Gulshan attack

Sheltering militants: NSU teacher, 2 others get bail

Suspended North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan and two others, arrested on charges of renting flats to Gulshan café attackers and withholding tenants' information from the police, get bail.
21 August 2016, 15:05 PM

Dhaka attack: Marzan ‘associate’ of CU Islami Chhatra Shibir

The youth, who police claimed was ‘in-charge of Gulshan café attack’ and known among his fellow militants as Marzan, has been an associate (Shathi) of Chittagong University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami.
16 August 2016, 09:36 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

Fighting an ideological battle

The Gulshan attack of July 1 was meant to strike terror in the hearts of foreigners and women who, according to the terrorists do not conform to their ideals.
29 July 2016, 18:00 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

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

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

Dhaka raid: Injured Hasan remained missing for a year

Rakibul Hasan alias Rigan is an alleged militant activist who sustained bullet injuries during a joint drive in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area on July 26, 2016 and has been missing for a year.
26 July 2016, 10:31 AM

Defeated forces of 1971 behind ‘militant attacks’: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan holds the defeated forces in the Liberation War of 1971 solely responsible for the recent militant attacks across the country.
23 July 2016, 12:07 PM

'Woman in video' held

Cops pick up a woman from Narsingdi's Shibpur upazila in connection with the July 1 Gulshan terror attack.
21 July 2016, 20:38 PM

Shedding our prejudices

If you are in a drawing room and any other gathering of your friends or acquaintances, naturally the talk of the day would lurk around what is going on around the world.
20 July 2016, 18:00 PM

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

An appeal to those 'jihadists' who seek 'shahadat'

As the nation grieves for the slain hostages in the July 1 Gulshan attack, somehow I find myself also thinking about the young attackers as well.
19 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Smalley hesitant

Australia's Paul Smalley is hesitant to take the job of technical director of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) following the terrorist attack in Gulshan.
19 July 2016, 18:00 PM

PM making a mistake: BNP

BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman today says the prime minister’s remark on their proposed national unity will divide the nation instead of making them united to tackle a serious national problem like militancy.
19 July 2016, 12:22 PM

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

Gain skills in using modern technology to combat terrorism: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directs all the security forces to earn expertise in using modern technology alongside receiving training to fight terrorism and militancy.
19 July 2016, 07:19 AM