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Star day at a Glance, Friday, August 9, 2019
Hello dear readers! How was your day?
Here are the news headlines on August 9, 2019
9 August 2019
Rifat loses battle against dengue
Rifat Hossain, a schoolboy of Dhaka’s Mugda area, had desired to celebrate Eid at ancestral home in Cumilla but he lost battle for life at a hospital in Dhaka.
9 August 2019
SC directives over anticipatory bail
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) has delivered 16 directives for its High Court Division regarding granting anticipatory bail, saying that accused of the cases involving grave offences like murder and rape will not be granted anticipatory bail.
9 August 2019
Tk400 bus fare instead of Tk40!
Eid holidaymakers are allegedly paying extra bus fare for travelling to nearby places from Dhaka. A passenger travelling to Paturia from Nabinagar of Savar, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka, by an SB Link bus said that the usual bus fare is Tk 40, but he had to pay Tk 400 today.
9 August 2019
Hanging body of newly married girl found in Chuadanga
The hanging body of a newly married girl is found at her house in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga.
9 August 2019
Aedes: Govt officials asked to keep close watch on cattle markets
The government has asked all the district administrators, police superintendents and mayors across the country to keep their close watch on the cattle markets sensing chances of increasing mosquitoes breeding from the markets.
9 August 2019
HungryNaki is going green and fully electric by end of 2019
The first on-demand online food delivery company of Bangladesh ‘HungryNaki’ is completely changing its delivery fleet to clean, eco-friendly electric vehicles to deliver food to its customers.
9 August 2019
Midday Brief, Friday, August 9, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on August 9, 2019
9 August 2019
Dhaka’s rail service with northern, southern dists resumes
Rail communication of Dhaka with northern and southern districts has resumed three hours after its suspension as two compartments of Khulna-bound Sundarban Express derailed on the eastern side of the Bangabandhu bridge.
9 August 2019
Red alert issued in Sundarbans ahead of Eid
The forest department issues red alert in the Sundarbans ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to protect the wildlife of the world heritage site.
9 August 2019
Trains bound for north-western dists delayed again
Home-bound people travelling via trains to the northern and north-western regions continued to suffer today as all intercity train on the routes have been delayed by up to five hours.
9 August 2019
5 ‘militants’ held in Dhaka
Police claim to have arrested five suspected “self-radicalised” members of what they say a “wolf-pack of Neo-JMB” in Dhaka for allegedly planning to launch attack on law enforcers.
9 August 2019
2 die of dengue in city, Barishal
Two people, including a minor boy, died after being diagnosed with dengue in Dhaka and Barishal.
9 August 2019
70km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway
Eid holidaymakers are suffering as a 70-kilometre long tailback has been created on the Dhaka-Tangail highway from Chandra intersection in Gazipur to the Bangabandhu Bridg.
9 August 2019
Healthy diet tips for dengue patients
As dengue fever is alarmingly spreading across the country, it is very important to take measures including food habits which will effectively minimise the risk of the disease.
9 August 2019
Dengue: All you need to know
As dengue fever is turning into a severe health crisis across the country, it is important that you know about the disease, how it spreads, and what you should do to minimise the risk of the disease.
9 August 2019
‘Criminal’ killed in Gaibandha ‘gunfight’
A ‘criminal’ is killed in a reported gunfight with police at Katakhali in Gobindaganj upazila.
9 August 2019
Chattogram RMG workers end demo after salary payment
Workers of two ready-made garment factories in Kalurghat industrial area of Chattogram withdraw their demonstration after the authorities started to pay salaries to them ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
8 August 2019
Bangladesh, US discuss concerns over migrants’ debt coercion
Bangladesh and the United States discuss concerns with traffickers exploiting legal recruitment fees to trap migrant workers in debt-based coercion.
8 August 2019
$54.8m deal signed to improve infrastructure in coastal chars
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Netherlands, the government of Bangladesh will provide USD54.8 million to Bangladesh for livelihood development of 57,000 poor small and marginal farmers under Char Development and Settlement Project-Phase IV.
8 August 2019