Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said that only experienced people have been considered for the new committee of the party ahead of the upcoming elections.

He made this statement to reporters after paying tribute by placing flowers at the portrait of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi 32 on Sunday morning.

The new committee, led by Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, elected for the tenth time, paid tribute to Bangabandhu's portrait.
Newly elected leaders, including General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who was elected for the third consecutive time, were present at the event.

Shakib Al Hasan and his team returned to their familiar form at the start of the third day. The hosts were in danger of being bowled out due to the batsmen's failure. But Bangladesh saw a glimmer of hope with the batsmen of Nurul Hasan Sohan and Taskin Ahmed along with wicketkeeper-batter Liton Das.

In the end, the Tigers were all out for 231 runs in the second innings. Batting at a target of 145 runs, India lost two wickets in the eighth over and were under pressure.

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Former all-rounder Shahid Afridi has been appointed as the interim chief selector of the Pakistan national cricket team.

The three-member selection committee also includes Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftekhar Anjum.

They have been given the responsibility with the home series against New Zealand ahead.
The PCB said it wanted to leverage Afridi's 20 years of fearless cricketing experience. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board did not provide any details on whether Shahid Afridi would continue as the chief selector after this series.

The much-awaited and controversial film 'Pathan' is set to release early next year. The audience has been waiting for a long time to see Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone together on the big screen after many years. Apart from Shah Rukh and Deepika, the film will also star John Abraham, Ashutosh Rana, and Dimple Kapadia.

The stars have taken a lot of money for acting in this film with a budget of 250 crores. But there is a huge difference in the remuneration. Shah Rukh Khan was last seen playing the lead role in the film 'Zero' in 2018. After that, the actor was seen on the big screen only in a cameo role. After 4 years, he is making a 'comeback' with the film 'Pathan'. Shah Rukh received the highest remuneration for acting in the film 'Pathan'. Shah Rukh earned 100 crores from this film.
‘Deepika Padukone was seen acting opposite Shah Rukh Khan in the film 'Pathan'. The actress earned Rs 15 crores for working in this film.

Salman Khan will be seen in a cameo role in the film 'Pathan'.

The 'mini auction' of the 2023 IPL is underway. This fight is underway to assemble a team before the upcoming IPL. The process of recruiting cricketers to their respective teams began today at 3 pm in Kochi, India. Four Bangladeshi cricketers were named in this mini auction. However, in the first round, no franchise bought Tigers wicketkeeper-batsman Liton Kumar Das, but in the last round of the auction, Kolkata Knight Riders bought him for Rs 50 lakh.

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Last week, actress Parimoni appeared at the trailer launch of her film about her son Rajya. The actress was seen smiling a lot.

As soon as the news of this incident spread, bad news came for the fans. Parimoni has been admitted to a private hospital in the capital.

According to the pictures posted on his Facebook, he has been admitted to the hospital after injuring his finger. No details are known at the moment. He only posted two pictures on social media with his finger bandaged and wrote, 'gift'. It is understood that he is referring to a New Year's gift.

It is learned that this one of the most talked about heroines of the Dhaka industry was admitted to the hospital after being injured on Thursday. Although she got married in October of that year, Pari suddenly announced the news on January 10 of this year. At the same time, this film star announced that she was pregnant. And on August 10, Pari and Raj's house was lit up with a son, Rajya.

The 2023 IPL mini auction has begun. This auction is being held in the fight to assemble a team before the upcoming IPL. The auction began today at 3 pm in Kochi, India. Although 991 cricketers were named in this year's auction, there were 405 cricketers in the final list.

Tigers all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was on the auction list for the 2023 IPL. Like last season, Shakib did not get a team this season either.

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Md. Badiuzzaman, Noakhali Correspondent:

The locals want to make the former 22-year-old successful member of the public nominated from Ward No. 5 of Noakhali Union No. 6 of Noakhali Sadar Upazila, honest and righteous Dharmik Yahya (Battu), win through a fair vote on December 29. Battu said that the Purba Char Uriya center is risky. There was widespread shooting at that center in the last election. He demanded from the Election Commissioner for CCTV cameras. And demanded a fair vote.

Faridpur District Representative-

Faridpur-4 constituency MP and Awami Jubo League Presidium member Mojibur Rahman Chowdhury Nixon unveiled a plaque for road widening work under the implementation of LGED at Charbhadrasan in Faridpur on Thursday (December 22) at around 4:30 pm.
Chowdhury Nixon.
Present at the event were newly elected District Council Chairman Md. Shahadat Hossain, Charbhadrasan Upazila Chairman Md. Kausar, UNO Tanzila Kabir Tropa, Asiland Md. Khairul Islam, Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mintu Mondal, former Joint General Secretary of Upazila Awami League Md. Anwar Ali Mollah, Jubilee League President Md. Morad Hossain, leaders and workers of various party organizations and local dignitaries.
Later, in a brief discussion with leaders and workers at the Upazila Awami League party office, Nixon Chowdhury said, "The only driver of all the development that Bangladesh is experiencing is Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In the continuation of that development, the trend of development in all sectors including roads, bridges, schools, colleges, mosques, madrasas, temples in my constituency Charbhadrasan, Sadarpur and Bhanga has continued. This unprecedented development of the country is possible because of Sheikh Hasina as the Prime Minister."
If Sheikh Hasina becomes Prime Minister again, she will gift the nation with a developing country.
Later, he presented 5 footballs, volleyball and a set of cricket equipment to Charbhadrasan Sporting Club. Besides, MP Nixon Chowdhury provided financial assistance and guidance for the development of mosques, madrasas and graveyards in various unions of the upazila.

It is learned that the cost of the 1,860-meter RHD road widening work from HQ to Charsultanpur RSD via Zakir Sura Road under the implementation of LGED under scheduled maintenance has been estimated at 2 crore 15 lakh 60 thousand taka.

Abu Taher, Ramganj Correspondent:
In order to bring smiles to the faces of more than 200 helpless people in Ramganj, Laxmipur, the Ramganj Group of Potential has distributed winter clothes to them. The distribution of winter clothes was done on Friday, (December 23) at 10 am at the Ramganj Pilot Girls High School hall room under the chairmanship of the group's admin Md. Anwar Hossain (Anu) and with the overall support of Taslima Akhter, the initiator of the winter clothes distribution and group moderator. The chief guest at the distribution program was Mahbubur Rahman, advisor president of the Ramganj Group of Opportunities and headmaster of Raipur LM Pilot High School. The special guest was eminent social worker and advisor general secretary Shamsul Alam Patwari, headmaster of Ramganj Pilot Girls High School Manjurul Haque Faruk, president of the managing committee of Daspara High School Morshedul Amin Babu, assistant headmaster of Pilot Girls High School Shakil Ahmed, and other leaders were also present at the time, including moderator Md. Russell Mia, president of Ramganj Press Club Sakhawat Hossain Jahangir, general secretary Kausar Hossain, finance secretary Abu Taher, journalists Belayet Hossain Bachchu, Faruk Patwari, Parvez Hossain, Iqbal Hossain, Abdur Rahman and other leaders.
Note: The guests present appreciated the initiative of the Ramganj Group of Potential. Then the leaders handed over winter clothes for all the unions of the upazila to various representatives.