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.

4y 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.

4y 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.

4y 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.

4y 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.

4y 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

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

In mourning, in tears

The morning sky was cloudy after the overnight downpour as if to tell humanity to cry for the souls of those killed in the unprecedented terror attack that has numbed the nation.

8y ago

DEEPLY MOURNED

Acongregation of mourners at Army Stadium in Dhaka yesterday, with victim families receiving bodies, foreign diplomats paying tributes

8y ago

Italy, Japan continue to help Bangladesh despite terror attack

Japan and Italy have assured Bangladesh that they would continue providing all sorts of cooperation to the South Asian country, regardless of any potential threat of terror attack on foreigners.

8y ago

Resisting brainwashing of youths urgent: Joy

Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, yesterday said resisting brainwashing of youths through false misinterpretation of religion is important than any other tasks now in the country.

8y ago

BNP slams AL for talking against unity to root out militancy

BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling Awami League was giving various conditions as it was not willing to forge a national unity to deal with the growing threats of militancy and terrorism.

8y ago

Foreigners in Dhaka urged not to visit public places

Following the Friday’s terrorist attack, different foreign diplomatic missions and UN organisations advises their diplomats, officials and nations living in Dhaka not go to public locations frequently.

8y ago

Dhaka Attack: Mubasher’s father apologises for his son

As the nation is still in frenzy to identify all the killers of the Dhaka café attack, for Meer Saameh Mubashher’s family, the scenario is quite different. For his father, this is nothing but a nightmare.

8y ago