Midday Brief, Tuesday, July 24, 2018

24 July 2018, 10:37 AM

UPDATED 24 July 2018, 16:42 PM

Children frolic in the rain that brought the temperature down after days of sweltering heat. The picture was taken in the capital's Mohammadpur area.Photo: STAR/ Rashed Shumon

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Here are the headlines so far on July 24, 2018

National
2 ‘drug peddlers’, 4 ‘robbers’ killed in ‘gunfights’
Forced to leave campus, CU teacher now sued
Graft case: Khaleda's bail extended to July 31
DC conference begins
Rain likely to continue for 4 days more
Stable outlook for Bangladesh: Reports
Rajshahi bomb blasts: Montu remanded Thai plane makes emergency landing
PM asks DCs to get tough on
uscle power, terrorism

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World
Pakistan voters mull options as curtain falls on polls campaign
50 dead in Greek wildfires
Ready, steady, slow
Step up efforts, create conditions for Rohingya repatriation: UNSC
Australia honours bravery of divers involved in Thai cave rescue
'Unprecedented' Japan heatwave kills 65 in one week
Hundreds missing, several feared dead after Laos dam collapse

Sports
Federer withdraws from Rogers Cup
WC suits Pogba better than Manchester United: Mourinho
Bangladeshi athlete with autism go missing in Chicago

STAR MIDDAY BRIEF