Russian plane crashes in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board
A Russian passenger plane crashed early Saturday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people aboard, officials said.
U.S. Navy finds wreckage believed to be missing cargo ship El Faro
The wreckage of a cargo ship believed to be the El Faro has been located by a U.S. Navy search team in about 15,000 feet of water, the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday night.
Netanyahu retraction: Nazis, not mufti, decided on Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reversed controversial comments he made about the Holocaust, saying he never meant to claim that an Islamic leader persuaded Adolf Hitler to adopt the Final Solution to kill European Jews.
At least 4 die in Texas as storm system moves into Louisiana, Mississippi
A strong storm system that caused at least four weather-related deaths in Texas moved into Louisiana and Mississippi on Saturday.
4 dead, including suspect, in Colorado Springs shooting
Three people were killed in downtown Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Saturday morning before city police officers shot and killed a suspect, said the sheriff's office of El Paso County.
Spectre of blogger killing continues, Publisher dead, three badly wounded in 2 daring attacks
One secular blogger and publisher was hacked to death and three other bloggers injured at their workplaces in separate incidents in the capital’s Shahbagh and Lalmatia Saturday afternoon. With the latest attacks on Saturday,
War crimes trial campaigners demand withdrawal of AI statement
War crimes trial campaigners on Saturday demanded the withdrawal of a recent Amnesty International statement which alleged that the trials and sentencing of Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury did not meet international standards. genocide but the trials failed to meet international standards for fair trial.
DOING BUSINESS RANKING : DCCI urges govt to address challenges identified by WB
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Saturday urged the government to quicken regulatory reforms and harmonise business laws to develop doing business scenario in the country as the latest report by the World Bank identified some challenges for doing business in Bangladesh.
Two Shibir men held with 101 crude bombs
Two activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, were arrested and a huge number of explosive, two firearms and Jihad related books were seized from their possession in Sylhet on Saturday early morning.
DU suspends 3 students
The Dhaka University authorities on Saturday suspended three of its students over fraudulence in admission test.
