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Facebook video reunites family after 48 years

Habibur Rahman was 30 years old when he left home for a business trip and never returned.
Govt bus service for school students to be launched in Ctg

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is going to launch 10 buses for the students of Chattogram next week.
Actress Shabana Azmi injured in road accident

Veteran Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi is injured in an accident on the Mumbai-Pune Express Highway.
EVM a tool for robbing votes: Oikyafront

Jatiya Oikyafront urges the Election Commission to change its stance of using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30.
Extra-judicial killings in Bangladesh much lower than in US: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says that the instances of extra-judicial killings are much lower in number in Bangladesh compared to the developed countries like the United States.
Man arrested for raping 6-year-old

A six-year-old is allegedly raped by a security guard of a residential building in Dhaka’s Shahjahanpur area.
Prepaid mobile connections restored in Jammu and Kashmir

After nearly six months, prepaid mobile phone connections are restored in Jammu and Kashmir.
EC has complicated the situation: CPB mayoral aspirant Rubel

Dhaka North City Corporation mayoral candidate Ahammad Sajedul Huq Rubel has alleged that the Election Commission has “complicated the situation” by not deferring the election date that coincides with Saraswati Puja.
Khagendra Thapa, world’s shortest man, dies

Khagendra Thapa Magar, who had entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the shortest man in the world, passes away at Manipal Teaching Hospital in Pokhara, Nepal.
EC holding emergency meeting

The Election Commission is holding an emergency meeting amid the growing demand for deferral of the January 30 Dhaka city corporation elections, which coincide with the Saraswati Puja.
4 killed in family shooting in Utah suburb

Four members of a family are killed and one is injured in a shooting in a Salt Lake City suburb.
Midday Brief, Saturday, January 18, 2020

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on January 18, 2020
Police go to Kabir Bakul’s house after arrest warrant issued

Police went to the house of Kabir Bakul, head of event and activation of Kishor Alo, in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area today.
Virus casts shadow over China's biggest festival

Health authorities are concerned that a virus originating in central China could spread when hundreds of millions of Chinese travel during next week's lunar new year festival, but residents said there were was little anxiety in the city at the epicentre.
DCC polls: Minority group to hold weeklong demo from Jan 20

Bangladesh Hindu Bouddha Christian Oikya Parishad will hold a weeklong demonstration across the country from January 20, demanding deferral of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30 that coincides with Saraswati Puja.
3 DU teachers express solidarity with students on hunger strike

Three Dhaka University teachers expresses solidarity with the students, who are on hunger strike since Thursday, demanding deferral of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections as January 30 coincides with Saraswati Puja.
30 hurt as bus falls into ditch in Cox’s Bazar

At least 30 passengers of a picnic bus are injured after the vehicle fell into a ditch on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Ramu upazila.
China, Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash

China and Myanmar ink dozens of mammoth infrastructure and trade deals after a meeting between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, as Beijing doubles down on its support for a government under fire for its treatment of Rohingya Muslims.
DCC Polls: 3 more DU students fall sick during hunger strike

Three more fell sick as a section of Dhaka University students continued their fast unto death for the third consecutive day today, demanding deferral of Dhaka north and south city corporation elections scheduled for January 30 that coincides with Saraswati Puja.
3 of a family die as car crashes into electric pole

Three members of a family are killed and two others injured as a private car carrying them hit a roadside electric pole in Jashore town.
Experts warn over scale of China virus

The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading.
Trump warns Khamenei to be 'careful with his words'

President Donald Trump warns Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to be "very careful with his words."
Bogura-1 MP Abdul Mannan passes away

Awami League MP of Bogura -1 constituency Abdul Mannan dies of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Dhaka this morning at the age of 67.
Star day at a Glance, Friday, January 17, 2020

Hello dear readers! How was your day? Here are the news headlines on January 17, 2020
Bangladesh focused on economic diplomacy: Momen

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen says Bangladesh is now focused on economic diplomacy to boost the economy by bringing businesses to the country.
Eminent citizens condemn case against Prothom Alo editor

Some 47 eminent citizens of the country in a joint statement voice condemnation and protest over a case filed against the Prothom Alo editor and others in connection with a death of Naimul Abrar Rahat, a student of Dhaka Residential Model College.
Vandalism of temple: Barguna MP among 13 sued

Awami League lawmaker for Barguna-2 constituency Shawkat Hasanur Rahman Rimon and 12 others have been sued on charge of contempt of court in connection with vandalising a temple and grabbing land in Charduari area of Pathorghata upazila.
M’singh-Chattogram rail link snapped after train derailment

A compartment of a freight train derails at the home signal of Gouripur Railway Station this evening, disrupting rail communication between Mymensingh and Chattogram through Bhairab in Kishoreganj.
Youth crushed under train in Gazipur

A youth is fatally crushed under a train while crossing the rail tracks in Pubail area in Gazipur.
Dhaka city polls date EC’s concern: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says the government has nothing to do with the Dhaka city polls date though it coincides with Saraswati Puja.