Mahendra Singh Dhoni

https://youtu.be/VVvSVUC_cao

Obama's wish about bin Laden's last moments

Obama's wish about bin Laden's last moments

US President Barack Obama

Washington – Five years after US special forces killed Osama bin Laden, President Barack Obama says he hopes that in his last moments the terror mastermind realised Americans had not forgotten about 9/11.

In an interview with CNN broadcast on Monday, Obama marked the anniversary of what many see as one of his presidency's greatest achievements: ending the long hunt for the illusive Saudi-born Al-Qaeda boss.

US special forces killed bin Laden in Pakistan on May 2, 2011.

"Hopefully, at that moment, he understood that the American people hadn't forgotten the some 3 000 people who he killed," Obama said.

Obama discussed his decision to carry out the raid despite imperfect intelligence.

"It was clear to me that this was going to be our best chance to get bin Laden," Obama said.

"If in fact we did not take the action, that he might slip away and [it] might be years before he resurfaced.

"We knew it was going to cause some significant blowback within Pakistan and if it wasn't bin Laden, the costs would outweigh the benefits," the president continued.

"Having weighed all that, I thought about the 9/11 families and their continuing pain and sense that it was important for us to bring him to justice."

Obama leaves office in January, with Al-Qaeda significantly diminished by drone strikes and somewhat eclipsed by its offshoot, the so-called Islamic State group.

Baghdad shrine braving bomb threat

Tens of thousands flock to Baghdad shrine braving 

bomb threat

 Baghdad-Tens of thousands of Shiite faithful converged on a north Baghdad shrine on Tuesday for the peak of an annual pilgrimage, braving the threat of attack after two jihadist bombings.

The attacks claimed by Sunni extremists of the Islamic State group killed at least 37 people but did not deter huge crowds of black-clad pilgrims from visiting the shrine of Imam Musa Kadhim to commemorate his death.

"This pilgrimage represents a defeat for terrorism," said Mohammed Nayif, a 32-year-old from Babil province, south of Baghdad.

"We are not afraid of the explosions and nothing will stop us," he said.

An official from the shrine said that "millions" of people participated in the pilgrimage in recent days, and that more details would be released later on Tuesday.

Many of the main thoroughfares in Baghdad are closed in the days leading up to the annual commemoration of Imam Kadhim's death, an important date in the Shiite Muslim calendar.

Kadhim, the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam, died in 799 AD. The pilgrimage to his shrine has in recent years turned into a huge event that brings the capital to a standstill for days.

ISIS has claimed multiple attacks in the Baghdad area targeting the pilgrims.

A car bomb in south Baghdad killed at least 14 people on Monday, while 23 people died in a similar attack on the outskirts of the city two days before.

ISIS considers members of Iraq's Shiite majority to be heretics, and frequently targets them in bombings.

Iraqi forces have regained significant ground from IS, which overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in 2014.

But the jihadists still control a major part of western Iraq, and carry out frequent bombings in government-controlled areas.

IPL 2016, RCB vs KKR

RCB bowling is not Popatwadi attack as Sunil Gavaskar said, says Yusuf Pathan 

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Yusuf Pathan smashed 60 runs to guide his KKR team home against RCB. (Source: BCCI)

He led the Kolkata Knight Riders’ successful chase with his batting heroics but Yusuf Patha refused to agree with Sunil Gavaskar’s assessment of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s bowling, which he had termed as ‘popatwadi attack’. (Fixtures | Squads)

KKR chased down a formidable RCB target 186 with ease as Pathan smashed 60 runs on Monday night.

“Any team playing, or for that matter any batting lineup, and especially any bowling lineup cannot be called Popatwadi Attack, when teams are participating in big tournaments as IPL,” Pathan told reporters during the post-match press conference.

During a studio discussion, Gavaskar had called RCB bowling as “popatwadi attack.”

“It is his viewpoint and his perception. Whatever he said, it is according to his understanding. But look at Varun Aaron and Shane Watson, they both have represented their country for their achievements,” he said.

Pathan said when RCB’s bowling will start clicking it will become a different team.

READ: Quiet Knight Yusuf Pathan rises in Bangalore

“Unfortunately for RCB, compared to their batting strengths, their bowling has not been clicking. It is a matter of two to three games, and if their bowling clicks the team will look altogether a different side,” said.

Pathan said the 96 runs partnership for the fifth wicket between him and Andre Russel played a crucial role to clinching a victory against RCB in their backyard.

“In the initial period of our partnership, Russel took the role of going after the bowling, and I steadied the innings, which helped us build a good partnership, and from there on the target began to look small,” he said.

“We were just thinking of staying on the wicket and play shots, when the team was struggling at 69 for four,” he said.

On Gautam Gambhir’s captaincy, Pathan said he is a very good captain, and most importantly he trusts and backs his players in good or bad situation.

“Trusting and backing players in any situation boosts the morale of the players,” he said.

virat kohili

https://youtu.be/gU0sTGRE4nk

padma Bridge in bangladesh

এক নজরে পদ্মা বহুমুখী সেতু প্রকল্প

Component of the Project :
a) Main Bridge
b) River Training Works(RTW)
c) Janjira Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities
d) Mawa Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities
e) Service Area-2
f) Resettlement
g) Environment
h) Land Acquisition
i) CSC(Main Bridge & RTW)
j) CSC(Approach Roads & Service Area-2)
k) Engineering Support & Safety Team(ESST)

Main Bridge (6.15 km long):
Contractor : China Major Bridge Engineering Co. Ltd, China.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 12,133.39 crore.
Date of work order : November 26, 2014.
Date of Completion : .
Physical Progress of Work : Mobilization of equipments & procurement of materials as well as preparatory works such as geotechnical investigation, survey, steel fabrication of test pile, dredging and Contractor’s accommodation, stack yard, casting yard etc. construction are going on.

River Training Works(14 km length):
Contractor : Sinohydro Corporation Limited, China.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 8707.81 crore.
Date of work order : December 31, 2014.
Date of Completion : .
Physical Progress of Work : Handed over land to Contractor, Mobilization of equipments & procurement of materials as well as Contractor’s accommodation, stack yard, casting yard etc. construction are going on.

Janjira Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities (10.5 km length):
Contractor : AML-HCM JV.
Contract Period : 3 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 1097.40 crore.
Date of work order : October 08, 2013.
Physical Progress of Work : 29.10%.

Mawa Approach Road & Selected Bridge End Facilities (1.5 km length):
Contractor : AML-HCM JV.
Contract Period : 2.5 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 193.40 crore.
Date of work order : January 27, 2014
Physical Progress of Work : 21.5%.

Service Area-2:
Contractor : Abdul Monem Ltd.
Contract Period : 2.5 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 208.71 crore.
Date of work order : January 12, 2014
Physical Progress of Work : 12%.

Resettlement:
Total Additional Grant
Paid to the PAP : BDT: 500.71 crore(upto 31/12/2014).
Total no. of plots : 2698
No. of residential plots : 2618
No. of commercial plots : 80
977 plots have been handed over to the PAP out of approved 1045 plots(upto 31/12/2014).

Environment:
Tree plantation has been started from 2012 and 55150 nos. of tree plantation has been completed up to-date.

Land Acquisition:
Land has been acquired 1408.54 hectre.

CSC(Main Bridge & RTW):
Consultant : Korea Expressway Corporation, South Korea & Associates.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 383.15 crore.
Date of Signing Contract : November 03, 2014.
Progress of Work : Deployment of manpower as well as supervision of works are going on.

CSC(Approach Road & Service Area):
Consultant : Special Works Organization(SWO-West), Bangladesh Army in
association with BRTC, BUET.
Contract Period : 3 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 133.49 crore.
Date of Work Order : October 13, 2013.
Progress of Work : 40%.

Engineering Support & Safety Team(ESST):
ESST : Bangladesh Army.
Contract Period : 4 years+1year (defect liability period).
Contract Cost : BDT: 72.14 crore.
Date of Work Order : October 13, 2013
Progress of Work : 40%.