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Noted director of timeless drama ‘Aaj Robibar’ no more

Monir Hossain Jibon, the director of the classic BTV drama “Aaj Robibar”, has passed away. He breathed his last around 12:53am at the National Institute of Neurosciences Hospital in Agargaon, Dhaka, on Wednesday, June 26.
27 June 2024, 06:52 AM

Gunman kills 20, wounds 26 at Walmart store in El Paso, Texas

A man armed with a rifle opens fire at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 people and wounding 26 others as panicked shoppers and employees scurried for cover before the gunman surrendered to police at the scene.
4 August 2019, 01:34 AM

Gunman kills two in Toronto shooting rampage

A 29-year-old gunman opens fire on pedestrians in a bustling Toronto neighborhood, killing two and wounding a dozen others, police in Canada's largest city said Monday, adding the suspect was found dead in an alley after an exchange of gunfire with police.
23 July 2018, 04:15 AM

Gunman kills 9 football fans in South Sudan

At least nine people are killed and 11 wounded in South Sudan's capital, Juba, when an unidentified gunman open fire on people watching a football match on television at the weekend.
7 November 2016, 06:37 AM

Gunman kills 50 in US nightclub

A gunman killed 50 people at a packed gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on Sunday and wounded 53 others before being killed by police in the worst mass shooting in US history.
12 June 2016, 18:00 PM

'Unclear' why gunman killed singer Christina

Police in the US say they do not know what motivated a gunman to kill the singer Christina Grimmie.
12 June 2016, 06:27 AM

Gunman fires into crowd in Austria, killing 2, wounding 11

A gunman fires shots early Sunday into a small crowd attending an open air concert in Austria's westernmost province, killing two people and wounding 11 others before shooting himself to death, police say.
22 May 2016, 07:40 AM

Uber driver held over deadly US shooting rampage

A man arrested on suspicion of shooting dead six people in the northern US state of Michigan is an Uber driver who may have picked up fares during the killing spree.
22 February 2016, 06:28 AM

4 killed in Canada school shooting

Shots ring out at a school in western Canada, leaving four people dead and several others critically injured in the nation's worst such shooting in a quarter of a century. "Obviously, this is every parent's worst nightmare," said Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.
23 January 2016, 03:59 AM

Tel Aviv shooting: Two dead, Israeli police say

Two people die and seven others are injured after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.
1 January 2016, 15:48 PM

'Paris concert gunman was French, known to have Islamist ties'

One of the gunmen who died after attacking a Paris concert hall has French nationality and is known to have ties with Islamist militants, a source close to the inquiry into a series of deadly attacks in Paris says.
14 November 2015, 16:08 PM

French president thanks US 'train heroes' (video)

Three American men are being hailed as heroes for overpowering a heavily-armed gunman on a train in northern France.
22 August 2015, 12:25 PM

France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman

Three people hurt after heavily armed man opens fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by American passengers.
22 August 2015, 04:56 AM

Gunman opens fire at Louisiana theater, kills two, injures seven

A lone gunman opens fire inside a crowded movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana, on Thursday evening, killing two people and injuring seven others before taking his own life.
24 July 2015, 04:18 AM

FBI says no terror link in deadly US shooting

US federal investigators say a gunman who killed four marines in a shooting spree in Tennessee had no known links to international terrorism.
17 July 2015, 06:08 AM

Saudi authorities catch police shooting suspect

Saudi Arabia's security services have detained a Saudi Arabian man on suspicion of shooting dead two policemen and wounding two others.
11 April 2015, 07:56 AM

Tunisia: Death toll in museum attack rises to 23

One of the gunmen who killed tourists and others at a prominent Tunisian museum was known to the intelligence services but no formal links to a particular extremist group have been established, the prime minister says.
19 March 2015, 12:33 PM