Militancy

Stop ignoring militancy threats in prisons

Focus more on deradicalising ex-militants, increasing surveillance

Video released by Rab: Families trace missing ones

Abu Jafar’s family was sure that he had been living in the Maldives for the last three years. He last visited Bangladesh in 2019 and left home saying he was going to the Maldives.

‘Biggest militant threat’ country has ever faced

Jama’atul Ansar Fil Hindal Sharqiya posed a bigger security threat than any militant outfit ever did, law enforcers said.

Fugitive convict Sohel’s house now branded as 'Jongibari'

The Lalmonirhat’s house of Abu Siddiq Sohel, one of the two militant convicts on death row who escaped from a Dhaka court premises yesterday, is under lock and key..Since this morning, Sohel’s neighbours in Kumrihat Bheteshwar village in Aditmari upazila have started calling his house “Jon

Why the delay in deradicalisation programmes?

There's no room for complacency when it comes to militancy

Religious freedom worsening in Bangladesh, across South Asia: US report

The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed deep concerns about the worsening religious freedom conditions in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries.

State needs to protect youths from militancy: Speakers

Speakers at a conference say the state has to take responsibility of ensuring that the youths do not get derailed by extremism and militancy.

Build resistance against militancy, terrorism: PM

Describing militancy, terrorism, corruption and narcotics as wounds of society, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon all to put up resistance unitedly against these menaces.

Stay away from militancy, drug: IGP to children

Inspector General of Police Mohammad Javed Patwary asks all to stay away from militancy and drug abuse to build a prosperous Bangladesh.

October 27, 2015
October 27, 2015

US working with Bangladesh to assess foreigners’ killers

The United States is working relentlessly with the Bangladesh government and other key partners to identify the true culprits of the foreigner killings here.

October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015

Sabotage fear: Security beefed up at Dhaka airport

Security has been beefed up at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport following tip-off on subversive activities provided by detectives, the airport director says. The alert came after the killings of two foreign nationals and a blasts during Shia Muslim community's Ashura programme.

October 24, 2015
October 24, 2015

22 Shia marchers killed in Pakistan suicide blast

A suicide bomber has killed at least 22 people taking part in a procession by Shia Muslims in southern Pakistan.

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Blogger Ananta murder case hearing adjourned till Nov 4

A court in Sylhet adjourns the hearing of blogger Ananta Dash murder case till November 4 as docket of the case is yet to reach Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Court from the Session Judge Court.

October 18, 2015
October 18, 2015

Jeb Bush slams Trump for saying 9/11 came during George Bush's 'reign'

Jeb Bush fires back at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump who slammed George W Bush over the September 11, 2001 attacks that brought down the World Trade Center.

October 15, 2015
October 15, 2015

IS influence felt in far-off Asia-Pacific

The influence of the Islamic State group extends well beyond the land it controls in Syria and Iraq, reaching recruits around the world, including the Asia-Pacific region.

October 11, 2015
October 11, 2015

US to compensate Kunduz strike victims

The Pentagon is to pay compensation for those killed and injured in a US strike on an MSF hospital in northern Afghanistan.

October 7, 2015
October 7, 2015

JMB trying to resurface, govt not letting: Kamal

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says banned militant outfit JMB is trying to surface again but failed due to government’s strong vigilance.

October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015

No IS in Bangladesh, police chief asserts

The chief of police asserts claim that there is no organisational existence of international terrorist outfit Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh.

October 6, 2015
October 6, 2015

'JMB commander' killed in grenade blast: Cops

A man, whom police identified as the commander of Chittagong unit of banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, is killed in a grenade explosion hours after his arrest with firearms and ammunition, according to the law enforcers.