Egypt's Sisi cuts short overseas trip after Sinai attacks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is cutting short a visit to Ethiopia for an African Union summit, returning home to deal with a wave of deadly militant attacks, his office said Friday.

At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, were killed on Thursday when militants fired rockets and set off a car bomb in North Sinai province in simultaneous assaults claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. 

CAIRO, Jan 30, 2015 (BSS/AFP) - 

Journalist's daughter killed in city flat

Unidentified miscreants today strangled to death the daughter of former editor of the Daily Ittefaq Akhtarul Alam at her Rampura residence, police and hospital sources said.

Police said they recovered 47-year old Fahmida Akhter alias Bithun's body at about 2:30pm from her Mohanagar Porject apartment at Rampura while her husband Golam Robbani currently lives in Bahrain and her only son Siratim Mustakim aged about 23 stays in the United States as a US national.
Bithun's father was a former acting-editor of the Ittefaq who later served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Bahrain.
"Her body was found lying on the floor with hands and legs tied up with rope while neck was wrapped in scarf" at her fifth floor apartment, sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Rampur Police Station told BSS.
Doctors of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) who carried out the autopsy said she was strangled to death and pepper power was also sprayed in her face.
Police said the process was underway to file a murder case. 

DHAKA, Jan 30, 2015 (BSS) -

Selim Osman seeks blessings for his recovery

NARAYANGANJ, JAN 30 (BSS)- A milad and doa mahfil was held at Chashara BB Road Nur Mosque here today after juma prayers seeking divine blessings for the recovery of BKMEA president and director of FBCCI AKM Selim Osman MP.

BKMEA sources said Selim OSman has been admitted to Bamrungrad Hospital at Bangkok in Thailand. He underwent a surgery in the early hours of today.
He sought blessings from the people as well as the business community of Narayanganj for his early recovery.
Former president of BKMEA Manjurul Hoque, vice-president (finance) GM Faruk, former vice-president Shamim Ahmed, Chairman of Alirtek Union Parishad Zakir Hossain, members of Narayanganj Chamber of Commerce and Industry and leading businessmen attended the doa mahfil.
The milad and doa mahfil was led by Alhaj Moulana Abdus Salam.