Midday Brief, Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Plumes of smoke billowing from a bus set alight during a garment workers' demonstration for wage hike on the Airport Road in the capital's Uttara yester-day afternoon. Left, agitating workers intercept a car. Right, police drive protesters away from the spot.
PHOTO: PRABIR DAS
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Here are the headlines so far on January 8, 2019
National
Language hero Syed Abdul Hannan dies
PM wants to run country in transparent manner: Quader
Ministers to sit with garment leaders at 4pm
PM pays homage to Bangabandhu at Dhanmondi
Labour unrest continues; clashes in Savar
BRTC staffers go on strike, demand arrears
Improving healthcare priority: Health minister
I haven’t changed my stance: Mahbub Talukder
World
World Bank president abruptly resigns to join infrastructure firm
‘Asylum assessment of Saudi woman in Thailand to take days'
NKorea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in Beijing for talks
Sports
Shakib’s Dhaka vs Riyad’s Khulna
Zazai changes the trend
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