USAID EMPLOYEE KILLED IN BANGLADESH

new delhi» Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh’s capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said, in the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners.

Police said they suspected radical Islamists in the attack, which occurred two days after a university professor was hacked to death. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

The victims were identified as USAID employee Xulhaz Mannan, who previously worked as a U.S. Embassy protocol officer, and his friend, Tanay Majumder, said Mohammed Iqbal, a police officer in Dhaka’s Kalabagan area.

Egyptian police stifle plans for mass protest B Thousands of Egyptian

cairo» riot police stifled plans for mass demonstrations against President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s rule, using tear gas and birdshot and beating up young activists Monday to disperse flash protests by hundreds in what evolved into a day of cat-and-mouse games across parts of Cairo.

With overwhelming numbers, police took over Cairo locations designated by organizers as gathering points, checking IDs and turning potential protesters away under the threat of arrest. At least 100 protesters had been arrested by nightfall, mostly in the Dokki district in Cairo’s twin city of Giza, according to activists and rights lawyers.

White House launches competition to expand tuition-free community college.

The White House is pledging $100 million to expand workforce training programs at community colleges, building on President Barack Obama’s goal of making tuition at community colleges free.

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, plan to announce the grant program Monday at the Community College of Philadelphia, a school that adopted the tuition-free model championed by the administration last year.

Biden and his wife, a professor at Northern Virginia Community College, have advocated for the model, visiting schools and hosting roundtable discussions with elected officials as well as college and business leaders.