Egyptian plane hijacked, lands in Cyprus
An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, state radio said.
The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 people were on board, with a crew of 7. There were earlier reports of about 80 to 81 people on board.
BB heist suspect Weikang Xu’s passport discovered
Philippine authorities have obtained a copy of the Chinese passport of Weikang Xu — a man believed to have received P600 million and $18 million in cash, out of the $81 million stolen from Bangladesh Bank and then laundered in the country, reports Inquirer.net.
The dollars were converted into pesos, currency of Philippine, by a remittance company namely Philrem, as confirmed by its President Salud Bautista, and then transmitted in various tranches to the bank accounts of Xu, Eastern Hawaii Leisure Co and Bloomberry Hotels Inc (Solaire Resorts).
Nizami files review petition
War criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami has filed a petition seeking review of the Appellate Division verdict that upheld his death sentence.
Nizami's chief counsel Khandaker Mahbub Hossain made the statement in a press conference held in the capital on Tuesday afternoon.
Ecnec okays eight projects of Tk1,442 crore
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) has approved eight development projects worth Tk1,442 crore.
The approval comes at the Ecnec meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair at the NEC conference room in Dhaka.
Belgium frees Brussels bombing suspect
A man known as Faycal C, the only person arrested and charged with involvement in the Brussels attacks, has been released for lack of evidence.
Belgian media said the man had been suspected of being the mystery third man in CCTV footage of the bombers.
FBI breaks into dead San Bernardino gunman's iPhone
The FBI has managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman without Apple's help, ending a court case, the US justice department says.
Apple had been resisting a court order issued last month requiring the firm to write new software to allow officials to access Rizwan Farook's phone.