Midday Brief, Tuesday, January 7, 2020

7 January 2020, 10:00 AM

UPDATED 7 January 2020, 16:02 PM

In this photo: Students under the banner of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) hold a candlelight vigil on the Central Shaheed Minar premises, demanding justice for a fellow student who was raped in the capital’s Kurmitola area on January 5, 2020. Photo: STAR?/ Anisur Rahman

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Here are the news headlines so far on January 7, 2020

National
‘Hang the rapist’, DU protesters shout slogan
Of bushfires, Bangladesh and climate change
Student's rape: DU teachers to form human chain tomorrow
Cold wave to continue for 3-4 days
Police Week 2020: 605 cops conferred with IGP badges
Living cost in Dhaka increased by 6.5% in 2019: CAB
39 killed in 129 train accidents last year: Minister
Modi, Mahathir, Trudeau to visit Bangladesh this year
Singapore Airlines adds Airbus A350-900 aircraft
NHRC chief calls upon all to act on violence against women