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Midday Brief, Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Vegetable and flower plants are on display at the National Vegetables Fair 2018 at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the city's Khamarbari area. Many government and private organisations took part in the fair, organised by the agriculture ministry, to promote new methods of vegetable farming. The three-day fair ended on January 16. Photo: Anisur Rahman

Hello readers! How are you today? Here are the leading news on 17 January 2018.           

National

1. 2 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Narayanganj

2. No bar on academic activities of 57 Uttara medical college students

3. HC stays by-polls to DNCC

4. Take steps to hold Ducsu polls in 6 months: HC

5. British Council to give 7 scholarships for higher education

6. Provide funds to achieve SDGs : PM

7. Basic Bank ex-MD, Bay Navigations MD sued over graft

8. DU students demand punishment of BCL men

International

1. Iranian oil tanker wreck 'produces 2 slicks in East China Sea'

2. Hong Kong democracy leader jailed 2nd time for 2014 protest

3. 'Trump fit for duty, should hit gym'

4. High-tech skincare solutions set to shake up the industry

5. Deconstructing bitcoins: Future of money or a fraud?

6. Chinese Muslim county bans children from religious events

7. NKorea to send 230-strong cheering squad to Olympics

8. World's biggest flooded cave 'found in Mexico'

Sports

1. Brazil legend Ronaldinho announces retirement

2. SL bowl first in SNBCS’s 100th ODI

3. Maradona daughter's wedding fuels family drama

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Midday Brief, Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Vegetable and flower plants are on display at the National Vegetables Fair 2018 at Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh in the city's Khamarbari area. Many government and private organisations took part in the fair, organised by the agriculture ministry, to promote new methods of vegetable farming. The three-day fair ended on January 16. Photo: Anisur Rahman

Hello readers! How are you today? Here are the leading news on 17 January 2018.           

National

1. 2 ‘robbers’ beaten dead in Narayanganj

2. No bar on academic activities of 57 Uttara medical college students

3. HC stays by-polls to DNCC

4. Take steps to hold Ducsu polls in 6 months: HC

5. British Council to give 7 scholarships for higher education

6. Provide funds to achieve SDGs : PM

7. Basic Bank ex-MD, Bay Navigations MD sued over graft

8. DU students demand punishment of BCL men

International

1. Iranian oil tanker wreck 'produces 2 slicks in East China Sea'

2. Hong Kong democracy leader jailed 2nd time for 2014 protest

3. 'Trump fit for duty, should hit gym'

4. High-tech skincare solutions set to shake up the industry

5. Deconstructing bitcoins: Future of money or a fraud?

6. Chinese Muslim county bans children from religious events

7. NKorea to send 230-strong cheering squad to Olympics

8. World's biggest flooded cave 'found in Mexico'

Sports

1. Brazil legend Ronaldinho announces retirement

2. SL bowl first in SNBCS’s 100th ODI

3. Maradona daughter's wedding fuels family drama

Comments

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