Hello readers! How are you doing today? Here are the headlines so far on May 19, 2019

A young man is killed after a private car ran him over in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.

The High Court (HC) declares “illegal” the gazette notifications and circular determining the minimum age of the freedom fighters.

A new labour rights combine demands that the government clears all arrears of the state-run jute mill workers by 20th Ramadan (May 26).

A man, who suffered 97 per cent burn injuries in a fire caused by a “TV explosion” at a house in Dhaka’s Agargaon area on May 16, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital today.

People of Rajshahi have formed a human chain protesting the prison authorities’ bid to grab at least 100 acres of char land in the Padma river in the city’s Sreerampur for building Prisons Training Academy complex.

A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders, who were deprived of posts in the new central committee of the pro-Awami League student body, begin an indefinite sit-in programme on Dhaka University campus protesting a “fresh assault” on them.

Around two years ago, Md Joynal Rasel, 27, used to work at an apparel store in port city’s Zahur Hawkers Market.

A woman was killed and five of her family members were injured as a car carrying them collided with another car at Bata Signal intersection on New Elephant Road in Dhaka yesterday morning.

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the pro-Awami League student body, is yet to take any action against its “controversial” leaders, though 24 hours have passed since their announcement to drop them from its new committee.

The government will start distribution of electronic passports (e-passport) with 10 years’ validity from July 1 to ease the immigration process, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.

Dr Ashequr Rahman Khan, the first director of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), passed away in Dhaka yesterday. He was 92.

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Dr Capt (retd) Syed Ahmed Mortada passed away on May 13 at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) in Dhaka. He was 74.

Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi yesterday said the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched by Chinese President Xi Jinping, would help Bangladesh achieve its development goals showing the path, where Bangladesh wants to go.

A child drowned in a pond near his house in Foy’s Lake area of Chattogram yesterday morning.

Around 98 percent passengers of public transport in Dhaka city are having to pay extra fares during the month of Ramadan, said a survey of a passengers’ platform.

Thirty-three of the 40 Junior School Certificate (JSC) candidates of Navy Anchorage School and College in Dhaka have won scholarships for their outstanding performance in 2018’s JSC examinations, said a press release.

Mahtab Uddin, a freedom fighter and mentor to a number of journalists in Rajshahi, passed away in Dhaka yesterday morning. He was 80 years old.

An angry mob yesterday lynched an alleged hijacker and injured his accomplice in Masdair area of Narayanganj.