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Midday Brief, Thursday, April 11, 2019

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on April 11, 2019
11 April 2019

Avijit murder: Charges against 6 Ansar-Al-Islam activists accepted

A Dhaka court accepts charges against six members of banned militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam in a case filed over the killing of blogger Avijit Roy on February 26, 2015.
11 April 2019

Julian Assange arrested by British police at Ecuadorean embassy

​WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy, where he has been holed up for nearly seven years to avoid extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault investigation.
11 April 2019

2 killed in clashes at Andhra Pradesh

At least two persons are killed as rival political activists clashed during Indian parliamentary and assembly elections in the southern state Andhra Pradesh.
11 April 2019

BGB firing in Thakurgaon: 3 complaints dismissed

A Thakurgaon court dismisses three complaints lodged by the family members of three villagers who were killed in a BGB firing at Baharampur village of the district on February 12.
11 April 2019

Nusrat murder case to be taken to Speedy Trial Tribunal: Minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says if necessary, the case filed over murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi will be sent to Speedy Trial Tribunal for its quick disposal.
11 April 2019

Impunity breeding brutality on women: NHRC chief

The prevailing culture of impunity is breeding brutality on women and children, National Human Rights Commission Chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque said.
11 April 2019

Stop discharging wastes into rivers: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges all, particularly mills and factories, to stop discharging wastes into rivers as water pollution has appeared to be a severe problem for the country.
11 April 2019

2 suspects remanded over Nusrat’s murder

A Feni court places two persons, arrested over setting Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi on fire, on a five-day remand.
11 April 2019

SC appoints 4 jurists for opinion on life term imprisonment

The Supreme Court has appointed four eminent jurists as amicus curie for hearing their expert opinions on whether the life term imprisonment means 22 and a half years or the jail sentence until natural death of a convict.
11 April 2019

Tight security for Pahela Baishakh celebrations

Tightened security measures have been taken to ensure smooth celebration of Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bangla New Year, in the capital, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia says.
11 April 2019

CRP to donate prosthetic leg to Russel

Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) announces to donate a prosthetic leg to Russel Sarkar, who lost a leg under a bus in April 2018.
11 April 2019

‘HC will interfere if it finds negligence in Nusrat murder probe’

The High Court says it would interfere if any negligence is found in the investigation into the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
11 April 2019

Nusrat laid to rest in Sonagazi

Madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi has been laid to rest at her village in Sonagazi upazila of Feni.
11 April 2019

‘Pardanasheen’ booths, one-voter polling station

Indian parliamentary elections saw voting stations for just one voter and Braille photo identity cards and ‘pardanasheen booths’ veiled Muslim women.
11 April 2019

Teachers’ convention on improving higher education begins at JU

A two-day convention of teachers begins at Jahangirnagar University to discuss how to improve the quality of education in the universities of the country
11 April 2019

PM orders stern action against Nusrat’s killers

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the law enforcement agencies to bring the perpetrators to the book and take stern actions against the killers of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
11 April 2019

US school principal dies after making a bone marrow donation to save a stranger

A New Jersey high school principal who had agreed to donate bone marrow to a 14-year-old stranger in France has died, weeks after he lapsed into a coma during the procedure, his family says.
11 April 2019

India polls: EVM glitches reported from 50 places in Andhra

Andhra Pradesh is going to polls to elect 175 Assembly and 25 Lok Sabha members. Voters turned up in good numbers at the polling stations as the exercise began at 7:00am, even as EVM glitches were reported from some places.
11 April 2019

4 killed in ‘gunfights’ in 4 districts

Three suspected drug peddlers and an alleged robber are killed in “gunfights” with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar, Meherpur and Chattogram.
11 April 2019