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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