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Midday Brief, Tuesday, March 19, 2019

19 March 2019, 10:20 AM

UPDATED 19 March 2019, 16:26 PM

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A polling centre at Amritakunda Primary School in Pabna's Chatmoharupazila looks almost deserted around 3:00pm on March 18, 2019 during the second phase of upazila polls. Polling officials at the centre claimed that 40 percent of the ballots had already been cast by that time. Photo: STAR/ Ahmed Humayun Kabir Topu

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Here are the headlines so far on March 19, 2019
National
BUP student dies in road crash near Bashundhara, bus torched
Now local AL leader shot dead in Rangamati
AL leader found dead in Sunamganj, 3 held
2 killed in Narsingdi AL factional clash
ePassports set to be on roll in June
ObaidulQuader’s bypass surgery tomorrow
Students’ road safety demand logical: DNCC mayor
10 lakh jobs created in ICT sector in 10yrs: Palak
GDP growth 8.13%, breaks previous records: Minister
Govt rejects US report on election
World
Paris catches Asian tigers in most expensive city race
Myanmar military court to probe Rohingya atrocity allegations
Turkey probing Utrecht attack: Erdogan
Tech consortium flags over 800 versions of NZ attack video
Bhutan PM coming for official visit in Apr
Sports
Bring on the World Cup, we fear no one: Afghan spin king Khan