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Midday Brief, Thursday, August 16, 2018

16 August 2018, 09:39 AM
UPDATED 16 August 2018, 16:06 PM
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In this photo: Two boys walk on the rail lines near Malibagh Level Crossing in the capital oblivious to the train approaching from behind at speed. The photo was taken recently. Photo: STAR/ Sk Enamul Haq

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on August 16, 2018.
National
No pre-election talks with political parties: EC
11 university students denied bail again
Cops want Luma in remand over ‘rumours’
MP protests attack with sit-in in Nilphamari
25-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
6 drug peddlers arrested with 2.07 lakh yaba tablets in Dhaka
Online registration for JU admission now open
People paying last tributes to Golam Sarwar
Retake Janata Bank recruitment test: HC
Bus crushes kid in Habiganj, blockade in protest

World
Libya sentences 45 to death over 2011 killings
Trump revokes ex-CIA chief's security clearance, slamming critic
Death toll in Afghan suicide attack revised down to 34
Facebook says it was ‘too slow’ to fight hate speech in Myanmar
US newspapers hit back at Trump, defend free press

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Sports
‘Mashrafe changed the atmosphere’

Atletico take sweet revenge on Real to lift Super Cup



 
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