Midday Brief, 9th August 2017

Good afternoon, dear readers. Here are the news headlines of the day so far on  Wednesday, August 9, 2017.

National

Graft cases: Khaleda gets permanent bail
‘Efforts are on to create agitation in DU’
Bangladesh to get $200m ADB loan for urban infrastructure
No confidence plea filed against Ctg-Cocaine haul charge sheet
2 of today’s hajj flights cancelled
5 Nigerians among 7 held for ‘fraud’

Fire at foreign ministry doused

International
Vehicle hits soldiers in Paris, injuring 6
Ignoring warnings, Nawaz Sharif to start for home today

Chinese villager hero to US leukemia patient
Hathurusinghe knows what makes Australia tick
Emergency rice fund beefed up in Cambodia
Pakistan PM Abbasi hints at scrapping Article 62(1)(f)
12 killed in China quake but toll expected to climb

Sports

Hathurusinghe knows what makes Australia tick

Bolt to run in 4x100 metres qualifying