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Midday Brief, Saturday, September 7, 2019

7 September 2019, 09:55 AM

UPDATED 7 September 2019, 16:03 PM

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Attendants of patients sleep under mosquito nets on the compound of Dhaka Shishu Hospital to protect themselves from dengue fever. People are worried about the mosquito-borne disease as the country has seen a huge increase in dengue cases this year. The photo was taken at 6:30am on September 5, 2019. Photo: STAR/ Rashed Shumon

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on September 7, 2019

National
Fire breaks out at Gazipur jail godown
BSF returns body of Bangladeshi man
JU students issue ultimatum after BCL man ‘assaults’ fellow
Manikganj sixth grader dies of dengue
Gang culture will be uprooted: DMP chief
Bangladesh should end restrictions on movement of Rohingya refugees: HRW
3 held with 2,600 mobile phones at Dhaka airport
10 university students win Samsung Coding Contest
Raushan calls JPPP meeting tomorrow

World
7 Amazon countries sign forest pact
UK's Johnson is no Winston Churchill, says wartime leader's sacked grandson
India proud despite moon landing failure
US concerned over Myanmar army's lawsuit against religious leader
More global focus needs to be on Rohingya repatriation: Japanese expert
AI innovation to get big boost with pilot zones

Sports
Day 3: Two wickets in quick succession for the Tigers