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Midday Brief, Monday, August 19, 2019

19 August 2019, 10:05 AM

UPDATED 19 August 2019, 16:10 PM

ONLINE

Fishermen unloading their hauls of hilsa at a wholesale market in Barishal’s Port Road on August 18, 2019. A huge amount of hilsa was caught during this ongoing peak season and it has decreased the prices by around 30 percent, according to traders. Photo: STAR/ Titu Das

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on August 19, 2019

National
9th wage board for journalists: Order on Gazette tomorrow
Assaulted by ruling party goons: Nur
FR Tower: Plot owner held for flouting building code
Dengue claims 3 more lives in Mymensingh, Khulna, Faridpur