Morning Brief

Argentina fans make 3,000 foot flag in Mymensingh

Argentina supporters created a stir on Wednesday by hanging a 3,000 foot long flag in Nandail, Mymensingh.

It is known that from Sunday to Wednesday afternoon, a huge flag has been hung across a kilometre of road from Nandail Chowrasta Bazar on Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Regional Highway to Nandail railway station.

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Dhaka Tribune

Gold worth Tk15 crore seized in Benapole, 2 held

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) claimed to have detained two people with 112 gold bars, weighing 16.5kgs, from Amrakhali border area in Benapole on Wednesday.

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File photo of gold bars Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

Envoy: Dhaka Lit Fest will be great opportunity for people to get to know Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk

Nobel laureate Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk will attend the 10th edition of Dhaka Lit Fest (DLF) to be held in January.

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Collected

Every good election re-energizes democracy

Good elections are uplifting for the soul, even if the results may be disappointing for some. In a good number of instances, elections can be cathartic for nations which may have for a long time waited patiently for change.

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Mehedi Hasan

Ukraine conflict intensifies in east

Ukraine said it faced fierce fighting in the east from Russian troops that withdrew from Kherson in the south, while Nato and Poland concluded a missile that crashed in Poland was probably a stray fired by Ukraine's air defences.

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Ukrainian servicemen fire a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun at a position, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, on a frontline in Kherson region on November 9, 2022 Reuters

Republicans win US House majority, setting stage for divided government

Republicans were projected to win a majority in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting the stage for two years of divided government as President Joe Biden's Democratic Party held control of the Senate.

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House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks to reporters after McCarthy was nominated by fellow Republicans to be their leader or the Speaker of the House if they take control in the next Congress, following House Republican leadership elections at the US Capitol in Washington, US, November 15, 2022 Reuters

N Korea fires missile hours after warning of fiercer military response

North Korea has fired an "unidentified ballistic missile", Seoul's military said Thursday, the latest in a record-breaking blitz of launches as Pyongyang warned of a "fiercer" military response to the US and its regional allies.

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File photo: People watch a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea firing three ballistic missiles into the sea, in Seoul, South Korea, November 2, 2022 Reuters Elon Musk says he will find a new leader for Twitter

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, adding that he hoped to complete an organizational restructuring this week.

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An image of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022 Reuters