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Midday Brief, Monday, December 16, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 16, 2019
16 December 2019

Venue for victory day celebration vandalised in Brahmanbaria

Some unruly youths vandalised a venue arranged for celebrating the country’s 49th victory day in Brahmanbaria.
16 December 2019

Never allow NRC, new Citizenship Act in West Bengal: Mamata

Chief Ministers of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee and Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan hit the streets leading a massive protest opposing the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed National Register of Citizens (NRC) in India.
16 December 2019

Cops foil BNP Victory Day rally in Narayanganj, 4 held

At least 10 leaders and activists of Narayanganj city unit BNP are injured as police disperse the party's Victory Day rally for what the law enforcers said the rallying people blocked a road and tried to create chaos in the area.
16 December 2019

World gathering on refugees opens in Geneva after ‘decade of displacement’

A three-day global gathering aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations starts in Geneva.
16 December 2019

People do not have right to vote: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that people do not have the right to vote in the country.
16 December 2019

Indian SC to hear Jamia, Aligarh University violence tomorrow

The Supreme Court in India will on Tuesday hear the incidents of violence at Delhi’s Jamia Millia Islamia University and Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh Muslim University following protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.
16 December 2019

Divisive Citizenship Law: Jamia protest spreads to 3 Indian universities

Students protest erupted in campuses of at least four Indian universities against the Delhi Police crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia after last evening's pitched street battles over the new citizenship law that gives Indian nationality to non-Muslim settlers from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
16 December 2019

Bangladesh celebrating 49th Victory Day

Bangladeshis at home and abroad are celebrating Bangladesh's 49th Victory Day paying deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War.
16 December 2019

President, PM pay tributes to Liberation War martyrs

President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pay tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial marking the 49th Victory Day.
16 December 2019

Rampura slum fire under control

The fire that broke out at a slum in Dhaka’s Rampura area has been brought under control.
15 December 2019

Bangabandhu’s Birth Centenary: BB to release new banknote of Taka 200

The central bank will release new banknotes of Tk 200 denomination in March next year on the occasion of birth century of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
15 December 2019

Robot Olympiad: 15-member team left for Thailand

A 15-member Bangladesh team leaves for Thailand to attend the 21st International Robot Olympiad (IRO).
15 December 2019

4 railway staff suspended for cheating passengers

Bangladesh Railway has suspended Dinajpur Railway Station master and three booking assistants for cheating passengers for three consecutive days.
15 December 2019

Another aircraft added in Novoair

Novoair, one of the leading private airlines of the country, has added another 68-seater ATR 72-500 aircraft, raising its aircraft number to seven in its fleet.
15 December 2019

Star day at a Glance, Sunday, December 15, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 15, 2019
15 December 2019

Fire at Dhaka’s Kataban market

A fire breaks out at Kataban Market, adjacent to the Dhaka University.
15 December 2019

Dhaka court accepts charges against Samrat, Arman in drug case

A Dhaka court accepts charges against former Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat, an alleged kingpin of the casino business, and his accomplice Enamul Haque Arman in a case filed under Narcotics Control Act.
15 December 2019

Half a million Rohingya children yet to see inside of classroom: Amnesty

The international community must not shirk its responsibility to the education of Rohingya children in Bangladesh Cox’s Bazar camps, Amnesty International says ahead of the first Global Refugee Forum.
15 December 2019

10 burnt to death in Gazipur factory fire

At least 10 workers are burnt to death after a fire broke out at a fan factory in Gazipur.
15 December 2019