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”.
Three Bangladeshi brothers, suspected to have links with militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team, have been arrested by the Anti-
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu is anonymously threatened with death through a package containing a shroud, says a ministry official.
Militants take their activities to a whole new level in Bangladesh, distributing bomb making manuals online and spreading their propaganda to millions worldwide.
Chief of militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team and seven students of North South University indicted in case filed for blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider's killing
Dhaka court to decide on March 18 whether it will frame charges against eight accused for the blogger's killing