Midday Brief, Wednesday, September 26, 2018

26 September 2018, 10:06 AM

UPDATED 26 September 2018, 16:12 PM

A car goes over a large speed bump inadvertently created when Dhaka Wasa installed pipes over the road during monsoon last year to drain out stagnant water and temporarily covered the pipes. A year has gone by but the pipes on Lalbagh Beribadh Road in the capital have not been relocated or the road smoothened. Photo: STAR/ Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on September 26, 2018

National
‘Drug peddler’ killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’
PM urges int’l community to ensure easy transfer of technology
Temp rise to affect 134m people in Bangladesh: WB
Indo-Bangla border haats exemplary: WB
50 university teachers demand release of Maidul Islam
ACC quizzing bank staff over ‘SK Sinha’s account’
Myanmar's delaying tactics blocking Rohingyas return: Hasina
7.5pc GDP growth in FY ’18-19: ADB
US-Bangla plane makes emergency landing at Chattogram airport
Bangladesh, India will sign free trade deal
World
Trump brags at UN, crowd laughs
Cosby star gets 3 to 10 years for sex assault
Twitter to ban 'dehumanizing' comments with user help
Kim serious about giving up bombs: Moon
Sports
‘Pakistan are a much-improved side from last time’
‘Fizz told me he won’t be able to try yorkers’
At 250 wickets, Mashrafe already greater than the stats