gulshan cafe attack
Holey Artisan attack victims
A brutal militant attack claimed 22 lives, including nine Italians, seven Japanese, three Bangladeshis and an Indian at Holey Artisan Cafe in Dhaka's Gulshan on 1 July 2016
NO MERCY for café attack perpetrators
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced seven militants to death for their involvement in the 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery attack, terming it a disgraceful attack aimed at assassinating the non-communal character of Bangladesh.
Gulshan Café Attack Investigation: Tracking new terror network
The Gulshan café attack investigation helped law enforcers get crucial leads on a new web of radicals and subsequently launch a series of successful operations ripping apart the network of militancy in Bangladesh.
GULSHAN CAFÉ ATTACK / Cops hopeful about highest penalty for 8 accused
Police express hope that the eight accused in Holey Artisan attack case verdict will get highest punishment as per gravity of their crimes.
Gulshan café attack: Then OC, 10 others testify
Prosecution witness Sirajul Islam, who was the officer-in-charge of Gulshan Police Station on July 1, 2016, gave a vivid description of the Holey Artisan cafe attack in the capital’s Gulshan before a Dhaka court yesterday.
Family, friends remember Holey Artisan attack victims
Law enforcers along with friends and family members today paid homage to the victims of the Holey Artisan attack by laying floral wreaths on the then Holey Artisan bakery premises marking the third anniversary of the brutal attack.
JMB 'plan for prison van attack' foiled
Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was planning a Trishal-like prison van ambush to snatch the inmates accused in the Gulshan café attack case.
Dhaka attack: Hasnat denied bail despite being dropped from charge sheet
A Dhaka court rejects a bail petition of former private university teacher Hasnat Reza Karim in Holey Artisan Cafe’ attack case, even though his name was dropped from the charge sheet submitted on July 23.
Dhaka attack: Cops charge 8; Hasnat dropped
Police press charges against eight militants over the Holey Artisan café attack, where 20 people, mostly foreigners, were killed off as hostages two years ago. Meanwhile, Hasnat Karim, a former teacher of North South University, has been dropped from the charge sheet as “investigation could not relate him with the militant activity”.
Militancy weakened, not uprooted yet: IGP
Militancy could not be uprooted yet, but it has been weakened, Inspector General of Police Shahidul Huq says.
BNP seeks coordinated initiative to eliminate militancy
Observing that the Gulshan Café terror attack put a stigma on the nation's long tradition of communal harmony and pragmatism, BNP today called for taking a coordinated initiative to stamp out militancy.
Of haunting memories
The word "excruciating" can hardly describe the pain Simeen Hossain has been in since she lost her son in the Gulshan cafe attack.
Hiding info: Dhaka attack survivor Tahmid cleared of charge
Tahmid Hasib Khan, one of the survivors of the terrorist attack in Gulshan Holey Artisan Bakery on July 1 last year, is acquitted of charge filed against him for not giving information to police about the case.
Police boss refutes IS existence in Bangladesh
Pulling reference to the latest claim of Islamic State existence in Bangladesh, the country’s police boss maintained the claim that there is no presence of the Islamist terrorist outfit here.
'Spiritual leader' of 'Neo JMB' arrested
Counterterrorism officials have arrested the alleged spiritual leader of “Neo JMB”, who they think approved the Gulshan café attack plot last year.
No negative message from foreign businessmen, companies: Tofail
The recent killing incidents of foreigners will not have any bad impacts on business in Bangladesh as the foreign businessmen have no plan to leave the country, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed says.
Dhaka raid: 7 militants identified, 3 from city’s posh areas
Police disclose the identities of seven among the nine militants who were killed in an anti-terror raid in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area yesterday.
Dhaka militants changed dress after Fazr prayers when they saw end coming
The militants who were killed in gunfight with the law enforcers early morning Tuesday change their dress after the Fazr prayers and wore black punjabis, says a neighbour who observed the militants time to time from around midnight till dawn from an adjacent building.
Dhaka raid militant Rouf missing ‘NSU student’
One of the militants killed in gun battle during Dhaka raid in Kalyanpur has been identified as a "missing student of privately-run North-South University". However, confusion has arisen over identity of another militant as two families are claiming the same body.