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(7437, 7437, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mexico\'s foreign minister and the capital city\'s mayor both resigned Monday to focus on running for president next year, with the ruling leftist party favored to win.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The minister, Marcelo Ebrard, and Mexico City\'s Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum announced within minutes of each other that they were stepping down as they seek to become the Morena party\'s candidate to succeed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the June 2024 vote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheinbaum, 60 and of Bulgarian and Lithuanian descent, said she wants to be \"the first woman in the history of Mexico to lead the fates of the nation.\" Her resignation takes effect Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ebrard said last week he would be leaving the foreign ministry and made it official Monday in a meeting with the president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Starting today, I will dedicate myself to another very important task,\" said 63-year-old Ebrard, referring to the work of pushing on with Lopez Obrador\'s leftist policies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other hopefuls to be the Morena candidate include Interior Minister Adan Augusto Lopez.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The presidential, congressional and gubernatorial voting is scheduled for June of next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Morena party is scheduled to choose its candidate through a national poll over the course of several days in late August and early September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheinbaum has been mayor of Mexico\'s sprawling capital since 2018. If she wins, she would become the first woman to govern the country with Latin America\'s second largest economy, after that of Brazil.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the Morena hopefuls for president, Sheinbaum is seen as the one closest to Lopez Obrador, whose party is favored to hold on to the presidency for another six-year term, no matter who the candidate ends up being, according to polling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mexican presidents can serve only one term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The early polls that have been carried out put us in first place and I am sure it will stay this way,\" Sheinbaum said Monday. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 14:06:30', '2023-06-13 14:06:30'),
(7438, 7438, '<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 58-year-old wedding bus driver is scheduled to appear in an Australian court Tuesday, charged with dangerous driving that caused the deaths of 10 guests.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Acting assistant police commissioner David Waddell said prosecutors will allege the man was driving \"too quick\" in what were believed to be foggy conditions just before midnight Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bus carrying 35 passengers lost control on a roundabout and careened onto its side, killing nine people almost instantly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moments earlier, they had been celebrating the wedding of a young couple at the nearby Wandin Estate Winery in Australia\'s picturesque Hunter Valley wine region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another passenger later died in hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fourteen guests are still hospitalised, including two in intensive care.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The victims are aged between 20 and 60 years and suffered injuries ranging from lacerations to breaks and fractures.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police say they are still piecing together their investigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But they have already charged the man, who is due to appear in Cessnock court after being denied bail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police have said that initial alcohol testing came back negative, but officers pointed blame at \"erratic\" speeding that some passengers had reportedly complained about before the crash.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ve obviously now charged that 58-year-old bus driver, we\'ve charged him with 11 charges,\" said Waddell.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He entered that roundabout in a manner that was inconsistent with the conditions,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Obviously, the speed was too quick for him to negotiate that roundabout, causing the vehicle to fall on its left side, and causing those injuries.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The road crash was Australia\'s worst in 16 years and has caused widespread shock, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leading condolences to the victims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"For a joyous day like that in a beautiful place to end with such terrible loss of life and injury is so cruel and so sad and so unfair,\" he said. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 14:11:45', '2023-06-13 14:11:45'),
(7439, 7439, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>French star Kylian Mbappe told Paris Saint-Germain on Monday he would not be taking up an option to extend his contract by one year beyond 2024, a source close to the negotiations said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That opens the door to the 24-year-old\'s possible exit from Parc de Princes during this summer\'s transfer window, the source added, confirming a report in French sports daily L\'Equipe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe\'s confirmation by letter comes a little over a year since he snubbed Real Madrid by signing a surprise extension to his contract to remain at the French champions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PSG will not entertain allowing their prize asset to leave for free when his existing deal runs out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Which raises the possibility of the World Cup runner-up switching clubs if talks with the PSG hierarchy break down between now and the end of July.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe\'s letter comes hot on the heels of Lionel Messi\'s departure to Inter Miami.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It came as little surprise as reports had suggested he would not exercise an option to stay until 2025.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At an awards ceremony last month where he was voted the Ligue 1 player of the season for the fourth successive time after helping Paris Saint-Germain win a record 11th French title he was asked about his future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I will be here again next season\" was his reply. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 14:16:16', '2023-06-13 14:16:16'),
(7440, 7440, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, will arrive in Kyiv on Tuesday to meet Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky before heading to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the conflict\'s start IAEA chief Grossi has warned of the potential for a nuclear accident at the plant, which he has previously visited twice and where a permanent IAEA team is based.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sitting on the Dnipro river, the Russian-held Kakhovka dam, which was breached last week in an incident blamed by Kyiv on Moscow, forms a reservoir that provides the cooling water for the Russian-occupied plant.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IAEA has warned that the Kakhovka dam disaster which claimed at least 10 lives and has left dozens missing further \"(complicated) an already precarious nuclear safety and security situation at the\" plant.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"On my way to Ukraine to meet President\" Volodymyr Zelensky, tweeted Grossi on Monday with a picture of him and his team leaving Vienna where the IAEA headquarters is based.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I will present a programme of assistance in the aftermath of the catastrophic Nova Kakhovka dam flooding,\" Grossi said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I will assess the situation at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant,\" and \"conduct a rotation of ISAMZ,\" he added referring to the IAEA\'s Support and Assistance Mission to Zaporizhzhia (ISAMZ), \"with a strengthened team\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday Grossi repeated his demand for full access to the plant for IAEA experts to measure the reservoir\'s water levels and produce an \"independent\" evaluation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will \"clarify the reason for a significant discrepancy between different measurements of the height of the reservoir that is supplying water to cool the facility\'s six reactors and spent fuel storage\", Grossi said. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 14:18:38', '2023-06-13 14:18:38'),
(7441, 7441, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ukraine on Monday said 41 people were still missing in the floods caused by a dam breach that it blamed on Russia, and which killed 10 people in the southern Kherson region.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Currently, we know about 10 dead in Kherson and the region,\" Ukrainian interior minister Igor Klymenko said on Telegram. \"We are also reporting 41 people as missing.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 14:58:55', '2023-06-13 14:58:55'),
(7442, 7442, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka early Tuesday (June 13, 2023) as she fell sick.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP chief left her Gulshan residence around 1:20am and reached the hospital around 1:40am, said BNP media cell member Sayrul Kabir Khan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said she was admitted to the Evercare Hospital as per the decision of her medical board.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Madam (Khaleda) was taken to the hospital as she fell ill suddenly,” said BNP\'s health affairs secretary Dr Rafiqul Islam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Party sources said Khaleda’s personal doctors, party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and some senior leaders went to her residence at midnight after hearing the news of her illness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, she was taken to the hospital as per the suggestion of the medical board formed earlier for her treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP chief’s younger brother Shamim Eskandar drove her to the Hospital in a&nbsp; private car.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She last went to the same hospital on April 29 last and received treatment there for five days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP chief received treatment at the hospital seven times since she was infected with Coronavirus in April, 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khaleda, a 78-year-old former prime minister, has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart and eye problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since her conditional release in 2020, the BNP chief has been receiving treatment at the hospital under a medical board headed by cardiologist Prof Shahabuddin Talukder.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 10 last year, the BNP chief suffered a heart attack due to a 95 percent block in her left artery and a stent was placed there by removing the blockage at the same hospital the following day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also Read: Khaleda Zia under close observation at Evercare, says her physician Zahid</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Doctors also found two more blocks in her blood vessels, but they could not remove those due to her health complications.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khaleda was sent to the Old Dhaka Central Jail as a lower court sentenced her to five years\' imprisonment in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018. Later, she was found guilty in another corruption case the same year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid the coronavirus outbreak, the government temporarily freed Khaleda Zia from jail through an executive order suspending her sentence on March 25, 2020, with conditions that she will stay in her Gulshan house and will not leave the country. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 15:12:28', '2023-06-13 15:12:28'),
(7443, 7443, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday morning to attend the two-day \"World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All\" to be held in the Swiss city on June 14-15.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10.01 am. The flight is scheduled to land at Geneva International airport at 5:30 pm local time (9:30 pm Bangladesh Time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 14, UNHCR chief Flippo Grandi will call on the prime minister at the bilateral room of Hotel President Wilson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later the PM will call on President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset at Palais de Nations. After the call-on there will be a possibility of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Knowledge and Skills enhancement between Bangladesh and Switzerland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, the prime minister will address the Plenary of \'World of Work Summit 2023\' at Palais de Nations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On her arrival there, she will be greeted by ADG and Regional Director of ILO.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be a red carpet reception and Guard of Honour from the gate to the meeting venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She will also have a call on with President of Malta Dr. George Vella.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, the PM will attend a dinner with high level dignitaries hosted by the DG ILO at its headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 15, she will attend the \'A talk at the WEF\', followed by a meeting with founder of WEF Prof Klaus Schwab at WEF Office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There, she will address at the event on \"New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh\" organised by the World Economic Forum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, WTO DG Dr. Okonjo- Iweala will call on her at Hotel President Wilson. She will also attend a community event in the evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina will leave Geneva at 11am on June 16 and she is expected to arrive in Dhaka in the early hours of June 17.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The World of Work Summit 2023: Social Justice for All\" is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice, according to organisers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will provide an opportunity to discuss and inform the proposal to forge a Global Coalition for Social Justice, which was welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 347th Session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A number of high-level guests, including former President of France, Francois Hollande, former President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, as well as representatives of employers and workers, will address the conference. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 15:37:49', '2023-06-13 15:37:49'),
(7444, 7444, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, with an AQI of 167 at 9:15 am today (June 13, 2023).</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The air was classified as \'unhealthy\'.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\' while 201-300 is \'very unhealthy\', and 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing severe health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s Delhi, Pakistan\'s Lahore and Karachi occupied the second, third and fourth spots in the list, with AQI scores of 162, 158 and 139, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AQI in Bangladesh is based on five pollutants: particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, mainly due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 15:41:41', '2023-06-13 15:41:41'),
(7445, 7445, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Donald Trump arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of a history-making federal court appearance on dozens of felony charges accusing him of illegally hoarding classified documents and thwarting the Justice Department’s efforts to get them back.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump’s Tuesday afternoon appearance in Miami will mark his second time since April facing a judge on criminal charges. But unlike a New York case some legal analysts derided as relatively trivial, the Justice Department’s first prosecution of a former president concerns conduct that prosecutors say jeopardized national security, with Espionage Act charges carrying the prospect of a significant prison sentence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahead of his court date, he and his allies have been escalating efforts to undermine the criminal case against him and drum up protests. He’s ratcheted up the rhetoric against the Justice Department special counsel who filed the case, calling Jack Smith “deranged” as he repeated without any evidence his claims that he was the target of a political persecution. And even as his supporters accuse the Justice Department of being weaponized against him, he vowed Monday to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate President Joe Biden and his family if Trump is elected to a second term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump landed in Miami around 3 p.m. Monday and got into a waiting SUV. He was expected to huddle with advisers before his court appearance, as he looks to line up additional lawyers following the departure before his indictment last week of two attorneys who had handled the defense for months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He’s encouraged supporters to join a planned protest at the Miami courthouse Tuesday, where he will face the charges and surrender to authorities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We need strength in our country now,” Trump said Sunday, speaking to longtime friend and adviser Roger Stone in an interview on WABC Radio. “And they have to go out and they have to protest peacefully. They have to go out.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Look, our country has to protest. We have plenty to protest. We’ve lost everything,” he went on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said there were no circumstances “whatsoever” under which he would leave the 2024 race, where he’s been dominating the Republican primary.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other Trump supporters have rallied to his defense with similar language, including Kari Lake, the unsuccessful Republican gubernatorial candidate in Arizona who pointedly said over the weekend that if prosecutors “want to get to President Trump,” they’re ”going to have to go through me, and 75 million Americans just like me. And most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump’s calls for protest echoed exhortations he made ahead of a New York court appearance in April, where he faces charges arising from hush money payments made during his 2016 presidential campaign, though he complained that those who showed up to protest then were “so far away that nobody knew about ’em,” And just like in that case, he plans to address supporters in a Tuesday evening speech hours after his court date.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After his court appearance, he will return to New Jersey, where he’s scheduled a press event to publicly respond to the charges. He’ll also be holding a private fundraiser.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump supporters were also planning to load buses to head to Miami from other parts of Florida, raising concerns for law enforcement officials who are preparing for the potential of unrest around the courthouse. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said the city would be ready, and police chief Manuel A. Morales said downtown could see anywhere from a few thousand up to 50,000 protesters. He said the city would be diverting traffic and possibly blocking streets depending on crowd size.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Make no mistake about it,” Morales said. “We are taking this event extremely serious. We know there is a potential of things taking a turn for the worse but that’s not the Miami way.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Justice Department unsealed Friday an indictment charging Trump with 37 felony counts, 31 relating to the willful retention of national defense information. Other charges include conspiracy to commit obstruction and false statements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The indictment alleges Trump intentionally retained hundreds of classified documents that he took with him from the White House to his Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, after leaving the White House in January 2021. The material he stored, including in a bathroom, ballroom, bedroom and shower, included material on nuclear programs, defense and weapons capabilities of the U.S. and foreign governments and a Pentagon “attack plan,” the indictment says. The information, if exposed, could have put at risk members of the military, confidential human sources and intelligence collection methods, prosecutors said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beyond that, prosecutors say, he sought to obstruct government efforts to recover the documents, including by directing personal aide Walt Nauta — who was charged alongside Trump — to move boxes to conceal them and also suggesting to his own lawyer that he hide or destroy documents sought by a Justice Department subpoena.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some fellow Republicans have sought to press the case that Trump is being treated unfairly, citing the Justice Department’s decision in 2016 to not charge Democrat Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information through a private email server she relied on as secretary of state. But those arguments overlook that FBI investigators did not find any evidence that Clinton or her aides had willfully broken laws regarding classified information or had obstructed the investigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Hampshire Republican Gov. Chris Sununu, speaking Sunday on CBS News, said there was a “huge difference” between the two investigations but that it “has to be explained to the American people.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Justice Department earlier this month informed former Vice President Mike Pence that it would not bring charges over the presence of classified documents in his Indiana home. A separate Justice Department special counsel investigation into the discovery of classified records at a home and office of President Joe Biden continues, though as in the Clinton case, no evidence of obstruction or intentional law-breaking has surfaced.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Trump’s own former attorney general, William Barr, offered a grim assessment of Trump’s predicament, saying on Fox News that Trump had no right to hold onto such sensitive records.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“If even half of it is true,” Barr said of the allegations, “then he’s toast. I mean, it’s a pretty — it’s a very detailed indictment, and it’s very, very damning. And this idea of presenting Trump as a victim here — a victim of a witch hunt is ridiculous.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 16:33:28', '2023-06-13 16:33:28'),
(7446, 7446, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he is working to extend an agreement that allows grain from war-torn Ukraine to reach the global market and prevent shortages.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That crucial accord granting safe passage for Ukrainian grain to be exported via Black Sea ports despite Moscow\'s invasion was signed in July 2022 by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations. It was renewed again in May but for only two months, until July 17.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow is demanding guarantees on another agreement concerning its own exports, in particular of fertilizer components.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am concerned, and we are working hard in order to make sure that it will be possible to maintain the Black Sea Initiative and at the same time that we are able to go on in our work to facilitate Russian exports,\" Guterres told a press conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accord helped alleviate foot shortages triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a major grain exporter, and its blockade of Ukrainian ports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia said last week that a Ukrainian sabotage group had blown up a section of a pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia -- a key component for making fertilizer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That stretch of the conduit is in Ukraine. The two countries have blamed each other for the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resumption of Russia\'s ammonia exports through the pipeline is one of Moscow\'s conditions to continue with the grain export deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin on Thursday said the blast on the pipeline would have a \"negative\" effect on talks to renew the grain export deal. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 16:36:15', '2023-06-13 16:36:15'),
(7447, 7447, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday he is working to extend an agreement that allows grain from war-torn Ukraine to reach the global market and prevent shortages.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That crucial accord granting safe passage for Ukrainian grain to be exported via Black Sea ports despite Moscow\'s invasion was signed in July 2022 by Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations. It was renewed again in May but for only two months, until July 17.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow is demanding guarantees on another agreement concerning its own exports, in particular of fertilizer components.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am concerned, and we are working hard in order to make sure that it will be possible to maintain the Black Sea Initiative and at the same time that we are able to go on in our work to facilitate Russian exports,\" Guterres told a press conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The accord helped alleviate foot shortages triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a major grain exporter, and its blockade of Ukrainian ports.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia said last week that a Ukrainian sabotage group had blown up a section of a pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia -- a key component for making fertilizer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That stretch of the conduit is in Ukraine. The two countries have blamed each other for the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resumption of Russia\'s ammonia exports through the pipeline is one of Moscow\'s conditions to continue with the grain export deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Kremlin on Thursday said the blast on the pipeline would have a \"negative\" effect on talks to renew the grain export deal. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 16:36:15', '2023-06-13 16:36:15'),
(7448, 7448, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Jatiya Kabi&nbsp; Kazi Nazrul Islam University has been appointed Tapon Kumar Sarker as the new dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thursday (June 13) , the registrar of the university Dr. Md. This information was informed through an office order signed by Humayun Kabir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the office order, according to Article 22(5) of Jatiya Kabi&nbsp; Kazi Nazrul Islam University Act 2006 for the next 2 years. Tapon Kumar Sarker has been appointed as the Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Note that, this order will be effective from the date of joining and he will be entitled to honorarium and other benefits as per rules for performance of duties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/jb/kh</div>', NULL, 'Nazrul University correspondent', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 17:33:30', '2023-06-13 17:33:30'),
(7449, 7449, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There will be no shortage of sacrificial animals in Chapainawabganj district this Eid-ul-Azha, and there will be a surplus of around 50,000 animals, concerned authorities have said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the Chapainawabganj unit of Department of Livestock, the district has 1,76,690 animals, as 12,159 farmers in five upazilas are currently rearing sacrificial animals for Eid-ul-Azha 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, the demand for sacrificial animals in the district is estimated to be 1,26,379, resulting in a surplus of 50,311 animals for the entire district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These animals have been reared in farms and in homesteads. Of these animals, there are 96,543 cows, 70,319 goats, 9,587 sheep, and 241 buffaloes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eid-ul-Azha 2023: 1,76,690 sacrificial animals ready in Chapainawabganj&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Farmers in the district reared animals, like they do every year, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha. They said that they do not use steroids to fatten up the animals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the farmers, enough cattle farms have been developed in the country. If the government pays attention to this sector, there will be no need to import cows from India or Myanmar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The price of cattle will be high as the cost of animal rearing has doubled compared to last year, they added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abu Bakkar, a farmer of Ramchandrapur area of Sadar upazila, said every year he buys and rears cows 3 to 6 months before Eid-ul-Azha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, he reared 80 cows in his farm worth Tk 150,000 to 450,000. \"I never use steroids or injections to fatten cows,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concerns were voiced by Saidur Rahman, manager of Bashari Agro Farm in Sadar upazila\'s Bulanpur area, who said, “We are facing issues as the price of animal feed continues to rise. Additionally, cows coming from India could further affect the market.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Currently, the sale of animals is not so good. But I hope the market will be in better situation within a week. If the supply flow of Indian cows is checked, many traders will come from other districts to buy animals, and farmers will get good prices,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Mostafizur Rahman, an official from the Department of Livestock, said there is no possibility of a shortage of sacrificial animals in Chapainawabganj. Instead, additional animals will meet the needs of other districts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, special training and mobile courts are being conducted so that farmers do not resort to unscrupulous means of fattening cows. \"Our field-level officers are working on this,\" the official said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said that, at present, the arrival of animals from India has been completely stopped. It is expected that sales at the haat (markets) will increase and farmers will get good profit, Dr. Rahman added. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 18:39:14', '2023-06-13 18:39:14'),
(7450, 7450, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday (June 13, 2023) morning to attend the two-day \"World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All\" to be held in the Swiss city on June 14-15.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A commercial flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10.01 am. The flight is scheduled to land at Geneva International airport at 5:30 pm local time (9:30 pm Bangladesh Time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 14, UNHCR chief Flippo Grandi will call on the prime minister at the bilateral room of Hotel President Wilson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later the PM will call on President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset at Palais de Nations. After the call-on there will be a possibility of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Knowledge and Skills enhancement between Bangladesh and Switzerland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the afternoon, the prime minister will address the Plenary of \'World of Work Summit 2023\' at Palais de Nations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On her arrival there, she will be greeted by ADG and Regional Director of ILO.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There will be a red carpet reception and Guard of Honour from the gate to the meeting venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She will also have a call on with President of Malta Dr. George Vella.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, the PM will attend a dinner with high level dignitaries hosted by the DG ILO at its headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 15, she will attend the \'A talk at the WEF\', followed by a meeting with founder of WEF Prof Klaus Schwab at WEF Office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There, she will address at the event on \"New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh\" organised by the World Economic Forum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, WTO DG Dr. Okonjo- Iweala will call on her at Hotel President Wilson. She will also attend a community event in the evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina will leave Geneva at 11am on June 16 and she is expected to arrive in Dhaka in the early hours of June 17.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The World of Work Summit 2023: Social Justice for All\" is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice, according to organisers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will provide an opportunity to discuss and inform the proposal to forge a Global Coalition for Social Justice, which was welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 347th Session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A number of high-level guests, including former President of France, Francois Hollande, former President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, as well as representatives of employers and workers, will address the conference. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 18:42:28', '2023-06-13 18:42:28'),
(7451, 7451, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi-NCR and many parts of north India on Tuesday afternoon. The earthquake of magnitude 5.4 occurred 30km southeast of Kishtwar in Jammu and Kashmir, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake was at a depth of 60 km (37.28 miles) and the epicentre of the quake was at a distance of 99 km north of Pathankot in Punjab, the EMSC said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The quake was felt around 1:30pm. There have been no reports of damage to property and loss of lives so far.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on Tuesday, an earthquake of magnitude 3.7 jolted Myanmar, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NCS said the earthquake occurred in Myanmar on Tuesday at 2:53 am (IST) and at a depth of 10 kilometres. NCS tweeted, \"Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 13-06-2023, 02:53:06 IST, Lat: 26.31 &amp; Long: 95.20, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Myanmar.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier on May 31, an earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit Myanmar, according to the National Center for Seismology (NCS). 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, '2023-06-13 19:48:39', '2023-06-13 19:48:39');
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(7452, 7452, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Actor Yash, who still hasn’t signed his next project since the release of KGF: Chapter 2, which came out last year, is said to have been approached for Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming magnum opus Ramayan, based on the Indian epic. It will reportedly feature Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, and Alia Bhatt as Sita. Yash was offered the role of Raavan, and has turned it down, as per a report.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per a new report, Yash is not too keen to play a negative character at this point in his career. Reacting to the report on Twitter, several fans said it’s a good decision to reject the offer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per a report by News18, Yash is aware of expectations from his fans, who don’t want him to take up a negative character.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Yash is very mindful of what his fans want and, right now, they definitely will not accept him in a negative role. He has always believed in his fans and gone by their sentiments so he will not be taking up this role,\" a source was quoted in the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One Twitter user said, “Good decision by boss (sic).” Another wrote, “Thank you anna (brother). Very good decision (sic).” One more tweeted, “He would be perfect as Ram. Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt will be perfect as the Vanar Sena in the background.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alia Bhatt seems to be all set to play Goddess Sita in Nitesh Tiwari\'s much-anticipated film, Ramayan. A recent report said the actor has been confirmed to play Sita opposite real-life husband Ranbir Kapoor, who will be seen as Lord Ram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Pinkvilla report quoted a source as saying that Alia was the first choice for Ramayan, but back in the day, the dates couldn’t match due to multiple reasons. But since the film got very delayed, Nitesh and producer Madhu Mantena have finally decided to go with their first choice. The source said that Alia is excited to play a character that could stay with her for a lifetime and Ranbir too is charged up for this new journey as Lord Ram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the months, several reports have made the rounds about Yash’s next possible collaboration. As per recent reports, Yash is said to have signed his next project with filmmaker Geethu Mohandas. Currently dubbed Yash 19, announcement regarding Yash’s next project is expected to be made soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a recent interview with Film Companion, Geethu confirmed that her next film will be a gangster flick. “It’s a gangster film. It’s a gangster genre with a female gaze. How about that? (sic),” Geethu said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yash was last seen on screen in last year’s KGF: Chapters 2, which was a mega success at the box-office. It grossed over ₹1000 crore at the global box office. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 19:52:29', '2023-06-13 19:52:29'),
(7453, 7453, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved a $400 million loan to Bangladesh to advance reforms in domestic resource mobilization, improve efficiency and productivity of public spending, and help small businesses, especially women-led businesses to access low-cost innovative bank financing.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>This loan is ADB\'s second subprogram of the Sustainable Economic Recovery Program that was launched in October 2021 to support economic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This subprogram enables Bangladesh to enhance revenues, promote efficiency and transparency in public spending and public procurement, deepen the reforms of state-owned enterprises, and help small businesses and micro entrepreneurs to access low-interest affordable credits from the banking sector,\" said ADB Principal Public Management Economist for South Asia Aminur Rahman.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>\"The subprogram, with a strong focus on gender, climate change, and digitization, enables the government to strengthen its efforts to support income generation for the poor and vulnerable,\" he added.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The program will enhance income tax collection through the adoption of the new Income Tax Act, reduce tax loopholes, strengthen compliance and enforcement measures, and broaden the country\'s tax net.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Transparency and efficiency in public procurement will be enhanced through strengthening electronic procurement and electronic payment systems, while approval of public projects will be facilitated through the newly launched digital system of public project appraisal and approval process.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The new package supports the launch by Bangladesh Bank of innovative financing services through commercial banks to provide low-cost microcredit using digital channels and e-wallet.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>It facilitates bank lending to marginalized and landless farmers, small traders, and low-income earners. Micro and small businesses and women entrepreneurs who do not possess land or property will also be able to access finance based on their trade receipts and other forms of nonfixed collaterals, such as small equipment and machinery.</div><div><br></div><div>Promoting gender equality and social inclusion and addressing the climate change agenda in public investment and national budgeting are some of the key activities of this new program.</div><div><br></div><div>ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 22:40:49', '2023-06-13 22:40:49'),
(7454, 7454, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>An accused in the BDR mutiny case died at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday, police said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased was identified as Md. Abed Ali, 57, son of late Masir Uddin. He was an accused in a case over 2009 BDR mutiny and an inmate of Dhaka Central Jail.</div><div><br></div><div>He was taken to DMCH on June 7 from jail after he fell sick and died in the medicine ward of the hospital at around 10:08am on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>DMCH police outpost In-Charge Inspector Md Bacchu Miah said the body was kept at the hospital morgue for autopsy.</div><div><br></div><div>Seventy-four people, including 57 army officials, were killed in the mutiny in the capital\'s Pilkhana headquarters of the erstwhile Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) on February 25 and 26 in 2009.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 58 cases, including one for murder and looting and the rest for mutiny, were filed in connection with the incident.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 152 people were sentenced to death and 423 others to different jail terms in the case. Besides, 277 accused were acquitted. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 22:51:45', '2023-06-13 22:51:45'),
(7455, 7455, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Martin Raiser, concluded his two-day visit to Bangladesh today and reaffirmed the World Bank\'s continued support to help the country to achieve sustainable and inclusive growth.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Raiser visited Bangladesh as part of his current visit to the South Asia Region. He met with the Bangladesh Bank Governor, Energy Minister, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Secretary, Economic Relations Division, and other senior government officials.</div><div><br></div><div>They discussed the World Bank\'s new country partnership framework for Bangladesh for fiscal years 2023-27 as well as how the World Bank support can be best utilized to help Bangladesh navigate the global uncertainties and increasing climate change impacts, said a press release.</div><div><br></div><div>Raiser urged speeding up the pace of implementation of the World Bank supported projects.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh faces continued external pressures, which require careful macroeconomic management, but also a deepening of structural reforms to attract more private investment, boost jobs and strengthen resilience against climate shocks,\" said Raiser.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We stand ready to redouble our support under our new country strategy and accelerated implementation of our large existing portfolio.\" added Raiser.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the World Bank and Bangladesh today signed a $191 million financing to strengthen the higher education sector and respond better to the COVID-19 pandemic.</div><div><br></div><div>The Higher Education Acceleration Transformation Project will support regional and global collaboration, research and innovation in higher education.</div><div><br></div><div>It will help more women access quality tertiary education. Sharifa Khan, Secretary, ERD and Abdoulaye Seck, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan signed the agreement on behalf of Bangladesh and the World Bank, respectively, in presence of Raiser. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-13 23:20:12', '2023-06-13 23:20:12'),
(7456, 7456, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The High Court on Tuesday granted additional two months to finish the investigation and submit the probe report in the case filed over the death of Sultana Jasmine in RAB custody in Naogaon.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The HC bench consisting of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Muhammad Mahbub-ul-Islam set the new date following a request from deputy attorney general Samarendra Nath Biwas, seeking more time to conclude the investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>The court emphasized the sensitivity of the matter and urged to complete the investigation within the given time frame.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“Two months, but only two months. Do not delay any further,” said the bench.</div><div><br></div><div>The writ petitioner lawyer Manoj Kumar Bhowmik opposed the fresh time and said the cabinet secretary had delayed forming the committee by one month after the HC directive issued on April 5.</div><div><br></div><div>The DAG requested the extension, stating that the investigation committee had visited the crime scene and gathered evidence.</div><div><br></div><div>In the earlier ruling, the High Court ordered the cabinet secretary to form a high-powered committee led by a District and Sessions Judge to investigate the Rapid Action Battalion\'s torture of Sultana Jasmine.</div><div><br></div><div>The court ordered the suspension of the RAB members who were involved in the detention of Jasmine for the time being.</div><div><br></div><div>The court also issued a ruling questioning the legality of arresting Sultana Jasmine without any formal charges and subsequent actions taken.</div><div><br></div><div>On March 25, following Jasmine\'s death, a three-member medical board performed the autopsy at RMCH morgue.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court sought the police report and postmortem report on March 27.</div><div><br></div><div>Union land office employee Sultana was detained by RAB members from Muktirmor area of Naogaon city on March 22 morning and died at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital on March 24.</div><div><br></div><div>However, the elite force denied the allegation of torture. They claimed that the victim was arrested for interrogation as there was an accusation of fraudulence against her. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 01:14:30', '2023-06-14 01:14:30'),
(7457, 7457, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh will see how opening batsman Tamim Iqbal gets on during practice before deciding if he is fit to play in the one-off Test against Afghanistan in Dhaka starting Wednesday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The hosts are already missing star all-rounder and skipper Shakib Al Hasan, who has been nursing a finger injury, and there are also doubts whether pace bowler Taskin Ahmed will play.</div><div><br></div><div>The availability of Tamim -- one of Bangladesh\'s most experienced players and posting an average of 38.89 with the bat -- will depend how his back is after practice.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I think he is going to train today and see how he feels,\" coach Chandika Hathurusingha said on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>\"He trained the day before and he had some discomfort when he was doing certain disciplines, fielding and batting.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So he\'s going to train today and we will assess him after training.\"</div><div><br></div><div>If Tamim does not make it, Zakir Hasan and Mahmudul Hasan could open the batting for Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Hathurusingha also refused to guarantee the inclusion of Taskin despite him recovering from a side injury that ruled him out of Bangladesh\'s last Test, a seven-wicket win over Ireland in April.</div><div><br></div><div>With the Asia Cup and one-day World Cup approaching, the team are worried about Taskin\'s workload.</div><div><br></div><div>He is one of the few players who is a regular starter for Bangladesh in all three formats when fit.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Physically I think he is in the best condition we all have seen,\" said Hathurusingha.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There\'s no injury. Bowling workload is the one little bit of concern we had leading up to this period.</div><div><br></div><div>\"So again, him also, we will assess after today\'s training and then make up our minds.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The one-off Test against Afghanistan at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium is set to take place on a green track much like the one for the Ireland Test.</div><div><br></div><div>\"You know that with this heat it\'ll deteriorate very quickly and then it\'ll help the spinners in the latter parts of the game,\" said Hathurusingha.</div><div><br></div><div>The two teams have played only one previous Test, with Afghanistan beating their hosts by 224 runs in Chittagong in 2019. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 01:56:11', '2023-06-14 01:56:11'),
(7458, 7458, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Censuring the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) for his comment about the attack on a mayoral candidate in Braishal City Corporation polls, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the current Election Commission cannot hold a credible national election.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“The Chief Election Commissioner said he was very satisfied with (Monday’s) city elections. Charmonai Peer Faizul Karim, a mayoral candidate in Barishal city polls, was beaten by the ruling party cadres, shedding blood from his body, but they (EC) couldn’t resist it,” said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a road march programme arranged by Dhaka South City unit BNP in the capital\'s Gopibagh area, he said the EC has failed miserably to ensure the security of even a respectable Alem and a mayoral candidate.</div><div><br></div><div>“You (EC) say that you will be able to hold the national parliamentary election in a free and fair manner. You won’t be able to do it. We\'ve seen you a lot,\" the BNP leader said.</div><div><br></div><div>He castigated CEC Habibul Awal for his remark that Fazlul Karim did not pass away in the attack by the ruling party activists during the voting.</div><div><br></div><div>“Have you wanted his dead body?&nbsp; Did you want him to die? We strongly condemn it,” said the BNP leader.</div><div><br></div><div>As part of BNP’s countrywide programme, the party\'s Dhaka South City unit staged a march towards Roysaheber Bazar from Gopibagh Sadeque Hossain Khoka Community Centre protesting the ongoing loadshedding across the country and widespread corruption in the power sector.</div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka North City unit BNP also marched towards Karwanbazar from Mohakhali on the same ground. BNP standing committee member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury inaugurated the programme.</div><div><br></div><div>In an address before the start of the march, Fakhrul said the government has hiked the power tariffs repeatedly, but people are facing load-shedding across the country. “But they (govt) celebrated the success of gaining self-sufficiency in power with a spectacular firework and laser show a few days back.”</div><div><br></div><div>He said the government set up quick rental power plants by taking away money from people’s pockets and paying money to even to power plants that remain out of production.</div><div><br></div><div>“This government’s only job is to cut public pockets. We used to shout and catch when anyone pickpockets in any meeting. It’s now the time to catch the current regime which is the real pickpocket.</div><div><br></div><div>It’s cutting our pockets every day by raising the prices of everything, including the essential items,” the BNP leader observed.</div><div><br></div><div>He said 10 pro-ruling party businessmen are controlling the power sector and siphoning off huge money abroad. “We are to pay Tk78,000 crore as capacity charge every year,” reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He also said that the government is now unable to supply the required power for the lack of fuel and energy.&nbsp; “So, economists are now saying the role model of Bangladesh’s development has now become a reason for headache.\"&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 02:38:39', '2023-06-14 02:38:39'),
(7459, 7459, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chairman of the Cabinet Committee on Law and Order and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque has said that the committee has recommended to the cabinet for extending the Eid-ul-Azha holiday by one day and begin the vacation on June 27 instead of June 28.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We have recommended to the cabinet for extending the Eid-ul-Azha holiday by one day more,” Mozammel Haque told journalists after a meeting on law and order at the home ministry conference room today.</div><div><br></div><div>He said, “If the cabinet passes our recommendation then the vacation will begin on June 27 instead of June 28 and through this, the Eid-ul-Azha holiday will be four days.”</div><div><br></div><div>About the meeting’s decisions, the minister said the government will not allow roadside temporary cattle markets during the Eid in the interest of free movement of homebound passengers through highways.</div><div><br></div><div>“We have instructed the DMP (Dhaka Metropolitan Police) Commissioner to talk with City Corporation authorities about temporary cattle markets in and around the city during the Eid. They will select vacant space for cattle markets so that the city dwellers can easily buy their sacrificial animals,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting was attended by, among others, home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Md Tajul Islam, state minister for shipping Khalid Mahmood Chowdhury, state minister for public administration Farhad Hossain, environment, forest and climate change Minister Md Shahab Uddin, public security division secretary Md Mustafizur Rahman, inspector general of police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun and other officials concerned.</div><div><br></div><div>The minister said that the number of drugs abusers has been increasing. So, the meeting has decided to engage civil society representatives to build awareness about drugs and its consequence, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>“Dope tests are being done to control drug addiction. Some policemen were suspended from their jobs due to drug addiction, as our government declared zero tolerance against drugs,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Mozammel urged the media to broadcast news and publish articles on drugs and its affects and save the next generation from drug addiction.</div><div><br></div><div>About militancy, he said, the government formed CTTC (Counter Terrorism &amp; Transnational Crime) and ATU (Anti Terrorism Unit) to root out militancy from the country. Members of the two departments have been working on it.</div><div><br></div><div>About Rohingyas, the minister said many Rohingyas were engaged in drug paddling through using Myanmar SIM cards. They are unruly and becoming threat to the law enforcement agencies. “Our existing law is not enough to control them,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question about attack on a Barisal city mayor candidate, the minister said the committee instructed police to make a report about the attack through proper investigation.</div><div><br></div><div>“The attackers will be brought to book. The Prime Minister has also ordered to investigate the matter,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>About propaganda and rumours on social media from abroad, he said many people are spreading rumours and propaganda in the country using social media like Tiktok, YouTube, facebook living abroad. “We cannot control them due to various reasons. They have no offices in the country,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Online media without registration must be registered quickly within a specified time, otherwise they will be closed, Mozammel added.</div><div><br></div><div>About the law and order in the country, he said the law and order is under the control. No major incident was found recently. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 03:37:54', '2023-06-14 03:37:54'),
(7460, 7460, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Geneva this afternoon on an official visit to attend the \"World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All\" to be held in the Swiss city on June 14-15.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>A regular flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at Geneva International airport at 5.10 pm local time (09.00pm BST). Earlier, the flight departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10.14am, PM’s speech writer Nazrul Islam said.</div><div><br></div><div>During the visit, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR chief Flippo Grandi will call on the Prime Minister at her place of residence on June 14.</div><div><br></div><div>Later, the premier will call on President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset at Palais de Nations. After the call on, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Knowledge and Skills enhancement between Bangladesh and Switzerland is likely to be signed there.</div><div><br></div><div>In the afternoon, the Prime Minister is scheduled to address the Plenary of \"World of Work Summit 2023\" at Palais de Nations.</div><div><br></div><div>On her arrival, she will be greeted by ADG and Regional Director of ILO where there will be a red carpet and Guard of Honour from the gate to the meeting venue, to the plenary venue.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina will also have a call on with President of Malta Dr George Vella. Later, she would have a meeting with ILO Director General Gilbert F Houngbo.</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, the Prime Minister is likely to attend a dinner with high level dignitaries hosted by the DG ILO at its headquarters.</div><div><br></div><div>On June 15, she is scheduled to attend \"A talk at the WEF\", followed by a meeting with founder of WEF Prof Klaus Schwab at WEF Office.</div><div><br></div><div>There, she will address the event on \"New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh\" organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF).</div><div><br></div><div>In the evening, WTO Director General Dr Okonjo-Iweala will call on her at her place of residence. She will also attend a community event in the evening.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Geneva International Airport, Geneva for Dhaka at 11am (local time) on June 16. She is likely to arrive in Dhaka early on June 17.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The World of Work Summit 2023: Social Justice for All\" is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.</div><div><br></div><div>It will provide an opportunity to discuss and inform the proposal to forge a Global Coalition for Social Justice, which was welcomed by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at its 347th Session.</div><div><br></div><div>A number of high-level guests, including former President of France, Francois Hollande, former President of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, as well as representatives of employers and workers, would address the conference.</div><div><br></div><div>The two-day summit will highlight the key role of social justice in creating a more sustainable and equitable world and will discuss strategies for increased and better-aligned joint action to advance social justice and ensure policy coherence.</div><div><br></div><div>It will provide a forum for participants to share their vision of and priorities for, social justice and to showcase the actions they are taking and they commit to take to advance social justice.</div><div><br></div><div>It is expected that the outcomes of the summit will inform discussions in other multilateral forums of the centrality of and strategies to achieve greater social justice, such as, in 2023, the Sustainable Development Goals Summit, the G20 and the summits of the BRICS countries.</div><div><br></div><div>The summit will feature addresses by Heads of State and Government, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the ILO Director-General and high-level representatives of employers\' and workers\' organisations.</div><div><br></div><div>There will be four panel discussions with high-level representatives of governments and employers\' and workers\' organisations, UN entities and other international organisations to identify and amplify actions towards social justice across the multilateral system and commit to a joint, coherent and coordinated engagement. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 03:51:19', '2023-06-14 03:51:19'),
(7461, 7461, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Donald Trump is returning to New Jersey after pleading not guilty to historic charges of mishandling sensitive files at a federal court in Miami, Florida.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump is the first US president - current or former - to be hit with a federal criminal indictment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arms crossed, in a dark suit and red tie, he sat in stone-faced silence for his second court appearance this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Republican will travel to his golf club in Bedminster, where he will address supporters on Tuesday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already, club employees have begun preparations for the rally, setting up American flags, bunting and dozens of white chairs ahead of the appearance by Mr Trump, who is the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before leaving Miami, Mr Trump, on his social media platform Truth Social, thanked the city for \"such a warm welcome on such a sad day for our country\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Just hours before, in a 13th floor room of a federal courthouse in downtown Miami, a sombre, subdued Mr Trump looked on while his lawyer entered a plea of not guilty on 37 counts of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the government\'s efforts to get them back.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We most certainly enter a plea of not guilty,\" the attorney, Todd Blanche, told the judge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump\'s co-defendant, Walt Nauta - a close aide charged with six criminal counts in the case - was sitting at the same table as the former president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the opposite side of the room sat the entire prosecution team, including special counsel Jack Smith, who announced the indictment last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former president, 76, was allowed to leave court without any restrictions to domestic or international travel. Prosecutors told Magistrate Judge Jonathan Goodman the defendant was not considered a flight risk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Mr Trump will not be allowed to discuss the case with Mr Nauta.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the hearing, the Republican flashed supporters a thumbs up as his motorcade left the courthouse. As the drove away, an anti-Trump protester dressed in a prison jumpsuit ran into the street in front of the Trump motorcade before he was pushed away by security - perhaps the most unruly moment of a largely peaceful day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Trump and his security detail travelled directly to Versailles, a popular Cuban restaurant in Miami\'s Little Havana, where he was greeted by a throng of supporters who lined up for photos with the former president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He appeared to take part in a prayer with some patrons, and was treated to a chorus of Happy Birthday to You, ahead of his 77th on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alina Habba, a lawyer attorney for the former president, repeated the former president\'s claims that the charges were politically motivated as she addressed media outside court.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are at a turning point in our nation\'s history, the targeting prosecution of a leading political opponent is the type of thing you see in dictatorships like Cuba and Venezuela,\" she told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What is being done to the President Trump should terrify all citizens of this country,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before the hearing, court officials said Mr Trump would not have a mugshot taken but would be digitally fingerprinted and asked to submit a DNA sample by swab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A trial date has not yet been set, though the case is still earmarked for Aileen Cannon, a federal district judge in South Florida who was appointed by Mr Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 12:29:45', '2023-06-14 12:29:45'),
(7462, 7462, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three guests at a White House LGBTQ+ Pride party on Saturday have been banned from future events after posing topless on the South Lawn.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the behaviour as \"unacceptable\" and \"unfair\" to others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rose Montoya, a trans woman, influencer and advocate, was one of those banned after posting a video on social media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In response, Ms Montoya said being topless in Washington was legal and she had no intention of being vulgar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Montoya posted a 58-second video of the White House event which included a moment where she is seen topless, with her hands over her chest, next to two shirtless trans men.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Are we topless at the White House?,\" someone off camera asks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday: \"It was unfair to the hundreds of attendees who were there to celebrate their families.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This behaviour is inappropriate and disrespectful for any event at the White House. It is not reflective of the event we hosted to celebrate LGBTQI+ families or the other hundreds of guests who were in attendance,\" Ms Jean-Pierre said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Individuals in the video will not be invited to future events.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ms Montoya\'s video also featured US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden speaking at the podium and later greeting Ms Montoya.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After a backlash online, Ms Montoya shared a TikTok video in which she questioned why her chest was now seen by some as inappropriate when, she said, before she came out as transgender, it was not.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"My trans masculine friends were showing off their top surgery scars and living in joy, and I wanted to join them,\" she said. \"And because it is perfectly within the law of Washington DC, I decided to join them and cover my nipples just to play it safe.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the video, captioned \"free the nipple\", she added: \"I was simply living my joy and my truth and existing in my body.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Hundreds of guests were in attendance at the event, which the White House said was the largest Pride party ever hosted at the official home and office of the president. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 12:33:28', '2023-06-14 12:33:28'),
(7463, 7463, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \">More than 100 people have drowned in north central Nigeria after a boat carrying families returning from a wedding sank in a river, police and local authorities said on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Details about the accident in Kwara State were still emerging, but it was the latest boat tragedy in Nigeria where river capsizes are common due to overloading, lax safety procedures and heavy flooding in the rainy season.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The river boat was ferrying people in Kwara State from a wedding in neighbouring Niger State when it went down, local state police and the governor\'s office said, without giving details of the cause.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So far we have 103 people dead and over 100 rescued from the boat accident,\" Kwara State police spokesman Okasanmi Ajayi told AFP by telephone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Search and rescue is still ongoing which means the toll is likely to rise.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kwara State governor\'s office did not give a toll, but said the victims had been returning from a wedding ceremony to Kwara\'s Patigi district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Governor is sad to receive reports of the boat accident involving several people, particularly residents of Ebu, Dzakan, Kpada, Kuchalu, and Sampi, all in Patigi,\" the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Governor sends his heartfelt condolences to the people of these communities.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last month, 15 children drowned and 25 others went missing after their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Sokoto State as they were on their way to collect firewood.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost exactly a year earlier, another 29 children from a nearby village also drowned in the same river as they were on a trip to collect firewood for their families.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During massive flooding in the rainy season last December, at least 76 people drowned when their boat went down in a swollen river in southeast Anambra State.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With poor road infrastructure a common problem and kidnapping for ransom a major issue along some highways, river boat travel for transport and trade is common in Nigeria.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Niger River is West Africa\'s main waterway running in a crescent through Guinea to Nigeria\'s Niger Delta and is a key local trade route for some of the countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nigeria\'s National Inland Waterways Authority has tried to ban night-time sailing on rivers to stop accidents and says overloading ships is a criminal offence, but skippers and crews often ignore the regulations. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 15:12:13', '2023-06-14 15:12:13'),
(7464, 7464, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published Wednesday by the Britain-based Reuters Institute.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report found that 55 percent of TikTok and Snapchat users and 52 percent of Instagram users get their news from \"personalities\" -- compared to 33-42 percent who get it from mainstream media and journalists on those platforms, which are most popular among the young.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The figures were based on interviews with some 94,000 people across 46 countries, conducted for the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, part of Britain\'s University of Oxford.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"While mainstream journalists often lead conversations around news in Twitter and Facebook, they struggle to get attention in newer networks like Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok,\" the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lead author Nic Newman highlighted people like Britain\'s Matt Welland, who discusses current affairs and daily life on TikTok for his 2.8 million subscribers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Or it could be a celebrity like a footballer talking about a topical news event,\" he told AFP, such as footballer Marcus Rashford\'s 2020 campaign to get free school meals for children from poor families.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For young people, \"news\" is not just the traditional focus on politics and international relations, but \"anything new that is happening in any walk of life: sports, entertainment, celebrity gossip, current affairs, culture, arts, technology...\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Fundamental change\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facebook remains the leading source of news among social networks worldwide, but its influence is dropping, with 28 percent saying they use it to get news, compared with 42 percent in 2016.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This likely reflects Facebook\'s shift away from news-sharing towards a focus on friends and family, as well as young people\'s preference for more video-based apps like TikTok and YouTube.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">TikTok now reaches 44 percent of 18-24-year-olds, and 20 percent get their news from the app, up five percent on last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The biggest challenge for traditional news outlets is the falling number who go direct to their websites -- just 22 percent, down 10 points since 2018 -- rather than relying on social media links.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his foreword, Reuters Institute director Rasmus Kleis Nielsen said this shift presented \"a much more fundamental change\" for the news industry than even the shift from paper to digital a generation ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Legacy media... now face a continual transformation of digital as generations come of age who eschew direct discovery for all but the most appealing brands, (and) have little interest in many conventional news offers oriented towards older generations\' habits, interests, and values,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These new audiences are aware of the risks of relying on algorithms, with only 30 percent thinking this is a good way to get a balanced diet of news -- but that is still considered better than relying on journalists, who scored just 27 percent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">None of this is good news for media firms reliant on subscribers and ad revenue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The report found that 39 percent of subscribers had cancelled or renegotiated subscriptions, though the overall share of people paying for news across 20 countries surveyed remained stable compared with last year at 17 percent. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 15:17:00', '2023-06-14 15:17:00');
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(7465, 7465, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Extreme weather conditions in Europe have killed almost 195,000 people and caused economic losses of more than 560 billion euros since 1980, the European Environment Agency said Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Nearly 195,000 fatalities have been caused by floods, storms, heat- and coldwaves, forest fires and landslides\" between 1980 and 2021, the EAA said in its report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the 560 billion euros ($605 billion) in losses, only 170 billion, or 30 percent, were insured, the EEA said, as it launched a new online portal collating recent data on the impact of extreme weather.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"To prevent further losses, we need to urgently move from responding to extreme weather events...to proactively preparing for them,\" EEA expert Aleksandra Kazmierczak told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the latest data, heatwaves accounted for 81 percent of deaths and 15 percent of financial losses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Europe needs to take measures to protect its ageing population, with the elderly particularly sensitive to extreme heat, the EEA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Most national adaptation policies and health strategies recognise the impacts of heat on cardiovascular and respiratory systems. But less than half cover direct impacts of heat like dehydration or heat stroke,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The summer of 2022 saw more deaths than usual in Europe following repeated heatwaves, but the 2022 deaths were not included in the data published on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were 53,000 more deaths in July 2022 than the monthly average in 2016-2019, up by 16 percent, though not all of those deaths were directly attributed to the heat, the EEA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spain registered more than 4,600 deaths linked to the extreme heat in June, July and August.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate modelling has predicted longer, more intense and more frequent heatwaves.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In February 2022, the EAA said extreme weather killed 142,000 people and caused 510 billion euros in losses for the period 1980-2020.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The increase in the figures released on Wednesday was partly due to the fact that in 2021, flooding in Germany and Belgium led to economic losses of almost 50 billion euros.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In terms of deaths, a change in methodology in France and Germany was responsible for the large variation, the EEA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Devastating consequences\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Climate change caused by humans increased the risk of drought five- or six-fold in 2022, a year when forest fires ravaged twice as much territory as in recent years, the EEA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Droughts could end up being very costly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Economic losses could rise from nine billion euros per year currently to 25 billion euros at the end of the century if the planet warms by 1.5C degrees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That could climb to 31 billion euros if it warms by 2C and 45 billion euros if it warms by 3C, according to scientific scenarios.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The consequences for agriculture could be \"devastating\", the EEA warned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Farmers can limit adverse impacts of rising temperature and droughts by adapting crop varieties, changing sowing dates and with changed irrigation patterns,\" the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Without changes, yields and farm incomes are projected to decline in the future, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While human losses from flooding are much lower, accounting for just two percent of the total, they are the most costly, accounting for 56 percent of economic losses. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 15:20:22', '2023-06-14 15:20:22'),
(7466, 7466, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three people were killed after a series of explosions caused by fireworks struck residential buildings in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin, local officials said Wednesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The blasts, which occurred shortly after 8 pm Tuesday, are believed by authorities to have been ignited by a 46-year-old man who has since been arrested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several others were injured and were still being treated by emergency responders on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The explosions rocked two residential apartment compounds roughly one kilometre apart in the eastern part of Tianjin, which is about 110 km (70 miles) southeast of Beijing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The arrested suspect, surnamed Ma, is under investigation but no initial findings have been made public.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Images of the scene shared on social media showed firefighters attempting to assist victims inside a housing block, the outside of which appeared to be heavily damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One video showed second-storey balconies hanging precariously over piles of rubble, while a fire blazed from an upstairs window.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State-controlled National Business Daily reported that 26 homes were damaged as a result of the blasts and that 34 people were evacuated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another video, a man at the scene says a housing block was left \"decrepit\" by the blasts. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 15:25:34', '2023-06-14 15:25:34'),
(7467, 7467, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Afghanistan won the toss in the one-off Test and chose to bowl first on Wednesday in Dhaka.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is only the second Test match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The first Test was played in 2019, which Afghanistan won in Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh is missing the services of Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal, as both players are dealing with injuries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shakib\'s injury has given Litton the opportunity to lead the Bangladesh team in Test cricket for the first time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tamim had hoped to play until the day before the match. The national physiotherapist stated that they have made efforts to treat Tamim\'s injury, but the opener requires more time to fully recover and participate in the longer format of the game. It remains unclear how many more days he will need to be fully prepared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan is also facing injury concerns as their star spinner, Rashid Khan, will be unable to play in this match due to an injury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the pre-match press conference, both teams expressed their confidence in winning this match.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh (Playing XI): Najmul Hossain Shanto, Zakir Hasan, Mominul Haque, Mahmudul Hasan Joy, Mushfiqur Rahim, Litton Das(w/c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Taijul Islam, Taskin Ahmed, Shoriful Islam, Ebadot Hossain</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan (Playing XI): Ibrahim Zadran, Abdul Malik, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Nasir Jamal, Afsar Zazai(w), Karim Janat, Amir Hamza, Zahir Khan, Nijat Masood, Yamin Ahmadzai. 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, '2023-06-14 15:30:00', '2023-06-14 15:30:00'),
(7468, 7468, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality was marked \"unhealthy for sensitive groups\" this morning (June 14, 2023).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 133 at 9:08 am, Dhaka ranked 4th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chile’s Santiago, Indonesia’s Jakarta and India’s Delhi occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 148, 145 and 137 respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered “unhealthy”, particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be “poor\'”, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered “hazardous”, posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how safe or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Air pollution consistently ranks among the top risk factors for death and disability worldwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, largely as a result of increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 16:26:53', '2023-06-14 16:26:53'),
(7469, 7469, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 33-year-old woman and her 10-year-old daughter were found dead at their house in Dhaka’s Merul Badda today.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased were identified as Bristi Akter, wife of Selim, and their daughter Sanja Marwa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inspector Bachchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital Police camp, said Selim found Bristi and Sanja unconscious early this morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were taken to a local hospital where the doctors declared them dead around 5:30 am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police suspected that both of them were strangled to death. They also arrested Selim in this connection.&nbsp; UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 16:37:40', '2023-06-14 16:37:40'),
(7470, 7470, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A school student of class 7 died and five other students fell sick from heat stroke on Tuesday in different schools under Dumuria and Rupsa upazilas of Khulna district.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased was identified as Surjit Basak, son of Anupati Basak, a class 7 student at Kalibari Secondary School.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to family sources, Surjit went to school on Tuesday morning. But on the way, he fell sick in the sweltering heat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was taken to Dumuria Upazila Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dumuria Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Koni Mia confirmed the death of Surjit Basak due to \"cardiac arrest.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, five students of Kajdia Secondary Girls School in Rupsa upazila fell sick from excessive heat due to load shedding during an examination. They were taken to the Upazila Health Complex.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chand Sultana, the head teacher of the school, said, \"Due to load shedding and intense heat, the students started feeling sick and lost consciousness in the exam hall. They were immediately taken to the Upazila Health Complex.” UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 17:26:02', '2023-06-14 17:26:02'),
(7471, 7471, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Can England regain the Ashes playing their ultra-aggressive \"Bazball\" brand of cricket or will they come unstuck against battle-hardened Australia?</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The answer will come over the coming weeks, starting with the first Test of a hotly anticipated five-match series at Edgbaston on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England have forced the rest of the world to sit up and take notice, with 11 wins in 13 Tests since captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum joined forces last year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But doubts persist as to whether their policy of all-out attack can work against arch-rivals Australia, who only last week hammered India by 209 runs at The Oval to win the World Test Championship final.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Steve Waugh, the last Australia captain to win an Ashes series in England, back in 2001, is not alone in questioning whether Stokes\'s side have an alternative plan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Have they got a Plan B?\" Waugh said to the Australian media. \"They have shown they are good enough to carry this style of cricket off but the ultimate test will be against a world-class bowling attack, which Australia has got.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England had won just one out of 17 Tests before newly appointed English cricket chief Rob Key brought McCullum and Stokes together to oversee a dynamic revamp of their long-format game dubbed \"Bazball\", in reference to the nickname of former New Zealand captain McCullum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And all-rounder Stokes is adamant he has no intention of altering his approach.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Nothing is going to change because we\'ve had unbelievable success with it,\" the 32-year-old told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we were to change anything from the last 12 months because we find ourselves in an Ashes series then anything from the last 12 months will have been completely pointless.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Strike rate -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England have scored at an eye-watering 4.85 runs an over in the past year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And England great James Anderson, Test cricket\'s most succesful paceman, said that had benefits for the bowlers as well.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The (bowling) run-rate is irrelevant to Ben in particular,\" explained Anderson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He\'s like \'I don\'t care how many runs you go for, I want 20 wickets as quickly as possible\'. You\'re constantly thinking, as a bowler then, about \'How am I taking my next wicket\'?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of more immediate concern to England fans than Stokes\'s philosophy is his fitness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stokes, a lively seamer, opted against bowling himself in England\'s recent 10-wicket win over Ireland after struggling with a knee injury.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has since declared himself fit to bowl and with Anderson and fellow paceman Ollie Robinson suffering niggling injuries, the hosts will hope he can make good on those words.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England will be without Jack Leach for the whole Ashes after the left-arm spinner was ruled out with a back problem.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moeen Ali has been recalled in his absence and the off-spinner\'s two-year Test retirement could end at his Edgbaston home ground, even though he averages an expensive 64.65 in Ashes cricket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ashes-holders Australia, by contrast, have a proven world-class off-spinner in Nathan Lyon, who is closing in on 500 Test wickets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Captain Pat Cummins is in the fortunate position of deciding if either Mitchell Starc or Josh Hazlewood joins him in a fast-bowling attack likely to include Scott Boland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Boland\'s fine WTC final display -- he took five wickets in the match -- left him with 33 wickets in eight Tests at a miserly average of 14.57.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Second-ranked Australia drew the last Ashes series in England in 2019 2-2 and demolished the old enemy 4-0 on home turf in 2021/22.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But they have not won a series in England for 22 years, with many of their batsmen, the outstanding Steve Smith excepted, struggling to adapt to English conditions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia have now gone 12 Test innings in England since enjoying a first-wicket stand of 20 or more, while under-pressure opener David Warner, 36, has now managed just one century in his past 34 Test innings against all opponents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His battle with his nemesis, paceman Stuart Broad, will be just one of a number of fascinating subplots, with Tests at Lord\'s, Headingley, Old Trafford and The Oval to follow the curtainraiser in Birmingham.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"An Ashes (in England) is bloody hard to win. It\'s been 20-odd years so it\'s not going to be easy,\" said the 30-year-old Cummins. \"If we win, that is legacy-defining stuff.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 17:29:09', '2023-06-14 17:29:09'),
(7472, 7472, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the growing role of regional organizations in shaping a new multipolar world, addressing a meeting with Venezuelan youth in Caracas on Tuesday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Therefore, we have joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and expressed our readiness to join BRICS,\" Raisi said in a live broadcast on Venezolana de Television, a state TV channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Iranian president also pointed to the need to reform the United Nations, primarily the UN Security Council. \"Today it is an organization of governments, but it should become an organization of the peoples,\" Raisi stressed. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 17:38:30', '2023-06-14 17:38:30'),
(7473, 7473, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning Argentina teammates are expected to draw almost 70,000 fans to Beijing Worker’s Stadium for an exhibition against Australia.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With tickets starting at around $80 for Thursday’s game, local supporters are excited to see Messi and continue the World Cup celebrations. Fans have flocked to all opportunities to see the Argentine star since the team arrived in China, with large crowds angling for photographs and chanting his name.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi’s move to “continue my path” in Miami last week made global headlines after he turned down extremely lucrative offers from Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia in favor of Major League Soccer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that after winning the World Cup, it was his time to go the United States and “live football in another way.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before then, he’s with the Argentina squad that is scheduled to play Australia in the Chinese capital and take on Indonesia in Jakarta four days later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia coach Graham Arnold said he was looking forward to giving a selection of young players some valuable experience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There\'s no better team to test yourself against than he best in the world,” Arnold said in an interview for Chinese TV. “It\'s going to be great for the players — not only the players, but for everyone here in China and back in Australia — to see Lionel Messi play.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He\'s such a wonderful player and obviously best in the world. To have those privileges to test yourself against him, it\'s important.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi led Argentina to a 2-1 win over the Australians in the Round of 16 at the World Cup last year in Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For the Socceroos, though, this rematch is not about revenge for a defeat but more the journey to the next Asian Cup, at Qatar in January, and beyond.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It’s a younger squad but I’m also looking with one eye on the World Cup in 2026 and getting players ready for that,” Arnold said. “I don’t believe there’s a better way to test them out.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia, which joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006 and won the regional title on home soil in 2015, will take on India, Syria and Uzbekistan at the Asian Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arnold has handed first call-ups to Italian-based defender Alessandro Circati and Melbourne City goalkeeper Thomas Glover, and has recalled Gianni Stensness and Denis Genreau.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In other international friendlies this week, Japan will play El Salvador and South Korea, led by former U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, will take on Peru on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Klinsmann is sweating on the fitness of Tottenham star player Son Heung-min, who had a hernia operation after the end of the English Premier League season. According to Korea Football Association officials, Son wants to play but it has yet to be decided.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh Hyeon-gu, who helped Celtic to the Scottish championship, could make the step up in Son’s absence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I don’t know about playing time, but whether I am given one minute or 90 minutes, I will do my best,” Oh said. “I traveled to Qatar for the World Cup. I was so desperate to play and I know all the stadiums … I want to make those dream moments if I can go to the Asian Cup.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh’s Celtic teammate Kyogo Furuhashi did not make Japan’s roster at the World Cup but the Scottish Premiership Player of the Year has been recalled by Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“He has been contributing to the team’s victories with consistent performance and a strong presence on the field,” Moriyasu, who is looking to lead Japan to a fifth continental title, said of the striker. “We expect him to score goals and be involved in creating goal-scoring opportunities.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As well as the Asian Cup, Qatar is preparing for a second successive guest appearance later this month at the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the tournament that determines the champion of the region that encapsulates North and Central America as well as the Caribbean.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It starts with a friendly against Jamaica in Austria on Thursday. At the World Cup, Qatar lost all three of its group games but appointed former Real Madrid and Portugal boss Carlos Queiroz in February.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defending Asian champion, which also reached the semifinals of the 2021 Gold Cup, will take on Haiti, Honduras and Mexico in the tournament hosted by the United States. AP/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, '2023-06-14 17:43:38', '2023-06-14 17:43:38'),
(7474, 7474, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin said he saw no need to impose a martial law throughout Russia\'s entire territory, although some issues still need to be dealt with in a more detailed and thorough manner.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In general, introducing some kind of special regime or martial law across the country does not make any sense. There is no such need today. We need to work more carefully on some issues,\" he told foreign correspondents during a meeting on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin went on to say that the work of law enforcement and security agencies needs to be improved and expanded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And in general, it seems to me that the tasks in this regard are also solvable,\" the Russian president added. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 18:16:14', '2023-06-14 18:16:14'),
(7475, 7475, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Mohammed Shahabuddin today visited Bangabhaban Toshakhana Museum at Bangabhaban here this noon.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Head of the State witnessed a video of the renovated installations of the historic Toshakhana Museum as well as the Bangabhaban, the Presidential palace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangabhaban was once called \'Manuk House\'. After that it was regarded as \'Governor House\'. A unique combination of Victorian architecture with Islamic and Bengali architecture, this building is now the office and residence of the President of the Republic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Shahabuddin visited the installations at different rooms staying there over 30 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Toshakhana building is well-decorated with the gifts from different heads of state and government of different countries and historic photographs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under the overall supervision of Bangabhaban, this dilapidated Toshakhana was renovated into a museum with a modern look on January this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On January 24 in 2023, erstwhile President M Abdul Hamid inaugurated the renovated installations of the Bangabhaban Toshakhana Museum, remaining open for visitors in a limited scale.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is need a good task . . . Moreover it is well-decorated as well,\" President Shahabuddin expressed his satisfaction soon after visiting the museum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later, the President also signed a visitors\' book there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the history guides people to the past as well as guides the future and Bangabhaban is a unique monument of Bengali history and tradition.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I believe, the Bangabhaban Toshakhana Museum will play an important role in preserving the rich history of Bangabhaban and presenting it from generations to generations,\" President Shahabuddin mentioned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;\"The souvenirs displayed in the Toshakhana Museum and stills from various periods would contribute to linking the past with the present and the future,\" the President added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting that this museum as one of the monuments of centuries of colorful history and tradition of the Bengalis, he said the domestic and foreign envoys or ambassadors and visitors would be able to get acquainted with the country\'s history, heritage and culture during their visit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Toshakhana Museum would serve as one of the mediums to bridge the gap between Bangabhaban and the people of the country, the President hoped.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;President\'s Office Secretary Sampad Barua, Military Secretary Major General SM Salahuddin Islam, Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin and Secretary (Attachment) Md Wahidul Islam Khan and high civil and military officers accompanied the President there. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 19:57:35', '2023-06-14 19:57:35'),
(7476, 7476, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Four fresh earthquakes jolted the Jammu region on Wednesday and triggered panic among residents, a day after a 5.4 magnitude quake hit the Doda district of the Union territory.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Officials said there were no reports so far of any loss of life or damage to property.</div><div><br></div><div>In Kishtwar, a 3.3 magnitude quake was recorded at 8.29 am. Its epicentre was at a depth of five kilometres, as per the National Centre for Seismology (NCS).</div><div><br></div><div>Prior to that, tremors of magnitude 3.5 were recorded in Doda at 7.56 am and the epicentre was at a depth of 10 kilometres, data from the NCS showed.</div><div><br></div><div>Two more earthquakes were recorded in the early hours of the day as well.</div><div><br></div><div>At 2.20 am, a 4.3 magnitude quake was recorded in the Doda district at a depth of 10 kilometres, as per the data.</div><div><br></div><div>The other quake, which had a magnitude of 2.8, occurred 74 kilometres east of Katra in Reasi district at 2.43 am, according to the NCS. Its epicentre lay at a depth of five kilometres.</div><div><br></div><div>The four fresh earthquakes hit a day after high-intensity tremors jolted the Doda district.</div><div><br></div><div>Tuesday\'s quake damaged several buildings in the twin mountainous districts of Doda and Kishtwar. Five people, including two schoolchildren, suffered injuries, while schools were shut as a precautionary measure by the administration.</div><div><br></div><div>The earthquake was widely felt in the Jammu and Kashmir region and neighbouring states. Source: PTI</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 20:56:19', '2023-06-14 20:56:19'),
(7477, 7477, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Saudi Arabia\'s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has left for a state visit to France where he will meet President Emmanuel Macron, a statement said on Wednesday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The 37-year-old prince, who is overseeing sweeping social and economic reforms in the oil-rich monarchy, will also take part in the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact in Paris next week, the Royal Court statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday Prince Mohammed, often known as \"MBS\", will attend an official Saudi reception for Riyadh\'s candidacy to host Expo 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>The trip underlines close French ties with the resource-rich Gulf.</div><div><br></div><div>In December 2021, Macron became one of the first Western leaders to meet Prince Mohammed in Saudi Arabia since Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed and dismembered inside Riyadh\'s Istanbul consulate in 2018. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 21:47:57', '2023-06-14 21:47:57'),
(7478, 7478, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Najmul Hossain struck an unbeaten century to guide free-flowing Bangladesh to 235-2 at tea on Wednesday\'s opening day of their one-off Test against Afghanistan.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Najmul led the charge after the hosts were sent in to bat on a green surface at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>He was 126 not out at the break after scoring his third Test century, while opener Mahmudul Hasan made his third fifty on his way to 76.</div><div><br></div><div>Former captain Mominul Haque was unbeaten on 11 at the interval alongside Najmul, who has hit 21 fours and one six so far.</div><div><br></div><div>Najmul and Mahmudul put on 212 runs in the second wicket partnership after they came together in the second over of the innings.</div><div><br></div><div>Occasional spinner Rahmat Shah broke their partnership when Mahumdul attempted a cut shot only to edge a catch to Ibrahim Zadran at slip.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahmudul hit nine boundaries in his sedate 137-ball innings.</div><div><br></div><div>Debutant pacer Nijat Masood was the only other Afghanistan bowler with any success, removing opener Zakir Hasan for one with his first Test delivery in the day\'s second over.</div><div><br></div><div>Zakir was initially declared not out by the on-field umpire but the replay indicated that the left-hander had nicked the ball to wicketkeeper Afsar Zazai.</div><div>Najmul hit back-to-back fours off Yamin Ahmadzai in the next over to deny Afghanistan further momentum.</div><div><br></div><div>A single off Amir Hamza earned him his hundred off 118 balls.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan won the only Test between the two teams when they beat the home side by 224 runs at Chittagong in 2019. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 22:32:04', '2023-06-14 22:32:04'),
(7479, 7479, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The government approved a proposal in principle for awarding Summit Oil and Shipping Company Limited the work of setting up the 3rd floating LNG terminal at Moheshkhali in Cox\'s Bazar.</span><br></b></div><div><b>&nbsp;</b></div><div>The floating LNG terminal would have a capacity of dealing with 600 MMCF LNG per day.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The approval came from the 13th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs this year held today virtually with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Briefing reporters after the meeting virtually, Cabinet Division additional secretary Sayeed Mahbub Khan said that the day\'s meeting also approved three proposals in principle from the Ministry of Industries and one proposal in principle from the Health Services Division.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>He informed that Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) under the Ministry of Industries in three separate proposals would procure 3.90 lakh metric tons of urea fertilizer from Fertiglobe Distribution Limited, UAE under G to G agreement for the current fiscal year (FY24), another 4.80 lakh metric tons of urea fertilizer from Muntajat, Qatar under G to G agreement for the current fiscal year and another consignment of urea fertilizer from SABIC, Agri-Nutrients Company, Saudi Arabia also under G to G agreement for the current fiscal year.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>Mahbub said following a proposal from the Health Services Division, Community Based Health Care Authority (CBHC) would procure 27 types of medicines under the Direct Procurement Method (DPM) from Essential Drugs Company Limited for some 14,200 community clinics. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 23:00:19', '2023-06-14 23:00:19'),
(7480, 7480, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A 27-year-old woman from Hyderabad has been stabbed to death in London\'s Wembley. Kontham Tejaswini, who had gone to London for higher studies, was allegedly attacked by her Brazilian flatmate at a residential property around 10 am on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>While Tejaswini died on the spot, the Metropolitan Police said a second woman, aged 28, was taken to a hospital with stab injuries \"that were later assessed as not life-threatening\". The incident took place in Neeld Crescent, Wembley.</div><div><br></div><div>A cousin of Tejaswini in Hyderabad, identified as Vijay, said the accused was a Brazilian man and had moved into the shared accommodation - where Tejaswini lived with her friends - less than a week ago. Tejaswini had reportedly gone to London in March last year to get her Masters degree.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Two people, a 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman, were arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder. The man remains in custody. The woman has been released without further action,\" said a statement from the police.</div><div><br></div><div>Another suspect, a 23-year-old man, has also now been arrested.</div><div><br></div><div>\"This has been a fast-moving investigation and I would like to thank the public for sharing our appeal for information about this man. He is now in custody,\" Detective Chief Inspector Linda Bradley, from the Met\'s Specialist Crime Command, was quoted in the statement as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I recognise the significant concern this incident has caused in the community and I would like to reassure the public that a dedicated team of detectives are working to establish what happened (sic),\" she added. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-14 23:33:38', '2023-06-14 23:33:38'),
(7481, 7481, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The two-day Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Committee of Senior Officials (CSO) Meeting kicked off in Sylhet today.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, the current Chair of IORA, is hosting the 13th Bi-Annual CSO Meeting of IORA on 13-14 June, an official release said here.</div><div><br></div><div>Seventy-five delegates from 23 IORA Member States and IORA Secretariat are attending the CSO, the release added.</div><div><br></div><div>They will discuss various issues relating to six priority areas and two focus areas of IORA including Maritime Safety and Security; Trade and Investment Facilitation; Fisheries Management; Disaster Risk Management; Tourism and Cultural Exchanges; Academic, Science and Technology Cooperation; Blue Economy and Women\'s Economic Empowerment.</div><div><br></div><div>Other important issues including institutional arrangement and broadening engagement will also be discussed.</div><div><br></div><div>Foreign Minister Dr A K Abdul Momen announced the opening of 13th Bi-Annual CSO through a video message.</div><div><br></div><div>In his speech, the foreign minister urged the member states to push forward for tapping into the tremendous amount of untapped and unexplored potential for growth and requested them to complement each other by more intense interaction, idea-sharing and enhanced cooperation.</div><div><br></div><div>Secretary, Maritime Affairs Unit of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rear Admiral (retd) Md Khurshed Alam made the opening remarks alongside presiding over the meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>IORA Secretary General Dr Salman Al Farisi; Vice-Chair Sudharshan Seneviratne, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh; IORA past chair Ahmed Albadawi, Acting Deputy Director of Economic and Trade Affairs Department, UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs also spoke at the opening session. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 00:54:00', '2023-06-15 00:54:00');
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(7482, 7482, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the international community to invest in social justice in order to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies across the world.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“We can achieve lasting peace and sustainable development on the foundation of social justice. We must invest in social justice in our efforts to build peaceful, just and inclusive societies worldwide,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The premier was addressing the plenary session of the two-day ‘World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All’ here in Geneva, which is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.</div><div><br></div><div>The ILO’s summit has brought together over a dozen heads of state and government, high-level representatives from the United Nations, other international organizations, and employers’ and workers’ organizations.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said Bangladesh continues to play a leading role in ensuring safe, orderly and regular migration.</div><div><br></div><div>“We urge the international community to pay heed to climate change impacts on human mobility and overall work environment,” she said in her speech delivered in Bengali.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said this summit meeting, with the launch of the Global Coalition, has created an opportunity to place social justice at the heart of all international development agenda, including SDGs. “Our government will actively consider joining the Global Coalition through further discussions with our social partners at the national level,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In this context, she placed a five-point suggestion for the global coalition.</div><div><br></div><div>The suggestions include; “One, it would be advisable to develop this Coalition as a consultative or advocacy platform rather than as a norm-setting or negotiating forum; Two, the Coalition must guard against weaponising ‘social justice’ by one international quarter against the other in the current geopolitical context; and Three, the Coalition should make sure that instead of being used as a protectionist tool, social justice should be widely promoted under a rules-based multilateral trading system.”</div><div><br></div><div>The rest two suggestions are; “Four, the Coalition needs to ensure broad-based support from ILO\'s own constituents with a view enlisting the International Financial Institutions for the purpose of promoting decent work and productive employment; and Five, the Coalition should give attention to making our youth champion social justice.”</div><div><br></div><div>Turning to Bangladesh, PM Hasina said a Tripartite Consultative Council (TCC) comprising representatives of workers, employers and the government continues to monitor and advance the overall labour situation in the country. A separate TCC has been constituted for the apparel industry.</div><div><br></div><div>She said it was our government that increased the minimum wage for garment workers from Tk 1,600 to Tk 8,000. “We have plans to formulate a policy framework to determine minimum wages through collective bargaining in different industrial sectors,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladesh leader said trade union registration has been made online. The rate of trade union registration has increased from 60 percent in 2013 to 90 percent in 2022. “The number of trade unions in the garments sector has increased nine-fold in the last nine years. Workers and employers are being regularly trained on the trade union registration process,” she said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>She said two separate toll-free helplines have been launched for Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and non-EPZ areas. Besides, databases are being developed with particulars of garment factory workers to ensure transparency and discipline in administering their remuneration and other benefits, she added.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said Bangladesh has recently signed ILO Convention 138 on determining the minimum age for child labour. “We have declared eight hazardous sectors to be free of child labour,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, in 2023-24 fiscal year, a programme is underway to rehabilitate 100,000 children engaged in hazardous work by providing them non-formal and technical education, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>“I want the country to be free from the scourge of child labour for the sake of a healthy and secure future generation,” said Hasina.</div><div><br></div><div>She said Bangladesh today is resolutely moving towards building a just, inclusive and resilient society with the ability to deal with various natural and man-made disasters of the past.</div><div><br></div><div>During Covid-19 pandemic, her government allocated USD 588 million for regular salary payments to workers in export-oriented industries; around USD 300 million for distributing food free-of-cost to under-privileged families; and USD 156 million approximately for distribution among five million poor families, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said the government is supplying essential food items at subsidized prices for ten million low-income families to manage the inflationary pressures in the wake of the Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>She said a total of 27 million people are receiving direct cash transfer under 119 social protection schemes. Some 16.7 percent of the budget recently announced for 2023-24 fiscal year has been earmarked for social security in general, she noted.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that Bangladesh is taking multi-pronged initiatives to achieve SDG targets, she said, “We shall conclusively graduate from the UN LDC status by 2026. Accordingly, we are implementing a Roadmap on Labour Sector for the 2021-26 period,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said Bangladesh is a signatory to eight of the ten fundamental ILO Conventions on labour rights protection. “We are actively considering ratification of the two new fundamental ILO Conventions concerning occupational health and safety,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She, however, said it is a matter of great regret that certain developed countries that are otherwise vocal about labour rights have not themselves ratified most of the fundamental ILO Conventions. For instance, a major industrialized country has signed only two fundamental Conventions, she cited.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said her government has followed ILO’s recommendations to amend the Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 twice in 2013 and 2018. Moreover, amendments have been made to the Bangladesh Labour Rules, 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are working on further amendments to the Labour Act, 2006 by this year. We have already given approval for applying Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 in the Special Economic Zones. Alongside the Labor Appellate Tribunal and seven Labour Courts, six additional Labour Courts have been set up by our present government,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms are being institutionalized with participation of social partners. Besides, an \'Industrial Police\' unit has been formed for promoting sound industrial relations, she mentioned.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said the safety and working environment of all ready-made garment factories in the country have been assessed and the export-oriented ones have been remedied accordingly. More than half of the world\'s top 100 environment-friendly garment factories are now located in Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>“To take forward this achievement, we have formulated a \'Green Factory Award Policy\'. I hope our international buyers would encourage such eco-friendly initiatives by paying fair prices for the products,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her government is setting up a \'National Research and Training Institute on Occupational Health and Safety\'. Specialized doctors are providing regular medical service to workers through 32 Labour Welfare Centers, she noted.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said a provision has been included in the Labour Act for four months’ paid leave and maternity benefits for female workers. Some 6,430 day-care centers have been set up in different factories and establishments. “We have called for ‘zero-tolerance’ to all forms of violence or harassment against women in industries and workplaces,” she went on.</div><div><br></div><div>“Recently, I have given directives to explore ways to factor in women\'s unpaid domestic work in our national GDP,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Under the aegis of \'Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation’, our workers and their family members receive financial assistance in various sectors, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition, a \'Central Fund\' has been established under the Ministry of Labour and Employment for supporting the socio-economic development of workers in export-oriented industries along with their families, she said adding that an \'Employment Injury Insurance Scheme\' was launched on a pilot basis in 2022 for workers in the garments sector.</div><div><br></div><div>Mentioning that two million young men and women are entering our employment market anew every year, she said her government is setting up 100 Special Economic Zones across the country for creating ten million new employments by 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>She said the government is providing soft loans, refinancing scheme and free training for the Cottage, Micro, Small and Medium Industries. “In the current fiscal year, Bangladesh Bank has launched a refinancing scheme worth about USD 2.3 billion for the CMSME sector,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that after the assassination of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members, military dictators used to run the country.</div><div><br></div><div>She mentioned that after coming back to the country in 1981, she got the opportunity to form the government in 1996, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“I started to work to change the lot of the country people, my only aim to change their fate, and make Bangladesh a peaceful and developed sonar Bangla, I have dedicated my life for the toiling masses of Bangladesh,” she said.</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 01:21:54', '2023-06-15 01:21:54'),
(7483, 7483, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the growing role of regional organizations in shaping a new multipolar world, addressing a meeting with Venezuelan youth in Caracas on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Therefore, we have joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and expressed our readiness to join BRICS,\" Raisi said in a live broadcast on Venezolana de Television, a state TV channel.</div><div><br></div><div>The Iranian president also pointed to the need to reform the United Nations, primarily the UN Security Council. \"Today it is an organization of governments, but it should become an organization of the peoples,\" Raisi stressed. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 01:55:16', '2023-06-15 01:55:16'),
(7484, 7484, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Actor Swastika Mukherjee took to Facebook to announce that she won\'t be a part of her upcoming film Shibpur\'s promotional events. The trailer for the Bengali film was released on Tuesday and as informed by the actor, she did not attend the event. Her decision comes months after Swastika had lodged a complaint against the film\'s producer for sending her threatening emails, and morphed photos.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>In her new post, Swastika said, “To all my journalist friends who have been calling and messaging me for the past few days to ask whether I will be attending the trailer launch of my film Shibpur, well I will not. I am not in Kolkata but even if I was in the city I would not have attended. Anyone telling you otherwise is lying.”</div><div><br></div><div>“se*ual harassment is not a joke and there is no forgiveness for it. And neither is there any redemption. The producers may think all is chill and cool but IT IS NOT. IT WILL NEVER BE. But #Shibpur is my film and I will definitely share the trailer for my followers and fans. Thank you,” she added.</div><div><br></div><div>Fans react to Swastika\'s decision</div><div>Swastika\'s decision has been appreciated by many on Facebook. One of them commented, “Perfectly said! I admire u very much for this.” “No mercy for such mean people. Perfect decision,” said another one. Someone also wrote to her, “You have done a fabulous job and just as Kharajda, Neel, Ronnieda and the entire cast and a fabulous team of crew behind the cameras. Anxiously waiting to see you all on screen.”</div><div><br></div><div>Shibpur is a political thriller. It is directed by Arindam Bhattacharya and stars Parambrata Chatterjee, Rajatava Dutta, Mamata Shankar, Kharaj Mukhopadhyay and Susmita Mukherjee, apart from Swastika.</div><div><br></div><div>Swastika\'s sexual harassment case</div><div>In March, Swastika had officially lodged a complaint at Kolkata\'s Golf Green Police Station and sought help from the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA) after she said she received threatening emails from Sandeep Sarkar and his associates to ‘cooperate’ with them. Sandeep is the co-producer of Shibpur. She also added that they claimed to have her morphed, ‘nude’ pictures which they threatened to leak on pornography websites. According to Hindustan Times&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 02:41:52', '2023-06-15 02:41:52'),
(7485, 7485, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that her government has been able to set a high standard in holding elections.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“No election has been a questionable one during the tenure of our government. We’ve been able to establish a high standard in terms of elections. No controversial polls like the 15th February, 1996 election held during the BNP’s tenure has been held and will not be&nbsp; during the Awami League’s regime,” she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina, who is now in Geneva, said this in her written answer to a question from Awami League Kazim Uddin Ahmed (Mymensingh-11) in the House.</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said all the parliamentary elections and by-elections as well as local body elections and by-elections, which were already held, have been conducted in quite neutral, free and fair manners. The Election Commission arranged these elections freely with its absolute authority, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said, \"Awami League has never come to seize power, rather has come to give back their rights to the people so that the people can choose their government.\"</div><div><br></div><div>Hasina said the people of Bangladesh achieved democracy,&nbsp; freedom of expression and voting rights under the leadership of Awami League.</div><div><br></div><div>She said whenever Bangladesh Awami League formed the government, fair, free and impartial elections were held and the Election Commission has been given all kinds of support to enable it to perform its duties independently.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"The current government has taken all the necessary measures including providing full assistance to the Election Commission in order to make the upcoming parliamentary election transparent, free, fearless, fair, neutral and acceptable to all,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Noting that&nbsp; Awami League believes in the people\'s mandate, she said the people will decide who will run the country.&nbsp; \"It is the power of the people.&nbsp; Our government is committed to ensuring people\'s power,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her government enacted the \'Chief Election Commissioner and Other Election Commissioners Appointment Act 2022\' and CEC and other election commissioners were appointed in a fully neutral way by forming a six-member search committee as per the law</div><div><br></div><div>The Election Commission is stronger, more impartial and administratively and financially independent than any time, she said</div><div><br></div><div>The PM said all government officials/organizations related to elections will come under the authority of the Election Commission during the election for a specific&nbsp; period.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The Election Commission shall act independently in line with its constitutional mandate and do everything necessary for the conduct of a fair election,\" she said, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>The AL president said they are inviting local and&nbsp; foreign observers to watch the election.\"Anyone who wants to send observers can do so.&nbsp; Our government is committed to make the national election free, fair and impartial,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 03:20:22', '2023-06-15 03:20:22'),
(7486, 7486, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has unanimously adopted Bangladesh\'s flagship resolution on the Culture of Peace.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in New York Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith introduced the resolution at the UNGA on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While introducing the resolution, Ambassador Muhith highlighted the continued relevance of culture of peace in today\'s world characterized by complex challenges and boundless opportunities, the mission said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Indeed, it is more urgent today than ever to promote a culture of peace; to prioritize dialogue and rapprochement over violence and confrontation,\" said Ambassador Muhith.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution was first adopted on September 13, 1999, during the first tenure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since then, Bangladesh has been facilitating this resolution at the assembly every year and also convening a High-level Forum on the Culture of Peace in the General Assembly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This recent High-Level Forum which was held on September 6, 2022, focused on transformative role of culture of peace to ensure justice, equality, and inclusion for advancing peacebuilding.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, the resolution centered on collective efforts to address global risks and challenges with the United Nations playing a central role.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">breakingnews/ka</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 13:42:26', '2023-06-15 13:42:26'),
(7487, 7487, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A woman who was eight months pregnant died after a man shot multiple times into a car she was in while stopped at an intersection in central Seattle, authorities said.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 34-year-old woman\'s baby was delivered at a hospital and but died soon after, The Seattle Times reported Wednesday, citing a probable cause statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 37-year-old man who was in the car with the woman was wounded in the arm and remained hospitalized.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The motivation for the Tuesday morning shooting in the Belltown neighborhood was unclear.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A man approached the car, fired at the driver\'s side with a handgun and ran away, the statement said. Video from the neighborhood showed no previous interaction with the victims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 30-year-old man who matched witnesses\' description was located by police soon after. Approached by officers, he raised his arms and said, “I did it, I did it,” according to police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Police said he told investigators he saw a firearm in the vehicle and reacted by firing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was taken into custody, and a judge found probable cause to hold him on investigation of homicide, assault and unlawful possession of a firearm, according to a spokesperson for prosecutors. He had not yet been charged as of Wednesday. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 14:21:23', '2023-06-15 14:21:23'),
(7488, 7488, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Wednesday that the knee of Awami League (AL) has started shaking due to the US sanctions.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The knee of the Awami League has started shaking because of the sanctions by America. We can’t show faces due to shame,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fakhrul said this while addressing as the chief guest at a youth rally organised by the party to woo youths with slogans ‘young generation will cast votes, fighting for vote’ in Kazir Dewri area of the port city of Chattogram on Wednesday afternoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He put a question saying, who has been using the Rapid Action Battalion, used to pick up their brothers and kill?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Urging all to be united, the BNP leader said the AL can’t be trusted on the election issue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paintign a picture of a balanced state, he said all basic rights to the people will be ensured once they come to power in the future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He alleged that peoples’ voting rights along with other rights were snatched away by the ruling party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fakhrul said AL men are misappropriating people’s money in the name of development while general people are being deprived of their basic needs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expressing sympathy to Islami Andolon Bangladesh leader Mufti Faizul Karim for attacks on him, the BNP leader claimed that the total election system collapsed in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Secretary General Fakhrul expressed his doubts about a slow poisoning to Chairperson Khaleda Zia and alleged that she has been kept in detention in an unjust way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the country\'s people have been passing days in pain due to the price hike of the essential commodities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Vice Chairmen Abdullah Al Noman and Barkat Ullah Bulu and Jubo Dal President Sultan Salauddin Tuku, among others spoke among others. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 14:24:23', '2023-06-15 14:24:23'),
(7489, 7489, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the ‘Culture of Peace’.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, Ambassador Muhammad Abdul Muhith, introduced the resolution at the UNGA on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While introducing the resolution, Ambassador Muhith highlighted the continued relevance of culture of peace in today\'s world, characterised by complex challenges and boundless opportunities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Indeed, it is more urgent today than ever to promote a culture of peace; to prioritize dialogue and rapprochement over violence and confrontation,\" said Ambassador Muhith</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution was first adopted on September 13, 1999, during the first tenure of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNGA resolution on Ukraine: Dhaka says ‘constrained to abstain’</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since then, Bangladesh has been facilitating this resolution at the assembly every year and also convening a high-level forum on the culture of peace in the General Assembly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last High-Level Forum, which was held on September 6, 2022, focused on the transformative role of culture of peace to ensure justice, equality, and inclusion for advancing peace-building.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year, the resolution centred on collective efforts to address global risks and challenges with the United Nations playing a central role. It underscored the importance of strengthening preventive diplomacy, dialogue, and healthy debates at all levels.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While reaffirming the invaluable role of women in conflict prevention and resolution, it called for fully equal and meaningful participation of women in such processes. Among others, the resolution stressed the need to address the underlying drivers of violence and conflict and also to promote a culture of peace in the context of ongoing digital transformation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative stated that the resolution of the Culture of Peace has, over time, grown in relevance and evolved into a dominant theme, finding larger footprints and recognition in all major UN discourses.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">UNGA Resolution on Ukraine: 32 countries including Bangladesh, India and China abstain</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In the rapidly changing global situation, it has proved to be a useful means to complement UN Charter obligations of maintaining peace in the world,” he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This year\'s resolution has been cosponsored by more than 100 countries, showcasing a broad-based endorsement from a diverse representation of UN member states.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh\'s continued facilitation of this resolution each year stands as a testament to the international community\'s profound confidence in Bangladesh as a steadfast advocate for global peace. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 15:52:29', '2023-06-15 15:52:29'),
(7490, 7490, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A fishing boat crammed to the gunwales with migrants trying to reach Europe capsized and sank Wednesday off the coast of Greece, authorities said, leaving at least 79 dead and many more missing in one of the worst disasters of its kind this year.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coast guard, navy and merchant vessels and aircraft fanned out for a vast search-and-rescue operation set to continue overnight. It was unclear how many passengers were missing, but some initial reports suggested hundreds of people may have been aboard when the boat went down far from shore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An aerial photograph of the battered blue vessel released by the Greek coast guard showed scores of people covering practically every inch of deck.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Greece’s caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, declared three days of national mourning, “with our thoughts on all the victims of the ruthless smugglers who exploit human unhappiness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Coast guard spokesman Nikos Alexiou told state ERT TV that it was impossible to accurately estimate the number of passengers. He said it appeared that the 25- to 30-meter (80- to 100-foot) vessel capsized after people abruptly moved to one side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The outer deck was full of people, and we presume that the interior (of the vessel) would also have been full,” he said. “It looks as if there was a shift among the people who were crammed on board, and it capsized.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A coast guard statement said efforts by its own ships and merchant vessels to assist the boat were repeatedly rebuffed, with people on board insisting they wanted to continue to Italy. Coast guard officials said the trawler’s engines broke down around 1:40 a.m. Wednesday, and just under an hour later, the ship started to list abruptly from side to side before capsizing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ship sank 10 to 15 minutes later, the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ioannis Zafiropoulos, deputy mayor of the southern port city of Kalamata, where survivors were taken, said that his information indicated there were “more than 500 people” on board.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities said 104 people were rescued after the sinking in international waters about 75 kilometers (45 miles) southwest of Greece’s southern Peloponnese peninsula. The spot is close to the deepest part of the Mediterranean Sea, and depths of up to 17,000 feet (5,200 meters) could hamper any effort to locate a sunken vessel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Twenty-five survivors ranging in age from 16 to 49 were hospitalized with hypothermia or fever.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the port of Kalamata, around 70 exhausted survivors bedded down in sleeping bags and blankets provided by rescuers in a large warehouse, while paramedics set up tents outside for anyone who needed first aid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Katerina Tsata, head of a Red Cross volunteer group in Kalamata, said the migrants were also given psychological support.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“They suffered a very heavy blow, both physical and mental,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescue volunteer Constantinos Vlachonikolos said nearly all the survivors were men.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“They were very worn out. How could they not be?” he said. Rescuers said many of the people pulled from the water couldn’t swim and were clutching debris. The coast guard said none had life jackets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Greek coast guard said 79 bodies have been recovered so far. Survivors included 30 people from Egypt, 10 from Pakistan, 35 from Syria and two Palestinians, the agency said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Italy-bound boat was believed to have left the Tobruk area in eastern Libya — a country plunged into chaos following a NATO-backed uprising that toppled and killed longtime autocrat Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Human traffickers have benefited from the instability, and made Libya one of the main departure points for people attempting to reach Europe on smuggler’s boats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The route from North Africa to Italy through the central Mediterranean is the deadliest in the world, according to the U.N. migration agency, known as IOM, which has recorded more than 21,000 deaths and disappearances there since 2014.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smugglers use unseaworthy boats and cram as many migrants as possible inside — sometimes inside locked holds — for journeys that can take days. They head for Italy, which is directly across the Mediterranean from Libya and Tunisia, and much closer than Greece to the Western European countries that most migrants hope to eventually reach.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In February, at least 94 people died when a wooden boat from Turkey sank off Cutro, in southern Italy, in the worst Mediterranean sinking so far this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Italian coast guard first alerted Greek authorities and the European Union border protection agency, Frontex, about an approaching vessel on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IOM said initial reports suggested up to 400 people were on board. A network of activists said it received a distress call from a boat in the same area whose passengers said it carried 750 people. But it wasn’t clear if that was the vessel that sank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After that first alert, Frontex aircraft and two merchant ships spotted the boat heading north at high speed, according to the Greek coast guard, and more aircraft and ships were sent to the area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But repeated calls to the vessel offering help were declined, the coast guard said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In the afternoon, a merchant vessel approached the ship and provided it with food and supplies, while the (passengers) refused any further assistance,” the coast guard said. A second merchant ship later offered more supplies and assistance, which were turned down, the agency added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, a coast guard patrol boat reached the vessel “and confirmed the presence of a large number of migrants on the deck,” the statement said. “But they refused any assistance and said they wanted to continue to Italy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coast guard boat accompanied the migrant vessel and later headed a major rescue operation by all the ships in the area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alarm Phone, a network of activists that provides a hotline for migrants in trouble, said it was contacted by people on a boat in distress on Tuesday afternoon. That boat was in the same general area as the one that sank, but it was not clear if it was the same vessel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organization notified Greek authorities and Frontex. In one communication with Alarm Phone, migrants reported the vessel was overcrowded and that the captain had abandoned the ship on a small boat, according to the group. They asked for food and water, which were provided by a merchant ship.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We fear that hundreds of people have drowned,” Alarm Phone said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwreck in living memory occurred on April 18, 2015, when an overcrowded fishing boat collided off Libya with a freighter trying to come to its rescue. Only 28 people survived. Forensic experts concluded that there were originally 1,100 people on board. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 15:57:53', '2023-06-15 15:57:53'),
(7491, 7491, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the \'unhealthy for sensitive groups\' zone this morning.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 120 at 8:57 am, Dhaka ranked 6th in the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chaina’s Sanghai, Indonesia’s Jakarta and China’s Wuhan occupied the first three spots, with AQI scores of 156, 156 and 134, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered \'unhealthy\', particularly for sensitive groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is said to be \'poor\', while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to inform people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is, and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants -- Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winter and improves during the monsoon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the advent of winter, Dhaka’s air quality starts deteriorating sharply due to the massive discharge of pollutant particles from construction work, rundown roads, brick kilns, and other sources. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 16:12:29', '2023-06-15 16:12:29'),
(7492, 7492, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nine drones were either downed of jammed in Crimea during the night, one of them detonated in the village of Dokuchayevo, breaking windows in several residential houses, Crimea\'s head, Sergey Aksyonov, said on Thursday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"During this night and morning, nine drones were seen over Crimea\'s territory: six were downed by air defense systems and three were jammed and forced to land by electronic warfare means. One drone detonated in the village of Dokuchayevo. No one was hurt. Windows were broken in several houses,\" he wrote on his Telegram channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The village of Dokuchayevo is located some 40 kilometers from Crimea\'s capital Simferopol.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The previous mass drone attack on Crimea occurred in the night on June 4. Five droned were shot down and four more were jammed. One drone fell down in Dzhankoi, breaking windows in three private houses and one car. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 16:15:46', '2023-06-15 16:15:46'),
(7493, 7493, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Debutant Afghan pacer Nijat Masood impressed with a five-wicket haul as Bangladesh were dismissed for 382 in their first innings of the Dhaka Test.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh lost their last five wickets within seven overs. In the morning session of the second day, they managed to add only 20 runs in 44 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nijat claimed three of the last five wickets, becoming the second Afghan bowler to achieve a five-wicket haul on debut after Amir Hamza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yamin Ahmadzai initiated the day\'s proceedings by dismissing Mehidy Hasan Miraz, who scored 48 runs. In the subsequent over, Nijat joined the action and removed Mushfiqur Rahim for 47 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Also read: Shanto’s ton helps Bangladesh to dominate in Dhaka Test</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nijat bowled a short ball to Mushfiqur, who attempted to play it along the ground but ended up offering a catch to the slip cordon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both overnight batsmen were dismissed in consecutive overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ultimately, Bangladesh\'s innings concluded at 382 in 86 overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Najmul Hossain Shanto led the charge for Bangladesh with his third Test century, well supported by Mahmudul Hasan Joy, who contributed a solid 76 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nijat shone for Afghanistan, claiming five wickets for 79 runs, while Yamin secured two wickets. 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, '2023-06-15 16:46:54', '2023-06-15 16:46:54'),
(7494, 7494, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Messi mania gripped Beijing ahead of a sell-out friendly on Thursday evening between world champions Argentina and Australia in the Chinese capital.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">All eyes were on Lionel Messi, arguably the greatest footballer of all time and who lifted the World Cup for Argentina in December.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hundreds of Chinese fans waving Argentinian flags and wearing Messi jerseys have massed outside the team\'s luxury hotel ever since their idol touched down on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Crowds have lined heavily guarded streets hoping to catch a glimpse of the 35-year-old each time the team go for training.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The man himself has kept a low profile, but that has done little to dampen enthusiasm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One daring fan recounted his tale of spending the night inside the Four Seasons hotel in a bid to get a close encounter with Messi and his teammates.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I first hid in the janitor\'s closet, then went up to the team\'s floor through the fire escape staircase,\" the man, surnamed Lin, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was questioned by hotel security before being released.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another fan, Li Weihua, said that he had flown from his home city of Shenzhen in southern China, heading straight to the hotel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He does not even have a ticket for the match at the 68,000-capacity Workers\' Stadium, which was quickly sold out.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I just want to feel the environment,\" said the 29-year-old, who had never been to Beijing before now.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Huang Yongming, 17, from the northeastern city of Changchun, was more successful in getting a highly coveted ticket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I spent around 3,000 yuan ($419) for a ticket,\" Huang told AFP. \"I know it\'s expensive, but I thought that if I didn\'t take the opportunity, I would regret it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A smattering of fans had already started to gather at the stadium, even with the 8:00 pm (1200 GMT) kickoff several hours away and the sun beating down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Messi is set to join Inter Miami after two years at Paris Saint-Germain. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 16:52:19', '2023-06-15 16:52:19');
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(7495, 7495, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Hundreds of cattle in Kanaighat upazila of Sylhet district have contracted lumpy skin disease — causing grave concern among farmers ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 300 cows infected with lumpy skin disease have died in the upazila; cattle farmers and those who rear cows at home are facing huge losses as a result.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sources said, the viral disease has been noticed in most cattle farms in the upazila. Cattle farmers are particularly worried considering the Eid-ul-Azha season, as they have been rearing the animals for the occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to the outbreak of the virus, no cattle market has been set up in the upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cattle farmers worry over spread of lumpy skin disease</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The viral disease is being noticed in Laxmiprashad West, Laxmiprashad East, Dighirpar East, Satbak and the municipality area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The veterinarians in the Upazila Livestock Hospital are struggling to provide medical treatment to the cattle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking to owners and farmers of different cattle farms, UNB’s Sylhet correspondent learnt that lumpy skin disease had spread in the area two and a half months ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At first, small lumps were seen on the cows and later the lumps were swollen. At one stage, reddish holes appeared on the cows’ skin, the farmers described.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The infected cows cannot be fed properly as their throats also swell up, they added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the infected cows die due to gradual weakening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a highly contagious virus, but the affected cattle can be cured after a few months of proper treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Workshop discusses measures to prevent lumpy skin disease</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. Nabanita Sarkar Tonni, in-charge of Kanaighat Upazila Livestock Hospital, said most of the cattle in the locality are being infected with the virus and there is no vaccine and medicine for its treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The authorities concerned of the hospital have already circulated leaflets and made announcements about the outbreak of lumpy skin disease. A meeting has also been arranged in each union with farmers and farm owners over the issue, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Despite manpower shortage, we are providing treatment to the infected cattle. It takes 3-4 months for the cows to be fully cured and the farmers have been asked to have patience,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lumpy skin disease causes concern for Faridpur cattle farmers</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Nabanita also advised the farmers to keep their cows under nets, so that the virus is not spread to healthy animals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry suggested checking mosquito breeding in farm areas and using antipyretic, antibiotic and antihistamine from registered veterinarians to control the disease. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 17:24:51', '2023-06-15 17:24:51'),
(7496, 7496, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The morgue manager at America\'s prestigious Harvard Medical School allegedly took dead body parts from his workplace without permission and then sold them, US prosecutors said Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cedric Lodge, 55, has been charged with trafficking in stolen human remains, the US attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Some crimes defy understanding,\" said the attorney, Gerard Karam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It is particularly egregious that so many of the victims here volunteered to allow their remains to be used to educate medical professionals and advance the interests of science and healing,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lodge has been charged alongside his wife, 63-year-old Denise Lodge, and five other alleged co-conspirators with involvement in a \"nationwide network\" of bought and sold human remains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prosecutors say that from 2018 to 2022 Cedric Lodge \"stole organs and other parts of cadavers donated for medical research and education before their scheduled cremations.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He is accused of taking the remains from the Harvard site in Boston to his home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, where he and his wife sold the remains to two of the other accused -- Katrina Maclean and Joshua Taylor.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At times, Lodge \"allowed Maclean and Taylor to enter the morgue... and examine cadavers to choose what to purchase,\" the attorney\'s office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prosecutors say Maclean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts, and Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania then resold the remains for profit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The indictment alleges that Maclean shipped human skin to Taylor to have him \"tan the skin to create leather,\" the Boston Globe reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lodge managed the morgue for Harvard\'s anatomical gifts program. He was fired from his post on May 6, the school said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are appalled to learn that something so disturbing could happen on our campus,\" George Daley, the dean of Harvard University\'s medicine faculty, and Edward Hundert, dean of medical education, said in a joint statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another co-accused allegedly stole remains from a morgue in Arkansas where she worked, including the corpses of two stillborn babies who were due to be cremated and returned to their families.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two other people charged allegedly bought and sold remains from each other, exchanging more than $100,000 in online payments. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 17:43:43', '2023-06-15 17:43:43'),
(7497, 7497, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Howling gales and crashing waves pounded the coastline of India and Pakistan on Thursday hours before a powerful cyclone was due to make landfall, with those unable to flee seeking shelter where they could.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nearly 150,000 people have fled the predicted path of Cyclone Biparjoy, whose name means \"disaster\" in Bengali, with meteorologists warning it could devastate homes and tear down power lines when it lands late Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Powerful winds and storm surges were forecast to hammer a 325-kilometre (200-mile) stretch of coast between Mandvi in India\'s Gujarat state and Karachi in Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jayantha Bhai, a 35-year-old shopkeeper in India\'s beach town of Mandvi, told AFP soon after dawn on Thursday that he was afraid for his family\'s safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is the first time I\'ve experienced a cyclone,\" Bhai said, a father of three boys aged between eight and 15, who planned to wait out the cyclone in his small concrete home behind the shop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is nature, we can\'t fight with it,\" he said as driving rain lashed his home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s Meteorological Department predicted the \"very severe\" storm would hit near the Indian port of Jakhau on Thursday evening, warning of \"total destruction\" of traditional mud and straw thatched homes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At sea, winds were gusting at up to 180 kilometres per hour (112 miles per hour), with speeds predicted to reach 115-125 kph and gusts of up to 140 kph by the time it makes landfall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India\'s meteorologists warned of the potential for \"widespread damage\", including the destruction of crops, \"bending or uprooting of power and communication poles\" and disruption of railways and roads.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Schools turned shelters -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In India, the Gujarat state government said 75,000 people had relocated from coastal and low-lying areas to shelter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan\'s climate change minister Sherry Rehman said on Wednesday 73,000 people had been moved from southeastern coastal areas and housed in 75 relief camps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It is a cyclone the likes of which Pakistan has never experienced,\" she told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many of the areas affected are the same inundated in last year\'s catastrophic monsoon floods, which put a third of Pakistan under water, damaging two million homes and killing more than 1,700 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"These are all results of climate change,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Storm surges were expected to reach 3.5 metres (11.5 feet), with flooding possible in the megacity of Karachi, home to about 20 million people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our concern is when the cyclone is over, how will we feed our children?\" said 80-year-old Wilayat Bibi, in a relief camp in the city of Badin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If our boats are gone. If our huts are also gone. We will be languishing with no resources.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Terrified\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Late on Wednesday, a short distance from India\'s Jakhau port, about 200 people from the Kutch district huddled together in a single-storey health centre.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many were worried about their farm animals, which they had left behind.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhal Jetheeben Ladhaji, 40, a pharmacist at the health centre, said 10 men had stayed behind to look after hundreds of cattle crucial to their village\'s livelihood.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are terrified, we don\'t know what will happen next,\" Ladhaji said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are praying to God that the cyclone does not come, and that these people who are staying in the shelter can go back to their homes with smiles on their faces.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyclones -- the equivalent of hurricanes in the North Atlantic or typhoons in the Northwest Pacific -- are a regular and deadly menace on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean, where tens of millions of people live.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer with climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate researcher at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, said cyclones derive their energy from warm waters, and that surface temperatures in the Arabian Sea were 1.2 to 1.4 degrees Celsius warmer than four decades ago. 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(7498, 7498, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has put emphasis on international initiatives to help prepare the young generation to face the challenges of the coming world order.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“That is what we expect from international communities and organisations,” she said on Wednesday responding to a question emerging from the plenary session of the two-day ‘World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All’ in the Swiss city of Geneva.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What I feel is that the international community needs to put social justice at the heart of the international development agenda like SDGs,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Hasina thanks Prince Rahim, Aga Khan Development Network for contributions in Bangladesh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the PM said, her government has undertaken massive social safety net programmes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“It is for labourers, farmers, elderly people and students. Even the working and lactating mothers and disabled people are covered by the programmes,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that the government is giving them allowances too.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have created social safety net in our humble way. But I think that it should be in a massive way. And ILO can take an initiative in this regard and international community should come forward to assist people to ensure that no one is left behind,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Hasina urges Swiss businesses to boost investment in Bangladesh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister reiterated her call that there can be no lasting peace or sustainable development without social justice.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the world is changing, the new technology is coming, and the fourth industrial revolution is in the offing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“What we want is that no one should lose job. So to create job opportunities what we need is education. Everybody must learn about digital devices and know how to use it,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">For this purpose, she put emphasis on giving priority in providing training on new technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Invest in social justice to build just and inclusive societies worldwide: PM at World of Work summit</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The people should become skilled. That is what we are doing in our country,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said that the government is giving education to them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have introduced digital laboratories and computer laboratories from the school level. Then the training and incubation centres have been set up. Young generation get their training there. We are preparing our people,” she said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 18:37:15', '2023-06-15 18:37:15'),
(7499, 7499, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A group of around prominent 200 Bangladeshi Americans have said the recent letter from six US congressmen to President Joe Biden – demanding stricter sanctions against the Bangladesh government – contains “false and misleading information.”</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The claim in the congressmen’s letter, “Since Sheikh Hasina’s rise to power, the Hindu population has been halved,” is categorically false and hides the real reasons behind the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, they said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In particular, the letter ignores the October 2001 post-national election violence unleashed on the Hindu community by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami led coalition, the Bangladeshi Americans said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The congressmen’s letter also contains “incorrect information” about the persecution of the Christian population in Bangladesh under the current government, they observed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We, the undersigned Bangladeshi Americans, request the congressmen to withdraw the false information from the letter,” they said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wrong information would not only undermine the credibility of the congressmen’s stance on minority rights in Bangladesh but also jeopardize the security and safety of the undersigned Bangladeshi Americans, according to their statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noted Bangladeshi Hindu, Christian and Buddhist leaders have already rejected the claims about the state of minority communities in Bangladesh made in the congressmen’s letter as categorically false.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also indicated that false claims hide the real culprits behind minority persecution in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad leader Rana Dasgupta said that the congressmen’s claim of Hindu population being “halved” under Sheikh Hasina’s rule is a “travesty of truth.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We understand that the US elected representatives sign many statements. But false information in congressmen’s letter to President Biden is concerning and detrimental to the Bangladeshi minority communities,” wrote the Bangladeshi Americans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We again request the congressmen to withdraw the false and misleading information from the letter for the security, safety, and wellness of the Bangladesh minority and undersigned Bangladeshi Americans who have been actively fighting for minority rights in Bangladesh for decades,” they said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The signatories are:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">1. Dr. Nuran Nabi, Councilman, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">2. Prof. ABM Nasir, Professor, NC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">3. Abu Ahmed Musa, Councilman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">4. Rana Hasan Mahmud, Engineer, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">5. Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed, Professor, PA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">6. Shikrithy Barua, IT Engineer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">7. Abul Khan, State Representative, NH</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">8. Mahbubul Alam Taiyab, Milborne City Mayor, NH</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">9. Nurul Hassan, Councilman, Milborne City, NH</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">10. Dr. Sufian A Khandakar, Scientist</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">11.Dr. Ashraf Ahmed, Scientist and Writer</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">12. Dr. Joti Prakash Dutta, Writer, FL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">13. Prof. Abu Naser Rajib, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">14. Morshed Alam, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">15. Ahad Ahmed, Engineer, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">16. Dr. Baman Das Basu, Scientist, MA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">17. Safeda Basu, Activist, MA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">18. Dr. Khondoker Mansur, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">19. Dr. Mohshin Patowari, Professor, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">20. Jamal Uddin Hossain, Cultural Personality, AL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">21. Dr. Mohshin Ali, Writer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">22. Dastagir Jahangir, Journalist, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">23. Fahim Reza Noor, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">24. Dr. Zeenat Nabi, Scientist, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">25. Hassan Ferdous, Columnist &amp; Writer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">26. Maj (retd) Manzur Ahmed, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">27. Dr.Pradip Kar, Scientist,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">28. Dr. Protap Das, Physician, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">29. Kowshik Ahmed, Editor, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">30. Lovlu Ansar, Editor,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">31. Rafayet Choudhury, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">32. Abu Taher, Activist, PA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">33. Soud Choudhury, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">34. Dr. Mizan R Miah, Professor, IL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">35. Dr. Jamil Talukdar, Professor, WI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">36. Dr.Shahadat Hossain, Professor, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">37. Dr. Hasan Mahmud, Professor, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">38. Dr. Khandakar Monsur, Scientist, MD</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">39. Dr. Syed Abu Hasnat, Teacher, MA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">40. Mahbubur Rahman Bhuiyan, Businessman ,GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">41. Tajul Imam, Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">42. Abdur Rahim Badsha, Businessman, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">43. Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Scientist</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">44. Abdul Qader Mia, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">45. Zakaria Choudhury, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">46. Bedarul Islam Babla, Commuinity leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">47.Mintu Rahman, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">48. Nadira Rahman, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">49. Arefin Babul, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">50. Dr.Shahab Siddique, Scientist, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">51. Mohammed Ali Babul, Lawyer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">52. Mohammad Mowla, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">53. Jharna Choudhury, Theater Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">54. Lutfun Nahar Lata, Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">55. Dr. Faruk Azam, Physician, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">56. Mian Helal, Businessman, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">57. Shamsun Nahar Helen, Technologist, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">58. Iqbal Yousuf, Community Leader, MA </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">59. Atiqur Rahman, Community Leader</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">60. Rumi Kabir, Writer, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">61. Ali Ahmad Farish, Businessman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">62. Rashed Ahmed, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">63. Sitangshu Guha, Journalist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">64. Dr. Dilip Nath, Teacher, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">65. MA Salam, Community Leader, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">66. Fakir Ilias, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">67. Mishuk Selim, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">68. Khaled Sharifuddin, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">69. Abu Sayeed Ratan, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">70. Hassan Al Abdullah, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">71. Mithun Ahmed, Cultural Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">72. Minhaj Ahmed, Cultural Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">73. Shakawat Ali, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">74. Dr. Abdul Baten, Scientist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">75. Dr. Hasan Masud, Teacher, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">76. Shahid Hasan, Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">77. Rathindra Nath Roy, Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">78. Istiaq Rupu, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">79. Gopal Sannal, Community Leader,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">80. Dr. Mahbubur Rahman Tuku, Businessman, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">81. Dr. Nahid Banu, Scientist, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">82. Mahbub Reza Rahim, Community Leader, AZ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">83. Dr. Monowar Hossain, Scientist, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">84. Golam Faruk Bhuyan, Businessman, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">85.&nbsp; Rehan Reza,Community Leader, KS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">86. Dr. Hasan Mamun, Teacher, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">87. Zahedul Mahmud Zami, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">88. Towfik Solaiman Khan, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">89. Nazrul Alam, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">90. Saifur Rahman Osmani, Broadcaster, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">91. Dr.Golam Mostofa, Professor, PA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">92. Rabiul Karim Belal, Businessman, PA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">93. Dr. Ahsan Choudhury, Engineer, TX</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">94. Hashmot Mobin, Community Leader, TX</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">95. Shah Halim, Community Leader, TX</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">96. Maggie Halim, Community Leader, TX</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">97. Dr. Anisul Aslam, Physician, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">98. Mohammad Billah Rana, Businessman, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">99. Hadi Billah Roba, Businessman, NV</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">100. Quazi Shahraiar Rahman, Engineer, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">101. Karimul Haque Chowdhury, Businessman, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">102. Bashir Ather, Scientist, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">103. Tapan Mondol, Social Worker, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">104. Shah Alam, Community Leader, CA </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">105. Maminul Haque Bachchu, Sr. Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">106. Tasnim Salam Aslam, Engineer, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">107. Abed Mansur, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">108. Habib Ahmed Tia, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">109. Mofazzal Hussain, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">100. Mohammad Hossain Rana, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">101. Abul Hasnat Rayhan, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">102. Asaduzzaman Bachchu, Businessman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">103.&nbsp; Dewan Zamir,Engineer, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">104. Belal Beg, columnist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">105. Nini Wahed, Journalist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">106. Dr.Farjahan Rahman Shawon, Professor,NC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">107. Dr.Khondoker Mansur, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">108. Khurshid Anowar Bablu, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">109. Hassan Al Abdullah, Writer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">110. Syed Abu Hasnat, Professor, MA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">111. Dr.Delwar Hossain, Professor, AL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">112. Iqbal Yusuf, Director, Intl.Sustainable Development</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">113. Atiqur Rahman, Businessman, FL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">114. Hassan Jahangir, Businessman, FL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">115. Junaid Akhter,Community Leader, FL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">116. Dr. Hemayet Ullah, Professor</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">117. Dr. Mahbub Pramanik</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">118. Dr.Purobi Bosu, Writer, FL</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">119. Farhana Iliyas Tuli, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">120. Syed Mamunur Rashid, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">121. Swapnil Firoze, Poet, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">122. Liton Ahmed, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">123. Golam Mohiuddin, Musician, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">124. Nazrul Islam, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">125.Farque Ahmed, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">126. Mohin, Community Leader, FA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">127. Abul Hassan, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">128. Ahmadhur Parvez, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">129. Dr. Mohammed Nasim, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">130. Mahmud Abbas, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">131. Mohammad Akbar Khan, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">132. Reza Karim, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">133. Ali Hosen, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">134. Pintu Yusuf, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">135. Nurul Kabir Nahid, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">136. Mojammel,Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">137.Moshiur Rahman, Businessman, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">138. Russel Bhuiyan, Businessman, Ga</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">139. Arefin Pial, Teacher, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">140. Mahrufur Bhuiyan, Businessman, GA </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">141. Borhan Uddin, Community Leader, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">142. Rashedul Karim, Businessman, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">143. Bindu Hossen, Singer, GA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">144. Rezaul Bari, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">145. Abul Bashar Chunnu,Activist,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">146. Nabendu Dutta,Professor, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">147. Siraj Ahemd Sohag, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">148. Shyamal Chakraborti, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">149. Pranobondhu Chakraborti, Engineer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">150. Mohammad Fazlul Haque, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">151. Parimal Karmakar, Community Leader, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">152. Jhorna Chowhdury, Artist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">153. Syed Rashid Ahmed Karmani, Businessman, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">154. Ruksana Karmani, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">155. Farque Ahmed, Businessman, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">156. Dilara Ahmed, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">157. Touqid Chowdhury, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">158. Saniyet Ahmed Chowdhury, Engineer, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">159. Toujiat Chowdhury, PhD student, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">160. Alim Khan Akash, Businessman, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">161. Sabita Das, Activist, NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">162.Abul Bhashar Bhuiyan,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">163. Shareb Ahmed,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">164.Rontu Lal Das,NY</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">165. Harun Chowdhury, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">166. Santosh Barua, Poet, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">167. Nupur Chowdhury, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">168. Gourab Golpo, Artist, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">169. Nasrin Ahmed Munna, Artist, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">170. Dr.Monowar Hossain, Scientist, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">171. Nahid Chowdhury, Businessman, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">172. Mir Chowdhury, Community Leader, NJ</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">173. Rafiqul Islam, Businessman, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">174. Tasnim Salam Aslam ,CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">175. Mizanul Kabir, P.O., CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">176. Abul Hasnat Rayhan, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">177. Asaduzzaman Bacchu, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">178. Masud Chowdhury, Community Leader, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">179. Mohammed Hossain Rana, Businessman, CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">180. Ruhul Amin, Businessman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">181. Abdul Muhit Mukta, Businessman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">182. Mohoshin Uddin Tipu, Businessman, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">183. Md. Sirajuddin Tipu, Community Leader, MI</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">184. Dr.Adnan Morshed, Professor, WA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">185. Dr.Atiar Rahman, FDA statistics, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">186. Dr. Sadek Chowdhury, VS </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">187. Alauddin Ahmed, Community Leader, VA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">188. 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(7500, 7500, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Milk is regarded as a superfood for children as it is a storehouse of calcium, protein, essential vitamins and thus important for the little ones\' growing bodies and brain. However as we grow old, experts argue that the unhealthy amounts of fat in the milk can pose a risk to heart disease, cholesterol and similar chronic diseases in people. As per National Library of Medicine, a glass of milk contains 5 g saturated fats which is 20% of one\'s daily requirement. Saturated fatty acid is commonly is known to contribute to the development of cardiovascular diseases and stroke because it may raise the ratio of LDL to HDL cholesterol.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How drinking milk can strengthen bones</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are aware that calcium is necessary for strong bones. For healthy bones, calcium, protein, and vitamin B are necessary. Calcium is abundant in milk. The issue with consuming only milk is that it also contains a variety of other substances, some of which are unhelpful to health, such as significant amounts of fat,\" says Dr. Mohammed Ismail - Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Prashanth Hospitals and Former Director, Institute of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Madras Medical College.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Why women need more calcium as they age</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Women should start calcium supplements after the age of 35 and the dosage should be increased post 55 to prevent osteoporosis.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The greater part of milk has calcium phosphate. We require basic minerals for bones. Every woman over the age of 35 should take a calcium supplement, and women over the age of 55 should take at least 1000 mg of calcium, according to the Indian population. It is best to start taking calcium supplements after the age of 55 because osteoporosis affects men later in life. Osteoporosis develops more slowly in western populations because they consume various calcium-rich foods and have different genetic makeups,\" says Dr Ismail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Why milk consumption is safe for children</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kids require more calcium since they are growing and milk consumption is advised for them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The main difference is that 20% of people have lactose intolerance. They cannot consume lactose because they are allergic to it. And the milk we consume now is particularly high in fats. Cows used to graze on the grass back then, which resulted in milk that was rich and healthy; today, this doesn\'t happen. The quality of milk is sometimes compromised because farm animals are sometimes given supplementary nutrients in their food today to generate more milk. However, milk is advised for kids because they can handle fat at their age,\" says the expert.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Can you skip milk as a child?</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts say if the same amount of nutrients are consumed through other sources, milk isn\'t mandatory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Calcium, protein, and vitamin D are the essential components of milk. People can skip consuming milk if they can find an alternative source for these supplements. It is not like milk is mandatory; it is just the nutrients which it contains making it a rich source for consumption. But milk is one of the easiest sources of calcium and a complete food, provided it is procured from an organic source, not from a farm grown cow for producing milk which is fed with extra supplements and hormones,\" says Dr Ismail.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>What kind of milk to consume after 35</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If you don\'t want to take other calcium supplements, it is best that you drink milk. If you are above the age of 35, opt for low fat milk,\" concludes Dr Ismail. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"24\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 19:21:57', '2023-06-15 19:21:57'),
(7501, 7501, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Three workers who were abducted by unidentified miscreants from Langadupara area in Rajasthali upazila on Monday were rescued on Wednesday night, said police.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The rescued workers were Sohagh, 20, Rupok, 18 and Biswajit, 22.</div><div><br></div><div>A group of workers, numbering 14, have been constructing a wall along Rajhasthali-Bangalhalia road in Langapara.&nbsp; They live at the labour shed near the road.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, the workers except the three went out from the labour shed around 8 pm. At one stage, 5-6 miscreants swooped on the labour shed and abducted them at gunpoint.</div><div><br></div><div>However, no written complaint was lodged from the contractor company.</div><div><br></div><div>After hearing the news from local people, police conducted a drive in the area on Tuesday and Wednesday and rescued them on Wednesday night, said Zakir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Rajasthali Police Station. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 21:17:37', '2023-06-15 21:17:37'),
(7502, 7502, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the government has started reshuffling police and public administration to hold another stage-managed election through vote rigging by controlling the state machinery.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a discussion, he, however, said the country’s people will thwart all the ‘blueprints’ of the government through a mass uprising in the days to come.</div><div><br></div><div>“They (AL) have started the process for holding another election as per their will by rigging votes and controlling everything. There’re reports in some newspapers about massive reshuffle and promotion in the police. They’ve also reshuffled the public administration with a motive to arrange everything as per their desire ahead of the next election,” Fakhrul said.</div><div><br></div><div>He recalled that many fascist regimes, including the one of HM Ershad, had done the same in the past, but eventually they had to quit power in the face of public wrath.</div><div><br></div><div>“You (AL) also had established Baksal with all such arrangements, but how many days could you stay in power? Pharaoh, Nimrod, and Ershad also tried to hang onto power but failed. When people wake up nothing can resist them,” the BNP leader observed.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Jatiyatabadi Sangskritik Forum, a pro-BNP platform, arranged the progarmem at Dhaka Reporters, marking the ‘Black Day of Newspapers.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>On 16 June 1974, the then Awami League government shut down all the newspapers, except four ones loyal to the government. A group of journalists has long been observing the days as a ‘Black Day’ commemorating the closure of the newspapers.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Fakhrul said there is no alternative to intensifying the ongoing movement to oust the current government by creating a storng mass wave.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the current Awami League government has established a one-party Baksal rule under cover of democracy. “They have snatched our all rights, including the freedom of speech, writing, and the freedom of association and assembly.”</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said the government has also been regulating media outlets through the Digital Security Act.</div><div><br></div><div>He said it is the characteristics of the Awami League is that it cannot tolerate dissent. “Our struggle has begun and it would not end in a day or two. We must continue our struggle as our opponent is so authoritative that they don’t hesitate to kill people and make them disappear using the state machinery.”</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said the current government must be removed through a strong movement to restore democracy, press freedom, and all the lost rights by establishing a government of people.</div><div><br></div><div>He alleged that their party chief Khaleda Zia was jailed unlawfully in ‘false’ cases’ out of political vengeance to remove her from politics.</div><div><br></div><div>Stating that Khaleda has now been fighting for life at a hospital in the capital, Fakhrul said her family repeatedly submitted applications seeking permission to send her abroad for advanced treatment as per doctors’ advice but the government has not yet paid heed to it.</div><div><br></div><div>He also slammed the ruling party leaders for accusing BNP of doing politics over Khaleda’s illness. ‘We don’t have a language to condemn such a remark. “We would give a reply to it through a mass upsurge of people.” According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 22:24:28', '2023-06-15 22:24:28'),
(7503, 7503, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mumbai police have detained two persons in connection with a theft at Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty\'s home in Mumbai, an official said on Thursday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Some valuables were allegedly stolen from Shilpa Shetty\'s residence in Juhu last week, the official said.</div><div><br></div><div>Based on a complaint, a theft case was registered at Juhu police station and a probe was initiated, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The probe team has detained two persons in this connection and their interrogation is on, the official added. Source: NDTV</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 23:02:55', '2023-06-15 23:02:55'),
(7504, 7504, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informed that&nbsp; the CNG filling stations will remain operational for 24 hours on the day of Eid-ul-Azha, three days before and after Eid-ul-Azha.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister said this while speaking at meeting at the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) office on Thursday noon.</div><div><br></div><div>The CNG filling stations will remain open in order to ensure smooth travels for Eid holidaymakers, he added.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 23:05:36', '2023-06-15 23:05:36'),
(7505, 7505, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Children between 6 and 59 months will be fed vitamin-A plus capsules at all government health centres and other designated places across the country from 8 am to 4 pm on June 18, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A target has been set to feed red and blue coloured vitamin A capsules to 25 lakh children aged 6-11 months, 1.95 crore children aged 12-59 months and 2.20 crore children aged 12-59 months, he said at a press briefing on the occasion of vitamin-A plus campaign at a city hotel in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>To achieve this target, a total of 40,000 health workers will work at 1,20,000 centers, he said</div><div><br></div><div>The children should be brought to the centre in full stomach and also the capsules should not be given to children below 6 months and above 5 years of age and those who are sick, the minister also said, according to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Health Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-15 23:08:14', '2023-06-15 23:08:14'),
(7506, 7506, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Survivors from a fishing boat that sank off southern Greece in one of Europe\'s worst migrant disasters say up to 100 children may have been on board.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>At least 78 people have already been confirmed dead in the disaster.</div><div><br></div><div>But scores more could still be missing at sea, with reports suggesting that up to 750 people were aboard the vessel.</div><div><br></div><div>The country\'s coastguard has been criticised for not intervening earlier but authorities say their offers of aid were refused.</div><div><br></div><div>Rescuers are still scouring the seas off Greece in a massive search operation, as hopes of finding more survivors dwindle.</div><div><br></div><div>Shocking accounts of a large number of women and children travelling in the hold of the ship have come via medics who treated the mostly male survivors.</div><div><br></div><div>The senior doctor at Kalamata General Hospital who treated survivors of Wednesday\'s shipwreck has told the BBC as many as 100 children were on the vessel.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Manolis Makaris, head of cardiology, said: \"They (the survivors) told us that there were children in the bottom of the ship. Children and women.\"</div><div><br></div><div>He said two patients had given him estimated figures.</div><div>\"One told me about 100 children, the other about 50, so I don\'t know the truth - but it is many,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He and his team have been using mobile phones to communicate with those who had been brought to safety.</div><div><br></div><div>The doctor said the 30 patients he treated would all survive, having been treated for hyperthermia, pneumonia and dehydration.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Makaris said he believed as many as 600 people could have died in the disaster.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The exact number of all the people who were on the boat was 750. This is the exact number that everyone told me about this,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Makaris said families of some Egyptian children who were missing had sent him photographs of their young relatives, in the hope he would recognise them after treating them.</div><div><br></div><div>\"It was a tragedy,\" he said. \"Everyone in Europe must not accept this situation. We have to do something. Everyone has to do something so it doesn\'t happen again.\"</div><div><br></div><div>A reporter from Greece\'s ANT1 channel asked a survivor if there were 100 children on board, to which the survivor replied: \"Yes.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The charity Save the Children, citing testimonies from survivors, also gave the same number. The BBC has not been able to independently verify this figure.</div><div><br></div><div>But Greek government spokesman Ilias Siakantaris said there were unconfirmed reports that up to 750 people in total were on the boat.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We do not know what was in the hold... but we know that several smugglers lock people up to maintain control,\" he told public broadcaster ERT.</div><div>Families of some of the missing have arrived in Kalamata in search of their loved ones.</div><div><br></div><div>\"My relatives were on the boat,\" said Aftab, who had travelled from the UK and said at least four of his relatives from Pakistan were unaccounted for.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We\'ve had confirmation. We found one of the relatives in [the rescue centre]. But the others we haven\'t got hold of yet,\" he told the BBC.</div><div><br></div><div>A Syrian man from the Netherlands broke down as he revealed his wife and brother-in-law were missing.</div><div><br></div><div>Activist Nawal Soufi was the first to raise the alarm after being contacted by people on the boat on Tuesday morning. She also believes around 750 people were on board.</div><div><br></div><div>The boat went down about 80km (50 miles) south-west of Pylos after 02:04 on Wednesday morning local time, according to the Greek coastguard.</div><div><br></div><div>A timeline provided by the coastguard said that initial contact was made with the fishing boat at 14:00 (11:00 GMT) the previous day, and no request for help had been made.</div><div><br></div><div>It said the Greek shipping ministry had made repeated contact with the boat and was told it simply wanted to sail on to Italy. A Maltese-flagged ship provided food and water at around 18:00, and another boat provided water three hours after that, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>Then at around 01:40 on Wednesday, someone on the boat is said to have notified the Greek coastguard that the vessel\'s engine had malfunctioned.</div><div><br></div><div>Shortly afterwards, the boat capsized, taking only 10 to 15 minutes to sink completely. A search and rescue operation was triggered but complicated by strong winds.</div><div><br></div><div>A coastguard spokesman told ERT that the boat\'s engine broke down in the early hours of Wednesday, then people on board started to move around causing it to capsize. He said everyone rescued was male, according to media reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 03:26:30', '2023-06-16 03:26:30'),
(7507, 7507, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh beat host Cambodia by 1-0 goal in the FIFA Tier-1 Int\'l friendly match held today (Thursday) in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>In the proceeding, Mojibur Rahman Jony scored the decisive goal for Bangladesh in the 24th minute and winning side maintained the lead till the final whistle.</div><div><br></div><div>Although Bangladesh took lead in the first half, but Cambodia were ahead in ball possession creating pressure on Bangladesh early in the match.</div><div><br></div><div>Cambodia won a free kick and two corners in the first three minutes. The hosts narrowly deprived from a goal in the second corner.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh however staged a brilliant fight back when Mojibur Rahman Jony scored for Bangladesh in the 24th minute. After receiving a long cross at the D box, he sent the ball home with a perfect finishing giving no chance to Cambodian custodian under the bar.</div><div><br></div><div>Cambodia has also made several planned attacks. Bangladesh goalkeeper Anisur Rahman Zico foiled an attempt from a long-range shot in the 38th minute.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh national football team will depart Cambodia tomorrow (Friday) for Bengaluru to take part in the SAFF Championship scheduled to be held from June 21 to July 4. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 03:28:34', '2023-06-16 03:28:34'),
(7508, 7508, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said Bangladesh now holds an economically dignified position in the world as democracy and stability have been persisting in the country since 2009.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister said this while speaking at an event on ‘New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh’ organised by the World Economic Forum at its office here.</div><div><br></div><div>Prime Minister\'s speech writer M Nazrul Islam briefed the reporters.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said that during the Awami League government, the country has achieved unprecedented success in various socio-economic indicators.</div><div><br></div><div>In this context, she said that during the Awami League government, the country has been promoted from LDC to a developing country while in 2015 it has been put in the lower middle income country group.</div><div><br></div><div>She also mentioned that the per capita income has increased to $2,824, which was $543 only in 2006, the poverty rate has decreased from about 41.5 percent to about 18.7 percent and the extreme poverty rate has decreased from 25.5 percent to 5.6 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said that after the killing of the father of the nation and his family members in 1975, the killers who illegally came to state power have not done anything for the development of the country’s people.</div><div><br></div><div>Pointing out that the development of the country is not possible without democracy, the Prime Minister said that she returned to the country in 1981 and worked to restore the country\'s democracy through a long struggle.</div><div><br></div><div>Stating that her government has provided houses to 50 lakh homeless and landless people, Sheikh Hasina said that not a single person will remain homeless and landless in the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The Prime Minister mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war and subsequent sanctions and counter-sanctions have put pressure on the economy of Bangladesh, like the rest of the world, due to the increase in global food products and fuel prices.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Sheikh Hasina said that her government has been trying to overcome this pressure.</div><div><br></div><div>Pointing out that there is a need to have a vision to build the future of a nation, Sheikh Hasina said that before the 2008 elections, the Awami League announced the Vision 2021 and that vision has already been implemented, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>She said that the government has announced the Vision 2041 to make Bangladesh a developed, prosperous and smart Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina also said that the government has been working to implement that goal.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 03:51:44', '2023-06-16 03:51:44'),
(7509, 7509, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has categorically said the next general election in Bangladesh will be held in time and the democratic process will be continued.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“People are the sole owners of their votes, they will cast their votes whoever they like. Whoever gets the verdict from the people will form the government,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said this while addressing at a civic reception accorded to her at Hilton Hotel here on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is due to go to polls either in December this year or in next January at the end of the five-year term of the current Awami League government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The country’s main opposition BNP has vowed to boycott the vote saying it will be rigged in favour of the incumbent, an allegation denied by the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The opposition party instead demands that Hasina’s government resigns to pave the way for a neutral administration to hold the polls. The government rejects it as unconstitutional.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Hasina said that as BNP knew it very well that they would not get any vote from people for their evil deeds, they are now looking for ways to back out from the election process.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Generally they are the party of thieves and vote rigging, and it is not possible for them to come to power without vote dacoity,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that in the past they grabbed state power accepting external pressure to sell the resources of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“So people do not want them anymore and for that reason they do not get votes from the people, so they are searching for holes to backtrack from the election,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding BNP’s repeated threat to topple the government, Hasina, who is also the chief of the ruling Awami League, said that her government is not that much weak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There was a commotion regarding December 10 that they will oust the government (on that day). But we can’t be toppled as we have people with us, our power is our people,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about the demand of BNP to form a caretaker government during the election period, she said a totally independent election commission has been established.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“BNP is still raising their demand for the caretaker government,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Has BNP now become insane or a child?” Hasina asked referring to what BNP leader Khaleda Zia once said as the country’s prime minister in response to then opposition Awami League’s demand for a caretaker government to hold election in the 1990s.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“By bringing those thieves to power, by bringing the anti-independence force to power, by bringing murderers, we will not allow Next general election to be held in time: PM Hasina tells Geneva reception</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh to bow down to others,” she asserted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said that to cover up their own weakness BNP now spreading various types of propaganda and making dirty tricks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Will those who killed people in broad daylight, looted public money, committed corruption and were convicted in corruption cases, now go to power? The main thing whether they will go to elections by selecting that convicted person as their leader,” she said in obvious reference to BNP vice-chairman Tareq Zia, now living in London.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to the sacrifices of Awami League leaders and activists for the establishment of democracy, the prime minister said, \'The democratic trend that has been established in Bangladesh today is the result of our movement. My party leaders and workers have given their lives for this. And I narrowly survived a grenade attack.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Highlighting the benefits of the continuation of democracy Hasina said, \"The country has changed because the democratic trend has been unhindered, today the country has developed, today Bangladesh has occupied a dignified seat in the world.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reiterating her determination to build a smart Bangladesh, Hasina said that the country will move forward with the status it has got today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We will build the hunger-poverty-free, advanced and prosperous smart golden Bangla of the father of the nation by 2041.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appreciating the role of expatriates in any crisis in Bangladesh, the pime minister said that remittances sent by expatriates play a huge role in the country\'s economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She urged the expatriates to send money through the legal channels instead of through hundi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He advised those interested in going abroad to be aware and careful about brokers. At the same time, Hasina urged then to register and go abroad in a legal way. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 17:37:56', '2023-06-16 17:37:56'),
(7510, 7510, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A 5.0 magnitude earthquake was felt in Dhaka and other districts, across the country around 10:46am on Friday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The epicentre of the earthquake was located around 23 km southeast of Sylhet, at a depth of 10 km, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">People took to social media to report the jolt all across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">No damage was reported at the time of filing this report. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 19:11:46', '2023-06-16 19:11:46'),
(7511, 7511, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has asked Bangladesh to reduce the&nbsp; subsidies on fisheries.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It came from Dr Okonjo Iwela, director general of WTO, on Thursday when she called on visiting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the meeting room of Hotel President here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen briefed the reporters about the outcome of the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He quoted the WTO DG as saying that her organization would like to sign an agreement with Bangladesh in this regard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We said we will consider this (the issue of subsidy),\" said Momen adding that Bangladesh does not give heavy subsidies on fisheries though.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WTO chief mentioned about the dispute settlement body of the organisation which has remained inactive for a couple of years due to some big countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Iwela requested the prime minister to raise the issue when she goes to the G-20 meeting to be held in next September in New Delhi and other international forums, according to Momen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is the main strength of the WTO,” she was quoted as telling the prime minister.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The WTO DG asked Bangladesh to diversify its expert basket.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this connection she wanted Bangladesh to put emphasis on pharmaceuticals and IT sector reducing dependency on RMG export, the key foreign exchange earner of the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding fishing in deep sea PM Hasina said that Bangladesh lacks in capabilities in this sector.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She put emphasis on learning from the experience from Japan, Thailand and the Maldives in deep sea fishing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister said that she has already talked with the Maldives and Japan in this regard.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, Qatar’s Labour Minister Dr Ali Bin Samik Al Marri called the prime minister at the same venue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said there are some 3.70 lakh Bangladeshis working in his country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that they are satisfied with the performance of the Bangladeshi workers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Qatar has expressed their interest to take more manpower from Bangladesh. They will ink an agreement for this purpose,” Momen said. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 19:15:06', '2023-06-16 19:15:06'),
(7512, 7512, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The US Senate approved Nusrat Choudhury as a federal judge on Thursday, making her the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi-American to serve on the federal bench.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Choudhury, the legal director of the ACLU of Illinois, was confirmed as the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on a 50-49 vote, reports CNN.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Joe Biden nominated the civil rights attorney as one of seven federal judge candidates in January 2022. Biden appointed Zahid Quraishi as a district judge for New Jersey earlier in 2021, making him the first Muslim American federal judge in US history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Choudhury, as the legal director of ACLU, has fought for police reform and litigated against discriminatory methods, said the report.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the ACLU, among the problems she has taken on include the New York Police Department\'s post-9/11 monitoring techniques, which have been denounced as discriminating towards Muslim Americans, and the Milwaukee Police Department\'s stop-and-frisk program.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Nusrat Choudhury is a trailblazing civil rights lawyer with a remarkable record of advancing equal justice for all in our nation,” Anthony Romero, ACLU’s executive director, said in a statement. “The confirmation is an exclamation point on her long track record of protecting civil liberties and civil rights.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat, voted against her confirmation because he believed some of her earlier statements made her prejudiced against police enforcement, the report also said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“As a staunch supporter of our men and women in uniform, I opposed Ms Choudhury’s nomination,” Manchin said in a statement. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 19:57:24', '2023-06-16 19:57:24'),
(7513, 7513, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Due to the active monsoon, eight divisions, including Dhaka, might experience light to moderate rain or thundershowers in 24 hours, starting at 9:00 am on Friday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind are likely to occur at most places over Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions; at many places over Rangpur, Dhaka and Barishal divisions; at one or two places over Khulna and Rajshahi division, with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country except Rajshahi and Khulna divisions,” said a regular bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over Rajshahi divisions and the districts of Rangpur, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Jashore, Chuadanga and Kushtia and it may abate from some places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the bulletin, day temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over Rajshahi, Dhaka and Khulna divisions and may fall slightly elsewhere in the country. Night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over north Bay.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest temperature on Thursday was recorded at 40.5 degree Celsius in Rajshahi. The lowest temperature on Friday was recorded at 21.8 degree Celsius in Kishoreganj’s Nikli.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the highest 135mm rainfall was recorded in Sylhet in the past 24 hours. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 20:39:47', '2023-06-16 20:39:47'),
(7516, 7516, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday left Geneva for home, wrapping up her three-day official visit to Switzerland.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the prime minister and her entourage departed Geneva International Airport at 11:50am local time (3:50pm Bangladesh time).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The flight is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 01.30am on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The PM went to Geneva on June 13 to attend the \"World of Work Summit: Social Justice for All\" held on June 14 and 15 in the Swiss city.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She addressed the plenary session of \'World of Work Summit 2023\' at Palais de Nations on Wednesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ILO\'s summit is a high-level forum for global voices to address the need for increased, coordinated and coherent action in support of social justice.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The summit&nbsp; brought together over a dozen heads of state and government, high-level representatives from the United Nations, other international organizations, and employers’ and workers’ organizations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina also had two separate meetings with President of South Africa Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa and President of Malta Dr George Vella.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, she held meetings separately with UNHCR chief Flippo Grandi, Prince Rahim Aga Khan, President of the Swiss Confederation Alain Berset and Director General of International Labour Organisation (ILO) Gilbert F. Houngbo there on the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the meeting with Swiss President Berset, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Knowledge and Skills enhancement between Bangladesh and Switzerland was signed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the evening, the PM attended a dinner with high level dignitaries hosted by the ILO Director General at its headquarters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Read:PM leaves London for home, ending 15-day foreign visit</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 15, she joined “A talk at the WEF”, followed by a meeting with WEF founder Prof Klaus Schwab at WEF Office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also addressed an event on “New Economy and Society in Smart Bangladesh” organised by the World Economic Forum (WEF) there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, Qatar Minister of Labour Dr Ali Bin Samik Al Marri and WTO Director General Dr Okonjo-Iweala separately met her at her place of residence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hasina also attended a civic reception in the evening. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 22:26:33', '2023-06-16 22:26:33'),
(7517, 7517, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Left-handed top-order batter Najmul Hossain Shanto displayed exceptional batting prowess by scoring a century in each innings of the Dhaka Test against Afghanistan on Friday.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His outstanding performance has helped Bangladesh offer a tough challenge for the tourists.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shanto scored 146 in the first innings and followed it up with a score of 124 in the second innings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This remarkable feat makes him the second Bangladeshi batter to achieve the milestone of scoring centuries in both innings of a Test match, with Mominul Haque being the first to do so against Sri Lanka in 2018.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the conclusion of the 65th over of Bangladesh\'s second innings, the hosts had built a substantial lead of 592 runs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the first innings, Bangladesh posted a total of 382 runs, with Afghanistan\'s Nijat Masood making an impressive debut by claiming a five-wicket haul.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, Afghanistan struggled and were dismissed for a mere 146 runs, with Ebadot Hossain taking four wickets. Bangladesh gained a first-innings advantage of 234 runs, solidifying their dominant position in the match from an early stage. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kg</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 22:52:29', '2023-06-16 22:52:29'),
(7518, 7518, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) spokesperson Commanded Khandaker Al Moin today said the elite crime busting agency is working to arrest the killers of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, who was brutally killed in Bakshiganj, Jamalpur.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"RAB initiated shadow probe right after the incident and has been conducting raids to nab the killers of Nadim. No matter, how powerful the killers are, they will be brought to book soon,\" the RAB Legal and Media Wing Director said at a press briefing held at its Karwanbazar media center this noon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Terming the killing of the journalist a very sad incident, the RAB spokesperson said RAB-14 is working to arrest the people behind the incident, which has created sensation in the country</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nadim, Jamalpur correspondent of online news portal banglanews24.com, was attacked on the night of June 14 in Bakshiganj and was brutally beaten by unidentified assailants. He died of his injuries on June 15 at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nadim\'s family alleged that he was receiving threats from Mahamudul Alam Babu, chairman of Sadhur Para union parishad in Bakshiganj, for publishing reports of Babu\'s corruption. 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, '2023-06-16 23:00:33', '2023-06-16 23:00:33'),
(7519, 7519, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A mobile court of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) fined 10 people of three companies in capital\'s Wari area Taka 9 lakh for storing and selling adulterated engine oil and grease.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Acting on tip-off, a mobile court of RAB-3 and Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution conducted the operation in three separate areas in Wari on June 15. The operation started at 10am and continued till 3.30pm,\" RAB-3 senior assistant superintendant of police (media) Farjana Haque told BSS.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the three companies, six people from SK Traders were fined Taka one lakh each. Two employees of Mousumi Traders were fined Taka fifty thousand each and two others from SK Trading Corporation were fined Taka one lakh each.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">RAB sources said the convicted people in primary interrogation, confessed their crimes, saying they were doing this business for long. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 23:29:38', '2023-06-16 23:29:38');
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(7520, 7520, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">When the government is looking for foreign loans here and there to run the country, BNP senior leader Khankader Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tried to hide the reality by telling the international community that Bangladesh’s economy has a dignified position.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Going to Geneva, our usurper Prime Minister said that our country\'s economy is in a dignified position… the truth can never be suppressed for long with hollow words this way. As we know the economy of Bangladesh, the whole world also knows it,\" he said</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at a discussion meeting, the BNP leader said the government is ‘begging’ foreign loans from different countries and international lending agencies to run the country while the import is being halted for lack of dollars.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mosharraf, also a BNP standing committee member, said that the people have been facing terrible load-shedding as the government is unable to import fuel and energy for running the power plants.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Everyone knows the condition of our economy. Inflation is growing, the dollar crisis is acute, commodity prices are continuously going up, and export earnings and remittances are dwindling amid the forex reserve crunch. These are the realities. Then how can the PM claim that the economy of Bangladesh is now in a dignified position?” he observed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at an event of the World Economic Forum at its office in Geneva on Thursday, PM Hasina said Bangladesh now holds an economically dignified position in the world due to the continuation of democracy and stability in the country since 2009.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Media Cell arranged the discussion at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU), marking the ‘Black Day of Newspapers’.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On 16 June 1974, the then Awami League government shut down all the newspapers, except four loyal to it. A group of journalists has long been observing the day as a ‘Black Day’ commemorating the closure of the newspapers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mosharraf said there is no other alternative to ousting the current Awami League regime from power through a strong movement to get rid of the current economic and political crises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There will never be a free and fair election in Bangladesh if the current regime stays in power. BNP has already announced it would not go to elections under this government. The people of Bangladesh also believe that just as there were no fair elections in the past under the Awami League government, there won’t be any in the future either,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP leader also said their party will not fall into any trap of the government this time no matter how hard the ruling party tries. “We must unseat this regime by creating a mass upsurge.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also said the ruling party leaders are making contradictory remarks on various issues as they have got nervous in fear of losing power. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 23:33:33', '2023-06-16 23:33:33'),
(7521, 7521, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak today said pro-people leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has ensured good governance in the country.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is maintaining development spree in the country side by side ensuring good governance in the country,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state minister said this while addressing the ceremony of giving incentives to small and marginal farmers, medical assistance from the Ministry of Social Welfare, grants from the Ministry of Disaster Management and distribution of ducks and chicken houses among ethnic group at Singra Upazila Auditorium in Natore as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Highlighting PM\'s development activities for the country, Palak said that in the last 14 years there has been unprecedented development in various sectors of the country and as a result, no family remains landless and homeless in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Almost every family is getting benefit under the Social Safety Net programme, he said, adding that the economy of the village has become active by receiving electricity and internet facilities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A green revolution has taken place in agriculture because of giving incentives and subsidies, he said, adding that education and health care programmes are making people\'s lives better and safer nowadays.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the current development works of the present government, he said the construction works of four institutions including hi-tech park are going on in Singra.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, \'Chalanbil Smart City\' will be built through these installations, said Palak.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mahmuda Khatun presided over the event. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 23:37:07', '2023-06-16 23:37:07'),
(7522, 7522, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Britain\'s Competition and Markets Authority regulator said Friday it has approved Amazon\'s $1.7-billion purchase of iRobot, the US maker of robotic vacuum Roomba.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The CMA \"has now concluded that the deal would not lead to competition concerns in the UK\", it announced in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The transaction, announced in August 2022, aims to expand the US retail titan Amazon\'s artificial intelligence and smart home ambitions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Massachusetts-based iRobot builds robots and \"intelligent home\" innovations, having introduced the Roomba self-operating vacuums a decade ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amazon\'s deal to buy iRobot for $61 per share along with acquiring the company\'s debt was subject to approval of shareholders and regulators.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">iRobot has a 30-year track record in robotics, and underlying software such as mapping and navigation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amazon has meanwhile invested smart home and automation technologies with acquisitions such as Ring doorbells, Kiva warehouse robots and self-driving startup Zoox.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Friday\'s decision comes after the CMA had in April decided to block Microsoft\'s $69-billion takeover of \"Call of Duty\" video games giant Activision Blizzard, arguing it would harm competition in cloud gaming. That decision will be appealed by both companies. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 23:44:38', '2023-06-16 23:44:38'),
(7523, 7523, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cyclone Biparjoy tore down power poles and uprooted trees Friday after pummelling the Indian coastline, but the storm was weaker than feared and there were only two confirmed deaths.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 180,000 people in the Indian state of Gujarat and Pakistan\'s neighbouring Sindh province fled the path of Biparjoy -- which means \"disaster\" in Bengali -- before it made landfall on Thursday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The storm packed sustained winds of up to 125 kilometres (78 miles) per hour as it struck -- but weakened overnight, with Indian forecasters expecting it to calm into a moderate low-pressure system by late Friday.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two men in Bhavnagar district died on Thursday evening after drowning in flood waters, the Gujarat state government said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Relief director C.C. Patel had earlier told AFP there had been no deaths reported in Gujarat but 23 people had been injured in the storm.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Driving rain and howling winds continued to lash the state\'s coast on Friday despite the worst of the danger receding.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I\'ve never seen anything like this before,\" Mukesh Pattni, 22, told AFP from the concrete shophouse where he and 10 other family members took shelter.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I haven\'t eaten anything since yesterday. Trees are falling, everything is falling apart.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">State relief commissioner Alok Pandey told reporters that nearly 500 homes had been partially damaged after Biparjoy made landfall.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 1,000 villages around the coast were without electricity on Friday as the force of the storm knocked down power lines.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescue crews were working to clear trees knocked onto roads and restore access to villages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Gujarat, more than 100,000 people had been moved from the storm\'s path before it struck, the state government said, as well as 82,000 others in Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan climate change minister Sherry Rehman said \"no human lives were lost\" on her side of the border.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Thank God it did not directly hit the coastal areas of Pakistan,\" she told broadcaster Dunya.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'So far, so good\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Friday, shops and markets gradually reopened under drizzling skies and a cool ocean breeze in Thatta, a city around 50 kilometres inland.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So far, so good,\" said 40-year-old government worker Hashim Shaikh. \"We were pushed into a state of fear for the past several days, but now it seems to be over.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the fishing port of Keti Bandar -- forecast to be hardest hit by the storm -- \"there was zero damage\", according to engineer Rahimullah Qureshi from the provincial irrigation department.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyclones are a regular and deadly menace on the coast of the northern Indian Ocean, where tens of millions of people live.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, the coast of Gujarat was hit by the more powerful Cyclone Tauktae, which killed more than 150 people and caused large-scale destruction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 4,000 people died in India when another cyclone hit the same coastline in 1998.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have warned that storms are becoming more powerful as the world gets warmer with climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate researcher at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, said cyclones derive their energy from warm waters, and that surface temperatures in the Arabian Sea were 1.2 to 1.4 degrees Celsius (34 to 35 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than four decades ago. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-16 23:53:41', '2023-06-16 23:53:41'),
(7524, 7524, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said many BNP leaders are secretly taking preparation for the next general elections.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"BNP will participate in the next national elections, too. Many parties will join the polls and there will be no shortage of parties. No matter how BNP gets involved in plot, the polls will be held in this country,\" he told a rally in the capital\'s Mirpur this afternoon.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka North City unit of the AL organised the rally protecting the anti-state conspiracy of BNP-Jamaat.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said BNP leaders know that they will be defeated in the next general elections and that is why they want to make the polls questionable.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"BNP recruits lobbyists spending huge money. Where do they get so much money?\" he questioned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The road transport and bridges minister said the elections of Bangladesh could not be prevented with anyone\'s visa policy and sanctions.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We do not interfere with anyone. We do not want interference of any foreign country in our elections. We are going to hold the elections as per law. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will remain the head of the government during the elections,\" he said.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Which country\'s parliament is dissolved before the elections? Why will we do it in Bangladesh? Parliament will be dissolved after the elections. We have a constitution. We will conduct everything in line with the constitution. We do not follow anyone\'s advice. You can send election observers to see how the polls are held,\" he added.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader said the country\'s people have confidence about the elections and they will not be confused by BNP\'s statements over elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The BNP is now holding road march after getting imbalanced and this road march will finally turns into a fall march, he said, adding that the BNP has no path way.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The AL general secretary said BNP has no control over its own party men while its activists became candidates in many city elections ignoring the command of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Now many of BNP leaders have started running from one place to another to participate in the upcoming national elections,\" he said.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Claiming that BNP has started conspiracy and terrorism again, Quader said BNP swallowed democracy and the rule of law, stole votes and made Bangladesh champion in graft when it was in power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If they (BNP) come to power again, they will swallow Bangladesh and the spirit of Liberation War,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AL joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretary Afzal Hossain, Dhaka North City AL president Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, general secretary SM Mannan Kochi and Swechchhasebak League president Gazi Mejbaul Hossain Sacchu, among others, spoke. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 02:06:39', '2023-06-17 02:06:39'),
(7525, 7525, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Narionalist Party’s rally for youth came under fire after a group of \"unruly activists\" who converged at the rally vandalised several murals that symbolise Father of the Nation and Liberation War in the port city of Chattogram.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to CTTV footages, armed with sticks and roads, BNP activists can be seen attacking murals in Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the emergence of CCTV footages, netizens mostly youth came down heavily on BNP raising questions about the party’s stance on liberation war ideals that formed bedrock of this youngest nation of South Asia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Looking at the video footage, I demand exemplary punishment to find the culprits and bring them under the law,\" wrote Khandakar Hossain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Petrol bombing on innocent citizens, destroying legacies of liberation war, orchestrating attack on minorities, are these cards how BNP intends to attack the youths,” questioned another netizen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since it’s birth as midwifed by the first military dictator, BNP has been opposed to liberation war ideals and reportedly whitewash legacy of war criminals as Gen Ziaur Rahman embraced war criminals,&nbsp; promoted them on political landscape and introduced a culture of religion based political doctrine observed&nbsp; eminent researcher Syed Badrul Ahsan in an earlier piece.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Bangladesh Awami League on a Facebook post came down heavily with footages of vandalism, pulled up BNP calling the act another manifestation of glorifying the Pakistani ideals that raped and murdered millions in 1971.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Now five decades down the line if the party seeks to allure gen next voters with glorifying war criminals then it’s an irony and a strategy surely would led to defeat,” added Rahul, a Dhaka University Student.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chittagong University unit of Chhatra League has strongly condemned and protested against the vandalism of documents of Liberation War and portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Jamal Khan Square from BNP rally in Chittagong.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP-Jamaat\'s political policy is to harm people\'s lives and property and harm the common people by creating fire terror and anarchy in the country, protesters said from a rally of Chattogram North District Awami Jubo League. UNB&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 02:11:00', '2023-06-17 02:11:00'),
(7526, 7526, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mahmudul Alam Babu, chairman Sadhurpara UP in Jamalpur who is a suspect in the murder of Banglanews24.com journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim, was detained from Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district early Saturday (June 17, 2023).</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Members of Rapid Action&nbsp; Batallion (RAB) detained Babu and two others around 5 am in Chilahati union of the upazila, said Jamal Hossain, officer-in-charge of Debiganj Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>They were trying to flee the country by crossing the border, RAB sources said.</div><div><br></div><div>RAB will later brief the media on this detention.</div><div><br></div><div>Golam Rabbani\'s wife, Monira Begum, alleged that her husband was killed on the orders UP chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu due to his news reporting.</div><div><br></div><div>Golam Rabbani was returning home on June 14 when he was attacked by a group of terrorists in Bakshiganj upazila. The assailants physically assaulted him before fleeing the scene, leaving him unconscious. He died at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital the following day.</div><div><br></div><div>Monira claimed that her husband had been subjected to various forms of harassment before the incident, and it was the chairman\'s associates who carried out the killing. She demanded exemplary punishment of those involved in the incident. According to UNB reports</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', '<p>Journalist murder<br></p>', 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, '<p><br></p>', '2023-06-17 20:42:56', '2023-06-17 20:42:56'),
(7527, 7527, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Around 40 people, mostly students, have been killed at a school in western Uganda by rebels linked to the Islamic State group.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>A further eight people remain in a critical condition after the attack on Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe.</div><div><br></div><div>Boys who were staying in dormitories at the school are among the dead.</div><div>The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) - a Ugandan group based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) - have been blamed for Friday\'s attack.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of the bodies were transferred to Bwera Hospital, national police spokesperson Fred Enanga said.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack happened at around 23:30 local time (20:30 GMT) on Friday at the school in the Kasese district in western Uganda.</div><div><br></div><div>Over 60 people are educated at the school, most of whom live there</div><div><br></div><div>ADF rebels burnt a dormitory and a food store was also looted during the incident, Mr Enanga said.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the boys were burnt or hacked to death, Major General Dick Olum from the Ugandan army told the media.</div><div><br></div><div>Others at the school, mostly girls, have been abducted by the group, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>Some of the bodies are said to have been badly burnt and DNA tests will need to be carried out to identify them.</div><div><br></div><div>The attackers are said to have torched the students\' mattresses and are also thought to have detonated bombs in the region.</div><div><br></div><div>Members of the wider community are possibly among the dead. A number of students remain unaccounted for.</div><div><br></div><div>Soldiers are pursuing ADF insurgents towards the DRC\'s Virunga National park - Africa\'s oldest and largest national park which is home to rare species, including mountain gorillas.</div><div><br></div><div>Militias including the ADF also use the vast expanse, which borders Uganda and Rwanda, as a hideout.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack on the school, located less than two kilometres (1.25 miles) from the DRC border, is the first such attack on a Ugandan school in 25 years. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', '<p>Uganda school attack&nbsp; &nbsp;<br></p>', 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 21:36:56', '2023-06-17 21:36:56'),
(7528, 7528, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam has exchanged views on different bilateral, regional and international issues of mutual interests and concerns with the cross-party Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Swedish Parliament Riksdag in Stockholm.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The two sides, on June 16, also exchanged views on Swedish development cooperation support to Bangladesh, bilateral trade and investment cooperation, and Bangladesh’s National Action Plan on the labour sector.</div><div><br></div><div>They also discussed possible cooperation between the two countries in IT and fintech sectors and green transition, Bangladesh-EU 50 years of partnership, Rohingya crisis, climate change, war in Ukraine, and Indo-Pacific, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.</div><div><br></div><div>The State Minister briefed the Swedish Parliamentary Committee on the socio-economic development of Bangladesh, particularly over the last 14 years, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ‘Vision 2041’.</div><div><br></div><div>Committee Chairman Aron Emilsson (Sweden Democrats), Deputy Chairman Morgan Johansson (Swedish Social Democratic Party), and members Margareta Cederfelt (Moderate Party), Jacob Risberg (Green Party) and Magnus Berntsson (Christian Democrats) from the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Riksdag joined the views exchange meeting while the State Minister was accompanied by Bangladesh Ambassador to Sweden, Mehdi Hasan, and Director General (West Europe &amp; EU) of MOFA Kazi Russel Pervez. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 22:10:44', '2023-06-17 22:10:44'),
(7529, 7529, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all governments to eliminate legal barriers to women owning land, and to involve them in policymaking.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>“Support women and girls to play their part in protecting our most precious resource. And together, let’s stop land degradation by 2030,” he said in a message marking the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought that falls on June 17.</div><div><br></div><div>The UN chief said unsustainable farming is eroding soil 100 times faster than natural process can restore them. “We depend on land for our survival. Yet we treat it like dirt.”</div><div><br></div><div>And, he said, up to 40% of our planet’s land is now degraded: imperiling food production; threatening biodiversity; and compounding the climate crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>“This hits women and girls the hardest. They suffer disproportionately from the lack of food, water scarcity, and forced migration that result from our mistreatment of land. Yet they have the least control,” said the UN chief.</div><div><br></div><div>In many countries, he said, laws and practices block women and girls from owning land. “But where they do, they restore and protect it: increasing productivity; building resilience to drought and investing in health, education and nutrition.”</div><div><br></div><div>Guterres said equal land rights both protect land and advance gender equality; and that is why this Desertification and Drought Day puts the focus on “her land, her rights”. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 23:40:40', '2023-06-17 23:40:40'),
(7530, 7530, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Bank is ready to announce a contractionary monetary policy statement tomorrow, withdrawing the single-digit interest cap to combat rising inflation, the central bank sources said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Usually, contractionary monetary policy is used to contain inflation and reduce the level of money circulating in the economy.</div><div><br></div><div>Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Abdur Rouf Talukder, will release the policy statement for the first half (July-December) of FY 2024 at a press conference in Bangladesh Bank tomorrow.</div><div><br></div><div>The chief of BFIU, deputy governors, Chief Economist, executive director of the Research Department, and concerned officials of Bangladesh Bank will be present at the event.</div><div><br></div><div>The central bank formulates monetary policy to create a balance between inflation and achieving the desired growth.</div><div><br></div><div>When asked about the new monetary policy, Bangladesh Bank Executive Director and Acting Spokesperson, Abul Bashar, told reporter that the central bank governor will officially announce the monetary policy tomorrow. “This monetary policy will focus more on controlling inflation, and the introduction of a single currency exchange rate,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, there will be new announcements on interest rates and the current 9 percent cap will be waived and rationalized, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>According to Bangladesh Bank sources, the central bank will introduce a new system by removing the existing 9 percent interest rate limit on loans. The interest rate will be effective from July 1, the first month of the new fiscal year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 23:49:45', '2023-06-17 23:49:45'),
(7531, 7531, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A high school student from Philadelphia who graduated from Philadelphia High School for Girls was denied a diploma on the stage for dancing during the graduation ceremony on June 9, as per a report in ABC News.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The video, which has gone viral on social media, shows a group of girls sitting on stage when Hafsah Abdur-Rahman, carrying a bouquet of flowers, starts dancing on the stage as she proceeds to receive her degree once her name is called. As she approaches the principal who is holding her diploma, the principal raises her arm and suggests the student go back to her seat. The headmaster then puts the diploma in a basket lying on the ground next to her.</div><div><br></div><div>Talking about the incident, Ms Rahman told the outlet, \"She stole that moment from me. I will never get that again.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The teenager stated that their Principal Lisa Mesi had warned the students beforehand that their families or friends \"could not cheer or clap when they walked on stage.\"</div><div><br></div><div>\"I understood the rules because I was saying \'shh\' in the video. Do not say nothing because I want my diploma. I knew and understood what we were supposed to do,\" she added.</div><div><br></div><div>\"If they thought that I shouldn\'t do \'The Griddy\' across the stage and do the Girls\' High traditions, nobody should have been able to wave or blow kisses or do period signs because I feel like that\'s the same thing. I feel like that\'s unfair,\" Ms Rahman told ABC News.</div><div><br></div><div>The student said that the moment was special as it was in honour of her sibling, who was killed at the age of 14. \"I was so embarrassed. I couldn\'t even enjoy the rest of the graduation,\" she remarked.</div><div><br></div><div>The School District of Philadelphia said in a statement to the outlet, \"The District does not condone the withholding of earned diplomas based on family members cheering for their graduates. We apologize to all the families and graduates who were impacted and are further looking into this matter to avoid it happening in the future.\"</div><div><br></div><div>According to the student, the Deputy Superintendent of the school also contacted her and her mother to express regret for their experience. - ABC News&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', '<p>\'So Embarrassed\'<br></p>', 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-17 23:59:39', '2023-06-17 23:59:39'),
(7532, 7532, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The maiden flight of Spain\'s first rocket was aborted Saturday after countdown ended because of a last-minute technical problem, the start up PLD Space said.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The launch of the Miura 1 in the southwestern provence of Huelva was \"automatically aborted\" as some of the umbilicals -- which are used to provide power and fuel to rockets -- did not release as it should, Raul Torres, a co-founder of PLD Space, tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We will analyse the data to have more information,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The launch of the Miura 1, named after a breed of fighting bulls, had initially been scheduled for May 31 but was postponed due to high winds.</div><div><br></div><div>Standing just 12 metres (40 feet) tall, the small reusable rocket was to fly 100 kilometres (62 miles) above Earth.</div><div><br></div><div>While that distance would put it in outer space, the rocket is not powerful enough to reach orbit.</div><div><br></div><div>Saturday\'s sub-orbital launch had been slated to bring a payload with micro-gravity experiments.</div><div><br></div><div>Companies are rushing to develop launchers to address a growing satellite market.</div><div><br></div><div>Around 18,500 small orbiters weighing less than 500 kilos (1,100 pounds) are projected to be launched in the coming decade, according to analysts from Euroconsult. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 00:14:53', '2023-06-18 00:14:53'),
(7533, 7533, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Severe heat wave is sweeping Rajshahi, Pabna and Bogura districts, according to Bangladesh Metrological Department .</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Mild to moderate heat wave is sweeping Khulna division,&nbsp; parts of Rajshahi division and Tangail, Faridpur &amp; Dinajpur districts and it may continue, said a bulletin of BMD on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>The country’s highest 41.3 degree Celsius temperature was recorded in Rajshahi district on Friday.</div><div><br></div><div>The Met office also predicted rains or thundershowers in parts of country as monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over North Bay.</div><div><br></div><div>“Light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at most places over Mymensingh&nbsp; and Sylhet divisions; at many places over Rangpur and Dhaka divisions and at a few places in Rajshshi, Khulna, Barishal &amp; Chattogram divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Mymensingh&nbsp; and&nbsp; Sylhet divisions,” said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Highest 116 mm rainfall was recorded in Sylhet district in 24 hours till 6 am on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over Rajshahi &amp; Khulna divisions and it may fall slightly elsewhere over the country. Night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 01:52:21', '2023-06-18 01:52:21'),
(7534, 7534, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Eight people have died in the third heatwave to hit Mexico since mid-April, the country\'s health ministry said on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Temperatures reached a record high of 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) in the capital Mexico City this week.</div><div><br></div><div>Seven of the victims died of heatstroke and one of dehydration between April 14 and June 12, the ministry said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>In the northeastern city of Monterrey, temperatures exceeded 40C, while water pressure was reduced in homes and an increased demand for electricity</div><div>including air conditioning led to power cuts.</div><div><br></div><div>Wendy Tijerina, a Monterrey resident, said the heat is more intense because the city lies in an industrial zone.</div><div><br></div><div>\"There is a lack of water, you can\'t bathe the children or even use a fan because they cut the power,\" she told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>She said her family tries to drink a lot of water to protect themselves from heatstroke.</div><div><br></div><div>The government of Nuevo Leon state, where Monterrey is located, has limited the time children attend school to two hours a day to avoid sun.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year, Mexico declared a drought emergency in parts of the country as a heatwave and dearth of rain depleted reservoirs.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities in some cities, including Monterrey, allowed households to access running water for only a few hours a day for several weeks. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 02:13:51', '2023-06-18 02:13:51'),
(7535, 7535, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Litton Das, the stand-in Test captain of Bangladesh, applauded the pace-bowling department for their exceptional performance in the recently concluded Test match against Afghanistan.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Bangladeshi pace-bowling lineup claimed 14 wickets in this match, marking the first instance of Bangladeshi pacers taking such a tally in a Test match.</div><div><br></div><div>In the first innings, Ebadot Hossain secured four wickets, contributing to Bangladesh\'s significant lead by dismantling Afghanistan for just 146 runs. Taskin Ahmed also impressed in the second innings, taking four wickets to dismiss Afghanistan for a mere 115 runs.</div><div><br></div><div>The pacers\' outstanding performance led to a massive 546-run victory for Bangladesh, their largest-ever win by runs in Test cricket. This victory also stands as the largest margin of victory by runs in Tests in the current century.</div><div><br></div><div>Acknowledging this historic achievement, Litton described the pacers as the main architects behind Bangladesh\'s remarkable win.</div><div><br></div><div>\"As a captain, I\'m extremely delighted,\" Litton expressed during the post-match press conference. \"Playing with three pacers in Mirpur is not something we usually do. I believe the spin-friendly nature of the wicket was a contributing factor.\"</div><div><br></div><div>However, this time, the wicket displayed friendliness towards the pacers, offering some assistance. The interim captain of Bangladesh attributed the pacers\' success to the wicket conditions.</div><div><br></div><div>Litton also mentioned that as the pacers continue to perform well in international matches, they face increasing challenges while practicing against their own bowlers in the nets.</div><div><br></div><div>Emphasizing the importance of sporting wickets, Litton stressed the need for creating an ideal environment that boosts the bowlers\' confidence and allows them to showcase their skills.</div><div><br></div><div>Afghanistan is set to return to Bangladesh in July for a three-match ODI and two-match T20 series. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has already announced the ODI squad for the series, which will take place in Chattogram from July 5 to 11. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 02:24:00', '2023-06-18 02:24:00'),
(7536, 7536, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Sony\'s latest Spider-Man animation will not hit the silver screen in the United Arab Emirates, a cinema company said Friday, following backlash over an expression of support for transgender rights.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse\" was originally scheduled to screen across the UAE as of June 22, but it has since been scrapped from lists of upcoming films on the websites of major cinema operators in the Gulf state.</div><div><br></div><div>\"\'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse\' will not be releasing in the UAE,\" VOX Cinemas said in response to an enquiry on Facebook.</div><div><br></div><div>The cinema company, which operates in the UAE and much of the Gulf region, did not provide a reason for the decision.</div><div><br></div><div>Majid Al Futtaim Entertainment, which owns VOX Cinemas, did not respond to a request for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>The superhero film, which premiered late last month, has sparked controversy online in the UAE for a scene featuring a flag with the writing \"protect trans kids\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"Warning to mothers and fathers, Disney\'s new Spider-Man movie that will screen in cinemas on the 22 promotes homosexuality and gender transformation. Protect your children,\" said one social media post that was shared hundreds of times.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2021, the UAE said it would stop censoring cinematic releases.</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, the UAE Media Council said \"it will not allow the circulation or publication of content contrary to the values and principles of the UAE\".</div><div><br></div><div>The regulatory body did not elaborate on the reasons for the statement and did not respond to a request for comment.</div><div><br></div><div>Last year, Disney\'s animated movie \"Lightyear\", which features a kiss between two women, was banned across much of the Middle East including the UAE.</div><div><br></div><div>In neighbouring Saudi Arabia, the body that vets films declined to comment about whether \"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse\" would show in cinemas.</div><div><br></div><div>VOX Cinemas has also removed the film from \"coming soon\" pages of its websites in Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 02:28:00', '2023-06-18 02:28:00'),
(7537, 7537, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">An army soldier was killed and another injured in an explosion of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Friday, ISPR said in a media statement on Saturday.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The deceased is Monnaf Hossain Raju, 21, and injured Md Rezaul, 24.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the ISPR, the explosion happened around 1:30 pm on Friday when the soldiers were going to distribute pure drinking water and oral saline from Silopi Para TOB (Temporary Operating Base),&nbsp; leaving them critically injured.</div><div><br></div><div>They were sent to Chittagong Combined Military Hospital by Air Force helicopter on an urgent basis. Later, soldier Monnaf Hossain Raju died while undergoing treatment at the hospital, added the release.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed expressed his deep shock and condolences to the bereaved family of the martyred army man. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 02:34:03', '2023-06-18 02:34:03'),
(7538, 7538, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said Bangladesh is not concerned about the new US visa policy.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We can have our own visa policy as well. We are capable of implementing it too. Just wait and see,” he said while briefing the media after observing a 4.5 km section of a BRT project in Tongi.</div><div><br></div><div>“The United States has said, the new visa policy will be applicable to those responsible for, or complicit in, undermining the democratic election process in Bangladesh. We’ll observe whether this visa policy is realistic or blind and deaf,” the minister said.</div><div><br></div><div>He mentioned that a significant project worth around Tk 5,000 crore – aimed at ensuring safer roads – is currently underway in collaboration with the World Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>Regarding the BRT project, he said, “This project has progressed quite far considering the timeframe. However, there is a dilemma and doubt surrounding its completion. It would have been better if the project had been thoroughly evaluated before its initiation in Gazipur.”</div><div><br></div><div>He raised concerns that the road infrastructure projects could exacerbate traffic congestion and adversely affect the entire capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Addressing the challenges faced in the transportation sector, the minister stressed the importance of maintaining order and discipline.</div><div><br></div><div>He acknowledged the obstacles and stated that they must be overcome.</div><div><br></div><div>He assured that the entire project is scheduled to be completed by September or October, and preparations are underway for its inauguration, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Furthermore, plans are in motion to construct elevated expressway to Tejgaon before the upcoming election, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>“The Metro Rail project is also progressing, with the goal of reaching Motijheel by September or October,” Quader added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', '<p>we can have our own policy too<br></p>', 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 03:02:11', '2023-06-18 03:04:53');
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(7539, 7539, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine, but the meeting ended with no visible progress.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seven African leaders — the presidents of Comoros, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia, as well as Egypt’s prime minister and top envoys from the Republic of Congo and Uganda — visited Ukraine on Friday to try to help end the nearly 16-month-old war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The African leaders then traveled to St. Petersburg on Saturday to meet with Putin who was attending Russia\'s showpiece international economic forum.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Details about the delegation\'s proposals were thin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after the three-hour meeting that the Africans\' peace plan consisted of 10 elements, but “was not formulated on paper.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The peace initiative proposed by African countries is very difficult to implement, difficult to compare positions,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. But ”President Putin has shown interest in considering it.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“He spoke about our position. Not all provisions can be correlated with the main elements of our position, but this does not mean that we do not need to continue working,” Peskov said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The main conclusion, in my opinion, from today’s conversation is that our partners from the African Union have shown an understanding of the true causes of the crisis that was created by the West, and have shown an understanding that it is necessary to get out of this situation on the basis of addressing these underlying causes,” Lavrov said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia says that it was effectively forced to send troops into Ukraine because it was threatened by Ukraine\'s desire to join NATO and by the country\'s support from the United States and Western Europe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the economic forum on Friday, Putin declared that the first Russian tactical nuclear weapons have been deployed to Belarus, describing the move as a deterrent against Western efforts to defeat Russia in Ukraine. He previously said that the deployment would begin in July.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Asked if he could order the use of battlefield nuclear weapons in Ukraine, Putin said that there was no need for that but noted that Moscow could use its nuclear arsenals in case of a “threat to the Russian statehood.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“In that case, we will certainly use all the means that the Russian state has. There should be no doubt about that,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission to Ukraine, the first of its kind by African leaders, comes in the wake of other peace initiatives — such as one by China — and carries particular importance for Africa, which relies on food and fertilizer deliveries from Russia and Ukraine. The war has impeded exports from one of the world’s most important breadbaskets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This conflict is affecting Africa negatively,” South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at a news conference alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and four other African leaders after their closed-door talks on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ramaphosa and others acknowledged the intensity of the hostilities but insisted all wars must come to an end and emphasized their willingness to help expedite that.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I do believe that Ukrainians feel that they must fight and not give up. The road to peace is very hard,” he said, adding that “there is a need to bring this conflict to an end sooner rather than later.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delegation, including Presidents Macky Sall of Senegal and Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia, represent a cross-section of African views on the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">South Africa, Senegal and Uganda have avoided censuring Moscow over the conflict, while Egypt, Zambia and Comoros voted against Russia last year in a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning Moscow’s invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many African nations have long had close ties with Moscow, dating back to the Cold War when the Soviet Union supported their anti-colonial struggles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking during Friday\'s news conference, Comoros President Azali Assoumani floated the idea of a “road map” to peace, prompting questions from Zelenskyy who sought a clarification and insisted he didn’t want “any surprises” from their visit with Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chances for peace talks look dim as Ukraine and Russia take sharply different stands. Ukraine demands that Russia withdraws its troops from all its occupied territories as a condition for peace talks. The Kremlin, in turn, wants Ukraine to recognize the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as part of Russia and acknowledge other land gains it has made.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China presented its own peace proposal at the end of February. Ukraine and its allies largely dismissed the plan, as the warring sides look no closer to a cease-fire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The African peace mission comes as Ukraine launches a counteroffensive to dislodge the Kremlin’s forces from occupied areas, using Western-supplied advanced weapons in attacks in several sections of more than the 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the village of Blahodatne, taken by Ukrainian forces in the counteroffensive six days ago, soldiers said they have orders to keep advancing and not retreat, indicating long grueling battles ahead in the direction where Russians have built up dense lines of fortifications.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Morale is really strong because the guys know they’re moving forward to liberate their lands,” said a Ukrainian soldier with the callsign Skripal (Violinist). “We have an order not to retreat and to move forward, so we’re trying.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Village roads are punctured with craters, buildings are caved in and bullet holes peppered nearly every residence. Inside a cultural center, a Ukrainian commander with the call sign “Lermontov” said that they’d captured many Russian soldiers during the liberation of the village and showed journalists four bodies whom he said were Russian fighters who had been recruited from prisons. AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 14:16:20', '2023-06-18 14:16:20'),
(7540, 7540, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Joe Biden delivered an unapologetically economic populist message Saturday during the first rally of his reelection campaign, telling an exuberant crowd of union members that his policies had created jobs and lifted the middle class. Now, he said, is the time for the wealthy to “pay their fair share” in taxes.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden spotlighted the sweeping climate, tax and health care package signed into law last year that cut the cost of prescription drugs and lowered insurance premiums — pocketbook issues that advisers say will be the centerpiece of his argument for a second term.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I\'m looking forward to this campaign,\" Biden said to cries of “four more years!” before adding, \"We\'ve got a record to run on.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His choice of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania — and a friendly union audience — as his first official campaign stop reflected their crucial role in his reelection effort. The city was the site of his 2020 campaign headquarters and the state was one of a handful that had voted for Republican Donald Trump in 2016 but flipped back to Democrats four years later.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Until the rally, Biden’s primary reelection campaign activity had been fundraising as the campaign tries to amass an impressive fundraising haul before the year’s second quarter concludes at the end of the month. The president raised money at a private home in Greenwich, Connecticut, on Friday and soon will hold fundraisers in California, Maryland, Illinois and New York.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than 1,000 union workers representing professions from carpenters and airport service workers to entertainers and heavy service equipment engineers — most wearing T-shirts bearing their union\'s logos — began chanting “Let\'s go, Joe!\" and “We want Joe” and blowing whistles hours before the president arrived.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden did not mention any of his potential Republican opponents by name, but said many in the GOP “oppose everything I\'ve done.” Pointing to high inflation rates, Republicans have criticized “Biden-omics” a term the president tried to turn back his opponents on Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I don\'t know what the hell that is,” he said, “but it\'s working.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The event, which organizers said included unions representing 18 million workers nationwide, recalled then-candidate Biden opening his 2020 presidential campaign at a union hall in Pittsburgh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several of the nation\'s most powerful unions — including the AFL-CIO, American Federation of Teachers and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees — officially endorsed Biden\'s campaign on Friday. The first-of-its-kind joint endorsement among the unions, and the backdrop of hundreds of workers are part of a meticulously choreographed effort to show the support of labor behind what Biden himself calls the most pro-union president in history.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The union endorsements followed Wednesday\'s joint endorsement from major environmental groups, a back-to-back backing by design, according to a campaign official, meant to demonstrate that tackling climate change through green jobs does not threaten workers\' rights.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden claimed in his remarks that if Wall Street bankers went on strike, no one would notice. But if unions members walked off the job, \"the whole country would come to a grinding halt.” He also criticized those worth more than $1 billion for paying, he said, as little as 8% in federal taxes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That prompted a man in the audience to shout, “What do you pay?” to which Biden responded, “I pay a hell of a lot more than that.\" He said repeatedly that the wealthy must “pay their fair share.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Before addressing the union gathering, Biden took a helicopter tour over the collapsed section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia that has complicated traffic along one of the nation\'s most crowded highways.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Smith, a 62-year-old retired electrician and is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, said he liked Biden\'s chances next year because of his administration\'s championing green jobs and construction.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jennifer McKinnon, 53, a grade school librarian and member of the National Education Association, said she felt that Biden had a personal commitment to education because his wife, Jill, was a teacher who continued to teach English at a Northern Virginia community college as first lady. Jill Biden, an NEA member, addressed the union rally, too.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I fear that the Republicans are going to get caught in their cycle that they did last time and people aren\'t going to buy it this time, so Joe\'s going to sweep right in,” McKinnon said of the 2024 election, alluding to Trump, the early front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden said his economic policies can lift all Americans regardless of economic status, an argument that could help him counter the kind of economic populism that buoyed Trump with some rank-and-file union members during his first two presidential campaigns.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clark Hamilton, a 63-year-old retiree and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers member, said Biden embraced union values but also noted that the president sometimes “plays it like most politicians, in the middle.” He referenced Biden\'s urging Congress to helped prevent a rail strike last year, which the president said could cripple commerce nationwide.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“That’s a shame,” Hamilton said. “But he was trying to save the economy.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Still, Hamilton said he\'s confident that Biden\'s record will secure him a second term next year “especially if it\'s against Trump.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 14:20:33', '2023-06-18 14:20:33'),
(7541, 7541, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun on Saturday said that the Bangladesh Police has the capability to face any challenges in the future.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IGP made the statement while addressing at the monthly crime review meeting for the month of May, 2023 at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) headquarters as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“The Bangladesh Police has already demonstrated its ability to control terrorism, extremism and militancy by following the policy adopted by the honorable Prime Minister,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Appreciating the activities of DMP, he said today they have created a place of trust with the tireless work of all the policemen. The overall development of the country has taken place as the law and order situation has remained normal in the country. To maintain this order, all policemen must perform their responsibilities with sincerity, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additional IGP (Administration) Md Kamrul Ahsan, DMP Additional Commissioner of Police (Admin) AKM Hafiz Akhtar, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime and Operations) Dr. Kh. Mahid Uddin, Additional Commissioner of Police ( Logistics, Finance and Procurement) Muha.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ashrafuzzaman, Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Md Munibur Rahman, Joint Commissioners of Police, Deputy Commissioners of Police and officers of various ranks were also present at the event. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 14:23:44', '2023-06-18 14:23:44'),
(7542, 7542, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Dhaka\'s air quality is in the \'unhealthy\' zone this morning (June 18, 2023).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 121 at 9 am, the capital of Bangladesh ranked eighth in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chile’s Santiago, Indonesia’s Jakarta, Pakistan’s Karachi and Lahore occupied the first four spots on the list, with AQI scores of 207, 163, 159 and 156, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 151 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be \'very unhealthy\', while a reading of 301+ is considered \'hazardous\', posing serious health risks to residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants — particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and Ozone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in the winter and improves during the monsoon. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 15:13:18', '2023-06-18 15:13:18'),
(7543, 7543, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tens of thousands of people protested against the government in the Serbian capital Saturday, the latest such rally since mass shootings claimed the lives of 18 people.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thousands turned out at similar marches, dubbed \"Serbia against violence\", went ahead in the Balkan country\'s three other major cities, Novi Sad, Kragujevac and Nis, local media reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The rallies have become the largest gatherings since widespread demonstrations triggered the fall of late strongman Slobodan Milosevic over two decades ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were triggered by two mass shootings in May that claimed 18 lives and left several people wounded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dead included nine students at a Belgrade elementary school who were gunned down by a 13-year-old peer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrations, organised by several pro-European opposition parties, have tapped into simmering anger at the ruling party over a perceived culture of violence fanned by the government and the media outlets it controls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Either violence will stop or Serbia will stop,\" journalist Smiljan Banjac told the crowd in Belgrade.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is not radicalisation, this is our cry to protect children, to ensure that they grow up safely.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The protesters want the government to revoke the broadcasting licences of television channels promoting violent content, and a ban on pro-government newspapers that target political dissidents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are also seeking the resignations of the interior minister and the head of the intelligence service.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Critics have for years accused President Aleksandar Vucic of increasingly relying on autocratic measures to disrupt the opposition and control media outlets and state institutions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vucic dismissed the protests as a political stunt, and repeated claims about foreign powers allegedly orchestrating the rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday\'s protests ended without incident. Their organisers said that if their demands were not met, the next rallies would be held in 10 more cities across the country. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 15:20:22', '2023-06-18 15:20:22'),
(7544, 7544, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Beijing early Sunday on a high-stakes diplomatic mission to try to cool exploding U.S.-China tensions that have set many around the world on edge.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blinken was to begin two days of talks with senior Chinese officials in the afternoon. He is the highest-level American official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office and the first secretary of state to make the trip in five years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The trip comes after he postponed plans to visit in February after the shootdown of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the U.S.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yet prospects for any significant breakthrough on the most vexing issues facing the planet’s two largest economies are slim, as already ties have grown increasingly fraught in recent years. Animosity and recriminations have steadily escalated over a series of disagreements that have implications for global security and stability.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Blinken plans to meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Sunday, top diplomat Wang Yi, and possibly President Xi Jinping on Monday, according to U.S. officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden and Xi agreed to Blinken’s trip early at a meeting last year in Bali. It came within a day of happening in February but was delayed by the diplomatic and political tumult brought on by the discovery of what the U.S. says was a Chinese spy balloon flying across the United States that was shot down.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The list of disagreements and potential conflict points is long: ranging from trade with Taiwan, human rights conditions in China to Hong Kong, as well as the Chinese military assertiveness in the South China Sea to Russia\'s war in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">U.S. officials said before Blinken\'s departure from Washington on Friday that he would raise each of them, though neither side has shown any inclination to back down on their positions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Shortly before leaving, Blinken emphasized the importance of the U.S. and China establishing and maintaining better lines of communication. The U.S. wants to make sure “that the competition we have with China doesn’t veer into conflict” due to avoidable misunderstandings, he told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden and Xi had made commitments to improve communications “precisely so that we can make sure we are communicating as clearly as possible to avoid possible misunderstandings and miscommunications,” Blinken said Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Xi offered a hint of a possible willingness to reduce tensions, saying in a meeting with Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates on Friday that the United States and China can cooperate to “benefit our two countries.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I believe that the foundation of Sino-U.S. relations lies in the people,” Xi said to Gates. “Under the current world situation, we can carry out various activities that benefit our two countries, the people of our countries, and the entire human race.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biden told White House reporters Saturday he was “hoping that over the next several months, I\'ll be meeting with Xi again and talking about legitimate differences we have, but also how ... to get along.” Chances could come at a Group of 20 leaders\' gathering in September in New Delhi and at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November in San Francisco that the United States is hosting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since the cancellation of Blinken\'s trip in February, there have been some high-level engagements. CIA chief William Burns traveled to China in May, while China’s commerce minister traveled to the U.S. And Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan met with Wang in Vienna in May.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But those have been punctuated by bursts of angry rhetoric from both sides over the Taiwan Strait, their broader intentions in the Indo-Pacific, China’s refusal to condemn Russia for its war against Ukraine, and U.S. allegations from Washington that Beijing is attempting to boost its worldwide surveillance capabilities, including in Cuba.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And, earlier this month, China’s defense minister rebuffed a request from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin for a meeting on the sidelines of a security symposium in Singapore, a sign of continuing discontent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Austin said Friday he was confident that he and his Chinese counterpart would meet “at some point in time, but we’re not there yet.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Underscoring the situation, China rejected a report by a U.S. security firm, that blamed Chinese-linked hackers for attacks on hundreds of public agencies, schools and other targets around the world, as “far-fetched and unprofessional”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson repeated accusations that Washington carries out hacking attacks and complained the cybersecurity industry rarely reports on them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That followed a similar retort earlier in the week when China said Qin had in a phone call with Blinken urged the United States to respect “China’s core concerns” such as the issue of Taiwan’s self-rule, and “stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and stop harming China’s sovereignty, security and development interests in the name of competition.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the national security advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines held their first joint talks Friday and agreed to strengthen their defense cooperation, in part to counter China\'s growing influence and ambitions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This coincides with the Biden administration inking an agreement with Australia and Britain to provide the first with nuclear-powered submarines, with China moving rapidly to expand its diplomatic presence, especially in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific island nations, where it has opened or has plans to open at least five new embassies over the next year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agreement is part of an 18-month-old nuclear partnership given the acronym AUKUS — for Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking before Blinken\'s departure, two U.S. officials downplayed hopes for major progress and stressed that the trip was intended to restore a sense of calm and normalcy to high-level contacts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We’re coming to Beijing with a realistic, confident approach and a sincere desire to manage our competition in the most responsible way possible,” said Daniel Kritenbrink, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia and the Pacific.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kurt Campbell, the top Asia expert at the National Security Council, said \"intense competition requires intense diplomacy if we’re going to manage tensions. That is the only way to clear up misperceptions, to signal, to communicate, and to work together where and when our interests align.” AP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 15:33:13', '2023-06-18 15:33:13'),
(7545, 7545, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">South Africa\'s president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kyiv and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed \"very difficult to implement\", a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delegation brought the voice of a continent that has badly suffered from repercussions of the Ukraine conflict, particularly with rising grain prices.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This war must be settled... through negotiations and through diplomatic means,\" South Africa\'s Cyril Ramaphosa said after talks in the suburbs of Saint Petersburg.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian authorities have effectively banned the word \"war\" to describe their military operation in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ramaphosa added that his delegation, which has leaders and senior officials from seven African countries, \"would like this war to be ended\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ramaphosa listed 10 principles, which included de-escalation, the recognition of countries\' sovereignty, security guarantees for all countries, unimpeded grain exports through the Black Sea and sending prisoners of war and children back to their countries of origin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The mission included the presidents of South Africa, Senegal, Comoros and Zambia, as well as top officials from Uganda, Egypt and Congo-Brazzaville.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Difficult to implement\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Any initiative is very difficult to implement,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by the state-run agency RIA Novosti.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But President Putin has shown interest in considering it,\" Peskov said after the leaders held a meeting behind closed doors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the plan was \"not formulated on paper\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin had praised the delegation\'s \"balanced\" approach and said he was \"open to a constructive dialogue with all those who want to implement peace based on the principles of justice and respect for the parties\' legitimate interests\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow has in the past repeated that any negotiations would need to take into account \"new territorial realities\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky, speaking on Friday after Ramaphosa called for de-escalation following their talks in Kyiv, repeated his position that Ukraine must recover territories lost to Russia to achieve peace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When an air raid siren sounded in Kyiv shortly after the delegation\'s arrival earlier on Friday, forcing it to take shelter, Zelensky said it showed that Putin either did not control his army or was \"irrational\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Focus on the battlefield -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">African countries have been divided over their response to the fighting. While some have sided with Ukraine, others have remained neutral or gravitated towards Moscow.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Efforts to secure peace appear increasingly perilous, analysts told AFP, with both Kyiv and Moscow convinced they can win on the battlefield.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukraine launched a long-awaited counteroffensive earlier this month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian officials -- including Putin -- have insisted the counteroffensive is failing despite Kyiv claiming some gains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv said Friday evening that its units were having \"tactical success\" in nearly all areas where they were fighting in the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian army, meanwhile, said it had repelled all assaults from Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Negative impact\' on Africa -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If analysts doubted the African mission could secure a concrete peace, there had been hope it would achieve some concessions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Securing the future viability of a deal allowing grain from Ukraine to reach the global market would be one potential goal of the delegation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This war is having a negative impact on the African continent and indeed on many other countries around the world,\" Ramaphosa said ahead of formal talks with the Russian president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin said \"the crisis on the global food market is by no means a consequence\" of the Ukraine conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia accuses the West of blocking its exports of fertilisers and threatens to pull out of a deal -- due to expire on July 17 -- that has allowed vital Ukrainian grain exports to resume through the Black Sea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We do not believe that shipments of Ukrainian grain supplies can solve the problems of poverty and hunger,\" Putin said during the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky had asked the African leaders to \"please, let them release our political prisoners. I think this will be an important result of your mission.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Referring to prisoners of war, Putin said on Saturday: \"We are ready to continue this process.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian officials in the area devastated by flooding from the destruction of a Russian-held dam announced revised death tolls Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The toll in Russian-held areas had risen to 29, officials there said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv said the number killed in its territory had risen to 16, with 31 still missing, and warned that the threat of air strikes \"remains high across Ukraine\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Maryinka axes and heavy battles continue,\" the defence ministry said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Washington, US President Joe Biden warned that the United States would not make special arrangements for Ukraine to join the NATO military alliance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They\'ve got to meet the same standards,\" he told reporters. \"So we\'re not going to make it easy.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next week, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call on investors and businesses at a two-day summit in London to match Ukraine\'s \"bravery on the battlefield\" with support to get the country back on its feet. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 16:09:31', '2023-06-18 16:09:31'),
(7546, 7546, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 11 people were killed and 20 were missing after a cyclone tore through southern Brazil, local authorities said Saturday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"According to the state branch of Protection and Civil Defense, 11 people died from the effects of the cyclone,\" the government of Rio Grande do Sul state, which borders Argentina and Uruguay, said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Eighteen people are still missing in Caraa and two in Tres Forquilhas,\" it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 2,330 people were left with damaged houses and 602 were evacuated from areas at risk due to the passage of the cyclone between Thursday and Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rio Grande do Sul governor Eduardo Leite visited the worst-affected areas by helicopter on Saturday together with government and rescue officials.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Caraa, one of the worst-hit towns, the governor visited a community center used to shelter hundreds of people whose homes were damaged by the storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The situation in Caraa worries us deeply. It is essential that we can, in an integrated manner, quickly map the main affected areas and identify the people who need support,\" the governor said in the statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leite said state firefighters had rescued about 2,400 people in the past two days.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our main objective at this moment is to protect and save human lives. Rescue people who are isolated, locate the missing and support families,\" Leite said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brazil has been hit by a series of deadly weather disasters in recent years, which experts say are being made worse by climate change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At least 65 people died in February when torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 16:36:14', '2023-06-18 16:36:14'),
(7547, 7547, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Due to active monsoon, all divisions in Bangladesh may witness light to moderate rain or thundershowers in 24 hours, starting from 9 am today.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty wind, are likely to occur at most places in Rangpur, Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions; at many places in Rajshahi, Chattogram and Dhaka divisions; and at a few places in Khulna and Barishal divisions with moderately heavy to very heavy falls at places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions,” said a regular bulletin of the Met Office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, a mild to moderate heatwave is sweeping over Rajshahi division and the districts of Tangail, Jashore, Kushtia, and Chuadanga, and it may abate in some places.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The highest temperature was recorded at 39.3 degrees Celsius in Rajshahi, while the lowest temperature was recorded at 21 degrees Celsius in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weather office recorded the highest rainfall of 126mm in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A trough of low pressure lies over India\'s West Bengal to north Bay across the southern part of Bangladesh. Monsoon is fairly active over Bangladesh and moderate over north Bay. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 17:27:43', '2023-06-18 17:27:43'),
(7548, 7548, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Experts in a function have said providing Vitamin A Plus Capsule to under-five children is crucial to increase their disease resistant capacity for normal growth, prevent night blindness and many other ailments.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They made the observation at the inaugural ceremony of the National Vitamin A Plus Campaign 18 June-2023 at City Bhaban premises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The campaign is being conducted under the auspices of the Public Health and Nutrition Institute and National Nutrition Services under the Ministry of Health and Family Planning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rangpur Divisional Commissioner Md. Habibur Rahman launched the campaign by administering Vitamin \'A\' Plus Capsules to some under five babies as the chief guest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Panel Mayor-1 of Rangpur Md Mahbubar Rahman Monju presided over the function.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Divisional Director (Health) Dr ABM Abu Hanif, Deputy Commissioner Dr Chitralekha Nazneen, Civil Surgeon Dr Jahangir Kabir, Secretary of Rangpur City Corporation Ummey Fatima, its Executive Magistrate Mahmudul Hassan Mridha and Chief Health Officer Dr Md Kamruzzaman Ibn Taj were present.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr Kamruzzaman narrated the importance of continuation of Vitamin A supplementation for the under-five babies to strengthen their immune system and disease resistance capacity for their healthier growth.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Some 594 health workers and volunteers under supervision of 44 supervisors are expected to provide Vitamin A Plus capsules to 1,29,500 under-five babies at 297 outreach centers in all 33 wards of the city from 8 am to 4 pm today,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Civil Surgeon said 3,60,295 under five children (6 to 59 months) are expected to be brought under the campaign in all eight upazilas and three municipalities except Rangpur city of the district today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some 4,547 volunteers, health workers and family welfare assistants are working at 1,831 outreach centres in the district except Rangpur city. Steps have been taken at bus stands, hats, bazaars and other places during the campaign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Vitamin A Plus Capsule has no side effects in general and asked parents not to become afraid and contact the health officials concerned if their babies would show vomiting tendency after taking the capsules,\" he said. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 18:48:33', '2023-06-18 18:48:33');
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(7549, 7549, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The British government will allocate 25 million pounds (about $32 million) in the next two years for reinforcement of cybersecurity in Ukraine, the British Prime Minister\'s Office said in its statement Saturday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, the funding will make it possible to protect the critical Ukrainian infrastructure and essential services by reinforcing Ukrainian cybersecurity capabilities, which will make it possible to detect potential cyber threats from Russia and to respond to them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukraine Cyber Programme (UCP) is a British project, announced by the UK, which initially allocated about $8.14 million, last year. The second stage of funding implies that the UK will provide 16 million pounds, while other western allies of Kiev will provide 9 million pounds.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, cited in the statement, Russia allegedly attempts to attack Ukrainian cyber-infrastructure, which performs critically important functions: from banking operations to power supply. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 18:50:46', '2023-06-18 18:50:46'),
(7550, 7550, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia will continue developing relations with Arab states and Persian Gulf states in particular, including in energy area, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in an interview for RT.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Russia will continue its cooperation with many states of the Arab world - first and foremost, Persian Gulf states - in the efforts on ensuring fair prices for energy, mainly oil. I am talking about the OPEC+ format. And we are, in general, are very satisfied with how our relations develop, and we will continue doing that,\" the spokesman said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He noted that \"the world is much bigger than the West and is much richer than the West.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The majority of the global GDP is currently being generated no in the West, but in the rest of the world. And the rest of the world develops much more dynamically than Western states,\" Peskov continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his opinion, now is the period of a very serious transformation, when rules of the game change in economy, in politics and in international law.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And they change towards the rejection by the majority of states - Arab states included - of this mentorship in international relations, these attempts to impose conditions, to impose will. And rejection of what used to be called colonialism,\" the spokesman added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In this regard, Russia will support Arab states. Both Russia and China are united in this regard and have very similar or close positions,\" he concluded. TASS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 18:54:36', '2023-06-18 18:54:36'),
(7551, 7551, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today made it clear that as an independent and sovereign country, Bangladesh will never bow down to any external interference.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ll not bow down to interferences of anyone. It is our decision,\" she said while addressing a special Darbar (assembly) arranged at her office here, marking the 37th founding anniversary of the Special Security Force (SSF).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'re an independent nation. We\'ve achieved our country through a war,\" said Sheikh Hasina, mentioning that Bangladesh is an independent and sovereign country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh is following the foreign policy, framed by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, \"Friendship to all and malice towards none,\" she said her government has been working to make friendship with imperative ones and doing whatever necessary to develop the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said Bangladesh is progressing fast and will do further defying many obstacles and conspiracies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh faced obstacles and conspiracies time and again, but it has successfully overcome these, said the premier, adding, \"So, still many obstacles and conspiracies continue. The reason is that when a country makes rapid progress, many may not tolerate it. So, they start making various disturbances.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is nothing to be unnerved with these (disturbance),\" she said urging all the people of the country to move with self-confidence and self-esteem, keeping the heads high as an independent and victorious nation in the world stage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister\'s Principal Secretary M Tofazzel Hossain Miah was also present.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">SSF Director General (DG) Major General Md Majibur Rahman, in his welcome speech, presented the different activities of the force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the outset of the ceremony, a video documentary on SSF and its activities was screened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the function, the Prime Minister unveiled the cover of a book titled \" Durnitir Biruddye Bangabandhur Ukti\" with 75 excerpts of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman compiled by SSF DG Major General Md Majibur Rahman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 15 in 1986, the Presidential Security Force (PSF) was formed, which was later renamed as Special Security Force (SSF) in 1991 following the restoration of the parliamentary system of government in the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The force was originally intended to provide \"physical security\" both to the president wherever he may be and to VIPs, including any head of the state or government or any person declared to be a VIP by the government.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the restoration of the parliamentary system, its primary function is to protect the President, the Prime Minister and other VIPs. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 19:38:07', '2023-06-18 19:38:07'),
(7552, 7552, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">For over three decades, Canada went into clashes with the United States as the clear underdog against their bigger and better resourced neighbor. Not any longer.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Sunday, the pair meet in the final of the CONCACAF Nations League at Allegiant Stadium with the Canadians looking to follow-up their top spot in the region\'s World Cup qualifying with their first trophy in 23 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US lineup turned in one of its most impressive displays in recent years with a 3-0 dismantling of Mexico in Thursday\'s semi-final, which saw two red cards for each side, while Canada had little trouble in getting past Panama 2-0.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On paper, the Americans still look to have a stronger squad but the last time they met, in a World Cup qualifier last January, the Canadians ran out 2-0 winners in Hamilton, having drawn on the road in Nashville in September 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canada right-back Alistair Johnston, who plays for Scottish club Celtic, says John Herdman\'s side are happy if some still consider them outsiders despite ending a 36-year wait to get to the World Cup with last year\'s appearance in Qatar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"For me, it\'s perfectly fine sticking with the underdog story. Do we truly feel like underdogs? I don\'t think so. On paper, yeah, maybe. But at the same time, I think that we\'ve earned the respect of everyone in this region,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They don\'t view us potentially how they previously viewed us. But (being underdog) does help. We probably don\'t have the same media pressure as Mexico or the US. We\'ll get there eventually. So while we\'re still at that lower level of pressure, to a degree, we\'re going to enjoy it.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Englishman Herdman has injected a refreshing self-belief into the Canada squad and that, says Johnston, means they generate their own high expectations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We put that pressure internally on ourselves,\" he said. \"We expect ourselves to go out there and win every match. And we do believe that we have the talent and the system to beat anyone.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Americans, however, benefit from a return to form by Christian Pulisic, who scored twice against the Mexicans, and look fired up and determined to retain their title.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pulisic and Tim Weah ripped Mexico apart down the flanks with new addition Folarin Balogun in the middle and Gio Reyna hovering behind the front three.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a high-octane game in front of a largely Mexican-supportive crowd and featured a number of mass scuffles, with red cards for midfielder Weston McKennie and fullback Sergino Dest meaning they will be suspended.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Weah doesn\'t expect Sunday\'s clash to have the same level of needle but hopes to see greater discipline if temperatures do rise again.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Obviously, every game there is a lot of passion,\" he said. \"But I think against Mexico there is always a bit more due to the history. We just have to stay focused, focus on the goal, not do anything, not get sucked in and just play our game.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US squad will again be led by interim head coach B.J. Callaghan despite the announcement on Thursday that Gregg Berhalter, whose contract ran out at the end of last year, had been re-appointed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'We\'re here to stay\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the Americans strength is on the wings and in attack, the same can be said of Canada with Bayern Munich winger Alphonso Davies and Lille forward Jonathan David particular dangers in a three-pronged attack with the team\'s all-time top scorer, Cyle Larin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The last time Canada raised a trophy was in claiming the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000 and veteran skipper Atiba Hutchinson says the team relishes the chance to end that barren run.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We\'ve already put messages out there that we\'re here now, we\'re here to stay,\" he said. \"Qualifying for a World Cup was huge for us, but now it\'s just that we\'re missing trophies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We want to start winning trophies. This is our first chance at winning one for a very long time.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-18 19:45:15', '2023-06-18 19:45:15'),
(7553, 7553, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Yoga, the powerful ancient practice, can serve as a bridge between mind and body making one feel connected with their inner being. As we become more aware of our thoughts and are more mindful in leading our lives, stress is eliminated, we become more productive and a sense of purpose is achieved. </span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Heart health is on decline in young people and many of them are suffering from cardiovascular diseases. Apart from classic risk factors like obesity, smoking, drinking, family history, high cholesterol, a rising number of people are reporting high levels of stress which is making them susceptible to heart attack. Both chronic and acute stress can lead to cardiac arrest.&nbsp;</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are to blame for 31% of all fatalities globally. CVDs are thought to be the leading cause of mortality worldwide, claiming the lives of an estimated 17.9 million people each year. Coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, rheumatic heart disease, and other illnesses are among the category of heart and blood vessel disorders known as CVDs,\" says Himalayan Siddhaa Akshar, Yoga and Spiritual Leader, Founder Akshar Yoga Institutions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion of International Day of Yoga (June 21), Yoga expert Akshar shares tips to beat stress, improve mindfulness and boost heart health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>How to manage stress</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stress is one of the main causes of heart disease, among a number of other variables like diet and lifestyle. The finest tools for reducing unwanted stress and anxiety from your life are Yoga and spirituality. Yoga is a comprehensive discipline that fosters mindfulness.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Yoga leads to mindful living</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This aspect of mindfulness can support you in making life-changing decisions. Because it is primarily beneficial to your physical and mental health, mindfulness has shown to have a significant impact in one\'s well-being in several studies conducted throughout the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Yoga asanas and techniques</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yoga nurtures you from the inside out by fusing movement with breathing. A minimum of three times a week of consistent practise benefits one\'s physical, mental, and spiritual wellbeing. Use these basic asanas as part of your everyday workout practise. Hold each position for up to 30 seconds, then do the set three times.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Keep moving and stay healthy</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daily physical activity in the form of exercises like walking, jogging, yoga, etc. has been shown to lessen anxiety, sadness, and other unpleasant feelings. Positive feelings are encouraged, such as improved wellbeing, life satisfaction, self-efficacy, self-compassion, and a sense of personal progress. Maintaining good physical health adds value to all aspects of your life by fostering creativity and improving your sense of fulfilment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Using meditation to promote calmness</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The capacity to control thoughts and behaviours is increased through the use of easy-to-learn and powerful meditation techniques including Ropan Dhyan, Sthithi Dhyan, Super Power Meditation, Aarambh Dhyan, and Swaas Dhyan. It improves coping mechanisms, motivation, planning, and problem-solving when you incorporate the practise of meditation, even for just 5 to 10 minutes a day. You can have better mental and physical health by avoiding stress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Build your health through asanas</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>1. Sukhasana (Happy Pose)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Dandasana pose, sit up straight with your legs extended. The left leg should be folded and tucked within the right thigh. The right leg should then be folded and tucked behind the left thigh. Your palms should be on your knees. Sit upright, back straight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>2. Dandasana (Staff Pose)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stretch your legs out in front of you while sitting down. Keep your back straight while joining your legs and pulling your heels together. Your thighs, calves, and pelvic muscles should all be tightened. To support your spine, place your palms on the ground next to your hips.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>4. Santolanasana (Plank Pose)</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Your palms should be tucked beneath your shoulders when you lay on your stomach. Knees, pelvis, and upper body should all be raised. Make sure your spine, pelvis, and knees are all in alignment. Your arms must be straight and your wrists must be directly below your shoulders.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Keep your heart happy</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The main causes of CVDs include smoking, eating poorly, drinking too much alcohol, and not exercising enough. Heart-related disorders can also be brought on by physiological variables such high blood pressure (hypertension), high blood sugar or glucose, and high blood cholesterol. Living a disciplined life, maintaining a clean environment, adopting healthy routines, and paying to your diet and sleep can make all the difference,\" concludes Akshar. 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(7554, 7554, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Sunday announced a tight monetary policy statement (MPS) for July-December of FY24, lifting the interest rate cap and giving priority to taming inflation and stabilising the exchange rate.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder announced the new monetary policy in a press conference at Jahangir Alam Conference Hall, at 3pm. Chief Economist Dr Md Habibur Rahman gave a presentation on the new MPS highlighting the different measures relevant to the macroeconomy.</div><div><br></div><div>The governor said, “The BB adopted a contractionary monetary policy to bring down the rate of inflation to a desired level, while remaining supportive to investment and employing generating.”</div><div><br></div><div>The central bank has finally removed the lending interest rate cap along with increasing the policy rate (repo rate) by 0.5 percent from July this year from the present 6 percent, in order to control money flow and reduce consumptions, said the BB governor.</div><div><br></div><div>Though it is a contractionary monetary policy, the central bank will ensure money flow for agriculture and rural credit to ensure food production and employment, Rouf said.</div><div><br></div><div>These measures are usually adopted to control inflation to bring macroeconomic stability and cut demand.The interest rate cap of 6 percent on deposits and 9 percent on lending(deposit-lending) ended, replacing it with a market-driven smart reference rate, which will be regulated by the average treasury bills rate.</div><div><br></div><div>As per the smart rate formula, adopted in the monetary policy, the reference rate will be calculated as the six-month moving average rate of treasury bills with a 3 percent margin for banks and a 5 percent margin for non-bank financial institutions.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, the rate of the 6-month treasury bills stands at 7.10 percent, so the maximum lending rate for bank loans will be 10 percent plus, and for NBFIs 12 percent plus.</div><div><br></div><div>Governor Abdur Rouf said the monetary policy focused on interest rates in order to control the growing inflation, which was created by external effects.</div><div><br></div><div>In reply to a query, he said a stable exchange rate and standard foreign exchange reserves are the challenges of this monetary policy.</div><div><br></div><div>The MPS has projected private sector credit growth of 11 percent in FY24 from 14 percent in FY23, and public sector credit growth to 30 percent from 37.7 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>Deputy Governors, executive directors, and different department heads were also present at the press conference. ‍Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-19 02:42:40', '2023-06-19 02:42:40'),
(7555, 7555, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held \"candid\" talks with his Chinese counterpart at the start of two days of meetings with officials in China, the US state department says.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Blinken emphasised the need for diplomacy and keeping \"open channels of communication\", a statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His trip is the first by a top US diplomat to China in almost five years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A planned Blinken visit in February was called off after a suspected Chinese spy balloon flew in US airspace.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US officials say the main goal of the Beijing talks is to stabilise a relationship that has become extremely tense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China\'s Foreign Minister Qin Gang told Mr Blinken that Beijing was committed to building a stable, predictable and constructive relationship with the US, state media said. US officials said he had agreed to a visit to Washington at the talks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Qin said Taiwan was the \"most prominent risk\" for China-US relations and described the Taiwan issue as one of \"China\'s core interests\", state media said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be under Beijing\'s control, but Taiwan sees itself as distinct from the Chinese mainland with its own constitution and leaders. US President Joe Biden said last year that the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack from China, a move condemned by Beijing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Qin greeted Mr Blinken on Sunday morning at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, a lavish estate that typically hosts visiting dignitaries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The two shook hands as they stood before their respective flags, then sat down with their delegations at long tables to begin their meetings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The greeting was business-like, underscoring the chilly relations that have developed between the two superpowers in recent years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US had been lowering expectations for the trip and both sides have made clear they do not expect any major breakthrough.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The war in Ukraine, trade disputes over advanced computer technologies, the fentanyl drug epidemic in the US and Chinese human rights conduct are all topics the Americans were expecting to be discussed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chinese officials have reacted coolly to Mr Blinken\'s visit, questioning whether the US is sincere in its efforts to mend relations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is not clear whether he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Blinken is the highest-ranking US government official to visit China since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we want to make sure, as we do, that the competition that we have with China doesn\'t veer into conflict, the place you start is with communicating,\" Mr Blinken told reporters on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later he said he hoped to meet President Xi in the next few months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A meeting between President Biden and Xi Jinping in Bali in November briefly eased fears of a new Cold War, but since the balloon incident high-level communication between the two leaders has been rare. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-19 12:49:46', '2023-06-19 12:49:46'),
(7556, 7556, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Pupils in Uganda were singing gospel songs before a deadly attack by Islamist militants on Friday, a woman who lives opposite the school says.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Then I heard screaming,\" Mary Masika told the BBC. The vicious attack in Mpondwe left about 40 people dead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Islamic State-linked militants have been blamed for the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) was created in the 1990s and took up arms against President Yoweri Museveni, alleging persecution of Muslims.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They are largely based in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Mpondwe Lhubiriha Secondary School attacked on Friday is close to the border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Masika says she and other residents have been left terrified by the attack which lasted about 90 minutes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The students usually sing before bedtime - and at first she and her daughter thought the noise that interrupted their songs at around 22:00 (20:00 GMT) suggested that they were having a bit of fun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But it soon became clear that something horrific was under way at the school, which had around 60 boarders living in a small compound.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">ADF rebels had entered dormitories, setting fire to them and using machetes to kill and maim students.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One family in Mpondwe held the funerals on Sunday for a father and son killed in the attack - 47-year-old security guard Elphanas Mbusa and 17-year-old Masereka Elton.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Their other son, 15-year-old Brian Muhindo who was also attending the school, is missing. They do not know if he is amongst the six boys kidnapped or one of those whose bodies cannot be identified because they have been so badly burned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hurubana Kimadi Onesmus told the BBC he found it difficult to understand how the attackers were able to infiltrate the school where his son, the security guard, worked and where his grandsons were studying.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is a very heavy military presence in the area,\" the 69-year-old said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now there is a lot of security at the school - and the BBC team was given only a few minutes to take some photos of the burnt buildings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was a devastating and upsetting scene.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lots of dried blood is still on the ground outside the girls\' dormitory - they had been attacked by machetes and others shot dead as they ran away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The boys\' dormitory had been locked - they had either refused to open it to the rebels or they were locked inside by them. The militants poured fuel on the building and set it alight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Inside the smell of death is unmistakeable - beds have been reduced to wire mesh with pieces of flesh still stuck to them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They were talking in Swahili - the lingua franca in the region - and afterwards began shouting \"Allahu Akbar\", meaning \"God is greatest\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said after these chants one of them added: \"We have succeeded in destabilising Museveni\'s country.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, President Museveni vowed to send more troops to Rwenzori Mountains, which are along the border between Uganda and the DR Congo, saying: \"Their action... the desperate, cowardly, terrorist action... will not save them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The area around Mpondwe seems to be a mix of Christians and Muslims. Some of those attending the funerals on Sunday were dressed in traditional Muslim attire.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other funerals for the pupils killed in the attack were held in villages across the region, with most people dumbfounded and pained by the brutality of the assault. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-19 12:56:21', '2023-06-19 12:56:21'),
(7557, 7557, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">World leaders will gather in Paris this week with ambitions to reimagine global financing for a new era shaped by climate change, as a cascade of crises swamps debt-burdened countries.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">French President Emmanuel Macron has said the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact is aimed at building a \"new consensus\" to meet the interlinked global targets of tackling poverty, curbing planet-heating emissions and protecting nature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ideas on the table range from taxation on shipping, fossil fuels or financial transactions, to innovations in lending and a structural rethink of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France says the two-day summit, which begins on Thursday and will bring together some 50 heads of state and government, was more of a platform for ideas sharing ahead of a cluster of major economic and climate meetings in the coming months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In particular, the French Presidency said on Friday it wanted to give \"political impetus\" to the idea of an international tax on carbon emissions from shipping, with hopes of a breakthrough at a meeting of the International Maritime Organization later in June.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With trust in short supply over broken climate financing promises from richer countries, developing nations are looking for tangible progress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The V20 group of countries on the climate frontlines, which now includes 58 member nations, has said restructuring the global financial system to align with climate targets must be completed by 2030.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s great we are talking about the international financial architecture, but we have to see timelines and we have not seen those timelines,\" Sarah Jane Ahmed, V20 global lead and finance adviser, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we\'re starting to do this stuff in the 2030s, it\'s going to be so much more expensive and the trade-offs are going to be far steeper.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leaders arriving in Paris to champion that message include Kenyan President William Ruto and Ghana\'s President Nana Akufo-Addo, as well as Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, who has become a powerful advocate for reform and will speak at the summit opening on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other attendees include Chinese Premier Li Qiang, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ajay Banga is also expected in Paris, in his first international meeting since taking the helm of the World Bank, promising to embrace change.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With fewer leaders from wealthier countries attending, Friederike Roder of Global Citizen said the conference could fall short of hopes for a show of unity.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We need everyone coming together,\" she told AFP, stressing that major economies are needed to agree reforms.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Failed\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Economies have been battered by successive shocks in recent years, including Covid-19, Russia\'s invasion of Ukraine, spiking inflation and the increasingly expensive impacts of weather disasters intensified by global warming.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has said the pandemic and its aftermath amounted to a \"stress test\" for a financial system that was set up nearly eight decades ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It largely failed,\" he said earlier this month, adding that 52 developing countries are in, or near, debt distress.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Bank plans to increase its lending capacity by $50 billion over 10 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week it also called for drastic reform to rechannel trillions of dollars in harmful and unnecessary subsidies for fossil fuels, agriculture and fishing into action on climate and nature.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Currently the world is far off track in its aims to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures, risking enormous costs for nature, human societies and the global economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, a UN experts committee said developing countries other than China will need to spend more than $2 trillion a year by 2030 on development and to respond to the climate and biodiversity crises.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Ambition \'gap\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roder said one key signal from the Paris summit would be for richer nations to show they can fulfil existing promises, like the still-unmet pledge of $100 billion annually by 2020 to help developing nations cut emissions and boost climate resilience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Increasing the money available -- potentially using hundreds of billions of the IMF\'s liquidity-boosting \"special drawing rights\" -- is among the calls from emerging economies, as well as a new lending strategy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One idea championed by Barbados is a disaster clause so loan repayments can be paused for two years in the wake of a climate disaster or pandemic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another key point of debate is the scale of existing debts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">That will also focus attention on China, which has become a significant lender to African countries, but has been reluctant to participate in the common framework for debt restructuring.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Paris summit can bring a lot of issues \"out of their niche\", said Louis-Nicolas Jandeaux of Oxfam, noting, however, \"a gap between the initial stated ambition of the summit and the reality\". 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(7558, 7558, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Australia captain Pat Cummins starred with both bat and ball as the Ashes-holders had the better of a rain-marred third day in the first Test against England in Birmingham on Sunday.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lower-order batsman made a useful 38 in a total of 386 that left Australia just seven runs behind on first innings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And the fast bowler then dismissed Ben Duckett before England also lost their other opener, Zak Crawley, in a dramatic 20-minutes\' play between the showers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England were 28-2 in their second innings, a lead of just 35 runs, at stumps after a huge downpour at 1450 GMT had sent the players from the field.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They had made steady progress when an initial rain delay stopped play for an hour-and-a-quarter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But after the match resumed in overcast skies, with the Edgbaston floodlights piercing the gloom, conditions were now hugely in favour of World Test champions Australia\'s pace attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And they made the most of a brief 22-ball session by taking two wickets for no runs as England slumped from 27-0 to 27-2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cummins led the way, with Duckett edging the 30-year-old low to all-rounder Cameron Green, who dived forward to hold his latest excellent catch in the gully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three balls later, Scott Boland had Crawley caught behind off a superb full-length delivery that angled in and straightened to take the edge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Evenly poised\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ollie Pope and star batsman Joe Root, whose unbeaten 118 was the cornerstone of England\'s first-innings 393-8 declared, were both yet to get off the mark when the umpires finally abandoned play for the day at 1713 GMT.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It\'s nice to have two wickets overnight,\" said Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey. \"It\'s pretty evenly poised...It was an exciting 20 minutes, the lights canme on and the ball was moving around a bit more.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England seamer Ollie Robinson, who took 3-55, insisted the hosts had no complaints about a tough batting stint.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"That\'s the game,\" he said. \"If the umpires say it\'s fit to play, it\'s fit to play. You won\'t hear any excuses from us.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Khawaja\'s epic innings -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, England finally saw the back of Usman Khawaja but only after his painstaking 141 had effectively turned the first of a five-match series into a one-innings showdown.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Australia, bidding for a first Ashes series win in England in 22 years, resumed on 311-5.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khawaja was then 126 not out, having ended his decade-long wait for an Ashes hundred in England, with Alex Carey on 52 after Australia had recovered from 67-3.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both batsmen should have already been out, with Khawaja bowled off a Stuart Broad no-ball on 112 and Carey dropped by opposing wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow on 26.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bairstow had made a run-a-ball 78 in England\'s first innings, but his bad time behind the stumps continued with just the fourth ball of Sunday\'s play as he gave Carey another reprieve by dropping a one-handed chance off James Anderson.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Anderson, the most successful fast bowler in Test history, took matters into his own hands as the 40-year-old bowled Carey between bat and pad for his first wicket of the series.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">New batsman Cummins launched off-spinner Moeen Ali for two sixes and later hoisted Broad high over the rope as Australia moved closer to drawing level.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Broad had labelled the pitch \"soulless\' on Saturday, but the innovative tactics that have characterised the leadership of England captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum helped wrap up the Australia innings quickly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khawaja was finally bowled by Ollie Robinson trying to pierce an unusual \"umbrella field\" as an impressive 321-ball innings, including 14 fours and three sixes, finally came to an end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The final four Australian wickets fell for just 14 runs in 23 balls, Robinson ending the innings when he had Cummins caught in the deep by Stokes. 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(7559, 7559, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A new Kuwaiti government led by Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was formed on Sunday, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported.</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was appointed Prime Minister on July 24, 2022, this new government is the fifth one formed by him which has 15 ministers, including five new ones.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new government witnessed the return of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, while Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah remains the first Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, and Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah still serves as Minister of Foreign Affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On June 7, the previous Kuwaiti government submitted its resignation to the country\'s emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, according to KUNA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A royal decree was issued on June 13 to reappoint Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Kuwait\'s prime minister. XINHUA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'news desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2023-06-19 15:04:27', '2023-06-19 15:04:27');
