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Midday brief, Friday, December 22, 2017

Billions of Christians around the world will celebrate Christmas on December 25. Hotels in Chittagong city are also busy decorating for the occasion. The photo of a staffer organising presents beneath a Christmas tree was taken on December 21, 2017 at Radisson Blu Chittagong Bay View hotel in the city. Photo: Rajib Raihan

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Here are the headlines so far on December 22, 2017

National

NSU teacher Mubashar returns home

Captors kept me in a dark room: Mubashar

2 killed in Bagerhat clash over paddy harvest

‘Robber’ killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’

World

Catalan separatists win election in rebuke to Spain and EU

Myanmar says two Reuters journalists remanded in custody

Eating leafy greens may stave off memory loss: Study

Yazidi sisters reunited after 3 years in IS captivity