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

20 Hostages killed

20 Hostages killed

8y ago

Farewell dinner, farewell forever

Nadia Benedetti, one of the nine identified Italian nationals slain in Friday's terror attack on Holey Artisan Bakery, had long been

8y ago

Our sorrows know no bound

As a people, as a Nation and as a country we are shell shocked at the brutality of the terrorist attack that killed twenty two people at

8y 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

Political parties condemn Gulshan terror attack

Different political parties and organisations yesterday condemned the heinous attack at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's diplomatic

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

Gulshan attackers Bangladeshi citizens: IGP

All the attackers, who killed 28 people including nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian at Gulshan Holey Artisan café, were Bangladeshi citizens, says IGP.

8y ago

Nationalities of Holey Artisan victims disclosed

Nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian have been killed at Holey Artisan café in Gulshan of Dhaka.

8y ago

Why Holey Artisan Bakery was special to its patrons

In the wake of the horrifying attack last night where gunmen held dozens of people hostage inside the cafe, and fired shots and hurled bombs at law enforcers, regulars at the café shared with Daily Star what the Holey Artisan Bakery meant for them.

8y ago