Holey Artisan Bakery

Holey Artisan attack timeline

The nation witnessed one of the most devastating hostage crises it had ever experience
1 July 2023, 03:45 AM

In memory of a loved one lost too early

The walls of the school were adorned with pictures of the victims of the militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery.
7 July 2018, 18:00 PM

All-out efforts in tough times only

Socio-political campaigns against militancy get momentum after a major terror attack but fizzle out when the situation comes under control. Then a laid-back attitude prevails until terrorists regroup and strike again.
30 June 2018, 18:00 PM

Faraaz honoured as ‘righteous’ in Italy

Students of Rummo High School in Benevento, Italy, accepts Dhaka café attack victim Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain as “the first Righteous” for his courageous role.
25 March 2018, 12:16 PM

Another café attack planner arrested: cops

A key “Neo JMB” militant, who is one of the planners of last year's Gulshan café attack, was arrested in Natore early yesterday, police say.
28 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Recounting 'Operation Thunderbolt'

When the terror attack was unfolding at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on the night of July 1 last year, Lt Col MM Imrul Hasan, a commando, was watching a movie with his family at a resort in Habiganj, some 180km from the capital.
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Homage to Dhaka cafe attack victims

Eerie quiet engulfed Gulshan road no 79 since this morning as people slowly make their way to the grounds of the Holey Artisan Bakery, witness to the worst-ever hostage crisis in the country that left 22 people killed including 17 foreigners.
1 July 2017, 05:33 AM

Is Morgan risking his career?

Is England one-day captain Eoin Morgan risking his international career by refusing to tour Bangladesh on security fears?
10 September 2016, 06:13 AM

DMC writes to take away bodies of killed militants

Dhaka Medical College authorities urge police to take away the bodies of killed militants, which neither the families nor anyone is claiming yet.
4 September 2016, 14:41 PM

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

Anderson awaits security advice on Bangladesh tour

James Anderson says he will accept the advice of England's security experts when it comes to deciding whether he should tour Bangladesh.
18 August 2016, 05:50 AM

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

Get over panic

More than one month has passed since the gruesome terrorist attack on Holey Artisan Bakery in Gulshan.
9 August 2016, 18:00 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

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

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

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

‘I was misquoted’: Home Minister

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says he was misquoted about his earlier comment on the recent militant attacks.
18 July 2016, 10:54 AM