9 killed, dozens hurt in Gazipur RMG factory boiler blast

<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4nIwcCchb0zJ9doqdc_AGt6HTGGKlt-c5VEE-nA-4i8OydsgqLDGpU45GoRDJqQ2G9_feqVwiox3wM0794khxO5_LVb0xMzJjmmU_8ULecPO0_iiNFXh3p2DcgE88UnSFZhKFNa_5tCt/s1600/643xNx2f38e31e96276cb1d75a313a917bb1eb-gazipur.jpg.pagespeed.ic.L6bE4t9mqs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="643" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4nIwcCchb0zJ9doqdc_AGt6HTGGKlt-c5VEE-nA-4i8OydsgqLDGpU45GoRDJqQ2G9_feqVwiox3wM0794khxO5_LVb0xMzJjmmU_8ULecPO0_iiNFXh3p2DcgE88UnSFZhKFNa_5tCt/s320/643xNx2f38e31e96276cb1d75a313a917bb1eb-gazipur.jpg.pagespeed.ic.L6bE4t9mqs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> At least nine people were killed, and dozens burnt when a boiler exploded at a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Gazipur’s Kashimpur area on Monday evening.</div> <div class="fb-quote fb_iframe_widget" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=1499138263726489&container_width=1263&href=http%3A%2F%2Fen.prothom-alo.com%2Fbangladesh%2Fnews%2F152763%2F5-killed-dozens-hurt-in-Gazipur-RMG-factory&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="display: inline-block; left: 69.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 443px;"> <span style="display: inline-block; height: 47px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 169px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" frameborder="0" height="1000px" name="f1a3cb9c529a72c" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.5/plugins/quote.php?app_id=1499138263726489&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2Fr%2FXBwzv5Yrm_1.js%3Fversion%3D42%23cb%3Df27cb2f3ccdfa88%26domain%3Den.prothom-alo.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.prothom-alo.com%252Ff37b3bf2ddd19e4%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=1263&href=http%3A%2F%2Fen.prothom-alo.com%2Fbangladesh%2Fnews%2F152763%2F5-killed-dozens-hurt-in-Gazipur-RMG-factory&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 47px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 169px;" title="fb:quote Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> Fire fighters recovered five bodies on the spot and sent 20 injured to hospital, assistant deputy director of Gazipur fire service Akhtaruzzaman told Prothom Alo.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> Among the injured, four succumbed to their injuries at Gazipur Sadar Hospital, said physician Pranay Bhushan Das.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> The RMG factory was still burning and a rescue operation was going on till filing of this report at 11:00pm.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> A total of 10 fire-fighting units are still battling to douse the blaze at the factory.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> The fire, triggered by explosion, broke out at the Nayapara factory of Multifabs Ltd around 7:30pm, according to witnesses.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> The rooftop of the building was also damaged partially in the blast, said Zahidul Haque, a worker of the factory.</div>

9 killed, dozens hurt in Gazipur RMG factory boiler blast

At least nine people were killed, and dozens burnt when a boiler exploded at a readymade garment (RMG) factory in Gazipur’s Kashimpur are...

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Rolling Stones to pocket £2m from new album

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlAxPiEM8s2KV8FE89vaCBTrpMu2g29XX5cJsU52GfPhXF9NUg68EisVo6e7dWgkhyylcQo94R8QPHq2g1ZHSF_YX4nZ5104NIkGF3_XgGwjWklYQgWsWVzoNxdqj7NQ7UicI4Xxz1a2N/s1600/8b0a9244d4d5382ca891d40a688bc1ab-Rolling-Stones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="643" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlAxPiEM8s2KV8FE89vaCBTrpMu2g29XX5cJsU52GfPhXF9NUg68EisVo6e7dWgkhyylcQo94R8QPHq2g1ZHSF_YX4nZ5104NIkGF3_XgGwjWklYQgWsWVzoNxdqj7NQ7UicI4Xxz1a2N/s320/8b0a9244d4d5382ca891d40a688bc1ab-Rolling-Stones.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Popular British rock band the Rolling Stones is expected to make a whopping two million pounds from its new album.<br /> Guitarist Keith Richards and singer Mick Jagger, both 73, have been in recording studios in London and New York, and label Universal has renewed their contract for a new album which will mint two million pounds for them, reports dailymail.co.uk.<br /> <br /> Along with Ronnie Wood, 70, and Charlie Watts, 76, they will release a live compilation album around Christmas.<br /> The next year the band will bring out a new studio record to coincide with the end of their forthcoming European tour.<br /> <br /> “Both Mick and Keith would rather be carried off stage in a coffin than give up their great love - writing and making music. They were experimenting in the studio earlier this year, and everything just gelled.<br /> <br /> “They ended up with around 15 tracks which they have cut down to album-length, and when the label executives heard it they were thrilled,” said a source.<br /> <br /> “Age is no barrier to brilliant music, and there is no doubt the new stuff will sell,” the source added.<br /> Richards was spotted in the studio in Manhattan on Thursday tinkering with the latest sound, while Jagger had been spotted making music a few weeks earlier.<br /> <br /> The band’s last album “Blue & Lonesome” - their first studio record for more than a decade - went straight to number one on its release in December last year. And their latest tour, which begins in Hamburg in September, sold out in minutes.

Rolling Stones to pocket £2m from new album

Popular British rock band the Rolling Stones is expected to make a whopping two million pounds from its new album. Guitarist Keith Richar...

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Portugal seal third-place in Confed Cup

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDZuHwGSJc6qG93YZb-Rpqmeie88q2XSExUZLMcRu9Avmt636wg1va6RO_I_VJTKZ-CFzH-3SvxiizCIDx3I8UkpeQ0RNrIbEft29z1GeCygooEGxFUGdc3cef8Y-FVEVZE5cdH1Domd8/s1600/643xNx1bd52c0f3b66d1951c2120b240ec3a49-portugal.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vU2DzyddbM.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="428" data-original-width="643" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDZuHwGSJc6qG93YZb-Rpqmeie88q2XSExUZLMcRu9Avmt636wg1va6RO_I_VJTKZ-CFzH-3SvxiizCIDx3I8UkpeQ0RNrIbEft29z1GeCygooEGxFUGdc3cef8Y-FVEVZE5cdH1Domd8/s320/643xNx1bd52c0f3b66d1951c2120b240ec3a49-portugal.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vU2DzyddbM.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> Adrien Silva scored an extra-time penalty as Portugal recovered from a goal down to beat Mexico 2-1 in Sunday's third-place play-off at the Confederations Cup in Moscow.</div> <div class="fb-quote fb_iframe_widget" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=1499138263726489&container_width=1263&href=http%3A%2F%2Fen.prothom-alo.com%2Fsports%2Fnews%2F152673%2FPortugal-seal-third-place-in-Confed-Cup&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="display: inline-block; left: 349px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 940px;"> <span style="display: inline-block; height: 47px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 169px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" frameborder="0" height="1000px" name="f2b94023b964" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.5/plugins/quote.php?app_id=1499138263726489&channel=http%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2Fr%2FXBwzv5Yrm_1.js%3Fversion%3D42%23cb%3Df2d8a4aeec0ab98%26domain%3Den.prothom-alo.com%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fen.prothom-alo.com%252Ffc8974907d1e18%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=1263&href=http%3A%2F%2Fen.prothom-alo.com%2Fsports%2Fnews%2F152673%2FPortugal-seal-third-place-in-Confed-Cup&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; height: 47px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 169px;" title="fb:quote Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> Luis Neto bundled into his own net to hand Mexico a 54th-minute lead, but Pepe stabbed home a stoppage-time equaliser to force an extra 30 minutes at Spartak Stadium.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> Silva then struck his first international goal after a handball inside the box on 104 minutes, while both sides finished with 10 men as Nelson Semedo was dismissed for Portugal before Raul Jimenez saw red for Mexico.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Vrinda, FallbackBengaliFont, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 16px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> World champions Germany face Copa America holders Chile later in the final in Saint Petersburg.</div>

Portugal seal third-place in Confed Cup

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'Tigers certain to play World Cup proper'

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCMIsvsea7jqlmvYFjfnzDJQzo7cZd6PNEiYQH1rS3NO_f5HnIjcrYTsCCq-7TSHyTy_byS7obwQKoJ0FjzsbEH0_Bhu6_StRWSh4EELK7qOUUqBZDanYjoYZZvKtNAiR1c-s2fYqJisG/s1600/158bc2a69d06891cea6c2c6c30296dbc-Tigers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="643" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCMIsvsea7jqlmvYFjfnzDJQzo7cZd6PNEiYQH1rS3NO_f5HnIjcrYTsCCq-7TSHyTy_byS7obwQKoJ0FjzsbEH0_Bhu6_StRWSh4EELK7qOUUqBZDanYjoYZZvKtNAiR1c-s2fYqJisG/s320/158bc2a69d06891cea6c2c6c30296dbc-Tigers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Tigers are certain to play in the next World Cup proper, to be held in England and Wales in 2019.<br /> <br /> Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said this at a press briefing on Sunday. The BCB boss said Bangladesh will be among the top eight teams in the ICC rankings till 30 September, which means they won't need to play in the qualifying stage.<br /> <br /> It was confirmed when Bangladesh outplayed New Zealand in the Champions Trophy in England last month. The win sent the Tigers to sixth, their best ever, in the rankings.<br /> <br /> Afghanistan's wins over West Indies and Sri Lanka in separate bilateral ODI series helped Bangladesh's cause. And now it will be one of these two former champions who will go to the main tournament as the eighth-placed team.<br /> <br /> The other will have to play in the qualifying round for a place in the World Cup proper.

'Tigers certain to play World Cup proper'

The Tigers are certain to play in the next World Cup proper, to be held in England and Wales in 2019. Bangladesh Cricket Board president...

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US warship sails close to Beijing's S China Sea island

HomeInternational<br /> Search<br /> <br /> Type Keywords<br /> <br /> US warship sails close to Beijing's S China Sea island<br /> AFP . Washington | Update: 22:25, Jul 02, 2017<br /> 0Like<br />      <br /> Handout of construction is shown on Fiery Cross Reef, in the Spratly Islands, the disputed South China Sea. Reuters<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicenJ9HeVKFDjCW1QS5KPyWh0AQXP_L9jTTQnNBvN8D05OVvsctz2tm_2s4GoGa52Q0o-n7h1nfluSehmD6K0OUrAa-sAfKQL0O_TmGekVNHEDdRRkrxaXCrWb2ky6kNfkJlxxqbGE0bfd/s1600/643xNxa356af6d2cc9b0272afde436f02abee3-china.JPG.pagespeed.ic.hCQWwyPHiC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="531" data-original-width="643" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicenJ9HeVKFDjCW1QS5KPyWh0AQXP_L9jTTQnNBvN8D05OVvsctz2tm_2s4GoGa52Q0o-n7h1nfluSehmD6K0OUrAa-sAfKQL0O_TmGekVNHEDdRRkrxaXCrWb2ky6kNfkJlxxqbGE0bfd/s320/643xNxa356af6d2cc9b0272afde436f02abee3-china.JPG.pagespeed.ic.hCQWwyPHiC.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> An American warship on Sunday sailed close to a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by Beijing, as part of an operation to demonstrate freedom of navigation in the waters, a US official said.<br /> <br /> The destroyer USS Stethem passed less than 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) from tiny Triton Island in the Paracel Islands archipelago, which is also claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam, the official told AFP.<br /> <br /> The operation, which is likely to provoke Beijing, is the second of its kind carried out by the United States since President Donald Trump took office.<br /> <br /> The first was on May 25, when the USS Dewey, a guided-missile destroyer, sailed less than 12 nautical miles from Mischief Reef -- part of the disputed Spratly Islands south of the Paracel Islands.<br /> <br /> China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, despite partial counter-claims from Taiwan and several southeast Asian nations including the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.<br /> <br /> The United Nations says countries can establish the reach of their territorial waters up to a limit of 12 nautical miles.<br /> <br /> China has rapidly built reefs into artificial islands capable of hosting military planes.<br /> <br /> Freedom of navigation operations are designed to challenge the sovereignty of countries with claims to disputed territory. Washington has challenged annexations of South China Sea islets while advocating for a diplomatic settlement.<br /> <br /> China has recently built up its facilities on Triton Island, including a new helicopter landing site, according to the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative, part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.<br /> <br /> A large Chinese flag is displayed on the island, visible from aerial and satellite photos.<br /> <br /> According to the Pentagon, the United States in fiscal year 2016 conducted freedom of navigation operations "challenging excessive maritime claims of 22 different coastal states, including claims of allies and partners."<br /> <br /> US-Chinese relations were already strained last week when Trump authorized a new arms sale to Taiwan, which China considers a rebel province, and when the US slapped sanctions on a Chinese bank accused of laundering North Korean cash.

US warship sails close to Beijing's S China Sea island

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515 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwpWYx3kCaXHnUrma76EecFcEU4Q1e_gIfsmFhVNQ5MTNtR2dIB5PMDM3mPk3dyBFQeOb98rcB6v_DTIGEjeW1QxXDNG_bpC87nZNuN6J5HDVXN5sIYmb45pa6HjufUWVyJS8dH0jw3pk/s1600/x0bc95ae1fb044abe49f65474c36703af-Malysia.jpg%252Cqjadewits_media_id%253D142441.pagespeed.ic.DqzhJqUrrN.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwpWYx3kCaXHnUrma76EecFcEU4Q1e_gIfsmFhVNQ5MTNtR2dIB5PMDM3mPk3dyBFQeOb98rcB6v_DTIGEjeW1QxXDNG_bpC87nZNuN6J5HDVXN5sIYmb45pa6HjufUWVyJS8dH0jw3pk/s1600/x0bc95ae1fb044abe49f65474c36703af-Malysia.jpg%252Cqjadewits_media_id%253D142441.pagespeed.ic.DqzhJqUrrN.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> A total of 1,035 illegal immigrants, including 515 Bangladeshis, were detained in Malaysia in the first day of a nationwide operation to crack down on illegal foreign workers following the passing of the E-Card registration deadline, reported Malaysia based daily The Star on Sunday.<br /> <br /> Immigration director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said, enforcement officers inspected 155 premises across Malaysia, screening 3,393 people, it added.<br /> <br /> Of those rounded up, he said the majority were from Bangladesh at 515, followed by Indonesia (135), Myanmar (102), the Philippines (50), Thailand (five) and Vietnam (two).<br /> <br /> The rest were from other countries, he said, adding that those detained included 101 women and three children.<br /> <br /> “The 16 employers were held for hiring and harbouring illegal foreigners,” he said, adding that Johor had the highest number of those caught, followed by Kelantan.

515 Bangladeshis held in Malaysia

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Ariana Grande 'broken' after concert attack

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB8gIybFTRAWIMyJ7lcg14PJkPNdMrxPGJJ2aE67VLcKEI04XRU5JQxXLxcKwDTsMy4M2TY7sO2mr6Mv7_K-GhfbqyBuM55_WcsRSlh4ACgLX5L6GPWp5VYKC2cFpdFzGPqDWzT6qMsAN/s1600/3bbae3dc4d360e92c066a52572ddd4fc-Ariana.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSB8gIybFTRAWIMyJ7lcg14PJkPNdMrxPGJJ2aE67VLcKEI04XRU5JQxXLxcKwDTsMy4M2TY7sO2mr6Mv7_K-GhfbqyBuM55_WcsRSlh4ACgLX5L6GPWp5VYKC2cFpdFzGPqDWzT6qMsAN/s320/3bbae3dc4d360e92c066a52572ddd4fc-Ariana.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> US pop star Ariana Grande late Monday said she felt at a loss for words after a suspected terror attack at her concert in the British city of Manchester.<br /> <br /> "Broken," she wrote in her first reaction on Twitter.<br /> <br /> "From the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words," she wrote.<br /> <br /> Police said at least 19 people were killed and around 50 wounded in the attack at the 21,000-capacity Manchester Arena.<br /> <br /> <br /> It was the deadliest attack in Britain since 2005.<br /> <br /> Grande, a 23-year-old former child star, is not known for her political views and draws an audience of teenagers and pre-teenagers.

Ariana Grande 'broken' after concert attack

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Death toll in UK terror attack rises to 22

Twenty-two people, including children, were killed and dozens injured when a man detonated a bomb at a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande, in Britain's deadliest terror attack in 12 years.<br /> <br /> Screaming fans, many of them teens, fled the venue in panic after the bomb blast at the end of the concert in the northern English city of Manchester on Monday evening.<br /> <br /> "There was heat on my neck and when I looked up there were bodies everywhere", Elena Semino, who was waiting for her 17-year-old daughter, told the Guardian newspaper.<br /> <br /> Semino, who was herself injured, said she had been standing by the ticket office of the 21,000-capacity indoor Manchester Arena when the explosion went off.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV4ktyM1swSbG4xukJZfxXBnp-PFWujVK7a6ucjFU7StuEhK-SlOXVutOLwMnDWi_MZkcqiJWlVxxTBOWT8s9p0KyW0AVotiwvk0x-rwOrBET6-8-sDFCXHWJsy2sOTLOtlyNORU1SnbA/s1600/643xNx903b25f1aa09b35b849fd8e06b509fd3-Death-toll.jpg.pagespeed.ic.azFklSDTq3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyV4ktyM1swSbG4xukJZfxXBnp-PFWujVK7a6ucjFU7StuEhK-SlOXVutOLwMnDWi_MZkcqiJWlVxxTBOWT8s9p0KyW0AVotiwvk0x-rwOrBET6-8-sDFCXHWJsy2sOTLOtlyNORU1SnbA/s320/643xNx903b25f1aa09b35b849fd8e06b509fd3-Death-toll.jpg.pagespeed.ic.azFklSDTq3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> "A huge bomb-like bang went off that hugely panicked everyone and we were all trying to flee the arena", said Majid Khan, 22, who was at the show with his sister.<br /> <br /> Ambulances and bomb disposal teams rushed to the venue, as family members frantically searched for their loved ones, and residents opened their doors to stranded concert-goers after trains were cancelled.<br /> <br /> There were children among the 22 killed in the attack, while 59 people were injured, Greater Manchester Police chief Ian Hopkins said early Tuesday.<br /> <br /> British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the "appalling terrorist attack" and suspended her campaign ahead of a general election on June 8 along with chief opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn.<br /> <br /> "All our thoughts are with the victims and the families of those who have been affected," said May, who was due to chair an emergency ministerial meeting at around 0800 GMT on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> Grande, who was due to give a concert in London later on Tuesday, said she was "broken" in a tweet.<br /> <br /> "Broken. From the bottom of my heart, I am so, so sorry. I don't have words," wrote the 23-year-old, who is popular with teens and pre-teens.<br /> <br /> The attack was the deadliest in Britain since July 7, 2005 when four suicide bombers inspired by Al-Qaeda attacked London's transport system during rush hour, killing 52 people and wounding 700 more.<br /> <br /> The Manchester blast recalled the November 2015 attack at the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in which armed men wearing explosive belts stormed in and killed 90 people. That attack was claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.<br /> <br /> <br /> 'A massive flash'<br /> Police were called to the scene at the Manchester Arena concert and sports venue at 2133 GMT.<br /> <br /> Manchester Arena said the blast "took place outside the venue in a public space", while police said it was "within the foyer area of the stadium."<br /> <br /> The foyer connects the auditorium with Victoria train and tram station, a major transport hub on the northern edge of the city centre.<br /> <br /> One witness, Gary Walker, told BBC Radio 5 Live he was hit by shrapnel in his foot and his wife sustained a stomach wound as they waited for their daughters.<br /> <br /> "We heard the last song go and then suddenly there was a massive flash and then a bang and smoke," he said.<br /> <br /> Isabel Hodgins, an actress who had been at the concert, told Sky News: "Everybody was panicking, there was pushing up the stairs.<br /> <br /> "The corridor was full, it smelled of burning, there was quite a lot of smoke as we were leaving.<br /> <br /> "It's just shocking and we just feel very shaken up. We're just lucky to have gotten away safely," she said.<br /> <br /> Calvin Welsford, 18, from Bristol told the BBC: "It almost sounded like a gunshot".<br /> <br /> "I looked around and people were just spilling down, heading out of the building".<br /> <br /> "I was actually having an asthma attack. It was sheer panic," he said.<br /> <br /> US 'ready to assist'<br /> Hopkins said investigators were "working closely with the national counter terrorism policing network and UK intelligence partners".<br /> <br /> The US Department of Homeland Security, Britain's biggest intelligence partner, said it was "closely monitoring" the situation.<br /> <br /> "We are working with our foreign counterparts to obtain additional information about the cause of the reported explosion as well as the extent of injuries and fatalities," the department said in a statement.<br /> <br /> Tributes poured in for Manchester from around the world.<br /> <br /> Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians were "shocked by the news of the horrific attack," while EU president Donald Tusk wrote: "My heart is in Manchester this night."<br /> <br /> French President Emmanuel Macron said he was "horrified" by the attack.<br /> <br /> Pop world rallies<br /> The pop world also rallied, with Katy Perry tweeting: "Praying for everyone at Ariana Grande's show".<br /> <br /> US pop princess Taylor Swift, a friend of Grande, wrote: "My thoughts, prayers and tears for all those affected by the Manchester tragedy tonight".<br /> <br /> In Manchester, residents tweeted with the hashtag #RoomforManchester to offer a place to stay and there were reports of taxis taking passengers for free.<br /> <br /> "We have a spare double bed and two sofas available if anybody needs a place tonight," tweeted @iamjesyrae.<br /> <br /> Concerned relatives used the hashtag #MissinginManchester to locate loved ones.<br /> <br /> Train services to and from Manchester Victoria Station -- located under the Arena -- were cancelled.<br /> <br /> "Disruption is expected to continue until the end of the day," National Rail said in a statement.

Death toll in UK terror attack rises to 22

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Chandrika says terrorism turning endemic

Identifying terrorism as one of the main challenges in South Asia, former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said terrorism has become endemic regenerating various social crises, reports UNB.<br /> <br /> "Terrorism has become the most unnatural dehumanising and political destabilising phenomena in the region (South Asia)...I come from a country, which experienced the effects of terrorism for nearly three decades," she said.<br /> <br /> The former Sri Lankan president was delivering a lecture, titled 'Reconciling Divided Societies, Building Democracy and Good Governance: Lessons from Sri Lanka' organised by Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) at its auditorium on Tuesday.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4Au3KH9aY162_cZNmtTAGnbtpniA_UTaKbnlJ6gB2qqzI_6BX7IgvcMzv-Qwa27iZVYFLxKecdM3ESYTEToaPnlrY6de0xNNTAz5emG1rd0nBJoN8IDqrYPz7nz-KLfGdDMuYC8Oc7YC/s1600/300xNxeb8180999fb27bef3c9c0eccd2eb98b3-Chandrika.jpg.pagespeed.ic.zCC7z_9OyG.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm4Au3KH9aY162_cZNmtTAGnbtpniA_UTaKbnlJ6gB2qqzI_6BX7IgvcMzv-Qwa27iZVYFLxKecdM3ESYTEToaPnlrY6de0xNNTAz5emG1rd0nBJoN8IDqrYPz7nz-KLfGdDMuYC8Oc7YC/s1600/300xNxeb8180999fb27bef3c9c0eccd2eb98b3-Chandrika.jpg.pagespeed.ic.zCC7z_9OyG.jpg" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Kumaratunga said any revolution seeks radical changes in social and economic structures, and even the power structure of a country, while it enunciates a new vision and programme of action. "But, terrorists are like that radical, not revolutionaries."<br /> <br /> Stressing the need for identifying the deep-rooted causes of terrorism, she said it is said the modern phenomena of a terrorist movement is born after frustration and disparity caused by social marginalisation, economic depravation and political alienation.<br /> <br /> Kumaratunga suggested not only looking inequality, discrimination and disparity as economic terms, but also considering those as social, political and cultural terms to effectively deal with terrorism in a society.<br /> <br /> Highlighting the Sri Lankan experiences in reconciling a divided society, Chandrika Kumaratunga, a member of Global Leadership Foundation, said with the birth of new independent states, different communities, even though with a state, have experienced different types of social and cultural practices and even different sub-economic systems.<br /> <br /> The former president said the challenges of the 21st century for South Asian countries are the managing of pluralistic and multiple cultures, and accepting and celebrating diversity, not rejecting it. "We must respect and celebrate diversity," she added.<br /> <br /> About the importance of democracy, she said all social problems will get addressed in a country if democracy is ensured.<br /> <br /> Kumaratunga highlighted different aspects of Sri Lanka's civil war reconciliation and peace-building process and discussed her country's present state of democracy and governance as well.<br /> <br /> BIISS chairman ambassador Munshi Faiz Ahmad and its director general major general AKM Abdur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.

Chandrika says terrorism turning endemic

Identifying terrorism as one of the main challenges in South Asia, former Sri Lankan president Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga has said t...

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