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FUEL PROTEST IN FRANCE

Police fire tear gas, water cannon

Yellow vest (Gilet jaune) protestors stand as a water canon sprays on the Champs Elysees in Paris, yesterday during a protest against rising oil prices and living costs. Photo: AFP

Police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon in central Paris against "yellow vest" protesters demanding French President Emmanuel Macron roll back tax hikes on motor fuel.

Some 3,000 police were deployed in the capital as demonstrators who have blocked French roads over the past week wearing their now signature high-visibility jackets caused another day of disruption after calls to bring Paris to a standstill.

AFP reporters said several thousand had gathered by early yesterday on the famous Champs-Elysees where they clashed with police trying to prevent them moving down to the Place de la Concorde near the Louvre museum. Police said the protestors had tried to break through a cordon several times but had been prevented from doing so, with tear gas used more than once.

Riot police detain protesters. Photo: AFP

Police said yesterday's incidents were linked to the "presence of members of the far-right who harassed the security forces." Police said eight people had so far been arrested for throwing projectiles.

The demonstrations were sparked by an increase in diesel tax, justified as an anti-pollution levy by the government but have morphed into a broad opposition front to centrist Macron.

Two people have died and over 750 people, including 136 cops, were injured during the week of demonstrations.

Macron has refused to back down on taxing polluters.

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FUEL PROTEST IN FRANCE

Police fire tear gas, water cannon

Yellow vest (Gilet jaune) protestors stand as a water canon sprays on the Champs Elysees in Paris, yesterday during a protest against rising oil prices and living costs. Photo: AFP

Police yesterday fired tear gas and water cannon in central Paris against "yellow vest" protesters demanding French President Emmanuel Macron roll back tax hikes on motor fuel.

Some 3,000 police were deployed in the capital as demonstrators who have blocked French roads over the past week wearing their now signature high-visibility jackets caused another day of disruption after calls to bring Paris to a standstill.

AFP reporters said several thousand had gathered by early yesterday on the famous Champs-Elysees where they clashed with police trying to prevent them moving down to the Place de la Concorde near the Louvre museum. Police said the protestors had tried to break through a cordon several times but had been prevented from doing so, with tear gas used more than once.

Riot police detain protesters. Photo: AFP

Police said yesterday's incidents were linked to the "presence of members of the far-right who harassed the security forces." Police said eight people had so far been arrested for throwing projectiles.

The demonstrations were sparked by an increase in diesel tax, justified as an anti-pollution levy by the government but have morphed into a broad opposition front to centrist Macron.

Two people have died and over 750 people, including 136 cops, were injured during the week of demonstrations.

Macron has refused to back down on taxing polluters.

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প্রিমিয়ার ইউনিভার্সিটির অ্যাকাউন্টের মাধ্যমে নকল সিগারেট ব্যবসার টাকা নেন নওফেল

লিটনের তামাক ব্যবসায় বিনিয়োগ করেছিলেন নওফেল। লাইসেন্স ছিল লিটনের নামে। ডেইলি স্টার ও এনবিআরের অনুসন্ধানে দেখা যায়, লিটনের কারখানায় ইজি ও অরিসের মতো জনপ্রিয় ব্র্যান্ডের নকল সিগারেট তৈরি করা হতো।

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