bangladesh terror attack

Dhaka cafe attackers got weapons hidden in mango baskets: Report

A month before the terror attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery restaurant in the Bangladeshi capital, a consignment of AK-22 rifles and some small arms reached the militants in Dhaka hidden inside mango baskets, a media report said on Tuesday.

Oct 04, 2016, 22:09 PM IST

Dhaka cafe terror attack suspect's wife claims he is innocent

The wife of a Bangladeshi university teacher suspected to be one of the masterminds of the deadly Dhaka cafe terror attack has claimed her husband was being used as a human shield by the terrorists during the July 1 carnage.

Aug 10, 2016, 19:10 PM IST

Video of four more suspects linked to Dhaka cafe attack released

Bangladesh authorities have released a video identifying four persons suspected of being involved in a cafe attack here early this month that left 22 people dead.

Jul 19, 2016, 18:07 PM IST

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's press conference via Skype cancelled

According to latest info coming up, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's video conference via Skype for Mumbai media on Thursday has been called off. 

Jul 14, 2016, 00:52 AM IST

Denied place in Mumbai earlier, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik finally gets venue for media meet

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has finally found a venue for his media interaction on Thursday, an aide said here.

Jul 13, 2016, 20:16 PM IST

Days after Dhaka cafe attack, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina appeals to parents to keep close watch on children

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked parents and authorities to remain vigilant about the movement of children to prevent them from getting radicalised.

Jul 12, 2016, 23:23 PM IST

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik cancels return to India, says 'I don't support terrorism in any form'

Islamic preacher Zakir Naik is facing heat in India and Bangladesh after it emerged that his speeches goaded some of the militants who stormed the upmarket cafe in Dhaka's diplomatic area on July 1

Jul 11, 2016, 18:45 PM IST

Bodies of six Bangladesh cafe attackers still lying at hospital morgue – Know why

Bodies of six young terrorists who attacked a popular cafe here and killed 22 people on July 1 are still at the mortuary of a Bangladeshi military hospital as no one came to receive them, police said today.

Jul 10, 2016, 19:49 PM IST

Bodies of five Dhaka cafe attackers remain unclaimed

The bodies of five of the six Islamist assailants, who stormed an upscale Dhaka cafe on July 1 and left 22 people dead, were still at a mortuary here on Sunday as no one had come to claim them, police said.

Jul 10, 2016, 15:59 PM IST

India to send NSG team to Bangladesh today to study terror strikes

India will on Friday send a four-member bomb-expert team of National Security Guard (NSG) to Bangladesh to "analyse and study" the explosions at an Eid prayer gathering and the recent terror siege at a high-end restaurant in the neighbouring country.

Jul 08, 2016, 09:14 AM IST

Dhaka cafe victims were hacked and shot dead: Forensic experts

A three-member team of forensic experts has dismissed reports that all 20 hostages, including an Indian, were slaughtered by slitting of their throats during the brazen assault at a cafe here by a group of gunmen.

Jul 07, 2016, 22:44 PM IST

Watch: Exclusive videos of terror attack at Bangladesh Eid prayers

Terror again struck Bangladesh on Thursday, on the occasion of Eid, even as the Islamic country continued to mourn the dead from last week's terror attack in Dhaka.

Jul 07, 2016, 13:20 PM IST

Dhaka cafe slaughter is trailer of what is to come, warns Islamic State in new video

The video message believed to be issued from Raqqa in Bangla was first found in an IS-affiliate website and then released on YouTube, reports the Dhaka Tribune.

Jul 06, 2016, 13:44 PM IST

I apologise to Tarishi's parents, India: Father of Bangladesh attacker

Imtiaz Khan Babul, a Bangladeshi politician whose son was among the attackers who stormed a Dhaka cafe and murdered 20 hostages apologised on Tuesday to the parents of Tarishi Jain.

Jul 06, 2016, 09:11 AM IST

Dhaka terror attack: Sonia Gandhi writes to Tarishi's father, shares grief

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Tarishi Jain's father Sanjeev Jain and condoled the death of his daughter in the terror siege in the Bangladesh capital.

Jul 04, 2016, 21:55 PM IST

Dhaka terror attack: 20-year-old Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain killed after he refused to leave his friend Tarishi Jain's side

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of 20 hostages, mostly foreigners and two police officers in Dhaka.

Jul 04, 2016, 21:12 PM IST

Pakistan denies role in Dhaka terror attack, rejects allegations of involvement

Among 20 hostages who were killed in Dhaka terror attack include 19-year-old Indian girl Tarishi Jain. 

Jul 04, 2016, 16:53 PM IST

Bangladesh blames 'home-grown' Islamist terrorists, Pakistan's ISI for Dhaka terror attack

Bangladesh on Sunday blamed "homegrown" Islamist terrorists and Pakistan's spy agency ISI for the country's worst terror attack in which 20 hostages were hacked to death, ruling out the role of the Islamic State, as the shocked nation began observing two days of national mourning.

Jul 03, 2016, 22:59 PM IST

Dhaka terror attack: One terrorist was an educated boy from rich family - Watch his earlier video

Seven Japanese nationals were among 20 hostages who were brutally murdered in a terror attack in Dhaka.

Jul 03, 2016, 22:33 PM IST

Bangladesh ruling party leader’s son identified among hostage-takers

One of the five gunmen who launched Friday's terror attack in Dhaka has been identified by an Awami League leader as Rohan Ibne Imtiaz, the son of another leader of the ruling party's city unit, even as the attack which claimed 20 lives -- mostly of foreigners -- was claimed by the Islamic State terror group.

Jul 03, 2016, 21:30 PM IST