Midday brief, Sunday, November 09, 2017
From left, Latifur Rahman, chairman and CEO of Transcom Group; Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of The Daily Star; Rokia Afzal Rahman, chairperson of Mediaworld Ltd, the owning company of The Daily Star; and Matiur Rahman, editor and publisher of Prothom Alo, pose after being awarded by the NBR at a ceremony in Dhaka yesterday. Latifur Rahman's family won the “Tax Icon Family” award from Dhaka, Mahfuz Anam and Matiur Rahman became the top taxpaying journalists while Rokia Afzal Rahman received an award on behalf of Mediaworld Ltd for being one of the top taxpayers in the print and electronic media category. Photo: Star
Good afternoon, readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on November 09, 2017
National
- Graft case: SC clears way for trial against Khaleda
- 2 shot dead while chasing robbers in Faridpur
- Cops clueless about missing NSU teacher
- Hasina-Modi flag off Khulna-Kolkata train
- Plea challenges shutting of Lakehead Grammar School
- Priyabhashini’s condition hasn’t improved: Doctor
- Bar to BNP leader Alal’s travel illegal: HC
- Hasina, Modi flag off Khulna-Kolkata train
World
- Uber joins NASA to develop flying taxis
- Yemen faces ‘world’s biggest famine’
- IUDs cut risk of cervical cancer by one-third: Study
- Javanese rituals at Indonesian first daughter's wedding
- Facebook urges users to send nude pics to combat revenge porn
- Emergency in New Delhi as smog thickens
- Bus crash kills 26 in Pakistan
- There is solution to NKorea, Trump tells Xi
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