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

Narayanganj raid: Cops say one militant ‘studied at Monash University’

One of the militants killed in Narayanganj raid might be Tausif Hassan, who according to previous information studied at Monash University Malaysia, police say.

7y ago

Hasnat denied bail in Gulshan café attack case

Hasnat Karim, the lone arrestee in the Gulshan café attack case, was denied bail by a Dhaka court.

7y ago

Dhaka attack: IDs of 5 militants, chef confirmed thru' DNA tests

Identities of five dead Gulshan café militants and a chef have been confirmed through DNA tests, police say. The DNA test reports were collected from Criminal Investigation Department (CID) yesterday, Masudur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of DMP told The Daily Star.

7y ago

Hasnat sent to jail after 16-day remand

Hasnat Karim, a former teacher of a private university who has been shown arrested in Gulshan attack case, is sent to jail on completion of his 16-day remand.

7y ago

Sheltering militants: NSU teacher, 2 others get bail

Suspended North South University Professor Gias Uddin Ahsan and two others, arrested on charges of renting flats to Gulshan café attackers and withholding tenants' information from the police, get bail.

7y ago

Dhaka attack: Tahmid sent to jail after remand

Canadian university student Tahmid Hasib, who was arrested on suspicion of having links with the Gulshan attackers is sent to jail after completion of his 14-day remand.

7y ago

Journos say no to militancy, communalism

Several hundred journalists form a human chain in front of Jatiya Pres Club as a part of their nationwide demonstration to protest the ongoing militant activities.

7y ago

Dhaka attack: Marzan ‘associate’ of CU Islami Chhatra Shibir

The youth, who police claimed was ‘in-charge of Gulshan café attack’ and known among his fellow militants as Marzan, has been an associate (Shathi) of Chittagong University unit of Islami Chhatra Shibir, student front of Jamaat-e-Islami.

7y ago

Dhaka Attack: Marzan ‘identified’ by a Pabna family

Marzan, one of the suspected masterminds of Gulshan café attack, is claimed to be identified as Nurul Islam by a family from Pabna district.

7y ago

Hasnat accused based on info: DMP

Police today said they have accused former university teacher Hasnat Karim in a case filed in connection with Gulshan militant attack as they have information against him.

7y ago
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