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Midday Brief, Saturday, March 9, 2019

9 March 2019, 09:57 AM

UPDATED 9 March 2019, 16:04 PM

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Activists of Bangladesh Centre for Workers Solidarity forming a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding an end to discrimination and violence against women on the International Women's Day on March 8, 2019. Photo: STAR/ Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on March 9, 2019
National
‘Robber’ killed in Khulna ‘gunfight’
Buriganga boat capsize: Death toll reaches to 5
Quader’s life support removed as his condition improves further
Create mass awareness to end violence against women: PM
WB approves $165m grant to help Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar
Ducsu polls: 24-hr restriction on movement inside DU
RU bootcamp: 6 teams work on project prototypes on day 2
State Minister Nasrul Hamid’s Facebook page hacked
World
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on WikiLeaks
Baby of Islamic State teenager in UK furore dies
How Facebook stands to profit from its ‘privacy’ push
You've got to be kidding! US town elects goat as 'mayor'
Trump would be disappointed if North Korea resumed testing
India says Pakistan hiding information by blocking access
Venezuela buckles under massive power outage
Sports
Play abandoned for second day as well