Number of corona patients exceeds 11 crore



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The number of patients diagnosed with coronavirus in the world has exceeded 11 crore. On the other hand, the number of death has exceeded 24 lakh 27 thousand.

According to the latest data from the website WorldOMeter, which works with statistics, the number of patients diagnosed with corona in the world at 6:30 a.m. Bangladesh time on Wednesday (February 17) is 116,943. At the same time, a total of 24 lakh 27 thousand 7 people died in Corona in the world.

According to the latest data from World OMeter, the number of people who have recovered from Corona in the world so far is 8 crore 48 lakh 10 thousand 631 people.

The United States is the most affected country in the world. The number of patients diagnosed with corona in the United States is 2 crore 83 lakh 85 thousand 618 people. 4 lakh 99 thousand 754 people have died in Corona in the country.

India ranks second in the list of affected countries. The number of patients diagnosed with corona in India is 1 crore 9 lakh 36 thousand 106 people. 1 lakh 55 thousand 949 people have died in Corona in the country.

Brazil is in third place. The number of patients diagnosed with corona in Brazil is 99 lakh 21 thousand 961 people. 2 lakh 40 thousand 963 people have died in Corona in the country.

Russia ranks fourth on the list. The United Kingdom is fifth. France is sixth. Spain is seventh. Italy is eighth. Turkey is ninth. Germany is tenth. Bangladesh ranks 33rd in the list.

According to the Directorate of Health, as of Tuesday (February 16), a total of 5 lakh 41 thousand 434 people in Bangladesh have been diagnosed with corona infection. To date, a total of 8,298 people have died in Corona while 488621 people recovered.

The first coronavirus was detected in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. The first case of corona disease in China was reported on January 9 this year. However, the announcement came on January 11 last year.

On January 13 last year, the first corona patient outside China was identified in Thailand. Later corona spread to different countries. The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency on January 30, 2020 in the wake of the corona outbreak.

On February 2 last year, the first case of corona disease outside China occurred in the Philippines. On February 11, the World Health Organization named the disease caused by coronavirus 'Covid-19'.

The World Health Organization declared Corona a global pandemic on March 11 last year.

   

Iran is cracking down on women who don't wear Hijab



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Iran is cracking down on women and girls who don't wear Hijab. The country has started a new campaign named 'Noor' from last April 13. Since then, the implementation of the Hijab law has started to become stricter.

Iran has strict laws on wearing the Hijab. Strict action is taken against those who break this law.

Some videos of women being assaulted have gone viral on social media. In them, it is seen that women who go out without Hijab are forcibly picked up in cars by the members of the 'Morality Police'.

A video shows a mother and daughter walking through Tehran's busiest square in the capital. At that time, they were surrounded by five female and two male members of the police. When they tried to evade arrest, they were violently beaten and taken into a car.

Dina Ghalibaf, a female student at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University, wrote on the micro-blogging site X that she was barred from boarding the metro. When she insisted, she was taken to a room. She claimed that she was beaten and sexually harassed there.

The student was arrested a day after making such a post and taken to Evin prison.

British newspaper The Guardian spoke to some of those arrested. One of them told the media that eight members of the police surrounded her last Saturday. At that time, she was called "prostitute", "naked American prostitute" and insulted her. Apart from this, the young woman claimed that men also touched her during the arrest.



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Boeing incurs huge losses after door open incident



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Boeing lost a huge amount of money due to the opening of the doors of the Boeing aircraft of Alaska Airlines in mid-air. US aircraft manufacturer Boeing reported a loss of US dollar 343 million in the first quarter of this year (January-March).

An unused door on an Alaska Airlines Boeing Max 9 collapsed moments after takeoff from Portland, Oregon last January. Although the Alaska Airlines plane was able to land safely in this incident, questions about Boeing's safety have been raised around the world.

As a result, Boeing reduced the production of the aircraft according to their target. As a result, Boeing is forced to pay huge losses in the first quarter of this year.

After the Alaska Airlines incident, the United States Aviation Agency ordered the grounding of 171 Boeing Max 737 aircraft. In the wake of the incident, Boeing's chief immediately admitted the mistake and promised to fix the problem with 100% transparency. But even this did not save the end. Boeing's CEO was eventually forced to resign.

In order not to cut the heat of this incident, a former Boeing engineer recently talked about the manufacturing defects of the Dreamliner 787. He recommended grounding all Dreamliner aircraft worldwide. In this incident, the safety of Boeing was questioned again.

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Rahul Gandhi sick in heat



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Lok Sabha election campaign is going on in India amid intense heat wave. Political leaders are continuing to campaign despite the unbearable heat.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has fallen ill. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh disclosed the news of Rahul Gandhi's illness on Sunday (April 21).

Jairam Ramesh said that Rahul Gandhi has fallen ill. He cannot leave Delhi right now. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will address the Ranchi rally after attending the Satna meeting.

Rahul was scheduled to attend the opposition camp's mega shows in Satna in Madhya Pradesh and Ranchi in Jharkhand on Sunday.

Ahead of the mega show, Ranchi is decorated with posters of India Alliance leaders. The poster has pictures of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren.

Apart from Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Kejriwal's wife Sunita and Hemant Soran's wife Kalpana were scheduled to address the meeting. 

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Erdoğan's meeting with Ismail Haniyah



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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a meeting with Ismail Haniyah, the leader of the Palestinian independence organization Hamas, who is visiting Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stressed the importance of Palestinian unity in the meeting.

On Saturday (April 20), the two leaders met in Istanbul for about two and a half hours, Turkish media reported.

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was welcomed at Dolmabak Palace in Istanbul. Members of his delegation were also with him at that time. One of the most important leaders of Hamas was Khaled Mashal.

Turkish state media TRT reported that Erdogan and Haniyah discussed a ceasefire and relief in Gaza.

"It is very important that the Palestinians work together in this process," Erdogan said in a statement after the meeting, calling on Palestinians to unite in order to win against occupying Israel. The strongest action against Israel and the path to victory depend on unity and integrity.”

Erdoğan's meeting with Haniyah was not taken well by the occupying Israel. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz condemned the meeting in a post on the micro-blogging site X.

On October 7, the war between the Palestinian armed group Hamas and Israel began. More than 34,000 Palestinians have lost their lives in this war so far. Turkish President Erdogan has been condemning Israel's brutality since the beginning of the war. He said he and his country would side with Hamas in the war against Israel.

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