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Sriram’s Bangladesh Biden hits campaign
trail in final uphill
future up in the air
Sports desk Netherlands and Zimbabwe before almost reaching
push to salvage
Democrats
International Desk
the shore against India. “This is the best tournament
If Bangladesh don't progress further in the Twenty20 Bangladesh have ever had in a T20 World Cup. We've President Joe Biden was embark-
World Cup, their game against Pakistan in the group never won two games in Super 12s in the history of ing Thursday on a final push to
stage at Adelaide Oval Sunday will be the last assign- Bangladesh cricket, so we've done that, so I think the try and save Democrats from
ment for national T20 team tech- boys should be proud of them- defeat in next week's midterms,
nical consultant Sridharan Sriram selves,” said Sriram. BCB director hours after he gave a dramatic
as per his current contract. In and chairman of the cricket opera- speech casting the election as a
August this year, Bangladesh tions committee, Jalal Younus make-or-break moment for US
Cricket Board appointed former held himself back from making a democracy. Biden was flying to
Indian all-rounder Sriram for the comment on Sriram's future but New Mexico, California and
Asia Cup 2022, held in the said there is nothing to complain Illinois, before winding up with
United Arab Emirates, and the and only positives to take forward. his latest of many appearances in
T20 World Cup, now ongoing in “He [Sriram] is doing well with the crucial electoral battleground
Australia. Discussions are the team. We liked his way of Pennsylvania on Saturday. The

'Hazardous' smog
abound in the community if BCB work, to be honest, and he has president spending so much cam-
will offer an extension of the con- been able to hold the team togeth- paign time in areas already con-

Death of Aboriginal
tract to Sriram, who is confident er,” said Jalal, who is travelling sidered Democratic strongholds -
of what he has achieved so far in his short stay. “I am - like California -- indicates just

chokes India's capital

with the team in Australia. “I cannot comment on his
looking at one game at a time, one tournament at a how defensive the arty has
time. My goal is now just to, we want to finish the future at this point as it is something to be discussed
in the board,” the BCB director added. To qualify for become. Polls show Republicans

teen ignites protests

T20 World Cup on a good note, so my focus is only International Desk likely to win the House of
on that. I haven't thought about too far ahead,” said the last four, Bangladesh have no option but to secure Representatives and possibly also
Sriram to the media in Adelaide Saturday. a win against Pakistan but before that hope that the the Senate. Currently, Democrats
Smog in New Delhi hit "hazardous" levels on Thursday as smoke from

Parnell: No WhatsApp,
Bangladesh under Sriram played 12 T20Is and won Dutch defeat South Africa in the day's first game, also hold tiny majorities in both,but
thousands of crop fires in northern India combined with other pollutants
four with the Pakistan game to spare. Bangladesh lost at Adelaide Oval. India lead Group 2 with six points the party has been dragged down

across Australia
to create a noxious grey cocktail enveloping the megacity. Levels of the
both the games in the Asia Cup, won two in a bilater- with all the teams having played four games each. most dangerous particles -- PM2.5, so tiny they can enter the blood- by popular discontent over high
al series against hosts UAE before suffering defeats South Africa are at No 2 in the group points table with stream -- were 588 per cubic metre early on Thursday morning, accord- inflation. Biden argued in a

only cricket talk for

in all four games in the tri-nation series involving
Pakistan and hosts New Zealand. Participating in the
Super 12s of the T20 World Cup this year,
Bangladesh till Saturday won two matches of the four
five points, while Bangladesh and Pakistan have four
points each. Pakistan however, are ahead of
Bangladesh in terms of net run rate. Zimbabwe and
the Netherlands are at the bottom of the table with
ing to monitoring firm IQAir. That is almost 40 times the daily maxi- speech in Washington, DC, late
mum recommended by the World Health Organization. IQAir rated Wednesday that the next week's
contest is about far more than International Desk ABC: "We all are sharing the grief, and we all are
overall pollution levels as "hazardous". This is really the worst time to healing together." In a message ahead of the vigil
electoral politics, pointing out
be out in Delhi. One never wakes up fresh with this pollution," police- that undreds of Republican candi- Death of Aboriginal teen ignites protests across urging peaceful action, she described her son as a

Proteas quicks
Sports desk
Wayne Parnell on Saturday said South Africa's "world-
class" fast bowlers have avoided social media to form a
strong bond as the team looks to go the distance at the
Twenty20 World Cup. The Proteas need a win in their
final Super 12 match against the Netherlands in
Adelaide on Sunday to confirm their spot in the semi-
finals from Group 2. South Africa, who lost their previ-
ous match to Pakistan after putting them in trouble at
43-4, have depended on their quicks to rattle opposition
teams. Anrich Nortje has claimed 10 wickets in four
matches to lead the Proteas pace attack, which includes
Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi and Parnell. Parnell, 33,
said the key to success for the pace pack has been stick-
ing together and discussing the game. "Just try and
spend time together, talk about cricket. That is some-
thing that kind of has been lost in social media and
phones," the left-arm quick said. "After games you pick
up your phones, you are on WhatsApp, social media, so
we spoke about it in India in June, just to actually have
moments when we talk about cricket." The team's
opening match was a washout before they hammered
Bangladesh and beat India to brighten their semi-final
virtual quarter-final, told reporters. "They are a quality
side, they have shown that they can play good cricket,
and hopefully it's only in patches. If we bring our 'A'
game I reckon we should have enough." 'Hungry to go
the distance' Table-toppers India, Pakistan and
Bangladesh -- all three to play their matches on the
same day -- are in the race for a final-four place along-
side South Africa. South Africa have never reached the
final of a World Cup, but Parnell said the unity and
hunger of this side gives them hope. "I think the first
thing that really stands out is the unity. I think people
are really enjoying other people's successes, also every-
one just trusting each other," said Parnell. "Not really
looking at one or two players to put in performances for
us. Also everybody is hungry to go the distance. That's
probably one thing that stands out for me." Asked about
South Africa's reputation for choking, Parnell said:
"When we get that first trophy hopefully it will go
away, but until then it will always be there." The
Netherlands are out of the semi-finals race but put in an
impressive show in their previous win against
Zimbabwe, and all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe said
they remain confident of putting up a fight against the
Proteas. "I think South Africa is a good outfit," he said.
games played. The side are being lauded for the com-
petitiveness shown whilst picking up wins against the
Masood: Focus on
taking two points
from Bangladesh
Sports desk
Pakistan batsman Shan Masood on Saturday praised his
team's character in battling back to stay in the hunt for
a semi-finals spot after losing their first two matches at
the Twenty20 World Cup. Captain Babar Azam's side
need to win their final Super 12 match against
Bangladesh in Adelaide on Sunday -- and for other
results to go their way -- to grab a place in the final four.
Pakistan suffered heartbreaking losses to arch-rivals
India and Zimbabwe before finding form and drubbing
South Africa on Thursday in a dramatic, rain-affected
match in Sydney. "The timing of the losses proved cost-
ly for us because we are still not in that top two posi-
tion," Masood told reporters. "But we haven't lost hope.
three and two points respectively.
your mistakes. If we look at it from a balanced point of
view, then we see the team has responded well since the
loss to Zimbabwe." Pakistan, currently third in the
wide-open Group 2 table, can advance if India lose to
Zimbabwe in the last league match on Sunday. They are
also in if South Africa lose their clash against the
Netherlands or the match is a washout. Masood said the
way Pakistan fought back to post 185-9 against South
Africa, after being in trouble at 43-4, and then winning
by 33 runs via the DLS method had lifted the morale of
the team. "Mood is good. South Africa dominated the
early stages of the game, but the way we came back and
bowled well, even after the rain break, we kept up our
momentum," said Masood. "So we will focus on taking
two points from the Bangladesh game and that is in our
man Hem Raj, 42, told AFP. "The body feels tired and lethargic in the
mornings... The eyes are always watery and throat scratchy after spend-
ing hours on the Delhi roads," he said. Every winter, cooler air, smoke
from farmers burning stubble, and emissions from vehicles and other
sources combine to create a deadly smog reducing visibility in the city
of 20 million people. In 2020 a Lancet study attributed 1.67 million
deaths to air pollution in India in 2019, including almost 17,500 in the
capital. Delhi authorities regularly announce different plans to reduce
the pollution, for example by halting construction work, but to little
effect. The burning of rice paddies after harvests across Punjab and
other states persists every year despite efforts to persuade farmers to use
different methods. The situation is also a political flashpoint -- with the
capital and Punjab governed by the Aam Aadmi Party, a rival to Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "As of today,
Punjab, a state run by the AAP, has seen an over 19% rise in farm fires
over 2021," environment minister Bhupender Yadav, who is from the
BJP, tweeted on Wednesday. "There is no doubt over who has turned
Delhi into a gas chamber," he added. "I have been here for a long time
now and the situation has only become worse.
dates for offices across the nation
have joined the false far-right
conspiracy theory led by former
president Donald Trump That the
2020 presidential contest was
rigged. Trump, despite being
under investigation for hoarding
top secret documents in his
Florida golf resort and being
twice impeached during his one-
term presidency, has re-emerged
as the Republican party's most
powerful character, with many
expecting him to run again in
2024. The divisive figure, still a
hero to tens of millions of
Americans, is leading the charge
by a slate of so-called election
denying candidates.
AustraliaMembers of the public gather during a vigil
for Cassius Turvey at Midland Oval in Perth, on Oct
31, 2022. The death of an Aboriginal teenager in
Western Australia ignited nationwide rallies and vig-
ils on Wednesday, with activists saying the country
continues to fail its Indigenous people and is seeping
with racism. Cassius Turvey, 15, was allegedly
attacked with a metal pole by a white man in the
western city of Perth on Oct 13, dying from his
injuries 10 days later, AFP reports. The attack, which
was described as "racially motivated" by Prime
Minister Anthony Albanese, has been met with wide-
spread revulsion. Thousands of people gathered in
cities around Australia including Perth, Sydney,
Melbourne and Brisbane. "I'm here because the tar-
geted racist, fatal violence against First Nations peo-
ple in their own country has been going on for 250
years. And that's 250 years too long," said Ms Ingrid
Matthews, 53, at a rally in Sydney's city centre.
"We're here to say, stop the violence." At the same
rally, Ms Maria Giannacopoulous, 47, said she want-
ed to honour Turvey. "It's one of the many Indigenous
deaths in this country that often goes unnoticed by
the general population," she said. In Perth, where
hundreds of people gathered at a vigil, the boy's
mother Mechelle Turvey told national broadcaster
"jovial, kind and his heart - larger than life". Prime
Minister Albanese last week described Turvey's death
as a "terrible tragedy". "This attack, that clearly is
racially motivated, just breaks your heart," he told
reporters. Western Australian Police Commissioner
Col Blanch sparked outrage when he said the alleged
murder might have been a "case of mistaken identi-
ty", with Turvey finding himself "in the wrong place
at the wrong time". Mr Blanch's theory was curtly
dismissed in an open letter signed by six Noongar
Indigenous leaders from Western Australia. "Cassius
was not in the wrong place at the wrong time," they
wrote. "He was in his school uniform with his friends
in broad daylight." The inequalities facing Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia remain
stark, with their life expectancies years shorter than
other Australians and their rate of deaths in custody
higher. Recent Aboriginal deaths, including many in
custody, have sparked large protests, echoing the
"Black Lives Matter" movement in the United States
and elsewhere. A 21-year-old man has been charged
with Turvey's murder and will appear in court next
month. The man also faces charges of aggravated
assault and stealing after he allegedly attacked
Turvey's 13-year-old friend with a pole and took his
crutches.

UN Security Council rejects

hopes. A loss to India in Perth pulled them back, but the
Temba Bavuma-led side still control their fate in the
tournament and Parnell said they are confident. "It's a
crucial game for us tomorrow," Parnell, who called it a
"I think we've played some good cricket at stages this
tournament, and we know on the day we can turn them
over if we just stick to what we've been doing well and
just compete on the day."
Life teaches us harsh lessons and this was one of them.
The way it affected the boys, they lost sleep, their
morale went down. And how we responded after those
setbacks showed our character and it was a big thing.
"The best to come out of failure is that you learn from
hands. Hope will always be there till the last ball is
bowled in this group." Bangladesh, who had narrow
wins over the Netherlands and Zimbabwe, also have a
slim chance to advance if they win against Pakistan at
the Adelaide Oval.

Entertainment Russian request for

Julie Powell, bioweapons investigation
food writer of
Pori
International Desk stone for Russia's deception and lies," Thomas-

Julie & Julia,

Greenfield shot back. "And the world sees it." At a
The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday over- meeting in September of the 197 state parties to the

Moni's two
whelmingly rejected Russia's attempt to establish a
Judwaa
biological weapons convention, she said, "Russia
dies at 49 commission to investigate its unfounded claims
that Ukraine and the United States are carrying out
failed to provide any credible evidence to support
these false allegations" and an overwhelming num-
star films to be
Entertainment Desk "military biological" activities that violate the con- ber of countries that spoke "considered that the
vention prohibiting the use of biological weapons. issues raised by Russia were unsubstantiated and

Julie Powell, the food writer who
Rambha, inspired Nora Ephron's 2009
biographical dramedy Julie &
Julia, died from cardiac arrest on
screened in
kids suffer
Oct. 26 at her home in upstate
New York, her husband Eric
China authorities
Russia only got support from China in the vote on had been conclusively addressed." But Thomas-
its resolution, with the U.S., Britain and France
voting "no" and the 10 other council nations
abstaining. The resolution was not approved
Greenfield said that wasn't enough for Russia and
"it inappropriately raised the same false claims
here, abusing its position and abusing us."
Kolkata
apologise after boy dies
because it failed to get the minimum nine "yes" Mexico's deputy ambassador Juan Manuel Gomez
votes required for adoption, AP reports. The 2-3-10 Robledo, whose country abstained, said Russia

minor Powell told The New York Times.

She was 49. Powell rose to
vote reflected the council's continuing opposition
and skepticism about Russia's actions since its Feb.
24 invasion of Ukraine. The council has been par-
didn't provide evidence to activate an investigation.
He said it was not "realistic" to set up a commis-

injuries
after road
accident
Entertainment Desk
Well known actress Rambha and her kids escaped with minor injuries
after a car rammed into her car at an intersection in Canada on Tuesday.
As per the report of IANS, the actress, who at one point in time was
among the top actresses of the Tamil and Telugu film industries, now
resides in Canada along with her husband and three children. The acci-
dent, the actress said, had occurred while she was returning after pick-
ing up her kids from school. While the actress confirmed that she and
her children were safe although they had sustained minor injuries, she
said that her daughter Sasha was still in the hospital. On social media,
the actress wrote, "Our car was hit by another car at an intersection
wayback from picking kids from school! Me with kids and my nanny.
All of us are safe with minor injuries. My little Sasha is still in the hos-
pital. Bad days, bad time. Please pray for us. Your prayers mean a lot."
prominence in 2002 when she
launched the Julie/Julia Project
on Salon, which chronicled her
attempt to cook all 524 recipes
from Julia Child's landmark
cookbook Mastering the Art of
French Cooking over the course
of a year. An aspiring writer who
was dissatisfied with her adminis-
trative job, Powell became one of
the earliest pioneers of contempo-
rary food blogging, acquiring a
cult following as she documented
her failures and successes, both in
life and in the kitchen - usually
with a cocktail in tow. The suc-
cess of the blog led to a book deal
with Little, Brown and Company.
Powell released Julie and Julia:
365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny
Apartment Kitchen in 2005. The
book was later adapted into a
film, Ephron's Julie & Julia, star-
ring Amy Adams as Powell and
Meryl Streep as Child. The star-
studded cast also included Chris
Messina as Powell's husband Eric
and Stanley Tucci as Child's hus-
band, Paul. Streep scored a best
actress nomination for the role at
the 2010 Academy Awards and
Golden Globes.
in Covid lockdown
sion to report in 28 days - and a commission could
Entertainment Desk
Two films starring Pori Moni,
alyzed from taking any action against Russia's mil-
itary offensive because of Russia's veto power.
Russia circulated the draft resolution and a 310-
not be independent and objective if Russia as a
council member was included so it would have to
be excluded "since it is one of the parties involved
'Bishwoshundori' and 'Goonin'
International Desk ages in the emergency rescue mechanism, weakness page document to council members last week in the armed conflict." Russia's initial allegation of
will be screened at the '4th alleging that military biological activity is taking secret American biological warfare labs in Ukraine
Bangladesh Film Festival' in in emergency response capabilities and the inflexi-
Kolkata. Chayanika
Chowdhury's 'Bishwoshundori'
China authorities apologise after boy dies in Covid
lockdownThe death of the boy triggered a storm of
online criticism of China's zero-Covid-19 policy.
bility of cadres' work," their statement said.
The authorities said Mr Tuo had eventually flagged
place at biological laboratories in Ukraine with
support from the U.S. Defense Department.
Russia's deputy ambassador Dmitry Polyansky
in March has been disputed by independent scien-
tists, Ukrainian leaders and officials at the White
House and Pentagon. An Associated Press investi-
will be screened today down a taxi with help from a policeman at another
Chinese local authorities apologised on Thursday checkpoint. However, Mr Tuo said he had been said after the vote that his government was gation in March found the claim was taking root
(Tuesday) at noon and Gias "extremely disappointed" that the council did not
after a three-year-old boy died of carbon monoxide forced to break through a checkpoint barrier and that online, uniting COVID-19 conspiracy theorists,
Uddin Salim's 'Gunin' will be respond positively to its request to establish a com- QAnon adherents and some supporters of former
screened at 3:30 pm. In this poisoning when medical care was delayed because it was a passer-by who helped him flag the ride. He
of a Covid-19 lockdown, in a rare admission of also claimed he was asked to present a polymerase mission. Its proposed resolution called for the President Donald Trump. Ukraine does have a net-
regard, Pori Moni said - this is Security Council's 15 members to carry out the work of biological labs that have gotten funding
definitely good news for me. responsibility. The north-western city of Lanzhou chain reaction (PCR) test result by community staff,
has been locked down for nearly a month under despite the entire housing compound having been investigation of Russia's complaint, as allowed and research support from the U.S. They are owned
Two films starring me will be under Article VI of the biological weapons conven- and operated by Ukraine and are part of an initia-
screened in a film festival. Hope China's harsh zero-Covid-19 policy, which has seen under lockdown and not tested for the previous 10
millions of people across the country confined to days. The tragedy triggered a storm of online criti- tion, and present a report with recommendations to tive called the Biological Threat Reduction
Kolkata audience will like the the council by Nov. 30. Polyansky claimed Program that aims to reduce the likelihood of dead-
movies. The '4th Bangladesh their homes and often complaining of poor condi- cism of China's zero-Covid-19 policy, with one
tions, food shortages and slow emergency responses, "Western countries demonstrated in every way that ly outbreaks, whether natural or manmade. The
Film Festival' in Kolkata which related hashtag censored on Weibo after gaining
AFP reports. Local police had earlier confirmed the the law does not apply to them" and "are ready to U.S. efforts date back to work in the 1990s to dis-
started from October 29 will hundreds of millions of views. "Three years of the
death of a child in a Tuesday statement, but did not Covid-19 pandemic have been his entire life," read trample any norm, to flout any rule," accusing mantle the former Soviet Union's program for
continue till November 2 tomor- them of a "colonial mentality." U.S. Ambassador weapons of mass destruction. Russia called a
row. The film festival is under mention delays in accessing medical treatment. On one widely circulated comment. "Even though I did-
Thursday, district health authorities published a n't experience it, I feel like I can't breathe," wrote Linda Thomas-Greenfield countered that the Security Council meeting on its claims last
the initiative of the Ministry of United States voted against the resolution "because Thursday, which the United States and its Western
Information and Broadcasting, detailed account of the incident on social media and another user. The incident is the latest in a series of
expressed their "sincere condolences" to the boy's health emergencies that have provoked outrage after it is based on disinformation, dishonesty, bad faith, allies vehemently dismissed. Thomas-Greenfield,
Government of Bangladesh and and a total lack of respect for this body." Before the the U.S. ambassador, called the meeting "a colossal
under the management of the relatives. "We sincerely accept criticism and super- they were exacerbated by zero-Covid-19 policies.
vision from the media and netizens, and are deter- Late last month, censors scrubbed posts saying a 14- vote, Russia's Polyansky called the resolution "a waste of time" and said the claims are part of a
Bangladesh Sub-High considerable milestone" that would show whether Moscow "disinformation campaign" that is
Commission in Kolkata. mined to rectify (mistakes)," they wrote. The year-old girl had died in the central city of Ruzhou
Lanzhou authorities admitted it took over 90 minutes after falling ill in a quarantine facility and being the Security Council was prepared to act in line attempting "to distract from the atrocities Russian
Bangladeshi films are being with international law giving state parties to the forces are carrying out in Ukraine and a desperate
screened in Nandan-1, 2 and 3 to dispatch an ambulance after the boy's father rang denied prompt medical care. In January, a pregnant
an emergency hotline multiple times, and they con- woman in the city of Xi'an miscarried after being biological weapons convention the right to seek an tactic to justify an unjustifiable war." "Ukraine
halls. Halls remain open to visi- investigation at the Security Council. It is a mile- does not have a biological weapons program.
tors . firmed lengthy interactions with staff took place at refused hospital entry for not having a PCR test
the compound gate. "This incident exposed block- result.