Midday Brief, Sunday, April 15, 2018

15 April 2018, 09:56 AM

UPDATED 15 April 2018, 16:05 PM

Dark thick smoke billows out from a chimney along the Dhaka-Mawa road near the newly-constructed central jail in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital. There are 15 to 20 brick kilns in the area and they emit such poisonous smoke throughout the day, polluting the local environment. Photo: Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on April 15, 2018
National
1. 2 ex-BCL leaders charged with attempted murder
2. 'Dhaka-Delhi fraternal ties enriched by shared art, culture'
3. 5 Khulna mayoral aspirants’ nomination accepted
4. Daylong free eye camp organised on Faraaz’s birthday
5. 2 construction workers killed in Rajshashi crane fall
6. Cargo with 775MT coal capsizes in Sundarbans
7. 3 railway security guards hacked in Chuadanga
8. 4 killed as train derails in Tongi
9. First Bangladeshi cartoonists' sticker on Facebook
World
1. ‘First Rohingya family repatriated to Myanmar’
2. NKorean leader meets Chinese senior official, fetes Chinese art troupe
3. Air strikes cripple Syria chemical weapons programme: US
4. EU's tough new data protection rules
5. Hungarians stage anti-government rally in Budapest
6. Trump, allies praise Syria strikes as Moscow seethes
Sports
1. Shakib leads Sunrisers to victory over Kolkata
2. City title win would be 'one of the best' says Guardiola
3. Barca set new La Liga record after 39 games unbeaten