Midday Brief, Saturday, March 17, 2018

17 March 2018, 09:56 AM

UPDATED 17 March 2018, 16:00 PM

A worker hammering the roof of a heritage building on Hrishikesh Das Road, in the old part of Dhaka, built during the colonial period. It has been standing there with many others as a witness to Mughal era and the British Raj. Photo: Palash Khan

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on March 17, 2018

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on March 17, 2018

National
US-Bangla plane crash: Body identification of Bangladeshi victims starts
Road crash on Mayor Hanif flyover kills 2 motorcyclists
Bangabandhu’s 98th birth anniversary being celebrated
50 gold bars seized at Ctg airport
Medical board formed for 4 US-Bangla plane crash survivors
Govt efforts helped Bangladesh attain criteria to graduate from LDC: PM
Lawyers to meet Khaleda in jail this afternoon

World
Lawyers file to prosecute Suu Kyi for crimes against humanity
China's parliament re-elects Xi Jinping as president
Former FBI deputy head McCabe sacked
Oscars Academy chief faces harassment allegations
US-Bangla plane crash: Nepal endorses condolence motion
US-Bangla plane crash: Experts to decide where black box will be decoded
Voicemail about crack in Florida bridge wasn’t picked up
Russia to expel 23 British diplomats
Irrfan Khan suffering from Neuroendocrine Tumour
7 dead as Philippine plane crashes into house

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