Gulshan attack

Italian president pays homage to Gulshan attack victims

Italian President Sergio Mattarella pays tribute to the victims of the Gulshan cafe attack after the coffins arrived at Rome on Tuesday.
6 July 2016, 18:07 PM

Attackers were among a dozen missing youths

The five Gulshan café attackers are among around a dozen youths who are missing and suspected to have joined a militant group, says an official of the Detective Branch of Police.
6 July 2016, 16:43 PM

News Analysis: Why disgraceful death of our boys?

The dangerous fate of Fahim, Rohan, Mubasher and Nibras shows how our youths are becoming weapons of destruction if they are brainwashed and transformed into militants.
6 July 2016, 10:07 AM

Attacker Nibras' family apologises to all

Attacker Nibras Islam's parents apologise to the nation, the countrymen and the victim's families for his involvement in terror attack at a restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone last Friday.
6 July 2016, 09:03 AM

India 'to examine' request to ban Islamic preacher

If Bangladesh requests to ban, India will examine a controversial Indian Islamic preacher who was followed by one of the five Bangladeshi youths involved in the Gulshan terrorist attack that left 22 dead.
6 July 2016, 07:39 AM

Autopsy of Gulshan attackers done at CMH

The Autopsies of the six alleged terrorists who were killed during Bangladesh Army’s Operation Thunderbolt are completed at the Combined Military Hospital this evening.
5 July 2016, 19:33 PM

Diplomats dismayed by security lapses

Expressing serious concern over the systematic attacks and gradual escalation of terrorism and violent extremism, foreign diplomats in Dhaka stress the need for more effective security steps.
5 July 2016, 17:54 PM

Dhaka siege: Bodies of 7 Japanese victims reach Tokyo

Bodies of the seven Japanese nationals who were killed in a militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Bangladesh capital Dhaka return to home soil Tuesday morning.
5 July 2016, 03:50 AM

Faraaz, Abinta and Ishrat buried

Slain Bangladeshi victims of the Dhaka café attack, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, Abinta Kabir and Ishrat Akhond are buried this evening.
4 July 2016, 13:24 PM

Now, main job is to resist brainwashing of youths: Joy

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, says resisting brainwashing of youths through false interpretation of religion is important than any other tasks now in the country.
4 July 2016, 11:05 AM

Report any 'suspicious cyber terrorism': Cops

In view of the Gulshan cafe attack, police now seeks help of citizens to report people with suspicious activity on the social networking platforms.
4 July 2016, 07:33 AM

Should there still be ambiguity?

Although some Bangladeshi politicians till the recent past – the home minister repeated his position on July 3 2016 that the Holey Artisan Bakery massacre has no ISIS link...
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

The lessons of this tragedy

The Prime Minister has announced two days of national mourning in honour of the 22 victims mercilessly murdered by a terrorist attack on a restaurant in Gulshan.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Why the threat needs to be taken more seriously

Regardless of ABT or JMB's participation in the recent hostage crisis, the ISIS threat appears to be real and much greater than anticipated.
3 July 2016, 18:00 PM

Faraaz could have, but didn’t leave his friends

Young by blood and a friend like no other, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was among the 20 hostages who were killed during the 12-hour long Gulshan cafe siege.
3 July 2016, 14:22 PM

Tribute paid for the Dhaka cafe attack victims

Relatives and friends of the victims of Holey Artisan attack, along with people from all walks of life, pay their tribute to the departed souls with flowers at the entrance of Road 79 in Gulshan diplomatic zone of Dhaka.
3 July 2016, 11:11 AM

Japan outraged over Gulshan cafe attack

Japan expresses outrage over Gulshan cafe attack where during a nearly 11-hour hostage crisis seven of the country’s national have been killed.
3 July 2016, 10:59 AM

Khaleda calls for unity to rid militancy

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls the Gulshan cafe attack a “cowardly act” and urged for a national unity to rid Bangladesh from militancy.
3 July 2016, 10:51 AM

Hostage crisis an outcome of gov’t misdeeds: Khaleda

Terming the Gulshan hostage crisis an outcome of government’s misdeeds, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia again calls upon the government to reach a national unity in a bid to eliminate extremism from the country.
2 July 2016, 13:30 PM

Get united to resist terrorists: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announces a two-day national mourning for the victims of Holey Artisan Bakery attack at Gulshan diplomatic zone in Dhaka and urges all, including anti-terrorism committees, community police and general people, to get united to resist a handful of derailed terrorists.
2 July 2016, 11:32 AM