Published on 03:56 PM, February 20, 2019

STAR Day At A Glance | Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Artists adorn the road in front of the Shaheed Minar on Dhaka University campus ahead of the International Mother Language Day on February 21 to be observed with solemnity in the country and across the world in remembrance of the martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the Language Movement of 1952. Photo: Palash Khan/ STAR

Dear readers! How was your day?

Here are the news headlines on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. 

National 

PM returns home from Abu Dhabi 

Lalmonirhat road crash: Death toll rises to 5  

8 burnt as bus catches fire from gas pipeline leak

Jamaat should apologise: Nazrul 

RMG workers block Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar

‘Myanmar fails to create congenial atmosphere to take back Rohingyas’

PM hands over Ekushey Padak 

Schoolgirl ‘raped by brother-in-law’ in Tangail

Khaleda skips Niko graft hearing for ‘nap’ 

PM for protection, practice of own languages 

NTMC to filter online anti-govt propaganda 

Get ready to make sacrifices for success: Fakhrul to party men

49 women MPs sworn in to parliament 

3 ‘drug dealers’ killed in separate ‘gunfights’ 

Journos’ access to courtrooms to be ensured: CJ

Gas supply resumes full steam in Dhaka 

Bangladeshi expats doubled in 4yrs: PM Hasina 

6 including a Bangladeshi killed in Malaysia fire 

Eviction at Bhasantek slums continues 

4th phase upazila polls Mar 31 

Missing man’s body found in Shitalakkha river 

8th span installed, 1200 meters of Padma bridge visible now  

Volunteers paint a mural on a wall near the Central Shaheed Minar as part of preparations for observing the Language Martyrs’ Day on February 21. Photo: Prabir Das/ STAR

World 

Kim or Trump? Vietnam barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free  

Pulwama attack: UN chief asks India, Pakistan to exercise 'maximum restraint'

Malaysia wants trial of perpetrators in ICC immediately 

Pakistan inmate killed in Indian jail amid bombing tensions

Google to buy data migration company Alooma in cloud push 

Statue of WW2 kiss vandalised with ‘#Me Too’ 

6 Indian soldiers feared dead in Himachal avalanche 

Terrorism a common concern with India: Saudi Prince

Billionaire Anil Ambani faces jail term

Australia’s rodent becomes first 'climate change extinction'

India-Bangladesh Ursspl train in operation since 1902 

Vaccine could virtually eliminate cervical cancer: study

Teen who joined IS group in Syria to lose UK citizenship 

India's Modi breaks protocol to welcome Saudi's crown prince 

Eating nuts tied to lower heart disease risk for diabetics 

Sports 

Kiwis win third ODI after Sabbir's ton 

‘We tried to do something different’