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(2540, 2540, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Brazilian politician is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to his house in Rio de Janeiro state to arrest him.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Roberto Jefferson, an ally of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, wounded two officers before surrendering on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A Supreme Court judge earlier ordered his detention for insulting Chief Justice Carmen Lucia. He was already under house arrest for threatening her.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Bolsonaro reacted by saying those who fired at police should be arrested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The two officers were wounded by shrapnel from a grenade during the attack in Levy Gasparian, north of the state capital Rio de Janeiro. They were taken to hospital and later discharged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Jefferson, the 69-year-old former leader of the PTB political party, also fired a number of shots from a rifle, shattering the windshield of a police car.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Supreme Court Judge Alexandre de Moraes had ordered the politician to be detained on the grounds that he violated the conditions of house arrest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Political tensions are high in Brazil ahead of Sunday\'s presidential election run-off between Mr Bolsonaro and left-winger Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Lula - who is still seen as the front-runner - fell short of the 50% of valid votes needed to prevent a run-off in the first round earlier this month. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 15:30:24', '2022-10-24 15:30:24'),
(2541, 2541, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Nine people were killed and 47 wounded Sunday in an attack on a hotel in Kismayo, southern Somalia, claimed by the Al-Shabaab Islamist group, the region\'s security minister said.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The port city is the latest to be hit following a recent resurgence of attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked group, which has mainly targeted the capital Mogadishu and central Somalia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sunday\'s assault began at 12:45 pm (0945 GMT) when a booby-trapped car rammed the entrance of Hotel Tawakal. It ended around 7:00 pm after the attackers were killed by security forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Among the casualties were students leaving a nearby school, Jubaland security minister Yusuf Hussein Osman told reporters. All four attackers, including the suicide bomber, were killed, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The first one detonated himself and the (remaining) three were killed by the security forces\", he said, confirming an early police statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This is not a government target,\" police officer Abdullahi Ismail said. \"It is just an ordinary, civilian-frequented hotel.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Farhan Hassan was outside the hotel when the attack happened. \"A suicide bomber drove a vehicle into the entrance of the hotel before the gunmen entered the building,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the six-hour attack, saying members of the federal government of Jubaland, where Kismayo is located, were meeting in the hotel at the time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'All-out war\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Al-Shabaab has been trying to overthrow the government for more than 15 years and regularly attacks civilian and military targets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kismayo was once an Al-Shabaab stronghold before it was taken over in 2012 by local militias backed by Kenyan forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In August, the group launched a 30-hour gun and bomb attack on the popular Hayat hotel in Mogadishu, killing 21 people and wounding 117.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In 2019, the group conducted a similar attack on a hotel in Kismayo, killing 26 and injuring 56.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who was elected in May, vowed after the August siege to wage \"all-out war\" on the Islamists.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In September he urged citizens to stay away from areas controlled by jihadists, saying the armed forces and tribal militia were ratcheting up offensives against them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A joint US-Somali drone strike killed one of the militants\' most senior commanders on October 1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Just hours after his death was announced, a triple bombing in the southern city of Beledweyne killed at least 30 people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In addition to violence, Somalia -- like its neighbours in the Horn of Africa -- is in the grip of the worst drought in more than 40 years. Four failed rainy seasons have wiped out livestock and crops.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some 7.8 million Somalis -- nearly half the population -- are affected by the drought and 213,000 are on the brink of famine as a result, according to the United Nations. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 16:00:22', '2022-10-24 16:00:22'),
(2542, 2542, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Mongla and Payra seaports have been asked to show danger signal number 7 and Chittagong seaport and Cox\'s Bazar to show danger&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">signal number 6.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deep depression in the Bay of Bengal has been changing course repeatedly&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">to become Cyclone \'Sitrang\'.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Due to the impact of Cyclone \'Sitrang\', rain has started all over the country&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">including the capital Dhaka since midnight on Sunday. Although the amount of&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">rain is less now, it will continue to increase slowly, said the&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Meteorological Office.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Heavy to very heavy rain is likely across the country from today. Intensity&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">of rain will be high especially in coastal areas.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The cyclone is likely to hit the Bangladesh coast anytime between within&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Tuesday evening. As a result, the coastal districts of the country may be&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">inundated with high tides, according to the forecast of the Meteorological&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Department.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The met office said, Cyclone Sitrang may temporarily bring light to moderate&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">rain and thundershowers with gusty winds in most places of Mymensingh, Dhaka,&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and many places in Rangpur&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">and Rajshahi divisions.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Also, there may be moderate to very heavy rainfall at some places across the&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">country. Due to the impact of the cyclone, gusty or gusty winds of 40 to 50&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">kmph may blow in the Bay of Bengal and the coastal areas of Bangladesh. Along&nbsp;</span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">with this, very heavy rainfall of 44 to 88 mm is possible.</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It said Cyclone \'Sitrang\' may move towards Barisal and Noakhali again today. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 16:26:27', '2022-10-24 16:26:27'),
(2543, 2543, '<div><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has suspended the operations of vessels on all waterways across the country due to inclement weather caused by Cyclone ‘Sitrang’.</span><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>The suspension took effect at 10 am on Monday and will remain in force till further notice, BIWTA public relations officer Mobarak Hossain told UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the leave of all BIWTA officials have been canceled, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The cyclone may cross Barishal-Chattogram coast near Khepupara by Tuesday early morning and because of the impact of the cyclone heavy rains would continue to lash the country, according to the latest bulletin of Bangladesh Metrological Department. UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 17:34:59', '2022-10-24 17:34:59'),
(2544, 2544, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Comedian-actor Kapil Sharma left his wife Ginni Chatrath blushing as he kissed her at a Diwali bash. Taking to Instagram, a paparazzo account shared a video clip as the duo arrived at a party hosted by Krishan Kumar. The duo posed and smiled for pictures.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">After clicking pictures, Kapil leaned in towards Ginni Chatrath and kissed her on her cheek. A visibly surprised Ginni smiled, looked at Kapil and blushed. The paparazzi cheered and shouted \'once more\'. Kapil also got shy, laughed and waved at the paparazzi, before walking away with Ginni.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For the occasion, both twinned in cream-coloured outfits--Kapil wore a cream kurta and pyjama and Ginni opted for a silk suit and multi-coloured dupatta. Reacting to the video, a fan commented, \"Aww so cute I really like Ginni she is so cute.\" \"Sharma ji sharmaaa gaye (Mr Sharma turned shy),\" read a comment. \"Perfect couple,\" another person wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They became parents to a daughter, Anayra Sharma, in December 2019. The duo welcomed their son Trishaan in February 2021.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kapil recently travelled to Busan with Ginni where his film, Zwigato, was screened at the Busan International Film Festival. He had shared several videos and pictures on Instagram from Busan. Sharing a photo with Ginni from outside the venue, Kapil had written, \"Pati patni aur (Husband, wife and) #busan #zwigato #biff #busaninternationalfilmfestival #biff2022 #southkorea #gratitude.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Nandita Das directorial is about an ex-floor manager (Kapil) of a factory who loses his job during the pandemic. He then works as a food delivery rider, grappling with the world of ratings and incentives, as per news agency ANI. To support the income, his homemaker wife begins to explore different work opportunities, with fear but also excitement of newfound independence. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 17:39:52', '2022-10-24 17:39:52'),
(2545, 2545, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Food contaminated with fungi can be an inconvenience at best and life-threatening at worst. But new research shows that removing just one protein can leave some fungal toxins high and dry, and that’s potentially good news for food safety.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some fungi produce toxic chemicals called mycotoxins that not only spoil food such as grains but can also make us sick. Aflatoxins, one of the more dangerous types of mycotoxins, can cause liver cancer and other health problems in people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“It is a silent enemy,” says fungal researcher Özgür Bayram of Maynooth University in Ireland, because most people don’t notice when food like corn or wheat is spoiled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For years, researchers have known that some fungi produce these toxins, but didn’t know all the details. Now, Bayram and colleagues have identified a group of proteins responsible for turning on the production of mycotoxins. Genetically engineering the fungus Aspergillus nidulans to remove even just one of the proteins prevents the toxins from being made, the researchers report in the Sept. 23 issue of Nucleic Acids Research.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“There is a long string of genes that is involved with the production of proteins that, in a cascading effect, will result in the production of different mycotoxins,” says Felicia Wu, a food safety expert at Michigan State University in East Lansing who was not involved in the research.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The newly identified proteins act like a key starting a car, Bayram says. The researchers wanted to figure out how to remove the key and prevent the starting signal from going through, meaning that no toxins would be made in the first place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bayram and his team identified the proteins in A. nidulans, revealing that four proteins come together to make the key. The researchers genetically engineered the fungus to delete each protein in turn. When any of the four proteins are missing, the key does not start mycotoxin ignition, the team found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In another study that has yet to be published, deactivating the same group of proteins in the closely related fungus A. flavus, which can make aflatoxins, prevents the production of those toxins, Bayram says. “So this is a big success because we see, at least in two fungi, the same [protein] complex does the same job.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The new work “is building upon a body of research that’s been done over decades” to prevent fungal contamination of food, Wu says. A range of methods are already used to control such contamination. For instance, because not all A. flavus strains produce aflatoxins, one method to prevent contamination is to sprinkle nontoxic strains onto fields of corn and peanuts, Wu explains. Those fungi multiply and can help prevent other toxic strains from gaining a foothold.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">This research is one of several ways that researchers are using genetic engineering to try to combat these toxins in food (SN: 3/10/17). One future application of the new research could be to genetically tweak a toxin-making fungus and then possibly use it on crops and elsewhere. “We can basically prevent aflatoxin contamination in food, for example, in the field, even in the warehouses, where a lot of contamination takes place,” Bayram says.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fungi and fungi-like organisms known as water molds are estimated to ruin a third of the world’s food crops each year. If that contamination could be prevented, Bayram estimates the saved food would be enough to feed 800 million people in 2022.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The new research is a good start, Wu says, but it will still be a “challenge to try to understand how this can be operationalized for agricultural purposes.” It’s unclear how scalable the technique is, she says, and getting U.S. regulatory agencies to approve the use of a genetically modified fungus on key food crops might be difficult. SN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 18:07:49', '2022-10-24 18:07:49'),
(2546, 2546, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Netherlands did try but they lost the key moments and hence they also lost the game. Bangladesh were patchy with the bat. But Afif Hossain\'s ressurection act with the bat in the middle overs did give them some cushion. </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;\">Then Taskin owned the bowling innings to ensure Bangladesh stayed ahead while defending 144. This is Bangladesh\'s first win in the second round of a T20 World Cup game. You can switch tabs and hop on to the second game of the day.&nbsp;</span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Shakib Al Hasan said it was very important to get a win. I have played all the editions of (T20 World Cup) but we haven\'t won and that was on the back of my mind. We kept losing wickets at regular intervals and that wasn\'t helping us. We knew that 155 would have been a great total, we were 10 runs short.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The fast bowlers bowled well. We understand the importance of fast bowling, we have found some very good bowlers. Taskin has been a good bowler for us, he has the experience and pace. Most of the fielders in our team are agile and quick, in the field we can save 5-10 runs, and that could be the big difference. CB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Final score:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">BAN 144/8 (20)</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">NED 135 (20)</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh won by 9 runs</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 19:15:39', '2022-10-24 19:15:39'),
(2547, 2547, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Local authorities in Bagerhat district on Monday said that vulnerable people would be evacuated to cyclone shelters to save lives as cyclone Sitrang was approaching towards Bangladeshi coast with a forecast to hit the country by early Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The government has kept a total of 344 cyclone shelters ready in nine upazilas of the coastal district, which can accommodate around two lakh people along with their cattle.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Bagerhat, said that they were working to ensure that the impact of the cyclone could have minimum damage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“We’ve taken allout preparations to face Sitrang by keeping dry food, medical teams and rescue teams ready,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the district’s Sharonkhola, Mongla, Rampal and Morelganj upazilas, the local administration has been asking people to go to the nearest cyclone shelters through loudspeakers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Heavy rains have been reported in the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mongla Meteorological Department has recorded 29mm rain from 6:00am to 9:00am on Monday morning. Rising water has started to inundate the low-lying areas, while high tide was impacting the Sundarbans.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Mongla Seaport is also bearing the brunt. All kinds of loading and unloading of goods at the port have been suspended, while vessels have been asked to stay close to the shore.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A 30km-long embankment that protects Bagerhat from high tide is currently at risk too.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to Bagerhat Water Development Board (WDB), at least 100km of areas could go under water if Sitrang damages the embankment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The wind is blowing at a speed of 62kph within 54km of the cyclone centre, which has the possibility of reaching 88kph. We’ve asked the Mongla Port authorities to hoist cautionary signal no 7,” said Amaresh Chandra Dhali, Officer (acting) of Mongla Met Office. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 19:26:29', '2022-10-24 19:26:29'),
(2548, 2548, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Garry Wills has been a leading commentator on political and religious life in America for decades, winner of a Pulitzer for \"Lincoln at Gettysburg\", and two National Book Critics Circle Awards for Criticism. In his new book, \"What the Qur’an Meant\", he offers a timely reconsideration of the sacred text.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Reading with sympathy and rigor, Wills takes us back to the words themselves to discover how they have guided people down through the centuries and what other non–Muslims—such as Pope Francis—have found so inspiring.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">America’s leading religious scholar and public intellectual introduces lay readers to the Qur’an with a measured, powerful reading of the ancient text</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Garry Wills has spent a lifetime thinking and writing about Christianity. In What the Qur’an Meant, Wills invites readers to join him as he embarks on a timely and necessary reconsideration of the Qur’an, leading us through perplexing passages with insight and erudition. What does the Qur’an actually say about veiling women? Does it justify religious war?</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There was a time when ordinary Americans did not have to know much about Islam. That is no longer the case. We blundered into the longest war in our history without knowing basic facts about the Islamic civilization with which we were dealing. We are constantly fed false information about Islam—claims that it is essentially a religion of violence, that its sacred book is a handbook for terrorists. There is no way to assess these claims unless we have at least some knowledge of the Qur’an.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In this book Wills, as a non-Muslim with an open mind, reads the Qur’an with sympathy but with rigor, trying to discover why other non-Muslims—such as Pope Francis—find it an inspiring book, worthy to guide people down through the centuries. There are many traditions that add to and distort and blunt the actual words of the text. What Wills does resembles the work of art restorers who clean away accumulated layers of dust to find the original meaning.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He compares the Qur’an with other sacred books, the Old Testament and the New Testament, to show many parallels between them. There are also parallel difficulties of interpretation, which call for patient exploration—and which offer some thrills of discovery. What the Qur’an Meant is the opening of a conversation on one of the world’s most practiced religions. IC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 19:36:48', '2022-10-24 19:36:48'),
(2549, 2549, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Chattogram Port authorities on Monday suspended loading and unloading of containers fearing possible damages due to the approaching cyclone Sitrang.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The authorities issued Alert No 3 for the port.</div><div><br></div><div>“All the ships of New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT) and Chittagong Container Terminal (CCT) have been sent to the outer anchorage. Besides, lighter vessels have also been removed from the channel and shifted to Shah Amanat Bridge area. Loading and unloading of goods and containers are currently suspended, while large ships have been sent to the deep sea” said Md Omar Faruq, Secretary of Chattogram Port Authority.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;A control room has also been opened, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The met office has hoisted cautionary signal no 6 in Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar ports and signal no 7 in Mongla and Payra ports.</div><div><br></div><div>The wind is blowing at a speed of 62kph within 54km of the cyclone center, which has the possibility of reaching 88kph when the cyclone reaches its peak. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 21:14:25', '2022-10-24 21:14:25'),
(2550, 2550, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is monitoring developments centering cyclone Sitrang round the clock and giving necessary instructions to the government officials to take steps to minimize loss of lives and properties.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“The Prime Minister is giving various directives to different ministries, directorates and other government offices round the clock,” PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim told UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>According to weather office in Dhaka the cyclone is likely to hit the Bangladesh coast by early Tuesday. Heavy rains have already started battering the coast.</div><div><br></div><div>The press secretary said that the PM is also collecting information from the field level.</div><div><br></div><div>“She also gave necessary instructions to the central Awami League leaders regarding this matter,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the prime minister is also communicating with the local leaders, including MPs and other public representatives, of her party to get the information quickly and giving necessary directives.</div><div><br></div><div>A monitoring cell, PM’s Disaster Management Coordination and Relief Monitoring Cell, has opened at the Prime Minister Office that will work for 24 hours a day as per the instruction of the premier.</div><div><br></div><div>All are requested to communicate with the Cell through its hotline numbers. These are: 01769010986, 02-55029550 and 02-58153022. The fax number is 02-9102469.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 21:43:25', '2022-10-24 21:43:25'),
(2551, 2551, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Three airports at Bangladesh’s coastal belt in Chattogram, Cox\'s Bazar and Barishal will remain closed till 12 pm on Tuesday due to the inclement weather because of the cyclone Sitrang.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) has decided to shut down all operation of these three airports from 3 pm today to12 pm tomorrow, according to a CAAB press release.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>The CAAB will review its decision after observing the weather situation, said the release. Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 22:45:05', '2022-10-24 22:45:05'),
(2552, 2552, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Cyclone Sitrang is likely to intensify further, move in a north-northeasterly direction and cross Barishal-Chattogram coast near Khepupara by midnight Monday or early morning Tuesday, said the latest Met office bulletin.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“Sitrang’ over east-central Bay and adjoining west-central Bay and north Bay moved north-northwestwards over northwest Bay and adjoining northeast Bay,” said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>Most parts of the country are getting moderate to heavy rains, including the capital city, from Monday morning under the impact of the approaching cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities have prepared more than 7000 cyclone shelters to evacuate people while all fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay and deep sea have been asked to remain anchored until further notice.</div><div><br></div><div>Authorities in Chattogram and other hilly districts warned that landslides could occur if incessant rains continue.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the low-lying areas of coastal Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni, Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar districts and their offshore islands and char area likely to be inundated by the wind-driven surges at height of 5-8 feet above the normal astronomical tide, said the bulletin.</div><div><br></div><div>UNB correspondents from across southern coastal region reported heavy rains and tidal surges since morning.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;The maritime ports of Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted danger signal No 7 while Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar danger signal No 6.</div><div><br></div><div>It was centered at 12 pm on Monday about 440 km southwest of Chattogram port, 395 km southwest of Cox’s Bazar port, 365 km south-southwest of Mongla port, and 335 km south-southwest of Payra port.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal district of Satkhira, Khulna, Bagerhat, Jhalakathi, Pirojpur, Barguna, Patuakhali, Bhola, Barishal, Laxmipur, Chandpur, Noakhali, Feni and three others offshore islands will come under danger signal 7.</div><div><br></div><div>Besides, the river ports of these districts have been advised to hoist danger signal 3.</div><div><br></div><div>The coastal districts of Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar and three others offshore islands will also come under danger signal 6.</div><div><br></div><div>North Bay and adjoining coastal areas of Bangladesh are likely to experience gusty or squally winds of 50-60 kph, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>Maximum sustained wind speed within 54 kms of the cyclone centre is about 62 kph rising to 88kph in gusts or squalls, it added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-24 23:01:04', '2022-10-24 23:01:04'),
(2553, 2553, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh reported two more Covid-linked deaths and 207 more cases in 24 hours till Monday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the new numbers, the total fatalities rose to 29,415 while the caseload to 2,034,348, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The daily case test positivity rate rose to 4.65 per cent from Sunday\'s 4.44 per cent as 4,454 samples were tested during the period.</div><div><br></div><div>The mortality rate remained unchanged at 1.45 per cent and the recovery rate rose to 97.25 per cent.</div><div><br></div><div>In September, the country reported 40 Covid-linked deaths and 13,251 cases.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh registered its highest daily caseload of 16,230 on July 28 last year and its highest number of fatalities of 264 on August 10 the same year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 00:04:50', '2022-10-25 00:04:50'),
(2554, 2554, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Former finance minister Rishi Sunak on Monday won the battle for leader of Britain\'s Conservative party and will become the country\'s first prime minister of colour.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Penny Mordaunt, the last rival left after Boris Johnson dramatically pulled out, failed to secure the necessary 100 nominations from her fellow MPs.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Rishi Sunak is therefore elected as leader of the Conservative party,\" senior backbencher Graham Brady said, as Mordaunt pledged her \"full support\" for Sunak.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunak\'s triumph came after Johnson\'s decision late Sunday to abandon his political comeback bid.</div><div><br></div><div>Just weeks after he lost out to Liz Truss to lead the ruling Tories, Sunak therefore pulled off a stunning reversal in fortunes.</div><div><br></div><div>The contest, triggered by outgoing leader Truss\'s resignation on Thursday, had required candidates to secure the support of at least 100 Conservative MPs by 2:00 pm (1300 GMT) on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Only Sunak made the threshold, Brady announced.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunak, a wealthy Hindu descendant of immigrants from India and East Africa, had crossed that threshold by Friday night, and amassed nearly 200 public nominations -- more than half the parliamentary Tory party.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson\'s withdrawal from the race -- before he had even formally announced his candidacy -- left cabinet member Mordaunt the only other declared contender.</div><div><br></div><div>However she failed to garner the necessary support, putting an abrupt end to the contest.</div><div><br></div><div>If she had, the race would have been decided by the party\'s roughly 170,000 members in an online vote, with the result not announced until the end of the week.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunak\'s victory came on the day Hindus worldwide mark the start of the five-day festival of Diwali -- a celebration of the victory of good over evil.</div><div><br></div><div>When he was chancellor of the exchequer, in November 2020, Sunak marked the occasion by lighting oil lamps on the front step of the chancellor\'s official residence at 11 Downing Street.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Dire straits\' -</div><div><br></div><div>The Tories were forced into their second leadership contest since the summer due to Truss\'s resignation after only 44 days following a disastrous market response to her tax-slashing mini-budget.</div><div><br></div><div>She had replaced Johnson in early September following a government revolt led by Sunak over a slew of scandals, most notably the \"Partygate\" controversy involving Covid lockdown-breaching parties.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson\'s attempt to make an immediate return to Downing Street had raised the prospect of months of disarray and disunity within the ruling Conservatives.</div><div><br></div><div>Critical backbench Tory MPs warned there could have been a wave of resignations under Johnson\'s renewed leadership, which might have led to the general election demanded by opposition parties. One is not due for at least two years.</div><div><br></div><div>Johnson had cut short a Caribbean holiday to return to Britain on Saturday.</div><div><br></div><div>But in a sign of his diminished political standing, Johnson abruptly conceded late Sunday, admitting \"you can\'t govern effectively unless you have a united party in parliament\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"I believe I have much to offer but I am afraid that this is simply not the right time,\" he said, while insisting he had secured the 100 nominations needed to progress.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunak was quick to pay tribute to Johnson, tweeting: \"I truly hope he continues to contribute to public life at home and abroad.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Profound crisis\' -</div><div><br></div><div>Mordaunt had insisted she was best placed to take the fight to the opposition Labour party, which is soaring in the polls.</div><div><br></div><div>In an article in the right-wing Daily Telegraph, she also stressed her commitment to a \"lower-tax, high productivity economy\".</div><div><br></div><div>Sunak kept a lower profile, writing simply on his Twitter account that the country faced a \"profound economic crisis\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"I want to fix our economy, unite our party and deliver for our country,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Labour is demanding a general election now.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Tory MPs are set to hand Rishi Sunak the keys to No 10 (Downing Street) without him saying a single word about how he\'d govern,\" tweeted Angela Rayner, deputy Labour leader.</div><div><br></div><div>Anand Menon, politics professor at King\'s College London, said Sunak becoming prime minister was a landmark, reports AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>\"To have, if we do, a prime minister of Indian origin is a really, really big deal,\" he told BBC television shortly before the result was confirmed.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that he was reassured by how little comment there had been about it.</div><div><br></div><div>\"In a sense... we seem to have normalised this,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div><b>bnbd24/fas</b></div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 01:20:55', '2022-10-25 01:20:55'),
(2555, 2555, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Enamur Rahman has said that the Army, the Navy and the Coast Guard members will evacuate people from hard-to-reach areas as cyclone Sitrang is heading towards Bangladesh.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The state minister said this during a press briefing at the ministry’s conference room at the Secretariat on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve requested the representatives of the armed forces and the Coast Guard to assist us in relocating people from danger zones to the safe cyclone shelters and they’ve agreed. The volunteers of the Fire Service and the Red Crescent are also working alongside volunteers of Cyclone Preparedness Program (CPP) to ensure safety to the affected people,” Enamur said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question, he said that Sitrang is a severe cyclonic storm and it is unlikely to turn into a very severe or super cyclone like Sidr in 2007.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve prepared a total of 7,030 cylcone shelters in 15 coastal districts where around 25 lakh people can be accommodated. In each of these districts, we’ve allocated Tk 5 lakh and supplied daily essentials like rice and lentil so that people can eat cooked food. Besides, dry foods like biscuits have also been made available so that people may not suffer from hunger,” Enamur said.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked when Sitrang will hit Bangladesh, the state minister said that the impact will be between 6:00am to 7:00am on Tuesday morning, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“The Met office has hoisted danger signal 7 in various coastal districts including Bagerhat, which may go up to signal 10. We’ll ensure the safety of people and their cattle, but we can’t assure that the agricultural and fisheries resources will remain unaffected,” Enamur added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 02:30:34', '2022-10-25 02:30:34'),
(2556, 2556, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Images of students wearing so-called \"anti-cheating hats\" during college exams have gone viral on social media in the Philippines, sparking amusement.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Students at one college in Legazpi City were asked to wear headgear that would prevent them peeking at others\' papers.</div><div><br></div><div>Many responded by creating homemade contraptions out of cardboard, egg boxes and other recycled materials.</div><div><br></div><div>Their tutor told the BBC she had been looking for a \"fun way\" to ensure \"integrity and honesty\" in her classes.</div><div><br></div><div>Mary Joy Mandane-Ortiz, a professor of mechanical engineering at Bicol University College of Engineering, said the idea had been \"really effective\".</div><div><br></div><div>It was implemented for recent mid-term exams, which were sat by hundreds of students at the college in the third week of October.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her initial request had been for students to make a \"simple\" design out of paper.</div><div><br></div><div>She was inspired by a technique reportedly used in Thailand some years previously.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2013, an image went viral appearing to show a room of university students in Bangkok taking test papers while wearing \"ear flaps\" - sheets of paper stuck to either side of their head to obscure their vision.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her engineers-in-training took the idea and ran with it - in some cases innovating complex headgear in \"just five minutes\" with any junk they found lying around.</div><div><br></div><div>Others donned hats, helmets or Halloween masks to fulfil the brief.</div><div><br></div><div>A string of the professor\'s Facebook posts - showing the youngsters wearing their elaborate creations - garnered thousands of likes in a matter of days, and attracted coverage from Filipino media outlets.</div><div><br></div><div>They also reportedly inspired schools and universities in other parts of the country to encourage their own students to put together anti-cheating headwear.</div><div><br></div><div>Prof Mandane-Ortiz said her tutees performed better this year, having been motivated by the strict examination conditions to study extra hard.</div><div><br></div><div>Many of them finished their tests early, she added - and nobody was caught cheating this year. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 02:55:02', '2022-10-25 02:55:02'),
(2557, 2557, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Rain had the final say in a Twenty20 World Cup match between South Africa and Zimbabwe after the Proteas looked on course for a likely win on Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Chasing a rain-revised target of 64 in seven overs, Quinton de Kock smashed an unbeaten 47 to steer the team to 51 for no loss in three overs when rain stopped play for the final time in Hobart.</div><div><br></div><div>De Kock, a wicketkeeper-batsman, came all guns blazing to smash Tendai Chatara for four fours and a six in a 23-run opening over.</div><div><br></div><div>The opener kept up his attack into the second over to hit Richard Ngarava for four straight boundaries and take the total to 40-0 in a stop-start match.</div><div><br></div><div>Umpires tried their best to complete the Super 12 encounter but the final rain interruption forced the players off the ground and a disappointed de Kock shook hands with the opposition.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe managed 79-5 after they elected to bat first but their innings only began after over two hours and 30 minutes of rain delay.</div><div><br></div><div>The South African quicks had an instant impact with Wayne Parnell and Lungi Ngidi rattling the opposition top-order.</div><div><br></div><div>Zimbabwe slipped to 19-4 inside three overs before Wesley Madhevere hit 35 off 18 balls and put on a 55-run stand with Milton Shumba, who made 18.</div><div><br></div><div>Parnell sent back skipper Craig Ervine for two after a frenetic start by Zimbabwe, with batsmen living dangerously while running between wickets.</div><div><br></div><div>Ngidi struck twice in the next over including the in-form Sikandar Raza for a duck after de Kock took a leaping one-handed take behind the stumps.</div><div><br></div><div>But Madhevere, who smashed four fours and one six in his 18-ball knock, and Shumba, who got out on the final delivery of the innings off Anrich Nortje, put up a gritty show.</div><div><br></div><div>The African nations got one point each from the washout.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh, who beat the Netherlands in the first match of the day in Hobart, lead Group 2 that witnessed India edging out Pakistan in a last-ball thriller on Sunday. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 03:31:06', '2022-10-25 03:31:06'),
(2558, 2558, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The low-lying areas of Khulna district have been inundated due to the tidal surges caused by the approaching Cyclone Sitrang.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Amirul Azad, officer-in-charge of the Khulna Meteorological department, said that the rain started falling on Sunday night and is still going on.</div><div><br></div><div>The local met office recorded 122 mm of rain in 9 hours till 3 pm on Monday, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>People struggled to reach their destinations amid the rain due to the lack of transport as most of the roads went underwater.</div><div><br></div><div>Houses and roadside business institutions in Khulna city\'s Shantidham Mor, Baitipara, Saltachara, Harintana, Tutpara, East and West Bania Farms, Chanmari, Mollapara, Bastuhara Colony have been inundated due to heavy rain.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the district administration has taken preparations to move the residents of four upazilas of Khulna district to the shelters as Cyclone Sitrang is likely to make landfall in the southern Bangladesh coast by early Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the sources of the Directorate of Relief and Housing, 2,73,850 people can take shelter in 409 shelters in the district. Distressed people of Koira and Paikgacha upazilas have already started coming to the shelter centres.</div><div><br></div><div>The local administration has allocated 30 metric tons of rice and dry foods.</div><div><br></div><div>10 kg of rice, 1 kg of lentil, 1 liter of soybeans, 1 kg of sugar and 1 kg of salt have been allotted for each family.</div><div><br></div><div>The fire service officials have been asked to remain alert round the clock.</div><div><br></div><div>The movement of all kinds of water vessels during Cyclone Sitrang remains suspended in the district. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 04:09:25', '2022-10-25 04:09:25');

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(2574, 2574, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Air strikes by Myanmar’s military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority’s main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss widening violence in Myanmar.</div><div><br></div><div>The number of casualties at Sunday night’s celebration, held by the Kachin Independence Organization in the northern state of Kachin, appeared to be the most in a single air attack since the military seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.</div><div><br></div><div>Initial reports put the death toll at around 60, but later tallies raised it to about 80.</div><div><br></div><div>It was impossible to independently confirm details of the incident, though media sympathetic to the Kachin posted videos showing what was said to be the attack’s aftermath, with splintered and flattened wooden structures.</div><div><br></div><div>The military government’s information office confirmed in a statement late Monday that there was an attack on what it described as the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army’s 9th Brigade, calling it a “necessary operation” in response to “terrorist” acts carried out by the Kachin group.</div><div><br></div><div>It called reports of a high death toll “rumors,” and denied the military had bombed a concert and that singers and audience members were among the dead.</div><div><br></div><div>The United Nations’ office in Myanmar said in a statement that it was “deeply concerned and saddened” by reports of the air strikes.</div><div><br></div><div>“What would appear to be excessive and disproportionate use of force by security forces against unarmed civilians is unacceptable and those responsible must be held to account,” it said.</div><div><br></div><div>Envoys representing Western embassies in Myanmar, including the United States, issued a joint statement saying the attack underscores the military regime’s “disregard for its obligation to protect civilians and respect the principles and rules of international humanitarian law.”</div><div><br></div><div>Myanmar has been wracked for decades by rebellions by ethnic minorities seeking autonomy, but anti-government resistance increased markedly nationwide with the formation of an armed pro-democracy movement opposing last year’s military takeover.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kachin are one of the stronger ethnic rebel groups and are capable of manufacturing some of their own armaments. They also have a loose alliance with the armed militias of the pro-democracy forces that were formed in 2021 in central Myanmar to fight army rule.</div><div><br></div><div>Sunday’s celebration of the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Kachin Independence Organization, which included a concert, was held at a base also used for military training by the Kachin Independence Army, the KIO’s armed wing. It is located near Aung Bar Lay village in Hpakant township, a remote mountainous area 950 kilometers (600 miles) north of Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon.</div><div><br></div><div>Hpakant is the center of the world’s biggest and most lucrative jade mining industry, from which both the government and the rebels derive revenue.</div><div><br></div><div>As many as 80 people were killed and about 100 were injured in Sunday’s attack on the first day of a three-day celebration of the KIO’s founding, a spokesperson for the Kachin Artists Association told The Associated Press by phone. He said he first heard there had been 60 deaths, but was later told by sources close to Kachin Independence Army officials that about 80 people had died.</div><div><br></div><div>He said military aircraft dropped four bombs on the celebration at about 8 p.m., according to members of his group who were there. Between 300 and 500 people were in attendance and a Kachin singer and keyboard player were among the dead, said the spokesperson, who asked not to be identified because he feared punishment by the authorities.</div><div><br></div><div>Those killed also included Kachin officers and soldiers, musicians, jade mining business owners and other civilians, he said. They also included at least 10 Kachin military and business VIPs sitting in front of the stage, and cooks working backstage, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The Kachin News Group, a media outlet sympathetic to the KIO, reported that an initial search found 58 bodies and that government security forces had blocked the wounded from being treated at hospitals in nearby towns. It reported later that more than 20 more bodies had been recovered, bringing the death toll to about 80.</div><div><br></div><div>Col. Naw Bu, a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army, said by phone that KIA soldiers, musicians, businesspeople and villagers were among the dead, but he could not confirm a casualty number due to communications problems. He said the deaths were a loss for all Kachin people, and its group would fly the Kachin flag at half-staff.</div><div><br></div><div>An emergency services rescue worker who was in Hpakant and also asked for anonymity said he saw three military aircraft making bombing runs over the celebration ground, just a few kilometers (miles) away. He said he was barred by the KIO from entering the area but heard that more than 60 people were killed, including a KIA brigade commander.</div><div><br></div><div>The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a non-governmental organization that tracks killings and arrests, said Friday that 2,377 civilians have died in crackdowns by the security forces since the army took power. Its figure, however, does not always include people killed in military actions in the countryside.</div><div><br></div><div>“We fear this attack is part of a pattern of unlawful aerial attacks by the military which has killed and injured civilians in areas controlled by armed groups,” Amnesty International’s deputy regional director, Hana Young, said in a statement.</div><div><br></div><div>“The military has shown ruthless disregard for civilian lives in its escalating campaign against opponents. It is difficult to believe the military did not know of a significant civilian presence at the site of this attack. The military must immediately grant access to medics and humanitarian assistance to those affected by these air strikes and other civilians in need,” Young said.</div><div><br></div><div>Cambodia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations, said Sunday that the group’s foreign ministers will hold a special meeting in Indonesia this week to consider the peace process for Myanmar. Myanmar’s generals have all but shunned the group’s previous efforts, reports AP</div><div><br></div><div>“As officials and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations prepare to host high-level meetings in the coming weeks, this attack highlights the need to overhaul the approach to the crisis in Myanmar,” Amnesty International said. “ASEAN has to step up and formulate a more robust course of action so that military leaders end this escalating repression.”&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 19:38:13', '2022-10-25 19:38:13'),
(2575, 2575, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The messaging platform WhatsApp has gone down for users across the UK and around the world.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Users of the platform, owned by Meta, began reporting issues just before 08:00 BST on Tuesday.</div><div><br></div><div>More than 12,000 reports were posted within half an hour, according to the service status website Down Detector.</div><div><br></div><div>Many people have complained on social media that they cannot send or receive messages. WhatsApp has about two billion global active users.</div><div><br></div><div>It is one of the most popular messaging platforms in the UK. Source: BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 19:49:49', '2022-10-25 19:49:49'),
(2576, 2576, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>AUS vs SL Prediction- Who Will Win Today’s Match Between Australia And Sri Lanka, ICC T20 World Cup 2022, Match 19.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Australia and Sri Lanka are set to face each other in their next match of ICC T20 World Cup 2022. AUS vs SL, match 19 of ICC T20 World Cup 2022, takes place on October 25 (Tuesday).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The venue of the clash is Perth Stadium in Perth. Australia is led by Aaron Finch in the tournament and Sri Lanka is led by Dasun Shanaka in the tournament. Both teams are part of group 1 in the tournament.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Australia lost their opening clash against New Zealand in ICC T20 World Cup 2022. Batting first in the match, New Zealand posted a mammoth 200-3. Devon Conway slammed an unbeaten 92 while Finn Allen smacked 42. James Neesham scored unbeaten 26. Later, Australia was all out for 111.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sri Lanka qualified for super 12 round after winning 2 games out of 3 in the qualifier round. In their previous match, Sri Lanka crushed Netherlands by 16 runs. Batting first, Kusal Mendis led Sri Lanka to 162-6 with his fabulous fifty (79). Later, Max ODwod slammed an unbeaten 71 but Netherlands could only reach 146-9. CA</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 20:01:32', '2022-10-25 20:01:32'),
(2577, 2577, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said that some 80 lakh consumers remained without electricity across Bangladesh after Cyclone Sitrang hit Bangladesh.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>‘Of this, some 60 lakh are under the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board and the remaining consumers are of other organisations like Nesco and WZPDCO,’ he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He noted that power supply to 70 per cent of the affected areas will be possible to restore by Tuesday evening while the rest 30 per cent will get electricity by Wednesday afternoon.</div><div><br></div><div>Currently, the total power consumers are 4.8 crore across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Nasrul Hamid said that the power supply was disrupted mainly by the falling of trees on the transmission and distribution lines.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that many electric poles were uprooted by the cyclone that caused blackout in many areas.</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister, however, said that the total damage was not calculated yet.</div><div><br></div><div>‘It will take some more time to get a complete picture of the damages’, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 20:51:20', '2022-10-25 20:51:20'),
(2578, 2578, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Eleven children were killed on Tuesday in a school fire in the central Ugandan district of Mukono, police said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A police statement said that the tragic incident occurred at Salama School of the Blind at about 1:00am local time.</div><div><br></div><div>‘The cause of the fire is currently unknown but so far 11 deaths as a result of the fire have been confirmed while six are in critical conditions and admitted at Herona Hospital in Kisoga,’ the statement said.</div><div><br></div><div>School fires are common in Ugandan schools. The last fire was in January when four children died in a fire outbreak in a school in Kampala, Uganda’s capital. In 2018, at least nine students were killed in a fire that broke out at a high school in central Uganda.</div><div><br></div><div>Before the 2018 incident, another fatal school fire happened in 2008, killing 19 pupils at Budo Junior School in the Wakiso district in the central region. - Xinghua</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 21:09:44', '2022-10-25 21:09:44'),
(2579, 2579, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Disaster management and relief affairs state minister Md Enamur Rahman said that more than 10,000 houses in 419 unions in Bangladesh were damaged by cyclone Sitrang that lashed the coastal districts Monday night.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Sitrang did not turn into a severe cyclone and crossed the coastal area very quickly, the state minister said while talking to reporters at the secretariat in Dhaka regarding the aftermath of the cyclone.</div><div><br></div><div>‘We have been able to provide shelter to 10 lakh people in 6,925 cyclone shelters. The cyclone weakened quickly after hitting the coastal districts at 10pm,’ said Enamur.</div><div><br></div><div>People have already left the shelters, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The state minister also said nine deaths have so far been reported after the cyclone hit the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Cyclone Sitrang completed its landfall and weakened to a tropical depression over Bangladesh early Tuesday, according to the Bangladesh Meteorological Department.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-25 23:56:07', '2022-10-25 23:56:07'),
(2580, 2580, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 25 people died in nine districts across Bangladesh as the cyclone Sitrang made landfall and crossed Barishal-Chattogram coast on Monday midnight, leaving a trail of destruction.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to reports from UNB correspondents from Chattogram. Cumilla, Narail, Sirajganj, Bhola, Barguna, Munshiganj, Noakhali and Gopalganj, most of the casualties happened because of falling of trees since Monday morning as Bangladesh experienced moderate to heavy rains throughout the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Chattogram, bodies of eight workers, who went missing on Monday night after a dredger sank in the Bay of Bengal, were recovered from the sea off the coast of Mirsarai on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Five of the deceased were identified as Mahmud Molla, Alamin, Imam Molla, Abul Bashar and Tarek. They were residents of Patuakhali district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The sand lifting dredger--Saikat-2--was anchored, with the eight workers on board, in the sea around 1000 feet away from the embankment in Bashundhara area of the upazila. But it sank when the storm triggered by Cyclone Sitrang intensified around 10 pm on Monday, said Md Kabir Hossain, officer-in-charge (OC) of Mirsarai Police Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mirsarai police and fire service divers recovered the bodies from the sunken dredger around 2pm on Tuesday, the OC added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At Sitakunda in Chattogram, the body of a seven-month-old girl child was recovered from a shipyard in the Bay of Bengal near the Kadamarsul area on Tuesday morning, said Mahbub, sub-inspector (SI) of Kumira Naval Police.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The body of the child was swept into the shipyard by the strong tide of the sea, he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The body was later sent to Chattogram Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) morgue, the SI said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Munshiganj, a 28-year-old woman and her four-year-old daughter were killed when a huge tree collapsed on them while they were asleep on Monday night at Kanakshar village in Louhajang upazila of the district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were identified as Asma Akter, wife of Abdur Razzak and Sumaiya Akter, said additional superintendent Munshiganj Police Yeasmin Ferdous.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Razzak was also injured during the incident. He was taken to Dhaka for better treatment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Noakhali, a one-year-old girl was killed and her mother was injured when a tree collapsed on them at Habibia village in Subarnachar upazila of the district early Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased was identified as Sneha, daughter of Abdullah of the village.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Debopriyo Das, officer-in-charge of Charjabbar Police Station, said the tree collapsed on their house when Amena Begum, 25 and her daughter Sneha were sleeping around 3 am during the storm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Cumilla’s Nangalkot upazila, a couple and their four-year-old daughter died after a huge tree fell on their house at Hesakhal area on Monday night. They were asleep when it happened.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">MD. Raihan Mehbub, Nangalkot Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO), said police rushed to the scene after the incident took place killing Nizam Uddin , his wife Sharmin Akter Shathi and their daughter Nusrat Akter Liza.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The incident occurred around 10 pm when the wind speed was 60 kmph in Cumilla as the cyclone was making landfall, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A 35-year-old woman--Morzina Begum--was first reported to be dead as a tree fell on her head at Lohagara upazila complex in Narail around 11 am on Monday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Morzina hailing from Bagerhat used to work as a maid at Rajpur village in the upazila, said Md Nasir Uddin, Officer-in-Charge of Lohagara Police Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">During the incident her 11-year-old son was with her, but he survived, said the OC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Sirajganj sadar upazila, a mother and her son died as their boat sank in a canal of Jamuna River on Monday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were identified as Ayesha Siddka, 30, wife of Khokon Sheikh from Purbo Mohonpur village, and her son Arafat Rahman, 5, said Mosaddek Hossain, Officer-in-Charge of Bangabandhu Bridge West Police Station.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ayesha’s husband and two other children were rescued from the scene of the accident, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They were traveling home through the canal on a boat around 8 pm Monday when it capsized amid bad weather. Arafat died at the scene while Aysha was declared dead after being taken to a hospital, said the OC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Bhola, four people died at sadar, Doulatkhan, Lalmohan and Char Fasson being crushed under trees and from drowning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were identified as Mofijul Islam, 60, from sadar upazila, Bibi Khadiza, 20, from Doulatkhan upazila, Rabeya, 30, from Lalmohan upazila, and Monir, 30 from Char Fasson upazila, said Delwar Hossain, District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mofizul died after a tree fell on his house on Monday night at Dhania union in sadar upazila and Bibi Khadiza also died being crushed under a tree. Monir was on a motorcycle when a tree branch fell, leaving him dead on the spot while Rabeya drowned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Barguna sadar upazila a 110-year-old woman died while having dinner as a tree fell on her house at Sonakhali village.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">She was alone in the house and died instantly, said Humayun Kabir, local Union Parishad Chairman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Gopalganj district two women were crushed under trees at Tungipara upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were Sharmin,25, wife of Rezaul from Patgati union and Rumisa, 65, wife of Hanna Talukder from Banshbaria union.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sharmin died on Monday night as a tree fell on her at Panchkahania village during storm while Rumisa got crushed under a tree at her home at Dumuria village, said Minhazur Rahman, District Relief and Rehabilitation Officer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said their families will get Tk 25,000 as assistance, Tk 6000 for rehabilitation and tin sheets. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 00:02:16', '2022-10-26 00:02:16'),
(2581, 2581, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A generator stator was installed in the turbine hall of unit two of the under-construction Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to a message received here today, the installation works have been completed by the specialists of the VdMU Branch, part of the Rosatom Engineering Division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The stator converts mechanical energy generated by the rotation of the turbine into electrical energy. Besides, it is the heaviest element among the power unit equipped with a weight of over 440 tones. That is why the installation of the Generator Stator into the designated position is extremely important. Its successful completion makes possible installation of the main equipment of the turbine hall”, said Alexei Deriy, Vice President of ASE and Director of the Rooppur NPP Construction Project.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said the two power units of Rooppur NPP to useTZV-1200-2 turbine generators developed and manufactured by Power Machines, Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Rooppur NPP with two generation 3+ VVER-1200 reactors with a total capacity of 2400 MW is being constructed under the Russian design. The Russian VVER-1200 reactors have been functioning in two power units of Novovoronezh NPP, Russia, which is the reference project of Rooppur NPP. This reactor fully complies with all international safety requirements.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rosatom State Corporation Engineering Division is the general designer and contractor of Rooppur NPP. The company ranks first in the world in terms of order portfolio and the number of NPPs constructed simultaneously across the world. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 00:09:47', '2022-10-26 00:09:47'),
(2582, 2582, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Disaster-resilient houses of Asrayan project, a prime initiative of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sheltering the poor, have proved their worthiness as these houses provided safe shelter to nearly four lakh people of 19 coastal districts during the devastating cyclone ‘Sitrang’ on Monday.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The four lakh people living in disaster-resilient houses in the coastal districts did not have to go to the cyclone shelters to escape rage of cyclone ‘Sitrang’ as they stayed safely in their houses gifted by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina under Ashrayan project.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to the Prime Minister\'s Office (PMO), in the last two years, a total of 61,378 landless-homeless families were given disaster-resilient houses in 19 coastal districts.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There has been no information about any damage so far to any house of Ashrayan as those were built as disaster resilient.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The officials concerned said that disaster risk of those people has been reduced due to the house gifted by the Prime Minister, and safety of people, cattle and livestock is ensured during the calamities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They said that over 219,690 people along with their 45,442 cattle have taken shelter in shelter centres in 19 coastal districts to escape the ravages of cyclone Sitrang. A total of 7,490 shelter centres have a capacity of 42,74,000.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Officials said the third phase houses of Ashrayan are much more durable than the first and second phase houses.&nbsp; In the third phase, Taka 259,500 is being spent on the construction of each house where RCC pillars, grade vim, linkers etc, were added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Out of 61,378 houses given by the Prime Minister under Ashrayan project in coastal 19 districts, 3805 houses are in Gopalganj district, while 2662 in Shariatpur, 3640 in Cox\'s Bazar, 5043 in Chattogram district, 408 in Chandpur, 3228 in Lakshmipur, 3628 in Noakhali, 1659 in Feni, 2906 in Satkhira, 2153 in Jessore, 3950 in Khulna, 829 in Narail, 2794 in Bagerhat, 3529 in Bhola, 4867 in Pirojpur, 1842 in Jhalkathi, 6941 in Patuakhali, 2600 in Barguna and 4834 in Barisal district.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In 1997, the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took a project called “Ashrayan” under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister\'s Office with the aim to rehabilitate the landless, homeless and displaced people due to cyclones, floods and river erosion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A total of 507,244 landless and homeless families have been rehabilitated across the country from 1997 to March 2022 under Ashrayan and Ashrayan-II projects.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Beneficiaries under the Ashrayan scheme include small ethnic minorities, hijras, vede communities and other socially backward groups. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 01:25:52', '2022-10-26 01:25:52'),
(2583, 2583, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Periods of tension with North Korea come and go, but the situation on the Korean peninsula right now is the most volatile it has been in five years and it looks likely to get worse.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Over the past month the North has fired a missile over Japan, forcing residents to seek shelter; a hostile and provocative act. It has launched several other ballistic missiles, flown warplanes close to its border with South Korea and fired hundreds of shells of artillery into the sea, which have landed in a military buffer zone, created by the two Koreas in 2018 to keep peace. The two countries are technically still at war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday a North Korean merchant ship crossed the countries\' sea border, causing both sides to fire warning shots. South Korea says the incursion was intentional.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, what is Kim Jong-un up to? There are three reasons North Korea tends to launch missiles - to test and improve its weapons technology, to send a political message to the world (primarily the US), and to impress its people at home and shore up loyalty to the regime.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It can be hard to decipher which of these ends Pyongyang\'s actions serve, but this time Mr Kim has been explicit. State media has reported several times that the recent launches and drills are in response to military exercises being run by the US, South Korea and Japan. The North has blamed its enemies for escalating tensions and says its launches are a clear warning they should stop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Washington, Seoul and Tokyo have been holding large-scale military exercises, separately and together, for the past two months, to show they are ready for a North Korean nuclear attack. There is little doubt these have antagonised Mr Kim, who has always viewed such exercises as his enemies rehearsing for an invasion. The reason North Korea started developing nuclear weapons in the first place was to stop itself from being invaded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But there is a less explicit reason he could be upping the pressure now. He may be preparing the ground for a more provocative test - the detonation of a nuclear weapon for the first time in five years, or even a small-scale attack on South Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year he laid out a five-year plan, detailing all the new weapons he planned to develop. It included smaller battlefield nuclear bombs and the short-range missiles to carry them. The recent tests are evidence Mr Kim is not only working his way through this weapons wish list, but that he is training his troops to use them. He used some of the recent drills, he said, to simulate a nuclear attack on South Korea.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now Mr Kim needs attention. He needs the world to notice the progress he has made, if he is one day to get harsh international sanctions on his country lifted. Sanctions haven\'t stopped North Korea developing weapons, as they were designed to, but they are hurting its economy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talks aimed at reducing those sanctions have long stalled and North Korea is slipping down the global agenda. The world is far more concerned with the war in Ukraine, and the rise of an authoritarian China. President Biden\'s position is that sanctions on North Korea can only be eased when it agrees to give up all its nuclear weapons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the meantime, Washington and Seoul have agreed to strengthen their defence of the Peninsula by holding the military exercises Pyongyang hates so much, and responding to its provocations with force. Following the North\'s latest round of missile launches and drills, South Korea sent up warplanes and shot artillery of its own.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">If Mr Kim is to get the US to negotiate on terms more favourable to him, he must prove how dangerous his country has become. Last month he declared North Korea to be a nuclear weapons state, a position he said was irreversible.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">We should be worried about how assertive it seems to have become, said Kim Jong-dae, a former advisor in South Korea\'s Defence Ministry. He pointed out how in the past North Korea has waited until US forces have finished their military exercises before retaliating. This time they fired artillery into the sea while exercises were ongoing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have never seen this audacity and aggression before, it is different. It is the North acting like a nuclear state,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The US and South Korean governments believe preparations for North Korea\'s seventh nuclear weapon test are complete and the North is waiting for the opportune political moment to act. An attractive window is opening, with China\'s Communist Party Conference now over and the US midterm elections approaching.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile South Korea is in the midst of yet another round of war games, with the US scheduled to join in. These may well provide Kim Jong-un with the pretext he has been waiting for. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 14:05:54', '2022-10-26 14:05:54'),
(2584, 2584, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A group of left-wing Democrats in the US Congress has withdrawn a letter that called for a negotiated settlement to the war in Ukraine.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Progressive Caucus said the message was being misconstrued as aligned with a growing reluctance in the Republican party to keep sending aid to Kyiv.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal said it was drafted \"months ago\" and that staff released it without it being \"vetted\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The memo sparked intra-party backlash before US midterm elections next month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The letter to the White House was made public on Monday and was signed in June by 30 of President Joe Biden\'s fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its call for the US to negotiate directly with Russia was seen as undermining the Biden administration, which has repeatedly said Moscow is not interested in diplomacy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">White House officials said in response that diplomacy is only possible when all sides are prepared to negotiate, and that is not currently the case.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Massachusetts Democratic congressman Jake Auchincloss denounced the letter as \"an olive branch to a war criminal who\'s losing his war\", in reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another Progressive Caucus member, Ruben Gallego, responded: \"Russia doesn\'t acknowledge diplomacy, only strength.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If we want Ukraine to continue as a free and democratic country that it is, we must support their fight.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Jayapal, a Washington state congresswoman, said on Tuesday that she still supported an end to the war \"with diplomacy\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the timing of the letter\'s release meant it had \"been conflated with [Republican] opposition\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Jayapal continued: \"It is a distraction at this time.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She accused Republicans of planning to withdraw financial and military support for Ukraine if they win a majority in Congress next month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Republican congressman Kevin McCarthy warned earlier this month that if his party takes power in November there will be no \"blank cheque\" for Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other signatories to the letter included New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a leading figure in the party\'s socialist wing, and Maryland congressman Jamie Raskin, who has taken a lead role in the Democrats\' efforts to investigate former President Donald Trump.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Raskin disavowed the letter on Tuesday in a statement condemning Russia as \"a world centre of antifeminist, antigay, anti-trans hatred\". He praised the Ukrainian armed forces for recruiting women and \"sexual minorities\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ms Ocasio-Cortez has faced pressure over Ukraine at recent public appearances.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">One heckler at a town hall-style event accused her of voting for nuclear war with Russia and China, shouting: \"Why are you playing with the lives of American citizens?\" BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 14:10:28', '2022-10-26 14:10:28'),
(2585, 2585, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>England started their campaign with a rather straightforward win over Afghanistan and they would be looking for nothing less when they face Ireland on Wednesday.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, they would be concerned by the fact that their top four all failed to fire and it was an exceptional bowling performance from Sam Curran that really got them over the line. Ireland, meanwhile, lost their first-ever second round match of the T20 World Cup to Sri Lanka. They have stunned England in the past in World Cup matches and would be hoping to do the same today if they are to challenge for a semi-final spot.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">England\'s batting lineup seemed to be playing cricket in a different universe during the last T20 World Cup. However, things couldn\'t be more different during their opening match of this tournament against Afghanistan. Sam Curran\'s extraordinary five-wicket haul had helped them dismiss Afghanistan for 112 runs but their batting lineup made a real mess of what could have been some sweet net run rate juice for them.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">16 overs into their innings, England had lost half their batters and had just edged over the 100-run mark. The top four has names like Jos Buttler, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan and Ben Stokes and they would be hoping that they can live up to them starting from today. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 14:37:42', '2022-10-26 14:37:42'),
(2586, 2586, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut, Shehnaaz Gill, Arbaaz Khan, Chunky Pandey, Sonakshi Sinha and her rumoured boyfriend Zaheer Iqbal among many others attended the birthday bash of Aayush Sharma in Mumbai.&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Taking to Instagram, paparazzi accounts shared pictures and videos as several celebrities including Palak Tiwari, Neha Sharma, Meezaan Jafri, Varun Sharma and Manish Malhotra were seen at the venue on Tuesday evening.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a video shared by a paparazzi account, Salman posed and smiled for pictures after arriving at his brother-in-law\'s home. He also folded his hands and wished the paparazzi a happy Diwali. The actor, who recently had dengue, nodded when the paparazzi asked about his health.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">When he was asked, \"Tabiyat kaesi hai abhi (How are you now)?\" Salman nodded a few times and also flashed thumbs up sign. For the occasion, Salman opted for a blue T-shirt, maroon pants and black shoes. This was Salman\'s first public appearance after being diagnosed with dengue.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kangana Ranaut attended the bash wearing a sleeveless red dress with beige heels. She posed for pictures and also flashed the peace sign before walking away to join her sister Rangoli Chandel. Shehnaaz Gill arrived at the event wearing a sheer black shirt under a grey jacket, matching pants and black shoes.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also smiled, laughed and waved at the paparazzi. After entering the venue, Shehnaaz also hugged Manish Malhotra. Palak Tiwari attended the party wearing a blue and black outfit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fans will see Salman in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan, scheduled to release on Eid 2023. It is billed as an action-packed entertainer directed by Farhad Samji and also features Pooja Hegde and Venkatesh Daggubati in lead roles. Shehnaaz Gill and Palak Tiwari are also a part of the project. Salman\'s film Tiger 3 with Katrina Kaif will be out on Diwali 2023. Shehnaaz was last seen in Honsla Rakh alongside Diljit Dosanjh and Sonam Bajwa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kangana will be seen in the period drama Emergency in which she will be seen portraying the role of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Emergency marks Kangana\'s first solo-directorial film. Apart from Kangana, the film also casts Anupam Kher, Mahima Chaudhry, Vishak Nair and Shreyas Talpade in prominent roles.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also has Tiku Weds Sheru, her first project produced by her production house, Manikarnika Films. Helmed by Sai Kabir, the film stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Avneet Kaur in the lead roles. The film is all set to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 15:15:14', '2022-10-26 15:15:14');
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(2587, 2587, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Kylian Mbappe and a Lionel Messi in vintage form both scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain crushed Israel\'s Maccabi Haifa 7-2 on Tuesday to secure a place in the last 16 of this season\'s Champions League with one group game to spare.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Neymar was on target too, and the Brazilian also forced an own goal from Maccabi defender Sean Goldberg before Carlos Soler completed the rout as the Parisians netted seven times in a Champions League game for the first time since November 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The win means PSG have qualified from Group H along with Benfica, although it will go down to next week\'s final matchday to decide who advances in first place and therefore benefits from a theoretically kinder draw in the next round.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was a great evening. The team played fantastic football, between the defenders and midfielders and the three attackers, who were fantastic,\" said PSG coach Christophe Galtier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There was a great connection between them.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Maccabi Haifa, who saw Senegalese defender Abdoulaye Seck score both of their goals, are eliminated along with Juventus but the Israeli champions could still pip the Italian giants to third place and Europa League football after the break for the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I prefer to lose 7-2 than 4-0 playing bad football,\" said Maccabi coach Barak Bakhar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We were up against the best players in the world and they proved it tonight.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The upcoming World Cup in Qatar is surely a factor in the outstanding early-season form of Messi and Neymar in particular, and along with Mbappe they turned on the style to leave Maccabi regularly looking dazed and confused in defence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe\'s latest goals -- his fifth and sixth in this season\'s Champions League taking him to 16 in all competitions -- came a day after reports emerged in France of the eye-watering details of his new contract at PSG.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Eye-watering contract -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Newspaper Le Parisien reported on Monday that the Qatar-owned club were paying the France striker a total of 630 million euros ($627.8m) before tax over the duration of the three-year deal he signed in May.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The net sum would be slightly less than half that amount, although PSG dismissed the reports as \"sensationalist\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The figures reported are higher than the 555 million euros gross that Messi was reported by Spanish daily El Mundo to have earned over his final four years at Barcelona.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a difficult first season in Paris, Messi is now looking more like the player he was in Catalonia and he opened the scoring here in the 19th minute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe laid the ball back to the Argentine who took a touch before sending a shot across goalkeeper Josh Cohen and into the far corner of the net with the outside of his left boot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mbappe then needed treatment after being sent crashing into the advertising boards by Seck, but he quickly recovered to make it 2-0 just past the half-hour mark with a beautiful curling strike into the same corner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was from virtually the same spot in the box that Neymar made it 3-0 after being set up by Messi, but the Israelis did then pull one back as Seck headed in from an Omer Atzili dead-ball delivery.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then came what was probably the night\'s outstanding goal, as Messi linked up brilliantly with Mbappe before jinking his way into a shooting position and burying a shot into the bottom-left corner.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was his 11th goal of the season, meaning he has now matched his tally for the whole of the last campaign.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The goals kept coming after half-time, albeit not for Messi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seck pulled a second goal back with a looping header over Gianluigi Donnarumma, but then Mbappe made it 5-2 as he controlled Achraf Hakimi\'s cross and whipped a stunning shot into the far corner from the left side of the box.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The unfortunate Goldberg gave PSG their sixth and Messi crashed a shot off the bar before substitute Soler put the seal on the victory. 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(2589, 2589, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has congratulated Giorgia Meloni, President of the Council of Ministers of the Government of the Italian Republic.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a letter wrote to Giorgia Meloni, she said, \"It\'s indeed a great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations to you on behalf of the People and the government of Bangladesh on your appointment as the President of the Council of Ministers of the Italian Republic.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also extended heartfelt greetings to the friendly Italian people as they have endorsed their historic mandate in Giorgia Meloni\'s visionary leadership and elected her as the first woman leader in the history of Italy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina wrote, \"I am confident Italy will find a wider path of economic prosperity under your charismatic stewardship despite all odds and global challenges\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said, \"Bangladesh and Italy have enjoyed an excellent bilateral relationship since our independence,\" adding: \"Our relations have grown in many dimensions, with particular focuses on people-to-people contact in various forms, trade, investment and common position on issues of international concern\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Premier said, \"We are keen to further proliferate and strengthen the existing relations in more potential sectors, such as agriculture, ICT, civil aviation and the manufacturing industry depending on the factors endowment\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She added: \"As we celebrate the golden jubilee of the establishment of diplomatic relations, I believe it is high time to revitalize the whole gamut of cooperation. In this regard, I look forward to working closely with you during your time in the office ahead\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sheikh Hasina invited Meloni to visit Bangladesh at her convenience.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She conveyed her best wishes to Giorgia Meloni for her good health and happiness and the continued peace, progress and prosperity of the friendly people of Italy. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 16:09:10', '2022-10-26 16:09:10'),
(2590, 2590, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of several development schemes at Payra Seaport tomorrow to ensure its smooth operations with better facilities.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The development works include capital dredging of the port, inauguration of eight ships, the first terminal and construction of a six-lane approach road and a bridge, said a press release here today.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier will virtually inaugurate the development schemes, involving around Taka 11,072 crore, from her official residence Ganabhaban, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The capital dredging of the seaport\'s Rabnabad channel will create a 75km-long, 100-125meter-wide and 10.5meter-deep channel, building a capacity to dock 40,000 tons of cargo or 3000 container-laden ships at the port.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The capital dredging channel will cost an estimated Taka 4,950 crore while Belgium based dredging company--Jan De Nul will carry out the dredging work.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ships and vessels built for the Payra Seaport at a cost of Taka 209.74 crore will help the port authority to monitor the arrival and departure of foreign ships and maintain the channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The eight vessels to be inaugurated tomorrow include two pilot vessels, two heavy duty speedboats, a buoy laying vessel, a survey boat and two tugboats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Once the construction of the first terminal, the six-lane highway and the bridge is completed, three foreign ships carrying containers or bulk cargos will be able to dock simultaneously at the Payra Seaport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After completing the construction work of the first terminal at a cost of Taka 4,516.75 crore, it will be opened for operation by December, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 6.35km-long six-lane approach road is being constructed by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spectra Engineers Limited has been appointed to construct the road at a cost of Taka 655.50 crore. The construction work of the road is expected to be completed by December, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A 1,180 meter-long bridge will be built at a cost of Taka 740 crore over the Andharmanik river to transport goods of the Payra Seaport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bridge is expected to be constructed in 30 months (two and a half years).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the release, these development schemes will enable the port to function at its full capacity and add new dimensions to the country\'s foreign trade, the benefits of which will be enjoyed by the nation for ages.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the Payra Seaport on November 19 in 2013, the release said so far, 236 sea-going ships have arrived at the port, through which about Taka 548 crore revenue has been earned. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 16:24:38', '2022-10-26 16:24:38'),
(2591, 2591, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>\"Is Twitter dying?\" billionaire Elon Musk mused in April, five days before offering to buy the social media platform.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The reality, according to internal Twitter research seen by Reuters, goes far beyond the handful of examples of celebrities ghosting their own accounts. Twitter is struggling to keep its most active users - who are vital to the business - engaged, underscoring a challenge faced by the Tesla Inc chief executive as he approaches a deadline to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These \"heavy tweeters\" account for less than 10% of monthly overall users but generate 90% of all tweets and half of global revenue. Heavy tweeters have been in \"absolute decline\" since the pandemic began, a Twitter researcher wrote in an internal document titled “Where did the Tweeters Go?”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A \"heavy tweeter\" is defined as someone who logs in to Twitter six or seven days a week and tweets about three to four times a week, the document said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The research also found a shift in interests over the past two years among Twitter\'s most active English-speaking users that could make the platform less attractive to advertisers.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Cryptocurrency and \"not safe for work\" (NSFW) content, which includes nudity and pornography, are the highest-growing topics of interest among English-speaking heavy users, the report found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At the same time, interest in news, sports and entertainment is waning among those users. Tweets on those topics, which have helped Twitter burnish an image as the world\'s \"digital town square,\" as Musk once called it, are also the most desirable for advertisers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter declined to specify how many of its tweets are in English or how much money it makes from English speakers. But the demographic is important to Twitter\'s business, some analysts say.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The platform earned more ad revenue from the United States alone than all other markets combined in its fourth quarter, according to its investor letter, and most ads in the United States are likely targeting English-speaking users, said Jasmine Enberg, an analyst at Insider Intelligence.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter\'s study examined the number of heavy tweeters in English who displayed an interest in a topic, based on the accounts they followed, and how that number of users changed over the past two years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter was motivated to investigate “disturbing” trends among users that may have been masked by overall growth in daily active users and better understand the decline in the company\'s most active users, the documents said. The study made no specific conclusions about why heavy users of the platform are declining.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Asked to comment on the internal documents\' findings, a Twitter spokesperson said on Monday: \"We regularly conduct research on a wide variety of trends, which evolve based on what\'s happening in the world. Our overall audience has continued to grow, reaching 238 million mDAU in Q2 2022,\" the spokesperson said, using an acronym for monetizable daily active users.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>\'Not Safe For Work\' Content</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The number of heavy users interested in NSFW and cryptocurrency content grew, the research found.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter is one of the few major social media platforms that permits nudity on its service, and the company has estimated that adult content constitutes 13% of Twitter, according to a separate internal slide presentation seen by Reuters. The presentation did not elaborate on how the figure was calculated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Advertisers generally steer clear of controversy or nudity for fear of damaging their brands. Major advertisers including Dyson, PBS Kids and Forbes suspended advertising due to accounts that were soliciting child pornography on Twitter, Reuters reported in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In response to the September story, Twitter said it \"has zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation\" and was investing more resources into its work against such material.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter\'s most active English-speaking users were also increasingly interested in cryptocurrencies, reaching an all-time high in late 2021, the internal documents showed. But interest in the topic has declined since the crypto price crash in June, and the study noted cryptocurrencies may not be an area of growth in the future.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Current and former Twitter employees who spoke with Reuters said they feared Musk\'s calls for less content moderation and his reported plans to gut the staff, which they said will exacerbate the deterioration of the quality of content.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>‘Devastating\' Losses</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Topics that have traditionally made Twitter a popular platform for its millions of users are now in decline among the most active English-speaking users, the documents show.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Interest in world news, as well as liberal politics, showed spikes during major events such as the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. But the categories have since lost the highest number of heavy Twitter users and have shown no signs of recovery, the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter is also losing a “devastating” percentage of heavy users who are interested in fashion or celebrities such as the Kardashian family. These users are likely decamping to rival platforms like Meta Platforms Inc\'s Instagram and ByteDance\'s TikTok, a Twitter researcher wrote.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The study also expressed surprise about the decline in interest for e-sports and online streaming personalities, which were previously growing quickly across Twitter. “The big communities are now in decline,” the report said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“It seems as though there is a significant discrepancy between what I might imagine are our company values and our growth patterns,” one Twitter researcher wrote. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 16:41:53', '2022-10-26 16:41:53'),
(2592, 2592, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Rishi Sunak will on Wednesday face off against opposition lawmakers for the first time as British prime minister, in a likely raucous parliamentary session following weeks of political turmoil.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It comes after he took power Tuesday as the first UK leader of colour, vowing to repair the damage wrought by outgoing leader Liz Truss through her disastrous budget, which sparked economic carnage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pledging also to unite his fractured Conservatives, and an increasingly unimpressed country, Sunak began his tenure by re-appointing a host of ministers from his predecessor\'s top team.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former finance minister retained Jeremy Hunt as chancellor of the exchequer, bidding to keep markets on side after he stabilised the situation with his initial appointment nearly two weeks ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also kept Truss\'s foreign, defence, trade and culture ministers, among others, as well as controversially bringing back recently fired Home Secretary Suella Braverman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The line-up \"reflects a unified party and a cabinet with significant experience, ensuring that at this uncertain time there is continuity at the heart of government\", a Downing Street source said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The largely same-look cabinet could hold an inaugural meeting Wednesday before Sunak heads to the House of Commons for his first weekly \"Prime Minister\'s Questions\", when he will battle Labour leader Keir Starmer and other opposition lawmakers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They will undoubtedly seek to capitalise on weeks of chaos at the top of government, and reiterate demands for a general election following the selection -- by Conservative MPs -- of their third leader in two months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The Tories have crashed the economy, with low wages, high prices and a cost-of-living crisis,\" Starmer said Tuesday, in a taste of the attack-lines to come.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The public needs a fresh start and a say on Britain\'s future.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- \'Difficult decisions\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Truss left office as the UK\'s shortest-serving premier in history, replaced by its youngest since 1812 and first Hindu leader.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak, 42, triumphed in a 96-hour Tory leadership contest after rival contender Penny Mordaunt failed to secure enough nominations from Tory lawmakers and Boris Johnson dramatically aborted an audacious comeback bid.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Truss and Johnson offered their support -- though Johnson, who privately blamed his ex-minister for toppling him in July, is thought to be fuming and still harbouring hopes of an eventual Downing Street return.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the nation outside Number 10 shortly after his appointment by King Charles III, Sunak conceded the country faced \"profound economic crisis\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government\'s agenda,\" he said, adding: \"This will mean difficult decisions to come.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In an apparent bid for better domestic unity, Sunak held immediate calls with the devolved leaders of Scotland and Wales -- something Truss failed to do in her seven-week tenure.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his first call with a foreign leader, Sunak told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Britain would continue its \"steadfast support\" following Russia\'s invasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also spoke to US President Joe Biden, who had earlier hailed the appointment of the first British-Indian prime minister as \"groundbreaking\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"President Biden said that the UK remains America\'s closest ally, and the Prime Minister agreed on the huge strength of the relationship,\" Sunak\'s office said of their discussions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">European leaders offered their own congratulations, while Irish premier Micheal Martin reminded Sunak of their \"shared responsibility\" to safeguard peace in Northern Ireland following tensions under Johnson and Truss.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sunak is unlikely to enjoy much, if any, of a political honeymoon, as he inherits an array of problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Markets -- and opposition parties -- are eagerly awaiting an October 31 Halloween fiscal statement from Hunt, which is likely to contain curbs on public spending to meet tens of billions of pounds in budget shortfalls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will be accompanied by much-scrutinised independent assessments of the government\'s sums.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Labour and others are expected to keep demanding a snap election -- not due until January 2025 at the latest -- given Sunak is the second prime minister in succession without a direct mandate from the electorate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opposition parties have no way to force one, unless dozens of Conservative MPs agree, which appears unlikely as a flurry of polls show Labour with its largest lead in decades. BSS/AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 16:48:28', '2022-10-26 16:48:28'),
(2593, 2593, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>China is likely to ramp up its diplomatic \"attacks\" on Taiwan following last week\'s twice-a-decade congress, including snatching more of the island\'s few remaining diplomatic allies, Taiwan\'s foreign minister said on Wednesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China\'s ruling Communist Party wrapped up its congress on Saturday, cementing Chinese President Xi Jinping\'s grip on power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In a report to parliament, Taiwan\'s foreign minister Joseph Wu said he expected Beijing to ramp up its \"security threat and diplomatic suppression\" on the island, which is claimed by China as its own territory despite strong objections by Taiwan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"China is likely to increase its attacks and threats on Taiwan, especially in the diplomatic field,\" Wu told lawmakers. \"This is what we are worried about.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wu said Taiwan has received \"signs\" and intelligence from unspecified diplomatic allies that China is boosting efforts to lure the island\'s allies into switching official recognition to Beijing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The diplomatic challenges we are facing are getting bigger and bigger,\" he said. \"Looking forward our situation is becoming more difficult.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Under Wu\'s term, six countries have switched official recognition from Taipei to Beijing, which says Taiwan has no right to state-to-state ties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Only 14 countries now officially recognize the island\'s government, mostly poor and developing countries in the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beijing and Taipei have accused each other of using \"dollar diplomacy\" to lure countries into building official ties with them.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">China has stepped up diplomatic and military pressure to try to force Taiwan to accept Chinese rule. Taiwan\'s government says only the island\'s 23 million people can decide their future, and that as Taiwan has never been ruled by the People\'s Republic of China its sovereignty claims are void. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 17:14:23', '2022-10-26 17:14:23'),
(2594, 2594, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan felt that they have slight advantage, going into the match against South Africa as the mighty opponent is in pressure to stay alive in the T20 World semifinal race after sharing points with Zimbabwe.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">South Africa was in winning position against Zimbabwe in their first match but the persistent rain in Hobart forced the abandonment of the game before D/L method came into the effect.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Proteas now know that a win against Bangladesh is mandatory, which could impose a mental pressure on them, according to Shakib.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"South Africa will feel the pressure because they lost a point against Zimbabwe. So Bangladesh match is kind a do or die game for them,\" Shakib said ahead of the match. \"It\'s the thing that will keep them under pressure. It\'s an important game for us also. So we\'ll try to take everything under our control.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh started their mission with a 9-run win over Netherlands. Even though the margin could indicate that Bangladesh struggled for their victory, the reality is their bowling attack was so superior that made the victory easier one.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Tigers put up just 144-8, however, Taskin Ahmed who claimed career-best 4-25, indeed threw Netherland out of the game, taking two wickets in the first two balls of the innings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It\'s a win that kept Bangladesh in good mental stead after a series of defeat in this format ahead of the World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The victory was important, no matter how good or bad we played. I understand we have many loopholes which should be plugged. We want to improve and there is no end of improvement. There is a role for every player in the team and as long as they can play their role well, execute the plan, I think there is every reason that we can win against any opponents.\" BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 17:28:04', '2022-10-26 17:28:04'),
(2595, 2595, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A wildfire that officials thought was under control on Africa\'s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro, has reignited, Tanzanian officials said on Tuesday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The blaze began on Friday evening near the Karanga site used by climbers ascending the famous peak, at about 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) altitude on its south side.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hard winds helped fan the fire but a team of some 400 people, including students and volunteers, battled to contain it on Sunday before it lit up in other pockets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Fires erupted again last night in three places that were previously under control,\" Eliamani Sedoyeka, permanent secretary at the natural resources and tourism ministry, told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"By this afternoon, one area was controlled and efforts are ongoing to contain others.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So far, no injuries or deaths have been reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sedoyeka said the blaze wasn\'t posing a threat to tourists on the mountain, a major draw for both trekkers and climbers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We see good progress in fighting the fires and if the weather does not change, we will control the situation soon,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tanzanian authorities are yet to comment on the extent of damage.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The risk of catastrophic wildfires is growing around the world as climate change fuels tinder-dry conditions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have warned human-induced climate change is making the extreme weather events, including heatwaves and droughts, more frequent and intense.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mount Kilimanjaro, with its snow-capped peak, is known around the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The forests surrounding it form part of a national park, and Kilimanjaro National Park is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site, in part because many endangered species live there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The latest blaze at the mountain comes two years after another fire raged for a week in October 2020 across 95 square kilometres (37 square miles). AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 18:20:26', '2022-10-26 18:20:26'),
(2596, 2596, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>NASA scientists, using a tool designed to study how dust affects climate, have identified more than 50 spots around the world emitting major levels of methane, a development that could help combat the potent greenhouse gas.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Reining in methane emissions is key to limiting global warming,\" NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said in a press release on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This exciting new development will not only help researchers better pinpoint where methane leaks are coming from, but also provide insight on how they can be addressed -- quickly.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA said its Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) is designed to foster understanding of the effects of airborne dust on climate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But EMIT, which was installed on the International Space Station in July and can focus on areas as small as a soccer field, has also shown the ability to detect the presence of methane.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA said more than 50 \"super-emitters\" of methane gas in Central Asia, the Middle East, and the southwestern United States have been identified so far. Most of them are connected to the fossil-fuel, waste or agriculture sectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kate Calvin, NASA\'s chief scientist and senior climate advisor, said EMIT\'s \"additional methane-detecting capability offers a remarkable opportunity to measure and monitor greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">- \'<b>Exceeds our expectations\'</b> -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Methane is responsible for roughly 30 percent of the global rise in temperatures to date.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While far less abundant in the atmosphere than CO2, it is about 28 times more powerful as a greenhouse gas on a century-long timescale. Over a 20-year time frame, it is 80 times more potent.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Methane lingers in the atmosphere for only a decade, compared to hundreds or thousands of years for CO2.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This means a sharp reduction in emissions could shave several tenths of a degree Celsius off of projected global warming by mid-century, helping keep alive the Paris Agreement goal of capping Earth\'s average temperature increase to 1.5C, according to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"EMIT will potentially find hundreds of super-emitters - some of them previously spotted through air-, space-, or ground-based measurement, and others that were unknown,\" NASA said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Andrew Thorpe, a research technologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory leading the EMIT methane effort, said some of the methane plumes detected by EMIT are among the largest ever seen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"What we\'ve found in a just a short time already exceeds our expectations,\" Thorpe said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">NASA said a methane plume about two miles (3.3 kilometers) long was detected southeast of Carlsbad, New Mexico, in the Permian Basin, one of the largest oilfields in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said 12 plumes from oil and gas infrastructure were identified in Turkmenistan, east of the Caspian Sea port city of Hazar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A methane plume at least three miles (4.8 kilometers) long was detected south of Tehran from a major waste-processing complex, NASA said. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"5\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 18:29:33', '2022-10-26 18:29:33'),
(2597, 2597, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The bodies of three more workers have been recovered who went missing after a dredger sank in the sea due to cyclone Sitrang at Mirsarai in Chattogram.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With this, the bodies of four of the eight people who were missing in the dredger capsize incident have been recovered.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The body of Al Amin (20), was found by fellow workers yesterday around 9:00pm.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mirsarai Upazila Nibahi Officer (UNO) Minhazur Rahman told that the three bodies were recovered on Wednesday (26 October) morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The deceased are Imam Mollah, son of Anich Mollah of Char Jainkathi village of Patuakhali Sadar Upazila; Mahmud Mollah, son of Abdul Haque Mollah; and Zahid Bari son of Sekandar Bari.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, the dead body of a person named Al-Amin Fakir was recovered from the same area yesterday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Imam Hossain Patwari, officer of Mirsrai Fire Service Station, said, \"The rescue operation started again from 9 am today. Meanwhile, the bodies of three more workers have been recovered. Attempts are being made to rescue others.\"&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday (24 October) around 8:30pm, a dredger, located approximately 500 feet away from the embankment in the China Harbor area of ​​ward no 1 of Saherkhali union of the upazila capsize due to cyclone Sitrang.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Eight workers went missing when the dredger sank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 18:58:28', '2022-10-26 18:58:28'),
(2598, 2598, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Wednesday said his country will continue to work closely with Bangladesh to ensure development, peace and stability in the region.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We foresee a promising outlook (in terms of relations with Bangladesh). We are ready to work with Bangladesh for a brighter future,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ambassador Li was speaking at the latest instalment of “DCAB Talk”, at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The envoy said that China shares the same views as Bangladesh on the Ukraine issue and highlighted importance of having dialogue and discussion to resolve problems peacefully.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the Rohingya crisis, Ambassador Li said China is putting in efforts for early repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland Myanmar.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoy also talked about debt management, global development initiative, trade and investment issues.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“There is no Chinese debt trap in Bangladesh. There is no Chinese debt trap globally,” the ambassador said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ambassador said China “never acts against Muslims in the country” and they have no particular reason to hate or discriminate against any group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“This is totally fake news (what you see in media on Uyghur). I can tell you with certainty,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Regarding India-China relations, the ambassador said: “We never view India as a strategic rival or competitor. Personally, I’m a big fan of India. We can work together more closely to solve economic and geopolitical issues.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He emphasised going for the “Asian way” of solving problems.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Diplomatic Correspondents Association, Bangladesh (DCAB) organised its flagship programme. DCAB President Rezaul Karim Lotus and General Secretary AKM Moinuddin, also the diplomatic correspondent at UNB, also spoke at the programme alongside the Chinese ambassador. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 19:14:27', '2022-10-26 19:14:27'),
(2599, 2599, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted light rain at one or two places over Mymensingh, Sylhet divisions in the next 24 hours commencing 9am today.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">&nbsp;\"Light rain is likely to occur at one or two places over Mymensingh and Sylhet divisions. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country,\" the bulletin said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Day and night temperature may rise by (1-2)o C over the country, it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Country\'s maximum temperature on Tuesday was recorded 32.0 degrees Celsius at Cox\'s Bazar and minimum temperature today was 21.4 degrees Celsius at Tetulia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The sun sets at 5:24 PM today and rises at 6:02 AM tomorrow in Dhaka. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 19:45:09', '2022-10-26 19:45:09'),
(2600, 2600, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ireland pulled off a stunning upset Wednesday as they defeated world number two England by five runs in a rain-affected match at the Twenty20 World Cup in Melbourne.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>After being sent in to bat, Ireland were all out for 157 with four balls remaining. England\'s chase had reached 105-5 when rain ended play after 14.3 overs, five runs behind on the DLS scoring method. Source: AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 19:58:12', '2022-10-26 19:58:12');
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(2601, 2601, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said that Myanmar had assured China to start repatriation of Rohingyas sheltered in Cox’s Bazar camps as soon as possible.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Li Jiming said that while responding to a journalist in the DCAB Talks at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday.</div><div><br></div><div>‘China is actively involved in mediating the repatriation of Rohingyas to the Rakhine State from Bangladesh. They [Myanmar side] are working on preparations for the repatriation. They can start this as soon as possible,’ he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the Myanmar side had not yet set any specific date in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>Li Jiming said that they had to wait more for a conducive time for the repatriation that must&nbsp; be safe, voluntary and dignified.</div><div><br></div><div>China was working hard for that, the envoy added.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, Bangladesh earlier sought China’s strong role in repatriation of the forcefully displaced Rohingya as not a single Rohingya returned to Rakhine state since the signing of instruments between Bangladesh and Myanmar in late 2018 for repatriation of Rohingya.</div><div><br></div><div>The number of the Rohingya people staying in Cox’s Bazar camps crossed 11 lakh following the 2017 influx when around seven lakh persecuted Myanmar nationals fled military crackdown in the Rakhine state to Bangladesh for shelter, according to officials.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 20:15:43', '2022-10-26 20:15:43'),
(2602, 2602, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A rumour spread around social media yesterday, regarding the \'death\' of legendary actor Prabir Mitra. The Facebook post stated that the actor died around 10:30 pm on Tuesday, which shocked the film industry.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Prabir Mitra\'s family, who refuted the death rumours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For all latest news, follow The Daily Star\'s Google News channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Prabir Mitra\'s son Mithun expressed his frustration around the death rumours.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"My father is fine, nothing serious happened to his health. Please don\'t believe such rumours. We are extremely tired and frustrated by this kind of news,\" said Mithun.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A walk down the memory lane: Prabir Mitra gets nostalgic</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Prabir Mitra has acted in more than 400 movies throughout his illustrious career. He has won the National Award and Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the film industry. Some of his notable work include- \"Nawab Sirajuddaula\", \"Titash Ekti Nadir Naam\", \"Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo\", \"Jolchobi\", among many others.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 20:16:44', '2022-10-26 20:16:44'),
(2603, 2603, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A woman in Indonesia\'s Jambi province was killed and swallowed whole by a python, according to local reports.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Jahrah, a rubber-tapper reportedly in her 50s, had made her way to work at a rubber plantation on Sunday morning.</div><div><br></div><div>She was reported missing after failing to return that night, and search parties sent out to find her. A day later villagers found a python with what appeared to be a large stomach.</div><div><br></div><div>Locals later killed the snake and found her body inside.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The victim was found in the snake\'s stomach,\" Betara Jambi police chief AKP S Harefa told local media outlets, adding that her body appeared to be largely intact when it was found.</div><div><br></div><div>He said the victim\'s husband had on Sunday night found some of her clothes and tools she had used at the rubber plantation, leading him to call on a search party.</div><div><br></div><div>After the snake - which was at least 5m (16ft) long - was spotted on Monday, villagers then caught and killed it to verify the victim\'s identity.</div><div><br></div><div>\"After they cut the belly apart, they found it was Jahrah inside,\" Mr Harefa told CNN Indoneisa.</div><div><br></div><div>Though such incidents are rare, this is not the first time someone in Indonesia has been killed and eaten by a python. Two similar deaths were reported in the country between 2017 and 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>Pythons swallow their food whole. Their jaws are connected by very flexible ligaments so they can stretch around large prey.</div><div><br></div><div>One expert had earlier told the BBC that pythons typically eat rats and other animals, \"but once they reach a certain size it\'s almost like they don\'t bother with rats anymore because the calories are not worth it\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"In essence they can go as large as their prey goes,\" said Mary-Ruth Low, conservation &amp; research officer for Wildlife Reserves Singapore.</div><div><br></div><div>That can include animals as large as pigs or even cows. - BBC</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 20:41:59', '2022-10-26 20:41:59'),
(2604, 2604, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The European Union’s executive arm will lay out plans to drastically cut pollution levels across the bloc, potentially eliminating more than 70% of the 300,000 premature deaths annually over the next decade, according to Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The measures to be announced Wednesday by the European Commission will include an overhaul of the bloc’s air-pollution regulation, in an effort to bring the EU closer to guidelines laid out by the World Health Organization. That includes a target to cut the annual limit of fine particulate matter -- the main pollutant -- by more than half by the end of the decade.</div><div><br></div><div>“We want to set the EU on a trajectory for zero pollution in the air by 2050 at the latest,” Sinkevicius said in an interview. “Fresh air shouldn’t be a luxury in Europe.”</div><div><br></div><div>The proposals are expected to generate annual economic benefits of up to 121 billion euros ($120 billion) by the end of the decade from increased crop production, fewer lost work days and other factors.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Citizens health issues linked to air pollution will be given the right to be compensated. Source: Hindustan Times</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-26 22:32:38', '2022-10-26 22:32:38'),
(2605, 2605, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Members of the Indian Coast Guard rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen during the post-landfall of cyclone Sitrang on Tuesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The fishermen will be handed over to Bangladesh in accordance with the existing MoU between the two countries.</div><div><br></div><div>“In a swift co-ordinated Search &amp; Rescue Operation @IndiaCoastGuard rescued 20 Bangladeshi fishermen post-landfall of cyclone #Sitrang.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>Fishermen will be handed over to #Bangladesh in accordance with the existing MoU,” the Indian Coast Guard tweeted.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 00:06:06', '2022-10-27 00:06:06'),
(2606, 2606, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A special court&nbsp; has issued arrest warrant against e-commerce platform Evaly chairman Shamima Nasrin in a case filed under Digital Security Act (DSA).</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Judge Ash Shams Zaglul Hossain of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal passed the order on October 19, scrapping her bail in the case.</div><div><br></div><div>\"October 19 was fixed for passing order on taking the charge-sheet into cognizance. Accused Shamima didn\'t appear before the court, instead pleaded for time through her lawyer. The court after that issued the warrant against her and set January 22 for holding hearing on charge framing in the case,\" tribunal bench clerk Shamim Al Mamun told BSS.</div><div><br></div><div>A customer named Alamgir Hossain filed the case against Evaly managing director Mohammad Rassel, its chairman and Rassel\'s wife Shamima Nasrin on September 30, 2021, with the capital\'s Badda Police Station.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case documents, the plaintiff ordered goods of Taka 28 lakh from the e-commerce platform through his two accounts and paid the money in advance. Though Evaly was supposed to deliver him the goods within 45 days of ordering, he didn\'t get those even after seven months. He later filed the case.</div><div><br></div><div>Investigation officer and CID sub-inspector Prodip Kumar on September 16, 2022, filed charge-sheet against Shamima and Rassel. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 01:04:59', '2022-10-27 01:04:59'),
(2607, 2607, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The EU detailed plans Wednesday to bring air and water pollution down to zero by 2050, proposing tougher rules and compensation for those affected by poor air quality.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The points set out by the European Commission bolster its push transitioning towards a greener future for the 27-nation bloc -- a core pledge by commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.</div><div><br></div><div>\"The longer we wait to reduce this pollution, the higher the costs to society. By 2050, we want our environment to be free of harmful pollutants,\" her vice president, Frans Timmermans, said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Our proposals to further reduce water and air pollution are a crucial piece of that puzzle.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The plan calls for a revision of EU legislation, the Ambient Air Quality Directives and the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.</div><div><br></div><div>They would introduce regular reviews, more than halve the annual limit for fine-particle pollution in the air, and make wastewater treatment more effective by, for instance, recovering more nutrients from it for recycling use.</div><div><br></div><div>A \"polluter pays\" principle would be applied to toxic micro-pollutants in water -- 92 percent of which the commission said comes from pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.</div><div><br></div><div>A key proposal is the compensation for those who have suffered where EU air quality norms have been violated.</div><div><br></div><div>Claims could be made under class-action litigation.</div><div>Each of the EU\'s member states would be free to come up with their own specific measures to reach the goals, with the commission reserving the right to start infringement procedures \"as a last resort\" against any that fall short.</div><div><br></div><div>There would be \"easier procedures for local and regional authorities to go against and impose penalties against the polluters\", the EU\'s environment commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius said, reports AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that the air quality standards being aimed for were closer to those set out by the World Health Organization, \"which fully take into account technical feasibility and then of course social economic considerations\".</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 01:40:28', '2022-10-27 01:40:28'),
(2608, 2608, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Election Commissioner Md Alamgir said on Wednesday that Bangladesh Jamaat-e Islami can get registration under a different name if they fulfill all the conditions.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“If anyone seeks registration, they will have to come up as a new party. If they fulfill all the conditions, they will get registration. And if they fail, they will not get it,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He made the comment when he talked to reporters at his office at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city’s Agargaon area.</div><div><br></div><div>Alamgir said the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami was cancelled as its charter was not consistent with the Constitution and the spirit of the Liberation War.</div><div><br></div><div>“If now any new political party applies for registration and their charter is consistent with our Constitution and the spirit of the Liberation War, there is no war criminal among them and fulfills all other conditions, you can’t brand someone as a Jamaat man,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He, however, said there is no scope for any party to get registered as Jamaat-e-Islami now.</div><div><br></div><div>The deadline for new political parties to apply for registration will expire on October 30.</div><div><br></div><div>The High Court declared the registration of Jamaat-e-Islami illegal in 2013 and the EC cancelled its registration in 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to another question, he said the provision for the registered political parties to ensure at least 33 percent women in their all-level committees by 2030 was not so realistic.</div><div><br></div><div>“Those who incorporate it in the law didn’t consider the reality,” he said, adding that the political parties were also not so sincere to fulfill the provision.</div><div><br></div><div>Alamgir said the Election Commission has now recommended the extension of the deadline for fulfilling the target to 2030.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the Representation of Public Order, a registered political party needs to fix the goal of reserving at least 33 percent of all committee positions for women including the central committee and successively achieving this goal by 2020.</div><div><br></div><div>But the political parties failed to meet the goal by 2020. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 02:26:50', '2022-10-27 02:26:50'),
(2609, 2609, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday urged world leaders to normalise the global economy for the sake of humanity.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The minister said this while addressing virtually at the 7th Board of Governors meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).</div><div><br></div><div>Kamal said all the developing countries were already facing huge challenges amid their efforts to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. But another blow of the Russia-Ukraine war has made their struggle more difficult.</div><div><br></div><div>The theme of the 2022 AIIB Annual Meeting is “Sustainable infrastructure toward a connected world”, which aims to reaffirm infrastructure\'s crucial role in supporting recovery, growth and connectivity.</div><div><br></div><div>The annual meeting provides a diverse range of engaging sessions on topics and issues that impact sustainable economic development and the improvement of infrastructure connectivity in Asia and beyond.</div><div><br></div><div>It is the flagship event of the AIIB. It provides an opportunity to report on the bank\'s work and receive guidance from shareholders on the AIIB\'s strategic direction and activities. It also gathers and facilitates discussions among senior official delegates from the AIIB Members, as well as partners, business leaders, civil society organisations, and experts from a range of fields.</div><div><br></div><div>The meeting was also addressed by - Kun Liu, Governor of China; Ken Ofori-Atta, Governor of Ghana, Nirmala Sitharaman, Governor of India; Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Governor of Pakistan; Indrani Raja, Governor of Singapore; Jamshid Khodzaev, Governor, Uzbekistan; Samad Bashirli, temporary substitute Governor, Azerbaijan; Rudiger von Kleist, temporary substitute Governor, Germany; Nathalie Labuschagne, alternate interim governor of New Zealand and Leonardo Rodriguez Garcia, provisional Alternate Governor of Spain. Source: UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 02:43:17', '2022-10-27 02:43:17'),
(2610, 2610, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Armed men attacked a Shi\'ite Muslim shrine in the Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people, state news agency IRNA said, as security forces clashed with protesters marking 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini in custody.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>IRNA described the attackers as \"takfiri terrorists\", a label used by officials in predominantly Shi\'ite Muslim Iran to refer to hardline, armed Sunni Islamist groups.</div><div><br></div><div>The attackers were in a car and shot at pilgrims and staff at the entrance to the shrine of Shah Cheragh, the agency quoted witnesses as saying. Police arrested two of the three \"terrorists\" and were looking for the third.</div><div><br></div><div>The semi-official Tasnim news agency said several women and children were among the dead.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack took place on the same day that Iranian security forces opened fire at mourners who gathered in Amini\'s Kurdish home town of Saqez, according to a witness. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 03:06:02', '2022-10-27 03:06:02'),
(2611, 2611, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least six Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military on Tuesday, making it the deadliest day of violence in the occupied West Bank this year, CNN analysis of official Palestinian data showed.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Five were killed in the old city of Nablus during an Israeli raid there, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. A sixth person was killed in Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah, by Israeli live fire, the Ministry added, when Palestinian protestors took to the streets in response to the Nablus military operation.</div><div><br></div><div>The raid in Nablus also left some 20 people injured, the ministry said.</div><div><br></div><div>Israel said it was targeting Lion’s Den, a new militant group which emerged in Nablus this year and has targeted Israeli soldiers, killing at least two.</div><div><br></div><div>Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Tuesday’s killings as a “war crime” while calling on the United States to stop Israeli “aggression” in the West Bank before things “reach a very critical point,” according to his spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh.</div><div><br></div><div>Commenting on the Nablus raid, Israel’s Prime Minister Yair Lapid said, “our goal was and remains to inflict severe and lasting damage on terrorism and its agents in Jenin and Nablus and anywhere else where terrorist nests grow.” He added that the head of the Lion’s Den militant group and other militants were assassinated in the raid and that the “terrorist laboratory of Lion’s Den was severely damaged.”</div><div><br></div><div>In a joint statement posted on Twitter, the Israel Defense Forces, the Israel Security Agency, and Israeli police said a raid was conducted on a hideout in the old city of Nablus that was being used as a headquarters and explosives manufacturing site by operatives of Lion’s Den, adding that the group was responsible for a shooting attack that killed an Israeli soldier, and for attempting to carry out an attack in Tel Aviv that was thwarted by the Israeli police as well as the planting of an explosive device in a gas station. Source: CNN</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 03:29:52', '2022-10-27 03:29:52'),
(2612, 2612, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Russia\'s strategic forces carried out drills Wednesday, including a test launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine, further stoking concerns that a nuclear weapon could be deployed in the Ukraine war.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian President Vladimir Putin surveyed the drills carried out by his nuclear-capable forces as Moscow persisted in claiming, without offering evidence, that Kyiv was developing a \"dirty bomb.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Monday the Russian foreign ministry posted photographs of ostensible nuclear materials on social media it said depicted \"Ukraine\'s capacities to create the \'dirty bomb.\'\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But on Wednesday Slovenia said the photo came from its own nuclear waste management agency and dated to 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">According to Dragan Barbutovski, an advisor of Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob, it depicted smoke detectors.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Heavy fighting on main fronts -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said fighting remained intense in the eastern Donbas region near Bakhmut, a town Russia\'s elite Wagner troops have made a concerted push to seize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The situation on the front line hasn\'t changed significantly,\" Zelensky said in his daily address to the nation. \"The fiercest battles are in the Donetsk region, towards Bakhmut and Avdiyivka.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the main southern front, Russians were apparently fortifying their positions in Kherson city as civilians were evacuating the region.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At least 70,000 people have left their homes in Kherson province in the space of a week, a Moscow-installed official, Vladimir Saldo, told a regional TV channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Pro-Kremlin authorities have sought to move residents to the Russian-controlled areas on the left bank of the Dnipro river, as Ukraine troops are expected to make a bid for the main urban area on the right bank.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Saldo banned entry to the right bank area of the region for a period of seven days \"due to the tense situation on the contact line.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The Russians do appear to be digging in to defend that region,\" said Pentagon spokesman Pat Ryder on Tuesday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Submarine missile launch -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Western officials downplayed the Kremlin\'s war games, a regular event for which Moscow gave foreign counterparts advance warning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Under the leadership of... Vladimir Putin, a training session was held with ground, sea and air strategic deterrence forces, during which practical launches of ballistic and cruise missiles took place,\" the Kremlin said in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian state-run media ran footage of a submarine crew preparing the launch of a Sineva ballistic missile from the Barents Sea in the Arctic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The drills also included launching test missiles from the Kamchatka peninsula in the Russian Far East.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In calls to Chinese and Indian correspondents, Russia\'s Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu continued to press his allegations that Ukraine planned to detonate \"dirty bomb\" -- a crude, small weapon filled with radioactive, biological or chemical materials -- which it would blame on Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that in his call with Shoigu, he \"pointed out that the nuclear option should not be resorted to by any side as the prospect of the usage of nuclear or radiological weapons goes against the basic tenets of humanity.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Cultural damage studied -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Meanwhile the UN culture agency UNESCO said it is using before-and-after satellite imagery to monitor the cultural destruction inflicted by Russia\'s war in Ukraine, and would make its tracking platform public soon.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">UNESCO said it had verified damage to 207 cultural sites in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, including religious sites, museums, buildings of historical and or artistic interest, monuments and libraries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Our conclusion is it\'s bad, and it may continue to get even worse,\" UNESCO\'s cultural and emergencies director Krista Pikkat told reporters at a briefing in Geneva.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Cultural heritage is very often collateral damage during wars but sometimes it\'s specifically targeted as it\'s the essence of the identity of countries,\" said Pikkat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Earlier this month, Zelensky requested that UNESCO add the historic port city of Odessa to its World Heritage List in a bid to protect it from Russian air strikes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">UNESCO is working with the Odessa authorities to make sure that its main monuments and cultural sites are marked with a blue shield -- the emblem used during armed conflicts to denote cultural property that should be protected. 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(2613, 2613, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">At least 15 people were killed Wednesday in an attack on a key Shiite Muslim shrine in southern Iran, state media said, with the Islamic State group claiming the assault.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The attack carried out by an armed \"terrorist\" during evening prayers at the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in the city of Shiraz also wounded at least 19 people, state television said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Earlier reports said 13 people were killed and 40 wounded, and that three assailants were involved.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Local judiciary chief Kazem Mousavi told state television that \"only one terrorist was involved in this attack\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The assailant \"fired indiscriminately on worshippers\" gathered at the shrine, local governor Mohammad-Hadi Imanieh told the broadcaster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A witness told state news agency IRNA he \"heard the cries of women\" as evening prayers started, and that the \"assailant entered the shrine and opened fire\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Iranian media published images and video footage showing bloodied bodies covered in cloth lying inside the shrine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">IRNA carried a picture of a boy on a stretcher and another of a woman holding a child, with traces of blood on the ground.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Iran\'s Fars news agency said a woman and two children were among those killed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">- \'Severe response\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Shah Cheragh mausoleum is home to the tomb of Ahmad, brother of Imam Reza -- the eighth Shiite imam -- and is considered the holiest site in southern Iran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi vowed \"a severe response\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He also condemned \"the enemies of Iran\" who attempt to \"divide the united ranks of the nation... through violence and terror\", in a statement released by his office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres \"strongly condemns the terrorist attack on the Shah Cheragh Holy Shrine\", said his spokesman Stephane Dujarric in a statement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Such acts targeting religious sites are especially heinous,\" it added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The Secretary-General stresses the need to bring to justice the perpetrators of this crime against civilians exercising their right to practice their religion.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Wednesday\'s attack comes as Iran has been rocked by street protests since the death of Mahsa Amini last month after she was arrested by the morality police for allegedly violating the Islamic republic\'s strict dress code for women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Dozens of people, mainly protesters but also members of the security forces, have been killed during the unrest. Hundreds more, including women, have been arrested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">State television reported one arrest over the shrine attack and said that the assailant was \"a terrorist affiliated with takfiri groups\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The term takfiri in Iran and in several other countries refers to radical Sunni Islamist groups.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Deadly attacks on shrines -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The attack was the second deadliest this year against a Shiite shrine in Iran.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In April, a 21-year-old man of Uzbek origin stabbed two Shiite clerics and wounded another at the Imam Reza shrine, which honours one of the most revered figures in Shiite Islam.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The killings happened during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when large crowds of worshippers had gathered at the shrine in Iran\'s second-largest city of Mashhad.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The assailant stabbed one of the victims 20 times, Tasnim news agency had reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The young man, identified as a Sunni extremist by Iranian authorities, was sentenced to death and executed by hanging in June.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That attack came days after two Sunni clerics were shot dead outside a seminary in the northern Iranian town of Gonbad-e Kavus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The three suspects in that case, also Sunnis, were arrested in late April but were said to have \"no connection with terrorist groups\", state media reported at the time.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Wednesday\'s assault was also the deadliest since February 2019, when 27 members of the Revolutionary Guards, Iran\'s ideological army, were killed in an attack in the country\'s southeast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">And in 2018, 24 people were killed in an attack in Ahvaz, in southwestern Iran, in an assault claimed by IS, though Iran accused a separatist group of responsibility.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">IS claimed its first attack in Iran in 2017 when armed men and suicide bombers attacked the seat of parliament in Tehran and the mausoleum of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic, killing 17 people and wounding dozens. 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(2614, 2614, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Elon Musk changed his Twitter profile to \"Chief Twit\" and posted video of himself walking into the social network\'s California headquarters carrying a sink Wednesday, days before his contentious takeover of the company must be finalized.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The billionaire Tesla chief captioned the video \"Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!\" He also listed his location as Twitter headquarters in San Francisco.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It was not clear whether Musk met with anyone at Twitter, but he is supposed to be working with the company to complete the on-again, off-again $44 billion takeover.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deal must be sealed by Friday, or Musk will face trial over the contract.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He had made an unsolicited offer to buy Twitter, and inked a deal in April -- but then sought to terminate the sale. Twitter filed a lawsuit to hold him to it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With a trial looming, the unpredictable billionaire capitulated, reviving his takeover plan on the condition that legal proceedings were put on hold.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Musk, the world\'s richest man, has reportedly been lining up financing since a judge paused litigation on October 6.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Musk said in July he was canceling the deal because he was misled by Twitter over the number of fake \"bot\" accounts -- allegations rejected by the company.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Twitter, in turn, sought to prove Musk was contriving excuses to walk away simply because he changed his mind.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I\'m excited about the Twitter situation,\" Musk said during a recent Tesla earnings call.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I think it\'s an asset that has just sort of languished for a long time but has incredible potential, although obviously myself and the other investors are overpaying for Twitter right now.\" AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 15:14:33', '2022-10-27 15:14:33'),
(2615, 2615, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Liverpool booked their place in the Champions League last 16 on Wednesday as Jurgen Klopp\'s men saw off Ajax 3-0, while Inter Milan also qualified to eliminate Barcelona who slipped to a tame defeat by Bayern Munich.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Much of the drama came elsewhere on a breathless night of action, as Porto became the 12th team to secure a berth in the knockout stage but Tottenham were forced to wait.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Last season\'s losing finalists Liverpool knew a draw in Amsterdam would be enough to clinch a last-16 spot for a sixth straight season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Reds, struggling in the Premier League this term, weathered an early Ajax storm before Mohamed Salah gave them a half-time lead.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Darwin Nunez, who had earlier missed an open goal from six yards out, headed in to double the advantage shortly after the break and Harvey Elliott rounded off the scoring with his second goal in as many Champions League games.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Darwin was really angry with himself at half-time,\" Liverpool left-back Andy Robertson told BT Sport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I sat next to him at half-time and told him I would put a cross in to his head for him to score.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Liverpool join Napoli in progressing from Group A, but need a four-goal victory at Anfield in six days\' time to pip the red-hot Italians to top spot after their 3-0 win over Rangers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Inter finish job -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Inter Milan romped to the win they needed to go through and eliminate Barca from Group C, thrashing Czechs Viktoria Plzen 4-0 at the San Siro.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Romelu Lukaku came off the bench to score on his return from injury late on, after Henrikh Mkhitaryan\'s opener and a double for Edin Dzeko.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">That left the financially struggling Catalans digesting a group-stage exit for the second straight season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The five-time champions were unable to at least lay down a marker on their way out, falling to a 3-0 home loss by Bayern Munich at a subdued Camp Nou.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sadio Mane, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and Benjamin Pavard scored as Bayern wrapped up first place in the group with a fifth successive win.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"On a night like this, you don\'t go out to play the game with the same motivation,\" admitted Barca midfielder Pedri.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We wanted to give the fans a victory but it wasn\'t to be.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Late VAR drama –</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Porto earlier beat Club Brugge 4-0, although knew an Atletico Madrid victory against Bayer Leverkusen would set up a deciding Group B match between the Portuguese and Diego Simeone\'s team next week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Atletico\'s Yannick Carrasco missed a penalty, which was awarded by VAR after the initial final whistle, in a remarkable 2-2 draw to send Porto through.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Xabi Alonso\'s Leverkusen led twice thanks to goals from Moussa Diaby and Callum Hudson-Odoi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Carrasco\'s first-half strike and Rodrigo de Paul\'s equaliser gave Atletico 40 minutes to find a winner and keep their Champions League campaign alive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In chaotic scenes, the players were called back onto the pitch after VAR spotted a handball from the final attack of the game.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But Carrasco\'s spot-kick was saved by Leverkusen goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky, Saul Niguez headed the rebound off the bar and Reinildo Mandava\'s following effort was denied by a last-ditch block.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Porto, trailing leaders Brugge by one point, could still snatch top spot, while Atletico and Leverkusen will fight over a Europa League place.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Spurs thought they had won against Sporting to qualify from Group D when Harry Kane found the net deep into added time, only for the goal to be ruled out for offside after a lengthy VAR delay as it finished 1-1.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sporting took a deserved first-half lead through former Tottenham youngster Marcus Edwards\' fine strike, but Rodrigo Bentancur scored with 10 minutes left to set up a grandstand finish.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Kane celebrated wildly with the home fans in London when he scored what appeared to be a last-gasp winner, but VAR had other ideas.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"VAR is doing a lot of damage,\" said Tottenham manager Antonio Conte, who was sent off for his protests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I want to see if in another stadium of a big team if they are ready to disallow this type of goal. I\'d like to know this.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">All four teams in the group can still qualify heading into the last games after Eintracht Frankfurt beat Marseille 2-1 in Germany. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 15:19:08', '2022-10-27 15:19:08'),
(2616, 2616, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Barcelona manager Xavi Hernandez said his team needed to leave their Champions League disappointment behind them as soon as possible and focus on improving their game in order to compete for the LaLiga and Europa League titles.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The coach sought no excuses after Barcelona\'s 3-0 home loss to Bayern Munich in Group C on Wednesday, a match they played knowing that they had already been eliminated from the competition after Inter Milan\'s 4-0 win against Viktoria Plzen earlier in the day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Barcelona have won only one of their five games in the group and will continue in the second-tier Europa League after ending up third in their group for a second year in a row.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This is our reality and we have to face it. Maybe that\'s what we needed, to be given a beating in order to grow,\" Xavi Hernandez told a news conference at Camp Nou.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Today it was already over, too late to do anything. The main reason that we got to this situation was because of our own mistakes in the previous games, we failed to be effective up front.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We go out with a really bad feeling but we need to reset and reconnect to fight for the other trophies left.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The defeat was another blow to Barca after they lost the LaLiga lead thanks to a 3-1 defeat at Real Madrid in \'El Clasico\' last week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"That game against Inter was the one that hit me the hardest, that was when we lost control of our own fate and I thought it was really cruel for our team,\" Xavi said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"But we need to stick together, our fans were great tonight, it was great to see more than 85,000 at Camp Nou supporting us till the end. Bad thing we didn\'t show up on the pitch.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"There are still other tournaments to play. It\'s a hard blow but we need to be self critical to be able to win those titles.\" Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 15:46:28', '2022-10-27 15:46:28');
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(2617, 2617, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">While the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has recently been gearing up its anti-government movement defying all sorts of obstacles, party leaders say the government is reviving some pending cases against the leaders and activists with a motive to derail the movement.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Some BNP leaders and lawyers say authorities may send some party leaders to jail to convey a message to the opposition party that they would not be spared ahead of next general election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But the government repeatedly denied such allegations by BNP in the past, saying that authorities do not influence courts.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, a member of BNP\'s Standing Committee, told UNB that the government has become “very nervous” over the overall social, political and economic situation while there is pressure from international community to restore democracy through an inclusive and credible election.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“The government has been failing to stop people\'s participation in our rallies despite carefully-orchestrated obstacles against us.&nbsp; So, the government is desperate to reinforce their repressive acts to suppress us,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“But it\'s clear from our recent successful rallies that such a political tactic will not work,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Tuesday, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court cleared the way for a lower court to continue the trial involving graft charges against BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) filed the case in 2007 on charges of amassing wealth illegally.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The trial proceedings against Khandaker Mosharraf on charges of siphoning off Tk90 million are also set to enter its final stage. The ACC filed the case in 2014, accusing him of making money illegally when he was the health minister in 2001-2006.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The ACC has also started an investigation against nine other people, including Standing Committee members Nazrul Islam Khan and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, for suspicious transactions before the 11th parliamentary elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Lawyers loyal to BNP say the trial of many cases against BNP leaders and activists are going on with lower courts in Dhaka and elsewhere.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">BNP says around 36 lakh BNP leaders and activists are now facing over one lakh cases. They say the charges are politically motivated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain said the government has been trying to eliminate BNP by resorting to killings, enforced disappearances, politically motivated cases and various other repressive acts for nearly 14 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“They may try to jail our leaders on false charges and attack us repeatedly to demoralize our activists, but it\'ll backfire ultimately,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“If it happens, our leaders will be encouraged further to intensify the movement for ousting the government. It will also dent the government\'s image and help create public opinions against the regime both at home and abroad which will accelerate its ouster,” Mosharraf warned.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The leader said their party leaders and workers are now not afraid of going to jail as they have been on a do-or-die movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Our party Chairperson was jailed four years ago while our Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has been staying abroad. Despite that, our party is united and our organisational capacity is increasing gradually. When they failed to harm BNP by jailing Khaleda Zia, they won\'t be able to weaken the party by jailing some more party leaders,” Mosharraf said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said BNP\'s leadership structure is not weak and the party has many “alternative leaders” to wage the anti-government movement under any circumstances.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“So, jailing some of the leaders or our activists as a government tactic will not do any good,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Cases are a political weapon</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Advocate Zainul Abedin, a BNP Vice Chairman and ex-president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that the government has taken a strategy to revive the cases against the top BNP leaders as part of its strategy to suppress the ongoing movement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“As the government has no popularity, it is trying to use the cases against BNP leaders as a weapon to make a political gain. They\'re now activating some cases against the party\'s top leaders to spread panic,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The lawyer-turned-BNP leader also said the government wants to send some BNP leaders to jail to weaken the party. “We had an idea that the government can revive the previous cases as a weapon to cling to power.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Not worried about jailing</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mahbub Uddin Khokon, a BNP Joint Secretary General and former secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said that there is hardly any BNP leader across the country who is not facing any politically motivated cases. “So, we\'re not worried or afraid about any trial and jailing. We\'ll face it both politically and legally.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He said many old political cases with lower courts all over the country are also getting pace suddenly since BNP started the current movement in August. “The lower courts are taking a deposition in many cases filed during the 2014 polls and fictitious ones filed ahead of the 2018 election.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“They may convict some of our leaders in false cases. But we have many alternative leaders to lead the movement and make it a success. We\'re aware of the government\'s evil plan to put us in trouble by using courts. We\'re also making our strategy to face it,” Khokon said. 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(2618, 2618, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Dhaka\'s air quality continued to be in the “unhealthy” zone on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With an air quality index (AQI) score of 146 at 8:30am, the metropolis ranked eighth in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.</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; \">Pakistan\'s Lahore, India\'s Delhi and the United Arab Emirates\' Dubai occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 266, 167 and 162, respectively.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">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; \">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. Breathing polluted air has long been recognised as increasing a person\'s chances of developing a heart disease, chronic respiratory diseases, lung infections and cancer, according to several studies.</div><div 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', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 16:12:47', '2022-10-27 16:12:47'),
(2619, 2619, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 27, 2022) inaugurated several development projects, including capital dredging of a key channel, aimed at creating better facilities at Payra Seaport.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The premier inaugurated the development prigrammes through video conference from her official residence Gono Bhaban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">For all latest news, follow The Daily Star\'s Google News channel.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Under the programme, she launched eight ships and vessels, inaugurated the first terminal and the construction of a six-lane approach road and a bridge.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Through the capital dredging of the seaport\'s Rabnabad channel, a 75km-long, 100-125meter-wide and 10.5meter-deep channel will be created, according to the project profile.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Once operational, a total of 40,000 tons of cargo or 3000 container-laden ships will be able to dock at the port. The channel is being built by Belgian dredging company--Jan De Nul at an estimated cost of Tk 5,000 crore</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Among the eight vessels, two are pilot vessels, two are heavy duty speedboats, one is a buoy laying vessel, one is a survey boat and two are tugboats.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">These ships and vessels will help the port authority to monitor the arrival and departure of foreign ships and maintain the channel, according to the Shipping Ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Once the construction of the first terminal, the six-lane highway and the bridge is completed, a total of three foreign ships carrying containers or bulk cargos will be able to dock simultaneously at the Payra Seaport. The terminal will cost Tk 4,500 crore and will be opened for operation in December, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The 6.35km-long, six-lane approach road is being built by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD). Spectra Engineers Limited has been given the responsibility of the construction at a cost of Tk 655 crore. The road will also be opened to traffic in December, 2023.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A 1,180 metre-long bridge is being built over the Andharmanik river to transport goods of the Payra Seaport. The bridge will cost Tk 780 crore and will be constructed over a period of two and a half years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister inaugurated the Payra Seaport on November 19, 2013. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 16:23:18', '2022-10-27 16:23:18'),
(2620, 2620, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ukrainian troops are holding out against repeated attacks by Russian forces in two eastern towns while those at the southern front are poised to battle for the strategic Kherson region, which Russia appears to be reinforcing.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Wednesday evening video address that there would be good news from the front but he gave no details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He did not mention what was happening in Kherson, which officials and military analysts have predicted will be one of the most consequential battles of the war since Russia invaded Ukraine eight months ago.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The most severe fighting in eastern Ukraine was taking place near Avdiivka, outside Donetsk, and Bakhmut, Zelensky said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This is where the craziness of the Russian command is most evident. Day after day, for months, they are driving people to their deaths there, concentrating the highest level of artillery strikes,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian forces have repeatedly tried to seize Bakhmut, which sits on a main road leading to the Ukrainian-held cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The looming battle for Kherson city at the mouth of the Dnipro River will determine whether Ukraine can loosen Russia\'s grip on the south.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">While much of the front line remains off limits to journalists, at one section of the front north of the Russian-occupied pocket on the west bank of the Dnipro, Ukrainian soldiers said Russian shelling was stepping up again after having tailed off in recent weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Radio intercepts indicated freshly mobilized recruits had been sent to the front and Russian forces were firmly dug in.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"They have good defensive lines with deep trenches, and they are sitting deep underground,\" said Vitalii, a Ukrainian soldier squatting in a weed-choked irrigation canal, concealed from any prowling enemy drones by overhanging trees.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian forces advanced along the Dnipro River in a dramatic push in the south at the start of this month, but progress appears to have slowed. Russia has been evacuating civilians on the west bank but says it has no plans to pull out its troops.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine\'s defence minister, said wet weather and rough terrain were making Kyiv\'s counter-offensive in Kherson harder than it was in the northeast, where it pushed Russia back in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">At the front, intermittent artillery fire echoed from both sides, with towers of smoke rising in the distance.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A Ukrainian helicopter gunship swept low over the fields, loosed rockets at the Russian positions and wheeled around spitting flares to distract any heat-seeking anti-aircraft rockets fired at it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"In this area, they are very active. They shell every day and are digging trenches and preparing for defence,\" a unit commander at the front, who asked to be quoted by his nickname, Nikifor, said of the Russians.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">His location in Mykolaiv province could not be identified under Ukrainian military regulations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The unit holds a network of well-fortified trenches dug into tree lines opposite the Russian fortifications, and rain has turned the dirt tracks that access them to mud, especially where tank treads have churned them up.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Australia said it was sending 30 more armoured vehicles and deploying 70 soldiers to Britain to help train Ukrainian troops there to bolster Kyiv\'s war effort.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We\'re mindful that Ukraine needs to now be supported over the longer term if we\'re going to put Ukraine in a position where it can resolve this conflict on its own terms,\" Defence Minister Richard Marles told ABC television.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Nuclear rehearsal</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Since Russia began losing ground in a counter-offensive in September, Russian President Vladimir Putin has taken a series of steps to intensify the conflict, calling up hundreds of thousands of Russian reservists, proclaiming the annexation of occupied land and repeatedly threatening to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">This month, Russia launched a new campaign of strikes using missiles and Iranian-made drones against Ukraine\'s energy infrastructure, also hitting parks and homes across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In Russia, the military staged a high-profile rehearsal for nuclear war, with state television broadcasts dominated by footage of submarines, strategic bombers and missile forces practicing launches in retaliation for an atomic attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Moscow has conducted a diplomatic campaign this week to promote an accusation that Kyiv is preparing to release nuclear material with a so-called \"dirty bomb\", an allegation the West calls baseless and a potential pretext for Russian escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Despite the rising tensions, United Nations aid chief Martin Griffiths said he was \"relatively optimistic\" that a UN-brokered deal that allowed a resumption of Ukraine Black Sea grain exports would be extended beyond mid-November. 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(2621, 2621, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Actor Maniesh Paul recently revealed that his son Yuvann met cricketer Virat Kohli. Taking to Instagram, Maniesh Paul also posted a photo of the trio and shared details of how Yuvann \'left his football class and came running to meet\' Virat.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In the photo, Yuvann stood in front of Maniesh who posed next to Virat. Maniesh sported a hoodie and black pants, Virat wore a white T-shirt, black pants and a beige sweater while Yuvann was dressed in a red and white outfit. Virat and Maniesh held Yuvann as they smiled and posed for the photo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sharing the picture, Maniesh captioned the post, \"This was a very special day for Yuvann, my son… he loves Virat… when he got to know that I was shooting with him, he left his football class and came running to meet him… I could see the sparkle in this eyes the moment he saw Virat… thanks @virat.kohli my brother, for the warmth…\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He also wrote, \"Yuvann will remember this first meeting with his cricketing hero, forever…he is glued to the matches when you are playing even more now. Loved the way he was cheering during the India- Pakistan match. That’s your effect, Virat!!! Stay blessed and keep inspiring the generations to come…\" Maniesh added the hashtags--mp, Virat Kohli, star, cricket, proud, Indian, star, winner and game changer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Reacting to the post, fans showered them with love. A person wrote, \"Virat is true legend hope your son gets truly inspired.\" \"So lovely,\" commented another fan. \"The child actually looks so happy!! Such a cute one,\" wrote an Instagram user. \"This is amazing!!!!\" read a comment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Currently, Maniesh is busy hosting the new season of Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa. Maniesh recently completed shooting for his debut OTT show. However, the name of the thriller-drama has not been revealed yet. Announcing the end of the shoot for the show, Maniesh posted an Instagram Stories from the sets of Ritam Srivastav\'s directorial venture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He also wrote, \"Yuvann will remember this first meeting with his cricketing hero, forever…he is glued to the matches when you are playing even more now. Loved the way he was cheering during the India- Pakistan match. That’s your effect, Virat!!! Stay blessed and keep inspiring the generations to come…\" Maniesh added the hashtags--mp, Virat Kohli, star, cricket, proud, Indian, star, winner and game changer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Reacting to the post, fans showered them with love. A person wrote, \"Virat is true legend hope your son gets truly inspired.\" \"So lovely,\" commented another fan. \"The child actually looks so happy!! Such a cute one,\" wrote an Instagram user. \"This is amazing!!!!\" read a comment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Currently, Maniesh is busy hosting the new season of Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa. Maniesh recently completed shooting for his debut OTT show. However, the name of the thriller-drama has not been revealed yet. Announcing the end of the shoot for the show, Maniesh posted an Instagram Stories from the sets of Ritam Srivastav\'s directorial venture.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Maniesh was last seen in JugJugg Jeeyo where he played the role of Kiara Advani\'s brother. The film also stars Varun Dhawan, Neetu Kapoor, and Anil Kapoor. The Raj Mehta directorial had a theatrical release on June 24. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 16:47:09', '2022-10-27 16:47:09'),
(2622, 2622, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>It is a biological mission that began with a chance encounter with a lemur that was picking its nose.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">It wasn\'t just any lemur; an aye-aye was filmed by Prof Anne-Claire Fabre from the University of Bern burying its elongated finger in its nostril.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"I wanted to know where is this finger going?\" she told the BBC.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The meeting at Duke Lemur Center in the US, led Professor Fabre and her colleagues to question the evolutionary origins of the habit.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Aye-ayes are nocturnal primates found only in Madagascar. They are famous for their strange, skinny, long fingers, which they use to fish grubs out of branches.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It was inserting the entire length and, [when you look at] the length of its head, it was like - where is it going?\" she recalled. \"I wondered - is it inserting it into its brain? It was so weird and seemed impossible.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The question intrigued Prof Fabre so much that she conducted 3D anatomical analysis of the aye-aye\'s head, to reconstruct the seemingly impossible anatomy of the nose picking.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"It was going into the sinus and from the sinus into the throat and into the mouth,\" she explained.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">With her colleagues, Prof Fabre searched the scientific literature for evidence of other animals that pick their noses. In a study they published in the Journal of Zoology, the team found 12 examples of primates caught in the nose-picking act.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">As Prof Fabre, who is also curator of mammals at the Museum of Natural History in Bern, pointed out, there are very few studies that aim to understand why any animal, including humans, might have evolved the impulse to pick their nose.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We really think this behaviour is understudied because it\'s really seen as a bad habit,\" explained Prof Fabre. Studies that investigate the behaviour in people have shed some light on how common the habit is, revealing that the majority of humans pick their nose often but are reluctant to admit it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">There are a few studies examining the cons - and possible pros - of nose picking. Some have pointed to its roll in spreading harmful bacteria. But there is at least one study suggesting that picking your nose and eating it might actually be healthy for teeth, as people who picked their noses reported fewer cavities.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">One study encouraged additional research by suggesting that the ingestion of nasal mucus could play an important role for the immune system, because of the immune proteins in the mucus.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fundamentally, Prof Fabre says it is likely to have evolved for a reason and should be investigated.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"We have no idea about its functional role,\" she told the BBC. \"And it could be advantageous.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rather than being simply disgusting, it may have benefits for some species and since so many animals appear to share this habit, Prof Fabre said, \"I think we really need to investigate it\". BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"18\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 17:02:51', '2022-10-27 17:02:51'),
(2623, 2623, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Rilee Rossouw blasted 109 and shared in the highest stand in Twenty20 World Cup history Thursday with Quinton de Kock as South Africa amassed 205-5 against Bangladesh in Sydney.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The pair came together after opener and captain Temba Bavuma again failed with the bat, out for two in the first over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">From there it was all South Africa with the pair putting on 168 for the second wicket, surpassing the 166 that Sri Lanka\'s Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara made against the West Indies in 2010.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">De Kock fell for 63 the next ball but Rossouw powered on, bringing up the first century of the Australian tournament and only the 10th ever at a T20 World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">He was eventually out going for another big hit, ending a 56-ball knock in which he smashed eight sixes and seven fours. It was the fifth highest score at a T20 World Cup.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The blitz put the Proteas on track for victory after their opening match on Monday against Zimbabwe in Hobart was washed out and the points were shared.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">In contrast, Bangladesh opened their campaign with a nine-wicket win over the Netherlands and currently sit on top of Group 2 on two points with India.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But they have a poor record against top teams at World Cups, and have not won any of their seven T20s against South Africa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bavuma won the toss and batted first but the South African skipper was out cheaply again as his awful form continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Speedster Taskin Ahmed was coming off career-best figures of 4-25 against the Dutch and coaxed an edge with his raw pace that carried to Nural Hasan behind the stumps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But that was as good as it got for Bangladesh as De Kock and Rossouw attacked Ahmed in his next over, pummelling 21 to assert their authority.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The pair were bludgeoned fours and sixes around the ground, bringing up their 50-partnership in four overs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Their blitz was interrupted at 60-1 in the sixth over when light rain began falling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But they resumed after a 22-minute break, with no overs lost, and carried on where they left off.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rossouw reached his 50 first, off 30 balls, with De Kock taking four balls longer.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">They went on to demolish the Bangladesh attack, setting the new partnership record before De Kock was caught at long-on off Afif Hossain for 63 off 38 balls.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Rossouw carried on and brought up three figures before ballooning a catch to Liton Das. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 17:12:45', '2022-10-27 17:12:45'),
(2624, 2624, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said money from the country’s reserve is being used for development activities, imports and the people’s welfare, as she inaugurated and laid foundation stone of several development schemes at the Payra Seaport which are being implemented with own financing.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">“Many people are questioning where the money from the reserve is going. I am telling them that the money goes to Payra Seaport. The money is being used to purchase food and fertilizer for the people. This money is being used for the people’s welfare and imports. None is misappropriating the money,” she said.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Prime Minister virtually inaugurated and laid foundation stones of several development schemes at the Payra Seaport involving Taka 11,072 crore that include capital dredging of the seaport’s Rabnabad channel, launching of eight ships, first terminal and construction of a six-lane approach road and a bridge, from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.&nbsp; &nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Briefly describing the projects taken for the development of the naval routes, the premier said, “Bangladesh’s economy would be more vibrant, stronger and developed once the measures taken by us are completed.” BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 17:49:37', '2022-10-27 17:49:37'),
(2625, 2625, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>South Africa vs Bangladesh T20 World Cup 2022 Live Commentary and Cricket Score: South Africa will be praying to the rain gods on Wednesday when they take on Bangladesh in Sydney.&nbsp;</b></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Proteas were pretty unlucky in their last match against Zimbabwe when Quinton de Kock played a blistering innings to almost put them on the brink of victory, only for the rain to intervene and save Zimbabwe’s skin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Bangladesh, meanwhile, got through their last match by edging a game Netherlands by 9 runs. They were at one point 76/5 against the Dutch bowling attack and they’ll be wary of a South Africa pace battery which will be firing on all cylinders. TIE</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 18:21:05', '2022-10-27 18:21:05'),
(2626, 2626, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Pope Francis warned seminarians in Rome of the dangers of online pornography, in a transcript published by the Vatican Wednesday, calling soft porn a temptation that \"weakens the priestly heart\".&nbsp;</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Francis\' meeting at the Vatican on Monday saw the 86-year-old pontiff respond at length to a wide range of questions from priests and seminarians studying in Rome, from reconciling science and faith to trying to live virtuously amid personal shortcomings.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">When asked, however, about how digital and social media should be best used to \"share the joy of being Christians\", the pope cautioned against obsessively watching the news, listening to music that distracts from one\'s work -- before broaching a more serious risk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"And on this subject there\'s also another thing, which you know well: digital pornography,\" he said, according to the transcript of the question and answer session.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Each of you think if you\'ve had the experience or had the temptation of digital pornography. It\'s a vice that so many people have, so many laymen, so many lay women, and even priests and nuns,\" Pope Francis said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"And I\'m not just talking about criminal pornography like child abuse, where you see live cases of abuse: that\'s already degeneracy. But of the more \'normal\' pornography,\" he continued.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Jesuit pope has condemned pornography before during his pontificate, most recently in June, when he called it \"a permanent attack on the dignity of men and women\", saying it should be declared a \"threat to public health\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Dear brothers, be careful of this. The pure heart, the heart that receives Jesus every day, cannot receive this pornographic information,\" he said on Monday, telling the audience to \"delete it\" from cell phones \"so you won\'t have temptation in your hand\".&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The devil enters from there: it weakens the priestly heart. Excuse me for going down to these details about pornography, but there is a reality: a reality that touches priests, seminarians, nuns, consecrated souls,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Do you understand? All right. This is important,\" he concluded, before taking a question about the importance of \"gestures of mercy\". AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 18:46:20', '2022-10-27 18:46:20'),
(2627, 2627, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian commanders of \"craziness\" in their efforts to capture the eastern town of Bakhmut.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The town - which sits in the Donetsk region and had a pre-war population of 70,000 - has been the centre of Russian attacks for months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Despite a looming Ukrainian advance on the key city of Kherson, Mr Zelensky said the attacks continued in force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Taking the town would be a symbolic victory for Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"This is where the craziness of the Russian command is most evident,\" Mr Zelensky said in his nightly address from Kyiv. \"Day after day, for months, they are driving people to their deaths there, concentrating the highest level of artillery strikes.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to Mr Zelensky, said that on one day, Russian forces launched eight separate attacks on Bakhmut before lunchtime and had been pushed back on each occasion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The city sits on a main road leading to the Ukrainian-held cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. While Russia is struggling elsewhere in Ukraine, its forces have made progress around Bakhmut in recent weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Analysts say the city has little military value in itself, though if it were to fall, it would bring other cities back within range of Russian artillery and help change the narrative of a conflict in which Moscow\'s forces have been gradually retreating.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Regular Russian troops in the region are reportedly being supported by Wagner paramilitary mercenaries. The group\'s founder, Yevgeniy Prigozhin, is said to want to capture the town as a political prize.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">On Sunday, the mercenary chief acknowledged the slow pace of the Russian advance on Bakhmut, saying troops were gaining only \"100-200 metres a day\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Our units are constantly meeting with the most fierce enemy resistance, and I note that the enemy is well prepared, motivated, and works confidently and harmoniously,\" Mr Prigozhin said in a statement published by one of his companies. \"This does not prevent our fighters from moving forward, but I cannot comment on how long it will take.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Despite the intense attacks, Mr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were holding their ground and hailed his troops as \"heroes\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukrainian forces also continue to advance in the south towards Kherson, where Russia has ordered civilians to evacuate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">While Mr Zelensky did not offer a direct update on the advance, he said his troops were \"strengthening our positions everywhere at the front, reducing the capabilities of the occupiers, destroying their logistics and preparing good news for Ukraine\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">But officials in Kyiv have warned that Russian forces are digging in around the city, while intercepted radio reports suggest that newly \"mobilised\" Russian recruits have been sent there to shore up defences.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Mr Arestovych said on Tuesday that no Russian forces were preparing to withdraw from the city and predicted that \"the heaviest of battles is going to take place for Kherson\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine\'s defence minister, said the pace of the advance was being hampered by wet weather, making the counter-offensive more difficult than the eastern advance that pushed Russian troops rapidly back in September.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Elsewhere, pro-Russian administrators in the eastern Luhansk province said Ukrainian forces had again started to advance in the region. They said heavy fighting was taking place around the towns of Kreminna and Svatove, which fell to Russia earlier this year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said on Thursday they had shot down a Ukrainian drone close to a thermal power plant at Balaklava. Although it had caused a brief fire, officials said there was no threat to the local power supply.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Ukraine\'s air force said more than 20 Iranian \"kamikaze\" drones were launched by Russian forces overnight, mainly targeting the southern regions of Mykolaiv and Odesa, and that 19 were destroyed. Local officials said Russian forces also targeted the Kyiv region and said initial reports indicated no-one was hurt. 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(2628, 2628, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Negotiators from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), now in Dhaka to discuss a $4.5 billion loan to Bangladesh, sat with Bangladesh Bank officials on the second day of their visit on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The central bank governor Abdur Rouf Talukder opened the talks at 9:30 am at Bangladesh Bank Bhaban.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Deputy Governors Kazi Sayedur Rahman and Ahmed Jamal also spoke in the opening session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Governor Talukther gave a presentation on the country’s overall economic situation, including banking sector safeguard assessment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deputy governors spoke in details on the balance of payments, exchange rate development, trade credit, cross border inter-bank loans, reserves development, FDI projection and budget for FY 23 to FY 25. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 19:49:39', '2022-10-27 19:49:39'),
(2629, 2629, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat against the Netherlands in their second match of the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 in Sydney on Thursday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The Indians head into the clash on the back of their thrilling last-ball win over Pakistan in Melbourne at the weekend, where Virat Kohli starred with the bat and Arshdeep Singh the ball.</div><div><br></div><div>They are strong favourites to make it two wins out of two in Group 2 against a Dutch side that came through the preliminary round.</div><div><br></div><div>The Dutch then put up a spirited performance in a nine-run loss to Bangladesh on Monday.</div><div><br></div><div>Both sides named unchanged teams.</div><div><br></div><div>India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh</div><div><br></div><div>Netherlands: Max O\'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (capt), Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Shariz Ahmad, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren</div><div><br></div><div>Umpires: Ahsan Raza (PAK), Michael Gough (ENG)</div><div><br></div><div>TV Umpire: Rod Tucker (AUS)</div><div>Match Referee: Chris Broad (ENG) Soruce: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 20:35:58', '2022-10-27 20:35:58');
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(2630, 2630, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Iran will not sit back after an attack at a Shi’ite Muslim shrine killed 15 people in an event claimed by the militant group Islamic State and designed to de-stabilise the country, the foreign minister said today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Iranian officials said they had arrested a gunman who carried out the attack at the Shah Cheragh shrine in the city of Shiraz.</div><div><br></div><div>State media blamed “takfiri terrorists” – a label Tehran uses for hardline Sunni Muslim militants such as Islamic State.</div><div><br></div><div>“We will certainly not allow Iran’s national security and interests to be toyed with by terrorists and foreign meddlers who claim to defend human rights,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said in a statement carried by state media.</div><div><br></div><div>“This crime made the sinister intentions of the promoters of terror and violence in Iran completely clear. There is reliable information that the enemies have drawn up a multi-layered project to make Iran insecure.”</div><div><br></div><div>Islamic State has claimed previous attacks in Iran, including deadly twin attacks in 2017 that targeted parliament and the tomb of the Islamic Republic’s founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.</div><div><br></div><div>The attack will add pressure on Iran’s government.</div><div><br></div><div>Yesterday’s killing of Shi’ite pilgrims came on the same day that Iranian security forces clashed with increasingly strident protesters marking 40 days since the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman.</div><div><br></div><div>The demonstrations have become one of the boldest challenges to the clerical leadership since the 1979 revolution, drawing many Iranians into the streets, with some calling for the downfall of the Islamic republic and the death of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.</div><div><br></div><div>The authorities, who have accused the US and other Western countries of fomenting what they call “riots”, have yet to declare a death toll, but state media have said about 30 members of the security forces have been killed.</div><div><br></div><div>Interior minister Ahmad Vahidi blamed the protests sweeping Iran for paving the ground for the Shiraz attack, and President Ebrahim Raisi said Iran would respond, according to state media.</div><div><br></div><div>CCTV footage broadcast on state TV today showed the attacker entering the shrine after hiding an assault rifle in a bag and shooting as worshippers tried to flee and hide in corridors.</div><div><br></div><div>He was shown being arrested by police after being shot and injured. State media said he was not Iranian, but did not give his nationality.</div><div><br></div><div>Officials have called three days of mourning in the southern province of Fars, after the attack in the provincial capital of Shiraz. Source: Reuters&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 20:41:49', '2022-10-27 20:41:49'),
(2631, 2631, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Law minister Anisul Huq said on Thursday that the government will not send BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia back to jail before the next national election.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Anisul Huq made the remark in response to a question from reporters, after a training programme organized for sub-registrars at Judicial Administration Training Institute in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>The government has no plan to change the decision of suspending Khaleda Zia’s sentence as per section 401 of the Criminal Code of Procedure (CrPC) with two conditions, Anisul added.</div><div><br></div><div>On September 19, the government extended the suspension of Khaleda’s jail sentence for six more months.</div><div><br></div><div>Amid the Coronavirus outbreak, the government suspended Begum Khaleda’s jail sentence for six months through an executive order on March 25, 2020. The government extended her conditional release in two corruption cases several times.</div><div><br></div><div>The former prime minister was sent to Old Dhaka’s Central Jail after she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment by a special court in the Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case on February 8, 2018.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 22:16:32', '2022-10-27 22:16:32'),
(2632, 2632, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was not fazed by their worst defeat in their T20 history when South Africa inflicted a 104-run drubbing on them at the Sydney Cricket Ground today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Pointing out the Australia\'s big margin defeat to New Zealand some days ago at this venue, he said the result is not unusual in T20 cricket.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Australia also suffered a big margin defeat here at the hands of New Zealand. It will be like this. This is what happens in T20 matches. It is very normal and nothing unusual. The game is very exciting, entertaining. Also you have to swallow such kind of tough pills sometimes,\" Shakib said here today after the match.</div><div><br></div><div>While for Australia\'s case, it was one-off incident, for Bangladesh such sortof defeat is common although they didn\'t taste defeat by 100 plus runs more often. It was only the second defeat by 100 plus runs with the previous worst was against Pakistan in Karachi in 2008 by 102 runs.</div><div><br></div><div>After Rillee Rossouw and Quinton de Kock ran rampant with the bat for the Proteas, Anrich Nortje and Tabraiz Shamsi were on fire with the ball. Courtesy to them, the Tigers got the bitter taste of the biggest T20 loss in their history. Shakib however is looking at this result normally.</div><div><br></div><div>Chasing the target of 206 runs set by South Africa, Bangladesh were bowled out for just 101 runs when there were still 21 balls left in the innings. Shakib, Taskin Ahmed, Mehidy Hasan Miraz were completely pale in bowling. Later in the batting, no one could survive except Liton Das, who top-scored with 34.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>After such meek surrender, question raised about Bangladesh\'s performance in the major tournament but Shakib is reluctant to worry about such a result.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The left-handed star all-rounder also urged the batters to turn around as they are finding it tough repeatedly to get going, reports BSS</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have to improve a lot in batting. Have to cope with bounce and pace. If we bat well in the first 10 overs, keep wickets, then it becomes easier to bat in the end,\" Shakib said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"That\'s what I\'m seeing in the World Cup so far. The teams that are keeping wickets, they are able score big runs in the last 10 overs,\" he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 22:35:29', '2022-10-27 22:35:29'),
(2633, 2633, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said power supply situation may improve from November.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>“We hope the power supply situation will improve from November. I’m optimistic and don’t want to make you pessimistic,” he told reporters after attending a seminar on renewable energy at Dhaka’s Brac Inn Centre.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier in August, the state minister had said that power supply situation may improve from September, and later again said that load shedding would decrease from October.</div><div><br></div><div>Following a national power grid failure on October 4, 2022, electricity supply situation deteriorated – increasing load shedding to 5-6 hours every day.</div><div><br></div><div>The government started implementing an austerity plan in July by suspending operations of all diesel-fired power plants to reduce fuel imports and save foreign currency. The import of LNG from the international spot market was also suspended for the same purpose, triggering frequent load shedding across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>Referring to the request of businessmen to resume LNG imports from the international spot market and to ensure uninterrupted gas and electricity supply to factories at a higher price, Nasrul said the government is assessing all the options, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’re working on it. Businessmen need uninterrupted gas supply at affordable price,” he added. He also said that his ministry has sent a detailed proposal to Brunei on importing LNG and is now waiting for their response. It may take a week more to get a response from Brunei, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 22:54:57', '2022-10-27 22:54:57'),
(2634, 2634, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>An Iranian woman who became famous on Instagram for posting spooky photos resembling Hollywood actor Angelia Jolie has revealed her real face after her release from jail. Sahar Tabar was arrested in October 2019 on charges of \"corruption\" and \"blasphemy\" and sentenced to 10 years in prison. But she was released after 14 months after widespread protests in the country, triggered by the death of Mahsa Amini last month.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ms Tabar was widely believed to have undergone cosmetic surgery, which made her look like the spooky version of Angelina Jolie.</div><div><br></div><div>After her release, the 21-year-old finally showed her real self to cameras this week, according to a report in Independent.</div><div><br></div><div>Many people had launched campaigns on social media for her release. Among them is activist Masih Alinejad. When she was jailed, Ms Alinejad had tweeted: \"Sahar Tabar is only 19. Her joke landed her in jail.</div><div><br></div><div>Her mother cries every day to get her innocent daughter freed. Dear Angelina Jolie, we need your voice here. Help us.\"</div><div><br></div><div>After being released from jail, Ms Tabar said she had undergone some cosmetic procedures, like a nose job, lip fillers and liposuction, but stressed that the infamous images were a result of make-up and editing on Photoshop. Due to her spooky photos, she was called \"zombie Angelina Jolie\" on social media.</div><div><br></div><div>\"What you saw on Instagram was the computer effects I used to create the image,\" she told a state-run outlet, as reported by news.com.au.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Tabar, whose real name is Fatemeh Khishvand, said she always wanted to become famous and chose the macabre makeover to gain international attention. The woman also said that cyberspace provided an easy way. \"It was much easier than becoming an actor,\" the outlet further quoted her as saying.</div><div><br></div><div>Ms Tabar also said that the images were created as a \"joke\" and expressed regret. \"My mother was telling me to stop, but I didn\'t listen.\" Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'Entertainment Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-27 23:30:15', '2022-10-27 23:30:15'),
(2635, 2635, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A Dhaka court ordered for the attachment of properties belong to e-commerce platform Evaly\'s Chairman Shamima Nasrin and its Managing Director (MD) and her husband Mohammad Rassel in a cheque dishonour case.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Tofazzal Hossain passed the order after holding hearing on petition filed in this regard. The court also set November 16 for submitting report in this regard.</div><div><br></div><div>According to the case documents, plaintiff Mehedi Hasan Khan ordered different goods including three motorcycles, worth of Taka 8.54 lakh from Evaly on January 23, 2021, and paid the money through mobile banking. Though Evaly was supposed to deliver him the goods within 45 days of ordering, the accused failed to do that.</div><div><br></div><div>Evaly authorities on March 9, 2021, gave him a cheque, which Mehedi tried to cash on July 5. But the cheque was bounced. He later sent the accused legal notice on October 14 and subsequently filed the case on November 28.</div><div><br></div><div>The court on February 1, 2022, issued arrest warrant against Rassel and Shamima, and as the law enforcers failed to submit report on executing the order on three hearing dates, the court came up with the latest order. ‍Source: BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 01:49:27', '2022-10-28 01:49:27'),
(2636, 2636, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said, \'Relevant law will be amended soon to try Jamaat-e-Islami for opposing the country’s independence and committing crimes against humanity in 1971.\'</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Anisul Huq disclosed the update on Jamaat trial after inaugurating two-day training of sub-registrars at Judicial Administration Training Institute (JATI) in the capital on Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>“The relevant law to try Jamaat-e-Islami for its involvement in crimes against humanity has been sent to the cabinet division seeking its approval. The amended law will be passed soon to pave the way for prosecution of the party,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Jamaat, a partner of BNP-led grand alliance, is believed to be making strategies ahead of the upcoming parliamentary polls.</div><div><br></div><div>On the other hand, a section of Jamaat leaders floated a new party named Bangladesh Development Party (BDP) and applied to the Election Commission for registration. Jamaat is not clearing its link to the new party but the people involved in the BDP are all Jamaat leaders.</div><div><br></div><div>Earlier, addressing inauguration of the training, law minister asked the sub-registrars to deliver highest service to the people and take measures to end forgery.</div><div><br></div><div>He said adding that the government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is relentless working to implement the dreams of Bangabandhu.</div><div><br></div><div>The new generation is conversant with modern technology and preferring the online services, he said.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>“The registration department should not lag behind and the officials will have to come forward spontaneously to deliver automated services to the people. The government would like to digitise land registration fully after imparting training to the officers and staffs concerned. If land registration is digitised, forgery and land dispute will reduce,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div><div>&nbsp;</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 02:05:20', '2022-10-28 02:05:20'),
(2637, 2637, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Zimbabwe caused a major upset by defeating Pakistan by one run in a Group 2 match on Thursday. Chasing a target of 131, Pakistan faltered as none of their batters, barring Shan Masood (44), could score above 22.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Shan Masood fought a lone battle as Sikandar Raza (3/25), Brad Evans (2/25), Blessing Muzarabani (1/18) came up with brilliant performances. Earlier, Mohammad Wasim marked his return to the team with a four-for, while Shadab Khan bagged three wickets as Pakistan restricted Zimbabwe to 130 for eight.</div><div><br></div><div>Wasim returned figrues of 4/24, while Shadab took 3/23 as Pakistan pegged back Zimbabwe after a strong opening stand between Craig Ervine and Wessly Madhevere. Sean Williams played a crucial cameo of 31 as Zimbabwe managed to cross the 120-run mark. Source: NDTV</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 02:37:34', '2022-10-28 02:37:34'),
(2638, 2638, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President M Abdul Hamid received the credentials of Indian\'s new resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma at Bangabhaban this evening.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Welcoming the new Indian envoy, the President said India is a tested friend of Bangladesh that always gives priority to the bilateral ties with India, President\'s Press Secretary Md Joinal Abedin told reporter.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanking the government and people of India for their cooperation in the 1971 Great War of Liberation, President Hamid said since then bilateral relations between Bangladesh and India have been gradually expanding in various fields.</div><div><br></div><div>The existing relations between the two countries will reach a new height during the tenure of the new High Commissioner of India, the President hoped.</div><div><br></div><div>The Head of the State said in the current context, international cooperation is very important to deal with the situation caused by the existing global problems, specially the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the Russia-Ukraine war.</div><div><br></div><div>He hoped that Bangladesh and India would help each other in various fields to overcome this situation.</div><div><br></div><div>During the meeting, the Indian High Commissioner said his country attaches importance to increasing cooperation and developing relations with Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>He sought the President\'s all-out cooperation in carrying out his assignment in Dhaka.</div><div><br></div><div>The President assured the envoy of providing all-out cooperation in discharging his duty here in cementing further Bangladesh relations with the two states.</div><div>Secretaries concerned to the President were present there. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 02:45:47', '2022-10-28 02:45:47'),
(2639, 2639, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Eight people were found dead Thursday in a burning Tulsa-area house in what was being investigated as multiple homicides, police said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fire was reported about 4 p.m. Thursday in a quiet residential area of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 13 miles (20 kilometers) southeast of Tulsa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Broken Arrow police said that although the fire and the deaths were being investigated as homicides, they did not believe an immediate threat to the public existed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Police spokesman Ethan Hutchins said the scene was complex “with a lot of moving parts,” so no other information was being released immediately.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Understandably, this is a shock to Broken Arrow. It\'s a safe city. Broken Arrow doesn\'t have this kind of situation every day,” Hutchins said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Catelin Powers said she was driving with her children nearby when she saw a column of smoke near her house, so she drove to investigate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“When I got closer to the house, I saw smoke pouring out from the very top of the house, which looked like maybe the attic,” she told The Associated Press.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two men and a woman on her phone were standing in front of the house, Powers said, when another man emerged from the front door dragging an apparently unconscious, unresponsive woman. “Her arms were flopped to her sides,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“She was in either very short shorts or underwear and a tight shirt,” Power said. She described the woman as having a tan complexion “and looked maybe to be mid-twenties.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Suspecting the woman was dead, Powers said she drove on so her children would be spared the sight.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Broken Arrow is Tulsa’s biggest suburb, with almost 115,000 residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was assisting in the investigation, he said. AFP/UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 16:46:22', '2022-10-28 16:46:22'),
(2640, 2640, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that the war in Ukraine was part of Russia\'s wider struggle against Western domination, and warned that the world is probably entering the \"most dangerous\" decade since the end of World War II.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The Russian leader showed no sign of backpedalling on the eight-month-old invasion of Ukraine, and indeed painted the current situation as part of the decline of Western dominance in global affairs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin\'s comments on the global situation at the annual Valdai Discussion Club meeting were answered indirectly by the US Defense Department\'s release of its formal National Defense strategy, in which it painted Moscow as an \"acute threat\" to Western values.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Putin\'s reckless war of choice against Ukraine -- the worst threat to European security since the end of World War Two -- has made that very clear for the whole world,\" said US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Tectonic shifts\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The heady rhetoric took place as fighting ground on in Ukraine\'s east and south, with neither side claiming significant gains.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The historical period of undivided dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end,\" said Putin. \"The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the West was still \"desperately\" trying to govern humanity, it was not able to. \"Most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ukraine offensive, he said, was simply part of the \"tectonic shifts of the entire world order.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Russia is not challenging the elites of the West, Russia is just trying to defend its right to exist,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- More \'dirty bomb\' talk -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Putin said using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would \"make no sense at all to us -- either in political or military terms.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Moscow again raised the allegation that Ukraine planned to use a \"dirty bomb\" -- a crude, small nuclear weapon -- in the war.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It filed a complaint Thursday with the UN Security Council demanding an international investigation into the United States\' \"military-biological activities\" in Ukraine. The US rejected the accusation, while the UN said it was \"not aware\" of any such program in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a closed-door UN Security Council meeting, Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said they were serious about the dirty bomb allegation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We would be happy to be mistaken, but we cannot simply ignore this,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"These allegations are very serious and may lead to very, very unfortunate consequences,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN\'s nuclear watchdog, said it would carry out an \"independent verification\" in Ukraine this week, inspecting the locations that Moscow tied to its allegations.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, who attended the Security Council meeting, said they would work \"to detect any diversion of nuclear material under safeguards, any undeclared production or processing of nuclear material at the two locations and assure that there are no undeclared nuclear material and activities.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agency said it had inspected \"one of the two locations a month ago and no undeclared nuclear activities or materials were found there.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- New worries on grain exports -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Both Ukraine and the United States raised fresh concerns about the pace of grain exports from Ukraine, vital to the world but which Ukraine says are being held up by Russian ship inspections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, after meeting with Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, who represented the Economic Community of West African States, Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was a backup of 175 ships waiting to pick up and deliver grain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky said the backup was a \"deterioration of access to food for millions of people\" in Africa, Asia and Europe.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Ottawa on Thursday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Russia would face \"great anger\" if it backs out of the pact to permit Ukraine grain stocks to be delivered to global markets.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 120-day pact expires on November 19, and the backup of the ships and uncertainty over whether it will be renewed has already caused prices of some food products to rise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The idea that Russia would now say it doesn\'t want to continue it, it wants to turn it off, I think, will be met with great anger by countries around the world who are benefiting from Ukrainian grain,\" Blinken said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I think it\'s profoundly in everyone\'s interest to make sure that this grain can continue to move out of Ukraine and certainly, we will do everything we can to sustain the agreement,\" 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, '2022-10-28 16:51:58', '2022-10-28 16:51:58'),
(2641, 2641, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">North Korea has fired an \"unspecified ballistic missile\", the South\'s military said Friday, the latest in a blitz of launches by Pyongyang, as Seoul warns Kim Jong Un may be close to conducting another nuclear test.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"North Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile towards the East Sea,\" Seoul\'s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The JCS statement did not give further details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">With talks long-stalled, tensions on the peninsula are at their highest point in years, with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last month declaring his country an \"irreversible\" nuclear power, effectively ending negotiations over his banned weapons programmes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Tuesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said the North was poised to conduct another nuclear test, which would be its seventh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It appears they have already completed preparations for a seventh nuclear test,\" he told parliament Tuesday during a budget speech.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Wednesday, the United States, Japan and South Korea said that a North Korean nuclear test would warrant an \"unprecedentedly strong response\", vowing unity between the regional security allies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This month, North Korea has fired multiple artillery barrages into a maritime \"buffer zone\" that was set up in 2018 as a way of reducing tensions with the South during a period of ill-fated diplomacy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also announced it had staged what it called \"tactical nuclear drills\" that simulated showering the South with nuke-tipped missiles.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- \'Provocations\' -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The moves are part of a dramatic increase this year in what Seoul calls \"provocations\" by the North, including conducting its longest-ever missile launch by distance, which overflew Japan and prompted rare evacuation warnings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seoul has also recently conducted live-fire drills, and the US re-deployed a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the region to conduct large-scale trilateral drills also involving Tokyo.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Such drills infuriate Pyongyang, which sees them as rehearsals for invasion and justifies its blitz of missile launches as necessary \"countermeasures\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seoul and Washington have repeatedly warned that Pyongyang could be close to testing an atomic bomb for the first time since 2017, after a flurry of ballistic missile launches.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kim has made developing tactical nukes -- smaller, battlefield-ready weapons -- a priority, and Seoul recently warned the North could be preparing to conduct multiple consecutive nuclear tests as part of this drive.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Analysts say Pyongyang\'s confidence that gridlock at the United Nations will protect it from further sanctions has emboldened it to continue its weapons testing.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At a recent UN Security Council meeting to discuss Pyongyang\'s launch over Japan, North Korea\'s longtime ally and economic benefactor China blamed Washington for provoking the spate of missile tests.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Security Council has been divided on responding to Pyongyang\'s nuclear ambitions for months, with Russia and China on the sympathetic side and the rest of the council pushing for punishment. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 16:56:53', '2022-10-28 16:56:53'),
(2642, 2642, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">A number of Bangladeshi universities and medical colleges are set to join an education conference in Dubai next week in their efforts to draw students from the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries, organisers said on Friday.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni and Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury would deliver keynote speeches in the three-day Bangladesh Education Forum conference to be launched in Dubai on November 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh is soon going to emerge as an alternative higher education destination,\" Chowdhoury was quoted as saying in a statement by Pan Asian Exhibition LLC, which stages the event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The junior minister added that thousands of foreign students were currently studying in various universities and medical colleges in Bangladesh and \"that is adding to the growing remittance inflow in to the country\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, the event is being supported by Bangladesh\'s education ministry, University Grants Commission, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizers, quoting a research report, said by 2025, Bangladeshi universities, medical, dental and general colleges were expected to serve 4.6 million students and with an average annual cost of $1,000 per year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This translates to a higher education market size of $4.6 billion in Bangladesh,\" the report suggested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh\'s higher education sector appears to have emerged as one of the largest in the world with 163 universities, 115 medical colleges and more than 2,500 general and specialized colleges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They (universities and colleges) are now ready to attract international students and offer good quality cost-effective education to the students living in the Middle East,\" the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said more than 30 million students were now groomed by the country\'s education sector every year – making it one of the largest education services industries in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizers said Bangladesh Education Forum 2022 was the first of its kind conference and exhibition to promote higher education in Bangladesh to foreign students, to be joined by university owners, academics including vice-chancellors and education consultants, among others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said until years ago Bangladesh was a student exporter to major education destinations like the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and India but now it became a student importing nation because of its quality education at a very affordable price.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most foreign students are coming from a number of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Bangladesh Education Forum will strengthen the country\'s reputation as an alternative destination for good quality and cost-effective education, help re-position Bangladesh in the global education map and boost education tourism,\" Chowdhoury said on the eve of the conference.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A number of Bangladeshi universities and medical colleges are set to join an education conference in Dubai next week in their efforts to draw students from the UAE and other Middle Eastern countries, organisers said on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said Education Minister Dr Dipu Moni and Deputy Education Minister Mohibul Hassan Chowdhoury would deliver keynote speeches in the three-day Bangladesh Education Forum conference to be launched in Dubai on November 4.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh is soon going to emerge as an alternative higher education destination,\" Chowdhoury was quoted as saying in a statement by Pan Asian Exhibition LLC, which stages the event.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The junior minister added that thousands of foreign students were currently studying in various universities and medical colleges in Bangladesh and \"that is adding to the growing remittance inflow in to the country\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, the event is being supported by Bangladesh\'s education ministry, University Grants Commission, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) and Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizers, quoting a research report, said by 2025, Bangladeshi universities, medical, dental and general colleges were expected to serve 4.6 million students and with an average annual cost of $1,000 per year.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This translates to a higher education market size of $4.6 billion in Bangladesh,\" the report suggested.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh\'s higher education sector appears to have emerged as one of the largest in the world with 163 universities, 115 medical colleges and more than 2,500 general and specialized colleges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They (universities and colleges) are now ready to attract international students and offer good quality cost-effective education to the students living in the Middle East,\" the statement said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said more than 30 million students were now groomed by the country\'s education sector every year – making it one of the largest education services industries in the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The organizers said Bangladesh Education Forum 2022 was the first of its kind conference and exhibition to promote higher education in Bangladesh to foreign students, to be joined by university owners, academics including vice-chancellors and education consultants, among others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They said until years ago Bangladesh was a student exporter to major education destinations like the UK, the US, Canada, Australia, Malaysia and India but now it became a student importing nation because of its quality education at a very affordable price.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most foreign students are coming from a number of African, Middle Eastern and South Asian countries.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Bangladesh Education Forum will strengthen the country\'s reputation as an alternative destination for good quality and cost-effective education, help re-position Bangladesh in the global education map and boost education tourism,\" Chowdhoury said on the eve of the conference. 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(2643, 2643, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Cristiano Ronaldo scored on his first Manchester United appearance since his refusal to come on as a substitute last week in a 3-0 win over Sheriff Tiraspol in the Europa League on Thursday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The victory, with goals from Diogo Dalot and Marcus Rashford adding to Ronaldo\'s strike, guaranteed the Red Devils a place in the next round, where they will join Barcelona who were knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage 24 hours earlier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">United manager Erik ten Hag left the Portugal forward out of the United squad for Saturday\'s draw at Chelsea and he was only allowed to return to first team training this week.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Seeing Ronaldo get his goal was great,\" Dutchman ten Hag told BT Sport.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He created, the team created for him and we know he has the capability to finish.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He needed a goal and now I\'m confident there will be more goals,\" he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ronaldo, 37, started up front with 18-year-old Argentinian winger Alejandro Garnacho, who was making his maiden senior start.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Right-back Dalot opened the scoring just before the break before Rashford doubled the lead with 25 minutes to play.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ronaldo claimed his 701st club career goal and made sure of the three points with nine minutes left.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arsenal, who have already reached the last 16, lost for the first time in the group stage as they went down to a 2-0 defeat at PSV Eindhoven.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gunners coach Mikel Arteta said afterwards that defender Pablo Mari, on loan at Italian club Monza, was having medical treatment after being stabbed in a Milan shopping centre in an attack which killed one person and injured three others.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I just found out,\" Arteta told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"He is in hospital. He seems to be OK. I will get a briefing now about what happened.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Surprise early season Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin kept alive their hopes of a place in the knockout round of the second-tier European competition thanks to a 1-0 win over Braga.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the Conference League, West Ham maintained their 100 percent record by beating Silkeborg 1-0 and Fiorentina clinched their spot in the last 16 with a 2-1 win over Istanbul Basaksehir.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In their first match since coach Unai Emery announced he was leaving to manage Premier League club Aston Villa, Villarreal dropped points for the first time in Europe this season.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite having already qualified for the last 16 as group winners they were held 2-2 by Hapoel Beer-Sheva as Sagiv Jehezkel equalised in the 79th minute.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Group D, Cologne\'s trip to Slovacko has been postponed to 1100GMT on Friday after the game had been originally delayed by half an hour due to heavy fog in the Czech Republic.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The teams managed just seven minutes of play before the referee abandoned the fixture with the score goal-less. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 17:35:50', '2022-10-28 17:35:50'),
(2644, 2644, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Khulna\'s Paikgacha upazila has faced the maximum brunt of cyclone Sitrang, with local farmers notching up huge losses in the natural calamity.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in the coastal districts on October 24.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Though there were no casualties in Paikgacha, crops spread over several hectares and a number of fish enclosures were damaged in incessant rains triggered by the cyclone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to various government and private sources, around 112 fishing enclosures, 207 mud houses and crops spread over 187 hectares have been damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paikgacha upazila senior fisheries officer Md Tipu Sultan said that about 6.1 metric tonnes of fish across 112 enclosures, belonging to 83 farmers, have been washed away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Garuikhali union, fish farmers suffered losses to the tune of Tk 30.71 lakh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Due to the rains from Sunday night till Tuesday morning, most of the fish enclosures were washed away. Besides, the fish enclosures along the Garh-Ikhali river suffered damages,\" Tipu said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Amirul Azad, senior meteorologist of Khulna Meteorological Office, said the district recorded a total of 229 mm rainfall in 48 hours to Tuesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Paikgacha upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Mumtaz Begum said the local administration was adequately prepared ahead of Sitrang.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So, the impact of the disaster was less and no specific loss of life and property was reported,\" she said. \"Besides, there were no reports of any embankment collapse in the upazila.\" UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 17:41:27', '2022-10-28 17:41:27');
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(2645, 2645, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in next 24 hours, the Met office has said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the country, said the recent weather bulletin from Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, there will be a little change in weather in the next 72 hours, it said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">There was no trace of rain across the country in the last 24 hours till 6am Friday.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The lowest temperature was recorded in Srimangal at 18 degrees Celsius, while the highest temperature was 33 degrees in Khulna. UNB</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 18:06:07', '2022-10-28 18:06:07'),
(2646, 2646, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Afghanistan suffered their second washout of the Twenty20 World Cup on Friday when their clash with Ireland was abandoned without a ball being bowled at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Both teams receive one point so Ireland, who upset England by five runs at the same ground on Wednesday, moving to second in the Group 1 table.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They sit alongside table-toppers New Zealand, who face Sri Lanka in Sydney on Saturday, on three points.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Afghanistan\'s clash with New Zealand this week was also washed out, leaving them on two points after losing their tournament opener to England.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Showers are forecast for much of the day, potentially also threatening the blockbuster evening showdown between Australia and England at the same ground, with the outfield currently sodden. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 18:11:45', '2022-10-28 18:11:45'),
(2647, 2647, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Khulna\'s Paikgasa upazila has faced the maximum brunt of Cyclone Sitrang, with local farmers notching up huge losses in the natural calamity.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in the coastal districts on October 24.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Though there were no casualties in Paikgasa, crops spread over several hectares and a number of fish enclosures were damaged in incessant rains triggered by the cyclone.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to various government and private sources, around 112 fishing enclosures, 207 mud houses and crops spread over 187 hectares have been damaged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Paikgasa upazila Senior Fisheries Officer Md Tipu Sultan said that about 6.1 metric tons of fish across 112 enclosures, belonging to 83 farmers, have been washed away.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In Garuikhali union, fish farmers suffered losses to the tune of Tk30.71 lakh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Due to the rains from Sunday night till Tuesday morning, most of the fish enclosures were washed away. Besides, the fish enclosures along the Garh-Ikhali river suffered damages,\" Tipu said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Md Amirul Azad, senior meteorologist of Khulna Meteorological Office, said the district recorded a total of 229 mm rainfall in 48 hours to Tuesday morning.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Paikgasa Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mumtaz Begum said the local administration was adequately prepared ahead of Sitrang.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So, the impact of the disaster was less and no specific loss of life and property was reported,\" she said. \"Besides, there were no reports of any embankment collapse in the upazila.\" UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 18:22:19', '2022-10-28 18:22:19'),
(2648, 2648, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Bangladesh Army has asked the Myanmar Army to maintain more caution in conducting its operations along the common border areas.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">A three member delegation of Myanmar Army led by Lt Gen Phone Myat, Command Bureau of Special Operation visited Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed at the Army Headquarters on October 26, according to a press release of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued on Thursday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The delegation highlighted the ongoing security situation in Myanmar during the visit apart from exchanging courtesies. It said they are trying to keep their country’s peace and discipline under control while maintaining mutual friendship with Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The army chiefs discussed the development of military relations between the two countries, joint discussions of high-ranking army officers on various issues, exchange of training, joint disaster management, exchange of relevant information and urged to work together to ensure regional security.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh army chief said displaced Myanmar citizens are a regional problem and stressed on the rapid return of the Rohingyas to Myanmar in order to remove the security risks caused by accommodating this population in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Myanmar representative expressed his interest in solving bilateral issues through friendship and greater communication with Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Later the delegation paid a courtesy call on Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Bangladesh Army Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He reminded them to remain cautious in conducting operations at border area and said militants do not work for any country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border for six hours after a week\'s lull on October 22, local authorities evacuated 30 families in Dochari and Ghumdhum unions of Naikhongchhari upazila to safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Arakan Army, an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine state, had stopped taking up positions near the border for a long time, instead operating deep inside Myanmar. But over the past week, the Arakan Army has positioned itself closer to the border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the fighting in Rakhine has escalated, so has the scale and frequency of these incidents along the border. Since September 16, two Bangladeshi youths have lost limbs stepping on landmines laid by the Tatmadaw dangerously close to the international border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Myanmar Ambassador to Bangladesh Aung Kyaw Moe several times since August and he “acknowledged” the firing of multiple mortar shells into Bangladesh territory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The envoy, however, tried to deflect blame by asserting that the insurgents were engaged in fighting, firing heavy artillery and mortars, some of which landed inside Bangladesh territory. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 19:21:13', '2022-10-28 19:21:13'),
(2649, 2649, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The world is probably entering the \"most dangerous\" decade since the end of World War II, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Thursday, presenting the Ukraine conflict as part of a wider struggle against western domination.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Arguing that Western dominance in global affairs was coming to an end, Putin insisted Russia was not just challenging the West but fighting for its own right to exist.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin was speaking as Ukrainian troops reclaim more territory that Moscow has annexed as its own, and has mobilised more troops to defend.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Ahead is probably the most dangerous, unpredictable and at the same time important decade since the end of the Second World War,\" Putin told members of the annual Valdai Discussion Club, in a lengthy question-and-answer session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation was \"to a certain extent revolutionary\", he said, describing the Ukraine offensive as simply part of the \"tectonic shifts of the entire world order\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The historical period of undivided dominance of the West in world affairs is coming to an end,\" said Putin. \"The unipolar world is becoming a thing of the past.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While the West was still \"desperately\" trying to govern humanity, it was not able to. \"Most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And the Russian president characterised the current crisis as a battle for survival for Russia.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Russia is not challenging the elites of the West, Russia is just trying to defend its right to exist,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Dirty bomb\' row -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin also returned to the row over Russian allegations that Ukraine was preparing to use a \"dirty bomb\" against its soldiers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv was \"doing everything to cover up traces of this preparation\" for such a bomb, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), responding to the allegations, said it regularly visited two sites that Moscow had raised questions over.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UN agency\'s inspectors had found nothing untoward and were preparing to visit again in the coming days, the statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We are in favour,\" said Putin. \"And it should be done as fast as possible.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A dirty bomb is a conventional bomb laced with radioactive, biological or chemical materials which are disseminated in an explosion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Over the past week, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has repeated the claims regarding a Ukrainian dirty bomb in conversations with his counterparts in France, the US, the UK, China and India.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France, the US and the UK have all rejected the claim, and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has warned that Russia might be trying to use the claim as a \"pretext\" for escalation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv meanwhile, has said it suspects Russia might itself use a dirty bomb in a \"false flag\" attack.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Putin said Thursday using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would \"make no sense at all to us -- either in political or military terms\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- Stalled talks -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier Thursday, the Kremlin said Ukraine had pulled out of peace talks with Moscow back in March on orders from Washington.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"The text was ready... And then suddenly the Ukrainian side went off the radar, the Ukrainian side declared its unwillingness to continue negotiations,\" Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talks between Kyiv and Moscow have stalled since March, each side blaming the other for the stalemate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Zelensky on Wednesday dismissed any possibility of talks with Moscow, denouncing Putin\'s \"planned rhetoric\". In late September, he said he would not negotiate with Russia as long as Putin was president.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s \"special operation\" in Ukraine has met with repeated setbacks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Putin has in recent weeks changed his military commander there after Kyiv\'s forces launched a counter-offensive, recapturing territory in the east.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, Putin introduced martial law in four Ukrainian regions that he has declared annexed: Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Lugansk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The annexation announcement came in late September, despite Moscow\'s forces not controlling some of the regions fully. Most recently, for example, there has been fierce fighting in the eastern region of Donetsk.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine\'s occupied region of Zaporizhzhia on Thursday ordered phone checks on local residents.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anyone subscribed to \"propaganda resources of the terrorist Kyiv regime\" would receive a warning, before being fined. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 19:27:38', '2022-10-28 19:27:38'),
(2650, 2650, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Fishermen are gearing up to resume netting, as the 22-day ban on catching, selling, transportation and hoarding of the delicious ilish ends on Friday midnight.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Fishermen in different districts, including Chandpur, are preparing their fishing nets and trawlers to head to the rivers after 12am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Like previous years, the ban was imposed on a 90-kilometre-long area from Matlab Shatnol to Haimchar in Chandpur.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The law enforcers seized huge quantities of mother ilish and fishing nets, trawlers in different parts of the country for catching ilish defying the ban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fisheries department, upazila and district administrations, police and Coast Guard personnel carried out regular drives to make sure that the ban was implemented strictly.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the ban, around 50,000 fishermen remained unemployed and were allocated 25kg of rice each, which was not enough for them, said local fishers.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taukir Ahmed, an official from the control room of the district fisheries office, said around 212 fishermen were sent to jail during the ban period in 178 cases.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, 41,855 metres of current nets were seized and destroyed, said head of Chandpur Naval Police Mohammad Kamruzzaman.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 22-day government ban on ilish catching, selling, hoarding and transporting came into effect on October 7, with a view to boosting its production.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ban covered hilsa sanctuaries in six districts – Barisal, Chandpur, Laxmipur, Bhola, Shariatpur and Patuakhali.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ilish, the national fish of Bangladesh, is recognised as a certified patented product of Bangladesh. The marine fish goes to rivers in Bangladesh to lay eggs.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The fish is very popular both in Bangladesh and West Bengal. About 75% of the world\'s ilish is netted in Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chandpur is considered one of the largest trading hubs of ilish in Bangladesh as the fish from the Padma river is much more popular than the ones that come from other rivers. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 20:16:52', '2022-10-28 20:16:52'),
(2651, 2651, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>India\'s Tata group is set to begin making military aircraft in the country in the first such project by a local private company.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tata and Airbus will make C-295 transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force, the government announced on Thursday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The project, valued at 219bn rupees ($2bn; £1.7bn), will be based in the western state of Gujarat.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the manufacturing unit on Sunday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is the first project of its kind in which a military aircraft will be manufactured in India by a private company,\" India\'s defence ministry said in a statement. At the moment, only state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics makes aircraft for the armed forces.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">India is among the world\'s largest defence importers and has for decades largely depended on countries such as Russia for military equipment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But over the years, the government under Mr Modi\'s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pushed to reduce the country\'s reliance on international imports and boost domestic output.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experts see the Tata-Airbus project as a step towards bolstering Mr Modi\'s Make in India campaign - an ambitious high-octane mission, vowing to turn the country into a global manufacturing hub.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The defence ministry said the deal offered a \"unique opportunity for the Indian private sector to enter into technology intensive and highly competitive aviation industry\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the project, the government in September 2021 had approved the procurement of 56 C-295 military transport aircraft from Airbus Defense and the Spain-based Space SA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">These aircraft will replace Indian Air Force\'s (IAF) aging Avro fleet, but can also be used for civilian purposes, according to the press release.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Airbus will deliver 16 aircraft in flyaway condition between September 2023 and August 2025, while the rest will be made at the Gujarat facility by the Tata group.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The first Made in India aircraft is expected from September 2026,\" the defence ministry said. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 20:45:40', '2022-10-28 20:45:40'),
(2652, 2652, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia has launched more than 30 drone attacks on Ukraine in just two days.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>He added that in total, Moscow had also carried out some 4,500 missile strikes and over 8,000 air raids.</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking from Kyiv and standing beside what appeared to be a downed Iranian Shahed drone, Mr Zelensky pledged to \"clip the wings\" of Moscow\'s air power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western officials believe Iran has supplied a large number of drones to Russia, but Moscow and Tehran deny it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It comes as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Russia\'s aggressive use of drones \"appalling\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The top US diplomat accused Russian commanders of using the devices to \"kill Ukrainian civilians and destroy the infrastructure they rely on for electricity, for water, for heat\" during a visit to the Canadian capital Ottawa.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In recent weeks, Russian attacks have targeted Ukraine\'s civilian infrastructure, damaging the country\'s electricity and water supply just as temperatures begin to drop.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Western countries say Iran is supplying its domestically developed drones to Moscow and that Iranian military experts are on the ground in Russian-occupied Crimea to provide technical support to pilots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kyiv has identified the drones used in some attacks on its infrastructure as Iranian Shahed-136 drones. They are known as \"kamikaze\" drones because they are destroyed in the attack - named after the Japanese fighter pilots who flew suicide missions in World War Two.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"If... it becomes clear to us that Russia has used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will definitely not be indifferent about this issue,\" Iran\'s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 21:19:48', '2022-10-28 21:19:48'),
(2653, 2653, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Amitabh Bachchan, 80, Anupam Kher, 67, and Boman Irani, 62, are back with an inspiring new song, Arre Oh Uncle from their upcoming film, Uunchai. The song shows the three of them coming out of their comfort zones to physically prepare for their mission to climb Mt Everest.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amitabh Bachchan is the one leading the pack, he tries his best to encourage Boman Irani and Anupam Kher to sweat it in the gym with him. They are seen jogging, working out in the gym, doing zumba and trekking on snow covered mountains.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Sung by Divya Kumar and Devenderpal Singh, the song is written by Irshad Kamil and has music by Amit Trivedi. Sharing the song on Twitter, Anupam wrote, “Har umr ke bando ke liye suniye aur dekhiye humari film Uunchai ka ye dhamakedar gana. Owning the phrase today in swag and style! #ArreOhUncl</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directed by Sooraj Barjatya of Vivah fame, the film is a story of three friends who go on to climb Mt Everest in their old age. The film stars Danny Denzongpa as their fourth friend who expresses his desire to climb Mt Everest with them but dies before they can reach a decision. The remaining three friends decide to carry on his wish and immerse his ashes on Mount Everest. Parineeti is seen as a trainer in the movie as she trains them for their task and eventually they make it possible with Neena and Sarika, too, in the company.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The film marks the directorial comeback of Sooraj Barjatya after his 2015 film Prem Ratan Dhan Payo which starred Salman Khan, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker and Neil Nitin Mukesh. The film will release in theatres on November 11.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Talking about letting go of his “trappings”, Sooraj Barjatya said at the film\'s trailer launch, “In this film, I have moved away from all my earlier trappings. There once was a charm that if you name (a character) Prem, the film will work. But I have let go of that. In the pandemic, everything was slipping away, so there was no point holding onto anything.” HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 21:52:00', '2022-10-28 21:52:00'),
(2654, 2654, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Landslides and flooding killed 31 people as heavy rain from an approaching storm lashed the southern Philippines, a disaster official said on Friday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The storm unleashed flash floods carrying uprooted trees, rocks and mud overnight in mainly rural communities around Cotabato, a city of 300,000 people on Mindanao Island.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Many residents were caught by surprise by the rapidly rising floodwaters, Naguib Sinarimbo, the spokesman and civil defence chief for the regional government, told AFP.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The water started entering the houses before dawn,\" Sinarimbo said, confirming that the death toll in the storm-hit areas had risen to 31 from the earlier tally of 13.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescuers retrieved 16 bodies from Datu Odin Sinsuat, 10 from Datu Blah Sinsuat and five from Upi town, he told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teams in rubber boats had to rescue some residents from rooftops, Sinarimbo added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Local filmmaker Remar Pablo told AFP he was shooting a beauty pageant in the town of Upi when the floodwaters suddenly came in after midnight and forced audience members to flee for safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A row of cars sat half-submerged on the street outside, his clips showed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We were stranded inside,\" said Pablo, who eventually waded into the water to get home.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescuers carried a baby in a plastic tub as they waded through chest-deep water, a photo posted by the provincial police showed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\'It was a shock\'</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Floodwaters have receded in several areas, but Cotabato City remained almost entirely waterlogged.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sinarimbo said there could be more flooding on Friday because of heavy rain.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Our focus at this time is rescue as well as setting up community kitchens for the survivors,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The army deployed its trucks to collect stranded residents in Cotabato and eight nearby towns, provincial civil defence chief Nasrullah Imam said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"It was a shock to see municipalities which had never flooded getting hit this time,\" Imam said, adding that some families were swept away when the waters hit their homes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The heavy rainfall began late Thursday in the impoverished region, which is under Muslim self-rule after decades of separatist armed rebellion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The state weather office in Manila said it was partly caused by Tropical Storm Nalgae, which it expects to strengthen at landfall.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nalgae was now heading toward the northern or central sections of the Philippines, with the state weather service saying it was not ruling out a landfall on Samar Island later on Friday, much earlier than earlier forecast.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nearly 5,000 people were evacuated from flood- and landslide-prone communities in these areas, the civil defence office said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coast guard also suspended ferry services in much of the archipelago nation where tens of thousands of people board boats each day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">An average of 20 typhoons and storms strike the Philippines each year, killing people and livestock and destroying farms, houses, roads and bridges, although the south is rarely hit.</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 because of climate change. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 22:07:20', '2022-10-28 22:07:20'),
(2655, 2655, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in separate drives arrested 27 people for allegedly being the members of notorious oggyan party and snatcher gang in the capital.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The arrestees are- snatcher gang leader Md Rubel, 19, Md Arman, 21, Md Tuhin Mollah, 35, Md Shamim Sheikh, 23, Md Shanto, 19, Md Babu Miah, 32, Md Sohag, 28, Md Arshed, 25, Md Milon, 25, Md Sakib, 20, Md Sagor, 22, Babu Hossain Gazi, 26, Md Akash, 22, Md Imran, 22, Sagor, 28, Md Shanto, 22, Md Rifat Uddin 23, Md Sujon 22, Sujon 23, Wasim Akram, 22, Md Ibrahim, 22, Md Arif Hossain, 27, Md Sumon, 22, Md Kobir Hossain, 35, Md Kamrul Hasan 38, Roki Bepari, 32, and Md Sohagh, 32.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">RAB recovered one retractable knife, 10 local sharp weapons, three anti-cutter, three boxes of poisonous ointment, two toxic spray cans and seven mobile phones, among others things, from their possessions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Separate teams of RAB-3 conducted simultaneous raids in capital\'s Shahjahanpur, Motijheel, Paltan, Shabagh and Kamalapur areas on Thursday night and managed to detain the criminals, RAB-3 commanding officer Lt Col Arif Mohiuddin Ahmed told reporters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the elite force sources, the arrestees used to roam around different bus stands and rail stations in the capital and target innocent passengers. They used to drug the passengers and rob them. After evening, they used to mug people threatening them with sharp weapons.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">RAB filed five separate cases with five different police stations and handed the arrestees over to police. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 22:12:39', '2022-10-28 22:12:39'),
(2656, 2656, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan launched a so-called \"long march\" Friday on the capital Islamabad to demand early elections, piling pressure on a government already in crisis.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former international cricket star was booted from office in April by a no-confidence vote after defections by some of his coalition partners, but he retains mass public support in the South Asian country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Thousands of people are expected to join a convoy that will travel around 380 kilometres (240 miles) from Lahore to Islamabad over the next week, stopping along the way to hold rallies and gather more protesters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We need to rid the country of looters and thieves who are taking the country\'s money for their own interests,\" said Muhammad Mazhar, 36, who arrived in Lahore on Friday to take part.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We need to save the country and change this system, so I am supporting Imran Khan.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Security has already been tightened in the capital, with hundreds of shipping containers positioned at key intersections, ready to block marchers should they try to storm the government enclave.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Clashes erupted between Khan\'s supporters and police during a similar protest in May.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">- Military influence -</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The march comes as the country\'s ruling coalition government struggles to revive a floundering economy and deal with the aftermath of devastating floods that left a third of the country under water -- and a repair bill of at least $30 billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan was voted into power in 2018 on an anti-corruption platform by an electorate tired of dynastic politics, but his mishandling of the economy -- and falling out with a military accused of helping his rise -- sealed his fate.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has repeatedly rebuked the establishment for attempting to sideline him, and has dodged multiple legal challenges since his ouster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, the head of the country\'s main intelligence service and chief of military public relations held an unprecedented press conference where they defended the institutions against Khan\'s accusations they were meddling in politics.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pakistan has been ruled by the military for much of its 75-year history, and criticism of the security establishment has long been seen as a red line.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I am not afraid of anything including arrest,\" Khan said in a video message released Thursday night.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"People want just one role of the establishment... free and fair elections as this is the only way out\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The establishment has been under further scrutiny this week following the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif by police in Kenya, where he had fled to avoid sedition charges.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kenyan officials say Sharif\'s death was a case of mistaken identity, but it has spawned speculation of a targeted killing and the Pakistan government has ordered an official inquiry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The funeral of Sharif -- a strident critic of Pakistan\'s military establishment -- was attended by tens of thousands of Khan supporters chanting \"Arshad, your blood will bring revolution\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Khan has held a string of well-attended rallies demonstrating his popularity, and earlier this month won five out of six by-elections. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 22:17:44', '2022-10-28 22:17:44'),
(2657, 2657, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Five more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Friday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 128.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">During the period, 440 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever as cases keep rising, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two deaths were reported from Madaripur and Narsingdi, while another was from Chattogram raising the death toll in Chattogram to 38.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The dengue death toll increased to 73 in Dhaka and five in Khulna, while it remained unchanged at five in Barishal and three in Mymensingh division.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of the new patients, 279 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 161 outside it, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 3,539 dengue patients, including 2,280 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The directorate has recorded 35,262 dengue cases and 31,595 recoveries so far this year. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 23:04:12', '2022-10-28 23:04:12'),
(2658, 2658, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader said the BNP would be made understand from tomorrow what a public gathering is.&nbsp;</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said this while speaking at a press briefing at his official residence here.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Responding to a statement of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Quader said there is no reason for the government to be shaken seeing the public gatherings at BNP\'s rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In some rallies, he said, the BNP was not able to gather one lakh people despite targeting 10 lakh and this was the actual scenario of the BNP\'s rallies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Even, the AL general secretary said, a huge public gathering was seen at the AL\'s ward- and thana level conferences in the city, which were reported in media.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said the AL will play game against those who want to play with the fate of 17 crore people.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mentioning that the game will be played against Hawa Bhaban, looting, money laundering and corruption, he said the game will be played against those who created 1.25 crore fake voters and the vote thefts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the game will be played against those who opposed the country\'s development and those who patronised communal forces and who do not believe in the spirit of the Liberation War.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About the BNP\'s demand of neutral government during the next general elections, he asked Fakhrul what the standard of neutrality is in his view.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The road transport minister said BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia once stated that none is impartial except the mad and children.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So, do you want elections under a caretaker government led by madmen or children? The BNP leaders who are blinded by the lust for power can only seek that,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader said there is a constitutional body - Election Commission (EC) - in the country and the polls will be held on time under the EC, while the government will only cooperate with the Commission to this end.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting that the elections will not be held as per the wish of any particular person or any party, he said the elections will be held in the country the way polls are being held in democratic countries of the world.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Replying to another statement of Fakhrul over the country\'s foreign reserve, the AL general secretary questioned: \"Has the government gulped the reserve money or has it spent the reserve for the development of the country and the welfare of the people through import expenditure?\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Do you (BNP) remember how much you left in the reserve?\" he asked, adding that when BNP quitted power, the country\'s foreign reserve was less than US$ five billion.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader said from that position, the foreign reserve increased to US$ 48 billion during the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\'s government.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Due to ongoing global crisis, the reserve came down to US$ 36 billion from US$ 48 billion, he said, adding the whole world, including Bangladesh, has been facing this crisis.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"The reserve during the BNP\'s era was zero. Now how do they (BNP leaders) talk about reserve? The government will be able to import for the next 5 to 6 months with the current reserves,\" the AL general secretary said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Fakhrul\'s advice to transport owners and workers over the transport strikes, he said hundreds of vehicles were vandalised, patrol bombs were thrown on cars and transport workers and earnings of transport workers were stopped forcibly by the BNP.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Quader said the BNP men had made transport owners\' and workers\' families destitute and they did not forget the BNP\'s arson attacks and terrorism. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-28 23:30:31', '2022-10-28 23:30:31');

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(2678, 2678, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A host of star kids including actors Sara Ali Khan, Ananya Panday and Ahan Shetty, along with Aryan Khan, Shanaya Kapoor and Navya Naveli Nanda came together to have a blast at a Halloween bash in Mumbai on Saturday. They all were decked up as an onscreen character or one from the books for the party</b>. </span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><br></span></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">While Aryan was spotted with khol eyes, Navya was seen in a Jasmine-inspired costume and Shanaya decked up like the frog princess.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ananya Panday took inspiration from none other than Kareena Kapoor as she arrived in her Poo avatar from Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. She was in a short pink top and mini skirt as she dressed up as Poo. Sara Ali Khan was also spotted in a studded top and a black mini skirt with black boots.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aryan, son of Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, arrived for the bash hosted by Orhan Awatramani in an all black look. He wore a distressed tee and matching denims paired with a black and silver jacket. Kohl-rimmed eyes defined his look for the Halloween. His security personnel tried to hide his face by covering him up with an umbrella before the paparazzi finally got to click him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Navya Nanda, granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan and daughter of Shweta Bachchan arrived in a blue blouse and skirt, which seem to have been inspired from the Aladin princess Jasmine. She also wore a crown with the outfit. Shanaya Kapoor joined her in a short white frock paired with matching gloves and shoes. She too wore a crown and reminded of the Frog Princess with her look.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ahan Shetty, who made his Bollywood debut with Tadap, was seen in an armed look. He was in all black casuals and carried fake guns as part of his look. His friend was in a pink body costume. HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"13\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 14:32:26', '2022-10-30 14:32:26'),
(2679, 2679, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.</span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The explosion took place in a garage near a football stadium and a cafe, when an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated, leading to another explosion of a gas tanker that was close by, the security sources said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Most of the victims were amateurs playing football in their neighbourhood stadium.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A military statement said a gas tanker exploded in a garage in East Baghdad causing a number of casualties and security forces are investigating the cause of the explosion, without giving further details. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 15:05:45', '2022-10-30 15:05:45'),
(2680, 2680, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Moscow on Saturday suspended its participation in a landmark agreement that allowed vital grain exports from Ukraine, blaming drone attacks on Russian ships in Crimea.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Russia made the announcement after its army accused Kyiv earlier Saturday of a \"massive\" drone attack on its Black Sea fleet, which Ukraine labelled a \"false pretext\" and the UN urged the deal\'s preservation.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">US President Joe Biden called the move \"purely outrageous\" while Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Moscow was \"weaponising food\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The July deal to unlock grain exports signed between Russia and Ukraine and brokered by Turkey and the UN, is critical to easing the global food crisis caused by the conflict.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The agreement already allowed more than nine million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to be exported and was due to be renewed on November 19.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Turkish security source told AFP that Ankara had not been \"officially notified\" of Russia\'s suspension, while Ukraine and the UN pushed for the agreement to remain in force.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"I call on all states to demand that Russia stop its hunger games and recommit to fulfilling its obligations,\" Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the Russian move \"an absolutely transparent intention of Russia to return the threat of large-scale famine to Africa and Asia\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Just today, more than two million tons of food are in the sea. This means that access to food has actually worsened for more than seven million consumers,\" he said in his nightly address.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general, said: \"It is vital that all parties refrain from any action that would imperil the Black Sea Grain Initiative which is a critical humanitarian effort\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>- \'Peddling false claims\' -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sevastopol in Moscow-annexed Crimea has been targeted several times in recent months and serves as the headquarters for the Black Sea fleet and a logistical hub for operations in Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian army claimed to have \"destroyed\" nine aerial drones and seven maritime ones, in an attack in the port early Saturday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"In light of the terrorist act carried out by the Kyiv regime with the participation of British experts against ships of the Black Sea fleet and civilian vessels involved in the security of grain corridors, Russia suspends its participation in the implementation of the agreement on the export of agricultural products from Ukrainian ports,\" the Russian defence ministry said on Telegram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow\'s forces alleged British \"specialists\", whom they said were based in the southern Ukrainian city of Ochakiv, had helped prepare and train Kyiv to carry out the strike.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a further singling out of the UK -- which Moscow sees as one of the most unfriendly Western countries -- Russia said the same British unit was involved in explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Britain strongly rebutted both claims, saying \"the Russian Ministry of Defence is resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Saturday Moscow would raise the blasts and the alleged drone attack at the UN Security Council.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The British defence ministry said this \"invented story says more about arguments going on inside the Russian Government than it does about the West\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow\'s military said ships targeted at their Crimean base were involved in the grain deal.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The United Nations Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Amir Abdulla, reported that Russia had notified him earlier Saturday of \"its concerns about the safety of movements of merchant vessels\" under the agreement.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia had recently criticised the deal, saying its own grain exports have suffered due to Western sanctions.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>- \'Massive\' attack -</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of Sevastopol, said Saturday\'s drone attack was the \"most massive\" the peninsula had seen.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">City authorities said the harbour was \"temporarily\" closed to boats and ferries and urged people \"not to panic\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Attacks on Crimea, annexed by Moscow in 2014, have increased in recent weeks, as Kyiv presses a counter-offensive in the south to retake territory held by Moscow for months.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Moscow-installed authorities in Kherson, just north of Crimea, have vowed to turn the city into a fortress, preparing for an inevitable assault.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Thursday, Razvozhayev said a thermal power station had been attacked in Balaklava, in the Sevastopol area.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He claimed there was only minor damage and no casualties.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In early October, Moscow\'s bridge linking Crimea to the Russian mainland -- personally inaugurated by President Vladimir Putin in 2018 -- was damaged by a blast that Putin blamed on Ukraine.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Russian fleet stationed in the port had also been attacked by a drone in August.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Russia\'s allegations Saturday came as the Ukrainian army reported fighting in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions in the east, including near Bakhmut -- the only area where Moscow\'s forces have advanced in recent weeks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pro-Russian separatists fighting alongside Moscow also announced a new prisoner exchange with Kyiv, saying 50 will return home from each side. 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(2681, 2681, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh have set a target of 151 runs vs Zimbabwe in their T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 stage match, at The Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday. A knock of 71 runs off 55 balls by Najmul Hossain Shanto helped Bangladesh post 150 for seven in 20 overs. </span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani bagged two-wicket hauls for Zimbabwe. A win over Bangladesh will not only boost Zimbabwe\'s chances of securing their berth in the semi-finals, but it will also give the giant killers direct qualification for T20 World Cup 2024.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A low full toss by Ngarava, on the stumps. Afif fails to connect well and is struck on the pads. The umpire raises his finger, Afif reviews it, but it goes in ZIM\'s favour!</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BAN: 150/7 (20), TARGET: 151 . </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 15:53:47', '2022-10-30 23:17:30'),
(2682, 2682, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Some Covid vaccines may cause heavy menstrual bleeding, specialists at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) warned Friday, recommending that this be added to the list of potential side-effects.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Cases of heavy menstrual bleeding have been reported after the first, second and booster doses of Comirnaty (Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna),\" said a statement from the agency, citing its drugs safety committee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having reviewed the data, they concluded that \"there is at least a reasonable possibility that the occurrence of heavy menstrual bleeding is causally associated with these vaccines\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They thus recommended that this be added to the product information of the two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is no evidence to suggest the menstrual disorders experienced by some people have any impact on reproduction and fertility,\" the EMA statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The safety committee also stressed that \"the benefits of these vaccines greatly outweigh the risks\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The instances of heavy menstrual bleeding have been monitored at both national and European level since the first reports appeared among vaccinated women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France\'s National Medicine Safety Agency (ANSM) started interviewing women about the issue in July, passing their findings to the EMA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So far, however, researchers have not established a causal connection beyond any doubt.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reported issues mainly concern changes to the length and intensity of the menstrual bleeding, which are sometimes more painful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While in most cases the symptoms experienced were \"not serious\" and transitory, some women experienced the symptoms for up to six months, the ANSM reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The French agency is continuing to research the issue.AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 15:59:09', '2022-10-30 15:59:09'),
(2683, 2683, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The number of people killed in an attack on Saturday at a busy intersection in the Somali capital Mogadishu has risen to 100, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said on Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"So far, people who died have reached 100 and 300 are wounded, and the number for both the death and wounded continues to increase,\" he said after visiting the bombing location.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart near the busy Zobe junction, followed by gunfire in an attack targeting Somalia\'s education ministry.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The afternoon explosions shattered windows of nearby buildings, sending shrapnel flying and plumes of smoke and dust into the air.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attack took place at the same busy junction where a truck packed with explosives blew up on October 14, 2017, killing 512 people and injuring more than 290.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mohamud described the incident as \"history\", saying \"it is the same place, and the same innocent people involved.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This is not right. God willing, they will not be having an ability to do another Zobe incident,\" he said, referring to the Islamist group Al-Shabaab.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The jihadists have been seeking to overthrow the fragile foreign-backed government in Mogadishu for about 15 years.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Its fighters were driven out of the capital in 2011 by an African Union force but the group still controls swathes of countryside and continues to wage deadly strikes on civilian and military targets. BSS/AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 16:39:26', '2022-10-30 16:39:26'),
(2684, 2684, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The Arabic word Zakah, with its root (Z-K-W) means growth and development.&nbsp; A tree is nourished and grows in the presence of Allah-owned resources such as the soil, the rain, the sun, and the air </span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">(56:63-72; 80:24-31).&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Any interference in the flow of any of these resources will retard the growth and development of the tree.&nbsp; Similarly, any individual, group, government, or system which disrupts the natural flow of Allah-owned resources on the planet to all human beings creates an imbalance in society: the rich/poor, the master/slave, owner/worker, etc.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the West, this awareness is dawning in respect to plants, animal and insect species which are becoming extinct due to this imbalance in nature caused by the actions of human beings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">However, the global economic imbalance continues to grow unchecked because human beings have refused, in their greed, to believe in the basic economic principle of Zakah: unrestricted flow of resources to all human beings <b>(41:10, 50:11, 55:10, 56:73, 79:33, and 80:32).</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The capitalist New World Order of the West actively seeks to control the natural resources of weaker nations under the guise of “globalization.”&nbsp; Using the United Nations as a tool, the weak are intimidated into submission either through economic sanctions or military force.&nbsp; Allama Iqbal beautifully captured this mentality of the powerful when he said: “Hai wo sultan ghair ki kheti pe ho jiski nazar.” (The master is one who always has an eye on others’ lands.)</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muslims, too, have abandoned the Quranic Zakah, which is Allah’s assured challenge to this naked exploitation of the weak by the strong.&nbsp; Unlike other religions, Islam is a Deen, a system of life, a constitutionally-run, collective life that encompasses the social, economic, political, judicial, and military aspects of a community.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leaders of this community are not priests, or scholars, or the rich, or the strong: they are the most upright who commit to upholding the laws of Allah in the land, “Amr bil ma’aroof” (enjoining what is right) and “Nahya ‘anil munkar” (forbidding what is wrong).&nbsp; They make sure the Quran, the Constitution of Allah, is enforced in society, i.e., put into action.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">What then, is the position of the Quran on the Economic World Order that should prevail?&nbsp; The Quran emphasizes the importance of economics in human life.&nbsp; While describing the life of Heaven, the Quran says there will be no hunger and no misery there.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"<b>There is therein (enough provision) for thee not to go hungry nor to go naked.” [Yusuf Ali (20:118)]</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Too, the Quran teaches us to work for the good of this life, as well as the hereafter (2:201, 7:156), in contrast to the mindset of those who consider economic prosperity in this life to be an end in itself.&nbsp; According to the Quran, such people live at the animal level:</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Verily Allah will admit those who believe and do righteous deeds, to Gardens beneath which rivers flow; while those who reject Allah will enjoy (this world) and eat as cattle eat; and the Fire will be their abode.” [Yusuf Ali (47:12)]</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taqwaa (righteous works) includes the use of economic prosperity to achieve a higher and nobler goal (10:63-64, 16:30).&nbsp; Economic prosperity is a means, not an end; it is a source for life, not the end of life; it is a prerequisite for growth and development in life, not the final goal of life.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since economic prosperity is so essential to human growth and development, Allah has addressed the issue of Zakah in great depth in the Quran. IC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"7\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 16:54:22', '2022-10-30 16:54:22'),
(2685, 2685, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>The 20th session of the 11th Jatiya Sangsad begins at 4.30pm today.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Earlier, President Md Abdul Hamid convened the session exercising the power bestowed upon him as per the Clause (1) of Article 72 of the Constitution.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The nineteenth session of 11th parliament was prorogued on September 1 after five sittings.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 228 treasury and opposition bench lawmakers delivered their addresses during the session. A total of three bills were passed in the session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with the legal procedure, a total of 37 important notices under section 71 of the rules of procedure were received.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A total of 37 questions were available for the prime minister\'s question and answer session where only 15 questions were answered by the prime minister during the session.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two proposals were accepted and adopted after they were widely discussed under section 147 of the rules of procedure. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 17:03:04', '2022-10-30 17:03:04'),
(2686, 2686, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Bangladesh defeated Zimbabwe by three runs in their T20 World Cup 2022 Super 12 stage fixture, at The Gabba in Brisbane on Sunday.&nbsp;</b><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Defending a target of 151 runs, Bangladesh restricted Zimbabwe to 147 for eight in 19.5 overs. Sean Williams played a knock of 64 runs off 42 balls but failed to take his side past the finish line. Meanwhile, Taskin Ahmed took three wickets, Mosaddek Hossain and Mustafizur Rahman bagged two-wicket hauls.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Initially, a knock of 71 runs off 55 balls by Najmul Hossain Shanto helped Bangladesh post 150 for seven in 20 overs. Meanwhile, Richard Ngarava and Blessing Muzarabani bagged two-wicket hauls for Zimbabwe.&nbsp;</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A win over Bangladesh will not only boost Zimbabwe\'s chances of securing their berth in the semi-finals, but it will also give the giant killers direct qualification for T20 World Cup 2024.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b>Final Score:</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ban: 150/7</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Zim: 147/8</b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ban win by 3 Rans . HT</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 17:44:13', '2022-10-30 17:44:13'),
(2687, 2687, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A flag meeting between members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) at commander level is underway over the prevailing unrest along the border at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lieutenant Colonel Khalid Mohammad Iftekhar, commanding officer of BGB-2 Battalion, told UNB on Saturday that they would discuss the issues related to the border security and prevailing tension.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“You have learned what incidents have happened, we will discuss issues, which have triggered tension among our people living along the border,” he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On September 16, a Rohingya boy was killed and five others injured as a mortar shell fired by the Myanmar army exploded at a Rohingya Camp located at the Zero Point of the border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the same day, another Bangladeshi young man was seriously injured in a landmine explosion along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border at Naikhongchhari upazila in Bandarban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Local people said it was the Myanmar army that had planted mines the area. One exploded near the Tombru border.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the face of continuous gunfire and mortar shelling inside Myanmar close to the Bangladesh border local authorities evacuated 30 families from Dochari and Ghumdhum unions at Naikhongchhari on October 23.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has recently summoned Myanmar envoy to Dhaka several times and formally protested against the move by the Buddhist-majority nation’s military. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 18:28:00', '2022-10-30 18:28:00'),
(2688, 2688, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh must attain capabilities to protect the country from external enemies even though it is against war.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We want peace, we do not want war. But to protect the country from external enemies we have to attain capability,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier said this while addressing a program to induct two maritime patrol aircraft (MPA-8322 and MPA-8327) into Bangladesh Navy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Bangladesh Navy organized the function at Naval Aviation Hanger at Patenga in Chittagong while the prime minister joined through video conference from her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government is preparing all related institutions properly so that they could protect the country\'s independence and sovereignty appropriately PM said .</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“ She said… Keeping eyes on that we are preparing our all institutions properly. So that we could protect our independence and sovereignty,”.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"> She said since coming to power in 2009 her government has transformed Bangladesh Navy into a true three-dimensional force to protect the seabed, sea, and sky.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“I believe that induction of these two MPAs will strengthen the Navy\'s aviation capability manifold,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said that the government also inducted two submarines -- “BNS Navajatra” and “BNS Joyjatra” in 2017.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She mentioned that work is underway to build a permanent submarine base with modern basin facilities at Pekua in Cox\'s Bazar to provide safe jetty facilities to submarines and warships at the harbour.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the construction work of “Sher-e-Bangla Base” has progressed a lot to enhance the operational and communication facilities of naval vessels in the coastal areas of southwestern Bangladesh.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the government has worked on various infrastructural developments, procurement of warships, and strengthened the operational capacity of the existing ships.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since 2009, the government started implementing the “Forces Goal-2030” in light of the defence policy formulated by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“Our Navy personnel are constantly ensuring the overall security of the maritime area by facing many natural challenges, which deserves appreciation.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the government has already incorporated a significant number of modern warships, helicopters, maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), and submarines into the Bangladesh Navy with state-of-the-art combat equipment and technology.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also said that the construction of a second hangar with all modern facilities for the operation and maintenance of helicopters and MPA is going on.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Awami League government is working tirelessly for the socio-economic development of the country apart from developing the armed forces, the prime minister said. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have been able to put the country in the status of a developing one,” she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said that Bangladesh is now the role model of development in the world. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She said the country has attained self-sufficiency in food production during this period.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But it is unfortunate that the impact of Coronavirus and Ukraine-Russia war has put its clutches on our pace of development and it has slowed down,” she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She also said that not only Bangladesh, but the developed countries of the world are also suffering a lot.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“But with our own resources, land, and manpower we will keep this country protected,” she expressed her firm optimism.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">She asked all to concentrate on increasing food production with whatever scopes they have.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The worldwide economic recession has impacted Bangladesh too but \"we have to try to get rid of this impact,\" she added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">“We have to find out the way to utilize our maritime resources in the country\'s economic development through using blue economy and we have to put special attention to that,\" she said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal gave the vote of thanks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A short video clip on Naval Aviation was screened 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, '2022-10-30 18:50:11', '2022-10-30 18:56:51'),
(2689, 2689, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Late US Senator Edward M Kennedy\'s son Ted Kennedy Jr and his three family members paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital on Sunday morning.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, the prime minister expressed her gratitude for the outstanding contribution of late US Senator Edward M Kennedy to supporting the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) during the Liberation War, although the then Nixon administration favoured Pakistan.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PM\'s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the newsmen after the meeting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The prime minister recalled the visit of Kennedy Sr to Bangladesh in February, 1972 as Ted Kennedy Jr, his son, daughter and wife had meeting with Sheikh Hasina, Karim said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The premier also called Kennedy Sr \"a true friend of Bangladesh\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ted Kennedy Jr, a former member of Connecticut State Senate, is now on seven-day visit to Bangladesh from October 29-November 5 to join the yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of US-Bangladesh relations. BSS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 19:06:36', '2022-10-30 19:06:36'),
(2690, 2690, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A 42-year-old man and his three-year-old daughter were killed and three other people injured as a private car carrying them plunged into a roadside ditch in Shariatpur early Sunday.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The deceased were identified as advocate Rashedul Islam, who was an assistant public prosecutor of the district judge court and his daughter Maisha.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The injured were lawyer’s wife Sohana Akter Mili, 26, daughter Merin, 6 and driver Kamrul Hasan, 30, residents of Bhasanchar area under Aungaria union of Sadar upazila.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jahirul Islam, president of district bar association, said Rashedul along with his family members was returning to Shariatpur from Chattogram.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The car plunged into the roadside ditch in Jamtala area under Naria upazila of the district around 2.30am, leaving the duo dead on the spot, he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mahabub Alam, officer-in-charge of Naria police station, said they recovered the bodies from the spot and rescued the injured people. UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">bnbd24/kh</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"19\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 19:51:26', '2022-10-30 19:51:26'),
(2691, 2691, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>BNP on Sunday chalked out various programmes to observe what it calls ‘National Revolution and Solidarity Day’ marking the ‘civil-military uprising’ on November 7, 1975.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programmes at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office after a joint meeting of the party and its associate bodies.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of the programmes, he said their party flag will be hoisted atop all offices of the party across the country on the morning of November 7 while BNP senior leaders will place wreaths and offer fateha at the grave of late president and party founder Ziaur Rahman at 11:00am.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The party will also arrange an open discussion meeting in front of its Nayapaltan central office at 2pm the same day.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Besides, BNP’s associate bodies and all units will hold various programmes, including discussions, cultural programmes, essay competitions, photo exhibitions and publishing supplements in newspapers, across the country to mark the day with due respect.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amid political turmoil, soldiers and civilians on November 7, 1975 jointly freed then chief of army staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka cantonment, paving the path for Zia to come to power.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While BNP and its alliance partners celebrate November 7 as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day, the ruling Awami League and its front organisations consider it as the day of the ‘killing of freedom fighters.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking at the press conference, Fakhrul said November 7 is very important to the nation in this difficult situation of the country. “We have to liberate Bangladesh again and free it from misrule involving people being imbued with the spirit of the spirit of November 7.”</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He called upon people from all walks of life to come forward to protect Bangladesh its independence and sovereignty. “We have to get united and defeat this autocratic regime.” UNB</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"4\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 19:58:43', '2022-10-30 19:58:43'),
(2692, 2692, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said her government is building each force as capable to protect the country\'s independence and sovereignty.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>\"We don\'t want war, we want peace. But, we should achieve capability to protect the country from external attack, so we can defend our independence, sovereignty. We are preparing all the forces as efficient keeping that in mind,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said this while commissioning two new maritime petrol aircrafts (MPA-8322 and MPA -8327) to the aviation fleet of the Bangladesh Navy at a programme held at the Naval Aviation Hangar, Patenga, Chattogram, joining virtually from her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>Sheikh Hasina said the capability of the naval aviation of Bangladesh increased for inducting two more maritime petrol aircrafts with the existing two.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Bangladesh Navy can take prompt measures to secure the maritime boundary,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>The prime minister said they have a target to use the vast maritime resources for the country\'s socio-economic development. So, it is required to build navy as a competent force, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"We have built our navy as a three-dimensional force as we have to protect the sea and the sky over it to make the security foolproof,\" she said</div><div><br></div><div>The premier said her government is implementing several plans to strengthen the Bangladesh Navy further in line with Forces Goal-2030.</div><div><br></div><div>“We are building special harbors to ensure security of the sea,\" she said.</div><div><br></div><div>Chief of Naval Staff Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal gave the vote of thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>A short video clip on Naval Aviation was screened at the programme. - BSS</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 21:22:10', '2022-10-30 21:22:10'),
(2693, 2693, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers\' syndicate in Egypt which is hosting the COP27 global climate summit in November, told AFP he is already witness to a climate-induced exodus from the countryside.</div><div><br></div><div>Agriculture in Egypt -- \"one of the most arid countries in the world\" -- has grown even less profitable because of new climate-linked hazards such as \"the appearance of new parasites\", he said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Young people from rural areas are migrating abroad or to big cities to work in industry.\"</div><div><br></div><div>According to the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), \"roughly 90 percent of refugees come from countries that are the most vulnerable and least ready to adapt to the impacts of climate change\".</div><div><br></div><div>\"If people can\'t farm, if people can\'t work, if people can\'t find food, they have few alternatives to displacement,\" Amy Pope, deputy director of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), told AFP.</div><div><br></div><div>In 2021, natural disasters forced \"nearly three million people\" to leave their homes in Africa and the Middle East, she said.</div><div><br></div><div>\"And the situation is only going to get worse.\"</div><div><br></div><div>- Rising sea level -</div><div>By 2060, Egypt\'s already stretched agricultural sector could shrink by as much as 47 percent, researchers predict.</div><div><br></div><div>In addition to \"the decline in agricultural production\", rural-urban migration is also fed by \"the attractiveness of urban life, the city and services that are available there\", according to Florian Bonnefoi, a research fellow at the Centre for Economic, Legal and Social Study and Documentation (CEDEJ) in Cairo.</div><div><br></div><div>Globally, the World Bank estimates that by 2050, if nothing is done to prevent it, there will be 216 million people internally displaced by climate change, including 19.3 million in North Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>Some seven percent of people in North Africa -- where densely populated coastlines are among the world\'s most threatened by rising waters -- live less than five metres (16 feet) above sea level, according to the European Institute of the Mediterranean (IEMed).</div><div><br></div><div>As coastlines are affected, populations will naturally converge on big cities: Cairo, Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, the Casablanca-Rabat area and Tangier.</div><div><br></div><div>But these \"hotbeds of climate migration\", the World Bank warns, are themselves vulnerable to rising waters.</div><div><br></div><div>In the Egyptian city of Alexandria, for example, two million people -- nearly a third of its inhabitants -- could be displaced and 214,000 jobs lost if the sea level rises by half a metre.</div><div><br></div><div>- \'Violent conflict\' -</div><div>Climate-induced urban migration can \"increase the pressure on natural resources\", according to economist Assem Abu Hatab, \"thus leading to social tensions and violent conflict\" in a region where agriculture currently accounts for 22 percent of employment.</div><div><br></div><div>Already in Sudan, tribal clashes over access to water and land leave hundreds dead every year. In just two days in October, at least 200 people died when violence erupted in the southern Blue Nile state.</div><div><br></div><div>According to UNICEF, of the 17 most water-scarce countries in the world, 11 are in the Middle East or North Africa.</div><div><br></div><div>In Iraq, 20 percent of the country\'s fresh water could disappear if the world warms by \"one additional degree\" and rainfall decreases a further 10 percent, according to the World Bank.</div><div><br></div><div>A third of agricultural land could be deprived of irrigation, creating acute shortages for the country\'s population of 42 million.</div><div><br></div><div>Jordan, one of the world\'s driest countries, had to double its water imports from Israel in 2021, and the blockaded Gaza Strip has for years suffered chronic water shortages.</div><div><br></div><div>The international community has committed -- first in Copenhagen and then in Paris -- \"to help developing countries adapt to the impact of climate change\", including by supporting \"different mechanisms for farming and water management\", according to Pope.</div><div><br></div><div>In order to help communities \"find other jobs and thus other sources of income\" and stem climate migration, these financial commitments must now be kept. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 22:25:49', '2022-10-30 22:25:49');
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(2694, 2694, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Already hit-hard by the Covid-19 pandemic when the tourism and fisheries sectors in Kuakata, are trying to make a comeback the recent increase is load shedding has become another blow to the local&nbsp; businesses.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Among those who are taking the brunt the most are hotel-motel owners in Kuakata, wholesale fish traders in the district’s Alipur and Mahipur landing stations and the trawler owners.</div><div><br></div><div>When the government decided to stop buying liquified natural gas (LNG) from the international spot market because of a sharp price increase in July, the power supply situation began to deteriorate. Daily one hour area-based load-shedding started across Bangladesh from July 19 in a bid to tackle the ongoing energy crisis.</div><div><br></div><div>Owners of hotels-motels, ice mills and fish traders said they are incurring huge losses due to incessant power cuts.</div><div><br></div><div>However, Kuakata Palli Bidyut Samity authorities seem unwilling to accept the fact. According to them, power cuts have no impact on the hospitality industry of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>Motaleb Sharif, General Secretary of Kuakata Hotel Motel Owners Association and Owner of Kuakata Guest House, said that the number of tourists in Kuakata is decreasing due to load shedding.</div><div><br></div><div>“There are a total of 150 big and small hotels and motels in Kuakata. Although these places used to buzz with tourists in the past, this isn’t the case anymore. We’re frustrated as load shedding happens five to six times a day. As a result, tourists are losing their interest in coming here,” Motaleb said.</div><div><br></div><div>Motaleb added that although they had informed the Prime Minister’s Energy Advisor Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury about the problem and demanded the establishment of a power sub-station in the area, no steps have been taken yet.</div><div><br></div><div>Rahim Khan, Owner of Khan Palace, said that electronic products including refrigerators and air conditioners are getting damaged due to the rampant power outages.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve to spend more than what we earn from the boarders. We experience load shedding even on peak days like Friday and Saturday, which is resulting in the arrival of fewer tourists here. Although a 1320MW thermal power plant has been built in Payra, the people of Patuakhali are yet to reap its benefits,” Rahim said.</div><div><br></div><div>Ahsan Kabir, Assistant General Manager (AGM) of Kuakata Palli Bidyut Samity, denied the allegations, saying that they supply sufficient electricity to the southern part of the district.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve kept 6MW-7MW electricity in reserve for Kuakata. There is no shortage in electricity supply. Sometimes load shedding happens if branches of trees fall on the transmission lines during natural disasters,” Ahsan said.</div><div><br></div><div>The situation started getting worse in July when the government decided to stop purchase of liquified natural gas (LNG) from the international spot market due to a massive price hike.</div><div><br></div><div>Catching and selling of fish are the primary sources of income for the coastal people. There are a total of 5,000 fishing trawlers, 25,000 fishermen and 86 warehouses in Alipur and Mahipur of Patuakhali. Besides, a total of 46 ice mills have been built on the two sides of Khapravanga river to preserve fish.</div><div><br></div><div>Almost half of the district’s ice mills have been shut down due to load shedding. As a result, traders have to spend extra bucks in buying ice from Khulna and Barishal and transport it to Patuakhali.</div><div><br></div><div>“The government bans fishing for 22 days and 65 days during the six months of the fishing season. Besides, the met office hoists cautionary and danger signals for 30 days during the disaster-prone months. The few fish that the fishermen catch in 2-3 months can’t be stored in ice mills due to load shedding. We’ve to buy ice worth Tk 130 at a rate of Tk 250 from other districts. As a result, the fish traders are losing their interests in the business,” said Fazlu Gazi, President of Mahipur Ice Mill Owners’ Association.</div><div><br></div><div>Monir Hossain, President of the Warehouse Owners’ Association, said that they have to incur&nbsp; losses of Tk 20 lakh&nbsp; after selling fish worth Tk 1 crore in a year.</div><div><br></div><div>“The freezing of fish has become impossible due to load shedding. Many ice mill owners have become bankrupt due to a lack of businesses. The hospitality and fisheries industries of the district’s Kalapara upazila are incurring a loss of Tk 500 crore per year due to power shortage,” said Monir.</div><div><br></div><div>Md Moin Uddin, Executive Engineer of Patuakhali West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited (WZPDCL), said Patuakhali municipality needs 12MW electricity, which is supplied from the 132/133kv grid sub-station.</div><div><br></div><div>“Sometimes power outages happen for 1-2 hours due to grid failure during storms and rains. We even supply electricity to Barishal from the Patuakhali sub-station,” said Moin.</div><div><br></div><div>Shah Md Razzakur Rahman, General Manager (GM) of Patuakhali Palli Bidyut Samity, said that the electricity problem will be resolved once power supply starts from the Payra grid, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“We allocate 107MW electricity for eight upazilas of Patuakhali and four upazilas of Barguna. We meet the electricity demand of these two districts by combining the grids of Patuakhali, Barguna and Bhola. We’ve six power sub-stations in operation and if one of these stations malfunctions, the other stations are also impacted,” Shah said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 22:50:56', '2022-10-30 22:50:56'),
(2695, 2695, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Goods transport owners in Sylhet have decided to go on a 48-hour strike starting from Monday, demanding withdrawal of ban on stone extraction and reopening of stone quarries in the district’s Jaflong, Bichanakandi and Bholaganj.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>According to the transport workers and owners, a total of 15 lakh people are directly involved in the stone business in Sylhet.</div><div><br></div><div>Transport workers said stones from the quarries had long been transported across the country since the country\'s independence but a government ban for the last five years has an adverse impact on the freight transport owners&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div>Golam Hadi, Convener of Truck, Pickup and Covered Van Owners’ Association of Sylhet, said that most of the transport owners have bought their vehicles with loans from the banks and some private companies and a lack of business has made it hard for them to repay their loans.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve requested the district administration time and again to reopen the stone quarries. We’ve also submitted memorandums to the Divisional Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner in this regard but to no avail. That’s why we’re forced to announce the strike,” said Hadi.</div><div><br></div><div>Hadi added that initially the strike will be observed in Sylhet district only, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“If our demands are not met within the stipulated time, the strike will be expanded to the entire Sylhet division,” he added.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 22:54:37', '2022-10-30 22:54:37'),
(2696, 2696, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">India win toss, bat against South Africa at T20 World Cup</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and chose to bat against South Africa in Perth on Sunday in a battle of unbeaten sides bidding for a semi-final spot at the Twenty20 World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>India made one change from their win against the Netherlands with Deepak Hooda coming in for Axar Patel in the second match of a double-header at the Perth stadium.</div><div><br></div><div>India edged out Pakistan in their opening match and a third win would boost their hopes of sealing one of the two final-four places in Group 2.</div><div><br></div><div>South Africa, led by Temba Bavuma, are a point behind table-toppers India and Bangladesh after a washout against Zimbabwe and a thumping victory over Bangladesh.</div><div><br></div><div>The Proteas selected an extra pace bowler in Lungi Ngidi on a pacy and bouncy pitch, which earlier witnessed Pakistan restrict the Netherlands to 91-9 and win by six wickets.</div><div><br></div><div>Spinner Tabraiz Shamsi misses out for South Africa, who have never won a cricket World Cup.</div><div><br></div><div>India: Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Deepak Hooda, Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Arshdeep Singh</div><div><br></div><div>South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Temba Bavuma (capt), Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Lungi Ngidi</div><div><br></div><div>Umpires: Langton Rusere (ZIM), Richard Kettleborough (ENG)</div><div><br></div><div>TV Umpire: Richard Illingworth (ENG)</div><div><br></div><div>Match Referee: David Boon (AUS) - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 22:59:28', '2022-10-30 22:59:28'),
(2697, 2697, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Some unknown miscreants blasted a crude bomb at the office of Daily Chapai Chitra, a local newspaper, in Chapainawabganj town early Sunday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The bomb was thrown around 1:30 pm but no one was at the office that time, said Alamgir Zahan, Officer-in-Charge of Chapainawabganj sadar police station.</div><div><br></div><div>The incident occurred after all the employees left the office around 10:30 pm, said editor of the newspaper Kamal Uddin.</div><div><br></div><div>Night guards of the office informed police about the blast, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kamal Uddin said he suspects someone aggrieved by any report published by them has made the attack.</div><div><br></div><div>OC Alamgir Zahan said police collected evidences from the spot immediately after being informed and investigating the matter seriously.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Shahidul Huda Alak, president of Chapainawabganj Press Club demanded immediate arrest and punishment of those involved in the attack. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-30 23:02:22', '2022-10-30 23:02:22'),
(2698, 2698, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Two more deaths from dengue in 24 hours till Sunday morning raised this year’s fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 136.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>During this period, 1,020 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).</div><div><br></div><div>The two deaths were reported from Dhaka and Mymensingh divisions.</div><div><br></div><div>With this, the Dengue death toll in Dhaka division rose to 82 and to 4 in Mymensingh division..</div><div><br></div><div>The death toll remained unchanged at 38 in Chattogram, at five in Barishal, at five in Khulna, and two in Rajshahi division.</div><div><br></div><div>Of the new patients, 618 were admitted to different hospitals in Dhaka and 402 outside it, according to the DGHS.</div><div><br></div><div>A total of 3,630 dengue patients, including 2,350 in the capital, are now receiving treatment at hospitals across the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The directorate has recorded 37,151 dengue cases and 33,385 recoveries so far this year. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 00:39:07', '2022-10-31 00:39:07'),
(2699, 2699, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday Home Minister stressed the need for more efficient and targeted pre-deployment training for improving the basic policing skills as well as providing fundamental command and control instruments and mission-specific capabilities.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>As security scenarios across the world are changing every day, the Strategic Guidance Framework for International Policing has to be updated regularly and adhered to strictly, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The Home Minister came up with the remarks while addressing opening session of United Nations Police Day (UNPOL Day-2022) at a city Hotel on Sunday.</div><div><br></div><div>International police activities fundamentally differ from domestic policing, said the minister adding, UN Police normally operate in unstable environments where culture and criminal justice systems significantly different&nbsp; and notion of rule of law and social interaction dynamics are largely fluid and obscure, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>He said that Bangladesh Government has taken a number of pragmatic initiatives to increase the efficiency, capabilities and professionalism of Bangladesh Police particularly in the field of fighting extremism and terrorism, investigating techno-based crime, organized and translational crime as well as community engagement through community policing during the last decade.</div><div><br></div><div>\"I believe, if deployed in greater numbers, officers from Bangladesh Police will be able to make their mark with their expertise in the service of the world community,\" Khan added.</div><div><br></div><div>At present around 10,000 UN police officers from around 90 countries are working towards peace and security in conflict, post-conflict and crisis situations by supporting the member states to achieve effective, efficient, representative and responsive police services that serve and protect the public.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh is the top contributor of female police officers to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations. Bangladeshi female peacekeepers have placed themselves as the key driving force to reduce gender-based violence, conflict and confrontation, providing sense of security especially for women and children and thus promoting social cohesion.</div><div><br></div><div>At present around 500 efficient Bangladeshi police personnel are deployed as UN Police in different peacekeeping missions of the United Nations who have been performing duties with utmost sincerity, professionalism and dedication.</div><div><br></div><div>Among others, Senior Secretary of the Public Security Division under the Home Ministry Md. Akhter Hossain, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Chowdhury Abdullah Al Mamun, Acting Police Adviser Commissioner of the United Nations Police Division&nbsp; Jun Tan, Chief of UN Integrated Training Service Mark Pedersen and IAPTC Executive Board Police Chair Brigadier General Giovanni Barbano also addressed in the function.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 00:50:47', '2022-10-31 00:50:47'),
(2700, 2700, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">All primary schools in the country will be operated under a uniform shift from January next year, Senior Secretary to Primary and Mass Education Ministry Aminul Islam Khan said today.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>The secretary said this during a discussion with the media, on the occasion of his last working day at the ministry.</div><div><br></div><div>“Ninety percent work towards introducing one shift in all primary schools has been completed. We’ll also extend the duration of classes gradually,” Aminul said.</div><div><br></div><div>He added that the government has taken the decision due to its inability to construct new school buildings.</div><div><br></div><div>“We’ve taken the decision considering the growing number of students and teachers. Once the single shift starts, no school will be closed and no teacher will lose job. We’ll initiate pre-primary and primary education at the schools which have dual rooms, and we’ll construct new buildings where possible,” Aminul added.</div><div><br></div><div>Asked about the timing of classes, Aminul said that class hours will be extended to 4-5 hours from the current three hours.</div><div><br></div><div>“There is a difference between class hours in Dhaka city and the rural areas. In Dhaka, classes start early, while in the villages, classes start late. Our aim is to ensure the presence of teachers in classrooms. We want teachers to give lessons regularly and for a longer period of time. That’s why we’ll increase the class hours,” Aminul said.</div><div><br></div><div>Replying to a question, Aminul added that his Ministry will complete the process of transferring and recruiting primary school teachers before the coming Victory Day, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“We could’ve published the results of the primary teacher recruitment exam earlier. We didn’t do it as some teachers had requested the ministry for transfer, which was pending due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We’re trying so that teachers who have been with a school for 10-12 years can be transferred after every three years,” Aminul added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"30\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 01:45:34', '2022-10-31 01:45:34'),
(2701, 2701, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">US oil giant ConocoPhillips on Sunday agreed to take another major stake in Qatar\'s expansion of natural gas production, the Gulf state\'s energy minister said.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi also said Qatar was talking with Asian nations -- the major market for Qatari gas -- over a share in its campaign to increase annual production by 60 percent to 126 million tonnes a year by 2027.</div><div><br></div><div>ConocoPhillips will have a 6.25 percent share in Qatar\'s North Field South project, part of the world\'s biggest proven natural gas reserves, Kaabi said at a signing ceremony with the US firm\'s chairman Ryan Lance.</div><div><br></div><div>France\'s TotalEnergies and Britain\'s Shell both have 9.37 percent stakes in the field, while state-owned Qatar Energy has the remaining 75 percent.</div><div><br></div><div>Industry sources said the foreign firms are paying a total of about $5 billion for the joint 25 percent share in North Field South that will produce about 16 million tonnes of gas a year.</div><div><br></div><div>ConocoPhillips and the other Western firms also took key stakes in North Field East this year.</div><div><br></div><div>Kaabi told a press conference the latest deal \"further strengthens our long and fruitful strategic relationship\" with the US company.</div><div><br></div><div>Lance called it a \"another milestone in our company\'s business presence in Qatar\".</div><div><br></div><div>Despite Europe\'s campaign to secure new gas supplies, Japan, South Korea, China and India are the major markets for Qatar, which is locked into long-term deals with the Asian nations.</div><div><br></div><div>Kaabi said the nations could take \"a small equity participation\" in the expansion. \"That discussion is still ongoing with several Asian buyers.\"</div><div><br></div><div>The two officials both hit out at reports that the US administration could limit exports of oil and other energy products in a bid to keep down US prices.</div><div><br></div><div>Lance said that restricting what goes onto global markets would increase international and US prices. \"It\'s a policy, or a thought, that has short term impacts, but long term it is not good for the United States,\" he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Kaabi, whose country has reaped big profits from the international price surge, said \"market dynamics\" should dictate prices and volumes.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Any restriction -- whether it is Asian, European or American -- to try to cut oil price by limiting supply, is not something that will be helpful to the market in the long term,\" he warned.</div><div><br></div><div>\"Either way it will be damaging to free trade.\"</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'International Desk', '[\"29\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 02:47:22', '2022-10-31 02:47:22'),
(2702, 2702, '<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">David Miller hit 59 not out as South Africa beat India by five wickets at the Twenty20 World Cup in Perth on Sunday to brighten their semi-finals hopes.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>South Africa kept down India to 133-9 and then reached their target with two balls to spare largely due to a 76-run stand between Aiden Markram (52) and Miller. It put South Africa top of Group 2 on five points, one ahead of India and Bangladesh. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>', NULL, 'sports Desk', '[\"20\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 02:50:14', '2022-10-31 02:50:14'),
(2703, 2703, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Brazil has taken a turn to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After a divisive campaign which saw two bitter rivals on opposite sides of the political spectrum go head to head, Lula won 50.9% of the votes.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was enough to beat Jair Bolsonaro, whose supporters had been confident of victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the division which this election has highlighted is unlikely to vanish.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is a stunning comeback for a politician who could not run in the last presidential election in 2018 because he was in jail and banned from standing for office.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had been found guilty of receiving a bribe from a Brazilian construction firm in return for contracts with Brazil\'s state oil company Petrobras.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula spent 580 days in jail before his conviction was annulled and he returned to the political fray.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"They tried to bury me alive and here I am,\" he said, kicking off his victory speech.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Opinion polls suggested from the start that he would win the election, but when his lead in the first round was much narrower than predicted, many Brazilians started to doubt their accuracy.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jair Bolsonaro\'s backers - encouraged by their candidate\'s allegations that \"the establishment\" and the media were against him and therefore underplaying his support - had complete faith in his victory.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The left-wing leaders victory is likely to rankle with these Bolsonaro fans, who routinely label Lula \"a thief\" and argue that the annulment of his conviction does not mean he was innocent, just that the proper legal procedure was not followed.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">And while Jair Bolsonaro has lost, lawmakers close to him won a majority in Congress, which means that Lula will face stiff opposition to his policies in the legislative body.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But Lula, who served two terms in office between January 2003 and December 2010, is no stranger to forging political alliances.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">As his vice-presidential running mate he chose former rival Geraldo Alckmin, who ran against Lula in previous elections.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His strategy of creating a \"unity\" ticket seems to have paid off and drawn voters into the fold who may not have consider otherwise casting a ballot for his Workers\' Party.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In his victory speech, he struck a conciliatory tone, saying he would govern for all Brazilians and not just those who voted for him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"This country needs peace and unity. This population doesn\'t want to fight anymore,\" he said.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jair Bolsonaro has yet to concede. The campaign had in part been so tense because the far-right president had cast doubts - without offering any evidence - on the reliability of Brazil\'s electronic voting system.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">This fomented fears he might not accept the result if it went against him.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A day before the second round however, he stated that: \"There is not the slightest doubt. Whoever has more votes, takes it [the election]. That\'s what democracy is about.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On election day itself, busses carrying voters to the polls were stopped by police in what Lula\'s campaign said was an attempt to prevent them from voting.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the electoral court, Alexandre de Moraes, ordered the highway police to lift all roadblocks and checks.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said that while some voters had been delayed, none had been prevented from voting. But the incidents raised tensions considerably.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Now there is much expectation as to when and what Mr Bolsonaro will say now that it is official that fewer votes were cast for him than for Lula.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The election has not just been closely watched in Brazil, but also abroad, with environmental activists in particular worried that another four years of a Bolsonaro government would have led to further deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lula referred to these fears in his victory speech saying that he was \"open to international co-operation to protect the Amazon\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Today we tell the world that Brazil is back. It is too big to be banished to this sad role of global pariah,\" he added in a dig at his rival.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But at the heart of his speech was a promise to tackle hunger, which has been on the rise in Brazil and which is affecting more than 33 million.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key to Lula\'s popularity during his first two terms in office was lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">But in a post-pandemic economy, finding the finances to recreate that feat will not be an easy task, especially if he is hampered by a hostile Congress. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 13:51:34', '2022-10-31 13:51:34'),
(2704, 2704, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>At least 130 people died and many were injured after a cable bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening, local media reported.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Officials told local media over a hundred people were plunged into the Machchu river when the bridge in the state\'s Morbi district collapsed. It was not immediately clear how many people were on the bridge, but officials fear the death toll could rise.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Days ago, the 19th-century, colonial-era bridge was reopened after renovation. Officials said that the bridge gave way because it could not handle the number of people on it.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Due to the bridge collapse, several people fell into the river. A rescue operation is underway,\" Merja was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency. \"There are reports that several people have suffered injuries. They are being rushed to hospitals.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Videos on social media showed people clinging onto the partly submerged bridge in distress while another showed people swimming to safety.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rescue operations are underway, with National Disaster Response Force Teams rushing to the site, local media reported. India\'s Army, Air Force and Navy also joined the rescue efforts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in his home state of Gujarat on a three-day visit, said he was \"deeply saddened by the tragedy.\" His office announced compensation to the families of the dead and urged for speedy rescue efforts.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the state government said it has formed a special team to investigate the disaster.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The bridge collapse is Asia\'s third major disaster in a month.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Saturday, a Halloween crowd surge killed more than 150 mostly young people who attended festivities in Itaewon, a neighborhood in Seoul, South Korea. On Oct. 1, police in Indonesia fired tear gas at a soccer match, causing a crush that killed 132 people as spectators attempted to flee. CBS</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"> bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 13:58:09', '2022-11-01 03:13:39'),
(2705, 2705, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A Swiss railway company claimed the record for the world’s longest passenger train Saturday with a trip on one of the most spectacular tracks through the Alps.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rhaetian Railway company ran the 1.9-kilometre-long train composed of 100 coaches along the Albula-Bernina route from Preda to Bergün.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The route was designated a UNESCO World Heritage in 2008 and leads through 22 tunnels, some of which spiral through mountains, and across 48 bridges, including the curved Landwasser Viaduct.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"We have a jubilee of 175 years of Swiss Railways, and this world record attempt should be one big event of this jubilee\", explained Rhaetian Railway\'s CEO, Dr Renato Fasciati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"But actually, the reason was that we had some troubles during corona crisis (COVID-19 pandemic), so we lost 30% of our turnover for guests on the train and so we tried to find a good event in order to increase the awareness of our beautiful UNESCO\'s World Heritage route.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And so this world record attempt is a wonderful reason and a wonderful instrument for us to show the world this beautiful railway\", he added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The entire journey took over an hour. Rail enthusiasts lined the valley to watch the train’s 25 sections wind their way through the Alps.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The scenery is like the Indian summers so you see these golden trees in this beautiful valley, we have this railway line with a lot of viaducts and this spiral of tunnels... It\'s a viaduct with a radius of 100 metres, and then the line goes directly into a rock face, into a tunnel and this is really fantastic\" said Fasciati.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"And so we have people from all over the world just coming and seeing this beautiful line using the glacier or the Bernina Express trains\", he concluded.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fasciati is hoping when people in other countries see the beauty of the countryside during the train\'s record-breaking attempt, they too will be drawn to this region of Switzerland. EN</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 14:22:08', '2022-10-31 14:22:08'),
(2706, 2706, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>A female journalist was crushed to death by a vehicle carrying former Prime Minister Imran Khan in an accident in eastern Pakistan on Sunday as he led a convoy along with his supporters towards the capital, party officials and journalists said.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The incident prompted Khan to halt the \"long march\" that he is leading towards Islamabad to pressure the federal government into calling snap elections. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His convoy started from the eastern city of Lahore, and is expected to reach Islamabad on Friday.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Shocked & deeply saddened by the terrible accident that led to the death of Channel 5 reporter Sadaf Naeem during our March today,\" Khan said on Twitter.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">Khan said Sunday\'s activities planned by his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had been cancelled.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Journalist Qazzafi Butt, who witnessed the incident, told Reuters that Naeem, 40, lost her balance has she tried to climb onto Khan\'s truck to get a sound bite from the former premier.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The wheel of the truck ran over her head as she fell on the road, he said. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PTI leader Mussarat Jamshed Cheema confirmed that Naeem was run over by Khan\'s vehicle. Local police officials did not respond to Reuters\' request for comment.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The incident occurred as Khan\'s convoy was near the city of Gujranwala, 220 km (136 miles) from Islamabad. He plans to hold political gatherings in cities along the route to Islamabad to build support.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since being ousted in April through a parliamentary vote, Khan has held rallies across Pakistan, stirring opposition against a government that is struggling to bring the economy out of the crisis that Khan\'s administration left it in.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">PTI has said Khan was willing to negotiate with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif\'s coalition government if it announced a date for a snap election. </div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government says polls will be held as scheduled in October or November next year. Khan says he is not willing to wait. Reuters</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 14:30:19', '2022-11-01 03:14:06'),
(2707, 2707, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Elon Musk has denied a New York Times report that he plans to lay off Twitter workers before the start of next month to avoid having to make payouts.</span><br></b></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Replying to a Twitter user asking about the report, he said: \"This is false.\"</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week, Mr Musk completed his $44bn (£37.9bn) takeover of the social media platform after months of legal wrangling.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">The buyout saw the exit of the firm\'s top bosses - including its chief executive, chairman and finance chief.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the weekend, The New York Times reported that Mr Musk had ordered major job cuts across Twitter\'s workforce.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newspaper said the layoffs would take place before 1 November, when workers were due to receive grants of shares in the company as a major part of their pay deals.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The takeover has prompted discussion among Twitter users over what the platform will look like under Mr Musk\'s ownership.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some have voiced concerns that more lenient free speech policies would mean people banned for hate speech or disinformation may be allowed back to the platform.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last week Mr Musk said that he doesn\'t want the platform to become an echo chamber for hate and division. \"Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hell-scape, where anything can be said with no consequences!\" he tweeted.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However after denying the New York Times job cuts report, Mr Musk tweeted a screen shot of a New York Times headline about him posting a link to a \"site known to publish false news\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The New York Times headline referred to a reply Mr Musk had posted, and then deleted, at the weekend to a tweet by former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">His reply contained a link to a conspiracy theory about an assault on Paul Pelosi, husband of US House speaker Nancy Pelosi.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Separately, in response to a question about users getting verified, and gain a coveted so-called \"blue check mark\", on the platform, he said the process will be revised.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"Whole verification process is being revamped right now\", Mr Musk said without giving further details.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It had been reported that the firm was planning to charge users to become verified.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Elon Musk Show</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">From South Africa to Silicon Valley - the enigmatic, compelling and controversial inside story of the world\'s richest man, as told by family, friends and enemies. BBC</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"1\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 15:09:55', '2022-10-31 15:09:55'),
(2708, 2708, '<div style=\"text-align: justify; \"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Some Covid vaccines may cause heavy menstrual bleeding, specialists at the European Medicines Agency (EMA) warned Friday, recommending that this be added to the list of potential side effects.</b></span><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">\"Cases of heavy menstrual bleeding have been reported after the first, second and booster doses of Comirnaty (Pfizer) and Spikevax (Moderna),\" said a statement from the agency, citing its drugs safety committee.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having reviewed the data, they concluded that \"there is at least a reasonable possibility that the occurrence of heavy menstrual bleeding is causally associated with these vaccines\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">They thus recommended that this be added to the product information of the two mRNA Covid-19 vaccines.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\"There is no evidence to suggest the menstrual disorders experienced by some people have any impact on reproduction and fertility,\" the EMA statement added.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The safety committee also stressed that \"the benefits of these vaccines greatly outweigh the risks\".</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The instances of heavy menstrual bleeding have been monitored at both national and European level since the first reports appeared among vaccinated women.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">France\'s National Medicine Safety Agency (ANSM) started interviewing women about the issue in July, passing their findings to the EMA.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">So far, however, researchers have not established a causal connection beyond any doubt.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The reported issues mainly concern changes to the length and intensity of the menstrual bleeding, which are sometimes more painful.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While in most cases the symptoms experienced were \"not serious\" and transitory, some women experienced the symptoms for up to six months, the ANSM reported.</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The French agency is continuing to research the issue. AFP</div><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br></div><div style=\"text-align: justify; \">bnbd24/kh</div>', NULL, 'News Desk', '[\"6\"]', NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, '2022-10-31 15:27:50', '2022-10-31 15:27:50');
