'We will work together with the people to resolve any issues that arise'

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the nation had witnessed the savagery of militancy in guise of anti-quota movement, and reiterated her vow that there would be no room for militancy and terrorism in Bangladesh

A madrasa teacher, his wife and their six-month-old son were allegedly forcibly disappeared for a month before being produced in a Dhaka court in a case.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Golam Faruq today said although militancy has not been completely eradicated from the country, it is under control

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There's no room for complacency when it comes to militancy

The menace of militancy and terrorism in the country is under control, assures Monirul Islam, chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan police (DMP).

Only madrassa education cannot be blamed for militancy as 56 per cent of those involved in militancy are from general education background, according to a research of the police headquarters.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the government wants to attain economic development keeping the country free from terrorism and militancy.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims arrest of a bigshot leader of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanganj.

Since the emergence of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in mid-2014, the brutal ideology of the militant outfit has ensnared hundreds of young Bangladeshis, like it has brainwashed youth from across the globe.

Police claim that the two Bangladeshi sisters, who were arrested for attacking a man in Australia and a policeman in Dhaka’s Mirpur area in separate incidents, were self-radicalised through the internet.

Saiful Islam, who was killed in anti-militancy drive at a hotel in Dhaka’s Panthapath area, last contacted with family on Sunday night, police say.

The authorities' total denial of IS presence will not help. Whatever the reason behind the refusal—political or tactical—it is undermining gravity of the problem. The denial coupled with the complacency may again create ground for re-emergence of extremism.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir denounces the government for the recent incidents like “encounters” and says those have been done only to conceal facts and to suppress the political oppositions.

Nearly 10 months after her arrest in a case over alleged terror financing, High Court lawyer Barrister Shakila Farzana is released on bail from jail.

The Embassy of France is deeply shocked and saddened by the three recent murders in Bangladesh, it says in a press release.

Heads of Mission of the European Union in Bangladesh call on the government to break the cycle of violence by bringing the perpetrators behind the recent attacks in the country to justice and ensure the protection of all citizens at risk.

Terming the recent killings in Bangladesh as planned ones, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the perpetrators will surely be brought to justice.