Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 24, 2019

A group of eminent citizens in a joint statement express deep shock at the brutal attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur and his 24 followers and demanded exemplary punishment of the attackers.

Underscoring the need for formulating a policy to preserve ecological balance and protect natural resources of the country, the Supreme Court has directed the government to cancel all the leases of plots at Jhilanja Mouza, an “ecologically critical area” in Cox’s Bazar, and to demolish the structures built in the area.

Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur lodge a complaint with police against Dhaka University unit BCL president, general secretary and 35 others for attempting to kill him on Sunday.

Killing or injuring and firing on innocent Bangladeshi citizens on the border with India will dominate the six-day director general level conference between BGB and BSF scheduled to begin at New Delhi on December 25.

The High Court questions the legality of holding the office of Jatiya Party chairman by GM Quader as he was allegedly appointed to the post without any council.

Civil society members and concerned guardians of students criticise the Dhaka University vice chancellor for allegedly supporting the controversial activities of Chhatra League men on the campus.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines’s brand new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner “Achin Pakhi” reached Dhaka this evening.

The Jatiya Sangsad goes into the sixth session on January 9.

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 24, 2019

Dhaka University Professor Emeritus Serajul Islam Choudhury criticises Bangladesh government’s stance regarding India’s NRC (National Register of Citizens) and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).

A Dhaka court has placed three leaders of Muktijuddho Moncho including Al Mamun and Yeasir Arafat Turjo on a three-day remand each in connection with a case filed over attack on Ducsu Vice President Nurul Haque Nur.

Two people are killed after they were hit by a train in Nakhalpara area of Tejgaon, Dhaka.

India's ruling party launches a video with animated Muslim characters on social media in a publicity blitz aiming to bust "myths" around a new citizenship law that has sparked deadly protests.

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department has forecasted light rain in some parts of the country in next 72 hours.

Nearly 5.5 lakh Bangladeshi migrant workers were deported by different countries in the last 10 years, Shariful Hasan, head of Brac Migration Programme, says at a workshop.

Mentioning that those who assaulted Ducsu vice-president Nurul Haque Nur and his followers are being arrested, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government will investigate why he is being attacked repeatedly.

Thousands of people in typhoon-prone central Philippines have had their Christmas plans ruined after they were told to leave their homes as a severe tropical storm approaches.

The number of active internet connections in the country dropped by 0.51 million from 99.57 million, says a report of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.

Two suspected criminals including a yaba trader have been killed in two separate “gunfights” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Cox’s Bazar and Pabna early.