A United States air strike in Afghanistan killed a senior Al Qaeda commander in charge of suicide bombing and two other militants, the Pentagon says.

A senior member of the Islamic State (IS) group has been killed in an American drone strike in Syria last month, according to the US military.

A Dhaka court places 12 suspected militants on a three-day remand each in a case filed with Darus Salam Police Station under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Three alleged militants of the banned outfit Hizb-ut Tahrir arrested from Chittagong city's Muradpur. An English medium school teacher and a lawyer are among them.

The government of Bangladesh has banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team for its militant and anti-state activities.

There is very little that can be done against Qawmi madrasas since they are not financially controlled by the government, says Finance Minister AMA Muhith.

Militants take their activities to a whole new level in Bangladesh, distributing bomb making manuals online and spreading their propaganda to millions worldwide.

THE arrest of Ariful Islam, caught after he, along with his accomplices, hacked to death Oyasiqur Rahman Babu, has by default, brought to light some significant inefficiencies in law enforcement.

Amid a slack monitoring in recent months, the Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh and a few other militant outfits have become active

State Minister for Finance M Abdul Mannan told the parliament that the government would take stern actions against banks concerned if the allegation of funding militancy is proved

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says tough punishment would be given to those BNP-Jamaat men resorting to militant acts in Bangladesh.

ANY direction you cast your gaze you encounter violence in myriad forms; situated in racial, religious, ethnic, or class conflict zones.

SHOW the world the power of peaceful communities, and tackle bad governance that breeds frustration.

With the BNP-Jamaat allies continuing to enforce blockade and hartal for the 44th day on February 18, the country has descended into deep chaos, uncertainty and unimaginable distress. We have got to be worried and perturbed after witnessing the scale of tragedies, lives lost by burning, destruction and losses inflicted on the economy in a free Bangladesh that we liberated at the cost 3 million lives. Since January 6, the country, from Teknaf to Tetulia, has turned into a theatre of unabated violence and destruction.

President Barack Obama says US 'not at war with Islam - we are at war with people who have perverted Islam

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeks all-out cooperation from all in rooting out militancy, terrorism from the country

Video emerges shows beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya