Midday brief, Tuesday, December 19, 2017

19 December 2017, 09:52 AM

UPDATED 19 December 2017, 15:57 PM

Even after the government snapped utility service connections to the tanneries in the capital's Hazaribagh, a number of small factories are still processing rawhides in the area and discharging toxic liquid waste into the canals connected to the Buriganga river. The photos were taken last week. Photo: Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on December 19, 2017

National
1. Injured Sundarganj MP Golam Mostafa dies
2. Joint Working Group formed for Rohingya repatriation
3. Cop closed over baby’s death during mugging
4. CU campus at standstill as BCL continues strike
5. 2 Ansar Al Islam militants held in N’ganj
6. Case filed over stampede death at qulkhwani
7. Farmers Bank MD removed
8. Prosecution ends argument in Khaleda’s graft case

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World
1. Myanmar military says probing mass grave in Rakhine state
2. 3 dead, 100 injured after train jumps tracks in Washington state
3. Land Rover launches Discovery Commercial
4. 50 Chinese couples marry in Sri Lanka
5. Pentagon’s secret UFO hunters
6. Weird beauty trends that went viral in 2017

Sports
1. Messi wants Clasico win for Christmas
2. The new Bradman? Quirky Smith rises to exalted heights
3. Bangladesh U-15’s win against Bhutan
4. Neymar is overrated, says Bayern president

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