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Midday Brief, Friday, October 12, 2018

12 October 2018, 09:59 AM
UPDATED 12 October 2018, 16:02 PM
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In this photo: Rickshaws and a cycle negotiate an inundated road in Chittagong's Agrabad Residential Area. The area remains waterlogged almost all year round due to tidal surges and poor drainage system, causing immense sufferings to the locals. Photo: Rajib Raihan

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Here are the headlines so far on October 12, 2018

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National

Global internet shutdown likely in next 48 hrs

2 primary schools gutted in Manikganj fire

‘About time everyone learns to treat women with respect, dignity’

DU admission, a tough battle for students

‘Drug peddler’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’

World

Landslide in eastern Uganda kills 31

Buyer goes ahead with purchase of shredded Banksy painting

Facebook purges 251 accounts to thwart deception

Indonesia's double disaster exposes earthquake lessons not learned

Cambodia’s ‘Rubbish Man’ schools children -- for trash

11 die as bus and truck collide in Russia

Doctors warn of global C-section 'epidemic'

Search teams comb debris for victims of deadly Hurricane Michael

Space crew survives plunge to Earth after Russian rocket fails

 
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