Tamim Chowdhury tweeted from the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka to the IS during the Gulshan seige. Tamim, a Bangladeshi-Canadian militant, died in a gunbattle after security forces raided a building in Narayanganj near Dhaka. As the local 'IS
At least 33 banned militant outfit members have so far been killed in joint operations of the law enforcement agencies since Army action against militants in Gulshan's Holey Artisan Bakery on July 2. In the last joint drive of DMP's
The drug test detection unit of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) did not find any psychotropic drug in the body of 21 militants who were killed in law enforcers raids. At least 21 militants including suspected mastermind of the Gulshan
Police are yet to arrest BNP leader MA Quayum and shooter Sohel, the masterminds of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder.On September 28, 2015, Cesare Tavella, 50, was shot dead by the assailants riding a motorcycle while jogging in front of
Nurul Islam Marjan and Rajib Gandhi alias Subhash Gandhi alias 'Gandhi', believed to have had a prominent role in the deadly Gulshan café and Sholakia terrorist attacks, did not flee the country. Marjan, a commander of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)
At least 30 members of banned militant outfits have so far been killed in law enforcement agencies' joint operations after the government announced zero tolerance for terrorism. So far, about 250 people believed to be linked to militant networks were
New turn in probe as some 'Gandhi' surfaces as mastermindInvestigators found that the money used for attacks on Gulshan cafe and Eid-ul-Fitr congregation in Sholakia was sent through Habib Bank principle branch. However, the Daily Observer individually failed to verify
Investigators are trying to find out the names of other godfathers, who might have been behind Gulshan cafe and Sholakia Eidgah attacks. Law enforcers are trying to collect information from Abedatul Fatema alias Khadiza, wife of slain militant Tanvir Qadri
Tanvir Kaderi, the man who killed himself during a police raid in Azimpur, was trying to be agent of the so call jihadist group and international terrorist group Islamic State (IS) in Bangladesh. The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC)
In the backdrop of recent upsurge in militant violence and fear of repeat attacks at major prayer gatherings, Eid-ul-Azha, one of the largest annual religious festivals, was celebrated across the country amid tight security on Tuesday.Law enforcers have taken tight