Midday Brief, Wednesday, March 13, 2019

13 March 2019, 09:58 AM

UPDATED 13 March 2019, 16:10 PM

Trees cut down by criminals at a forest in Bhola's Manpura Island. Such a mindless act is destroying the environment and putting the lives of 1.25 lakh people in 38 villages at risk. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Star

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on March 13, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today?

Here are the headlines so far on March 13, 2019

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National
Uber Eats comes to Dhaka in April

Hunger strike for re-election to Ducsu continues

SCBA polls begin

Drive against illegal brick kiln begins on Turag bank

HC asks for case record on Shahidul

Khaleda ‘unwilling’ to appear before court

Obaidul Quader shifted to cabin from ICU

VC rejects demand, threatens lawsuit: Liton

Gold bars found in Solar home system batteries

HC seeks report on air pollution from DoE

Army to be deployed in CHT for 2nd phase UZ polls

Fugitive convict of murder case arrested after 10yrs

International

Top Australian cardinal gets 6 years jail for choirboy abuse

India too grounds all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircrafts

Gmail and Google Drive suffer worldwide outage

Boeing 737 MAX: All you need to know

China offers help to Venezuela to restore power

Sports

Superb Ronaldo hattrick leads Juve into quarterfinals

MID DAY BRIEF