Midday Brief, Tuesday, August 20, 2019

20 August 2019, 09:56 AM

UPDATED 20 August 2019, 16:02 PM

A LINGERING EID VACATION ... Although Dhaka streets seem to be returning to their full chaotic glory following a week-long Eid holiday, this long queue of locked-up rickshaws on the roadside in Tejgaon hints that not all rickshaw-pullers have come back to the megacity. The photo was taken on August 19, 2019. Photo: STAR/ Rashed Shumon

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Here are the news headlines so far on August 20, 2019

National

9th Wage Board: SC clears way for govt gazette
Bangladeshi killed in Saudi road accident
3 held over assault on Ruet teacher
No change in India's vow to solve Teesta issue: Jaishankar
DNCC launches ‘combing operation’ to tackle dengue
3 kidnapped in Bandarban
DNCC launches ‘combing operation’ to tackle dengue