Midday brief, Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Wed Nov 15, 2017 03:54 PM
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A battery-run rickshaw plying the Dhaka-Chittagong highway amid fast-moving buses and trucks. Illegal rickshaws like this and other non-motorised and slow vehicles take to the national highways with hardly any obstruction grom law enforcers. Fatal accidents often take place on the roads because of these vehicles. The photo was taken from Signboard area in Siddhirganjupazila of Narayanganj on November 14, 2017. Photo: Palash Khan

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Here are the headlines so far on November 15, 2017

National

1. BSF kills Bangladeshi on Lalmonirhat border

2. ‘Gunfight’ in Sundarbans, 2 ‘robbers’ killed

3. 1 held over Manarat student murder

4. Khaleda to appear for graft hearing tomorrow

5. HC rejects Sohel Rana’s bail plea

6. SC to get more judges after appointment of CJ: Minister

7. Hindu man remanded over Rangpur mayhem

8. ‘Govt moving for 9th wage board next week’

9. HC order to reopen Lakehead school stayed