Midday Brief, Monday, November 18, 2019

18 November 2019, 09:58 AM

UPDATED 18 November 2019, 16:01 PM

This battered part of Sylhet-Sunamganj regional highway, in front of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, has become a dust bowl due to lack of maintenance. Road dust is not only a major source of air pollution but also causes serious health hazards. This photo was taken on November 17, 2019. Photo: STAR/ Sheikh Nasir

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on November 18, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on November 18, 2019

National
Abrar murder: Arrest warrant against 4 fugitive accused

Don't call transport strikes: Quader

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Road Safety Act: Mobile courts start drive in Dhaka, Ctg

Chattogram EC staffer held in NID forgery case

Bangladeshi youth shot dead by BSF in Sherpur

‘Outlaw’ killed in Jhenidah ‘gunfight’

PM seeks larger UAE investment in Bangladesh

Rajuk fines Shakib Khan Tk 10 lakh

FR Tower Design Forgery: 3 accused get SC bail

B’baria train crash: 2 more succumb

Bus services halted in Khulna, Kushtia

UAE to reopen market to Bangladeshi workers

SC order on BTRC plea over GP’s due deferred till Nov 24

World

4 killed as gunman opens fire at California backyard party
Protesters set fire to hold off police at Hong Kong campus

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