Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT)

Dhaka court fixes October 27 for delivering verdict in blogger Oyasiqur murder case

A Dhaka court has fixed October 27 for delivering judgment in a case filed against five members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) over the murder of blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu in 2015.

ABT man arrested in Faridpur

Anti Terrorism Unit of Police arrested an alleged member of banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team from Faridpur district last evening.

ABT man held in Dhaka: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion claimed to have arrested a member of the banned militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team in a drive that was carried out at Rajuk Uttara Housing Project today.

ABT converting cash to Bitcoin to buy arms

To dodge the law enforcers, members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) are converting their funds to Bitcoin and planning to use the cryptocurrency in the dark web to buy firearms and narcotics, police claimed.

‘ABT militants exchanging their funds into Bitcoin’

With an aim to dodge the law enforcer's eyes, militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) is now exchanging their collected funds into Bitcoin and planning to use it on dark web to buy firearms and narcotics.

2 Ansarullah men get life term in Faridpur

A court sentences two members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) to life imprisonment in an explosion case.

2 'militants' arrested for plotting to kill filmmaker Khijir Hayat

Police claims to have arrested two alleged members of the banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team on charge of plotting to kill

8 ABT militants charged with Dipan murder

Detectives yesterday filed charges against eight members of banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam, also known as Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), in connection with the murder of publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan in October 2015.

7 ‘ABT members’ held in Chandpur

Law enforcers claim to have detained seven members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from Faridganj area of Chandpur.

April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016

Ansarullah man held in Sylhet

Detectives detain a member of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) in Sylhet in connection with an alleged attack by the militant group during a raid on a flat in Dhaka’s Uttar Badda on February.

January 25, 2016
January 25, 2016

The real face of Bangladesh - moderate, secular

The high-profile arrests and deportation of 27 Bangladeshi workers from Singapore for planning violent attacks overseas may have caused some Singaporeans to wonder about Bangladesh and its people. The truth is that the country is a secular, moderate nation with a Muslim-majority population.

December 28, 2015
December 28, 2015

Blogger Rajib murder verdict Thursday

A tribunal in Dhaka sets Thursday to deliver verdict in the blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider murder case. The chief of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team and seven former students of a private university are the accused in the case.

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

Oyasiqur murder: Charges against 5 ‘Ansarullah men’ accepted

A Dhaka court takes cognisance of the charges against five alleged members of Ansarullah Bangla Team in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman Babu murder case.

September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015

Avijit killing: 3 Ansarullah men on 7-day remand

A Dhaka court places three members of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team on a seven-day remand each in connection with blogger Avijit Roy killing case.

September 10, 2015
September 10, 2015

Ansarullah chief, 2 more held over Avijit, Ananta murder: Rab

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claims to arrest three members of Ansarullah Bangla Team including its chief in Dhaka for their alleged involvement in the killing of bloggers Ananta Bijoy Das and Avijit Roy.

June 10, 2015
June 10, 2015

Bank heists by militants

Following the arrests of nine suspected operatives of banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) the police has revealed the formation of an umbrella organisation 'Bangladesh Jihadi Group' that has come up with a new way to raise funds for religious militancy: through bank heists.

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