Midday brief, Monday, October 16, 2017

16 October 2017, 10:29 AM

UPDATED 16 October 2017, 16:39 PM

This road near the Sony Cinema Hall in Mirpur 2 has been in a dilapidated condition for a while. The authorities concerned did some repair work on the road by filling up the potholes with earth. But the substandard patch-up did little to improve the situation. Photo: STAR/ Palash Khan

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