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Midday Brief, Thursday, October 10, 2019
Hello dear readers! How are you doing today?
Here are the news headlines so far on October 10, 2019
10 October 2019
Masters students must leave halls within 15 days after exam: DU
Students who are appearing in masters examination will have to leave their dormitories within fifteen days of completion of their exams, announce the authorities of Dhaka University.
10 October 2019
Lone accused gets death in Risha murder case
A Dhaka court sentences one person to death in a case filed over the murder of Risha, a class VIII student of Willes Little Flower School, who was brutally killed in 2016.
10 October 2019
Charge-sheet of Abrar murder case soon: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said charge-sheet in Abrar Fahad murder case will be pressed soon. "The law enforcement agencies are working on it and a flawless charge-sheet will be pressed,” the minister said.
10 October 2019
Rahgir Almahi Ershad takes oath as MP
Rahgir Almahi Ershad, elected from Rangpur 3, take oath as a member of the Parliament.
10 October 2019
3 Rab men, 2 informants picked up by BSF
Three members of Rapid Action Battalion and their two female informants are picked up by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) from the frontier in Brahmanpara upazila of Cumilla, police said.
10 October 2019
NHRC closely observing govt actions over Abrar murder
National Human Rights Commission seeks speedy trial of Buet student Abrar Fahad murder and demanded exemplary punishment of the killers.
10 October 2019
Jubo League's Chair Omar Faruque's effigy torched in DU
Activists under the platform Muktijuddho Mancha set fire to an effigy of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faruque Chowdhury on the Dhaka University campus.
10 October 2019
93 more migrant workers return from Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabian authorities send back 93 more migrant workers to Bangladesh -- as part of a crackdown on undocumented workers in the kingdom.
10 October 2019
GDP for FY 2019-'20 will be 7.2%: WB
World Bank (WB) has forecasted the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of Bangladesh at 7.2 per cent for the fiscal year 2019-20, while government’s projection for the same fiscal year in the national budget was 8.2 per cent.
10 October 2019
JnU made off-limits to outsiders during class hours
Jagannath University (JnU) authorities have imposed a restriction on visitors during academic hours on the campus.
10 October 2019
BCL leader Amit Saha, 2 others held
Police arrest three people including Chhatra League leader Amit Saha in connection with the brutal murder of Buet student Abrar Fahad.
10 October 2019
PM opens 2 water plants
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated the Padma (Jashaldia) Water Treatment Plant (phase-1) and Well Field Construction Project at Tetuljhora-Bhakurta in Savar Upazila (Phase-1) with a capacity to supply 60 crore litres of purified water.
10 October 2019
Clear your stance or face tougher agitation: Buet students to VC
Protesting students of Buet threaten to put all the administrative buildings under lock and key if the vice chancellor does not appear on the campus by 2:00pm tomorrow to clear his stance on the demands, which the students placed after the murder of their fellow Abrar Fahad.
10 October 2019
India eases visa rules for ill Bangladeshi visitors
Bangladeshi nationals who visit India on valid visas and fall ill during their stay in India are not required to convert their primary visas into medical ones for getting admitted to Indian hospitals from now on.
10 October 2019
16 killed as Turkey launches ground offensive against Kurdish forces in Syria
Turkey launches a broad assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northeastern Syria, with intensive bombardment followed by a ground offensive made possible by the withdrawal of US troops.
10 October 2019
UN may not have enough money to pay staff next month, warns Guterres
The United Nations may not have enough money for staff salaries next month if member states don’t pay what they owe, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday.
10 October 2019
8 die after taking ‘excessive’ alcohol in Khulna
Eight people, including a woman and two siblings, die reportedly after taking “excessive liquor” in Khulna city and Rupsha upazila of the district.
9 October 2019
2 killed in shooting in eastern German city of Halle
Two people are killed in a shooting in the eastern German city of Halle and a suspect is arrested, police says, with broadcasters showing images of an alleged perpetrator dressed in combat garb including a helmet.
9 October 2019
Corruption must be stopped: President
President M Abdul Hamid reissues his note of warning against the corrupt individuals saying that none would get impunity irrespective of their political identity.
9 October 2019