15 killed in terror attack on Pakistan university
Unidentified gunmen have entered Bacha Khan University in Khyber Pakhtunkha’s Charsadda town and opened fire on students and faculty members as they gathered at the school for a poetry recital to commemorate the death anniversary of the activist and leader whom the school is named after.
Mass casualties are feared in an attack reminiscent of the deadly December 2014 terrorist attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar which left over 140 dead — most of them students.
One held with drone at Chittagong airport
Customs Intelligence officials have detained a person with a drone at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.
The detainee is Mohammad Solaiman, 32, a resident of Potia area of the district.
BBIN agrees to form expert group for basin management
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal [BBIN] have agreed to form a joint expert group for river basin management.
This is the first time four countries agreed to take a concrete step for managing river basin jointly.
IGP blames it on BB official Rabbi
Police chief AKM Shahidul Hoque has blamed Bangladesh Bank official Golam Rabbi for the much-talked-about January 9 incident.
He alleged that the banker did not cooperate with police on the night of the incident but said Sub-Inspector Masud Sikder's actions were “inappropriate”.
3 killed in Rangpur road crash
Three persons have been killed in a fatal road accident at Jaigirhat point near Shapla Cold Storage on the Dhaka- Rangpur highway under Mithapukur upazila.
The deceased were identified as Mithun Mian, 23, son of Lachchu Mian, Titul Mian, 25, son of Yunus Ali and Rashedul Islam, 27, son of Abdul Khaleque Uddin, of village Shirudanga under Mithapukur upazila.
BCL man killed over factional clash in Sylhet
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League has been killed in an attack by rival group of the same party in Sylhet.
The deceased is Kazi Habib, an activist of Chhatra League and a fourth-year BBA student of Sylhet International University. He was a resident of Brahmanbaria.
Palin backs Trump for US president
Donald Trump's Republican presidential bid has received the backing of Sarah Palin, the populist ex-governor of Alaska who was the Republican vice-presidential candidate in 2008.
"Are you ready to stump for Trump?" Ms Palin asked cheering supporters at a campaign rally in Iowa.
IS group confirms 'Jihadi John' death
The Islamic State group's propaganda magazine has confirmed the British militant known as Jihadi John died in a drone strike in November.
The group published an obituary for the jihadist, whose real name was Mohammed Emwazi, in its online magazine Dabiq.
