Dhaka raid

Cops to write home ministry to ban militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam

Law enforcers are to write to the home ministry to take necessary steps to ban militant outfit Ansar-Al-Islam, an alleged Bangladesh chapter of al-Qaeda in the Indian Sub-Continent.
24 August 2016, 09:31 AM

RU hands over list of 30 ‘absent’ students to cops

Rajshahi University (RU) authorities hand over a list of 30 students of different departments who remained “absent” for a long time.
5 August 2016, 14:45 PM

Dhaka to see more internet blackouts at midnights, holidays

Internet users in Dhaka city may face more telecommunication blackouts at midnights and holidays as telecom regulatory authorities are going through more exercises in any particular area of the capital.
3 August 2016, 12:16 PM

5 ‘members of newly formed militant outfit’ held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains five alleged members of newly formed militant outfit Al Ansar (Huji), including its chief coordinator, from Dhaka’s Hazaribagh area.
3 August 2016, 11:10 AM

Dhaka raid militant Abdullah’s aide held in Dinajpur

Detectives arrest an allegedly close aide of Abdullah, one of the militants killed in Dhaka raid, from Nawabganj upazila of Dinajpur.
2 August 2016, 15:36 PM

Dhaka raid case handed to counter-terror unit

The case filed over the much lauded Dhaka raid in Kalyanpur on July 26 has been handed over to the specialised counter-terrorism unit of Bangladesh.
29 July 2016, 15:19 PM

No negative message from foreign businessmen, companies: Tofail

The recent killing incidents of foreigners will not have any bad impacts on business in Bangladesh as the foreign businessmen have no plan to leave the country, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says.
27 July 2016, 15:35 PM

Dhaka raid: 7 militants identified, 3 from city’s posh areas

Police disclose the identities of seven among the nine militants who were killed in an anti-terror raid in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area yesterday.
27 July 2016, 14:07 PM

BNP discusses militancy issue with diplomats

Diplomats of different missions in Bangladesh hold a meeting with BNP leaders at the party’s chairperson’s office at Gulshan in Dhaka this afternoon to discuss militancy issue and present political situation in the country.
27 July 2016, 12:28 PM

Dhaka militants changed dress after Fazr prayers when they saw end coming

The militants who were killed in gunfight with the law enforcers early morning Tuesday change their dress after the Fazr prayers and wore black punjabis, says a neighbour who observed the militants time to time from around midnight till dawn from an adjacent building.
27 July 2016, 11:39 AM

Dhaka raid militant Rouf missing ‘NSU student’

One of the militants killed in gun battle during Dhaka raid in Kalyanpur has been identified as a "missing student of privately-run North-South University". However, confusion has arisen over identity of another militant as two families are claiming the same body.
27 July 2016, 07:26 AM