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

Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sajjadur Rahman passed the order after hearing the bail petition filed by Hasnat, a former teacher of a private university.

He filed the bail petition on Monday when police produced him before another court in Dhaka on completion of his 16-day remand. 

On August 13, Hasnat was shown arrested in the case linked with the murders of 20 hostages, including 17 foreigners, in the terror attack.

Earlier on August 4, former North South University teacher Hasnat and Canadian university student Tahmid Hasib, the two survivors of the July 1 attack, were taken on remand for eight days. Later, Hasnat was remanded again for eight days. 

Tahmid was sent to jail on Saturday after completion of his remand for 14 days in two phases.    

On July 1, armed militants stormed Holey Artisan Bakery at the diplomatic zone in Dhaka's Gulshan area and killed nine Italians, seven Japanese, two Bangladeshis, one Indian and one Bangladesh-born US citizen. Two police officers were also killed.