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New Year rings in as Asia, Europe usher out stormy 2022

With fireworks in London, Paris and Berlin, hopes for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-Covid normality, Europe and Asia bid farewell to 2022.

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People take photographs of the first sunrise of the year at a park in Seoul, South Korea, January 1, 2023 Reuters

BNP Vice-Chairman Khandaker Mahbub no more

BNP Vice-Chairman Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain died at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 84.

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BNP Vice Chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain Collected

Fires reported around Dhaka in early hours of New Year's Day

Fires were reported in several Dhaka areas, including Lalbagh, Sadarghat and Adabor, just after the New Year celebrations began when the clock struck midnight on Saturday and the world stepped into 2023.

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Taiwan offers China help to deal with Covid surge

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Sunday offered to provide China with "necessary assistance" to help it deal with a surge in Covid-19 cases, but said Chinese military activities near the island were not beneficial to peace and stability.

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People wearing face masks commute in a subway station during morning rush hour, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Beijing, China January 20, 2021 Reuters

Blasts heard in Kyiv, around Ukraine in early hours of New Year's Day

Numerous blasts were heard in Kyiv and in other places around Ukraine and air raid sirens wailed across the country in the first couple of hours after midnight on New Year's Day.

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People gathered next to a Christmas tree to celebrate the New Year eve before a curfew, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in front of the St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, December 31, 2022 Reuters

BNP's Abdus Sattar quits all his party posts

Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan, one of the BNP lawmakers who has recently resigned from the 11th parliament, has resigned from all his posts within the party, including the Chairperson's Advisory Council.

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Abdus Sattar UNB