Corona death procession getting longer!



Mayabati Mrinmoyee, Contributing Correspondent, Barta24.com, Dhaka
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In more than a year, the number of deaths and infected have risen sharply with the rise and fall of the corona. The antidote to the virus did not stop the death toll. According to the latest data, the number of victims of corona in the world has exceeded the quota of 3o lakh. As of Saturday (April 17), 301884 people had died from Covid-19 worldwide, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Meanwhile, the number of people actively infected with corona worldwide has also crossed the 14 crore milestone.

America is at the very top right now in terms of deaths from the ongoing global pandemic coronavirus. 5 lakh 6 thousand 224 people died due to Corona there. In Brazil, which is in the second place, the number of dead patients in Covid is 3 lakh 6 thousand 649. Mexico came in third with 211793 corona deaths. India is in the fourth place in this list. So far 1 lakh 65 thousand 749 corona patients have died in India. The death toll from Corona in Britain, which is in the fifth place, is 1 lakh 27 thousand 472.

According to Johns Hopkins University, more than a year has passed since the pandemic, but the death toll has risen sharply in the past few months. As of September 28, 2020, there were around 10 lakh deaths in Corona worldwide. By February 21 this year, that is, in just five months, that number has increased to 20 lakhs. Two months have not passed since then. The death toll exceeded the quota of 3o lakh. This is revealing the horrible picture of the rising death in Corona.

When corona began to take hold around the world from China in late 2019, the world's leading health and medical experts could not have imagined that the situation could be so dire. It was unthinkable that countries like America and Britain would also be affected by the pandemic. No one thinks of a terrible humanitarian catastrophe as the world system is ruined in Corona.

However, as the days go by, the Corona situation is becoming more and more aggressive and catastrophic. The rate of death and infection is also increasing rapidly. Corona violence is spreading in Asia through Europe, America, Africa and Latin America.

The latest report from Johns Hopkins University claims that developing countries have failed to cope with the situation despite having excellent quality medical care, while developing countries have become much more normal in coping with the corona pandemic because, in terms of total deaths and infections, super-developed America is at the top at the moment. There are still 3 crore 15 lakh 73 thousand 954 people infected with Covid and the death rate is the highest in the world.

Experts at Johns Hopkins University say the situation is spiraling out of control as former President Donald Trump delays taking action. However, since the formation of the new President Joe Biden's government, many positive steps have been taken, but so far there has been no significant improvement in the situation in the United States.

   

We are ashamed to look at the development of Bangladesh: Pakistan PM



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Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif praised the economic progress of Bangladesh and said that they are ashamed to look at the development of Bangladesh.

According to a report by Pakistan-based media Dawn on Thursday (April 25), Shahbaz Sharif said this in a view exchange meeting with business representatives at the Sindh Chief Minister's residence in Karachi on Wednesday (April 24).

He said that before independence, Bangladesh i.e. East Pakistan at that time was considered a burden to the country. But they have made tremendous progress in the growth of industrialization.

Shahbaz Sharif said, I was very young when...we were told that it was a burden on our shoulders. Today you all know where that burden has reached (in terms of economic growth). And now when we look at them, we feel ashamed.

Currently, Bangladesh is ahead of Pakistan in almost all indicators of the socio-economic sector.

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Mass arrests could not stop anti-Israel protests at American universities



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US universities have erupted in protest over Israel's military operation in the Palestinian-besieged Gaza. This pro-Palestinian movement is being suppressed even after mass arrests. Rather, as the days go by, the protests are spreading.

The news agency Reuters reported that police made mass arrests at Atlanta's Emory University amid protests. A graduation ceremony at the University of Southern California was canceled due to the protests.

Emory University officials said protesters not affiliated with the college entered campus grounds early Thursday morning. When they refused to leave, the police used chemical spray to disperse them.

According to CBS News, about 108 people were arrested at Emerson College in the city on Wednesday night local time. Earlier in the evening, 93 people were taken into police custody from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California.

Anti-Israel protests have spread to dozens of US universities within a week of starting at New York's Columbia University.

Meanwhile, a clash between protesters and police took place at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. Later, authorities said that 34 people were arrested from there. These new arrests came after massive arrests of protesters at Columbia, Yale and New York universities.

Students gathered Wednesday (April 24) to protest at the University of Southern California's Alumni Park. At this time they were stopped by the riot police. Protesters were told to leave within 10 minutes by an announcement from a police helicopter. However, the students who remained at the scene were arrested for trespassing.

The protests at the University of Southern California were reportedly peaceful at first. Later the tension spread with the presence of the police. Protesters threw water bottles at the police when they tried to arrest a woman. At this time, they kept shouting slogans - 'Let him go'. Besides, they surrounded the police officers and shouted slogans like 'I want the liberation of Palestine'.

It should be noted that on October 7, the Palestinian independence organization Hamas entered Israeli territory and carried out an ambush. 1200 people were killed. Because of this, since that day, the Israeli forces continue to attack Gaza indiscriminately. 34 thousand 305 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip in the attack that lasted for more than six months. Apart from this, there is a severe humanitarian crisis due to lack of food, water and medical equipment.

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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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