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

India issues high alert along border

The Border Security Force (BSF) has issued a high alert and enhanced vigilance along the Indian borders with Bangladesh after gunman

8y ago

Day of joy turns into day of grief

The parents of the beautiful baby girl were just getting prepared to rejoice her first day in this world, but what the parents were not prepared to do was to go through fourteen hours of harrowing ordeal with the newborn.

8y ago

Siege hogs world headlines

Friday's hostage carnage at a Gulshan cafe in the capital received extensive media coverage worldwide. From Japan in the Far East to the

8y ago

Mudslinging, blame game won't solve it

Strong intelligence gathering, professionalism of law enforcers and thwarting of the ideological roots of militants could prevent future

8y ago

Six-year-old's wait for father ends in trauma

Sajidul Karim Sami was waiting impatiently for his father to come back home yesterday with an Eid dress for him. His unborn sibling

8y ago

Lively, jolly human being taken away too soon

She always spoke about happiness, love and peace and had a positive attitude towards life.

8y ago

Moments before the terror struck

It was a quieter than normal evening at house No. 5 on road No. 79 of Gulshan.

8y ago

TIMELINE

Seven to eight attackers, believed to be in their 20s, entered the restaurant in Dhaka's Gulshan diplomatic zone

8y ago

In shock, in solidarity

World leaders have condemned Friday's deadly militant attack at an upscale restaurant in Dhaka, and pledged their all-out support to

8y ago

Blood, Shock, Horror

The hostage standoff at a Gulshan café ended after around 12 hours but only to bring shockingly grim news for the country and beyond: nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, one Bangladeshi-American and one Indian are dead. The 20 hostages were brutally murdered during the chilling siege before the commandoes stormed the popular hangout in Dhaka's diplomatic zone yesterday morning.

8y ago