Nuruzzaman Raju owned a mobile phone repair shop in the capital’s Gulistan.

A man has been shot and about 30 people taken hostage on Monday by a gunman at a mall in the Philippine capital Manila, where armed police and negotiators were trying to end the standoff peacefully.

England cricket chiefs indicated Saturday they were prepared to cancel a tour of Bangladesh after an attack saw 20 foreigners killed in the country.

A soldier and eight Abu Sayyaf fighters have died after an attempt to free hostages held by the Islamist militant group, the Philippine army said.

A Turkish prosecutor and two gunmen who took him hostage have been killed after a shootout at a courthouse in Istanbul

None of the infighting groups in Lybia has yet claimed the responsibilities of taking hostage two Bangladeshis in Libya, says State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam

A Bangladeshi national along with eight other foreigners has been taken hostage allegedly by Islamic State from an oil field, south of Sirte in Libya