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(1871, 1871, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The third and final ODI between India and England women\'s team saw a thrilling finish at the iconic Lord\'s, as Deepti Sharma inflicted a run-out dismissal at the non-striker\'s end during her delivery stride (more commonly known as ‘Mankad’) to secure a 16-run victory for the visitors.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England had needed 52 runs to win when their ninth wicket fell and it seemed India would register a rather straightforward win, but the duo of Charlotte Dean and Freya Davis had begun to forge an unlikely comeback for the hosts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The duo added 35 runs for the final wicket when Deepti Sharma, showing an incredible game-awareness, noticed Dean leaving her crease before the delivery being bowled and ran her out at the non-striker\'s end. Interestingly, the International Cricket Council legalized such mode of dismissal earlier this week, roughly a month after the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) also moved the dismissal from ‘Unfair Play\' to ‘Run out’ section.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, there still remains considerable taboo over the dismissal with a number of cricketers and fans still believing that it is against the spirit of the game. As Deepti dismissed Dean, there were mixed reactions on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s leading off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, who had famously used the ‘Mankad’ dismissal in the 2019 IPL, funnily wrote, “Why the hell are you trending Ashwin? Tonight is about another bowling hero @Deepti_Sharma06.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England\'s Test fast bowler Stuart Broad was not too impressed with Deepti\'s decision to run Dean out. “I find the debate of the Mankad really interesting. So many views from either side. I personally wouldn’t like to win a match like that, also, very happy for others to feel differently,” said Broad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There’s surely not a person who has played the game that thinks this is acceptable? Just not cricket…” England\'s star batter Sam Billings wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former England captain Nasser Hussain, who was on-air during the dismissal, said he was “not so sure” about the dismissal despite it being legal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“No. I\'m not so sure. Laws have changed, so if she was in her delivery stride, she was well within her rights to do that,” Well, they are going to replay that for a long time, but\'s within the laws of the game. If she is in a delivery stride and the non-striker leaves the crease, you can run out the non-striker. Charlotte Dean is in tears and remember, it is in the laws of the game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Former English bowler Tim Bresnan wrote, “wait,wait,wait, Mankad. back foot is down front foot was down before she left crease. should be not out on drs if we\'re making it legal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Has that not just left the sourest taste in the mouth at the end of this international summer? I\'m dumbfounded,\" England women\'s team all-rounder Georgia Elwiss said on BBC Test Match Special following the game. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 17:28:46', '2022-09-25 17:28:46'),
(1872, 1872, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is likely to visit Bangladesh soon and the two countries are expecting to sign a number of cooperation agreements to strengthen the bilateral relations</b>.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen had a meeting with Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto in New York on the sidelines of the 77th UNGA and discussed the areas of cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Hungarian Prime Minister will visit Bangladesh. During the visit, all pending agreements will be signed,\" a senior official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told UNB without elaborating further.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The date of the visit will be finalised through mutual discussion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hungry has increased the number of scholarships for Bangladeshi students from 140 to 240, said the official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hungry will support Bangladesh to get a solution to the Rohingya issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In June this year, Dr Momen handed over a special message to his Hungarian counterpart from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addressed to the newly re-elected Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The foreign ministers are working on a visit of Prime Minister Orban to Bangladesh this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 18:08:17', '2022-09-25 18:08:17'),
(1873, 1873, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 65-year-old man recently passed away during his son’s baraat procession in Malkangiri town, a 20-year-old died while dancing on Ganesh Utsav in J&K, a performer collapsed on stage in the middle of a performance and an artist in Uttar Pradesh died while performing at a Ganesh Pandal. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Could there be a connection between loud noise and heart attacks?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nobel laureate and German Physician Robert Koch predicted in 1910, that one-day man will have to fight noise as fiercely as cholera and plague. Many studies have shown that exposure to noise (aircraft, trains, road vehicles etc.) is associated with heart disease. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Noise pollution can lead to increased heart rate, blood pressure, heart attacks, decrease in sleep constriction of arteries, lack of concentration, anxiety and elevated level of hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. Noise pollution leads to atrial fibrillation (abnormal or increased heart rate) and stroke. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every 5 decibels increase above 55 decibel is associated with 34% increase in heart attack, stroke, heart related illness says Dr. Dheeraj Gandotra, Additional Director - Cardiology, Fortis Hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Dr. Rishi Gupta, Chairman - Cardiac Sciences, Accord Super Speciality Hospital, constant noise pollution is harmful even for the day to day activities. It’s linked with annoyance, sleep disturbances, increased blood pressure and increased cardiovascular events. “Disturbances caused during the night is considered to be more harmful.” </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Kaushal Pandey, Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon, PD Hinduja Hospital explains that if you have prolonged exposure to very high frequency and high decibel sounds, a person who is not ordinarily hypertension will become hypertensive. “Another problem with very high sound intensity is that it disturbs peace of mind. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And as a result, people are not able to concentrate and focus on their work. This results in anxiety disorders and high blood pressure, which could lead to heart related problems.” Sound pollution directly affects the hypothalamus and autonomic nervous system which controls the heart.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Typical sources of chronic noise exposure include road, rail and airport traffic, heavy machinery, construction sites and loud music. “The World Health Organization has also mentioned adverse effects of noise pollution above 55 decibels. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any level of more than 70 decibels will lead to chronic inflammation and damage to the heart and blood vessels,” adds Dr. Gandotra. Long exposure to loud noises increases the risk for heart problems up to 3 times over 5 to 6 years. However, every age group is susceptible to sound pollution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sedentary lifestyles can also lead to cardiovascular diseases, heart attacks and strokes. Being inactive can lead to fatty material building up in your arteries (the blood vessels that carry blood to your organs). If the arteries that carry blood to your heart get damaged and clogged, it can lead to a heart attack. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 19:03:06', '2022-09-25 19:04:45'),
(1874, 1874, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jannatul Ferdous, vice-president of Eden Mohila College unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League(BCL), has been injured in an attack allegedly by the followers of its president and general secretary.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Eden College Chhatra League President Tamanna Jasmine Riva and General Secretary Razia Sultana beat up Jannatul Ferdous at Begum Razia dormitory of the college for giving an interview to the media about extortion and seat trading in the college, said students.</div><div><br></div><div>A tense situation has been prevailing on the campus over the incident and protest rallies and counter rallies were held after the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 22, Jannatul Ferdous gave an interview to the media alleging various irregularities, extortion, seat trading and hall occupation by BCL president and general secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>Two days after the interview, the followers BCL president and general secretary threatened to remove her from the hall around 11 pm on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Contacted, Jannatul Ferdous said, \"I was outside the hall.&nbsp; Razia\'s followers entered my room to create trouble.&nbsp; Later, my roommates called me and I returned to hall and talked to some girls.&nbsp; As soon as I came to the hall, followers of Razia beat me up and snatched my phone.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Tamanna Jesmin Riva and Razjia Sultana didn’t respond to the call of the UNB correspondent.</div><div><br></div><div>However, BCL has formed a two-member probe committee to investigate the incident. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 19:19:22', '2022-09-25 19:19:22'),
(1875, 1875, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Neha Kakkar shared a series of cryptic notes on Instagram on Saturday after facing backlash from veteran singer Falguni Pathak for her recently released song O Sajna.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, the singer again took to Instagram, this time, sharing photos of herself dressed in a black outfit. In the caption, Neha wrote, “Maine Payal Hai Chhankai!” She added the hashtag of her latest song O Sajna.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neha was seen in a black crop top and matching black pants with glamourous makeup and hair as she posed for solo pictures in front of a brown door. She wore white sneakers with her look. In one of the photos she shared, Neha Kakkar could be seen striking a dance pose with her one hand in the air.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans flooded the comments section of Neha’s post with fire and heart emojis. One person commented, “Neha is the best.” Neha’s husband, singer Rohanpreet Singh, also commented on her photos, and wrote, “My princess.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Saturday, Neha had taken to Instagram Stories and written, \"If talking in such a manner, saying such bad things about me, abusing me... makes them feel good and if they think it will ruin my day.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then I\'m sorry to inform them that I\'m too blessed to have bad days. This God\'s child is always happy because God himself/herself is keeping me happy.\" Neha\'s cryptic note came after she faced backlash on social media for her new song O Sajna, a remake of singer Falguni Pathak\'s famous song Maine Payal Hai Chhankai. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 19:49:12', '2022-09-25 19:49:12'),
(1876, 1876, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon Bangladeshi expatriates to give a befitting reply to the propaganda against Bangladesh and its government.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Give an instant befitting reply to the propaganda being carried out against us,” she said while addressing a reception accorded by the Bangladeshi expatriates in the USA, joining virtually from her palace of residence New York on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier also urged the expats to present true picture of the country’s unprecedented development that took place during the Awami League (AL) government’s and move around the world keeping head high maintaining the dignity and honour Bangladesh achieved globally.</div><div><br></div><div>She said relatives of the war criminals and killers of the Father of the Nation alongside the people who fled the country committing various crimes that included money laundering are behind the anti-state propaganda.</div><div><br></div><div>“The people, who are orchestrating the propaganda on the social media, are mostly sacked from the jobs for their involvement in misdeeds or fled the country committing crimes,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier called upon all to make public the characters and misdeeds of the people who are now giving lessons to others by spreading false and fabricated information about the government and Bangladesh using social media.</div><div><br></div><div>“Don’t pay heed to their words, rather present the development scenario carried out by us to the people,” she added.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina called upon all Bangladeshi expatriates to spread her government’s development picture to all the places.</div><div><br></div><div>“Inform congressmen, senators and elected representatives in your locality about the development of Bangladesh and maintain communication with them,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>To this end, she said you can judge how much development was carried out by them after seeing the comparative picture of the size of budget during the BNP-Jamaat alliance government and the Awami League government.</div><div><br></div><div>“The size of budget during the BNP tenure was only Tk 60,000 crore while the last budget of the AL government was Taka six lakh crore,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister reiterated her call to the expats to move around the world keeping Bangladesh’s image intact, saying, “I urge you all to uphold the dignity and honour that Bangladesh has now achieved from the world.”</div><div><br></div><div>She thanked the Bangladeshi expatriates for taking stand against the World Bank’s decision of withdrawing their fund from the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project bringing false and fabricated allegations which was later proved by a Canadian court.</div><div><br></div><div>The decision of constructing Padma Bridge by Bangladesh’s own finance has changed the image of the country to the world and proved that Bangladesh has the ability to do what it said, Sheikh Hasina said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister once again alerted the countrymen about the impending severe food crisis in the world due to the climate change, Covid-19 pandemic, Russia-Ukraine conflict, sanctions and counter sanctions, urging them to grow more foods to ward off the future crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>“As a severe food crisis is approaching the world, ask your relatives not to leave a single inch of land uncultivated using the digital divide as Bangladesh has already been transformed into a digital country,” she asked the Bangladeshi expatriates. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 20:29:00', '2022-09-25 20:29:00'),
(1877, 1877, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Defender Diogo Dalot scored twice as Portugal eased past the Czech Republic 4-0 in Prague on Saturday to get within a point of reaching the UEFA Nations League play-offs.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Portugal, who won the first edition of the Nations League in 2019, lead Group 2 on 10 points, two ahead of Spain who were stunned by Switzerland 2-1 at home.</div><div><br></div><div>Portugal host Spain next Tuesday in their final group game.</div><div>Dalot opened the scoring on 33 minutes as he nutmegged Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik from a cutback provided by Rafael Leao.</div><div><br></div><div>Dalot sprinted down the pitch, passed the ball to his right and dashed into the box to pick up Leao\'s pass from the left following a cross narrowly missed by Cristiano Ronaldo.</div><div><br></div><div>Bruno Fernandes made it 2-0 in first-half stoppage time as Mario Rui found him facing Vaclik with a low cross from the left.</div><div><br></div><div>A minute later, the hosts squandered a penalty kick as Patrik Schick fired over the crossbar after VAR spotted Ronaldo handling the ball inside the box.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The first half was brilliant, it had an excellent quality,\" said Portugal coach Fernando Santos.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We were perfectly ready for them and didn\'t really let them show much.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"When we scored the second, the Czechs failed to convert the penalty kick and grew even more nervous, while we stayed focused and were at ease.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Dalot added a second as he stunned Vaclik with a low left-foot shot from outside the area on 52 minutes.</div><div><br></div><div>Second-half substitute Diogo Jota headed home a late fourth from close range following a corner and Ronaldo\'s glancing header that found him at the far post.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaldo failed to improve his record tally of 117 international goals and was left with a bloodied face after a clash with Vaclik early in the game.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After the third goal, it was almost finished,\" said Santos, adding he expected a different game against Spain, reports AFP</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our tactics will not change, both teams want to win. It doesn\'t matter whether they lost or won today.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 20:48:03', '2022-09-25 20:48:03'),
(1878, 1878, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Polls opened Sunday in the Italian national elections, with the far-right Brothers of Italy party -- led by Giorgia Meloni -- poised to make big gains after the collapse of two governments since the last election.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Her ultra-conservative party, whose origins lie in post-war fascism, control just two of Italy\'s 20 regions, winning just 4.5% of the vote in the 2018 elections.</div><div><br></div><div>But since the collapse of former Prime Minister Mario Draghi\'s coalition earlier in this year -- which triggered the snap election -- the Brothers of Italy have only surged in popularity, with recent polling suggesting nearly a quarter of the electorate backs her.</div><div><br></div><div>Meloni, a 45-year-old mother from Rome who has campaigned under the slogan \"God, country and family,\" leads a party whose agenda is rooted in Euroskepticism, anti-immigration policies, and one that has also proposed weakening LGBTQ and abortion rights.</div><div><br></div><div>Her astronomical rise in popularity is a reflection of Italy\'s longstanding rejection of mainstream politics, seen most recently with the country\'s support of anti-establishment parties such as the Five Star Movement and Matteo Salvini\'s League. - CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 21:05:18', '2022-09-25 21:05:18'),
(1879, 1879, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Chattogram court on Sunday rejected a plea filed by ex-Chattogram Superintendent of Police (SP) Babul Akter seeking its permission to file a case&nbsp; against six officials of Police Bureau of Investigations (PBI) including its chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar for torturing him in police custody.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chittagong Metropolitan Sessions Judge Begum Jebunnessa passed the order.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also rejected two separate petitions for recording statement under Section 200 bringing Babul Akter to the court and seeking security in Feni prison cell.</div><div><br></div><div>The court in its order said it is unusual for inspectors to beat and torture the person who was an SP. Babul Akhtar appeared before the court many times seeking bail, but in this one year and four months, he never said anything like torture in police custody at the court.</div><div><br></div><div>The court thinks that as an accused in the case he is trying to obstruct the case in a new way, said Chattogram Metropolitan Sessions Judge Court public prosecutor Md Fakhruddin Chowdhury.</div><div><br></div><div>.Babul, who is now in jail in a case over the killing of her wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu, lodged the complaint against the six PBI officers with the court on September 8.</div><div><br></div><div>Advocate Habibur Rahman Labu, counsel of Babul, lodged the complaint against PBI chief Banaj Kumar Majumdar, Superintendent of PBI Chattogram , Nazmul Hasan, Naima Sultana, inspector (Khulshi) Santosh Kumar Chakma, inspector (DB CMP) AKM Mohiuddin Selim and Police Inspector Kazi Enayet Kabir.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the complaint, PBI officials physically tortured Babul while he was put on remand and tried to kill him.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 13, PBI pressed charges against Babul and six others in a case filed over the killing of his wife Mahmuda Khanam Mitu.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 5, 2016, unidentified assailants gunned down Babul\'s wife Mitu at the port city\'s GEC intersection while she was going to drop her son Mahir Akhter, 7, for a bus of Chittagong Cantonment Public School and College.</div><div><br></div><div>Soon after the crime, Babul filed a murder case at Panchlaish Police Station against three unidentified men.</div><div><br></div><div>The case was transferred to the Police Bureau Investigation (PBI) in 2019 after Mitu\'s father, himself a retired police officer, filed a complaint against the CMP\'s mishandling of the case.</div><div><br></div><div>On May 12, 2021, the PBI submitted its final report and arrested Babul Akter in another case filed by Mitu’s father and since then he has been in prison.</div><div><br></div><div>Babul Akhter also filed a ‘naraji petition’ against the PBI report on October 14, 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>On November 3 last year, a Chattogram Court rejected the final report of PBI in the murder case and ordered it to conduct further investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>PBI in an investigation found Babul’s involvement in his wife\'s murder. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 21:20:19', '2022-09-25 21:20:19'),
(1880, 1880, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 24 bodies were recovered and 30 others missing after a boat sank in Karatoya River under Boda upazila of Panchagarh district on Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The accident took place around 3:30 pm in the area. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.</div><div><br></div><div>Superintendent of&nbsp; police of Panchagarh SM Sirajul Huda said that the boat carrying 70-80 passengers including women and children sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar temple on the occasion of Mahalaya from Mareya Aulia ghat around 2:30 pm.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 22:04:06', '2022-09-25 23:04:33'),
(1881, 1881, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">James Cameron’s Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time, re-released in theatres across the world on Friday, September 23.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The film is getting a third run at the box office since its original 2009 release and this time, it is just months before the release of its long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water.</div><div><br></div><div>In a recent media interaction ahead of the re-release, director James Cameron spoke about the film’s impact on cinema.</div><div><br></div><div>Avatar was considered groundbreaking in terms of its visual effects and scale when it hit the theatres in 2009. The film grossed $2.8 billion globally, becoming the most successful film of all time, displacing James’ own 1997 blockbuster Titanic.&nbsp;</div><div>However, over the years, many have asked if the film has left a lasting impression on cinema as it isn’t as visible in pop culture as some of other sci-fi/fantasy hits like Star Wars, Avengers, and even Jurassic Park.</div><div><br></div><div>In an interaction with global media earlier this week, James opened up about Avatar’s legacy. He said, “I would say that the 3D was embraced in general for a period of time. I mean, Avatar won best cinematography with a 3D digital camera. No digital camera had ever won the best cinematography Oscar before. And then two out of the three subsequent years, the same cameras were used by the cinematographers that won the Oscars.”</div><div><br></div><div>The sequel Avatar: The Way of Water is also directed by James Cameron and brings back Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, and Stephen Lang from the first film, while introducing Kate Winslet and Michelle Yeoh. The film is second in a planned five-part franchise, and will release in theatres on December 16, 2022, Hindustan Times reported.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-25 23:38:18', '2022-09-25 23:38:18'),
(1882, 1882, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">World Bank, in a study, has found three obstacles to Bangladesh’s economic reform. Without massive reforms, Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (GDP) could fall below 4 percent by 2035, it said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The three obstacles are: declining trade competitiveness, a weak and vulnerable financial sector, and unbalanced and inadequate urbanization. If these three obstacles can be addressed, development will get a boost and growth will be more sustainable, the study noted.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the World Bank report, Bangladesh has been one of the top 10 fastest-growing countries in the world for several decades. But there is no reason to be complacent. Economic boom is never a permanent trend, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Growth in fast-developing countries is always at high risk. Few countries have sustained high growth for long periods. Only one-third of the countries in the top 10 continued to experience high growth over the next decade, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>World Bank has made some recommendations to sustain economic growth. For example, to maintain growth in exports, products should be diversified.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, Bangladesh’s tariff rate is higher than other countries, due to which the trade capacity is decreasing.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the banking sector, World Bank said, it will play an important role in future economic development. Although the financial sector has improved in the last four decades, it is still not sufficient, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, urbanization is essential for Bangladesh’s next development stage. Attention should be paid to balanced urbanization, the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahsan H. Mansur, Executive Director of Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh and a former IMF official said, “I fully agree with what the World Bank has said. Our first-generation reform is done. The second and third-generation reforms were to take place. But we have not yet initiated the second-generation reforms,” reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is gradually falling behind other countries, including Vietnam. “With the current policies, we cannot take per capita income to $12,000. We have no alternative to human resource development.” He added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 00:42:55', '2022-09-26 00:42:55'),
(1883, 1883, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressed their shock over tragic death of 24 people in boat capsize in Korotoya River in Panchagarh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The President and the Premier prayed for the departed souls of those killed in the accident and speedy recovery to the injured.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty four bodies were recovered and at least 10 others missing after a boat sank in Karatoya River under Boda upazila of Panchagarh district on Sunday, according to reports.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 02:45:39', '2022-09-26 02:45:39'),
(1884, 1884, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A suicide attack claimed by the Somali extremist militant group Al-Shabab killed at least seven people and injured nine others in Mogadishu on Sunday, the army and eyewitnesses told AFP.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A “desperate terrorist” blew himself up on Sunday morning near a line of new recruits who were enrolling at the Nacnac military base in the south of the Somali capital, local military commander Abdullahi Adan told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>“Seven people were killed and nine others injured,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“I was close to the site of the explosion, it was huge and I could see dead and injured people,” eyewitness Ahme Gobe told AFP.</div><div>Another eyewitness, Asha Omar, spoke of seeing at least 10 people taken away by ambulance.</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Shabab, an extremist group linked to Al-Qaeda that has been waging an insurgency against the Somali state for 15 years, claimed responsibility for the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Its fighters killed at least 19 civilians in central Somalia earlier this month.</div><div><br></div><div>The group carried out a major attack on a Mogadishu hotel in August, leaving 21 people dead and 117 injured following a 30-hour siege.</div><div><br></div><div>Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has faced a resurgent Al-Shabab since his election in May and vowed to wage an “all-out war” against the insurgents.</div><div><br></div><div>Mohamud also has to grapple with a looming famine caused by the Horn of Africa nation’s worst drought in 40 years.</div><div><br></div><div>Al-Shabab has been driven out of Somalia’s urban centers, including Mogadishu in 2011, but remains entrenched in vast swathes of the countryside.</div><div><br></div><div>The US army on Wednesday said it had killed 27 Al-Shabab militiamen in an air strike in central Somalia in support of the country’s regular forces.</div><div><br></div><div>President Joe Biden decided to restore a US military presence in Somalia in May to fight the militants, approving a request from the Pentagon, which deemed his predecessor Donald Trump’s rotation system too risky and ineffective. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 03:05:19', '2022-09-26 03:05:19'),
(1885, 1885, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United States would respond decisively to any Russian use of nuclear weapons against Ukraine and has spelled out to Moscow the “catastrophic consequences” it would face, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia. The United States will respond decisively,” Sullivan told NBC’s “Meet the Press” program.</div><div><br></div><div>Sullivan did not describe the nature of the planned US response in his comments on Sunday but said the United States has privately to Moscow “spelled out in greater detail exactly what that would mean,” reports Al Jazeera</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the United States has been in frequent, direct contact with Russia, including during the last few days to discuss the situation in Ukraine and Putin’s actions and threats.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 03:13:25', '2022-09-26 03:13:25'),
(1886, 1886, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Thousands of people have been evacuated and government offices have been closed as a a super typhoon bashes the Philippines eastern islands.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Typhoon Noru has caused gusts of up to 240kph (149mph) on the main island Luzon, where more than half of the country\'s 110 million population live.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Forecasters say the storm experienced an \"explosive intensification\" as it made landfall west of Luzon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm could cause landslides, flash flooding and dangerous storm surges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 8,400 people have already been evacuated from its path, and officials have issued warnings of \"serious flooding\" in areas of the capital, Manila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm\'s speed increased by 90 km/h in 24 hours. Weather forecaster Robb Gile told news agency AFP that its increased speed was \"unprecedented\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Philippine weather service has issued a wind signal five for Luzon, the highest warning level which marks Noru as a super typhoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Richard Gordon, chairman of the Red Cross in the Philippines, told the BBC that heavy rainfalls had filled many of the country\'s dams, leading to a risk of flooding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">National police chief Gen Rodolfo Azurin urged people to comply with evacuation orders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Quezon Province, east of Manila, fishermen have been prevented from heading to sea, and there were reports of some areas being without power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Flights and ferry services have been cancelled. On Luzon - the most populous island - President Ferdinand Marcos suspended all government work and school classes were also cancelled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Dingalan municipality, northeast of Manila and on the Pacific coast, residents were forced to seek shelter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We live away from the coast so we\'re staying put so far. We\'re more worried about the water from the mountains,\" a resident told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities warned of dangerous storm surges along the eastern coast, as well as heavy agricultural losses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trading on the country\'s stock exchange will also be suspended on Monday and Mr Marcos warned that the energy ministry had placed on high alert all energy-related industries in the county.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands of volunteers are monitoring river levels, bridges and mountains for landslides which could hamper rescue efforts, said Dick Gordon, chairman of the Philippine Red Cross.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Information will be crucial in getting help to where it is needed, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Philippines, an archipelago of more than 7,000 islands in the Pacific Ocean, is highly vulnerable to storms. It sees an annual average of 20 tropical storms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An estimated 400 people died when Typhoon Rai hit the country in December 2021, with rescue teams describing scenes of \"complete carnage\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful tropical storms ever recorded, killed some 6,300 people. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 12:33:30', '2022-09-26 12:33:30'),
(1887, 1887, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pakistan edged past England by 3 runs in a thrilling encounter in Karachi to level their Twenty20 series  at 2-2.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chasing 167, Liam Dawson put England on course for victory after smashing 24 runs off the 18th over to leave the tourists needing nine runs from 12 balls.</div><div><br></div><div>But an absorbing match swung Pakistan\'s way the following over when Haris Rauf took two wickets in two deliveries to leave England nine down with four runs still required.</div><div><br></div><div>Number 11 Reece Topley was then run out in the final over to seal the win for the home side and spark scenes of jubilation among the crowd.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, Mohammad Rizwan top-scored with 88 from 67 balls as Pakistan reached 166-4.</div><div><br></div><div>A disciplined England bowling performance restricted Pakistan to just three sixes in their entire innings, with two of those coming from Asif Ali in the final over, which proved vital.</div><div><br></div><div>England made a poor start to their reply and were reduced to 14-3 after two overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Harry Brook hit 34 from 29 balls and Ben Duckett 33 from 24 to lead the recovery, but England continued to lose wickets at regular intervals.</div><div><br></div><div>Dawson\'s late heroics nearly got them over the line, but he looked inconsolable as Pakistan hit back to bowl England out for 163 and seal a breathless win.</div><div><br></div><div>The teams will now travel to Lahore for the fifth T20 in the seven-match series on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Scorecard</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Fourth Twenty20 international, Karachi</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Pakistan 166-4 (20 overs): Rizwan 88 (67), Babar 36 (28); Topley 2-37</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>England 163 (19.2 overs): Dawson 34 (17) Brook 34 (29); Nawaz 3-35</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Pakistan won by three runs; series level at 2-2</b></div><div><br></div><div>Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 12:53:04', '2022-09-27 00:58:36'),
(1888, 1888, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Afif Hossain struck his career-best 77 not out while Mehidy Hasan Miraz claimed 3-17 in crucial period of the game as Bangladesh coasted to a 7-run win over a highly spirited United Arab Emirates (UAE) in opening game of the two-match T20 series on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Afif\'s knock, Bangladesh recovered from a shaky start to post 158-5 and then Miraz\'s bowling helped them to bowl UAE out for 151 in 19.4 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Nurul Hasan Sohan who stood as the captain in absence of Shakib Al Hasan hit 35 off 25, clobbering two fours and two sixes.</div><div><br></div><div>Afif and Sohan basically lifted the side with an 81-run partnership for an undefeated sixth wicket stand after a familiar batting debacle saw Bangladesh being reduced to 77-5.</div><div><br></div><div>They dealt with less experienced but pumped-up UAE bowlers astutely to give Bangladesh a sigh of relief.</div><div><br></div><div>Together they maintained a healthy strike rate, which eventually helped the side go past 150 runs mark. Afif who flicked Zawar Farid through midwicket for a single to complete his third half-century off 38 balls eventually smashed seven fours and three sixes.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh was asked to bat and opened through Sabbir Rahman and Mehidy Hasan Miraz, leaving Liton Das bat at No.3 position.</div><div><br></div><div>But the opening pair failed to deliver with Sabir Ali striking in the second over to remove Sabbir for duck.</div><div><br></div><div>Liton Das who came back to side after recovering from injury scored just 13 before being out by Aayan Afzal Khan.</div><div><br></div><div>Soon after Miraz also followed him, after being caught and bowled out Zawar Farid.</div><div><br></div><div>Afif though kept rotating the scoreboard, wickets were tumbling at the other end. Karthik Meiyappan rattled the stump of Yasir Ali (4) who was considered to fill the shoes, left vacant by Mushfiqur Rahim and Mosaddek Hossain was stumped after trying for a big shot.</div><div><br></div><div>As the situation got worsened, Sohan and Afif brought the side back in the contention with caution and aggression.</div><div><br></div><div>Meiyappan was the highest wicket-taker for UAE with 2-33. The UAE batters gave Bangladesh some scare initially but the gulf of difference in the experience between the two sides made the ultimate difference.</div><div><br></div><div>UAE openers Muhammad Waseem and Chirag Suri got off to a fluent start, leaving Bangladesh a surprised state but the visitors got the breakthrough luckily when Waseem was trapped run out at non strikers end when Suri\'s direct hit touched the hand of bowler Shoriful to break the stump. Waseem who made run-a-ball-15 was clearly outside of his crease.</div><div><br></div><div>Suri however kept the side in the hunt, pummeling the Bangladesh bowler all corner of the park. The introduction of Miraz brought the fortune for Bangladesh as he removed Suri with a flighted delivery.</div><div><br></div><div>Suri who sent the ball across the ropes for seven times scored 24 off 24.</div><div><br></div><div>Miraz them got rid of Aryan Lakra (19) and Vriitya Aravind (16) in his next two overs to make Bangladesh hot favourite to win the game. However UAE batter refused to give up as they took the game to the deep, raising a prospect of win the game with Aayan Afzal Khan leading the way.</div><div><br></div><div>After making 25 off 17, Aayan got out in the last over, trying for a big hit as UAE needed 11 runs. His dismissal eventually gave Bangladesh the victory.</div><div><br></div><div>Shoriful Islam with 3-21 and Mustafizur with 2-31 played their part alongside Miraz in bowling.  BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 13:21:20', '2022-09-26 17:54:40'),
(1889, 1889, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Shah Rukh Khan dropped a bomb on Sunday by showing off his abs in a shirtless pic which he shared along with a message for his missing shirt. All from his wife Gauri Khan to German footballer Mesut Ozil to the soon-to-be-married actor Richa Chadha have reacted to his post in humour.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh had shared the picture with the caption, \"Me to My Shirt today: ‘Tum hoti toh kaisa hota…. Tum iss baat pe hairaan hoti, Tum iss baat pe kitni hansti…….Tum hoti toh aisa hota… (how would it be if you were here, you would have been surprised at this, you would have laughed so much on this, this would have happened if you were there).’ Me also waiting for #Pathaan.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gauri Khan reacted to Shah Rukh\'s caption, “Oh God! Now he’s talking to his shirts also…..!!!!” Football player Mesut Özil shared a clapping emoji in the comments section. Richa Chadha wrote, “Jin logon ki shaadiyan hone ko hai… ehtiyat baratna hoga (people who are soon to be married need to be careful).”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tiger Shroff commented on the picture, “I was thinking of taking a rest day. And then I saw this. Legend.” Singer Amaal Mallik wrote, “Khatam (finished)”. Actor Amruta Khanvilkar also wrote, \"Deadddd sir.\" Comedian Sandeep Sharma wrote, “Arey ye kitne abs nikaal liye 12 to iss pic mein hee dikh rahe hain (how many abs have you made, 12 are already visible in this pic).” Actor Siddharth Nigam reacted, “Woooooo.” Vishaal Kotian asked, “Kaise SIR kaise (how sir how) you have raised the bar..”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shah Rukh raised the curiosity quotient for his upcoming film Pathaan by sharing the picture which is supposedly his look from the film. He sports shoulder-length hair and a chiselled body in the action thriller. The Siddharth Anand directorial also stars Deepika Padukone as the female lead and John Abraham as the antagonist. It will release in theatres next year on January 25. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 13:57:27', '2022-09-26 13:57:27');
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(1890, 1890, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Far-right leader Giorgia Meloni said Monday she was ready to govern for \'\'all Italians\'\' after her eurosceptic populists swept to victory in general elections, putting her on course to guide Italy\'s most right-wing government since World War II.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to projections around one in four voters in Sunday\'s election backed Meloni\'s Brothers of Italy party, which has neo-fascist roots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the party leads a coalition set to win a majority in parliament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her success represents a seismic change in Italy, a founding member of the European Union and the eurozone\'s third largest economy -- and for the EU, just weeks after the far-right outperformed in elections in Sweden.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meloni, who campaigned on a motto of \"God, country and family\", is expected to become Italy\'s first female prime minister, although the process of forming a new government could take weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a time of soaring inflation, a looming energy crisis and the war in Ukraine, the 45-year-old sought to reassure those worried about her lack of experience and radical past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meloni said voters had sent a \"clear message\" of support for her party to lead their right-wing coalition to power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we are called to govern this nation we will do it for all Italians. We will do it with the aim of uniting people, of enhancing what unites them rather than what divides them,\" she told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her coalition allies, Matteo Salvini\'s far-right League and former premier Silvio Berlusconi\'s Forza Italia, lagged behind her in the polls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But together they were forecast to win around 43 percent, enough to secure a majority in both houses of parliament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Full results are not due until later Monday but the centre-left Democratic Party, the coalition\'s main rivals, conceded, saying it was a \"sad\" day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turnout fell to a historic low of around 64 percent, about nine points lower than the last elections in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Proud, free Europe\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meloni no longer wants Italy to leave the eurozone but says Rome must assert its interests more, and has policies that look set to challenge Brussels on everything from public spending rules to mass migration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Congratulations came in quickly from her nationalist allies across the continent, from Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to Spain\'s far-right party Vox.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Meloni has shown the way for a proud, free Europe of sovereign nations,\" Vox leader Santiago Abascal tweeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meloni had been leading opinion polls since Prime Minister Mario Draghi called snap elections in July following the collapse of his national unity government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hers was the only party not to join Draghi\'s coalition when, in February 2021, the former European Central Bank chief was parachuted in to lead a country still reeling from the coronavirus pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From a \"very aggressive\" opposition strategy under Draghi, Meloni then chose a \"very cautious, very reassuring campaign\", Lorenzo De Sio, head of Italian electoral studies centre CISE, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Her challenge will be to turn this electoral success into a governing leadership... that can last,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Italian politics is notoriously unstable, with nearly 70 governments since 1946, and Meloni, Salvini and Berlusconi do not always agree.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meloni\'s \"dissatisfied and essentially defeated allies\" would likely be a \"problem\", the Corriere della Sera newspaper said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The League and Forza Italia looked to have performed poorly, taking eight percent each, down from 17 and 14 percent respectively in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As provisional results emerged, Salvini hailed the coalition\'s victory, tweeting \"Grazie! (Thanks!)\" while Berlusconi called Meloni to congratulate her.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Ukraine support -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Brothers of Italy has roots in the post-fascist movement founded by supporters of Benito Mussolini, and Meloni herself praised the dictator when she was young.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She has sought to distance herself from the past as she built up her party into a political force, going from just four percent of the vote in 2018 to Sunday\'s projected triumph.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her coalition campaigned on a platform of low taxes, an end to mass immigration and Catholic family values, which critics fear will see a reversal in hard-won rights such as abortion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A straight-speaking Roman raised by a single mother, Meloni rails against what she calls \"LGBT lobbies\", \"woke ideology\" and \"the violence of Islam\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coalition also wants to renegotiate the EU\'s post-pandemic recovery fund, arguing that the almost 200 billion euros ($193 billion) Italy is set to receive should take into account the energy crisis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the funds are tied to a series of reforms only just begun by Draghi, and analysts say she has limited room for manouevre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite her euroscepticism, Meloni strongly supports the EU\'s sanctions against Russia over Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However Berlusconi, the billionaire former premier who has long been friends with Vladimir Putin, faced an outcry last week after suggesting the Russian president was \"pushed\" into war by his entourage. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 14:38:20', '2022-09-26 14:38:20'),
(1891, 1891, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from the trawler capsize in the River Karatoya rose to 25 on Sunday with the recovery of  11 more bodies form the river, police said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifteen bodies were recovered earlier in the day after the engine-run trawler packed with 60-70 passengers capsized in Karatoya in Boda upazila. Eight children and 12 women were among the dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the search for the missing continued, divers from the fire service and local people fished out 10 more bodies from the river till Sunday night, SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh Police, said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The identities of the deceased could not immediately be confirmed. Most of the victims were Hindus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police suspect that at least 10 people remain missing from the trawler capsize. The search for the missing was underway. Many swam to safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trawler carrying 60-70 passengers, including women and children, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mayalaya around 2:30pm, Sirajul said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Divers from three firefighting units were conducting rescue operations till the filing of this report around 8pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner, said Tk1 lakh will be given to the families of the deceased and Tk20,000 will be provided for cremation. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 14:56:02', '2022-09-27 00:57:21'),
(1892, 1892, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh won the ICC Women\'s World T20 Qualifier 2022 after defeating Ireland by seven runs in the final Sunday in Abu Dhabi.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Both Bangladesh and Ireland booked their places in the World Cup after qualifying for the final. The next ICC Women\'s T20 World Cup is set to be played in South Africa in February 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh batted first in the final after winning the toss. Fargana Hoque smashed 61 off 55 balls and powered Bangladesh to 120-8 in 20 overs. Rumana Ahmed was the only other Bangladeshi batter to reach double-digit. She made 21.</div><div><br></div><div>Laura Delany bagged three wickets for Ireland; Cara Murray and Arlene Kelly took two wickets each.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, Ireland scored 113-9 and lost the match by seven runs. Batting at number nine, Arlene Kelly scored 28.</div><div><br></div><div>Rumana Ahmed picked up three wickets for Bangladesh. Sanjida Akter Meghla, Nahida Akter and Shohely Akhter scalped two wickets each.</div><div><br></div><div>In the group phase, Bangladesh beat Ireland, Scotland and the US. In the semifinal, Bangladesh defeated Thailand. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 15:38:12', '2022-09-26 15:38:12'),
(1893, 1893, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hundreds of  thousands of people in Atlantic Canada remained without power Sunday and officials said they found the body of a woman swept into the sea after former Hurricane Fiona washed away houses, stripped off roofs and blocked roads across the country\'s Atlantic provinces.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After surging north from the Caribbean, Fiona came ashore before dawn Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone, battering Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Quebec with hurricane-strength winds, rains and waves.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defense Minister Anita Anand said troops would help remove fallen trees, restore transportation links and do whatever else is required for as long as it takes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fiona was blamed for at least five deaths in the Caribbean, and one death in Canada. Authorities found the body of a 73-year-old woman in the water who was missing in Channel-Port Aux Basques, a town on the southern coast of Newfoundland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police said the woman was inside her residence moments before a wave struck the home Saturday morning, tearing away a portion of the basement. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said in a release on social media that with assistance from the Canadian Coast Guard, as other rescue teams her body woman was recovered late Sunday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Living in coastal communities we know what can happen and tragically the sea has taken another from us,\" said Gudie Hutchings, the Member of Parliament from Newfoundland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As of Sunday evening, more than 211,000 Nova Scotia Power customers and over 81,000 Maritime Electric customers in the province of Prince Edward Island — about 95% of the total — remained in the dark. So were more than 20,600 homes and businesses in New Brunswick.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 415,000 Nova Scotia Power customers — about 80% in the province of almost 1 million people — had been affected by outages Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Utility companies say it could be days before the lights are back on for everyone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Amanda McDougall said Sunday that over 200 people were in temporary shelters. Over 70 roads were completely inaccessible in her region. She said she couldn\'t count the number of homes damaged in her own neighborhood.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said it was critical for the military to arrive and help clear debris, noting that the road to the airport is inaccessible and the tower has significant damage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">McDougall said it is amazing there are no injuries in her community.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"People listened to the warnings and did what they were supposed to do and this was the result,\" she said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King said that over 100 military personnel would arrive Sunday to assist in recovery efforts. Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday. He said many bridges are destroyed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The magnitude and severity of the damage is beyond anything that we\'ve seen in our province\'s history,\" King said, and that it would take a \"herculean effort by thousands of people\" to recover over the coming days and weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kim Griffin, a spokeswoman for Prince Edward Island\'s electricity provider, said it would likely take \"many days\" to restore power across the island.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The sense on the street is one of shock and awe over the magnitude of the storm,\" said Sean Casey, a member of parliament who represents Charlottetown on Prince Edward Island. He added that locals are also determined to mount a recovery effort. A long line quickly formed after the first gas station opened in his community on Sunday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everywhere you go around town you hear generators and chain saws,\" Casey said. Source: AP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 15:47:31', '2022-09-27 01:01:07'),
(1894, 1894, '<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Iranian defind a warning from the judiciary and took to the streets for a 10th consecutive night Sunday to protest the death of young Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality police custody.</b></span><br></p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Echoing an earlier warning by President Ebrahim Raisi, judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei on Sunday \"emphasised the need for decisive action without leniency\" against the core instigators of the \"riots\", the judiciary\'s Mizan Online website said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 41 people have died since the unrest began, mostly protesters but including members of the Islamic republic\'s security forces, according to an official toll. Other sources say the real figure is higher.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\'s largest protests in almost three years have seen security forces fire live rounds and bird shot, rights groups charge, while protesters have hurled rocks, torched police cars and set ablaze state buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oslo-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) on Sunday evening said the death toll was at least 57, but noted that ongoing internet blackouts made it increasingly difficult to confirm fatalities in a context where the women-led protests have spread to scores of cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of demonstrators, reformist activists and journalists have been arrested during the mostly night-time demonstrations since unrest first broke out after Amini\'s death was announced on September 16.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amini, whose Kurdish first name was Jhina, was detained three days before that for allegedly breaching rules mandating tightly-fitted hijab head coverings and which ban, among other things, ripped jeans and brightly coloured clothes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images circulated by IHR showed protesters on the streets of Tehran, shouting \"death to the dictator\", purportedly after nightfall on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Witnesses told AFP that protests were continuing in several locations. Video footage showed demonstrations in Tabriz and Shiraz, among other places, with women removing their headscarves and protesters shouting against the authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Rolling blackouts\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Among the protesters were women who burnt their hijabs and cut off their hair. Some danced near large bonfires to the applause of crowds that have chanted \"zan, zendegi, azadi\" or \"woman, life, freedom\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video of demonstrations on Saturday, verified by AFP, showed students ripping down a picture of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei outside a university in the northern province of Mazandaran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Web monitor NetBlocks noted \"rolling blackouts\" and \"widespread internet platform restrictions\" on Sunday, with WhatsApp, Instagram and Skype already blocked.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This followed older bans on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and Telegram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protests abroad in solidarity with Iranian women have been held in Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Istanbul, Madrid, New York and other cities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Paris and London on Sunday, police clashed with demonstrators trying to reach Iran\'s embassies. French officers fired tear gas. In London, 12 people were arrested and five officers seriously hurt, police there said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell deplored the Iranian security forces\' response to the unrest as \"disproportionate... unjustifiable and unacceptable\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran, which has been hit with tough economic sanctions over its nuclear programme, has blamed \"foreign plots\" for the unrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran\'s foreign ministry said Sunday it had summoned Britain\'s ambassador over what it described as an \"invitation to riots\" by Farsi-speaking media based in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ministry also called in Norway\'s envoy over \"unconstructive comments\" made by his country\'s parliamentary speaker.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Amir-Abdollahian criticised \"the US interventionist approach in the affairs of Iran... including its provocative actions in supporting the rioters\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Pro-government rallies -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran has also organised large rallies in defence of the hijab and conservative values.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the main pro-government event held Sunday in central Tehran\'s Enghelab (Revolution) Square, demonstrators voiced support for mandatory hijab laws.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Martyrs died so that this hijab will be on our head,\" said demonstrator Nafiseh, 28, adding that she opposed making the wearing of the head covering voluntary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another demonstrator, 21-year-old student Atyieh, called for \"strong action against the people who are leading\" the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The main reformist group inside Iran, the Union of Islamic Iran People\'s Party, however, has called for the repeal of the mandatory dress code.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">IHR reported on Sunday that an umbrella of Iranian teachers\' unions were calling on teachers and students to boycott classes on Monday and Wednesday in support of the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian authorities have yet to state the cause of death of Amini, who activists say died as a result of a blow to the head.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said Amini was not beaten and that \"we must wait for the final opinion of the medical examiner\". AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 16:36:01', '2022-09-26 16:36:01'),
(1895, 1895, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Acotr Jacqueline Fernandez has got a temporary relief in the ₹200 crore extortion case, in which jailed conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar is the main accused. A Delhi court granted an interim bail to the 37-year-old actor who has been questioned amid deepening probe in the case.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Patiala court in Delhi has granted the interim bail to the actor for a bond of ₹50,000. The next hearing in the case would be held on October 22.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, the actor - who hails from Sri Lanka, and has been seen in multiple Bollywood movies - was questioned for over seven hours by the Delhi Police\'s Economic Offences Wing. It was the second time that the actor had been summoned for questioning by the Delhi Police for her alleged role in the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid the probe, the actor had admitted before the officers that the jailed con man had paid a huge amount of money to fashion designer Leepakshi, for designing exclusive costumes for her, HT had reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her friendship with Chandrashekhar - accused in more than 10 case - started on WhatsApp in January 2021, and she had secretly met the conman on a number of occasions at a well known hotel in Chennai and other places, she had told the officers, the report further highlighted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Delhi Police is also expected to question Fernandez’s stylist Leepakshi to \"investigate the money trail of gifts presented to the actor’\". Source:  HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 17:03:48', '2022-09-26 23:03:03'),
(1896, 1896, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Chhatra League ( BCL) has suspended all activies of its Eden Mohila College unit comittee.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A press release was issued in this regard on Sunday signed by BCL central committee president Al Nahiyan Khan Joy and general secretary Lekhak Bhattacharya.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BCL also expelled 16 leaders and activists, including its college unit general secretary from the organisation for violating the rules, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The decision came after rival factions of Eden College BCL drove out both president Tamanna Jesmin Riva and general secretary Razia Sultana from the campus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, there were infightings between the two groups which left at least eight people injured. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 17:21:05', '2022-09-26 17:21:05'),
(1897, 1897, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The European Union (EU) has conveyed its deepest condolences to the families and friends of those killed or injured in the boat tragedy on the Karatoya River.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US Embassy in Dhaka has also sent a condolence message.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We offer our deepest condolences to the victims of the boat accident in the Karatoya River in Panchagarh, many of whom were returning from the Mahalaya celebration,\" said the Embassy in a message.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We offer our heartfelt sympathies and prayers for the victims and their families,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, the trawler carrying 60-70 passengers, including women and children, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mayalaya around 2:30pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Karatoya River rose to 34 as four more bodies were retrieved from the river in Boda upazila of Panchagarh Monday morning. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 17:43:58', '2022-09-26 17:59:03'),
(1898, 1898, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Six Pakistan servicemen were killed in a helicopter crash in southwestern Pakistan, the  military said Monday, the second deadly chopper incident in just over a month.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The helicopter went down near Khost, a small town in Balochistan province bordering Afghanistan and Iran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"A helicopter on a flying mission crashed late last night. Six personnel -- including two army majors (both pilots) embraced shahadat(martyrdom) in the crash,\" the military said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No further details were given about the cause of the crash or type of aircraft. The area where the helicopter came down has not been hit by recent flooding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In early August, six Pakistan servicemen including one of the army\'s top commanders were killed when their helicopter crashed during flood relief operations in Balochistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fierce monsoon rains have caused devastating flooding in Pakistan this year -- particularly in Sindh and Balochistan provinces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 1,600 people have died, 323 in Balochistan. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 19:10:34', '2022-09-27 03:25:45'),
(1899, 1899, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The foods we eat can have a significant impact on our quality of life, fitness, beauty, and risk of disease as we age. Numerous nutrients are needed by our systems to sustain the ageing process. Some nutrients, like those that support good skin, may help halt the ageing process. Additionally, as we become older, wrinkles and sagging of the skin grow more likely. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, by consuming a diet high in whole foods that support skin tautness and collagen formation as well as fight free radical damage, you can slow the development of wrinkles and fight ageing. However, there are several foods you should stay away from in your diet if you want to avoid developing wrinkles and fine lines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Maxim Chumak, surgeon and wellness professional, suggested four foods that can promote wrinkles on your face in his Instagram post.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>1. Fried Foods</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We all fall for the occasional craving for french fries or that new seasonal doughnut. There is not anything wrong with indulging yourself in these treats once in a while. However, like anything else, moderation is key. That means much more in this case since these fried treats can have a serious effect on the health and appearance of your skin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2. White Sugar</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">White sugar has been a key opponent of nutritionists since health reports regarding its negative effects were publicly highlighted. Even with that being said, we cannot get enough of it in our diets. It has become an integral part of diets, independent of the cultural background. Similar to fried foods, white sugar can promote the formation of collagen-producing AGE’s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>3. Butter/Margarine</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It goes without saying that butter is not necessarily the most healthy thing to add to your dishes. According to this study, those who don’t consume margarine or butter have less skin damage and wrinkles than those who do. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Margarine is actually considered worse than butter due to its high level of partially hydrogenated oils. These fatty acids make skin more vulnerable to ultraviolet radiation, which can damage skin’s collagen and elasticity. Olive oil or avocado would serve as a better alternative.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>4. Dairy</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dairy is one of those foods that have many split between whether or not it is bad for your health. There are plenty of studies that can go either way on the topic. With that being said, it seems to be dependent upon the specific person. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For some, it has been the culprit for skin acne or digestive issues. While for others it has had no effect. Scientifically, however, dairy may increase inflammation in the body, which leads to oxidative stress. Oxidative stress is one of the main causes of premature ageing. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 19:46:59', '2022-09-27 03:25:20'),
(1900, 1900, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Alan Jope, chief executive of Unilever, will retire his role at the end of 2023, the British consumer goods group announced Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scotland-born Jope, who this year came under fierce criticism from investor activists over a failed takeover bid, will depart Unilever after five years as CEO and nearly four decades at the company, a statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>Unilever brands include Magnum ice cream, Cif surface cleaner and Dove soap.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As I approach my fifth year as CEO, and after more than 35 years in Unilever, I believe now is the right time for the board to begin the formal search for my successor,\" Jope said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Growth remains our top priority, and in the quarters ahead I will remain fully focused on disciplined execution of our strategy, and leveraging the full benefits of our new organisation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Jope leaves after Unilever\'s recent failed $50-billion bid for the former health care unit of drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.</div><div><br></div><div>In response, Jope slashed around 1,500 management jobs worldwide in a major restructure of the company, seen as a bid to appease unhappy investors.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Unilever has seen improved performance, enabled by its clear strategic choices and a significant company transformation,\" chairman Nils Andersen added in Monday\'s statement.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The board will now conduct an orderly succession process and support Alan and the management team in further driving the performance of Unilever.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Under Jope, Unilever became a wholly British company at the end of 2020 after it completed a merger of its Dutch and British corporate entities.</div><div><br></div><div>The group\'s most recent results revealed first-half revenues jumped on higher prices, but net profit fell on rising costs and taxation.</div><div><br></div><div>Input costs for companies worldwide have soared in 2022 on sky-high inflation and global supply-chain pressures.</div><div><br></div><div>Unilever\'s share price jumped 1.7 percent to almost £41 ($44) following the announcement on the London stock market. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 20:32:12', '2022-09-26 20:32:48'),
(1901, 1901, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving five rescuers dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work in the capital and outlying provinces.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The most powerful typhoon to hit the country this year slammed into the coast in Burdeos town in Quezon province before nightfall on Sunday then weakened as it barreled overnight across the main Luzon region, where thousands of people were moved to emergency shelters, some forcibly, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>Gov. Daniel Fernando of Bulacan province, north of Manila, said five rescuers, who were using a boat to help residents trapped in floodwaters, were hit by a collapsed wall then apparently drowned in the rampaging waters.</div><div><br></div><div>“They were living heroes who were helping save the lives of our countrymen amid this calamity,” Fernando told DZMM radio network. “This is really very sad.”</div><div><br></div><div>On Polillo island in northeastern Quezon province, a man was injured after falling off the roof of his house, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 17,000 people were moved to emergency shelters from high-risk communities prone to tidal surges, flooding and landslides in Quezon alone, officials said.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 3,000 people were evacuated to safety in Metropolitan Manila, which was lashed by fierce wind and rain overnight. Classes and government work were suspended Monday in the capital and outlying provinces as a precaution although the morning skies were sunny.</div><div><br></div><div>The entire northern provinces of Aurora and Nueva Ecija, which were hit by the typhoon, remained without power Monday and repair crews were at work to bring back electricity, Energy Secretary Raphael Lotilla told President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in a televised meeting he called to assess damages and coordinate disaster-response.</div><div><br></div><div>Marcos Jr. praised officials for evacuating thousands of people to safety as a precaution before the typhoon hit which prevented large number of casualties despite the Noru\'s potentially disastrous force.</div><div><br></div><div>Noru underwent an “explosive intensification” over the open Pacific Ocean before it hit the Philippines, Vicente Malano, who heads the country’s weather agency, told The Associated Press on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>From sustained winds of 85 kilometers per hour (53 mph) on Saturday, Noru was a super typhoon just 24 hours later with sustained winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles per hour) and gusts of up to 240 kph (149 mph) at its peak late Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>By Monday morning, Noru had sustained winds of 140 kph (87 mph) and gusts of 170 kph (105 mph) and was moving westward in the South China Sea at 30 kph (19 mph), according to the weather agency.</div><div><br></div><div>About 20 storms and typhoons batter the Philippines each year. The archipelago also lies in the “Pacific Ring of Fire,” a region along most of the Pacific Ocean rim where many volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur, making the Southeast Asian nation one of the world’s most disaster-prone.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest recorded tropical cyclones in the world, left more than 7,300 people dead or missing, flattened entire villages, swept ships inland and displaced more than 5 million in the central Philippines well to the south of Noru’s path. - AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 21:51:53', '2022-09-26 21:51:53'),
(1902, 1902, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll in a shooting incident in a school in Izhevsk has risen to 13, including seven children, the Russian Investigative Committee told TASS on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The incident also left 21 people, including 14 kids, wounded, the investigators added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"According to preliminary reports, the crime claimed the lives of 13 people, including six adults and seven young children. Fourteen people and seven kids were wounded,\" the investigators specified.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday morning, an unknown attacker opened fire in School 88 in Izhevsk, and committed suicide after the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>The investigators said the man was wearing a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols and a balaclava helmet. No documents were found on the criminal, who is currently being identified. A criminal case has been opened. - TASS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 22:09:07', '2022-09-26 22:09:07'),
(1903, 1903, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Jacqueline Fernandez was today granted interim bail on bond of ₹ 50,000 in Delhi\'s Patiala House Court. She had appeared at the court as an accused in connection with a ₹ 200 crore extortion case linked to alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar. Her lawyers had moved a bail plea. Wearing a white shirt and black trousers, she reportedly sneaked into the court disguised as a lawyer.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The next date of hearing is October 22 this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The Enforcement Directorate had filed a supplementary charge sheet before the Prevention of Money Laundering Act court naming her as an accused.</div><div><br></div><div>Taking note of the charge sheet, the court had asked Jacqueline to appear on September 26.</div><div><br></div><div>The actor has earlier been summoned twice for questioning by Delhi Police for her alleged role in the case. She has been accused of accepting gifts worth crores from Sukesh at a time when he was in Tihar Jail and was being investigated for money laundering.</div><div><br></div><div>She has also been summoned by ED several times in the matter for investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a lawyer appeared for Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing (EOW) which is also probing the same case informed the court that Jacqueline Fernandez was recently asked to appear for it on August 29, 2022, but she didn\'t appear, so they have issued a fresh summons to her to join the investigation.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The actor\'s lawyer assured that she will join the investigation and co-operate with the probe agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, Ms Fernandez\'s stylist Leepakshi Ellawadi was questioned by the Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police for nearly eight hours in connection with the case.</div><div><br></div><div>During questioning, Leepakshi Ellawadi admitted that she knew about the relationship shared by Jacqueline Fernandez and Sukesh Chandrashekhar, an official had claimed.</div><div><br></div><div>Sukesh Chandrashekhar had contacted Ms Ellawadi to take suggestions from her on the brands of clothes worn by the Bollywood actor in his bid to woo her, the officer said.</div><div><br></div><div>She also told police that as soon as the news about Sukesh Chandrashekhar\'s arrest broke out, Jacqueline Fernandez cut all her ties with him, police said.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigation had revealed that Chandrashekhar had on his birthday offered a motorcycle to Ms Fernandez\'s agent Prashant, but he declined to take it. All the same, Chandrashekhar left the two-wheeler and its keys at Prashant\'s place, police had said earlier. The vehicle was seized, they added.</div><div><br></div><div>Chandrashekhar, who is currently in jail here, is accused of cheating many people, including high-profile individuals such as former Fortis Healthcare promoter Shivinder Mohan Singh\'s wife Aditi Singh.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the ED, Ms Fernandez and another Bollywood actor Nora Fatehi received luxury cars and other expensive gifts from him. Source: ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 23:00:01', '2022-09-26 23:00:01'),
(1904, 1904, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Health Minister Zahid Maleque has expressed concern over the widespread over-the-counter sale of antibiotics amid call from the United Nations to regulate the drug’s excessive use.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The health minister is now in New York to attend the 77th UN General Assembly.</div><div><br></div><div>“The UN has urged its member states to formulate policies and laws so that excessive uses of antibiotics can be prevented,” he told UNB in New York on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the issue of the use of antibiotics received special focus during the UNGA debate.</div><div><br></div><div>“This year, UNGA held three sessions on health in which I had participated. The antibiotics issue, particularly antibiotic resistance, was widely discussed during these sessions. Countries present during the sessions expressed grave concern over the fact that people all over the world were using antibiotics without prescriptions, and it was discovered that people from the low and middle income countries were using antibiotics more than people from the rich countries,” Zahid said.</div><div><br></div><div>Zahid added that one of the reasons why antibiotics use is so widespread is that the medicine is sold over-the-counter.</div><div><br></div><div>“Anyone can buy antibiotic medicines from the pharmacies directly without showing any prescription. People are developing antibiotic resistance in their bodies due to such easy access. This means antibiotics can’t cure the illness for which it is consumed. As a result, many people are dying around the world not from sickness, but from absorbing drugs,” the minister added.</div><div><br></div><div>Terming antibiotic resistance as a terrifying phenomenon, Zahid added that the UN has emphasized the need of inventing new antibiotics that are more effective and safe than the existing ones.</div><div><br></div><div>“At the UN session, member states have been urged to provide healthcare services in proper ways. They have also been asked to ensure that no one can avail medicines like antibiotics without prescriptions. Most importantly, the countries present at the session have pledged to make sure that everyone gets treated by an expert doctor, and doesn’t consume drugs whimsically,” the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question, the minister said that Bangladesh’s healthcare system has been praised during the UN session, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“Our success in Covid-19 management has been lauded by all. Besides, the medicines we produce and export were also acclaimed. We’ve screened a documentary in which we’ve shown the achievements made by us in the health sector, which was well received. All in all, the response to the Bangladeshi healthcare industry has been mostly positive,” Zahid said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-26 23:25:47', '2022-09-26 23:25:47');
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(1905, 1905, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Islamic communities in Italy say they do not expect a negative attitude toward the 3 million-plus Muslims living in the country by the new right-wing government that will be formed after Sunday’s general election, and “look forward” to working with the new Cabinet with regard to the religious freedom guaranteed by the Constitution.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A concrete change in the country’s leadership is now expected. The far right led by Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party, traditionally bound to the country’s right, gained a solid majority in both branches of Parliament.</div><div><br></div><div>Almost certainly in mid-October, Meloni will be asked by President Sergio Mattarella to form a new government.</div><div><br></div><div>She will then be the first woman prime minister in Italy, leading what will be the first far-right government since the Second World War.</div><div><br></div><div>The new leadership is expected to be tougher than previous governments on illegal migrants, but nothing is expected to change in the traditionally good attitude of Italy toward the Middle East and the Arab world.</div><div><br></div><div>Italian political analysts also point out that the new Cabinet is unlikely to show a tough face toward the Muslim population in the country, especially since the League (Lega), the xenophobic and anti-migrant party led by Matteo Salvini, performed poorly in the election. The League will still be part of the majority, but will hold a much less powerful voice.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re absolutely confident that every Italian government will respect the Constitution, which includes in its founding principles freedom of worship. We expect the new government will be attentive to the rights of Islamic communities,” Yassine Lafram, president of the Union of Islamic Communities of Italy, told Arab News.</div><div><br></div><div>Lafram said for Muslims in Italy, “there are still many problems, from Islamic cemeteries to the need for a law regulating the construction of places of worship for all religions.”</div><div><br></div><div>He also expressed his wish for a formal agreement between the Italian state and its Islamic communities to be underwritten soon.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s in the interest of the new government that there be a full legal recognition of Islamic communities. It will boost integration,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“We expect a lot from a government that promises to represent all Italians. Italian Islamic communities can’t be accused of being close to Islamic fundamentalism. We’re all citizens of the Italian Republic who feel they’re an integral part of Italian society,” Lafram added.</div><div><br></div><div>Andrea Delmastro from the Brothers of Italy told Arab News right after the election results were declared: “Good citizens have nothing to fear, no matter their religion, as long as they respect the law. And Italy’s attitude toward the Middle East isn’t going to change.”</div><div><br></div><div>In her victory speech, Meloni struck a moderate tone, saying: “If we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for everyone, we will do it for all Italians, and we will do it with the aim of uniting the people (of this country).”</div><div><br></div><div>During the electoral campaign, the left warned that Meloni could push Italy into Europe’s illiberal bloc alongside Hungary and Poland, fighting against diversity and agitating against Brussels.</div><div><br></div><div>They quoted her past remarks, such as a speech from 2017 in which Meloni said mass-scale illegal immigration to Italy was “planned and deliberate,” carried out by unnamed powerful forces to import low-wage labor and drive out Italians.</div><div><br></div><div>“It’s called ethnic substitution,” Meloni said at the time, echoing the far-right “great replacement” conspiracy theory.</div><div><br></div><div>She also said Italy “cannot think of Islamic cemeteries in a country where there are not civilized cemeteries even for Italians in several parts of the country.”</div><div><br></div><div>In more recent times, she often spoke of “good integration” and “mutual respect” in a country where “the law has no religion and must be respected whatever the citizen’s creed is.”</div><div><br></div><div>In defense of her rhetoric, those close to Meloni say she has a strict stance on migrant traffickers and encourages integration, so long as those who come to Italy share and respect its national values and laws.</div><div><br></div><div>The main points of Meloni’s political manifesto concerning immigration, Delmastro said, involve the “fight against all forms of antisemitism, Islamic fundamentalism and irregular immigration; the orderly management of legal immigration flows along with the promotion of social and labor inclusion of legal immigrants; and the blocking of vessels to prevent human trafficking, in agreement with North African authorities.”</div><div><br></div><div>Imam Izzedin Elzir, former president of the Union of Islamic Communities in Italy, stressed that Muslims in Italy “are a non-partisan community, and we want to be an added value for the country.</div><div><br></div><div>“We expect attention from the government, which is expected to implement the Constitution, particularly on religious freedom. I believe we can do a good job together. Governing is different from campaigning for votes.” - Arab News&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 00:44:18', '2022-09-27 00:44:18'),
(1906, 1906, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Pakistani military helicopter crashed in the southwest area of the country late on Sunday killing all six soldiers on board, including two officers, the military said on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The helicopter crashed during a “flying mission” near Harnai in the province of Balochistan, the military’s public relations wing said in a statement. No reason for the crash was given. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 00:50:12', '2022-09-27 00:50:12'),
(1907, 1907, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">TikTok could face a £27m fine for failing to protect children\'s privacy when they\'re using the platform.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The UK\'s Information Commissioner\'s Office (ICO) found the video-sharing platform may have processed the data of under-13s without appropriate consent.</div><div><br></div><div>The watchdog said the breach happened over more than two years - until July 2020 - but that it had not yet drawn final conclusions.</div><div><br></div><div>TikTok says it disputes the findings, noting that they are \"provisional\".</div><div><br></div><div>The ICO has issued TikTok Inc and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited with a \"notice of intent\" - a legal document which precedes a potential fine.</div><div><br></div><div>The notice sets out the ICO\'s provisional view that TikTok breached UK data protection law between May 2018 and July 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;According to Ofcom, 44% of eight to 12-year-olds in the UK use TikTok, despite its policies forbidding under-13s on the platform.</div><div><br></div><div>Information Commissioner John Edwards said: \"We all want children to be able to learn and experience the digital world, but with proper data privacy protections.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Companies providing digital services have a legal duty to put those protections in place, but our provisional view is that TikTok fell short of meeting that requirement.\"</div><div><br></div><div>TikTok has rolled out a number of features to strengthen the privacy and safety on the site - including allowing parents to link their accounts to their children\'s, and disabling direct messaging for under-16s.</div><div><br></div><div>But Mr Edwards continued: \"I\'ve been clear that our work to better protect children online involves working with organisations, but will also involve enforcement action where necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In addition to this, we are currently looking into how over 50 different online services are conforming with the Children\'s Code, and have six ongoing investigations looking into companies providing digital services who haven\'t, in our initial view, taken their responsibilities around child safety seriously enough.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Rolled out in September last year, the Children\'s Code put in place new data protection codes of practice for online services likely to be accessed by children, built on existing data protection laws, with financial penalties a possibility for serious breaches.</div><div><br></div><div>The ICO said its findings in the notice were provisional, with no conclusion to be drawn at this stage that there had been any breach of data protection law.</div><div><br></div><div>It added: \"We will carefully consider any representations from TikTok before taking a final decision.\"</div><div><br></div><div>A TikTok spokesperson said: \"This notice of intent, covering the period May 2018-July 2020, is provisional and as the ICO itself has stated, no final conclusions can be drawn at this time.</div><div><br></div><div>\"While we respect the ICO\'s role in safeguarding privacy in the UK, we disagree with the preliminary views expressed and intend to formally respond to the ICO in due course.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Previous action</div><div><br></div><div>In 2019, the firm was given a record $5.7m fine by the Federal Trade Commission, for mishandling children\'s data.</div><div><br></div><div>It has also been fined in South Korea for similar reasons.</div><div><br></div><div>In July, the US Senate Commerce Committee voted to approve a measure that would raise the age that children were given special online privacy protections to 16, and prohibit targeted advertising to children without consent. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 01:26:57', '2022-09-27 01:26:57'),
(1908, 1908, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ace allrounder Shakib Al Hasan came up with a sterling allround performance as Guyana Amazon Warriors whacked table-toppers Barbados Royals past by five wickets at the Providence Stadium in Guyana Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The victory helped them qualify for the Qualifier 1 of the 2022 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).</div><div><br></div><div>After taking 1-12 in bowling, Shakib showed his best in batting, striking a 30 ball-53 with five fours and three sixes.</div><div><br></div><div>Royals were asked to bat but the visitors\' batting line-up tasted a collapse to be bundled out for 125 in 17.3 overs.</div><div><br></div><div>Jason Holder was the highest scorer for the Royals with a 39-ball 42, an innings laced with three maximums.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply, Warriors also had a horrible start but opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz stitched a staggering 79-run partnership with Shakib off 44 balls.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib hammered 53 before giving away his wicket to Obed McCoy.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to Shakib, Warriors cruised to a five-wicket victory with 33 balls remaining in hand.</div><div><br></div><div>Shakib Al Hasan was adjudged the player-of-the-match for a second consecutive game. Both teams will meet again in Qualifier 1 on Tuesday. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 01:28:51', '2022-09-27 01:28:51'),
(1909, 1909, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from the trawler capsize in the Karatoya River rose to 49 as 10 more bodies were retrieved from the river in Boda upazila of Panchagarh Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Divers from three firefighting units recovered the ten bodies from different spots of the river from 6am today, said Deputy Assistant Director of Panchagarh Fire Service and Civil Defence Sheikh Mohammad Mahabubul Islam.</div><div><br></div><div>Among the dead was Kabita Rani, 50. The identities of the nine others could not be confirmed yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the 46 victims 19 were women and twelve children, said SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh Police.</div><div><br></div><div>He said they have received a list of 40 missing people from their relatives.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, a five-member probe body, headed by Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Dipankar Roy, has been formed to investigate the capsize, said Md Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh.</div><div><br></div><div>The committee has been asked to submit its report within three working days, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, the overloaded trawler carrying 60-70 passengers, mostly Hindu devotees, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mayalaya around 2:30pm (on Sunday).</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty five bodies were recovered from the river on that day while many others managed to swim ashore. The operation to trace the missing ones is underway.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 02:13:07', '2022-09-27 02:13:07'),
(1910, 1910, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">NASA\'s DART mission to test deflecting an asteroid using \"kinetic impact\" with a spaceship is just one way to defend planet Earth from an approaching object -- and for now, the only method possible with current technology.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The operation is like playing billiards in space, using Newton\'s laws of motion to guide us.</div><div><br></div><div>If an asteroid threat to Earth were real, a mission might need to be launched a year or two in advance to take on a small asteroid, or decades ahead of projected impact for larger objects hundreds of kilometers in diameter that could prove catastrophic to the planet.</div><div><br></div><div>Or, a larger object might require hits with multiple spacecraft.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This demonstration will start to add tools to our toolbox of methods that could be used in the future,\" said Lindley Johnson, NASA\'s planetary defense office, in a recent briefing.</div><div><br></div><div>Other proposed ideas have included a futuristic-sounding \"gravity tractor,\" or a mission to blow up the hypothetical object with a nuclear weapon -- the method preferred by Hollywood.</div><div><br></div><div>- Gravity tractor -</div><div>Should an approaching object be detected early -- years or decades before it would hit Earth -- a spaceship could be sent to fly alongside it for long enough to divert its path via using the ship\'s gravitational pull, creating a so-called gravity tractor.</div><div><br></div><div>This method \"has the virtue that the method of moving the asteroid is totally well understood -- it\'s gravity and we know how gravity works,\" Tom Statler, a DART program scientist at NASA said at a briefing last November when DART launched.</div><div><br></div><div>The mass of the spacecraft however would be a limiting factor -- and gravity tractors would be less effective for asteroids more than 500 meters in diameter, which are the very ones that pose the greatest threat.</div><div><br></div><div>In a 2017 paper, NASA engineers proposed a way to overcome this snag: by having the spacecraft scoop material from the asteroid to enhance its own mass, and thus, gravity.</div><div><br></div><div>But none of these concepts have been tried, and would need decades to build, launch and test.</div><div><br></div><div>- Nuclear detonation -</div><div>Another option: launching nuclear explosives to redirect or destroy an asteroid.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This may be the only strategy that would be effective for the largest and most dangerous \'planet-killer\' asteroids (more than one kilometer in diameter),\" a NASA article on the subject says, adding such a strike might be useful as a \"last resort\" in case the other methods fail.</div><div><br></div><div>But these weapons are geopolitically controversial and technically banned from use in outer space.</div><div><br></div><div>Lori Glaze, NASA\'s planetary science division director said in a 2021 briefing that the agency believed the best way to deploy the weapons would be at a distance from an asteroid, in order to impart force on the object without blowing it into smaller pieces that could then multiply the threat to Earth.</div><div><br></div><div>A 2018 paper published in the \"Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics\" by Russian scientists looked at the direct detonation scenario.</div><div><br></div><div>E. Yu. Aristova and colleagues built miniature asteroid models and blasted them with lasers. Their experiments showed that blowing up a 200-meter asteroid would require a bomb 200 times as powerful as the one that exploded over Hiroshima in 1945.</div><div><br></div><div>They also said it would be most effective to drill into the asteroid, bury the bomb, then blow it up -- just like in the movie Armageddon. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Science Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 02:19:11', '2022-09-27 02:19:11'),
(1911, 1911, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran is stepping up arrests of activists and journalists in a crackdown against civil society as anti-regime protests continue to rage nationwide, activists said on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Eighteen journalists have been imprisoned since the protests erupted earlier this month over the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who had been arrested by the country\'s notorious morality police, according to the Washington-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).</div><div><br></div><div>Numerous activists and lawyers have also been held, including the prominent freedom of speech campaigner Hossein Ronaghi who was arrested over the weekend, reports in Persian-language media abroad said.</div><div><br></div><div>The arrests come on top of severe Internet restrictions and blocking of sites including Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests filtering out to the outside world.</div><div><br></div><div>\"By targeting journalists amid a great deal of violence after restricting access to WhatsApp and Instagram, the Iranian authorities are sending a clear message that there must be no coverage of the protests,\" Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Ronaghi, who is bitterly critical of Iran\'s Islamic leadership and has contributed to the Washington Post, said in a video posted at the weekend that he had initially eluded arrest by escaping his flat when agents came for him at home.</div><div><br></div><div>But security forces detained him on Saturday along with both his lawyers, London-based Iran International said, saying that he had told his family from prison that he had been beaten in detention.</div><div><br></div><div>Activists also said two university students in their early 20s who were also beginning careers as writers -- Banafsheh Kamali and Maedeh Jamal -- had been arrested.</div><div><br></div><div>Videos were posted on social media claimed to show the moment when Jamal was arrested with a female voice yelling \"Help! Help!\".</div><div><br></div><div>Among the 18 journalists held, according to the CPJ, are photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, who won international recognition for an iconic 2019 photo of protests and reporter Nilufar Hamedi who exposed the case of Amini by going to the hospital where she was in a coma.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the authorities also arrested five prominent members of the Bahai religious minority in different cities across the country, said Diane Alai, representative of the Bahai International Community (BIC) to the UN in Geneva.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bahai, Iran\'s largest non-Muslim religious minority but not recognised in the Islamic Republic, had already been experiencing a crackdown even before the protests started with senior figures arrested and homes destroyed.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 02:23:58', '2022-09-27 02:23:58'),
(1912, 1912, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Durga Puja preparation is going on in full swing across the country with only four days left for the biggest religious festival of the Bangalee Hindu community.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The annual five-day Sharadiya Durgotsab will begin with the unveiling of the face of the deity and Kalparambho on the day of Maha Shasthi on October 1 (Saturday).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The festival will end with the immersion of the idols of the Goddess Durga on Bijoya Dashami on October 5.</div><div><br></div><div>The countdown of Durga Puja began with the celebration of the Mahalaya, the auspicious occasion heralding the advent of goddess Durga, was celebrated on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>Idol makers and artisans are now passing their busiest time in giving the final touches on idols for Durga Puja at puja mandaps across the country.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Generally, the idols are made diligently and methodically by the artisans to create exquisite pieces of artistry.</div><div><br></div><div>Durga Puja will be celebrated at 32,168 mandaps across the country this year including 241 in the capital, according to Bangladesh Puja Udjapan Parishad.</div><div><br></div><div>The Parishad in a press briefing on Saturday informed that the number of puja mandaps was 32,118 across the country in the previous year.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Parishad\'s President JL Bhowmik said Mahalaya said volunteers will work at every puja mandaps round the clock during the five-day Durga Puja to help the law enforcement agencies to avert any untoward situation.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the number of puja mandaps decreased slightly in the previous year but this year the number increased.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;In the capital Dhaka, the main puja mandaps are at Dhakeshwari National Temple, Ramkrishna Mission and Math, Kalabagan, Banani, Shakhari Bazar and Ramna Kali Mandir.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In major divisional cities including port city Chattogram, Rajshahi, Khulna and Sylhet and district towns including Faridpur, Dinajpur, Jashore, Kushtia, Satkhira, also witness massive celebration of Durga Puja.</div><div><br></div><div>Puja shopping is also getting momentum in the last week ahead of Puja as major markets and malls are now crowded with customers.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Durga Puja signifies the birth of Durga with the blessings of gods, as a collective energy, to fight the demon king Mahishasura.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Exquisitely crafted and decorated life-size clay idols of the Goddess Durga depicting her slaying the demon Mahishasura are being set up in temples and Durga Puja mandaps ahead of the celebration.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;These idols will be worshiped for five days and immersed in the river on the fifth day. The puja is performed in temples, homes and temporary mandaps.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The celebrations also include other major deities of Hinduism such as goddess Lakshmi (goddess of wealth, prosperity), Saraswati (goddess of knowledge and music), Ganesha (god of good beginnings) and Kartikeya (god of war).&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Stringent security measures will be taken across the country during the celebration of Durga Puja to avert any untoward situation. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 02:34:36', '2022-09-27 02:34:36'),
(1913, 1913, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Benazir Ahmed today asked the field level law enforcers to ensure flawless security measures during the Sharadiya Durga Puja celebration across the country.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>He expressed his hope that the Durga Puja, main religious festival of the Hindu community, will be celebrated peacefully with collective efforts of all.</div><div><br></div><div>“Communal harmony is intertwined with entity of the country’s people, so police should have taken three tier security measures to celebrate Puja peacefully,” he made these remarks at a meeting on the occasion of the Durga Puja at the Police Headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>Benazir urged the community police and beat police to coordinate with concerned Puja committees to engage in Puja security.</div><div><br></div><div>The leaders of Hindu community expressed their satisfaction over the adequate security measures taken by the police chief like every year and thanked the IGP.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have taken three tiers of security measures at the pre-puja, during puja and the post-puja celebration,” the IGP said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said necessary CCTV cameras in all Puja mandaps will be installed, while handheld metal detectors and archway gates will also be set up in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>“Necessary volunteers will be engaged fulltime in puja mandaps, separate entry and exit routes for men and women, adequate lighting in puja mandaps and emersion, standby generator/charger lights will have to be arranged, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Benazir urged all the puja committees to avoid loudspeaker during the Azaan and prayers.</div><div><br></div><div>He also urged to call the National Emergency Service-999 in case of emergency.</div><div><br></div><div>Additional IGP (Crime and Operations) M Khurshid Hossain, Head of Special Branch (Additional IG) Md Monirul Islam, President of Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parisad J L Bhowmik and General Secretary Prof Dr Chandranath Poddar, Mahanagar Sarbajanin Puja Committee President Monindra Kumar Nath and General Secretary Ramen Mondal, Swami Kalpeshananda Maharaj of Sri Ramakrishna Math and Mission and senior police officers were present.</div><div><br></div><div>It is mentioned that this year Durga Puja will be celebrated in around 32 thousand 168 Mandaps across the country. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 02:53:19', '2022-09-27 02:53:19'),
(1914, 1914, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bashundhara Kings, came from behind, registered a 4-2 goal victory over Bangladesh Police Football Club in the BFF U-18 Football League held today (Monday) at Govt. Physical Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club ground in the city.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In the day\'s match, Sabbir, Ramjan, Rafiqul, and Raju scored one goal each for the winning team in the 36th, 52nd, 57th and 90+1st minutes respectively.</div><div><br></div><div>While Akbar Ali and Tasnim netted one goal apiece for the losers\' in the 11th and 90th minutes respectively. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 03:05:17', '2022-09-27 03:05:17'),
(1915, 1915, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Kremlin refused to deny on Monday that Russia might close its borders to prevent an exodus of military-age men after President Vladimir Putin declared a partial mobilisation in an effort to regain the upper hand in the war in Ukraine.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also confirmed that Russia was in \"sporadic\" contact with the United States on nuclear issues, a day after Washington warned of \"catastrophic consequences\" if Moscow used nuclear weapons to protect Ukrainian regions it looks set to annex.</div><div><br></div><div>Citizens in four regions of Ukraine were voting for a fourth day on Monday in Moscow-organised referendums on joining Russia, a plan Kyiv and the West have branded a sham. They say the votes are rigged and they will not recognise the results.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the possibility of border closures, Peskov told reporters: \"I don\'t know anything about this. At the moment, no decisions have been taken on this.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Multiple reports have documented how people with no military service have received draft papers - contrary to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu\'s pledge that only those with special military skills or combat experience would do so - prompting even loyal pro-Kremlin figures to publicly express concern.</div><div><br></div><div>Peskov acknowledged that some call-ups had been issued in error, saying mistakes were being corrected by regional governors and the ministry of defence.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 2,000 people have been detained across Russia for protests at the draft, says independent monitoring group OVD-Info. With criticism of the conflict banned, the demonstrations were among the first signs of discontent since the war began.</div><div><br></div><div>A 25-year-old gunman was detained after opening fire on Monday at a military draft office in Russia\'s Irkutsk region, the local governor said.</div><div><br></div><div>Almost 17,000 Russians crossed the border into Finland over the weekend, Finnish authorities said, while Russian state media said the estimated wait to enter Georgia hit 48 hours at one point on Sunday, with more than 3,000 vehicles queuing.</div><div><br></div><div>A senior lawmaker said Russian men of fighting age should not be allowed to travel abroad.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Everyone who is of conscription age should be banned from travelling abroad in the current situation,\" Sergei Tsekov, a member of Russia\'s upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, told RIA news agency.</div><div><br></div><div>NUCLEAR WORRIES</div><div>By incorporating the four Ukrainian regions - Luhansk and Donetsk in the east and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south - Moscow will be able to portray Kyiv\'s efforts to recapture them as attacks on Russia itself.</div><div><br></div><div>Announcing his mobilisation drive last week, Russia\'s first since World War Two, President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was ready to use nuclear weapons to defend any of its territory.</div><div><br></div><div>U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday the United States would respond \"decisively\" to any Russian use of nuclear weapons, without elaborating. He said Washington had privately told Moscow \"exactly what that would mean\".</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about Sullivan\'s comments, Peskov said: \"There are channels for dialogue at the proper level, but they are of a very sporadic nature. At least they allow for the exchange of some emergency messages about each other\'s positions.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Ukraine conflict has triggered the most serious confrontation between Moscow and Washington since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, when the superpowers came closest to nuclear war.</div><div><br></div><div>The exiled mayor of Russian-controlled Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region accused Russia of forcibly enlisting Ukrainian men in occupied areas into its armed forces.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today the situation is critical: our residents are scared, our residents are panicking, they don’t know what will happen tomorrow and when they will actually take our people away for enlisting,\" Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.</div><div><br></div><div>\'FAKE\' REFERENDUMS</div><div>Fedorov also condemned the referendums - which are due to end on Tuesday - as \"a fake and a farce\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"The voting takes place in front of assault rifles, men with weapons... People are grabbed right on the street and are forced to vote not only for themselves but for their whole families,\" he said via videolink from an undisclosed location.</div><div><br></div><div>The governor of Luhansk, another region Moscow aims to annex, said Russian-backed officials were carrying ballot boxes from door to door, accompanied by security officials.</div><div><br></div><div>Residents\' names were taken down if they failed to vote correctly or refused to cast a ballot, Serhiy Gaidai said.</div><div><br></div><div>The four regions represent about 15% of Ukraine. Russian forces do not control all the territory in those regions, where fighting still rages. They would add to Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014 after a similar referendum there.</div><div><br></div><div>Ukrainian officials said on Monday that further heavy fighting had seen more than 40 towns hit by Russian shelling, mostly in southern and southeast Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met his security chiefs on Monday to plan ways to counteract Russia\'s use of \"new types of weapons\" after Moscow stepped up attacks in the Odesa region using Iranian combat drones.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia carried out at least five attacks on targets in the region using unmanned Shahed-136 drones in the last few days, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for Odesa\'s regional administration, told a news briefing, reports Reuters.</div><div><br></div><div>One of the attacks hit an undisclosed military target in the southern region in the early hours of Monday, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 03:20:33', '2022-09-27 03:20:33'),
(1916, 1916, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death tol the boat capsize in the River Karatoa rose to 64 as nine more bodies were fished out in Boda upazila of Panchagarh Monday, police said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Divers from three firefighting units recovered the 9 bodies from different spots of the river, Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Boda Police Station Sujoy Kumar Roy told UNB.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the dead was Kabita Rani, 50. The identities of the others could not immediately be confirmed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, SM Sirajul Huda, superintendent of Panchagarh Police, said they received a list of 40 missing people from their relatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a five-member probe body, headed by Additional District Magistrate (ADM) Dipankar Roy, was formed to investigate the capsize, said Md Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The committee was asked to submit its report within three working days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunday, the overloaded boat carrying 60-70 passengers, mostly Hindu devotees, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya around 2:30pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty-five bodies were recovered from the river on that day while many others managed to swim ashore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The operation to trace the remaining missing continues. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">bnbd24/kh</span><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 14:32:29', '2022-09-27 19:42:13'),
(1917, 1917, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Amid tight security, about 4,300 attendees will be gathering Tuesday in Tokyo to pay their respects at a state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated in July while campaigning for an election.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo are among about 700 foreign dignitaries from 218 countries, regions and international organizations planning to attend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The general public will be able to lay flowers at a nearby park, while rallies protesting the controversial state funeral are also planned in Tokyo and elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state funeral will be a three-hour ceremony held at the Nippon Budokan. About 20,000 police officers will be mobilized to ensure security in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his predecessor, Yoshihide Suga, who served as chief Cabinet secretary under Abe for nearly eight years, will be offering eulogies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It is the second time a former prime minister has been honored with a state funeral under the current Constitution, after one was held for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida in 1967.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traditionally, funerals for former prime ministers have been jointly held by the government and their political party, but Kishida decided to hold a state funeral for Abe to honor his legacy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, the decision has been criticized for a variety of reasons, such as the lack of a clear legal basis for holding a state funeral, that it could force the public to mourn Abe despite his divisive legacy, and that it will be costly compared with a funeral jointly held with the LDP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kishida has said that a law on the government’s management of national ceremonies gives it the authority to hold a state funeral, and that the public will not be asked to engage in expressions of mourning. The government has also said the state funeral will cost about ¥1.6 billion (about $11.1 million), including security costs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But some opposition party lawmakers, including Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan leader Kenta Izumi, have said they will boycott the ceremony, since they remain unconvinced by the government’s explanation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In July, Abe was shot dead while he was campaigning in the Upper House election, with the alleged shooter claiming he held a grudge against Abe after the former leader sent a supportive message to a group tied to the controversial Unification Church. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspect said his mother had bankrupted the family due to excessive donations to the group. TJT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 14:45:09', '2022-09-28 00:32:42'),
(1918, 1918, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A&nbsp; NASA spaceship on Monday struck an asteroid seven million miles away in order to deflect its orbit, succeeding in a historic test of humanity\'s ability to prevent a celestial object from devastating life on Earth.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impactor hit its target, the space rock Dimorphos, at 7:14 pm Eastern Time (2314 GMT), 10 months after blasting off from California on its pioneering mission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re embarking on a new era, an era in which we potentially have the capability to protect ourselves from something like a dangerous hazardous asteroid impact,\" said Lori Glaze, director of NASA\'s planetary science division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dimorphos -- a 530-foot (160-meter) asteroid roughly comparable in size to an Egyptian pyramid -- orbits a half-mile long big brother called Didymos. Never seen before, the \"moonlet\" appeared as a speck of light around an hour before the collision.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its egg-like shape and craggy, boulder-dotted surface finally came into clear view in the last few minutes, as DART raced toward it at roughly 14,500 miles (23,500 kilometers) per hour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA scientists and engineers erupted in applause as the screen froze on a final image, indicating that signal had been lost and impact had taken place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To be sure, the pair of asteroids pose no threat to our planet as they loop the Sun every two of our years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But NASA has deemed the experiment important to carry out before an actual need is discovered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By striking Dimorphos head on, NASA hopes to push it into a smaller orbit, shaving 10 minutes off the time it takes to encircle Didymos, which is currently 11 hours and 55 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ground telescopes -- which can\'t see the asteroid system directly but can detect a shift in patterns of light coming from it -- should provide a definitive orbital period in the coming days and weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proof-of-concept has made a reality of what has before only been attempted in science fiction -- notably in films such as \"Armageddon\" and \"Don\'t Look Up.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Astronomy community abuzz -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Minutes after impact, a toaster-sized satellite called LICIACube, which already separated from DART a few weeks ago, was expected to make a close pass of the site to capture images of the collision and the ejecta -- the pulverized rock thrown off by the strike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">LICIACube\'s pictures will be sent back in the next weeks and months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also watching the event: an array of telescopes, both on Earth and in space -- including the recently operational James Webb -- which might be able to see a brightening cloud of dust.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission has set the global astronomy community abuzz, with more than three dozen ground telescopes participating, including optical, radio and radar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There\'s a lot of them, and it\'s incredibly exciting to have lost count,\" said DART mission planetary astronomer Christina Thomas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finally, a full picture of what the system looks like will be revealed when a European Space Agency mission four years down the line called Hera arrives to survey Dimorphos\' surface and measure its mass, which scientists can currently only guess at.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Earthlings can sleep better\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Very few of the billions of asteroids and comets in our solar system are considered potentially hazardous to our planet, and none are expected in the next hundred years or so.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But wait long enough, and it will happen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We know that from the geological record -- for example, the six-mile wide Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth 66 million years ago, plunging the world into a long winter that led to the mass extinction of the dinosaurs along with 75 percent of all species.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An asteroid the size of Dimorphos, by contrast, would only cause a regional impact, such as devastating a city, albeit with greater force than any nuclear bomb in history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">How much momentum DART imparts on Dimorphos will depend on whether the asteroid is solid rock, or more like a \"rubbish pile\" of boulders bound by mutual gravity -- a property that\'s not yet known.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If it had missed, NASA would have another shot in two years\' time, with the spaceship containing just enough fuel for another pass.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But its success marks the first step towards a world capable of defending itself from a future existential threat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think Earthlings can sleep better, definitely I will,\" said DART mission systems engineer Elena Adams. 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(1919, 1919, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A gunman has opened fire at a school in central Russia, killing at least 17 people and injuring 24, Russian officials say.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The victims include 11 children at the school of about 1,000 pupils in the city of Izhevsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The gunman killed himself at the scene and was a former pupil of the school.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos posted online appear to show panic inside the building where the shooting took place, with children and adults running along corridors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other footage shows blood on a classroom floor and a bullet hole in a window, with children crouching down underneath desks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eleven children and four adults were killed, including two security guards and two teachers, according to Russia\'s investigative committee. All but two of the 24 injured people were children.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Staff and pupils have been evacuated from the school building, which is in central Izhevsk - a city of about 650,000 residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attacker - named as Artem Kazantsev, who was born in 1988 - is reported to have been armed with two pistols.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A video posted online by state investigators shows the dead body of the gunman on the floor, wearing a T-shirt with a Nazi symbol and a balaclava. Investigators are searching his place of residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A mourning period lasting until 29 September has been announced by the head of the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin is \"deeply mourning\" the deaths and denounced the shooting as an \"inhuman terrorist attack\", according to his spokesperson. Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 15:19:22', '2022-09-27 15:19:22');
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(1920, 1920, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed his “deepest condolences” for the death of former premier Shinzo Abe to his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two leaders held a bilateral meeting on Tuesday morning, ahead of the state funeral for Abe. Modi is among some 20 heads of state and government visiting Japan to attend the funeral.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While conveying his condolences, Modi noted Abe’s contributions in “strengthening India-Japan partnership as well in conceptualising the vision of a free, open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region”, the external affairs ministry said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We are meeting today in this hour of sorrow. After coming to Japan today, I find myself feeling more sad because the last time I was here, I had a very long talk with Abe San. I never thought that after leaving, I would have to hear such news,” Modi said in his opening remarks at the meeting, speaking in Hindi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi said Abe and Kishida, in his former role of the foreign minister, took India-Japan ties to new heights and expanded them in many areas. “Our friendship and the friendship of India and Japan played a huge role in creating a global impact,” he said. The people of India remember and miss Abe, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi and Kishida had a “productive exchange of views on further deepening bilateral relations”, the statement said. They discussed a number of regional and global issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders also renewed their commitment towards further strengthening the India-Japan special strategic and global partnership, and in working together in the region and at various international groupings and institutions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abe, Japan’s longest serving prime minister, was assassinated during an election campaign meeting on July 8. India had announced one day of national mourning on July 9 as a mark of respect for Abe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides attending Abe’s state funeral at the Budokan, a famous indoor arena originally built for the 1964 Olympics, Modi will participate in a greeting occasion at Akasaka Palace, where Kishida and Akie Abe, the former premier’s widow, are expected to be present.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abe and Modi elevated bilateral relations to the status of a special strategic and global partnership in 2014. The “Confluence of Two Seas” speech by Abe at a joint session of India’s Parliament in 2007 laid the ground for the emergence of the Indo-Pacific region as a contemporary political, strategic, and economic reality, and his contributions to bilateral ties was recognised when India conferred the Padma Vibhushan on him in 2021. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 15:44:05', '2022-09-27 15:44:05'),
(1921, 1921, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India won the third and deciding T20I against Australia in the last over after fifties by Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav drove the hosts past the finish line on Sunday. India won by six wickets in Hyderabad as all-rounder Hardik Pandya, unbeaten on 25, hit the winning four on the penultimate ball of the innings. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While Pandya seemed cool as a cucumber at the end, Kohli was his usual energetic self to continue his fine run with the bat. The former India skipper produced some of his eye-catching strokes to stabilise the innings with Suryakumar Yadav, who blasted 50 in 29 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kohli fell in the last over after a 48-ball 63 but the win was well within reach for India, who needed just five more to wrap up the T20I rubber. The star batter, who plays with zeal and even gets lost in his own fervour at times, was lively at the presentation ceremony too. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He received the \'Energetic Player of the Match\' before sprinting back to his teammates in a never-seen-before celebration. He also had a laugh with his Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) teammate Glenn Maxwell after reaching the players\' huddle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> Kohli, who found his lost mojo in the recent Asia Cup, shared a 104-run partnership with Yadav, who again put up a show of his 360-degee strokeplay. India did not have the best of starts as KL Rahul (1) and Rohit Sharma (17) returned within the first four overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kohli then played the second fiddle, while Yadav plundered regular boundaries in his blitz but perished when India needed 53 off the last six overs. Kohli went on to reach his first fifty of the series in 36 balls. With his 33rd T20I half-century, he also eclipsed batting great Rahul Dravid to become the second-highest run-getter for India in international cricket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking after the game, Kohli said he wanted to utilise his experience and take on Adam Zampa and underlined that he has been enjoying his game since returning from a break.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have to utilise my experience and had to take down Zampa. I looked at the dugout and both Rahul and Rohit asked me to continue batting,\" said Kohli.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I have enjoyed batting ever since I came back. Today also I was an hour and a half before the team. I am excited and happy with my contributions. Just trying to place in safe space,\" he added. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 16:02:19', '2022-09-28 00:34:29'),
(1922, 1922, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The 76th birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will be celebrated across the country tomorrow.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sheikh Hasina, the eldest among the five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on September 28 in 1947.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now in the USA as she went there to join the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the footprint of Bangabandhu, she also delivered speech in Bangla at the UNGA like the previous years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the previous years, Awami League (AL) and its affiliated and likeminded bodies will celebrate the day through various programmes highlighting the life and achievements of Sheikh Hasina, who is driving the nation towards prosperity following the footstep of her father.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, discussions, milad and doa mahfils and special prayers will be organised in the capital and across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina spent much of her childhood in the small hamlet where she was born. She started her schooling there. When Bangabandhu was elected a legislator, his family moved to Dhaka in 1954.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was admitted to what is now Sher-e-Bangla Girls\' School and College and later to Azimpur Girls\' High School from where she completed her secondary education in 1965. She was then admitted to Badrunnessa Government Girls\' College.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her bachelor course, she was elected as the vice-president of the students\' union of Eden Girls\' College (Badrunnessa and Eden Girls\' College was a single entity during the period).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, she enrolled in her Masters\' programme in Bangla at Dhaka University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a student leader, Sheikh Hasina actively participated in the historic six-point movement of 1966 and the student movement of 1969 which saw the abdication of General Ayub Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1968, with the blessings of her imprisoned father, Sheikh Hasina, who is leading the country as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term, married nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the Liberation War, Sheikh Hasina and her family were interned in a house in Dhaka. On July 27 in 1971, her first child Sajeeb Wazed Joy was born. Her second child Saima Wazed Hossain was born on December 9, 1972.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the assassination of her parents in 1975, Sheikh Hasina and her family were offered political asylum in India, where she stayed till 1981 when she was elected as the president of the Awami League in her absence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina returned home on May 17, 1981 when she was greeted by a mammoth crowd that extended from the Airport to Farm Gate and Manik Miah Avenue and she addressed a public rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 1986 parliamentary election, Sheikh Hasina was elected as parliament member from three different constituencies. After the overthrow of autocracy in 1990, she was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the House.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1996 general elections, 21 years after her father\'s assassination, Sheikh Hasina led the Awami League and helped the party assume power and became the Prime Minister for the first time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 21, 2004, Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader, barely escaped an assassination attempt as grenades were lobbed at an AL rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although she survived the attack, at least 24 people were killed and over 500 others injured. Most of them were Awami League leaders and supporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2008, she led the Grand Alliance to an overwhelming victory acquiring 90 percent of parliament seats in the general elections. She was elected the Prime Minister on January 5, 2014 for the second time in a row.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina assumed office of the Prime Minister for third consecutive term with a thumping victory in general elections in December 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under her leadership, Bangladesh has become a role model for development, attaining steady economic growth, becoming self-sufficient in food and attaining a marked progress in the fields of women empowerment, agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, communication, energy and power, trade and commerce, ICT and the SME sectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her most recent role in extending humanitarian support to over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar, who took shelter in Cox\'s Bazar, drew accolades from global leaders, international forums and institutions and eminent personalities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK-based \'Channel 4\' dubbed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the \'Mother of Humanity\' in 2017 after she gave refuge to hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar\'s Rakhine State. The government introduced an award named after it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asiatic Society of Kolkata honoured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the prestigious \"Tagore Peace Award-2018\" in recognition of her contribution to maintaining regional peace and prosperity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of Kolkata Asiatic Society Professor Isha Mohammed handed over the award to Sheikh Hasina at a function at Taj Mahal Hotel in the Indian capital on October 5, 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also received the prestigious \'Vaccine Hero\' award given in recognition of Bangladesh\'s outstanding success in vaccination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI) handed over the award to the Premier at a ceremony at the Conference Room of the UN Headquarters in New York during the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier was conferred with the award \'Champion of Skill Development for Youth\' for Bangladesh\'s great success in youth skill development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) conferred the award on the Premier at a ceremony at Labouisse Hall of UNICEF House in the UN Plaza on September 26 in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore handed over the award to the Prime Minister amid thunderous clapping of the audience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina also received the Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Awards-2019, introduced in memory of eminent scientist and former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in recognition of her commitment to a close and mutually satisfying India-Bangladesh relations, welfare of her people, particularly women and children, and international peace and cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Adviser of the Dr Kalam Smriti International Advisory Council Ambassador TP Sreenivasan handed over the accolade through a ceremony at the Prime Minister\'s Office here on September 16, 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina was also conferred with various honourary degrees, accolades and awards in recognition of her leadership excellence and intellectual flair.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2018, Sheikh Hasina appeared in the title role in a docudrama \"Hasina: A Daughter\'s Tale\", directed by Rezaur Rahman Khan Piplu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These include: honorary Doctor of Laws by the Waseda University of Japan, honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Liberal Arts by University of Abertay Dundee, UK, honorary Degree of Desikottama by Visva-Bharati University of West Bengal, India, honorary Doctor of Laws by the Australian National University, honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Bridgeport University, USA, honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Dhaka, Paul Haris Fellowship by the Rotary International, UNESCO\'s Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize in 1998, M K Gandhi Award in 1998, Mother Teresa Award in 1998 and 2006, Pearl S. Buck Award by Randolph Macon Women\'s College of USA in 1999, CERES Medal in 1999, UN Award for MDG achievement (child mortality) in 2010, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize in 2009, South-South Award in 2011, UN Award for MDG Achievement in 2013, Rotary Peace Prize in 2013, Tree of Peace in 2014, ICT Sustainable Development Award in 2015, Champions of the Earth in 2015, Agent of Change Award in 2016 and Planet 50-50 Champion in 2016.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She penned more than 25 books. Her notable books are \'Mujib Amar Pita\', \'Living in Tears\', \'Sada Kalo\', \'Amara Janaganer Kotha Bolte Esechhi\'. Source: UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 17:24:58', '2022-09-27 17:24:58'),
(1923, 1923, '<p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Black Panther producer Kevin Feige has said they are not thinking about recasting for late actor Chadwick Boseman\'s role in the franchise after the actor died of colon cancer in 2020.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">He was 43. Kevin said they want to honour his legacy instead in the film\'s sequel, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The film\'s sequel titled Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will throw more light on T\'Challa\'s sister Shuri (played by Letitia Wright) and will show the leaders of the kingdom of Wakanda fighting to protect their nation from invading forces in the wake of King T\'Challa\'s death. Chadwick\'s breakthrough performance in 2018 film Black Panther made it the first superhero movie to be nominated for best picture at the Academy Awards. He died at 43.</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Talking about honouring Chadwick\'s legacy, Kevin told Empire in an interview, “It just felt like it was much too soon to recast. Stan Lee always said that Marvel represents the world outside your window. </span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">And we had talked about how, as extraordinary and fantastical as our characters and stories are, there’s a relatable and human element to everything we do. And Ryan poured that into the story.”</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">“The conversations were entirely about, yes, ‘What do we do next?’ And how could the legacy of Chadwick – and what he had done to help Wakanda and the Black Panther become these incredible, aspirational, iconic ideas – continue? That’s what it was all about,” Kevin said about the film\'s sequel.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will also introduce Riri Williams (played by Dominique Thorne), the teenage genius who becomes the hero Ironheart by creating a suit of armor that rivals the one built by Tony Stark. </span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Variety reports that the film is scheduled to hit theatres on November 11 this year.</span><br></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Letitia Wright, who became a Marvel breakout with her performance in Black Panther as T\'Challa\'s sister Shuri, has revealed that she felt her late co-star Chadwick Boseman\'s presence while making the highly anticipated sequel.</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> Letitia is set to reprise her role in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which was filmed after Chadwick\'s death. Source: HT</span></p><p style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</p>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 17:40:51', '2022-09-27 17:40:51'),
(1924, 1924, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Upazila nirbhahi officer Mehruba Islam who received flak for smashing trophies of a football match has been transferred to Dhaka division from Bandarban\'s Alikadam.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification in this regard on Sunday, signed by senior assistant secretary Sheikh Shamsul Arafeen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNO Mehruba Islam has been empowered with Section 144 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, to act as an executive magistrate, said the notification.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 23, UNO Mehruba broke the trophies she was supposed to distribute to the winners of a football match at Repar Para Government Primary School in Alikadam upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video of the incident went viral on social media, sparking a lot of criticism. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 18:15:53', '2022-09-27 18:15:53'),
(1925, 1925, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The chaos of the past week might be incorrectly comforting. Despite Russia’s continued disastrous handling of its war of choice in Ukraine, the conflict’s most dangerous moment may be nearing.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At some point this week, the Kremlin will likely declare that “sham” referendums in four partially occupied areas of Ukraine have delivered a mandate for their swift assimilation into what Moscow calls Russian territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The referendums are illegal under international law, and Ukraine, the United States and the rest of NATO have already made it clear this move will have no legal standing and will lead to sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it will happen nonetheless, and Russia will likely use the moment to amplify the central threat behind this charade, stated openly by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the weekend: that Moscow reserves the right to “fully protect” areas that have formally become its territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow’s threat is clearly nuclear. Putin has presented his bellicose rhetoric – warning last week that Russia would “make use of all weapon systems available” if needed – as a response to non-existent NATO nuclear threats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But his officials have been startlingly clear: they want the use of nuclear weapons to be considered a real possibility and, as Putin said, “not a bluff.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This has led to a chilling change in Washington’s messaging.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For months, Western officials waved away any suggestions that nuclear conflict was even a consideration. Now US President Joe Biden and his cabinet officials are forced to publicly send messages of deterrence and readiness to reassure their allies – and just about everyone else on Planet Earth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is truly discomforting to be living in a time when the US government feels it has to publicly warn a wartime Russia – one that is losing heavily and unexpectedly against a neighbor they always thought they could subdue at will – that using nuclear weapons is a bad idea. The principles of mutual assured destruction that brought a dark calm to the Cold War seems to have lapsed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We are faced with a Russia that wants to project a madman image ready to lose everything – for everyone – if faced with losing in this war. Source: CNN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 18:34:13', '2022-09-27 18:34:13'),
(1926, 1926, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">PARIS: More than 75 people have been killed in the Iranian authorities\' crackdown against unrest sparked by the death of Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini following her arrest by morality police, a rights group said Monday.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian authorities\' official death toll, meanwhile, remained at 41, including several members of the security forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Officials said Monday they arrested more than 1,200 people as the dragnet widens against the nationwide demonstrations over Amini\'s death following her arrest for allegedly breaching the country\'s strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters took to the streets again on Monday night -- as they have every night since Amini\'s death on September 16 -- in Tehran and elsewhere, witnesses told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran crowds shouted \"death to the dictator\", calling for the end of the more than three-decade rule of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 83.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video shot from several floors above street level, purportedly in the city of Tabriz, showed people protesting to the sound of tear gas canisters being fired by security forces, in images published by Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">IHR said at least 76 people have been killed in the crackdown in Iran, up from a previous count of 57.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Women in Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, twirled their headscarves above their heads in defiance while car drivers sounded their horns in solidarity, in video shared by Hengaw, a Kurdish rights organisation likewise based in Norway.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tensions with Western powers grew as France issued its \"strongest condemnation\" over the \"violent repression\" by security forces, Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador and Canada announced sanctions -- a day after the European Union deplored the crackdown and Tehran called in the British and Norwegian envoys.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We call on the international community to decisively and unitedly take practical steps to stop the killing and torture of protesters,\" said IHR\'s director Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Video footage and death certificates obtained by IHR showed that \"live ammunition is being directly fired at protesters,\" he alleged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iranian riot police in black body armour have beaten protesters with truncheons in running street battles, and students have torn down large pictures of the supreme leader and his predecessor Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, in recent video footage published by AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Amnesty International on Monday reported that Hadis Najafi, a 22-year-old protester, was killed on September 21 in Karaj. \"Security forces fired birdshot at her in close range, hitting her in the face, neck and chest,\" the rights group said, corroborating earlier social media versions of events.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protesters have hurled rocks, torched police cars and set public buildings ablaze.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities say about 450 people have been arrested in northern Mazandaran province, on top of over 700 reported Saturday in neighbouring Gilan, along with dozens in several other regions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twenty journalists are among those arrested, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Rioters have attacked government buildings and damaged public property,\" Mazandaran\'s chief prosecutor Mohammad Karimi told official news agency IRNA, charging that they were steered by \"foreign anti-revolutionary agents\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran police have been deployed \"24 hours a day\" and many have not slept, said the Iranian judiciary chief, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, thanking exhausted officers and the capital\'s police chief during a visit to their headquarters Sunday, in a video posted by Mizan Online.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ejei earlier stressed \"the need for decisive action without leniency\" against the protest instigators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But a powerful Shiite cleric long aligned with the country\'s ultra-conservative establishment urged authorities to take a softer line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The leaders must listen to the demands of the people, resolve their problems and show sensitivity to their rights,\" said Grand Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite sweeping internet restrictions, including blocks on Instagram and WhatsApp, new videos shared widely on social media showed protests Sunday night in Tehran and cities including Yazd, Isfahan and Bushehr on the Persian Gulf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports said that students at Tehran and Al-Zahra Universities and the Sharif Institute have gone on strike and urged professors to join them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU\'s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday slammed Iran for its \"widespread and disproportionate use of force against nonviolent protestors\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the EU would \"continue to consider all the options at its disposal ... to address the killing of Mahsa Amini\" and the state response to the protests in Iran, a country already under punishing sanctions over its nuclear programme.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran, for its part, said Sunday it had summoned Britain\'s ambassador to protest what it called an \"invitation to riots\" by London-based Farsi language media, and Norway\'s envoy over the parliamentary speaker\'s \"unconstructive comments\" on the protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United States last week imposed sanctions against the morality police, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that his own country would follow suit as part of a sanctions package \"on dozens of individuals and entities\". AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 18:55:30', '2022-09-27 18:55:30'),
(1927, 1927, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A study which holds potential for the dietary management of the condition, has shown that drinking a small amount of why protein before meals helps people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugar. The work shows for the first time this works in people as they went about normal everyday life.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a study, which holds potential for dietary management of the condition, people with type 2 diabetes drank a pre-made shot before meals which contained a low dose of whey protein. They were monitored for a week as they went about normal daily life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To compare the potential benefits of whey protein, the same participants also spent a week drinking a control shot that contained no protein in order to measure the results against each other.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Results from continuous glucose monitoring revealed that glucose levels were much better controlled when taking the whey supplement before meals. On average, they had two hours extra per day of normal blood sugar levels compared to the no protein week. In addition, their daily blood glucose levels were 0.6 mmol/L lower compared to when they consumed the supplement without any protein.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Daniel West, Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator working within the Human Nutrition Research Centre and Diabetes Research Group at Newcastle University, UK said: \"While previous studies for a few hours in the lab have shown the potential for this dietary intervention, this is the first time that people have been monitored as they go about normal life.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We believe the whey protein works in two ways, firstly, by slowing down how quickly food passes through the digestive system and secondly, by stimulating a number of important hormones that prevent the blood sugars climbing so high.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"As we see growing numbers of people around the world developing diabetes, investigating the potential of alternatives to drugs such as food supplements becomes more important.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">18 people with type 2 diabetes consumed a small drink -- in a 100 ml shot- with 15 grams of protein 10 minutes before breakfast, lunch and dinner over seven days and remained on their prescribed diabetes medication. Continuous glucose monitoring automatically tracked blood glucose levels over the course of the week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newcastle University PhD student, Kieran Smith, who oversaw the glucose monitoring and analysed the data, said: \"People were able to stick to the regime and liked the idea of having a convenient, tasty, small pre-made drink that could be carried with them and taken before meals.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The team intend to further explore the benefits of non-medical interventions running the study on a larger scale and for a longer period of up to six months. They also plan to look at alternative proteins, such as those that come from plant sources like peas, fungi and potatoes to open up options for vegan and religious dietary needs. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 19:23:17', '2022-09-27 19:23:17'),
(1928, 1928, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Syrian authorities have recovered 100 bodies from a Lebanese migrant boat that sank off Syria last week, state media reported about one of the deadliest recent shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The first bodies were found last Thursday and only 20 people were rescued out of as many as 150 passengers.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The number of victims of the Lebanese boat has reached 100 people so far after another body was recovered from the sea,\" Syria\'s official news agency SANA on Monday quoted the head of Syrian ports Samer Kbrasli as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>All survivors have been discharged from hospital, SANA said.</div><div><br></div><div>Nearly three years of deep economic crisis have turned Lebanon into a launchpad for migrants, with its own citizens joining Syrian and Palestinian refugees desperate to flee rising poverty via dangerous sea voyages.</div><div><br></div><div>Those aboard the ship that sailed from Lebanon\'s impoverished northern city of Tripoli were mostly Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians, and included children and elderly people, the United Nations said.</div><div><br></div><div>Lebanon hosts more than a million refugees from Syria\'s civil war and has been mired in a financial and economic crisis branded by the World Bank as one of the worst in modern times.</div><div><br></div><div>United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi described the shipwreck as a \"heart-wrenching tragedy\".</div><div><br></div><div>Since 2020, Lebanon has seen a spike in the number of migrants attempting the perilous crossing in jam-packed boats to reach Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN children\'s agency UNICEF said that 10 children appeared to be \"among those who lost their lives\", adding that \"years of political instability and economic crisis in Lebanon have pushed many children and families into poverty\". AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 19:34:57', '2022-09-27 19:34:57'),
(1929, 1929, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mobile phone users will have to be compensated for call drops from October 1.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>That\'s the curt message from Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to telecom companies in this country.</div><div><br></div><div>According to new BTRC guidelines issued on Monday, mobile phone operators will have to compensate their customers by refunding talk time for call drops with effect from October.</div><div><br></div><div>The new guidelines were unveiled at a press briefing at the regulator\'s headquarters by BTRC chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder and Posts and Telecommunications Minister Mustafa Jabbar who was there as the chief guest.</div><div><br></div><div>The new guidelines are:</div><div><br></div><div>A customer can get information about the previous day/week/month\'s net call drop amount through common USSD code (*121*765#) -- applicable for all mobile phone operators -- from October 1.</div><div><br></div><div>Mobile operators will compensate their subscribers with talk time of three pulses (30 seconds) for each call drop in case of 1st and 2nd call drops daily and four pulses (40 seconds) for each call drop in case of subsequent 3rd to 7th call drops as \"financial and emotional loss\".</div><div><br></div><div>Talk time refunded as compensation for call drops will be usable from the first call (00:00 hours) of the next day, which means no amount can be deducted from the customer\'s account for the call before the refunded talk time is fully utilised.</div><div><br></div><div>The customer should be informed within the next 24 hours through SMSes about the talk time refunded as a result of call drops.</div><div><br></div><div>An operator can refund the call minutes from that day of the occurrence of call drop if it wishes. A maximum period of 15 days will be applicable for the usage of the refunded talk time of the call drop.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If a customer receives a service by paying money, the operator should ensure proper service,\" Mustafa Jabbar said, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“If telecom companies invest in telecommunications infrastructure rather than compensating customers, call drop rates will decrease,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 23:01:24', '2022-09-27 23:01:24'),
(1930, 1930, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Asian Development Bank said Tuesday it will devote at least $14 billion through 2025 to help ease a worsening food crisis in the Asia-Pacific.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The development lender said it plans a comprehensive program of support to help the 1.1 billion people in the region who lack healthy diets due to poverty and soaring food prices.</div><div><br></div><div>The Manila, Philippines-based ADB made the announcement during its annual meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>“This is a timely and urgently needed response to a crisis that is leaving too many poor families in Asia hungry and in deeper poverty,” ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa said.</div><div><br></div><div>The plan calls for improving long-term food security by strengthening farming and food supplies to cope with climate change and loss of biodiversity.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The ADB said the funds will go to both existing and new projects spanning farming, food production and distribution, water resources management and social supports.</div><div><br></div><div>Asakawa said that in the short-term, support will be targeted at and designed to help the most vulnerable, particularly women.</div><div><br></div><div>In opening the ADB meeting, Asakawa noted that the economic outlook has worsened with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, soaring prices for many commodities and a harsher economic environment thanks to rising interest rates and weakening currencies for many developing economies.</div><div><br></div><div>In a recent update, the bank downgraded its forecast for growth in the region to 4.3% from an earlier estimate of 5.2%. Next year’s outlook is for 4.9% annual growth.</div><div><br></div><div>Food insecurity threatens to undo decades of progress and has worsened with the strife in Ukraine, a key supplier of grain, oil and fertilizer to many countries in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>The situation will worsen as climate change amplifies extreme weather, hurting harvests and triggering migration, Asakawa noted, reports AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The coronavirus pandemic had already pushed 100 million more people into hunger, the ADB estimates. A 10% increase in food price inflation could push another 64 million into poverty, it says.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 23:04:59', '2022-09-27 23:04:59'),
(1931, 1931, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh National Cricket Team\'s pacer Al-Amin Hossain secured bail upon a bond of Taka 5,000 in a maintenance case filed by his wife after surrendering before the court.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shafi Uddin granted him bail till October 6 after the bail hearing was completed.</div><div><br></div><div>Ishrat Jahan, wife of the national team pacer (pace-bowler), filed a complaint in Mirpur Model Thana on August 1 alleging that Al-Amin tortured and physically abused her for dowry. Also, the victim was forcefully driven out of her house with her minor kids, the complaint said.</div><div><br></div><div>After primary investigation and verification police registered the complaint as a case of domestic violence the next day.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 6, Al-Amin was granted an eight-week anticipatory bail by the High Court.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The next day, the victim filed another case against the sportsperson seeking maintenance of her and children. A warrant was issued against him asking him to be present before the court the same day. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-27 23:09:37', '2022-09-27 23:09:37'),
(1932, 1932, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said that BNP is now making falsehood capitalizing on the global fuel, power and economic crisis aiming to gain political interest.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the existing global crisis resulting in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, he said, \"The crisis is not only in Bangladesh but also in the whole world, rather BNP is trying to take political advantage capitalizing on the global fuel, power and economic crisis griped by Russia-Ukrine war.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The minister made these comments while attending a discussion marking the 76th birth anniversary of Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Krishibid Institute Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium here.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Awami Juba League arranged the discussion marking the birth anniversary of the Prime Minister.</div><div><br></div><div>The whole world is now facing severe fuel and power crisis ultimately due to the influence of Russia-Ukraine war, Obaidul Quader added.</div><div><br></div><div>Lauding the role of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said \"None was the most honest, efficient and courageous leader in Bangladesh except Sheikh Hasina after the period of 1975,\" reports BSS&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina, also a daughter of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, never doing politics for the interest of her own fortune and happiness, said Quader, adding \"Sheikh Hasina is doing politics for changing the lot of the people and materializing the dream of her father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 00:11:07', '2022-09-28 00:11:07');
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(1933, 1933, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">With the cost of living surging, free hot bread distribution for the poor has been introduced in Dubai, a rich Gulf emirate where millionaires rub shoulders with hard-working migrants.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The city of skyscrapers soaring above the desert, which imports almost all of its food, has been impacted by rapidly rising consumer prices, a global trend exacerbated by Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine.</div><div><br></div><div>Ten vending machines were installed last week in supermarkets, with a computer touch screen allowing people to select different types: loaves for sandwiches, pitta bread or flat Indian-style chapatis.</div><div><br></div><div>The machine has a credit card reader -- for donations not payment.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A friend told me there was free bread, so I came,\" said Bigandar, a young man from Nepal who works at a car wash, not wanting to give his full name.</div><div><br></div><div>Like millions of Asian migrants, he dreamt of making a fortune in the United Arab Emirates.</div><div><br></div><div>He headed for Dubai, a city that has earned a reputation for conspicuous consumption and excess.</div><div><br></div><div>According to government figures from the Dubai Statistics Center, the food price index, which tracks the monthly change in the cost of a basket of food commodities, rose by 8.75 percent in July, year on year.</div><div><br></div><div>The cost of transport has jumped by more than 38 percent.</div><div>- \'Disadvantaged\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The bread machines are the initiative of a foundation set up by the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The idea is to go to disadvantaged families and workers before they come to us,\" said the foundation\'s director, Zeinab Joumaa al-Tamimi.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone in need can now get hot bread just \"by pressing a button\", she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The oil-rich UAE has a population of nearly 10 million people, 90 percent of them foreigners, many labourers from Asia and Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>Dubai, the commercial heart of the UAE, relies on this army of workers to build skyscrapers and for the service sector, from real estate to luxury tourism, on which it has built its reputation.</div><div><br></div><div>Bigandar, who has worked there for the past three years, says that for each vehicle he cleans he earns three dirhams, or 81 US cents.</div><div><br></div><div>Working hard and with tips from customers, he can earn between 700 and 1,000 dirhams a month ($190-270).</div><div><br></div><div>\"My employer covers housing and transportation, but not food,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>In a sign of the growing difficulties faced by migrant workers, a rare strike was led in May by delivery men demanding better wages in the face of rising fuel prices.</div><div><br></div><div>In July, the authorities announced the doubling of social aid, but only for the handful of Emirati families with incomes below 25,000 dirhams per month ($6,800), considered to be disadvantaged households.</div><div><br></div><div>This aid programme does not include foreigners.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Because of inflation and rising interest rates, there are many people whose wages are low and who, with the rising cost of living, can no longer meet all their needs,\" said Fadi Alrasheed, a Jordanian businessman who has lived in Dubai for 20 years.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the UN World Migration Report, the UAE is home to nearly 8.7 million migrants, mainly from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan.</div><div><br></div><div>Henley and Partners, a London-based investment migration consultancy, estimates there are more than 68,000 millionaires and 13 billionaires in Dubai, ranking the city the 23rd richest in the world. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 00:19:21', '2022-09-28 00:19:21'),
(1934, 1934, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Tuesday to attend the state funeral of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Modi will join several global leaders to pay tributes to Abe.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Representatives from over 100 countries, including more than 20 heads of state and governments, are expected to attend Abe\'s funeral on Tuesday.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The former prime minister reshaped Japan\'s foreign policy, including setting out a bold vision for a quantum leap in ties with India.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"Landed in Tokyo,\" Modi tweeted, posting photos of him while deplaning. He also posted a similar tweet in Japanese.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi tweeted, \"PM @narendramodi arrives in Tokyo. Will participate in the State Funeral of former PM Shinzo Abe later today. Will also hold a bilateral meeting with PM @kishida230, reaffirming commitment to further strengthening of India-Japan Special Strategic and Global Partnership.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Monday, Modi tweeted, \"I am travelling to Tokyo tonight to participate in the State Funeral of former PM Shinzo Abe, a dear friend and a great champion of India-Japan friendship\".&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"I will be conveying heartfelt condolences to Prime Minister Kishida and Mrs. Abe on behalf of all Indians. We will continue working to further strengthen India-Japan relations as envisioned by Abe San. @kishida230,\" he had said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;Abe was shot dead while making a campaign speech on July 8 in the southern Japanese city of Nara.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>India observed a one-day national mourning on July 9 as a mark of respect for Abe.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>At a media briefing on Monday, Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra said Modi will attend the state funeral ceremony at Budokan, followed by a greeting occasion at Akasaka Palace, besides meeting Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Abe\'s wife Akie, reports PTI</div><div><br></div><div>\"The visit will be an opportunity for PM Modi to honour the memory of former PM Abe, who he considered a dear friend and a great champion of India-Japan ties,\" he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 00:25:52', '2022-09-28 00:25:52'),
(1935, 1935, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia and Belarus are countries that are prepared to work with the West but only if there is mutual respect, presidents Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko agreed during a face-to-face meeting in Sochi on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking on tv channel Rossiya 24, Lukashenko said he believes the West’s future lies with Russia, which has “everything they need.” On the other hand, he added, the West has things Russia and Belarus need and are willing to buy, including certain technologies.</div><div><br></div><div>“What else do they want? They just need to make responsible decisions,” he said said.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin agreed with the Belarusian leader, insisting the West must “treat us with respect.”</div><div><br></div><div>“Without that we won’t even talk to them. Nobody is going to tolerate humiliation,” Lukashenko continued, noting that both Moscow and Minsk were open to working with those who want to live side by side, building relations based on mutual respect.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russian leader has previously suggested that the West was essentially waging a hybrid war against Moscow and was looking to “weaken, disunite and ultimately destroy” Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>In a televised address last week, Putin claimed that Western countries openly admit that they “managed to break up the Soviet Union in 1991” and were now aiming to “split Russia into many regions that would be at each other’s throats.”</div><div><br></div><div>As a means to that end, Putin claims the West has been intentionally fostering Russophobic sentiments in countries like Ukraine, where he accuses the US and its allies of installing a hostile government and of turning the Ukrainian people into cannon fodder by pushing them into war with Russia.</div><div><br></div><div>Putin has also warned Western leaders who openly call for a military defeat of Russia that Moscow is prepared to use any means at its disposal to defend itself and to ensure its territorial integrity. US President Joe Biden has hit back at Putin, accusing him of “making irresponsible nuclear threats to use nuclear weapons.” Source: rt.com&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 00:38:27', '2022-09-28 00:38:27'),
(1936, 1936, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Another dengue patient died in 24 hours till Tuesday morning, raising this year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 54.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 460 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases have continued to increase, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The latest death was reported from Dhaka division raising the death toll in the division to 27.</div><div><br></div><div>The dengue death toll in Chattogram division remained unchanged at 23 and in Barishal division at four.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 320 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 140 outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,738 dengue patients, including 1,314 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 directorate has recorded 14,822 dengue cases and 13,030 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 01:06:44', '2022-09-28 01:06:44'),
(1937, 1937, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh lost the toss and were sent to bat first in the second and final T20I against the UAE on Tuesday at Dubai International Cricket Stadium.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh made two changes to the playing XI. Shoriful Islam and Mustafizur Rahman have been rested to pave way for Ebadot Hossain and Taskin Ahmed.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The UAE played well in the first match. They fell short of only seven runs while chasing a good total of 158 runs.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Afif Hossain, the left-handed batter, did well for Bangladesh. He scored 77 runs for the Tigers and guided them to a good total after losing some quick wickets.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh team will return home after this series and prepare for the tri-series in New Zealand and the World Cup in Australia. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 02:04:53', '2022-09-28 02:04:53'),
(1938, 1938, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries among Bangladeshi mothers increased eightfold in 14 years and reached 33.22 against the WHO’s recommendation of 15 percent of total birth delivery, according to a new study.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The study revealed the overall prevalence of C-section in Bangladesh was 3.99 percent in 2004 but it jumped to 33.22 percent in 2018; although the WHO recommends that CS rate should not exceed 15 percent of total birth delivery.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) conducted the research titled, “Massive Boom of C-Section Delivery in Bangladesh: A Household Level Analysis (2004-2018)”.</div><div><br></div><div>The objective of this study was to assess the national trend of C-section deliveries and find out the associated factors in Bangladesh.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>A total of 27,328 ever-married women aged 15 to 49 years who had a live birth in the two years were included for this study.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>According to the study, the annual percentage changes of C-section delivery were 16.34 on average from 2004 to 2017-18, which is alarming.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The C-section was high among urban mothers (12 percent in 2004 and 44 percent in 2017-18), while the rural mother also utilized CS services alarmingly.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>In 2004, the prevalence of C-section deliveries was only 2 percent at rural level and the rate jumped to 29 percent in 2017-18. The annual percentage change of C-section delivery was 10 percent among urban mother while it was 21 percent for rural mothers.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The study observed that the C-section deliveries were higher in private facilities (46.2 percent in 2014 and 52 percent in 2017-18) than public facilities (12 percent in 2014 and 10.6 percent in 2017-18).</div><div><br></div><div>The overall out-of-pocket cost for C-section delivery was about Taka 20,000 in Bangladesh. The average out-of-pocket cost of C-section delivery was highest in private facilities (Taka 21,506) than public facilities (Taka 13,622), while about Taka 16,860 was needed for those who received C-section services from NGO facilities.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The study found a number of factors such as maternal age, maternal and paternal education, working status of mother, maternal BMI, age at first pregnancy, ANC utilisation, administrative division and wealth status playing significant impact on the growing rate of C-section deliveries in the country.</div><div>&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Documenting that the C-section delivery is massively booming in Bangladesh, the study says it is high time for the proper authorities to implement effective national monitoring measures to put restrictions on the rising number of C-section deliveries. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 02:22:07', '2022-09-28 02:22:07'),
(1939, 1939, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Europe was investigating leaks in two Russian gas pipelines that churned up the Baltic Sea on Tuesday and raised concerns from Copenhagen to Moscow about sabotage on infrastructure at the heart of an energy standoff.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, it remained far from clear who might be behind any foul play, if proven, on the Nord Stream pipelines that Russia and European partners spent billions of dollars building.</div><div><br></div><div>Poland\'s prime minister blamed sabotage for the leaks, without citing evidence, while the Danish premier said it could not be ruled out.</div><div><br></div><div>Russia, which slashed gas deliveries to Europe after the West imposed sanctions over Moscow\'s invasion of Ukraine, said sabotage was a possibility and that the incident undermined the continent\'s energy security. A senior Ukrainian official called it a Russian attack to destabilise Europe, without giving proof.</div><div><br></div><div>The Nord Stream pipelines have been flashpoints in an escalating energy war between European capitals and Moscow that has pummelled major Western economies, sent gas prices soaring and sparked a hunt for alternative energy supplies.</div><div><br></div><div>Sweden\'s Maritime Authority issued a warning about two leaks in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline the day after a leak on the nearby Nord Stream 2 pipeline was discovered that prompted Denmark to restrict shipping and impose a small no fly zone.</div><div><br></div><div>Denmark\'s armed forces released a video showing bubbles boiling up to the surface of the sea. The largest gas leak had caused a surface disturbance of well over 1 km (0.6 mile) in diameter, the armed forces said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"Today we faced an act of sabotage, we don\'t know all the details of what happened, but we see clearly that it\'s an act of sabotage, related to the next step of escalation of the situation in Ukraine,\" Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said at the opening of a new pipeline between Norway and Poland.</div><div><br></div><div>Seismologists in Denmark and Sweden registered powerful blasts in the areas of the leaks on Monday, Sweden\'s National Seismology Centre told public broadcaster SVT. German geological research centre GFZ also said a seismograph on the Danish island of Bornholm had twice recorded spikes on Monday. - Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 02:45:39', '2022-09-28 02:45:39'),
(1940, 1940, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The British pound rebounded Tuesday after sinking to a record low against the dollar on concerns a UK government tax-cut plan could derail public finances.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sterling jumped 1.34 percent to $1.0832.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, it struck an all-time low at $1.0350, perilously close to parity.</div><div><br></div><div>After the plunge, the Bank of England said it was playing close attention to financial markets, adding it would \"not hesitate to change interest rates by as much as needed\" to curb inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>The BoE, like central banks around the world, has hiked interest rates a number of times this year in a bid to cool decades-high inflation.</div><div><br></div><div>With the pound showing record weakness, analysts are forecasting a big rate increase when the BoE next meets for a regular policy meeting on November 3.</div><div><br></div><div>\"A rate hike of over 150 basis points is currently priced in for the coming meeting,\" Commerzbank analyst Esther Reichelt noted Tuesday, questioning if that would even be enough.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bank of England\'s statement \"is unlikely to calm all those who had already questioned the BoE\'s determination to fight inflation even prior to these events\", she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Analysts added that the pound won back strength also as the dollar weakened slightly against other main rivals. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 02:48:54', '2022-09-28 02:48:54'),
(1941, 1941, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Tuesday said preparing for quick access to GSP Plus in the EU market is the next big factor for Bangladesh’s future economic development.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The graduation from LDC status in 2026 would also mean graduation from the current Everything but Arms (EBA) unilateral trade preference given to Bangladesh by the EU, which is Bangladesh’s largest export destination.</div><div><br></div><div>“The graduation would imply a substantial trade loss and serious shock to the country’s GDP, which could be mitigated through inclusion in the GSP+ arrangement,” said the EU envoy while speaking at a programme hosted by International Business Forum of Bangladesh (IBFB) at a city hotel.</div><div><br></div><div>US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas, founding President of IBFB Mahmudul Islam Chowdhury, Chairman of Policy Research Institute of Bnagladesh Dr Zaidi Sattar, IBFB President Humayun Rashid and its Vice President MS Siddiqui also spoke.</div><div><br></div><div>Attracting foreign direct investment and technological know-hows would be key to reduce dependency on single basket RMG exports and move towards industrial diversification, said ambassador Whiteley.</div><div><br></div><div>For this to happen, he said, a level playing field for both local and foreign sectors is necessary. “Addressing the woes of existing foreign investors is also important. We continue to engage with the government authorities in this area in our bilateral business dialogue.”</div><div><br></div><div>There are some quite stringent requirements to GSP Plus accession and the great thing is Bangladesh has already ratified the 32 conventions that are now required for GSP Plus membership, said ambassador Whiteley.</div><div><br></div><div>“Now the next stage is implementation. This in particular refers to implementing the National Action Plan for the Labour Sector, which the Government has agreed with the EU,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Implementing this National action plan on labour reform would help to keep Bangladesh ahead in the race in meeting the emerging sustainability requirements in the EU market, including the new Due Diligence Directive, which will legally require EU companies to clean their supply chains from labour and environmental violation, said the EU envoy.</div><div><br></div><div>“We continue to engage with the Government of Bangladesh and support actions and tools to navigate these challenges,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The EU envoy hoped to open a European Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh very soon and such a body, which already exists in Vietnam, India and Singapore, has been missing in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Once it is operational, the envoy said, it will be another locus for advising and supporting European and Bangladeshi businesses to prepare for GSP Plus and the legislative changes in the pipeline.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“It would be a useful addition to boost EU-Bangladesh commercial relations.”</div><div><br></div><div>In Fiscal year 2021, EU was the largest source of net FDI flows to Bangladesh, according to the Bangladesh Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>A recent analysis by a local think-tank is showing that the net FDI flow from EU countries reached $3.5 billion over the past 5 years, which represents around a quarter of all FDI flows in this period.</div><div><br></div><div>“EU FDI in Bangladesh looks promising, but compared with $6 billion EU investment in Vietnam during the same period, it is far from being ideal for a country that needs massive FDI inflow to avoid a middle income trap and continue economic upgrading,” said the EU envoy.</div><div><br></div><div>There are both direct and indirect barriers that limit the potential of EU investment in Bangladesh, he said, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“Barriers to foreign investment are intrinsically the barriers to Bangladesh’s economic development,” said the EU envoy.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 03:07:13', '2022-09-28 03:07:13'),
(1942, 1942, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday harshly criticized the European countries which protect terrorist organizations, including the PKK and FETO.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“As the nests of terror are destroyed, members of terrorist organizations openly set up camps for themselves in some countries.</div><div><br></div><div>“The murderers who shed the blood of our citizens are embraced in almost every country in Europe, particularly in the Lavrion camp in Greece. They can walk around freely by waving their arms,\" Erdogan told a meeting in the capital Ankara.</div><div><br></div><div>Erdogan\'s remarks came a day after a police officer was killed and another injured in a PKK terror attack on a police station in Türkiye\'s southern Mersin province.</div><div><br></div><div>The terrorists pose a threat to peace and security of Western countries protecting the terror groups, Erdogan warned, and said he expects all countries, especially Türkiye\'s neighbors, to take necessary measures against terrorist organizations.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The increasing protection of terrorists by western countries is, first of all, a threat to their peace and security. Remember, the snake will eventually bite the hand outstretched to it. The place of the terrorist is not the streets, but the courts and prisons, where they will pay for the blood they have spilled,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Weapons piled up in Western Thrace mean nothing to Türkiye</div><div><br></div><div>About the military buildups in Greece, Erdogan reiterated that Ankara knows very well the intentions of those who provoked Athens, adding: “The weapons piled up in Western Thrace and on the islands make no sense to us because our power is far beyond them, but we remind you that this means a covert occupation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Previously, Turkish army drones recorded that Greece, in violation of international law, deployed armored vehicles on the islands of Midilli (Lesvos) and Sisam (Samos).</div><div><br></div><div>Ankara on Monday summoned the Greek ambassador and called for an end to violations on the Aegean islands and restoring their non-military status, according to the Foreign Ministry.</div><div><br></div><div> Also, in a protest note to the US, Türkiye urged respect for the status of Eastern Aegean islands and stressed measures should be taken to prevent the use of weapons there.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Do you think the support from the US and Europe will save you? It will not. You simply spin your wheels; nothing else,\" Erdogan said.</div><div><br></div><div>He also warned the Greek government, which is disturbed by the word \'Turkish\' in the name of any association or school in Western Thrace, saying: \"Behave yourselves!\"</div><div><br></div><div>Erdogan said Türkiye does not want Aegean and Mediterranean seas \"being polluted with human blood, tears, or hostility.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"We want peace and tranquility with all our hearts,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Ankara wants stability and security in the region, Erdogan said, expressing his wish to resolve disputes through dialogue on the basis of international law, reports Anadolu Agency.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We never hesitate to defend the interests of our nation and our Turkish Cypriot brothers in the Blue Homeland,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 03:36:46', '2022-09-28 03:36:46'),
(1943, 1943, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kremlin-installed authorities in four Ukrainian regions under Russian control claimed victory Tuesday in annexation votes, drawing global outrage, as Moscow warned it could use nuclear weapons to defend the territories.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine and its allies have denounced the so-called referendums as a sham, saying the West would never recognise the results of the ballots that have dramatically ratcheted up the stakes of Russia\'s seven-month invasion. Pro-Russian authorities in Zaporizhzhia said 93.11 percent of voters backed joining Russia, according to preliminary results on Tuesday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In Kherson, another Moscow-occupied region in southern Ukraine, officials said more than 87.05 percent of electors supported the move after all the ballots were counted. In the eastern Lugansk region controlled by pro-Russia separatists, local authorities said more than 98.42 percent voted in favour of annexation, according to local authorities.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">And officials in the Moscow-held Donetsk region claimed victory as well, with the local poll body saying 99.23 percent of the vote was for annexation.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"There is nothing to talk about with (the) current Russian president,\" Zelensky said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian forces this month have suffered serious setbacks in Ukraine\'s east and south, which observers say pushed Putin to rush ahead with the vote to cement Moscow\'s authority there. Putin said Russia would use any and all available means to defend its territory, implying that after annexation, Moscow could deploy strategic nuclear weapons to repulse Ukrainian attempts to retake the territory.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\"I want to remind you -- the deaf who hear only themselves: Russia has the right to use nuclear weapons if necessary,\" former leader Dmitry Medvedev -- a Putin ally who is now deputy chairman of Russia\'s security council -- said on social media Tuesday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pentagon spokesman Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said the United States was taking the reiterated threat \"seriously\" but had seen nothing to cause Washington to change its nuclear posture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said that \"Russia must know that the nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine announced that they would hold the elections just days before voting began last Friday. Together, they form a crucial land connection for the Kremlin between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014 and is otherwise only connected to the mainland by bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Diabolical scheme\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed that the West would never recognise Russian annexations of the territories, threatening Moscow with \"additional swift and severe costs\" for its \"diabolical scheme\". Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 12:47:18', '2022-09-28 12:47:18'),
(1944, 1944, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh, Sept. 27 -- Bangladesh beat the UAE by 32 runs on Tuesday and clinched the two-match T20I series 2-0.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first match, the Tigers won by seven runs. The UAE offered a great challenge in the first match, but they failed to repeat the same act in the second match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This series was planned by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) to give the players a better chance to prepare ahead of the tri-series in New Zealand and the T20 World Cup that will take place next month in Australia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, Bangladesh batted first and posted 169 runs for five wickets. In reply, the UAE tumbled for 137 runs for five wickets and lost the match and as well as the series.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh started off well. Speaking of small improvements, it was noticeable that Bangladesh only lost a single wicket in the powerplay as opposed to the heaps of wickets they had been losing prior to tonight\'s game. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sriram wanted impactful contributions from his batters and in a score of 169, there were contributions through out the batting order. Sabbir Rahman started well before falling prey to a rather unfortunate LBW decision from the umpire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans will be disappointed that star batsman Litton Das couldn\'t score big in either of the games. Rather, they would be disappointed in the fashion in which Litton got himslef dismissed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trio of Afif, Yasir and Sohan were impactful as all of them batted with a strike rate of over 160. Yasir Ali and Nurul Hasan Sohan were exemplary in the death overs as they scored 32 runs in the final three, a phase were quickscoring has been a cause of concern for Bangladesh in the recent past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chasing 170, UAE never really got going as Bangladesh plagued the chase with early wickets. Apart from the 90 run stand for the fifth wicket, UAE batsmen harldy troubled the bowlers. Mosaddek was the pick of the bowlers with two wickets for eight runs while the likes of Nasum, Ebadot and taskin all chipped in with a wicket each. Miraz was judged man of the match for his stint with the bat</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All in all the series ended positively for Bangladesh but they would know that the team is far from perfect. There are tons of areas that require immediate attention but winning games of cricket never did any harm and it\'s important togetinto the habit of winning. This series may be remembered for just that.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brief scores: Bangladesh 169/5 ( Mehidy 46, Mosaddek 27, Litton 25) won by 32 runs against UAE 137/5 (Mosaddek 2/8, Taskin 1/22, Ebadot 1/24). UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 13:21:57', '2022-09-28 23:27:32'),
(1945, 1945, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The 76th birthday of Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is being celebrated across the country today.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina, the eldest among the five children of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, was born at Tungipara in Gopalganj on September 28 in 1947.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now in the USA as she went there to join the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the footprint of Bangabandhu, she also delivered speech in Bangla at the UNGA like the previous years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the previous years, Awami League (AL) and its affiliated and likeminded bodies will celebrate the day through various programmes highlighting the life and achievements of Sheikh Hasina, who is driving the nation towards prosperity following the footstep of her father.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, discussions, milad and doa mahfils and special prayers will be organised in the capital and across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina spent much of her childhood in the small hamlet where she was born. She started her schooling there. When Bangabandhu was elected a legislator, his family moved to Dhaka in 1954.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She was admitted to what is now Sher-e-Bangla Girls\' School and College and later to Azimpur Girls\' High School from where she completed her secondary education in 1965. She was then admitted to Badrunnessa Government Girls\' College.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During her bachelor course, she was elected as the vice-president of the students\' union of Eden Girls\' College (Badrunnessa and Eden Girls\' College was a single entity during the period).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, she enrolled in her Masters\' programme in Bangla at Dhaka University.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a student leader, Sheikh Hasina actively participated in the historic six-point movement of 1966 and the student movement of 1969 which saw the abdication of General Ayub Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1968, with the blessings of her imprisoned father, Sheikh Hasina, who is leading the country as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive term, married nuclear scientist Dr MA Wazed Miah.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the Liberation War, Sheikh Hasina and her family were interned in a house in Dhaka. On July 27 in 1971, her first child Sajeeb Wazed Joy was born. Her second child Saima Wazed Hossain was born on December 9, 1972.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the assassination of her parents in 1975, Sheikh Hasina and her family were offered political asylum in India, where she stayed till 1981 when she was elected as the president of the Awami League in her absence</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina returned home on May 17, 1981 when she was greeted by a mammoth crowd that extended from the Airport to Farm Gate and Manik Miah Avenue and she addressed a public rally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 1986 parliamentary election, Sheikh Hasina was elected as parliament member from three different constituencies. After the overthrow of autocracy in 1990, she was elected as the Leader of the Opposition in the House.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1996 general elections, 21 years after her father\'s assassination, Sheikh Hasina led the Awami League and helped the party assume power and became the Prime Minister for the first time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On August 21, 2004, Sheikh Hasina, the then opposition leader, barely escaped an assassination attempt as grenades were lobbed at an AL rally on Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although she survived the attack, at least 24 people were killed and over 500 others injured. Most of them were Awami League leaders and supporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2008, she led the Grand Alliance to an overwhelming victory acquiring 90 percent of parliament seats in the general elections. She was elected the Prime Minister on January 5, 2014 for the second time in a row.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina assumed office of the Prime Minister for third consecutive term with a thumping victory in general elections in December 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under her leadership, Bangladesh has become a role model for development, attaining steady economic growth, becoming self-sufficient in food and attaining a marked progress in the fields of women empowerment, agriculture, education, health, infrastructure, communication, energy and power, trade and commerce, ICT and the SME sectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her most recent role in extending humanitarian support to over 1.1 million forcibly displaced Rohingyas from Myanmar, who took shelter in Cox\'s Bazar, drew accolades from global leaders, international forums and institutions and eminent personalities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK-based \'Channel 4\' dubbed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina the \'Mother of Humanity\' in 2017 after she gave refuge to hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing persecution in Myanmar\'s Rakhine State. The government introduced an award named after it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asiatic Society of Kolkata honoured Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the prestigious \"Tagore Peace Award-2018\" in recognition of her contribution to maintaining regional peace and prosperity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President of Kolkata Asiatic Society Professor Isha Mohammed handed over the award to Sheikh Hasina at a function at Taj Mahal Hotel in the Indian capital on October 5, 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also received the prestigious \'Vaccine Hero\' award given in recognition of Bangladesh\'s outstanding success in vaccination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisations (GAVI) handed over the award to the Premier at a ceremony at the Conference Room of the UN Headquarters in New York during the 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier was conferred with the award \'Champion of Skill Development for Youth\' for Bangladesh\'s great success in youth skill development.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) conferred the award on the Premier at a ceremony at Labouisse Hall of UNICEF House in the UN Plaza on September 26 in 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore handed over the award to the Prime Minister amid thunderous clapping of the audience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina also received the Dr Kalam Smriti International Excellence Awards-2019, introduced in memory of eminent scientist and former Indian President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was conferred upon Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in recognition of her commitment to a close and mutually satisfying India-Bangladesh relations, welfare of her people, particularly women and children, and international peace and cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Adviser of the Dr Kalam Smriti International Advisory Council Ambassador TP Sreenivasan handed over the accolade through a ceremony at the Prime Minister\'s Office here on September 16, 2019.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina was also conferred with various honourary degrees, accolades and awards in recognition of her leadership excellence and intellectual flair.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These include: honorary Doctor of Laws by the Waseda University of Japan, honorary Doctorate of Philosophy in Liberal Arts by University of Abertay Dundee, UK, honorary Degree of Desikottama by Visva-Bharati University of West Bengal, India, honorary Doctor of Laws by the Australian National University, honorary Doctor of Humane Letters by the Bridgeport University, USA, honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Dhaka, Paul Haris Fellowship by the Rotary International, UNESCO\'s Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize in 1998, M K Gandhi Award in 1998, Mother Teresa Award in 1998 and 2006, Pearl S. Buck Award by Randolph Macon Women\'s College of USA in 1999, CERES Medal in 1999, UN Award for MDG achievement (child mortality) in 2010, Indira Gandhi Peace Prize in 2009, South-South Award in 2011, UN Award for MDG Achievement in 2013, Rotary Peace Prize in 2013, Tree of Peace in 2014, ICT Sustainable Development Award in 2015, Champions of the Earth in 2015, Agent of Change Award in 2016 and Planet 50-50 Champion in 2016.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2018, Sheikh Hasina appeared in the title role in a docudrama \"Hasina: A Daughter\'s Tale\", directed by Rezaur Rahman Khan Piplu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She penned more than 25 books. Her notable books are \'Mujib Amar Pita\', \'Living in Tears\', \'Sada Kalo\', \'Amara Janaganer Kotha Bolte Esechhi\'. 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(1946, 1946, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Kiyv will not be able to negotiate with Russia after Moscow held annexation \"referendums\" in four occupied Ukrainian regions, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Russia\'s recognition of the pseudo-referendums as \'normal\', implementation of the so-called Crimean scenario, and yet another attempt to annex Ukrainian territory means that there is nothing to talk about with (the) current Russian president,\" he said in a video message.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In front of the eyes of the whole world, Russia is conducting an outright farce called a \'referendum\' on the occupied territory of Ukraine,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"People are forced to fill out some papers for a TV picture under the muzzles of machine guns.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The figures of the alleged results of the pseudo-referendum were drawn in advance,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Zelensky added that \"threats to use nuclear weapons have become a constant narrative of Russian officials and propagandists\". AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 14:54:32', '2022-09-28 14:54:32');
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(1947, 1947, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Saudi Arabia\'s powerful crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has been named prime minister, a post traditionally held by the king, in a government shuffle announced Tuesday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move effectively formalises power already wielded by Prince Mohammed, who has been the kingdom\'s de facto ruler for several years, analysts said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The heads of other critical ministries, including interior, foreign and energy, remained in place, according to a royal decree from King Salman published by the official Saudi Press Agency.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Mohammed, who turned 37 last month, has been first in line to succeed his father as king since 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saudi Arabia has for years sought to quell speculation over the health of the 86-year-old king, who has ruled the world\'s top oil exporter since 2015.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2017, it dismissed reports and mounting speculation that the king was planning to abdicate in favour of Prince Mohammed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">King Salman has been hospitalised twice this year, most recently a one-week stay in May that involved tests including a colonoscopy, according to state media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Sweeping changes -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Mohammed became defence minister in 2015, a key step in a swift consolidation of power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In that role he has overseen Saudi Arabia\'s military activities in Yemen, where the kingdom leads a coalition backing the internationally recognised government in its fight against Iran-aligned Huthi rebels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has also become the public face of a sweeping reform agenda known as Vision 2030.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Changes have included granting women the right to drive, opening cinemas, welcoming foreign tourists, defanging the religious police and hosting pop stars and high-profile heavyweight fights and other sporting events.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet he has also jailed critics and, in a sweeping purge of the nation\'s elite, detained and threatened some 200 princes and businessmen in Riyadh\'s Ritz-Carlton hotel in a 2017 anti-corruption crackdown that tightened his grip on power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He gained global notoriety for the 2018 killing of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom\'s Istanbul consulate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, US President Joe Biden declassified an intelligence report that found Prince Mohammed had approved the operation against Khashoggi, an assertion Saudi authorities deny.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the spike in energy prices triggered by Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine spurred a number of Western leaders to travel to Saudi Arabia to appeal for ramped-up oil production, notably then-UK prime minister Boris Johnson and Biden himself, who swallowed an earlier vow to make the Saudi leadership a \"pariah\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">German Chancellor Olaf Scholz became the latest major leader to visit the kingdom this past weekend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Overdue\' step -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Making the crown prince prime minister is an unusual move, but it has happened before.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the 1950s, Crown Prince Faisal al Saud became prime minister and assumed control of government operations, ultimately leading to a power struggle resulting in then-King Saud\'s abdication.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This scenario is different, \"formalising a de facto situation\", said Ali Shihabi, a Saudi analyst close to the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was overdue actually, since he has been CEO to the King\'s chairman role for many years,\" Shihabi said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crown prince \"has already gone through the power struggle phase and won it over, so what\'s happening now is more regularization of his authority,\" said Umar Karim, an expert on Saudi politics at the University of Birmingham.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move could also resolve thorny questions related to protocol, given Prince Mohammed has for years been meeting heads of state even though his administrative rank has been defence minister, Karim said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Mohammed is being replaced as defence minister by his younger brother, Khalid bin Salman, who was deputy defence minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prince Khalid\'s promotion \"formalizes the key role he has in any case been playing in the ministry since 2019, but also makes the changes look more like a cabinet reshuffle for presentational purposes,\" said Kristian Ulrichsen, a research fellow at the Baker Institute at Rice University. 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(1948, 1948, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi marked his 100th international victory with two goals as Argentina edged closer to Italy\'s world record unbeaten streak with a 3-0 defeat of Jamaica in a World Cup warm-up friendly in New Jersey on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paris Saint-Germain superstar Messi took his international goals tally to 90 in 164 appearances after coming on as a second-half substitute at the Red Bull Arena.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s goals capped an emphatic win for the South Americans, who have now gone 35 games unbeaten in a streak stretching back to 2019 - just two shy of Italy\'s world record unbeaten run of 37 set between 2018 and 2012.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi, who also scored twice during a friendly win over Honduras in Miami on Friday, delighted the crowd with an electrifying cameo after coming on in the 56th minute for Inter Milan\'s Lautaro Martinez.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He bagged his first of the night in the 86th minute, darting forward before caressing a shot into the bottom corner past Jamaica goalkeeper Andre Blake.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 35-year-old seven-time Ballon D\'Or winner then produced an impish second goal, craftily curling a low shot underneath the Jamaican wall into the bottom corner from a free-kick.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s presence left the crowd in a frenzy. On three different occasions spectators sprinted onto the pitch in an effort to get close to the Argentinian icon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One shirtless fan attempted to get Messi to autograph his back before he was bundled to the floor by security staff.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi\'s late double crowned another assured performance from Lionel Scaloni\'s Argentina, who are rapidly emerging as one of the favourites for the World Cup in Qatar in November.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Argentinians had dominated throughout a one-sided first half, and took the lead on 13 minutes when Martinez jinked past Jamaica\'s Damion Lowe and cut back for Manchester City\'s Julian Alvarez, who tucked away a low finish from close range.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alvarez almost had a second soon afterwards but curled his shot just wide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Midfielder Guido Rodriguez also went close, but was unable to direct his volley at the back post on target, instead shooting over the bar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giovani Lo Celso also threatened with a long-range effort that flew just wide of the top corner in the 33rd minute. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 15:57:21', '2022-09-28 15:57:21'),
(1949, 1949, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Richarlison was the target of a banana thrown from the crowd as Brazil thrashed Tunisia 5-1 in a friendly in Paris on Tuesday, while Neymar edged closer to Pele\'s all-time scoring record for the five-time world champions.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The game at the Parc des Princes was also briefly paused in the first half as the crowd were twice implored not to point laser pens at Brazil players.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately... a banana was thrown on the pitch towards Richarlison, scorer of the second Brazilian goal,\" the Brazilian football confederation (CBF) said on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The CBF reinforces its position to combat racism and repudiates any prejudiced act.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Selecao produced a dominant first-half display in their final outing before travelling to Qatar for the World Cup, with Raphinha netting twice and Neymar moving to within two of Pele\'s record.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Richarlison also found the net, while Pedro scored as a second-half substitute before responding to more boos and missiles from the crowd by bowing in front of them in celebration.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s a shame, it\'s difficult to see images like that,\" said Brazil captain Thiago Silva, whose team posed for a team photo before the match with a banner bearing an anti-racism message.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately it seems that we can\'t change people\'s mentality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I hope they will realise that this doesn\'t work, it\'s the past, we have to change. Unfortunately, people continue with this mentality.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tite\'s Brazil will head into their World Cup Group G opener against Serbia on November 24 on a 15-match unbeaten run, dating back to their Copa America final loss to Argentina last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The scene for a bad-tempered match was set when the vast numbers of Tunisia fans jeered the Brazilian national anthem before kick-off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I was puzzled, I was saying \'No, it\'s a lack of respect\'. Football is a sport that promotes inclusion,\" said Tite.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil took the lead in the 12th minute, though, as Casemiro clipped the ball over the top and Barcelona winger Raphinha directed a wonderful looping header over Tunisia goalkeeper Aymen Dahmen and into the net.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jalel Kadri\'s men hit back six minutes later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Defender Montassar Talbi met Anis Slimane\'s outswinging free-kick to send a powerful header into the bottom corner past \'keeper Alisson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Incredibly, Brazil were back ahead just seconds after that setback, as Raphinha sent Richarlison in behind to drill a strike through the legs of Dahmen to score his third goal in two games after a double against Ghana.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tottenham forward celebrated in front of the Tunisian supporters, who responded by throwing a banana and plastic cups in his direction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fred kicked the banana off the pitch, before extra security guards took up residence on the side of the field.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Neymar nets penalty -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil almost extended their advantage as Paqueta followed a fine turn with a low shot which Dahmen tipped wide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But from the resulting corner, Casemiro was hauled down in the box and Neymar stepped up to roll home his 75th international goal from the penalty spot, despite having lasers pointed at his face.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil continued to cut through the visitors\' defence with ease and Raphinha scored again in the 40th minute by firing in off the post from the edge of the box.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Things went from bad to worse for Tunisia before half-time as Dylan Bronn brought down Neymar and was harshly sent off after a brief melee between the two teams.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tunisia were much improved after the break but Brazil still scored again with 16 minutes remaining through Flamengo forward Pedro\'s maiden goal for his country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Tuesday, World Cup hosts Qatar survived a late penalty miss by Alexis Sanchez to hold Chile to a 2-2 draw in Vienna.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada, who are preparing for their first World Cup since 1986, lost 2-0 to Uruguay in Bratislava as Liverpool\'s Darwin Nunez scored his third international goal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sardar Azmoun scored as a substitute to earn Iran a 1-1 draw with African champions Senegal. Morocco drew 0-0 with Paraguay in Seville. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 16:08:44', '2022-09-28 16:08:44'),
(1950, 1950, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">It will be \'\'difficult\'\' for NASA to make a new attempt to launch its masssive Moon rocket in October, an official from the US space agency said Tuesday, with a lift-off in November looking more likely.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The SLS rocket, the most powerful ever designed by NASA, had to be returned overnight to its storage hangar in order to shelter it from the approach of Hurricane Ian.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The next possible launch windows -- determined according to the positions of the Earth and the Moon -- are from October 17 to 31, then from November 12 to 27.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We know that the earliest it could go is late October, but more than likely we\'ll go in the window in the middle of November,\" NASA administrator Bill Nelson told CNN.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a press conference, NASA associate administrator Jim Free was also asked about the rocket\'s chances of attempting a lift-off in October.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I don\'t think we\'re going to take anything off the table,\" he said. \"But it is going to be difficult.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the hurricane has passed by, NASA will have to take the time to change the batteries of the rocket\'s self-destruct system, a complex operation that will be carried out in the storage hangar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Raising the 98-meter-high (320 foot) rocket and transporting it to its launch pad, before configuring it for takeoff, will also take days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest setback will therefore significantly postpone the launch of the long-awaited Artemis 1 mission.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two launch attempts had already been aborted at the last minute, at the end of August and then at the beginning of September, due to technical problems, including a leak when filling the rocket\'s tanks with fuel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifty years after the last mission of the Apollo program, Artemis 1 will be used to ensure that the Orion capsule, at the top of the rocket, is safe to transport a crew to the Moon in the future. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 16:19:03', '2022-09-28 16:19:03'),
(1951, 1951, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Powerful Hurricane Ian left a trail of destruction and caused a widespread blackout in Cuba on Tuesday, while Florida residents braced for a direct hit from the \"extremely dangerous\" storm that is already pummeling the US state with high winds.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ian hit Cuba\'s western regions for more than five hours early Tuesday morning, before moving out over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, the Insmet meteorological institute said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm damaged Cuba\'s power network and plunged the island into darkness, leaving it \"without electrical service,\" state electricity company Union Electrica said on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only the few people with gasoline-powered generators had access to electricity on the island of more than 11 million people. Others had to make do with flashlights or candles at home, and lit their way with cell phones as they walked the streets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the western city of Pinar del Rio, AFP footage showed downed power lines, flooded streets and a scattering of damaged rooftops.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Desolation and destruction. These are terrifying hours. Nothing is left here,\" a 70-year-old resident of the city was quoted as saying in a social media post by his journalist son, Lazaro Manuel Alonso.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About 40,000 people were evacuated across Pinar del Rio province, which bore the brunt of the storm, local authorities said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it expects Ian to gain strength before hitting the west coast of Florida on Wednesday as an \"extremely dangerous\" major hurricane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Calls to heed evacuation warnings were echoed from local Florida officials on up to US President Joe Biden, who said Ian \"could be a very severe hurricane, life-threatening and devastating in its impact.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In its latest bulletin, the NHC said to be prepared for \"life-threatening storm surge, catastrophic winds and flooding\" in the Florida peninsula.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tropical-storm-force winds are already battering the Florida Keys, the chain of islands off the southern tip of the state\'s mainland, the NHC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Apocalyptic\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Cuba, authorities are just beginning to assess the damage, but residents described \"destruction\" and posted images on social media of flooded streets and felled trees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the time of impact, the NHC reported Ian\'s maximum wind speeds at 125 miles (205 kilometers) per hour, making it a Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Wind speeds have since dropped slightly to 120 miles per hour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No deaths or injuries have yet been reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Consolacion del Sur, southwest of Havana, Caridad Fernandez, 65, said her roof was seriously damaged and water came through her front door.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everything we have is damaged,\" she said. \"But we\'ll get through this, we\'ll just keep moving forwards.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In San Juan y Martinez, a growing hub for Cuba\'s vital cigar industry, \"it was apocalyptic, a real disaster,\" Hirochi Robaina, from the Robaina tobacco plantation, said on Facebook.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Life and death\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis said 2.5 million people were under evacuation orders as officials scrambled to prepare for the storm\'s landfall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">DeSantis warned that although Ian\'s exact path was still uncertain \"the impacts will be far far broader.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"When you have five to ten feet (1.5 to 3 meters) of storm surge that is not something that you want to be a part of. Mother Nature is a very fearsome adversary,\" DeSantis said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden spoke with DeSantis -- a potential 2024 election challenger -- on Tuesday evening to discuss preparations for the storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NHC warned that \"widespread catastrophic flash, urban, and river flooding is expected across central and west Florida beginning midweek.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thirty-year-old Chelsea Thompson, who was helping her parents board up their home in a mandatory evacuation zone southwest of Tampa, said that \"the closer it gets, obviously with the unknown, your anxiety gets a little higher.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pentagon said 3,200 national guardsmen had been called up in Florida, with an additional 1,800 coming later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities in several municipalities, including Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa, were distributing free sandbags to help residents protect their homes from flooding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Tampa International Airport suspended operations from Tuesday at 5:00 pm (2100 GMT).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden has preemptively approved emergency aid in Florida through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), while even NASA on the state\'s east coast took precautions, rolling back its massive Moon rocket into a storage hanger for protection.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like DeSantis, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell highlighted the danger of storm surge, saying it was the agency\'s \"biggest concern.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If people are told to evacuate by their local officials, please listen to them. The decision you choose to make may be the difference between life and death,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Caribbean and parts of eastern Canada are still counting the cost of powerful storm Fiona, which tore through last week, claiming several lives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Half a million residents in the US territory of Puerto Rico were still without power, according to a tracking website. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 17:11:02', '2022-09-28 17:11:02'),
(1952, 1952, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Katrina Kaif on Wednesday wished her brother-in-law, actor Sunny Kaushal, on his birthday with an unseen picture from her wedding celebrations. Taking to Instagram, Katrina posted a photo in which Sunny joked and took her blessings. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vicky Kaushal, who stood near them kept one of his hands on Sunny\'s back and held Katrina with the other. All of them were seen laughing in the candid photo. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the photo, Katrina wore an orange ethnic outfit and wrapped a pink dupatta around her. Vicky was seen in a yellow and white outfit, while Sunny Kaushal was dressed in a black outfit. Both Katrina and Vicky had white garlands around their neck.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The photo was seemingly clicked inside the Six Sense Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, where Katrina and Vicky tied the knot. Several guests were seen in the background in the picture. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing the picture, Katrina wrote, \"Jeete raho, khush raho (Live long, be happy) (cake and smiling emojis).\" Reacting to the post, actor Mini Mathur commented, \"hahahah lovvvvvve.\" Actor Angira Dhar wrote, \"Hahahah laaaaaav this!\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Instagram, Vicky also wished his brother Sunny and shared a picture. In the photo, the duo sat next to each other twinning in white outfits. Vicky had his arm around Sunny.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Happy Birthday to the most sarwa gunn sampanna Kaushal! Love you @sunsunnykhez (kissing face, red heart and cake emojis),\" Vicky captioned the post. Sarwa gunn sampanna means a person who has all the good qualities. The picture was also seemingly clicked during the wedding celebrations of Vicky and Katrina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The couple tied the knot in December 2021 in an intimate wedding ceremony in Rajasthan. Although the couple never accepted being in a relationship in public, they dated for around two years before tying the knot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans will see Katrina next in the upcoming horror comedy film Phone Bhoot alongside Siddhant Chaturvedi and Ishaan Khatter, which is all set to hit the theatres on November 4. Apart from that, she is also a part of Merry Christmas along with Vijay Sethupathi. She will also be seen in Tiger 3 with Salman Khan, which is slated to release on April 23, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vicky will be seen in Govinda Naam Mera alongside Bhumi Pednekar and Kiara Advani. He will also be seen opposite Sara Ali Khan in Laxman Utekar\'s untitled next. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apart from these two, he also has Anand Tiwari\'s untitled film with Triptii Dimri and Meghna Gulzar\'s Sam Bahadur, co-starring Sanya Malhotra and Fatima Sana Sheikh in the line. Sam Bahadur is a biopic on Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 17:47:29', '2022-09-29 03:25:20'),
(1953, 1953, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A cup of coffee has its own set of benefits and there are several studies that vouch for the positive effects of coffee on health from longevity, prevention of heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer\'s disease and even cancer. However, drinking coffee first thing in the morning could do more harm than good and lead to digestive issues, blood sugar imbalance, spike in stress levels among other things. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also early morning is probably the worst time to have coffee as our cortisol levels are already high at the time and drinking coffee could further increase the level of the stress hormone which may lead to mood swings and increase in anxiety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So what is the best time to have coffee? What happens when we drink coffee immediately after waking up and that too on an empty stomach. Nutritionist Lovneet Batra in her recent Instagram post answers these questions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"For many people, coffee is an essential part of their morning routine, much before anything else, but do you know about the possible side effects that come from drinking coffee on an empty stomach,\" writes Batra listing reasons why coffee isn’t great first thing in the morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>IT COULD CAUSE BLOATING, NAUSEA, INDIGESTION</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">- Coffee may stimulate the production of stomach acid. This increase in the production of harmful stomach acid severely disrupts the digestive system of the body, causing issues like indigestion, bloating, nausea, etc.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>INCREASES STRESS HORMONES</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- First, it increases cortisol, which can negatively impact ovulation, weight and hormonal balance.” The so-called stress hormone—which, among other things, helps regulate energy and makes you feel alert naturally peaks around the time you wake up and interestingly, coffee stimulates cortisol production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>IMPACTS BLOOD SUGAR CONTROL</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">- Our blood sugar control is impaired when the first thing our bodies come into contact with is coffee</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>MOOD CHANGES</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Drinking coffee on an empty stomach can give you jitters, shakes, and other withdrawal effects, including mood changes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>HORMONAL TROUBLE</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Impacts the absorption of levothyroxine (the synthetic thyroid hormone), thereby impacting the conversion of T4 to T3 hormones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>CAUSES INFLAMMATION</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Is a significant contributor to oxidative stress and inflammation in the body. Fatigue, skin problems, diabetes, and autoimmune conditions are just some of the conditions related to inflammation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In case you are wondering what\'s the best time to have coffee, Batra says one can have it in the late morning shortly after breakfast. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 18:01:56', '2022-09-29 03:13:57'),
(1954, 1954, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Chattogram-bound freight train derailed in the Mahdumita area of Gazipur\'s Tongi in the early hours of Wednesday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A wagon of the train derailed around 4.30am, said Noor Mohammad Khan, in-charge of Tongi Railway police outpost.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to the derailment, Rail operations on the up line of the Dhaka-Chattogram route remain suspended. However, the trains are running on another line, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On information, a rescue train from Dhaka was sent to the spot, he added. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 18:29:04', '2022-09-28 18:29:04'),
(1955, 1955, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Switzerland\'s glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shattering previous ice melt records, a report revealed Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The study by the Cryospheric Commission (CC) of the Swiss Academy of Sciences laid bare the drastic scale of glacial retreat -- which is only set to get worse.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"2022 was a disastrous year for Swiss glaciers: all ice melt records were smashed,\" the CC said, adding that a two percent loss in 12 months had previously been considered \"extreme\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three cubic kilometres of ice -- three trillion litres of water -- have melted away, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s not possible to slow down the melting in the short term,\" said glaciology professor Matthias Huss, head of Glacier Monitoring in Switzerland, which documents long-term glacier changes in the Alps and is coordinated by the CC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If carbon dioxide emissions are reduced and the climate protected, \"this might save about one third of the total volumes in Switzerland in the best case\", he told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Otherwise, the country \"will be losing almost everything by the end of the century\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Saharan dust speeds melt -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the start of the year, the snow cover in the Alps was exceptionally light, then a large volume of sand dust blew in from the Sahara Desert between March and May, settling on the surface.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The contaminated snow absorbed more heat and melted faster, depriving the glaciers of their protective snow coating by early in the European summer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The continuous heat between May and early September therefore ravaged the glacial ice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By mid-September, the once-thick layer of ice that covered the pass between the Scex Rouge and Tsanfleuron glaciers had completely melted away, exposing bare rock that had been frozen over since at least the Roman era.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And in early July, the collapse of a section of the Marmolada glacier, the biggest in the Italian Alps, killed 11 people and highlighted how serious the situation had become.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report published in February, the melting of ice and snow is one of the 10 key threats from climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Smallest glaciers hardest hit -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The loss was particularly dramatic for small glaciers,\" the CC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pizol, Vadret dal Corvatsch and Schwarzbachfirn glaciers \"have practically disappeared -- measurements were discontinued\", the commission said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Engadine and southern Valais regions, both in the south, \"a four to six-metre-thick layer of ice at 3,000 metres above sea level vanished,\" said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Significant losses were recorded even at the very highest measuring points, including the Jungfraujoch mountain, which peaks at nearly 3,500 metres.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Observations show that many glacier tongues are disintegrating and patches of rock are rising out of the thin ice in the middle of glaciers. These processes are further accelerating the decline,\" said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The trend also reveals how important glaciers are to the water and energy supply in hot, dry years,\" the report stressed -- something to consider given that hydroelectricity provides more than 60 percent of Switzerland\'s total energy production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The glacial meltwater in July and August alone would have provided enough water this year to completely fill all the reservoirs in the Swiss Alps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Huss said that if the country experienced this year\'s meteorological conditions in 50 years\' time, \"the impact would be much stronger, because in 50 years, we expect that almost all glaciers are gone and therefore cannot provide water in a hot and dry summer\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- Melt reveals macabre finds -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The melting of the glaciers has also had some unexpected consequences.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hikers are regularly making macabre discoveries as bodies are being freed from the ice they have been encased in for decades or even centuries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The melting can also be a boon for archaeologists who suddenly have access to objects that are thousands of years old.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile the melting of a glacier between Italy and Switzerland has moved the border that ran along the watershed, forcing lengthy diplomatic negotiations. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 19:06:20', '2022-09-28 19:06:20'),
(1956, 1956, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three Palestinians have been killed and more than 40 others injured during an Israeli military raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The raid, which is ongoing, started with dozens of Israeli military vehicles entering the camp at approximately 8am (05:00 GMT).</div><div><br></div><div>The Palestinian ministry of health said on Wednesday morning that the three men killed were Ahmad Alawneh, Abed Hazem and Mohammad al-Wanneh.</div><div><br></div><div>Al Jazeera’s Walid al-Omari, reporting from Ramallah, said that the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade had said that all three men killed were members of the Palestinian armed group.</div><div><br></div><div>At least 44 others were injured, according to the ministry, which also said that two people remain in critical condition with bullet wounds to the chest.</div><div><br></div><div>Local media said Ahmad Alawneh was 24 years old and worked as a Palestinian Authority (PA) intelligence officer. Surveillance camera footage circulated by local journalists of the moment he was killed showed him engaging in armed clashes with Israeli forces.</div><div><br></div><div>Abed Hazem and al-Wannah were killed when Hazem’s father’s home was hit by a missile. Abed was the brother of Raad Hazem, who carried out an attack in Tel Aviv in April, killing three people, before being killed by police himself.</div><div><br></div><div>Plumes of smoke were seen after the missile exploded in the house. The army then proceeded to encircle the home, during which heavy armed clashes broke out with Palestinian fighters.</div><div><br></div><div>The Israeli army said that it had shot dead “two suspects involved in a number of recent shooting attacks”.</div><div><br></div><div>Clashes were continuing at midday. In addition to armed Palestinian fighters exchanging gunfire with the Israeli army, young Palestinians threw rocks at the entrance to the Jenin refugee camp, which Israeli forces responded to with live ammunition and tear gas.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 6, Israeli forces raided Jenin and blew up an apartment that belonged to Raad Hazem, killing a 29-year-old Palestinian man and injuring 16 others.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel regularly carries out punitive demolitions of the homes of Palestinians who have carried out attacks against Israelis, something human rights organisations have described as “collective punishment”.</div><div><br></div><div>Israeli forces have been conducting near-nightly raids and killings in the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in Jenin and Nablus, where Palestinian armed resistance is becoming more organised and new groups of fighters have been formed.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 150 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the 1967-occupied territories since the start of the year, including 51 in the besieged Gaza Strip during Israel’s three-day assault in August. More than 30 of those killed were either from Jenin or were killed in the Jenin region in the occupied West Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Twenty people have been killed in attacks carried out by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2022.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 20:59:57', '2022-09-28 20:59:57'),
(1957, 1957, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran’s police command warned on Wednesday that the force would come down hard on protests that erupted nearly two weeks ago over the death of a young woman in custody.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dozens of people have been killed since nightly demonstrations erupted after Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, died after being arrested in Tehran for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic’s strict rules on hijab headscarves and modest clothing.</div><div><br></div><div>“Today, the enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran and some rioters seek to disrupt the order, security and comfort of the nation using any pretext,” the police command said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>“Police officers will oppose with all their might the conspiracies of counter-revolutionaries and hostile elements, and deal firmly with those who disrupt public order and security anywhere in the country,” it said, quoted by Fars news agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Fars news agency said on Tuesday that “around 60” people had been killed since Amini’s death on Sept 16, up from the official toll of 41 authorities reported on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials said Monday they had made more than 1,200 arrests, including of activists, lawyers and journalists. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 21:34:59', '2022-09-28 21:34:59'),
(1958, 1958, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Moscow organised votes in four occupied regions in Ukraine on annexation by Russia are a \"sham\" and \"a blatant violation of international law,\" NATO\'s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Stoltenberg tweeted that he spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky \"and made clear that NATO Allies are unwavering in our support for Ukraine\'s sovereignty and right to self-defence\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"The sham referenda held by Russia have no legitimacy and are a blatant violation of international law. These lands are Ukraine,\" Stoltenberg said.</div><div><br></div><div>His declaration was made on the fifth and final day of the Moscow-organised voting in the Ukrainian regions, where Kremlin-installed authorities were already claiming the uncounted ballots had gone Russia\'s way. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 23:03:54', '2022-09-28 23:03:54');
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(1959, 1959, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fire at a restaurant in northeastern China on Wednesday killed 17 people and injured three, according to local authorities.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blaze broke out at 12:40 pm (0440 GMT) in an eatery in the city of Changchun, the local government said in a statement posted on the Weibo social media platform.</div><div><br></div><div>Firefighters \"rushed to the scene\" and completed search and rescue work by 3 pm, the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The injured have been sent to hospital for treatment while posthumous care for the victims is being carried out,\" it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities said the cause of the incident is under investigation. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 23:06:31', '2022-09-28 23:06:31'),
(1960, 1960, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Bank of England has announced that it will step in to calm markets after the government\'s tax-cutting plans sparked a fall in the pound and caused borrowing costs to surge.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It warned that if the market volatility continued there would be a \"material risk to UK financial stability\".</div><div><br></div><div>The Bank said it would buy government bonds on a temporary basis to help \"restore orderly market conditions\".</div><div><br></div><div>The pound hit a record low on Monday following the chancellor\'s mini-budget.</div><div><br></div><div>Markets have also warned interest rates could spike after borrowing costs jumped, leading a number of mortgage providers to suspend mortgage deals.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bank said the bond purchases would be carried out on \"whatever scale is necessary\" to ease investor concerns.</div><div><br></div><div>It added that the plan would be fully indemnified by the Treasury and that the purchases would be \"time limited\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"The purchases will be unwound in a smooth and orderly fashion once risks to market functioning are judged to have subsided,\" it said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Government bond yields - the effective cost of government borrowing - especially at longer borrowing durations, have spiked in the past few days as investors continue to worry about the UK economy.</div><div><br></div><div>It comes after the government pledged $45bn worth of tax cuts, funded by borrowing, as part of a plan to boost economic growth.</div><div><br></div><div>Concerns about the plans affordability knocked investor confidence in the UK economy, driving the pound to a record low of $1.03 against the dollar on Monday. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, '<p>Bank of England steps in to calm markets<br></p>', '2022-09-28 23:13:31', '2022-09-28 23:13:31'),
(1961, 1961, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the Election Commission is completely “free and independent” and a system has been established through independent EC to hold “free and fair” elections in Bangladesh.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Now the Election Commission is completely free. We have made the EC independent completely,” she told the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) in an interview aired on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister, now on a visit to the US, responded to a number of questions on democracy, human rights, Rohingya crisis, Digital Security Act and other issues.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Bangladesh has progressed much during her three consecutive tenures. “The country didn’t see the downtrend; rather the country witnessed the advancement (during our three consecutive terms).”</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said the rate of poverty has been decreased; people are getting food, education and healthcare. “We’re fulfilling their all basic needs.”</div><div><br></div><div>Responding to a question, PM Hasina described how political parties like BNP and Jatiya Party were born under the leadership of military dictators and how the military dictators seized the power illegally.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the parties which are born under military dictators’ leadership are not used to develop relations with the common people going close to the people; rather they are used to snatch votes and clinch to power by force or at gunpoint. “They might not like the democratic trend.”</div><div><br></div><div>Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, during her visit to Bangladesh, encouraged the government to create an “independent, specialised mechanism” that works closely with victims, families and civil society to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked about it, the PM said there is National Human Rights Commission in Bangladesh which always takes steps. “They look into it if there is any allegation.”</div><div><br></div><div>She said after the repeated requests, a list of around 70 people was received and there were seven cases of death.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said wherever any injustice takes place; steps are taken immediately as per the law which was not seen in the past.</div><div><br></div><div>“Not abusing human rights, we are protecting human rights,” she said, adding that her government has made the people aware of their rights and made it sure that people can enjoy their rights.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister referred to killings and disappearances of hundreds of army, air force, Awami League leaders and activists during military dictator Ziaur Rahman and their families did not even get the bodies and had not been able to know their faults. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-28 23:20:39', '2022-09-28 23:20:39'),
(1962, 1962, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone was rushed to Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai last night after she complained of uneasiness. The actor\'s team is yet to share an official statement about her health and it is reported that the actor underwent numerous tests at the hospital which took half a day. After being attended by doctors, Ms Padukone is now recuperating.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>It is said that the actor faced a \'taxing situation\' and was immediately taken to a hospital, Pinkvilla reported. In June, Ms Padukone complained of an increased heart rate while she was shooting for Project K in Hyderabad alongside Prabhas. She was admitted to Kamineni Hospital for a health check-up.</div><div><br></div><div>Deepika Padukone will be next seen in Pathaan alongside Shah Rukh Khan. The film also stars John Abraham in a key role.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The Siddharth Anand directorial will hit the theatres on January 25. It will release in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Earlier this year, Deepika shared her first look motion poster on Instagram. For a side note, she said, \"Tadaa....Pathaan releasing on January 25 in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The teaser of Pathaan was shared by Shah Rukh Khan earlier this year. The actor, who was last seen in the 2018 film Zero, wrote, \"I know it\'s late... But remember the date... Pathaan time starts now...See you in cinemas on January 25, 2023. Releasing in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. Celebrate Pathaan with #YRF50 only at a big screen near you.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from Pathaan, Deepika Padukone has Fighter, opposite Hrithik Roshan. She is also part of Project K. The film stars Prabhas and Amitabh Bachchan. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 01:19:21', '2022-09-29 01:19:21'),
(1963, 1963, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A case was filed at Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate court on Wednesday against eight Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of its Eden Mohila College unit including president Tamanna Jesmin Riva and general secretary Razia Sultana on charges of attempt to murder.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Taking the case into cognizance, Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Syed Mostafa Reza Nur instructed Lalbagh police to investigate the matter and submit a report on October 23.</div><div><br></div><div>Eden college BCL vice president Jannatul Ferdous submitted a plea to file the case at the court.</div><div><br></div><div>The other accused are- Nujhat Faria Roksana, Meem Islam, Nur Jahan, Ritu Akter, Anika Tabassum Shorna and Kamrun Nahar Jyoti.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case statement, three to four BCL activists including Shorna entered Jannatul’s room at the instruction of Riva and Razia with local weapons and vandalized her belongings in her absence on September 24. They also looted cash Tk 20,000, gold ornaments and her laptop.</div><div><br></div><div>The eight accused also physically assaulted Jannatul in front of Ayesha Hall of the college, leaving her critically injured.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, teachers took her to a nearby hospital.</div><div><br></div><div>The accused also threatened to kill her if she does not leave the campus.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier on Sunday, BCL suspended all activities of its Eden Mohila College unit committee following infightings between its two groups which left at least eight people injured.</div><div><br></div><div>BCL also expelled 16 leaders and activists from the organisation for violating the rules. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 01:27:01', '2022-09-29 01:27:01'),
(1964, 1964, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mahsa Amini\'s parents have filed a complaint against the police who arrested their daughter for allegedly breaching Iran\'s strict dress code before she died in custody, their lawyer said Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The complaint was filed \"against the perpetrators of their daughter\'s arrest\" and the police who spoke with her following her detention, the lawyer Saleh Nikbakht said, quoted by ISNA news agency. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 02:11:12', '2022-09-29 02:11:12'),
(1965, 1965, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General (DG) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam has said that the government won’t provide first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine after October 3.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DG said this during a press conference at the conference room of DGHS in the capital Wednesday noon.</div><div><br></div><div>“On the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s birthday, we’ve started a special vaccination campaign for those who haven’t received first and second doses of Covid-19 vaccine yet. The campaign will continue till October 3 and we won’t provide the first two doses of the vaccine after this time. However, we’ll keep administering the booster doses,” said Khurshid.</div><div><br></div><div>About the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, the DG said that it’ll be provided once World Health Organization (WHO) allows it.</div><div><br></div><div>Pointing out that the government has already reached its vaccination target, Khurshid added that they’re trying to increase the pace of vaccination campaigns as there are still some people who are unvaccinated.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Out of the country’s total population, 97 per cent has received the first dose of the vaccine while the rates of receiving the second and booster doses of the vaccine are 90 percent and 41 per cent respectively. Our stock is limited while the expiry dates of some of the vaccines are also approaching. The good news is that we still have three crore doses of vaccine,” Khurshid added.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Shamsul Haque, member of DGHS’s vaccination committee, informed during the press briefing that vaccination campaign for children aged between 5-11 years will begin at the district and upazila levels on October 11.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Dr Ahmedul Kabir, Additional DG (Admin) of DGHS and Dr Nazmul Islam, Director (Disease Control) of DGHS, among others, were present during the press conference. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 02:29:06', '2022-09-29 02:29:06'),
(1966, 1966, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The death toll from the boat capsize in the Karatoya river of Panchagarh rose to 69, with the recovery of another body on Wednesday afternoon.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Himalay Chandra, son of Biren Chandra of Boda upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Fire service divers fished out the body from the Karatoya River near Aulia ghat in the upazila, said Dipankar Roy, additional district magistrate.</div><div><br></div><div>Bodies of 30 women, 21 children and 18 men were recovered while three others are still missing, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the five-member probe body, headed by additional DM Roy, got three additional days to submit the probe report, said Md Zahurul Islam, deputy commissioner of Panchagarh.</div><div><br></div><div>On Tuesday, divers from three firefighting units recovered the 18 bodies from different spots of the river.</div><div><br></div><div>On Sunday, the overloaded passenger boat carrying around 80 people, mostly Hindu devotees, sank in the middle of the river while heading towards Badheshwar Temple on the occasion of Mahalaya at 2.30pm.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 25 bodies were recovered from the river on that day only, while many others managed to swim ashore.</div><div><br></div><div>This is the worst waterways accident the country witnessed after the devastating fire incident in a Barguna-bound launch off the coast of Jhalakathi on December 24 last year that left 50 people dead. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 03:02:55', '2022-09-29 03:02:55'),
(1967, 1967, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">In a bizarre case, doctors in Uttar Pradesh\'s Muzaffarnagar found 63 steel spoons in the stomach of a patient. The operation took place at a private hospital in Uttar Pradesh\'s Muzaffarnagar district.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The patient, Vijay, was a drug addict who had been admitted to a de-addiction center. On being asked by the doctors, Vijay said that he had been eating spoons for a year.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We asked him if he ate those spoons and he agreed. Operation lasted for around 2 hours, he is currently in ICU. Patient has been eating spoons for 1 year,\" Dr Rakesh Khurrana told ANI.</div><div><br></div><div>But his family alleges that Vijay was forcibly fed the spoons by the staff at the center. No complaint has been filed yet.</div><div><br></div><div>The 32-year-old was brought to the hospital after his health deteriorated. When they operated on him, doctors found 63 steel spoons in his stomach.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctors have removed all the spoons, but have kept him under observation. His condition is still serious, doctors say. Source: ANI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Des', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 03:12:41', '2022-09-29 03:12:41'),
(1968, 1968, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Meteorological Department forecast that the next two days may see rain coupled with fall in temperature, according to reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Few parts of Rangpur, Khulna, Chattogram , Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh and Barishal divisions may experience thundershower with gusty wind till Thursday evening.</div><div><br></div><div>Apart from this, scattered rain may occur in some parts of the country. The wind speed will be 10-15 kmph from south and southeastern Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>The Met office on Wednesday forecast that monsoon wind persists in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Asham.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 03:29:34', '2022-09-29 03:29:34'),
(1969, 1969, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh’s growing media during her tenures has the freedom to say whatever they wish to say.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“After speaking all, if someone says that he/she’s not allowed to speak, what would be the answer? That’s my question,” she said in an interview with the Bengali service of Voice of America (VoA) aired on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister was responding to a question on the Digital Security Act (DSA) enacted by her government and its impact on freedom of media. She is now in Washington on a visit to the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that Bangladesh had only a few TV and radio stations before she came to power in 1996 and those were controlled by the government.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina said once she came to power, she made an opening for the private sector to run media houses freely.</div><div><br></div><div>She said there are around 32 private television channels that are now operational among the approved 44 TV channels, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said that people are taking part in television talk shows and they keep talking freely – true or false – and keep criticizing the government.</div><div><br></div><div>She added there was no freedom of speech or movement when there was a military dictator in power.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 03:33:30', '2022-09-29 03:33:30'),
(1970, 1970, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A court in military-ruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi in another criminal case Thursday and sentenced Australian economist Sean Turnell to three years in prison for violating Myanmar’s official secrets act, a legal official said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Suu Kyi received a three-year sentence after being tried and convicted with Turnell under the secrets law, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release information about the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Three members of her Cabinet were also found guilty, each receiving sentences of three years.</div><div><br></div><div>Turnell, an associate professor in economics at Sydney’s Macquarie University, had served as an adviser to Suu Kyi, who was detained in the capital Naypyitaw when her elected government was ousted by the army on Feb. 1, 2021.</div><div><br></div><div>He has been in detention for almost 20 months. He was arrested five days after the military takeover by security forces at a hotel in Yangon, the country’s biggest city, while waiting for a car to take him to the city’s international airport.</div><div><br></div><div>He had arrived back in Myanmar from Australia to take up a new position as a special consultant to Suu Kyi less than a month before he was detained. As director of the Myanmar Development Institute, he already had lived in Naypyitaw for several years.</div><div><br></div><div>The day after the military’s takeover, he posted a message on Twitter that he was: “Safe for now but heartbroken for what all this means for the people of Myanmar. The bravest, kindest people I know. They deserve so much better.”</div><div><br></div><div>He was charged along with Suu Kyi and the three former Cabinet ministers on the basis of documents seized from him. The exact details of their offense have not been made public, though state television said last year that Turnell had access to “secret state financial information” and had tried to flee the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Turnell and Suu Kyi denied the allegations when they testified in their defense at the trial in August.</div><div><br></div><div>Turnell was also charged with violating immigration law, but it was not immediately clear what sentence he received for that.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar’s colonial-era official secrets act criminalizes the possession, collection, recording, publishing, or sharing of state information that is “directly or indirectly, useful to an enemy.” The charge carries a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.</div><div><br></div><div>All sessions of the trial, held in a purpose-built courtroom in Naypyitaw’s main prison, were closed to the media and the public. The defense lawyers were barred by a gag order from revealing details of the proceedings.</div><div><br></div><div>The same restrictions have applied to all of Suu Kyi’s trials.</div><div><br></div><div>The case that concluded Thursday is one of several faced by Suu Kyi and is widely seen as an effort to discredit her to prevent her return to politics.</div><div><br></div><div>She had already been sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment after being convicted of illegally importing and possessing walkie-talkies, violating coronavirus restrictions, sedition, election fraud and five corruption charges. The cases are widely seen as being concocted to keep the 77-year-old Suu Kyi from returning to active politics.</div><div><br></div><div>Suu Kyi is still being tried on seven counts under the country’s anti-corruption law, with each count punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a fine.</div><div><br></div><div>Defense lawyers are expected to file appeals in the secrets case in the coming days for Turnell, Suu Kyi and three former ministers: Soe Win and Kyaw Win, both former ministers for planning and finance, and Set Aung, a former deputy minister in the same ministry, the legal official said.</div><div><br></div><div>About half-a-dozen foreigners are known to have been arrested on political charges since the army takeover, and they generally have been deported after their convictions.</div><div><br></div><div>Australia has repeatedly demanded Turnell’s release. Last year, it suspended its defense cooperation with Myanmar and began redirecting humanitarian aid because of the military takeover and Turnell’s ongoing detention.</div><div><br></div><div>Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, when he visited Myanmar in January this year, asked for Turnell’s release in a meeting with the leader of ruling military council. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing replied that he “would consider it positively.”</div><div><br></div><div>The U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar Noeleen Heyzer said she conveyed a specific request from Australia for Turnell’s release when she met with Min Aung Hlaing in August. Myanmar’s government said the general replied that, should the Australian government take positive steps, “we will not need to take stern actions.”</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights monitoring organization, 15,683 people have been detained on political charges in Myanmar since the army takeover, with 12,540 of those remaining in detention. At least 2,324 civilians have been killed by security forces in the same period, the group says, though the number is thought to be far higher.</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar has been in turmoil since the takeover, which led to nationwide protests that the military government quashed with deadly force, triggering armed resistance that some U.N. experts now characterize as civil war. - AP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 18:34:53', '2022-09-29 18:34:53'),
(1971, 1971, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hurricane Ian plunged much of coastal southwest Florida into darkness Wednesday, as the monster storm brought \"catastrophic\" storm surges, wind and flooding that had officials readying a huge emergency response.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The US Border Patrol said 20 migrants were missing after their boat sank, with four Cubans swimming to shore in the Florida Keys islands and three rescued at sea by the coast guard.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said the eye of the \"extremely dangerous\" hurricane made landfall just after 3:00 pm (1900 GMT) on the barrier island of Cayo Costa, west of the city of Fort Myers.</div><div><br></div><div>Dramatic television footage from the coastal city of Naples showed floodwaters surging into beachfront homes, submerging roads and sweeping away vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>Some neighborhoods in Fort Myers, which has a population of more than 80,000, resembled lakes.</div><div><br></div><div>The NHC said Ian was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 miles (240 kilometers) per hour when it landed.</div><div><br></div><div>It later weakened slightly to a Category 3 hurricane with winds of 105 miles per hour, while still battering Florida with \"catastrophic storm surge, winds and flooding,\" the NHC said at around 9:00 pm local time (0100 GMT).</div><div><br></div><div>Almost two million customers were without electricity in Florida Wednesday evening out of a total of more than 11 million, with southwestern areas of the state the hardest hit, according to the PowerOutage.us tracking website.</div><div><br></div><div>Ian is set to affect several million people across Florida and in the southeastern states of Georgia and South Carolina.</div><div><br></div><div>As hurricane conditions spread, forecasters warned of a once-in-a-generation calamity.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is going to be a storm we talk about for many years to come,\" said National Weather Service director Ken Graham. \"It\'s a historic event.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Florida\'s Governor Ron DeSantis said the state was going to experience a \"nasty, nasty day, two days.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Life-threatening\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The town of Punta Gorda, north of Fort Myers, was in near-total darkness as the storm wiped out power, save for the lucky few buildings with generators.</div><div><br></div><div>Howling winds ripped branches off trees and pulled chunks out of the roofs.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 2.5 million people were under mandatory evacuation orders in a dozen coastal Florida counties, with several dozen shelters set up, and voluntary evacuation recommended in others.</div><div><br></div><div>For those who decided to ride out the storm, authorities stressed it was too late to flee and residents should hunker down and stay indoors.</div><div><br></div><div>Airports in Tampa and Orlando stopped all commercial flights, and cruise ship companies delayed departures or canceled voyages.</div><div><br></div><div>With up to 30 inches (76 centimeters) of rain expected to fall on parts of the so-called Sunshine State, and a storm surge that could reach devastating levels of 12 to 18 feet (3.6 to 5.5 meters), authorities were warning of dire emergency conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This is a life-threatening situation,\" the NHC warned.</div><div><br></div><div>The storm was set to move across central Florida before emerging in the Atlantic Ocean by late Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Nothing is left here\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Ian a day earlier had plunged all of Cuba into darkness after battering the country\'s west as a Category 3 storm and downing the island\'s power network.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Desolation and destruction. These are terrifying hours. Nothing is left here,\" a 70-year-old resident of the western city of Pinar del Rio was quoted as saying in a social media post by his journalist son, Lazaro Manuel Alonso.</div><div><br></div><div>At least two people died in Pinar del Rio province, Cuban state media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>In the United States, the Pentagon said 3,200 national guard personnel were called up in Florida, with another 1,800 on the way.</div><div><br></div><div>DeSantis said state and federal responders were assigning thousands of personnel to address the storm response.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There will be thousands of Floridians who will need help rebuilding,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>As climate change warms the ocean\'s surface, the number of powerful tropical storms, or cyclones, with stronger winds and more precipitation is likely to increase.</div><div><br></div><div>The total number of cyclones, however, may not.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Gary Lackmann, a professor of atmospheric science at North Carolina State University, studies have also detected a potential link between climate change and rapid intensification -- when a relatively weak tropical storm surges to a Category 3 hurricane or higher in a 24-hour period, as happened with Ian.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There remains a consensus that there will be fewer storms, but that the strongest will get stronger,\" Lackmann told. -&nbsp; AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 20:43:52', '2022-09-29 20:43:52'),
(1972, 1972, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All ministries should strengthen monitoring to control the egg market, Agriculture Minister Dr Muhammad Abdur Razzaque said on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Importing eggs will increase our dependence which we do not want. There is no need to import eggs,” Razzaque said while talking to reporters after inaugurating a workshop on Central Research Review and Program Formulation at the auditorium of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur.</div><div><br></div><div>Some unscrupulous hatchery owners are involved in hiking egg prices in the local market, with the excuse of gap in demand and supply, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The technical session of the workshop will be held from October 13-19.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the BARI, the authorities concerned are conducting research on 211 crops at the institute and already 1,237 technologies including 625 high yielding variety ones have been devised, which helped to boost production of the crops. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 20:49:32', '2022-09-29 20:49:32'),
(1973, 1973, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Funding for innovation swelled during the Covid-19 pandemic, with significant growth in developing countries, the UN said Thursday, warning though that the current geopolitical turmoil was threatening the advances.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In a fresh report, the UN\'s World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) found that research and development spending and other investments that drive innovative activities continued to boom last year despite the still-raging pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>Research and development investment by the top corporate spenders swelled by nearly 10 percent in 2021 to over $900 billion -- higher than before the pandemic -- with most going to areas including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and information and communications technology.</div><div><br></div><div>Venture capital (VC) deals meanwhile \"exploded\" by nearly 50 percent last year, recording levels comparable to the internet boom years of the late&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">1990s, WIPO said.</span></div><div><br></div><div>The greatest growth was seen in the Latin America, Caribbean and African regions.</div><div><br></div><div>The top 10 still counts only Western countries, with the exception of Singapore in seventh position, and showed improved performance by the United States, which moved up one spot to second place, ahead of Sweden and Britain.</div><div><br></div><div>But China is swiftly closing in, moving up to 11th place from 12th last year, and from 34th a decade ago.</div><div><br></div><div>India and Turkey both rose significantly in the ranking, making it into the top 40 for the first time.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN agency also highlighted how a number of developing countries, including Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Brazil and Jamaica had performed \"above expectation\" on the innovation index relative to their level of economic development. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 21:25:06', '2022-09-29 21:25:06'),
(1974, 1974, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony in the Kremlin on Friday to add four territories of Ukraine into Russia, his spokesman said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said a signing ceremony would take place at 1200 GMT on Friday \"on agreements on the accession of new territories into the Russian Federation.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Agreements will be signed \"with all four territories that held referendums and made corresponding requests to the Russian side,\" Peskov said.</div><div><br></div><div>The votes were cast in the West as illegal and illegitimate. Putin\'s decision to incorporate the regions into Russia means Moscow will annex vast areas across eastern and southern Ukraine, representing around 15% of Ukraine\'s total territory.</div><div><br></div><div>Russian-backed officials in four regions of Ukraine controlled by Russian forces said referendums showed overwhelming majorities of their populations had voted to join Russia in votes slammed by Ukraine and the West as \"shams,\" reports Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Following the signing ceremonies in the Kremlin, Putin will give a major speech and will meet with Moscow-appointed administrators of the Ukrainian regions, the Kremlin said.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 21:43:56', '2022-09-29 21:43:56'),
(1975, 1975, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran launched cross-border missile and drone strikes that killed 13 people in Iraq\'s Kurdistan region on Wednesday after accusing Kurdish armed groups based there of stoking a wave of unrest that has rocked the Islamic republic.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The September 16 death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, 22, while in the custody of Iran\'s morality police has sparked a major wave of protests and a crackdown that has left dozens of demonstrators dead.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran\'s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of \"attacking and infiltrating Iran... to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest\".</div><div><br></div><div>After earlier Iranian cross-border attacks that caused no casualties, Wednesday\'s assault killed \"13 people -- including a pregnant woman -- and wounded 58, most of them civilians, including children\", Iraqi Kurdistan counter terrorism services said in a statement on late Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"More than 70\" strikes were carried out using \"ballistic missiles\" and armed drones, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Iran state television said the Guards had \"targeted several headquarters of separatist terrorists in northern Iraq with precision missiles and destructive drones.\"</div><div><br></div><div>An AFP correspondent reported smoke billowing from locations hit, ambulances racing to the scene and residents fleeing, at Zargwez, about 15 kilometers from Sulaimaniyah.</div><div><br></div><div>\'Cowardly attacks\'</div><div>Iraqi Kurdish television channel K24 said three of its journalists were wounded.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations refugee agency in Iraq said the attack impacted \"Iranian refugee settlements.\"</div><div><br></div><div>UNHCR Iraq said on Twitter that Iranian refugees were said to be among the casualties, adding that the assault \"reportedly impacted a primary school where refugee students were present.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The US armed forces\' Central Command said in a statement that \"US forces brought down an Iranian Mojer-6\" drone headed towards Arbil \"as it appeared as a threat to CENTCOM forces in the area.\"&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>In Baghdad, Iraq\'s federal government called in the Iranian ambassador to protest the deadly strikes, while the UN mission in Iraq (UNAMI) deplored the attack, saying \"rocket diplomacy is a reckless act with devastating consequences.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The United States said it \"strongly condemns\" Iran\'s \"brazen attacks\" and warned against further strikes, said State Department spokesman Ned Price.</div><div><br></div><div>Britain said Iraq\'s \"indiscriminate bombardment\" demonstrates \"a repeated pattern of Iranian destabilizing activity in the region\".</div><div><br></div><div>Germany also slammed the \"escalation\" and rejected \"attempts to locate the causes of the Iranian protests in the neighboring country\".</div><div><br></div><div>Other Iranian strikes Wednesday destroyed buildings around Zargwez, where several exiled left-wing Iranian Kurdish parties maintain offices.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The area where we are has been hit by 10 drone strikes,\" said Atta Nasser, an official from exiled Iranian group Komala.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The headquarters of the Kurdistan Freedom Party has been hit by Iranian strikes,\" Hussein Yazdan, said an official from the party about the site in the Sherawa region south of Arbil.</div><div><br></div><div>Another group, the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran, said its bases and headquarters in Koysinjaq, east of Arbil, were also struck by \"missiles and drones\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"These cowardly attacks are occurring at a time when the terrorist regime of Iran is unable to crack down on ongoing protests inside and silence the Kurdish and Iranian peoples\' civil resistance,\" it tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>Attack drones</div><div>Amini, 22, died in Tehran three days after being arrested for allegedly violating Iran\'s strict dress code for women that demands they wear hijab headscarves and modest clothes.</div><div><br></div><div>Her death sparked Iran\'s biggest protests in almost three years and a crackdown that has killed at least 76 people, according to the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights, or \"around 60\", according to Iran\'s semi-official Fars news agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Protests have rocked especially Kurdish communities in western Iran that share strong connections with Kurdish-inhabited areas of Iraq.</div><div><br></div><div>Many Iranian Kurds cross the border into Iraq to find work, due to a biting economic crisis in Iran driven by US sanctions.</div><div><br></div><div>The Guards\' General Abbas Nilforoushan, deputy for operations, said on Tuesday about Iraqi Kurdistan that \"the establishment of a base by the enemies of the Islamic Revolution in this region is not acceptable,\" Tasnim news agency reported.</div><div><br></div><div>\"For some time now, counter-revolutionary elements have been attacking and infiltrating Iran from the northwest of the country to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He added that several of \"these anti-revolutionary elements were arrested during some riots in the northwest (of Iran), so we had to defend ourselves, react and bomb the surroundings of the border strip.\" - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 22:12:51', '2022-09-29 22:12:51'),
(1976, 1976, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Gunmen on Wednesday killed six police officers in a northern Mexican state where rival cartels are fighting over drug trafficking routes, authorities said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Five of the officers were shot dead while training at a sports center in Calera de Victor Rosales, the Zacatecas state government said.</div><div><br></div><div>Two more law enforcement officials were shot after arriving at the scene soon afterward, one of whom died, according to a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>Zacatecas Governor David Monreal condemned what he called a \"cowardly attack\" and offered his condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the victims.</div><div><br></div><div>Violence has spiked in recent years in Zacatecas, with experts citing a turf war between the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation cartels for control of lucrative drug smuggling routes to the United States.</div><div><br></div><div>In January, 10 bodies were found in a sports utility vehicle abandoned in front of the governor\'s palace in the Zacatecas state capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Across the country, more than 340,000 people have been killed in a wave of bloodshed since the government deployed the army to fight drug cartels in 2006. - AFP </div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 22:38:39', '2022-09-29 22:39:26'),
(1977, 1977, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will export around 3,000 tonnes of hilsha to India marking the upcoming holy Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, scheduled to be held next month.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We have been exporting hilsha continuously for the last three years to India as a mark of gesture and relief for 15-20 days ahead of the holy Durga festival”, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 60 private companies – each company to export a maximum of 50 tonnes of hilshas- got approval from the commerce ministry to export those consignments during the religious festival.</div><div><br></div><div>The ministry, however, in its latest order has extended export timeframe till October 5 instead of earlier scheduled timeframe of September 30 as the government has imposed 22-days hilsha fishing ban which will start from October 7.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the order, the export permits cannot be transferred to other companies or any kind of sub-contract is not allowed. Only the authorized organizations will be able to export the hilsha shipments.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year, the commerce ministry gave approval to 115 firms to export 4,600 tonnes of Hilsha to India against applications from around 200 companies. But only 1,100 tonnes were ultimately exported.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 1,450 tonnes were exported to India in 2020 and 18 firms received permission in the year. In 2019, only one trader got the permission and it exported 500 tonnes of fish.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the export policy order, the export of hilsha from Bangladesh is banned. However, every year before the Durga Puja, a large number of exporters of the country apply to the Ministry of Commerce for permission to send hilsha to India.</div><div><br></div><div>After halting the hilsha export to India for seven years, the ministry allowed a certain amount of hilsha exports to India conditionally before the Durga Puja in 2019.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the government stopped the export in 2012 after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee opposed the Teesta water-sharing agreement.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2015, when Mamata Banerjee visited Bangladesh and requested Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to export hilsha to India, the prime minister replied, \"Hilsha will go if Teesta water comes\". Later in 2019, the government resumed the hilsha export to its neighbor. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 23:31:19', '2022-09-29 23:31:19'),
(1978, 1978, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Another 506 patients were hospitalised with dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 367 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 139 outside it.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 1,874 dengue patients, including 1,427 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>This year’s death toll from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh rose to 55 on Wednesday with another death reported from Chattogram.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the total deaths, 27 were reported from Dhaka division, 24 from Chattogram and four from Barishal division.</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 directorate has recorded 15,852 dengue cases and 13,923 recoveries so far. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 23:46:59', '2022-09-29 23:46:59'),
(1979, 1979, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Calling Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the \"only hope\" for upholding Bangladesh\'s founding principal of secularism, an opinion piece in the India Today took a dig at the opposition for gaining political benefit from the 1975 carnage.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Victims of terror like Bangabandhu family can always be counted on to fight radical forces,\" reads the piece, pointing to the gritty statesmanship put in display by Sheikh Hasina since her homecoming on May 17, 1981.</div><div> </div><div>In reference to a strong nexus between Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the killers of Bangabandhu family as corroborated by the political patronage under successive governments including Begum Zia, the piece took a jibe at the BNP-Jamaat alliance.</div><div><br></div><div>Deep Halder, the executive editor of India Today Digital, recounted his experience during his recent visit to the country, saying for the country\'s minority communities Sheikh Hasina remains the only hope. </div><div><br></div><div>Extending birthday greetings for the premier, the piece, published on Wednesday, further elaborated on the writer\'s interaction with the Hindu community members at grassroots.</div><div> </div><div>Pointing to his visit to Bangabandhu\'s residence in Dhanmondi 32, he wrote: \"I drew solace from the fact that the Bangladesh that was imagined and built by your father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, had no place for such fundamentalists who went on a rampage last year.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I remembered how your family had paid such a heavy cost in trying to keep the country secular and how you, Madam Prime Minister, have survived 19 assassination attempts in four decades.\" Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-29 23:59:45', '2022-09-30 03:14:45'),
(1980, 1980, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Shafiqul Islam on Thursday said police are ready to thwart any possible militant attack during the Durga Puja celebration.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner came up with the remark while talking to reporters after inspecting security measures taken for Durga Puja at Dhakeshwari temple in the capital on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community, will begin from Saturday (October 1) with various rituals on the day of Maha Shashthi and will end on October 5 with immersion of idols.</div><div><br></div><div>Durga Puja will be held at 32,168 mandaps (pandals), including 241 in the capital city, across the country this year.</div><div><br></div><div>The top official of the DMP said that 50 youths have left their homes in the last one month and intelligence surveillance is being conducted to find them.</div><div><br></div><div>Police are working keeping in mind any possible militant attack, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The DMP Commissioner said that efforts are on to bring each pujja mandaps under CCTV cameras.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the Puja Mandaps, where there are no CCTV cameras, will be kept under surveillance by police and Ansar members for 24 hours. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 00:06:46', '2022-09-30 00:06:46');
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(1981, 1981, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will leave the country tomorrow for New Zealand, where they will play a tri-nation series which also involved Pakistan apart from the hosts.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The tri-nation series is seen as the best preparation platform for the Tigers for the upcoming Australia T20 World Cup. Bangladesh will head to Australia directly from New Zealand.</div><div><br></div><div>Captain Shakib Al Hasan will join the side in New Zealand from West Indies after completing his stint with Guyana Amazon Warriors in Caribbean Premier League (CPL).</div><div><br></div><div>No Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) directors and selectors will accompany the side in New Zealand but Cricket Operations chairman Jalal Younus andchief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu will join the side in Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will get at least four matches in double-league basis tri-nation series. Even though it is tough to win a match against the teams like New Zealand and Pakistan who have been in form, Bangladesh still expecting to make it the final. If they can move to the final, they will get five matches overall.</div><div><br></div><div>The Tigers had recently swept two-match T20 series against United Arab Emirate (UAE) and although the manner in which they won those two matches was not pleasing one, team management are happy to get into the winning mode at least.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahead of the UAE series, Bangladesh had won just two matches in nine outings.</div><div><br></div><div>However Bangladesh will take on Pakistan on October 7 and then face off New Zealand on October 9. They thereafter will lock horns with New Zealand and Pakistan in return-leg match on October 12 and 13 respectively.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The entire tri-nation series will be taken place in Christchurch. The final is on October 14.</div><div><br></div><div>The Tigers then will head to Australia where they will two warm-up matches against Afghanistan and South Africa on October 17 and 19 respectively. Both of the practice matches will be held at the Alan Border Field in Brisbane.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh will start their World Cup mission on October 24, taking on the runners-up of Group-A in Hobart. Their second match is against South Africa in Sydney on October 27 after which they will face off Group-B champions at the Gabba in Brisbane on October 30. Bangladesh then will take on subcontinent powerhouse India on November 2 and Pakistan on November 6.</div><div><br></div><div>Adelaide will host both of the matches. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 00:51:41', '2022-09-30 00:51:41'),
(1982, 1982, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by nongovernmental organization Global Witness.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>More than three-quarters of the killings took place in Latin America, where Colombia, Brazil and Nicaragua also logged double-digit death tolls.</div><div><br></div><div>It was the third consecutive year of increases for Mexico and a jump from 30 such activists killed in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>“Most of these crimes happen in places that are far away from power and are inflicted on those with, in many ways, the least amount of power,” the report said.</div><div><br></div><div>Global Witness considers its report a baseline, noting “Our data on killings is likely to be an underestimate, given that many murders go unreported, particularly in rural areas and in particular countries.”</div><div><br></div><div>The victims died fighting resource exploitation and in land disputes. Conflicts over mining were tied to 27 deaths worldwide, the most for any sector.</div><div><br></div><div>Fifteen of those mining-related killings were in Mexico.</div><div><br></div><div>In the western Mexico state of Jalisco, José Santos Isaac Chávez was killed in April 2021. He was running for local office and had made opposition to a long-running mine a central part of his campaign. Days before the election, he was found dead in his car, which had been driven off a cliff and his body showed evidence of torture. Armed men had dragged him out of his home and driven him away in his own vehicle.</div><div><br></div><div>In April 2021, Sandra Liliana Peña Chocué, an Indigenous governor in southwest Colombia, who had fought for the eradication of coca crops in Caldono, Cauca was killed near her home by armed men. Her murder was condemned by the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations and foreign governments.</div><div><br></div><div>Overall, killings of environmental activists in Colombia dropped in 2021 to 33 from 65 the year before. The Philippines saw fewer such killings in 2021 too, 19 compared to 30 in 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Democratic Republic of Congo, all eight recorded victims were killed inside Virunga National Park.</div><div><br></div><div>In November, conservation park ranger Chief Brigadier Etienne Mutazimiza Kanyaruchinya, 48, was killed when 100 heavily armed men, presumed to be former members of the M23 rebel group, attacked a patrol post near the village of Bukima in Congo’s North Kivu Province.</div><div><br></div><div>Virunga Park is home to some of the world’s last mountain gorillas, but armed groups such as the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, known by its French acronym FDLR, the Mai-Mai and the M23 regularly vie for control of eastern Congo’s natural resources.</div><div><br></div><div>Global Witness called on governments to enforce laws that protect activists and require informed consent from Indigenous groups, while also requiring companies to be accountable throughout their global operations and have zero tolerance for attacks on land defenders, reports AP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Activists and communities play a crucial role as a first line of defense against ecological collapse, as well as being frontrunners in the campaign to prevent it,” Global Witness CEO Mike Davis said in the report.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 01:46:43', '2022-09-30 01:46:43'),
(1983, 1983, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Union government of India has decided to defer the implementation of the six-airbag safety rule for passenger cars in India until October next year. This was announced by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today.&nbsp;</span></div><div><br></div><div>The rule will be implemented from October 1, 2023.</div><div><br></div><div>The government had earlier planned to make six airbags mandatory in all eight-seater vehicles for enhanced safety from October 1, 2022.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Considering the global supply chain constraints being faced by the auto industry and its impact on the macroeconomic scenario, it has been decided to implement the proposal mandating a minimum of 6 Airbags in Passenger Cars (M-1 Category) w.e.f 01st October 2023,\" Mr Gadkari tweeted today. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 02:47:27', '2022-09-30 02:47:27'),
(1984, 1984, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 35-year old man was arrested in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet&nbsp; on Thursday allegedly for making derogatory comment on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Facebook post.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The arrestee was identified as Abdullah Al Mamun, son of Abdur Rahman from ward-7 of Nijpat union in the upazila.</div><div><br></div><div>Some local activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) caught him around 2 pm from near Chunahati Mosque on Sylhet-Tamabil highway and handed him over to police, said police.</div><div><br></div><div>According to police, on Wednesday Mamun in a Facebook post made derogatory comments on the PM on her 76th birthday which agitated the local Awami League and affiliate organisations’ activists.</div><div><br></div><div>On Thursday, some BCL leaders including upazila committee leader Nehal Paul detained Mamun and handed over him to police, said Kazi Shahedul Islam, Sub-Inspector of the Jaintapur model police station.</div><div><br></div><div>Mamun is currently in police custody and a case will be registered in this regard upon receiving a complaint.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Liakat Ali, general secretary of Nijpat union AL committee, said he will lodge a complaint in this regard with police. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 02:59:50', '2022-09-30 02:59:50'),
(1985, 1985, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The US will \'\'never, never, never\'\' recognise Russia\'s attempt to annex territory in Ukraine, President Joe Biden has said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was speaking ahead of a speech on Friday from Vladimir Putin, who is expected to declare that four Ukrainian regions are joining Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin says Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson voted to join Russia in recent referendums.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Ukraine and the West have dismissed the votes as a sham.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US will impose new sanctions on Russia as a result of the annexation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The United States, I want to be very clear about this, will never, never, never recognise Russia\'s claims on Ukraine sovereign territory,\" Mr Biden said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, the Russian president signed two decrees recognising Zaporizhzhia and Kherson as independent territories - paving the way for them to be annexed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The documents, shared on Russian state media, say the independence of the two regions is being recognised in accordance with international law and \"enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, UN Secretary General António Guterres has said any annexation of a country\'s territory based on the use of force violates the UN Charter and international law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a \"dangerous escalation\" that \"has no place in the modern world\", he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a phone call with Mr Putin, Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed his opposition to the plan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called on the Russian leader to reduce tension and give peace negotiations with Ukraine another chance, according to a spokesperson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Turkey, along with the UN, has mediated in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in the past - with success in reaching a deal to resume exports of grain through the Black Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Moscow on Thursday, preparations for Mr Putin\'s announcement were well under way. A stage was set up for a concert in Red Square, adorned with billboards proclaiming the four regions as part of Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a repeat of Russia\'s annexation of the southern Crimea Peninsular in 2014, which also followed a discredited referendum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That annexation has never been recognised by the vast majority of the international community, and nor will this one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But regardless of what the West says, Russia\'s two houses of parliament will formally ratify the move next week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Putin will be hoping that by annexing occupied areas of Ukraine, he will be able to argue that Russian territory is coming under attack from Western weapons, in the hope that some governments may halt their military aid to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Kyiv has said it will not change anything on the battlefield.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The annexation has come after five days of self-styled referendums across the four regions last week, with little notice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia says the voting was fair and resulted in a complete landslide in favour of joining Russia. But there was no independent monitoring and reports of people being intimidated into voting by armed Russian soldiers were widespread.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the \"pseudo referendums\" were worthless, and his advisor Mykhailo Podolyak called them \"mass violence\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Imagine... there are tanks of the occupying army and in the houses and apartments of people who have not yet left... military men with automatic weapons are putting them to their faces and saying \'vote!\'\" Source: BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 12:58:34', '2022-09-30 12:58:34'),
(1986, 1986, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Sweden has found a new leak in a major undersea pipeline carrying carrying Russian natural gas to&nbsp; the EU - making it the fourth discovered this week.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Denmark and Sweden reported gas leaks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines earlier this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nato said the incidents were the result of \"deliberate, reckless and irresponsible acts of sabotage\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia dismissed suggestions that it had attacked its own pipelines as \"predictable and stupid\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Instead, the Russian foreign ministry said the blasts had occurred in \"zones controlled by American intelligence\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German ambassador to the UK, Miguel Berger, told the BBC it was clear that a non-state actor could not have been behind the incidents - in other words, a country must have been responsible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Swedish coast guard said they had found the fourth leak on Nord Stream 2, very close to a larger leak found earlier on Nord Stream 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The EU has repeatedly accused Russia of using gas supplies as a weapon against the West, in retaliation for its support for Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is \"very obvious\" who is behind the damage, said the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, without elaborating.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">How Russia is cutting off gas to Europe</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said he was \"extremely concerned\" about the leaks, adding that the possibility of a deliberate attack could not be ruled out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">EU leaders have said any attack on the continent\'s energy infrastructure would be met with the \"strongest possible response\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Norway - which is not in the EU - said it would deploy its military to protect oil and gas installations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neither Nord Stream 1 or 2 is transporting gas at the moment, although they both contain gas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nord Stream 1 pipeline - which consists of two parallel branches - has not transported any gas since late August when Russia closed it down, saying it needed maintenance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It stretches 1,200km (745 miles) under the Baltic Sea from the Russian coast near St Petersburg to north-eastern Germany. Its twin pipeline, Nord Stream 2, was halted after Russia invaded Ukraine in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seismologists reported underwater blasts before the leaks emerged. Denmark\'s Defence Command has released footage of the leaks which shows bubbles - the largest is 1km in diameter - at the surface of the Baltic Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Bjorn Lund of Sweden\'s National Seismology Centre said there was \"no doubt that these were explosions\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, Andrei Kortunov of the Russian International Affairs Council - a Moscow-based think tank - said a Russian attack didn\'t make sense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They always point finger at Russia but I think since it\'s the Russian property it would be not very logical for Russia to inflict damage upon it,\" he told BBC Radio 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There are other ways to make European lives harder. They can simply stop the gas deliveries without damaging the infrastructure.\" Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 13:15:08', '2022-09-30 13:15:08'),
(1987, 1987, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The move- which is expected to draw more international condemnation -- comes three days after the completion of \"hastily organised\" referendums in which Moscow-installed leaders in the occupied regions claimed majorities of up to 99% in favour of joining Russia.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a major escalation of the ongoing war, Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognised the independence of Ukraine\'s Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. This came after he took similar steps regarding Luhansk and Donetsk in February and earlier for Crimea. The annexation would be formalised at the ceremony Friday where Putin is expected to deliver a \"major\' speech.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I order the recognition of the state sovereignty and independence of the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, located in southern Ukraine,” Putin was quoted as saying in the decrees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The move -- which is expected to draw more international condemnation -- comes three days after the completion of \"hastily organised\" referendums in which Moscow-installed leaders in the occupied regions claimed majorities of up to 99% in favour of joining Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine and the West have slammed the votes to be bogus and illegitimate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Here are the top updates:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised a strong response to the annexations and summoned his defence and security chiefs for an emergency meeting on Friday. The war-torn country has called on the West to hit Russia with more sanctions and to supply Ukrainian forces with more weapons to keep reclaiming territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Putin\'s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the President would sign accession documents in an ornate Kremlin hall, and give a speech. A pop concert is planned on Red Square. The ceremony comes eight years after Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine following an invasion and a similar vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken Thursday called annexation of territories by Russia “illegal” under international laws, media reports said. Likening Russia\'s move as that of an act of “land grab”, Blinken said that the US will never recognise the annexation by Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Kremlin\'s sham referenda are a futile effort to mask what amounts to a further attempt at a land grab in Ukraine,\" Blinken was quoted as saying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. US President Joe Biden said that “the United States will never, never, never recognize Russia\'s claims on Ukraine sovereign territory”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. If Russia moves ahead with its plans to annex four Ukrainian regions, it would mark a \"dangerous escalation\" that would jeopardize the prospects for peace in the region, the United Nations Secretary-General has said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Any decision to proceed with the annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine would have no legal value and deserves to be condemned,\" Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">6.The four territories create a crucial land corridor between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014. Together, all five make up around 20 percent of Ukraine, whose forces in recent weeks have been clawing back ground. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 13:46:12', '2022-09-30 13:46:12'),
(1988, 1988, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The findings of a new study suggest that feelings of loneliness are linked to a significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D). The research, published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]), was conducted by Associate Professor Roger E.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Henriksen and his colleagues at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. As well as examining the association between loneliness and the risk of developing T2D, it looked at whether depression and insomnia play a role.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A growing body of research has pointed to a link between psychological stress and an individual\'s risk of developing T2D. Loneliness creates a chronic and sometimes long-lasting state of distress which may activate the body\'s physiological stress response.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the exact mechanisms are not fully understood, this response is believed to play a central role in the development of T2D through mechanisms such as temporary insulin resistance brought on by elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This process also involves changes in the regulation of eating behaviour by the brain, causing an increased appetite for carbohydrates and subsequently elevated blood sugar levels. Previous studies have found an association between loneliness and unhealthy eating including higher consumption of sugary drinks and foods rich in sugars and fats.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The researchers used data from the HUNT study, a collaboration between the HUNT Research Centre (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology [NTNU]), Trondelag County Council, the Central Norway Regional Health Authority and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This database contains the health information (from self-reported questionnaires, medical examinations and blood samples) of more than 230,000 people and was obtained via four population surveys: HUNT1 (1984-1986), HUNT2 (1995-1997), HUNT3 (2006-2008) and HUNT4 (2017-2019). Baseline information for 24,024 participants was taken from HUNT2 after excluding individuals with metabolic disorders, type 1 and type 2 diabetes and those for whom blood test data were not available.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">T2D status was the main outcome variable and was based on HbA1c (glycated haemoglobin - a measure of long-term blood sugar control) being greater than 48mmol/mol when measured in the HUNT4 survey.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Loneliness was gauged from HUNT2 data survey whether they had felt lonely over the previous 2 weeks and was measured on a four-point scale (\'no\', \'a little\', \'a good amount\' and \'very much\'). Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 14:09:03', '2022-09-30 14:09:03'),
(1989, 1989, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called upon the Bangladeshi expatriates to depict the misrule of the BNP government that included corruption, irregularities and attrocities against opponents alongside the country\'s current overall development scenario.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Foreigners should know, they (Bangladeshis) who are now in the hot pursuit to carry out propaganda against the country abroad, what crimes they did in their country,\" she said in a view exchange meeting with Bangladeshi expatriates in Washington DC, the USA on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM\"s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed reporters after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister said Bangladesh is marching ahead towards prosperity and getting the developing country\'s status due to having democratic process in the country for a long time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have to work together to continue the development spree,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About election, Sheikh Hasina, also President of the Awami League, her party has ensured fair environment of polls in the country and people are now able to cast their votes independently.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the contrary, the BNP had destroyed the electoral process by various means that included making fake voters and snatching away the voting rights of the people through engaging terrorists on the vote day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP had given nominations to 700 persons against 300 constituencies in the last parliamentary election and people did not vote for them due to the seat business, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Briefly described her government\'s measures to create a congenital atmosphere of investment in Bangladesh, she called upon the Bangladeshi expatriates in the USA to make investment in larger volume in their motherland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She reiterated her commitment that not a single person of Bangladesh would remain homeless and landless.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prime Minister is now in Washington DC after attending the 77th session of UNGA and other high level events in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She went to New York on September 19 after staying in London from September 15 to 19 to take part in the Queen Elizabeth II\'s funeral. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 15:50:48', '2022-09-30 15:50:48'),
(1990, 1990, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Initial comments by British Prime Minister Liz Truss\'s conservative government have raised concerns about her climate policy in a country which is increasingly feeling the effects of global warming but is going through an unprecedented energy crisis.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urged to act in the face of soaring energy prices, the new premier took office in early September and promptly announced a package of measures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They included the acceleration of North Sea offshore oil and gas exploitation and the freezing of the moratorium on controversial gas fracking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UK had in 2019 called a halt to fracking -- or hydraulic fracturing, used to release hydrocarbons locked deep underground -- due to fears it could trigger earthquakes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Truss has also refused to impose a windfall tax on oil companies, despite record profits they have been making in recent months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For environmental campaigners, the introduction last week of a bill to amend or remove hundreds of environmental protection laws inherited from the European Union by the end of 2023 was the last straw.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Nature is under attack from a raft of dangerous decisions by Government and we know people are furious at the new threats,\" said Craig Bennett, chief executive of The Wildlife Trusts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Vital legal protections for wildlife are at risk, fossil fuel extraction is being favoured over renewables, and the government is going back on plans to reward farmers for managing land in a nature-friendly way.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Climate pioneer -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The months-long drought in parts of the UK, record high temperatures reached this summer and heat-induced fires have all brought home to many British people the future consequences of global warming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country is one of the pioneers in Europe in tackling climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Britain became the first country to legally mandate reductions in greenhouse-gas emissions through its 2008 Climate Change Act.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It has also seen a rapid transformation in its energy model, with coal representing only three percent of energy consumed in 2020, compared to 20 percent in 2013.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the COP26 climate conference last year in Scotland, former prime minister Boris Johnson promised to make the UK the Saudi Arabia of wind power and presented ambitious climate targets, including to phase out petrol and diesel vehicles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Truss, who succeeded him, has never been perceived as particularly committed to the climate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But her early decisions have confused even her own camp.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The new government must not listen to siren calls to row back on environmental commitments when the solutions to the multiple crises we face, from climate to the cost of living, are complementary,\" said Chris Skidmore, a Conservative member of parliament and former energy minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A cross-party group of pro-environment parliamentarians wrote to Truss in early September asking her to give a firm recommitment to the goal of reaching carbon neutrality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After she became prime minister, Truss said she was \"completely committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050\", but she also told parliament she had decided to \"re-examine\" this objective to ensure it was achieved in a way favourable to the economy and growth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doubts about the UK\'s future climate policy have also been fuelled by Truss\'s decision to appoint Jacob Rees-Mogg as her secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Teetering on the brink\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">An opponent of onshore wind power, Rees-Mogg has said he wants his constituents to have cheap energy \"rather more than I would like them to have windmills\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has also warned against \"climate alarmism\" and recently accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of funding opponents of shale gas in the UK.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His comments have been branded a \"a dangerous climate denial\" by Ed Miliband, the main opposition Labour Party\'s spokesperson on climate change and net zero.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Putting someone who recently suggested \'every last drop\' of oil should be extracted from the North Sea in charge of energy policy is deeply worrying for anyone concerned about the deepening climate emergency, solving the cost-of-living crisis and keeping our fuel bills down for good,\" environmental pressure group Friends of the Earth said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Extracting more fossil fuels is a false solution to the energy crisis. It\'s our failure to end our reliance on gas and oil that\'s sent energy bills soaring and left us teetering on the brink of catastrophic climate change,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rees-Mogg\'s appointment \"suggests that the Tories have learned nothing after years of incompetence in energy policy\", added Rebecca Newsom of Greenpeace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Labour Party, meanwhile, has made the issue of climate change one of its main lines of attack as it approaches the next general election, scheduled for 2025 at the latest. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 15:57:48', '2022-09-30 15:57:48'),
(1991, 1991, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A moderate-intensity earthquake jolted Dhaka and other parts of the country in the early hours of Friday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The epicentre of the earthquake, measuring 5.6 on the Richter Scale, was in Mawlaik district in Myanmar, about 471 km east of the capital, said Iqbal Ahmed, in-charge of the Seismic Observatory and Research Centre under Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tremors were felt in Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh at 4.22am, said the official.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fortunately, no casualties have been reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 5 to 5.9 magnitude quake is considered moderate and can cause slight damage to buildings and other structures. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 16:22:14', '2022-09-30 16:22:14'),
(1992, 1992, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will leave the country today for New Zealand, where they will play a tri-nation series which also involved Pakistan apart from the hosts.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tri-nation series is seen as the best preparation platform for the Tigers for the upcoming Australia T20 World Cup. Bangladesh will head to Australia directly from New Zealand.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Captain Shakib Al Hasan will join the side in New Zealand from West Indies after completing his stint with Guyana Amazon Warriors in Caribbean Premier League (CPL).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) directors and selectors will accompany the side in New Zealand but Cricket Operations chairman Jalal Younus andchief selector Minhajul Abedin Nannu will join the side in Australia ahead of the T20 World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh will get at least four matches in double-league basis tri-nation series. Even though it is tough to win a match against the teams like New Zealand and Pakistan who have been in form, Bangladesh still expecting to make it the final. If they can move to the final, they will get five matches overall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tigers had recently swept two-match T20 series against United Arab Emirate (UAE) and although the manner in which they won those two matches was not pleasing one, team management are happy to get into the winning mode at least.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of the UAE series, Bangladesh had won just two matches in nine outings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However Bangladesh will take on Pakistan on October 7 and then face off New Zealand on October 9. They thereafter will lock horns with New Zealand and Pakistan in return-leg match on October 12 and 13 respectively. The entire tri-nation series will be taken place in Christchurch. The final is on October 14.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tigers then will head to Australia where they will two warm-up matches against Afghanistan and South Africa on October 17 and 19 respectively. Both of the practice matches will be held at the Alan Border Field in Brisbane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh will start their World Cup mission on October 24, taking on the runners-up of Group-A in Hobart. Their second match is against South Africa in Sydney on October 27 after which they will face off Group-B champions at the Gabba in Brisbane on October 30.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"> Bangladesh then will take on subcontinent powerhouse India on November 2 and Pakistan on November 6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adelaide will host both of the matches. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 17:16:01', '2022-09-30 17:16:01');
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(1993, 1993, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia will annex four occupied regions of Ukraine at a ceremony at the Kremlin on Friday, Moscow said, after President Vladimir Putin threatened he could use nuclear weapons to defend the territories.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian leader is expected to deliver a major speech at the event, following referendums held last week in which four Ukrainian regions voted in a landslide to join Russia, but which were dismissed as a sham by the West.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a presidential decree issued Thursday evening, Putin said he had recognised the independence of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, paving the way for Moscow to claim the territories.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia recognised the independence of the two other regions it is preparing to annex -- Donetsk and Lugansk -- at the end of February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I order the recognition of the state sovereignty and independence\" of the regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, located in southern Ukraine, Putin said in the decrees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin\'s nuclear threats have not deterred a sweeping Ukrainian counter-offensive, which has been pushing back Russian troops in the east and is on the doorstep of the Donetsk town of Lyman, which Moscow\'s forces pummelled for weeks before capturing it this summer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin has blamed the conflict in Ukraine on the West and said simmering conflicts in the former Soviet Union were the result of its collapse.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rhetoric built on his now-famous phrase that the fall of the USSR was a tragedy, and he has recently suggested Moscow should extend again its influence over the former Soviet region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- US rejects claims -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Kremlin-installed leaders of the four regions that pleaded to Putin for annexation this week were gathered in the Russian capital on Thursday, ahead of the ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their nearly simultaneous requests came after they claimed residents had unanimously backed the move in hastily organised referendums that were dismissed by Kyiv and the West as illegal, fraudulent and void.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine said the only appropriate response from the West was to hit Russia with more sanctions and to supply Ukrainian forces with more weapons so they could keep reclaiming territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US President Joe Biden said Thursday that \"the United States will never, never, never\" recognise Russia\'s claims on Ukraine\'s sovereign territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also rejected the annexation plans, condemning them as \"a dangerous escalation\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It must not be accepted,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN Security Council will vote at 1900 GMT on Friday on a resolution condemning the referendums, according to France, the council\'s current president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the resolution -- drafted by the United States and Albania and whose exact contents are not yet public -- has no chance of passing due to Moscow\'s veto power, though it can be presented to the General Assembly after the vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky called an \"urgent\" meeting of his national security council for Friday, his spokesman said, after the Kremlin announced the timing of the annexation ceremony.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The four territories create a crucial land corridor between Russia and the Crimean peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Together, all five make up around 20 percent of Ukraine, whose forces in recent weeks have been clawing back ground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the south, Ukrainian forces have been wresting back territory near Kherson, and residents of recently recaptured villages described the months spent under Russian occupation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They robbed and humiliated us,\" 72-year-old Maria Syzhuk said in the village of Vysokopillya, over the dull thuds of artillery from both sides -- mostly in the distance, but sometimes a little closer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian troops in particular have been progressing in the eastern Kharkiv region and recapturing territory in Donetsk. Military observers say Kyiv\'s forces are close to capturing Lyman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'I don\'t want to kill people\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow\'s forces are striking back along the entire frontline and officials in Kyiv said Thursday that Russian bombardment had killed three in the Dnipropetrovsk region, killed five in Donetsk and wounded seven in the Kharkiv region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with threats to use nuclear weapons, Putin announced a mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of Russians to bolster Moscow\'s army in Ukraine, sparking demonstrations and an exodus of men abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin on Thursday called for mistakes with the draft to be \"corrected\", as discontent grows over the often chaotic conscription push.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Finland\'s Vaalimaa crossing has been flooded with new arrivals recently. Helsinki announced on Thursday it would close its border from midnight to Russians holding European tourism visas for the Schengen zone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I just made it through, I don\'t know how the others will get through,\" Andrei Stepanov, a 49-year-old Russian, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On a bright morning in Mongolia\'s capital Ulaanbaatar, a young Russian fleeing Moscow\'s first military call-up since World War II had a stark answer for why he had left: \"I don\'t want to kill people.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was very difficult to leave everything behind -- home, motherland, my relatives -- but it\'s better than killing people,\" the man in his 20s told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Belarus was preparing to host 20,000 Russian soldiers, converting warehouses, hangars and abandoned farms into military accommodations, Ukraine\'s ministry of defence said on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To bolster Ukraine, the United States pledged more money on Thursday, with the Senate approving $12 billion in new economic and military aid as part of a stopgap budget extension.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The European Commission has proposed fresh sanctions targeting Russian exports worth seven billion euros, an oil price cap, an expanded travel blacklist and asset freezes. 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(1994, 1994, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hurricane Ian unleashed \"historic\" devastation in Florida, leaving a yet unknown number of dead in its wake, officials said Thursday, as the storm regrouped in the Atlantic on a path toward the Carolinas.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The storm, one of the most powerful ever to hit the United States, left hundreds of people in need of rescue, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said, while warning it was still too early to get a clear picture of how many people had died.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We absolutely expect to have mortality from this hurricane,\" he said at a press conference Thursday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Joe Biden, after a briefing at FEMA emergency management headquarters in Washington, said \"this could be the deadliest hurricane in Florida history.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The numbers \"are still unclear, but we\'re hearing reports of what may be substantial loss of life,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">DeSantis said concrete information about casualty numbers could be expected \"in the coming days.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fort Myers, where Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 hurricane on Wednesday, took much of the brunt of the storm, as streets became rivers and sea water poured into houses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dozens of boats moored in the marina were sunk while others were tossed on to downtown streets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trees were toppled by the howling winds of up to 150 miles per hour (240 kilometers per hour).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Thursday, DeSantis described the destruction in the southwest part of the state as a \"500-year flood event.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ve never seen storm surge of this magnitude,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Horrifying\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tom Johnson, 54, of Fort Myers had a front row seat to the destruction from his apartment on the second floor of a two-story harbourside building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I was scared because I\'ve never been through that,\" Johnson told AFP. \"It was just the most horrifying sounds with debris flying everywhere, doors flying off.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His home was undamaged but one of his neighbors, Janelle Thil, 42, was not so lucky and had to ask other residents for help after her ground floor apartment began to flood.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They got my dogs and then I jumped out of the window and swam,\" Thil said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Thil returned to her apartment after the storm passed, she said she opened the door and \"had to wait about five minutes for all the floodwaters to come out.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I loved my home,\" she said. \"But I\'m alive and that\'s what matters.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to DeSantis, the area was also dealing with a water main break, which officials were \"working to trouble shoot.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A US Coast Guard official said helicopter crews were plucking people from the rooftops of homes inundated by floodwaters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nine migrants had been rescued from a boat that sank during the hurricane on Wednesday, leaving 18 missing, the Coast Guard said. Among them were four Cubans who swam to shore in the Florida Keys.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Ian regaining strength -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ian was downgraded to a tropical storm overnight but the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it regained Category 1 hurricane strength on Thursday afternoon and issued a hurricane warning for the entire coast of South Carolina and part of North Carolina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden declared a \"major disaster\" in Florida, a move that frees up federal funding for storm relief.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re continuing to take swift action to help the families of Florida,\" he tweeted. \"I want the people of Florida to know that we will be here at every step of the way.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Much of Florida\'s southwest coast was plunged into darkness after the storm wiped out power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tracking website poweroutage.us said 2.3 million homes and businesses remained without electricity in the so-called Sunshine State late Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two barrier islands near Fort Myers, Pine Island and Sanibel Island, popular with vacationers, were essentially cut off when the storm damaged causeways to the mainland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sanibel Island got \"hit with really biblical storm surge,\" DeSantis said, and rescuers were using boats and helicopters to evacuate residents who rode out the storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mandatory evacuation orders had been issued in many areas of Florida ahead of Ian, with several dozen shelters set up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Airports stopped all commercial flights, and cruise ship companies delayed or canceled voyages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before pummeling Florida, Ian plunged all of Cuba into darkness Tuesday after downing the island\'s power network.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least two people died in Pinar del Rio province, state media in the country of more than 11 million reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human activity has caused life-threatening climate change resulting in more severe weather events across the globe. 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(1995, 1995, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A suicide attack at a learning centre in the Afghan capital killed 19 people as students prepared for exams on Friday morning, police said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The blast happened in the Dasht-e-Barchi neighbourhood of western Kabul, a predominantly Shiite Muslim area home to the minority Hazara community, the scene of some of Afghanistan\'s most deadly attacks.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at this educational centre. Unfortunately, 19 people have been martyred and 27 others wounded,\" police spokesman Khalid Zadran said.</div><div><br></div><div>Videos posted online and photos published by local media showed bloodied victims being carried away from the scene.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Security teams have reached the site, the nature of the attack and the details of the casualties will be released later,\" the interior ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor earlier tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Attacking civilian targets proves the enemy\'s inhuman cruelty and lack of moral standards.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The Taliban\'s return to power in Afghanistan last year brought an end to the two-decade war and a significant reduction in violence, but security has begun to deteriorate in recent months under the hardline Islamists.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan\'s Shiite Hazaras have faced persecution for decades, with the Taliban accused of abuses against the group when they first ruled from 1996 to 2001.</div><div><br></div><div>Such accusations picked up again after they swept back to power.</div><div><br></div><div>Hazaras are also the frequent target of attacks by the Taliban\'s enemy the Islamic State group. Both consider them heretics.</div><div><br></div><div>Countless attacks have devastated the area, with many targeting children, women and schools.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year, before the return of the Taliban, at least 85 people -- mainly girl students -- were killed and about 300 wounded when three bombs exploded near their school in Dasht-e-Barchi.</div><div><br></div><div>No group claimed responsibility, but a year earlier IS claimed a suicide attack on an educational centre in the same area that killed 24, including students.</div><div><br></div><div>In May 2020, the group was blamed for a bloody gun attack on a maternity ward of a hospital in the neighbourhood that killed 25 people, including new mothers.</div><div><br></div><div>And in April this year, two deadly bomb blasts at separate education centres in the area killed six people and wounded at least 20 others.</div><div><br></div><div>Education is a flashpoint issue in Afghanistan, with the Taliban blocking many girls from returning to secondary education, while the Islamic State also stand against the education of women and girls. AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 18:06:27', '2022-09-30 18:06:27'),
(1996, 1996, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India seem to have been provided two major injury blows even before the start of the T20 World Cup. While all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was ruled out before the squad was announced, it now looks like fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah could also miss out due to a back injury. It means that India will be without their premier fast bowler and a crucial all-rounder for the marquee tournament.</b><br></div><div><br></div><div>However, former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar feels that India may have left a few other players who deserved to be in the squad. Senior fast bowler Mohammed Shami, whose absence in the T20 World Cup squad surprised many former players, is among them along with batters Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill and young tearaway Umran Malik.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is no out-of-the-box thinking. I would have picked Umran Malik because of his speed. He is a guy who is bowling 150kmph; you’ve got to pick him now, you can’t pick him when he becomes a 130kmph bowler,” said Vengsarkar. “Shreyas Iyer is in good form and he missed out. Mohammed Shami and Shubman Gill should also be on the team. I am impressed with Gill.”</div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Umran turned heads in the latter stages of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) and throughout the 2022 tournament, rarely bowling below speeds of 145kph and regularly going past the 150kph mark. His performance in the 2022 season earned him a call-up to the Indian squad but the 22-year-old has failed to impress thus far in his short international career.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Vengsarkar, who has also headed the Indian selection committee in the past, said that Umran should have been selected in the 2022 Asia Cup as well. “In Dubai, where the wicket was flat and grassless, where there was no bounce, you needed fast bowlers. If you had medium pacers, you would be tonked around. You needed fast bowlers who could beat the batters in pace,” he said. Source: HT</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 18:57:21', '2022-09-30 18:57:21'),
(1997, 1997, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Two youths on a bike were killed after being hit by a microbus in Shalikha upazila of Magura on Thursday night.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased were identified as Jishan, 20, and Sazid, 20. Meanwhile another youth riding pillion, identified as Raju, 22, suffered severe injuries, said police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accident occurred around 10pm near the Chaygharia area of Jashore-Magura Road as the youths were heading towards Magura.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The microbus coming from the opposite direction crashed into the bike at high speed,\" said Bisharul Islam, officer-in-charge of Salikha police station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jishan and Sazid died on the spot while Raju was rushed to Magura General Hospital. His condition is said to be critical.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The motorcycle and microbus have been seized and efforts are on to detain the driver, said OC Bisharul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A case has been lodged at Shalikha police station, he said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-09-30 19:10:03', '2022-09-30 19:10:03'),
(1998, 1998, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has invited Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman to visit Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador of Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary handed over the invitation letter to the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia Waleed El Khereiji at his ministry\'s office in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, said a press release here today.</div><div><br></div><div>Patwary also conveyed greeting to the Saudi Prince for becoming prime minister of the kingdom.&nbsp;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia\'s King Salman bin Abdulaziz named his son and heir Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom\'s prime minister. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 00:42:10', '2022-10-01 00:42:10'),
(1999, 1999, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said war criminals and death row fugitive convicts in Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman killing case, who are currently staying in the USA, would be given due punishment after bringing them back to the country.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are holding talks with the USA time and again on repatriating the war criminals and Bangabandhu\'s killers to Bangladesh,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said these in a view exchange meeting with the leaders and activists of the US chapter of Awami League and its front and associate bodies and Bangladeshi expatriates at a hotel in Washington DC on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM’s Deputy Press Secretary KM Shakhawat Moon briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said the country (USA)  is talking about the human rights, despite the fact that they have given shelters to the killers, who assassinated the then President and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members on August 15, 1975.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The killers even did not spare the children including a four year child and women, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military dictator and founder of the BNP Ziaur Rahman introduced the politics of killings, forced disappearances and corruption, nepotism and culture of impunity in the country, she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina, also President of the Awami League, reiterated her call to raise voice against the anti-state propaganda and the people engaged in the misdeeds alongside working for brightening the country\'s image abroad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said the construction of the Padma Bridge was a great challenge for Bangladesh as there was a deep-rooted conspiracy and propaganda against it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately, prominent personalities of Bangladesh were behind the conspiracy. But, we have finally built the Padma Bridge with our own finance facing all the challenges,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The regional and local connectivity will increase as the construction of the Padma Bridge was completed, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said her government has been working relentlessly for the country\'s progress and prosperity and Bangladesh has already attained the status of middle income country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She once again vowed to build a Sonar Bangla free from hunger, poverty and all forms of exploitations as envisioned by the Father of the Nation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister asked the expats to present all these things to the US politicians when they came to Bangladesh diaspora for seeking vote during polls. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 15:59:20', '2022-10-01 22:56:56'),
(2000, 2000, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Representatives of dozens of countries walked out of an an international culture conference on Friday in protest at the war in Ukraine when Russia\'s representative took the floor.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The boycott occurred during the final session of the World Conference on Cultural Policies and Sustainable Development convened by UNESCO in Mexico City.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys hit out at Moscow\'s \"unjustifiable and illegal aggression\" against Ukraine, in a statement that he said was on behalf of 48 countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kairys told the meeting that UNESCO had verified damage to at least 193 Ukrainian cultural sites since the Russian invasion, including museums, libraries, cultural centers and historical buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dozens of participants got up and left the auditorium when Russian delegate Sergey Obryvalin addressed the conference, rejecting the criticism as \"unacceptable.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the three-day meeting, billed as the largest of its kind in 40 years, 150 states adopted a declaration affirming culture as a \"global public good,\" UNESCO said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They called for \"substantial regulation of the digital sector, notably of the major platforms, for the benefit of online cultural diversity, artists\' intellectual property rights and fair access to content for all,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Governments also committed to step up the fight against illicit trafficking in cultural goods and appealed to art vendors not to offer objects of unproven provenance for sale.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNESCO announced the creation, in collaboration with Interpol, of a virtual museum of stolen cultural property. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 16:13:26', '2022-10-01 16:13:26'),
(2001, 2001, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Phil Salt smashed a robust career-best 41-ball 88 not out to help England thrash Pakistan by eight wickets in the sixth Twenty20 international in Lahore on Friday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The England opener clobbered three sixes and 13 fours in the third fastest half century by an England batter in the shorter format to help his team chase down a target of 170 in just 14.3 overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salt\'s fiery knock overshadowed Babar Azam\'s 59-ball 87 not out that lifted the home team to 169-6 and saw Pakistan skipper equalling India star Virat Kohli\'s record of the fastest man to 3,000 runs in cricket\'s shortest format.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England\'s victory tied the seven-match series 3-3 with an intriguing final match in Lahore on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England, who failed to chase 146 on Wednesday, were given a rousing start by Salt and Alex Hales who compiled 50 in just three overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hales, who smashed four fours and a six in his 12-ball 27, holed out after a breezy 55-run start off just 24 balls before Dawid Malan helped add 73 for the second wicket with an 18-ball 26.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ben Duckett remained not out on 26.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Salt completed his second T20I fifty off just 19 balls, improving on his previous best of 57 against the West Indies at Bridgetown earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a complete onslaught by England batters who dominated Pakistan bowling with only spinner Shadab Khan taking 2-34.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England skipper Moeen Ali was delighted with a convincing win.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Yes, very happy. Thought the way we batted in particular was outstanding,\" said Ali. \"It shows if you stick to the process, you don\'t have to slog you can play proper shots. If you don\'t lose wickets early on you can keep going and that happened.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azam praised Salt\'s batting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I thought it was a good total, maybe 10-15 short but the way Salt played, it was outstanding and he gave England a good momentum in the first three overs.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Azam anchored Pakistan\'s innings with prolific partner Mohammad Rizwan and pacer Haris Rauf rested for the match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pakistan skipper, who hit his 27th half century, reached 3,000 T20I runs in 81 innings as he anchored the home team\'s total after they were sent in to bat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azam hit Richard Gleeson for a six to join Indian duo of Rohit Sharma (3,694 runs in 140 matches) and Kohli (3,663 in 108), New Zealand\'s Martin Guptill (3,497 in 112) and Ireland\'s Paul Stirling (3,011 in 114) in passing the milestone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azam hit three sixes and seven fours and added 48 for the fourth wicket with Iftikhar Ahmed (31) and 47 for the third with Haider Ali (18).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sam Curran (2-26) and David Willey (2-32) were the successful England bowlers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England are on their first tour of Pakistan for 17 years. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 16:24:25', '2022-10-01 16:24:25'),
(2002, 2002, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nine European nationals have been arrested in Iran during deadly street protests sparked by a custody death.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Intelligence officers detained people deemed to be \"agents of foreign spy organisations\" either at protests or \"behind the scenes\", local media said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence shows no sign of easing, with the death toll continuing to rise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Protests erupted in the capital Tehran and spread through the country after Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini died having spent time in police custody.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 22-year-old, from the north-western city of Saqez, was arrested in Tehran on 13 September by morality police officers for allegedly violating the strict law requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab, or headscarf.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Those detained are from Poland, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France and the Netherlands, Iran\'s intelligence ministry says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The German, French, British and Swedish embassies were among those who were warned over the involvement of their \"agents\" in the anti-government protests, the ministry added. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 16:30:55', '2022-10-01 16:30:55'),
(2003, 2003, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine said Friday at least 30 people including children were killed and dozens injured after a convoy of civilian cars in the Zaporizhzhia region was shelled in an attack Kyiv blamed on Moscow.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thirty dead and 88 wounded as a result of another Russian war crime in Zaporizhzhia. Among the dead are two children: an 11-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy,\" Ukraine national police chief Igor Klymenko said on Facebook.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that a three-year-old girl was also among the injured.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Unfortunately we also have losses among the police. A 36-year-old employee...was killed,\" Klymenko said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He added that another 27 police officers were among the injured, and \"four of them are in serious condition\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian officials previously reported 25 dead and around 50 injured in the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Zaporizhzhia governor said Russian forces \"launched a rocket attack\" on the civilian convoy waiting to cross into the Russian-controlled part of the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The southern industrial hub of Zaporizhzhia, with a pre-war population of 700,000, is under Ukrainian control but subject to Russian rocket attacks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Part of the region is occupied by Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also on Friday, President Vladimir Putin declared four Ukrainian regions -- including Zaporizhzhia -- to be Russian in a lavish annexation ceremony at the Kremlin. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 16:59:45', '2022-10-01 16:59:45'),
(2004, 2004, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foriegn Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has highlighted the importance of enhanced funds for climate change mitigation and adaptation.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During his meeting with President of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, at the UN headquarters in New York on Friday, Momen also mentioned that the pledge of providing USD 100 billion funds per year should be materialized at the earliest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The president of the UNGA expressed his support on this issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding the Rohingya issue, the foreign minister highlighted steps taken by the Bangladesh government on various issues including Covid-19 management and providing education to Rohingya children in their own language.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen also conveyed his dissatisfaction as not a single Rohingya has been repatriated to Myanmar yet.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, the UNGA president commended Bangladesh’s role in providing shelter and humanitarian assistance to the Rohingyas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that the crisis is unacceptable, according to the Bangladesh Mission in New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Csaba Kőrösi applauded Bangladesh’s remarkable leadership, productive engagement, and significant contribution in recent times to various United Nations endeavours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the outset of the meeting, Momen presented two proposals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These are, to organize a high-level event on ‘Review of the implementation of SDGs’ and to take initiative to create a forum of the finance, foreign and development ministers of developing countries under South-South Cooperation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The foreign minister expressed concern on the funding gaps in the implementation of SDG, particularly in view of the Covid -19 pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The proposed high-level event will bring an opportunity to review the progress made towards implementing SDGs and the way forward to meet the funding gaps, the FM added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The foreign minister also mentioned that under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has been able to maintain a satisfactory GDP growth even amidst the pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen invited the UNGA president to visit Bangladesh at a convenient time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meeting with Under Secretary General of UN Peace Operations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During a meeting with the Under Secretary General of the United Nations Department of Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Foreign Minister Abdul Momen said that Bangladesh has always played a leading role in the United Nations Peace Operations and will continue to do this.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He mentioned that Bangladesh is ready to provide Quick Reaction Force (QRF), Base Defense Contingent, Infantry Contingent, and Police Contingent in the future. Besides, the foreign minister also called for appointing senior military and civilian officers at the leading level, especially force commanders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen requested to use Bangladesh’s expertise, experience, and best practices in building sustainable peace in countries in conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Momen also reiterated Bangladesh’s commitment to increase the number of women peacekeepers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He invited the USG to visit Bangladesh particularly to join the upcoming international seminar on women peace and security and the 26th Annual conference of the International Association of Peacekeeping Training Centres(IAPTC).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lacroix praised the Bangladeshi peacekeepers for their dutifulness, responsibility, and professional skills in the UN Peace Operations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He thanked Bangladesh for the recent deployment of the Infantry Battalion from Bangladesh to Abeyi, Sudan, Armored Helicopters and Quick Reaction Force contingents in Mali, Hospital Units in Central Africa, and deployment of Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) contingents in Congo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lacroix expressed the hope that Bangladesh will continue to contribute to the peacekeeping operations of the United Nations, including women peacekeepers. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 17:54:34', '2022-10-01 17:54:34'),
(2005, 2005, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khalid and the Secretary of Culture, government of Mexico, Alejandra Frausto Guerrero have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cultural cooperation between the two friendly nations at Los Pinos in Mexico City.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The bilateral relationship between Bangladesh and Mexico entered a new phase by signing this bilateral instrument, Bangladesh said on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>From the Mexican side, the Director General of the Secretary of Culture Dr. Pablo Raphael de la Madrid, Legal Adviser Erendira Cruzvillegas, and other officials from the Ministry of Culture were present at the signing ceremony held on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Mexican States Abida Islam and Counsellor Shahanaj Akhter Ranu from the Bangladesh side were also present to witness the event.</div><div><br></div><div>This MoU intends to facilitate the establishment of direct communications between the libraries, museums, archives, and departments of both countries dedicated to the conservation and restoration of historical and cultural monuments.</div><div><br></div><div>It will promote the exchanges of exhibitions, experts and delegations of traditional painters and artisans, art critics, specialists in traditional folk arts, folklore, audiovisual producers, and other areas of the arts, such as music, visual arts, cinematography, conservation and restoration of material and archaeological heritage, and museology.</div><div><br></div><div>It will also foster translation of literature, cultural cooperation in the fields of performing, visual and literary arts, as well as participation in festivals, book fairs and other cultural events held in each other’s countries. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 18:03:09', '2022-10-01 18:03:09'),
(2006, 2006, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the 5G technology in India and said this is a major step in the vision of Digital India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. \"Many people made fun of my vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat...People used to think technology is not for the poor.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But I had the conviction that technology can reach every house,\" PM Modi said. Talking about the 4 pillars of Digital India, PM Modi said, \"We emphasised the price of the digital device, the connectivity, the price of data and the vision of digital first.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Today is a historic day for the 21st century of India as 5G technology will revolutionise the telecom sector. This is the success of digital India. Happy to see that villages could join the historical event of the launch of 5G,” PM Modi said.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India will not only remain a consumer of technology but will play a major and active role in the development of the technology -- in the designing of wireless technology, PM Modi said. Source: HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-01 18:10:22', '2022-10-01 18:10:22');
