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Midday brief, Thursday, January 4, 2018

4 January 2018, 09:40 AM

UPDATED 4 January 2018, 16:51 PM

The teachers and employees of non-MPO schools on the fourth day of their fast unto death in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday. Many of them have fallen sick. They have been demanding their institutions be included for Monthly Pay Order facilities. Photo: Amran Hossain

Good Afternoon readers, How are you doing today? Here are the major headlines on January 4, 2018

Good Afternoon readers, How are you doing today? Here are the major headlines on January 4, 2018

National

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1. 8 hundi agents held for money laundering

2. 14 more fall sick as hunger strike enters day 5

3. Next JS polls to be different, difficult: Menon

4. HC asks Comilla city mayor Shakoo to surrender

5. Ex-Nigerian footballer found dead in Dhaka

6. Once again AL, BNP plan big showdown for Jan 5

7. Factional clash of Chhatra League at CU, 2 hurt

8. BNP to seek DMP permission for Jan 5 rally

9. 2 killed in motorcycle crash in Ctg

10. Judges conduct: Pro-BNP lawyers demand fresh gazette

International

1. Trump: Bannon has 'lost his mind'

2. Americans should worry about Kim's mental fitness, not Trump's

3. Fire in Mumbai kills 4

4. Study shows the way alcohol causes cancer

Sports

1. No intention of going into coaching: Messi

2. KKR release Shakib; Fizz gets NOC

3. Shakib, Mushy make Cricinfo's Test team of 2017

4. It was harder to be the best in my time, says Ronaldo