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

Slain AC Robiul’s wife gives birth to baby girl

Just one month into the killing by armed militants at a Gulshan café, wife of the slain Detective Branch Assistant Commissioner Robiul Karim has given birth to a baby girl.

8y ago

Family of Dhaka attack survivor fears for his safety

Sharmina Parvin could not have imagined that a birthday meal for her 13-year-old daughter in a Dhaka restaurant would turn into a nightmare that still hasn't ended.

8y ago

None claims bodies of militants

None of families of 14 militants killed during Gulshan café attack and an overnight raid in Dhaka's Kalyanpur in Dhaka have claimed their bodies, according to police and hospital sources.

8y ago

Stay alert against ICT use by terrorists: PM

Renewing her resolve to crush terrorism and militancy from the country with the help of people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urges all to stay alert as terrorists are using ICT in their evil works.

8y ago

Dhaka raid: 2 men claim a slain terrorist as their son

Two men have claimed a terrorist killed in yesterday’s raid in Kalyanpur as their son, creating confusion over who the militant is.

8y ago

Anti-terror chief trashes conspiracy theories on Dhaka raid

Chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police counterterrorism unit in a Facebook post says those who could not accept law enforcers’ success in Kalyanpur operation are raising questions about the authenticity of the drive.

8y ago

Sheltering café attackers: 3 sent to jail after remand

A Dhaka court sends three people, who were arrested for renting out a flat to suspected Gulshan café attackers, to jail after completion of their eight-day remand each.

8y ago

Opinion: Dhaka militant den raid gives us confidence

Kalyanpur gives us confidence. After what we have been experiencing in the past few months – militants freely attacking and killing people one after another – a deep sense of insecurity had seeped into the society.

8y ago

Gulshan attack instigators identified: DMP chief

Instigators of the Gulshan café attack have been identified and their arrest is now simply a matter of time, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia says.

8y ago

Dhaka attackers’ blood samples handed over to FBI

Police hand over blood samples of the Gulshan café attackers to the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for a chemical test in their laboratory.

8y ago