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In Bangladesh’s opening Super Four match against Sri Lanka, Saif Hassan and Towhid Hridoy scored four wickets in the opening encounter of the Asia Cup.

After a dramatic final over on Saturday, Bangladesh won with a ball with a run out after Hassan scored 61 runs off 45 balls with two fours and four sixes, and Hridoy hit 58 off 37 with two sixes.

Jaker Ali hit Dasun Shanaka for a first-ball four before being bowled after being required to score five runs on the final six balls. Mahedi Hasan was then returned for a two-ball duck by Shanaka.

Nasum Ahmed and Shamim Hossain put a strong end to Sri Lanka’s unbeaten run on the final delivery, 14 not out of 12.

Bangladesh’s third-highest successful chase in the Twenty20s came to an end with a score of 169-6.

Sri Lanka was able to defeat them to go 168-7 with Shanaka’s 64 not out of 37 balls earlier.

After the contentious no-handshakes group game, India and Pakistan square off in their subsequent Super Four match on Sunday.

After Mahedi Hasan struck twice, Sri Lanka was reduced to 65-3 in 9.1 overs in spite of a quick opening stand between Pathum Nissanka (22) and Kusal Mendis (34).

Then, with two fours and five sixes, Shanaka took control and scored 50 from 30 balls. With Charith Asalanka for the fifth wicket, he combined for 57 runs with six sixes and totaled 57.

Asalanka was dropped in the 19th over and then sprinted off with his 21 off 12 balls. Shanaka, who was also dropped, endured the most success.

The run out and Mustafizur Rahman’s two wickets loss vital momentum in the over.

Tanzid Hasan was bowled for a two-ball duck, but his partner, who counterattacked Sri Lanka, was unharmed. Litton Das, a skipper of Bangladesh, scored 59 runs off 34 balls for the second wicket.

Saif Hassan led with 59 points in the powerplay, with Bangladesh leading. He had 36 balls and reached 50.

As Bangladesh’s chase grew more potent, Hassan and Hridoy combined for 54.

With 50 of 31 balls, Hridoy led the chase to the finish line. Despite the final over drama, Shamin Hossain helped him come to an end in the 19th over when Dushmantha Chameera had him trapped in.

Peter Szijjarto, the EU’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas, released excerpts from a letter he sent to him on Friday, demanding action against antifa in a post on X.

He wrote that “individuals and organizations affiliated with the so-called Antifa ideology have carried out numerous terrorist attacks throughout the European Union, including in Germany, France, and Italy.”

“This bloody far-left network has carried out brutal attacks throughout Europe, including Budapest. Suspects later avoided justice by finding refuge in EU states, to our great regret, Szijjarto said.

Szijjarto brought up Ilaria Salis, an Italian who, according to him, “gained immunity after becoming an MEP.”

Salis and other activists were detained in Budapest in February 2023 as they staged a demonstration against neo-Nazis’ annual commemoration.

She was elected to the European Parliament a year later, putting an end to her house arrest in Budapest.

In a letter to @kajakallas, I urged the EU to recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization in response to @realDonaldTrump’s example.

This vicious far-left organization has carried out brutal attacks throughout Europe, including Budapest.

Suspects later avoided justice, to our great regret… https://twitter.com/StM6jKzU3q

He claimed that “these abhorrent acts demonstrate without a doubt that the Antifa movement poses a serious threat.”

The foreign minister cited antifa’s recent designation as a “major terrorist organization” by US President Donald Trump as a justification for similar actions in Europe.

Szijjarto claimed that the government was “convinced that Europe must align its steps with the US, the world’s leading force in the fight against terrorism.”

In response to the widespread protests in the US in response to the killing of unarmed Black man George Floyd in May 2020, Trump also threatened to designate antifa as a terrorist organization during his first term.

To prevent a looming government shutdown when the current fiscal year wraps up at the end of the month, leading Democrats are requesting a meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Senate Democrats’ Chuck Schumer and their congressional counterpart Hakeem Jeffries both wrote to Trump on Saturday, accusing him of wanting a shutdown to “gut the American people’s healthcare.”

In a letter published on the latter’s website, Schumer and Jeffries wrote, “We do not understand why you prefer to shut down the government rather than to preserve the health and quality of life of the American people.”

A short-term funding bill that would have kept funding flowing to the federal government until November was approved by the Republican-dominated Congress on Friday before lawmakers left town for a week-long break.

Trump claimed on Friday that the government would still handle the military and Social Security payments in response to funding that was scheduled to run out on September 30.

Republicans will bear responsibility for another agonizing government shutdown, according to Schumer and Jeffries, who criticized the GOP leadership’s continued refusal to even speak with Democrats.

According to them, the president was “obliged to meet with us directly.”

Go-to-hell mode

Democrats are pushing for permanent, accelerated Obamacare subsidies that the Congressional Budget Office estimates will cost $ 350 billion over ten years. Additionally, they want to reverse earlier this year’s Medicaid cuts.

According to Schumer and Jeffries, tens of millions of Americans could experience a yearly increase in healthcare costs that would not be a result of their desired reforms and face a real bankruptcy risk.

They stated that “we are willing to work toward a bipartisan spending agreement that improves the lives of American families and addresses the Republican healthcare crisis.”

The letter outlined the Trump administration’s assault on healthcare, including the elimination of Medicare and Medicaid cuts, the repeal of Obamacare subsidies, “skyrocketing premiums,” “attacks on medical research,” “suppression of vaccine availability,” and the closure of hospitals, nursing homes, and neighborhood clinics.