Islamic State (IS)

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.

Baghdadi dead in US military raid

Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died “whimpering and crying” in a raid by US special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced yesterday, fulfilling what he called his top national security goal.

IS claims Science Lab bomb attack on cops: SITE

Terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) has claimed the responsibility of last night's bomb attack at Science Lab intersection in Dhaka, US-based SITE Intelligence Group says.

Islamic State cases: Indian investigators in Sri Lanka

Reflecting enhanced bilateral security cooperation, a team of India's counter-terror agency National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials is in Sri Lanka to probe two Islamic State (IS)-related cases which could have possible links to the April 21 Easter terror attack that killed more than 250 people in the island nation.

3 French IS members sentenced to death in Iraq

An Iraqi court has sentenced three French citizens to death for joining the Islamic State group, the first IS members from France to be handed capital punishment, a court official has said.

​Kerala coastal areas put on high alert as Islamic State terrorists on way to Lakshadweep in boats

Kerala’s coastal areas of India were put on high alert after intelligence reports said that terrorists affiliated to the Islamic State are on their way to Lakshadweep in boats from Sri Lanka.

No IS existence in Bangladesh: Home minister

Terming the claim of Islamic State (IS) presence in Bangladesh a part of an international conspiracy, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan categorically says there is no existence of IS group in the country.

India arrests IS suspect plotting attacks in Kerala

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) says it has arrested a 29-year-old suspect linked to terror group Islamic State for allegedly conspiring to carry out a suicide attack in the southern state of Kerala.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka bombings

The Islamic State group says it was behind a devastating string of suicide attacks against churches and hotels in Sri Lanka that killed more than 320 people on Easter Sunday.

May 15, 2016
May 15, 2016

IS suicide bombing kills 14 in Iraqi gas plant

The Islamic State (IS) group has staged a suicide attack on a gas factory near Baghdad in which 14 people were killed and 20 wounded, Iraqi officials say.

May 14, 2016
May 14, 2016

Bangladeshi-origin man jailed for life

A Bangladeshi-origin British man who plotted an Islamic State-inspired attack on US military personnel based in England has been jailed for life and told he will spend at least 12 years behind bars.

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

Baghdad car bombing kills 64

A car bomb at a crowded market in northern Baghdad has killed at least 64 people and wounded 87 others, Iraqi police and medical sources say.

May 11, 2016
May 11, 2016

‘IS sailing plot’ foiled in Australia

Five men arrested in Australia allegedly intended to cross the ocean in a small fishing boat and join the so-called Islamic State group.

May 10, 2016
May 10, 2016

‘US, India to work together to help Dhaka fight terror'

In the wake of the recent spate of targeted attacks on secular activists, bloggers, writers, professors and minorities, the US

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

How Islamic State in Bangladesh began

Radicalised worker Rahman Mizanur recruited countrymen in Singapore with help of material linked to terror groups.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

OPINION: Caught between two states: The Islamic and the United

While there is no gainsaying that there is no ‘physical presence’ of IS in this country, the fact that the terrorist organisation has brought this country under its radar is a matter that the security agencies in Bangladesh cannot overlook.

April 30, 2016
April 30, 2016

Thousands of protesters storm Baghdad 'Green Zone', parliament

Thousands of angry protesters break into Baghdad's heavily fortified "Green Zone" and storm the parliament building after lawmakers again fail to approve new ministers.

April 27, 2016
April 27, 2016

Belgium extradites Paris attack suspect Salah Abdeslam

Belgium extradites Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam to face trial in France.

April 24, 2016
April 24, 2016

Enemy of none, lover of sitar

He was a sitar player. All his life, he was devoted to music, culture and peace. His family members and colleagues don't believe he had enmity with anyone. He never said or wrote anything against any religion or hurt anybody's religious sentiment.