Two people, including an ex-serviceman, were electrocuted while repairing an electric motor on land at Kalmakanda in Netrokona district. One person was seriously injured. This incident took place in Bekrikanda area of Pogla Union of Kalmakanda Upazila on Tuesday morning.

The deceased are former army personnel Rafiqul Islam (55), son of Sadar Ali Fakir of Pogla Union of Pogla Union, Suman Mia (32), son of Faju Mia of the same area. The injured person is Zaidul (40), son of Abdul Khalek of that area.

According to police and local sources, Rafiqul Islam was repairing an electric machine for irrigating the land behind his house in Bekrikanda area around 8 am today. At that time, Rafiqul Islam got entangled in an electric wire. Later, when his two employees tried to save him, they also got entangled in the wire. They were seriously injured.

Later local people rescued them and took them to Netrakona Modern Hospital where doctors declared both dead. The seriously injured Zaidul was sent to Mymensingh Medical College Hospital for better treatment.

There has been an attack on law and order forces in Chittagong city. At this time acid was also thrown on them. At least 10 members of the joint force were injured in the attack. Among them, six policemen have been admitted to hospital.

The incident took place on Tuesday night in Hazari Goli area of Kotwali police station of Chittagong city. Later, the joint forces conducted raids and arrested several people.

A few shop owners of Hazari Gully, on condition of anonymity, said that a Dhaka journalist recently made negative comments about ISKCON. A photocard of that comment was shared on Facebook by a businessman of Hazari Gully. Based on that post, a group of local religious followers vandalized the businessman's shop yesterday evening. At the same time, they blocked the youth who posted. At this time, they shouted various slogans demanding the punishment of the young man.

Local and law enforcement sources said that when the joint forces came forward to control the situation, they were also attacked. 10 people were injured. Later, along with Kotwali and Panchlaish police stations, the army took position on the spot.

Chittagong Metropolitan Police Additional Deputy Commissioner (Mass Media) Kazi Md. Tarek Aziz said the poster was blocked. The police and the army went and rescued him. When the joint forces moved forward to control the situation, they were attacked. He said that law enforcement officers are deployed at the spot. The situation is under control. Several people were arrested by the joint forces.

Bollywood actress Ileana D'Cruz became a mother in August last year. He has been away from work even before that. Ever since the child came into the world, Ileana's day and night revolves around him. You can't even take care of yourself.

On Saturday (March 2) midnight, he shared some words about his indescribable struggle through a long post on Instagram.

Ileana comments, 'After many days, I have taken or posted a picture of myself. Being a full-time mom and running the house, I hardly find any time for myself. Honestly, these days are tough. I am not complaining, because this child is the most beautiful gift in my life. But we don't really talk much about postpartum depression. It's a very real and exceptional feeling.'

The body of band star Shafin Ahmed returned to the country four days after his death.

On Monday (July 29) at 5:30 pm, the plane carrying him from the United States landed at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.

Miles star Ershadul Haque Tingku said that Shafin Bhai's body returned to the country at 5:30 pm. From there, the coffin was taken to Uttara's house. His body will be kept in a hospital freezer there.

He said that the second funeral prayer will be held at Gulshan Azad Mosque on Tuesday (July 30).

According to Shafin's family, he will be buried in the Banani cemetery after the funeral at Gulshan Azad Mosque. Where artists are buried father music guru Kamal Dasgupta and mother legendary Nazrul artiste Feroza Begum.

Shafin Ahmed flew from Dhaka to the United States on July 9 to sing the songs of expatriates. His concert was in Virginia on July 20. This 63-year-old rock star collapsed in the hotel room shortly before going on stage. He was taken to the hospital from there. He breathed his last at 6 am Bangladesh time on July 25 after receiving treatment for a few days in the hospital.

A lot of fear is associated with the word cancer. The most important thing to prevent this disease is strength of mind.

There are basically three types of cancer treatment. If the disease is detected in stage 1, the cancer can be completely destroyed by surgery.

But if the disease spreads, chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy are needed.

Tele actress Hina Khan has already said on social media that she is suffering from stage 3 breast cancer. The actress has already started chemotherapy.

Recently, Hina shared a video on Instagram, where it is seen that she shaved her head to avoid the side effects of chemo.

In the video, Hina said, 'Every time I touch my hair and handfuls of hair come out, I don't want to go through this discomfort! What can be done to avoid this suffering, I want to do it beforehand. So I took this step.'

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কুমিল্লা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে (কুবি) ২০২৩-২৪ শিক্ষাবর্ষের ক্লাস শুরু হবে আগামী ২৭ অক্টোবর। বুধবার (২ অক্টোবর) বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের রেজিস্ট্রার কার্যালয়ের এক বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে এ তথ্য জানানো হয়।

বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে বলা হয়, কুমিল্লা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ে ২০২৩-২৪ শিক্ষাবর্ষের ক্লাস ২৭ অক্টোবর শুরু হবে এবং এর আগে কোটার ফলাফল ৩ অক্টোবরের মধ্যে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ওয়েবসাইটে এবং শিক্ষার্থীদের এসএমএসের মাধ্যমে জানিয়ে দেওয়া হবে। সব ইউনিটের কোটার সাক্ষাৎকার আগামী ৬ এবং ৭ অক্টোবর অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। সাক্ষাৎকারের সময় মূল সনদ জমা দিতে হবে।
এছাড়াও ২০ অক্টোবর থেকে ২৪ অক্টোবর পর্যন্ত ভর্তি কার্যক্রম চলবে।

কোটার ফলাফলের বিষয়ে জানতে চাইলে কুবি রেজিস্ট্রার বলেন, সব ধরনের কোটা বাতিল করা হয়েছে। তবে পোষ্য কোটা এখনো বহাল রয়েছে। সে কোটার সাক্ষাৎকার গ্রহণ করা হবে।

এর আগে গত ২৮ সেপ্টেম্বর গুচ্ছের ভর্তিবিষয়ক ওয়েবসাইটে ৫ থেকে ২৭ অক্টোবরের মধ্যে ভর্তি চূড়ান্ত এবং ২০ অক্টোবর থেকে স্ব-স্ব বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সুবিধা অনুযায়ী ২০২৩-’২৪ শিক্ষাবর্ষের ক্লাস শুরু করার নির্দেশনা দেওয়া হয়।

Afghanistan lost the series at home. That series created extra hype about the World Cup match. Bangladesh made a complete mess of it with a great performance with bat and ball in that hyped match. With a big win of 6 wickets, they started their World Cup mission with 1.48 bonus points along with two points.

Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl in the match held at the Dharamsala Cricket Stadium on Saturday. The two Afghan openers started well but were all out for 156 runs in 37.2 overs. Bangladesh also lost two wickets in the beginning in reply. Mehedi Miraj, who came out for three, and Nazmul Shanto, who came out for four, overcame the blow and took the team to the brink of victory. Miraj later returned, but Shanto returned with a fifty to win the match.

Earlier, two Afghan openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran shared a 47-run partnership. Shakib Al Hasan took the ball in the seventh over to break the pair that started well. He gave the team a much-needed break through. He caught young opener Ibrahim for 22 runs. Then left-arm spin all-rounder Shakib also removed Rahmat Shah (18).

Gurbaz and Hasmatullah Shahedi failed to cope with the blow. Shahedi, who fell for four, was caught by Miraz for 18 runs. The team's score was 112. From there, the Afghans lost three more wickets after scoring 14 runs. Opener Gurbaz, who scored 47 runs off 62 balls with four fours and a six, returned. Najibullah, who fell for five (5) and Mohammad Nabi (6) failed to score a six.

The Afghans could not handle the blow. They were all out in 37.2 overs. Liton (13) and Tanjid Tamim (5) returned within 19 runs in reply. Miraj, who came down for three, and Shanto, who came down for four, overcame the blow with a partnership of 97 runs. Miraj was out for 57 runs off 73 balls with five fours. Then Shakib returned for 14 runs. The road to victory was not difficult. Shanto scored 59 runs off 83 balls with three fours and a six and gave the team victory with 92 balls to spare.

For Bangladesh, two all-rounders Shakib and Mehedi Miraj took three wickets each. Miraj was named Man of the Match with a fifty. Left-arm pacer Shariful Islam took two wickets. Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman took the remaining two wickets. For Afghanistan, three pacers Farooqui, Naveen Ullah and Omarzai took one wicket each. Bangladesh did not give wickets to Rashid Khan or Mujeeb Urke.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz has spent six years in international one-day cricket. He started as a right-arm off-spinner. From there, he became an all-rounder who could bat a few times. In the last two years, he has established himself as an all-rounder who can bat at number eight.

However, Miraj believes he is a complete all-rounder who performed brilliantly with both bat and ball in the Under-19 World Cup held at home in 2016. He was the tournament's best with 12 wickets and 242 runs with the bat.

Miraj may get a chance to bat regularly in the top-middle order in the World Cup being held in India. For example, he played a very effective innings of 57 runs against Afghanistan, batting at one down. Before that, he was named man of the match for taking 3 wickets with the ball. After his royal performance, Miraj said that he wants to give a performance like that in the Under-19 World Cup.

"If I can put in an all-round performance on a big stage like the World Cup, it will be a big achievement for me and the team. I dream of showing a performance like the 2016 U-19 World Cup," Miraj said in the post-match press conference.

Miraj played a match-winning innings of 81 runs against Afghanistan at home last year, coming in lower. He played a match-winning innings of 100 runs against India last year. After his match-winning century against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup, Miraj scored a fifties while batting at the top order in two warm-up matches for the World Cup.

Overall, he is now confident with the bat, 'I started getting runs from the India series. After that, I worked a lot on my batting. I thought about how I can bat better and contribute to the team. I have batted in different positions, so the team has given me great support.'

Even if he gets runs with the bat, Miraz is still not sure what situation he will have to bat in which order in which match. He is ready for any batting order. However, he considers it a big opportunity to play at the top, 'Different positions mean different situations. However, since the team has given me the opportunity, I want to take it. I believe I can bat. Playing in any batting order in the top-middle is a much bigger opportunity than batting at eight.

যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে আগামী ৫ নভেম্বর অনুষ্ঠেয় মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট নির্বাচনের আগে অক্টোবরে দ্বিতীয় বিতর্কে অংশ নিতে কমলা হ্যারিসের আহ্বান প্রত্যাখ্যান করেছেন ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প। তিনি বলেছেন, ইতোমধ্যে কয়েকটি রাজ্যে আগাম নির্বাচন চলছে। তাই দ্বিতীয় বিতর্কের জন্যে এটি খুব দেরি হয়ে গেছে।

এর আগে কমলা হ্যারিসের প্রচারণা শিবির থেকে বলা হয়, সম্প্রচার কেন্দ্র সিএনএন থেকে ২৩ অক্টোবর একটি বিতর্কে অংশ নেওয়ার আমন্ত্রণ তিনি গ্রহণ করেছেন। ওয়াশিংটন থেকে বার্তা সংস্থা এএফপি এ কথা জানিয়েছে।

কমলা হ্যারিসের প্রচারণা শিবিরের প্রধান জেন ও’ম্যালি ডিলন এক বিবৃতিতে বলেন, ভাইস প্রেসিডেন্ট কমলা হ্যারিস এবং ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্পের মধ্যে দ্বিতীয় বিতর্ক দেখার সুযোগ আমেরিকান জনগণের প্রাপ্য।

এ ছাড়া কমলাও এক্স-এ পোস্ট করে বলেছেন, ‘আমি আশা করি (ট্রাম্প) আমার স্পঙ্গে যোগ দেবেন’।

তবে শনিবার যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের উত্তরাঞ্চলের সুইং স্টেট নর্থ ক্যারোলাইনায় নির্বাচনী সমাবেশে ট্রাম্প বলে, এর একটি ভালো বিনোদন মূল্য রয়েছে। কিন্তু এখন অনেক দেরি হয়ে গেছে। কারণ কিছু রাজ্যে আগাম ভোট শুরু হয়ে গেছে।

উৎফুল্ল সমর্থকদের উদ্দেশ্যে তিনি আরও বলেছেন, জুনে প্রেসিডেন্ট জো বাইডেনের সঙ্গে তিনি যখন বিতর্ক করেছিলেন সিএনএন তখন ন্যায্য অবস্থানে ছিল। এবার নাও থাকতে পারে।

আগামী অক্টোবর ও নভেম্বর মাসে ঘূর্ণিঝড়ের আশঙ্কা করছে আবহাওয়া অধিদপ্তর। তবে চলতি মাসে ঘূর্ণিঝড়ের কোনো সম্ভাবনা নেই জানিয়ে দুইটি লঘুচাপের আভাস দিয়েছে আবহাওয়া অফিস।

শনিবার (১৪ সেপ্টেম্বর) সকালে আবহাওয়া অফিসের ব্রিফিংয়ে এ তথ্য জানান আবহাওয়াবিদ ড. মো. বজলুর রশিদ।

তার স্বাক্ষরিত আবহাওয়ার বিশেষ বিজ্ঞপ্তিতে (৫ নম্বর) জানানো হয়, বঙ্গোপসাগেরে থাকা স্থল নিম্নচাপটি সামান্য উত্তরপশ্চিম দিকে অগ্রসর হয়ে ঘনীভূত হয়ে আজ সকালে যশোর ও তৎসংলগ্ন এলাকায় গভীর স্থল নিম্নচাপ আকারে অবস্থান করছে। এটি আরও উত্তরপশ্চিম দিকে অগ্রসর হতে পারে।

ব্রিফিংয়ে জানানো হয়, নিম্নচাপটির প্রভাবে আজ সারাদেশে বৃষ্টিপাত হবে। যা থাকবে আগামীকাল পর্যন্ত। তবে ধীরে ধীরে বৃষ্টিপাত কমে যাবে। এই স্থল গভীর নিম্নচাপের প্রভাবে সারাদেশে গত দুইদিনে বিশেষ করে চট্টগ্রাম বিভাগে অতিভারী বর্ষণ হয়েছে। এর মধ্যে কক্সবাজারে চলতি মৌসুমে সর্বোচ্চ বৃষ্টিপাতের রেকর্ড হয়েছে।

দেশের প্রতিটি সমুদ্র বন্দরকে তিন নম্বর আর নদী বন্দর দুই নম্বর সতর্ক সংকেত দেখে যেতে বলা হয়েছে। যা আগামীকাল পর্যন্ত বলবৎ থাকবে।