Mumbai-based Islamic preacher Zakir Naik under NIA scanner after Dhaka terror attack
Zakir Naik is banned in the UK and Canada.
Jul 06, 2016, 13:07 PM IST
Dhaka attack: Five of the cafe terrorists were missing for months
As Bangladesh is still picking up the pieces after the deadly Dhaka cafe terror strike, from media reports it now appears clear that five of the seven young attackers went missing for three to six months, and reappeared on the day of the gruesome attack last Friday. At least two them may have studied at Melbourne-based Monash University's Malaysian campus.
Jul 05, 2016, 21:24 PM IST
Security forces may have killed hostage by mistake in Dhaka cafe siege: Bangladesh police
Saiful Islam Chowkidar, a pizza maker was among six men who were killed by the police during Dhaka cafe seige.
Jul 05, 2016, 15:17 PM IST
Dhaka attack: Gunman Rohan Imtiaz's father `stunned`, says his son hardly read any religious books
Rohan Imtiaz had been a top-scoring student whose behaviour gave no hint he was radicalised before he disappeared last December.
Jul 05, 2016, 14:46 PM IST
Pakistan condemns Saudi bombings
Pakistan on Tuesday said there is a need to forge unity against the enemies of humanity and Islam as it strongly condemned the spate of suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia.
Jul 05, 2016, 13:51 PM IST
Bangladesh hunts for six accomplices of cafe attackers, case filed
Bangladeshi police hunted on Tuesday for six members of a domestic Islamist group they suspect helped gunmen attack a Dhaka cafe, as officials began questioning families of the militants for clues as to what turned them into killers.
Jul 05, 2016, 13:44 PM IST
Bodies of 7 Japanese return from Bangladesh
Under gray skies, the bodies of the seven Japanese killed in a militant attack in Bangladesh returned to home soil early Tuesday morning.
Jul 05, 2016, 10:55 AM IST
Dhaka terror attack: Japan's Uniqlo suspends most Bangladesh travel; others reviewing operations
One of the world`s poorest countries, Bangladesh relies on garments for around 80 percent of its exports and for about 4 million jobs, and ranks behind only China as a supplier of clothes to developed markets like Europe and the United States.
Jul 05, 2016, 05:15 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
Dhaka attackers followed controversial Indian Islamic preacher
Two of the five Bangladeshi militants who hacked to death 20 people at a restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone used to follow three controversial Islamists, including Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Nayek.
Jul 04, 2016, 20:12 PM IST
7 charged with Italian priest murder bid in Bangladesh
Seven members of an outlawed Bangladeshi Islamist group have been charged with the attempted murder of an Italian priest.
Jul 04, 2016, 18:06 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
RIP Tarishi! India pays tribute to 19-year-old brave heart killed in Dhaka terror attack
The mortal remains of Tarishi Jain, who was among the 20 hostages killed in a gruesome terror attack in Dhaka's Gulshan cafe, has been handed over to her family for the last rites.
Jul 04, 2016, 16:07 PM IST
Two arrested in connection with Dhaka terror attack
Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the killing of the 20 hostages and two police officers during the 12-hour siege.
Jul 04, 2016, 15:55 PM IST
Pakistan's ISI in collaboration with Jamaatul Mujahideen terrorists plotted Dhaka attack?
The Islamic State (IS) group said it was behind the attack.
Jul 04, 2016, 11:16 AM 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
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, 20:24 PM IST
