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

Deported Bangladeshi met Dhaka attack suspect in Malaysia

A Bangladeshi man who was among four arrested in Malaysia for terror links had met the suspect involved in Dhaka cafe attack.

8y ago

Gulshan Cafe Attack: Five militants, chef buried

The five Gulshan attackers and the chef killed during a commando operation at the Holey Artisan Bakery over two and a half

8y ago

Dhaka café attackers buried as none claims bodies

The five dead Gulshan café attackers and a chef are buried at the Jurain graveyard in Dhaka as nobody has claimed their bodies, police say.

8y ago

Decision on 19 militants’ bodies after test reports: Cops

Decision on the bodies of 19 militants killed in Gulshan attack and Kalyanpur, Narayanganj and Mirpur raids will be finalised after receiving reports of various tests carried out on them.

8y ago

Cops hunt for top militant who supplied grenades

Sohel Mahfuz, who has been a key leader of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) for over a decade,

8y ago

Dhaka attack: 'Bomb expert' identified

Police identify a bomb expert named Sohel Mahfuz who played important role in Gulshan cafe attack and provide crude bombs during the attack on July 1 in Dhaka.

8y ago

‘English schools, madrasas most prone to militancy’

English medium schools and madrasas, where the practice of Bangla culture is least, are most prone to radicalisation, DMP counter-terrorism chief Monirul Islam says.

8y ago

Adnani played 'major role'

Top Islamic State group strategist Abu Mohamed al-Adnani, who was killed on Tuesday, played a major role in the group

8y ago

Lights turned off before butchery

The militants turned off all the lights inside the Holey Artisan Bakery around an hour after they stormed the upscale café in the capital's Gulshan.

8y ago

Dhaka, Sholakia attacks: Victim cops’ families get financial assistance

Families of four policemen killed and three injured during Gulshan café attack and Sholakia Eidgah attack are handed over Tk 1.28 crore as financial assistance.

8y ago