Islamic State (IS)

Singaporean Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, 44, detained under ISA for promoting violence and ISIS, radicalising others

A Singaporean who actively spread radical ideology online and helped radicalise at least two other citizens is detained under the Internal Security Act in Singapore.
30 July 2016, 10:49 AM

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

Iraq car bomb kills 17 in Khalis, in attack claimed by IS

So-called Islamic State says it carried out a car bombing that killed at least 17 people in the central Iraqi town of Khalis.
25 July 2016, 09:46 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

Gaibandha madrasa teacher held for ‘renting house to Sholakia attacker’

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) detains a madrasa teacher in Gaibandha for renting out his house to a suspected militant, who was arrested during Sholakia attack on the Eid day.
23 July 2016, 11:50 AM

Germany fears more 'lone wolf' attacks after train rampage

Germany is likely to face more Islamist attacks, its interior minister says.
20 July 2016, 15:56 PM

Santoso: Indonesia police 'kill most wanted militant'

Indonesian police say they believe they have killed Santoso, the country's most wanted militant, in a jungle gun battle in Central Sulawesi.
19 July 2016, 14:48 PM

IS group claims first Germany attack with train axe assault

The Islamic State group claims responsibility for its first attack in Germany, an axe and knife assault on a train carried out by a 17-year-old Afghan refugee.
19 July 2016, 11:00 AM

Attack on Nice: French PM Valls booed at commemoration

French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is booed as he attends a minute's silence in Nice, where an attacker in a lorry killed 84 people.
18 July 2016, 15:16 PM

Nice attack: Driver 'researched route' earlier in week

The Tunisian man who carried out the lorry attack in the French city of Nice researched his route in the days beforehand, French media reports say.
17 July 2016, 13:32 PM

NSU prof, Mirpur landlord remanded for ‘sheltering militants’

North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan, a Mirpur landlord, and two others are placed on eight-day remand each for allegedly sheltering Dhaka attackers and withholding the mandatory tenant information from police.
17 July 2016, 07:28 AM

From music lover to ‘militant’

Here is more about a music lover turned militant Tahmid Rahman Safi, who was the first person to appear in a video in Bengali allegedly released by the militant group Islamic State.
13 July 2016, 12:05 PM

Resist terrorism, militancy: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the people to be united in resisting terrorism and militancy to establish peace and security in the public life.
13 July 2016, 12:03 PM

ISIS launches first Malay language newspaper in South-east Asia; distribution includes Singapore: Report

The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) launches its first Malay language newspaper for its supporters in South-east Asia, as the terrorist group seeks to expand its reach in the region.
12 July 2016, 10:58 AM

Court orders DNA test of Dhaka attack militants

A Dhaka court orders for DNA testing of the militants found involved in the gruesome Dhaka cafe attack of July 1.
11 July 2016, 14:38 PM

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

Anger over security as Iraqis mourn 200 dead in Baghdad bombing

Iraqis mourn more than 200 people killed in a Baghdad suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group and accused the government of not doing enough to protect them.
4 July 2016, 06:24 AM

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

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

Youth picked up from near Holey Artisan

Law enforcers pick up a youth from near the Holey Artisan Bakery where gunmen have held a number of people including foreign nationals and children hostage.
2 July 2016, 00:00 AM