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Star day at a Glance, Saturday, November 16, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on November 16, 2019
Onion price: BNP to stage demo Monday

BNP will stage demonstration across the country including Dhaka on Monday protesting the abnormal price spiral of onion and other daily essentials.
Onion markets see low turnout of buyers

The wholesale onion markets in the capital see the low turnout of buyers as the price of the daily essential has gone beyond the purchasing capacity despite the government’s mechanisms to cool down the overheated market.
PM reaches Dubai to join Air Show

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reaches Dubia on a four-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to attend Dubai Air Show-2019 and other programmes.
Govt unable to bargain with India over long-standing issues: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the government is unable to bargain with India over the long-standing issues between the two countries.
EU 2020 budget talks drag on because of disagreement

Talks setting the EU's budget for next year are going down to the wire because of disagreement between member states and the European Parliament, officials say.
Say no to corrupts, extortionists, land grabbers: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader urges the party leaders and workers to say ‘no’ to corrupt people, extortionists, tender manipulators and land grabbers.
London police probe Brexit Party’s election fraud claims

London’s Metropolitan police say they are investigating allegations that Brexit Party candidates were offered jobs or peerages if they would agree not to run against Conservative candidates in next month’s election.
Primary, Ebtedayee exams begin tomorrow

Primary Education Completion Examination and its equivalent Ebtedayee Education Completion Examination will begin across the country tomorrow.
Nirmal, Afzal Swechchhasebak League president, secy

Nirmal Ranjan Guha and Afzal Babu have been elected as president and general secretary of Bangladesh Swechchhasebak League respectively.
Dhaka needs to utilise growing global pressure on Myanmar: Experts

Like Myanmar, its friends will also feel the “pressure” amid significant development on “legal front” that Bangladesh needs to utilise prudently to keep up the growing global pressure on Myanmar until a solution to Rohingya crisis is found, say foreign affairs analysts.
Midday Brief, Saturday, November 16, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on November 16, 2019
Bus helper held over accident of BIWTC official

Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) have arrested the helper of the bus responsible for the incident in which a female government official lost her left leg in Dhaka’s Banglamotor area in August.
‘BCL men’ beat up RU student; highway blocked in protest

Students of Rajshahi University block the Dhaka-Rajshahi highway hours after some Chhatra League activists of the university unit allegedly beat up one of their fellows at a dormitory.
First consignment of onion to arrive from Egypt Tuesday

The first consignment of onion will arrive from Egypt on Tuesday, according to a commerce ministry official.
Where did the rotten onion come from?

As onion prices spiral out of control fuelled by a supply shortage, a huge amount of rotten onion was found to be dumped in Chaktai canal adjacent to Karnaphuli River.
Missing Faridpur medical student found dead

The body of a missing student of Faridpur Medical College was recovered from Munsibazar area in Faridpur.
Man, young boy shot at US high school football game

Players and spectators ran for cover Friday night when a gunman opened fire at a New Jersey high school football game, wounding two people.
Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters

Gunmen fired on buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, police say, as an election official admitted failures to protect vulnerable communities ahead of presidential polls.
PM expects onion-loaded planes to reach in next 2 days

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says onion-loaded cargo planes were expected to reach the country in next one or two days to contain its abnormal price hike while the government planned as well to review what actually caused the situation.
Cyclone Bulbul: 4,589 trees damaged in Sundarbans

At least 4,589 trees were damaged under the influence of Cyclone Bulbul in Sundarbans, according to a report prepared by Bangladesh Forest Department.
US to extend license to continue business with Huawei

The Trump administration is set to issue a two-week extension of a license allowing US companies to continue doing business with China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], two sources familiar with the deliberations said.
5 Morales supporters killed in clashes in Bolivia

Five supporters of former president Evo Morales were killed in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Bolivia, an AFP correspondent who saw the bodies at a hospital reports.
Arab star Sabry visits Rohingya refugee camps

Arab film and TV star and World Food Programme (WFP) Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry visits the Rohingya families in the refugee camps of Bangladesh to show that suffering has no borders and humanity has no boundaries.
Trump confidant Roger Stone convicted of lying, witness tampering

Donald Trump's longtime aide Roger Stone is convicted of lying to Congress and witness tampering in a bid to spare the president embarrassment over the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Myanmar rejects ICC probe over Rohingya genocide

Myanmar has struck back after a surge of global legal pressure over its alleged crimes against the Rohingya, branding an investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) "not in accordance with international law".
Imran Asif made CEO of Regent Airways

Imran Asif, former chief executive office of the US-Bangla Airlines, is made the CEO of the Regent Airways.
Train services between Dhaka, northern region resume after 30 hrs

Rail communications from Dhaka to northern districts and Dhaka to southern districts resume 30 hours after a passenger train derailed in Ullapara of Sirajganj yesterday.
Star day at a Glance, November 15, 2019

Hello dear readers! How are you doing today? Here are the news headlines so far on November 15, 2019
Govt to fly in onion from abroad next week

After all its mechanisms went in vain to cool down the overheated onion market, the government has decided to fly in onion from abroad next week in a bid to pull reins of the onion price.