Bangladesh Cafe Attack

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which was blamed for the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed, has been declared as a banned terrorist organisation by the government, the Home Ministry said Friday.

Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.

Bangladesh police have charged eight terrorists over a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, and freed a British suspect detained without charge for the past two years.

Bangladesh have been without a spin bowling coach since the BCB sacked Sri Lankan Ruwan Kalpage, who failed to report for duty following a deadly Islamist extremist attack at a posh Dhaka cafe in July last year.

An upscale Bangladeshi restaurant has banned foreign guests, fearing a repeat of last year's deadly terrorist attack in a Dhaka cafe, the owner said Thursday.

Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring around 50 others in Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed a terrorist hideout, police said. The "powerful" blasts went off some 400 metres from the hideout, targeting police and hundreds of onlookers who were watching the commandos conduc...

Bangladesh police said Friday they had arrested the "spiritual leader" of a banned Islamist outfit alleged to have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the country.

Bangladeshi police Saturday said they have arrested an Islamist extremist accused of being one of the "masterminds" of last year's deadly siege at a Dhaka cafe where 22 hostages were killed.

The upscale cafe in Bangladesh where Islamist terrorists killed 22 hostages including an Indian girl in the country's worst terror attack last year has reopened in Dhaka after moving to another location with enhanced security, media reports said.

An Islamist extremist accused of being one of the masterminds of last year's deadly siege at a Bangladeshi cafe was killed during a pre-dawn raid Friday in the capital Dhaka, police said.

Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected terrorists believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief said on Wednesday.

Five people linked to the Islamist extremist group behind July's Dhaka cafe siege that left 22 hostages, most of them foreigners, dead have been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

Bangladesh Police today arrested four 'weapon suppliers' who smuggled from India arms and materials used in the country's worst terror attack at a cafe here that claimed 22 lives including of an Indian girl in July.

A Bangladesh court on Wednesday handed death sentences to seven members of a terrorist group for plotting an attack on a cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners, in the south Asian nation's worst such incident.

The Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), which was blamed for the terror attack at a cafe in Dhaka in 2016 in which 22 people including 17 foreigners were killed, has been declared as a banned terrorist organisation by the government, the Home Ministry said Friday.

Bangladesh has arrested a suspected terrorist who supplied weapons and explosives for a 2016 siege that killed 22 hostages, a top police official said Sunday.

Bangladesh police have charged eight terrorists over a 2016 attack on a cafe in Dhaka that killed 22 people, and freed a British suspect detained without charge for the past two years.

Bangladesh have been without a spin bowling coach since the BCB sacked Sri Lankan Ruwan Kalpage, who failed to report for duty following a deadly Islamist extremist attack at a posh Dhaka cafe in July last year.

An upscale Bangladeshi restaurant has banned foreign guests, fearing a repeat of last year's deadly terrorist attack in a Dhaka cafe, the owner said Thursday.

Two explosions ripped through a crowd on Saturday, killing six people and injuring around 50 others in Bangladesh's northeastern city of Sylhet as army commandos stormed a terrorist hideout, police said. The "powerful" blasts went off some 400 metres from the hideout, targeting police and hundreds of onlookers who were watching the commandos conduc...

Bangladesh police said Friday they had arrested the "spiritual leader" of a banned Islamist outfit alleged to have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the country.

Bangladeshi police Saturday said they have arrested an Islamist extremist accused of being one of the "masterminds" of last year's deadly siege at a Dhaka cafe where 22 hostages were killed.

The upscale cafe in Bangladesh where Islamist terrorists killed 22 hostages including an Indian girl in the country's worst terror attack last year has reopened in Dhaka after moving to another location with enhanced security, media reports said.

An Islamist extremist accused of being one of the masterminds of last year's deadly siege at a Bangladeshi cafe was killed during a pre-dawn raid Friday in the capital Dhaka, police said.

Police in Bangladesh have arrested five suspected terrorists believed to be plotting to attack New Year celebrations, a counter-terrorism police chief said on Wednesday.

Five people linked to the Islamist extremist group behind July's Dhaka cafe siege that left 22 hostages, most of them foreigners, dead have been arrested, Bangladesh police said Thursday.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

Bangladesh Police today arrested four 'weapon suppliers' who smuggled from India arms and materials used in the country's worst terror attack at a cafe here that claimed 22 lives including of an Indian girl in July.