Midday Brief, Friday, December 27, 2019

27 December 2019, 10:09 AM

UPDATED 27 December 2019, 16:12 PM

In this photo: A rare solar eclipse as seen from the capital’s Farmgate area at 10:56 am yesterday. People in many places of Asia witnessed an annular solar eclipse, which is also known as a “ring of fire”. In an annular eclipse, the moon covers the centre of the Sun, giving it the appearance of a bright ring. Photo: STAR/ Amran Hossain

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 27, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 27, 2019

National
Rain adds woe to cold-hit people
AL MP Younus passes away
AL to name its candidates tomorrow: Quader
'They were planning to free death row Huji leader Ujjal'

World
Philippines' Typhoon Phanfone toll jumps to 28
12 killed, dozens injured as plane crashes in Kazakhstan