Midday brief, Saturday, December 23, 2017

23 December 2017, 10:30 AM

UPDATED 23 December 2017, 16:42 PM

In this photo: Solid and liquid waste are dumped in the Buriganga in Telghat area of Alam Market in Keraniganj making the area look like a landfill. Launches dump used lubricants in the area as well. The photo was taken on December 22, 2017. Photo: Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on December 23, 2017
National
2 ‘robbers’ killed in Comilla ‘gunfight’
‘Missing’ Kalyan Party leader found, arrested
Bangladeshi shot at his own house in NY
Khaleda’s legal notice to PM not appropriate: Muhith
Concept of BCL school committee wrong: Quader

Interenational
Russia’s bank says hackers targeted its SWIFT computers
90 dead in Philippine flood
27 killed in India bus plunge
'Accidentally killing migratory birds not a crime'
Bangladesh among abstinent countries when it comes to drinking
California wildfire becomes largest on record in the state