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Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on July 9, 2019

The government spends 94.32 per cent of Tk 176,620 crore set aside as the development budget in the just-concluded fiscal year, data from the planning ministry showed.

The World Bank’s Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva is to arrive in Dhaka for a two-day visit to Bangladesh.

Inflation falls to 5.52 percent in June, the lowest in four months, riding on a decline in both food and non-food prices, according to a statement from the planning ministry.

The health condition of ailing Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is unchanged.

The High Court rebukes the lawyer of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) for claiming that this court has expressed satisfaction at its test report on 14 brands’ pasteurised milk.

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has claimed to have arrested a Khadem (caretaker) of Mayor Mohammad Hanif Jame Mosque, who allegedly killed his co-worker on July 2.

Amanur Rahman Khan Rana, former Awami League lawmaker of Tangail-3 (Ghatail) constituency, walks out of Tangail District Jail on bail after 34 months in two district Jubo League activists murder case.

The extradition bill that sparked Hong Kong's biggest crisis in decades is dead, the territory's leader says adding that the government's work on the legislation had been a "total failure", but critics accused her of playing with words.

Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik (Shujan) demands a Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) to probe the irregularities that took place in the 11th national election.

The High Court has rejected the writ petition that sought a stay order on the government decision of hiking the gas price. Following the HC order the government decision of hiking the gas price will remain effective.

Journalist Muhammad Jahangir, executive director of Centre for Development Communication, is on life support..

Two alleged criminals -- a drug peddler and a rape accused -- are killed in separate incidents of what law enforcers claim to be gunfights at Dhaka and Mymensingh.

Earlier this week, a series of posters promoting the upcoming ‘Visit Nepal 2020’ appeared in the Underground (Tube) stations in London.

Marshall Islands President Dr Hilda Heine arrives in Dhaka to attend a two-day international conference on climate change adaptation.

Rickshaw-pullers have withdrawn their blockade from different roads in Dhaka after getting assurance from the law enforcers that the ban on rickshaws on three city streets will be lifted soon.

US President Donald Trump attacks Prime Minister Theresa May and her ambassador to Washington while Britain voices regret for the leak of confidential memos in which the diplomat called Trump's administration "dysfunctional" and "inept."

Five days of heavy rains and winds have pounded Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, displacing over 2,700, damaging over 3,400 houses and leaving two people dead, says IOM in a statement.