Midday Brief, Tuesday, January 22, 2019

22 January 2019, 09:57 AM

UPDATED 22 January 2019, 16:06 PM

A toddler plays on one of the busiest railway tracks in the capital's Tejgaon area yesterday afternoon. The baby crawled out of a shack and sat there while his mother was cooking. Residents of the slum by the tracks do not seem to care much about the risks of living there. Photo: STAR/ Anisur Rahman

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Here are the headlines so far on January 22, 2019
National
Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passes away
Rab raids 15 houses in C’nawabganj, detains ‘JMB militant’
Mahila Dal leader held in Chattogram over Facebook post
SC affirms 12-yr jail sentence for Osman Gani
Reserved women’s seat term challenged at court
Uber scholarship for Shahanaj's daughters
Expedite project works with quality: PM
Tk 369cr Jatrabari-Demra highway 4-lane project approved
World
Death toll from Mexico pipeline blast reaches 91
Unhappiness linked to poor air quality in China
US to seek extradition of Huawei CFO
5G to reach globally 40% people in 5yrs: Report
EU sanctions Russia military intel chief over Skripal
Quora launches Bengali service
Another 6.7-magnitude quake hits West Sumba
30 Rohingyas held in Assam: Indian police
Goat getting on zebra’s back going to Bremen Town?
5 burning questions ahead of Oscar nominations
Sports
Ronaldo arrives in Spanish court to answer for tax fraud
Fizz in ICC’s Team of the Year