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.

September 29, 2015
September 29, 2015

Special cop team formed to probe Tavella murder

Special police unit has been formed to investigate the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella. He was shot thrice, autopsy report says.

September 29, 2015
September 29, 2015

EU, UK condemn murder of Italian in Dhaka

EU Ambassador to Bangladesh and British High Commissioner condemned the killing of Italian aid worker and expressed dismay following the savage assassination of Cesare Tavella, employed by a Netherlands-based NGO, in Dhaka.

September 29, 2015
September 29, 2015

Militant attack fear: US, Canada alert citizens in Bangladesh

A day into murder of an Italian in Dhaka, US and Canada advise their citizens to limit their movement while in Bangladesh, saying they have info that militants may target foreigners here.

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