and as Israeli forces continue months of at times deadly raids in the West Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The terrorist Ibrahim al-Nabulsi was killed in the city of Nablus,\" the Israeli army said in a statement, adding that \"another terrorist who was staying in the house\" also died.</div><div><br></div><div>A 16-year-old was also killed in Nablus, and the Palestinian health ministry later said a 17-year-old had been shot dead in the flashpoint southern city of Hebron.</div><div><br></div><div>In the old city of Nablus, an AFP correspondent reported Palestinians trading gunfire with Israeli security forces.</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its medics treated 69 people for gunshot wounds across the Nablus area, at least four of them in critical condition.</div><div><br></div><div>Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid hailed the raid as a \"highly successful, precise action without casualties\" among the security forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Israeli forces said they launched a shoulder-fired missile at the house and detained four suspects in the raid.</div><div><br></div><div>Nabulsi was a commander of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs\' Brigade, one of the main militant groups present in the West Bank operating under the ruling Fatah party.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the deadly raid, the militant group said \"the response will fit the crime\".</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of mourners gathered in Nablus for the funeral procession of the three dead, with some militants firing into the air as the bodies were carried through the crowd.</div><div><br></div><div>- Teens killed -</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian health ministry identified those killed as Nabulsi, Islam Sabbouh and Hussein Taha.</div><div><br></div><div>Jamal Taha said his 16-year-old son was killed while they were walking to work.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The army was in the old city. My son went ahead of me to the market, he was carrying his food. There was shooting and four of us were injured,\" he told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>Later Tuesday, the Palestinian health ministry said 17-year-old Moamen Jaber was shot in the chest and killed by Israeli forces in Hebron.</div><div><br></div><div>An AFP photographer saw the teen\'s body at a local hospital following clashes between Palestinians and Israeli soldiers.</div><div><br></div><div>In Nablus, heavy gunfire was heard as dozens of Israeli military vehicles brought traffic in one of the West Bank\'s largest cities to a standstill.</div><div><br></div><div>Clashes with the Israeli army also broke out in other parts of the city, as Palestinians hurled stones at the troops.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A violent clash developed with dozens of rioters who threw stones and threw explosives at the forces, who responded by means of crowd dispersal and shooting. Several injuries were confirmed,\" the army said.</div><div><br></div><div>Security forces have conducted near-daily and often deadly operations in the West Bank in recent months, focusing on militants from the Islamic Jihad group.</div><div><br></div><div>- Deadly Gaza fighting -</div><div><br></div><div>On Friday, Israel launched what it called a \"pre-emptive\" aerial and artillery bombardment of Islamic Jihad positions in the Gaza Strip, leading militants in the coastal enclave to fire more than a thousand rockets in retaliation, according to the army.</div><div><br></div><div>An Egypt-brokered ceasefire reached Sunday ended three days of intense fighting that killed 46 Palestinians, 16 of them children, and wounded 360, according to Gaza\'s health ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel\'s Lapid spoke by telephone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday, with the premier praising Cairo for its role in \"preserving regional stability and security\".</div><div><br></div><div>But following the Nablus raid, a spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Israel is \"not interested in calm and stability\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s exploiting and killing Palestinians for gains in internal Israeli politics,\" Nabil Abu Rudeineh said, alluding to a snap Israeli general election called for November 1.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli prime minister said Monday the strikes on Gaza had hit the \"entire senior military command of Islamic Jihad\" in the Palestinian enclave.</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic Jihad said 12 of its members had been killed, including commanders Taysir al-Jabari and Khaled Mansour.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel insists that some civilians counted in the Palestinian toll were killed by Islamic Jihad rockets that fell short or misfired. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 22:23:11', '2022-08-10 22:23:11'),
(1030, 1030, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday presided over the regular general meeting of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust at her official residence Ganabhaban in the capital.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the regular meeting of the management committee of the board of trustees, the minutes of the previous meeting were given approval, while different issues of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum were discussed, said a press release of the Prime Minister\'s Press Wing.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the meeting also discussed the report of the sub-committee and other important issues, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The members including Sheikh Kabir Hossain, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim, Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury, Sheikh Helal Uddin, Farida Sheikh, Advocate Anisul Haque, Shahana Yasmin Shampa, Major General (retd) Abdul Hafiz Mollik and Rabiul Hasan Ovi were present.</div><div><br></div><div>Chief executive officer of the trust Mashura Hossain, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Memorial Museum\'s curator Nazrul Islam Khan and trust\'s controller of accounts Siddique Hossain Chowdhury also attended the meeting. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 22:55:02', '2022-08-10 22:55:02'),
(1031, 1031, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka retired from her opening match on Tuesday at the WTA Toronto Masters with lower back pain, raising injury concerns with the US Open looming.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Estonia\'s Kaia Kanepi advanced when Osaka retired trailing 7-6 (7/4), 3-0. Kanepi, a runner-up last week in Washington, needed 71 minutes on court as she broke three times before the Japanese star called it quits.</div><div><br></div><div>Defeat drove the emotional Osaka to tears.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I felt my back from the start of the match and despite trying to push through it, I just wasn\'t able to today,\" Osaka said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I\'d like to pay credit to Kaia for playing well and want to wish her all the best for the rest of the tournament.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Osaka has played only six matches with a 2-4 record since losing the Miami final in early April to world number one Iga Swiatek.</div><div><br></div><div>Kanepi, 37, won their only prior meeting five years ago in three sets at the US Open.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I tried to play my game and stay aggressive. It was a very tight match,\" Kanepi said. \"I felt I needed a little more time to get used to new things, but after that I felt comfortable.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu of Britain exited in the first round, losing 7-6 (7/0), 6-2 to Italy\'s Camila Giorgi.</div><div>Despite the setback in the city of her birth 19 years ago, Raducanu kept her spirits up as her US Open title defence draws nearer.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It was a really good match, to be honest,\" Raducanu said. \"The level was pretty high, especially in the first set.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Camila\'s a great opponent. She won this tournament last year. I just need to get better at dealing with players who play probably as quick as she does \"</div><div><br></div><div>Defending WTA Canadian champion Giorgi won a combative first set and ran away with the second against the 19-year-old Englishwoman, whose title defence in New York begins in less than three weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>The feisty Italian trailed by a break in both sets but showed her spirit by winning the last six games of the contest.</div><div><br></div><div>Giorgi needed just over an hour and three-quarters to advance to the second round over the ninth seed who broke into the ranking top 10 less than a month ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Raducanu had to hold on in a wild opening set, where serve was broken in six of the dozen games played.</div><div><br></div><div>The Briton saved a set point in the 12th game to bring on a tiebreaker, but collapsed to lose seven straight points as Giorgi took the set after 71 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Raducanu was broken three times in the second set as Giorgi finished off her victory.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-10 23:34:15', '2022-08-10 23:34:15'),
(1034, 1034, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bagerhat: Low-lying areas in the coastal district have been inundated due to the tidal surge triggered by a well-marked low over the Bay of Bengal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bhairab, Daratan, Pangucchi, Pashur and Baleshwar rivers are flowing above the normal level, inundating the low lying areas of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, people have been experiencing intermittent rainfall since Wednesday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra were advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.</div><div><br></div><div>The local met office has recorded 20.2 mm of rainfalls in&nbsp; 24 hours till Wednesday morning in Bagerhat.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, different rivers in the Sundarbans was flowing above the normal flow and 500 fishermen, who went to the Bay for netting, took shelter in the Sundarbans, said the Forest Department.</div><div><br></div><div>Amresh Chandra Dhali, in-charge of Mongla Weather Observatory Centre, said the Bay depression has been weakened into a well-marked low and it is now lies over Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of India. It is likely to mover North Westwards further.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its influence, the residents are likely to experience 2-4 feet tidal surge from the normal astronomical tide.</div><div><br></div><div>Mohamamd Belayet Hossain, Division forest Officer of Bagerhat East Zone, said 500 fishermen with their trawlers have taken shelter in the Sundarbans.</div><div><br></div><div>The rivers are flowing 50 cm above their normal flow, said Executive Engineer of Bagerhat Water Development Board Masum Billah.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 01:26:04', '2022-08-11 01:26:04'),
(1035, 1035, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh scored 256 runs after losing nine wickets in the first innings in a dead-rubber third one-day international against series winners Zimbabwe in Harare on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Middle-order batter Afif Hossain top scored with an unbeaten 85 while Anamul Haque amassed 76 for Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>A cautious 39 from Mahmudullah Riyad was the other significant Bangladeshi knock as they reached their lowest total in the series having scored 303 runs in the first ODI and 290 in the second.</div><div><br></div><div>Jongwe and Brad Evans took two wickets each for Zimbabwe, who have won nine of 10 ODI and T20 matches since former captain Dave Houghton began a second stint as coach in June. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 01:30:02', '2022-08-11 01:30:02'),
(1036, 1036, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A woman has died in front of her two children and husband after becoming unresponsive on a flight from Hong Kong to the UK.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Helen Rhodes, who was flying back to the UK with her family after more than 15 years abroad, was found unresponsive hours into the flight on 5 August, her friend Jayne Jeje wrote in a Go Fund Me which has since raised more than £13,000.</div><div><br></div><div>“For the remaining 8 hours of the flight, Helen lay in a breathless sleep in her seat. Although this was extremely traumatising to the family, they all had time to say what they needed to say to her,” wrote Jeje, who described Helen as one of a kind, and the pulse of her community in Tung Chung, Hong Kong.</div><div><br></div><div>“This loss is unimaginable. Helen was a devoted wife and mother. She was the glue that held her family together.”</div><div><br></div><div>Upon landing in Germany, Helen’s body remained in Frankfurt as her husband, Simon, and two children, Nathan and Emma, flew to the UK. Helen’s return to the UK and seeing family would have been the first since the coronavirus pandemic began.</div><div><br></div><div>“Sadly, she never got to see them again,” wrote Jeje.</div><div><br></div><div>Helen, a midwife, also ran her own business crafting bespoke accessories, Jeje wrote, and said she belonged to a tight-knit group, Tung Chung Mums, where more than 200 women turned to Helen for medical advice.</div><div><br></div><div>“Helen always made herself available to help others. She was clever, witty and generous with her time,” wrote Jeje. “We can only hope she knew how much she meant to us.”</div><div><br></div><div>Money raised will be put toward funeral expenses and support for the family. On the fundraising page, Ken Chu wrote: “I’m one of the crew of the flight, I wish the best for you and your kids.”</div><div><br></div><div>On Facebook, a resident of Tung Chung described Helen as “the most caring, generous and thoughtful person”, despite only knowing her from the “school gates”.</div><div><br></div><div>“Live life to the fullest folks, and hugs the ones you love,” wrote Andrew Spires. In one response, a person wrote: “If anyone needed a helping hand Helen was always at the front of the queue.” Another said: “I worked with Helen in the UK. So sad to hear this news.”</div><div><br></div><div>A Foreign Office spokesperson said: “We are supporting the family of a British woman who died on a flight to Frankfurt and are in contact with the local authorities.” - The Guardian</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 01:39:02', '2022-08-11 01:39:02'),
(1037, 1037, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A week-long photography exhibition and digital display featuring rare photographs of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will begin at Secretariat.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud is scheduled to inaugurate the exhibitiontomorrow on the premises of Secretariat Clinic Bhaban, said a press release&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Press Information Department has organised the exhibition, marking the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Bangabandhu and the National Mourning Day.</div><div><br></div><div>The exhibition is featuring over 100 photographs and news clips of Bangabandhu\'s life and political career, his family and Liberation War, added the release. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 01:57:27', '2022-08-11 01:57:27'),
(1038, 1038, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Police and public prosecution agents searched the presidential palace in Lima on Tuesday after they had acquired an arrest warrant for Yenifer Paredes, the Peruvian president\'s sister-in-law, for alleged corruption and money laundering.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The raid has since been heavily criticized by the president, Pedro Castillo, who accused the Attorney General\'s Office of intending to \"break the constitutional and democratic order\" in the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Alleged connection to corruption ring&nbsp;</div><div>Such a police operation is unprecedented in the country.</div><div>The prosecutor\'s office had requested a \"raid\" of the \"residential area of the government palace,\" the Court of Justice said in a statement.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The search lasted for almost four hours, but the agents were unsuccessful in locating Paredes, who is assumed to be running from the law. She is being investigated for her alleged illegal involvement in a sanitation project in Cajamarca, the president\'s native region.</div><div><br></div><div>The 26-year-old has been living in the presidential residence within the government palace with Castillo and his family.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Several other judicial raids were taking place simultaneously in other locations around the capital, with a mayor and two businessmen arrested for alleged involvement in the same corruption ring.</div><div><br></div><div>Paredes had already been summoned to testify before the public prosecutor\'s office and to appear before a commission of the Peruvian Congress in mid-July.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>President takes to TV to criticize search</div><div>Castillo heavily criticized the raid on a televised broadcast.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Those who seek to break the constitutional and democratic order are the same ones who reported a non-existent electoral fraud to disregard my election,\" Castillo said in a speech after describing the raid on the presidential residence as \"illegal.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is evident there is a conspiracy between a part of the Congress, the Attorney General\'s Office and a sector of the press to destabilize the democratic order,\" he claimed after learning of the preliminary arrest warrant against Paredes.</div><div><br></div><div>Castillo took office in July 2021. His current disapproval ratings among the public lie around 74%, as opinion polls report. The public prosecutor\'s office has five open investigations against him, including one for corruption.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier Tuesday, a parliamentary report recommended disqualifying and criminally prosecuting the president over his alleged consideration of a proposal to allow landlocked Bolivia to access the sea through Peru. Castillo has denied this allegation.</div><div><br></div><div>The 52-year-old former teacher and trade unionist has already faced two impeachment hearings in Congress.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Paredes isn\'t the first person in Castillo\'s close circle to be investigated by the public prosecutor\'s office. A nephew who acted as an adviser, a former transportation minister and his former presidential secretary have all attracted the interest of law enforcement.&nbsp; - DW</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 02:28:53', '2022-08-11 02:28:53');
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(1039, 1039, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi scored a sensational bicycle kick to round off Paris Saint-Germain\'s 5-0 rout of Clermont in its first match of the new Ligue 1 season on Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Argentine\'s goal was the pick of the bunch as he latched onto Leandro Paredes\' pass before controlling it with his chest and acrobatically sending it over the goalkeeper.</div><div><br></div><div>It came just six minutes after Messi had scored his first of the match, sweeping his finish into the bottom corner when set-up by the brilliant Neymar.</div><div><br></div><div>The Brazilian attacker had opened the scoring in an impressive performance before providing two more assists for Achraf Hakimi and Marquinhos to make it 3-0 before half time.</div><div><br></div><div>Messi then finished the night with a brace to give the reigning league champion an emphatic victory under new coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div><br></div><div>The result will be a warning shot to other teams in the French top flight given it came without starman Kylian Mbappe, who was absent through injury.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The most important thing is to score goals, that is in Paris Saint-Germain\'s DNA and the DNA of the players here,\" Galtier told PSGTV after the game.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So there is real satisfaction with those two elements of our game, attacking in numbers with lots of technical quality, and defending as a team.\" - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 02:51:45', '2022-08-11 02:51:45'),
(1040, 1040, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">G7 nations called on Russia to \"immediately hand back full control\" of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The actions of Russia\'s armed forces are significantly raising the risk of a nuclear accident or incident, the G7 said.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian shelling in central Ukraine kills at least 16 people - the governor of Dnipropetrovsk region says 13 died in the town of Marhanets.</div><div><br></div><div>Two civilians died in the Donetsk region, while a woman was killed in Zaporizhzhia.</div><div><br></div><div>The US will provide $89m (£73m) to Ukraine for removing land mines put in place by Russian forces, reports BBC</div><div><br></div><div>The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 03:18:44', '2022-08-11 03:18:44'),
(1041, 1041, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Interns at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) have decided to abstain from work for an indefinite period in protest against the failure of the police to arrest those who attacked one of their peers on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The work abstention was called by DMCH Intern Doctors’ Council on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, the Council had given a 48-hour ultimatum to identify the attackers and take legal steps against them, which didn’t bear any fruit.</div><div><br></div><div>“48 hours have passed but the DU students who had attacked Dr Md Sazzad Hossain at the Central Shahid Minar on Monday night are yet to be identified and punished. Protesting this, the intern doctors of DMCH will abstain from work until further notice,” the release read.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday night, some students of Dhaka University thrashed Dr Sazzad Hossen on Central Shahid Minar premises \"without any valid reason\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Around 9:00pm on August 8, I sat on the premises of central Shahid Minar. Suddenly, some students of the University of Dhaka (wearing T-shirts with the logo of Dhaka University) appeared and started asking me about my identity and institution,\" Dr Sazzad wrote on his Facebook page.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When I told them that I am a student of Dhaka Medical College, they wanted to check my ID card. As I failed to show my ID card at that moment, they started beating me and hurled abusive words at me.”</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the victim filed a complaint against some unidentified people at the Shahbagh Police Station in this connection. An FIR was subsequently filed on the basis of the complaint.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 19:27:43', '2022-08-11 19:27:43'),
(1042, 1042, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Agricultural Library and organization \"Krishaker Batighar\" (lighthouse of farmers in translation) have organized a yard meeting was held on Sunday morning in Education Ideal School, Amla, village of Mirpur Upazila in Kushtia district under the awareness program for women and child development.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Krishaker Batighar\'s member Meem Akter was the speaker in the yard meeting. Apart from this, Rayma Khatun, a female member of the Amla Union, discussed various activities of the government for the development of children and women.</div><div><br></div><div>In the meeting, awareness discussions were held on the health of children and women, health care of pregnant mothers, breastfeeding, prevention of child marriage, birth registration, end of child labour, ensuring primary education. The steps taken by the government for the development of women and children were highlighted in the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Shamsul Haque, president of Krishaker Batighar, vice-president Kanchan Kumar, treasurer Asaduzzaman Ratan, executive member Habibur Rahman, Zahid Hasan, Zinnia Islam were also involved in the activities.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/ahs/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 19:39:49', '2022-08-11 19:39:49'),
(1043, 1043, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Several low-lying areas of coastal districts and their offshore islands and chars are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, the weather department has warned.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>These districts are Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jahalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni Chattogram, and Cox’s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the well-marked low over Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of India have moved westwards to weaken into a low pressure area over Madhya Pradesh and nearby areas.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its influence, steep pressure gradient persists over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Squally weather may affect the maritime ports, the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, according to the weather department.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have also been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.</div><div><br></div><div>All fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution till further notice. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 20:00:02', '2022-08-11 20:00:02'),
(1044, 1044, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cox’s Bazar tourist police have warned visitors to avoid the beach area as the sea remains rough due to the impact of a depression in the Bay of Bengal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Met office has advised the maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.</div><div><br></div><div>Under its influence, light to moderate showers accompanied by squally winds have been occurring in Cox’s Bazar since Wednesday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Rezaul Karim, additional superintendent of Cox\'s Bazar Tourist Police, said they are discouraging tourists from entering the beach area to avoid any untoward incident.</div><div><br></div><div>The tourist cops patrolling the beach have been making announcements and creating awareness among the tourists.</div><div><br></div><div>Abdul Hamid Mia, chief meteorologist at Cox\'s Bazar Meteorological Office, said all fishing boats and trawlers over the North Bay have been advised to remain close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice.</div><div><br></div><div>The depression over coastal Odisha and the adjoining Northwest Bay moved westwards and weakened into a well-marked low on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, the well-marked low over Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of India moved westwards, weakening into a low pressure area over Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas.</div><div><br></div><div>Steep pressure gradient persists over the North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Squally weather may affect the maritime ports, the North Bay and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh, as per the bulletin. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 20:17:02', '2022-08-11 20:17:02'),
(1045, 1045, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Forty-two Malian soldiers died in a sophisticated weekend attack by suspected extremists using drones and artillery, authorities said yesterday, the latest violent incident to rock the troubled Sahel country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The toll is one of the bloodiest in Mali’s decade-long insurgency, which has spread from the north of the country to the centre and south and into neighbouring Burkina Faso and Niger.</div><div><br></div><div>A document naming the dead was authenticated to AFP by several senior military officials, while the government later confirmed the toll in a statement that said 22 soldiers were injured and 37 “terrorists” were neutralised.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack occurred on Sunday in the town of Tessit, in the troubled “three-border” region where the frontiers of the three nations converge.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, the army had said 17 soldiers and four civilians had died.</div><div><br></div><div>Relatives of the victims, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that some of the civilians had been elected officials.</div><div><br></div><div>Monday’s statement pointed the finger of blame at the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara (ISGS), saying its members had deployed “drone and artillery support and (used) explosives and an explosives-laden vehicle”.</div><div><br></div><div>The last time Mali’s armed forces sustained such losses was in a string of attacks in the same region in late 2019 and early 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of soldiers were killed in assaults on nearly a dozen bases, typically carried out by highly mobile fighters on motorbikes.</div><div><br></div><div>The raids prompted the Malian, Nigerien and Burkinabe forces to fall back from forward bases and hunker down in better-defended locations.</div><div><br></div><div>In January 2020, France and its Sahel allies agreed on a push against the ISGS at a summit in Pau, southwestern France.</div><div><br></div><div>Several of its leaders were targeted and killed, including its founder, Abu Walid Al-Sahraoui, but local people say the group has continued to recruit and carry out its operations.</div><div><br></div><div>Tessit is one of the hotspots in the three-border area.</div><div><br></div><div>The ISGS is fighting for control of the strategic, gold-rich area against an Al-Qaeda-linked alliance, the Support Group for Islam and Muslims (GSIM).</div><div><br></div><div>In March 2021, 33 soldiers were killed in an ISGS-claimed ambush as units were being rotated, and in February this year, around 40 civilians – suspected by the ISGS of being in league with Al-Qaeda – were massacred.</div><div><br></div><div>Mobile phone connections to the area have been frequently cut over the last few years and physical access is hard, especially during the mid-year rainy season.</div><div><br></div><div>Thousands have fled Tessit to the nearest large town, Gao, which is located some 150km to the north.</div><div><br></div><div>Across the Sahel, the extremist campaign has claimed thousands of lives and forced more than 2 million to flee their homes.</div><div><br></div><div>Sporadic cross-border attacks have also occurred in Ivory Coast, Togo and Benin to the south, amplifying fears of an extremist push towards the Gulf of Guinea. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 20:35:10', '2022-08-11 20:35:10'),
(1046, 1046, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A case has been filed against 46 policemen of Bhola sadar police station in connection with the death of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader Noor-e-Alam allegedly in police firing during a clash with police on July 31.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Iffat Zahan, wife of the JCD leader, filed the murder case with Bhola Sadar Senior Judicial Magistrate Court on Thursday, said Advocate Amirul Baset, a counsel of the plaintiff.</div><div><br></div><div>Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Arman Hossain and sub-inspector Anis Uddin were among the accused.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also asked the OC Sadar Police Station to submit the documents on September 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Noor-e-Alam, president of district unit JCD, who sustained bullet wounds during a clash between police and BNP activists on July 31, died at a hospital in the capital on August 3.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of BNP’s countrywide demonstration programme protesting the ongoing load shedding and mismanagement in the power sector, the leaders and activists of the party gathered in front of their district party office in Bhola on July 31.</div><div><br></div><div>At one stage, police obstructed them when they tried to stage demonstrations at Kalinath Roy Bazar around 11:30 am, triggering a clash.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, police fired bullets and lobbed teargas shells that left local Swechchasebak Dal leader Abdur Rahim dead and some other leaders and activists of the party inluidng Noor-e-Alam injured.</div><div><br></div><div>BNP on August 2 formed a 12-member committee to probe the police firing during the party’s demonstrations. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 21:11:04', '2022-08-11 21:11:04'),
(1047, 1047, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Cabinet on Thursday approved in principle the draft of the Drugs Act, 2022 with harsher punishment for drugs related anomalies and offenses.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Under the draft law, the punishment for such crimes will be&nbsp; maximum 10-year jail with fine of Tk 10 lakh from maximum three-year jail&nbsp; with fine of Tk two lakh fine in the existing law.</div><div><br></div><div>The approval came from the Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who joined it through a virtual platform from her official residence Ganobhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>Other cabinet members were connected from the Bangladesh Secretariat.</div><div><br></div><div>Briefing reporters, Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam said the highest punishment of 10-year imprisonment, Tk 10 lakh penalty or both was kept in several sections of the draft law.</div><div><br></div><div>The offenses, for which the maximum punishment of 10-year jail and Tk 10 lakh fine were kept in the draft law, include producing or importing drugs without licenses; producing, importing, exporting, marketing, stocking, selling or showcasing drugs without registration; producing, selling, stocking or marketing adulterated drugs; and stealing and selling government’s drugs. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 21:55:06', '2022-08-11 21:55:06'),
(1048, 1048, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Screen legend Olivia Newton-John will be honoured with a state memorial service in her adoptive homeland Australia, authorities said Thursday, touting an upbeat sendoff for the late Grammy-winning actress.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The British-born, Aussie-raised star of the 1978 hit musical \"Grease\" died on Monday at her home in Southern California.</div><div><br></div><div>The cause of death was not stated, but the 73-year-old Newton-John had spent three decades trying to -- as she put it -- \"win over\" breast cancer.</div><div><br></div><div>Victoria state Premier Dan Andrews said Newton-John\'s family had accepted the offer of a state memorial that \"would be much more of a concert than a funeral\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"It will be an appropriate celebration of such a rich and generous life.\"</div><div><br></div><div>A date for the memorial has not yet been set.</div><div><br></div><div>Her widower, John Easterling, on Thursday posted a tribute to her and thanked fans for the \"vast ocean of love and support\" that has come with her passing.</div><div><br></div><div>\"She was the most courageous woman I\'ve ever known,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In her most difficult times she always had the spirit, the humor, and the will power to move things into the light.\" - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 22:26:32', '2022-08-11 22:26:32'),
(1049, 1049, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Another dengue patient died and 90 others were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The latest death was reported from Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>With this, the authorities recorded 16 deaths from the viral infection this year, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div>Among the deaths this year, 10 were reported from Cox’s Bazar while six from Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 73 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while the 17 in other places, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>As many as 364 dengue patients including 290 in the capital are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, the DGHS has recorded 3,498 dengue cases and 3,118 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-11 23:03:53', '2022-08-11 23:03:53'),
(1050, 1050, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">China and South Korea clashed today over a US missile defence shield, threatening to undermine efforts by the new government in Seoul to overcome longstanding security differences.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The disagreement over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system installed in South Korea emerged after an apparently smooth first visit to China by South Korea’s foreign minister this week.</div><div><br></div><div>China, contending that the THAAD’s powerful radar could peer into its airspace, curbed trade and cultural imports after Seoul announced its deployment in 2016, dealing a major blow to relations.</div><div><br></div><div>A senior official in South Korea’s presidential office told reporters today that THAAD is a means of self-defence and can never be subject to negotiations, after China demanded that South Korea not deploy any more batteries and limit the use of existing ones.</div><div><br></div><div>President Yoon Suk-yeol, seeing the system as key to countering North Korean missiles, has vowed to abandon the previous government’s promises not to increase THAAD deployments, and not to participate in a US-led global missile shield or create a trilateral military alliance involving Japan.</div><div><br></div><div>On the campaign trail, the conservative Yoon pledged to buy another THAAD battery, but since taking office in May, his government has focused on what officials call “normalising” the operation of the existing, US-owned and operated system.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea’s foreign minister Park Jin and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, meeting on Tuesday, explored ways to reopen denuclearisation negotiations with North Korea and resume cultural exports, such as K-pop music and movies, to China.</div><div><br></div><div>A Wang spokesman said yesterday the two had “agreed to take each other’s legitimate concerns seriously and continue to prudently handle and properly manage this issue to make sure it does not become a stumbling block to the sound and steady growth of bilateral relations”.</div><div><br></div><div>The Chinese spokesman told a briefing the THAAD deployment in South Korea “undermines China’s strategic security interest”.</div><div><br></div><div>Park, however, told Wang that Seoul would not abide by the 2017 agreement, called the “Three Nos”, as it is not a formal pledge or agreement, South Korea’s foreign ministry said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>China also insists that South Korea abide by “One Restriction” – limiting the use of existing THAAD batteries.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea has never acknowledged that element, but yesterday, Wang’s spokesman emphasised that China attaches importance to the position of “Three Nos and One Restriction”.</div><div><br></div><div>Defence minister Lee Jong-sup said the policy on the THAAD would not change because of China’s opposition, and the system’s radar could not be used against China.</div><div><br></div><div>“The current battery is not structured to play any role in US defences but placed in a location where it can only defend the Korean peninsula,” he told reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>During Park’s visit to the eastern port city of Qingdao, the Chinese Communist Party-owned Global Times praised Yoon for showing “independent diplomacy and rationality toward China” by not meeting face to face with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi when she visited last week.</div><div><br></div><div>But the newspaper warned that the THAAD issue was “a major hidden danger that cannot be avoided in China-South Korea ties”. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 00:20:08', '2022-08-12 00:20:08'),
(1051, 1051, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said on Thursday that Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission will soon decide whether the proposal of Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners &amp; Vanaspati Manufacturers Association to increase edible oil price by Tk 20 a liter is justified or not.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Price of edible oil has come down in global market. But Dollar rate is high in our country and for this reason we are not getting the benefit which we were supposed to get due to fall in oil price. However, the Tariff Commission will examine the matter,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu said this after attending the cabinet meeting at the secretariat.</div><div>Replying to a question, the Minister said that it’s not the Commerce Ministry’s job to monitor price hike of essentials by traders following the fuel price hike.</div><div><br></div><div>“Fuel prices have been raised after adjusting with prices in the neighboring countries. If the current diesel price is taken into consideration, it’ll be found that the government is still incurring a loss of Tk 8 per liter,” said the Minister.</div><div><br></div><div>The association proposed increasing edible oil price in line with rapid increase in dollar price.</div><div><br></div><div>If the association’s demands are met, price of edible oil will increase from Tk 185 to Tk 205 per liter, while price of non-bottled Soybean oil will shot up to Tk 180 from Tk 166 a liter and a five liter bottle will be sold for Tk 960, up Tk 50 than the current rate. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 01:02:17', '2022-08-12 01:02:17'),
(1052, 1052, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed today directed heads of all police units to ensure tight security on the occasion of the National Mourning Day and 47th Martyrdom Anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Take all possible safety measures aimed at observing the National Mourning Day on August 15 across the country,\" he gave the order while presiding over a virtual meeting held at the Police Headquarters.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>All commissioners of all metropolitan police, range and district superintendents of police joined the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>The IGP asked to ensure maximum security to the President, the Prime Minister, other important persons and diplomats during the National Mourning Day events and their movements.</div><div><br></div><div>He also directed police officials to keep vigilance on the National Mourning Day events so that none can create any kind of chaos and no rumor can be spread through social media.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have to take adequate precautions and security measures on the basis of intelligence reports about militants and banned militant outfits as well as other terrorists,\" Dr Benazir said.</div><div><br></div><div>He directed to strengthen and intensify police patrols and beat police officers to ensure their presence physically and vigilance in their respective jurisdictions during the National Morning Day events.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>To this end, the police chief also gave instructions for necessary coordination with local administration, public representatives and organizers to ensure smooth observation of the national Morning Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Benazir, however, directed beat police officials to ensure their physical presence during food distribution on the National Mourning Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Additional IGPs Md Mainur Rahman Chowdhury, M Khurshid Hossain and concerned police officers were present during the meeting. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 01:15:57', '2022-08-12 01:15:57'),
(1053, 1053, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A case has been filed over the killing of a female physician at a hotel room in Dhaka.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The case was filed at Kalabagan police station after&nbsp; victim’s father Mohammad Shafiqul Islam lodged a complaint against her lover Rezaul Karim Reza, said Saiful islam, Officer-in-Charge of Kalabagan police station.</div><div><br></div><div>“Rezaul was a banker but recently he was suspended. Efforts are on to arrest him as soon as possible,” said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The body of Jannatul Nayeem Sritika ,28, who was undertaking gynecology training from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after completing her MBBS was recovered on Wednesday night.</div><div><br></div><div>OC Saiful Islam, said. \"There were marks of&nbsp; knife wounds on her body.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The manager of the hotel was detained and police suspected the doctor\'s boyfriend fled after killing her.&nbsp; - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 01:34:22', '2022-08-12 01:34:22'),
(1054, 1054, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government on Thursday fixed different weekly holidays in industrial zones across the country to ensure an uninterrupted power supply.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) under the Ministry of Labour and Employment issued a circular in this regard, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Under section 114(2) of the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006, different weekly closing day has been fixed in public interest, said DIFE.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 02:02:37', '2022-08-12 02:02:37'),
(1055, 1055, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka, Aug 11: All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan cancelled his contract with Betwinner News after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) took a stern position against his contract with the betting company brand.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Shakib sent us a letter confirming the cancellation of his contract with that company,\" BCB CEO Nizamuddin Chowdhury told UNB Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>According to BCB\'s regulation, no cricketer can work for any organisation that is involved in betting-related activities.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, every player needs to take the permission of the board before partnering with any organisation as an ambassador. But Shakib did not do so while teaming up with Betwinner News.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have a zero-tolerance policy against betting and betting-related activities,\" BCB President Nazmul Hassan Papon told the media earlier in the day. \"If Shakib continues his contract with the betting organisation, we will not consider him for the national team.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the BCB is yet to announce the Bangladesh squad for the Asia Cup due to its issue with Shakib.</div><div><br></div><div>Nazmul said the board will announce the squad by Saturday. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 02:07:12', '2022-08-12 02:07:12'),
(1056, 1056, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A light earthquake measuring 4.4 magnitude was felt in Jashore, Khulna and West Bengal Thursday afternoon, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Before quake, google operating system reportedly sent an alert to the android phones.</div><div><br></div><div>The epicenter of the earthquake was Chougacha under Jashore.&nbsp;</div><div>Sources said the tremor was felt in Jashore, Khulna and Jhenaidah at 5:29pm. Jashore Met office said they received the alert.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 02:16:55', '2022-08-12 02:16:55'),
(1057, 1057, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">More than 1,000 firefighters are battling a \"monster\" wildfire in south-western France that has already destroyed nearly 7,000 hectares (17,300 acres) of forest, officials say.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The raging blaze near the city of Bordeaux has gutted a number of homes and forced 10,000 residents to flee.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s an ogre, it\'s a monster,\" firefighter representative Gregory Allione told France\'s RTL Radio.</div><div><br></div><div>Strong winds and high temperatures are hampering the firefighting operation.</div><div><br></div><div>President Emmanuel Macron announced that Austria, Germany, Greece, Poland and Romania \"are coming to aid\" France in battling the blaze. \"European solidarity at work!\" he tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>This summer France and a number of other European countries have seen a wave of deadly wildfires, triggered by record temperatures and droughts across the continent.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 1,000 deaths have been attributed to the heat in Portugal and Spain.</div><div><br></div><div>In the UK, an amber extreme heat warning has now come into force, with temperatures forecast to hit 37C (99F) in some areas over the next four days. The heatwave will probably affect health, transport and working conditions, the authorities warn.</div><div><br></div><div>The huge wildfire in France\'s Gironde region has been raging for two days near the commune of Landiras, about 30km (19 miles) south-east of Bordeaux.</div><div>A number of firefighters have had to be urgently redeployed from other regions to boost the ongoing operation.</div><div><br></div><div>They are being backed by specialist aircraft that have been dropping water and flame retardant.</div><div><br></div><div>But despite all the efforts, the blaze was still out of control on Thursday, local officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s the first time we\'ve seen a fire like this,\" French firefighter Jérôme Jean told BFMTV news website. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 02:36:06', '2022-08-12 02:36:06'),
(1058, 1058, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday arrived in Bangkok after his visa ran out following a month-long stint in Singapore where he had taken refuge from protesters at home.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deposed leader landed on a private jet at Don Mueang International Airport around 8pm local time (1200 GMT), a senior Thai official said.</div><div><br></div><div>He left the airport\'s VIP section around 40 minutes later with his wife and got into a black sedan, local media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Rajapaksa flew into Singapore from the Maldives on July 14 after fleeing a deepening economic crisis and widespread protests in Sri Lanka. He tendered his resignation shortly after his arrival.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Lankans arriving in Singapore normally receive a 30-day visa, but authorities said they had initially given Rajapaksa only two weeks and later extended the visa by another two weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Immigration &amp; Checkpoints Authority (ICA) confirms that Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa left Singapore on 11 August,\" Singapore\'s immigration office said in reply to an AFP query.</div><div><br></div><div>The Thai foreign ministry, as well as a source in Colombo, had said Wednesday that he was seeking a new safe haven in Thailand.</div><div><br></div><div>Rajapaksa fled his nation after tens of thousands of protesters overran his official residence last month angry about acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine endured by Sri Lanka\'s 22 million people since late last year.</div><div><br></div><div>An international human rights group last month formally asked Singapore to indict Rajapaksa for crimes against humanity during his country\'s decades-long civil war that ended in 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>The South Africa-based International Truth and Justice Project said it had urged Singapore to exercise universal jurisdiction to arrest the former president for grave breaches of international humanitarian law.</div><div><br></div><div>Rajapaksa helmed Sri Lanka\'s defence ministry while his brother Mahinda was president when the country\'s brutal Tamil separatist conflict came to a bloody end.</div><div><br></div><div>Singapore\'s Attorney-General\'s Chambers confirmed it had received a complaint from the rights group without giving details.</div><div><br></div><div>\"His Singapore visa runs out on Thursday,\" a close associate of Rajapaksa told AFP in Colombo on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He had applied for an extension, but it had not come through as of Wednesday morning.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'No political asylum\' –</div><div><br></div><div>The source said Rajapaksa planned a short stay in Thailand and would return to Singapore.</div><div><br></div><div>The Thai foreign ministry confirmed it had received a request from Colombo for the 73-year-old deposed leader to visit and an assurance that he would not seek political asylum.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Thai side received a request for the former president to enter Thailand from the current government of Sri Lanka,\" ministry spokesman Tanee Sangrat said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The stay is temporary in nature with the aim of onward travel. No political asylum has been sought.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Rajapaksa confidant told AFP that the former leader was keen to go home as protests against his administration had fizzled out, but his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe had advised him against an early return.</div><div><br></div><div>Singapore officials had said he was on a private visit to the city-state and the foreign minister stressed that he was not given any special privileges.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In general, the Singapore government does not accord privileges, immunity and hospitality to former heads of state or heads of government,\" Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in a written reply to a question in parliament last week.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Consequently, former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was not accorded any privileges, immunity or hospitality.\" - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 18:34:19', '2022-08-12 18:34:19'),
(1059, 1059, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Firefighters from across Europe struggled Thursday to contain a huge wildfire in France that has swept through a large swath of pine forest, while Germans and Poles faced a mass fish die-off in a river flowing between their countries.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Europe is suffering under a severe heat wave and drought that has produced tragic consequences for farmers and ecosystems already under threat from climate change and pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>The drought is causing a loss of agricultural products and other food at a time when supply shortages and Russia’s war against Ukraine have caused inflation to spike.</div><div><br></div><div>In France, which is enduring its worst drought on record, flames raged through pine forests overnight, illuminating the sky with an intense orange light in the Gironde region, which was already ravaged by flames last month, and in neighboring Landes. More than 68 square kilometers (26 square miles) have burned since Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The French wildfires have already forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people and destroyed at least 16 houses.</div><div><br></div><div>Along the Oder River, which flows from Czechia north into the Baltic Sea, volunteers have been collecting dead fish that have washed ashore in Poland and Germany.</div><div><br></div><div>Piotr Nieznanski, the conservation policy director at WWF Poland, said it appears that a toxic chemical was released into the water by an industry and the low water levels caused by the drought has made conditions far more dangerous for the fish.</div><div><br></div><div>“A tragic event is happening along the Oder River, an international river, and there is no transparent information about what is going on,” he said, calling on government authorities to investigate.</div><div><br></div><div>People living along the river have been warned not to swim in the water or even touch it.</div><div><br></div><div>Poland’s state water management body said the drought and high temperatures can cause even small amounts of pollution to lead to an ecological disaster but it has not identified the source of the pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>In northern Serbia, the dry bed of the Conopljankso reservoir is now littered with dead fish that were unable to survive the drought.</div><div><br></div><div>The water level along Germany’s Rhine River was at risk of falling so low that it could become difficult to transport goods — including critical energy items like coal and gasoline. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 19:32:15', '2022-08-12 19:32:15'),
(1060, 1060, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his shrine this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of Bangladesh\'s independence.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed BSS of the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister along with her family members also offered prayers at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu in Tungipara seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of the Father of the Nation and other martyrs of the August 15, 1975 carnage.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayers were also offered seeking divine blessings for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina and her family members as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Radwan Mujib Siddiq, Bangabandhu\'s grandson and son of Sheikh Rehana, and local Awami League leaders were present.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister reached Tungipara in Gopalganj at 10.30am by road after crossing the Padma Bridge for second time since inauguration of the bridge on June 25 last</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on July 4 this year, she visited her ancestral home in Gopalganj\'s Tungipara - by road for the first time - after crossing the Padma Bridge.</div><div>The premier is scheduled to leave Tungipara for Dhaka this afternoon. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 19:37:11', '2022-08-12 19:37:11'),
(1061, 1061, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A second man charged with stealing Lady Gaga\'s dogs in an episode during which her dog-walker was shot was jailed Thursday after admitting to his part in the robbery.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lafayette Shon Whaley, now 28, was ordered to serve six years in prison for second-degree robbery over the theft, which saw the singer\'s French bulldogs taken.</div><div><br></div><div>Whaley was part of a gang that shot Ryan Fischer as he exercised the three prize pets in Hollywood in February 2021. Fischer sustained chest injuries in the attack and said on Instagram a month later he had suffered a collapsed lung.</div><div><br></div><div>Two of the three dogs were taken, leading the \"Poker Face\" singer to offer a $500,000 reward for their return.</div><div><br></div><div>Whaley\'s sentencing came a week after accomplice Jaylin Keyshawn was jailed, and after suspected gunman James Howard Jackson was recaptured. He had been released from custody in what officials described as a \"clerical error.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Jackson is charged with attempted murder, second-degree robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and being a felon carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>The woman who police said handed in the dogs in response to the reward has been charged with being an accessory after the fact and with receiving stolen goods.</div><div><br></div><div>Los Angeles police said at the time they did not believe the dogs were targeted because of their owner, but because of the breed\'s appeal on the black market.</div><div><br></div><div>Small and friendly -- and thus easy to grab -- French bulldogs do not have large litters.</div><div><br></div><div>Their relative scarcity, and their association with stars such as Lady Gaga, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Jackman, Chrissy Teigen, Leonardo DiCaprio and Madonna, gives them added cachet and means they can change hands for thousands of dollars. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 19:47:24', '2022-08-12 19:47:24'),
(1062, 1062, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Light to moderate rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally winds is likely to occur in parts of Bangladesh on Friday, according to the weather department.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the weather bulletin of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), light to moderate rains or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty/squally wind is likely to occur at most places over Khulna and Barishal divisions, at many places over Chattogram division and at a few places over Rajshahi and Dhaka divisions, and at one or two places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over the southern part of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>The well-marked low over Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas weakened into a low pressure area and merged with the monsoon axis. The axis of monsoon trough runs through Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal to Assam across central Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>One of its associated troughs extends up to the Northwest Bay. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and strong elsewhere over North Bay, as per the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>The day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The country\'s maximum temperature on Thursday was recorded at 36 degrees Celsius in Sylhet and Syedpur of Rangpur division and the minimum temperature was 23.4 degrees in Kutubdia of Chattogram. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 19:50:19', '2022-08-12 19:50:19');
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(1063, 1063, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned an emergency Security Council meeting on Thursday of the \"grave\" crisis unfolding at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, as Moscow and Kyiv traded accusations of new shelling near the facility.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"This is a serious hour, a grave hour,\" Rafael Grossi, chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told the Security Council, adding that the IAEA must urgently be allowed to conduct a mission to Zaporizhzhia.</div><div><br></div><div>And in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Moscow of \"nuclear blackmail\" as he urged the international community \"to react immediately to chase out the occupiers from Zaporizhzhia.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Only the Russians\' full withdrawal... would guarantee nuclear safety for all of Europe,\" Zelensky said in a video address to the nation.</div><div><br></div><div>Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday accused each other of new shelling near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, a dangerous escalation five months into the war.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides said there were five rocket strikes near a radioactive material storage area at the plant, Europe\'s biggest nuclear facility which has been a focus of renewed fighting in recent days.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s nuclear agency Energoatom said later there had been fresh Russian shelling near one of the plant\'s six reactors that had caused \"extensive smoke\" and \"several radiation sensors are damaged\".</div><div><br></div><div>Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Moscow-installed regional administration, said Ukrainian forces had \"once again struck\" the plant.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ukrainian plant is under the control of Russian troops, and Ukraine has accused Moscow of basing hundreds of soldiers and storing arms there.</div><div>- \'Cannot wait any longer\' -</div><div><br></div><div>In New York, Security Council members all supported calls for an urgent IAEA mission to Ukraine -- but there was no consensus over who was to blame for the attacks and who should be responsible for facilitating the mission.</div><div><br></div><div>Bonnie Jenkins, the US State Department\'s undersecretary for arms control and international security, said the visit \"cannot wait any longer\" but added that only a full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine would keep the nuclear plant safe.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This would allow for Ukraine to restore the impeccable safety, security, and safeguards performance it upheld for decades at the facility.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But Russia\'s UN ambassador Vasily Nebenzya put the blame for the attacks around Zaporizhzhia squarely on Ukrainian forces.\"We call on states that support the Kyiv regime to bring their proxies into check to compel them to immediately and once and for all stop attacks on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power to ensure the safe conditions for the conduct of the IAEA mission,\" Nebenzya told the Council.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier Thursday Washington also backed calls to establish a demilitarized zone around the plant.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'State sponsor of terrorism\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The Soviet-era plant in southern Ukraine was captured by Russian troops at the beginning of March -- shortly after Moscow launched its invasion of its neighbor -- and has remained on the frontline since then.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russia could cause an incident \"even more catastrophic than Chernobyl\" -- a reference to the nuclear disaster in then-Soviet Ukraine in 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Russia has turned the nuclear station into a battlefield,\" he said earlier Thursday, addressing a Ukraine donors conference in Copenhagen by video link.</div><div><br></div><div>He called for stronger sanctions against Russia, saying it was a \"terrorist state\" -- on the same day that Latvian MPs adopted a resolution calling Russia a \"state sponsor of terrorism\".</div><div><br></div><div>The statement said Russia\'s actions in Ukraine constituted \"targeted genocide against the Ukrainian people.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba hailed it as a \"timely move\" and urged other countries to follow suit, while Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called it \"xenophobia\".</div><div><br></div><div>Latvia has also urged all EU countries to ban tourist visas for Russian citizens and said the measure should be extended to Belarusians because of the Belarusian regime\'s support for the invasion.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'We hope for the best\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The war meanwhile rumbled on in eastern Ukraine, where Russia-backed separatists have been fighting against Ukrainian forces since 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>In the bombed-out town of Soledar, the few residents left are living in underground shelters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We hope for the best, but every day it turns out worse and worse,\" said Svitlana Klymenko, 62, as the relentless shelling continued outside.</div><div><br></div><div>Another man living in the shelter, 59-year-old Oleg Makeev said: \"You can\'t cook anything normally here, you can\'t wash yourself. How am I supposed to feel?\" -&nbsp; AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 19:55:52', '2022-08-12 19:55:52'),
(1064, 1064, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday urged the international community to \"react immediately\" to force Russian forces to leave the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant targeted by shelling in recent days.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The entire world must react immediately to chase out the occupiers from Zaporizhzhia,\" Zelensky said in his daily video address.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Only the Russians\' full withdrawal... would guarantee nuclear safety for all of Europe,\" he added, condemning \"Russian nuclear blackmail\".</div><div><br></div><div>The nuclear plant in southern Ukraine is Europe\'s largest and has been occupied by Russian troops since March, shortly after Moscow launched its invasion on February 24.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia and Ukraine accused each other of fresh shelling near the plant on Thursday, but their claims have not been verified independently.</div><div><br></div><div>Bombardment near the plant also occurred last week, raising the spectre of a nuclear catastrophe in a country which suffered the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s state nuclear company Energoatom on Thursday said radioactive substances were located near the strikes and that radiation sensors were damaged.</div><div><br></div><div>The head of the UN nuclear watchdog told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Thursday that it was \"a serious hour\" as fighting had sparked a \"grave\" crisis at Zaporizhzhia.</div><div><br></div><div>Rafael Grossi demanded that the International Atomic Energy Agency be granted access to the site as soon as possible. AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 20:07:51', '2022-08-12 20:07:51'),
(1065, 1065, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday paid rich tributes and offered prayers at the mausoleum of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Tungipara.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She paid tributes to Bangabandhu by placing a wreath at his shrine this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of Bangladesh\'s independence.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim confirmed BSS of the matter.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister along with her family members also offered prayers at the mausoleum of Bangabandhu in Tungipara seeking eternal peace for the departed souls of the Father of the Nation and other martyrs of the August 15, 1975 carnage.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayers were also offered seeking divine blessings for good health and long life of Sheikh Hasina and her family members as well as continued peace, progress and prosperity of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Radwan Mujib Siddiq, Bangabandhu\'s grandson and son of Sheikh Rehana, and local Awami League leaders were present.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister reached Tungipara in Gopalganj at 10.30am by road after crossing the Padma Bridge for second time since inauguration of the bridge on June 25 last</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on July 4 this year, she visited her ancestral home in Gopalganj\'s Tungipara - by road for the first time - after crossing the Padma Bridge.</div><div>The premier is scheduled to leave Tungipara for Dhaka this afternoon. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 21:04:14', '2022-08-12 21:04:14'),
(1066, 1066, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Six people were killed when a speeding car crashed into an auto-rickshaw and a bike in the Indian state of Gujarat, police said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The accident occurred near Dali village of Gujarat\'s Anand district, 100 kms from the western state\'s capital Gandhinagar, on Thursday night.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The car first hit the auto-rickshaw carrying four people and then the bike as its driver tried to speed away,\" a senior police officer told the local media.</div><div>All the four occupants of the three-wheeler passenger vehicle and two teenagers on the bike sustained serious injuries in the impact of the crash.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They were rushed to a local hospital, where doctors declared them dead on arrival. The car driver also sustained minor injuries in the accident,\" the officer said.</div><div><br></div><div>A probe has been ordered into the accident, he said. \"The car driver has been booked for rash and negligent driving. He will be arrested upon discharge from the hospital.\" - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 21:16:17', '2022-08-12 21:16:17'),
(1067, 1067, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The husband of the 28-year-old female doctor found dead in a Dhaka hotel room has confessed to killing her, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"During sustained interrogation, Rezaul Karim Reza told us that he took his wife, Dr Jannatul Nayeem Sritika, to the hotel on the pretext of celebrating her birthday and then stabbed her before sliting her throat,\" said Commander Khandaker Al Moin, director, legal and media wing, at Rab headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>Reza was arrested on Thursday night by members of Rab-2 and 7 from the Muradpur area of Chattogram city.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 10, Sritika\'s body was recovered from the fifth-floor room of Family Service Apartment in the Panthapath area of the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Sritika was undertaking gynaecology training from Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) after completing her MBBS from Moghbazar Community Medical College.</div><div><br></div><div>Next day, a case was filed at Kalabagan police station accusing Reza, following a complaint from the victim\'s father.</div><div><br></div><div>Reza, who works as a senior executive at a private company, hails from Cox’s Bazar. Rab recovered Reza’s blood-stained clothes, his mobile phone and his wife\'s cell phone from his possession, post-arrest.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Reza’s confession, Reza and Sritika grew close to each other after meeting on social media in 2019 and got married secretly in 2020. As their families were not informed about the marriage, they used to meet at different hotels in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Sritika and Reza often used to fight over the latter\'s extra-marital affairs as counselling and discussions on the matter failed to resolve the issue. As the marital feud grew, Reza planned to murder his wife to get rid of her,\" said the Rab officer.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 10, Reza took her to the hotel to celebrate her birthday, got into a planned fight and then stabbed Sritika with a knife and later slit her throat, according to Rab.</div><div><br></div><div>Following the crime, the accused left the hotel room locking the door from outside and fled to Chattogram by bus, said Rab.</div><div><br></div><div>Legal action against the accused is underway, said Commander Khandaker. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 21:26:31', '2022-08-12 21:26:31'),
(1068, 1068, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Mexican border metropolis of Juarez noticed a rash of violence on Thursday that left companies burned and not less than eight folks useless, together with an area radio presenter, authorities and witnesses mentioned.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the primary incident, two inmates died and 4 others have been wounded in a riot at a jail, in response to an announcement from the prosecutor for the state of Chihuahua, which incorporates Ciudad Juarez.</div><div><br></div><div>Local media attributed the riot to the Sinaloa cartel, whose former chief, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is at the moment serving a life sentence within the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>Later within the day, two ladies have been killed and one other particular person was wounded in an assault at a Juarez meals store. The store and two different premises have been additionally set on hearth.</div><div><br></div><div>That night, gunmen shot 4 radio station staff to loss of life as they have been participating in a promotional occasion outdoors a pizzeria.</div><div><br></div><div>Employees who got here to the scene recognized the useless because the presenter, a supervisor and two different employees on the station, in response to a witness.</div><div><br></div><div>Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos mentioned on Twitter, including that state and federal authorities had been deployed to revive order within the metropolis of 1.5 million, which sits simply throughout the border from El Paso, Texas.</div><div><br></div><div>The killings in Juarez got here simply two days after violence equally flared within the states of Jalisco and Guanajuato, within the east and heart of the nation, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Following Thursday’s killings, a number of elements of Juarez have been abandoned, with some universities canceling lessons on Friday and the native enterprise chamber calling on the federal government to do extra to fight organized crime. - Pehal News</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 22:02:44', '2022-08-12 22:02:44'),
(1069, 1069, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Johnson &amp; Johnson (J&amp;J) will stop making and selling its talc-based baby powder around the world from next year.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The announcement comes more than two years after the healthcare giant ended sales of the product in the US.</div><div><br></div><div>J&amp;J faces tens of thousands of lawsuits from women who allege its talcum powder contained asbestos and caused them to develop ovarian cancer.</div><div>But the company reiterated its view that decades of independent research shows the product is safe to use.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As part of a worldwide portfolio assessment, we have made the commercial decision to transition to an all cornstarch-based baby powder portfolio,\" it said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The firm added that cornstarch-based baby powder is already sold in countries around the world.</div><div><br></div><div>At the same time J&amp;J reiterated its position that its baby powder is safe to use: \"Our position on the safety of our cosmetic talc remains unchanged.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We stand firmly behind the decades of independent scientific analysis by medical experts around the world that confirms talc-based Johnson\'s baby powder is safe, does not contain asbestos, and does not cause cancer,\" it said.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2020, J&amp;J said it would stop selling its talc baby powder in the US and Canada because demand had fallen in the wake of what it called \"misinformation\" about the product\'s safety amid a number of legal cases.</div><div>At the time the firm said it would continue to sell its talc-based baby powder in the UK and the rest of the world.</div><div><br></div><div>The company faces lawsuits from consumers and their survivors who claim J&amp;J\'s talc products caused cancer due to contamination with asbestos.</div><div><br></div><div>Talc is mined from the earth and is found in seams close to that of asbestos, which is a material known to cause cancer.</div><div><br></div><div>A 2018 investigation by the Reuters news agency claimed that J&amp;J knew for decades that asbestos was present in its talc products.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters said that internal company records, trial testimony and other evidence showed that from at least 1971 to the early 2000s, J&amp;J\'s raw talc and finished powders sometimes tested positive for small amounts of asbestos.</div><div><br></div><div>In response to evidence of asbestos contamination presented in court rooms, media reports and to US lawmakers, the firm has repeatedly denied the allegations.</div><div><br></div><div>In October, J&amp;J created a subsidiary, LTL Management, assigning its talc claims to it. It later placed it into bankruptcy, which paused the pending lawsuits.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the bankruptcy filing, the company faced costs from $3.5bn (£2.87bn) in verdicts and settlements, including one in which 22 women were awarded a judgement of more than $2bn.</div><div><br></div><div>In April, a shareholder proposal calling for an end to global sales of the talc baby powder failed.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson\'s Baby Powder has been been sold for almost 130 years and became a symbol of the company\'s family-friendly image.</div><div><br></div><div>Baby powder is used for preventing nappy rash and for cosmetic uses, including as a dry shampoo. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 22:30:39', '2022-08-12 22:30:39'),
(1070, 1070, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said a certain group is spreading panic with \'baseless\' claim that Bangladesh will see a situation like crisis-hit Sri Lanka.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He, however, acknowledged the challenges that Bangladesh is facing due to global crises.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People of Bangladesh are leading happier lives compared to other countries,\" Momen said while talking to reporters in Sylhet on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Bangladesh has enough dollar reserves and is just maintaining a bit of austerity considering the future crises.</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question, the foreign minister said the Swiss banks do not want to share the information on alleged laundered money from Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, “Whenever we seek information from a country where Bangladeshi money has been laundered the authorities there seem reluctant to provide it. It’s their inherent issue.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said the Finance Ministry sought information from the Swiss banks mentioning names of 67 individuals.</div><div><br></div><div>\"At that time, they provided information on one individual. Information was sought several times,\" Momen said.</div><div><br></div><div>The foreign minister said Switzerland is Bangladesh’s friend and urged them not to provide misinformation, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, earlier in the morning, Momen attended an emergency meeting to solve the airport land acquisition problem at MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 22:56:45', '2022-08-12 22:56:45'),
(1071, 1071, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Several people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday after police opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in several towns in the breakaway Somali region of Somaliland, opposition party members and witnesses said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of people took to the streets in the capital Hargeisa and the cities of Burao and Erigavo after negotiations between the government and opposition parties broke down, with the latter accusing the authorities of seeking to delay a presidential election due in November.</div><div><br></div><div>Protesters carried placards saying \"Hold the election on 13th November 2022\" and chanting anti-government slogans.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Peace can only prevail in Somaliland with the provision of fair and free elections, let those who defend democracy prevail,\" Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, the leader of the main opposition Waddani party, told a crowd in Hargeisa.</div><div><br></div><div>One protest organiser, Ahmed Ismail, told AFP that three people including a woman were killed in Hargeisa, and 34 others admitted to hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Several people including one of the security guards of our party leader were killed, we are still investigating the overall fatalities which can be higher,\" a Waddani member told AFP, requesting anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>One person died in Erigavo during clashes between the protesters and police, eyewitness Abdullahi Mohamud said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The police tried to stop the demonstrators from reaching the main intersection of Erigavo town but the determined protesters overran their blockades,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will not stop these demonstrations... until the president (Muse Bihi Abdi) announces he is ready for the election,\" said Heybe Adan, one of the protesters.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Atrocities\' -</div><div>In a press conference late Thursday, Waddani leader Abdullahi accused the government of committing \"atrocities\" against the protesters.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This was a peaceful demonstration and we have led people who carried only placards and whistles, but the government has committed violations by using excessive power, live bullets, tear gas,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The unrest has sparked worry among some Western nations, with the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Denmark and others releasing a joint statement expressing concern about \"reports of public disorder and the excessive use of force\" during Thursday\'s protests.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We call upon all sides to ensure that both the demonstrations and police response are peaceful and follow the rule of law,\" the statement said, urging all parties to hold talks and \"reach consensus on a roadmap for elections.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The poll is scheduled for November 13, but the opposition has voiced concern that the government is dragging its feet over preparations.</div><div><br></div><div>The government\'s decision to register new political parties ahead of the election also angered Waddani and the opposition Justice and Welfare party (UCID) over fears it will dilute support for them.</div><div><br></div><div>The former British protectorate declared independence from Somalia in 1991 but the move has not been recognised by the international community, leaving the Horn of Africa region of about four million people poor and isolated.</div><div><br></div><div>Somaliland has however remained relatively stable while Somalia has been wracked by decades of civil war, political violence and an Islamist insurgency. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 23:04:00', '2022-08-12 23:04:00'),
(1072, 1072, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A businessman was allegedly stabbed to death by a snatcher while he was withdrawing money from an ATM booth in the city\'s Uttara area early Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as M Sharif Ullah, 44.</div><div><br></div><div>Police has arrested a snatcher who identified as Abdus Samad, 38, from the capital and recovered a blood stained knife from his possession relating to this incident.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"The killing was taken place at Bank ATM Booth located at Sonargaon Janapath road at Uttara sector-11 around 12:30am,\" said Mohammad Mohsin, officer-in-charge (OC) of Uttara-west Police station.</div><div><br></div><div>After the incident, the local people detained the alleged snatcher and handed over him to the police, said the OC.</div><div><br></div><div>Police sources said the snatcher all of a sudden attacked on the right side of the businessman\'s throat with a sharp knife when he was withdrawing cash from the booth during the night on way of returning to his home, leaving him critically injured.</div><div><br></div><div>In one stage, Sharif fell down on the floor and the security guard of the ATM booth shouted and detained the snatcher with the help of locals when he was tried to flee, according to a police case filed by the victim\'s family. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-12 23:33:43', '2022-08-12 23:33:43'),
(1073, 1073, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Philippine migrant workers office on Friday said it shut down an illegal recruitment agency in Manila after discovering it had been listing non-existent jobs in the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kharem’s International, an unregistered and unlicensed company, had listed jobs for domestic workers, beauticians and on-call cleaners in the region, Secretary of the Department of Migrant Workers Susan V. Ople said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the agency’s bogus job offerings were only discovered after unwitting victims complained of being charged placement fees and other ‘advance’ payments.</div><div><br></div><div>Legitimate overseas job offers, as well as the registered and authorized recruitment agencies that handle them, can be verified with the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, or POEA, a government agency responsible for the management of work programs in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Emmanuel S. Geslani, an expert on the Philippine government’s overseas employment program, said the practice of unscrupulous recruitment agencies sending Filipino workers abroad to take up non-existent jobs has been prevalent, and there must be tighter enforcement measures to close these firms.</div><div><br></div><div>“Of course it also has to do with the breakdown of the departure process at airports,” Geslani told Arab News, as recruitment agencies work in cahoots with some dishonest Philippine immigration officials so victims could leave the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“A worker without a properly processed documentation, such as an OEC (Overseas Employment Certificate), cannot just depart from an airport. Even those leaving for Dubai, for example, on the pretext of being tourists can be closely checked as immigration officers have opportunities to interview them, and even authority to hold their departure,” Geslani said.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, six alleged illegal recruiters were also apprehended earlier after offering non-existent overseas jobs to 235 victims.</div><div><br></div><div>One suspect, Vegloure Ragotero, was accosted and apprehended by 109 of her victims after they chanced upon her while they were on their way to file a complaint at the POEA main office.</div><div><br></div><div>Charges of large-scale illegal recruitment, a non-bailable offense under Republic Act No. 10022, otherwise known as the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995, are being prepared against Ragotero and other suspects. - Arab News</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-13 00:33:33', '2022-08-13 00:33:33'),
(1074, 1074, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">While China\'s expanded drills surrounding Taiwan have marked an unprecedented military and political warning against outside interference over the island, they opened a window to gather intelligence for the United States and its allies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The four days of intense drills last week - and extended manoeuvres this week - provide an opportunity to scrutinise the missiles China would use to drive off foreign militaries intervening in any future invasion as well as its command, control and communications systems, regional diplomats and security analysts say.</div><div><br></div><div>And on the strategic intelligence front, the exercises have given a clue to China\'s ability to blockade the island as a prelude or alternative to any invasion, showcasing the firing of ballistic missiles over Taiwan for the first time as well as simulated air and sea attacks on ships on its east coast.</div><div><br></div><div>While acknowledging ongoing data gathering, two U.S. military officials have cautioned that the drills are unlikely to offer the type of in-depth intelligence opportunity provided by other manoeuvres beyond the headlines.</div><div><br></div><div>China is unlikely to display its best tactics and strategies during drills that it knows are being watched closely, said one of the officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.</div><div><br></div><div>The officials said that most of the systems and missiles used by China appear to be known to the United States and allies, so it was unclear how much more could be gleaned on their capabilities over the past few weeks.</div><div><br></div><div>Singapore-based security analyst Collin Koh said rather than weaponry, the drills offered a prime chance to monitor key Chinese elements - China\'s reformed Eastern Theatre Command, its Rocket Force and Strategic Support Force - operating together in a fully coordinated and integrated way.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I fully expect the U.S. to be collecting from a full spectrum - signals, communications and electronic intelligence - it is just a too good opportunity to miss.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"When you collect this kind of data from the other side, it means you can figure out where the vulnerabilities are, and it helps you create your own counter and jamming systems,\" Koh told Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>SHIPS, SUBMARINES, DRONES</div><div>The United States has kept at least four warships east of Taiwan, centred on the USS Reagan aircraft carrier, during the exercises. And while those ships wield a powerful strike threat, they also operate a vast surveillance capability above, across and under vast swathes of ocean.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters confirmed the presence of the ships last week, and they remain around the Philippines Sea east of Taiwan, according to official Twitter feeds.</div><div><br></div><div>Less visibly, U.S., Japanese and Taiwanese submarines and advanced surveillance aircraft are likely to be involved in the intelligence operation as well, analysts and retired intelligence officers say.</div><div><br></div><div>For example, submarines can collect a warship\'s individual acoustic \"signature\" - vital data if a conflict is to ever break out.</div><div><br></div><div>Online trackers of aircraft and ships have also reported the presence of specialist electromagnetic intelligence gathering assets in the area, including powerful U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball aircraft and a missile monitoring ship.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Taiwan also launched its locally produced Albatross reconnaissance drones during the Chinese drills, according to video footage reviewed by Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command did not respond to Reuters questions on the deployment of intelligence gathering assets in the area.</div><div><br></div><div>The Chinese and Taiwanese defence ministries did not respond to Reuters\' questions.</div><div><br></div><div>NO ACTIVE ADVERSARY</div><div>The two U.S. military officials said it would take time to digest any intelligence harvested.</div><div><br></div><div>While the drills appeared to show that Beijing was able to coordinate its military forces from air, land and sea, the exercises could only reveal so much since there wasn\'t an active adversary, they said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Things are easy when you\'re not being shot at,\" one of the officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>The officers pointed to Russia\'s actions in Crimea in 2014 and in Syria over the past few years, which allowed the United States to try and understand Moscow\'s military capabilities. The United States believed that Russian forces would be able to take Kyiv within two to three days, but their estimates were wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, the Pentagon has not changed its assessment that China would be not be militarily capable of staging a successful invasion of Taiwan for five years.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>And the Pentagon\'s number three official said on Monday that despite Chinese exercises, the United States had not changed its view that China was unlikely to try and militarily seize Taiwan in the next two years.</div><div><br></div><div>Trevor Hollingsbee, a former naval intelligence analyst with the British Defence Ministry, said that a key signals intelligence target would be the role of political commissars on ships - an unusual system of Communist Party control compared to Western militaries.</div><div><br></div><div>\"They will be looking for any evidence that the double-headed command system of employing a political officer on Chinese warships has a detrimental and exploitable effect upon combat efficiency,\" Hollingsbee told Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>A statement from China\'s Eastern Theatre Command on Tuesday highlighted precautions. It described early warning and jamming aircraft operating \"under a complex electromagnetic environment to refine joint containment and control capabilities.\"</div><div><br></div><div>On another level, however, China\'s military chiefs might be unafraid of displaying their expertise in conducting such complex, integrated drills, some analysts believe.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We got to observe and monitor a least a glimpse of how they look at doing that sort of thing,\" said Carl Schuster, a Hawaii-based military analyst and a former director of operations at the U.S. Pacific Command\'s joint intelligence centre.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think they wanted us to see it...I think they wanted us to know that this is not the PLA ... of even 10 years ago, they wanted us to know how far they had progressed.\" According to Reuters reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-13 00:41:17', '2022-08-13 00:41:17'),
(1075, 1075, '<div><br></div><div>FBI agents seized records marked \"top secret\" during their search of former president Donald Trump\'s Florida estate, according to documents made public Friday in a probe that includes possible violations of the US Espionage Act.</div><div><br></div><div>The search warrant and related materials, unsealed by a Florida judge, showed agents carted away a significant number of items from the raid, which ignited a political firestorm in an already bitterly divided country.</div><div><br></div><div>mobile-details-after-main-image</div><div>mobile-details-after-main-image</div><div>The warrant, which was personally approved by Attorney General Merrick Garland, authorized the FBI to search the \"45 office\" -- a reference to the 45th US president\'s private office at his Mar-a-Lago residence -- and storage rooms.</div><div><br></div><div>It directed them to seize documents and records \"illegally possessed\" in violation of three criminal statutes, including one falling under the Espionage Act, which makes it a crime to illegally obtain or retain national security information.</div><div><br></div><div>Trump, who is weighing another White House run in 2024, vehemently denounced the FBI raid on his Florida home and claimed that all of the material confiscated during the search had been previously \"declassified.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"They didn\'t need to \'seize\' anything,\" he said in a statement on his Truth Social platform. \"They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Legal experts cautioned that while the warrant cites the Espionage Act, any potential charges remain unclear and Trump is not necessarily suspected of espionage.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Espionage Act encompasses a ton of crimes that have nothing to do with \'spying,\'\" Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, said on Twitter. \"It\'s about unlawful storing of information relating to the national defense.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Orin Kerr, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, agreed, saying the \"Espionage Act is a pretty broad law about mishandling classified documents, not just espionage.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Among the records seized during the raid were documents marked \"Top Secret,\" \"Secret\" and \"Confidential.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the papers were marked \"SCI\" -- sensitive compartmented information -- meaning they were meant to be viewed only in secure government facilities. -AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-13 14:42:06', '2022-08-13 14:42:06'),
(1076, 1076, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">New Delhi: Author Salman Rushdie was stabbed in the neck and abdomen at a literary event in New York, US, on Friday. The 75-year-old author is on ventilator and could lose an eye. Police have identified his attacker.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The author\'s agent said that Salman Rushdie suffered severed nerves in an arm and damage to his liver, and could lose an eye. \"The news is not good,\" Andrew Wylie, his agent, wrote in an email.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged.\"</div><div><br></div><div>New York state police identified his attacker as Hadi Matar, 24, from New Jersey. \"The motive behind the attack remain unclear,\" officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>A preliminary review of Matar\'s social media showed him to be sympathetic to \"Shia extremism\" and the causes of Iran\'s Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).</div><div><br></div><div>Mr Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed by Hadi Matar who rushed to the stage and attacked him. Henry Reese, the interviewer, also suffered a head injury in the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Visuals and images circulating on social media showed some people rushing to the stage and taking the suspect to the ground, before a trooper present at the event arrested him.</div><div><br></div><div>A doctor in the audience administered medical care until emergency first responders arrived. Mr Rushdie was then airlifted to the hospital where he underwent an emergency surgery.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack occurred as Rushdie was about to give a speech at the Chautauqua Institution near the New York city, which holds arts programs. There were around 2,500 people in the audience, who were evacuated later.</div><div><br></div><div>New York governor Kathy Hochul condemned the stabbing and hailed Rushdie as \"an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power.\" \"We condemn all violence, and we want people to be able to feel (the) freedom to speak and to write truth,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>A British citizen of Indian origin - living in the US for the past 20 years - Salman Rushdie has faced threats for decades over his 1988 book, The Satanic Verses. The novel was considered by some clerics as disrespectful to the Prophet Mohammed.</div><div><br></div><div>A reward was put on his head by Iranian top leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini calling for his assassination. He spent nearly a decade in hiding, moving houses repeatedly and being unable to tell his children where he lived. Mr Rushdie began to emerge from his life on the run after the Iranian government in 1998 said it won\'t enforce that \'fatwa\' or edict. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'international Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-13 18:48:38', '2022-08-13 18:48:38'),
(1077, 1077, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Ranveer Singh has been called for questioning by the Mumbai Police later this month in a case registered against him for posting nude photographs of himself on social media.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 37-year-old actor will be called to the Chembur police station on August 22 to \"join the investigation\".</div><div><br></div><div>Personnel of the Chembur police station in the city on Friday visited the actor\'s residence to serve him a notice to join the probe, but were informed that he was not in Mumbai.</div><div><br></div><div>The case was registered on a complaint filed by a city-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).</div><div><br></div><div>The NGO had alleged that the actor hurt the sentiments of women in general and insulted their modesty by posting his nude photographs on social media platforms.</div><div><br></div><div>Late last month, the actor\'s viral photo series for Paper magazine sent the internet into a tizzy. The photoshoot was a tribute to \'70s pop icon Burt Reynolds who also went nude in the 1972 shoot for Cosmopolitan magazine. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'international Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-13 18:56:29', '2022-08-13 18:56:29'),
(1078, 1078, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s military pounded residential areas across Ukraine overnight, claiming gains, as Ukrainian forces pressed a counteroffensive to try to take back an occupied southern region, striking the last working bridge over a river in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Ukrainian authorities said Saturday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A Russian rocket attack on the city of Kramatorsk killed three people and wounded 13 others Friday night, according to the mayor. Kramatorsk is the headquarters for Ukrainian forces in the country\'s war-torn east.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack came less than a day after 11 other rockets were fired at the city, one of the two main Ukrainian-held ones in Donetsk province, the focus of an ongoing Russian offensive to capture eastern Ukraine\'s Donbas region.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Saturday its forces had taken control of Pisky, a village on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk, the provincial capital that pro-Moscow separatists have controlled since 2014.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian troops and the Kremlin-backed rebels are trying to seize Ukrainian-held areas north and west of the city of Donetsk to expand the separatists\' self-proclaimed republic. But the Ukrainian military said Saturday that its forces had prevented an overnight advance toward the smaller cities of Avdiivka and Bakhmut.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov also claimed that Russian strikes near Kramatorsk, 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Donetsk city, destroyed a U.S.-supplied multiple rocket launcher and ammunition. Ukrainian authorities did not acknowledge any military losses but said Russian missile strikes Friday on Kramatorsk had destroyed 20 residential buildings.</div><div>Neither claim could be independently verified.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ukrainian governor of neighboring Luhansk province, part of the Donbas region that was overrun by Russian forces last month, claimed that Ukrainian troops still held a small area in the province.</div><div><br></div><div> Writing on Telegram, Luhansk Gov. Serhii Haidai said the defending troops were holed up inside an oil refinery on the edge of Lysychansk, a city that Moscow claimed to have captured, and also control areas near a village. Source: AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-14 16:17:50', '2022-08-14 16:17:50'),
(1079, 1079, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, marking his 47th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As part of the state program, the prime minister paid homage to the architect of the country’s independence by placing wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu in front of Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road No 32 in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>After placing the wreath, she stood in solemn silence for some time to show profound respect to the great leader.</div><div><br></div><div>A smartly turned out contingent of Bangladesh Armed Forces gave a state salute at that time, while the bugle played a tune of grief and somber to the last post.</div><div><br></div><div>A munajat was also offered seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15 carnage.</div><div><br></div><div>After paying tributes to Bangabandhu, the prime minister visited the historic residence of the Father of the Nation at Dhanmondi Road No. 32 which witnessed the world’s most barbaric carnage on this day 47 years back.</div><div><br></div><div>She stayed in the house, which has now been turned into Bangabandhu Memorial Museum, for a while.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, flanked by senior Awami League (AL) leaders, Sheikh Hasina, also AL President, placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu on behalf of the party.</div><div><br></div><div>The day is being observed across the country as the National Mourning Day.</div><div>Bangabandhu, his spouse Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, his three sons– Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel– and most of the family members of Bangabandhu and his three close relatives were assassinated in cold blood on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 by a group of disgruntled army men.</div><div><br></div><div>Two daughters of Bangabandhu -- incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana -- could escape the carnage as they stayed abroad at that time.</div><div><br></div><div>From Dhanmondi, the premier later went to the Banani Graveyard where her mother Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib, brothers Sheikh Kamal, Sheikh Jamal, and Sheikh Russel and other martyrs of August 15, 1975 were laid to eternal rest.</div><div><br></div><div>She placed wreaths and spread flower petals on their graves.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also offered Fateha and prayed for eternal peace of the departed souls of the martyrs of August 15.</div><div><br></div><div>A smartly turned out contingent of Bangladesh Armed Forces gave a state salute at that time. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 19:51:47', '2022-08-15 19:51:47');
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(1080, 1080, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam received her at Dhanmondi-32.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN rights chief placed a wreath at the portrait of Bangabandhu and signed visitors\' book there.</div><div><br></div><div>She also took a tour to the whole museum and was briefed by the State Minister.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet, who was an elected president of Chile on two occasions (2006 – 2010 and 2014 – 2018), is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet will also join an interactive session on “New Frontiers of Human Rights: Climate Justice in Perspective” with young scholars at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies on Wednesday after her meeting with PM Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>She held meetings with the Cabinet members of the government including Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>The top executive of the UN Human Rights body will also have the opportunity to interact with the forcibly displaced Rohingya people during her trip to Cox’s Bazar, through which she would be equipped with concrete information to press hard the agenda for their repatriation to the ancestral homeland - Rakhine State of Myanmar, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet will make a statement on Wednesday at the end of her visit, said her office.</div><div><br></div><div>She is scheduled to interact with the National Human Rights Commission, youth representatives, leaders of the civil society organizations (CSOs) and the academia during her stay in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet arrived in Dhaka on Sunday morning on a four-day visit as Bangladesh continues “constructive dialogue” with her for the promotion and protection of human rights. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 19:57:53', '2022-08-15 19:57:53'),
(1081, 1081, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is struggling to fulfill the dream of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.&nbsp; &nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is working relentlessly to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as his legacy,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The ruling party leader told the newsmen after paying homage to the graves of martyrs of Aug 15, 1975 at Banani Graveyard&nbsp; in the capital this morning marking the National Mourning Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Quader said Awami League will remain in people’s heart for decades after decades for leading the struggle of independence and liberation of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 20:14:32', '2022-08-15 20:14:32'),
(1082, 1082, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">David Alaba scored with a stunning free-kick immediately after coming on as a substitute as reigning champions Real Madrid came from behind to beat Almeria 2-1 in their opening game of the season in La Liga on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Carlo Ancelotti\'s side trailed to an early goal by Largie Ramazani away against their promoted opponents, but Lucas Vazquez equalised just after the hour mark.</div><div><br></div><div>The winner arrived with 15 minutes remaining at Almeria\'s Power Horse Stadium, as Alaba strode onto the pitch and curled a free-kick in off the upright after Luka Modric had been fouled just outside the box.</div><div><br></div><div>Real were made to work hard for the points against an Almeria side who won last season\'s second-tier title to return to La Liga after a seven-year absence.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We had lots of shots on goal but once we got the first goal it made things much easier for us,\" said Ancelotti.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am happy with the way the game went. We were not spectacular but there were lots of things to take into account, like the game on Wednesday and the heat.\"</div><div><br></div><div>At one point it looked like Madrid might suffer a defeat in their opening league game of the season for the first time since 2008, with Ancelotti\'s decision to rotate his squad not initially paying off.</div><div><br></div><div>The Italian had made five changes to the line-up that started in Wednesday\'s 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Super Cup in Helsinki, when goals by Alaba and Karim Benzema gave the defending European champions the first silverware of the campaign.</div><div><br></div><div>Alaba and Modric were among the players dropped to the bench, while close-season signings Antonio Rudiger and Aurelien Tchouameni were handed first competitive starts for their new club.</div><div>- Rudiger caught out -</div><div><br></div><div>Yet the game was just six minutes old when former Chelsea defender Rudiger was caught out by a ball over the top and Ramazani ran through to beat Thibaut Courtois.</div><div><br></div><div>Ramazani, the 21-year-old Belgian winger who used to be on the books at Manchester United, ran off to celebrate in acrobatic fashion as Saudi-owned Almeria enjoyed a dream start to their top-flight comeback.</div><div><br></div><div>Yet the hosts needed some inspired goalkeeping from Fernando Martinez to keep them ahead into half-time, with the standout save coming low to his left to deny Rudiger five minutes before the break.</div><div><br></div><div>Vazquez then had the ball in the net in the 43rd minute only to be denied by a very tight offside call, but the full-back was the man who dragged the away side back level in the 61st minute as he pounced on a loose ball in the area to score.</div><div><br></div><div>Almeria, who had already seen a hanging Vinicius cross strike the frame of their goal on its way behind before that, soon conceded again.</div><div><br></div><div>When Modric was fouled just outside the box by Rodrigo Ely, Austrian defender Alaba was waiting on the sideline for the chance to come on.</div><div><br></div><div>The break in play allowed him to replace Ferland Mendy, and he came straight on to take the free-kick and score in stunning fashion to complete the latest comeback from Ancelotti\'s team.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Japan star Takefusa Kubo marked his Real Sociedad debut by scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win at Cadiz.</div><div><br></div><div>Kubo, 21, moved to San Sebastian last month on a five-year deal from Real Madrid, after never managing to break into the first team at the Santiago Bernabeu.</div><div><br></div><div>Signed by Madrid from FC Tokyo as an 18-year-old in 2019, he was farmed out on loan to Mallorca, Villarreal and then Getafe, before returning to Mallorca last season.</div><div><br></div><div>Carlos Soler\'s penalty gave Valencia a 1-0 win over promoted Girona in their first La Liga outing under new coach Gennaro Gattuso.</div><div><br></div><div>Valencia held on after having Swiss defender Eray Comert send off early in the second half.</div><div><br></div><div>Barcelona were held to a 0-0 draw by Rayo Vallecano in their opening game at the Camp Nou on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Atletico Madrid begin their campaign away at Getafe in one of three matches to be played on Monday. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 20:49:56', '2022-08-15 20:49:56'),
(1083, 1083, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality continues to be in the \'moderate\' zone, all thanks to intermittent monsoon showers.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With an air quality index (AQI) score of 84 at 09:00am, the densely populated metropolis ranked 12th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Arab Emirates Dubai, Peru’s Lima and Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 310, 155 and 151, respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>An AQI between 50 and 100 is considered ‘moderate’ with an acceptable air quality. However, there may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, an AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div><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>With the advent of winter, the city’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction work, rundown roads, brick kilns and other sources.</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/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 21:18:12', '2022-08-15 21:18:12'),
(1084, 1084, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Salman Rushdie is on the road to recovery and showing signs of his \"feisty and defiant\" self, family and friends said Sunday, days after a shocking assault left him on a ventilator with multiple stab wounds.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Just hours after Friday\'s attack at a literary event in western New York state, the British author had undergone emergency surgery for potentially life-threatening injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>But his condition, while still serious, has since shown clear signs of improvement and he no longer requires assisted breathing.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He\'s off the ventilator, so the road to recovery has begun,\" his agent Andrew Wylie said in a statement. \"It will be long; the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The prize-winning writer -- who spent years under police protection after Iranian leaders called for Rushdie\'s killing over his portrayal of Islam and the Prophet Mohammed in his novel \"The Satanic Verses\" -- was about to be interviewed as part of a lecture series when a man rushed the stage and stabbed him repeatedly in the neck and abdomen.</div><div><br></div><div>The suspected assailant, 24-year-old Hadi Matar from New Jersey, was wrestled to the ground by staff and other audience members before being taken into police custody.</div><div><br></div><div>He was later arraigned in court and pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges. He is scheduled to appear again on August 19.</div><div><br></div><div>Rushdie\'s son said the family was \"extremely relieved\" that his father was breathing unaided and had been able to \"say a few words.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Though his life-changing injuries are severe, his usual feisty and defiant sense of humor remains intact,\" Zafar Rushdie said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The event host, who was on stage with Rushdie and was also injured in the attack, said he initially thought it was a practical joke -- until he realized his famous guest was bleeding.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It was very difficult to understand. It looked like a sort of bad prank and it didn\'t have any sense of reality. And then, when there was blood behind him, it became real,\" Henry Reese, his face heavily bandaged, told CNN in an interview.</div><div><br></div><div>- Questions surround suspect -</div><div><br></div><div>Police and prosecutors have provided scant information about Matar\'s background or the possible motivation behind the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Matar\'s family appears to come from the village of Yaroun in southern Lebanon, though he was born in the United States, according to a Lebanese official.</div><div><br></div><div>The 75-year-old Rushdie had been living under an effective death sentence since 1989.</div><div><br></div><div>That was when Iran\'s then-supreme leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a religious decree, or fatwa, ordering Muslims to kill the writer for what he deemed the blasphemous nature of \"The Satanic Verses.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Rushdie, who was born in India in 1947, moved to New York two decades ago and became a US citizen in 2016. Despite the continued threat to his life, he was increasingly seen in public - often without noticeable security.</div><div><br></div><div>In an interview given to Germany\'s Stern magazine days before Friday\'s attack, he had described how his life had resumed a degree of normality following his relocation from Britain.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Appalled\' -</div><div><br></div><div>\"Ever since I\'ve been living in America... really there hasn\'t been a problem in all that time,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The stabbing triggered international outrage from politicians, literary figures and ordinary people.</div><div><br></div><div>US President Joe Biden called it a \"vicious\" attack and praised Rushdie for \"his refusal to be intimidated or silenced.\" British leader Boris Johnson said he was \"appalled.\"</div><div><br></div><div>But the attack also drew applause from Islamist hardliners in Iran and Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Iranian state media had \"gloated\" about the attack. \"This is despicable,\" he said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Matar is being held without bail and has been formally charged with second-degree attempted murder and assault with a weapon. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 21:51:45', '2022-08-15 21:51:45'),
(1085, 1085, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his mausoleum in Gopalganj on his 47th martyrdom anniversary and the National Mourning Day.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After laying the wreath, the prime minister stood in solemn silence for some times as a mark of profound respect to the memory of the architect of the independence, who was brutally killed by some disgruntled army men on the dreadful night of Aug 15, 1975 along with most of his family members.</div><div><br></div><div>A smartly turned out contingent drawn from the armed forces gave a state salute on the occasion, while the bugle played the last post.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier then offered Fateha and munajat at the grave seeking eternal peace of departed souls of the Father of the Nation, Bangamata Begum Fazilatun Nesa Mujib and other martyrs of Aug 15, 1975 massacre.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayers were also offered seeking continued peace, progress and prosperity of the nation.</div><div><br></div><div>Flanked by senior Awami League (AL) leaders, Sheikh Hasina, also AL President, later placed a wreath at the grave of Bangabandhu on behalf of the party.</div><div><br></div><div>Leaders of different associate bodies of AL also placed wreaths at the grave.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister along with cabinet members, party leaders and workers will also join a milad and doa mahfil on the mausoleum premises marking the National Mourning Day.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Sheikh Hasina arrived in Tungipara, the ancestral home of Bangabandhu, by an Air Force helicopter after placing wreaths at the portrait of the Father of the Nation at Dhanmondi 32 in Dhaka as part of the national programme on the day.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister also went to the Banani graveyard in city and spread flower petals on the graves of the martyrs of the Aug 15 carnage and offered fateha and joined a munajat there. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 21:54:54', '2022-08-15 21:54:54'),
(1086, 1086, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to raise millions out of poverty and turn India into a developed country in the next quarter-century as he marked 75 years since independence from British rule.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Wearing a flowing, cream-colored turban printed with small stripes of orange, white and green, Modi addressed the country Monday from New Delhi’s 17th-century Mughal-era Red Fort, saying the world was looking toward India to help resolve global issues.</div><div><br></div><div>Modi said the journey of the past 75 years had seen ups and downs with India battling against all odds with resilience and perseverance. He asked people to remove any trace of colonial mindset.</div><div><br></div><div>U.S. President Joe Biden, in a statement celebrating Indian Independence Day, said the two countries are indispensable partners grounded in a shared commitment to the rule of law and the promotion of human freedom and dignity.</div><div><br></div><div>Biden said he was confident that “the two countries will continue to stand together to defend the rules-based order; foster greater peace, prosperity and security for our people; advance a free and open Indo-Pacific; and together address the challenges we face around the world.”</div><div><br></div><div>Modi said India will be guided by the ideals of self-reliance and the spirit of international partnership to attain excellence in science and technology, set up industries, and attain food and energy security. He said billions of dollars in investment were flowing into the country turning it into a manufacturing hub.</div><div><br></div><div>India’s efforts have already launched the country of 1.4 billion people into the ranks of leading countries in information technology, pharmacy, space science and civil nuclear energy.</div><div><br></div><div>Modi said millions of people across the country were commemorating the 75th anniversary of independence by hoisting orange, white and green national flags at their homes and businesses for three days as part of a government campaign “of awakening the spirit of patriotism in every heart.” India’s Parliament House, the presidential palace, national monuments and other government offices blazed with multi-colored lighting.</div><div><br></div><div>The main opposition Congress party accused the Modi government of leaving opposition parties out of celebrations.</div><div><br></div><div>“There were special functions in Parliament’s historic Central Hall to mark the 25th, 50th and 60th anniversary of India’s independence,” said Jairam Ramesh, an India National Congress party spokesperson. “Sadly, nothing like that has been organized for the 75th anniversary, which has been reduced to an occasion to glorify the Sarvagyaani,” using a term meaning “a person who knows all” in reference to Modi.</div><div><br></div><div>In his 80-minute speech, Modi made no reference to India’s tense ties with immediate neighbors Pakistan and China, nor any steps to improve relations.</div><div><br></div><div>He called for unity to move forward but didn’t respond to experts and critics who say the country has been gradually departing from some commitments and argue the backsliding has accelerated since Modi came to power in 2014.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>They accuse his populist government of using unbridled political power to undermine democratic freedoms and preoccupying itself with pursuing a Hindu nationalist agenda.</div><div><br></div><div>Modi pledged to fight corruption and nepotism in the country’s politics, which he said were acting as termites eating away the gains of development. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 22:47:17', '2022-08-15 22:47:17'),
(1087, 1087, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">West Indies handed New Zealand their first limited-overs defeat of the year in cruising to a consolation eight-wicket win in the third and final T20 International at Sabina Park on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Odean Smith improved on his career-best T20I bowling figures for the third time in four matches as the fast bowling all-rounder claimed three for 29.</div><div><br></div><div>That helped limit the Black Caps to 145 for seven after captain Kane Williamson chose to bat first.</div><div><br></div><div>New Zealand had already wrapped up the series by margins of 13 and 90 runs in the first two matches.</div><div><br></div><div>West Indies\' platform for the comfortable win was established by openers Shamarh Brooks (56 not out) and Brandon King (53) in a 102-run opening stand.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This was special, being able to give this performance at home,\" said King on receiving the man of the match award for his 35-ball innings.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My job is the same no matter what total we are chasing, which is to get the team off to a good start.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Leading the side in the absence of regular captain Nicholas Pooran, Rovman Powell sealed victory in style off the last ball of the 19th over as the home side reached 150 for two.</div><div><br></div><div>New Zealand struggled to establish any sort of batting momentum although Glen Phillips was again in prime form, top-scoring with 41 off 26 balls before falling to Smith at the start of the 17th over.</div><div><br></div><div>\"West Indies adapted to the conditions nicely and we just couldn\'t open up an end with the ball,\" Williamson conceded.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our focus is to achieve consistency in our performances.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein, rested from the first two matches of the series, claimed two for 28.</div><div><br></div><div>He claimed the first wicket of the match when he bowled Martin Guptill in the third over.</div><div><br></div><div>This was a disappointing series for the veteran opener but with Sunday\'s score of 15 he at least had the satisfaction of raising his overall T20I run tally to 3,497, ten more than India captain Rohit Sharma as the top run-getter in all T20I cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>The two teams now play a three-match One-Day International series beginning on Wednesday in Barbados. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-15 23:54:45', '2022-08-15 23:54:45'),
(1088, 1088, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Fire fighters recovered six charred bodies from a&nbsp; plastic factory in Kamalbag area of Old Dhaka’s Chawkbazar that caught fire Monday noon.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The identities of the deceased couldn\'t be ascertained immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Shahjahan Shikdar, Deputy assistant director (media cell) of fire service and civil defense headquarters, told UNB that they recovered the bodies from the debris after the blaze was tamed.</div><div><br></div><div>The rescue operation is still underway, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The fire started around 12 pm but the origin could not be known immediately, said Anwarul Islam, Wearhouse Inspector (Media cell) of fire service and civil defense headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>On information, 10 firefighting units rushed to the spot and brought the blaze under control around 2:20pm, added the inspector. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 00:36:38', '2022-08-16 00:36:38'),
(1089, 1089, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five people including a child were killed as an under-construction BRT project\'s flyover viaduct fell on a private car in Uttara of the the capital. Another person was injured in the accident, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The tragic scene took place in front of Aarong in Uttara Jasim Uddin area on Monday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>After the fall of viaduct, two persons were rescued from the car alive. Later, one of them succumbed to injuries.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>OC of Uttara West Police Station Mohammad Mohsin confirmed the incident to the media.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 01:28:08', '2022-08-16 01:28:08'),
(1090, 1090, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Natore court on Monday sent the husband of college teacher Khairun Nahar, who was found dead at her flat in Natore, to jail in a case filed over the death.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The accused is Mamun Hossain, a second year student Bachelor Degree of Arts (B.A. Pass Course) of Nawab Siraj-Ud-Dowla Government College.</div><div><br></div><div>Senior Judicial Magistrate Moslem Uddin passed the order after turning down his bail plea, said Investigation Officer (IO) AJ Mintu, sub-inspector of Natore Sadar police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in the day, Mamun was arrested under the Special Powers Act and handed over to the court police.</div><div><br></div><div>A case was filed at Natore Sadar police station on Sunday night, said the SI.</div><div><br></div><div>The college teacher Khairun Nahar, 42, who married Mamun last year, was found dead at her rented flat in Boladipara area of the district town on Sunday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was an assistant professor of Philosophy department of Khubjipur Mozammel Haque Degree College in Gurudaspur upazila of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Police detained Mamun immediately for interrogation in this connection.</div><div><br></div><div>Mamun claimed that Khairun committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan with her scarf. Later he brought down her body by setting fire to the scarf&nbsp; as he found nothing to cut it off, said Abul Kalam Azad, inspector (investigation) of Natore Sadar Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, caretaker of the house Khalil told the police that Mamun left the house around 2:00am and returned after an hour.</div><div><br></div><div>Then in the morning he called the caretaker informing that his wife Khairun committed suicide.</div><div><br></div><div>Subsequently, the caretaker informed the matter to the house owner, putting Mamun under lock and key in the flat till police arrived. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 02:15:35', '2022-08-16 02:15:35'),
(1091, 1091, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh team management pondered makeshift opening pair in the upcoming Asia Cup, considering the fact that they included just two recognized openers in the squad for the regional tournament which will be held in T20 format.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two recognized openers-Anamul Haque Bijoy and Parvez Emon-however, were not as successful as the team management expected, which left their chance in the first XI in limbo.</div><div><br></div><div>Basically, the injury and off form of some key players left a huge void in the opening slot for this tournament.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There are two recognized openers in the squad in Bijoy and Emon but there are some who opened the innings in local cricket. It might be Mushfiqur Rahim or Shakib Al Hasan. May be we can try with Mehidy Hasan Miraz and Mahedi Hasan also. So we have so many options to ponder for the Asia Cup,\" team director Khaled Mahmud Sujon said when his attention was drawn to the opening pair of the Bangladesh team.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib Al Hasan had the opportunity to open the innings once in international cricket-- last year against the West Indies in the T20 World Cup. He opened the innings after 367 matches in his International career but scored just 9. That was the only time he opened the innings.</div><div><br></div><div>Mushfiqur however never played as an opener in his career so far. But Mirazand Mahedi Hasan has the experience to open the innings. Mahedi in fact almost regularly opened the innings in the shortest format of the cricket in the domestic circuit.</div><div><br></div><div>In the three-match series against Zimbabwe, the team has a number of openers, but the Asia Cup squad has the opposite picture. Although there are many options for the middle order, no additional opener has been kept in the team. For this, the team management has to think of alternatives.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s not that we are not thinking about alternatives but no point of thinking options if everything goes according to plan,\" Mahmud added.</div><div><br></div><div>In the last Asia Cup, which was held in the ODI format, when Bangladesh\'s opening pair failed consecutively, captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza opened the final game against India with Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan Miraz and the decision proved to be a masterstroke as the pair shared a hundred plus runs partnership. Bangladesh eventually lost the game but not before putting up a huge fight against the mighty Indians. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 02:22:08', '2022-08-16 02:22:08'),
(1092, 1092, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Another 96 dengue patients were hospitalised across the country in 24 hours till Monday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Among them, 69 patients were hospitalised in Dhaka while 27 in other places, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>As many as 397 dengue patients including 327 in the capital are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, this year\'s death toll from the mosquito-borne viral disease rose to 16 with one more death reported from Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the total deaths, 10 were reported from Cox’s Bazar while six from Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 21, the DGHS reported the first death of the season from the viral disease.</div><div><br></div><div>In July, the country reported 1,571 dengue cases with nine deaths.</div><div><br></div><div>This year, the DGHS has recorded 3,855 dengue cases and 3,442 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 02:30:14', '2022-08-16 02:30:14'),
(1093, 1093, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Oil prices slumped more than five percent Monday on the rising prospects of a return of Iranian oil to the market and data showing China\'s economic recovery stuttering under Covid-19 restrictions and a slumping property sector.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Stock markets drifted lower and the dollar traded mixed as investors welcomed signs of cooling US inflation, which nevertheless remains at the highest level in decades.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It\'s been an underwhelming start to the week in financial markets with the eternal optimism of investors clashing with the reality of Chinese economic data,\" noted OANDA senior market analyst Craig Erlam.</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s central bank slashed key interest rates in a surprise move Monday as a raft of data showed weakness in the world\'s second-largest economy.</div><div><br></div><div>The figures showed China\'s industrial production and retail sales growth for July came in lower than expected.</div><div><br></div><div>Industrial production was up 3.8 percent year-on-year, but down from 3.9 percent in June and well below analysts\' forecasts.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The risk of stagflation in the world economy is rising, and the foundation for domestic economic recovery is not yet solid,\" China\'s National Bureau of Statistics warned.</div><div><br></div><div>Stagflation refers to long-running high inflation combined with rising unemployment and weak growth.</div><div><br></div><div>Beijing\'s rigid adherence to a zero-Covid strategy has held back economic recovery as snap lockdowns and long quarantines batter business activity and a recovery in consumption.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This weakness in the Chinese economy comes against the struggle to adapt to a zero-Covid policy, which the government shows little sign of relaxing, against a backdrop of rising cases,\" said CMC Markets analyst Michael Hewson.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Problems in the property sector also aren\'t helping, where many home buyers are halting mortgage payments in protest at delays to the completion of new homes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Iran talks -</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Iran\'s foreign minister said Tehran will deliver its \"final\" proposal later Monday on talks to revive its 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, after Washington had accepted key demands.</div><div><br></div><div>A deal would mean that Iran\'s crude output of 2.5 million barrels per day would no longer be under international sanctions and help relieve supply constraints that have been pushing up prices.</div><div><br></div><div>Oil prices, which had already been sharply lower on the Chinese data, pushed even further lower and recording daily drops of more than five percent.</div><div><br></div><div>Europe\'s main equity markets were lower in afternoon trading while Wall Street stocks fell back at the opening bell.</div><div><br></div><div>Market analyst Fawad Razaqzada at City Index and FOREX.com said talk of a US recession is back after a key manufacturing survey plunged into the negative, a signal of worsening business conditions.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Markets are also keenly awaiting the release Wednesday of the minutes from the Fed\'s last policy meeting in July for clues to the US central bank\'s interest rate plans.</div><div><br></div><div>Investors are concerned that after successive three-quarter point raises any further increases of a similar magnitude could choke off economic recovery.</div><div><br></div><div>The negative reading for the new orders question on the New York Federal Reserve\'s Empire State Manufacturing Survey, compared to the positive result from July, shows that the interest rate hikes may already be having an effect on slowing activity that has fuelled inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>Patrick O\'Hare, analyst at Briefing.com, called lower stock prices a reflection \"of weakening demand that comes with a weakening economy, and, by extension, a weakening in earnings growth prospects.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Key figures at around 1330 GMT -</div><div><br></div><div>Brent North Sea crude: DOWN 5.1 percent at $93.15 per barrel</div><div><br></div><div>West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 5.3 percent at $87.23 per barrel</div><div><br></div><div>New York - Dow: DOWN 0.5 percent at 33,610.11</div><div><br></div><div>London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.2 percent at 7,483.26 points</div><div><br></div><div>Frankfurt - DAX: DOWN 0.2 percent at 13,769.73</div><div><br></div><div>Paris - CAC 40: DOWN less than 0.1 percent at 6,550.45</div><div><br></div><div>EURO STOXX 50: FLAT at 3,776.02</div><div><br></div><div>Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 1.1 percent at 28,871.78 (close)</div><div><br></div><div>Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.7 percent at 20,040.86 (close)</div><div><br></div><div>Shanghai - Composite: FLAT at 3,276.09 (close)</div><div><br></div><div>Euro/dollar: DOWN at $1.0223 from $1.0261 Friday</div><div><br></div><div>Pound/dollar: DOWN at $1.2106 from $1.2135</div><div><br></div><div>Euro/pound: DOWN at 84.43 pence from 84.53 pence</div><div><br></div><div>Dollar/yen: DOWN at 132.63 yen from 133.50 yen - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 02:33:06', '2022-08-16 02:33:06'),
(1094, 1094, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The appellate division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday annulled a High Court order that declared the houses built for the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker on the premises of Jatiya Sangsad as illegal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A three-judge bench, led by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddque, passed the order in the wake of a writ petition.</div><div><br></div><div>Barrister Tanjib Ul Alam represented the petitioner’s side, while Additional Attorney General Sheikh Mohammad Morshed appeared for the state during the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2003, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and the Institute of Architects filed a writ petition in the High Court challenging the legality of the construction of the two houses on the Parliament premises, citing violation of the original design by renowned architect Louis I Kahn.</div><div><br></div><div>Construction work began in 2002.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 21, 2004, the High Court passed an order on the petition saying the construction of the new buildings were illegal and directed to declare the National Parliament House as \"national heritage\".</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the appellate division suspended the High Court’s order after an appeal from the state and granted them leave to appeal against the order.</div><div><br></div><div>Subsequently, the state\'s lawyers submitted a regular appeal against the High Court’s order. In the meantime, the construction of the residential buildings of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker was completed.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2015, during a hearing on the appeal, the appellate division asked the state to present the original design of Louis I Kahn, which it did later. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 19:59:27', '2022-08-16 19:59:27'),
(1095, 1095, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 20 people were burnt to death and six others injured after a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker near the Jalalpur Pirwala district of Pakistan\'s eastern Punjab province, local media reported.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the reports, the accident took place at the motorway in the wee hours of Tuesday when both vehicles caught fire following a collision, resulting in the killing of 18 passengers on the spot.</div><div><br></div><div>Afterward, motorway police and rescue teams reached the site and started the rescue operation, local media said. During the operation, eight people who had been rescued in injured condition were shifted to a hospital where two succumbed to their wounds during treatment, local media said, adding that 18 dead bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of the bus.</div><div><br></div><div>Rescue workers told media that 26 people, including a driver and a conductor, were traveling on the bus while it was going from Punjab\'s capital city Lahore to the country\'s southern port city of Karachi.</div><div><br></div><div>Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan, mainly due to poorly maintained vehicles, dilapidated roads as well as negligence of road safety measures. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 20:37:21', '2022-08-16 20:37:21'),
(1096, 1096, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her government mulls further steps to bring down essentials\' prices to keep them within ordinary consumers tolerable level.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Price of essentials has gone up. I belief, it is urgently need to take more measures to bring down the price of essentials to tolerable level,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister was presiding over the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting joining virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Her cabinet colleagues were present at the meeting at NEC conference room in city.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier expressed her apprehension that disastrous incidents might be organised in the country as conspiracy is usually hatched here whenever any move is taken to change the fate of the masses</div><div><br></div><div>She asked all to remain alert about the disastrous something for the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said they can realise people\'s sufferings due to fresh surge of essentials prices due to the global situation.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I know essentials price has increased due to recent hike in fuel price for global situation. The lower, lower middle, middle and fixed income groups\' people are suffering from essentials price hike. We can realise that,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>To ease the public sufferings, the prime minister said her government is going to sell rice at Tk 15 per kilogram (from September 1) to 50 lakhs families alongside taking measures to sell essentials in a fixed price to one crore families through family cards.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We believe we have to take some more measures so the commoners will not suffer from price hike. We are doing politics for the people and we feel hurt if they go through pain,\" she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said the price of essentials has shown increasing trend across the globe due to the Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter sanctions alongside the ongoing Coronavirus situation, reports BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everything has gone out of our purchasing capacity after imposing sanctions (due to disruption of supplying food), though we have the ability of purchasing,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 21:19:06', '2022-08-16 21:19:06'),
(1097, 1097, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from this season\'s floods in the country rose to 139 with another death in Rangpur in 24 hours till Tuesday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The total deaths were recorded from May 17 to August 15, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>Of the deceased, 78 were from Sylhet, 43 from Mymensingh, 17 from Rangpur and one from Dhaka division.</div><div><br></div><div>One hundred and eight people drowned in floodwaters, 18 died by lightning strikes, three from snake bites, one from diarrhoea, and nine others due to other reasons.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 33,186 people were hit by floods during the same period.</div><div><br></div><div>Thirty-seven upazilas, including 33 in Sylhet, three in Rangpur and one in Chattogram divisions were affected by floods.</div><div><br></div><div>Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar were the worst-hit districts, with 13, 11 and five upazilas affected by floods respectively. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 21:50:43', '2022-08-16 21:50:43'),
(1098, 1098, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bipasha Basu and husband Karan Singh Grover are expecting their first child together. Bipasha announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;She wrote: \"A new time, a new phase, a new light adds another unique shade to our prism of life. Making us a little more whole than we used to be.We began this life individually and then we met each other and from then we were two. Too much love for only two, seemed a little unfair for us to see...so soon, we who once were two will now become three.A creation manifested by our love, our baby will join us soon and add to our glee. Thank you all, for your unconditional love, your prayers and good wishes as they are and will always be a part of us. Thank you for being a part of our lives and manifesting with us another beautiful life, our baby. Durga Durga.\" Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 22:51:13', '2022-08-16 22:51:13'),
(1099, 1099, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved a total of six projects involving Taka 2,504.75 crore.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The approval came from the ECNEC meeting with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.</div><div><br></div><div>The Premier joined the meeting virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence while ministers, state ministers, planning commission members and secretaries concerned attended the meeting from the NEC Conference Room in the city\'s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area.</div><div><br></div><div>Briefing reporters after the meeting, Planning Minister MA Mannan said a total of six projects were approved today involving an overall estimated cost of Taka 2,504.75 crore.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the approved six projects, three are new while the rest three projects are revised ones, he said, adding: \"Of the total project cost, Taka 1,628.13 crore will come from the government while Taka 876.62 crore as project assistance.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He said the approved projects include two projects under the Road Transport and Highways Division, one project under Shipping Ministry, one under the Housing and Public Works Ministry, one under the Industries Ministry and another one under the Agriculture Ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Planning Dr Shamsul Alam, Planning Commission members and secretaries concerned were also present at the briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>Mannan informed that Roads and Highways Department under the Road Transport and Highways Division will implement the \"Proper Upgradation of Sonapur- Kabirhat-Companiganj (Basurhat)-Dagonbhuiya Regional Highway (R-148)\" Project with a cost of Taka 457.02 crore by June 2025.</div><div><br></div><div>He informed that the Roads and Highways Department will also implement another project titled \"Construction of Chunkuri Bridge over Chunkuri River at 28th km of Gallamari-Batiaghata-Dakop-Nalyan Forest Road (Z-7606)\" with a cost of Taka 745.33 crore by June 2027.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The other projects approved in the meeting are \"Establishment of Ashuganj Inland Container River Port\" project (1st revision) with Taka 458 crore, \"Construction of road along Karnaphuli River from Kalurghat Bridge to Chaktai Canal\" project (2nd revision) with Taka 469.15 crore,\" BSCIC Printing Industrial City\" project (1st revision) with Taka 125.85 crore and \"Irrigation Extension Project through Conservation of Canal Water in Barendra Area-2nd Phase\" Project with Taka 249.40 crore. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-16 23:29:06', '2022-08-16 23:29:06');
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(1100, 1100, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A star-studded rivalry exploded before half-time in Paris Saint-Germain\'s 5-2 win over Montpellier.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>PSG were 1-0 up after a Falaye Sacko own goal and a Montpellier handball in the box gave them chance to extend the gap with a penalty.</div><div><br></div><div>Kylian Mbappe had taken and missed a penalty in the 23rd minute and wanted to make amends but it was Neymar who took the ball.</div><div><br></div><div>Mbappe asked for the ball from Vitinha, who ignored him as Lionel Messi watched in disbelief in the background. The French striker wanted to take the penalty but the Brazilian wasn\'t going to make half a gesture to make it happen. The penalty was Ney\'s and it was staying that way.</div><div><br></div><div>With the ball already on the penalty spot and Neymar standing over it, Mbappe approached him and attempted to talk him round, but Neymar barely had one ear open to his appeals.</div><div><br></div><div>And his celebration with his tongue out as soon as he scored the spot-kick is also open to interpretation. There\'s trouble at PSG.</div><div><br></div><div>The fact is that it\'s raining on PSG\'s parade. The battle of egos between their forwards is not new... nor is it likely to come to an end soon.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2017 Neymar had his ups and downs with Edinson Cavani when it came to sharing penalties, which ended up being resolved amicably but still left a bad image of the fractured relations in the dressing room. Source: Marca</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 00:32:41', '2022-08-17 00:32:41'),
(1101, 1101, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) declared the construction of houses for speaker and deputy speaker in Jatiya Sangsad (JS) area legal.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The apex court came up with the judgment, allowing a state appeal against the 2004 High Court verdict that had declared the construction of the houses as illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Appeal is allowed,\" the three-member apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Because of today\'s judgment, the houses built for speaker and deputy speaker are recognized as legal,\" Additional Attorney General Sheikh Mohammad Morshed told newsmen.</div><div><br></div><div>The construction of the houses started in 2002. Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon filed a writ petition against the construction for allegedly violating the main plan of architect Louis I Kahn. The High Court in 2004 declared the construction as illegal.</div><div><br></div><div>The state after that filed its appeal, challenging the High Court verdict. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 00:50:20', '2022-08-17 00:50:20'),
(1102, 1102, '<div><br></div><div>Ukraine called for new sanctions on Russia and highlighted the risks and consequences of a catastrophe at Europe\'s biggest nuclear plant, where fresh shelling nearby has reignited a blame game between both sides.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian and Russian-installed officials have traded accusations over who is responsible for attacks close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southern Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned Russian soldiers that if they attack the site in the now Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar, or use it as a base to shoot from, then they will become a \"special target\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"If through Russia\'s actions a catastrophe occurs the consequences could hit those who for the moment are silent,\" he said in a late Monday-night address, calling for new sanctions on Russia\'s nuclear sector.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If now the world does not show strength and decisiveness to defend one nuclear power station, it will mean that the world has lost.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The world nuclear watchdog has warned of a disaster if the fighting does not stop.</div><div><br></div><div>Vladimir Rogov, a Russia-installed official in Enerhodar, said on Monday about 25 heavy artillery strikes from US-made M777 howitzers had hit near the nuclear plant and residential areas during a two-hour period.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia\'s Interfax news agency, quoting the press service of Enerhodar\'s Russian-appointed administration, said Ukrainian forces had opened fire, with blasts near the power plant.</div><div><br></div><div>But according to the head of the administration of the Nikopol district, which lies across the river from Enerhodar and remains under Ukrainian control, it was Russian forces that had shelled the city to try to make it appear that Ukraine was attacking it.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Russians think they can force the world to comply with their conditions by shelling the Zaporizhzhia NPP (nuclear power plant),\" Andriy Yermak, chief of the Ukrainian presidential staff, wrote on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces continued to shell towns and cities - Velika Kostryumka in the south and Marhanets - opposite the Zaporizhhia nuclear power plant, according to a report from the south district of the Ukrainian armed forces on Facebook.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian forces killed 23 Russian soldiers and destroyed two reinforced positions, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Reuters could not immediately verify battlefield reports.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations says it has the logistics and security capacity to support a visit by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if both Russia and Ukraine agree.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu held a phone call with Guterres to discuss conditions for the safe functioning of the plant, the ministry said on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In close cooperation with the agency and its leadership, we will do everything necessary for the IAEA specialists to be at the station and give a truthful assessment of the destructive actions of the Ukrainian side,\" Russia\'s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.</div><div><br></div><div>But Igor Vishnevetsky, deputy head of the foreign ministry\'s nuclear proliferation and arms control department, was later quoted as saying it would be too dangerous for any IAEA mission to travel through the capital Kyiv to inspect the plant.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Imagine what it means to pass through Kyiv - it means they get to the nuclear plant through the front line,\" RIA news agency quoted Vishnevetsky.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine, where parliament on Monday extended martial law for a further three months, has said for weeks it is planning a counteroffensive to recapture Zaporizhzhia and neighbouring Kherson province, the largest part of the territory Russia seized after its Feb 24 invasion and still holds. - Reuters</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 02:47:04', '2022-08-17 02:47:04'),
(1103, 1103, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that the countries which teach lessons, raise questions about human rights and impose sanctions have given shelter to the killers of Bangabandhu and most of his family members.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“They (countries) give us lessons (on human rights), but they are protecting the killers of my father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, my mother, brothers, women and children,” she said at a discussion meeting organized by Awami League (AL).</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, also the president of ruling AL, chaired the meeting held at city’s Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC), marking the National Mourning Day and the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>“Where are our human rights? What answer would we get?” she posed the question.</div><div><br></div><div>“They (countries) are busy with the human rights of those who nurtured killers, human rights violators, murderers or some militants, terrorists,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>And BNP is their patronizer and nurturer, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina asked those raising questions to the government about human rights - “Where were our human rights after the August 15, 1975 killings? I’ve lost my near and dear ones. They were my father and mother”.</div><div><br></div><div>“We had no right to seek justice. Even, I could not file a case (due to the indemnity given to the killers),” she said, adding: “Why couldn’t I seek trial (of the killers). Am I not a citizen of this country?”</div><div><br></div><div>AL General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, MP delivered the introductory speech.</div><div><br></div><div>AL Advisory Council members Amir Hossain Amu, MP and Tofail Ahmed, MP, AL Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, MP, Jahangir Kabir Nanak, Abdur Rahman and Advocate Md. Qamrul Islam, MP, AL Joint-General Secretary and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud, MP, AL Liberation War Affairs Secretary Advocate Mrinal Kanti Das, MP, Dhaka South AL President freedom fighter Abu Ahmed Mannafi and Dhaka North AL President Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, among others, also spoke.</div><div><br></div><div>AL Publicity and Publication Affairs Secretary Dr. Abdus Sobhan Golap, MP moderated the discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>At the outset, one-minute silence was observed to pay tribute to the martyrs of August 15, 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister also came down heavily on the then Awami League front ranking leaders as they didn\'t protest and talk against the brutal killing of Bangabandhu and his other family members.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, “There were so many slogans, where did all those people go? There was not a single person who would have come in front showing courage, there was not a single person to protest that killing, why they couldn’t do that?”</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said Awami League was a huge party, there were so many supporters and leaders, but not a single person showed that guts to speak against the killing.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that the body of Bangabandhu remained laid down on the floor of Dhanmondi 32 number house from August 15 to August 16.</div><div><br></div><div>“He (Bangabandhu) didn’t take anything with him, rather he gave everything for his people, he gave a country, a nation, identity and self-identity for the people,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, the eldest child of Father of the Nation, said that the “kafon” (shroud) of Bangabandhu was prepared with the relief clothes which were supposed to be donated to the poor persons of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She, with an emotion choked voice, said: “My father, mother, brothers and sisters didn’t take anything with them,” adding, “Even their namaz-e-janaza was not held.”</div><div><br></div><div>“I have a question - many leaders are here (at the BICC), Father of the Nation phoned many of them, what they did?” she continued.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that everyone remains beside a person alive, but no one remains beside a dead person. “That is the burning example… don’t expect anything.”</div><div><br></div><div>The Awami League president said that her prime task is to bring smile of the faces of the mass people of the country which was the dream of the Father of the Nation.</div><div><br></div><div>She alleged that the killers of Bangabandhu were awarded by giving impunity through the Indemnity Ordinance. “Even, we were not allowed to seek justice in the courts,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The killers were even given jobs in different Bangladesh missions abroad by the military ruler Ziaur Rahman, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>“If Ziaur Rahman was not the killer or conspirator, why did killer Mustaque make him army chief, and why Ziaur Rahman did shelter and pamper these killers?” she questioned.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also criticized some countries and human rights organizations for not questioning those countries still sheltering the self-proclaimed killers of Bangabandhu. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 03:00:27', '2022-08-17 03:00:27'),
(1104, 1104, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the architect of independent Bangladesh, along with most of his family members on the fateful night of August 15, 1975 shocked the world and devastated the nation\'s psyche.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The All India Radio Akashvani in a news review on August 16, 1975 aired a commentary saying \"Jesus died. Now millions of people remember him by wearing cross. Perhaps, once Mujib as well will be like that.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Chowdhury Shahid Kader in a write-up styled “Bangabandhu assassination in Indian media” published in the 15th volume of a book titled “Bangladesh Charcha” edited by writer and historian Professor Muntasir Mamoon mentioned meticulously over different news published in Indian media after the 15 August carnage.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the article, on August 17, Indian newspaper Economic Times headlined “India shocked at Mujib’s death”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sunday Standard on the same day made its headline saying “Mujib, Bangladesh PM killed in Army Coup, Khandoker new President, and country under Martial Law”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>However, there was a little error in headline as Bangabandhu was president when he was assassinated. The newspaper also published an editorial with headline “Mujib: Liberator of 75m Bengali”.</div><div><br></div><div>Its starting was “Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who was overthrown in a military coup, is the father of the four-year old nation and known to his 75 million people as Banga Bandhu” (friend of Bengalis).</div><div><br></div><div>Esteemed Indian newspaper Statesman made its main headline- India keeping watch on Events in Bangladesh Grief over Mujib’s Tragic Death.</div><div><br></div><div>It published biography covering almost half of a page on the assassination of Bangabandhu. Its beginning was with a nice sentence-Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the inspiration behind the declaration of Independence by the country of 75 million Bengalis.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 17, Times of India published 16 separate news items on description of Bangabandhu assassination, latest Bangladesh situation and reaction of the world leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the news headlines was “Bangla still cut off”. In another news item, it mentioned that “Bangladesh becomes Islamic Republic”.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Reactions of the United States and the then Soviet Union were published with headline “US watching events, Soviet media report Coup without comment”.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>With headline ‘Foreign Reaction’, reactions of Egypt, Malaysia and the UK were mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>In another report, it mentioned Khandokar Mustaq expressed gratitude to Pakistan for recognizing Bangladesh (Mustaq’s government).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The report also cited Pakistan pledged of sending 500 metric tonnes of rice and other gift items to Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Times of India also made a beautiful editorial headlined-Father of “Sonar Bangla” mentioning Bangabandhu’s life, political rise, Liberation War, his role in building an Independent Bangladesh and his non-communal thoughts.</div><div><br></div><div>On August 18, Indian Bengali daily Jugantor carried a report on its first page with headline “Reactions of entire world over Bangladesh incidents”. In the report it mentioned that as a first European country Poland protested Bangabandhu killing. In reaction, the country said leftist and pro-Chinese force had a hand in the coup. They (the forces) were carrying out countrywide killings, terrorism and subversive acts.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>French daily Humanite commented ‘Bangladesh coup seems it is pre-planned’. America played a crucial role behind the coup and Khandoker Mustaq is the biggest friend of Washington in Bangladesh.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On August 18, Jugantor published a report on its 5th page headlined “Ektee Dusangbad, Kichhu Bedona-Bidhur Smriti” (A sad news, some sorrowful memories) mentioning how the Kolkata people got the news of military coup. Jugantor staff report Mihir Ganguly wrote “those who have hobby (habit) to listen regular foreign radio, today they were first to know the news of death of Sheikh Mujib and changeover of Bangladesh”, though the news came to Amritabazar and Jugantor before the dawn.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“We got the news over phone from (Dhaka) there, something has happened in Dhaka. News loving audience listened from Dhaka radio centre that Mujibur killed. Khandokar Mustaq Ahmed formed new rebel government. Dhaka again under radical rule”&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>After the assassination of Bangabandhu on the treacherous night on 15 August 1975, the intensity of shock in the international arena was so grave that the world community had to re-evaluate Bengalis and even portray them as \'insidious\'.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of them were so shocked because of the heinous act that they opined the Bengalis who can kill Bangabandhu, the most charismatic leader in the eyes of the world leaders, can no longer be trusted.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After the killing of Mujib, Bengalis can no longer be trusted. The Bengalis, who can kill Mujib, can perpetrate any heinous deed.\"</div><div><br></div><div>This is how the Nobel Laureate West German Leader Willy Brandt commented after the martyrdom of the greatest Bengali of the millennium Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bengalis exposed to the people of the world their suicidal character by killing the dreamer of Bengali nation as the Indian born British citizen and noted litterateur Nirod C. Chowdhury commented, \'Insidious Bangalee.\'</div><div><br></div><div>The influential British daily The Guardian on August 28 published an article saying that the people of Bangladesh apparently returned to the marital law and the religious campaign following the regime of military dictator Ayub Khan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On August 16, another British newspaper The Daily Telegraph mentioned: \"Millions of people of Bangladesh shall consider the gruesome death of Sheikh Mujib to be irreparable loss.\"</div><div><br></div><div>British Daily ‘The Times’ on its August 16 issue mentioned \'In spite of all, Bangbandhu will be ever remembered for all time to come for the fact that without him Bangladesh would not have acquired its entity in reality.\' And the Financial Times asserted that \"Had there been no Mujib, Bangladesh would not have been born.\" - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 03:05:59', '2022-08-17 03:05:59'),
(1105, 1105, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed authorities concerned to find out a way for importing fuel oil from Russia amid fuel crisis in the country.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, people are suffering because of the increase in global oil prices. This is becoming a problem. In the current situation, India and other countries are buying oil from Russia - so we have to see if we can buy. For this, we have to find a way,\" Quoting the Prime Minister, Planning Minister MA Mannan told the media after ECNEC meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Mannan informed that in the current situation, the Prime Minister said to find a way to buy fuel directly from Russia. \"Russia says they will go to currency swap. We may have to negotiate with Russia and find out a policy,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Revealing some of the directives from the Prime Minister in the meeting, the Planning Minister said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has directed to take action against those responsible for the Uttara crane accident.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the Prime Minister is shocked by the Uttara incident. \"Everyone from the project manager to the contractor should be brought under investigation. Those responsible must be punished,\" the planning minister quoted the PM as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>Five people including two children were crushed to death after a 50-60 tonne girder of Bus Rapid Transit-3 (BRT) Elevated Expressway fell on a car at Uttara\'s Jasimuddin road on Monday (15 August).</div><div><br></div><div>Highlighting the recent economic data, Mannan said that the steps taken by the government in the current situation are doing well for the country\'s economy.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Currently foreign exchange reserves are close to US$40 billion, remittance inflows are positive. Remittance inflow witnessed 10 percent higher than the same period of the last year. Export growth and revenue collection are also good. Considering all the factors, we think - we will not fall into the ditch but we will improve this situation,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister expressed hope that there will be no loadshedding from September. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 03:09:19', '2022-08-17 03:09:19'),
(1106, 1106, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed at least 157 children, with more than 2,000 infections reported across the country, the government said on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Cases have been growing rapidly in the southern African nation since authorities said the first infection was logged earlier this month, with reported deaths almost doubling in less than a week.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As of 15 August the cumulative figures across the country has risen to 2,056 cases and 157 deaths,\" Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa said briefing journalists after a weekly cabinet meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Mutsvangwa said the government was going to step up vaccinations, and has invoked special legislation allowing it to draw money from the national disaster fund \"to deal with the emergency.\"</div><div><br></div><div>She said the government was to engage with traditional and faith leaders to garner their support with the vaccination campaign, adding all victims were not vaccinated.</div><div><br></div><div>The health ministry has previously blamed the outbreak on church sect gatherings.</div><div><br></div><div>The measles virus attacks mainly children with the most serious complications including blindness, brain swelling, diarrhoea and severe respiratory infections.</div><div><br></div><div>Its symptoms are a red rash that appears first on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. Once very common it can now be prevented with a vaccine.</div><div><br></div><div>In April, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Africa was facing an explosion of preventable diseases due to delays in vaccinating children, with measles cases jumping 400 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 19:43:45', '2022-08-17 19:43:45'),
(1107, 1107, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A tribunal in Chattogram handed death to five members of banned militant outfit Jama\'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in a case filed in connection to the blasts at two mosques inside Bangladesh Navy\'s Issa Khan base in Chattogram.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Judge Abdul Halim of the Chattogram Anti-Terrorism Tribunal delivered the verdict in the case on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The death-row convicts are M Sakhawat Hossain, Abdul Mannan, Ramzan Ali, Babul Rahman aka Rony, and Abdul Gaffar.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the convicts, Sakhawat remain absconding since the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>On December 18, 2015, at least 24 people, mostly civilians, were injured in two incidents of explosions at two mosques inside the Bangladesh Navy\'s Issa Khan Base.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 21:06:59', '2022-08-17 21:06:59'),
(1108, 1108, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Students of Barishal-Sher-e-Bangla Medical College (BSBMC) have been staging demonstrations in front of the academic building since Wednesday morning, demanding safe dormitories for them.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The protesters took to the streets around 8 am and then went for a sit-in protest in front of the academic building and the office of the principal.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the protesters, there are six separate halls for female and male students and all are in dilapidated conditions. Besides, they claim that peeled-off plasters from the roofs of the dilapidated buildings often fall on them.</div><div><br></div><div>Ehsan Ullah, a student of the college, said the Habibur Rahman dorm is in a vulnerable condition. \"Immediate repairs are needed.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Tahsin Ahmed, another student, said the authorities concerned had earlier declared the Habibur Rahman dormitory as \"unsafe\", but no steps have been taken yet for the rehabilitation of its residents.</div><div><br></div><div>“We want action within seven days. Otherwise, they will embark on an indefinite strike,” said Sagar Hossain, a fourth-year student of the college.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Maniruzzaman Shaheen, principal of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College, said that construction and repair works will start soon in the dormitories. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 21:24:24', '2022-08-17 21:24:24'),
(1109, 1109, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh had witnessed gross violation of human rights during the long military regimes after 1975 carnage.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'re even barred from seeking justice,\" she said while UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet paid a courtesy call on her at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div>The premier said Father of the Nation and then President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members were brutally assassinated on August 15 in 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>She added that she and her younger sister Sheikh Rehana survived the 1975 massacre as they were abroad at that time.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said the then military backed government had enacted Indemnity Ordinance to stop trial of those killings.</div><div><br></div><div>After returning to country from forced exile, she said they were barred from seeking justice due to that ordinance.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the then military government even rehabilitated killers of Bangabandhu and war criminals in politics.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet, who was president of Chili for two times, said her family also had to suffer inhuman torture like Bangladesh Prime Minister when an oppressive government was in power in her country.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN high commissioner said she was \"deeply moved\" after visiting the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum where the Father of the Nation with most of his family members were brutally killed on August 15, 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, they discussed the current world issues and agreed that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter sanctions have created crisis across the globe.</div><div><br></div><div>On Rohingya issue, the prime minister said Myanmar doesn\'t refuse that Rohingyas are their nationals but they are yet to response to repatriate their displaced citizens.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar will has to bring their nationals back to their country, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said Bangladesh never wants war with anyone.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHT) peace treaty, she said 62,000 refugees had returned to Bangladesh while 1800 arms cadres had surrendered after that deal.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet requested Bangladesh prime minister to create scope for education and employments for Rohingyas in Cox\'s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier replied that they can arrange those scopes for Rohingyas in Bhashan Char.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN high commissioner said the UN is working with the law ministry on the Digital Security Act and gave some observations to this end.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said she knew the matter and added that Bangladesh would not allow anyone to use its soil for terrorism.</div><div><br></div><div>She briefly highlighted the government measures taken for overall development of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the Padma Bridge contributes to development of southern people of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are laying emphasis on agriculture for country\'s development while we are establishing agro processing industries,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister also said over 1.87 lakh families have got houses free of costs under Ashrayan projects as the government is working to bring every homeless and landless people under the housing scheme.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet appreciated Bangladesh SDG implementation progress and work for addressing inequality.</div><div><br></div><div>She also greeted the premier for graduating Bangladesh to a developing nation from a least developed one.</div><div><br></div><div>Both of them also discussed the climate change impact.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said they stressed aforestation in coastal regions as they are vulnerable to climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, State Minister Md Shahriar Alam, PM\'s Principal Secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus and UN Resident Coordinator in Dhaka Gwyn Lewis, were present.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet arrived here on a four-day visit on Sunday morning last. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 21:26:52', '2022-08-17 21:26:52'),
(1110, 1110, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The probe body formed over Mirsarai tragedy has found the microbus driver and the gateman of the level crossing responsible for the accident that claimed 13 lives on July 29.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The probe body led by its head Ansar Ali, divisional transport officer of Bangladesh Railway, handed over the five-page report to Mohammad Abul Kalam Chowdhury, Divisional Railway Manager (DRM),&nbsp; on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>Gateman Saddam Hossain is now behind the bars while driver Golam Mostafa was among the 13 people died in the accident.</div><div><br></div><div>Saddam also failed to probe that he was present at the level crossing during the accident, said Kalam.</div><div><br></div><div>Thirteen people died when a speeding express train rammed into the microbus carrying the tourists at a level crossing in Mirsharai upazila on July 29.</div><div><br></div><div>They met with the accident while returning to their respective homes after visiting the popular waterfall in the hills of Mirsarai.</div><div><br></div><div>While 11 of them died at the scene, six others were injured. Two more victims died at the hospital, raising the death toll to 13.</div><div><br></div><div>The divisional railway authorities formed a five-member committee to investigate the accident.</div><div><br></div><div>The Railway police detained&nbsp; the gateman who was in charge of Khoiyachora level crossing at the time of the accident. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 21:36:49', '2022-08-17 21:36:49'),
(1111, 1111, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a complete U-turn from its stand on Rohingyas, India on Wednesday decided to offer shelter to the Muslim refugees who poured into this country in the wake of ethnic violence in neighbouring Myanmar.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Indian Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri took to Twitter to inform the government\'s decision. \"India has always welcomed those who have sought refuge in the country,\" he wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In a landmark decision, all Rohingya refugees will be shifted to EWS (economically weaker section) flats in the Bakkarwala area of Delhi. They will be provided basic amenities, UNHCR IDs and round-the-clock Delhi Police protection,\" the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the United Nations, an estimated 40,000 Rohingya refugees are currently in India, most of them having fled Myanmar in 2017 when a military crackdown began against them there.</div><div><br></div><div>In the absence of a clear refugee policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s nationalist BJP government has long termed the Rohingya refugees as “illegal immigrants” and a “threat to national security”.</div><div><br></div><div>India had earlier given shelter to Tibetan refugees and Tamil refugees from the neighbouring island nation of Sri Lanka, despite not being a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 22:12:53', '2022-08-17 22:12:53'),
(1112, 1112, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India and Australia will clash home and away in two five-Test series between 2024 and 2027, cricket\'s world governing body said on Wednesday as it released its international schedule.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two heavyweights have long competed for the Border-Gavaskar trophy in a maximum of four Tests in one series, but Australia will host India for five Tests in 2024-2025 and they will meet again in India in 2027.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the first time in more than 30 years that they will play series contested over five Tests.</div><div><br></div><div>The International Cricket Council said its 12 members would play 777 international matches, including 173 Tests, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is in the next Future Tours Programme cycle for 2023-2027.</div><div><br></div><div>Australia great Ricky Ponting lauded the prospect of five-Test affairs between his country and India.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think spectators from Australia and India and probably anyone that loved the game around the world would have liked to have seen more Test matches between Australia and India,\" Ponting told an ICC programme.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So absolutely I think it\'s a fantastic initiative and more importantly, I think all the players will really enjoy that as well.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Australia, India and England, often called the Big Three of cricket, will feature in the largest number of Test matches in 2023-2027.</div><div><br></div><div>The upcoming cycle also features five major ICC events, starting with the 50-over World Cup in India next year. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 22:25:42', '2022-08-17 22:25:42'),
(1113, 1113, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has urged the international community to scale up their support for the Rohingyas because of the consequences due to the current economic crisis and the impact of the war in Ukraine with increased food cost.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“I would insist that the international community don\'t abandon the Rohingyas and continue supporting and even looking at if they can even scale up their support because of the consequences,” she said after visiting the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the problems that they have been seeing here, as in many other places of the world, is that the prices of food are going up.</div><div><br></div><div>“And that means that the same amount of money that before could buy more now can buy less. And that is producing problems for the people here in Cox\'s Bazar,” said the UN rights chief.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Commissioner who is set to conclude her visit later today (Wednesday) said: “I must say, all of them (Rohingyas) have said: we want to go back, but we want to go back when we can have an identity as citizens of Myanmar. When our rights are respected, we can have our livelihoods again and we can have land and we can feel that we are part of the country.”</div><div><br></div><div>She reiterated the importance of continuing to ensure that safe and sustainable conditions exist for any returns and these are conducted in a voluntary and dignified way.</div><div><br></div><div>“The UN is doing the best we can to support them. We\'ll continue doing that. But we also need to deal with the profound roots of the problem. We need to deal with that and ensure that they can go back to Myanmar – when there are conditions for safety and voluntary return,” Bachelet said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Rohingyas who fled Myanmar five years ago shared their concerns and hopes with the High Commissioner.</div><div><br></div><div>After visiting several sites in the camp that house 1.2 million refugees, she met with women’s groups, religious leaders, and youth groups.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are here in Cox’s Bazar, where so many Rohingya people from Myanmar, after the terrible repression and violation of human rights, had to flee here to get some safety. An estimated 1.1 million Rohingyas are in Bangladesh right now, meaning Cox\'s Bazar, some of them in Bhashan char,” Bachelet said.</div><div><br></div><div>In a safe place for women inside the camp, she talked with them about conditions there. They also discussed their hopes.</div><div><br></div><div>“They described their grievances, their pains, how they left and lost everything they have – their livelihoods, many of them also their loving persons, and how they have received shelter here in Bangladesh in this Cox\'s Bazar camp that the United Nations with other partners, NGOs, has been supporting with services,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The young volunteers aged 15 to 18, spoke of their wish to be able to get an education.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet has been on an official visit to Bangladesh since Sunday at the invitation of the government of Bangladesh. This is the first official visit by a UN Human Rights chief to Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>During her visit to Dhaka, the High Commissioner met several ministers. On Monday, she met with Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen at the state guesthouse Padma.</div><div><br></div><div>She also met with representatives of civil society organisations and other stakeholders. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 22:53:58', '2022-08-17 22:53:58'),
(1114, 1114, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said one of the reasons for the recent increase in commodity prices is that a class of unscrupulous traders are taking advantage of the&nbsp; fuel oil price hike.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"A class of unscrupulous traders look for opportunities,\" he said in response to questions from reporters at a press conference at the secretariat in the city.</div><div><br></div><div>Giving an example of the price of rice to explain what he meant, Tipu said, \"Due to the increase in the price of fuel oil, the price of rice should increase by 50 paisa per kg. But it has increased by Tk 4 per kg. They made use of the opportunity.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the ministry is monitoring the market and hopes that the price will be under control by October.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, regarding the unusual increase in the price of eggs, he said, \"If the price can be reduced by importing eggs, we can do that too, if necessary.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said that no decision has been taken yet on fixing the price of edible oil and a decision will be taken later.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Global oil prices are falling, and dollar price is increasing. The price will be fixed by coordinating these two,\" Tipu Munshi said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The press conference was organised to explain the ministry\'s stand on the irregularities in the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) regarding the distribution of subsidised family cards distributed by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the TIB report, Tipu said there could be at most 5 percent irregularities.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is no denying this fact. But we managed to reach 95 percent of people,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Tipu Munshi pointed out several weaknesses in the TIB report.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that although one crore people were given food at subsidised prices, TIB\'s sample size was only 1047 people.</div><div><br></div><div>Commerce Secretary Tapan Kanti Ghosh, who was present at the press conference, said that the representation of TIB is not correct. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 23:08:01', '2022-08-17 23:08:01'),
(1115, 1115, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, said a weather forecast valid for next 24 hours beginning from 9am today.</div><div><br></div><div>The land depression over East Madhya Pradesh and adjoining area now lies over Rajasthan and adjoining area as a well-marked low.</div><div><br></div><div>The axis of monsoon trough runs through the centre of the well-marked low, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal to Assam across central part of Bangladesh. Monsoon is less active over Bangladesh and weak to moderate over North Bay.</div><div><br></div><div>Country\'s maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded 36.2 degrees Celsius at Saidpur while minimum one today was 25.6 degrees Celsius at Kutubdia.</div><div><br></div><div>Country\'s maximum rainfall for the last twenty-four hours till 6am today was recorded 24 millimeters (mm) at Sylhet.</div><div><br></div><div>The sun sets at 06:30 PM today and rises at 05:35 AM tomorrow in Dhaka. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 23:21:53', '2022-08-17 23:21:53'),
(1116, 1116, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ezra Miller, the troubled star of Warner Bros\' major upcoming superhero movie \"The Flash,\" is seeking treatment for mental health issues after a string of high-profile controversies, the actor said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 29-year-old, who has already appeared as the key DC Comics character in several blockbuster films including \"Justice League,\" was charged this month with felony burglary in Vermont, and earlier this year was charged with disorderly conduct following two arrests in Hawaii.</div><div><br></div><div>Those incidents -- and further allegations of choking a woman in an Icelandic bar, which did not result in charges -- have raised questions in Hollywood over the future of \"The Flash\" and Miller\'s career more broadly.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,\" Miller, who identifies as non-binary, said in a statement sent to AFP by their representative on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Despite the controversies, Warner Bros earlier this month signaled it intends to go ahead with releasing \"The Flash,\" which is due in theaters next summer.</div><div><br></div><div>Filming has already been completed on the movie, which has a reported $200 million budget.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the first standalone movie for Miller\'s character in the \"DC Extended Universe\" of inter-connected movies owned by Warner, a rival franchise to the Disney-owned and record-breaking Marvel superhero films.</div><div><br></div><div>Miller shot to early success with lead roles in acclaimed dramas \"Afterschool,\" \"We Need to Talk About Kevin\" and \"The Perks of Being a Wallflower.\"</div><div><br></div><div>They were first cast as Barry Allen, aka The Flash, in 2016\'s \"Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,\" reprising the role in \"Suicide Squad\" (2016) and \"Justice League\" (2017).</div><div><br></div><div>On an earnings call with investors this month, David Zaslav, CEO of parent company Warner Bros Discovery, appeared to confirm \"The Flash\" will still be released, along with two other superhero titles.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have seen \'The Flash,\' \'Black Adam\' and \'Shazam 2.\' We are very excited about them,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'ve seen them. We think they are terrific, and we think we can make them even better.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The timing of Zaslav\'s comments angered some fans, as the company days earlier announced it was dropping \"Batgirl,\" a nearly-completed $90 million superhero film starring a Latina actress in its lead role. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-17 23:36:29', '2022-08-17 23:36:29'),
(1117, 1117, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Republican Sarah Palin, who is eyeing a political comeback, is through to November\'s election in Alaska in the state\'s House of Representatives race, US media project.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Her rivals are Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Peltola. The fourth contender is not yet known.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Palin, 58, rose to prominence as a vice-presidential candidate in 2008.</div><div>She largely left the spotlight before the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who has become her key ally and supporter.</div><div><br></div><div>This year Alaska\'s party primaries have been replaced with open primaries - the top four runners advance to the poll.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Palin is also running in a separate special election to serve the remaining five months of Republican Don Young, who died in March after serving for 49 years.</div><div><br></div><div>That race, where voters used the new ranked choice system, is too early to call.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Palin served as the vice-presidential running mate to Arizona Senator John McCain in 2008, who went on to become a vocal Republican critic of Mr Trump.</div><div><br></div><div>She also served as the governor of Alaska between 2006 to 2009.</div><div>Her brand of combative conservatism and anti-establishment appeal led many to consider her as the political precursor to Mr Trump. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 01:27:16', '2022-08-18 01:27:16');
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(1118, 1118, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine was behind at least three explosions in Crimea — at Saki air base, an ammunition depot in Maiske and an air field in Gvardeyskoe — according to a Ukrainian government report circulated internally and shared with CNN by a ​Ukrainian official. ​</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The official requested anonymity because they were not authorized to share the information with the media. ​</div><div><br></div><div>The report describes the Saki air base as a hard but one-time loss for Russian military infrastructure in the peninsula, with subsequent attacks as proof of Ukraine’s systematic military capability in targeting Crimea.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The air base was rocked by explosions on Aug. 9, which destroyed at least seven Russian warplanes and killed at least one person​. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility on the record.</div><div><br></div><div>Another set of explosions were reported in Crimea on Tuesday — this time at an ammunition depot in Maiske and at an airfield in Gvardeyskoe. Russian officials said the incident in Maiske had been the result of sabotage​, but they did not specify the kind of sabotage or who they believed was responsible.&nbsp; Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 01:34:00', '2022-08-18 01:34:00'),
(1119, 1119, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Janmashtami, the birth of lord Sri Krishna and one of the major festivals of the Hindu community, will be celebrated across the country tomorrow with due religious fervor and gaiety.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In separate messages, President Md Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the members of the Hindu community on the occasion of Janmashtami and wished all success of the programmes.</div><div><br></div><div>In a message on the eve of the occasion, the President said Janmashtami is one of the major religious festivals of the Hindu community.</div><div><br></div><div>Sri Krishna was a symbol of humanity and social reformer whose main philosophy was to forge the bond of true love and harmony among people, removing injustice, repression, persecution and conflicts from society, he said.</div><div>According to Hindu religion, the President said, Lord Sri Krishna takes birth in ages in the world to safeguard the religious and good people and annihilate sins and malevolence of people.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Communal harmony is our great heritage. We will have to keep intact the mutual amity and harmony with our united efforts,\" the President said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"To achieve national progress and prosperity, everyone should collectively maintain the existing harmony and mutual friendship in the society,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He called upon all specially the Hindu devotees to stand by the helpless and distressed people of the society imbued with the philosophy of Lord Sri Krishna.</div><div><br></div><div>The President wished all success of the Janmashtami celebrations.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in her message, said Sri Krishna had upheld the flag of peace and love for humanity and justice throughout his life.</div><div><br></div><div>The main objective of Sri Krishna was to establish friendship among people and parity in society, the Premier said, adding that he adored the mankind through his works and lifestyle.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh is a country of communal harmony where people of all castes and creeds have been living in harmony for ages. Our constitution has guaranteed equal rights for people of all castes and creeds. We believe that religion is for individuals, festival for all,\" said Sheikh Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the present government is pledge-bound to maintain communal harmony in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The ideals and teachings of Sri Krishna would further consolidate the thousand-year-old communal harmony and bond of friendship of the Bengalis, she said.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Prime Minister hoped that the Janmashtami festival would inspire the disciples of Sri Krishna to follow his ideals.</div><div><br></div><div>She urged all to celebrate the festival maintaining social distancing due to the COVID-19 situation.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The premier wished happiness, peace and welfare for all citizens of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Different religious, cultural and social organisations have also chalked out identical programmes across the country in observance of the Janmashtami.</div><div><br></div><div>According to mythology, Sri Krishna was born on the eighth day of dark fortnight in the Bangla month of Bhadra and he takes birth in ages in the world to safeguard the good and pious people from the hands of malevolence people by establishing truth, justice and beauty in the society.</div><div><br></div><div>It is usually observed on the eighth day (ashtami) of the Krishna Paksha in the month of Sharavan or Bhadrapad.</div><div><br></div><div>The day is a public holiday.</div><div><br></div><div>National dailies will publish special articles while Bangladesh Betar, Bangladesh Television, other private TV channels and radio stations will air special programmes highlighting various aspects of the eventful life of Lord Sri Krishna.</div><div><br></div><div>Marking the festival, Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad and Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee have taken up a three-day programme centrally at Dhakeshwari National Temple here.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The programme includes exchanging greeting, Geeta Joggo, seeking blessing for the country and the nation, holding historic Janmashtami procession and offering Krishna Puja as per tithi on August 19 and holding discussion on August 20.</div><div><br></div><div>International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON) has also taken programmes at Swamibagh Asram here marking the festival.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, Swami Bholanandagiri Asram, Prabhu Jagadbandhu Mahaprakash Math, Radhamadhab Jio Deb Bigraha Temple, Baradeshwari Kalimata Temple and Crematorium, Radha Gobinda Jio Temple, Shib Temple, Ramseeta Temple and Madhab Gourio Math and different other temples and religious organizations will arrange different programmes in the capital marking the festival. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 02:19:11', '2022-08-18 02:19:11'),
(1120, 1120, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported on Wednesday zero Covid-19 death for two straight days while it recorded 212 coronavirus positive cases in the past 24 hours.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh reported 4.54 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 4,666 samples were tested during last 24 hours,\" a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.</div><div><br></div><div>During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district and the capital is 155 while zero Covid-19 death was reported during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The official tally showed that the virus killed 29,314 people and infected 20,09,434 so far, the statement added.</div><div><br></div><div>The recovery count rose to 19,52,504 after another 539 patients were discharged from the dedicated hospitals during last 24 hours.</div><div><br></div><div>From the beginning of the pandemic, 97.17 percent Covid-19 patients recovered among the infected people while 1.46 percent died, the DGHS statistics showed.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the 29,314 fatalities, 12,896 occurred in Dhaka, 5,890 in Chattogram, 2,153 in Rajshahi, 3,731 in Khulna, 988 in Barishal, 1,339 in Sylhet, 1,423 in Rangpur and 894 in Mymensingh divisions. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 03:04:19', '2022-08-18 03:04:19'),
(1121, 1121, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When Covid-19 reached Brazil\'s Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary -- he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"The Territory,\" to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200 hunter-gatherers who live in a protected area of rainforest, surrounded and encroached upon by aggressive and illegal settlers, farmers and loggers.</div><div><br></div><div>While shown in the movie dressed in traditional garb and honoring ancient customs, the Uru-eu-wau-wau and their young leader Bitate -- the film\'s main subject -- were more than happy to use modern technology to fight back.</div><div><br></div><div>\"When Covid happened, Bitate made the really bold decision to say \'Okay, no more journalists coming into our territory, no more filmmakers, no more Alex, no more documentary crew, nobody,\'\" said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We had to have a conversation with him like, \'Okay, are we done with the film? Do we have everything we need? Is there more? Should we start editing?\'</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bitate was really clear: \'No, we\'re not done. We still have a lot left to do. You guys weren\'t done before, why should you be done now?</div><div><br></div><div>\"\'Just send us better cameras, send us audio equipment, and we\'ll shoot and produce the last part of the movie.\'\"</div><div><br></div><div>The result was a \"co-production model\" in which an Uru-eu-wau-wau filmmaker is credited as cinematographer, and the community more broadly acted as producers with a share of profits and a say in business decisions about the film\'s distribution.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides enabling filming to continue into the pandemic, Pritz believes the decision to provide equipment and training directly to the Uru-eu-wau-wau benefited the film by adding a \"firsthand perspective\" on the group\'s activities, which include patrolling the land to arrest interlopers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I shot a bunch of surveillance missions myself. None of them made the cut!\" said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Not because we wanted to transfer the filmmaking... it was more raw, it was more urgent.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Digital children\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Even before Pritz\'s crew arrived, the Uru-eu-wau-wau had become adept at using the power of modern technology and media to champion their cause, positioning themselves on the global stage as guardians of a forest whose survival is bound up in issues of climate change and biodiversity.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bitate and this younger generation within the Uru-eu-wau-wau are digital children. He\'s born in the late 90s. He\'s on Instagram. And that\'s part of how he engages with the world,\" said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>When drones capturing stunning and harrowing footage of vast deforestation appear early in the documentary, many audiences assume they belong to the filmmakers, said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>But in fact, the flying cameras were bought and are operated by the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Whereas it would have taken four days to walk over a mountain range of thick, dense, old-growth rainforest... with the drone, you\'re there in 30 minutes, you have images tagged with metadata,\" said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People can\'t argue with that.\"</div><div><br></div><div>It is a stark contrast to the farmers and settlers, who are also central subjects of the film.</div><div><br></div><div>In astonishing footage, the documentary follows one group as they brazenly chainsaw and set ablaze protected forest, illegally clearing space for roads to territory they one day wish to settle and claim as their own.</div><div><br></div><div>Access was possible because many settlers see themselves as heroic pioneers, speaking in interviews to Pritz about opening up the rainforest for the good of their nation -- a heady mix of \"Wild West\" cowboy culture borrowed from American movies, and nationalist propaganda stoked by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The settlers were these naive people who had no understanding of the historical context of their actions, the ecological consequences, what they were doing for the rest of the planet,\" said Pritz.</div><div><br></div><div>For the settlers, many of whom lack education or any other economic opportunities, \"it was just about \'me and mine,\' \'just this one little plot,\' \'if only I can get this.\'\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"Whereas Bitate has this expansive outlook. He\'s thinking about climate change. He\'s thinking about the planet. He\'s politically savvy, media-oriented.\" - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 03:06:58', '2022-08-18 03:16:19'),
(1122, 1122, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday highly praised Bangladesh for making remarkable economic and social progress and is aiming to graduate from Least Developed Country (LDC) status in a few years, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Starting from a low baseline, Bangladesh has made strides in socio-economic development, poverty eradication, access to education and health, women’s and children’s mortality, access to food, water and sanitation,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Addressing a pre-departure press conference at Intercontinental Hotel, Bachelet saud Bangladesh has been a leader in international fora on key human rights issues such as migration and climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>It has also stepped up to provide refuge to more than 1 million Rohingya refugees who were forced to flee persecution and serious international crimes being committed against them across the border in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh also continues to face challenges on the human rights front, and I have been able to discuss many of these extensively with the Government and civil society members, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN High Commissioner arrived in Dhaka on Aug 14. In Dhaka, she met with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the Ministers for foreign affairs, home affairs, law, and education and other State officials.</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet also met with the National Human Rights Commission and representatives of civil society, as well as members of the diplomatic community and academics. She was able to interact with students at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies on climate change and human rights.</div><div><br></div><div>The delegation from her Office was also able to represent me in meetings with other stakeholders, including trade unions and political parties.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that her exchanges with civil society representatives were rich and insightful – this was not surprising as Bangladesh has historically had a wealth of civil society expertise in various fields.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“But successive UN human rights reports have documented a narrowing of civic space, increased surveillance, intimidation and reprisals often leading to self-censorship.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Laws and policies over-regulating NGOs and broadly restricting the freedom of expression make it difficult – and sometimes risky – for them to function effectively, the UN rights chief added.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Democratic and civic space, as well as effective checks and balances and accountability are essential as Bangladesh aims for the next levels of development.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“It also contributes to decrease the risk of corruption and other hurdles to sustainable economic development and sound fiscal management.”</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, speaking about the election, she said that the election period will be an important time for Bangladesh to maximize civic and political space, including freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly of political activists, human rights defenders, opposition parties and journalists.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 03:14:34', '2022-08-18 03:14:34'),
(1123, 1123, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN chief Antonio Guterres will meet the leaders of Ukraine and Turkey in Lviv on Thursday, following a deal reached last month that allowed the resumption of grain exports after Russia\'s invasion blocked essential global supplies.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The meeting also comes a day after the head of NATO said it was \"urgent\" that the UN\'s atomic watchdog be allowed to inspect Ukraine\'s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, where a Russian occupation has sparked concerns of a nuclear accident.</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesman for Guterres said that the UN chief, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the grain deal, as well as \"the need for a political solution to this conflict\".</div><div><br></div><div>He added that he had \"no doubt that the issue of the nuclear power plant\" would be raised.</div><div><br></div><div>In his regular nightly address on Wednesday, Zelensky said Guterres had arrived and that the two would \"work to get the necessary results for Ukraine\".</div><div><br></div><div>Guterres is slated to travel on Friday to Odessa, one of three ports involved in the grain exports deal -- hammered out in July under the aegis of the UN with Ankara\'s mediation. He will then head to Turkey to visit the Joint Coordination Centre, the body tasked with overseeing the accord.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the UN, the first half of August saw 21 freighters authorised to sail under the deal carrying more than 563,000 tonnes of agricultural products, including more than 451,000 tonnes of corn.</div><div><br></div><div>The first wartime shipment of UN food aid for Africa reached the Bosphorus Strait on Wednesday carrying 23,000 tonnes of wheat.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Serious threat\' -</div><div>Zelensky touched on the Zaporizhzhia plant in his address on Wednesday, saying Ukrainian diplomats and scientists were in \"constant touch\" with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with the goal of sending a mission by the watchdog to the occupied nuclear facility.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Russian army must withdraw from the territory of the nuclear power plant and all neighbouring areas, and take away its military equipment from the plant,\" he added. \"This must happen without any conditions and as soon as possible.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in the day, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had told reporters in Brussels that Russia\'s seizure of the plant \"poses a serious threat to the safety and the security of this facility (and) raises the risks of a nuclear accident or incident\".</div><div><br></div><div>Also calling for a Russian withdrawal and inspections by the IAEA, Stoltenberg accused Moscow of using \"the ground around the nuclear power plant as a staging area, as a platform, to launch artillery attacks on Ukrainian forces, and this is reckless\".</div><div><br></div><div>Russian forces took the Zaporizhzhia plant, located in southern Ukraine, in March shortly after invading.</div><div><br></div><div>The plant is the largest in Europe, and the uncertainty surrounding it has fuelled fears of a nuclear accident to rival Chernobyl in 1986.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling the Zaporizhzhia installation.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukraine\'s nuclear operator Energoatom on Tuesday reported what it called an \"unprecedented\" cyberattack on its website, but said its operations had not been disrupted.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that it \"was attacked from Russian territory\" by a group known as \"popular cyberarmy\", which used more than seven million bots to attack the website for three hours.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Despicable and cynical\' -</div><div><br></div><div>A Russian strike in Ukraine\'s second city of Kharkiv on Wednesday hit a residential building that regional authorities said was being used as a dormitory for people with hearing impairments, killing seven people and wounding at least 16.</div><div><br></div><div>Nataliia Popova, an adviser to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council, said that residents \"couldn\'t even hear the air alert\" and \"couldn\'t respond to the rescuers during the rescue works\".</div><div><br></div><div>A spokesman for the regional prosecutor\'s office said that the strike was believed to have been carried out with a cruise missile, and that 20 to 40 people were inside the building when it was hit.</div><div><br></div><div>Zelensky condemned the attack as \"despicable and cynical\", saying it \"had no justification and shows the powerlessness of the aggressor\".</div><div><br></div><div>Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov said Thursday that at least four more missiles had struck the city. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 20:23:37', '2022-08-18 20:23:37'),
(1124, 1124, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh is reeling under a mild heatwave spell, the weather department said on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Mild heat wave is sweeping through Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh and Khulna divisions and the districts of Gopalgonj and Manikgonj, and it may abate from some places,\" the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in a daily bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, light to moderate rain or showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Khulna and Barishal divisions; at a few places over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions; and at one or two places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to heavy falls at places over southern Bangladesh, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>The rainfall activity may increase. Day and night temperatures may fall slightly over the country, as per the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>The weather office recorded the highest rainfall of 35mm in Dimla of Rangpur division in 24 hours till 6am on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>The highest temperature was recorded at 37.5 degrees Celsius in Sayedpur of Rangpur division, while the lowest temperature was recorded at 26 degrees in Kutubdia of Chattogram division.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a low pressure area has formed over the Northeast Bay and adjoining areas. It is likely to intensify, according to the weather department.</div><div><br></div><div>Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and strong elsewhere over the North Bay, as per the bulletin. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 20:37:00', '2022-08-18 20:37:00'),
(1125, 1125, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine\'s president has condemned a Russian strike that the region\'s governor said killed at least six people and wounded 16 in Ukraine\'s Kharkiv on Wednesday as \"despicable and cynical\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>President Volodymyr Zelensky said a block of flats was \"totally destroyed\" in the attack, which he said \"had no justification and shows the powerlessness of the aggressor\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will not forgive, we will take revenge\", the president said on the Telegram app.</div><div><br></div><div>The strike started a fire in a block of flats in the northeastern city, mayor Igor Terekhov said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>He earlier gave a toll of three dead and ten wounded, but regional governor Oleg Synegubov said the numbers had risen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Unfortunately the number of deaths and injuries following the bombardment... has increased: six people died and 16 were wounded,\" Synegubov said on Telegram.</div><div><br></div><div>Kharkiv was besieged in the first days of the invasion in February.</div><div><br></div><div>But Russian troops -- backed by massive artillery fire and missile strikes -- have not been able to take control of Ukraine\'s second city.</div><div><br></div><div>Hundreds of people have been killed in the region, authorities say.</div><div>On Monday, Russian shelling in the city killed at least one person and injured six more, senior police official Sergiy Bolvinov said on Facebook.</div><div><br></div><div>The bulk of Russia\'s offensive is now focussed on southern and eastern Ukraine. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 21:16:55', '2022-08-18 21:16:55'),
(1127, 1127, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given the green signal to begin formal negotiations for signing a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) with India in what can also boost trade and investments in eastern and north-eastern India in a big way.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This will be Dhaka’s first trade pact with any country, and it has given preference to India despite requests from China and Japan to have free-trade agreements, ET has learnt. Pacts with Japan and China are still at an assessment stage.</div><div><br></div><div>The proposed deal is expected to boost Bangladesh\'s export earnings by 190% and India\'s by 188%, and gross domestic product by 1.72% and 0.03%, respectively, as revealed by a Dhaka-Delhi joint feasibility study.</div><div>The CEPA will cover trade in goods and services, investment, intellectual property rights and ecommerce.</div><div><br></div><div>In the last fiscal year, Bangladesh\'s exports to India rose to nearly $2 billion for the first time. Imports from India totalled $14 billion.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials from Dhaka said Bangladesh already enjoyed duty-free and quota-free benefits for the exports of all but 25 products, including tobacco and alcohol, to India, as a least developed country under the South Asian Free Trade Area agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>During the visit of PM Narendra Modi to Bangladesh in March 2021, he and Hasina issued instructions on concluding the joint feasibility study relating to the signing of the CEPA.</div><div><br></div><div>Accordingly, Bangladesh\'s Foreign Trade Institute and India\'s Centre for Regional Trade conducted the detailed joint feasibility study. In May this year, they sent the study report to their respective commerce ministries. The report suggested launching negotiations for the signing of the CEPA.</div><div><br></div><div>Once the trade deal is signed, Bangladesh\'s export earnings will go up by $3-5 billion and India\'s by $4-10 billion in the next 7-10 years, according to a final draft report of the joint feasibility study.</div><div>It will also open new investment windows for both countries, the study claimed.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It may be concluded that the estimates and analysis of this study indicate that the proposed CEPA between India and Bangladesh is not only feasible but also mutually beneficial in terms of possible gains in the realms of trade in goods and services, and investment,\" according to the study.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is India’s biggest trade partner in South Asia, and India is the second biggest trade partner of Bangladesh. Source: The Economic Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 21:22:30', '2022-08-18 21:22:30'),
(1128, 1128, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Saudi court has sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison over her Twitter activity, according to court documents seen by AFP on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The sentence issued against Salma al-Shehab, for aiding dissidents seeking to \"disrupt public order\" in the kingdom, was handed down by the Saudi appeals court on August 9, the documents showed.</div><div><br></div><div>Shehab, a PhD candidate at Britain\'s University of Leeds and a mother of two, was also banned from travelling abroad for a further 34 years as part of the sentence.</div><div><br></div><div>With about 2,600 followers on Twitter, Shehab had frequently tweeted about women\'s rights in the conservative Sunni Muslim country.</div><div><br></div><div>The sentence comes amid a crackdown on rights activists in the oil-rich Gulf state, many of whom have been slapped with jail sentences and travel bans.</div><div><br></div><div>It also comes less than a month after a visit to Saudi Arabia by US President Joe Biden, who was criticised for his decision to travel to the kingdom despite its human rights record.</div><div><br></div><div>Shehab was arrested in Saudi Arabia in January 2021 while she was on holiday from her studies in the United Kingdom.</div><div><br></div><div>The 34-year-old had initially been given a six-year sentence in June, including three years that were suspended and a travel ban of the same length, before the appeals court toughened the sentence this month.</div><div><br></div><div>Her latest sentence can be appealed within 30 days at the kingdom\'s supreme court, according to the court documents.</div><div><br></div><div>London-based rights group ALQST denounced the ruling, describing it as the \"Saudi authorities\' longest prison sentence ever for a peaceful activist\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"This appalling sentence makes a mockery of the Saudi authorities\' claims of reform for women and of the legal system,\" said Lina al-Hathloul, ALQST\'s head of communications.</div><div><br></div><div>A close friend of Shehab who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity said she \"did not believe her activity on Twitter would cause her any problems until she was surprised by her arrest\".</div><div><br></div><div>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom\'s de facto ruler, has been credited with introducing various reforms in favour of women, such as lifting the ban on driving and the requirement to wear a headscarf.</div><div><br></div><div>But such reforms have been accompanied by a crackdown on women\'s rights activists, part of a broader campaign against dissent. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 21:55:10', '2022-08-18 21:55:10'),
(1129, 1129, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori, nicknamed \"Madame Butterfly\" for her signature winged motifs, has died. She was 96.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>She died of old age in her Tokyo home on August 11 and was given a private funeral, local media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Mori was most famous for being the first Japanese - and Asian - designer to join the hallowed ranks of haute couture designers in 1977.</div><div><br></div><div>The exclusive Parisian club is seen as the pinnacle of high-end fashion.</div><div><br></div><div>Born in western Japan in 1926, Mori graduated from the Tokyo Woman\'s Christian University.</div><div><br></div><div>She opened her first atelier above a noodle shop in Tokyo in 1951. She has described meeting Coco Chanel during a trip to Paris in the 1960s as a \"turning point\" in her career, and said that Chanel inspired her to design for women to stand out rather than fit in.</div><div><br></div><div>Mori went on to dress Hollywood celebrities such as Grace Kelly and famous personalities such as Nancy Reagan. Japan\'s then-Crown Princess Masako - now empress - wore a Hanae Mori wedding gown for her marriage to Emperor Naruhito in 1993.</div><div><br></div><div>Her outfits, often featuring butterfly prints, were also popular among career women. When she began to make a name herself in the fashion world, it was still unusual for a woman to head business, much less one of global fame.</div><div><br></div><div>Mori\'s designs often mixed elements from the East and West, such as dresses with inspired by kimonos.</div><div><br></div><div>She also created costumes for on-stage performances, including traditional Japanese Noh and Kabuki theatre and a performance of \"Madame Butterfly\" in 1985.</div><div><br></div><div>She was presented with the Legion of Honor by the French government in 2002.</div><div><br></div><div>In January, the designer reflected on the industry in a column for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Fashion is something that pushes you, gives you courage to spread your wings and allows you to have adventures,\" she wrote.</div><div><br></div><div>Mori\'s husband of almost 50 years, Ken Mori, died in 1996, and she is survived by two sons. Two of her granddaughters, Hikari Mori and Izumi Mori, are fashion models. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 22:07:00', '2022-08-18 22:07:00'),
(1130, 1130, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military drills, Beijing\'s defence ministry said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Beijing and Moscow have close defence links and China has said it wants to push bilateral relations \"to a higher level,\" even as Moscow faces international sanctions and widespread condemnation over its war in Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>China\'s defence ministry said Wednesday its participation in the annual \"Vostok\" exercises -- which Moscow has said will take place from August 20 to September 5 -- is part of a bilateral cooperation agreement with Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The aim is to deepen practical and friendly cooperation with the armies of participating countries, enhance the level of strategic collaboration among the participating parties, and strengthen the ability to respond to various security threats,\" the Chinese defence ministry said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>India, Belarus, Mongolia, Tajikistan and other countries will also participate, it said.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the second joint military exercise conducted by Chinese and Russian troops this year.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 22:29:13', '2022-08-18 22:29:13'),
(1131, 1131, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Post and Telecommunication Minister Mostafa Jabbar said the motive of killing Bangabandhu along with his family was to destroy the state of Bangladesh by thwarting its progress.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The motive of killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family was to kill Bangladesh as the progress of war ravaged Bangladesh which was made by Bangabandhu during his three-year and seven-month tenure after independence was a rare example in the world,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister made this comment while addressing a memorial meeting on digital platform organized by Greater Mymensingh Forum in Dhaka National Mourning Day and marking the 47th martyrdom anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman here on Wednesday night.</div><div><br></div><div>“Bangabandhu was the only leader who had paved the way to take forward this back-footed nation,” he said, adding: “There is no sector, including communication, agriculture, health and education, where Bangabandhu had not started progress.”</div><div><br></div><div>The regime of Bangabandhu from 1972 to 1975 was very much eventful, he told the function.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangabandhu launched the third industrial revolution during his regime, Jabbar said, adding that similarly, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken the country to a position for leading it towards fourth industrial revolution following the path of Bangabandhu.</div><div><br></div><div>Chaired by President of Greater Mymensingh Association Abul Kalam Azad, the function also was attended, among others, by former senior secretary M Sajjadul Hasan, M Abdus Samad, Shamsul Arefin, former Additional Secretary M Fasiullah, former vice chancellor of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam University Professor Mostafizur Rahman and Director General of the Department of Youths M Azharul Islam. Association leader Humayun Khalid moderated the function. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 22:33:18', '2022-08-18 22:33:18'),
(1132, 1132, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cristiano Ronaldo has been cautioned by British police after footage emerged of the Manchester United forward appearing to smash a phone out of an Everton fan\'s hand at a match last season.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The 37-year-old was interviewed by officers in relation to an allegation of assault and criminal damage following the incident at Goodison Park on April 9.</div><div><br></div><div>Merseyside Police launched an investigation after a clip was circulated online of Ronaldo appearing to knock the supporter\'s mobile phone on to the ground as he limped towards the tunnel following United\'s 1-0 loss.</div><div><br></div><div>The force said in a statement on Wednesday: \"We can confirm that a 37-year-old man voluntarily attended and was interviewed under caution in relation to an allegation of assault and criminal damage.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The allegation relates to an incident following the Everton v Manchester United football match at Goodison Park on Saturday April 9.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The matter has been dealt with by way of conditional caution. The matter has now concluded.\"</div><div><br></div><div>After the incident, Ronaldo issued a social media apology for his \"outburst\" and invited the supporter to watch a game at Old Trafford \"as a sign of fair-play and sportsmanship\".</div><div><br></div><div>Taking to his Instagram account after the match, the Portuguese forward said: \"It\'s never easy to deal with emotions in difficult moments such as the one we are facing.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Nevertheless, we always have to be respectful, patient and set the example for all the youngsters who love the beautiful game.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I would like to apologise for my outburst and, if possible, I would like to invite this supporter to watch a game at Old Trafford as a sign of fair-play and sportsmanship.\"</div><div><br></div><div>It comes as Ronaldo hit out at the \"lies\" surrounding reports about his future at struggling United.</div><div><br></div><div>The Portugal forward missed the club\'s pre-season tour to Thailand and Australia for personal reasons as speculation swirled over whether he would be leaving Old Trafford.</div><div><br></div><div>It has been reported Ronaldo wants to play Champions League football, but United maintain he is not for sale and remains an integral part of the plans of new boss Erik ten Hag.</div><div><br></div><div>The former Real Madrid star played the full 90 minutes of United\'s 4-0 defeat at Brentford on Saturday, which left them bottom of the Premier League.</div><div><br></div><div>In a reply to a fan account on Instagram that referred to a report linking the United frontman to Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo said fans would \"know the truth\" in a couple of weeks, adding: \"The media is telling lies.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-18 22:37:50', '2022-08-18 22:37:50'),
(1133, 1133, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers on Wednesday killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33, police and an eyewitness said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Khalid Zadran, the Taliban-appointed spokesman for Kabul\'s police chief, gave the figures to The Associated Press after Wednesday\'s bombing at the Sunni mosque.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, the latest to strike the country in the year since the Taliban seized power. Several children were reported to be among the wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>The local ISIS affiliate has stepped up attacks targeting the Taliban and civilians since the former insurgents\' takeover last August as U.S. and NATO troops were in the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Last week, ISIS claimed responsibility for killing a prominent Taliban cleric at his religious center in Kabul.</div><div><br></div><div>According to an eyewitness, a resident of the city\'s Kher Khanna neighborhood where the Siddiquiya Mosque was targeted, the explosion was carried out by a suicide bomber. The slain cleric was Mullah Amir Mohammad Kabuli, the eyewitness said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.</div><div><br></div><div>Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid vowed that the \"perpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and will be punished.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Oone witness to the blast who gave his name as Qyaamuddin told The Associated Press, \"It was evening prayer time, and I was attending the prayer with others, when the explosion happened.\" Some Afghans go by a single name.</div><div><br></div><div>AP journalists could see the blue-roofed, Sunni mosque from a nearby hillside. The Taliban parked police trucks and other vehicles at the mosque.</div><div><br></div><div>A U.S.-led invasion toppled the previous Taliban government, which had hosted al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>Since regaining power, the former insurgents have faced a crippling economic crisis since the international community, which doesn\'t recognize the Taliban government, froze funding to the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Separately, the Taliban confirmed on Wednesday that they had captured and killed Mehdi Mujahid in western Herat province as he was trying to cross the border into Iran.</div><div><br></div><div>Mujahid was a former Taliban commander in the district of Balkhab in northern Sar-e-Pul province and the only member of the minority Shiite Hazara community among the Taliban ranks.</div><div><br></div><div>Mujahid had turned against the Taliban over the past year after opposing decisions made by Taliban leaders in Kabul. Source: CBSnews.com</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 00:37:53', '2022-08-19 00:37:53'),
(1134, 1134, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon oozes with confidence about the Tigers\' success in the upcoming Asia Cup despite the team\'s vulnerability in the shortest format of the cricket.</span><br></div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The Tigers won just two matches in the last 10 encounters including a 2-1 series defeat at the hands of Zimbabwe, which was their first ever series defeat in this format against the African opponents.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>While the wound of that loss is still burning, Bangladesh will play the Asia Cup, which will be a T20 format this time, without some of their inform players who are out with injuries.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh would have to contest against the teams like Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in the group phase of the Asia Cup and no doubt it will be an uphill task for them to move to the Super Four.</div><div><br></div><div>However, still Papon\'s belief stemmed from the confidence of Shakib Al Hasan, who has the responsibility of leadership. According to him, Shakib has already spread the belief of victory in this team.</div><div><br></div><div>After many controversies, the board\'s rationale behind making Shakib captain was experience. Papon said the ace allrounder is trying to spread that experience to everyone.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I talk to Shakib regularly. I also talked to many players like Sohan-Liton Das. Today I wanted to know what he (Shakib) thinks. I saw one thing, Shakib is confident. Of course, he always has confidence. But at the moment it is more important to have it,\" Papon said today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium where he suddenly came to watch the practice of the Bangladesh players.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I can win, I have to have this belief. I went to play... I don\'t care about winning and losing. But it is important to have the belief that you can win. I was happy to see it. Winning or losing is not a big deal, I think, we should have the belief about our capability. And I am happy that Shakib has that belief. I felt that such an attitude of the captain is important before the big competition.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh played the final in the last two editions of Asia Cup in 2016 and 2018. Both times they lost the title to India. This time they have to go through a difficult path to move to the final.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;After winning against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka in the group stage, they have to make it to the Super Four. Four teams will play against each other in Super Four. The top two teams on the basis of points will go to the final.</div><div><br></div><div>Although the task is difficult for Bangladesh, it is not impossible at all. Bangladesh has the experience of defeating every participating team in T20 format.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I am really hopeful about our chances this time despite our mediocre performance in this format of late. Let\'s see.\" - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 00:50:00', '2022-08-19 00:50:00');
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(1135, 1135, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has said she understands the pains of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as they both went through similar situations back in 1974 and 1975.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“I can understand her pains as well, you know, because if we live situations that are similar in that sense,” she said, noting that her father died in 1974 while Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina lost her father in 1975.</div><div><br></div><div>Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was brutally assassinated by a group of conspiring army officers on August 15 in 1975. Bangabandhu\'s wife, sons, daughters-in-law and other relatives were also killed in the massacre, one of the most heinous in world history.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, General Alberto Bachelet was arrested and tortured for opposing the military coup led by Gen Augusto Pinochet. He died in 1974 of a heart attack caused by the torture inflicted on him.</div><div><br></div><div>During her four-day visit to Bangladesh, Bachelet met PM Hasina on Wednesday apart from her meetings with four ministers, civil society members and other stakeholders.</div><div><br></div><div>Her visit coincided with an important day of national mourning, commemorating the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>She said it was a day which naturally lent itself to reflections on the history of Bangladesh – its painful past, a people’s struggle for independence and for their human rights, millions of whom had been forced to flee in 1971.</div><div><br></div><div>“I also share with them my experiences as a former head of state of federal government, and my own experience in Chile,” said the UN rights chief who was elected President of Chile on two occasions (2006 – 2010 and 2014 – 2018).</div><div><br></div><div>Bachelet, who also was the first female president of Chile, laid emphasis on acknowledging the existence of problems, to address them and make the investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>“I always felt that when I receive any allegation of any kind….what if it\'s true, because it might not be my policy, but maybe some things are happening. And if I know that I\'m having....I can do something about it. So that\'s the kind of conversation we had,” she told reporters before leaving Dhaka on Wednesday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN rights chief said the allegations might not be true but if she hears something, she always says, “Let\'s analyze it, let\'s investigate and see if it\'s true or if it\'s not true. If you come to know it\'s not true, things are clear.”</div><div><br></div><div>But if it is found to be true, she said, how they remedy and how they take the measures. “So that\'s the kind of conversation that we had.”</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question, the UN rights chief said she is happy to have come to the right location because she thinks it was an important opportunity for her to visit this beautiful country that has a lot of challenges – not just human rights but also on economic, social, cultural and climate change fronts.</div><div><br></div><div>Warmly thanking the government of Bangladesh for its invitation, she said, “I hope my visit will build on the government’s engagement with the UN’s human rights mechanisms and help deepen cooperation with us, furthering the promotion and protection of human rights in Bangladesh.” UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 01:06:37', '2022-08-19 01:06:37'),
(1136, 1136, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sri Lanka\'s economic meltdown will result in a record contraction of at least eight percent this year but the public could soon expect some relief from runaway inflation, the head of the country\'s central bank said Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The island nation defaulted on its $51 billion foreign debt in April and is seeking an International Monetary Fund bailout after months of food, fuel and medicine shortages.</div><div><br></div><div>Its 22 million people have also suffered through lengthy blackouts and spiralling cost-of-living pressures after scarcity and a currency crash drove up prices.</div><div><br></div><div>The Central Bank of Sri Lanka had already projected the economy could shrink a painful 7.5 percent for the calendar year, dwarfing the previous record 3.6 percent contraction in 2020 as the pandemic raged.</div><div><br></div><div>\"But now we think it will exceed 8.0 percent,\" governor Nandalal Weerasinghe told reporters in Colombo.</div><div><br></div><div>He said inflation -- officially running at 60.8 percent -- will peak at \"about 65 percent\" in September, followed by a gradual easing caused by lower demand and improvements in supplies.</div><div><br></div><div>The foreign exchange shortage that sparked the economic crisis had eased thanks to better currency inflows and lower imports, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We are now able to finance the most essential imports such as petrol and diesel and medicines,\" Weerasinghe said.</div><div><br></div><div>At the peak of Sri Lanka\'s fuel shortages, motorists had to wait for days and sometimes weeks to top up, but strict fuel rationing has shortened queues.</div><div><br></div><div>Months of protests over the collapsing economy culminated in the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced to flee his official residence after it was stormed by a huge crowd last month.</div><div><br></div><div>Rajapaksa is accused of mismanaging the island nation\'s economy to the point where it was unable to finance even the most essential imports.</div><div><br></div><div>He has since travelled to Thailand and close associates have said he was desperate to return home, where he faces corruption charges that had been suspended because of his presidential immunity.</div><div><br></div><div>The political upheavals last month stalled talks with the IMF, but a delegation from the international lender of last resort is expected in Colombo before the end of August.</div><div><br></div><div>Weerasinghe said he was hopeful authorities would finalise a staff-level agreement with the Fund later this month ahead of a formal bailout deal. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 02:09:51', '2022-08-19 02:09:51'),
(1137, 1137, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Finnish Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, is facing a backlash after being seen partying in a leaked video.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the footage, thought to be taken from social media, she and friends including Finnish celebrities are seen dancing and singing.</div><div><br></div><div>She has faced criticism from opposition parties, with one leader demanding she take a drug test.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Marin, 36, denied taking drugs, saying she only drank alcohol and just partied \"in a boisterous way\".</div><div><br></div><div>Formerly the world\'s youngest prime minister, Ms Marin makes no secret of partying, and has often been photographed at music festivals.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year she apologised for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a Covid-19 case. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 02:25:33', '2022-08-19 02:25:33'),
(1138, 1138, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The country has sufficient stock of all kinds of fertilisers against its demand.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At present, the stock of urea fertiliser is 6.45 lakh tonnes, 3.94 lakh tonnes of TSP, 7.36 lakh tonnes of DAP and 2.73 lakh tonnes of MOP.</div><div><br></div><div>The current stock of fertiliser is higher than that of the same period last year. During this period last year, the stock of urea fertiliser was 6.17 lakh metric tons, 2.27 lakh tonnes of TSP and 5.17 lakh tonnes of DAP.</div><div><br></div><div>Against the current stock of fertilisers, the demand for urea fertilisers in August is 2.51 lakh tonnes, while TSP demand is 47,000 tonnes, DAP 81,000 tonnes and MOP 52,000 tonnes. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 02:33:34', '2022-08-19 02:33:34'),
(1139, 1139, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday came down heavily on a section of Hindus who try to imply that they are in very bad shape in Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“I want to say one thing with grave regret that whenever any incident occurs here that is propagated at home and abroad massively as if the Hindu people do not have any right in this country,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while exchanging greetings with Hindu community virtually at Dhakeswari Mandir in Dhaka and JM Sen Hall in Chattogram on the occasion of holy Janmashtami from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that whenever any incident happens her government takes immediate action against the perpetrators.</div><div><br></div><div>“But colour is given on that incident as the Hindus have no rights. But the actions of the government after the incidents do not get proper attention,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In this connection, she said that while taking actions to protect mandirs many muslims were killed in police firing. “This kind of incident also took place.”</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned the incidents un Cumilla in support of her comments.</div><div><br></div><div>“But these were not told properly. Instead, it is spread that Hindus are living in very much trouble in the country,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the number of Puja Mandaps in Dhaka is higher than incWest Bengal or Kolkata. And across Bangladesh the Durga Puja is celebrated massively.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said that her government is not only taking initiatives to repair or renovate mosques, it also renovates or repair temples, monastries and churches.</div><div><br></div><div>“It is not right to say something that hurts anyone’s religious sentiment,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said that Bangladesh is a exceptional land in the world where people from all religions freely celebrate their religious festivals.</div><div><br></div><div>“There is huge attempts to destroy this congenial religious atmosphere of the country. A section of people in every religion is there who often try to create problems,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that the government and Awami League do not believe in undermining any religion.</div><div><br></div><div>“We can say that clearly. Our government is very much cautious about it. I can assure you that,\" she asserted.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that all people of the country irrespective of their religions will enjoy the equal rights.</div><div><br></div><div>“We want that people of all religions will live in the country with their equal rights. You are people of this country, you have the equal right in here, you have the same rights like me,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister requested the Hindus never to consider themselves as minority.</div><div><br></div><div>“You always think that you are the citizens of this country, you will enjoy equal rights, and we also want to see you like that way. Please do not undermine yourselves. You were born in this country, and you are the citizens of this country,\" she assured the audience.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that if every one can move with this confidence then the evil quarter, from every religion, will never be able to harm the religious harmony of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have to keep that belief and unity among us. I want that from you all,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about Coronavirus pandemic, Russia-Ukraine war, sanctions and counter-sanctions, she said that these caused great problems for all.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have increased the fuel oil price, and as a result prices of everything have been increased. Some people are increasing the prices unnecessarily to make extra profits,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the government is making arrangements for monitoring the prices and taking steps.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned about the government’s move to provide rice to 50 lakh families at the rate of Tk 15 per kilogram.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the government will provide special family cards to one crore people by which they will be able to procure essential commodities like rice, lentil, oil and sugar at fair price.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are trying to put the prices under purchasing capacity of the mass people so that they do not suffer,\" said the PM.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the food scarcity around the world and possible famine, she urged the people of the country to utilise every inch of land for production. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 02:47:00', '2022-08-19 02:47:00'),
(1140, 1140, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President M Abdul Hamid urged everyone to maintain communal harmony, a long tradition of the country, forgetting religious or ethnic differences.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The President came up with the call as a delegation of the Hindu Religious Welfare Trust paid a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban here marking the Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, an annual Hindu festival that falls on the birthday of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu.</div><div><br></div><div>Wishing the Hindus on Janmashtami, the President said, \"Religious harmony is an integral part of the history and tradition of Bangladesh.\" President\'s Press Secretary Md Jainal Abedin told reporter.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that the main message of all religions is welfare of the people, he said every religious festival in this country has been celebrated in a festive mood with the participation of common people since the beginning.</div><div><br></div><div>The Head of State said the government is providing various incentives to ease the life of common people in the context of the Covid-19 and the current economic situation worldwide.</div><div><br></div><div>The President urged everyone to extend an all out cooperation and sympathy so that the poor of the society can enjoy the Janmashtami festival smoothly.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder and Chairman of Hindu Religious Welfare Trust and State Minister of Religious Affairs Md Faridul Haque Khan, Manoranjan Sheel Gopal, MP, Dr Shree Biren Shikder, MP and Pankaj Debnath, MP, among others, were present.</div><div><br></div><div>President\'s Office Secretary Sampad Barua, Military Secretary Major General SM Salah Uddin Islam, Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin and Secretary (Attachment) Md Wahidul Islam Khan were also present there. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 02:55:15', '2022-08-19 02:55:15'),
(1141, 1141, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tributes poured in Wednesday for Yvan Buravan, a top Rwandan R&amp;B singer who died aged 27 of pancreatic cancer, fans and fellow musicians hailing his talent and \"genuinely good energy\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Buravan died in India, where he was receiving treatment for the illness after visits to hospitals in Rwanda and Kenya failed to help.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It is with unimaginable sadness that we announce to you the untimely passing of our beloved Yvan Buravan,\" his management said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Yvan Buravan was a genuine soul that radiated happiness to everyone around him. He motivated all of us to love our Country and our Culture.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The young star\'s untimely passing unleashed a flood of tributes from across East Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Buravan\'s passing feels so personal to everyone because that is what genuinely good energy does,\" Rwandan musician Sheryl Uwase said on Twitter.</div><div><br></div><div>\"His music was deeply rooted in such jovial energy and his personality matched that too. What a gloomy day.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Top Tanzanian rapper AY, who collaborated with Buravan on their remix of the hit single \"Just a dance\", said: \"I mourn you till I Join You. Rest in peace Lil Bro.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The International Organisation of La Francophonie, a cooperative body that represents mainly French-speaking states around the world, paid tribute to \"an artist who died so young and whose talent will be remembered\".</div><div><br></div><div>In 2018, Buravan won the \"Prix Decouvertes RFI\" contest, a reality TV competition featuring musicians from across Africa. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 03:00:35', '2022-08-19 03:00:35'),
(1142, 1142, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The low-lying areas of 15 coastal districts in Bangladesh, including their offshore islands and chars, are likely to be inundated by tidal surges, the weather department said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>These districts are Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Chattogram and Cox\'s Bazar.</div><div><br></div><div>The well-marked low over the northeast Bay moved northwestwards and intensified into a depression over the northeast Bay and adjoining areas around 6am, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department.</div><div>The depression is likely to intensify further and move northwestwards.</div><div><br></div><div>The sea will remain rough near the depression centre as maximum sustained wind speed within 44km of the depression centre is about 40 kmph rising to 50 kmph in squalls, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Squally weather may affect the maritime ports, the North Bay, and the adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal No 3.</div><div><br></div><div>\"All fishing boats and trawlers in the North Bay have been advised to take shelter immediately and remain in shelter till further notice,\" the department said. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 18:50:37', '2022-08-19 18:50:37'),
(1143, 1143, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday rejected Seoul\'s offer of economic assistance in return for denuclearisation steps, calling it the \"height of absurdity\".</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The statement follows South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol this week putting forward an \"audacious\" aid plan that would include food, energy and infrastructure help in return for the North abandoning its nuclear weapons programme.</div><div><br></div><div>Analysts previously said the chances of Pyongyang accepting such a deal -- first floated during Yoon\'s inaugural speech -- were vanishingly slim, as the North, which invests a vast chunk of its GDP into weapons programmes, has long made it clear it will not make that trade.</div><div><br></div><div>Kim Jong Un\'s sister, Yo Jong, on Friday called Yoon\'s offer the \"height of absurdity\", adding the entire premise that the North might willingly put its nuclear programme on the table was wrong.</div><div><br></div><div>\"To think that the plan to barter \'economic cooperation\' for our honor, (our) nukes, is the great dream, hope and plan of Yoon, we came to realize that he is really simple and still childish,\" she said in a statement carried by the official Korea Central News Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We make it clear that we will not sit face to face with him,\" she added, saying \"no one barters its destiny for corn cake\".</div><div><br></div><div>She further accused the South of recycling past proposals the North had already rejected, and compared Yoon to a barking dog.</div><div><br></div><div>South Korea\'s presidential office expressed \"strong regret\" over Yo Jong\'s \"rude\" remarks, but added that the offer of economic aid remained in place.</div><div><br></div><div>\"North Korea\'s attitude is in no way helpful to the peace and prosperity of the Korean peninsula, as well as its own future, and only promotes isolation from the international community,\" it said in a statement.</div><div>-\'Ready to mobilise\'-</div><div><br></div><div>Pyongyang last week warned it would \"wipe out\" Seoul authorities over a recent Covid-19 outbreak, a threat that came less than a month after Kim Jong Un said his country was \"ready to mobilise\" its nuclear capability in any war with the United States and the South.</div><div><br></div><div>Yoon on Wednesday said his administration had no plans to pursue its own nuclear deterrent, even as Pyongyang test-fired two cruise missiles the same day.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheong Seong-chang, director of the Center for North Korean Studies at the Sejong Institute, said Yo Jong\'s Friday statement \"clearly reaffirms\" that Pyongyang will never give up its nukes.</div><div><br></div><div>Accordingly, the Yoon administration\'s policies on North Korean denuclearisation will inevitably need a \"fundamental revision\", he told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The weight of North Korean nuclear threats that South Korea has to live with has already exceeded the level it can bear,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>North Korea has conducted a record-breaking blitz of weapons tests this year, including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at full range for the first time since 2017.</div><div><br></div><div>Washington and South Korean officials have repeatedly warned that the North is preparing to carry out what would be its seventh nuclear test. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 18:54:53', '2022-08-19 18:54:53'),
(1144, 1144, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two small planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport Thursday and at least two of the three occupants were killed, officials said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The planes crashed at Watsonville Municipal Airport shortly before 3 p.m., according to a tweet from the city of Watsonville. The city-owned airport does not have a control tower to direct aircraft landing and taking off.</div><div><br></div><div>There were two people aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 and only the pilot aboard a single-engine Cessna 152 during the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials say multiple fatalities were reported but it was not immediately clear whether anyone survived.</div><div><br></div><div>The pilots were on their final approaches to the airport before the collision, the FAA said in a statement. The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board, which did not immediately have additional details, are investigating the crash.</div><div><br></div><div>No one on the ground was injured. The airport has four runways and is home to more than 300 aircraft, according to its website. It handles more than 55,000 operations a year and is used often for recreational planes and agriculture businesses.</div><div><br></div><div>Watsonville, near the Monterey Bay, is about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of San Francisco.</div><div><br></div><div>Photos and videos posted on social media showed the wreckage of one small plane in a grassy field by the airport. One picture showed a plume of smoke visible from a street near the airport.</div><div><br></div><div>A photo from the city of Watsonville showed damage to a small building at the airport, with firefighters on the scene.</div><div><br></div><div>The planes were about 200 feet (61 meters) in the air when they crashed, a witness told the Santa Cruz Sentinel.</div><div><br></div><div>Franky Herrera was driving past the airport when he saw the twin-engine plane bank hard to the right and hit the wing of the smaller aircraft, which “just spiraled down and crashed” near the edge of the airfield and not far from homes, he told the newspaper.</div><div><br></div><div>The twin-engine aircraft kept flying but “it was struggling,” Herrera said, and then he saw flames at the other side of the airport.</div><div><br></div><div>The manager of the Watsonville Municipal Airport was unavailable for a phone interview in the hours after the crash. The airport accounts for about 40% of all general aviation activities in the Monterey Bay area, according to the City of Watsonville’s website.</div><div><br></div><div>The Watsonville Police Department referred calls to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, where a dispatcher had no information.</div><div><br></div><div>Two other pilots also were hurt in aircraft crashes elsewhere in California on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>A 65-year-old San Diego man received injuries that were major but not life-threatening when his single-engine plane crashed on a street near a busy freeway overpass in El Cajon, authorities said.</div><div><br></div><div>The plane reportedly struck an SUV but nobody on the ground was hurt in the city nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) northeast of downtown San Diego.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the pilot of an ultralight aircraft was critically injured when it crashed upside down on a building at the Camarillo Airport in Ventura County, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) from downtown Los Angeles. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 18:57:39', '2022-08-19 18:57:39'),
(1145, 1145, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least four female tea workers were killed as a wall collapsed on them in Sreemangal upazila of Sylhet on Friday afternoon, according to media reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The identities of the deceased could not be known yet.</div><div><br></div><div>More to follow ...</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 19:02:11', '2022-08-19 19:02:11'),
(1146, 1146, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Garments Sramik Front on Friday staged demonstration in the city, demanding Tk 20,000 as national minimum wage and Tk 24,000 as lowest monthly wage for the garment workers following high cost of living due to price hike of essentials.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The labour rights body, in the programme arranged in front of the National Press Club, also demanded introduction of dearness allowance for the interim period and ration at subsidized prices for the workers.</div><div><br></div><div>Addressing the demonstration rally, the labour leaders said Garments Sramik Front and Garment Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (G-SKOP) earlier in 2018 demanded Tk 18,000 as the minimum wage to keep consistency with the Pay Commission. But Tk 8,000 was announced as the minimum wage ignoring the demand at that time, they said.</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders said the prices of daily essentials have skyrocketed due to the recent fuel price-hike. Now the value of the wages of garment workers has fallen below half. The workers are struggling to survive due to malnutrition, they added.</div><div><br></div><div>They also demanded stopping misuses of section 13 (1) of the labour law to end the oppression of workers as well as opening the ABC Knit Dyeing and Finishing Mills at Shyampur immediately to reinstate its workers in the job.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the section 13 (1) of Labour Act 2006, the owner can close any branch or section of a factory or other establishment partially or entirely due to illegal strike and the participant workers of the illegal strike would not get any wage in case of such shutdown of the branch or section.</div><div><br></div><div>President of Garments Sramik Front Ahsan Habib Bulbul presided over the rally, while its general secretary Selim Mahmud conducted it, said a press release. - BSS</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-19 23:37:58', '2022-08-19 23:37:58'),
(1147, 1147, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Large parts of Bangladesh are in the grip of a blistering heatwave but that may abate in the next 24 hours, the weather department said on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Mild heat wave is sweeping through Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions and it may abate,” the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) said in a daily bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, light to moderate rains or showers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at most places over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal and Chattogram divisions and at many places over Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Southern part of the country, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Rains or thunder showers are likely to continue. Day temperature may fall by 2-4 degrees and night temperature may fall by 1-2 degrees over the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The weather office recorded the highest rainfall of 138 mm in Feni of Chattogram division in 24 hours till 6am on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>The highest temperature was recorded at 37.8 degrees Celsius in Mymensingh, while the lowest temperature was recorded at 23.9 degrees in Rajshahi.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the low pressure area over the Northeast Bay and adjoining areas moved northwestwards and intensified into a well-marked low first and then into a depression over the Northwest Bay and adjoining northeast Bay this morning.</div><div><br></div><div>It is likely to intensify further and move northwestwards.</div><div><br></div><div>The axis of monsoon trough runs through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal to Assam across the central part of Bangladesh. Monsoon is active over Bangladesh and strong over the North Bay, as per the bulletin. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:09:40', '2022-08-20 00:09:40'),
(1148, 1148, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Drogo, a four-member team from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) of Dhaka University has clinched the trophy of the 19th edition of Battle of Minds (BoM) recently.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Members of the winning team were Syed Shadab Tajwar, Tasmim Sultana Nawmi and Sadid Jubayer Murshed from IBA, University of Dhaka. They won the trophy of 2022 edition by beating four other teams in Grand Finale on August 17 at Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden, a press release said here today.</div><div><br></div><div>Team Strangers from Bangladesh University of Professionals and team Rock Paper Scissors from North South University became first and second runner-up respectively. More than one thousand teams from 20 universities took part in this year\'s competition to represent Bangladesh in global platforms alongside 26 other countries.</div><div><br></div><div>State Minister for Cultural Affairs KM Khalid addressed the grand finale as chief guest. BAT Bangladesh Chairman Golam Moin Uddin, Managing Director Shehjad Munim, Head of Human Resources Sad Jasim addressed the function, among others.</div><div><br></div><div>Organized by BAT Bangladesh since 2004, Battle of Minds is a nationwide competition that tests young entrepreneurs in various challenges and help bring out the best in them. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:19:03', '2022-08-20 00:19:03'),
(1149, 1149, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Marco Jansen fell just short of a maiden Test fifty before Anrich Nortje added a useful 28 not out as South Africa were dismissed for 326 in reply to England\'s first innings 165 -- a lead of 161 runs -- on the third day of the first Test at Lord\'s on Friday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Only one side has won a Test at Lord\'s after conceding a bigger first innings deficit, with England coming from 171 runs behind to defeat South Africa by 71 runs back in 1955.</div><div><br></div><div>Stuart Broad and England captain Ben Stokes both took 3-71 but not before the Proteas tail had added a further 37 runs after resuming on 289-7.</div><div>South Africa led by 124 runs overnight after a rapid stand of 72 in just 75 balls between Jansen (41 not out) and Keshav Maharaj (41) had followed a painstaking 73 by opener Sarel Erwee.</div><div><br></div><div>But they lost Kagiso Rabada without adding to their total off Friday\'s third ball of the day when his pull off Matthew Potts was brilliantly caught one-handed by a leaping Broad at mid-on.</div><div><br></div><div>Stokes, who had rocked South Africa with a burst of two wickets for five runs in seven balls on Thursday, took up the attack alongside Durham team-mate Potts.</div><div><br></div><div>The new-ball was taken as soon as possible, with South Africa 291-8 off 80 overs but Stokes did not immediately bring senior pacemen James Anderson and Broad -- England\'s all-time leading Test wicket-takers -- into the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Broad heeded a spectator\'s pleading shout of \"pitch it up!\" after coming on six overs into the new ball when he had Jansen edging a drive to Zak Crawley in the slips, the towering fast bowler out for a 48 that included four fours and a six.</div><div><br></div><div>Nortje struck two fours off successive Stokes balls before last man Lungi Ngidi was out for a duck, caught at the second attempt by Jonny Bairstow in the slips off Broad.</div><div><br></div><div>England, however, will have to bat considerably better than they managed in their first innings if they are to retain a realistic chance of going 1-0 up in this three-match series.</div><div><br></div><div>They have won all four of their Tests under a new leadership duo of Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum, but each of those wins have come as a result of batting aggressively in the fourth innings rather than having to set a total for their opponents to chase. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:32:47', '2022-08-20 00:32:47'),
(1150, 1150, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Powerful storms have battered areas of central and southern Europe, killing at least 12 people including three children.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deaths, most from falling trees, were reported in Italy and Austria, and on the French island of Corsica.</div><div><br></div><div>Heavy rain and winds wrecked campsites on the island, while in Venice, Italy, masonry was blown off the belltower of St Mark\'s Basilica.</div><div><br></div><div>The storms follow weeks of heatwave and drought across much of the continent.</div><div><br></div><div>In Corsica, winds gusting up to 224 km/h (140mph) uprooted trees and damaged mobile homes.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities there said a 13-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree on a campsite.</div><div><br></div><div>A 46-year-old man died in a similar incident and a woman in her 70s was killed when her car was hit by the detached roof of a beach hut.</div><div><br></div><div>Two other people, a fisherman, 62, and a female kayaker, 60, died out at sea.</div><div>Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, who arrived in Corsica on Thursday, said 20 people had been injured - four of them seriously.</div><div><br></div><div>Almost 13,000 people were evacuated from several campsites on Thursday evening and sheltered in public buildings, ahead of more expected damage.</div><div><br></div><div>Extreme storms have become more frequent recently because of climate change.</div><div><br></div><div>Witnesses to the storms said they had been completely unexpected and no warning was given.</div><div><br></div><div>In Austria two girls aged four and eight were killed by a falling tree near a lake in Carinthia. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:38:23', '2022-08-20 00:38:23'),
(1151, 1151, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In the second unofficial one-day match, Bangladesh A beat their West Indian counterparts by 44 runs at the Gros Islet on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Opener Mohammad Naim hit a hundred in this match. He made a great comeback after he was dismissed for a duck in the first match.</div><div><br></div><div>Sabbir Rahman, the out-of-form batter, hit 62. Riding on the batting performances of these two, Bangladesh posted a total of 277 for six.</div><div>For West Indies A, Anderson Phillip, Shermon Lewis and Bryan Charles bagged two wickets each.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, Joshua Da Silva, the captain of West Indies A, scored 68 but that was not enough for them to avoid a defeat. They tumbled for 233 for nine in 50 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>For Bangladesh, pacer Mukidul Islam scalped three wickets conceding 32 runs in nine overs while Rejaur Rahman Raja bagged two wickets.</div><div><br></div><div>The third and final unofficial one-day match on August 20 now becomes a series decider. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:41:04', '2022-08-20 00:41:04'),
(1152, 1152, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An Italian farm became an open-air morgue earlier this month after around 50 cows were poisoned by young sorghum plants, an accident experts blame on drought.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Piedmontese cattle on the farm in Sommariva del Bosco, near Turin in northwest Italy, died suddenly due to acute prussic acid poisoning on August 6, according to the local IZS animal welfare body.</div><div><br></div><div>This acid comes from dhurrin, which is naturally present in young sorghum plants, although not in the same high concentrations as those found in samples taken at the site.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We suspect that the drought caused this very large quantity of dhurrin within the sorghum plants,\" said Stefano Giantin, a vet at the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale for northwest Italy, who is on the case.</div><div><br></div><div>With normal growing plants, the amount of dhurrin would lower as the plants grew larger. But since the ongoing drought has stunted the growth of sorghum plants, dhurrin has concentrated inside them.</div><div><br></div><div>Prussic acid poisoning in cattle is quick and brutal, with symptoms occurring 10-15 minutes after ingestion and death some 15-30 minutes later. It causes respiratory, nervous and muscular disorders.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhurrin naturally occurs in sorghum, particularly in young shoots that use it as a defence against herbivores, but when digested, releases prussic acid, also known as hydrogen cyanide.</div><div><br></div><div>But \"normally, it doesn\'t cause death\", Giantin told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>In the samples taken from Sommariva del Bosco, the concentration of dhurrin in the shoots was at an unusually high level, which Giantin said appeared to be the result of the drought that has hit Italy and much of Europe this summer.</div><div><br></div><div>A dose of more than 700 mg/kg of prussic acid is considered fatal for cattle, but the animals at Sommariva were found to have quantities of more than 900 mg/kg in their blood.</div><div><br></div><div>The only way of saving affected cows is to inject them with sodium thiosulfate, to neutralise the hyrogen cyanide.</div><div><br></div><div>With this, experts were able to save around 30 cows on August 11, when three more farms in Piedmont were hit by the same phenomenon -- although not before 14 died. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:44:57', '2022-08-20 00:44:57'),
(1153, 1153, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court remanded10 people including crane operator Md Al Amin Hossain alias Hridoy on different terms in a case lodged over deaths of five people after a part of a box girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell on their car in Dhaka\'s Uttara area on August 15.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahbub Ahammed passed the order as police produced Hridoy, his helper Rakib, safety engineer Zulfikar before the court and pleaded to place them on 10-day remand. After hearing the plea, the court placed the three accused on four-day remand each.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also placed security guards Rubel, 28, Md Afroj Miah, 50, owner of heavy equipments supplier company IFSCON Bangladesh Limited Md Iftekhar Hossain, 39, its Head of Operations Md Azharul Islam Mithu, 45, crane supplying company Build Trade\'s marketing manager Tofazzal Hossain Tusher, 42, admin officers Ruhul AMin Mridha, 33, and Md Monjurul Islam, 29, on two- day remand each.</div><div><br></div><div>Teams of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested them in separate drives from Dhaka, Gazipur, Sirajganj and Bagerhat on August 17.</div><div><br></div><div>Five people including two children died as part of a box girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project fell from a crane on their car in Dhaka\'s Uttara area on August 15. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 00:52:52', '2022-08-20 00:52:52'),
(1154, 1154, '<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Six people have been killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a tractor-trolley and a speeding truck in the western Indian state of Rajasthan, police said on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The accident occurred in the Sumirpor area of Pali district, nearly 300 kms from state capital Jaipur late on Friday night.</div><div><br></div><div>The tractor-trolley was carrying pilgrims from Jaisalmer district when the speeding truck coming from the opposite direction crashed into the vehicle at high speed,\" a police officer told the local media.</div><div>While six of the pilgrims died on the spot in the impact of the collision, those injured have been admitted to a nearby hospital. \"The condition of some of the injured is said to be serious,\" the officer said.</div><div><br></div><div>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s office tweeted to express his grief over the tragedy.</div><div><br></div><div>The accident in Pali, Rajasthan is saddening. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with the bereaved families. I pray for a speedy recovery of those injured,\" Modi said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A probe has been ordered into the accident,\" the police officer said.</div><div><br></div><div>Road accidents are common in India, with one taking place every four minutes. These accidents are often blamed on poor roads, rash driving and scant regard for traffic laws.</div><div><br></div><div>The Indian government\'s implementation of stricter traffic laws in recent years has failed to rein in accidents, which claim over 100,000 lives every year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 16:15:17', '2022-08-20 16:15:17'),
(1155, 1155, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">King County, which includes Seattle, on Friday officially declared the local monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as infections continue to increase in the city and other parts of the state.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We are fortunate to have one of the best public health organizations in the nation right here in King County, and today’s action ensures they will have all the tools needed to take on the challenge of monkeypox,” King County Executive Dow Constantine said in a written statement.</div><div><br></div><div>The local emergency proclamation will free up needed resources for Public Health — Seattle &amp; King County, as well as give the department more flexibility with hiring and contracting protocols, according to the statement. The proclamation will support efforts to contain the virus, which can cause a rash, fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and fatigue.</div><div><br></div><div>Washington has reported 333 monkeypox infections, 275 of which were confirmed in King County, according to the state Department of Health. Two weeks ago, the state had confirmed 166 cases, The Seattle Times reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Public health officials have recorded 21 cases in Pierce County, seven in Snohomish County, five in Spokane County, five in Clark County and four in Yakima County, state health officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Washington State Department of Health reported the state’s first pediatric monkeypox case in a 17-year-old on Thursday, KING5 reported. Oregon identified its first pediatric monkeypox case on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s an important time for public health to have the flexibility it needs to be able to respond and reach the communities most impacted, including ensuring equitable access to vaccine,” Dennis Worsham, interim director of Public Health — Seattle &amp; King County, said in the statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Monkeypox vaccines have been scarce, and while Constantine’s proclamation won’t bring more doses to the state in the near term, it will help public health teams more quickly deliver vaccines when larger quantities become available, according to the executive’s office.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, those considered at highest risk and who are eligible for a monkeypox vaccine in King County include anyone who has had sexual or close, intimate contact with someone who has tested positive for monkeypox, among other criteria.</div><div><br></div><div>San Francisco and New York City were the first cities in the country to declare a health emergency over the outbreak in late July. The federal government gave a similar announcement in early August and the World Health Organization issued a global health emergency in July. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 18:05:53', '2022-08-20 18:05:53'),
(1157, 1157, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday those who carry out attack on temples are certainly miscreants and enemies of all.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“In present days, those who attack on temples have no political identity. Their only identity is miscreant and they are enemies of all,” he told the inaugural ceremony of Janmashtami procession at Palashi intersection here.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Quader, also Awami League general secretary, said the government is also taking actions against temple attackers.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the AL never seeks support of any foreign country to sustain in power as people are the source of power of the party. Awami League’s root is very deep in this soil, he mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>Pointing to the Hindu community members, the minister said: “You never consider yourself as minority. You have equal rights. We always stayed with you in the past. We still stay with you and will do so in future, too”.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the BNP is the patron of communal politics, “so, remain alert about them.”</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that Bangladesh has very good relations with neighboring countries, he said longstanding issues including exchange of enclaves have been settled with India through talks with the Indian prime minister.</div><div><br></div><div>Progress in few more issues is in the offing as some issues can be resolved in September, he hoped. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-08-20 18:19:13', '2022-08-20 18:19:13');
