His team trailing by one point, Carter Nelson caught an entry pass inside the paint at the Devaney Sports Center. Nelson turned and lifted a shot over his right shoulder, as two Guardian Angels CC defenders rose up with him. Nelson's shot lifted Ainsworth to a dramatic 54-53 win over the Bluejays in a Class D-1 semifinal Friday. And so the state tournament ride continues for Nelson, a Top 100 prospect according to all three major recruiting services. Photos: Nebraska high school state boys basketball tournament, Friday semifinals

The Business Standard (TBS) beat Dhaka Tribune 2-1 in tiebreaker to advance to the final of the Kool-BSJA Media Cup at the BFF Artificial Turf in Arambagh on Saturday. Hasan Jamilur Rahman Saikat, who bagged a brace in the stipulated time was adjudged the player of the match. The scoreline was 2-2 at the end of the allocated time. TBS goalkeeper Arif saved three shots in the penalty shootout to hand them the win. They will face Jamuna Television in the final of the tournament.

News Desk :A Bangladeshi farmer has died from his injuries sustained in a grenade attack by an armed man from Myanmar amid the conflict between the Arakan Army and security forces. “The armed man from Myanmar threw a grenade at Mobarak when he tried to stop him from crossing the Ukhiya border,” said Altaaz. Locals took Mobarak to Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital after the incident. “He was again sent back to Cox’s Bazar District Sadar Hospital when his condition improved a little. According to Mobarak’s father-in-law Jagir Hossain, the farmer had suffered severe injuries on his head, legs and stomach after the grenade attack.

Anwara Begum, bowed by age, has difficulty walking. Still, with the help of her daughter and a neighbour, she came to cast her ballot at the Mymensingh City Corporation polls. She was ‘delighted’ at the opportunity to vote by Electronic Voting Machine. Rena owns a local tea stall. Though Anwara’s age is displayed as 67 on her national ID card, Rena says her mother is 97 years old.

Bitcoin briefly rallied to a record high on Friday in volatile trading, as crypto mania continued to sweep through the investment community. The leading cryptocurrency topped the $70,000 mark for the first time, boosted by investor demand for new US spot exchange-traded crypto products and expectations for global interest rates to fall. It rose to as high as $70,105 before quickly dropping, and was last trading at $68,317.72. Billions of dollars have flowed into ETFs in the past few weeks, and the market is getting extra support from an outlook that includes an upgrade to the ethereum blockchain platform, home to the second-largest cryptocurrency ether, and a bitcoin "halving" event, which slows the flow of bitcoin minting, in April.

But for the first time, she left a polling centre without casting her vote. Never have I faced a situation where I couldn't vote," she said. "The fingerprint didn't match, so I couldn't vote. Her daughter, Dipali Bhasfor, who accompanied her to the polling centre, successfully voted. However, Nurul Islam, the presiding officer at the Premier Ideal High School women's polling centre, assured that the EVMs were functioning correctly.

On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast we are joined by Jacob Mackey to discuss two big gender-related stories in the news. The first story is positive, and we have covered it in the Connors Newsletter—a big new research study shows that we have made great progress combatting sex discrimination in the labor market. Then there is a difficult and troubling story. According to leaked internal files from WPATH, a leading global organization which advocates for transgender health care, WPATH has not been completely forthcoming about their internal concerns about the evidence behind gender-affirming care for minors as well as the ethical issues surrounding informed consent for such care. The first part of this conversation is really positive, while the second half is a difficult subject that we hope we treat fairly and with an appropriate level of concern.

General Daily Insight for March 09, 2024 Our thoughts are flying fast and loose. This transit is great for stirring up modern opportunities to help you do just that, but you’ll need to be ready to prove yourself at a moment’s notice. Leo July 23 – August 22 Life may be about to need subtitles in the best possible way. That said, you’ll need to leave your comfort zone to experience them. You don’t need to be a regular Michaelangelo or Rembrandt to make use of this phase.

Plans to get aid into Gaza by sea gain pace as airdrop mishap kills fiveGAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, March 9, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - An international effort is gathering pace to get desperately needed humanitarian relief into Gaza by sea in a bid to counter overland access restrictions blamed on Israel as it battles Hamas militants. The dire conditions more than five months into the war have led some countries to airdrop food and other assistance over the besieged Gaza Strip, but a parachute malfunction turned the latest operation lethal on Friday. The United Nations has repeatedly warned of looming famine in the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli siege following the October 7 attack by Hamas that triggered the war. - No US troops in Gaza -Israel, which withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but has maintained control over its airspace and territorial waters, said it "welcomes" the planned maritime corridor. US officials said the plan builds on the maritime aid corridor proposed by Cyprus -- the closest European Union member to Gaza.

MOSCOW, March 9, 2024 (BSS/TASS) - About 83% of the polled Russians give a positive assessment of the work of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a survey conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). According to the survey, 83% of the respondents said that they evaluate Putin's endeavors positively. The level of Russians' trust in Putin is about 82%. In addition, 55% of those polled approved of the Russian government's work, while 61% approved of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin's work. The FOMnibus weekly poll was conducted among 1,500 adults from 104 urban and rural populated localities in 53 Russian regions on March 1-3, 2024.

News Desk :The S Alam Refined Sugar Industries Limited is set to reopen its mill in Chattogram five days after a fire destroyed raw sugar at a warehouse, triggering fears of a price rise during Ramadan and environmental impact on the Karnaphuli river. Sugar refining at the factory will resume on Saturday, Mohammad Hossain, the general manager (human resources) at the group, told bdnews24.com on Friday, reports bdnews24.comThe blaze erupted at S Alam Group crude sugar warehouse around 4pm on Monday. Fifteen firefighting units managed to take control of the situation later that night, preventing the blaze from reaching the main factory and adjacent warehouses. Located beside the 11 MW S Alam Power Plant, the sugar mill operates using electricity generated by the plant. Company officials said that 400,000 tonnes of raw sugar was stored across four warehouses at the mill, intended for refinement and subsequent sale during Ramadan.

Stopping to chat with reporters on his way to a campaign event in Pennsylvania, President Joe Biden wouldn't commit to debating his likely Republican challenger, Donald Trump, and he said he'd still sign a TikTok ban if Congress passes one. As featured on Third-party movement No Labels says it will field a 2024 presidential ticket It will announce its candidate selection process on March 14, said Mike Rawlings, a former Dallas mayor affiliated with the group.

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The City of Beatrice held a public open house at the Beatrice Country Club on Thursday evening to provide the community with plans for the South 13th Street Reconstruction project. City Engineer James Burroughs said the project had been in the planning for some time. “It’s been a project that had been on some people’s radar for quite some time,” he said. Tiemann as the contractor.”The concrete reconstruction project on South 13th Street is specifically for the street from Beaver to Oak. Community members attending the open house had an opportunity to view the plans for access to their homes along South 13th Street.