Dhaka Attack

Hasnat shown arrested in Dhaka attack case

Former university teacher Hasnat Karim is shown arrested in a case filed in connection with Dhaka café attack on July 1. Hasnat and another suspect Tahmid Hasib are placed on fresh remand.
13 August 2016, 06:40 AM

Cops to examine newly released photos of Hasnat, Tahmid

Law enforcers are to examine the newly released photographs of Hasnat Karim and Tahmid Hasib with a Gulshan café attacker, published in different newspapers.
12 August 2016, 12:04 PM

Dhaka attack: A survivor’s statement

Indian national Sat Prakash gave a statement to the court on July 26 on his survival and experience from the Gulshan café attack. For our readers we are reproducing the statement unedited.
12 August 2016, 09:49 AM

Dhaka attack: Another mastermind identified, police say

Another mastermind of Gulshan café attack is identified and he is a close aide of Bangladeshi origin Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury, police claim.
12 August 2016, 07:37 AM

Dhaka attack arms supplier, trainer ‘identified’

Police claim to have primarily identified the trainer of Dhaka attack militants and the arms supplier of the café attack that left 20 hostages, mostly foreigners, dead on July 1.
7 August 2016, 09:56 AM

Dhaka attack: New pictures of Tahmid, Hasnat with terrorist emerge

Two photographs of Hasnat Karim and Tahmid Hasib that surfaced following the Gulshan café attack have sparked new interests. In the photos taken from a nearby building, former university teacher Hasnat and Canadian university student Tahmid are seen talking with one of the militants Rohan Imtiaz, who attacked the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka’s diplomatic zone on July 1.
7 August 2016, 06:23 AM

Dhaka attack: Hasnat, Tahmid remanded after ‘arrest’

Ex-private university teacher Hasnat Karim and Canadian university student Tahmid Hasib, who were untraceable for a month, have been remanded after cops produced them before court as suspects of Dhaka attack.
4 August 2016, 07:49 AM

Caretaker remanded for ‘sheltering’ Dhaka attacker

A Dhaka court places a caretaker of a house at Rupnagar in Dhaka’s Mirpur area, on a two-day remand for his alleged involvement with renting out a flat to one of suspected Gulshan café attackers.
2 August 2016, 14:14 PM

Slain AC Robiul’s wife gives birth to baby girl

Just one month into the killing by armed militants at a Gulshan café, wife of the slain Detective Branch Assistant Commissioner Robiul Karim has given birth to a baby girl.
1 August 2016, 10:57 AM

Family of Dhaka attack survivor fears for his safety

Sharmina Parvin could not have imagined that a birthday meal for her 13-year-old daughter in a Dhaka restaurant would turn into a nightmare that still hasn't ended.
30 July 2016, 10:49 AM

Sheltering café attackers: 3 sent to jail after remand

A Dhaka court sends three people, who were arrested for renting out a flat to suspected Gulshan café attackers, to jail after completion of their eight-day remand each.
26 July 2016, 12:41 PM

Gulshan attack instigators identified: DMP chief

Instigators of the Gulshan café attack have been identified and their arrest is now simply a matter of time, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia says.
24 July 2016, 07:34 AM

Dhaka attackers’ blood samples handed over to FBI

Police hand over blood samples of the Gulshan café attackers to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a chemical test in their laboratory.
22 July 2016, 07:13 AM

Arrest of Gulshan, Sholakia attackers a matter of time: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells parliament that arrest of all perpetrators involved in the recent militant attacks at Dhaka’s Gulshan and Sholakia in Kishorganj is “just a matter of time”.
20 July 2016, 15:22 PM

Dhaka attack: ASK worried over 2 ‘missing’ hostages

Rights body Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) expresses deep concern about two hostages of Gulshan cafe attack who went ‘missing’ after being rescued.
20 July 2016, 13:29 PM

Doctors take fresh blood sample of Dhaka attackers

Doctors collects fresh blood and DNA samples of Dhaka attackers to ascertain if they took any stimulant or drug before carrying out the July 1 Gulshan café carnage.
20 July 2016, 06:33 AM

Teacher of 3 Dhaka attack victims remembers his students

An American International School teacher has recently spoken about some of the victims of Dhaka attack.
19 July 2016, 10:09 AM

Dhaka attack: 4 new ‘suspects’ detected

Four new individuals have been detected by the law enforcers, suspected to have been involved in the gruesome Gulshan restaurant attack of July 1.
19 July 2016, 08:39 AM

‘I was misquoted’: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says he was misquoted about his earlier comment on the recent militant attacks.
18 July 2016, 10:54 AM

Gulshan attack a stain on country's image: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the Gulshan terror attack and subsequent incidents were carried out by a quarter with vested interest aimed at maligning the bright image of Bangladesh as 'a role model of development' which the country has earned over the years through persistent endevour of her government.
17 July 2016, 10:57 AM