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Star day at a Glance, Thursday, December 12, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 12, 2019
12 December 2019
Citizenship Bill: Cops open fire in Assam, 3 dead
Three protesters are killed and many others injured in a police firing in Assam's Guwahati of India amid a raging agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.
12 December 2019
Construction work of Shahjalal airport's 3rd terminal begins Dec 28
Construction work of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka will begin on December 28, Air Vice Marshal Mafidur Rahman, chairman of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh,says.
12 December 2019
BNP rejects court order when judgment goes against it: Law minister
Rejecting BNP's alleged doubt over the medical report on its party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, Law Minister Anisul Huq says six judges of the Appellate Division have delivered the order after examining all the documents including medical report.
12 December 2019
2 jailed for misappropriating Dhaka Model Degree College development project fund
A Dhaka court sentences two people including a deputy assistant engineer, to different terms of punishment in a case filed for misappropriating Tk 8.76 lakh allotted to a development project of Dhaka Model Degree College in 2015.
12 December 2019
Gambia slams Suu Kyi for silence over 'awful serial violations' of Rohingya women, girls
The Gambia criticises Myanmar civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her "silence" over "awe serial violations" of Rohingya women and girls and defending Myanmar at the UN's top court.
12 December 2019
13 held in Rooppur housing project scam case
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) arrests 13 people for their alleged involvement in a corruption case in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) housing project in Pabna.
12 December 2019
Trial run on Dhaka-Gangtok, Dhaka-Darjeeling bus routes kicks off
The trial run for direct bus services on Dhaka-Gangtok and Dhaka-Darjeeling routes via Siliguri kicked off this evening to boost cross-border commercial services in the region.
12 December 2019
FM’s Delhi visit cancelled for ‘busy schedule’ at home
The scheduled visit of Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen to New Delhi has been cancelled due to his ‘busy schedule’ at home ahead of Martyred Intellectuals Day and Victory Day, says a senior official.
12 December 2019
TIB demands removal of CEC, ECs
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) seeks President Abdul Hamid’s intervention to remove the chief election commissioner and other commissioners of the Election Commission in order to reform the constitutional body for what the anti-graft watchdog said its various irregularities.
12 December 2019
Rohingya genocide: Full transcript of last 2 days' hearing at ICJ
The hearings at an international court in a case filed by Gambia against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague roles into the third and final day.
12 December 2019
JnU halts new enrolment for evening courses
Jagannath University (JnU) asks all of its departments to halt new enrolment for the evening courses until further order.
12 December 2019
Myanmar’s promise of Rohingya repatriation process a fraud: Gambia
The Gambia tells the UN’s highest court that Myanmar's promise of initiating repatriation process for the Rohingyas was a blatant fraud.
12 December 2019
4 ‘Allahr Dal’ men held in Khulna
Law enforcers claim to have arrested four members of banned militant outfit “Allahr Dal” from Khulna city.
12 December 2019
Midday Brief, Thursday, December 12, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on December 12, 2019
12 December 2019
Be alert against bribery, corruption: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked government officials to remain alert against bribery and corruption as the social diseases spoil the development of the country.
12 December 2019
JKNNU students padlock university gate; admission test postponed
A practical examination for the admission seekers of Jatiya Kabi Nazrul Islam University (JKNNU) in Mymensigh is postponed for an indefinite period as some students locked the main gate of the university’s administrative building protesting a probe against a teacher.
12 December 2019
Evidence of genocide still stands in Myanmar: Gambia
The Gambia claims that the evidence of Rohingya genocide by the Myanmar military still stands in Rakhine. They place documents including pictures of torturing and killing Rohingya people as the evidence of Genocide before UN top court.
12 December 2019
‘Keraniganj plastic factory was fined for non-compliance’
The Keraniganj plastic factory where 11 people died in a massive fire was fined for non-compliance.
12 December 2019
100 Khulna jute mill workers fall sick during hunger strike
At least 100 jute mill workers fall ill as thousands of workers and their family members of nine state-owned jute mills in Khulna are observing indefinite hunger strike for the third consecutive day.
12 December 2019