Published on 11:43 PM, December 18, 2018

STAR Day at a Glance | Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Lying on a median strip, a man tries to shelter himself from rain with a plastic sheet near Dhaka University's Curzon Hall on December 17, 2018. Many parts of the country experienced light rain and chilly winds as an impact of cyclonic storm “Phethai”. Photo: STAR/ Anisur Rahman

Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines on December 18, 2018.

National

Millat’s candidacy from Jamalpur stays rejected

AL vows city flavours for the villages

AL manifesto promises social safety net coverage to double

BDR carnage, BB heist probe report to be made public: BNP

Gender equality will be ensured, AL says

AL to bring discipline in Dhaka’s transport sector

5G by 2023 if AL voted to power

'Zero tolerance against corruption'

Free healthcare for above 65-yr-old: AL

AL pledges 10% growth, developed country by 2041

BNP vows freedom of speech, to scrap ‘black’ laws

SC puts bar on candidacies of Luna, Jahangir

Hasina promises transparent, accountable admin

PM Hasina pledges to strengthen parliament

BNP promises to publish annual wealth statement of PM, ministers, MPs

Khaleda can’t contest polls

Judicial commission to reform judiciary, BNP vows

FFs to become ‘honorary citizens’: BNP

BNP to probe graft in mega projects

Latif Siddiqui continues fast unto death, falls ill

Paramilitary force deployed amid spate of attacks

Rajshahi BNP candidates demand CEC’s resignation

At least 1 employed from each family, promises AL

AL promises National Minority Commission

TIB alleges rampant electoral violation

BNP’s high hopes for ICT, outsourcing

SC adjourns Accord hearing till Jan 21

US encourages free, fair polls in Bangladesh, Miller tells Fakhrul

Dispose of plea seeking cancellation of 25 Jamaat men's candidature

Afroza Abbas comes under attack again

Kushtia BNP candidate sued in Digital Security Act

Mainul Hosein secures bail, no bar to release

BNP pledges VAT exemption for students

‘30 BNP men injured in attacks’

EC Mahbub didn’t speak the truth: CEC

Declare Dec 30 as general holiday: EC

Election Talks with Ali Imam Majumder

BNP’s manifesto a colourful balloon: Quader

AL promises for 2nd satellite, 3rd submarine cable

BNP’s website ‘blocked’

21 especial pledges in Awami League manifesto

Crude bomb blasted near AL electoral camp in Magura

12 hurt in crude bomb blast at JSD rally in Kushtia

45 BNP men held in Satkhira

World

UNSC mulls Myanmar action; Russia, China boycott talks

UNGA members agree on Global Compact on Refugees

Twitter tumbles on concerns about hacking activity

Sports

Australia clean up lower order to level series

Mathews performs push-ups in statement ton celebration

Indian actor Naseeruddin calls Kohli the ‘worst behaved player’

Sharma directs vulgar sledge at Jadeja

Manchester United sack Jose Mourinho

Mushfiqur unsold at IPL auction 2019

Messi claims record 5th European Golden Shoe