Midday brief, Sunday, December 3, 2017

3 December 2017, 09:49 AM

UPDATED 3 December 2017, 15:54 PM

One might get the impression that the colourful umbrellas are of a fairground. But in reality, these are business accessories set up by street vendors who have taken over this portion of an important thoroughfare in the capital's Jatrabari area. They, with political blessings, have been doing business encroaching on this road after the Mayor Hanif Flyover was built overhead. The photo was taken on December 1, 2017. Photo: Amran Hossain

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Here are the headlines so far on December 3, 2017

National
1. ‘Gulshan café attack charge sheet by this month’
2. PM accorded red carpet reception in Cambodia
3. Govt salary scale: HC issues rule on adding Gram Police
4. Gopalganj road crash death toll reaches 8
5. NGO official shot dead in Jessore
6. Lower court judges: Gazette on discipline rules now by Dec 10
7. 2 bullet-hit in Natore BCL- JCD clash
8. Indefinite transport strike begins in Ctg, passengers suffer