Midday Brief, Sunday, January 27, 2019

27 January 2019, 09:52 AM

UPDATED 27 January 2019, 15:57 PM

With salt production in full swing, farmers are passing busy days gathering the essential product from a salt field at Gondamara in Cahttogram’s Banshkhali upazila. Sea water being evaporated under the sun to produce salt. A farmer pilling up salt. This season, good prices have brought smiles to salt producers in the district. It’s being sold for around Tk 400 per maund. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Rajib Raihan

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Here are the headlines so far on January 27, 2019
National
Couple found dead at Nilphamari farmhouse
Voting to Gaibandha-3 constituency progressing peacefully
JoBike hits Sust streets
ACC chief visits Chattogram schools, finds most teachers absent
Khirshapat mango gets GI recognition
New VAT law from July: Kamal
Ensure status quo on earth filling in Purbachal: HC
AL’s DNCC mayoral aspirant Atiqul collects nomination
Crude bombs blasted at 6 places in Jashore
Do your job properly or quit: PM to doctors
World
5 killed in Louisiana shootings, suspect at large
Canadian PM fires envoy to China
Twin bombings at church kill 21 in southern Philippines
Eating too quickly can lead to health problems
Oscar-crowned French composer Michel Legrand dies at 86
Your smartphone might be the cause of your neck pain
Hope turns to anguish after Brazil dam collapse; 40 dead