Dhaka: After International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari was detained at Dhaka airport, protests erupted in Bangladesh. Hindus took to the streets against the protest. Protesters were attacked by unknown people. The attack reportedly took place in Dhaka. At least 20 demonstrators were injured. Three of them are reported to be in critical condition. In the video's surfaced online, the miscreants were armed with sticks. Visuals Of The Attack: Earlier in the day, Krishna Das Brahmachari was detained at the Dhaka Airport. He was taken to an unknown location. The detention came amid reports of an alleged crackdown on minorities following a massive Hindu rally in the capital. Krishna Das is widely recognised as a leading voice for the rights of Bangladeshi Hindus. The Hindu priest's arrest came amid a series of attacks on minorities in Bangladeshafer interim government took over the charge earlier this year. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari hit out at Yunus. "Renowned firebrand Hindu Leader; Shri Chinmoy Krishna Das Prabhu has been abducted by the Detective Branch at Dhaka Airport in Bangladesh. He is leading the fight for the survival & dignity of the Hindu Minorities of Bangladesh," Adhikari said in his X post. "The Bangladeshi Sanatani Community fear that Md Yunus's 'Radical' Regime may stoop to any level, even eliminate 'perceived threats' to its authority. I urge @DrSJaishankar Ji to kindly take note of the matter and take urgent steps," he added. Suvendu Adhikari's Tweet: Earlier this year, Chief Adviser to Bangladesh's interim government, Muhammad Yunus, had said that the issue of attacks on minority Hindus in his country was "exaggerated" and questioned the manner in which India projected it. In an interview with PTI at his official residence in Dhaka, Yunus said the attacks on minorities in Bangladesh was more political than communal. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from Asia, World and around the world.
After falling down 28 points in the first half Saturday against Hampton on Senior Day at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium, the Great Danes came alive in the second half, putting up 24 fourth-quarter points to rally for a season-ending 41-34 victory. The Great Danes (2-6 CAA, 4-8 overall) weathered a storm of four touchdown runs from Hampton’s Tymere Robinson in the game’s first 25 minutes, finally getting on the board late in the second quarter on a 12-yard Van Weber touchdown pass to Carter Moses. A 31-yard James Bozek field goal and a 38-yard Weber touchdown pass to Jackson Parker on a flea flicker got the Great Danes within 28-17 after three quarters, setting up a wild final 15 minutes. UAlbany’s flurry started with an interception returned for a touchdown by backup linebacker Nick Totten, followed by a 2-point conversion that made it 28-25. Hampton answered with a drive capped off by a 25-yard Malcolm Mays touchdown run, but the Great Danes blocked the ensuing extra point and Kevon Angry took it back the other way to keep it a one-score game. On UAlbany’s following possession, Alex Jreige — who carried the ball 21 times for 110 yards — broke loose for a 53-yard touchdown run to tie the game 34-34 with 7:45 to play. On Hampton’s first offensive play after UAlbany tied the game, Mays fumbled the ball and the Great Danes’ Jack Iuliano recovered, setting the stage for Jojo Uga’s go-ahead 2-yard touchdown run with 4:36 to play. A pair of late stops secured UAlbany’s win, snapping what had been a five-game losing streak. Hampton 14 14 0 6 — 34 UAlbany 0 7 10 24 — 41 H — Robinson 3 run (Csehoski kick) H — Robinson 3 run (Csehoski kick) H — Robinson 2 run (Csehoski kick) H — Robinson 16 run (Csehoski kick) UA — Moses 12 pass from Weber (Opalko kick) UA — Bozek 31 field goal UA — Parker 38 pass from Weber (Opalko kick) UA — Totten 38 interception return (McGee pass from Weber) H — Mays 25 run (kick blocked) UA — Angry blocked extra point return UA — Jreige 53 run (Opalko kick) UA — Uga 2 run (Opalko kick)Super Bowl 2025 Format: What is the playoff format to reach the NFL season's final game?
Lebawit Lily Girma | (TNS) Bloomberg News When winter rolls around, travelers predictably turn their attention to beaches. And this year, it’s the destination that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called “a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean” that’s experiencing outsize demand from Americans planning a warm island vacation. Talk about trashing stereotypes. Related Articles Travel | Would you pay $700 a night to sleep under the stars at this Colorado resort? Travel | Thailand’s starring role in ‘The White Lotus’ is about to pay off Travel | 5 under-the-radar travel destinations the UN says you should visit Travel | Gift ideas for people planning their next trip Travel | Lights and decor, réveillon meals make Christmastime special in New Orleans Puerto Rico has recovered overseas visitors (excluding those from Canada and Mexico) faster than any U.S. state or territory — a staggering 85% increase over its 2019 overseas inbound visitor levels as of 2023, according to an October study from the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office. There are now more daily flights from the U.S. West Coast, and hotel bookings are 6% higher so far in this last quarter of 2024 year-over-year. It’s a trifecta of tourism growth: more visitors, but also longer stays and a higher spend that reached a record $9.8 billion in 2023, boosting small businesses as well as major brands. “We don’t have a slow season in Puerto Rico anymore,” says Brad Dean, chief executive officer at Discover Puerto Rico. Even if they’re not booking, people are dreaming about “La Isla.” By tracking flight searches for trips between November 2024 and February 2025, a measure of “inspirational” demand, tourism intelligence company Mabrian Technologies reports Puerto Rico is up 9% compared with the same period last year and leads Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and the Bahamas in the Caribbean proper. Only Costa Rica ranked higher in the wider region. Dean attributes Puerto Rico’s ongoing tourism growth to a strategic effort to reposition the island’s brand as more than a sun-and-sea destination, starting back in 2018. That led to the Live Boricua campaign, which began in 2022 and leaned heavily on culture, history and cuisine and was, Dean says, “a pretty bold departure” in the way Puerto Rico was showcased to travelers. He adds that at least $2 billion in tourism spend is linked to this campaign. “We (also) haven’t shied away from actively embracing the LGBTQ+ community, and that has opened up Puerto Rico to audiences that may not have considered the Caribbean before,” Dean says. Hotels are preparing to meet this growing demand: A number of established boutique properties are undergoing upgrades valued between $4 million and more than $50 million, including Hotel El Convento; La Concha, which will join the Marriott Autograph Collection; Condado Vanderbilt Hotel; and the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar. That’s in addition to ultra-chic options that are coming online in 2025, including the adults-only Alma San Juan, with rooms overlooking Plaza Colón in the heart of Old San Juan, and the five-star Veranó boutique hotel in San Juan’s trendy Santurce neighborhood. The beachfront Ritz-Carlton San Juan in Isla Verde will also be reopening seven years after Hurricane Maria decimated the island. The travel industry’s success is helping boost employment on the island, to the tune of 101,000 leisure and hospitality jobs as of September 2024, a 26% increase over pre-pandemic levels, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Efforts to promote Puerto Rico’s provinces beyond the San Juan metro area — such as surfing hub Rincón on the west coast, historical Ponce on the south coast and Orocovis for nature and coffee haciendas in the central mountains —have spread the demand to small businesses previously ignored by the travel industry. Take Sheila Osorio, who leads workshops on Afro-Puerto Rican bomba music and dance at Taller Nzambi, in the town of Loíza, 15 miles east of San Juan; or Wanda Otero, founder of cheese-producing company Vaca Negra in Hatillo, an hour’s drive west of Old San Juan, where you can join a cheese-making workshop and indulge in artisanal cheese tastings. “The list of businesses involved in tourism has gone from 650 in 2018 to 6,100, many of which are artists and artisans,” Dean says. While New Yorkers and Miami residents have always been the largest visitor demographic, Dean says more mainland Americans now realize that going to Puerto Rico means passport-free travel to enjoy beaches, as well as opportunities to dine in Michelin-rated restaurants, hike the only rainforest in the U.S. and kayak in a bioluminescent bay. Visitors from Chicago and Dallas, for example, have increased by approximately 40% from July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024, compared with the same period in 2022-2023, and more travelers are expected from Denver now that United Airlines Holdings Inc. has kicked off its first nonstop service to San Juan, beginning on Oct. 29. Previously, beach destinations that were easy to reach on direct flights from Denver included Mexico, Belize and California, but now Puerto Rico joins that list with a 5.5-hour nonstop route that cuts more than two hours from the next-best option. Given United Airlines’ hub in San Francisco, it could mean more travelers from the Golden State in the near future, too. In December, U.S. airlines will have 3,000 more seats per day to the territory compared with the same period last year, for a total of 84,731 — surpassing even Mexico and the Dominican Republic in air capacity, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, the island’s primary gateway, is projecting a record volume of 13 million passengers by year’s end — far surpassing the 9.4 million it saw in 2019. As for Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of garbage” line, Dean says it was “a terribly insensitive attempt at humor” that transformed outrage into a marketing silver lining, with an outpouring of positive public sentiment and content on Puerto Rico all over social media. Success, as that old chestnut goes, may be the best revenge. “It was probably the most efficient influencer campaign we’ve ever had,” Dean says, “a groundswell of visitors who posted their photos and videos and said, ‘This is the Puerto Rico that I know.’” ©2024 Bloomberg L.P. Visit bloomberg.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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