Published on 09:48 PM, January 09, 2020

Star day at a Glance, Thursday, January 9, 2020

COMPETE FOR PASSENGERS A bus and a human haulier sideswiping each other near Khamar Bari area in the capital as they compete for passengers yesterday. Passengers in both vehicles are completely indifferent to the danger involved. Photo: Palash Khan

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Here are the news headlines so far on January 9, 2020




National

PM urges textile sector to diversify products, expand market

President calls for national consensus on fundamental issues

23 Bangladeshi changemakers selected for prestigious Acumen Fellowship Program

7 mayoral aspirants to vie for DSCC polls

No reshuffle in cabinet before city polls: Quader

‘Level playing field to be hampered if govt's important persons take part in polls campaign’

EC investigates electoral code violation allegation against Taposh

Pro-BNP lawyers demand Khaleda’s release for treatment

Fire at Dhaka int’l trade fair

Day-long Dhaka Mountain Film Festival begins tomorrow

Ex-minister’s wife, daughters sued for ‘money laundering’

Special JS session to mark Bangabandhu’s birth centenary Mar 22-23

Novoair enters 8 years of its operation

Pope appeals to US, Iran to pursue dialogue, self-restraint

Rain likely today; temperature to drop further

Wife, son of expatriate killed in Manikganj

Cops to seek 10-day remand for Majnu

'Ensure capital punishment for DU student rapist'

Shakhawat Hossain new AL organising secy

Serial rapist Majnu placed on 7-day remand

Legal notice seeks livewire removal to protect monkeys



World

How Trump decided not to strike Iran back

Carbon emissions from Australian blazes near Amazon fire levels

Has Trump deterred Iran? Experts not so sure

Satellite photos show damage to air base in Iraq hit by Iranian missiles

5 things you need to know to understand Iran-US crisis

2 rockets fall inside Baghdad's Green Zone

'The worst briefing I've had': Senate Iran briefing gets heated

Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior UK royals

Asylum seekers give new life to 'end of the world' French village

Australia bushfires flare as heatwave brings renewed misery



Sports

‘There won’t be another Chris Gayle or a Universe Boss’

Five-day cricket is the best form of the game: Stokes

Kroos stunner helps Real through to Spanish Super Cup final

Spanish Super Cup in Saudi Arabia due to money, says Valverde

Finch confident as Australia head to India for ODI series