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Poonam Pandey says, 'I'm alive'
PM for taking projects considering people's benefit
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (15 Jan) asked the local administration here to take development projects considering their benefits for the country and the people. "Bear some things in mind whenever you go to take any development schemes and that is the return of the projects after its implementation and how much the country and its people will be benefitted," she said. The premier advised not to take any development project to expense the public money only rather to consider how much the people of the locality will be benefitted. She gave the instructions while addressing the local administration at Tungipara in Gopalganj district. Sheikh Hasina asked the local administration to work with confidence, belief and self dignity while performing any professional duty without hesitating about what the people will say.   "Many people had said that it would not work or that would not be effective, but we have done it," she said. Many countries did not even think Bangladesh had progressed so much in the last 15 years, she added. The Prime Minister said, "We don't bother what the people are saying. We will do whatever required to be done for the welfare of the country and its people."  
Delay in China’s Key Economic Session
EU provisionally agrees first AI regulations
Blinken in India holds talks on China, Israel
Swat girls prevented from playing cricket match
Jagdeep Dhankhar-Park Jin stress on cultural, people-to-people ties
Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar and South Korea's Foreign Minister Park Jin on Friday discussed the importance of cultural and people-to-people ties in strengthening India-South Korea Special Strategic Partnership. "FM of the Republic of Korea @FMParkJin called on Hon'ble @VPIndia Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar today," the Indian Vice President tweeted on Friday. "Highlighting 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations, the leaders discussed the significance of cultural & people-to-people ties in strengthening - Special Strategic Partnership," the tweet further read. Park Jin is currently on a two-day official visit to India starting Friday. His visit to India comes as the two countries mark the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Friday welcomed Park Jin to India, said his visit will help strengthen India-South Korea Strategic Partnership. "A warm welcome to FM @FMParkJin of the Republic of Korea on his first official visit to India," Bagchi tweeted on Friday. "As India-South Korea celebrate 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations this year, the visit will strengthen our Special Strategic Partnership," the tweet further read. Park Jin on Friday arrived in India at the Delhi airport. Park on Friday said South Korea would like to upgrade its existing successful partnership with India and focus on trade, investment and supply chain stabilization in manufacturing sector and also critical minerals. Park said he will be holding a meeting with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar to further promote India-South Korea partnership. "Commemorating half a century of our diplomatic relationship, we would like to upgrade our existing successful partnership with India. So, I'm going to meet with my counterpart S Jaishankar, the Foreign Minister of India to discuss our efforts, joint efforts to promote our partnership and to explore possibilities in deepening and widening our cooperation," the South Korean Foreign Affairs Minister told Media.
Elon Musk says he will step down as Twitter CEO
Previously, Musk posted a poll on Twitter asking the platform's users whether he should stay on as CEO. More than 57% of the millions who voted said he should step down from his role. Elon Musk said Tuesday he will step down as chief executive of Twitter as soon as a replacement is found. "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job! After that, I will just run the software and servers teams," Musk wrote on Twitter. What else has Musk said about stepping down? Earlier this week, Musk received a clear indication from Twitter users that the majority of them would like to see him step down from the job after weeks of controversy surrounding the social media platform. Around 57.5% of the 17.5 million people who took part in a poll he posted on Twitter with the question, "Should I step down as head of Twitter?" answered in the affirmative. Plumbing to new depths After months of lawsuits and the near miss of a full-blown trial, Musk finally took control of Twitter at the end of October. Just before the $44 billion (€41.45 billion) acquisition was finalized, Musk entered Twitter headquarters with a sink in his hands — tweeting the picture with the words, "Let that sink in." The ensuing two months have seen mass layoffs, rows over blue check marks, Donald Trump's account restored, several journalists banned from the platform, the prohibition of promoting other social media outlets and Twitter hemorrhaging millions of dollars per day. There have also been calls from Wall Street for Musk to step down from Twitter, which some investors see as distracting the billionaire from his work at Tesla, the electric vehicle company he also runs.