The militant who was killed in the “Operation August Bite” planned to carry out an attack on those heading towards Dhanmondi Road No 32 to pay homage to Bangabandhu on National Mourning Day, the inspector general of police (IGP) says.

Five persons surrender to law enforcers, a day after local police and Rab cordoned off a house in Sadar upazila of Narsingdi suspecting it a “militant den”.

Law enforcers cordon off a suspected militant hideout in Narsingdi Sadar upazila.

The law enforcers defuse 10 bombs and two grenades at a militant den in Bagmara area of Comilla.

Parts of 7 to 8 bodies are found scattered at Nasirpur militant den in Moulvibazar. Cops suspect the dead militants are “Neo JMB” men, who blew themselves up inside the hideout having failed to flee.

Two days after Mukul Rana was kidnapped in Jessore on February 23 by persons identifying themselves as “Detective Branch members”, his brother-in-law went to the DB headquarters to enquire about him but got arrested, family alleges.

Police yesterday recovered 20 grenades, firearms and ammunition, and a huge amount of bomb-making materials, including gel

A Dhaka court place three suspected Islamist militants on a six-day remand in connection with yesterday’s crackdown at an alleged militant den in Dhaka’s Mirpur.