Holey Artisan Bakery

Militancy not fully eradicated but under control: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq today said although militancy has not been completely eradicated from the country, it is under control
1 July 2023, 06:23 AM

In photos: Tribute to the victims

On the seventh anniversary of the devastating Holey Artisan Bakery attack that occurred on July 1, 2016, ambassadors and diplomats from various foreign missions came together to pay their respects.
1 July 2023, 04:15 AM

Revisiting the horror

The Western-style café in the posh neighbourhood of Gulshan-2 had still a thin crowd after the break of the day's fast. Amid the stillness, guests started arriving at the two-storey eatery, a favourite for expatriates and Bangladeshis alike
1 July 2023, 03:33 AM

Holey Artisan attack victims

A brutal militant attack claimed 22 lives, including nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian at Holey Artisan Cafe in Dhaka's Gulshan on 1 July 2016
1 June 2023, 03:30 AM

Remembering Faraaz through Proshanta Karmakar’s Art

Slated to run till April 19, 2023, the exhibition also has abstract paintings in bright colors and letters inspired from love and compassion that is extended towards Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, by the people he has left behind.
15 April 2023, 10:15 AM

Faraaz’s message to the world

Stumbling across a post on the meaning of “Faraaz”, I was taken aback by the qualities attributed to this name – “someone full of love”, one who “creates balance and harmony for anyone lucky enough to be called his friend”.
30 June 2022, 18:00 PM

A 'turning point' in fight against terror

The operation “Storm 26” in the capital's Kalyanpur last year was a turning point for law enforcers as documents seized at a “Neo JMB” den there and information gathered subsequently helped law enforcers fight back against the country's rising terror network, counterterrorism officials said.
25 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Dhaka café attack: Cops asked to submit report by Aug 27

A Dhaka court asks the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police to submit by August 27 the probe report of the case filed over Holey Artisan Bakery attack in Gulshan of Dhaka.
16 July 2017, 09:19 AM

'Neo JMB leader' Rajib on remand under anti- terrorism act

Militant outfit "Neo JMB leader" Jahangir Hossain alias Rajib Gandhi, also a plotter of Holey Artisan Café attack, was placed on a six-day remand yesterday in another case filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
10 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Sohel Mahfuz: A Valued hand for 'Neo JMB'

After the emergence of “Neo JMB” in 2014, its leaders chose Sohel Mahfuz for his expertise in bomb-making and knowledge about arms smuggling routes and smugglers in bordering areas.
9 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Gulshan café attack: ‘Bomb supplier’ Sohel Mahfuz on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court places Sohel Mahfuz, known as an explosives expert and the bomb supplier for last year's Gulshan café attack, on a seven-day remand in connection with the café attack case.
9 July 2017, 09:47 AM

I am happy today

Your radiance remains undimmed despite your physical absence. It remains in everyone who had the opportunity to know you, to befriend you, to love you. I am happy today, Ishrat Akhond. Happy to have had you as a friend and learn that happiness is a choice.
5 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Dhaka café attack victims’ family to get Tk 13.95 lakh each

Each family of 20 foreign and Bangladeshi nationals, who were killed in the Holey Artisan cafe attack in Gulshan on July 1 last year, will get Tk 13.95 lakh as compensation.
5 July 2017, 14:43 PM

Consoled by the Brahmaputra

We left my mother's place early to finish packing. Driving through Gulshan Road 75, punctuated by irregular lights and leafy tall trees, we reached home after 8:00pm. I lay down with a headache. Minutes later, came the sound of firecrackers. An hour later came the SMS: "Holey Artisan Bakery is under siege; situation is NOT UNDER CONTROL."
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Couldn't root out militancy, but destroyed its network

Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque believes militants will not be able to carry out attacks as their strength has been reduced through continued police operations since the Holey Artisan attack.
2 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Amidst the fear of terrorism, a reassurance

This baggage will be an inescapable part of our reality for the years to come. But the memory of Faraaz's actions lightens the load. It helps to remember that our background isn't one that harboured murderers, but one that instilled a very young man like Faraaz with so much strength, maturity and love for humanity.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

The colours of life

September 11, 2001, attack on Twin Towers in New York. We all remember the paralysing aesthetic of the live image of the attack on the second tower that the global news channels continued for days to air.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

A mother's quest for justice, answers

As people were paying tributes to those killed in last year's terrorist attack at Holey Artisan Bakery yesterday, Masuda Begum kept crying outside where the posh restaurant used to be and where her son Shaon, 19, was working on that fateful night.
1 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Are we safer now?

On the anniversary of the audacious terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, Bangladeshis may ask two questions: “Are we safer today than we were a year before?” and “Where do we go from here?”
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM

Faraaz showed light of hope

The bravery of Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain was lauded at an Iftar party attended by ambassadors of some Muslim countries in Italy.
30 June 2017, 18:00 PM