The United States has been hit by a powerful winter storm, with nearly 4,400 domestic and international flights canceled as the storm brought heavy snow and winds.

The country was forced to cancel flights on Thursday and Friday due to the storm. Of these, more than 2,100 flights were canceled on Friday.

The US National Weather Service said temperatures could drop even further due to a severe cold snap that began Thursday, forcing authorities to cancel more than 4,000 flights.

Brazilian star Neymar Jr. has been largely in the background since his World Cup quarter-final loss to Croatia. He also took a break from social media. However, after a long World Cup campaign, the Brazilian has now forgotten his country's failures and moved to France.

After a month of excitement over the Qatar World Cup, the club football season is set to resume this week. All the teams in Europe have started their training. Already, French star Kylian Mbappe has joined PSG's training session first.

The French forward returned to action three days after losing to Argentina in the World Cup final. After the World Cup Golden Boot winner, PSG teammate Neymar has arrived in France. The Brazilian star is not the only one to step foot on French soil, but another star, Marquinhos, has also stepped foot on French soil.

After returning home after the World Cup, Neymar rushed to his sister's house. He also hosted a party there for two consecutive nights. Although the matter was supposed to be kept secret, the guests who came to Neymar's party posted some pictures and videos on social media as they left the house. After that, the gossip about this party spread on social media.

The US state of Arizona has agreed to remove a temporary wall built by President Donald Trump to keep out illegal immigrants on the border with Mexico, a move that comes after protests over its effectiveness.

The state's Republican governor, who ordered the wall to be built, argued that it would stop the flow of immigrants into America.

However, those who have filed legal challenges against the wall have questioned this reasoning.

The government spent at least $80 million to build this wall, made from more than 900 shipping containers.

Arizona shares a 600-kilometer border with neighboring Mexico. A large section of the border has been fenced since Donald Trump became president in 2017. Governor Doug Ducey began building a temporary barrier in the Coronado National Forest earlier this year. But the US government sued him last week, claiming the seven-kilometer-long wall encroaches on federal land.

However, after an agreement with the federal government on Wednesday, the Ducey-led administration said that “all previously constructed shipping containers and associated equipment, materials, vehicles and other items will be removed by early January.”

The Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group working in the area, filed two lawsuits against the wall.

The organization claims that the container wall has divided an important protected forest, blocking the habitat of endangered animals and their drinking water sources and migration routes.

Russ McSpadden, a member of the organization, told AFP that the cameras he used to track local wildlife had never captured any images of illegal immigration. He realized that the wire fence that was previously in place was a sufficient barrier.

Jewel Rahman, Habiganj Correspondent:

The monthly meeting of the Upazila Law and Order Committee was held in Baniachang.

Satisfaction was expressed in the meeting as the overall law and order situation in the upazila is normal.

The meeting was informed that the process of establishing a Ramnath Memorial Library named after world-renowned geographer Ramnath Biswas at his residence is underway.
The meeting was informed that disputes over bills, water bodies, and land have decreased due to the active presence of law enforcement personnel.
It was reported that this was possible due to the continued concerted efforts of all concerned to maintain the overall law and order situation.
The meeting held at the Baniachong Upazila Parishad auditorium on Thursday, December 22 at 3 pm was presided over by Upazila Executive Officer Padmasan Singh.
Upazila Parishad Chairman Abul Kashem Chowdhury spoke as the chief guest.

The meeting was addressed by Assistant Commissioner (Land) Iffat Ara Zaman Urmi, Officer-in-Charge Ajay Chandra Deb, Vice Chairman Faruk Amin, UP Chairman Ahad Ali, President of the Corruption Prevention Committee Bipul Bhushan Roy, President of the Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Swapan Kumar Das, Maoist Ataur Rahman, Sheikh Shahnewaz Phul, President of Baniachong Press Club Mosahed Mia, UP Chairman Arfan Uddin, Manju Kumar Das, Ershad Ali, Farid Ahmed, Masud Qureshi Makki, Hafez Shamrul Islam, Joykumar Das, Sadequr Rahman, Nasiruddin Chowdhury, among others.

Abdur Rahman Ishan, Netrokona Correspondent

With the slogan "In an effort to make the dull childhood of a distressed child colorful", a school called Shwapon Vidyanid started its journey in 2020 in the Rail Colony area of Netrakona with some underprivileged and street children who are like unblooming flower buds. With the help of a group of young people, this school for underprivileged children started its journey with 20 students.
Its student population now exceeds 40.
On December 21, cultural programs and sports competitions were held to mark the second anniversary of the foundation. Hanif Ullah Akash, Information and Technology Affairs Secretary of the District Press Club, was present as the chief guest.
Also present were Abdur Rahman Ishan, president of the Stage for Youth Foundation Netrokona municipal branch, Kazi Abdul Gaffar, the organization's director, Mostaim Billah, Nahid, Salehin Netrokona Government College student leader Abul Kalam Azad, Shihab Ahmed, school teachers and others.

Narsingdi Correspondent:

The 12th election of the Narsingdi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (NCCI) has been held. Continuous voting was held from 9 am to 4 pm on Wednesday (December 21).

The voting was held in 10 booths in 10 rooms of Narsingdi Chamber Building and Narsingdi Biam Zila School. Later, at 7:30 pm, the results were announced by the Chairman of the Election Management Board, Makhon Das.

He said that 38 candidates contested against a total of 18 posts in two categories in the election. Out of these, 24 candidates contested against 12 general category director posts and 14 candidates contested against 6 associate category director posts.  

In the general category, Abdul Momen Mollah (1076), Kazim Uddin (1047), Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan (1044), Al-Amin Rahman (1043), Motalib Hossain (1040), Enamul Haque Monir (1010), Delwar Hossain Dulal (997), Rafiqul Islam (993), Mahmudul Hasan Shamim Newaz (971), Russell Bin Hasanat (690), Faisal Ahmed (907) and Paresh Sutradhar (905) were elected as directors with the highest number of votes.

In the associate category, Hasib Ahmed Molla (684), Anisur Rahman Bhuiyan (628), Sarwar Hossain Bhuiyan Jhantu (626), Shahidul Islam Palash (618), Saiful Islam Zahid (582) and Asaduzzaman (565) won the post of director with the votes.  

The total number of voters in the election was 2,553. Of these, 1,566 were for the general category director post and 987 were for the associate category director post. Of these, 74 percent of voters cast their votes. Md. Kamrul Islam served as the presiding officer in the election.

Badiuzzaman (Tuhin), Noakhali Correspondent:

The candidates are running a campaign campaign ahead of the 3rd Union Parishad election of Noakhali Sadar to be held on December 29. The candidates have taken to the field with their waists tied up. The election atmosphere is gathering. Maulana Yasin Arafat, the heavyweight chairman candidate in Noakhali Union No. 6, is roaming from village to village. Envious of the popularity of the pineapple marker, malicious circles are running false and baseless propaganda against the pineapple symbol through social media, said Pineapple marker candidate Maulana Yasin Arafat.

The global epidemic of coronavirus continues to decline.

In the last 24 hours, 19 more people have been diagnosed with corona. According to the test, the detection rate on this day is 75 percent. However, no new deaths occurred during this time.

This information was informed in the notification sent by the Department of Health on Tuesday (December 20) afternoon.

Additional Director General (Administration) Professor Dr. According to the press release signed by Ahmadul Kabir, a total of 2,534 samples were collected in 883 corona laboratories of the country in the last 24 hours. A total of 2,536 samples were tested. Corona has been detected in the body of 19 more people in the test. As a result, the total number of corona patients in the country has increased to 20 lakh 36 thousand 967 people.

In the last 24 hours, the detection rate has stood at 75 percent. So far, the detection rate of the total sample test is 13.45 percent and the recovery rate is 97.54 percent. Apart from this, the death rate is 1.45 percent in the case of detection.

The coronavirus that spread from Wuhan, China in December 2019 has turned into a global pandemic over time. The first corona patient was identified in Bangladesh on March 8, 2020. After 10 days of this, on March 18 of that year, the first death due to Corona occurred in the country. On August 5 and 10 last year, a maximum of 264 people died.

A crocodile measuring about six feet long has been caught in the Chitra River in Kalia Upazila of Narail.

On Monday (December 19) afternoon, villagers caught the crocodile with a net from the Chitra River adjacent to Jobayer Biswas's brick kiln in Kharia village of Kalia upazila.

It is learnt that the crocodile was caught in a net and taken to the shore and kept at the Perli Union Parishad (UP) premises. At that time, hundreds of people eagerly gathered there to see the crocodile. Later, the forest department was informed and the workers came in the evening and took the crocodile away.

Eyewitnesses said that on Monday afternoon, workers saw the large crocodile in the riverbank adjacent to Jobayer Biswas's brick kiln in Kharia village. When the news spread, the villagers surrounded the crocodile with nets and caught it.

In this regard, Perli UP Chairman Md. Jarjid Molya told Banglanews, on Monday afternoon, brick kiln workers saw the crocodile and informed others. Later, 10/12 people including Azimul Molya of Kharia village surrounded the crocodile with a large net and caught it. Later, it was kept under guard in the Union Parishad premises. In the evening, the crocodile was handed over to the concerned officials.

Amjad Hossain, a forester at the Kalia Upazila Social Forestry Department, told BanglaNews that Mahinur Rahman, the range officer of the Wildlife Extension and Nature Conservation Department, Khulna, brought the crocodile. They believe it is a rare freshwater gharial. It is believed that it came to the shore to bask in the sun as the water in the river was receding and it was winter.
Kalia Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Sheikh Tasmeem Alam said, "Upon receiving the information, we went to the spot and ensured the safety of the crocodile. Later, it was handed over to officials in Khulna region through the Kalia Upazila Social Forestry Department."

A couple of days ago, Shakib Al Hasan's favorite team, Argentina, won the World Cup title. The Albiceleste's 36-year wait is over.

The fans also got to see the coveted trophy. Shakib Al Hasan is one of them. He is also floating with excitement. On Tuesday, Shakib appeared at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur wearing the Bangladesh jersey. Like his favorite footballer Lionel Messi, he also had the number 10 jersey.

On the night of Argentina's World Cup victory, he took to the streets at midnight wearing Messi's jersey. Later, his video went viral on social media. This time, he appeared on the field as well. Playing football in cricketers' practice is a regular occurrence. Shakib played football today wearing Argentine legend Lionel Messi's jersey. According to the schedule, the Bangladesh team had an optional practice today. However, cricketers were seen arriving at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur around 1 pm.

Bangladesh is practicing this way mainly with the end of the two-match Test series against India in mind. Earlier, the hosts won the three-match ODI series. However, they later lost the Chittagong Test by a huge margin of 188 runs.