Dhaka Attack

Dhaka Attack

DMP forms body to probe how convict got IS cap

Dhaka Metropolitan Police has formed a three-member committee to investigate how a death row convict managed a prayer cap emblazoned with the IS logo at a courtroom during the verdict of the Holey Artisan Café attack case.

5y ago

In photos: Verdict on Holey Artisan Café attack

Seven militants have been sentenced to death for their involvement in 2016 Holey Artisan cafe attack that left 22 people, including 17 foreigners, dead.

5y ago

Where did the IS cap come from?

After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.

5y ago

AC Rabiul’s family wants quick execution of verdict

The family of Detective Branch of Police’s Assistant Commissioner Rabiul Karim wants immediate execution of the verdict in the Holey Artisan café attack case.

5y ago

Gulshan Café attack case: Prosecution happy with verdict

The prosecution has expressed their satisfaction over the verdict that awarded death penalty to seven militants in Holey Artisan Café attack case.

5y ago

Holey Artisan Attack: Key witness testifies

Sharmina Parvin, one of the eyewitnesses of the Holey Artisan attack, yesterday told a tribunal in Dhaka how she saw innocent people being killed by the militants.

5y ago

Holey Artisan Case: Khaled sent Tk 39 lakh to fund attack

Shariful Islam alias Khaled, the last of the charge-sheeted accused to be arrested in the Dhaka café attack case, was a meritorious student before he got involved with banned militant outfit JMB, a top official of Rapid Acton Battalion says.

5y ago

JMB 'plan for prison van attack' foiled

Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning a Trishal-like prison van ambush to snatch the inmates accused in the Gulshan café attack case.

5y ago

Home minister to brief media at 5pm

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam will brief journalists at 5:00pm.

8y ago

Italian minister returns with victims’ bodies

Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy Mario Giro has returned to his country with the bodies of nine Italians killed in The Holey Artisan attack on Friday

8y ago

Dhaka cafe attack: Foreign minister for int'l support

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali expresses his hope that the international community will support Bangladesh in fighting common challenges of terrorism and violent extremism.

8y ago

Dhaka siege: Bodies of 7 Japanese victims reach Tokyo

Bodies of the seven Japanese nationals who were killed in a militant attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Bangladesh capital Dhaka return to home soil Tuesday morning.

8y ago

Attack result of failed institution

Condemning Friday's Gulshan attack as heinous, the Asian Human Rights Commission yesterday said the terrorist strike was a result of the failed institution.

8y ago

Japan, Italy to step up intel activities

Japan and Italy have agreed to coordinate diplomatic and intelligence activities in the aftermath of Friday's militant attack in Dhaka.

8y ago

Eid under painful circumstances

We are celebrating Eid this year in the backdrop of a tragedy that has shaken the nation, a time our most happy festival comes on the

8y ago

Tributes paid to the slain

A cross-section of people yesterday paid tributes at a makeshift memorial near the Holey Artisan Bakery at Gulshan, mourning the victims of Friday's hostage crisis.

8y ago

A nightmare recurs

Faraaz refused to leave his friends to die and by doing so showed us that there is still hope left in this country.

8y ago

Fifth attacker from Bogra, say police

One of the five Gulshan attackers whose identity had remained unknown was identified by Dhunat police in Bogra yesterday.

8y ago