In king’s speech, UK’s Labour government says it will turn the page on cost-of-living crisis and boost economy
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July 17, 2024 16:49 UTC
JnU female students allowed to stay in hall after protests
Jagannath University’s female students were instructed to leave the hall by Wednesday afternoon, but after being confined to the office, the provost eventually allowed them to stay. JnU Vice-Chancellor Prof Sadeka Halim told bdnews24.com on Wednesday afternoon: “We have issued a notice for students to vacate the halls. The residential students of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib Hall, the only female hall, were also asked to vacate it by 4pm. Later, around 2:15pm, the residential students began protesting outside the provost’s office, demanding to stay back in the hall. Finally, around 3:45 pm, the provost issued a written notice allowing the students to stay in the hall.
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July 17, 2024 16:09 UTC
Gaza civil defence says 48 killed in three strikes
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, July 17, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - The civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip said three air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday -- including on a school -- killed 48 people. Israel said it carried out two of the strikes that the civil defence agency said also left dozens more wounded. Five people were killed in a strike on people stood near a roundabout at Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, according to the official. At least seven schools, many of them managed by the United Nations when in operation, have now been the targets of Israeli strikes in 10 days. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 38,713 people, also mostly civilians, according to figures from Hamas-run Gaza's health ministry.
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July 17, 2024 16:06 UTC
Vargas leads Bacon in campaign cash after Q2 in U.S. House race
Vargas reported raising $1.36 million in the second quarter, with $2.5 million in cash on hand. That’s more than double his cash on hand at this point in 2022, campaign finance filings show. Bacon raised $970,000 for his campaign, plus another $80,000 for his Bacon PAC, the filings show. Contrast that with the second quarter of 2022, when Bacon raised $409,000 and listed $1.2 million in cash on hand and Vargas raised $550,000 and listed $533,000 in cash on hand. In all, Bacon has raised $4.3 million this cycle and spent $2.1 million, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks congressional campaign spending.
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July 17, 2024 15:53 UTC
Arms race gathers pace as Russia and US plan to redeploy once-banned weapons
The sapling survived until 2019 when Donald Trump, then US president, quit the treaty, citing alleged violations that Russia denied. Security experts assume these missiles, like most Russian systems, will be capable of carrying either conventional or nuclear warheads. "And as a result, every move that the United States or Russia make puts pressure on the adversary to respond in some way, politically or military. Russia might respond, he said, by deploying more strategic missiles that point at the continental United States. All three experts said the chances of Russia and the United States arriving at a breakthrough arms control deal of the kind that Reagan and Gorbachev struck in 1980s were remote.
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July 17, 2024 15:41 UTC
NATO’s Washington summit deepens alliance spat with China
REUTERS/Yves HermanAs NATO’s 75th anniversary summit kicked off in Washington this week, China’s defence ministry made a surprise announcement. Even without the drills - which appear to be among the largest exercises China has ever conducted on the European continent - China was always set to be on the agenda at the NATO summit. After the leak of a draft of the NATO summit communiqué that used similar language, Chinese officials responded furiously. Blinken said the US was working to break down barriers between allies in Europe, Asia and worldwide. This week’s Washington summit yielded a deal to release additional US-made Patriot air defence missiles to the government in Kyiv.
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July 17, 2024 14:56 UTC
Freedom fighters to rally in Dhaka Thursday after ‘insult’ during quota protests
The rally aims to resist a hit to the fundamental spirit of the Liberation War and violence by uniting the pro-independence peopleAn organisation of Liberation War veterans has called a rally in Dhaka against “insult to the freedom fighters during student protests against government job quotas. The freedom fighters will also protest against “violence, anarchy, an evil attempt to topple the government and insult to the freedom fighters in the name of the student movement” in the rally at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque’s South Gate at 3pm on Thursday. He said the rally would aim to resist a hit to the fundamental spirit of the Liberation War and violence by uniting the pro-independence people. He said the Appellate Division’s status quo has temporarily made ineffective a High Court verdict reinstating quotas in government jobs. The government doesn't want anyone dead while the BNP and the Jammat have taken over the movement and gathered at Shapla Chattar.
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July 17, 2024 14:10 UTC
Police greenlighted to clear university halls, no leniency will be given: DB chief Harunor
Detective Branch chief Harunor Rashid says that police have approval to clear university residential halls and no leniency will be given to students who stay after the deadline. He made the remarks to the media outside the residence of the Dhaka University vice chancellor amid the ongoing quota reform protests around 4:45pm. The DB chief came to the TSC area on the campus in the afternoon to monitor the situation in the area. According to the instructions of the Dhaka University Syndicate, students have until 6pm to leave their residential halls. The protesters attempted to breach police barriers again and reach the TSC area, pelting law enforcers with bricks.
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July 17, 2024 12:27 UTC
BFUJ expresses deep concern over attack on journalists, demands trial
DHAKA, July 17, 2024 (BSS) – BFUJ- Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists today expressed deep concern over the attacks on journalists during the ongoing quota reform movement and demanded bringing the people responsible for attacks under trial. “Journalists are being attacked while performing their professional duties to gather news on the situation developing over the quota system in government jobs. As the apex body of journalists, the BFUJ expresses deep concern over the attacks,” said a BFUJ statement issued here today. In the statement, BFUJ President Omar Faruque and Secretary General Dip Azad said journalists were attacked in different parts of the country in the last several days when they were collecting news of the movement demanding quota reform. Noting that cameras and vehicles of different media were vandalized, they said the journalist society will not accept attacks on media people while performing their professional duties.
Source:Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha
July 17, 2024 12:19 UTC
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to address the nation at 7:30pm
The information was provided by the Prime Minister’s Press WingPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to address the nation amid the ongoing tensions surrounding the quota movement. The prime minister's address will begin at 7:30pm on Wednesday and be broadcast by the national media, her office said. The premier usually addresses the nation at the start of the year, ahead of holidays, or days of national significance. The Prime Minister's Office did not make any comment on the content of her speech. However, an official at the PMO said she may speak about the 'emerging situation'.
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July 17, 2024 11:32 UTC
Daily Horoscope for July 17, 2024
General Daily Insight for July 17, 2024 Let the good times roll! Cancer June 21 – July 22 You’re bringing in assets through current consistency. For instance, if you’ve been going for a daily walk, you may notice that you’ve got an abundance of new energy. Virgo August 23 – September 22 You’re creating peace, but you may struggle to defend it from someone else. Libra September 23 – October 22 You’re creating peace among the people around you.
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July 17, 2024 10:53 UTC
At least 26 dead in Peru after bus plummets into ravine
At least 26 dead in Peru after bus plummets into ravineLIMA, July 17, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A bus plummeted into a ravine in southern Peru Tuesday, killing at least 26 people, according to police in the Andean country plagued by deadly road accidents. Another 14 people were injured in the early-morning crash, highway safety official Jhonny Valderrama told AFP, updating an earlier toll of 21 dead and 20 wounded. "We don't know if my brother is in the hospital or dead. Seventeen people died in a similar bus crash on the same road in May. Seventy percent of road accidents in Peru are due to human factors such as driver incompetence or fatigue, according to official data.
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July 17, 2024 09:58 UTC
Exiled Chinese businessman Guo convicted at US fraud trial
REUTERSGuo Wengui, an exiled Chinese businessman and outspoken opponent of Beijing's communist government, was convicted on Tuesday in his US trial on charges of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from online followers. Guo was convicted on nine of the 12 criminal counts he faced, including racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud, in a trial that lasted seven weeks. "Thousands of Guo's online followers were victimized so that Guo could live a life of excess," Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement after the verdict. After Kamaraju spoke, prosecutor Juliana Murray told jurors that the defense lawyer was correct that Guo cared about the anti-CCP movement. Earlier in the trial, jurors were allowed to hold keys to the Lamborghini that authorities found in a garage on Guo's Connecticut estate.
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July 17, 2024 09:48 UTC