Ansar Al Islam

Ansar Al Islam raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding

Ansar Al Islam, a militant group inspired by al-Qaeda, has raised Tk 18 lakh through crowdfunding within a few months.
5 June 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Why can’t law enforcers catch escaped militants?’

Wife of slain publisher Dipan asks as 2 escaped death-row militants still at large after more than 3 months
1 March 2023, 09:41 AM

Fugitive convict Sohel’s house now branded as 'Jongibari'

The Lalmonirhat’s house of Abu Siddiq Sohel, one of the two militant convicts on death row who escaped from a Dhaka court premises yesterday, is under lock and key..Since this morning, Sohel’s neighbours in Kumrihat Bheteshwar village in Aditmari upazila have started calling his house “Jon
21 November 2022, 07:44 AM

4 Ansar al Islam members arrested in Dhaka, Rab claims

Rab claimed to have arrested four alleged members of banned militant group Ansar al Islam from Dhaka’s Darussalam area last night.
10 September 2020, 09:26 AM

Rab arrests 3 ‘Ansar Al Islam members’ in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion members arrest three suspected activists of the banned militant group Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi city.
2 April 2020, 11:48 AM

Huji men now joining Ansar al Islam: Rab

The operatives of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad Bangladesh (Huji) are now joining another banned militant group Ansar al Islam, responsible for killing bloggers, writers and free thinkers, Rab says.
21 October 2019, 11:15 AM

4 Ansar al Islam men arrested

Police have arrested four suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam in the capital’s Jatrabari area.
11 October 2019, 18:00 PM

4 ‘militants of Ansar AL Islam’ held in Dhaka

Police claims to have arrested four members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam in Jatrabari area of Dhaka.
11 October 2019, 08:17 AM

Avijit Murder: 6 Ansar al Islam men indicted

A Dhaka Court yesterday framed charges against six Ansar al Islam leaders and activists, including Maj (sacked) Ziaul Haque in a case over the killing of blogger and writer Avijit Roy.
1 August 2019, 18:00 PM

5 of a family held in Dhaka for 'militant link'

Five members of a family including a “Sonali Bank official” have been detained from a building in Dhaka’s Mirpur area for their alleged involvement with the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam.
27 July 2019, 03:22 AM

5 'Ansar Al Islam' members held in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have detained five members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.
30 June 2019, 04:47 AM

Ansar Al Islam man held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested a member of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Dhaka’s Badda area.
11 June 2019, 13:35 PM

In the name of serving people

The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit yesterday claimed to have busted a militant gang whose members in the guise of NGO workers had long been spreading terror propaganda among Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar.
8 November 2018, 18:00 PM

Dipan Murder: Ansar al-Islam leader confesses involvement

A top leader of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam yesterday confessed to supplying the money used in connection with the killing of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.
5 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Ansar Al Islam maybe behind Shahjahan murder: Monirul

Ansar Al Islam, a banned militant outfit, might be behind the murder of free-thinking writer-publisher Shahjahan Bachchu, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Chief Monirul Islam says.
15 June 2018, 15:14 PM

4 ‘Ansar Al Islam militants’ held in Rajshahi

Rapid Action Battalion have claimed arrest of four members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila.
26 December 2017, 04:27 AM

2 Ansar Al Islam militants held in N’ganj

Law enforcers claim arrest of two members of banned Islamist outfit Ansar Al Islam from a raid in Narayanganj’s Araihazar.
19 December 2017, 06:47 AM

'2 Ansar Al Islam militants' held in N’ganj

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to have arrested two members of banned Islamist outfit Ansar Al Islam from Fatullah of Narayanganj city.
10 December 2017, 07:43 AM

Mysterious al-Qaeda statement condemns SP wife killing

In a mysterious statement, Ansar al-Islam, the Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, condemns the murder of Mitu, wife of Superintendent of Police Babul Akter, says SITE Intelligence Group. The Daily Star could not verify the claim.
11 June 2016, 10:06 AM

Cops to launch special drive against militants tomorrow

Police will launch seven-day clampdown on militants and criminals across the country in the wake of recent murders, which law enforcers think are works of militants. The decision came at a meeting at Police Headquarters in Dhaka.
9 June 2016, 11:21 AM