Ansarullah Bangla Team
ABT targeted top editor
Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team had plans to assassinate an editor of a leading national daily for publishing an article that allegedly criticised the “hadith on marriage”.
3 Bangladeshi brothers held in India for 'ABT link'
Three Bangladeshi brothers, suspected to have links with militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, have been arrested by the Anti-
‘ABT militant’ detained in India
A Bangladeshi national, who is suspected to be a member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), is detained in Muzaffarnagar district of India’s Uttar Pradesh.
A little groundwork too much to ask?
Should we take what police say at face value? The answer would hardly be in the affirmative anymore, especially after what has unfolded since Sunday's police briefing on a “shootout” victim they introduced as Sharif.
Now confusion over arrest of Mukul's relative
Two days after Mukul Rana was kidnapped in Jessore on February 23 by persons identifying themselves as “Detective Branch members”, his brother-in-law went to the DB headquarters to enquire about him but got arrested, family alleges.
'Attacker' of Tutul held
Police yesterday claimed to have arrested an alleged operative of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) who they said directly took part in the murder attempt on publisher Ahmedur Rashid Tutul last year.
26 ‘militants’ among 3,115 held on day 4 drive
Over 3,100 people have been detained that includes 26 alleged militants during day four of the nationwide crackdown on militants. This brings up the total tally of people held during the anti-militancy crackdown to 11,648 with only 145 among the alleged militants in the last four days.
48 'militants' among 2,000 new arrestees held across Bangladesh
Police arrested 48 more suspected militants on the third day of their countrywide clampdown yesterday, taking the total number of captured “militants” to 85 since the special drive began following Sunday's murder of a top police official's wife by suspected militants in Chittagong.
Inu ‘threatened with death’
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.
Avijit killing: UK citizen, 2 other militants remanded
A Dhaka court places three militants of banned outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team in seven-day remand in police custody over writer Avijit Roy’s killing.
Blogger killings: 'Mastermind' held in Dhaka
Law enforcers claim to have arrested three militants of Ansarullah Bangla Team from Dhaka including the mastermind of Avijit Roy and Ananta Bijoy killings.
Inu, 24 others get death threats
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, Dhaka University Vice Chancellor AAMS Arefin Siddique and 23 other eminent persons allegedly receive death threats from banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team.
9 'militants' held while ‘preparing for bank robbery’
Detectives claim to have arrested nine members of banned militant outfits Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (Huji) and Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) while preparing for a bank robbery in Dhaka.
‘Militant’ held for 'plotting' Ashulia bank heist
Police claim arrest of Ansarullah Bangla Team militant who said to have masterminded Ashulia bank robbery on April 21.
‘Islamic State member’ arrested in Dhaka
Detectives claim to have arrested member of Islamic State (Isis) from a house in Baridhara of Dhaka.
Analysis: Ban, an answer to Ansarullah?
Government’s ban on Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), an Islamist outfit blamed for the killings of two free-thinkers and bloggers in Dhaka and one in Sylhet in a span of only 75 days, came on the heel of utter failure of law enforcing agencies.
Bangladesh bans Islamist group for anti-state activities
The government of Bangladesh has banned Islamist outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team for its militant and anti-state activities.
‘Ansarullah Bangla’ man held over Ashulia bank heist
Police arrest a man said to be a member of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team in connection with the grisly bank robbery in Ashulia that left nine people including the branch manager killed.
Al-Qaeda branch claims murder of blogger Avijit Roy
Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.