Midday Brief, Monday, January 28, 2019

28 January 2019

UPDATED 28 January 2019

A motorbiker gets on a busy footpath at Banglamotor intersection in the capital, with the Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic, halted on a red light. Motorcyclists invading the footpaths to make their way past traffic jam continue to be a nuisance, despite a traffic discipline fortnight currently underway. PHOTO: STAR/PRABIR DAS

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Here are the headlines so far on January 28, 2019
National
3 killed in separate road crashes in Dhaka
Int'l cruise ship Silver Discoverer visiting Sundarbans
Youth held in Chattogram over FB post
Rowdy truck runs over 2 sightseers on Airport Road
2 killed in ‘gunfight’ between drug peddlers in Cox’s Bazar
Gonoforum MPs-elect will take oath: Mansur
Grameenphone posts record Tk 3,520cr profit in 2018
HC releases full verdict of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against Khaleda
2 minor siblings killed as truck hits bike in Keraniganj
August 21 attack: 2 sent to jail on surrender
‘Wrong’ man in jail custody: HC summons ACC director, 3 others
‘Graft threat to foundation of democracy’
Quader urges BNP to take part in UZ polls
World
Louisiana shooting suspect arrested
YouTube promises to stop promoting misleading videos
15 dead in mudslide at hotel in Peru: Mayor
As West turns on him, Maduro flexes military muscle
Do women suffer more from migraines than men?
IS claims responsibility for Philippines church bombing
Too much salt: Water desalination plants harm environment
'Radical rethink' needed to tackle obesity, climate
Sports
PCB 'disappointed' by ICC decision to suspend Sarfraz
Lewis limps but strikes ton on return from injury