Midday Brief, Friday, March 1, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the headlines so far on March 1, 2019
National
Chawkbazar tragedy: Death toll reaches 70
4 including ‘drug peddlers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Police playing courageous role: Home minister
‘Bangladesh wants safe repatriation of Rohingyas’
Polan Sarker passes away
BNP to face crisis in next JS polls if continues boycotting polls: Quader
World
Captured Indian pilot likely to return via Wagah border
US offers $1m reward to find bin Laden son
Pakistani minister boycotts Islamic council meeting over Indian presence
Putin calls Modi expressing solidarity in fight against terror
Pak minister boycotts Islamic council meeting over Indian presence
Sports
New Zealand firmly on top after Day 2
‘Not just us who struggle abroad’
Rhodes cites reason for Fizz’s exclusion