Dhaka attack

‘Unknown person gave me IS cap’

Rakibul Hasan Regan, who was sentenced to death in the Holey Artisan café attack case, yesterday claimed that he got the prayer cap with the IS logo from an unknown person on the crowded court premises on November 27, the day the verdict in the case was delivered.

Holey Artisan Cafe Attack / Prosecution to move appeal against Mizan’s acquittal: IGP

Inspector General of Police (IGP) Javed Patwary says they will move an appeal with the High Court (HC) against an accused who was acquitted in the Holey Artisan cafe attack case.

Where did the IS cap come from?

After a Dhaka tribunal delivered the verdict in the Holey Artisan Café attack case today, one of death row convicts reached into his pocket and brought out a prayer cap emblazoned with the emblem of the Islamic State.

AC Rabiul’s family wants quick execution of verdict

The family of Detective Branch of Police’s Assistant Commissioner Rabiul Karim wants immediate execution of the verdict in the Holey Artisan café attack case.

Defence will challenge Holey Artisan attack verdict

The defence expresses dissatisfaction and says they would challenge the Holey Artisan attack verdict that sentenced seven people to death.

Gulshan Café attack case: Prosecution happy with verdict

The prosecution has expressed their satisfaction over the verdict that awarded death penalty to seven militants in Holey Artisan Café attack case.

Holey Artisan Café attack: 7 militants get death, one acquitted

Seven militants are sentenced to death for their involvement in 2016 Holey Artisan attack that left 22 people, including 17 foreigners, dead.

Dhaka was always her home

A large Bangladesh flag and a pennant emblazoned with the word “Dhaka” hung on the wall of her dorm at Emory University in Atlanta, USA.

UNFORGIVABLE: The mindless massacre at Gulshan café

The Friday evening fell quietly at the Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1, one of the last days of Ramadan in 2016.

September 25, 2017
September 25, 2017

“Dhaka Attack” takes promo campaign to universities

“Dhaka Attack”, the upcoming cop thriller starring Arifin Shuvo and Mahiya Mahi in the central roles is set for release in three weeks, and the film is shifting gears in its promotional campaign.

August 28, 2017
August 28, 2017

New “Dhaka Attack” teaser is a high-octane affair

“Dhaka Attack”, which is being termed by makers as the first cop thriller of the country - has been in the works for a long time, but with its release date announced, (October 6), the film is gradually amping up the hype.

July 30, 2017
July 30, 2017

Café attackers had grenade training in the Buriganga

A couple of weeks before the Gulshan café siege on July 1 last year, two of the five attackers received training in throwing grenades in the middle of the Buriganga.

July 24, 2017
July 24, 2017

Gulshan Café Attack: Sohel ‘admits’ he supplied bombs

Sohel Mahfuz, a key “Neo JMB” leader, yesterday confessed before a magistrate that he had supplied all the bombs used in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack in the capital's Gulshan on July 1 last year, court sources said.

July 23, 2017
July 23, 2017

Neo JMB militant Sohel Mahfuz confesses supplying Dhaka attack bombs

Arrested earlier this month from Chapainawabganj, a “Neo JMB” militant Sohel Mahfuz confesses to the court that he hand-made some bombs and collected some more from India and supplied them to the July 1 Dhaka cafe attackers.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Amidst the fear of terrorism, a reassurance

This baggage will be an inescapable part of our reality for the years to come. But the memory of Faraaz's actions lightens the load. It helps to remember that our background isn't one that harboured murderers, but one that instilled a very young man like Faraaz with so much strength, maturity and love for humanity.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

One year of Gulshan attack: Remembered with love, tears

She is not related to them. Yet tears were streaming down Saleha Begum's face as she stood at the site of the deadliest terror attack in the country's history. She was among the hundreds who gathered on the old premises of the Holey Artisan Bakery yesterday to pay respect to the memory of those whose lives were cut short by militants at the restaurant a year back.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Police better equipped since Gulshan attack

The country's policing system has been witnessing significant changes in the aftermath of the grisly Holey Artisan attack.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Café attackers died of bullet, bomb injuries

Five militants and a chef, who were killed during the army-led joint forces operation codenamed "Operation Thunderbolt" at Holey Artisan Bakery in the capital's Gulshan last year, were hit by bullets and bomb splinters, according to doctors.

July 2, 2017
July 2, 2017

Prayers for café victims

The kind of death Faraaz died in the Gulshan cafe attack a year ago represents the true spirit of Bangladesh and Islam, said leading businessman Latifur Rahman yesterday while remembering his grandson at a milad mahfil held at his Gulshan residence.