Midday Brief, Thursday, March 28, 2019

28 March 2019

UPDATED 28 March 2019

A footbridge over the Dhaka-Aricha highway at the Joy Bangla Gate (Prantik Gate) of Jahangirnagar University is left half done for over a month due to red tape over removing overhead power cables there. Pedestrians, meanwhile, cross the highway dodging vehicles at speed. Photo: STAR/ Palash Khan

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Here are the headlines so far on March 28, 2019
National
Barishal University closed sine die on student protest
8 killed in Chattogram road accident
2 killed in 'gunfight' with cops in Dhaka
Death for 5 Netrokona war criminals
1 confirmed dead; rescue on amid water crisis
Bus falls into ditch, kills 7 in Madaripur
Keep human rights in mind while enforcing laws: PM to Rab
Eviction drive on to free Korotoa River
Rights body helped 558 accused in 10 years