Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on December 13, 2019

There is no scope of any debate over the dismissal of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in a graft case as the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court passed its order after scrutinising all related documents, says Law Minister Anisul Huq.

It was a straight forward message: “Get Brexit done.” The mantra of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party during the national election campaign was aimed at harnessing voter frustration at a parliamentary logjam over Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad expresses concern over the Citizenship Amendment Bill passed by Indian government as it will “encourage minority people to leave Bangladesh”.

Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming has said China hopes to see an early repatriation of Rohingyas and an eventual solution to the problem saying they want to see the results that will come out from the court in The Hague.

Deputy Commissioner of Dhaka Abu Saleh Mohammad Ferdous Khan calls upon the utility service providers including gas and electricity suppliers to check necessary documents before providing their services to any factory.

Immigration to India through Tamabil land customs station in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet is suspended as protests grew in the country over the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

An exit poll has predicted Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives will win an outright majority in Thursday’s election with a total of 368 seats.

Indefinite curfew, which was imposed in Dibrugarh town in the Indian state of Assam, has been relaxed for five hours when a large number of protesters joined a hunger strike in Guwahati called by All Assam Students Union (AASU) to protest against the Citizenship Act.

Bangladeshi-origin candidates Tulip Siddiq, Rushanara Ali and Rupa Huq are were re-elected as parliament members in the UK national election.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has he would stand down as his party faced its worst electoral defeat in 84 years, but he did not set a date for his departure and added he would remain in charge during a period of reflection.

The British pound surged more than 2% on Thursday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party looked set for a decisive election victory that markets believe makes an orderly exit from the European Union all but certain.

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, turning it into a law amid violent street protests in Shillong where curfew was imposed in unrest-hit areas and a ban clamped on internet and SMS services.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that his government appeared to have won a powerful new mandate to get Brexit done.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson wins a resounding election victory that will allow him to end three years of political paralysis and take Britain out of the European Union by Jan. 31.

Ten US Senators have severely criticised Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi for representing the military’s interest before the International Court of Justice and defending the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingyas and other ethnic minorities.

India's parliament on Wednesday passed a contentious bill that will allow citizenship for persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled Muslim-majority Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan before 2015.

A murder case is filed against the factory owner with South Keraniganj Police Station in connection with yesterday’s fire at a plastic factory in Keraniganj that claimed a total of 12 lives so far.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir says that the entire nation was stunned over the Supreme Court's judgement that rejected its Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail prayer in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.

Myanmar urges the UN top court to drop the application for provisional measures in Rakhine by the Gambia from its list.