Midday Brief, Saturday, January 19, 2019

19 January 2019, 10:05 AM

UPDATED 19 January 2019, 16:11 PM

A thick plume of smoke billows from a blaze at a warehousing facility in Chattogram city's Pahartoli area yesterday. The fire broke out at a hired warehouse of RFL Plastics Ltd in the afternoon and spread to four other adjoining warehouses. PHOTO: RAJIB RAIHAN

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Here are the headlines so far on January 19, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the headlines so far on January 19, 2019
National
UN for meaningful political dialogues in Bangladesh
Myanmar 'too slow' in allowing Rohingya return: UN chief
PUST students block Dhaka-Pabna highway
2 killed in bus-truck collision in Brahmanbaria
5 ‘yaba traders’ held in Kadamtoli
AL grand rally: PM Hasina reaches Suhrawardy Udyan
AL celebrates victory to hide moral defeat: Fakhrul
World
Mexican pipeline blast during fuel raid kills at least 21
Trump, N Korea's Kim to hold second summit in late February
Mueller disputes accuracy of BuzzFeed report on Trump, Cohen
The best-selling brand today is fear: UN chief
Total lunar eclipse meets supermoon Sunday night
Facebook faces ‘record-setting’ fine over privacy violations: Report
Israelis should not come to Malaysia: Mahathir
In tears and shock, Poland bids farewell to murdered mayor
Sports
Haven’t been this nervous in 7-8 years: Tamim

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