Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Mohammad Shafiqur Rahman knew that his son got involved in militancy but remained silent, claimed a top counterterrorism official today.

Three suspected members of banned militant outfit Ansar al Islam were arrested in Dhaka last night.

Two alleged activists of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam are arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Sadarghat area of Dhaka.

A Dhaka court yesterday placed a top leader of banned militant outfit Ansar al-Islam on a six-day remand in connection with the case filed over killing publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.

Police claim to have arrested an alleged militant accused in blogger and writer Avijit Roy murder case.