militant outfit
Couple, baby ‘forcibly disappeared’
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.
4 July 2023, 01:30 AM
‘Biggest militant threat’ country has ever faced
Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya posed a bigger security threat than any militant outfit ever did, law enforcers said.
31 January 2023, 01:30 AM
Not serious but threat is there
Militant group “Neo JMB” is still posing a security threat as its members are making efforts to carry out suicide attacks individually, said counterterrorism officials.
26 August 2017, 18:00 PM
SC upholds lawyer Shakila’s HC bail order
The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that granted bail to lawyer Shakila Farjana in two cases filed over her alleged involvement in financing a militant outfit.
5 June 2016, 05:33 AM
Counter-militancy efforts
A very important aspect of countering the onslaught of the militants in Bangladesh, particularly the religious militants...
2 March 2016, 18:00 PM
Financing militant group: SC lawyer gets bail
The High Court grants bail to Supreme Court lawyer Shakila Farjana in two cases filed for her involvement in financing a militant outfit, clearing the way for her release from jail.
22 February 2016, 06:35 AM
6 suspected Huji men arrested
Police arrested six “members of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji)”, including its “Kushtia regional commander”, in the capital's Kotwali area on Tuesday evening.
17 February 2016, 18:00 PM
Terror suspects off the hook
Two alleged Hizb-ut Tahrir operatives, Syed Imdadul Haque Shaikat and Shahidul Islam Hasan, were arrested in the capital's Motijheel area on July 29, 2011, while distributing leaflets of the outlawed militant outfit.
Seventeen days into filing a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009, police pressed charges against them for working for a banned organisation, distributing its leaflet and inciting anti-government activities.
28 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Ctg JMB den busted: 3 held with sniper gun, army suits
Two days into the unearthing of a key hideout of banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, crackdown on JMB regional commander's den in Chittagong yields high precision semi-automatic sniper rifle, 13 sets of military uniform, explosives and ammunition, police say. The three militants arrested are said to be senior students of Chittagong University.
27 December 2015, 04:06 AM
‘Arakan Army man’ held in Rangamati
Law enforcers arrest a suspected member of Arakan Army, an insurgent outfit of Myanmar, in Rajasthali upazila of Rangamati.
14 October 2015, 05:36 AM
Girl’s hand blown off in Chuadanga blast
A schoolgirl sustains injuries in an explosion when her father is allegedly making bombs at their residence in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga.
6 October 2015, 15:31 PM
3 lawyers held for funding militant group remanded
A Bashkhali court places the three arrested lawyers for their alleged funding of a new-found militant outfit, Shaheed Hamja Brigade in a four-day remand each.
19 August 2015, 07:13 AM
2 members of 'new militant outfit' held in Dhaka
Detectives claim to have arrested two members of a new militant outfit with firearms in Dhaka.
25 June 2015, 06:01 AM
‘JMB wants to wage jihad in India’
Accused in Burdwan blasts tells interrogators that JMB had plans to target West Bengal, Assam.
21 May 2015, 06:15 AM