Midday Brief, Tuesday, October 23, 2018

23 October 2018, 10:07 AM

UPDATED 23 October 2018, 16:25 PM

An agitator kicks a driver through a bus window, during a blockade on Postogola bridge in Dhaka yesterday by drivers of trucks and CNG-run auto-rickshaws. The protesters took to the street after authorities increased the toll amount for these two types of vehicles, stopping all vehicles from plying the bridge. Photo: STAR/ Prabir Das

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Here are the headlines so far on October 23, 2018

National
Google Doodle celebrates poet Shamsur Rahman’s birthday
Motorcycle rider killed in Hatirjheel road crash
MainulHosein sent to jail 'for defaming' Masuda Bhatti
Salim Osman discharged from teacher assault case
No scope for amendment of Digital Security Act before polls: Quader
Mainul’s arrest is illegal: BNP
DU to retake ‘Ghaunit’admission test
Turkey's Erdogan says strong signs Khashoggi killing was planned
Awami League Parliamentary Party sits Oct 26
World
Australia hits 5 Myanmar generals with sanctions
China opens longest sea-crossing bridge
Protesters try blocking trains, roads during Assam strike
Fake moon plans for Chinese city laughed off
Khashoggi's fiancee writes him a parting message
How the man behind Khashoggi murder ran the killing via Skype

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