Midday Brief, Wednesday, January 2, 2019

2 January 2019, 10:50 AM

UPDATED 2 January 2019, 16:57 PM

A bus in flames in the city's Hazipara last night, hours after two girls, including a garment worker, were killed in a road crash in the area. Workers from nearby garment factories vandalised vehicles on the road, disrupting traffic. Photo: STAR/ Amran Hossain

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Here are the headlines so far on January 2, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the headlines so far on January 2, 2019
National
Two ‘drug traders’ killed in Feni ‘gunfight
Man stabbed dead in Keraniganj
JS polls: UK for transparent resolution of complaints on irregularities
Sushma Swaraj greets Mahmood on polls victory
Sonia Gandhi congratulates Hasina on polls victory
EC asks for arranging oath-taking tomorrow
SCBA president demands re-election
JP to announce role in JS tomorrow
Remove all posters, banners in 48hrs: Mayor Khokon
Aloof and Content
World
Castro blasts US on 60th anniversary of revolution
Travellers leaving Japan to pay 1,000 yen
5 Pakistani pilots have not even done matric!
Cambodia enjoys most public holidays in the world
Fatalities on commercial passenger aircraft rise in 2018
Indian temple closes after 2 women enter shrine
Taiwan reunification with China 'inevitable': Xi

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