News Watch- (16-10-2018)

PM leaves for Saudi Arabia today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Riyadh today (Tuesday) on a four-day visit to Saudi Arabia at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. — BSS

Customs arrest Malaysian man with 7.0kgs gold

Customs officials arrested a Malaysian national along with 7.0kgs of gold at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city on Sunday night. The arrestee was identified as Cyan Gi Kiong, 47. — UNB

Two die in Tangail, M'singh 'gunfights'

A suspected leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party and a drug trader were killed in reported gunfights in Tangail and Mymensingh districts early Monday. In Tangail, the outlawed leader Sharif alias Farhad was killed in a 'gunfight' with RAB at Dainna Chowdhury Madhyapara in Sadar upazila. In Mymensingh, a suspected drug trader Payel,29, son of late Jalal Uddin, was killed in a reported gunfight with police in the Akua Khalpara area of Sadar upazila. — UNB