Cesare Tavella

Tavella murder trial to proceed

The High Court clears the way for the lower court concerned to continue the trial proceedings of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case.

Attacks on 3 Foreigners / Charge sheets this week

Police are set to submit within a week charge sheets in last year's murders of two foreigners -- Italian national Cesare Tavella and

Tavella killing: Matin on 5-day remand

A Dhaka court places MA Matin on a five-day remand in connection with the killing of the Italian national Cesare Tavella.

Couple injured in Uttara ‘robbery’

A Taiwan couple is injured by suspected robbers at their Uttara residence in Dhaka.

Tavella killing: Matin on 8-day remand

A Dhaka court places MA Matin on an eight-day remand in connection with the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella. Matin is younger brother of MA Quayum, Dhaka city BNP joint convener and a former BNP-backed ward commissioner.

KNOT SO TRUE / An Uncomfortable Centre Stage

We cannot and will not shy away just because some boro bhai (elder borther) somewhere thought killing an innocent Italian national would set Bangladesh off its course.

Editorial / Headway in the Tavella case

After weeks of little visible progress in the investigation of the murder of Cesare Tavella, an Italian national, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police has caught four suspects involved in the killing and recovered a motorcycle that was apparently used by the murderers to escape.

Tavella killing: 'Target was any white man'

Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder suspects confess to being hired for killing “a white man” to create anarchy in the country, according to chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

Foreign missions’ red alerts excesses: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith describes the alerts issued by different diplomatic missions in Dhaka after the murder of the two foreign nationals as excesses.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

US travel alert won’t hamper Bangladesh’s economy: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith says the US travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh will not hamper the country’s economy.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

Tavella murder blueprint unearthed: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said they have unearthed the conspiracy and blueprint behind the killing of Italian aid worker Cesare Tavella.

October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015

Tavella murder: DMP rules out militant link

Dhaka Metropolitan Police find no militant link to the murder of Italian national Cesare Tavella blaming local and foreign conspiracy.

October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015

Tavella’s body handed over

Body of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, who was killed in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, has been handed over to the country’s local mission.

October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015

Tavella’s body may be sent to Italy tomorrow

The body of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella, who was shot dead in Dhaka’s Gulshan diplomatic zone, might to be sent back to his country tomorrow.

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

Police maintain strict vigilance in diplomatic zone

Police and other law enforcing agencies continue frequent patrols in Dhaka’s Gulshan-Baridhara diplomatic zone as part of stepped up vigilance measures.

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

Minister hopes to unfold foreigner killings’ mystery soon

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the mystery behind killing of two foreign nationals will be cracked soon and the perpetrators identified.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

BNP being falsely blamed for foreigner killings: Fakhrul

BNP alleges that the government is blaming the party for the murder of two foreigners without any proof in a bid to hide its failure.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

Cops claim 15 IS suspects' arrest

Since September last year, police claim to have arrested about 20 suspected Islamic State members, militants having contacts or trying to establish link with the terrorist outfit.

October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015

2 remanded over Japanese citizen murder

A Rangpur court today placed Rashed-un-Nabi Khan Biplob,a local BNP activist, and Humayun Kabir Hira on a 10-day remand in Japanese national Hoshi Kunio murder case.