Islamic State

“Response to insulting Prophet": Islamic State claims attack on Kabul Sikh temple

An attack claimed by Islamic State on a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least two people and injured seven, officials said, another deadly incident in a spate of violence targeting minorities and places of worship.

Trump confirms death of Islamic State chief Baghdadi in US raid

President Donald Trump says that elusive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed, dying "like a dog," in a daring, nighttime raid by US special forces deep in northwest Syria.

Instructions from headquarters: Islamic State's new guerrilla manual

After losing territory, Islamic State fighters are turning to guerrilla war - and the group's newspaper is telling them exactly how to do it.

Stay alert

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in parliament yesterday asked people to be alert and inform law enforcement agencies about any suspected terror and militant activities without delay.

Editorial / IS shorn of their territory

The Kurdish-led forces in Syria pronounced the death of the IS caliphate after raising their flag in Baghouz, a remote riverside village, where jihadists of different nationalities made their last desperate stand against the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces.

FINAL OFFENSIVE ON LAST IS HIDEOUT IN SYRIA / 3,000 fighters surrender

US-backed forces said yesterday the Islamic State group was living its "final moments" after thunderous shelling on its last scrap of land in eastern Syria prompted 3,000 jihadists to surrender.

Islamic State claims responsibility for Melbourne attack

Islamic State says one of its fighters carried out a knife attack in Melbourne in which one person died and two were wounded.

Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life for joining IS

Iraq sentences 19 Russian women to life in prison for joining the Islamic State group, according a judicial source.

Bangladeshi youth jailed in the UK for recruiting IS militants

A Bangladeshi national, who tried to recruit IS fighters around the world from his London home, has been jailed for seven years by a court in the UK.

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

IS leader in Iraq's Anbar killed: Pentagon

A key leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed in a coalition air strike, the Pentagon says.

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 7, 2016
May 7, 2016

'More than 50' IS mass graves found in Iraq, says UN envoy

A UN envoy has said more than 50 mass graves have so far been found in parts of Iraq that were previously controlled by so-called Islamic State (IS).

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

US Navy Seal killed in Iraq as IS breaches Peshmerga lines

A US Navy Seal who was advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants, US defence officials say.

May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016

Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash killed in Iraq

An Australian man said to be a senior recruiter for the so-called Islamic State group has been killed by a US airstrike in Iraq, reports say.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

ISA detentions: Bangladesh must have zero tolerance for terror, says Bangladesh envoy in Singapore

The High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore has urged his compatriots here to report their peers if they suspect them to be extremists.

May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016

Terror cell 'unfazed' by earlier arrests

Around the time that Singapore announced in January the arrest and deportation of 27 radicalised Bangladeshis under the Internal Security Act (ISA), S-Pass holder Rahman Mizanur, 31, came up with plans for an extremist group and began recruiting his countrymen.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

8 Bangladeshis held in Singapore for plotting attacks back home

Singapore says it has arrested eight Bangladeshi workers, who were planning to stage terror attacks back home. The country’s home ministry releases a kill-list found with them, which include MPs, ministers and media personnel. Meanwhile, in Dhaka, cops arrest five other Bangladeshi nationals, who were repatriated from Singapore after the authorities found that they possessed and/or proliferated jihadi-related materials, or supported the use of armed violence.

May 3, 2016
May 3, 2016

Singapore releases kill-list found with Bangladeshis

Members of the so-called Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB), formed in Singapore in March, have identified several possible targets in Bangladesh, which include lawmakers, ministers, and media personnel, a kill-list released by the country’s home ministry shows.