Horror movie legend George A. Romero, creator of 'Night of the Living Dead,' dies at 77
George A. Romero -- the writer and director behind the cult-classic horror flick "Night of the Living Dead" -- died Sunday. He was 77. Romero has been called the "father of modern horror films." He died following "a brief but aggressive battle with lung cancer," his longtime production partner Peter Grunwald told CNN.
Australian woman in Minneapolis fatally shot by police officer
(CNN)Minnesota authorities are investigating the shooting death of an Australian woman who was killed by a Minneapolis police officer Saturday night.
Actor Martin Landau, star of 'Mission: Impossible,' dies at 89
(CNN)Martin Landau, 89, a character actor who starred in the 1960s television show "Mission: Impossible" and won an Oscar for playing Bela Lugosi in the movie "Ed Wood," died Saturday, his publicist Dick Guttman said Sunday night.
10 days of horror: The killings that stunned small-town Pennsylvania
(CNN)On July 5, a young Pennsylvania man disappeared. Three other men went missing two days later. On July 14, two cousins were charged with homicide and several other crimes after the missing men's bodies were discovered mutilated and buried on farmland in Bucks County.
EC has no scope to ensure level-playing field: CEC
The Election Commission has no scope to ensure a level-playing field before announcing the schedule of the next general elections, chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda said.
Imran Sarkar, another one get bail in defamation case
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday granted bail to Ganajagaran Mancha spokesperson Imran H Sarkar and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their remarks ‘hurting’ prime minister Sheikh Hasina during a procession.
RAB cordons off ‘extremist den’ at Ashulia
The Rapid Action Battalion kept a house located at Noyarhat-Chourabali in Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, cordoned off since early Sunday suspecting it a hideout of extremists.
Khaleda flies to London
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday evening left Dhaka for London for treatment of her eye and knee.
16 more hospitalised with undiagnosed disease
At least 16 more patients, including a pregnant woman, suffering from an undiagnosed disease at Tripura Para of Sitakunda in Chittagong were hospitalised on Saturday, taking the number of patients with the similar symptoms to 85.
Flood forces closure of 1,571 schools in 11 dists
Flooding forced the closure of at least 1,571 primary and secondary schools until Saturday, seriously hampering education of thousands of students in 11 northern and north-eastern districts.
